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Dongye sat alone in his office, pondering the situation.

He was ordered to come to Shanghai in a time of crisis, and it was as if he was walking through a minefield. His first step gave him two choices: a real mine and a fake one.

Almost everyone told him that there was real thunder on this side and he should go to the other side.

Then, he chose a side that was completely different from everyone else's.

He stepped on it, and then it didn't explode. It was a fake mine that was eliminated.

[Zhang Shihao is truly worthy of his reputation. If I hadn't sensed something strange, I would have been fooled by him this time!]

After sighing, Dongye keenly noticed a blind spot:
Why is Zhang Shihao so confident?
Why was he so sure that the Imperial Army would take action against the Americans?

[This is a secret of the empire. If I hadn't taken over the secret service in Shanghai, I would definitely not have known the news. Even I am among those blocked. How can Zhang Shihao be so sure? ]

"By intuition?"

Dongye denied this conjecture.

"Maybe the problem lies with the Navy Red Deer..."

After making a guess, Dongye turned his attention back to the concession.

[Now that Kato, a subordinate who is determined to avenge his previous humiliation, is in the front, most of the fierce reactions can be attributed to Kato. In this way, Zhang Shihao's current calculations will inevitably fail.]

[Given Zhang Shihao's personality, he will definitely come up with other tricks to attract my attention and cover up the migration...]

[So, no matter what tricks Zhang Shihao plays, I just need to keep an eye on the factories in the concession.]

After determining the next strategic goal, Dongye began to examine the internal affairs of the secret service agency.

When he first took office, he put Kato in charge of monitoring the relocation, not only because Kato was the only agent who thought the same as he did, but more importantly, he was using Kato.

The ending was just as he expected. Kato was easily deceived by Zhang Shihao, and he took advantage of the situation and used the pretext of "humiliating" Kato to allow Kato to temporarily break free from his "restraints".

But his previous calculation was not just to use Kato's reaction to see how the Military Control Commission would respond. More importantly, he wanted to see the confidentiality capabilities of the secret service.

Judging from the ease with which the Military Intelligence Bureau was able to target Kato, the confidentiality capabilities of the Shanghai spy agency were extremely poor.

"To resist foreign aggression, we must first stabilize the country! The matter of delaying the relocation of the Military Intelligence Bureau can be handed over to Kato for the time being. I should use the excuse of being a new official to start a major purge within the secret service."

Dongye made a decision that he regretted deeply.

……

Zhang Anping's layout is proceeding in an orderly manner.

Jinliyuan Wharf is a focus of his second phase.

But that’s just the point.

After all, his real purpose was to infiltrate the backbone of the Loyal Rescue Army into the concession - they were the core force of the uprising, and allowing them to smoothly enter the concession and integrate into the factory was the core that all the pretenses were covering up.

At present, everything is going exceptionally smoothly.

More than one hundred key personnel were successfully integrated into the factory system of the concession.

"Anping, how did you do it?" Xu Baichuan, who had once again arrived in Shanghai, was very confused. "According to my understanding, the Japanese have placed countless spies in the factories in the concessions. At least half of the current East China Field Army's personnel are in the factories in the concessions, right? The number of spies they have mobilized is at least three to four times this number."

"Under these circumstances, how did you manage to place more than 150 people in there so easily and confidentially?"

Xu Baichuan couldn't help but put forward a hypothesis: "Could it be that the Japanese have already noticed your purpose and are setting a trap for you?"

Zhang Anping smiled slightly: "If there are 100 factories, more than 20 of them are extremely unstable, more than 50 are wavering, and more than 20 are die-hard pro-Japanese. If you are Japanese, how would you sow the seeds of trouble?"

"Focus on monitoring unstable elements, cracking down on wavering elements..." Xu Baichuan suddenly realized something after saying this, and said in astonishment, "You placed all the people in the factory of the pro-Japanese elements?"

"wrong!"

Xu Baichuan suddenly realized: "The so-called pro-Japanese elements are probably fake, right?"

Zhang Anping smiled and did not answer, but Xu Baichuan already understood.

There is no doubt that some of these factory owners were pro-Japanese in the past.

But the fact that they were able to migrate from the Chinese area to the concessions shows that they were extremely wary of the Japanese. Moreover, the Japanese did not "disappoint" their expectations after occupying Shanghai. The initial plundering of Chinese capital and the subsequent brutal and unreasonable robbery had made these people realize the consequences of surrender.

In this case, after Zhang Anping gave the guarantee of migration, they naturally knew what to choose.

However, the Japanese were used to the Chinese rushing to surrender, and did not have too many doubts about the surrender of these "pro-Japanese factions", which created a blind spot for the Japanese.

When they were placing spies in the factories in the concession, these "pro-Japanese" factories were naturally excluded.

Xu Baichuan sighed, "When it comes to calculating people's hearts, you are second to none."

Zhang Anping said: "I'll take it as a compliment."

"I was actually praising you—" Xu Baichuan rolled his eyes and gave Zhang Anping a look that said "you understand".

Then he asked another question that was bothering him:
"I see you've made a training plan, but how do you do it in Shanghai? Set up a workers' picket team like they do over there? But if you do that, it's like you've exposed your cards!"

In Zhang Anping's plan, the armed forces led by the backbone of the Loyal Rescue Army will be the vanguard of this uprising. Since they are to be used as the vanguard, a certain degree of military training is necessary.

But once military training begins, it is tantamount to announcing to the Japanese devils:
I'm going to do something in Shanghai!
The key to the uprising is confidentiality. If the news is leaked, the uprising will be like a moth flying into a flame.

In Xu Baichuan's view, this is a problem that cannot be solved at all. Even if Zhang Anping hides the backbone of the Loyal Rescue Army in the factories of "pro-Japanese" factory owners, this problem cannot be solved.

Zhang Anping kept it a secret: "The Japanese will help me solve this problem."

Xu Baichuan: ???

Zhang Anping, I'll give you a chance, can you say it again?
Seeing that Zhang Anping refused to talk, Xu Baichuan had no choice but to wait patiently.

……

Kato has had little rest in the past few days. Determined to wash away the shame, he vowed to find the Military Control Commission's migrating fleet.

He, Kato, will never let Zhang Shihao get what he wants!

After five sleepless days without finding any signs of the military migration fleet, Kato finally couldn't stand it anymore and planned to rest for a night. But just as he was about to rest, Ding Yian, who served as his translator, brought him a message:
"Colonel Kato, this is a secret letter my father just sent. It's extremely urgent."

Kato resisted the urge to sleep, took the envelope, saw that it was intact, and handed it to Ding Yian:
"Please help me take a look."

Ding Yian took the letter, opened it, and began to read it, but he stopped after just two sentences with a look of shock on his face. Kato said angrily:

"Dingsang, do you want me to read it myself?"

Ding Yian swallowed his saliva and said in panic: "Colonel, something happened."

"My father wrote in a secret letter that he found out that Lu Dingan's family was missing in the evening. He was worried and quickly looked for several families that were close to Lu Dingan, but found that they were all missing as well."

"He immediately went to Lu Dingan's factory and found that although the factory was still running, the core equipment had long been dismantled."

Kato was shocked. He jumped up immediately without any sleepiness. After yelling "Baka", he immediately called his men in the concession and asked them to use the patrol officers in the concession to conduct a surprise investigation.

The results of the investigation almost made Kato faint.

A total of 24 small and medium-sized factories, with their core machines and core personnel all gone, and the entire families of these 24 factory owners also disappeared quietly.

Although these factories are still in operation, only the peripheral and unimportant parts are running; the core equipment and personnel have all disappeared.

Kato, who was so anxious that his mouth was full of blisters, began to investigate all over the world. When Higashino rushed over, the results of his subordinates' investigation had just been delivered.

This investigation result made Higashino finally understand why Ito vomited blood - at this moment, he also had the urge to vomit blood.

The core equipment and personnel of these factories were all evacuated from the Jinliyuan Wharf. Yes, it was the Jinliyuan Wharf that Kato had been tracking before.

The fleet that was transporting the goods was none other than the fleet that Kato had dug out of countless pieces.

"Good! Good! Good!"

After saying "OK" three times, Dongye turned around and got into his car. The car, which had not yet started, began to sway from side to side, as if someone was fighting fiercely inside.

Kato sat down on the ground weakly, looking at the investigation report in his hand blankly, his mind going blank.

He could accept the Military Control Commission organizing the migration right under his nose. Really, he could accept it.

However, he could not accept the migration from Jinliyuan Wharf.

After a long downtime, Kato howled:

"Zhang Shihao, you can't bully others like this!"

The fat and chubby student, Japanese Army Colonel Kato Saitaka, a flower bud that had never experienced the wind and rain, completely lost his mind at this moment.

……

The news of the second successful migration spread in a very short time.

But most of the spies in the East Field Army were unusually calm:
Oh? Were you fooled by Zhang Shihao again? Stay calm, it's normal. This is normal.

But there was no peace in the concession.

The Municipal Council Board had to enter into intense discussions because of two rounds of relocation. The British had always occupied the majority of seats on the board of directors. After World War I, the German seats were replaced by the Japanese. After the fall of Shanghai, two more Japanese directors were added.

This intense discussion was initiated by the Japanese directors.

After the first migration organized by the Military Intelligence Bureau, the Japanese directors suggested that the police station and the garrison strengthen management and prohibit the factory from moving out. However, their attitude was not firm at that time, and other directors also chose to remain silent. Coupled with the opposition of the Chinese directors, the plan ended in vain.

But after the second round of migration, the Japanese directors became resolute and claimed that this phenomenon must be stopped, insisting that it was damaging the interests of the concession.

The Chinese directors objected on the grounds that this was a businessman’s freedom. Under the constant insistence of the Japanese directors, one of the Chinese directors finally lifted the fig leaf and asked:
"You Japanese are preventing the relocation, are you just waiting to seize all these factories after you occupy the concession?!"

"Bullshit! We are doing this for the benefit of the concession!" The Japanese director said angrily, "The concession is not Japan's concession, it is the concession of various countries, and we are also considering the interests of various countries - without these factories, the prosperity of the concession will no longer exist!"

"You just want to steal the fruits of the Chinese!"

The two sides started arguing with each other, and during the argument, a Japanese director angrily said:

"I have already communicated with the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Empire has no intention of interfering in the concessions. Directors, if you don't believe me, you can contact the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They will give you promises and guarantees!"

"The concession and the city share the same fate. We suggest stopping the relocation of the Military Control Commission purely out of public interest!"

The Chinese director sneered: "Do you Japanese still have integrity? Before the Battle of Songhu, you repeatedly fought and negotiated, and negotiated and fought, and your appetite became bigger and bigger. If you had integrity, would this happen?"

Although the Chinese directors pointed out the dishonest nature of the Japanese, the British directors did not see it that way. After communicating with the American directors, they decided to communicate with officials from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The British and American directors actually knew that the Japanese would definitely move south, and once they did, the concession would be lost.

But what they think is:
If the concession is not protected, the interests of domestic merchants must be protected. In order to protect the interests of domestic merchants, a fat sheep is naturally needed to feed the Japanese.

And the concession just happens to have such a fat sheep now.

Of course, this is not what was said when communicating with Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials, but no matter how it is beautified, the core idea of ​​preserving one's own interests by selling out the interests of the Chinese people will not change.

After the Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials sincerely expressed to the American and British directors their attitude of not plotting to establish concessions, they secretly reached an unwritten agreement with them.

After they quickly reached an agreement, the Concession Municipal Council Board of Directors immediately made a decision:

In order to ensure the order of the concession and the interests of merchants, the relocation of factories within the concession must be reported to the Public Works Department. After approval by the Public Works Department, the Municipal Council will assist in the relocation.

No matter how nice the resolution sounds, its essence is to prevent relocation.

……

"Have these British people lost their minds? Even at this time, they are still accomplices to the evil!"

Xu Baichuan was shocked by the resolution of the Municipal Council's board of directors.

In fact, it's not just Xu Baichuan. Others, including Sister Qian, also can't understand the British way of thinking.

Zhang Anping shrugged. "You've heard the saying that a friend dies rather than a poor person. The British thought that once the Japanese attacked the concession, they would leave safely if we fed them."

This sentence left all the participants speechless.

Zhang Anping then sneered: "It's a pity that the British didn't see that the Japanese wanted to take it all from the beginning!"

"They treat us as fat sheep, but forget that the British are fat cattle and fat pigs with more oil and water than fat sheep. The real oil and water are all on them!"

This sentence makes everyone look forward to the future a little.

"Let's not talk about this for now. Now the Municipal Council's board of directors has issued a clear ban on relocation. If we want to carry out a third wave of migration, I'm afraid it won't be so smooth."

Sister Qian asked, "District Chief Zhang, what should we do next?"

Before, we only had to hide it from the Japanese. After all, the International Settlement was not Japanese territory. It was not particularly difficult to display a target to attract the Japanese's attention and then secretly divert it.

However, the resolution of the Municipal Council's board of directors represented the will of the entire concession. If they were to relocate now, they would not only have to face the surveillance of Japanese spies, but also the surveillance of the entire concession. The difficulty had increased exponentially. If they wanted to achieve the purpose of migration without alerting the concession, it would be easy for one or two companies to do so, but when the scale was so large, it would be impossible to keep it secret.

"time is limited……"

Zhang Anping murmured softly. Facing everyone's puzzled gazes, he did not explain, but just said:
"Then don't move for now, just prepare for the move."

"Next, let's change our target."

Everyone looked at Zhang Anping expectantly, waiting for new subordinates.

"Everyone, do you know how many workers were left behind in the 24 factories?"

Yuan Nong answered subconsciously:

"In order to keep it secret, only the core 948 people from the 24 factories that participated in the second round of migration were transferred, leaving a total of 3,578 people."

"You Communists are really thoughtful." Zhang Anping said with a double meaning, and then slowly said: "What if these people are organized?"

Yao Xiuwen asked in confusion: "Organize? Wouldn't this expose our purpose?"

"In the concession, there were 27 factories that were staunchly pro-Japanese. They were secretly colluding with the Japanese and flirting with them. During the first migration, they organized groups everywhere to oppose the migration. They were veritable traitors."

"Since they are traitors, do we need to let them know the price of being a traitor?!"

Before Zhang Anping finished speaking, everyone's expressions changed again and again.

This was a command meeting between the Shanghai Military Control Commission and the underground party. Among the seven people attending the meeting, even Xu Baichuan, who had just joined, knew that the so-called hardcore pro-Japanese faction was full of idiots.

There are indeed some die-hard pro-Japanese people here, but their number is pitifully small!
The backbone members of the Loyal Rescue Army who had infiltrated previously were all hiding among the workers of these 27 factories.

Xu Baichuan directly revealed Zhang Anping's plan: "Once these unemployed workers are organized by us to destroy the factories of these pro-Japanese factions, then these pro-Japanese factions can reasonably organize the workers and set up a factory protection team, right?"

"Now that the factory protection team has been established, some necessary military training can be carried out legitimately, right?"

Zhang Anping did not answer this obvious question, but continued leisurely:
"If I were the Japanese, since they have organized a factory protection team, it would be my responsibility to help them equip them with some weapons, right?"

The three correct answers made everyone's eyes shine.

Especially the last "isn't it right" - this is really amazing. The traitors organized a factory protection team, and it was only right and reasonable for the Japanese to provide weapons!
As for whether the Japanese will do this?
Don't think about it, absolutely!

……

At the Army Hotel, seeing the fat Dongye, he said sincerely:

"Sir, your grasp of the British psychology is so accurate!"

That’s right, the performance of the Japanese directors and Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials was carried out under the guidance of Doi Madoka.

Dongye was extremely impressed by this unplanned move, which fundamentally cut off the possibility of the Military Control Commission's migration.

The fat man shook his head: "It was just that Zhang Shihao was caught off guard."

After speaking calmly, he stared at Dongye:

"Dongye-kun, how do you feel about this fight?"

Dongye could only bow his head: "Sorry, I disappoint you."

"It's as expected. Dong Ye-kun's performance also exceeded my expectations. This failure may not be a bad thing. I think Dong Ye-kun will pay extra attention to your opponent next time, right?"

"Please rest assured, Dongye will never make the same mistake a second time."

After making this guarantee, Dongye received a piece of information that surprised him after returning to Dongye headquarters.

[The Military Control Commission and the underground party are secretly organizing workers, and are suspected of starting an uprising (should use X action).]

"Revolt?"

Looking at these two words, Dongye's eyes became profound.

[Again? ]

He didn't believe that the Military Intelligence Bureau would dare to organize an uprising in the concession - the Nationalist government didn't have the courage!

So, he thought this was another cover-up, a cover-up prepared for the third migration.

But to Dongye’s surprise, he received an “answer” two days later.

It really is a "rebellion"!
The Military Intelligence Bureau and the underground party organized these workers and attacked a traitor's factory by causing trouble. After attracting the attention of a large number of patrol police and factory workers, the armed forces of the Military Intelligence Bureau took the opportunity to sneak into the factory and carried out explosions and sabotage, directly paralyzing the traitor's factory.

But now Dongye was even more certain that this was a cover-up by Zhang Shihao. Even if it was a cover-up, it still made him feel conflicted. If he ignored it, those factory owners who surrendered to the Japanese would surely be retaliated by the Military Control Commission one by one.

The occurrence of such incidents one after another will inevitably hit people's morale, and then it will be impossible to divide the Chinese-owned factories.

But if he got involved, and got involved under the circumstances where the concession restricted the secret service, most of his energy would inevitably be diverted to it, and then Zhang Shihao would be able to take the opportunity to achieve his real goal.

How to deal with it?

After thinking for a long time, Dongye suddenly came up with an idea from the Overseas Chinese Guard.

He sent people to contact pro-Japanese factory owners in the concession, suggesting that they organize factory protection teams and have the East China Field Army secretly provide them with weapons.

As long as a factory protection team is organized and armed, the unemployed workers organized by the Military Control Commission will not be able to pose a threat!
Higashino immediately sent the mentally broken Kato to the concession, and had Kato take the lead in organizing factory protection teams for the "pro-Japanese" factory owners.

With the formation and arming of the factory protection team, the unemployed workers organized by the Military Control Commission were indeed unable to pose a threat to these factories. In addition, with the cooperation of the concession patrol police, after arresting hundreds of workers, the card played by Zhang Shihao unsurprisingly became a "waste card."

Facing the concession that had fallen into peace again, Dongye said quietly:
"Zhang Shihao, this time, I am temporarily ahead." (End of this chapter)