Chapter 632: Not ashamed to ask questions (asking for monthly votes)
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No. 22, Xue Huali Road.
Central Police Room Auditorium.
Cheng Qianfan whispered to Jin Kemu beside him.
The auditorium was buzzing with people, some police officers were talking about the 'Dog Sutra' with great interest, and others were discussing the new dancer in Xianle City.
Cheng Qianfan frowned.
"Quiet." Lu Jiu stood up and shouted loudly, "Quiet, everyone, listen to the radio quietly."
The police officers on the third patrol were all obedient and quiet.
The first and second patrols were still whispering to each other, but after all, they were a little cautious and their voices were lowered.
"Jin Tou, do you think the authorities will order the seizure of the Germans' money and assets?" Cheng Qianfan asked Jin Kemu with a cigarette between his fingers, tilting his head unintentionally.
After being notified by the Political Division, all members of the patrol bureau came to the auditorium to listen to the broadcast of Radio Gauls, euphemistically speaking, they were concerned about the suffering of the distant Poles.
Radio 'Gaul' is a radio station founded by a French expatriate in the French Concession. It is also one of the few radio stations still operating in Shanghai at this stage.
In November of the 26th year of the Republic of China, Shanghai fell. The Japanese military took over the National Government's Ministry of Communications Radio Station and established the Shanghai Radio and Radio Supervision Office in March of the following year.
It is mandatory for all existing radio stations in Shanghai to register with the Radio and Television Station Supervision Office, and they can continue to operate only after being approved.
The Japanese want to control all radio stations in Shanghai through registration, or to put it bluntly, only radio stations recognized by the Japanese can continue to operate.
As a result, a large number of Chinese radio stations have closed down one after another. For example, the well-known Fuxing Radio Station in Shanghai was forced to close down at the end of last year because it refused to register with the Japanese Supervisory Office.
Under such circumstances, only the Western radio stations in the concession were temporarily able to survive.
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Regarding the order issued by the Political Department to listen to the radio.
Most of the patrol officers in the patrol room showed little interest in this matter. The life and death of the Poles were too far away from everyone.
Some people may secretly rejoice in their hearts that the foreigners started fighting on their own. Well, none of the foreign devils are good. The more dead the better.
Others say that when the Japanese attacked Shanghai the year before last, foreigners on the rooftop of the Sassoon Building drank red wine and ate steaks to watch the Japanese and Chinese troops fighting, and to watch Chinese people being killed by bombs. Now... we can't do this kind of thing
The Chinese can't do it.
In fact, according to the information that Jin Kemu and Cheng Qianfan have, it is said that the French may declare war on the Germans today. The French Concession authorities intend to have all employees witness this sacred and great moment, and wish the powerful French Republic to destroy Germany again.
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Cheng Qianfan is concerned about the German industries in the French Concession and the Public Concession in Shanghai.
Especially the German industries in the French Concession. Although more Germans work and live in the public concession, there are still some Germans who do business in the French Concession and have considerable wealth.
In fact, after learning yesterday that the Germans were attacking Poland and that Britain and France would declare war on the Germans sooner or later, Cheng Qianfan started thinking about German assets in the French Concession.
He was not just crazy about money. After learning from Peter about Germany's attack on Poland, Cheng Qianfan urgently studied the various restrictions and punishments imposed on the Germans in the concession during the European War——
He has evidence and laws to follow.
After the outbreak of the European War, the French Concession Court immediately ordered that the famous Verdun Garden where German expatriates in Shanghai live be auctioned to compensate the righteous French citizens for their losses in the war.
After an auction that lasted more than six minutes, the public auction house paid 95,000 taels of silver for the Verdun Garden, a total of sixty-one acres of land, nine-tenths and nine cents, and a bungalow, including all furniture.
On the British side, the British Consul General in Shanghai approved a draft of the "Ministry of Industry and Commerce Bureau Notice".
The notice prohibits enemy aliens from moving freely without permission, and prohibits them from leaving their homes in the concession or walking on any roads owned by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.
The patrol house in the French Concession even issued a rule at that time, requiring Germans and Austro-Hungarians to register at the patrol house every day. After this rule came out, some French patrol officers were very happy. The French patrol officers who were often absent from work could be described as
It was Quanqin, they deliberately made things difficult when checking the registration certificates of young women.
Not to mention that people's freedoms will be restricted, assets will be confiscated, and even German monuments will be torn down.
During the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War, Germany dispatched many warships to Shandong and other places.
After the war, these warships returned one after another. One of the gunboats, the "Yin Erdis", sank due to a storm while sailing in the Yellow Sea in the summer of the twelfth year of Guangxu's reign.
With the help of Jardine & Co., German overseas Chinese in Shanghai erected a monument on the south side of Waibaidu Bridge, in front of the German General Assembly.
During the European War, the French pulled down the monument and even the base was removed.
"No." Jin Kemu glanced at Cheng Qianfan, "War has nothing to do with civilians. The French and Germans are both advanced powers, so they wouldn't be so rude."
"Not rude?" Cheng Qianfan sneered, looked at the audience, and said, "Uncle Jin, do you believe that the Yin Erdis Monument will be destroyed again in a few days?"
After the end of the European War, the Germans' life in Shanghai was not easy. The French oppressed the Germans very hard. It was only after Britain and France appeased Germany in the past two years that the Germans' life became easier. They reunited on the grassland of the New German Chamber of Commerce.
The 'Yirdis' monument was erected.
"Are you excited?" Jin Kemu took the cigarette handed to him by Cheng Qianfan and shook his head, "It's useless to be excited. There is such a beautiful thing. The French must eat their fill first."
Cheng Qianfan chuckled, "It's a good meal when everyone is full."
Jin Kemu blew out a stream of smoke from his nose, glanced at Cheng Qianfan, chuckled, and said nothing more.
With the relationship between this guy and Pete, there is still hope for him to get a share of the pie.
No, with this kid's passion for money, he will definitely not miss this opportunity to eat fat.
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"The Luftwaffe carried out continuous bombing raids on important military targets across Poland."
"Twenty-one major airports across Poland were attacked simultaneously, most aircraft were destroyed, and fires broke out in more than 30 cities."
"Transportation and communication hubs, power stations, bridges, city hall, etc. were all damaged."
"The German warships staying outside the port of Danzig, under the pretext of conducting a "friendly visit", also brazenly fired at the Polish military base."
"The German spies lurking in Poland organized internal responses and carried out all kinds of sabotage. Now, Poland is in chaos and miserable."
"Faced with the crazy German attack, the Polish Army Headquarters decided to organize continuous resistance along the West Bug, Vistula and San rivers... to wait for the arrival of the powerful French allies."
On the radio, the staff of Radio Gauls broadcast the news in a cheerful tone. Those who didn't know better thought that Germany was an ally of France and the beaten Poles were enemies.
Obviously, in the eyes of these ordinary French people, they do not really regard the Poles as allies.
Cheng Qianfan was thinking about other things.
He was considering that if Britain and France declared war on Germany, the Germans would be "liquidated" within the French Concession, and in the process the consequences would be implicated and lost to the Chinese people and our anti-Japanese forces.
During the European War, the French Concession in Shanghai publicly announced the dissolution of the Tongji Medical and Engineering School on the grounds that it was a German property and to prevent the Germans from using the school's machinery to manufacture weapons, and ordered teachers and students to leave the school on the same day.
For this reason, all walks of life in Shanghai jointly called the Ministry of Education of the Beiyang Government to ask for ways to make arrangements for the aftermath of Tongji students.
The Ministry of Education immediately sent people to discuss moving the school to Wusong Town and continuing classes.
More than ten days later, the Ministry of Education ordered that the school be converted into a Chinese private school, run by a Chinese board of directors, and directly under the management of the Ministry of Education.
Now, the national government is far away in Chongqing, and its influence on Shanghai is even more negligible. If there are Chinese people whose industries are affected by the liquidation of the concession, they will naturally not be able to count on the national government and can only save themselves.
Therefore, be prepared for a rainy day.
The first thing Cheng Qianfan thought of was the Hans Clinic of the German Hans. The extra-tertiary education department had long since determined that Hans was a red international. The reason why they did not take action against Hans was not because Hans was German. In fact, in
After Japan and Germany signed a joint anti-red international agreement, the German Consulate General in Shanghai became increasingly dissatisfied with Hans's attitude.
The reason why Hans was not arrested was because he had a good relationship with a senior official of the French Concession authorities.
However, after France declared war on Germany, it was difficult to say whether Hans could continue to be protected by the French Concession.
At this moment, Peter led the two of them to the auditorium.
Cheng Qianfan and Jin Kemu looked behind Peter and were surprised when they did not see Xi Neng, the leader of the investigation squad of the Political Department.
How could Xi Neng be absent on this important occasion?
Moreover, I had previously received rumors that Mr. Tander, assistant to the Police Director of the French Concession Patrol Room, Mr. Ferguson, would also be present at the auditorium of the Central District Patrol Room. Mr. Tander has not been seen yet.
Peter came to the podium.
He sat between Jin Kemu and Cheng Qianfan.
"What's wrong?" Cheng Qianfan asked.
"The plan to declare war has been shelved." Peter looked embarrassed and seemed to be in a bad mood.
Cheng Qianfan nodded.
He looked at Jin Kemu and said, "Mr. Jin, what do you think?"
"Come on." Jin Kemu said.
Cheng Qianfan nodded, stood up, clapped his hands, "Okay, everyone, today's broadcast study time is over. I hope this study can be beneficial to you."
As he said that, he looked around, waved his hand, "It's gone."
All the patrolmen were surprised at first, then cheered and dispersed.
Jin Kemu also stood up, shook hands with Peter and took the initiative to say goodbye and leave.
Only Cheng Qianfan and Peter were left in the huge conference hall.
"What's going on? Military and national affairs change constantly." Cheng Qianfan handed a cigarette to Peter, who took it, lit the cigarette and took several puffs.
"The news I got is that there are intense discussions within the Wehrmacht about whether to declare war on Germany immediately," Pitt said.
"What do you mean?" Cheng Qianfan was surprised and frowned, "The opinions within the National Defense Force are not unified? What about the government?"
"Prime Minister Daladier asked General Gamelin whether he wanted to declare war on Germany, and General Gamelin said he still needed to think about it," Peter said.
"Huh?" Cheng Qianfan was inexplicably surprised.
Peter seemed to be stung by his friend's tone and expression, and his face turned red. "I guess I misjudged the person. I didn't expect Gamelin to be as cowardly as the domestic attacks against him."
More than three years ago, Germany sent troops into the Inland Demilitarized Zone, which was stipulated by the Treaty of Versailles and confirmed by the Locarno Convention that no troops or defense facilities could be stationed there.
At that time, Britain and France were shocked by Germany's actions, but apart from a few words of protest, they did not take any military response.
In fact, just in the first half of this year, some critics in France pointed out that if the French army had taken tough countermeasures at that time, there was a 99% chance that it would have caused the collapse of the German government, because the Germans were really
Just taking a big gamble.
But when the French Foreign Minister and the government asked the General Staff Headquarters about the next steps, Gamelin did nothing at all, and then only said that preventive measures would be taken, which was to ask for an increase in the military budget.
Prime Minister Sahu and the civilian government asked the military to act quickly, but Gamelin only wanted to recall the furloughed soldiers and wait for the next step, and had no intention of sending troops.
In subsequent staff meetings, whenever someone asked Gamelin whether the military was ready for war, he was hesitant and unwilling to say anything positive about war against Germany.
Therefore, as Germany became more aggressive, criticism of Gamelin also began to rise in France.
Pitt had previously believed that these criticisms were motivated by jealousy of the general who had made great achievements in World War I. He believed that Gamelin, as the commander-in-chief of the French Defense Forces, would definitely not lack the courage to go to war with the Germans, and he firmly believed that
Gamelin will lead the French army to sweep across Europe and face the enemy.
However, in the telegram sent from Marseille today, Mr. Madier revealed an important situation. Prime Minister Daladier asked Gamelin whether he was sure of winning the war and whether he could declare war immediately. Gamelin first said that victory belongs to
France then said that it should be cautious whether to declare war.
"Perhaps General Gan Molin is in a different position and looks at the problem from a different perspective. He has his own considerations." Cheng Qianfan said.
"You know General Gamelin well?" Peter asked.
"The only thing I know about this person is from you." Cheng Qianfan shook his head and looked at Peter, "I said it to comfort you. Do you have to make me say something you don't want to hear?"
"Say." Pete said.
"I think General Gamelin is a little, maybe, maybe a little afraid of the Germans." Cheng Qianfan said, looking at Peter as he spoke.
He originally thought that Peter would be furious and the two of them would quarrel, but he didn't expect that Peter would be silent.
After a long silence, Peter said with a bitter voice, "I don't know."
He shook his head, "Strong France should not be afraid of the Germans, but I don't understand, I don't understand why they didn't declare war..."
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"It shouldn't be because of fear. The only reason is that the French are not ready for war yet." Hyoutaro Imamura said.
Cheng Qianfan returned home from get off work and received a secret message from Chongqing headquarters from Zhou Ru.
There are two copies of the code.
In one of them, Cheng Qianfan looked at the words "I am deeply relieved" in the message and nodded with satisfaction. He knew that his candor and even his behavior of snitching on Sheng Shuyu behind his back were recognized by Dai Chunfeng, and even further.
trust--
It's not that he is boasting. He and Sheng Shuyu are the two young prides within the military. How could young people have no intention of comparing themselves to each other?
In fact, in the long run, he and Sheng Shuyu are each other's strongest rivals within the Military Command Bureau.
By using this incident to stab Sheng Shuyu, Dai Chunfeng would not only not be angry, but would also trust him more.
What surprised Cheng Qianfan was the second telegram.
The second telegram was sent in the name of Chiwu, who asked him to give the most reliable analysis and information on the different attitudes of the British, French and American powers towards Germany in the "Versailles Peace Treaty" and on the impact of this European war.
Cheng Qianfan was surprised. He didn't expect that he, an intelligence agent, would have to 'do a paper'.
Yes, the topic Qi Wu gave him was shaped like a research paper on the international current situation.
However, I saw Qi Wu specifically reminding him in the message that he could ask the 'liang chief' for advice on this matter.
Cheng Qianfan seemed to understand, but he realized that it seemed that the Military Command Headquarters wanted to use him to 'consult' Imamura Hyotarō to see this senior Japanese diplomat's analysis of the matter.
Are these think tanks from the National Government Military Commission asking the military commander to help ask for Austrian aid?
Cheng Qianfan didn't know.
However, there was an order from the headquarters, and since Qi Wu called in his own name, Cheng Qianfan had to obey the order.
In fact, in most cases, such private calls are more important and have a higher priority than official confidential calls.
Therefore, after having a hasty dinner at home, Cheng Qianfan came to visit Imamura Mansion.
The reason is easy to find. He came to report to Imamura Hyōtaro about the intelligence he got from Peter about the French government and even the French National Defense Forces. He also asked Mr. Imamura to teach and clear up any doubts.
"Not prepared?" Cheng Qianfan was shocked, "It has been three years and eight months since Germany entered the Demilitarized Zone in Lain in the 11th year of Showa. The French are still not prepared for war?"
"I don't know much about this," Imamura Hyotarō said. "I'm not an expert on the military situation, but from what I know, France seems to be deliberately delaying the start of the war. They shouldn't be afraid.
, is to gain time to deploy military forces and resources."
Cheng Qianfan was thinking. Suddenly, he stepped forward and added boiling spring water to Hyōtaro Imamura's tea set, and said with a smile, "Teacher, I have been studying the Treaty of Versailles these past two days, and I have some puzzles."
"Oh? What don't you understand?" Hyōtaro Imamura put down the pen in his hand and looked at his students and asked.
This is what he likes most about the student Kentaro Miyazaki. Just ask if you don’t understand. This is the biggest advantage of this student besides his sincerity towards his teacher. No teacher would dislike an honest and studious student like Kentaro.
"Students have noticed that the British, French, and Americans seem to have different attitudes towards the Treaty of Versailles, or the restrictions and sanctions on the Germans." Cheng Qianfan said with a serious expression, "Britain, France, and the United States are the same.
Shouldn’t the camp have the same stance and jointly demand tough sanctions on Germany?”
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