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In 1939, the all-out war of resistance had lasted for nearly a year and a half. At this time, the international and domestic situation had undergone tremendous changes, and the whole world was filled with disturbing emotions.

Internationally, the situation in Europe is becoming increasingly tense. Under the leadership of a certain beard, the German army has set its sights on Czechoslovakia. Although this small country has a small population and land, it has an advanced military industry.

For example, the Skoda Arms Factory, which is the second largest arsenal in Europe after the German Krupp Arsenal, and the Brno State-owned Arsenal that produced the famous Czech light machine gun.

Once the Germans acquire these arsenals, they will break through the industrial restrictions placed on Germany by the Allies after the European War and become a normal country capable of independently manufacturing all modern weapons.

On the domestic front, with the extension of the front, the Japanese military forces became more dispersed and morale continued to decline. The heavy war consumption and the abnormal development of the military industry made Japan's economy and finances increasingly in trouble.

The development of guerrilla warfare in the enemy's rear and the expansion of anti-Japanese base areas posed an increasingly serious threat to the Japanese army. Faced with the protracted war, the Japanese aggressors had to change their strategy of aggression against China.

In terms of military affairs, the Japanese army basically stopped its strategic offensive on the frontal battlefield, and gradually focused its attention on combating and eliminating the resistance forces in the occupied areas, and vigorously launched security warfare.

Politically, it turned into a policy of inducing surrender, trying to induce the Guo Party to compromise and surrender, and even joined forces with the Guo Party to encircle and suppress the underground party, further dividing the leftists in the government.

In general, both China and Japan have been exhausted from fighting and have begun to lick the wounds caused by the war. The struggle between the two sides has gradually shifted from the frontal battlefield to economic, political, and intelligence contests.

Shanghai.

In the heavily guarded Japan Special Committee on China's resident office, in Doihara's office, two people sat facing each other on tatami mats, drinking tea and talking at the same time.

"Mr. Hase, you have done a very good job. The empire needs these economic data very much. With them, the cabinet can effectively evaluate the war potential of the government."

"It's all because of your command, Your Excellency Doihara, and your support to the Hase Agency. Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to carry out such a large-scale investigation. Arigado is so good."

In the room, Doihara, who has been promoted to lieutenant general, gently picked up the iron pot with cherry pattern, poured a cup of tea for Ryosuke Hase, who was facing him with his head down and holding the cup with both hands, and praised with a smile.

"Hase-kun is too self-effacing. Your ability is the key. The people in the staff headquarters also got a lot of resources. What they get is failure after failure. It's really a headache."

As he spoke, he shook his head helplessly, and then a smile appeared on his face: "But I will be able to relax soon, the Tokyo side has new arrangements for me, and the new head of the agency is already on the way.

I hope you can cooperate with the other party and continue to infiltrate the Chinese to obtain more information for the empire. In addition, the cabinet consulted my opinion on the personnel of the committee's assistant officer, and I recommended you.

Hase-kun, you have been in Shanghai for many years, you are familiar with the local conditions, and you have deep friendship with diplomats from European and American countries, so you are the most suitable candidate. Don't let me down. "

Doihara put down the iron pot in his hand, and revealed with a smile that he was about to leave Shanghai. Hase Ryosuke was taken aback when he heard the news, and then showed anger, hugging the other party's grievances.

"Why did the cabinet transfer you away, lost your leadership, what should we do, those guys in high positions only know how to fight for power, they don't know the situation on the front line at all.

In their eyes, the Chinese are like scarecrows in the fields, who can fall down with just a slight push. Who can understand your difficulties, general, I want to send electricity to Tokyo to oppose this matter. "

"Hase-kun! This is not what you should say."

Doihara scolded with a serious expression, perhaps because he felt that the tone was too harsh, and then sighed to explain the inside story of the transfer: "This matter is a joint decision of His Majesty Tianlocust and the cabinet, and it cannot be discussed.

When we and the Germans suffered setbacks in the actions of Changcheng, the high-level leaders became dissatisfied with me. After the failure of the day-change plan, this dissatisfaction has reached its limit. It is the best choice for me to leave.

In addition, I was born in the Kwantung Army, and I have a closer relationship with the North China Army. The Central China Dispatch Army has complained about this for a long time. The opinions of the military must be taken seriously, and you can just wait for the appointment with peace of mind.

Besides, this new director of the agency has some connections with you and also comes from North China, so you don't have to worry about the other party's attitude towards you. In the future, you have three main tasks. "

Hase Ryosuke was a little confused when he heard the words, he knew him, and he was still a member of the North China Front Army, who could it be, he pretended to be disappointed while curious, bowed his head, and replied respectfully.

"Hayi, Your Excellency General, please give me instructions."

Doihara noticed the other party's reaction and was very satisfied. No one wanted to promote a white-eyed wolf. Then he raised three fingers and said three things.

"One is to help Ji establish a new government in Jinling┴, to use the Chinese to defeat the Chinese, to use the Chinese to check and balance the Chinese, to completely divide the Republic of China, and never let them unite.

The second is the situation where the unified and Pingheng military are acting independently in China. Whether it is the Central China Dispatch Army or the North China Front Army, they are all imperial forces, and they can only be more powerful if they are clenched into one fist.

The third is to instigate rebellion against the Guangxi provincial army that has always been at odds with someone in the mountain city, and the old men of the Beiyang warlords, such as Tang and Wu. If they are willing to cooperate, the great success of the empire is just around the corner. "

At the end, he took out a document and handed it to Hase Ryosuke: "In order to facilitate your work, I will hand over to you some moles that the empire┴ placed at the top of the government, here is the list.

For these people, you have to make good use of them, and you must protect them. It took me a lot of effort to instigate rebellion and recruit these moles. Our enemies are very professional and cannot be taken lightly. "

Hase Ryosuke swallowed his saliva. Doihara is in charge of all the intelligence personnel of the Japanese military in the Republic of China. It must be very important for the mole to be so valued by the other party.

For him, being important means more money. Thinking of this, he moved his fingers lightly, wanting to raise his hand to take the document, but then realized that the other party was Doihara.

This person has been engaged in intelligence work for decades, and he is extremely cunning. Would he give him important information so easily? No matter how you look at it, it looks like a trap, at least there is a problem.

After thinking for a few seconds, Hase Ryosuke still took over the document. Whether it was a trap or not, he had to accept the normal work handover, but he had to be cautious about the follow-up processing of the document.

Doihara smiled even more when he saw this, and took a sip from the teacup. Of course, this was not serving tea to see off the guests. After drinking Doihara, he turned to chatting about news in Japan and the intelligence system.

"Mr. Hase, at the cabinet meeting in December last year, in order to better manage the occupied territories, the Prime Minister preferred to establish a central agency in China to lead the people's livelihood affairs in various regions.

The name of the institution is Xingya Institute, with the prime minister as the president, and the foreign ministers, Tibetan ministers, land ministers, and marine ministers as vice presidents. It has the political department, economic department, naturalization department, and technology department under its jurisdiction.

And set up branches in Beiping, Shanghai, Daocheng, Hankou, Yangcheng, Xiaqi, Jinling and other places to be responsible for all political, economic and cultural affairs except Chu foreign affairs.

It seems that many people are dissatisfied with the military's complete control over the occupied areas. For example, your Ministry of Foreign Affairs has raised different opinions many times in previous meetings. "

Looking at the smiling Doihara, Ryosuke Hase shrank his head in embarrassment. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs did put forward different opinions, and then the two foreign ministers "voluntarily" resigned.

Now that the military dominates everything, the importance of diplomatic work has been declining again and again. If it weren't for the need to win over European and American countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would have long been a subordinate agency of the Ministry of Army.

Doihara glanced at him, temporarily stopped teasing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and continued: "These people are not only dissatisfied with the military, but also distrust the Special Committee on China, and want to completely split it up.

In order to prevent the intelligence system from reverting to the previous situation where the military, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the cabinet were all on their own, I asked the cabinet to set up different secret agencies for different strategic targets.

There are initially four such secret agencies. When the time comes, the Special Committee on China will be merged into a certain agency. Don't worry, your position will not change in any way.

For the purpose of confidentiality, I named these four agencies as plum, bamboo, orchid, and chrysanthemum.

Among them, the Mei agency is located in Shanghai, and is fully responsible for handling all affairs related to Ji. The head of the agency is Yingzuo Zhenzhao.

The bamboo agency is located in Hankou, and the head of the agency is Shiro Shibayama, who used to be the head of the Jinmen Secret Service. His main task is to instigate rebellion against the Beiyang warlords Tang and Wu. You should communicate with them more.

The Lan agency is also located in Shanghai, and the head of the office is Second Lieutenant General He Zhiying.

The Ju agency is a temporary agency, located in Min Province. The head of the agency has not yet been determined. Its task is to buy the commander-in-chief of the Fujian-Guangdong border guards, or other frustrated soldiers from the government, and take them into the empire. "

Xingya Institute, four intelligence agencies.

Hase Ryosuke quickly memorized the information in his mind, and silently calculated the price given by Fat Tiger. As for the locust and the country, don't be stupid. Even now, people with discerning eyes know that Japan cannot defeat the Republic of China.

After the battles in Shanghai, Jinling, Jiangcheng, and North China were fought, the Guo army had indeed lost, but what Japan had gained was nothing but carloads of corpses and wounded soldiers.

The occupied area is full of rebellious Chinese. In some places in the north, if a small group of soldiers goes out of the city, half of them can be blessed by Amaterasu. What is the point of this kind of war?

So the most important thing is to make more money. When the situation is not good, go directly to South America or North America to live a life of a master, and leave the locusts to these idiots to serve.

Just when he was fantasizing about the beautiful life in the future, someone knocked on the door, and Doihara said please come in, and the visitor walked into the house with heavy steps and said hello in a low voice.

"Doihara-kun, Hase-kun, long time no see."

Hase Ryosuke heard the sound and looked, his mouth slowly opened wide. Damn it, it turned out to be Osaru Tosada from the Aoki Mansion in Jinmen. Could it be this damn bastard who Doihara said was the new head of the office?
Thinking of the other party's stinginess and stinginess, Zhang Gu's face wrinkled together, and he felt an urge to run away. Working under this kind of person, it would be better to shoot him to death, Baka!
Osako Tongzhen noticed his actions, and there was a smile in his eyes. He heard that some non-citizens made a lot of money by smuggling, maybe Ryosuke Hase next to him shivered suddenly.

at the same time.

Thousands of miles away, on the Chaotianmen Wharf in the mountain city, a passenger ship slowly docked. A young man walked down the gangway, carrying a suitcase and looking up at the undulating urban area of ​​the mountain city, he was shocked.

In a daze, two young girls walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder playfully. The young man turned his head and helped the other party pick up the luggage, and the three of them walked up the steps talking and laughing.

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