Such a big move by the Sassoon Guards, of course, could not be concealed from the concession authorities.

After receiving the report of the patrol house, Freud, the general director of the Public Concession Ministry of Industry, immediately called an emergency meeting of all 13 directors to discuss countermeasures.

In a word, the Sassoon Guards will replace the Green Gang as the underground force in the Public Concession, and the Ministry of Industry and Bureau of the Concession will undoubtedly be happy to see it, but there is a prerequisite for this, that is, the whole process of the Sassoon Guards replacing the Green Gang must not bring trouble to the Ministry of Industry and Bureau of the Concession, especially now that the Public Concession has become an isolated island, it is necessary to be extra careful.

Otherwise, if the Japanese were thoroughly enraged and desperately sent troops into the public concession, it would be over.

At the meeting, the 14 directors quarreled, and the only Japanese director was of course strongly opposed, and his attitude was quite fierce, and if the Ministry of Industry could not decisively stop the atrocities of the Sassoon guards, the Japanese army would march into the public concession on a large scale.

The two Mi people ridiculed each other.

Because the five Hua Dong have an inextricable relationship with the Green Gang, but they don't dare to offend the people of the United States too much, they desperately play a round and try to ease the quarrel between the two sides.

Floyd and five other British directors were so laid-back that they almost poured themselves a cup of coffee.

In the end, it was Freud who interrupted the quarrel and said, "There is no point in arguing, the purpose of our meeting is to solve the problem." ”

After a pause, Freud asked Commodus again: "Minister Commodus, what is your opinion?" ”

Everyone at the top of the Concession Bureau, including the Japanese director Shimada, knew that the Sassoon Guard was nominally Sir Sassoon's Guard, but it was not.

Because Captain George of the Guard has a military background.

The Japanese military was undoubtedly very annoyed that the US military had put its claws into Shanghai, but there was no good way for a while, because the US military did not blatantly send troops, but only sent a hooligan to Shanghai to form a civilian armed force in the name of mixing rivers and lakes.

Therefore, the Japanese can only deal with it in a Jianghu way.

Specifically, it is to support the Youth Gang to confront the Sassoon Guards.

But to the annoyance of the Japanese, the Green Gang is too useless.

Huang Jingrong's Faithful Society lasted for half a month, and Ji Yunqing's Cloud Society was even more unbearable, just one day's work, he was already beaten by the Sassoon Guards, and he was about to be kicked out of the public concession.

Shimada seriously doubted that if the Japanese government did not intervene, within three days, the entire Public Concession would fall under the control of the Sassoon Guards, just like the French Concession.

This is undoubtedly unacceptable to the Japanese government.

Because once the Japanese forces are unable to penetrate into the public concession, it will seriously affect the work efficiency of the Mei organ and No. 76, and in turn, the public concession and the French concession will form a strong cover for the military unification, the central unification, and even the underground party of the Chinese Communist Party, because it is impossible for the Sassoon guards to spend energy on counter-espionage!

Therefore, before Commodus could speak, Shimada hurriedly said: "The opinion of our Japanese government is very clear, the existing order in the public concession must not be destroyed, and this existing order, including the fact that the Qing Gang exists in the public concession, so the armed actions of the Sassoon guards must be suspended!" ”

Commodus's expression immediately cooled down, and he said officially: "The attitude of our Mi government is also consistent, Shanghai is a free port, and the operation of the public concession is completely independent, and no country or government has the right to intervene, which means that the fire or vendetta of social organizations such as the Green Gang and Sassoon Guards should be left to them to solve, and they should not use government power to forcibly intervene!" ”

Speaking of this, Commodus said: "By the way, it is true that our US government pursues an isolationist policy, but this does not mean that our US government will allow other governments to harm the overseas interests of the people of US countries, such as an international free port like Shanghai, where tens of thousands of Chinese people live!" ”

"Minister Commodus." Shimada asked with a dark face, "Can I understand your words as such, as long as it is a grievance between the civilian armed forces, governments are not allowed to intervene, right?" ”

"That's right." Commodus shrugged his shoulders and said, "Director Shimada understands it absolutely correctly. ”

"Yo Si." Shimada smiled sinisterly and said, "Then there will be no problem." ”

"No more questions?" Floyd's gaze swept over the faces of Shimada and the five Hua Dong, Shimada snorted and turned his gaze elsewhere, how could the five Hua Dong dare to express their opinions on such a major issue, they just pretended not to hear.

At that moment, Freud shook the bell and said, "Well, now adjourn the meeting." ”

……

The special car of the Japanese Consul General in Shanghai, Kimasa Okamoto, was waiting at the gate of the Ministry of Industry.

After the meeting, Shimada went straight to the door of the Ministry of Industry Bureau and got into Kimasa Okamoto's Nissan car.

As soon as Shimada got into the car, Kimasa Okamoto asked eagerly, "Shimada-kun, how will you drive?" ”

"It turned out badly." Shimada said with a dark face, "The Mi government is resolutely opposed to intervention, that is to say, unless we make up our minds to start a full-scale war with the Mi country, we will not be able to directly send armed forces into the concession, but can only secretly support the Qing Gang to engage in armed confrontation with the Sassoon guards." ”

"How so?" Okamoto Ji said, "The problem is that now the Green Gang has been completely abolished, and no matter how much the empire costs, it can't be supported!" ”

"But that doesn't seem like our job, does it? Shouldn't this be a matter for the Mei Agency? "Shimada Michi, "What is this guy Hatoda doing again?" Why didn't he come? ”

"Hatoda Taka?" Okamoto Jizheng's face immediately darkened, and he didn't have a good breath, "He's busy dealing with the military commander now, and he doesn't have the heart to care about these things at all." ”

"He doesn't care? So why should we meddle? Shimada snorted, "I don't believe that in the end, the situation in the public concession will deteriorate completely, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs will not hold the Ume agency accountable." ”

"Shimada-kun, now is not the time to shirk responsibility." Kimasa Okamoto.

"Okamoto-kun, I'm not shirking my responsibility." "There's really not much we can do." ”

"That's right." Okamoto Ji Zheng rubbed his temples that were a little swollen, and said, "Speaking of which, we can only let No. 76 and Zhang Xiaolin give Ji Yunqing some help, in short, no matter what, Ji Yunqing is a friend of the Great Japanese Empire, and we must not watch his forces being expelled from the world." ”

Shimada said helplessly: "I'm afraid it's the only way to go." ”