With the support of Boss Dai and the deployment of Chen Gongshu and Qi Qingbin, the "free assassination operation" in the urban area of Shanghai was quickly launched.

On the afternoon of 3 September, Liu Naou, the principal pen of Wang's puppet government's propaganda work, and the president of the "National News" newspaper, was shot at by agents of the military command as soon as he came out of the restaurant after eating at the Jinghua Restaurant on Sima Road in the Public Concession, and was shot three times in a row and killed on the spot, becoming the first traitor to fall in this operation.

Boss Dai did not break his word, in view of the fact that this person is the main planner and participant of Wang's puppet government's propaganda of pro-Japanese ideas, and he is victorious, he did not hesitate to give a reward of 5,000 yuan in legal currency!

Broadway Building Kodama Agency Headquarters.

The news that Han Lin came to Shanghai did not deliberately hide it, and he was able to meet Smith at the Yinglin Club, which was a signal that I came to Shanghai.

"As soon as I met with the military attache of the U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai, His Excellency the General knew that the Kodama agency was very efficient!" Han Lin said with a smile.

"Han Jun is an irreplaceable heavyweight in the international intelligence circle, if you come to Shanghai, we don't know anything, this is a dereliction of duty in the intelligence of the Imperial Navy. The strategic intelligence provided by Han Jun for our Imperial Navy was very accurate and was highly praised by the Military Command Department. Hikojiro Suga said.

"Your Excellency the General invited me over, didn't you specifically praise me? Although I gave valuable international information, I was richly paid by the Japanese Navy, and friendship, which was essentially an equivalent exchange. Han Lin said.

These are all opening remarks, and they will soon get into the substance, and the other party asks him to come over, not for chatting.

"The cabinet of our Admiral Mitsumasa Yonechi as prime minister was boycotted by the army and had to resign, Han Jun not only knows the real-time international dynamics well, but also has a very clear grasp of the strategic dynamics of our Japan, what do you have to say about the formation of the cabinet of Prime Minister Fumihiro Konoe? Or rather, what does the U.S. government think? Hikojiro Suga said.

On 22 July, Mitsumasa's cabinet quickly collapsed after the resignation of War Minister Shunroku Hatata, and Fumitsu Konoe formed a cabinet for the second time.

"Your Excellency the General's question is very vague, do you mean the southward strategy or the alliance between Japan, Germany and Italy? In fact, His Excellency the General knows these two issues very well in his heart, and presumably there will be results soon, and there is no need to discuss them again. ”

"Of course, the Americans do not want to see Japan advance southward to the detriment of the interests of Europe and the United States in Southeast Asia, nor do they want to see an alliance between Japan, Germany, and Italy. Han Lin said.

The Japanese army stationed in the northern part of the French Indochina region was not an easy decision, in addition to blocking the railway from Vietnam to Yunnan Province, it was also a springboard for the southward expansion strategy, and Japan and Vichy France had already started relevant negotiations, there was no need to talk about this topic again, Suga Hikojiro, as the Minister of Special Services, of course knew about these situations.

The US Government naturally maintained a high degree of vigilance against the alliance between Japan and Germany, fearing that after the alliance, Germany's Hitler government would take advantage of Japan's ambition for hegemony in Asia to attack Britain's overseas colonies, which would also weaken Britain's ability to resist Germany.

Speaking of which, the question is the same as whether Japan will move south.

"It seems that Han Jun has mastered some top-secret information, in fact, whether to go south or not has been in a fierce debate, and there is no definite result until now, after all, once he goes south, there will be a possibility of war with European and American countries. The purpose of the army's presence in the northern part of French Indochina was also to cut off the transportation routes between the hill city government and overseas countries. ”

"Within the Imperial Navy, Admiral Yoshida Zengo, Generals Mitsumasa Yonechi, Yamamoto Isoroku and Inoue Narumi are very reluctant to form an alliance between Japan and Germany, and the deeper reason is that they are unwilling to break out a war with the United States, but now it seems that they are powerless to prevent this result."

"What we have to consider now is what kind of response the U.S. government will have if the Army is stationed in northern Vietnam, and whether it will trigger a strong backlash, because the U.S. government has not taken tough measures before, and it is the empire that has not touched its core interests." Hikojiro Suga said.

The influence of the three senior Japanese generals is huge, and there are also concerns about a war between Japan and the United States within the Japanese Navy, including the current Minister of the Navy, Yoshida Zengo, who also does not support the alliance, and even resigned from the post of Minister of the Navy for this matter, and replaced it with Shiro Kagawa as the Minister of the Navy.

"The U.S. government will definitely make a certain response to the Japanese Army's stationing in northern Vietnam, including sanctions on the export of military supplies, but as His Excellency the General said, Japan is fighting China at this time, and just operating in the northern region is not enough to cause comprehensive sanctions, at least oil will not be included in the embargo."

"I talked to Military Attache Smith yesterday about this issue, and the US government does not want a war with Japan to break out at this time, its own national conditions do not allow it, Congress is unwilling to get involved in the island war, and the US policy has always been to put Europe first and then Asia." Han Lin said.

He hoped that the Japanese aggressors would be more active on the issue of southward expansion and involve the United States as soon as possible.

"Although I don't want to hear this answer, but fortunately, there is still room for maneuver, for the possible response of the US government, I will inform the country as soon as possible, there is no oil, the biggest threat is our navy, Han Jun, I will pay the corresponding remuneration for the information you provide, and grasp the attitude of the US government, this matter is easy to operate, let's have a meal together in the evening?" Hikojiro Suga said.

"I got the club in the afternoon, and Ying Zuojun just called and said that he was coming to the club to find me, probably for the sake of this garrison, and asked about the attitude of the US government." Han Lin said with a smile.

Hikojiro Suga can ask him for information, and Kagesa Zhenzhao, who is the international intelligence liaison of the Japanese Army General Staff Headquarters, of course, also has to look for him, and it is not impossible to call him, but since Han Lin has arrived in Shanghai, then simply come back to meet and have a good talk.

"Kagesa-kun's life has not been so good recently, according to the information I have received, the secret talks between the army and the Shancheng government have run from the port city to Xiamen, but the results have not been forthcoming, resulting in the empire has not established diplomatic relations with the new government."

"This matter has also become the first priority that the new government is eagerly looking forward to, and it has not been publicly recognized by the empire, and the people of the new government have no bottom in their hearts, for fear that the shelf that has been built up with great difficulty will suddenly fall, and Ying Zuojun is the top military adviser of the new government, and it is difficult to withstand the questions asked by Chairman Wang and the military and political officials of the new government every day." Hikojiro Suga said.

The formation of Wang's puppet government was basically promoted by the Japanese Army Department behind the scenes, and the interests occupied by the Japanese Navy were relatively small, and in addition to the contradictions between the army and the navy, the army hindered the navy from obtaining the resources of the occupied areas.

(End of chapter)