The first thousand and forty-seven chapters of the insider
Unexpectedly, Lieutenant Colonel Ono's words came true. As soon as Chen Mingxiang arrived at the office, he received a call from Major Okamura Mitsuru, asking him to hurry up and go to the Military Police Headquarters for a meeting.
It was said to be a meeting, but it was actually a chat in Kinoshita's office in Sakae City. Also present were Major General Yoshitaro Kawamoto, Chief of Intelligence of the Thirteenth Army Headquarters, and Yujo Horiuchi, the Consul General in Shanghai.
"Chen Jun, I invite you to come here to talk this time. The main purpose is to discuss the work of smuggling supplies from the Chiang Kai-shek area. The empire is facing a two-front war. The supplies are too consumed, and domestic resources have been exhausted. If they cannot be replenished in time,
It will greatly affect the combat capability of the imperial army."
"The military department has set targets for our gendarmerie. You are still responsible for the original tung oil, bristles, rosin, tungsten ore, tea, paint, dyes, etc., and absorb them to the maximum extent. Money is not a problem, and it doesn't matter if the price is high.
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"In addition, you are familiar with the businessmen in Shanghai, and you are also the deputy director of the police station and the deputy director of the Social Affairs Bureau. You also assist the Consulate General in Shanghai to purchase cotton cloth and yarn in the entire Shanghai city." Kinoshita Sakaeichi
said.
"It's like this. In view of the sharp increase in the empire's demand for cotton cloth and yarn, the Jinling government's Chamber of Commerce and Industry was unable to curb the activities of these speculators, resulting in a large outflow of cotton cloth and cotton yarn. The imperial government decided to assist the Jinling government in purchasing goods on the market. This
This time, 25 tons of gold were shipped from Japan, of which 20 tons were directly given to the Shanghai Stock Exchange."
"This work is a compulsory purchase by the government. Each piece of twenty-count yarn is priced at 10,000 yuan, and the leading fine cloth is priced at 375 yuan per piece. Any form of confrontation is not allowed. Each piece of gold is worth 10 taels.
It will be calculated based on the 40,000 yuan China Reserve Bond, and the Shanghai Branch of China Reserve Bank will be the issuing institution for the payment."
"The specific implementation details are that from the date of acquisition, one quarter will be paid after three months, and then one quarter will be paid after one year. This will be paid in gold, and the remaining half will be paid in three years.
Qing, give one-sixth of the payment every six months, paid in China Reserve Certificates, with an annual interest of 6%."
"These people will not willingly sell cotton cloth and yarn to the government, so we must strictly guard against it and not let them use tricks below. The report from the Special High School said that some cotton shops have begun to dump their stocks in large quantities. I want to
The police station has completely closed the store and no longer allows the sale of cotton cloth. You will start to implement this this afternoon." Horiuchi said in the city.
This is a blatant robbery of cotton cloth and yarn. The price of a piece of cotton cloth in the Kuomintang-controlled area has reached more than 500 French currency. Each piece of cloth is more than 16,000 French currency, and a piece of 20-count yarn has reached 24,000 French currency.
With so many French currencies, the Japanese offer such a low price to Shanghai merchants, how can they be willing to accept it?
And what's even more cruel is that if you have to buy everything with gold, you can barely make a profit without losing money, or at least not lose money. But the current situation is that you are buying your goods but not giving you the full price.
It takes four years and three months to get the money. The first year and three months are in gold, but the next three years are directly in China Reserve Bonds. According to the current changes in currency value, it will be a pile of waste paper by then.
The point is, whether the Jinling government is still there or not is a question.
But Chen Mingxiang had nothing to do about it, and finally did not touch the cotton cloth and cotton yarn he owned at Suzhou No. 1 Textile Factory, probably because he needed to increase the amount of smuggling.
"The situation is a bit unstable now. The last time the Eleventh Army fought fiercely with the Shancheng government's troops in the Songzi and Public Security areas, it greatly affected the transportation of goods, resulting in no transactions for more than a month. I need to get this information in time.
Notifications to facilitate timely adjustment of transportation plans." Chen Mingxiang said.
This was to test the combat plan of the dispatched army headquarters, but the reason was very sufficient, and it was true, and no one present had any doubts.
Huatong Trading Company and the Military Command Bureau accounted for more than half of the smuggling and waterway transportation. Once the war started, the waterways became war zones and ships could not pass.
"Speaking of military operations, there was one, but it had no impact on the Yangtze River waterway, and the land transportation was limited to some areas. Considering that it is the main transportation distribution center of Huatong Trading Company, let me tell you, it is Wuling."
"The General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army decided to launch an attack on Wuling in early November, roughly between the first and third days, with the Eleventh Army as the main attack. Considering Wuling's strategic position, the Thirteenth Army was also specially mobilized.
The 116th Division entered the battle order." Kinoshita Eiichi said.
Wuling is a strategic location, and Chen Mingxiang also knows its value. To the southwest, he can attack Yuanling, the frontier of Qian Province, and to the south, he can attack Tanzhou and Hengzhou, paralyzing the Guangdong-Hankou Railway and the Hunan-Guangxi Railway. In addition, it is also the main food supply for mountain cities.
place of supply.
"I met General Shimomura Sada a few days ago. He was very dissatisfied with the arrangements of the headquarters of the dispatched army. He would bully the Thirteenth Army no matter what he said. He had the ability to mobilize the North China Front. He even cursed General Yokoyama Isamu as a bastard.
, which made me confused, what happened?" Horiuchi asked in the city.
"It's easy to say it's simple, but it's complicated to say it's complicated. The reason is that the newly formed 38th Division and the newly formed 22nd Division of the Shancheng Government's Indian Army entered northern Myanmar after a fierce battle with the 18th Division of the Imperial Army.
area of the Hukkan Valley, which indicates that the mountain city government aims to restore the previous transportation lines."
"In view of this situation, the headquarters asked us to dispatch troops to launch an attack on the southwest region of the Shancheng government to prevent the Shancheng government troops from sending reinforcements to northern Myanmar. The headquarters formulated a plan to attack Wuling, which was mainly executed by the 11th Army.
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"The commander of the Eleventh Army, Lieutenant General Yokoyama Isamu, believed that the pressure of this battle was too great and requested that Lieutenant General Iwanaga Wang and the 116th Division of the Thirteenth Army stationed in Anqing be transferred to the Eleventh Army.
sequence, but was flatly rejected by Lieutenant General Shimomura Sada."
"The Thirteenth Army also has its own tasks, especially the main force, the Seventeenth Division, which has to go to the South Pacific to reinforce the Eighth Front Army. Therefore, there are also shortages. Besides, most of the Thirteenth Army's subordinates are garrison divisions.
, the combat capability is at best that of Division C. If the 116th Division, which is composed of Division A, is transferred away, it will be difficult to ensure the security of the occupied area."
"Lieutenant General Shimomura Sada was very dissatisfied with Lieutenant General Yokoyama Isamu's request, and he was also very dissatisfied with the headquarters of the dispatched army. He told Chief of Operations Staff Lieutenant Colonel Shunichi Miyazaki that Yokoyama wanted to increase his strength and believed that he should be transferred from the North China Front.
, rather than adding insult to injury to the Thirteenth Army," said Yoshitaro Kawamoto.
"That's right. The North China Front Army is strong. There shouldn't be any problem in transferring a division. Could it be that Commander Shunroku Hata cannot command Commander Okamura Neiji and the North China Front Army refuses to accept the transfer?" Chen Mingxiang asked.
