Naturally, Kitazapira did not have the right to have breakfast. He had offended the military police. How could he be qualified to eat the food of the military police? The Second Colonel Sifang Liang ordered him to be temporarily detained in the prison of the headquarters in the name of the commander of the military police.
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His charges are somewhat interesting: he framed imperial heroes, undermined the logistical support of the Imperial Army, and stole and leaked military secrets of the North China Front.
It's really ironic to say that Kitazawa carefully set up a trap to trap Chen Mingxiang to death. Unfortunately, there was a mistake in the implementation, and he was trapped.
Obviously, the annoying behavior of killing first and then showing off is a difficult technical job. Even if you do it well, you won’t benefit much and the damage will not be great. But if you don’t do it well, your situation will become extremely difficult.
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Kitazawa thought about it. Lieutenant General Yazaki Kanju had just taken over the position of agency director not long ago, and he had some plans to mess around. His behavior not only caused contempt for the authority of the agency chief, but also dragged the agency commander down.
If you go into the water, this slap is inevitable.
It's a pity that his thoughts were so wonderful that he never seriously thought about how terrifying Chen Mingxiang's network would be once it showed its power!
"Some of our imperial people don't realize that the current situation is difficult. Instead, they hold back the imperial army without any sense of the overall situation." Matsui Tataro said.
This is eating in the canteen of the dispatched army headquarters. The people sitting opposite him at the moment are General Okamura Neiji, the commander-in-chief, accountant Lieutenant General Shimizu Kikuzo, the manager of the headquarters, Major General Fujii Kiichi, the minister of justice, and
The newly transferred deputy chief of staff, Major General Sato Kenryo, is a direct descendant of Tojo Hideki.
According to the Japanese army's concept of hierarchy, those who sit together to eat must be of equal status. Generals can only sit with generals, junior officers with junior officers, and lieutenants with lieutenants.
"Matsui-kun seems to be referring to what he said. What happened?" Qingmizu Kikuzo said with a smile.
"In order to frame Chen Mingxiang, the manager of the Huatong Trading Company, a lieutenant general of the intelligence department under the Mei agency actually forged the underground party's confession. He also used the operational staff of the North China Front Army Headquarters to target the Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu Provinces with the Twelfth Army Headquarters.
The military operations about to be carried out by the underground party troops in the border area of the three provinces were also obtained privately and used as a crime."
"Last night when we were arresting Chen Mingxiang, this matter was accidentally exposed. The chief of staff of the North China Front Army Command sent me a message. This incident made Mr. Shimomura furious. The headquarters has been holding meetings since early morning. The one who leaked the secret
The staff officer was ordered by Shimomura-kun to commit seppuku, and the military police were responsible for supervision," Matsui Tataro said.
This is certainly not false information. Shimomura Sada is very fond of Chen Mingxiang. He went to Peiping a few days ago and gave him a generous gift as a New Year's Day gift.
As a result, just two days after he left, the combat staff officer of his headquarters actually colluded with the director of the intelligence team of Mei's agency and used military secrets to frame him. This incident was simply a humiliation to him and a humiliation to the entire North China Front Army!
In a rage, Lieutenant General Shimomura Sada took out the authority of the commander and, regardless of the special status of the staff in the Japanese army, directly ordered Lieutenant General Oi to commit seppuku and wash away the shame of the North China Front with blood!
And in the early hours of this morning, Deputy Chief of General Staff Kawamoto Yoshitaro also sent a message to Matsui Taitaro and explained the inside story of the matter in detail. He must be biased towards Chen Mingxiang.
Matsui Taitaro also had a good impression of Chen Mingxiang. In order to prevent such things from happening again in the future, he took advantage of this occasion to guide the direction of the wind. This Kitazawa definitely could not stay in the dispatched army!
Matsui Tataro also knew that Kitazawa Ping was an old subordinate of Kenshiro Shibayama, and he did not want to offend the deputy minister of the Army Ministry, so he had to use Okamura Neiji to achieve his goal. This is the real army boss level figure, and Shibayama Kenshiro was also offended.
Not worth it.
"I probably know something about Huatong Trading Company and Chen Mingxiang, who specialize in smuggling strategic materials from the southwest for the dispatched army. Why did the intelligence director of the Mei agency want to frame him?" Okamura Neiji really paid attention and asked about this matter.
Case.
Disposing of a staff officer was just a big deal in the Yamashiro government's army, but it was a big deal in the Japanese army, where the staff officer's status was very high.
Of course, if something like leaking secrets is involved, he will be killed. A person who can be a commander cannot even deal with a staff officer, let alone someone with a backing like Shimomura Sada.
"I am very familiar with Huatong Trading Company. This started when Marshal Shunroku Hata was the commander-in-chief. We all know that the southwest region controlled by the Yamashiro government has some important strategic resources, such as bristles and rosin.
Tung oil, tungsten ore and other things are urgently needed by our imperial army."
"Bristles can be used as cannon brushes, and rosin is an important industrial raw material, such as welding, ink, paint, rubber, paper, soap, etc., not to mention tung oil, which is used by naval ships and all aircraft.
It must be used as a preservative, and tungsten ore is a necessary material for the weapons and equipment industry."
"In order to obtain these strategic materials from the Kuomintang-controlled areas in the southwest, the gendarmerie headquarters in Shanghai secretly supported Chen Mingxiang and established Huatong Trading Company, which specialized in smuggling with the military command bureau of the mountain city government, using rubber, cotton yarn, and cotton cloth.
Hardware equipment, etc. for trading.”
"At its peak, the number of smuggled goods by this company alone accounted for more than one-third of the entire Shanghai city's smuggled materials. It can be said to have made great contributions to the empire. Therefore, the dispatched army headquarters at that time
After applying, His Majesty the Emperor specially approved to award Chen Mingxiang a second-class Ruibao Shigeko Medal." Accounting Lieutenant General Kikuzo Shimizu said.
He and Chen Mingxiang are also familiar with each other. Huatong Trading Company is under the jurisdiction of the General Headquarters' management department. He often gives instructions to this company to purchase supplies, but because it is a subordinate agency of the Military Police, the two have not dealt with each other directly.
All are conveyed by the Commander of the Gendarmerie.
However, Huatong Trading Company’s contribution to the dispatched troops is real and there is no water in it. For this reason, the base camp also praised the work of the General Headquarters Management Department. Since Matsui Tataro mentioned this matter, and the matter
Now that it's certain, he might as well say a few good words to Chen Mingxiang.
"Chen Mingxiang is very loyal to the empire. Every year, he spends his own money to provide condolences to the military agencies stationed in Shanghai, including the army and navy. The amount of condolences and the richness of the condolences are unparalleled.
"Yes." Matsui Tataro immediately said.
"He was loyal to the empire and made a lot of contributions to the dispatched troops. Didn't Chen Mingxiang perform very well? Why did the Mei Agency intelligence team target him?" Okamura Neiji was a little confused.
