Seeing that the U.S. military is approaching the absolute defense circle of the Japanese mainland, the bigwigs of the military department are anxious and must give way to the war in everything.

The Japanese Government decided to exchange at least 30 percent of the cotton cloth and cotton yarn plundered in Shanghai for grain and a part to supply the Japanese army's clothing, and at least 30 percent of the cotton cloth and cotton yarn plundered in Shanghai to exchange strategic materials for Japanese smuggling agencies.

As long as it is engaged in this kind of smuggling transaction, it is absolutely impossible to avoid Chen Mingxiang's Huatong Trading Company, which is the only company that can swagger and engage in smuggling in the national control area, and it also owns a fleet.

"Prime Minister Tojo gambled on his own future and destiny for the strategic offensive that the dispatch army was about to implement, and for this reason, he even turned Marshal Sugiyama into the director of education, and he also served as the chief of staff, plus the prime minister of the cabinet and the minister of war, and the pinnacle that a soldier could achieve in the history of the Japanese Empire was achieved in him." Komura Shizo said.

"In fact, it's not just that, General Shigetaro Shimada is not only the Minister of the Navy, but also the chief of the Military Command Department, which is equivalent to the formation of a unified command of the Navy and Army." Kiyoshi Tsukamoto said.

"Admiral Shimada's reputation is also controversial in the naval system because of his appointment as Minister of the Navy, and I heard that he is called Prime Minister Tojo's trouser belt, and is despised by the admirals, and in their eyes, Vice Takeshi Toyoda may be the most suitable candidate." Yoshida Nakasa said with a smile.

This is talking about some inside stories of the army and navy, Chen Mingxiang listened to it and understood that when Tojo Hideki was in the cabinet, according to the qualifications of the admiral at that time, he should have been a navy admiral, and the commander of the Wu Zhen Shoufu Toyoda Vice Takelai served as the minister of the navy.

However, Vice Admiral Toyoda, an admiral, is an extremely distinctive figure, belonging to the extremist faction of the Japanese Navy, who looks down on the army and Hideki Tojo, and scolds the army every day for being an animal and a red deer, which makes Hideki Tojo also have a headache, so he can only choose Shigetaro Shimada, who has a relatively mild personality, as the Minister of the Navy.

It is also because of this character that after the death of Admiral Yamamoto Fifty-six, he failed to become the commander of the Combined Fleet, and the naval boss thought that he would stimulate the contradictions between the navy and the army, and the most famous thing about Vice Takeshi Toyota was to compile a dictionary of scolding the army, because he was worried that the navy would not find the vocabulary when he scolded the army.

"The reason for the incident is because of this year's aircraft quota, the Navy thinks that it has been fighting against the US military, and the aircraft losses are too much, and it needs 60 percent of the annual quota, but Prime Minister Tojo only gave 38 percent, which immediately made the Navy furious."

"This move is a bit risky, the chief of the military command department is Nagano Shushen Admiral, and if he is tossed to the position of naval adviser to His Majesty the Emperor, it will naturally cause hostility on the naval side, and the enmity between Prime Minister Tojo and the navy will never be resolved." Kinoshita Eichi said.

Whether it is giving birth to a son or a daughter, this is a great joy worth celebrating, but if you are pregnant, you have to receive gifts, and Chen Mingxiang himself can't turn around.

But the next morning, that is, at ten o'clock, the first people to congratulate appeared, Lu Ying, Xia Zhongming, and Pan Da, the three deputy directors and deputy directors of the police station, came to Marat's villa with gifts with a smile, and it sounded that they had received news from the special high school section of the gendarmerie headquarters.

In any case, the headquarters of the gendarmerie stationed in Shanghai, which is the highest command organ of the military police of the Imperial Japanese Army in the entire central China region, specially greeted all parties when Chen Mingxiang's wife was pregnant, and this detrimental to the majesty of the empire and the gendarmerie.

As long as the special high class transmits its meaning to the police station, it will not take a few hours for the entire upper class society in Shanghai to receive the news.

"Madame just got pregnant, why are you doing such a grand job? It's a golden Buddha and a jade and an antique calligraphy and painting, and I don't know if I think it's my birthday! Chen Mingxiang let the three of them sit down in the living room.

"You can't say that, Director, you are the leader of our police departments at all levels, speaking of which, we are also old friends, and there are successors This is a big deal.

"We came here on purpose to come early, and also to help greet the guests, and when we wait for this living room, I am afraid that there is no place to sit, and the major bureaus of the municipal government, the main officials of all districts and counties, all have to come to congratulate."

"I'm going to be blunt, let's congratulate you sincerely, and those people in the back also want to have a relationship with you in the face of the mayor, which everyone understands in the world, so you don't have to care too much about their actions." Lu Ying said with a smile.

The old fox is really on the point, people are not only rushing to his status Chen Mingxiang, but also Chen Gongbo, who is behind him, the mayor of Shanghai, is now acting for all the duties of Wang Jingwei.

Your wife's pregnancy is not the most important thing, the important thing is that everyone has found an excuse to express their attitude openly.

So, from morning to noon, from noon to evening, Mara Villa experienced a peak of two guests, for which Chen Mingxiang had to hold two thank-you banquets at noon and evening.

Headed by Zhao Zunyue, secretary general of the city government, and led by the directors of the eight major bureaus, Chen Mingxiang specially received guests, Consul General Horiuchi Yujo in Shanghai, Major General Yoshitaro Kawamoto, director of the Special Service Department of the 13th Army Headquarters, and even Major General Kinoshita Eichi and the four section chiefs of the Gendarmerie Headquarters also came, all of whom were "old friends" with deep interests.

The heads of the districts under the Shanghai City, the governors of the counties, the municipal government and the directors of the Shanghai Security Command all came, as well as the banking system, the Chamber of Commerce, the big businessmen with heads and faces, and even Wan Lilang and Luo Mengxiang all gave a generous gift, but they did not stay to eat, the parking lot of the Mara villa was not enough, all kinds of expensive gifts, a room was stuffed, and a large box was filled with red packaging.

Wang Zhen just reacted, and had no impact on the action, and after a rough estimate, she was surprised to find that the child in her belly had not yet been born, and it was a million-dollar baby!

But the bigger surprise was that the bureau headquarters sent a telegram, seeing Chen Mingxiang's dream for many years become a reality, she thought that this was called double happiness.

"Boss Dai called, the commission issued a letter of appointment, and promoted you to the rank of major general of the army in Quanxu, the bureau headquarters promoted me to the colonel of the army, served as the deputy station commander of the direct station, and got a post rank, Boss Dai also said that after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he personally presided over our wedding, and the bureau headquarters handled it for us." Wang Zhen said with some excitement.

"From the twenty-seventh year of the Republic of China to the present, I have worked hard for more than six years, and finally become a real general, the rank of major general of the Quanxu Army, which is also one of the few military ranks among the army generals of the Shancheng government, and I am also satisfied in this life, maybe before I retire, I can still stay up to the rank of lieutenant general." Chen Mingxiang also felt happy.