Chapter 486: Climbing a New Peak II
"Thank you very much for your contribution to the 16th Division. I will definitely report this matter to the Southern Army General Command and the Military Headquarters to win you the reward!"
"Your information is very informed. You already know that I have become the chief of staff of the 14th Army. It seems that Major General Kagesaki Shiaki of the Ume Agency attaches great importance to you." Major General Maeda Masashi said happily.
He was also very surprised by this. Speaking of the Army Provincial Special Services in Shanghai, there were not many places to deal with Chen Mingxiang. Although he was also an acquaintance, he never expected that Chen Mingxiang would send such a generous gift to celebrate his promotion to the Chief of Staff of the 14th Army. It was really a face-saving thing!
This time, the General Command of the Sendering Army did not issue material procurement indicators to Huatong Trading Company through the Military Police Command in Shanghai, but was conveyed by the Mei agency, only saying the quantity and not revealing any information.
After all, the military police headquarters is not a combat army, so there is no need to know these military secrets before the war begins. It is just for Kinoshita Eishi, and the person in charge must be Chen Mingxiang.
But the Mei agency is different. All Japanese logistics supplies in central China and South China are coordinated by this agency. These secrets must be known and the operation is legitimate.
Strictly speaking, Huatong Trading Company does not belong to the Gendarmerie Command and does not have such functions. Huatong Trading Company is a special second course in the Special High School under the Gendarmerie Command. It is used to conceal Chen Mingxiang's identity. The gendarmerie only has the power to monitor, supervise and manage.
Although it is usually said to be a military-managed enterprise of the military police headquarters, for the Japanese military, it is still a derivative of intelligence agencies. The Mei agency, a secret service agency that manages all intelligence agencies within the jurisdiction of the Wang Puppet Government, is the legitimate superior.
However, the Gendarmerie Command has always taken the golden hen, which can lay golden eggs very seriously, and does not allow the Mei agency to intervene. Ying Zuozhenzhao of the Mei agency has no choice but to the military police system. The Special High School Class cannot control Chen Mingxiang. The military police commander is supporting him. Who dares to treat him as an ordinary intelligence officer?
Over time, the monster Huatong Trading Company appeared. The Mei agency could not manage it, the special high school department could not manage it, and the military police headquarters did not care about anything other than taking money. The pseudo-Shanghai Municipal Government wanted to manage it without courage.
Masashi Maeda did not guess that Kyosaki was a veteran spy, so how could he disclose such information to Chen Mingxiang?
It was also a minor negligence. The 16th Division had been included in the new combat sequence of the Southern Army General Command, so the material list stated that it was for the 14th Army. Chen Mingxiang knew that this was happening. Then, he learned from Nan Zaoyunzi that he was going to become the chief of staff.
"God General, although we rarely interact with each other, I think that in the Imperial Secret Service in Shanghai, your style is completely different from others. It seems that you are not focusing on intelligence work itself, but a kind of accumulation and precipitation." Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.
It's really right. Masashi Maeda's office is full of maps and information about Southeast Asia. As long as you are not blind, you know that the focus of the label is Philippine Lubin.
No need to think about it anymore. The newly formed 14th Army of the Japanese army is to attack the US troops stationed in the Philippines. There is no doubt about this!
Masashi Maeda didn't seem to have expected that Chen Mingxiang would come to the secret service station. Everyone had arrived at the door, and the two of them were not strangers, so it was a bit inappropriate not to invite them to speak in the room.
Chen Mingxiang did not disappoint him, and sent expensive red wine and cigars, as well as luxury goods such as gold Buddhas, gold watches and gold pens. Maeda Maeda was also a little flattered. They all said that Chen Mingxiang was generous and good at contacting people. When he saw him today, it was true!
"Mr. Chen doesn't know that I was the staff officer in the combat division of the General Staff thirteen years ago. At that time, I was still in the rank of captain. At that time, I carried out a secret mission to investigate the geographical terrain of Southeast Asia and collect relevant information."
"It is precisely because of the mission at that time that the Chief of Staff of the 14th Army today was promoted. Next month, I will become the rank of lieutenant general in the army!" Major General Maeda Masashi said proudly.
He is indeed not very close to the intelligence agencies in the Shanghai Stock Exchange, and his ambition is not to support the puppet regime in such a occupied area and seek benefits for the empire. His goal is to open up territory for Japan. Chen Mingxiang said that he was accumulating and precipitating, which happened to be his compliment.
Chen Mingxiang was also secretly surprised. The Japanese military's idea of Southeast Asia had already begun thirteen years ago. The US military was afraid that this battle would suffer a great loss, so they had already figured out the geographical terrain.
"Congratulations to your Excellency General for being promoted to Lieutenant General. I will treat you to dinner tonight and have two drinks for your future success!" Chen Mingxiang said with a look of "surprise".
"I will invite this meal. Please wait here. I will introduce you to Major General Miyazaki Shinsaburo who succeeded me, and then invite Lieutenant General Morioka from the 16th Division. Let's have a meal together."
"In the 13th year of Showa, that is, September 27 of the Republic of China, Miyazaki served as the head of the third section of the 21st Army Command of the Dispatch Army. He was also the head of the secret service agency of Guangdong Province. In March 28 of the Republic of China, he served as the captain of the 16th Infantry Regiment of the Second Division."
"At the end of last year, Miyazaki Kum was promoted to Major General of the Army by the base camp and transferred to the 13th Army Headquarters to serve as the head of the Army's provincial secret service agency in Shanghai, but he has never come to the office to take office." Major General Maeda Masashi said with a smile.
The newly appointed head of the Army Provincial Special Service Agency in Shanghai, Miyazaki Shinsaburo Miyazaki, is a middle-aged man in his fifties. When he and Maeda Maeda arrived at the office, they saw Chen Mingxiang smoking at the door. This was obviously aversion to suspicion and were unwilling to contact Japanese secrets.
Miyazaki Shinsaburo had long heard of Chen Mingxiang's daimyo and knew that this guy was the God of Wealth in the Gendarmerie Command, and had made great contributions to the logistics and material support of the army and the navy. He was a very capable and smart young man.
Currently, this guy holds multiple positions in the Shanghai Stock Exchange, especially the municipal government and subordinate agencies controlled by the end of the Army Provincial Special Services Agency in Shanghai. He holds three positions and will inevitably deal with him in the future.
Chen Mingxiang has a significant characteristic. Although he is in the secret service, he only talks about money and not intelligence. He hides aside when encountering things that may lead to leaks. Today I have experienced it.
"Mr. Chen, I have long admired your name. I am deeply grateful for your contribution to the empire. I also welcome you to come here more often in the future." Miyazaki Hansanro said with a smile.
"The chief of the agency said harshly, and those are what I should do. The empire has given me everything I am now, and I should be grateful and contribute my meager strength to the empire's cause." Chen Mingxiang said hurriedly.
"This is an office place, and it is indeed not suitable for receiving distinguished guests. Let's go, I have already booked the place, let's go to the tavern to drink and chat." Masashi Maeda said, he was very satisfied with Chen Mingxiang's actions.
Chapter completed!