Wind spy

Although Sakae Kinoshita is the commander of the gendarmerie headquarters in Shanghai, he has very little contact with Li Shiqun. Although the secret service headquarters is also under the supervision of the special high-level department of the headquarters, in fact, it mainly obeys the instructions of the Mei agency. Instructions of the Jinling government.

The Gendarmerie Command is responsible for maintaining public security in the Shanghai stock market and protecting the interests of the empire, the military and the Japanese. The city police station is more suitable for this kind of work, and the two parties have a closer contact. As for the secret agents at the secret service headquarters, thank God for not causing trouble. .

Therefore, he did not have a good impression of Li Shiqun, and his tone was always sarcasm. He was not clear about the bad things that the agent headquarters did in private.

But all traitor spies are the same. Kinoshita Sakae is not particularly disgusted with Li Shiqun. This person does have the ability to uproot the Military Statistics Bureau in the Shanghai Stock Exchange. This is the result, and he can't even do extra-high courses. To this extent, the Empire needs such people at this stage.

"Your Excellency, my textile factory has been moved to Suzhou, where Li Shiqun's site is located. The local tea, raw silk, grain rice, cotton and other materials must rely on his great help. I cannot refuse this request." Chen Mingxiang said.

If you want to impress Kinoshita Eiichi, you have to come up with substantive reasons to convince him, whether it is a good impression or a bad impression, after all, it is not as important as money.

The Gendarmerie Headquarters in Shanghai occupies half of the net profits of the Huatong Trading Company. Kinoshita Sakae obtained an astonishing amount of dividends to ensure the smooth production of the textile factory and the smooth progress of smuggling transactions, which is also protecting his personal interests.

"What you said is reasonable. The key to the survival of textile mills is cotton and cotton yarn. It does require the support of the local government and the Qingxiang Committee, and Li Shiqun cannot be bypassed. Since the business of Huatong Trading Company is involved, you can do something in exchange. It makes sense."

"It may be a little difficult for you to find a breakthrough. That's because you are not familiar with General Matsui's resume, and you don't understand the relationship between the imperial generals in Central China and him. Just come to me."

"Matsui Takuro used to be the staff officer of the China Division of the General Staff Headquarters. If you want to get closer to him quickly, you now have a good opportunity. Just two days after he came to Shanghai, he is preparing to form a dispatched army headquarters and a special army department stationed in Shanghai. Takeo Imai, who used to work with General Matsui in North China."

"At that time, Takeo Imai was an Army Assistant Military Attache at the Imperial Embassy in China. He worked in Peiping for a long time. He had a very good relationship with General Matsui who was the head of the Peiping Special Service of the garrison. You are naturally not clear about this matter." Kinoshita smiled. Said.

The gendarmerie is the police in the army, and this special unit naturally has special resources. As the commander of the gendarmerie, Kinoshita Sakae knows all the information of all generals in the dispatch army headquarters. Chen Mingxiang mentioned Matsui Takuro. He could immediately think of Imai Takeo.

"Takeo Imai? I've heard of this person before. He should also be a member of the plum agency. Chairman Wang and the Empire signed the agreement, and he participated in the relevant negotiations." Chen Mingxiang said.

Although he has not had contact with Takeo Imai, he is no stranger to this person. It can be said that this person played an important role in the formation of the Wang puppet government.

Moreover, Takeo Imai also participated in the third secret negotiation between the Japanese government and the Yamashiro government to implement the strategy of luring the old man into surrender.

Strictly speaking, Takeo Imai should be a spy, or a relatively high-level spy. He is not a pure soldier. His work is more about politics and intelligence.

"Yes, Imai Takeo was formerly the head of the second and fourth sections of the Dispatch Army Headquarters. He participated in the negotiations between the Empire and Chairman Wang and assisted General Akasa Kagesa to promote the establishment of the Jinling government. Naturally, it was the plum agency. Early member."

"Later he was transferred to the 65th Brigade of the 14th Army of the Army as the captain of the Infantry Wing. He participated in the attack on the Philippine Green Binh. He was just transferred from Manila to the Shanghai stock market from the base camp."

"The dispatch army headquarters believes that there are too many army stations in the Shanghai stock market, and it is preparing to integrate and form an ad hoc army department for unified management."

"Considering that Takeo Imai had been in the Shanghai stock market for a period of time and was familiar with the situation here, he appointed Takeo Imai as a senior member to be responsible for the formation of this department." Kinoshita said.

The Shanghai Stock Exchange is not only Asia's largest international city and financial center, but also China's industrial and commercial core center, especially the highly developed public concessions and French concessions, which are very important to the Japanese army.

The General Command of the Dispatch Army, the 11th Army Command, the 21st Army Command, the North China Front Army Command, the First Army Command and the Twelfth Army Command, etc., all have their own institutions directly under the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Needless to say, the headquarters of the Thirteenth Army in the local area.

The biggest drawback of the Japanese army in the war was that the logistics system was rotten, and it was impossible to guarantee the supply of military supplies. The regular supply of daily supplies was not timely, which affected the lives and operations of the troops. The functions of these organizations were mainly material procurement.

Without a unified management organization, the offices of various military-level units are a bit chaotic. There are often conflicts in order to snatch supplies. For this, the dispatch army headquarters also feels a headache.

This time, Commander-in-chief Hata Shuroku assigned Nagatsu Sahiko, the deputy chief of staff to be responsible for the special task, and set up a special army department in Shanghai to solve this problem.

The continuous escalation of conflicts within the army has caused dissatisfaction with the Central China Liaison Department and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Japanese companies stationed in Shanghai have also regularly filed complaints.

"Your Excellency, Imai Takeo and I don't say it's friendship, even if we haven't even had a relationship, we went directly to visit and ask him for assistance. This seems a little inappropriate?" Chen Mingxiang said embarrassedly.

If you want to find Takeo Imai as an intermediary and help convince Matsui Takuro, you must not go straight, you must find a suitable introducer. At the moment, according to Kinoshita Eiichi, he and Takeo Imai are not very familiar with each other. Can't find the temple door with the pig's head!

"Takeo Imai was originally in charge of intelligence work at the dispatched army headquarters, and he is also a member of the plum agency. You can ask Major General Kawamoto, the head of intelligence of the 13th Army Command, to come forward."

"He presides over the intelligence work of the garrison headquarters, and the two interacted a lot. I heard that personal relationships are also very good. If he comes forward, I believe there will be a satisfactory result." Kinoshita Eiichi said.

With Kinoshita Sakae, who was familiar with the Japanese generals, pointed out that Chen Mingxiang felt that the complicated situation became clear at once. As long as he could find the right person, everyone could have room for discussion.

But turning around, the key to solving this problem has returned to the Mei organ itself!