My years of espionage

Chapter 372

When Pete walked into his office, he saw Cheng Qianfan teasing the pigeons in the cage with a toothpick.

My friend stared intently at his pigeons, as if thinking of something.

"What are you thinking?" Pete asked suddenly.

"This pigeon is not small, especially its butt is quite fat, it must be delicious when roasted." Cheng Qianfan replied casually.

Then he realized something, and as soon as he turned his head, he saw Pete's angry face.

"When did you come back?" Cheng Qianfan pointed to the pigeon in the cage and said without the slightest embarrassment, "I mean, I want to eat your pigeon, what a big deal."

"It's not a meat pigeon! It's not a meat pigeon!" Piet said angrily, "This is an Antwerp pigeon, one of the best pigeons!"

"It's the same for us Chinese." Cheng Qianfan whistled towards the pigeon, "What's the situation with the Japanese? If the situation is critical, I will consider moving our cargo to a safe place."

"You know how to miss your goods." Pete said angrily.

"Wrong, it's our goods." Cheng Qianfan pointed his chin up, shook his finger, and corrected him.

"Here you are." Pete took out a document from his briefcase and handed it to Cheng Qianfan, "Look for yourself, the war broke out."

……

This is the notification letter sent by the Shanghai Municipal Government to the French Concession and the Anglo-American International Concession:

"At [-]:[-] in the morning, the heavy artillery of the Japanese warship bombarded Zhabei, and the shells fell into residential areas, killing and injuring countless innocent civilians.

Later, a small team of the Japanese Marine Corps crossed Songhu Road from Tiantong Temple and Hengbang Road, rushed into Baoshan Road, and shot at our security team stationed near Baoxing Road.

Our army fought back for self-defense.

The two sides fought fiercely for about 10 minutes, and the enemy began to retreat. "

Cheng Qianfan was heartbroken, he could fully imagine how tragic it would be if a naval artillery shell fell into a residential area.

Grinning, Cheng Qianfan raised the document in his hand and muttered, "It seems that the goods we have left at the dock must be transferred as soon as possible."

"You can figure it out." Pete waved his hand, "I'm going to take a nap, don't disturb me."

He was tired after the meeting and slipped out to have another tryst with Mrs. Tandall.

"Be careful to die on a woman's belly one day." Cheng Qianfan laughed and said, "There is one more thing, remember to urge Marseille to ship and deliver the goods quickly."

"Understood." Pete waved his hand impatiently. Hearing the sound of Cheng Qianfan's riding boots stamping on the ground far away, he muttered, "About me? Your reputation is not much better than mine."

……

Far away in Peking.

In Xila Hutong near Wangfujing Street, there is a mansion with high walls and deep courtyard, which is inconspicuous in appearance.

Kenji Doihara stood at the door, a little absent-minded.

The sound of cicadas ringing in his ears brought him back to his senses.

"Your Excellency, division commander." An accompanying officer whispered.

"Do you know? It used to be called 'Sakanishi Mansion'." Kenji Doihara pointed to the door and said.

Here, Rihachiro Sakanishi and Kenji Doihara discussed China policy together.

Rihachiro Sakanishi once questioned Kenji Doihara, his promising successor, and asked him what he thought about occupying China.

Doihara explained at the time that in order to invade and occupy China, one must take a step-by-step strategy. For this reason, North China cannot be taken as the primary place to seize China, because North China is the political center of China. Fencing, so Manmeng should be the first to be taken.

For this reason, Doihara believed that Zhang Zuolin in the Northeast should be supported and the Zhili warlord Wu Peifu should be attacked.

A smug smile appeared on the corner of Kenji Doihara's mouth, and he recalled in his mind the scene of Rihachiro Sakanishi clapping his hands and applauding after he said these remarks.

……

Banxi agrees with Doihara's analysis, so he decides to recommend Doihara to Zhang Zuolin, hoping that Doihara can play a major role beside Zhang Zuolin.

However, Machino Takema, a Japanese consultant next to Zhang Zuolin, has a grudge against Doihara:
Because Takema Machino belonged to the Japanese cabinet, and Takema Doihara belonged to the Army Staff Headquarters, and the Japanese Army had never paid attention to the Cabinet of Japan, and the cabinet was also on guard against the Japanese Army in many ways. Rihachiro's recommendation is blocked.

It is precisely for this reason that Kenji Doihara came to Zhang Zuolin as a consultant a few years later in [-].

In this regard, Kenji Doihara once publicly scolded Machinotakema, saying that if Machinotakema hadn’t stopped him, the empire would have occupied Manchuria at least a few years earlier. At that time, the Chinese government had not yet unified, and the empire’s occupation of China would have been even more difficult. smoothly.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander." A Japanese captain walked quickly, "Shanghai urgent call."

Kenji Doihara took the telegram, lowered his obese and huge head slightly, and looked down.

The telegram stated that Japanese warships bombarded Shanghai Zhabei on the Huangpu River at [-]:[-] this morning, and at the same time the Marine Corps attacked Baoxing Road, and the Songhu battle broke out.

After reading it, Kenji Doihara showed no sadness or joy, and handed the telegram to the lieutenant beside him.

……

"They didn't listen to the advice of the head of the division, so they did it anyway." The lieutenant officer glanced at it and said with a sigh.

"It's not their fault." Kenji Doihara shook his head.

He knew very well that although the Japanese army fired first, the Chinese army had been preparing to do it, and the imperial garrison in Shanghai was more forced to strike first.

"It's a pity, Chang Kaishen wasn't fooled this time." Kenji Doihara shook his head inwardly and sighed.

After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the Japanese army’s strategy was to strive to win the two famous Chinese cities of Pingjin and Tianjin. If the Chinese side really refused to back down, then the Japanese army decided to annihilate China’s main army in a large-scale battle in central Hebei and complete the division of North China. strategic intent.

At this time, the Japanese army did not intend to open up a second battlefield in Shanghai, or in the center of China's military, political, economic, and taxation in the Yangtze River Delta.

Some Japanese generals, led by Kenji Doihara and Wanji Ishihara, believed that Japan should cut and eat China. If a war were fought in Shanghai at the same time, it would affect the major economic and trade interests of Japan and the international powers, and it would be easy to be isolated by the European powers internationally.

In addition, Kenji Doihara was also very worried about the actions of the Soviet Union. If a war broke out in Shanghai, the Japanese troops would disperse to East China, and Soviet Russia might invade Manchuria.

Kenji Doihara sent a letter to the Army Staff Headquarters, arguing that China did not dare to fight back against Japanese aggression in an all-round way, and that the Chinese army could at best provide partial and limited resistance to the Japanese attack in North China.

According to past experience, China was unable to defend itself against Japanese aggression, and after losing troops and generals, China had no choice but to acquiesce in a situation controlled by the Japanese army.

Just like the Northeast after the September [-]th Incident and Rehe after the Battle of the Great Wall, the empire created troubles, and the Chinese army could not defend them, so they could only acquiesce in the actual occupation of the empire.

Therefore, Kenji Doihara was shocked when he learned that the Nanjing government was "crazy" planning to start a second battle in Shanghai first.

He immediately mobilized the sycophants and politicians controlled by Japan to advocate Sino-Japanese friendship, and at the same time released a "peace signal" in order to delay Nanjing's determination to take action in Shanghai.

However, the final result was unsatisfactory. Chang Kaishen seemed to be determined to fight in Shanghai this time.

In desperation, in order to avoid being attacked by the Chinese army first and falling into a passive situation, the imperial garrison in Shanghai could only act first.

"Aoki-kun, call Shanghai back." Kenji Doihara said while walking, "Call Miss Tian, ​​live well."

Junichi Aoki glanced at Kenji Doihara in surprise, nodded, "Yes!"

……

Lu Dazhang conveyed organizational action orders and plans to Lao Huang.

Hearing that Cheng Qianfan, the Third Patrol Chief of the Central Patrol Office, participated in this operation, Lao Huang was extremely surprised.

"Cheng Qianfan is also our comrade?" He asked.

"No, he doesn't know anything." Lu Dazhang shook his head, "Cheng Qianfan will nod in agreement with your inspection application report, that's all."

He looked at Lao Huang and said with a smile, "The organization spent ten large yellow croakers to bribe you. Of course, in his eyes, you, Lao Huang, were also bribed."

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