The public concession can be said to be the largest piece of Shanghai so far, and it can be regarded as a free land. All kinds of forces on this land are intertwined. So far, the French Ministry of Industry and Technology is the largest. Although France has destroyed its country, some of the forces here have not dissipated. After receiving the support of the Americans, they are still managing this place. After France's national destruction, the Americans also wanted to take over the public concession, but he found that there were too many local forces, including Chinese, British and Japanese. If the Americans took over, it is very likely to cause disgust among other countries, so the Americans secretly supported the French to continue to control the public concession.

It can be said that until now the French are the puppets on the front desk, and they all listen to the Americans behind them. After all, the Americans gave them all kinds of funds and weapons. If they don’t listen to the Americans, they will now become rootless water like other French colonies in the world.

After Japan and Germany occupied Singapore, the Americans cut off all trade with Japan and issued an ultimatum to Japan, requiring Japan to withdraw from Singapore within 72 hours, otherwise the relationship between the United States and Japan would be reduced from the ambassador level to the agency level. Many people in Japan also called on their government not to fall apart with the Americans, especially at this time, but the military does not want to give up the interests they have obtained. These people believe that Japan and the United States will have a war sooner or later. Instead of waiting slowly, it is better to start a war with the Americans while Japan's national strength is rising.

"I don't know how the Chief of Staff thought about this opinion, but I want to remind the Chief of Staff that our Central China dispatched troops still have a large amount of fiat currency in their hands. When we invaded Shanghai, we robbed many of their banks. The main purpose of leaving the public concession is to serve as a communication window to spend all the fiat currency in our hands. If we occupy the public concession, all the money in our hands will be turned into waste paper." Prince Hirohiko Asakamura had a large amount of Chinese banknotes in his hands.

"Dear Prince, I don't need to remind you now. I believe the Prince should know that the Nanjing government in China has already started printing a large amount of money, and their banknotes depreciated faster than we imagined. As far as I know, when we first came to Shanghai, we could buy two cows for 100 yuan, but so far we can't even buy a chicken. If we continue to depreciate at the current depreciation rate, it is estimated that 100 yuan in a year can only buy a box of matches." The Chief of Staff smiled and said that others laughed. The depreciation of China's currency is also beneficial to Japan. After all, the depreciation of a country's currency is a decline in their country's comprehensive national strength.

"I don't need you to remind me of this, but one of the questions I want to ask you now is that if we occupy the public concession, what are the uses of the Chinese banknotes in our warehouse? Should we take them out and light cigarettes?" In fact, everyone was laughing at the speed of the depreciation of Chinese banknotes, and they did not laugh at Prince Hirohiko Asakagumi, but Prince Hirohiko Asakagumi independently counted this ridicule on himself.

"According to the current situation, if we do not occupy the public concession, we will not be able to open up the situation in the Central China War Zone. Wang Anchuan and the Central Army of China have already guarded all key points tightly. It is absolutely impossible for us to open a gap in them, unless we can bear more than 200,000 casualties. But now, let alone our Central China Expeditionary Army, the entire Japan cannot afford the casualties." The Chief of Staff made a helpless expression. If you can bear the casualties, then attack directly. According to the current supplementary speed, it is estimated that the Year of the Monkey and Horse Month will not be able to supplement the 200,000 soldiers. At that time, the combat strength of the Central China Expeditionary Army will further decline. I don't know if you can bear it at that time.

Now that only tens of thousands of people are inserted into the inside, it is going to start a fuss. He sent telegrams to the base camp every few days. If 200,000 people were inserted at that time, I still don’t know what the following officers would be like. General Matsui Ishione would never allow such a thing to happen. Now the Central China Expeditionary Army is at the same level as the Kwantung Army. If he loses 200,000 soldiers like this, the status of General Matsui Ishione will decline very quickly, and he will never allow such things to happen.

"Anyway, I oppose the occupation of public concessions. The current status of the public concessions is very important, and our Japan is already infamous internationally. If we continue to defeat the public concessions, I am afraid that our Japan will be isolated by other countries in the whole world. Even if we are Germans, our attitude towards us may not be very good. They do not want the public concessions to fall into our hands. After all, there are some interests of the Germans in Shanghai." Prince Hirohiko Asakamiya knew that if he continued to reason, he would definitely be the one who made a fool of himself, so he simply threw down these words and closed his eyes there to rest. He also expressed his attitude indirectly and did not agree with the occupation of public concessions.

"I think there is no need to consider the relationship between other countries compared to the 200,000 soldiers of the Empire. Although the Germans have been working with us Japanese for a while, our relationship with them has always been in harmony. And as far as I know, the Germans have very little interests in Shanghai. If we say hello to the Germans in advance, they can protect their interests. The Germans should not have too much obstacles to our occupation of the public concession, and we are already in a state of war with the British, and we don't need to consider the British. So far, the most important thing to consider is the American reaction." The Chief of Staff not only knows a lot about military affairs, but also knows a lot about diplomatic matters. It makes sense to speak.

Seishiro Itagaki originally wanted to say a few words, but now he saw that the Chief of Staff had done his homework before he could speak out, so he stopped opening his mouth. If he opened his mouth, it would be a humiliation.
Chapter completed!