In early 1943, Shanghai, which had just celebrated the Spring Festival, suddenly fell into a bloody storm.
Many traitors and Japanese ronin were assassinated in various ways, which caused a great impact.
Originally, the people in Shanghai thought that the anti-Japanese forces were assassinating Japanese traitors.
When this situation lasted for a period of time and did not calm down, ordinary Shanghai people felt that something was wrong.
Because under normal circumstances, if the anti-Japanese forces assassinate Japanese traitors on a large scale, the Japanese intelligence agency and No. 76 will definitely take action.
But this time the situation was different. Not only did there not be any action on the 76th, but even the Japanese military police made no big moves with loud thunder and light rain.
Soon someone discovered that the dead Japanese and traitors were all related to the opium business and did not play any important role.
Many people who worked for No. 76 also died in mysterious circumstances, which made many people extremely happy.
Ordinary people do not understand the situation, but in Shanghai, people with a certain status are aware of the undercurrent.
Many people know that the cigarette business in Shanghai is monopolized by Major Taichi Okamura of the Japanese Military Police and Agent No. 76 Headquarters.
So the current situation is very obvious. You can tell at a glance that the two sides are fighting, and the purpose is for the interests of Dayan.
Originally, the other Japanese and traitors did not take this matter to heart. After all, neither the Japanese nor No. 76 were people that ordinary people dared to provoke.
Now that the two sides are fighting, if they get involved rashly, they might be shattered to pieces.
But things became more and more serious, and more and more people died, which made many people unbearable.
In the end, the incident alarmed Qingchuan Qiheng, the Japanese general, who directly called Li Shiqun and Okamura Taichi to the office.
"Baga, you two bastards!"
When the two people arrived, Qingchuan Qiheng didn't say anything. Instead, he slapped the two people several times to express his anger.
The two people were slapped, but they didn't dare to make any resistance. They bowed their heads and said nothing.
After a while, Qingchuan Qiheng finally spoke: "I don't care what you are thinking, the situation in Shanghai must be calmed down and cannot continue to be chaotic."
During this period, gun battles occurred every day in Shanghai, and a few unlucky people always died inexplicably.
Originally, Qingchuan Qiheng would not care much about this kind of thing, because he knew that this was a dispute between the interests of Gangcun Taiyi and Li Shiqun.
Taichi Okamura is a Japanese military officer, and he is supported by a group of middle- and low-level military officers, so he cannot suppress him at will.
As for Li Shiqun and No. 76, Qingchuan Qiheng has a complicated feeling.
Li Shiqun was single-handedly supported by Qingchuan Qiheng, and No. 76 also slowly grew stronger with his support.
However, the personnel of No. 76 are complex, committing murder and robbery, and it is difficult to discipline them, so it has become a source of chaos.
If it were in the past, the Japanese would naturally not care in order to eliminate the anti-Japanese forces.
However, more than half a year ago, the situation in Shanghai changed and public security became better and better, so Qingchuan Qiheng changed his attitude and began to suppress No. 76 in order to stabilize the situation in Shanghai.
Because of Li Shiqun's outstanding abilities, Qingchuan Qiheng admired him very much, but he was also worried that the anti-Japanese armed forces would continue to operate, so he didn't want to kill Li Shiqun completely, so he gained some control.
Unexpectedly, Li Shiqun and Gangcun Taiyi got into a fight over the cigarette business, causing public security chaos in Shanghai, so Qingchuan Qiheng stepped forward to stop it.
"Your Excellency, General, it was Major Gangcun who bullied others too much and killed my subordinate Han Jincai, so I took action to resist."
Li Shiqun was the first to explain. After all, many things on the 76th could not be hidden from Qingchuan Qiheng.
"snort!"
Taichi Okamura had no explanation when he arrived. After all, in the eyes of the Japanese, any traitor is a lackey.
So as a master, if you kill a lackey, you naturally don't need to explain it, and there is no need to explain it.
"Okamura-kun!"
At this time, Qingchuan Qiheng spoke coldly. After all, Okamura Taichi's attitude made him a little dissatisfied.
"I have never done any of these things. Who knows how Han Jincai died."
Seeing Qingkawa Kihiro speak, Okamura Taichi had to explain that after all, the Japanese army was very hierarchical, and even if he was dissatisfied with his superiors, he would not dare to show it.
But this explanation was so perfunctory that even Qingchuan Qiheng frowned.
But Qingchuan Qiheng couldn't delve deeper, let alone investigate. After all, he found out the truth, how would he deal with it.
If we hold Japanese officers accountable for the death of a Chinese, I'm afraid Harukawa Kihiro will step down immediately.
After all, Japanese military officers are a unit. Even if Qingchuan Qiheng values Li Shiqun, he must side with the Japanese military officers, otherwise he is asking for trouble.
Thinking of this, Qingchuan Qiheng sighed secretly, and then said: "I don't want to know the truth of the matter. In short, you two must ensure the stability of Shanghai, otherwise..."
"Hi!"
The two people responded immediately, but their thoughts were different.
Taichi Okamura did not take Harukawa Kitsune's warning seriously, but agreed not to continue the fight.
Because during this period, many of Gangcun Taiyi's men died, and the business was more seriously affected, so he came up with the idea of making peace with Li Shiqun.
As for Li Shiqun, he was a little angry, because during this period of competition, No. 76 had the upper hand and made more and more money.
Even if a lot of people died, it was still a good deal compared to the benefits gained.
Therefore, Li Shiqun had no idea of making peace. Instead, he believed that he could monopolize the cigarette business in Shanghai. After all, he had figured out Qingchuan Qiheng's bottom line and knew that doing so would not offend the other party.
As for Gangcun Taiyi, Li Zhiqun couldn't care less. After all, he had already offended the other party, so offending him a little or offending him to death was no different.
However, when Qingchuan Qiheng spoke publicly, Li Shiqun was dissatisfied and did not dare to refute, so he could only accept the result.
After that, Qingchuan Qiheng said a few more words and sent the two people away.
After leaving Qingchuan Qiheng's office, the two of them ignored each other, but they came together in tacit understanding.
After a while, Taichi Okamura was the first to speak: "Director Li, since His Majesty the General gave the order, I will let you go this time, but you must give in on business matters."
"Okamura-san, I did not instigate this incident, but the General has said so and I must obey.
As for business matters, it depends on each person's methods. Anyway, what the General wants is the stability of Shanghai and has nothing to do with our business."
Li Shiqun would not betray Gangcun's dignity, so he immediately refused.
And in his heart, he believed that not using force would have given Qingchuan face.
After all, in the previous competition, Gangcun Taiyi was at a disadvantage. If he continued to use force, I am afraid that Li Shiqun could really monopolize the cigarette business in Shanghai.
"you……"
Gangcun Taiyi didn't expect that Li Shiqun would dare to say that, so he looked sad and didn't know what to say.
After all, he was the one at the disadvantage, and Li Shiqun didn't care about Taichi Okamura's identity as a Japanese officer, so he naturally had no choice.
"snort!"
Seeing Gangcun Taiyi's reaction, Li Shiqun felt very disdainful, then snorted coldly and turned around to leave.
Only Taichi Okamura was left, standing there with an ugly face, not knowing what he was thinking...