Chapter 429 Falling into Miyazaki’s trick (please vote)
It can be said that every city experienced tremendous suffering when it fell.
For example, a reporter once recorded the tragic situation of the fall of Liuhe:
There is no one in the city, government officials have already left, and ordinary people have taken refuge in the countryside. Only a few old and weak people are left behind.
The scoundrels and scoundrels seemed to have been organized and premeditated, taking advantage of the opportunity to rob and rob, and even set fire to it. Most of the essence of the shopping mall was burned, and no one in the city was spared. The local chaos had reached an extreme.
Similar to Liuhe, Changzhou is also miserable.
Even more tragic.
Before the city fell, it had been bombed four times by Japanese planes. Fires broke out all over the city, and people lay dead in their homes. The fires spread and burned for four days and nights.
At the same time, some gangsters suddenly rushed onto the streets, causing chaos, shooting everywhere, and looting at will? The city was in chaos, fires broke out everywhere, and people ran away. This was a chaotic world.
After the fall, Suzhou and Wuxi were also in a tragic situation. Shops and houses were looted on an unprecedented scale, boxes were rummaged through, and money and clothing were confiscated.
"There were killings and looting everywhere inside and outside the city." Similarly, local ruffians also burned, killed, and looted.
There was an investigation report within the military command last year, and Cheng Qianfan, as the leader of the Shanghai Special Intelligence Team, was also qualified and had a share in knowing about it.
After investigation, it was found that the burning, killing and chaos that occurred in many cities before and after the fall were indeed caused by some gangsters and scoundrels who took the opportunity to cause chaos. However, in addition, the Japanese also played an extremely important guiding and commanding role.
In order to maximize the panic among the Chinese people and disrupt the Chinese army's fighting will, Japanese spies would arrange for ruffians who had already been contacted to launch operations before and after the city was breached. These people waved flags welcoming the locust army and launched riots, and quickly
Inspire more rogue gangsters to participate.
In fact, while Japan is advancing military operations, it will often instigate through agents, recruit traitors, and take the opportunity to create chaos. In this way, residents flee frantically, fires spread, prisoners escape, bandits commit crimes, and ruffians take advantage of the chaos to rob the entire city.
Without order, the army lost its will to fight.
Then, after the Japanese army occupied the city, they would take advantage of the situation and kill a group of gangsters to prove that they had 'brought peace and sincerity', and then traitors, big and small, would work together to advocate the friendship of the Japanese. This clumsy method could often achieve a certain level of success.
Effect.
Finally, the Japanese military will immediately identify influential figures in the area to form a maintenance committee, through which the local order will be restored and military supplies and daily necessities will be provided.
For example, when the Japanese army was stationed in Liuhe, they "visited the elders, looked for impartial gentry, and came out to maintain order." They even used "move with emotion and understand with reason" to Xie Heling (a retired official of the Kuomintang) who was unwilling to "cooperate" with them.
The method is "persuasion".
So the Liuhe Maintenance Committee, headed by Xie, Zheng, and Wang, and including several clerks, was established.
In this way, maintenance committees were established in various places. At the same time, the Japanese army recruited the remaining gangsters who burned, killed, and looted. Some of them belonged to the maintenance committees to act as armed forces, and some were incorporated into puppet troops, responsible for maintaining local security.
Suppress the anti-Japanese forces.
What Cheng Qianfan was thinking about at this moment was the situation in Wuxi.
To be precise, it is the situation in Wuxi that maintains the meeting.
At first, after the Japanese army occupied Wuxi, because the local gentry was unwilling to come forward, the Japanese army used coercion and inducement to establish a maintenance committee.
In Messi's case, the Japanese army directly used kidnapping to bring together famous gentlemen to form a maintenance committee, and threatened to kill those who were unwilling to join the maintenance committee. This was how they 'successfully' established the maintenance committee.
Thinking of this, Cheng Qianfan also tended to think that Ohta Yuichi's judgment was correct:
Our New Fourth Army may indeed be operating in Meicun right now.
The Plum Village maintenance meeting was established under coercion by the Japanese. These people were not willing to be traitors.
When the maintenance committee is determined to do things for the Japanese, the local gentry and celebrities in these places can create huge trouble for the anti-Japanese armed forces.
On the other hand, if the Maintenance Committee is making false concessions to the Japanese, it is actually secretly supporting the anti-Japanese resistance, which can provide great help to the anti-Japanese armed forces.
With the Meicun Maintenance Association secretly helping to cover it up, Meicun is indeed a very good foothold for the New Fourth Army to march eastward to fight against Japan.
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"What bad effects will it have?" Ohta Yuichi frowned and asked.
"The areas of influence of the rebels, especially the areas controlled by the Chinese army, have always been besieged by the empire from all aspects. This has led to a huge demand for supplies in these places, and in order to obtain supplies, their prices will be much higher than other customers.
"Cheng Qianfan talked eloquently.
"So, if I make too much more than usual because of this, I'm worried that my men will eat the marrow and know the taste." Cheng Qianfan shook his head, "Although these guys are loyal to me, they are more loyal to money."
Ohta Yuichi looked at Kentaro Miyazaki and cursed in his heart.
This guy had just vowed that his Jiujiu Trading Company would never have any business dealings with the New Fourth Army, but judging from his remarks, this was obviously not the case.
Even if there is no business dealings with the areas controlled by the New Fourth Army, there must be business dealings with the areas controlled by the Kuomintang troops.
"The Red Party's New Fourth Army is an army of beggars. Miyazaki-kun, don't worry, they won't have money to buy your goods." Ohta Yuichi said.
Then he saw Kentaro Miyazaki's solemn and worried expression, and nodded in agreement, as if to say:
‘That’s what I’m worried about’.
"Ota-kun, if I agree to your proposal." Cheng Qianfan looked at Ohta Yuichi, frowned, and asked worriedly, "According to Ota-kun's guess, assuming that there is indeed a New Fourth Army in Plum Village, and my people have transported goods there, if the New Fourth Army
To seize the goods..."
Ohta Yuichi shook his head. He wanted to say, 'The New Fourth Army is not an army of locusts and will not rob merchants of their goods.'
However, he really couldn't say this. Finally, Ohta Yuichi said, "According to my understanding, the New Fourth Army is very good at disguise. They promote fair trade and will not openly rob merchants of their goods."
"If they rob in private..." Cheng Qianfan shook his head and said, "A dangerous business trip is really too worrying..."
"Miyazaki-kun, you are an imperial agent. Please remember this. You are not a businessman who cares about everything and only has money in his eyes." Ohta Yuichi said in a deep voice, he was angry.
"Ota-kun, I dare not forget my identity and my mission." Cheng Qianfan also looked serious, and then he smiled bitterly, "Ota-kun, my personal loss is not worth mentioning, it's just..."
Buggy duck down!
Ohta Yuichi cursed in his mind, he knew the underlying meaning of Miyazaki Kentaro's words.
Kentaro Miyazaki uses the high-level stakeholders behind him to put pressure on him.
Who are the people behind Kentaro Miyazaki?
Ohta Yuichi is not very clear, but based on what he can guess at the moment, Mimotojiro, the director of the Shanghai Special Higher Education Course, and Hyōtaro Imamura, the counselor of the Imperial Consulate General in Shanghai, must be involved.
In addition, it can be expected that there are also senior officials from the French Concession authorities, especially the patrol house.
Yuichi Ohta is not afraid of offending Kentaro Miyazaki. He can force Kentaro Miyazaki to cooperate with him. However, this guy has too many backers. Although Yuichi Ohta is not too afraid, it is best not to offend him if possible.
"Miyazaki-kun, this plan has been approved by the division commander and must be implemented." Ohta Yuichi looked at Miyazaki Kentaro and said. Seeing that his expression turned cold, he could only relax and added, "Of course
, regarding the losses that Miyazaki-kun may suffer, we can discuss a solution acceptable to both parties."
Hearing this, Cheng Qianfan, whose expression had been dark and uncertain, and who had hints of getting angry, immediately changed his face, his eyes glowed with surprise, a hint of joy bloomed at the corner of his mouth, and he said almost impatiently, "Ota-kun, are you serious about what you said?"
Ohta Yuu felt bad for a moment, and even had a hint of regret about retracting what he just said. He felt that he had been tricked by Miyazaki, a cunning agent (businessman).
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