The next day was Sunday, and Li Junhao went directly to Ayers' official residence to visit, bringing expensive cigars, red wine, Hunan embroidery and other gifts. The old man said that he liked his behavior of openly corrupting the leader, this is what a junior looks like!

When talking about the issue of political prisoners in custody, Li Junhao expressed his thoughts, and Ayres was noncommittal about the handling of underground party personnel.

As for the Kuomintang personnel, the old man expressed his appreciation for his idea, believing that he had considered it well, and that it would be in the best interests of the country to hand over these detained government personnel to the US diplomatic system for handling.

Moreover, all the personnel of the United States and China involved in this matter will know that this is actually the credit of Director Pan Sen, the current leader of the Shanghai Strait Police, and no one can erase it, and this will add a lot of points to him in the political aspect.

Next, Ayers asked him how he was going to deal with the arrested gang members, and Li Junhao explained his own measures, and made it clear that in order to crack down on pornography, gambling, and drugs in the concession, the first thing to crack down on was the property under Zhang Xiaolin's name, so as to punish him for sending people to make trouble in the concession, second, to clean up the chaos of law and order in the concession, and third, to take the opportunity to make up for the huge expenses incurred in the restructuring of the police station and the establishment of the 327th Regiment of the Navy and Land by confiscating his illegal property......

Originally, the old man thought that his plan was a little radical, but when he heard the last reason, he was silent, and nodded in agreement—because this little Ogur is really good enough to spend money!

The restructuring of the police station can also be paid by the free reserve fund of the Ministry of Industry, but the formation of the 327th Regiment of the Sea and Land is the spare funds of the Consulate General, although the Ministry of Defense promised to bear this cost, but it will take time to transfer it from China to Shanghai, and during this time the logistics and financial personnel of the consulate have given him a warning: the reserve fund is seriously insufficient!

In fact, Li Junhao proposed that he was ready to bear the cost of the formation of the 327 regiment by himself, but he was categorically vetoed by the old man, and educated him: In the future, when it comes to the army, we must be cautious, small subsidies and care do not matter, but when it comes to military expenses, we must not pay for it ourselves, not because of more money and less money, but because of this taboo - the army is a state, not a person! If the generals pay for the army themselves, it will be the same as the local warlords of the Republic of China!

This incident made Li Junhao learn something, military problems must be solved within the framework of his current identity, and he can't make things that make people criticize! Only if you are within the scope of military regulations, whether it is reasonable or not, you can do it, and if you don't do it vice versa, you can do it secretly, and it's okay not to be discovered!

Speaking of which, Li Junhao pointed out that in addition to the illegal businesses that are to be cracked down on, the biggest problem in the public concession is the military problem, mainly three formed armies that are not controlled by the United States: 1,700 British troops, 700 Italian troops, and 1,500 international merchant groups. Although the latter is now the commander of the United States, because of its special composition, the United States does not have complete control over it. In addition, the overall military strength is weak, and if the Japanese army attacks, the current troops will not be able to defend the entire concession area at all.

Hearing this, Ayers fell into thought...... Britain is an ally, which is caused by historical origins and cannot be changed; In the present situation, the war in Europe has already involved Britain, which has declared war on Germany, and Germany, Japan, and Italy are allies, and although Japan has not yet declared war on Britain, it will happen at any time.

Under these circumstances, the presence of 1,700 British troops became a dangerous factor in the public concession, as it would arouse the hostility of the Japanese army.

The situation of the 700 Italian troops was the opposite of that of the British, whose own country was an ally of Germany and Japan, although there was no formal declaration of war, but because of the camp relationship, it was already an enemy country with Britain in essence!

Under such circumstances, two armies that could turn their faces at any time because of domestic policy existed in a narrow concession, and at the same time became a factor of instability. If there is a disturbance, I am afraid that there will be no need for the Japanese army to attack, and the concession itself will be in chaos!

The situation of the International Chamber of Commerce, Ayers is also clear, the militia unit established in early 1853, after more than 80 years of development, has been very international, including Chinese, there are currently a total of 27 regiments, squadrons, detachments, members involving more than 20 nationalities, countries, of which the translation team, the Chinese squadron is all composed of Chinese men, each with a formal establishment of 125 people, a reserve of 200 people; The title of "All Nations" lives up to its name.

But as Og Jr. said, this complex militia force is not at all under the control of a single American commander. Before Colonel Aite Schneider took office, the commander of the International Merchant Group had always been British, and more than half of the middle-level officers were also British.

"What do you want to do?" Ayres asked, taking a puff on his cigar.

"I think that the war in Europe has begun, and according to the British style, the 1,700 British troops will not be in Shanghai for too long, because in the face ......of Germany, Britain does not have an advantage in population, and the number of troops is not enough," Li Junhao said, "I estimate that at the latest in April and May next year, this British army will be transferred back to China." ”

Ayers nodded in agreement with his judgment.

"The situation of these 700 Italian troops is more complicated......," Li Junhao said, "Under the current situation in Europe, Italy will follow Germany and declare war on Britain and France at any time, and it has no decent naval strength in Asia, so it is impossible to transport these Italian troops back to China in time, while Britain and France, who have this ability, are enemy countries, while China is a neutral country!"

"In this way, these 700 Italian soldiers will not be able to leave, and they will remain in the concession but become enemies of the expatriates like the Germans, and they will be in an awkward situation......"

At this time, Ayres interjected: "Then will these Italian troops go directly to the Japanese?" "In his mind, it was an ally after all, and it was very likely.

Li Junhao shook his head and said: "Italians should have such an idea, after all, a small army of 700 people, joining the alliance camp is a normal choice, but I estimate that the Japanese may not be willing to accept it, after all, the cultures of the East and the West are different......"

He didn't say that in the history of his previous life, this Italian army really wanted to join the combat sequence of its allies, but it was not trusted, not only was it disarmed by the Japanese army, but it was also put into a prisoner of war camp, which was not much better than the American army and the diaspora of other countries, which can be described as super tragic!

(End of chapter)