This is still a bold statement to the Japanese.

It's not that I haven't thought about it, but I can't do it.

A staff officer asked: "Tojo-kun has not been in Shanghai for a long time, and he may not know very well, Shanghai is known as the largest metropolis in the Far East, and the prosperity of the concession is not much different from that of London and Paris.

There are many interests involved, the British, the French, the Americans, the Portuguese, and even the Indians, and the amount of money in the concession has not only made Shanghai the largest metropolis, but also the largest financial center in the Far East.

You want to drive the British and Americans out of the rental world, and there is absolutely no way to do this.

We are currently fighting against the Soviet Union, and the two factions in China have not yet made a thorough decision on whether to start a war in the Chinese region now, and the British and Americans must not provoke us, otherwise the military department will not let us go. ”

"That's why I said, the Hongkou area is under full martial law."

Akio Tojo's smiling expression and unhurried attitude were obviously prepared.

"I knew it would be difficult to get the British and Americans out of the world, so this plan was implemented in three phases."

"In the first stage, we will take the Hongkou area."

Akio Tojo left his seat and headed for the large map of the Public Concession hanging on the wall.

He pointed to the left third of the concession, a river that came in from the Huangpu River, crossed the concession along the way, and then exited the concession to Zhabei District, and then moved his finger to the right, which was another river that ran through the concession.

"This is the Suzhou Creek, and this is the Hongkou River, above is the Shanghai North Railway Station, below is the Huangpu River, the four locations are connected in a circle, this is the center of Hongkou, and it is this center that I want to control."

"Hongkou was originally a gathering place for our people, and there were many Japanese, and now we are just building on this basis, further allowing us Japanese to gather, and the change is not too big, as long as we want to do it, it can definitely be done."

"And you see, I don't actually want much land, compared to the entire concession, the size of this land is only one-eighth of the size of the entire public concession, can't we take one-eighth of the concession in Japan?"

The geographical location of this place circled by Akio Tojo is indeed very good, so that all the staff officers, including Zhou Qinghe, are very familiar with this area.

To put it simply, the map of the public concession is simplified into a rectangle, and this area is between three-eighths and four-eighths of the rectangle, which can be said to be the most central place.

And because of the existence of Shanghai North Railway Station, it is difficult to think about not being prosperous.

"Once we take this place, we will control all the eight bridges of Suzhou Creek on the left, and we can also control all the seven bridges of the Hongkou River on the right, then the entire range within my circle will be under the full control of us Japanese."

"Don't talk about the things you control, the vision is very good, but how can the British and Americans handle it?"

A table of military staff officers, can you be better than a half-person who doesn't know the importance of this place?

The problem is the way, everyone knows that the cake is delicious, and what is the use of not eating it.

"I've already figured it out." Akio Tojo chuckled, "That's chaos. ”

"Chaos?"

"Yes, as we all know, there are more and more Chinese people coming to the concession from China, and the concession is just such a place, and the place is becoming more and more crowded and not enough to live, so fights and brawls occur frequently.

Then I'll let him happen a little bit more. ”

"Didn't the Anglo-Americans refuse? Let's let the ronin, people from China have been making trouble, fighting, and peeing, it doesn't matter, I know that the location here is so good, the British and Americans must be reluctant to move their company out of Hongkou.

But what if someone poops every day at the door of your shop? Is there a disturbance every day? ”

"You're going to be caught by the patrolmen?" The staff officer questioned.

"Catch?" Akio Tojo sneered and looked at the staff officer who asked the question: "Then let him arrest, he can arrest ten people making trouble, he can also arrest a hundred people making trouble, what about a thousand people?" Does he have that many police forces? Is the security of his concession still done? ”

"You're trying to blow up his patrol house at full capacity? And then let the British and American upper echelons of the concession take the initiative to contact our consulate and let us discipline our own nationals? The staff officer reacted quickly.

"Yes." Akio Tojo smiled arrogantly: "You said that this British and American can't control it, if you talk to us, can't we complain?"

We apologize, we didn't take care of it.

But there are so many Japanese here, there is no place to live, the rent is expensive, and of course the temper is big, what can we do? They want to make trouble, we don't have the right to enforce the law, and we can't control it? ”

"And as long as the matter is discussed at this point, then we can ask for law enforcement rights in the Hongkou area.

We only say that the purpose of enforcing the law is to discipline the Chinese, and we can not tell the British and Americans that the purpose is to get rid of the Chinese.

The promise we gave was to manage all the Japanese well, gather all the Japanese in the Hongkou area, and the Anglo-American Chamber of Commerce lost in this incident, we can exchange the Japanese Chamber of Commerce on the right side of the Hongkou River to him, and give him some financial compensation.

As soon as the Anglo-American Chamber of Commerce was exchanged, most of the people who lived in the Hongkou area for trade would become Japanese.

Then the entire Hongkou area will fall into our hands. ”

While sincerely apologizing, while letting people continue to make trouble, the officials respected the law enforcement rights of the British and Americans, could not guarantee the conflict on the official face, and connived at it in private, and the staff officers understood it a little.

"And as long as the Hongkou area completely falls into our hands, then things will be simple."

Akio Tojo laughed mockingly: "Close the door and beat the dog, the Chinese dare not leave, we have the right to enforce the law in our hands, we can catch as much as we want, and no one knows if we kill them directly." ”

"This doesn't need to be so troublesome, it just needs to make our people not buy Chinese things, or increase the rent, and ordinary Chinese don't need to provoke them."

A staff officer had already approved Akio Tojo's method and began to propose.

"Some of them have backgrounds, and they Chinese Chinese to sue for killing, and it is easy for British and Americans to get by on the face, after all, when they wanted to enforce the law, they just said that they would discipline our own people."

"It's all a small thing anyway."

Akio Tojo was recognized and his attitude was even more superior.

"In this way, our countrymen will come together, and the next step is to completely clear the Chinese, and when the Chinese leave, the place will be vacated."

First, it solves the problem of having no place to live, and provides accommodation for the people, which will definitely win their support.

Second, among these foreigners living in Hongkou, there are definitely a lot of Chinese spies hidden.

Like the agent who attacked Commander Fujita last time, it's one of a kind.

If there were no places for the Chinese to survive, and all the transportation arteries were in our hands, would we not be able to catch a single Chinese agent who had mixed in?

Now we don't need to distinguish between them, and we can just drive them all away, and this is a complete victory in the intelligence war.

In a simple move, China's intelligence agency hidden in Hongkou was wiped out. ”

"Don't you think that's going to work?"

The staff members discussed a few words, not to say whether the result could be so perfect, but this matter is at least worth trying.

The Chinese do not say that all of them are cleared, even if only most of them are cleared, the suspicious probability of the rest being troubled and not retreating has also greatly increased, and it is completely possible to judge whether it is a spy or not.

"But where is the manpower to get so manpower? There will definitely be a lot of people who will be caught in the beginning. ”

"I'll fix it."

Akio Tojo took the opportunity to come up with his own plan: "In order to deal with the dissatisfaction of the Chinese, I and Hirata Shozo have already formulated a corresponding plan.

We are going to expand the gendarmerie to 3,000 people, as long as we give them a salary and let them cooperate, wouldn't it be an easy thing?

It doesn't matter if you get caught, anyway, when the time comes, you will definitely be released.

As for why they didn't make trouble in the future, the reason we gave to the British and Americans was that we adopted them, they had accommodation, and they had jobs, so of course they wouldn't make trouble anymore, which was very reasonable.

And our expansion just meets the work needs of a large number of Chinese people coming to Shanghai, which solves another problem. ”

"3,000 people? Where did the money come from? ”

"I'm responsible for solving the funds, let's put it bluntly, Manchuria provides half a year's funds, and the follow-up will be determined depending on the situation, the first 100,000 yen has been received, and you can start recruiting people at any time."

The staff officer who asked had no opinion, and entered with money, which was the owner of the money.

In this way, it seems that this idea is actually really good, and all aspects have been taken into account, so all the staff officers began to nod their heads in agreement.

Zhou Qinghe also had to approve that if he was Japanese, this idea would be really good, simple and efficient in terms of intelligence warfare.

For example, some of the nails he just planted in Hongkou will be pulled out in large quantities.

However, this logic is obviously not something that Akio Tojo came up with in his head, and the general direction should be based on the practice of Hideji Tojo in Manchuria, and the details were figured out by this Hirata Akihi.

This woman has only been here for one night, and she came up with this kind of desperate plan, which is not simple.

"So what are you going to do next? The second stage? The staff officer asked.

"When the time comes, it will naturally expand outward, don't worry, and finish the first stage first." Akio Tojo replied.

Several staff officers nodded.

"If you can occupy the main transportation routes, you can indeed try, but there is still a problem, I am afraid that it will not be possible to completely ban Chinese from entering and leaving."

Food and clothing must come in from outside the concession and need to be provided by Chinese transportation.

And if Chinese were banned from entering around the clock, the Chinese government would not agree to do so, and there was no such clause in the legal agreement of the concession at that time. ”

"Then all Chinese entering and leaving Hongkou must register! Explain the reason for coming to Hongkou, and then our gendarmerie will control all the entry and exit points, search the bodies of suspicious elements, and refuse to enter those who are not allowed to search.

In addition, a large number of patrols were dispatched to fully replace the British and American patrols, and the Chinese could be re-inspected on the road.

Even if we take a step back, we have a gendarmerie of 3,000, and we can follow and monitor the suspicious elements who enter the concession throughout the whole process, and we are not afraid that he will make trouble.

At night, we imposed a curfew on Chinese, and as long as it exceeded a certain point in time, such as 10 p.m., we would directly arrest them and punish them as criminals, so as to ensure that they did not dare to stay in the concession.

That is, you can stay during the day and do some work, but you must not be allowed to live. ”

Akio Tojo's answer was still satisfactory to the staff officers present, although anyone with a discerning eye knew that this method was most likely thought up by the woman next to him.

But it's really good.

It's already been discussed in private, but the doubts are gone anyway.

"Ladies and gentlemen, after we can implement the specific regulations, we can change them in a timely manner according to the specific situation we are facing, and the key is to move first and completely close Hongkou as soon as possible, so that we can exterminate the Chinese in the intelligence war." Hirata Akihi spoke for the first time.

"Hmm."

"Makes sense."

The Japanese nodded their heads one after another, and the eyes they looked at the women were also different, and they did have the ability.

"I agree."

"I agree."

The staff officers made their position clear.

Zhou Qinghe didn't nod, and Akio Tojo smiled, "What?" Fujita-kun, do you think this idea is not good enough? ”

Zhou Qinghe shook his head: "That's not it, I think this idea is really good, but there is a problem, I haven't figured it out yet." ”

"Say."

"You said the gendarmerie, then who is in charge of your 3,000 people? You don't need to give me advance notice before you make this plan? ”

"Did I say the gendarmerie?"

Akio Tojo pretended to have a confused expression, looked at others, and then smiled at Zhou Qinghe: "Then it's not called the gendarmerie, it's called the big corps, it's all right, anyway, it's not Fujita-kun's person."

Fujita-kun, your people are those 327 people, by the way, I'm afraid you won't have enough of those 73 people, so I'll give you 400, I have 3,000 people, there should be no shortage of those 73, I'm generous. ”

Zhou Qinghe nodded slightly: "Since it's not called the gendarmerie, it's not under my control."

But Captain Tojo explained to me that this patrol of the concession and maintaining law and order is the work of the gendarmerie, or is it the work of the military police? ”

"In the past, it was in charge of the gendarmerie, and in the future, it can also be in charge of the big army, I have a lot of people."

"That's trying to seize power?"

"I didn't say that."

Akio Tojo smiled happily.

Zhou Qinghe looked at Iwasa Taro: "Commander, what do you think about this matter?" If you come to me to make me angry, then to put it simply, I won't do the work of the gendarmerie, and I'll just give it to Captain Tojo, I'm too lazy to come.

If this spreads, the work of the gendarmerie will be separated from my hands, and as soon as this opening is opened, it may be possible that any navy or even the militia regiment will be able to become the home of the gendarmerie in the future.

If you love to open this precedent and send it back to the headquarters, presumably the Gendarmerie Headquarters will praise the Shanghai Military Police Headquarters for its great ability and help them reduce a lot of work, so you should wait for the commendation. ”

Iwasa Taro is really annoyed by Fujita Kazukiyo's fault for striking if he doesn't agree.

But Kazukiyo Fujita was right.

So he said directly to Akio Tojo:

"There is no such thing as a large corps in the gendarmerie command, either it is a member of the gendarmerie, or it is a pure soldier, each position has the responsibilities of each position, it cannot be crossed, you can recruit people, it must be carried out in the name of the gendarmerie."

"Why?" Akio Tojo blew up, isn't this a wedding dress for Zhou Qinghe?

He spent money to find 3,000 people, and he still had to listen to Zhou Qinghe?

"Captain Tojo, you have to make your position clear, you are a member of the gendarmerie, this is the gendarmerie headquarters, not the GI headquarters! That's the only way to do it! ”

"No way!" Akio Tojo's face instantly stinked: "I have to lead these people myself." ”

"I'm not talking to you, but it has to be." Iwasa Taro said in a deep voice.

A group of staff officers looked at Akio Tojo with caring fools, but they didn't understand what the problem was.

Although some of them only reacted after being reminded by Kazukiyo Fujita, this did not prevent them from looking at fools now, after all, fools reacted much slower than them.

Akio Tojo took a breath and wanted to say something, but at this time, Hirata Akihi, who was beside him, bumped his arm and coughed lightly.

Akio Tojo glanced at her, and then sat down in his seat with a huff and sulked.

(End of chapter)