The first thousand and forty-nine chapters suddenly rise
Since the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Guadalcanal, Japan has fully shifted to a defensive strategy. The U.S. war machine has been fully activated, and the strength of the navy and air force has been greatly strengthened. The Japanese navy is no longer able to fight against the enemy. What is even more cruel is that Japan itself
The war resources were exhausted and they had to seek help from the puppet governments in the occupied areas.
The Shanghai market has always been an important link in the supply of materials to the Japanese army. Although it was severely damaged due to the war, most of its industrial base was still preserved. Especially after the occupation of the concession, a large number of factory equipment and skilled workers became a prerequisite for material production.
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Therefore, the Japanese army needed to maintain a relatively stable social order in Shanghai, which was conducive to industrial production. In the current environment, citizens' demand for food was far greater than their demand for cloth.
There is no need to consider increasing the rice ration for the time being. The only way is to use whole grains, such as bean noodles, corn noodles, red beans, and white beans, which have become an important part of the people's food rations, and the output outside the customs is the largest.
The Kwantung Army and the Expeditionary Army both belong to the General Army and are at the same level. If you want to exchange for coarse grains, you have to provide the materials that the other party needs, mainly cotton cloth.
The smuggling of cotton cloth in Shanghai has never been truly curbed. Smugglers with powerful skills can always find ways to sell their cotton cloth and yarn to the Kuomintang-controlled areas for profit. Due to the intricate and complicated relationships, the Jinling government is powerless in this regard.
The Japanese had to accept this fact and used their domestic gold reserves to directly force the purchase of merchants' goods, including those of Japanese merchants. Although doing so would touch the interests of the chaebol, in the face of a bad situation, it seemed that they
There is no other choice.
"I heard that the cotton shops in the city are very busy now, and the merchants are trying their best to sell their inventory. The more registered merchants are, the more goods they put out. They have long since passed the Jinling Government's Chamber of Commerce and Unification
I got the news that this Japanese approach will bankrupt half of the cotton merchants." Wang Zhen said.
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry is the governing body, but its members all have close ties with businessmen from all walks of life. One minute they received the government's instructions, and the next minute, the businessmen all knew about it, and no one wanted to do anything for it.
If you break up with your peers over these things, you won't gain much.
"This is a good thing for the citizens. You want the business staff of Huatong Trading Company to contact these cotton merchants privately. If you feel that the goods in your hands cannot be sold, I can swallow some of them. The Military Police Headquarters wants me to work with the Military Control Bureau.
The amount of smuggling is huge, and cotton is the most important exchange material." Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.
As soon as the compulsory acquisition order was announced, the cloth shops in Shanghai were crowded with citizens, frantically buying cotton and floral gauze. The price was cheap and there was no limit on quantity.
Huatong Trading Company also took action. Chen Mingxiang took advantage of his mission with the Japanese military and sent business personnel to do transactions with those cotton merchants privately, paying in full, but using China Reserve Bonds.
Even if he is rich, he does not dare to eat too much goods. The data given by the Materials Investigation Committee of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry is that the registered cotton yarn is 64,644 pieces, and the registered cotton cloth is 27,000 pieces.
One thousand four hundred and sixty-six pieces, he planned to swallow 10,000 pieces of cotton yarn and 7,000 pieces of cotton cloth.
There must be much more cotton cloth and cotton yarn in the Shanghai market than this amount. A large number of cotton merchants used methods such as hiding goods and falsifying accounts to avoid inspection by the Material Investigation Committee of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. This was even a deliberate collusion between the two parties.
In order to strengthen the management of the blockade and prevent cotton and yarn from flowing out of the Shanghai market, according to the instructions of the Military Police Headquarters, the police station and the Security Headquarters, under the supervision of the Japanese Military Police, increased the intensity of inspections of the blockade. All items involving cotton and yarn
All cotton yarn goods must be temporarily detained.
In a courtyard near Sheshan in the southwest suburbs of Shanghai, the Shanghai Suburban Intelligence Station of the Military Command Bureau was holding an emergency meeting. The topic was naturally about the forced acquisition of cotton cloth and yarn by the Japanese puppets.
The director of the Shanghai Suburban Intelligence Station, Army Colonel Luo Baotong, presided over the meeting. Army Lieutenant Colonel Qian Yuguang, deputy station director, Army Lieutenant Colonel Inspector Cao Qingyang, as well as the intelligence section chief Army Major Yang Luoyuan and Youth Gang representative Sun Maochang.
"Boss Dai called many times to inquire about the purchase status of cotton cloth and yarn. The Japanese and Wang Puppet Government did this, and the goods on the market were emptied. The police station and gendarmerie set up a large number of checkpoints to strictly inspect the goods entering and exiting the blockade.
,According to this situation, our intelligence station will definitely not be able to complete its mission." Luo Baotong said with a frown.
"Although our Qinggang has contact with some cotton merchants, we can also get a batch of goods, but the difference in quantity is too big, and it cannot be shipped out. This time, there is Japanese military police supervision, and even the goods of Japanese merchants must be inspected.
, if it is found to be cotton cloth or cotton yarn, it will also be seized." Sun Maochang said.
The Shanghai Suburban Intelligence Station accepted Boss Dai's order and united with the Youth Gang to smuggle cotton cloth and yarn into the Kuomintang-controlled area. However, faced with such a situation, both parties felt a headache because Boss Dai never listened to explanations. Failure to complete the task would be dereliction of duty, and failure to do so would result in failure.
To be punished.
The most troublesome thing is that the internal relations of the Shanghai Suburban Intelligence Station are very complicated. The station chief Luo Baotong is from the Hunan clan and is a confidant of Tang Zong. The deputy station chief Qian Yuguang is sent by Wang Xinheng. The intelligence section chief Yang Luoyuan is
Among Zheng Jiemin's confidants from the Cantonese faction, only Inspector Cao Qingyang, an old subordinate of Wang Yixin in the Shanghai Experimental Area of the Military Command Bureau, truly belongs to Boss Dai.
Cao Qingyang used to be the person in charge of the Shanghai Suburban Intelligence Station, but at that time, this intelligence station was not even a C-type station, but more like a contact point. Later, after the Shanghai District 1 of the Military Command was overthrown, the Bureau Headquarters decided to transfer the Shanghai Suburban Intelligence Station to
Station upgrade.
As the staffing and equipment were increased and the level was upgraded to Category B Station, his "qualifications" became shallower and he only held the position of inspector.
How should I put it? Cao Qingyang has no real power in the Shanghai Suburban Intelligence Station. He has no influence in the world or on the ground. He has been completely ignored by these three factions. But for the task of the bureau headquarters this time, he has no responsibility. The inspector is only responsible for the inside of the station.
discipline.
"I have carefully investigated and found that except for Huatong Trading Company's goods, which can pass normally, any other force must be strictly restricted. If you want to transport goods out, you can only use Chen Mingxiang's channel. His fleet can be sent directly to the Kuomintang-controlled area.
." Yang Luoyuan said.
"The problem is that Chen Mingxiang's Huatong Trading Company is a smuggling organization that directly cooperates with the headquarters, and most of the funds of the bureau headquarters are obtained from doing business with him. Boss Dai has clearly stipulated that without the consent of the headquarters, we
You are not allowed to contact Chen Mingxiang privately, and he will not buy it," Luo Baotong said.
