As soon as Chen Mingxiang arrived at the office, he received a call from Shizo Shozo Gangmura, asking him to hurry up and go to the gendarmerie headquarters for a meeting.

It was said that it was a meeting, but in fact, it was chatting in Kinoshita's office, and Major General Yoshitaro Kawamoto, director of the intelligence department of the 13th Army Command, and Yujo Horiuchi, the consul general in Shanghai, were also attended.

"Chen Jun, this time I invite you to come over to talk, mainly to discuss the work of smuggling materials from the Jiang Tong area, the empire is facing a two-front battle, the cost of materials is too great, and the domestic resources have been exhausted, if it cannot be replenished in time, it will greatly affect the combat ability of the imperial army."

"The military department has set a target for our gendarmerie, and you are still responsible for the original tung oil, pig bristles, rosin, tungsten ore, tea, paint, dyes, etc., to absorb it to the greatest extent, and money is not a problem, and it doesn't matter if the price is high."

"In addition, you are familiar with the businessmen in Shanghai, and you are also the deputy director of the police department and the deputy director of the social bureau, and you also have to assist the consulate general in Shanghai to purchase cotton and cotton yarn in the entire Shanghai market." Kinoshita Eichi said.

"In view of the sharp increase in the Empire's demand for cotton cloth and cotton yarn, the Jinling Government's Commercial Command Committee was unable to curb the activities of these speculative merchants, resulting in a large outflow of cotton cloth and cotton yarn, and the Imperial Government decided to assist the Jinling Government in purchasing goods on the market, and this time 25 tons of gold were shipped from Japan, of which 20 tons were directly sent to the Shanghai market."

"This work is a compulsory purchase by the government, and the price of each piece of 20 yarn is 10,000 yuan, and the price of the leading muslin is 375 yuan per horse, and no form of confrontation is allowed. Ten taels of gold bars each, according to the 40,000 yuan of China Reserve Coupons to be calculated, with the Shanghai Branch of the China Reserve Bank as the issuing agency for the payment. ”

"The specific implementation of the rules is that from the date of acquisition, three months later to give a quarter, a full year and then a quarter, which is paid in gold, the remaining half, divided into three years to pay off, every six months to give one-sixth of the payment, to pay in the reserve bonds, the annual interest is six percent."

"These people will not willingly sell cotton cloth and cotton yarn to the government, so we must strictly guard against it, and we can't let them engage in tricks below, the report of the special high school said, now there are some cotton cloth shops, and they have begun to dump a large number of stocks, and I want the police station to completely close the store and not allow the sale of cotton cloth anymore, and you will start to implement this matter this afternoon." Horiuchi said in the city.

This is the blatant plundering of cotton cloth and cotton yarn, the price of cotton cloth in the national control area has reached more than 500 yuan of legal currency, more than 16,000 legal currency per piece of cloth, and 20 yarn pieces, it is more than 24,000 legal currency, how can the Japanese be willing to accept such a low price for the merchants in Shanghai?

And what's even more cruel is that if you have to buy all of them with gold, you can barely make less money without losing money, at least you won't lose money, but the current situation is to buy your goods without giving you the full amount.

It took four years and three months to get the money, the first year and three months were given to gold, but the last three years were directly the central reserve bonds, according to the current change in the value of the currency, then it will be a pile of waste paper, the key is that the Jinling government is still not a problem.

However, Chen Mingxiang had nothing to do about it, and finally did not touch his cotton cloth and cotton yarn in Suzhou No. 1 Textile Factory, probably because it was due to the task of increasing the amount of smuggling.

"Now the situation is a bit unstable, the last time the 11th Army fought fiercely with the army of the Shancheng government in Songzi and the area of Gong'an, which greatly affected the transportation of goods, resulting in no transaction for more than a month, I need to be notified in time to adjust the transportation plan in time." Chen Mingxiang said.

This is to test the battle plan of the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army, but the reason is very sufficient, and what is said is also true, and no one present doubts it.

The smuggling of the Huatong Trading Company and the Military Command Bureau and the water transport will occupy a large part of the share, and once the war begins, the waterway will become a war zone and ships will not be able to pass.

"Speaking of military operations, there was really a time, but it had no impact on the Yangtze River waterway, and land transportation was limited to some areas.

"The General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army decided to start an attack on Wuling at the beginning of November, about one to three days, with the Eleventh Army as the main attack, and in consideration of the strategic position of Wuling, the 116th Division of the Thirteenth Army was specially mobilized into the battle sequence." Kinoshita Eichi said.

Wuling is a strategic location, Chen Mingxiang also knows where the value lies, to the southwest can enter the frontier of Guizhou Province Yuanling, to the south can force Tanzhou and Hengzhou, paralyzing the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway and the Xianggui Railway, in addition, it is also the main food supply of the mountain city.

"I met General Shimomura a few days ago, and he was very dissatisfied with the arrangement of the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army this time, saying that he would bully the 13th Army and have the ability to transfer the North China Front, and even scolded General Isamu Yokoyama for being a bastard, which made me confused, what happened?" Horiuchi asked.

"The reason is that the new 38th Division and the 22nd Division of the Indian Army of the Shan Shing Government entered the Hukang River Valley in northern Myanmar after fierce battles with the 18th Division of the Imperial Army, which indicates that the Yama Castle Government's purpose is to restore the previous lines of communication."

"In view of this situation, the base camp asked us to send troops to launch an attack on the southwest area of the Shan Cheng government, and to contain the army of the Shan Cheng government from reinforcing northern Burma, the general headquarters formulated a plan to attack Wuling, which was mainly carried out by the Eleventh Army."

"The commander of the 11th Army, Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, thought that the pressure of this campaign was too great, and demanded that Lieutenant General Iwanaga Wang, who was stationed in Anqing, and the 116th Division of the 13th Army be assigned to the sequence of the 11th Army, but was categorically rejected by Lieutenant General Shimomura Ding."

"The Thirteenth Army also had its own tasks, in particular, the main force of the Seventeenth Division was to go to the South Pacific to reinforce the Eighth Front, so there was also a shortage. Besides, most of the subordinates of the 13th Army are garrison divisions, and their combat strength is at most that of the C Division, and it will be difficult to ensure the security of the occupied areas if the 116th Division is transferred away. ”

"Lieutenant General Shimomura was very dissatisfied with Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama's request, and at the same time very dissatisfied with the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army, and he told the chief of staff of operations, Shunichi Miyazaki, that Yokoyama wanted to increase his strength and believed that he should be transferred from the North China Front Army, not to make matters worse for the 13th Army." Yoshitaro Kawamoto said.

"That's right, the North China Front Army is strong, and there should be no problem in transferring a division, could it be that Commander Toshiroku Hatatake's command is not moving Commander Okamura Ninji, and the North China Front Army refuses to accept the transfer?" Chen Mingxiang asked.