Li Junhao planned and contacted Stilwell behind the scenes, and the consul general in Shanghai, Ayers, knew about it, but he did not interfere, but privately contacted Ambassador Jensen in Chongqing to ask him to help and support.

Speaking of which, Jensen is higher than Ayres in terms of position, but slightly inferior in seniority, and Ayres has basically determined that he will return to China as deputy secretary of state around the end of the year, so of course Jensen wants to give him face, which is one of the important reasons why he strongly supports Stilwell.

In the Huhai Concession, because of Li Junhao's personal request, the cultural counselor of the U.S. Consulate General, Kuros Barrett, personally came forward and met with the heads of dozens of major media outlets, and released news and reports on the 14th, vigorously criticizing the Chongqing government's sabotage of the War of Resistance, so that the news of the two tragedies blocked by the Kuomintang government was made public, and quickly spread from Shanghai to the whole country!

As the behind-the-scenes hero who initiated this matter, Li Junhao did not mean to take credit, but just sighed at the difficulty of China's great cause of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression! Moreover, it also strengthened his determination to start a business in Shanghai and Haihai alone.

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On Thursday, June 15, Li Junhao personally presided over the formal reorganization of the Special Department at the Police Force, eliminating half of the members who did not meet his requirements, and reorganizing it into the Investigation Department of the Police Force, whose work functions were to check all non-own forces within the concession, and to warn, expel and arrest hostile forces and personnel who infringed on his own interests......

However, due to the current staffing inadequacy, the initial work is only to check the existing intelligence information and establish an official file for the various forces in the concession......

In Li Junhao's plan, after the first round of police cadet training, outstanding personnel will be selected to supplement the investigation department, and this department will be built into a powerful organization to crack down on Japanese, puppet, and enemy forces.

Then, he found the assistant director in charge of the Legal Affairs Department, Ovie Fast, and asked him to start an inventory of all the prisoners detained in the Concession Prison and Detention Center, first of all, political prisoners, including anti-government personnel before the Anti-Japanese War and anti-Japanese personnel after the full-scale start of the Anti-Japanese War......

In addition, from now on, the conditions of detention and living conditions of all political prisoners will be immediately improved, forced labor will be abolished, and medical personnel will be arranged to examine their bodies and treat their diseases......

Hearing his request, Fast said with some concern: "Director, will we offend the Nationalist Government and the Japanese army by doing this?" ”

Li Junhao said firmly: "We are now based in the Shanghai Sea, and we can still keep the concession without losing it, not because of the Chongqing government, let alone because of the benevolence of the Japanese army, but because of the strength behind us, the influence of the United States, Britain and other Western countries, and because of the financial and economic environment of the concession!" Therefore, until the West officially declares war on Japan, Japan will endure whatever we do...... As for Chongqing, there is no need to pay attention to them at all, those corrupt bureaucrats and warlords don't even have the courage to bark in opposition! ”

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Less than half a day later, on the afternoon of 15 June, He Yingqin, chief of staff of the Central Military Commission, issued a statement on behalf of the Kuomintang Military Commission, saying that after preliminary investigation, the Shenxian incident and the Pingjiang incident on 11 and 12 June were all done by local troops without authorization...... At present, the central government has noticed the bad impact of the two incidents, and has set up an investigation agency specially composed of the Central Military Commission, the Supervision Yuan, and other departments to rush to the two places to verify the facts......

On June 18, the Kuomintang Military Commission released preliminary findings, saying that the Shenxian incident was the work of Zhang Yinwu, commander-in-chief of the Hebei People's Army, and that the reason was that he was trying to vent his anger and falsely claiming orders from his superiors...... At present, the person has been removed from all positions and arrested and brought to justice;

It is said that the Pingjiang incident was caused by a division commander under the jurisdiction of the 27th Group Army who was bribed by the enemy and privately mobilized his troops...... At present, the commander-in-chief of the army, General Janssen, has ordered his removal from his post and arrest.

The two principal offenders and dozens of accomplices have been brought to justice, and the prison will take over the subsequent trial and trial......

Subsequently, General Zhang Zhizhong, director of Chairman Chiang's chamberlain, issued a statement on his behalf, saying that Chairman Chiang and the Nationalist Government and the army under his leadership firmly supported the anti-Japanese united front, expressed regret and anger at the two incidents, and ordered the perpetrators to be severely punished......

The time between the incident and the announcement of the "investigation results" by the Kuomintang side was only one week, which was unprecedented in terms of both the previous similar incidents and the efficiency of the national government!

However, everyone can see that in this incident, the statement of the US military is the key. The mainstream speculation of the forces on all sides is that this is because the corruption and reaction of the Kuomintang government have made it unbearable for the Jin Zhuguo, so they have beaten them......

On June 19, new news came out: on June 16, the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Commerce was signed in the Soviet Union, and the two sides were still discussing the third Sino-Soviet credit loan agreement, with a loan amount of 150 million US dollars......

This news has made many forces think; The tough statement of the US military attache in China on June 14 should have taken the opportunity to make trouble, because the US side was dissatisfied with the fact that the Kuomintang government was too close to the Soviet side, and that it also had a large amount of borrowings -- according to the usual practice, the Chinese side could only repay the loans by using strategic materials such as tungsten sand, tung oil, and pig bristles, which would seriously encroach on the interests of the US side......

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When these news reached Huhai, Li Junhao was also surprised, although he knew more about the history of the war in his previous life, but he couldn't remember the non-battle situation like these specific days!

And because of these news, Ayers was called by him again, praising him for his good timing, and just two days before the signing of the Sino-Soviet signing, Stilwell was pushed to denounce the Kuomintang Military Commission on behalf of the military, so that the United States had an absolute advantage in the next US-China military aid negotiations......

Although he knew that this was a complete coincidence, he still took the opportunity to put forward a request, that is, in the new batch of military aid to China, a part of it should be given to the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, of course, it could only be used for its operations against Japan......

Ayres thought the suggestion was reasonable, and immediately contacted Ambassador Jensen in Chongqing, and after some exchanges, set the tone for the next negotiations.

This result was a surprise for Li Junhao!

After returning to the mansion, he immediately asked Li Xiaoyu to send a report to Yan'an, asking him to arrange a special person to contact the US side and eat this dividend as soon as possible - this kind of good thing is not always happening!