Shadow Spy

Chapter 152 Got an unexpected surprise

Consul General Ayres in Shanghai knew that Li Junhao was planning and contacting Stilwell behind the scenes, but he did not interfere. Instead, he privately contacted Ambassador Johnson in Chongqing and asked for his help and support.

Speaking of which, Johnson is superior to Ayers in terms of position, but slightly inferior in qualifications. Moreover, Ayers has basically confirmed that he will return to China to serve as deputy secretary of state around the end of the year, so of course Johnson has to give him face. This was one of the important reasons why he strongly supported Stilwell.

In the Shanghai Concession, thanks to Li Junhao's personal request, the Cultural Counselor of the U.S. Consulate General, Carlos Barrett, personally came forward and met with the heads of dozens of major media outlets to release news and reports on the 14th. Vigorously criticizing the Chongqing government's sabotage of the Anti-Japanese War, the news of the two tragedies that had been blocked by the Kuomintang government was made public, and quickly spread from Shanghai to the whole country!

As the hero behind the incident, Li Junhao did not mean to take credit. He just lamented the difficulty of China's war of resistance!Moreover, this also made him determined to start a business on his own in Shanghai.
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On Thursday, June 6, Li Junhao personally presided over the formal reorganization of the Special Department at the police station. He eliminated half of the members who did not meet his requirements and reorganized it into the Investigation Department of the Police Department. Its job function was determined to be inspection of concessions. All non-owning forces within the scope, warn, expel, arrest, and punish hostile forces and personnel that infringe on our own interests...

However, due to the current uneven staffing, the initial work is only to review existing intelligence data and establish formal files for all parties in the concession...

In Li Junhao's plan, after the first round of police trainee training, outstanding candidates will be selected to join the investigation department to build this department into a powerful organization against Japanese, puppet, enemy and other forces.

Then, he called in Ovie Fast, the assistant director in charge of the Department of Justice, and asked him to start an inventory of all the prisoners in the concession prisons and detention centers. The first was political prisoners, including anti-government personnel before the Anti-Japanese War and those who were in full-scale anti-Japanese war. He wanted to see the detailed case files of the anti-Japanese personnel and criminals after the beginning...

In addition, from now on, the detention conditions and living conditions of all political prisoners will be improved immediately, forced labor will be abolished, and medical staff will be arranged to examine their bodies and treat their diseases...

Upon hearing his request, Fast said worriedly: "Director, if we do this, will we offend the National Government and the Japanese army?"

But Li Junhao said firmly: "We are now based in Shanghai and can still keep the concession, not because of the Chongqing government, let alone the kindness of the Japanese army, but because of the strength behind us, the influence of the United States, Britain and other Western countries, and more Because of the financial and economic environment in the concession! Therefore, before Western countries formally declare war on Japan, no matter what we do, Japan will tolerate it... As for Chongqing, there is no need to pay attention to them at all. Those corrupt bureaucrats and warlords, even I don’t even have the courage to scream in opposition!”
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As Li Junhao expected, in the face of the tough stance from the United States, the Chongqing Nationalist Government could not be tough at all. Less than half a day later, on the afternoon of June 6, He Yingqin, Chief of Staff of the Military Commission, issued a statement on behalf of the Kuomintang Military Commission, saying that after Preliminary investigation shows that the Shenxian incident and the Pingjiang incident that occurred on June 15th and 6th were both committed by local troops without authorization... At present, the central government has noticed the negative impact of the two incidents, and has specially appointed the Military Commission, the Supervisory Yuan, etc. The department formed an investigation agency and rushed to the two places to verify the facts...

On June 6, the Kuomintang Military Commission released preliminary investigation results, saying that the Shenxian incident was committed by Zhang Yinwu, the commander-in-chief of the Hebei People's Army. The reason was that he pretended to be ordered by his superiors to vent his personal anger... At present, this person has been dismissed from all positions. , arrested and brought to justice;

It is said that the Pingjiang incident was caused by a division commander under the No. 20 Seventh Group Army who was bribed by the enemy and secretly mobilized his troops to carry out the incident... At present, the commander-in-chief of the group army, General Yang Sen, has ordered his dismissal and arrest.The above two principal criminals and dozens of accomplices have arrived at the case, and the Prison Court will take over the subsequent hearing and trial matters...

Subsequently, General Zhang Zhizhong, director of Chairman Chiang's aide-de-camp, issued a statement on his behalf, saying that Chairman Chiang and the National Government and the army under his leadership firmly supported the Anti-Japanese United Front, expressed regret and anger over the two incidents, and had ordered Punish the perpetrators severely...

It only took one week from the incident to the announcement of the "investigation results" by the Kuomintang. Whether compared with previous similar incidents or in terms of the efficiency of the national government, it was unprecedentedly efficient!
However, everyone can see that in this incident, the US military's stance is the key.The mainstream speculation from all parties is that this is because the corruption and reaction of the Kuomintang government have made the financial country intolerable, so they took action to beat them...

New news came out on June 6: On June 19, the Sino-Soviet Trade Treaty was signed in Insk, Russia, and the two sides were still discussing the third Sino-Soviet credit loan agreement, with the loan amount reaching 6 million Dollar……

This news made many forces believe that the tough statement of the US military attache in China on June 6 should be an opportunity to attack, because the US was dissatisfied that the Kuomintang government was too close to the Soviet Union and had large loans - as usual , China can only repay the loan with tungsten sand, tung oil, bristle and other strategic materials. In this way, it will seriously encroach on the interests of the United States...
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When these news reached Shanghai, Li Junhao was also surprised. Although he knew the history of the War of Resistance in his previous life, he could not remember the specific non-battle situations on which day!

And because of this news, Ayers was called by him again and praised his good timing. Just two days before the Sino-Soviet signing, he pushed Stilwell to denounce the Kuomintang Military Commission on behalf of the military, allowing the United States to The United States and China have an absolute advantage in military aid negotiations...

In this regard, Li Junhao could only "helplessly" accept the praise. Although he knew that this was a complete coincidence, he still took the opportunity to make a request, that is, part of the new batch of military aid to China should be given to the Eighth Route Army. And the New Fourth Army, of course, can only be used in its fight against Japan...

Ayers thought this suggestion was reasonable and immediately contacted Ambassador Johnson in Chongqing. After some exchanges, he set the tone for the subsequent negotiations.

This result is an unexpected surprise for Li Junhao!

After returning to the mansion, he immediately asked Li Xiaoyu to send a report to Yan'an, asking him to arrange a special person to contact the United States and take advantage of this bonus as soon as possible - this kind of good thing does not happen every time!
(End of this chapter)