At this time, Sasaki, with a red face, came out of the small room where he was making phone calls. He immediately grabbed Okamoto by the collar, pushed him into the corner, and shook him vigorously. He laughed strangely.
Okamoto looked at his excited face and guessed that the phone call between him and Miss Chi seemed to have made some progress.
He couldn't say why, but he was quite happy for Mr. Sasaki.
"What's wrong! What's wrong!" he asked repeatedly.
"Miss Chi wants to meet me! Do you know? Ah, you idiot! How can you understand! Miss Chi wants to meet me! Do you want it?"
"When?" Okamoto finally calmed down and asked hurriedly.
"I will call her at three o'clock in the afternoon the day after tomorrow! Then we will agree on a time and place to meet!" He shook Okamoto harder, almost shaking him away!
Okamoto looked embarrassed, "You can't make a call at three o'clock in the afternoon!"
"I'll go out and fight!"
"Will Mr. Sato allow you to go out? In this situation, I'm afraid they won't let anyone go out!"
"Find a way! You also have to find a way for me! Do you hear me clearly? You also have to help me find a way!"
At this time, a bastard agent from the Navy came over quietly and whispered: "Sir."
Sasaki turned around and glared at him, "What are you doing! You act like a thief and don't make a sound at all!"
The agent looked at him strangely, but still said: "Mr. Colonel, please go to his room, go now!"
Sasaki glared at him, "Get out of here! Don't block my way!"
He swayed and walked towards the big house.
The agent was very angry and kept staring at Sasaki's back. He turned back to Okamoto and said, "Why does he have such an attitude towards people? He is not polite at all!"
Okamoto said with a smile: "Who calls him the chief? There is no way!"
24-51
Mr. Sato's bedroom is the master bedroom of this large house. It is very large, ancient, solemn and luxurious.
There is a tall carved canopy bed in the bedroom, which seems to be made of mahogany, but no one can be sure. There is a soft silk quilt on the bed, and a pillow embroidered with a pair of colorful mandarin ducks is heart-shaking.
Two huge old-fashioned wardrobes are leaning against the wall. The copper hinges on the wardrobes have green rust spots.
In front of the window on the south side of the room, there is a large round table, surrounded by eight straight-backed Taishi chairs. As you can imagine, sitting on such a Taishi chair will definitely not be comfortable.
At this time, Mr. Sato, Takaji, Kawakami and Sasaki were sitting on such a chair, with their arms on the table.
There is another person present here, Kuriyama Takeo’s sister, Kuriyama Sawako.
Compared with her brother, there is a huge difference between her and her brother. They almost don't look like a family. Her brother is rough and he can be seen as a very fierce person. But she has a gentle and charming appearance. When she is in a good mood, she is even more beautiful.
She is beautiful and gentle, like a young lady in a boudoir, inviting people to love her.
Mr. Sato looked at the people at the table, turned to Sawako Kuriyama, and said softly: "Miss Kuriyama, please speak."
"I was ordered to implement the 'Barrel Plan', and there has been some progress recently." She said bluntly as soon as she opened her mouth.
"Please tell me." Mr. Sato nodded to her again.
"My role is to keep track of the progress of Mr. Wang's 'peace plan'. Mr. Wang is surrounded by a group of people who hold the same views as Mr. Wang, that is, they are friendly to Japan and hope to end the war between Japan and China as soon as possible.
At present, the focus of Mr. Wang's "peace plan" is to do the work of military generals, hoping that they will support Mr. Wang's "peace plan."
"Is there such a person?" Mr. Sato asked.
"Indeed. Judging from the current situation, there are quite a few such people! However, there is a price to pay to win the support of military generals! It is to satisfy the wishes of these military generals! These days, many military generals have come to Wuhan
, people around Mr. Wang have secret conversations with these generals almost every day. The news I have received is that many military generals have expressed support for Mr. Wang."
"What are they? Miss Kuriyama, please give a few examples to illustrate." Mr. Sato still asked softly.
"For example, General Long Yun, chairman of Yunnan Province and commander of the 20th Army Corps. General Long Yun wanted to expand his army. In August last year, he took advantage of the Battle of Songhu to form the 60th Army. But setting up this army was difficult.
He spent a lot of money, mainly through the French in Vietnam, to purchase a large number of arms. He wanted to form another army, and if he still wanted to raise funds in Yunnan, it would be very difficult."
"Does Mr. Wang have arms in his hand?" Mr. Sato asked with a smile.
"Yes! The people around Mr. Wang are very energetic. At the beginning of the Songhu Battle last year, they accumulated a large number of arms through various channels and stored them in the warehouse on Duofu Road. Last night, Ye from the Wuhan Security Command
Commander-in-Chief Peng accompanied General Long Yun to the warehouse to check the arms. I heard that the response was quite good."
"They need each other, right?"
"Yes!" Miss Kuriyama also had a smile on her face.
"Please continue. Is there anyone else?"
"I got the impression that there are many such people. But I heard not many. There is also one named Zhang Fakui."
"Oh, I know, he is the commander-in-chief of the National Army's Second Corps and the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Army, right?"
"Yes. This man has always supported Mr. Wang. This is one thing. Secondly, although he has a high position and military rank, he does not have his own troops. The armies he currently commands are actually other people's troops! He really wants to
He has his own army. Long Yun can raise funds in Yunnan, but he cannot. Therefore, the arms in the warehouse on Duofu Road are very attractive to him!"
Mr. Sato kept nodding and stretched out his hand to signal her to continue.
"Sir, there are many such people. I only know a few of them through my relationship with Gao Zongwu, but it is incomplete. It will be very valuable to collect a complete list in the future! I know that there is a person named Liu Yueting.
It turned out that he was a subordinate of Sun Dianying, who was the commander of the 17th Army. There was also a man named Gong Bingfan, the commander of the 34th Division of the National Army. Bi Guangyuan was originally a general of the Northwest Army and later the commander of the 69th Army.
Sun Liangcheng, Lieutenant General of the National Army. When he was the deputy commander-in-chief of the Northwest Army, he once launched a campaign against Chiang Kai-shek. This person currently lives in Hankou and is also in Mr. Wang's small circle. He Xingjian, deputy general manager of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Action Committee's Rangers
Command. This force is mainly composed of troops that participated in the battles in Shanghai and Nanjing and were dispersed."
Miss Lishan talked eloquently and even mentioned more than a dozen senior generals of the National Army in one breath. She also said repeatedly that Mr. Wang's people have a wide range of activities. In recent times, they have had secret conversations with many senior generals of the National Army.
She smiled and said: "I only know a small part of the situation. I can see from Gao Zongwu's face that the result seems to be quite good! If Mr. Wang really raises the banner of peace and fights against Chiang Kai-shek, the army generals who support him will definitely
A lot! This 'barrel' of national independence will surely fall apart!"
At this time, everyone sitting at the table had smiles on their faces and looked at Miss Kuriyama with admiration.
Compared with the "Barrel Project", the setbacks they encountered today are just minor troubles and nothing serious!
After thinking about this, Takashi and Kawakami gradually felt better.
25-1
At around ten o'clock that night, Dai Li, the head of the Secret Service Division, left Lixing Building by car.
His agents are shrewd and capable, and they have discovered many uneasy situations in these days. These situations have made him doubtful and confusing for a long time! Therefore, he can no longer wait and must ask for instructions as soon as possible!
His car took a ferry across the river at Wangjiaxiang Pier, drove westward along Zhongshan Road, and finally drove to Wuhan University via Hongshan Road.
A month ago, Wuhan University moved west to Leshan, Sichuan. The entire Wuhan University has been taken over by the Kuomintang and has become the office of various departments of the Central Military Commission. Military and political officials who have recently arrived in Wuhan and are preparing to attend the Supreme Military Meeting of the Central Military Commission have also
Live here.
The most important people living in Wuhan University are Chairman Jiang and his wife, Chairman of the Military Commission. They live in Luojia Mountain, in the former guest house of Wuhan University.
This former guest house now has a nice and poetic name called Tingsonglu.
Chief Dai Chuyi got off the car outside Tingsonglu and walked directly into this small building with only two floors.
The guard outside the door knew who he was, and knew that there was no need to announce his arrival.
The living room of Chairman Chiang Kai-shek is on the second floor. It is a large room. The room is elegantly and solemnly decorated.
At this time, Chairman Chiang Kai-shek was sitting in front of a huge desk looking at documents.
He raised his head and saw Dai Chuyi standing at the door, so he waved his hand and pointed to the chair opposite the desk.
Dai Li was a cautious person and did not dare to sit across from the committee chairman. Besides, the situation he was going to report tonight was too sensitive. He moved a square stool and placed it next to his desk, and sat down with his upper body upright.
No one would have thought that the situation reported by Chief Dai tonight was actually the same situation that Sawako Kuriyama introduced to Mr. Sato and others! It’s just more detailed!
Chief Dai Chuyi had two huge questions in his mind, but he never dared to ask them easily.
First, the people around Chairman Wang have been operating secretly in the past few days. Their most important thing is to meet with military generals from various places to plot a situation that only they know!
The most serious thing is that these army generals, under the guidance of certain people, secretly visited the arms warehouse on Duofu Road! It is obvious that all this has ulterior motives!
Second, Chairman Wang is obviously at odds with the Chairman of the Committee, but the Chairman of the Committee defends Chairman Wang at every turn and even re-appoints the people around Chairman Wang!
Gao Zongwu is an important figure in Chairman Wang's small circle! However, whenever secret negotiations with Japan are involved, the committee leader will arrange for Gao Zongwu to go to the negotiations and grant him a high amount of activity funds!
Chief Dai did not dare to ask casually about these two puzzling matters. Therefore, he could only report the recent activities of the military generals to the committee leader in as simple a way as possible without any derogatory meaning.