Tanaka Weisuke knows the importance of this matter. After all, war is fought for money. Whoever has money can get more resources. If this money falls into the hands of our party, it will have a great impact on Japan.
Seeing that Tanaka Weisuke was so solemn, Aozu Enjiro was very satisfied and said again: "Tanaka-kun, a Chinese from Nanyang, raises a lot of funds every time. Once we can get this fund, we can kill two birds with one stone."
effect, so you not only have to arrest people, but you also have to get the money."
Tanaka Weisuke nodded. After all, the Japanese are also short of money, and even the funds for special higher education courses are not that sufficient, so he immediately said: "Don't worry, General, I will definitely handle this matter."
Afterwards, several Japanese people discussed carefully and made a careful plan, and Enjiro Enjiro handed over the information about Nanyang to Tanaka Misuke.
In the next few days, the Japanese military police began to secretly investigate the situation of scarce supplies, focusing especially on the Tianjin Concession.
However, things did not go smoothly. After all, the concession authorities were very uncooperative. As for the Tianjin urban area, the people who could smuggle in-demand materials were well-established chambers of commerce. Even the Japanese military police did not dare to investigate at will.
Moreover, all fools know that the final market for smuggled in-demand materials is mainland China, so these chambers of commerce are very uncooperative with the gendarmerie's investigation and even set up layers of obstacles.
The status of Japanese businessmen is not high, but these large chambers of commerce all have considerable backgrounds, so Tanaka Weisuke does not dare to be too tough.
After investigating various chambers of commerce in Tianjin, Tanaka Misuke only got some false reports. As for the specific situation of supplies in short supply, there was no information at all.
Faced with this situation, Tanaka Weisuke was very embarrassed, so he called in his right-hand assistant, Kawashima Jinwu, to discuss together: "Kawashima-kun, we have investigated for several days, needless to say about the concession, the result is naturally very unpleasant.
good.
But there are no clues here in Tianjin. Some large chambers of commerce that purchase supplies in short supply are very uncooperative with our investigation and even set up some obstacles. What do you think we should do?"
Kawashima Jinwu has been paying attention to this matter, so he also knew the result, so he said in embarrassment: "Your Excellency General, these large chambers of commerce all have considerable backgrounds. If we forcefully investigate the whereabouts of contraband, I am afraid it will cause a huge backlash.
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Tanaka Weisuke nodded and sighed: "That's for sure. After all, these contrabands end up in China. These unscrupulous merchants are really hateful."
Kawashima Jinwu said carefully: "Your Excellency General, we cannot control this kind of thing. After all, some scarce supplies can earn several times the profit in China, which is enough for many businessmen to take risks.
Besides, those who are capable of smuggling are more or less related to high-level military officials, and some of them are even spokespersons for some big shots."
Hearing Kawashima Jinwu's words, Tanaka Weisuke's face turned ugly. However, facing this result, he could do nothing, so he said: "Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore, let's think about how to investigate."
Kawashima Jinwu said calmly: "Your Excellency, General, if we want to get these big chambers of commerce to cooperate with the investigation, we may not be able to do it with our own strength. We must ask General Ai Zuoyuan to come forward, and these people will cooperate with the investigation."
Tanaka Weisuke frowned and said with a slight embarrassment: "It would be a little inappropriate if such a little thing alerted General Ao Zuoyuan."
As a military police captain in Tianjin and a major general in the Japanese Army, Tanaka Weisuke had a lot of scruples. After all, bringing this matter to Enjiro Enjiro would make the chief spy think that he was incompetent, which was not the case if he was considered incompetent by his superiors.
a good thing.
As soon as Tanaka Weisuke finished speaking, Kawashima Jinwu smiled and said quickly: "General, in this situation, we have no choice but to report it to General Ai Zuoyuan. After all, the situation in Tianjin is very complicated. Many chambers of commerce and the military have
The big shots have contacts.
As far as I know, there are several big shots in the Tianjin Garrison Headquarters who are involved in smuggling contraband.
These people are not of low status. If General Jiao Tie Yuan does not come forward, there is nothing we can do against them, not to mention there is a club, but it is related to the big shots in the country."
Kawashima Jinwu also knew about Tanaka Weisuke's concerns, so he insisted on informing Aozue Enjiro about the matter and asked the spy chief to come forward and investigate these matters.
After hearing what Kawashima Jinwu said, Tanaka Weisuke thought for a while and finally made up his mind, so he said seriously: "Well, I will go to General Ao Zuoyuan now and report the matter to him."
After finishing speaking, Tanaka Weisuke sorted out the investigation data, summarized some guesses, and then reported to Aozue Enjiro.
Now that he has arrived in Tianjin, Aozu Enjiro naturally lives in the military police station, and the place he lives is very close to Tanaka Misuke's office.
Tanaka Weisuke is an important assistant to Enjiro Aozu and the captain of the military police, so naturally he will not encounter any obstruction when he comes to see Enjiro Aozu.
Not long after, Tanaka Weisuke came to the front of Aozu Enjiro and said solemnly: "Your Excellency, General, I have something to report to you." While speaking, he carefully looked at the chief spy in front of him.
Aozuo Enjiro is reading a document. Because he is old and has some presbyopia, he has a pair of reading glasses hanging on his nose. He looks like a scholar.
As soon as Tanaka Weisuke finished speaking, Aozu Enjiro said, "Tanaka-kun, what's the matter with you?"
After finishing speaking, Enjiro Aozu put down the information in his hand. Perhaps his eyes were tired from reading for too long, so the spy chief also took off his reading glasses and rubbed his eyes.
"Your Majesty General, this is how it is. In the past few days, I have sent people to carefully investigate the clues of the contraband, trying to find out where these contraband went.
However, some large chambers of commerce set up obstacles for us, both covertly and overtly, which resulted in the gendarmerie getting twice the result with half the effort, and no investigation results were produced at all.
Since these large chambers of commerce are backed by high-level military or government officials, they are incompetent and unable to continue the investigation, so I came to report to the general." After finishing speaking, he put the information on the desk.
Tanaka Weisuke's words were very tactful. After all, he couldn't say that his status was not enough to carry out the investigation at all.
Aozu Enjiro is a shrewd person, so as soon as Tanaka Weisuke finished speaking, he immediately understood what was going on, so he lowered his head and began to think.
Regarding the smuggling situation in Tianjin, Yuan Erlang had naturally heard of it. After all, he was the top person in charge of the intelligence agency in North China, and major events on the ground in North China could not be hidden from him.
Moreover, this spy leader once sent someone to investigate, but the results of the investigation pointed to several senior military officials and Japanese politicians.
Although Aozu Enjiro's status is very high, whether the smuggling matter is big or small, people of their status must consider everything comprehensively when dealing with it, so the spy leader did not continue to pursue it.
After a while, Aozuo Enjiro made a decision, so he picked up the information handed over by Tanaka Misuke and looked at it carefully.
After reading several documents, Aozuo Enjiro narrowed his eyes and said seriously: "Tonight I will have dinner with some senior officials of the garrison and communicate with several senior officials of the North China Expeditionary Force. Tomorrow you will
This matter can be investigated."
Hearing Enjiro's words, Tanaka Weisuke breathed a sigh of relief. After all, he knew that the spy leader had a very high status. As long as he was willing to come forward, everyone must cooperate with the investigation, so he immediately said: "Thank you, General, it's just that
This subordinate is incompetent, and for such a trivial matter, you still need to step forward."
"It's all for the empire. Do you have any thanks? I also know your difficulties, so you don't have to think too much, just do things with your heart."
Aizou Enjiro knew very well that with Tanaka Weisuke's position, it was indeed very difficult to investigate the matter alone, especially in the Tianjin area. The situation was even more special because it was an international metropolis, so it was very prosperous, causing many Japanese
The top executives all buy properties here.
In addition, some foreign forces, even him, the spy chief, would not dare to investigate the matter easily if it were not for the war and his status was much higher.
Seeing Enjiro Aozuo being so considerate, Tanaka Weisuke felt a little moved, and immediately said: "Please rest assured, General, my subordinates will investigate this matter carefully, never let go of any doubts, and find the anti-Japanese elements as soon as possible
clues."
After hearing what Tanaka Weisuke said, Enjiro thought for a while and said again: "Don't go too far in this investigation, after all, you have to give some people face.
Moreover, our purpose is only to find out the whereabouts of prohibited items and use this clue to find anti-Japanese elements.
So don’t be too strict with some smugglers, and if they really smuggle on their own, don’t hold them too accountable.”
After all, Aozu Enjiro had some scruples and didn't want to do things too well, so he specifically gave instructions to prevent Tanaka Weisuke from causing a big mess.
Hearing Enjiro's words, Tanaka Weijie's heart tightened, and then he said carefully: "Your Excellency General, the soldiers of the empire are fighting against the Chinese people on the battlefield, and some controlled materials falling on China's territory will intensify the war.
The difficulty caused more soldiers to die unnecessarily.
Even the Chinese people can use smuggled medicines to treat Chinese soldiers, do we really want to watch all this and not stop it?"
Tanaka Weisuke hated the smuggling matter very much, but he did not expect that even Aozu Enjiro had scruples and did not dare to investigate the matter seriously.
However, given this rare opportunity, the military police captain was naturally not willing to give in, so he suggested to Enjiro Aozu to control the matter.
"well!"
As soon as Tanaka Weisuke finished speaking, Aozu Enjiro let out a long sigh, but there was a hint of helplessness in his tone.