"Suzuki-kun, I see you are in a much better mood today. Is there any good news?"
On duty in the morning, when he saw that Suzuki was not as depressed as before, Takeuchi also asked with a smile.
Suzuki bowed slightly and said with a smile: "Under the Bamboo Cabinet, I have considered that our biggest enemy now is our restless self, not the enemy who remains stationary..."
Suzuki talked a lot about how to stabilize his position, prevent the enemy from taking advantage of the opportunity, prevent the opponent from taking advantage of the loopholes, etc., so he had to keep himself in a good mood, rather than being impatient and making mistakes, letting the opponent...
Takeuchi looked happy, nodded with satisfaction, praised him a lot, and encouraged him a lot.
However, he could see clearly that although there was some truth to these, it was just an escape from his self-paralysis, and he might be beaten back to his original state in a few days.
However, this state is always better than being impatient and restless, leading to frequent mistakes. Suzuki is right about this, so I hope he can persist longer!
However, Takeuchi still asked about the current situation, and after learning that it was still the same as before, without many valuable clues and information, he understood Suzuki's choice.
"Suzuki-kun, you can leave the investigation work of the concession and urban area to Matsushita-kun and others as much as possible. You should focus on Jiangbei and places related to our interests.
When the other party comes, it is impossible to stay so quiet without any action. What we need to do is to ensure the safety of these places as much as possible and prevent the other party from succeeding, otherwise we will fall into a very passive situation."
Takeuchi brought Suzuki to the office and gave some instructions. Suzuki was in a good condition now and he didn't want to get bogged down in complicated affairs too soon.
"...Hai..." Suzuki agreed without much hesitation.
"Under the Bamboo Cabinet, Lan Wei Ai's side still did not give in. They always insisted that we would bring trouble and were unwilling to let us intervene."
Suzuki hesitated for a moment and then spoke. Recently, he went to negotiate in person, but the other party didn't even give him a chance and refused outright.
The other party's background was quite strong, and he couldn't force him at all. He had to ask Chief Takeuchi to even make decisions.
"Did you explain those situations clearly to them? Did they not respond, or did they have other arrangements?" Takeuchi asked after thinking for a while.
"It has been made clear that they just do not accept our intervention, but they have arranged for a group of trading company armed forces and retired veterans from Qingdao. Among the construction workers they recruited in the past, there is also a large proportion of personnel who have received military training.
Training, they should be prepared early."
After listening to this, Takeuchi pondered for a while and then asked: "Have you found any suspicious movements over there? Are there any signs of this?"
Suzuki shook his head and said: "We haven't found any signs of suspicious persons' appearance or activities, but they are relatively repulsive to us and have intervened and obstructed the investigation there many times, so it is possible that they have not been found.
In addition, we found that the British and French forces are using the silver trade there to promote the exchange of their colonial currencies. I wonder if there is an intelligence agency involved in this?"
After hearing this, Takeuchi waved his hand and said: "There are more involved over there. Since you don't want us to interfere, then don't get too involved and don't be too curious.
Otherwise, if something happens and we are blamed, we will definitely not be able to bear the burden. As for the involvement of British and French forces, let them know! The British are involved in this matter, and there is a high probability that they will not be involved with the Intelligence Department.
What’s the connection?”
In his position, he has interacted with foreigners a lot, and he knows very well what kind of bad qualities those people have. The British will not look down on a small department like the Intelligence Service.
Even if the two sides were really involved in some kind of relationship, with the harsh behavior of the British, it would be almost impossible for both sides to piss in a pot, let alone join forces to engage in such activities, so he was not worried about this.
"Under the Bamboo Cabinet, there is another matter. Matsushita-kun and others hope that we can enhance their armed level."
Suzuki reported another situation. The other party came to him last night and hoped to convey it on his behalf.
Takeuchi frowned and said: "Didn't we replace the original Browning pistols specially for them? Isn't that enough?"
"According to them, there is no problem with this gun being used for self-defense, but if an armed conflict breaks out with the other side, they will be too disadvantaged and suffer too much with just this gun. We hope that more powerful weapons can be issued to them.
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"Then what kind of weapons do they want?" Takeuchi frowned and asked.
"They hope to have a submachine gun, either the one the Marines have or the Thompson type. If necessary, they also hope to be able to use military standard weapons!"
"Then do you think it should be distributed?" Takeuchi did not reply directly, but asked Suzuki about his thoughts and attitude.
Suzuki thought about it for a moment and said: "If we look at the conflict alone, we should allocate them. The other party has put a lot of thought into the weapons. If we use a pistol to exchange fire with the other party, we will indeed suffer too much."
According to the news from Jiangcun-kun, the other party is suspected to have used submachine guns in the conflict outside the city. If the other party also uses such weapons in the urban confrontation, then we will have little chance of winning.
However, if these weapons are distributed, the intensity of the conflict will be greatly increased, and if used within the concession, we may also be under tremendous pressure."
After Suzuki finished speaking, Takeuchi added: "You missed one thing, the noise-cancelling tool they have on hand."
"...Is this...is this related to this?" Suzuki was slightly dazed, and he didn't realize there was any connection.
"This means that the other party can use the weapons Matsushita-kun needs as usual, but it will not cause too much noise. That is to say, the conflict is very violent but the noise is small. The concession can pretend to be deaf and blind.
Know.
The European and American forces in the concession originally favored each other and disliked us. In addition, in terms of public opinion, if such a thing happened, it would be too late for the Chinese to celebrate. They did not have much pressure at all. In that case, they would most likely be
Laughing at our huge losses, there will be no sign at all.
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To put pressure on us by making accusations without hesitation, we also need to put pressure on the National Government, but they don’t have the confidence we do.”
Suzuki was slightly dazed when he heard this. After listening, he realized that his vague persuasion was in vain.
"It's up to you to prepare for this matter!" Takeuchi said, appointing Suzuki to handle the matter.
Naturally, asking Suzuki for his thoughts was not to consult his subordinates, but to use it as a starting point to clarify the key points, so as not to directly decide and set the tone. If there were any problems later, if there were any problems later, then giving these reasons would be sophistry.
Suzuki was stunned for a moment, nodded in agreement, thought about it, remembered that he had deliberately changed the order of reporting a situation, and hurriedly reported it.
It was about Boss Chen. The investigation into the secrets he hid had already led to clues. They suspected that Boss Chen and his group had committed an arms robbery.
According to Suzuki, during the period of war between Chinese warlords, when the Zhili clique was fighting other warlords, Britain and the United States commissioned a foreign businessman engaged in arms smuggling to secretly escort arms from Shanghai to the Zhili clique warlords, but they were robbed halfway.
Because it was a secret escort, the arms dealers did not make any big fanfare. They just had the arms hidden in small and medium-sized sailboats, and then a few foreigners pretended to be chartering the ship for a trip. They used the convenience of being foreigners to avoid various inspections along the way.
search.
After several trips, everything went smoothly, but suddenly it was robbed, the crew members were killed, and the foreigners, ship, and weapons disappeared. At first, I thought it was bandits who robbed and kidnapped the foreigners.
Because it was a secret smuggling of arms, the arms dealers and the British and American forces did not want to make it public and sent people to investigate secretly, but there was no news and no one came to ask for ransom.
Realizing that something was wrong, Britain and the United States began to put pressure on Beiyang and local warlords, local governments, etc., but these people found nothing after checking, and even the batch of weapons never showed up again.
According to the time of the incident, it was deduced from the investigation that Mr. Chen and others committed the crime in a town far away from the incident location.
"...British and American investigators even suspected that we were behind the scenes, but they did not suspect Chen Sang and his group. Although we did make small moves behind the scenes, it has been confirmed that it was not us.
After carefully checking the information, the only thing that best meets the listed conditions is this incident. Moreover, the other party was undoubtedly nearby at the time. It is basically certain that it was the other party. There is a high probability that there is something stored in the case he committed or the time and place.
Tricky."
Takeuchi nodded, affirming the findings and judgments of Suzuki and others, and said: "What do you mean, we have performed actions in it?"
Suzuki heard the words, explained, and took out the file from his bag and handed it over. Takeuchi read it carefully.
It turns out that the information about the other party's arms smuggling was that they were preparing to release the information to the outside world through the brokers who served them to disrupt the matter.
They planned to spread the news to the daring bandit leaders along the way, as well as the warlords who were opposed to the Zhili Clique.
As a result, they never expected that the people who broke the news for them disappeared inexplicably, and several people disappeared one after another. Naturally, they didn't think it was an accident.
They arranged people to investigate, but they didn't know when or where the other party disappeared, and they couldn't find out why. Instead, they were acting in the surrounding area, which made Britain and the United States suspicious of them.
"It's interesting. This gang leader Chen is a bit interesting. He stole the arms and maybe killed the people who worked for us. In the end, he ended up running around Pi Dapeng... Haha... It's not simple..."
In front of Suzuki, Takeuchi couldn't help but praise and sigh. Suzuki's scalp felt a little numb when he heard it. This person is unfathomable!