Shadow Spy

Chapter 265 The British Army’s Early Evacuation

For Wang Renqiang, who presides over the investigation department, this crackdown on Japanese and puppet lurkers was very successful, and he also uncovered many intelligence outlets of other forces, which can be said to be a fruitful harvest.

Of course, for these agents from other forces, it is not the same as for the Japanese and puppet spies. At least they are not sentenced to death; and he understands the boss's intentions very well, so he treats those who are suspected of being underground party members more favorably.However, he was a little worried about how to deal with the foreign agents, so he could only go to his boss for instructions.

After hearing Wang Renqiang's request, Li Junhao thought for a while and said: "Let's do this. Except for the Japanese and puppets, other foreign intelligence personnel who have been discovered will be divided into two categories. For the personnel of the Axis countries such as Germany, Italy, and Hungary, all After being recorded in the file, they will be expelled from the country and will not be allowed to enter the concession again;
"For intelligence personnel from other countries, they are ordered to register with the Investigation Department and are temporarily allowed to stay in the concession. However, if they are found to have acted in a manner that endangers the concession and the interests of the United States, they will be severely punished!"

"Understood, boss!" Wang Renqiang got the accurate principle and felt confident in his heart. He agreed, but still added: "Also, the people over there in Yan'an..."

"Let's deal with it the same way!" Li Junhao said, "Let everyone go, record it separately in a secret file, and hand it over to me for safekeeping... Well, they will not endanger the security of the concession."

"Understood." Wang Renqiang accepted the order, got up and left to go about his business.

Later, Li Junhao received many calls from the military attache at the consulate, all talking about the arrested agents, so he explained his decision. Whether the other party agreed or disagreed, they would do it.

Military attaches from various countries have expressed their acceptance of this. Who said that spies are not protected?If you don't get caught, it doesn't matter what you do. If you get caught, consider yourself unlucky!From this perspective, this processing result is already the lightest.

As for the military attachés of Germany, Italy, and Hungary, they were speechless. Although the three countries did not declare war on the United States, they were at war with Britain and France, and the concessions also had a share of Britain and France, so they were expelled. They had nothing to say.

After Japan received this treatment method from the concession, it asked its spies to be treated according to the treatment of Axis members, but was once again rejected by the concession party.The Japanese side refused to give up and would protest to the Ministry of Industry and Industry Bureau almost every other day, which annoyed the staff on both sides and made it a routine matter for both sides...
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On Friday, January 1, Li Junhao was working at the headquarters when he suddenly received a notice and was summoned to the consulate.

When he entered the conference room, Consul General Ayers and Political Counselor Sheehan were chatting with British Consul General Lord Turner Wesley and Military Attaché Captain Henry Derrent.

After some exchanges, Li Junhao realized what the British meant: They would evacuate the 1700 British troops stationed in the concession from Shanghai and return home at the end of this month!
At this time, he has begun to form more troops. The Self-Defense Corps and the Militia Joint Defense Team are stepping up their advancement. In fact, he doesn't care much about these small numbers of British troops. However, if the British troops are just like this He patted his butt and left, he felt they were a bit too cheap!
After a "friendly exchange", Lord Wesley and Colonel Delente agreed that when the British troops evacuated, except for the self-defense pistols of the officers, all the weapons and equipment in their possession and inventory would be left behind. The U.S. Army Joint Command... After seeing off the unhappy Lord, Ayers smiled and tapped him with his finger before leaving; Sheen couldn't help but laugh, patted his shoulder with a smile, and raised his eyebrows. Thumbs up.

Li Junhao also smiled. In fact, he knew that British nobles like Lord Wesley did not value those weapons and equipment, but they just felt a bit embarrassed.For himself, although these weapons and equipment were worth some money, they were not worth his troubles. He just couldn't stand the airs and pretentiousness of these British people, and deliberately made them angry.

Of course, all these weapons and equipment are useful after being received. The British 75 rifle, Bren light machine gun, and imitation [-]mm "Miss France" infantry cannon are all good weapons nowadays, as well as clothing, ammunition, vehicles, fuel, etc. Don't want it for nothing.
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In two days at the end of the month, most of the British troops stationed in Shanghai and some expatriates left Shanghai in two groups on two passenger ships to return home. For them, it was impossible for them to return before the end of this world war. This Far Eastern city.

Li Junhao asked the Fourth Marine and Land Regiments to take over the weapons and equipment and stations left by the British army. After a simple inventory, there were more than 400 rifles, more than [-] light machine guns, nearly [-] heavy machine guns, more than [-] infantry guns, There are more than [-] light armored vehicles, more than [-] military trucks, and a considerable amount of ammunition supplies, enough to equip several standard infantry regiments.

To be honest, this amount was a bit beyond his expectation.

After consideration, he decided to use this batch of weapons to equip the Self-Defense Corps, which was also in line with its positioning as a second-line force.Of course the quantity is not enough, but if he makes up for it, it will save him a lot of money.
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For expatriates from other countries in the concession, the evacuation of the British troops and some expatriates represented a bad signal, and many people began to think more about it.

In the next few days, more expats began to leave. Many of them had the vision, money and means to choose the right destination - North America. However, most people did not understand the situation and wanted to go back to Europe. , which made Li Junhao speechless, but it was none of his business and there was nothing he could say.

One of his important tasks at the moment is to review the information on detainees in various prisons in the French Concession handed over by the Investigation Department. With previous experience, the Investigation Department has done a familiar job and classified the information so that he can understand it at a glance.

Compared with the situation in the original public concession, the situation in the French Concession is more serious, with more political prisoners being detained. However, there are not many members of the underground party, but there are many red personnel with international backgrounds, including people of all nationalities. There are all of them, some are even French!

The handling of these people made Li Junhao difficult. These people are different from the underground party. China is currently in the midst of the War of Resistance. The underground party is one of the most important anti-Japanese forces. He has sufficient excuses to release them. " Bring it back to the anti-fascist frontline” is enough to shut up the rest!
There are quite a lot of foreigners in custody. If he decides to release them without authorization, he may be labeled as a sympathizer of the Red International and sued to the country. This is no small matter.

(End of this chapter)