Shadow Spy

Chapter 238 The unexpected merger of the concession

Thursday, November 11, is Thanksgiving in Western countries.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the consuls general of the United Kingdom, France, and the United States signed an important agreement in the conference room of the United States Consulate General: the "Agreement on the Merger of the French Concession and the British and American Concession"!
French Consul General Chuck Bagis, British Consul General Lord Turner Wesley, and U.S. Consul General Nelson Ayers signed the agreement and stamped it with their private seals and the official seal of the Consulate General. In 1853, the three countries signed the "Shanghai Anglo-American and French Land Charter" (actually it was not truly merged. The French concession withdrew in 1860 and the Anglo-American concession merged in 1863). 86 years later, the concessions of the three countries were truly merged.

Although the merger agreement still needs to be approved by the parliaments of the three countries, it has actually come into effect because it has been communicated many times beforehand.

Next, French Consul General Bagis and British Consul General Wesley signed the "Concession Governance Entrustment Agreement" with the American Consul General respectively, deciding to entrust the governance rights of the two parties in the merged public concession from the next day. To the United States, it is valid for ten years.

The Far Eastern Affairs Observation Group from the United States and senior officials from the consulates of the three countries witnessed the signing of the three agreements, but generally everyone was happy. Only Li Junhao frowned. He did not expect such a result!
Li Junhao clearly remembered that in his previous life, after the Pacific War broke out in December 1941, the Japanese army first occupied the public concession. Then in 12, due to the influence of many factors, the concession agreement was abrogated, and the concession agreement in Shanghai and other parts of China was The legal rights of the concession have been taken back by China. Will the emergence of this agreement change this result?He is a little confused!
Before he could figure this out, Lieutenant Colonel Kelton led the British and French military attachés over and congratulated him. He didn't react at all and could only be polite!
After a while, Li Junhao realized that after the merger of the concessions of the three countries, Britain and France entrusted governance to the United States, which meant that what he had thought of before would happen, and the troops of the two countries would be withdrawn. His current position is that of the highest military commander of the concession!
No wonder Kelton and the British and French military attaches came to congratulate him!

Well, this can be considered good news!However, he wants more troops!And tanks!Rocket launcher!Anti-aircraft missiles...
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On Friday, the U.S. Far East Observation Mission flew to Chongqing to continue their observation trip.

On the same day, armed forces from the French Concession and the Public Concession went out at the same time and blocked all roadblocks leading to the two concessions (the two concessions can still pass freely), and non-concession residents were prohibited from entering.

Then, a brigade of public concession police entered the French Concession. With the full assistance of the French, they took over the police department and the municipal guard. At the same time, they expelled hundreds of newly naturalized Japanese arrestees - this was already their second time. I was laid off for the second time and was also deported, but this time it was the French army who was responsible for escorting him!
In addition, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce Bureau also sent many people to take over the public affairs bureau, or to conduct docking, which was relatively gentle.

The changes in the French Concession have attracted the attention of all walks of life in Shanghai and Shanghai, but few people know what exactly happened! ——
On this day, Li Junhao was very busy. More than half of the police station's manpower was mobilized, and the merchant group from all over the world was mobilized to fill the spot for street patrols!Fortunately, the three reorganized regiments have now been put to use. He has a lot of mobile power at his disposal, and there is no shortage of manpower.

All the subordinates were very excited. They did not expect that their boss would rise to one level again so quickly... no, several levels, and directly become the top person in charge of the military and police forces of the two concessions!With this mentality, you can work with full energy without mobilization.

According to Li Junhao's special instructions, Wang Renqiang led the personnel of the police investigation department to seal off the political department of the French Concession Police Department immediately, control the personnel, and seize files!
Lao Wang has now basically understood the political leanings of his boss, and he is ruthless in executing them. A dozen middle-level members of the Political Department who wanted to resist were directly locked up under his order...

Subsequently, the personnel of the Political Department were escorted to the No. 256 military camp on Xiaoshadu Road, which was vacated after the Italian army left, and placed under residential surveillance. These people would not be able to get out until the screening was completed.All the files of the Political Department were loaded and transported back to the Investigation Department of the Police Station. The boss said that these things are very important and there is no time to organize them now, but they must be kept well.

Generally speaking, except for the Political Department, the police officers took over the police department very smoothly. After all, even the French director was actively cooperating (he wanted to take the handover early and take the first boat back to China).

Similarly, other French mid-level and high-level patrol officers have been notified that whoever successfully completes the handover of their department can leave first. Of course, there is enthusiasm.

Of course, there are also those who are unwilling to leave. The one with the highest position is Franco Rona, the Criminal Supervisor (Deputy Chief Inspector) in charge of the Detective Division. As an old "acquaintance" of Director Panson, he is very confident that he can work in the new concession. I got a new position in the police structure, so my work enthusiasm is particularly high, which helps a lot.

Among the patrols in the French Concession Police Department, the middle and high-level officers are all French, there are some Chinese officers in the middle ranks, and the grassroots officers are mainly Chinese officers and Annan patrol officers. At this time, their emotions are very complicated. They don’t know what will happen in the future?
Among them, the Annan patrols are better. They came here from French China and are very satisfied with their work. In their understanding, as long as they obey the orders of their superiors and work hard, they don't need to think too much.

The thoughts of many Chinese arrests are much more complicated. More than half of them have gang backgrounds. They have heard about the public concession and are very afraid of being attacked by their new bosses!
Some of the more reckless ones still wanted to fight as a group, but one of their companions immediately said: Idiot, have you forgotten how the deputy chief inspector named Akagi died?
Some Chinese arresters who have no gang background and are just working are worried about how to keep their jobs. They inherently dislike gangs and are incompatible with each other. They just don't know what the future will be like.

In short, today's patrol room in the French Concession is very chaotic and uneasy, but overall, the takeover of the French Concession by the Public Concession has been successfully completed. The main reason is actually the full cooperation of the French.However, the task of taking over cannot be completed in one day, and we will still be busy in the future.

Throughout the whole day, Li Junhao did not leave the office of the police station. On the one hand, he was busy with things, and on the other hand, he was always in a state of nervousness, fearing that something unexpected would happen, which made him a little tired.

　Chapter 237 is under review...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)