After Li Shiqun's death, the military commander lost a major concern and immediately began a large-scale campaign to punish traitors.
Several former spy leaders of No. 76 were all put on Li Yunsheng's liquidation list and were assassinated one by one on the streets by military agents.
As time went by, this situation caused a lot of confusion. Taichi Gangcun, who was in charge of public security in Shanghai, immediately realized that something was wrong.
After questioning Zhao Fuhai, he learned that this was not an internal fight between traitors, and he immediately started investigating.
But the investigation came too late. The previous large-scale assassination caused a lot of chaos. Coupled with Li Shiqun's death, the other traitors felt a sense of sadness for the death of a rabbit and a fox, and they would not cooperate too well with the Japanese.
As a result, the Japanese military, which was unfamiliar with the situation, naturally could not find anything out of the investigation.
Then some time later, there were rumors in the Shanghai market that the puppet government was about to increase the number of haircuts in Zhongchuan under the pressure of the Japanese.
Anyone with a little bit of common sense knows that the currency value of China Reserve Volume is unstable. Once the circulation is increased, it will soon become a piece of waste paper, so one after another they exchange the China Reserve Volume in their hands for gold, US dollars and other hard currencies.
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Only some extremely poor people ignore this. After all, they are so poor that they have nothing but one life.
After the news of increasing the issuance of central storage volumes was leaked, Yamaguchi Yoshikazu immediately became anxious. After all, one of his purposes in coming to Shanghai was to increase the plunder of the occupied areas.
Now that an important measure has been exposed before it has been used, it will be too detrimental to the future situation.
"Baga, you are utterly incompetent..."
Not many people knew the news, only a few high-ranking officials of the pseudo-government such as Okamura Taichi and Zhao Fuhai, so Yamaguchi Yoshikazu immediately found two people and scolded them severely.
Yamaguchi Yoshikazu cursed for a while, and after his anger subsided, Okamura Taichi said: "General, please calm down, you are all incompetent!"
"snort!"
Yamaguchi Yoshikazu snorted and said seriously: "You are very incompetent. Look at the chaos in Shanghai these days. Almost every night, someone is assassinated in the street."
Yamaguchi Yoshikazu was already dissatisfied with what happened some time ago. If Taichi Okamura hadn't said that this was an internal fight among the traitors and they were liquidating the remaining forces of No. 76, he would have stopped it long ago.
It wasn't until the assassination caused an uproar in the city, causing the situation to completely get out of control, and the matter of the central storage volume was exposed, Yamaguchi Yoshikazu finally couldn't help it anymore, so he called in two people.
"Hi!"
Okamura Taichi knew that whatever he said at this time was wrong, so he lowered his head to express his shame.
Zhao Fuhai, who was at the side, did not dare to say anything. He just glanced at Taichi Gangcun carefully and was thinking about how the secret was leaked...
"Tell me, how should we deal with the current chaotic situation in Shanghai?"
Seeing Taichi Okamura's lowered eyebrows, Yamaguchi Yihei calmed down and continued to ask questions.
This is because Yamaguchi Yoshikazu has not been in Shanghai for a long time. He is not familiar with the situation and has no available subordinates, so he continues to use Okamura Taichi.
"Your Excellency General, after some investigation, I learned that the recent assassinations were all carried out by an elite group of people.
This group of anti-Japanese elements was not only well-organized, but also acted quickly. Each assassination operation took less than a minute.
Only highly trained agents can achieve such outstanding performance, so I believe that the disappeared Military Shanghai Station has resurrected again!"
This is the information obtained by Taichi Okamura through investigation. After all, only military commanders like to do methods such as assassination.
Since it was the military commander who had come out to cause trouble again, Taichi Okamura did not dare to hide it, because he had witnessed the spy war a few years ago and knew how brutal this kind of struggle was.
If the puppet government had not been established at that time and No. 76 was also established, the Japanese might have suffered a lot of losses by relying on the plan of using China to control China.
Now that No. 76 no longer existed, Taiyi Gangcun naturally felt unsure, so he explained all the situations clearly.
"Of course I know that military reunification at the Shanghai Station has been revived. What I want to ask is how to manage this situation!"
As a Japanese general, Yamaguchi Yoshikazu had his own judgment and had already guessed the answer.
However, he thought that Okamura Taichi had spoken clearly and logically before and should have certain abilities to solve the current situation.
"Sir, if you want to change the current situation, you must find the anti-Japanese elements in the military command and catch them all!"
Having said this, Taichi Okamura paused for a moment, raised his head and looked at Yamaguchi Yoshikazu, and found that the military police captain was not dissatisfied, so he cautiously said: "I hope the general will give me some more time, and I will definitely
We can find these people!"
"How much time do I give you?"
"Two weeks?"
"Okay, I will give you two weeks. If the situation in Shanghai cannot be stabilized within two weeks, I will take it from you!"
Yamaguchi Yoshikazu issued an ultimatum. After all, his purpose in coming to Shanghai was to plunder the economy here to make up for the deficit in the Pacific War.
If Shanghai cannot calm down and people remain panicked, the market will not be able to recover.
As a result, Yamaguchi Yoshikazu's goal could not be achieved, and he could not explain to the Japanese cabinet and military ministry.
"Hi!"
Okamura Taichi nodded immediately, but he felt a little bitter in his heart, because he understood the situation between the enemy and ourselves, and the guarantee he just made was just a means of delaying time.
After all, this little devil has some self-awareness and deeply understands that it is not an easy task to deal with the anti-Japanese elements in Shanghai.
Especially since the incident happened so suddenly, he didn't know any clues at all. The military command Shanghai station could carry out such a large-scale assassination operation. It must have been lying dormant for a long time and was prepared.
As a result, it is almost impossible to find clues and wipe out the military unified network.
"Mr. Zhao, increase the issuance of China Reserve Paper. We cannot delay it any longer and must implement it immediately."
Yamaguchi Yoshikazu ignored Okamura Taichi's thoughts, but turned his head and gave instructions to Zhao Fuhai.
In fact, during this period of time, Yamaguchi Yoshikazu had summoned several senior officials of the puppet government to discuss increasing the issuance of Central Bank Coins.
Under the pressure of Yamaguchi Yoshikazu, the officials of the puppet government naturally did not dare not agree and made some preparations.
Only on the specific number of issuances, the two sides have some differences. The number one figure in the puppet government does not want the Central Reserve Volume to be completely reduced to a piece of waste paper.
But Yamaguchi Yoshikazu didn't care about that. The purpose of his coming to Shanghai was to plunder the economy of the occupied areas, so naturally he would not think about the puppet government.
After very difficult negotiations and with the puppet government's constant compromises, the two parties finally came up with an appropriate amount, which also delayed the issuance of the China Reserve Volume.
"Your Excellency General, the previous rumors have already caused the China Reserve Bank to depreciate in value. If we increase the issuance now, I'm worried that it will cause an uncontrollable situation!"
Zhao Fuhai answered with great embarrassment. After all, he was the one who promoted the issuance of the Central Reserve Volume. If the Japanese plan was followed, the so-called Central Reserve Volume would soon be reduced to a piece of waste paper.
As a result, the financial order that the pseudo-government has worked so hard to rectify will be gone. Naturally, he does not want to agree.