"Of course they can do it if they want to kill Chinese people, but that is a crime, not a ploy. What they want now is not to kill people, but a ploy, to frame them. When they cause a conflict and the military intervenes,
That's when they massacred the Chinese people." Lu Ming explained carefully.
"Only devils can act like this, but the Japanese people I know are all pretty good, right?" Yuan Ziyuan felt a little unbelievable.
Sheng Youde and the other three laughed.
Sometimes Yuan Ziyuan is not as good at judging things as her younger sister Yuan Mingzhu, and her quirkiness is only suitable for family and friends.
"Wolves are quite cute animals when you don't provoke them, but when they want to eat you, you will understand." Lu Ming said with a bitter smile.
Sheng Youde and Lu Ming analyzed the possible next move of the Japanese for a while, but neither could figure out the context of the Japanese.
They can only be sure of one thing: the Japanese will take further actions and will not give up until a storm is caused. As for the specific actions, they really can't guess.
At nine o'clock in the evening, Lu Ming left the Liuyuan Garden and drove back to Wanguo Apartment.
When he returned to the door of his room, he suddenly felt something in his heart and went to Mr. Dong's room and knocked on the door.
Mr. Dong opened the door and saw Lu Ming. He smiled and let him in.
Lu Ming gave him a transcribed intelligence record, and then said: "A big event happened in Shanghai today, and I think your people should know about it."
As soon as he said this, Mr. Dong understood what happened. The Japanese must have launched a porcelain operation.
For security reasons, Mr. Dong has been living in seclusion and is indeed unaware of what happened at Sanyou Industrial Headquarters.
Lu Ming went back by himself before he finished reading.
After reading the report, Mr. Dong was shocked. He quickly sat down to compile the message and then started to send it.
Lu Ming didn't care about giving Mr. Dong this information. In fact, all major newspapers and magazines should be full of reports about this matter tomorrow.
The content of the report should be similar to the information he received. Mr. Dong will know about this matter tomorrow at the latest. Lu Ming just told him a few hours earlier.
Lu Ming didn't know that in the base headquarters, the information he provided was numbered a, and the information reported by Sheng Muyi was numbered q. Their codenames were a and q respectively.
The next morning, January 19, 1932.
Lu Ming arrived at Lanyi Club and immediately called Kenta Eikichi, but he couldn't get through. By this time, the phone number of the Japanese Consulate General was already being bombarded with calls from Chinese and foreign reporters.
I waited until an hour later before the call was connected.
The other person thought he was a reporter and didn't even listen to what he said. He just said, "Sorry, no comment."
"I'm looking for Eikichi Kenta." Lu Ming repeated.
"Oh, I'm sorry, sir, are you Mr. Kenta's Chinese friend?" The other party's attitude suddenly softened a lot, and he actually guessed who he was.
"Yes, my name is Lu Ming, Qiantian-kun's friend."
"Please wait a moment." The other party left without hanging up the phone.
About two minutes later, Qiantian's breathless voice was heard: "Lu Sang? What's the matter?"
"Kenta-kun, you must stay in the consulate these days and never take a step outside the consulate." Lu Ming said in a serious tone.
"Is someone trying to assassinate me? It's a joke, it happens all the time." Qiantian said disapprovingly.
"Not only do we want to assassinate you, but we also want to frame you and blame us Chinese by assassinating you, creating a major diplomatic bloodshed," Lu Ming said.
When Lu Ming said this, Qiantian understood: "Okay, I will never go out until the matter becomes clear."
After hanging up the phone, Lu Ming felt much more relaxed.
If the Japanese want to create a major conflict by assassinating diplomats, then Kenda is the best and possibly the only candidate. As an anti-war activist, he is someone who can be sacrificed at any time.
Although the Japanese military can sacrifice monks and believers at will, it will never dare to sacrifice diplomats. Even if they want to do so, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will definitely not agree.
The Japanese government's internal strife is no different from that of other countries. Matters often come to the Imperial Palace for the Emperor to decide.
At this time, all the newspapers he subscribed to were delivered, and Lu Ming began to read the newspapers.
Sure enough, several major newspapers in Shanghai covered the news with overwhelming coverage: yesterday afternoon, a Sino-Japanese conflict occurred at Sanyou Industrial Headquarters. One Japanese monk and one believer were killed and one was injured. The identity of the murderer is unknown.
The reports from the major media are basically accurate and are not much different from the information An Gonggen produced last night.
Two Japanese newspapers published in Shanghai had opposite views. They insisted on the statement of the three uninjured Japanese: The workers' picket team of Sanyou Industrial Headquarters attacked Japanese monks and believers for no reason, resulting in one death and one injury.
Lu Ming discovered that the Japanese newspaper put forward a novel statement. Yesterday, the Japanese said that those who attacked them were workers' volunteers, but now they have been changed to workers' pickets.
At ten o'clock in the morning, according to Kang Ze's request, all the cadres of the Blue Clothes Society's intelligence department sat in the conference room, read newspapers, and then conducted intelligence analysis.
However, the newspaper reports were almost the same as An Gonggen’s report last night. Except that the Workers’ Volunteer Army was renamed workers’ pickets by Japanese newspapers, there was nothing new.
As for the headlines in Japanese newspapers calling on the Chinese Industry Board to arrest the murderers and punish the criminals, everyone automatically blocked this call. The thief shouted "Catch the thief." This is too obvious.
However, everyone noticed a sign. The Japanese Consulate General did not express any opinion on this matter.
According to several newspaper reports, the Japanese Consulate General turned away all interviews with reporters and gave a unified reply: No comment.
Lu Ming couldn't help but wonder, could it be that this Japanese porcelain attack was not coordinated internally, and that the Military Ministry and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were not in sync?
Normally, the Japanese Consulate General should have issued a diplomatic note to protest against the Chinese government immediately after the incident occurred.
Lu Ming thought for a long time but couldn't figure out what was going on. He couldn't see Qian Tian now, so he couldn't know the inside story.
"Brother Lu, what do you think of the ambiguous attitude of the Japanese Consulate General?" Kang Ze also found it strange that this situation was a bit out of the norm.
Lu Ming thought for a while and said: "Although I have no further information, I can conclude that the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Military Ministry had a dispute and did not form a unified opinion on the plan to deal with the incident, so no protest notes have been issued to the outside world for the time being."
"But the information you received said that this time the Japanese war plan was negotiated by the government and the military. Could it be that there was a temporary dispute? It shouldn't be possible for such an important matter." Kang Ze asked with a frown.
"I understand." An idea flashed in Lu Ming's mind, and he figured out the problem.
"The Japanese will take another major action today, aiming to push the conflict to a climax. The Japanese Consulate General is waiting for the results of this action. But now this action has not been launched, or it may be bankrupt."
"What kind of major action?" Kangze asked.
"According to my guess, the Japanese may want to pretend to be Chinese and assassinate officials of the Japanese consulate." Lu Ming said.
"Assassinating officials of the consulate? Impossible, that would be too bold." Kang Ze shook his head repeatedly, expressing disbelief.
The three division chiefs also looked shocked and found it unbelievable.
At this moment, the phone in the conference room rang. It was An Gonggen calling, and he sounded very urgent.
"Master Lu, I am right outside the Japanese Consulate General. You guessed it right, there are at least two snipers ambushed on the commanding heights outside, with their guns pointed at the door of the consulate. They are all wearing Chinese clothes."
An Gonggen's voice was so loud that everyone in the room heard it.
"Keep an eye on them, don't let them have a chance to take action." Lu Ming said loudly.
"It's okay, they also discovered us. The two sides faced off for a while, but we drove them away." An Gonggen said with a laugh.
"Don't be careless and continue to guard in front of the consulate." Lu Ming ordered.
"Yes!" An Gonggen hung up the phone.
Kang Ze wanted to take the teacup on the table, but maybe he didn't pay attention, and his movements were distorted. He overturned the teacup and pushed the lid of the teacup out.
With a clang, the tea cup lid fell to the terrazzo floor and shattered into pieces.
The director of the Sixth Division whispered: "President Lu has a wonderful plan."
Kang Ze was a little embarrassed and said: "Just drive him away. Just drive him away. I will take credit for An Gonggen later. I will be responsible for asking for credit and rewards from the head office."