Wu Ming’s guest room on the eighth floor of the Capital Hotel.

During the day, Wu Ming spent most of his time visiting Belgian foreign company owner Ai Youde and his assistant Cyrian Sellemans, and signed a huge purchase contract involving new processing machine tools, medical medicines, weapons and equipment, optical instruments, raw materials, fuel, various fabrics, etc., worth 1.5 million ocean supplies, and then had dinner with Ai Youde and Cyrian.

After returning to the hotel, Wu Ming, who had only used a deposit of 100,000 yuan to get such a large transaction, just soaked a cup of fragrant tea to reward himself. Ye Zhuhan and Lu Kuiyuan came from the Chinese world to report.

In the room, after listening to Ye Zhuhan, who was the first to report separately, Wu Ming's face looked very calm, but in his heart he was deeply shocked by the harvest.

All three Japanese students were dispatched. Some of them were scattered in the eastern and northern districts of the concession in the face of ordinary Japanese to create public opinion and cause riots. The other part disguised as Japanese ronin attacked the Red Tassel Hall and robbed them. The only thing they brought back was 200,000 yuan. In addition, there were nearly one million French coins and paper money worth more than 200,000 yuan. As for gold, silver, jewelry, precious calligraphy, paintings, antiques, etc., they could not count them. After a moment of pondering, Wu Ming knew that the profit of this operation would never be less than two million.

In the last operation to loot the Japanese merchants' Taiwan Bank and the Japanese gold shop near Japan, the operation team robbed a total of 100,000 oceans, 240,000 French currencies and more than 500,000 oceans of US dollars, pounds, Japanese yen and other banknotes, plus the gold and silver harvests of the Japanese merchants' gold shops, the benefits of the two operations made Wu Ming happy.

Ye Zhuhan also reported an important situation: through close surveillance by intelligence personnel, it was discovered that Zhang Xiaolin had a batch of guns and ammunition on Jilin Road near Huishan Park in the East District. People from the Qing Gang used to want to get the gun to deal with the Japanese who were suddenly rioted, but were blocked by them.

According to common sense, the number of this batch of arms should be quite large.

Seeing that it was getting dark outside the window, Wu Ming got up and called, asking the restaurant below to send a few small stir-fry and cold dishes. He then called Lu Kuiyuan and Chengyuan from the next door to have a midnight snack with Ye Zhuhan.

The waiter quickly brought the food and drinks to the room. Chengyuan arranged the table and arranged it on the coffee table. Wu Ming asked everyone to bring a stool to reunite and sit down. He took the lead in grabbing a braised pig's trotter, gnawed it for two bites, picked up the beer glass full of foam, and drank it comfortably. Then he asked Lu Kuiyuan, who was sitting opposite him: "Kuiyuan, how are you doing?"

As early as the beginning of this century, the Russians established the Ululevsky Brewery in Harbin. Then, the British and German merchants jointly established Yingde Brewery Co., Ltd. in Qingdao, specializing in producing beer. In the 1930s, breweries in Shanghai were established one after another. The three largest were the British merchant Shanghai Brewery Company, the French merchant National Brewery run by the French merchant and the Jardine Brewery run by the British merchant Jardine Wong Brewery. Wu Ming found this good thing when he came to Shanghai. After tasting it, he found that the beer was clear and transparent, rich in foam, and mellow in taste, which was similar to the feeling of later generations. Therefore, he specially ordered it for everyone to feel it.

"It's already ready. Now Old Shi Hepingzhang is staring there, just waiting for the time to come, the brothers will act according to the scheduled plan.

After saying that, Lu Kuiyuan took a sip of beer and immediately frowned. It was obvious that he didn't catch a cold with this kind of wine full of water. Instead, Chengyuan thought the beer tasted good and rumbled and had a great time drinking.

Wu Ming was very satisfied and wiped the oil stains on his mouth:

"With these attacks, Zhang Xiaolin and the Japanese should be vigilant... The next action does not need to be very popular. Just spread rumors in secret and try to encourage more Qing Gang members who are unknown to participate. Then you find the right opportunity to shoot cold guns and provoke even greater storms. Remember, don't show your strength. Once there is a change, the most important thing is to ensure the safety of your brothers."

Lu Kuiyuan nodded heavily: "I understand, our spy company guarantees to complete the task." Lu Kuiyuan followed Wu Ming for many years and learned the style of Wu Ming, a brother of his master, and acted calmly and sophisticatedly. Wu Ming was very relieved about this.

Wu Ming finished drinking the beer that Ye Zhuhan had filled him with, his eyes turned to the dark window, and a trace of splendor shot out of his eyes - this beach is going to be really messy

Nanjing, Central Military Academy.

The night is deep, and on the east side of the first floor of the Qilu is Chiang Kai-shek's reception room. A large group photo of Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek was hung on the wall of the living room. Above the photo is a handwritten horizontal strip of Sun Yat-sen, "You must believe in safety and danger in the future, and you must taste the sweet and bitterness when you come." The living room is simple and elegant, with a long row of floor-to-ceiling curtains lightly, giving people a sense of tranquility and comfort in general.

On the sofa, He Yingqin, Qian Dajun, Chen Bulei, Lin Wei, Xu Yongchang, He Yaozu, Yang Jie and other central officials were sitting upright, and Chiang Kai-shek stood in front of the sofa opposite the glass coffee table, furious.

"My mother, what exactly does Zhang Xiaolin want? Don't he know that the current situation is subtle and every move may trigger a war between China and Japan?"

Chiang Kai-shek threw the report sent by Dai Li to the ground, and was shocked and puzzled by others, and was obviously puzzled by what happened in Shanghai.

"No... Didn't Zhang Xiaolin have a good relationship with the Japanese before? Why did he suddenly break up? Is there something else in it?

Chen Bulei, director of the second department of the attendant room, stood up and picked up the reports on the ground, sorted them out in order, and then stacked them on the coffee table, and said: "Analysis of various situations, Zhang Xiaolin's actions are very unreasonable. It seems that the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop, and he is determined to cause trouble for the government."

Chiang Kai-shek pondered for a moment and immediately smelled a trace of conspiracy from it, secretly wondering if the Japanese were deliberately creating friction and making excuses for the war?

"Immediately let Xu Enzeng and Dai Yunong investigate the matter thoroughly. Now is the critical moment. The Japanese must not use the excuse of starting a war to war to inform Shanghai Mayor Yu Hongjun and Songhu Guard Commander Yang Hu. If the situation is wrong, the armed forces stationed in Shanghai can be mobilized and Zhang Xiaolin will be brought to justice at all costs and pushed them to calm the anger of the Japanese..."

"Now the differences between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party are still there, and the organization and reorganization of the 60 infantry divisions has not been completed. What we lack most now is time. If we can start the war one day later, we will have one more chance of winning."

Wang Shihe, the captain of the guard standing beside him, quickly conveyed Chiang Kai-shek's latest instructions.

Chiang Kai-shek was slightly angry, coughed lightly, and said, "Okay, let's go back to the main business, I believe that the report of the Investigation Office and the Secret Service have already read. Who can believe that the Jiangsu-Zhejiang National Defense Fortifications, which were mainly supervised by the Military Commission and the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Provincial Governments, has turned into a 'tofu project,'"

"After seeing the photos taken according to the real scene, I could hardly believe my eyes. That is the barrier to protect Nanjing. Some people dare to embezzle such money. What else can I dare not do? I don't think that if I catch a few typical killers and scare monkeys, those people don't know how to restrain everyone's discussion."

"Investigate, must be strictly investigated"

General He Yingqin, the Minister of Military Affairs, who was gradually being overshadowed by Deputy Military and Political Minister Chen Cheng, stood up and said righteously: "The defense fortifications of Jiangsu and Zhejiang are related to the security of the Gyeonggi area. If you do not thoroughly investigate it clearly, how can you block the world's vast crowd? I remember that since the autumn of the previous year, in order to prepare for the war against Japan, the General Staff Department divided the areas on the front line of combat against Japan into combat zones, among which Wuxi, Jiangyin and Shanghai, located on the front line of East China, are divided into Beijing-Shanghai areas, and are unified in command by Zhang Wenbai."

"After the establishment of the Songhu Security Bureau, Zhang Wenbai was busy with combat preparations and sent people to the Songhu area, Wufu Line, Xicheng Line, and Zhajia Line to survey the terrain and draw maps. Based on these tasks, the Songhu Security Bureau cooperated with the Shanghai Municipal Government to secretly build various fortifications and bunkers in the Chinese community in Shanghai."

"Why did Zhang Wenbai not find the problem in a flash? Instead, a small teacher took the lead in breaking the trick? There are so many things that are worth our deep thoughts."

"General Wen Bai is busy with affairs and it is possible to be blinded by the people below."

Qian Dajun, director of the First Department of the Assistant Office, quickly explained: "Wen Bai coordinated the overall situation of Songhu, especially the strategic research. He has repeatedly analyzed the current defensive situation, believing that once the war in Songhu begins and the Japanese army intends to start from Shanghai, its navy can advance west along the Yangtze River, and the army can land near Shanghai and the north side of Hangzhou Bay, and then attack Nanjing in two routes along the north and south areas of Taihu Lake. If such a thing really happens, the central government may not even have time to move."

"In order to avoid a similar situation, he suggested to attack, take the initiative, and strive for the idea of ​​winning the initial battle, and sticking to Shanghai is the top priority. Under this guiding ideology, he inevitably neglected the inspection of national defense fortifications such as the Wufu Line, the Xicheng Line, which is understandable."

Xu Yongchang, Minister of Military Order, said: "A thorough investigation is to investigate thoroughly, but the most urgent task is not to hold some people accountable, but to find ways to block the holes as soon as possible and completely transform those unqualified fortifications to meet the needs of future wars against Japan. I suggest that accountability and construction fortifications should be carried out at the same time. Recently, the turmoil between China and Japan has become increasingly tense, and there have been unexpected changes in Shanghai. If we don't hurry up, we will suffer a big loss."

Military丨Lin Wei, Director of the Commission's Public License Department and Minister of Operations Department, fully agreed with Xu Yongchang's view and proposed:

"I suggest that Luo Youqing (Luo Zhuoying)'s 18th Army be responsible for the construction of the Wufu Line, and form the 74th Army based on the 58th Division of Yu Liangzhen, with the 51st and 58th Divisions under its jurisdiction. The army is responsible for the construction of the Xicheng Line. These two troops are model units for the construction of the entire army. At the same time, the implementation of military rules and regulations is also among the top in the entire army. I believe that they will be responsible for it, which can greatly shorten the construction period and eliminate the occurrence of corruption."

Chiang Kai-shek nodded repeatedly, and He Yaozu, director of the General Office of the Military丨He Yaozu, asked: "Who will be responsible for the Zhajia line? You can't ignore it."

"I already have an idea for this."

A smile appeared on Chiang Kai-shek's face, and he waved his hand to stop He Yingqin from speaking, saying: "The situation in Shanghai is not clear now. If the troops are mobilized at this time, it may cause misunderstandings from the Japanese government and the army... First determine the organization of the 74th Army, and wait until the matter in Shanghai is settled, and then announce it later."
Chapter completed!