Although Kinoshita Sakaeichi is the commander of the gendarmerie headquarters in Shanghai, he has little contact with Li Shiqun. Although the secret service headquarters is also under the supervision of the headquarters' special high school department, it actually mainly obeys the instructions of Mei's agency, and then there is
Instructions from the Jinling Government.
The Military Police Headquarters is responsible for maintaining public security in Shanghai and safeguarding the interests of the Empire, the Military and the Japanese people. The Municipal Police Department is more suitable for such work, and the relationship between the two parties is relatively close. As for the agents at the Secret Service Headquarters, thank God for not causing trouble.
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Therefore, he did not have a very good impression of Li Shiqun, and his tone was always sarcastic. He was not unaware of the bad things that the secret service headquarters did in private.
But all traitorous spies are the same. Kinoshita Eichi is not particularly disgusted with Li Shiqun. This person is indeed capable and can uproot the military command bureau's division in Shanghai. This is a result. He can't even do special higher education courses.
To this extent, the empire needs such people at this stage.
"Your Excellency, General, my textile factory has been moved to Suzhou, which is Li Shiqun's territory. We still rely on his strong help for local tea, raw silk, grain, rice, cotton and other supplies. I cannot refuse this request."
Chen Mingxiang said.
If you want to impress Kinoshita Eiichi, you have to come up with substantive reasons to convince him. Whether it is a good impression or a bad impression, it is not as important as money after all.
The Military Police Headquarters in Shanghai accounted for half of the net profits of Huatong Trading Company, and Kinoshita Eichi received an astonishing amount of dividends from it to ensure the smooth production of the textile factory and the smooth progress of the smuggling transaction. This was also to protect his personal interests.
"What you said makes sense. The key to the survival of a textile factory is cotton and cotton yarn. It does need the support of the local government and Qingxiang Committee, and it cannot be bypassed by Li Shiqun. Since it involves the business of Huatong Trading Company, you can do something in exchange.
It makes sense."
"It may be difficult for you to find a breakthrough. That's because you are not familiar with General Matsui's resume and the relationship between the imperial army generals in Central China and him. You just come to me."
"Matsui Tataro used to be the staff officer of the China Section of the General Staff Headquarters. If you want to quickly get closer to him, you have a good opportunity now. Just two days after arriving in Shanghai, we are preparing to establish the special army headquarters of the Dispatch Army Headquarters in Shanghai.
Colonel Takeo Imai, who used to work with General Matsui in North China."
"At that time, Takeo Imai was the Assistant Army Attaché of the Imperial Embassy in China. He had been working in Peiping for a long time and had a very close relationship with General Matsui, who was the head of the secret service of the garrison in Peiping. Naturally, you don't know about this." Kinoshita Eichi laughed.
He said.
The military police are the police in the army. This special branch naturally has special resources. As the commander of the military police, Kinoshita Sakaeichi knows the information of all the generals of the entire dispatched army headquarters. When Chen Mingxiang mentioned Matsui Tataro,
He could immediately think of Takeo Imai.
"Colonel Takeo Imai? I have heard of this person before. He should also be from the Mei Agency. He participated in the relevant negotiations for the agreement signed by Chairman Wang and the Empire." Chen Mingxiang said.
Although he had no contact with Takeo Imai, he was no stranger to this person. It can be said that this person played an important role in the formation of the Wang Puppet Government.
Moreover, Takeo Imai also participated in the third secret negotiation between the Japanese government and the Yamashiro government to implement the strategy of inducing the old man to surrender.
Strictly speaking, Takeo Imai should be more of a spy, or a relatively high-level spy, not a pure soldier. The work he is responsible for is more political and intelligence.
"Yes, Takeo Imai was previously the section chief of Section 2 and Section 4 of the Expeditionary Forces Headquarters. He participated in the negotiations between the Empire and Chairman Wang, and assisted General Kage Sasaki in promoting the formation of the Jinling government. Naturally, he is from the Mei Agency.
Early members.”
"Later he was transferred to the 65th Brigade of the 14th Army of the Army as the captain of the infantry regiment. He participated in the attack on the Philippines. He had just been transferred back to Shanghai from the base camp in Manila."
"The General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army believes that there are too many Army agencies stationed in Shanghai, and is planning to combine them to form a special Army Department for unified management."
"Considering that Takeo Imai had stayed in Shanghai for a period of time before and was familiar with the situation here, Takeo Imai was appointed as a senior member to be responsible for establishing this department," Kinoshita Sakaeichi said.
Shanghai is not only the largest international city and financial center in Asia, but also the core industrial and commercial center of China. In particular, it has highly developed public concessions and French concessions, which are very important to the various units of the Japanese Army.
The General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army, the Eleventh Army Headquarters, the Twenty-first Army Headquarters, the North China Front Army Headquarters, the First Army Headquarters and the Twelfth Army Headquarters all have their own directly affiliated institutions in Shanghai.
Needless to say, the headquarters of the Thirteenth Army is stationed locally.
The biggest shortcoming of the Japanese army during the war was that the logistics system was in shambles and could not guarantee the supply of military supplies. The regular supply of daily necessities was not timely, which affected the life and operations of each unit. The functions of these institutions were mainly material procurement.
Without a unified management organization, the offices of various military-level units are somewhat chaotic, and conflicts often arise over the competition for supplies. In this regard, the dispatched army headquarters also feels a headache.
This time Commander-in-Chief Hata Shunroku assigned Deputy Chief of General Staff Nagatsu Sahige to take special responsibility and established a special Army Department in Shanghai to solve this problem.
Conflicts within the Army continue to escalate, which has caused dissatisfaction with the Central China Liaison Department of the Koya Institute and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Japanese companies in Shanghai also regularly complain.
"Your Excellency, General, I have never even interacted with Colonel Takeo Imai, let alone friendship. It seems a little inappropriate to directly visit him and ask for his assistance, doesn't it?" Chen Mingxiang said in embarrassment.
If you want to find Takeo Imai as a middleman to help convince Matsui Tairo, you definitely can't go straight. You must find a suitable introducer. At the moment, according to Kinoshita Eiichi, he and Takeo Imai are not very familiar with each other. He is
I can't find the temple gate with the pig's head!
"Takeo Imai turned out to be in charge of intelligence work at the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army, and he is also a member of the Mei Agency. You can ask Major General Kawamoto, the intelligence chief of the Thirteenth Army Headquarters, to come forward."
"He is in charge of the intelligence work of the garrison headquarters. There is a lot of contact between the two of them. I heard that they also have a good personal relationship. If he comes forward, I believe there will be a satisfactory result." Kinoshita Eiichi said.
With Kinoshita Eichi, a man familiar with the Japanese generals, giving guidance, Chen Mingxiang felt that the complicated situation suddenly became clear. As long as he could find the right person, everyone and everything could be discussed.
But after a while, the key to solving this problem comes back to the Mei mechanism itself!
