Consulate General of Japan in Shanghai.

"Jingle Bell ......" The phone on the desk suddenly rang.

Okamoto Jimasa immediately put down the newspaper in his hand, stepped forward and picked up the phone and said, "Maxi Maxi." ”

On the other end of the phone, the voice of Shino Shimae, commander of the Japanese Army Ministry's military police in Shanghai, immediately came: "Okamoto-kun, something has happened, please allow the gendarmerie to immediately enter the area south of Suzhou Creek in the public concession!" ”

"No! Absolutely not allowed! Okamoto Kimasa flatly refused, "Doing so will cause international disputes!" ”

After the Battle of Shanghai, the Japanese government reached an agreement with the Western countries that the concessions north of Suzhou Creek and east of Beihe South Road, that is, the two districts of Hongkou and Yangshupu, would be under the jurisdiction of the Japanese government, while the public concessions south of Suzhou Creek would still be under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry and Industry of the concessions, which represented the Western countries.

Therefore, if the Japanese gendarmerie drove into the area south of Suzhou Creek, it would be a breach of the agreement.

The Chinese government is a soft puffer, and Japan can pinch it as much as it wants, but the Western countries are not!

In particular, the United States not only has a strong industrial manufacturing base, but also is the main importer of raw materials for Japan, once the government of the United States is angered and the other party cuts off the supply of scrap steel and crude oil, the entire defense industry of the empire will be in trouble in an instant!

These fools in the Ministry of War have always only known how to fight, kill, and kill, but they don't know that military affairs are only the continuation of politics, and politics is the most fundamental!

At that moment, Okamoto Jimasa said again: "Shimae-kun, I can warn you, the gendarmerie must not mess around, wait for me to pass!" ”

Shino Shimae on the other end of the phone snorted and hung up the phone heavily, and Okamoto Jimasa quickly hung up the phone, then grabbed the wide-brimmed top hat from the coat rack and hurried out the door.

The Consulate General of Japan in Shanghai is located in Hongkou, not far from the headquarters of the Japanese Army Ministry in Shanghai.

In less than a quarter of an hour by car, Okamoto Jimasa arrived at the military police headquarters.

However, I saw that the courtyard of the gendarmerie headquarters was already full of motorcycles and trucks, and groups of infantry with loaded guns and ammunition had also been assembled.

As soon as the gendarmerie command gave an order, they were going to enter the concession.

Seeing this, Okamoto Jimasa's expression became more and more gloomy, and it seemed that the situation was more serious than imagined.

At that moment, Okamoto Ji was hurriedly walking into the conference room of the headquarters, and saw Shino Shimae standing with the commander of the Japanese Navy Marine Corps in Shanghai, Okawa Uchidenshichi, and was communicating in a low voice.

Seeing Okamoto Ji coming in, the eyes of the two people immediately swept over.

Okamoto Jimasa took off his top hat and handed it to the guard on the side, then asked, "Shimae-kun, Okawauchi-kun, what's the matter?" What just happened? ”

"Something is wrong, Okamoto-kun." Seven ways are preached in Okawa.

Shino Shimae beckoned to Hikojiro Suga next to him and said, "Suka-kun, come on." ”

"Hello." Hikojiro Suga shook his head heavily, walked up to Okamoto Kimasa and said, "Your Excellency Okamoto, the operatives of our Mei Agency were ambushed by the Sassoon Guards in the French Concession, and more than 500 officers and soldiers from the head of the agency, Hatoda Taka down, were collectively shattered, including Fujita Tsuyoshi's special operations brigade!" ”

"Nani?" Okamoto Kimasa lost his voice, "How can this be? ”

Okamoto Kimasa vaguely knew that the Mei agency was planning an operation against the military commanders.

Okamoto Jimasa originally thought that even if the operation was not successful, it would never suffer a loss, after all, Shanghai had now become the sphere of influence of the Japanese army, and the Mei organ was fighting at home, which could be said to have taken advantage of the time, place, and people.

I never thought that the Mei organ would suffer a big loss in the end, and it was completely annihilated!

Hikojiro Suga paused: "The inside story is a little complicated, but one thing is certain, that is, the deputy director of No. 76, Li Shiqun, has a major suspicion of betraying the Mei Agency!" ”

Okamoto Ji Zheng said awe-inspiringly: "You mean, Li Shiqun betrayed the Mei Agency? It doesn't make sense! ”

Hikojiro Suga said in a deep voice: "But the entire plan of action is only known to Li Shiqun except for the head of the agency, and even a few of our section leaders only know the detailed plan at the moment before the start of the operation!" ”

Okamoto Ji Zheng immediately frowned when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "Is it really Li Shiqun?" ”

"Okamoto-kun, is it that Li Shiqun betrayed the Mei organ, and he will know if he is arrested for the first trial?" Shino Shimae couldn't help but interject, and said, "But now it's not just a matter of internal spies, but this Sassoon guard is too arrogant to dare to kill the armed personnel of the empire, this matter must not be counted like this!" ”

Okawa Uchidenchi also said: "That's right, you must launch a severe revenge!" ”

"That's right, revenge must be taken!" Shino Shimae said, "They must understand that the Imperial Japanese Army cannot be insulted, and the Great Japanese Empire cannot be insulted!" ”

"Not allowed!" Okamoto Ji shouted angrily, "Absolutely not allowed! ”

After a pause, Okamoto Jimasa said again: "This is certainly a pleasure, and Western countries may not dare to launch military retaliation, but there is no suspense in launching economic sanctions, and the current situation of the government is already difficult enough, so don't make any more trouble for the government, okay?" ”

"But if we don't retaliate, the Sassoon guards will only be more arrogant, then tomorrow, their black hand will most likely reach Hongkou, Yangshupu and even Zhabei, Jiangwan and Nanshi, what will we do then?" Do you continue to back down, and then give up Shanghai to them? ”

"Of course it's impossible." Okamoto Jimasado, "Our forbearance has a bottom line!" ”

"The bottom line?" Shino Shimae said, "Dare to ask Your Excellency the Consul General, what is our bottom line?" ”

Okamoto Jimasa said unequivocally: "Our bottom line is that they have the final say in the public concession and the French concession, but if their black hand dares to reach into the Japanese-occupied area, it will be a blatant declaration of war!" ”

After a pause, Okamoto Jimasa said again: "Of course, you can't say that at the negotiating table!" ”

Shino Shimae glanced at each other with Okawa Nei Chuanqi, and said in a deep voice: "What do you say at the negotiation table?" ”

"Hand over the murderers of the armed men of the Empire!" Okamoto Jizheng said in a deep voice, "Then there is, hand over all the soldiers of the Shina Army secretly recruited by the Sassoon Guard, and hand them over to the Imperial Army with full control!" Finally, it is up to the Bureau of the Ministry of Industry of the Concession to compensate for all the losses of this incident, including the pensions of the fallen Imperial armed personnel! ”

"Yo Si." Shino Shimae and Okawa Uchiden nodded happily, this is like words.

At that moment, Shimae Shino said to Okamoto Kimasa again: "Okamoto-kun, then I will let the gendarmerie drive to the north bank of the Suzhou Creek and exert pressure on the concession authorities, which will also help you fight for the interests of the empire at the negotiating table." ”

"Yo Si." Okamoto nodded happily.