To be honest, among the Japanese garrison in Shanghai, who is not aware of what Yoshinori Kondo and Li Jiang are doing in private?
But what can they do if they know?
Are you going to seal You'an Trading House?
Not to mention that if you do this, you will definitely offend Kondo Yoshinori.
Not to mention whether the Kondo family behind Kondo Yoshinori will stand up for Kondo Yoshinori, and who of the Shanghai garrison officers who are currently surrounding Kondo Yoshinori and Li Jiang will agree?
Besides, smuggling, even if Youan Trading House is closed, can it be banned in Shanghai?
Obviously, this is impossible. Not to mention other people, among the Japanese, in addition to Youan Trading Company, there are many people who are doing this business in private, and behind these people, or
More or less, they all have a certain relationship background.
In addition, among the Americans, British and French people in the public concession and French concession, who is not engaged in this business?
Where there is demand, there is buying and selling, especially this kind of highly profitable smuggling business. No matter how they try to stop it, they cannot stop it at all.
Since it can't be banned, why do we still do this thankless thing?
Therefore, as long as these smugglers do not go too far, everyone will naturally turn a blind eye.
And there are some things that everyone has benefited from invisibly!
Everyone has interests invisibly, so why bother doing this thankless thing?
To put it bluntly, those in the Empire of Japan can just shout slogans. When they really want to do something, they can just use this trick to fool their subordinates.
As for myself and others, haha!
As Qingshui Dongsan's words fell, Li Moqun on the side naturally understood the meaning of Qingshui Dongsan's words, so he dismissed some of the thoughts that had just arisen in his heart in an instant.
After all, judging from his current status, any of the Japanese officers surrounding Li Jiang could take care of him if he just stood up.
Of course, he is still somewhat interested in Li Jiang, but now!
He wanted to find a chance to get acquainted with Li Lijiang and see if they could be friends!
As time went by, the atmosphere of the banquet gradually became lively. Some people came to the performance stage to watch the singing and dancing, some raised their glasses and left their seats, chatting with each other.
Naturally, Li Wei had a brief taste of some wine and food, and then stopped. He mostly continued chatting with the people around him, but they were all gossip and interesting things.
When the meal was finally over, the waiters immediately removed the tables, vacated the venue, and the dance began again. All the guests stood up and invited each other to dance to the beat of the music.
Moreover, the organizers of the banquet specially invited red dancers from major dance halls in Shanghai to participate in the banquet, and the scene became even more lively for a while.
But because Kondo Yoshinori met his childhood friend Fujiwara Hisao, he said that he had no intention of socializing anymore at the moment.
As for Levi, he naturally wanted to follow Kondo Yoshinori, so after Kondo Yoshinori and Levi expressed his intention, Levi did not hesitate and immediately agreed, and then the three of them told each other in a while.
Feeling guilty, he left the venue early.
After the three people left, Levi stopped being a light bulb and took the initiative to say goodbye. He even sent someone to send Kondo Yoshinori and Fujiwara Hisao back.
In response, Yoshinori Kondo and Hisao Fujiwara naturally did not refuse.
After Li Wei returned home, he rested for about half an hour, and then secretly left the residence with Fang Xueming.
The two then went to a safe spot closest to their residence, and then contacted Yang Zhenggang.
Li Wei was naturally very interested in Fujiwara Hisao.
And if an agent is interested in something or someone, he will definitely have trouble sleeping and eating if he doesn't investigate the matter and person clearly.
Same goes for Levi!
Of course, Li Wei was more interested in the Russian mentioned by Hisao Fujiwara.
Soon, Yang Zhenggang rushed over, and Li Wei did not hesitate and immediately told Yang Zhenggang the situation.
By the time Li Wei and Fang Xueming returned to their residence, it was already midnight.
However, Li Wei did not go to rest immediately. He wanted to think carefully about the people and things he met at the so-called "celebration banquet" tonight.
Because he met a lot of people tonight, whom he would never have the chance to meet in normal times, such as Kurasuke Ueda from the Special Higher Education Course and the traitor Li Moqun, as well as some Japanese military officers and figures from the spy organization.
Levi didn't pay much attention to Kurasuke Ueda. To be honest, when Levi knew that the newly appointed director of the Special Higher Education Course was an old acquaintance of Kurusuke Ueda, he was a little happy.
But for Li Moqun, he needs to think carefully!
In this way, the night gradually became darker, and time slowly passed by.
On October 31, Chang Shenkai issued a "Message to the People" at Hengshan, Nanyue. This national message gave a detailed explanation of the goals to be achieved in the Wuhan Battle and the direction of the future war situation.
"Before the battle in southern Shandong, the Japanese invaders threatened to attack Wuhan. However, they failed in their invasion of Henan and their invasion of Anhui was blocked. Instead, they used all their navy and army to invade along the river. They fought fiercely for five months. Our soldiers fought bloody battles and regarded death as if they were home. The people shared the same hatred of the enemy and enthusiastically served their orders.
, the sacrifices became more severe, the spirit was strengthened, and the enemy's death exceeded the total number in the previous year of fighting..."
"The purpose of defending Wuhan is to block the enemy's westward advance, consume the enemy's strength, prepare rear transportation, transport necessary weapons, and relocate our central industry and southeastern manpower and material resources to solidify the foundation for a protracted war of resistance in the west. It depends on the joint efforts of the army and the people.
, not shying away from sacrifice, but inflicting the heaviest losses on the enemy since the invasion, thereby building up our self-confidence in the rejuvenation of the nation and carrying forward the offensive and defensive fighting spirit of the Chinese army."
"Now that all arrangements in our rear have been completed, we will automatically place strongholds in the core of Wuhan, and ensure the strength of the troops around Wuhan, so that the Chinese army will be in a proactive and advantageous position, and it will be able to carry out all-out war in the future."
At the end of the proclamation, Chang Shenkai even solemnly pointed out: From now on, we must be more sad, more persevering, more practical, more diligent, and more courageous to forge ahead, in order to devote ourselves to the national war and enrich the Anti-Japanese War base areas.
And it leads to the final victory. There is a saying: "A person who travels a hundred miles is half a mile." The final success must depend on the most arduous efforts and fearless struggle. It is also said: "It is better to be broken into pieces than to be broken into pieces." It must be.
We have the greatest determination, and then the entire nation can be completely liberated. The survival of the country, and the success or failure of the war of resistance, all depend on this. I am willing to encourage our compatriots across the country.