Hearing Qiantian's words, Lu Ming slapped his head. He had too many things to consider these days and was too nervous. He only remembered the "Washington Post", how could he forget the British and American embassies.
"I'll get in touch as soon as I get back. Send them a message or call them. Thank you for reminding them." Lu Ming said with a smile.
Just that afternoon, both the British and American ambassadors spoke to the press. They urged Japan to take measures as soon as possible to alleviate the anti-Japanese wave of people in Shanghai.
The British and American ambassadors pointed out that Japan, as a signatory of the Nine-Nation Convention, has the obligation and responsibility to jointly maintain order, stability and economic prosperity in Greater Shanghai.
The British and American ambassadors also expressed concerns about the personal safety and life stability of British and American citizens in China, and hoped that Japan would negotiate with the Republic of China government as soon as possible to resolve the current crisis.
When a journalist asked the two ambassadors for their views on the recent vicious kidnapping cases, the two ambassadors had a clear stance. They opposed all criminal acts against civilians.
When Lu Ming saw the newspaper on the road, he felt that the heat was almost there.
Although the Republic of China government and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued strong statements on this kidnapping case, the Japanese side did not care at all. They firmly denied that any Japanese official agency was involved in the kidnapping incident, and claimed that the kidnapping incident was just a private criminal act by individual Japanese.
Japan knows nothing about this.
As for the two confessions, Japan insists that they were the product of torture and are not enough to prove that Japanese government agencies were actually involved.
It was this attitude of telling lies that angered the citizens of Shanghai. In the past few days, the anti-Japanese upsurge in all walks of life in the city has intensified. In some places, attacks on Japanese expatriates even occurred. Although the police arrived in time, the attackers were not found.
The attackers did not see clearly who attacked them. They only said that the attackers were wearing masks and holding sticks. Their physical characteristics were not obvious, so they could only be concluded to be young people.
The Japanese consulate was a busy place, and almost everyone was busy answering the phone and transmitting telegrams from China.
In the Consul General's office, the Consul General called the military attache and said sternly: "Takata-kun, things have reached this point, aren't you ready to stop? Are you going to let the tens of thousands of overseas Chinese in Shanghai bear the consequences with you? Now the British and American Ambassadors
You have already stood up to accuse us, and then the British and American governments may come. Do you want our government to be embarrassed in front of other countries in the world because of you?”
The Consul General rarely speaks so harshly to the military attache. After all, the military attache is not his subordinate, but the military attaché is also a staff member of the consulate. He also has the right to ask the military to recall the incompetent military attache and send another person over.
"Consul General, I can no longer decide this matter. The garrison military police are refusing to let him go." The short and fat military attache stood in front of the consul general, wiping his sweat constantly.
"Takata-kun, I have always wondered why you had to kidnap this Chinese girl in the first place? Could it be that she had some secrets related to the empire that necessitated this method?" the Consul General asked.
"It was the Republic of China government that reminded us that there might be hidden Japanese Communist elements within our ranks. It was they who provided information to the Korean Communist Party and the Chinese Communist Party, which led to the robbery of the arsenal. The robbery of the arsenal also involved the Cao Gang.
, so we decided to kidnap important figures from the Cao Gang. The purpose is to find out the Japanese Communist elements within us."
Now, the military attache had to tell the truth, but he still did not say that it was Dai Li who commissioned them to kidnap. He knew that the people in the consulate were not bound by the confidentiality rules. Maybe some guy would tell the truth after being drunk, then he would
It's completely messed up.
Of course Dai Li will not admit that he signed a Sino-Japanese joint anti-communist agreement with them. Not only that, in order to prove his innocence, the Republic of China government will use all means to cut off from Japan.
Let alone hunting down Japanese Communists, the Republic of China government will no longer trust Japan when it comes to dealing with the Chinese Communist Party in the future.
"Then what did you find out? Is there any ghost Japanese Communist Party?" the consul general asked anxiously.
"Uh, no, the interrogation lasted for a long time and nothing came out." The military attache said dejectedly.
"Takata-kun, I don't care what you think or what you do. I only give you three days to release him, or else you can return home and report on your duties." The consul general issued an ultimatum.
The military attache staggered out of the Consul General's office. He knew that his future was at an end. The so-called return home to report on his duties was actually deportation.
Although the Consul General is not his direct superior, once the Consul General does this, it means that the consulate does not welcome him and it is time for him to leave, and the military has no choice but to send another military attache to replace him.
From the military's perspective, he was unable to cooperate well with the agencies he was assigned to, and the kidnapping incident caused such a big disturbance, so he was responsible and had to bear certain consequences.
At this moment, Takata woke up from a dream and finally understood why Ozawa Seishiro committed suicide in the first place. He was now almost in that state of mind.
After Lu Ming returned to the apartment, he immediately drafted a telegram, which he carefully considered several times. He went to Mr. Dong again and asked him to send it to the United States immediately.
In the telegram, he told Mr. Frank that he had written a press release to the "Washington Post", which would probably be published the day after tomorrow. At this critical moment, he hoped that the teacher would use his influence to get the U.S. State Department to put pressure on the Japanese government.
Ask them to release him immediately and unconditionally.
Although this request seemed a bit excessive, Lu Ming also explained in the telegram that the Japanese were too strong in Shanghai, which was detrimental to the influence of countries such as the United States and Britain.
The current order in Shanghai is chaotic and the business shutdown has had a negative impact on the economic interests of Britain and the United States in Shanghai. It is necessary for the British and American governments to impose strong constraints on the Japanese government from the perspective of economic interests and international influence.
After sending the telegram, Lu Ming relaxed. It can be said that he has done everything he should do. Now he really can only wait for the heat, which will take a certain amount of time.
"Why did the Japanese kidnap Miss Ning? What did they want to achieve?" Mr. Dong has never fully understood this question.
"Because the Cao Gang transported this batch of arms stolen from the Japanese arsenal for you, the Japanese want to follow this path to find out the power behind it." Lu Ming said with a bitter smile.
"But even for this reason, they should be looking for those who robbed the arsenal. Why bother with the people who transported them?" Mr. Dong asked.
"We set a trap for the Japanese side. The hijacking of the arms was carried out by North Korean expatriates led by Kim Koo, but we released a smoke screen and said that the source of the intelligence was the Japanese Communist Party. Then they teamed up with the North Korean Communist Party to give the arms to the Chinese Communist Party.
, little Japan was confused by us.”
"I always feel that it's not that simple. If it were just for this reason that the Japanese are now facing so much pressure, they should have surrendered and let him go, but they still insist on not letting him go. There must be something wrong with this," said Mr. Dong.
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"It's possible. I've thought about it a lot, but I can't figure out the specific reason. I've always suspected that Dai Li and Weng Bailing were involved in the kidnapping case, but now there's no evidence." Lu Ming sighed.
"I just want to remind you of this. I think the Kuomintang is behind the kidnapping case. This is probably the main reason why the Japanese are unwilling to release him."
Mr. Dong was speechless for a long time before speaking out what was in his heart. He was afraid that Lu Ming would not accept it if he said it directly. After all, Lu Ming was now a major general of the Kuomintang.
In fact, Lu Ming didn't care about his direct status as a major general at all. If he had the evidence that Dai Li was involved in kidnapping Ning Xiner, he would definitely not be polite to him, and turning against him would be an inevitable result.
"By the way, why isn't An Yi here?" Lu Ming then realized that An Yi was not in the house.
Usually when he comes here, even if An Yi is inside, he will come out to say hello, but today he didn't see anyone.
"Oh, she had nothing to do and went shopping." Mr. Dong said with a smile.
"Don't Sister An not like shopping?" Lu Ming said in surprise.
An Yi is different from other women. She hates going shopping and feels that these behaviors are a waste of time and money. As a revolutionary, time counts every second and money cannot be wasted even if it is a copper penny.
"After staying in Shanghai for a long time, it's natural to do as the locals do." Mr. Dong smiled awkwardly.
"Actually, it's good to go shopping, otherwise you'll get sick if you stay in the house all the time." Lu Ming said and thought of Ning Xiner again. If she didn't like to go to Paramount to dance often, she might not be like this.