The news of the loss of Guangzhou was transmitted back to the concession, causing an uproar for a while!

Zhou Qinghe and Zeng Haifeng have been assassinating traitors these days, and there is still a steady stream of various people who have become traitors or are trying to rely on the Japanese to seek benefits for the current good days.

However, it is irrefutable that there will always be a group of people in the concession who firmly hope that China will win, and they write articles and newspapers, demonstrate, wave flags and shouts, and collect materials to contribute to China's anti-Japanese war cause.

For this reason, many people were threatened by the Japanese and even intimidated by the general Japanese people.

But they did not change their original intentions and did not flinch in the face of oppression.

The news of the defeat came one after another, and the loss of the city was also increasing, but these are nothing, sooner or later they will be taken back, and if they persist, they will definitely be able to win.

But the news I got today has cast a shadow on many people's hearts.

There is still hope for other cities to be lost, but Guangzhou is lost, which is really painful.

Supplies are indispensable for war, whether it is guns and ammunition, or clothing, food and medicine, which need to be purchased from abroad and then shipped into China.

Shanghai, Qingdao and Guangzhou, which are the three most important port cities in China at present, can be said to be the three most important war vessels, receiving a steady stream of foreign materials into China.

Now, it's all gone.

No medicines, no guns and ammunition, what to eat? Where do the bullets come from? Is there any hope for this war?

Zhou Qinghe set off from his home, sat in a car and drove to the military police headquarters, looking at the excited crowd on the street through the window.

Some people smashed things angrily, some cried bitterly, some were drunk in the daytime, laughing nervously in the gibberish, and then began to choke in grief.

On the other hand, the Japanese.

One by one, wearing kimonos to the streets of the British and American concessions, today's women's clothes are different and colorful, and the men are carrying samurai swords, looking at the injured Chinese and grinning, and their companions pointing at the ugly Chinese and laughing non-stop.

It's really polarized.

If they knew that the big people in Hongkou were generally not happy about taking Guangzhou, they didn't know what the mood of these two groups of people should be.

With poor information, many things are not as ordinary as they seem.

Arriving at the military police headquarters, Zhou Qinghe routinely went to the conference room above for a meeting.

He was late, deliberately, anyway, this power was not in his hands, and he didn't need to join in the fun.

Over the past month, meetings have become more and more frequent, and the atmosphere has become more and more-for-tat, because of economic issues, the military faction represented by Endo Dohi and the faction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs represented by Hase-Incheon are about to fight.

He really didn't need to mix it up.

"Sorry, just came from the hospital, it's late." Zhou Qinghe took out an old-fashioned excuse as a shield, and then walked to his place and sat down, the old god was there.

But Hasei Inkawa just quarreled with Iwasa Taro, and he was angry, and when he saw Zhou Qinghe coming late, he casually reprimanded him with dissatisfaction: "One reason is used for two months, can you change the reason to perfunctory me?"

Can you even take care of these agents? ”

Zhou Qinghe knew that this anger was not aimed at him, so he just smiled helplessly at Hasei Incheon and didn't even answer.

Hasei Incheon looked even hotter, but he really wasn't targeting Zhou Qinghe, and slapped the table in a blink of an eye at a group of staff officers and Iwasa Taro.

"57 businessmen were killed in three months! Nearly 500 people died! ”

"Shanghai's economy is still missing!"

"Money, money, money, the locals ask us for money! What about money? ”

"One by one, perfunctory me, one by one is consumed like this, and if it goes on like this, the two of us will wait to return to China to report on our work!"

Hasei Incheon glared and intimidated Iwasa Taro.

It stands to reason that the rank of lieutenant general is much higher than that of Hase Incheon, but he didn't feel like he was being sprayed down, he was purely angry and sprayed back.

"What table are you shooting? What can I do, other agents want to assassinate, I'll arrest you right? If you can't catch the agent, you go to Chongguang Hall, you go to find Tu Feiyuan, do I don't want to arrest it? He can't catch it, how can I catch it? ”

"He's not responsible for the economy!"

"I'm not going to catch agents!"

"You took 3 million funds, and you can't even catch a few agents of the military command?"

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs still has the Iwai Mansion, you should let them arrest it."

Alas, Zhou Qinghe raised his teacup to drink tea, this quarrel is almost a daily routine, nothing special, it's just that someone in the local area is in a hurry.

The Battle of Wuhan lasted for three months, far exceeding the Japanese plan, and the manpower and material resources invested in it were almost drained of the small island nation of Japan.

The key point is that the number of China's main forces eliminated in this battle is not large, and it has not achieved the desired war effect of the first war.

And to attack Guangzhou, it was because the economy could not hold on, and cut off the supply line of the Chinese army to Guangzhou, so that the battle of Wuhan could end as soon as possible.

Lack of money, very shortage, the degree of lack may not be very clear to some local high-level people, but there are feelings in life, but the specific number is not known.

And the two people in front of them are not too clear, only knowing that the staff headquarters is urging the restoration of Shanghai's economy to be very strict.

Coincidentally, Zhou Qinghe knows a rough idea.

The main function of the Yasuda Foundation is the bank, and according to the statistics obtained here, the few words that President Yasuda talked to Zhou Qinghe when he came to Shanghai were terrifying.

In the year of the Battle of Songhu, the total amount of gold reserves stored in Japan's banks and the reserves needed to issue paper money was 1.35 billion yen.

In that year alone, Japan went to war, and it cost about 960 million yen to import military supplies.

And so far this year, four billion yen has been spent on military spending!

This money not only depleted the country's reserves, but also plundered all the wealth of Japan by reckless force.

The military department has no money, and I am afraid that it will not be much money to scrape the ground if it is scraped again.

In addition, the young labor force, or as long as it is an adult male, has been pulled into the battlefield, and the domestic labor force is gone, and Japan is now in a depression, and the economic pressure is not ordinarily great.

The military department is in a hurry, and the tax revenue of Shanghai, the largest metropolis in the Far East, is not generally valued.

That week, Qinghe was killed fiercely.

Tu Feiyuan took away the secret agency, Zhou Qinghe didn't rob it, nor did he make superfluous moves, and even Zhou Qinghe on Li Liqun's side didn't participate.

You can't go wrong if you don't do it.

It is enough to open the pass with peace of mind, and as for Zeng Haifeng, let him assassinate him fiercely.

It's just two words, make trouble, don't think about Shanghai's economy being better.

"General Tu Feiyuan has arrived." The gendarme at the door reported.

It didn't take long for Tu Feiyuan to walk in, his pace was steady, and he didn't look panicked at all.

"Tufei Yuanjun, when will you give us a way, or you will arrest the agent?" Hase-Incheon couldn't help but complain when he saw Tu Feiyuan.

"These Chinese agents are very slippery, one by one like a dead soldier, they only know that the task is to assassinate, and they don't know where their superiors are, it's not that I don't arrest them, but it's useless to catch them."

It's not that Tu Feiyuan didn't get it, but he couldn't catch the leader Zeng Haifeng, and the agents who only knew about random assassination below couldn't explain anything even if they were arrested.

"Hase-kun, there's no need to rush, things will be resolved soon." Tu Feiyuan was full of confidence and sat down while talking.

"Oh? What's the solution? Hase-Incheon's eyes lit up.

"I have already negotiated with the upper echelons of Chongqing, he will rebel and become the chairman of our government, and when the time comes, he will split with Chiang, and it is difficult to say who these agents listen to.

Moreover, he has a high prestige in the party, and he came to form a government, and the regional economy under our control will definitely recover quickly. ”

"Really? Who is it? ”

"Vice Chairman Wang of the Kuomintang Party." Tu Feiyuan smiled slightly.

Hase-Incheon's heart shook, "He's willing to come?" Is it a big grasp? ”

"It's almost over, and now I have reached an agreement with his assistant, waiting for him to go back and report, Vice Chairman Wang has no opinion, and the agreement can be signed."

"Good, good." Hase Incheon Daiki.

At the Chinachem Hotel, Zhou Qinghe received a signal from Zeng Haifeng and came to see Zeng Haifeng.

As soon as he entered the door, Zeng Haifeng sighed with a sad face.

"It's hard."

Zhou Qinghe smiled: "It's difficult for you, or is it difficult for Boss Dai?" ”

"You are still laughing, Boss Dai's telegram has arrived, Guangzhou has been lost, the material channel has been cut off, Wuhan, the railway transit hub, there is no need to guard, the principal has ordered that the army will be withdrawn in the next two days, the good news is that our material transportation to Wuhan can come to an end, and the bad news is that the material resources of Chongqing will be increased.

Boss Dai ordered to do everything possible to expand from four transportation routes to eight, and to do everything possible to make money to buy supplies, otherwise Chongqing would really run out of food.

The consequences are terrible, once there is a lack of food and clothing, it will be unstable for the army.

Qinghe, the pressure is on us, it depends on your ability to do it or not, what to do, you have an idea, I listen to you. ”

Making money is a pass, buying materials is a pass, transportation is a pass, leaving the customs is another pass, and the customs are not easy.

But Zeng Haifeng also knew that the most difficult thing was Zhou Qinghe here.

Now that Tu Feiyuan is in charge of the secret service agency, he has to be careful about everything, this old guy's eyes are too thief, and he can't keep his eyes on anything.

The four transportation routes involve a lot of people and a lot of materials, which is actually the limit of the safety range that he discussed with Zhou Qinghe, this is the result of taking the lives of the agents, and it is actually very difficult.

The first thing is that once Tu Feiyuan discovers the smuggling and transportation, Zhou Qinghe may be dragged in.

But an order, that is, an order, is difficult for anyone.

It's hard for them, and it's hard for the front.

"Hachijo is a bit much."

Zhou Qinghe frowned slightly, thinking about the route taken by the gendarmes and what other personnel were available.

The design of this route must be absolutely safe, no matter if you leave Shanghai, inside Shanghai, no one must leak the news, otherwise it will be a string of catches.

"Otherwise, I'll make the soil fat and round first." Zhou Qinghe turned to look at Zeng Haifeng and raised his eyebrows.

Zeng Haifeng's heart shook: "You are too bold, Tu Feiyuan, a popular lieutenant general, died in your territory, you are absolutely guilty, it is not suitable!"

And it is already risky to kill him, even if he is killed, you can't escape this trouble as a gendarmerie captain, even if you can't die, the lightest is that the position is taken away, then it's even more of a loss, what will you do if you don't have the gendarmerie?

Forget it, this trick won't work. ”

"That's killing Iwasa Taro."

"He's not still a lieutenant general, what's the difference? Wait," Zeng Haifeng's tone of anxious white face suddenly paused, "You mean to let Tu Feiyuan take the blame." ”

"The agent killed, Tu Feiyuan is the person in charge of counter-espionage, of course he is the main responsibility, I am not effective in protection, I am secondary, I can still afford to bear the small secondary, there are people behind me." Zhou Qinghe smiled.

"That's not impossible." Zeng Haifeng touched his chin and thought: "Kill Iwasa Taro, will your military department transfer the soil and fertilizer away?" ”

"I have to punish it, who knows the outcome? It doesn't hurt to try, Guangzhou was lost, Wuhan was lost, and the military organization in Shanghai was angry, so they killed the commander, which is very reasonable. ”

"It's very reasonable." Zeng Haifeng thought for a while: "Hey, kill a commander, this news comes back, and the principal can't look down on me?" Quick, discuss, how to kill? ”

"Out of the breath, we are here to resist the overall situation."

"Yes, the overall situation of the War of Resistance.

Then I have to issue medals, I have to ask the principal to send me two medals this time, saying, how to kill? ”

Zhou Qinghe pondered: "Under the strict protection, it's really hard to kill if you want to, hey, there is one thing that can be used, and not long after, Vice Chairman Wang will take refuge in the Japanese, and when he comes to sign the agreement, this Iwasa Taro may have to attend the meeting, when the time comes."

"Wait, who are you talking about? Who wants to take refuge with the Japanese? ”

Zeng Haifeng's mind was numb for a moment when he heard this, and he said in a daze: "Vice Chairman Wang, which Vice Chairman Wang?" ”

"Lead the knife into a fast, live up to the boy's head."

After Zhou Qinghe finished speaking, he watched Zeng Haifeng's mouth slowly get bigger, his eyes popped out, and his expression was a little stupid.

"Seriously?"

"Tu Feiyuan said."

"You didn't say it sooner!" Zeng Haifeng's voice suddenly rose an octave, and he walked to the door like a fried hedgehog: "I want to report this matter immediately, wait." ”

Zeng Haifeng walked back and said solemnly, "Are you sure? ”

"Tu Feiyuan said."

"That's true."

Zeng Haifeng muttered, gritted his teeth in a blink of an eye: "This bastard, how dare he!" There is no shortage of food or clothing, lying there in his position is a lifetime of glory and wealth, vice chairman and vice president! Grass fucking! Even if Wuhan is lost, even if Chongqing is lost, it will not lose the fucking home! ”

"According to the time, people are almost talking to Tu Feiyuan now, which means that they have already been in contact with Wuhan during the battle, and it should be after we killed the first prime minister." Zhou Qinghe added.

"Draw the knife into a fast, look for death! I'll report it right away, and I'll talk about killing the commander later!" ”

"Do you think about the consequences of the report?" Zhou Qinghe suddenly spoke.

"What do you mean?" Zeng Haifeng paused.

Zhou Qinghe shook his head slightly: "God knows that the gendarmerie command knows, Boss Dai knows, the principal knows, and then what?" The principal went to ask him, did you defect, what is the evidence? ”

Zeng Haifeng frowned, and after thinking about it for a while, he knew a little about the trouble of this matter.

"It's tricky, his power in the army is not small, he doesn't admit that no one can do anything about him."

And the most troublesome thing is that Wang knows about this matter, and under the reverse deduction, there are only a few people who leaked secrets, and Zhou Qinghe is among them.

"What should I do?"

"The report still has to be reported, but don't stay in the telegram, from the sending of the report to the receipt of the report, there is a person who leaks the news, he does not admit it, and then you and I are framing the vice president, and there is no place to bury.

You send someone or go to Chongqing in person, go and tell Boss Dai in person, let him make up his mind, Boss Dai, it's used to take the blame, we don't know anything. ”

This matter can only be done in this way, of course Zeng Haifeng chose to run by himself, and never let other people know about it, just when he went to Hong Kong, and then sent a telegram asking Boss Dai to go to Hong Kong as well, and by the way, he would report his duties, so that the time would be faster.

The assassination of the main Shanghai was to continue, and he could not leave for a long time.

This went for three days, and three days later, Zeng Haifeng rushed back.

"How?"

Zeng Haifeng's expression was very relaxed, and he smiled: "Guess what, what did Boss Dai say?" ”

"Nonsense, say."

"It's not fun." Zeng Haifeng was disdainful, squinted his eyes and smiled: "Boss Dai said something big, look at the two of you are nervous, he knows about this matter, and the principal also knows, and even Wang took the initiative to tell the principal that the case has been filed."

The principal is in charge, and he, the vice president, is in charge of peace, so it is a common move to consult with the Japanese to see if there is room for discussion. ”

"Clever." Zhou Qinghe laughed, and he had no last resort, so that even if he was discovered, he would not be slandered.

"Got that? If we really make a bold report, it will be the two of us who will die. ”

"Heh, but Boss Dai also said that what Principal Wang said was to send someone to contact the Japanese to see if everyone could take a break and recuperate, and he didn't say that he would betray the past, no one knew about it.

It is impossible for him to deceive Tufei Yuan to sign the agreement, so there is a good chance that this matter is true, and Wang really wants to rebel in the name of peace talks. ”

"What does Boss Dai mean?"

Zeng Haifeng smiled: "Boss Dai said that there is no need to worry, this is a good thing, if we debunk it now, there is no evidence to be beaten up, it is we who are offended, and it is not good for the party, it is possible that he can't save face and split in the army, then China is really finished."

So the best way now is to stand still, we don't know, let him run, let him rebel, his rebellion, then completely target the pillar of shame.

And the power of the party is all attributed to the principal.

Happy headmaster, you have done a great job. ”

Zhou Qinghe smiled when he heard this, and Shi Shiran poured the tea: "If you don't say that you can stand high and see far, just look at the two of us and know that you will know how to fight and kill, and you will know that you will kill traitors, and people will turn the clouds and rain, this method is strong, right?" ”

"Boss Dai also said that when he defects, he will still be killed."

"Then let's talk about defecting, since he doesn't care about his business, let's discuss our affairs first, and kill Iwasa Taro first."

Just when Zhou Qinghe was discussing with Zeng Haifeng, Chongguangtang.

Tu Feiyuan invited Hasegawa Incheon, and Hase-Incheon came forward to invite the British, American, and French consuls to dinner.

Tu Feiyuan raised his sake glass and smiled: "Actually, there is one thing today that please help, I know that all of you have agents in the concession, so I want to ask you to help me with one thing, help me find out the people of the military commander, I thank you for your help on behalf of Japan, please." ”

There was no good banquet, and the consuls of Britain, the United States and France certainly played Tai Chi.

"I'm sorry, but it's not convenient for us to participate in the war between you and China, and we don't know where the agents of the military command are."

Tu Feiyuan smiled indifferently: "I know you have concerns, so let me make it clear, the existence of these agents has threatened the economic development of Shanghai, made the concession noisy and uneasy, and the loss is everyone's interests."

Your country has invested a lot in Shanghai, and you have received a lot of complaints from businessmen these days, right?

If you are willing to help me find them, then everyone will benefit from it.

If you don't want to, then I will also tell you the news that Shanghai, Qingdao, and Guangzhou are all in the hands of our Japan, and in order to blockade China with supplies, our ships will strictly control each pass.

It is likely that the merchant ships of your country will face very cumbersome inspections, and I am not kidding, but I will definitely do so!

On the other hand, I'm an agent, and I don't believe that your secret service will pay any attention to these military agents in the concession, and you even know where they are.

Just say it, it's easy to do one thing, and your merchant ships will be unimpeded. ”

(End of chapter)