"Everyone." Lu Ming continued, "We predict that the Japanese plan is as follows. First, the Japanese rogues in Shanghai will engage in a porcelain attack on the Chinese, with the purpose of killing people and causing a political incident."
"Trouble? Only local gangsters would use this trick. Would the Japanese do this?" the director of Intelligence Division IV couldn't believe it.
"Japan's national power and military power are stronger than ours, but we don't have to overestimate their personality. They have always used inferior methods and shameless excuses to launch aggressive wars. In Northeast China, they didn't even find excuses.
Then we launched an attack on the Northeastern Army." Lu Ming said loudly.
"It's just that the Japanese are so shameless. I overestimated them before." An adjutant was from Northeast China and his eyes were already red.
"They have reached the highest level of shamelessness. They don't want any face at all." The director of Intelligence Unit 5 shouted loudly.
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Lu Ming had no choice but to knock on the wall with his baton, and the noise below stopped.
"Then the Japanese will take the second step. The Japanese prodigals will encourage Japanese expatriates in Shanghai to carry out various demonstrations and will ask for help from the Japanese Marine Corps stationed in Shanghai and ask them to protect the expatriates. The Japanese Marine Corps will
We can intervene naturally and wait for the opportunity to open fire on the Shanghai defenders."
"Do they dare? Our Shanghai garrison is the heroic and capable 19th Route Army. The Japanese Marine Corps and the military police only have a total of more than a thousand people." The director of Intelligence Division 4 asked.
"What are they afraid of? They only have one division in the Northeast, why don't they still open fire on the Northeast Army?" Lu Ming answered in Qiantian's way of speaking.
"Shanghai is not the Northeast, and the 19th Route Army is not the Northeast Army." The adjutant wiped his eyes and said.
"That's right, we still have the elite 87th Division and 88th Division, and the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps can provide reinforcements at any time." Kangze's adjutant, who was more familiar with the army's garrison, said.
The situation at this time was very similar to the one in the afternoon when Lu Ming and Qian Tian were debating. Lu Ming's intuition was that the Japanese did not dare to take action and that would be self-destruction. Then Qian Tian gave him an answer.
"Everyone, the latest situation confirms: a Japanese fleet will enter Wusongkou tonight, and the Japanese Marine Corps can receive firepower and military support from this fleet at any time." Lu Ming continued.
"What? The Japanese are so brave!" A female confidential secretary was so frightened that she dropped the notepad in her hand to the ground.
"The Japanese fleet is coming to Shanghai quickly. Will there be a war tomorrow?" Another female confidential secretary was so frightened that her face changed color.
Obviously none of them knew about this situation, which also shows that the Japanese adopted a surprise attack and did not give you any time to prepare for the battle.
The Republic of China government didn't seem to care much about what was going on at sea. Since the Beiyang Navy fell apart, the new navy was divided into three forces. The Lightning Department was a maritime force that had just been cultivated by the Chairman and had no actual combat experience.
Since warships from various countries often enter and leave China's inland rivers and often dock at the Shanghai port for supplies, the military authorities do not keep a close eye on the movements of foreign warships and only obtain information after questioning.
"Everyone, please be quiet." Lu Ming had no choice but to knock on the wall with his baton.
Then he finished the information in one breath, then looked at everyone and said: "Comrades, now we have entered the most dangerous moment. We must next grasp the movements of all Japanese, including the Japanese Marine Corps and the Japanese fleet.
You have to be clear about everything so that you can take the initiative.”
"Yes, I am announcing that from now on, our company will enter the highest state of combat readiness. Everyone will cancel their rest and holidays, and are prohibited from going out. Those who need to go out for special reasons must ask for leave from me or Vice President Lu." Kang Ze stood up and announced.
Lu Ming walked down from the map, returned to his chair and sat down. The next step was Kang Ze's business.
"Let's discuss how to monitor the Japanese. If we can't come up with a practical plan today, the meeting cannot be dismissed," Kang Ze said.
People in the venue looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.
The morning meeting had no results and had to be adjourned. Now it is not that easy to come up with a practical monitoring plan immediately.
There was silence in the room at this time, and even several confidential secretaries stopped writing. Since no one spoke, they certainly had nothing to record.
Kang Ze sat with a gloomy face and looked at these subordinates coldly. He didn't believe that so many people couldn't come up with a feasible plan. Isn't it said that three cobblers are equal to one Zhuge Liang?
Lu Ming smiled. You can't blame these people for being incompetent. They were all good at fighting on the battlefield. If they were asked to come up with a battle plan, everyone would probably have an idea. But asking them to provide intelligence was indeed a bit difficult.
Everyone was silent, and Lu Ming had no choice but to stand up and say: "It seems that no one is speaking, so I will show my shame first, and everyone will correct me if I am wrong."
His words relieved everyone, and everyone looked at him hopefully.
Although Kang Ze didn't think that Lu Ming could come up with a complete plan at once, it would be good if someone could start it. Everyone could work together, supplement and improve it, and maybe we could come up with a plan.
Lu Ming walked to the map again and said: "This is what I think. We don't have extra manpower in our club. Intelligence analysis can be done by just sitting here, but for intelligence collection, we have to find external help, or hire people.
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"Hire someone? Do you mean using an informant?" Kang Ze's eyes lit up.
"Yes, we have to ask informants to serve us. We pay them to act as our eyes and ears throughout Shanghai." Lu Ming nodded.
"But where can we find so many informants at once? Besides, I don't know whether the informants are reliable." The director of Intelligence Branch 5 frowned.
"I've thought about this. In fact, we have ready-made informants available." Lu Ming had actually thought about it a long time ago, and it was the right time to throw it out now.
"Ready-made, where is it?" Kang Ze became interested and couldn't help but sit up straight.
"It's like this. There are a group of people from all walks of life in Shanghai who make a living by running errands. They specialize in acting as informants for various forces, either to the police station, to the Songhu Garrison Command, or to the Special Operations Brigade, the Party
There are also informants in various departments of the government and the military, we can definitely hire them, it's just a matter of paying them," Lu Ming said.
"But how can we find these people? The mission is so urgent." asked the director of Intelligence Division IV.
"It's easy to say. For example, we, Comrade Huang Yanning, should be able to control some of the informants at the Songhu Garrison Command, right?" Lu Ming looked at Huang Yanning.
Huang Yanning immediately stood up and said: "Although I don't know many people, I can get the list of informants from the garrison headquarters. These people can be found quickly and are guaranteed to obey orders."
"Approximately how many people are there?" asked the Director of Intelligence Division IV.
"Report to the director, there are about a hundred people." Huang Yanning thought for a while and said.
"That's a lot." Intelligence Director IV took a long breath.
"Everyone, here are several docks and stations. These places are in the hands of the Caobang. I am very familiar with the Caobang. Their people are completely at our disposal and can act as our informants. Of course, they still have to pay." Lu Ming
Then he said.
"How many are there?" Kang Ze asked with interest.
"They have a lot of people, at least several thousand, and they not only control the stations, docks, Huangpu River, Suzhou River, the entire inland river belongs to their territory, they have their manpower. Here, here, and here
..." Lu Ming used his baton to click on the water system drawn on the map.
"The Japanese are using the navy this time, and the Caobang brothers can really come in handy." The director of Intelligence Branch 5 also became enthusiastic.
"Yes, we can leave this to them to be our eyes and ears. We can rely on them to monitor the movements of the Japanese fleet. They rely on waterways for their livelihood and will not attract the attention of the Japanese." Lu Ming analyzed.
"Okay, this solves most of the problem." Kang Ze said excitedly, and when he was happy, he asked again, "I heard that Brother Lu's fiancée is the sister of the Cao Gang boss. Is this true?"
"Well, that's what happened. The mother of the Cao Gang boss and her mother are god-sisters and have known each other since they were children." Lu Ming felt that discussing this topic at this time was a bit inappropriate, so he didn't say more.
"President Lu will bring his girlfriend to us next time." A confidential secretary couldn't help but gossip.
"Yes, we want to see what kind of fairy she is..." Another confidential secretary also joined in.
"Okay, okay, this is a pre-war meeting, not a family forum. I asked President Lu what he meant because he wanted the Cao Gang to put more effort into it, but you guys have started gossiping." Kang Ze glared at the two
Confidential Secretary.
The two confidential secretaries stuck out their tongues and did not dare to say anything. Lu Ming was made a little embarrassed.