Shadow Spy

Chapter 277 Promoted to Deputy Consul General

The Japanese meetings during this period were very unique!

If a superior person with a much higher position than others presides over the meeting, it will basically be a one-word speech; but if it is a group of people with equal status and no affiliation, then during the meeting, either one will ignore the other, or else they will It's impossible to reach a consensus in a quarrel, and it's the same this time.

Consul General Miura and Lieutenant General Haruta, who were requested by Mitsubishi Gas Corporation's Ogiaki Tsering, could not come up with a good solution. Others were watching the fun and neither wanted to intervene nor could intervene. This was embarrassing.

Next is the complaint from Hongji Shantang Li Ming, asking the government and the military to help him obtain goods and people...

Everyone here used to despise Ogichu Tsering for his despicable business methods, but now they despise this fake Chinese Satomifu at all - this person is doing the dirtiest business, His character is extremely dirty, he is greedy, and he only flatters the plutocrats behind him. He has no benefit to the military, so why should he help him? (Well, the last reason is actually the most important.)
Hearing this, the Ume Agency Yingzuo Zhenzhao, who was currently busy with work, became impatient and stood up directly: "Excuse me, the agency is busy with affairs. I have to resign first. Please inform me after the meeting has the results." After that, , bowed to everyone, and went out.Although there were the Consul General and several generals present, he was confident. The Mei Agency he was responsible for was jointly established by various forces in the military and was directly under the General Staff Headquarters. There was no need to look at the faces of other departments or other people.

Several other army officers watched Yingzuo Zhenzhao leave with some envy, and also wanted to do so, but they had some scruples and had to give face to the Consulate General and Xingyayuan, so they could only continue to stay. Of course, they were not in a good mood. good.In order to express their dissatisfaction, several people started to talk small talk.

Colonel Takeo Imai, Section Chief of the Second Section (Intelligence Section) of the Central China Expeditionary Army Headquarters, and Colonel Yoshitaro Kawamoto, the Special Agent Director of the No. 13 Army Headquarters. The two have related positions and have a good relationship. Naturally, they chatted together, mainly about The Thirteenth Army is planning and preparing a new round of attack on Changsha. Intelligence must come first. They are actually very busy now.

Major General Saburo Miura, Commander of the Military Police Stationed in Shanghai, and Major General Masami Maeda, Chief of the Army Ministry's Secret Service Stationed in Shanghai, are responsible for the security issues in the Shanghai-occupied area. Anti-Japanese forces in the Japanese war zone are currently active, and their work is under great pressure. , how can you care about the affairs of profiteers in the concession!

The meeting lasted for most of the afternoon, but nothing came up. The normal outcome of the meeting was maintained, which can be regarded as maintaining tradition.
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On Tuesday, February 2, the Shanghai-Shanghai U.S. Joint Command issued a "Concession Armed Forces Military Operations No. 20 Plan", drafted by Chief of Staff Yang Shixiong and signed by Commander Pan Sen.

The No. [-] plan stipulates the response measures and areas of responsibility that the garrison, police, civilian army, militia and other armed forces should take when the concession is attacked by force.Of course, this plan is confidential and is only communicated to the main commanders of each department. Middle- and lower-level officers and ordinary soldiers only conduct corresponding training according to the requirements of their superiors.

The provocation of the Japanese army the day before aroused the vigilance of all parties in the concession. The threat of the Japanese army always existed. In order to protect the security of the concession, all parties and all walks of life began to pay attention to arms construction; in particular, the People's Self-Defense Corps, which received donations from external parties, received a large number of The sudden donation saved Li Junhao a lot of private subsidies.

In addition, according to the regulations of the Concession Industry Bureau, major trade unions, chambers of commerce, guilds, enterprises, and even lanes and neighborhoods can apply to form militia joint defense teams, which will be provided with training, assistance, guidance and command by the US military units and police training centers in Shanghai. , but its weapons and equipment require payment, and the prices vary depending on the level of advancedness.Although this situation made it difficult to unify the weapons and equipment of the various joint defense teams, it effectively utilized the various weapons in the official inventory of the concession and reduced waste.

Faced with such large-scale armed forces in the concession, Japan raised questions, believing that the current armed forces in the concession completely exceeded the level of self-defense and should be corrected.

In response to this, at a press conference held by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce Bureau, Colonel Pan Sen, Director of Military Affairs and Police, responded: This is where it is!In order to protect the security of the concession and maintain the safety of citizens, the ultimate goal of the concession management is to mobilize all the people as soldiers!

The next day, after the reports in major newspapers and periodicals, the citizens of the Shanghai Concession were in jubilation. This Chief Pan Sen was so domineering!
Following the advice of Chief of Staff Yang Shixiong, Li Junhao began to make conscious public appearances to build his personal image and prepare in advance for greater goals in the future.
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On February 2, at the morning meeting of the Consulate General on Monday, Consul General Ayres announced that he would resign and return to China next week, along with Commercial Counselor Stephen Thain;

Political Counselor Justin Sheehan will serve as Acting Consul General, Military Attaché Panson will concurrently serve as Deputy Consul General, and First Secretary of the Commercial Section Shizi Hempry will be promoted to Commercial Counselor.

This series of changes shocked everyone in the consulate, but except for Thain, who looked gloomy, everyone else had been promoted, which was good news.

According to previous rumors, Mr. Nelson Ayers will serve as Deputy Secretary of State after returning to China and preside over foreign affairs in the Far East, Oceania, and Pacific regions. This is a new level of personal career development.Ayers did not deny this, but accepted everyone's congratulations with a smile, which made the matter settled!
After the meeting, Ayers left Sheen, Li Junhao and Hanprey behind and told them about the handover...

However, for Li Junhao, his promotion to deputy consul general this time was actually responsible for the military and police affairs in the concession. However, with this position, his actual status has moved up a level.It can even be said that Sheen, the acting consul general, is simply not as good as him in managing the internal affairs of the concession.

Sheen himself knew this. What he pursued was the improvement of his political status. As for managing the concession, it would be best to have the sensible Pan Sen in charge.His current career plan is to become a regular agent as soon as possible, and then find an opportunity to serve as an ambassador to a certain country. The affairs in Shanghai are no longer attractive to him!

For Hanprey, this was a complete surprise. She had never thought that she would be promoted in a short time.She felt that she might have benefited from Pan Sen this time - Thain had tried to suppress Pan Sen several times before, and even wanted to steal his work results. This should have caused some annoyance in some quarters. This time there was an opportunity. Just take it down!Judging from the look on Thain's face, there won't be a position for him after he returns to China!This made her very emotional.

(End of this chapter)