Chapter six hundred and fiftieth eight concessions
After Lu Chengzhou's car was hit by a grenade from Fang Nansheng, it sat in the repair shop for a month and was finally ready for use.
Compared with before, the car is much worse in terms of power and ride comfort.
This car is fine for driving to work, but if it is used to perform tasks, he is really worried that it will fall asleep.
Early in the morning, Lu Chengzhou called Liu Lifeng's home, not only to ask for leave, but also to tell him the news that Kan Kikuchi had been appointed as the new military police captain.
"Kuan Kikuchi is the director of the judicial department, right?" Liu Lifeng asked casually.
"Yes, this time he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and captain of the military police." Lu Chengzhou said.
No matter what Liu Lifeng thinks of him, he actually still treats Liu Lifeng the same way, but sometimes he needs to pay attention to his strategy.
Even if Lu Chengzhou really wanted to provide some information, Liu Lifeng might not believe it.
If you tell him accidentally, Liu Lifeng will find it useful.
Lu Chengzhou had little contact with Hiroshi Kikuchi before. His most important contact in the Military Police was Hiroshi Kawasaki.
Kikuchi Hiroshi was originally the chief of the judicial section and was mainly responsible for Japanese military discipline.
The main duties of the gendarmerie are now to monitor progressives, investigate, and hunt down anti-Japanese personnel.
These responsibilities are mainly completed by the special higher education courses.
Kawasaki Hiro naturally believed that he was the most suitable and only candidate for the military police captain.
Unexpectedly, the superiors made Hiroshi Kikuchi the captain of the military police.
In this kind of meeting, Lu Chengzhou always sat in the back, found an inconspicuous corner, and listened quietly to the Japanese talking nonsense.
The Japanese are indeed very arrogant. They always believe that the Chinese should be enslaved and that China should be managed by Japan. Only in this way can communism be achieved and the Chinese people have a real way out.
Kikuchi Kan is not tall, but he is very strong. When he speaks, his eyes are very firm.
Such people are very strict with themselves and are equally strict with others.
If he can't be strict with himself, he won't be able to be a judicial section chief.
Kikuchi Kan specifically mentioned the British Concession Military Police Detachment. The dispute between Japan and Britain has a lot to do with the Military Police Detachment.
After the gendarmerie detachment captures someone, there is nothing wrong with sending them to the gendarmerie.
However, the British later adopted a tough attitude and arrested all Japanese members of the military police unit, including Nozaki and Matsumoto Masahiro, into the police station. This was the greatest insult to the military police.
"In the future, the British Concession Gendarmerie detachment will not only have the power to arrest, interrogate, and detain prisoners in the British Concession, but also strengthen the strength of the Gendarmerie detachment at all times. The Gendarmerie detachment must rebuild the special high-level class, build fortifications, and set up ammunition in the Gendarmerie detachment.
"We must be able to withstand the attack for four hours even if the British army attacks." Although Kikuchi Kan's voice was not loud, his tone was very arrogant.
The British army garrisoned in Haigu was not large, only one hundred and twenty men, or one company.
Even if the special high-level class is fully staffed, there will only be about ten people. Including other members of the military police unit, there will probably be at most fifty people.
Lu Chengzhou thought it was impossible for fifty people to resist a regular company's attack for four hours.
According to Kikuchi Kan, this blockade of the British Concession will be long-term, and the British interests in Haigu must be harmed before they will give in.
Japan not only wants to capture Zheng Wenyou and others, but also wants the military police unit to be fully disclosed.
At the same time, it was necessary to force the British to make concessions, stop using legal tender in the British Concession, and hand over all the silver deposited by the Chongqing government in the two major banks of China and Communications to Japan.
Although Lu Chengzhou did not record it, he carefully remembered every word he said to Kikuchi Kuan.
In the past, the Japanese army blocked the British Concession at night, but now it is during the day, and they have also put up barbed wire fences and turned on electricity.
The Japanese army has failed to achieve its goal this time and will not give up.
At the same time, Lu Chengzhou was secretly observing Kawasaki Hiro's expression.
From the moment Hiroshi Kikuchi began to speak, Hiroshi Kawasaki's expression became ugly.
After the drive, Lu Chengzhou made a special trip to Kawasaki Hiroshi's office.
He knew that Kawasaki Hiroshi must have been told by someone.
"The reason why this Chen Bailu incident is so tense is that Liu Lifeng is the culprit!" Kawasaki Hiroshi said coldly.
Everything was going smoothly originally, Chen Bailu and others had already arrived at the gendarmerie.
However, with the intervention of the British Consulate, especially after they detained Nozaki and others, the military police retreated.
At that time, Hiroshi Kawasaki firmly refused to release the people. They had all arrived at the military police station. Letting them back would be a disgrace to the military police.
However, in order to prevent the situation from escalating further, the gendarmerie finally returned the person.
It is precisely because of this that Kikuchi Hiroshi can serve as the new military police captain.
Because the previous captain has been dismissed for this reason.
"Liu Lifeng did secretly support the anti-Japanese elements." Lu Chengzhou echoed.
"So, you have to find a way to get rid of Liu Lifeng!" Kawasaki Hiro's eyes showed a fierce light.
"Liu Lifeng really deserves to die!" Lu Chengzhou nodded.
"You are his intelligence agent, can you lure him out of the British Concession?" Kawasaki Hiroshi said.
"Liu Lifeng rarely leaves the concession, and even if he does, he only goes to the French Concession. He is a celebrity in the concession and the deputy director of the police department. If something happens, we will be more passive..." Lu Chengzhou reminded
Let's talk.
"As long as he doesn't die in the British Concession, what if others know it was us who did it?" Kawasaki Hiroshi said coldly.
Not only Liu Lifeng, but in Tokyo, Japan also instigated ronin to destroy the British Embassy in Japan and warned the British ambassador face to face: "If you don't give in, British interests in China will suffer greater losses. If Britain cooperates with Japan, Japan will allow Britain to
Continue to be involved in China."
Coupled with Wen Peishi's various anti-British activities in cooperation with Japan, on July 24, 1939, the negotiations ended with the British betraying China's interests, recognizing the status quo of Japan's invasion of China, and accepting Japan's conditions and demands.
The British side promised not to interfere with Japanese military operations in China without special reasons.
This also includes the actions of the Japanese army in the British Concession.
Subsequently, Japan opened its mouth again, demanding that legal currency be prohibited from being used in the British Concession and that the US$14 million in silver deposited by the National Government in the China and Communications Banks in the British Concession should be surrendered.
The United Kingdom was also very annoyed when Japan pushed forward. They emphasized that they only recognized the National Government of China as the legitimate government, causing the negotiations to break down.
After learning this result, Lu Chengzhou breathed a sigh of relief.
However, news came later that Britain still agreed to hand over Zheng Wenyou and four other people to the Japanese side for processing.
After receiving the news, Lu Chengzhou immediately checked with Liu Lifeng.
"The Japanese are despicable and shameless and used all kinds of dirty tricks. Zheng Wenyou and others were abandoned." Liu Lifeng sighed.
"Virgin, the Japanese have a grudge against you regarding Chen Bailu. Don't leave the British Concession easily." Lu Chengzhou reminded.
"Is this an open threat?" Liu Lifeng slammed the table and thought of Lu Chengzhou's true identity. Could he be deliberately spreading a message for the Japanese?
