The Japanese of this period held a meeting, which is very distinctive!

If a person in a position much higher than others presides over the meeting, it is basically a hall of words; But if it is a group of people of equal status and unaffiliated subordinates, then when the meeting is held, either one ignores the other, or it is a quarrel, and it is impossible to reach an agreement, and this time it is the same.

Consul General Miura and Lieutenant General Harita, who were requested by Tsering Ogiaki of the Mitsubishi Gas Company, could not come up with a good solution, and everyone else was watching the excitement and neither wanted to interfere nor could intervene, which was embarrassing.

Next is the appeal of Li Ming of Hongji Shantang, asking the government and the military to help him ask for goods and people......

Everyone here used to despise Dicho Tsering for his despicable business methods, but now they are despising this fake Chinese Satomifu at all - this person does the dirtiest business, his character is also extremely dirty, insatiable, and he only flatters those chaebols behind him, and has no benefit to the military, so why help him? (Well, the last reason is actually the most important.) ）

Hearing this, Mei Ji Ying Zuo Zhen Zhao Dazuo, who was currently busy with work, was impatient, and got up directly and said: "Forgive me, the agency is busy with affairs, I want to retire first, please inform me after the results of the meeting." After speaking, he bowed to everyone and went out. Although there were consul generals and several generals present, he was confident, and the Mei organ he was in charge of was jointly established by various military forces and was directly under the General Staff Headquarters, so he did not need to look at the faces of other departments and other people at all.

Several other army officers watched with some envy as Ying Zuo Zhenzhao left, and they also wanted to do this, but they always had some scruples, and they couldn't help but give face to the Consulate General and Xingyayuan, so they could only continue to stay, and of course they wouldn't be in a good mood. In order to express their dissatisfaction, several people began to talk in small words.

Takeo Imai, chief of the Second Section (Intelligence Division) of the General Headquarters of the Central China Dispatch Army, and Yoshitaro Kawamoto, director of the Special Service Department of the Thirteenth Army Headquarters, have related positions and have a good relationship in peacetime, so they naturally chatted together, mainly about the new round of attack on Changsha that the 13th Army is planning and preparing, and intelligence must go first, and they are actually very busy now.

Major General Saburo Miura, commander of the military police stationed in Shanghai, and Major General Masami Maeda, director of the special service of the Ministry of the Army stationed in Shanghai, are responsible for the issue of public order in the occupied areas of Shanghai; at present, the anti-Japanese forces in the Japanese theater are constantly active, and their work pressure is very great, so how can they bother to take care of the affairs of profiteers in the concessions!

The meeting lasted for most of the afternoon, and there was no way to maintain the normal result of the meeting, which can be regarded as maintaining the tradition.

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On Tuesday, February 20, the Joint Command of the U.S. Forces in Shanghai issued a "Concession Armed Forces Military Operation Plan No. 1", which was drafted by Chief of Staff Yang Shixiong and signed by Commander Pan Sen.

The No. 1 plan stipulates the contingency measures and areas of responsibility that should be taken by the armed forces such as the garrisons, police, people's army, and militia in the concession when the concession is attacked by force. Of course, this plan is classified and only communicated to the main commanders of the departments, and the middle and lower rank officers and ordinary soldiers are only trained accordingly according to the requirements of their superiors.

The provocation of the Japanese army the day before aroused the vigilance of all parties in the concession, and the threat of the Japanese army always existed, and in order to protect the safety of the concession, all parties and all walks of life began to pay attention to the construction of armaments; In particular, the People's Army Self-Defense Corps, which received donations from outside the country, received a large amount of surprise donations, which saved Li Junhao a lot of private subsidies.

In addition, according to the regulations of the Ministry of Industry and Bureau of the Concession, all major associations, chambers of commerce, guilds, enterprises, and even alleys and neighborhoods can apply for the formation of militia joint defense teams, and the various departments of the US military and the police training center in Shanghai will provide training, assistance, guidance, and command.

Although this situation has made it difficult to unify the weapons and equipment of the various joint defense units, it has effectively used the various types of weapons in the official inventory of the concession and reduced waste.

In the face of such a large-scale armed force in the concession, the Japanese side raised doubts, holding that the current armed forces in the concession completely exceeded the level of self-defense and should be corrected.

In this regard, at a press conference held by the Ministry of Industry Bureau, Colonel Pan Sen, director of military affairs and police, replied: Where is this! In order to protect the safety of the concession and maintain the safety of the citizens, the ultimate goal of the concession management is to make all the people soldiers!

The next day, after the major newspapers and periodicals reported, the citizens of the Huhai Concession were jubilant, this Chief Pan Sen was really domineering!

According to the advice of Chief of Staff Yang Shixiong, Li Junhao began to consciously appear in public to build a personal image and prepare in advance for greater goals in the future.

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On February 26, at the morning meeting of the Consulate General on Monday, Consul General Ayers announced that he would leave his post next week and return to China, along with Commercial Counsellor Stephen Thein;

Political Counsellor Justin Sheehan will act as Consul General, Military Attache Pan Sen will also serve as Deputy Consul General, and First Secretary of the Commercial Division, Sizzy Hampley, will be promoted to Commercial Counsellor.

This series of changes shocked everyone in the consulate, but except for Sain, who looked gloomy, everyone else was promoted, which is good news.

According to previous rumors, Mr. Nelson Ayres will become deputy secretary of state after returning to China, presiding over the foreign affairs of the Far East, Oceania, and the Pacific region, which is a new height in his personal career development. In this regard, Ayers did not deny it, but accepted everyone's congratulations with a smile, which can be regarded as a solid matter!

After the meeting, Ayres left Sheehan, Lee and Hampley behind to tell them about the handover......

However, for Li Junhao, his promotion to deputy consul general this time is actually in charge of military and police affairs in the concession, but after this position, his actual status has been taken up again. It can even be said that Sheehan, the acting consul general, is not at all comparable to him in terms of management authority over the internal affairs of the concession.

Sheehan himself knows this, he is pursuing a rise in political status, and as for the management of the concession, it is actually best to have the sensible Pan Sen in charge. His current career plan is to turn the agent into a regular as soon as possible, and then find an opportunity to become an ambassador to a certain country, and the affairs of Huhai are no longer attractive to him!

It was a complete surprise for Hampley, who had never thought she would be promoted anytime soon. She felt that she should have been stained with Pan Sen's light this time - Sein had tried to suppress Pan Sen several times before, and even wanted to steal the fruits of his work, which should have caused some annoyance, and this time she had the opportunity to take it down! Looking at Sein's expression, there will be no position for him after returning home! This made her very emotional.

(End of chapter)