This is no longer the time for the Japanese army to bomb mountain cities at will. The Japanese aircraft suffered heavy losses in the Pacific battlefield, especially the carrier-based aircraft of the Japanese Navy. In view of the importance of the Chinese battlefield to American interests, the US government decided to expand the original Volunteer Air Force.
As the Fourteenth Air Force, the strength of the Yamashiro government air force has been greatly strengthened, and Japanese aircraft cannot pose too great a threat to Yamashiro.
Although the Bureau of Military Command cooperated with the U.S. Navy this time and adopted confidentiality measures, the establishment of the Special Technical Cooperation Institute could never be hidden from the eyes and ears of the Japanese army. Various intelligence agencies had a large number of spies in the mountain city.
"This is because the empire's powerful strength made the U.S. government feel a huge danger, so it cooperated with the Yamashiro government to form a joint intelligence agency. Perhaps this also shows that the U.S. government's performance in the South Pacific battlefield was just a flash in the pan.
We are not ready for a full-scale war with the empire yet." Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.
"You are very optimistic about the situation. Of course, as the empire's most loyal follower, you should have such a mentality, but let me tell you, things are not that simple."
"The national power of Japan and the United States is not at the same level. General Ishihara Kanji, the great master of imperial strategy, once said that if this war requires ten thousand dollars, Britain and the United States have one million dollars, while Japan only has one thousand dollars. If they want to win this war
The victory of the war depends on strategy rather than courage. The navy's disastrous defeat at Midway was due to underestimating the enemy."
"Modern warfare relies on technology and comprehensive national strength. The glory of Marshal Togo Heihachiro has become a thing of the past. The gap between Japan and the United States is obvious. This special technical cooperation institute is to prepare for the US military to launch a greater counterattack." Okamura
Major said.
Now that the war has progressed, many Japanese soldiers have realized that the strength of the United States and Japan's shortcomings, especially industrial strength and economic strength, are really incomparable. The words of Major Okamura also represent a change in the thinking of some people.
After staying in the Jiangxia Military Police Unit for a day, Chen Mingxiang took a Japanese military plane to Jinling on the morning of the next day. His purpose was very simple, which was to continue to light up the cold stove of Dingmo Village. Since Zhou Hai chose to go to the Shancheng Government
If he gets closer, the value of Dingmo Village will become lower and lower, and it is time to draw him into the camp of the Military Command Bureau.
In addition, in order to deal with the large-scale arrests caused by the price increase and shortage in the salt market some time ago, those old salt merchants who were arrested by the gendarmerie were looking for connections, but Major General Kinoshita Sakaeichi of the gendarmerie headquarters did not speak to Chen Mingxiang.
I ignored these people before, so this matter has never been dealt with.
Chen Mingxiang didn't notify anyone when he came to Jinling this time. After getting off the plane, he called Ding Mocun and asked him to meet him at his home. Then he took an airport gendarmerie car and arrived at his home in the Yihe Road Gongguan District.
Even though he doesn't live here much, his home is kept clean at all times. Dingmo Village arranges for people to clean it regularly, so there are no secrets anyway. Besides, even if there are some valuables, who would dare to come to the Police Secretary's home to steal something?
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"Brother is coming to Jinling, why didn't you call in advance so I could pick you up at the airport?" Ding Mocun arrived soon.
"I don't plan to show up to the Police Department this time. I'll go back to Shanghai after one day. I'm going to Minister Zhou's house tonight to sit down. He has already called me twice about the salt merchants," Chen Mingxiang said.
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"This Li Hongfei's ambition is not proportional to his ability. He always wants to let the Central China Salt Company monopolize the sales of salt in the entire Central China region and maintain the power of the old salt merchants. But now is the war period, and the order of all walks of life has long been in chaos.
There is no basis for monopoly at all.”
"If he has a strong and unified government behind him, we should keep this in mind. In today's environment, let alone him, not even the Japanese can achieve an absolute monopoly. This time
You are lucky enough not to fall into a pit." Ding Mocun said with a smile.
The Jinling government is a puppet government and a mess. It has no ability to give Li Hongfei enough support. It is strange that he still wants to do such a thing that offends the public. It will not hit a wall.
"You're right. The Gendarmerie Headquarters almost arrested Li Hongfei this time, but behind him was Minister Zhou, so he escaped. If he doesn't learn his lesson, he will be killed sooner or later."
"Brother Mocun, I heard in Shanghai that the wind in Jinling City is a bit evil during this period. It was obviously a northeast wind, but suddenly it turned into a southwest wind." Chen Mingxiang boiled water to make tea.
Of course Ding Mocun knew the meaning of this sentence. The northeast wind refers to Japan and the southwest wind refers to the mountain city government. Chen Mingxiang understood one thing. Some of the military and political officials of Wang Puppet Government were in contact with the mountain city government. As for the
He knew very well who it was.
"Whether it's the northeast wind or the southwest wind, I can't borrow strength from either side right now. It's very embarrassing to be floating in the air. However, the northeast wind doesn't have enough stamina right now, and the southwest wind is getting stronger and stronger. I also want to borrow this force."
It's a trend, but I still need my brother's help." Ding Mocun said.
He is very close to Zhou Hai, so he naturally knows about Cheng Kexiang, which is Zhou Hai's escape route. But in recent times, this person from the Military Command Bureau has not appeared at Zhou's residence. As a veteran agent, he immediately
Now you understand what’s going on!
But the problem is that Zhou Hai is the number three figure in Wang's puppet government. He holds the personnel power and financial power in his hands, as well as elite troops such as the tax police corps. Of course, the Military Command Bureau welcomes such a heavyweight to join him.
To.
But as for Dingmo Village, as a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee and the minister of two ministries, he wants power but no power, and money but no money. He is just a decoration. To put it harshly, the big traitors in Wang's puppet government don't take him seriously.
The Military Command Bureau didn't even take him seriously.
Zhou Hai has already begun to take action. He also has to find a way to save his own life. For this reason, the only way to do this is to use Chen Mingxiang's hand to push him into the target range of the Military Command Bureau.
"As a person, I know that I have been doing business with the Military Command Bureau all year round. Over time, we have become friends with each other. When I return to Shanghai, I will reflect Brother Mocun's thoughts to the Military Command Bureau. As for how to arrange Boss Dai over there.
You, that’s unknown.”
"But my judgment is that your brother is also the number one figure. The Military Command Bureau will never think that it has many cards. You are definitely welcome to join. I can't help you with the follow-up matters." Chen Mingxiang said.
What these words mean is that I can introduce you to the Military Command Bureau. With your status, it is estimated that the Military Command Bureau will not have much problem accepting it. How to develop in the future depends on your own efforts.
Chen Mingxiang was not hasty, but was 90% sure that Dingmo Village had always been under the control of the Wang Puppet Government, and he had long been dissatisfied with this puppet regime. In addition, the situation had changed obviously, and even Zhou Hai had changed his mind. How could he
