Junpei Uehara is scheming, and he naturally does not want to leave hidden dangers, and he knows that participating in this matter will inevitably have to take on a lot of responsibilities.

At present, there are different opinions in the military, that is, several high-ranking people also have their own thoughts, even if they know the stakes, but not everyone is willing to give up the interests in hand, so there are those who are the main fighters, and there are those who are the main peacemakers, each with its own reasons, no matter what the final result of the matter is, there will always be people who are dissatisfied.

Even if Tsuyo Harada, the initiator, wants to use this peace talks, just like Yuki Kagesa, to grasp more power and enhance his voice in the army, he can just watch from the sidelines, so why bother to be this person who comes out.

Besides, if the smuggling transaction with the national control area cannot be put on the table, if the matter fails or is exposed in the end, but the relationship network set up by Fujiwara Tomohito will be damaged, and the interests related to him will be affected, how can Junpei Uehara easily let Fujiwara Tomohito get involved?

Ning Zhiheng heard Hiroki Kagesa's words, and then his heart was relieved, in order to prevent the investigation of the Japanese intelligence department, he had already arranged it in the national control area, but in the end, there are traces to follow, if he really investigates carefully along the transportation line, he can still index the line to the Baoding faction, the largest powerful faction in the national army, there are many things that cannot be hidden.

But fortunately, he now has enough strength background in both China and Japan, and there are strong allies, which makes people scruple about three points, and there has been no major mistake in the operation until now, if Harada Tsuyo really wants to target himself, it will be really a trouble.

Ning Zhiheng thought for a moment, and said softly: "What my uncle said is that participating in this kind of thing is harmful and useless, and my connections in the Guotong Region will not be able to contact the high-level leaders in Chongqing, in case I am targeted by others, but I will suffer heavy losses, Harada is sick and rushed to the doctor, how can he find my head?" ”

Junpei Uehara waved his hand and said: "Although I rejected him, but from today's performance, I see that his mind is still a little unwilling, but everything is up to me to come forward, you don't have to pay attention to it, this person is a close confidant of Chief of Staff Sakagaki, who has been presiding over the work of the staff headquarters, and is quite influential in the army, you don't want to have a head-on conflict with him." ”

Junpei Uehara is worried that his nephew is young and vigorous, relying on the background behind him, after being entangled again by Tsuyo Harada, he can't bear his temperament and has a conflict with him.

Of course, Ning Zhiheng is not a real gentleman, on the contrary, he is sleek, well-versed in the world, and his background as a descendant of the Fujiwara family can still dominate in Shanghai, but in Nanjing, in front of these real bigwigs in the Japanese army, he is still a little inadequate, of course he must restrain his edge, and he cannot make enemies at will.

Hearing Uehara Junping's words, he also nodded and agreed: "I know, even if Harada comes to me again, I just pretend to be confused and shirk!" ”

Junpei Uehara saw that Ning Zhiheng had an easy-going attitude, and he was not displeased, and said approvingly: "It's best for you to think like this, and I'm just reminding you, in fact, Tsuyo Harada's starting point is also good, our current situation is not good, the war on the front line in China is not smooth, the cost is huge, and the situation in China is the same, the economy is declining very quickly, and the cabinet has repeatedly urged the military to solve the war in China as soon as possible, but the base camp can't come up with effective measures, which makes Tsuyo Harada and these people red-eyed, Prepare to propose peace talks to the Chongqing government. ”

Junpei Uehara is not wrong in saying that at this stage, Japan is indeed not in an easy situation, and it can even be said that after the outbreak of a full-scale war, the successive high-intensity operations have caused Japan's national strength to decline extremely rapidly.

The steel industry, which is the core of industrial production, has been greatly reduced due to the shortage of ore, pig iron and scrap steel, and is currently dependent on imports of scrap steel from the United States to sustain itself.

Oil, which is the blood of industry, is all dependent on imports from the United States, and its reserves have declined rapidly.

Because of the severe drought, in 1939, there was a large-scale food shortage in Tokyo and Osaka, and the government had to enforce that citizens should not buy more than two liters at a time, which caused extreme uneasiness among the people in the country.

Since the occupation of China, the cost of maintaining the occupation has been huge, and because China's existing economy is extremely underdeveloped and cannot produce quick returns, the Japanese occupiers will not be able to carry out economic exploitation without paying the huge cost of repression.

Ning Zhiheng is also very clear about this, at this stage, not only the Chinese government is struggling and facing difficulties, but also the Japanese government is also anxious and gritting its teeth and persevering.

Ning Zhiheng said happily: "Yes, when I was in Shanghai, I also heard a lot of things, the domestic environment is difficult, fortunately I did not return to China to develop, otherwise it would be difficult to make a difference." ”

Junpei Uehara smiled slightly, he knew that Fujiwara Tomohito was able to develop today, and it was by taking advantage of the opportunity of this war to smuggle materials and make a lot of war profits, if he was in the country, there was indeed no chance.

However, as an ally, Junpei Uehara also got great benefits from it, not to mention anything else, but the family members in China lived a life beyond the reach of ordinary people because of the industry and money that Fujiwara Tomohito continued to give, and Junpei Uehara was extremely satisfied with this.

Just as the two of them were talking to each other and discussing many matters, the liaison officer Tetsu Araki knocked on the door and reported respectfully: "General, the commander of the military police, Kanan Koda, the head of the Special High Division, Yushi Imai, and the director of the Yonhap News Agency, Taichi Ihara, and others ask to see them. ”

Junpei Uehara frowned when he heard this, these three people are the heads of Japan's intelligence department in Nanjing, what is the big deal when they come here so late?

The Military Police Headquarters is a military intelligence department under the direct jurisdiction of Junpei Uehara, and the other intelligence departments, because after the full-scale war, under the strong orders of the military department, are all unified under the intelligence department of the military department, and are also under the jurisdiction of Junpei Uehara, and the special high school division is the same as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, so if there is a major incident that cannot be resolved independently, then it can only be consulted by the military department, and Junpei Uehara will handle it.

Junpei Uehara was discussing something with Ning Zhiheng, and after being interrupted, a trace of displeasure appeared on his face, and he asked, "Do you know what the matter is?" ”

Tetsu Araki, as Junpei Uehara's liaison officer, is also responsible for collecting intelligence for Junpei Uehara, and he is also very well informed, he nodded and said: "Two hours ago, in Joto Ward, there were sporadic gunshots, and I guess it has something to do with this. ”

There was no specific news, and Junpei Uehara had no way to judge, so he had to signal Ning Zhiheng to wait, and stood up and walked out.

Although Junpei Uehara is extremely close to Ning Zhiheng, he does not shy away from him when dealing with intelligence affairs, but Ning Zhiheng tries not to participate in it in order to avoid suspicion.

It's just that when he heard Araki Tetsu mention the words "United News Agency," his heart suddenly tightened, and he thought of the incident yesterday when he sent a warning signal to the underground party organization in Nanjing, and the target of the exposure was Takasugi Hitoki, the chief reporter of the United News Agency.

Junpei Uehara walked out of the study and came to the living room, at this time, the three guests were sitting on the sofa, Yushi Imai and the other two people were glaring at each other angrily, and Kanan Koda looked quite helpless, watching Junpei Uehara come in, quickly signaled silence, stood up first, and bowed to Junpei Uehara: "Your Excellency General, please forgive me for disturbing me late at night!" ”

The other two people reacted and quickly stood up.

Uehara came to the main seat and sat down, motioning for them to sit down and talk, and then asked slowly, "What's wrong?" Need all three of you to report? ”

Imai Yushi showed no indignation, and preemptively reported: "General, today our special high school is on a mission, but it was suddenly attacked, and our intelligence officers were killed and wounded twice, but the attackers were personnel from the military police headquarters, so please preside over the ruling!" ”

Before his words fell, Koda Kanan hurriedly explained: "General, this is a complete misunderstanding, I received a notice from President Ihara that there were military commanders who were preparing to assassinate senior cadres of the United News Agency, so they laid traps and prepared to ambush, but I didn't expect that these people were personnel of the special high school, and some accidents occurred during the arrest, and under the conflict, the personnel were injured by mistake." ”

Imai Yushi said annoyedly: "Accidental injury? It was completely your sudden attack, and my intelligence officer naturally wanted to fight back, and after my intelligence officer revealed his identity, you still detained people and injured one of the team members, why is this? ”

Ihara Taizhi on the side was also dissatisfied and said: "Imai-kun, don't say anything else yet, I'm just asking, how can the personnel of your special high school monitor and track the high-level cadres of our news agency, why didn't they communicate with us in advance?" What do you want? ”

Imai Yushi was speechless for a moment, he didn't plan to inform the United News Agency about this operation at all, just waiting for the order from the headquarters to arrive, and directly and secretly arrest Takasugi Renxi, but he didn't expect that the tracking operation that had just been arranged for two days would be detected by the other party, and he simply came to a wicked person to sue first, preemptively attack the tracking personnel, and finally let himself suffer a big loss.

Junpei Uehara was baffled by these people's words, and immediately "snapped" the table, and shouted: "What the hell is going on? Koda, you say it first! ”

Everyone was frightened by Junpei Uehara, and immediately stopped talking, and when Koda Kanan heard this, he quickly straightened up, and reported the reason for the incident.