The spy career of a surgeon

Chapter 184 Enclosure

This statement sounds very bold to Japanese ears.

It’s not that I haven’t thought about it, it’s that I can’t do it.

A staff officer asked: "Tojo-kun came to Shanghai not long ago, so you may not know much about it. Shanghai is known as the largest city in the Far East, and the prosperity of the concession is not much different from that of London and Paris.

There are many interests involved here, including the British, French, Americans, Portuguese, and even Indians. The amount of funds in the concession not only made Shanghai the largest city, but also the largest financial center in the Far East.

If you want to drive the British and Americans out of the rental industry, there is absolutely no way to do this.

We are currently fighting against the Soviet Union, and the two domestic factions have not yet made a complete determination on whether to start a war in China. We must not provoke the British and Americans, otherwise the military will not let us go. "

"So I said that the Hongkou area will be under total martial law."

Tojo Akio's smiling expression and unhurried attitude were clearly prepared.

"I know it will be difficult to drive the British and Americans out of the rental housing estates, so this plan will be implemented in three phases."

"In the first stage, we take the Hongkou area."

Tojo Akio left his seat and headed towards the large map of the public concession hanging on the wall.

He pointed to the left third of the concession, where a river came in from the Huangpu River, passed through the concession, and then exited the concession to Zhabei District. Then he moved his finger to the right, and there was another river running through the concession. .

"This is the Suzhou River, and this is the Hongkou River. Above is the Shanghai North Railway Station, and below is the Huangpu River. The four locations are connected in a circle. This is the center of Hongkou. It is this center that I want to control."

"Hongkou has always been a gathering place for our nationals, mostly Japanese. Now we are just building on this foundation to further gather our Japanese. The change is not big. As long as we want to do this, we can definitely accomplish it. "

"And you see, the land I actually want is not much. Compared with the entire concession, this land is only one-eighth the size of the entire public concession. Can't we Japan take one-eighth of the concession?"

The geographical location of the place delineated by Tojo Akio is indeed very good, so that all staff including Zhou Qinghe are familiar with this area.

To put it simply, the map of the public concession is simplified into a rectangle. This area is between three-eighths and four-eighths of the rectangle, which can be said to be the middle part.

And because of the existence of Shanghai North Railway Station, it is difficult to live without it being prosperous.

"Once we take this place, we will control all the eight bridges on the Suzhou River on the left, and we can also control all the seven bridges on the Hongkou River on the right. Then the entire area I have delineated will be under full control of us Japanese. .”

"Don't talk about control first. The vision is very good, but how can the British and Americans get it done?"

How can a desk of military staff be better than a half-assed person who doesn't know the importance of this place?

The problem is the method. Everyone knows that cake is delicious, but what’s the use if you can’t eat it.

"I've already thought of a way." Akio Tojo chuckled, "That's chaos."

"confusion?"

"Yes, as we all know, more and more Chinese are coming to the concession from China. The concession is only a small area. The place is getting more and more crowded and there is not enough accommodation, so fights occur frequently.

Then I'll let him happen a little more. "

"Aren't the British and Americans unwilling? Let's just let the ronin, the people from China, keep causing trouble, fighting, pooping and peeing, it doesn't matter. I know the location here is so good, the British and Americans will definitely not be willing to move their companies away from Hongkou.

But what if someone poops in front of your shop every day? Are there people making trouble every day? "

"Will you be caught by the patrol?" the staff officer asked.

"Arrest?" Tojo Akio sneered and looked at the staff member who asked the question: "Then let him arrest him. He can arrest ten people making trouble, he can also arrest a hundred people making trouble, but what about a thousand people? Does he have that many police forces? ? Is he still doing security work in the concession area?"

"Do you want to fill up his patrol room at full capacity? And then ask the British and American upper-level officials in the concession to contact our consulate and ask us to discipline our own citizens?" the staff officer reacted quickly.

"Yes." Tojo Akio smiled arrogantly: "You said that the British and Americans can't control it and come to discuss it with us, so we can complain?

We apologize, it's because we didn't take care of it properly.

But with so many Japanese coming, they have no place to live, the rent is expensive, and of course they have bad tempers. What can we do? If they want to cause trouble, we don’t have the power to enforce the law, so we can’t control it, right? "

"As long as the matter reaches the stage of discussion, we can ask for law enforcement rights in the Hongkou area.

We only say that the law enforcement power is to discipline the Chinese people. We don't need to tell the British and Americans that it is to expel the Chinese.

Our promise is to manage all the Japanese and gather all the Japanese in the Hongkou area. As for the Anglo-American Chamber of Commerce that was lost in this incident, we can exchange the Japanese Chamber of Commerce's territory on the right side of the Hongkou River to him and give him some money. compensate.

Once the Anglo-American Chamber of Commerce is exchanged, most of the people living and doing trade in the Hongkou area will become Japanese.

Then the entire Hongkou area will fall into our hands. "

While apologizing sincerely, he allowed people to continue causing trouble. Officially, he respected the law enforcement rights of the British and Americans and ensured that there would be no official conflicts. However, he condoned it in private. The staff members understood this somewhat.

"And as long as the Hongkou area completely falls into our hands, things will be simple."

Tojo Akio laughed sarcastically: "If the Chinese dare not leave if they close the door and beat the dogs, we have the power to enforce the law. We can arrest them wherever we want. We can beat them to death without anyone knowing."

"This doesn't need to be so troublesome. We just need to stop our Chinese people from buying Chinese things or raise rents. Ordinary Chinese people don't need to provoke them."

Some staff members have already recognized Tojo Akio's method and started to make suggestions.

"Some of them have backgrounds, and if they kill Chinese people and report them, it will be easy for the British and Americans to get away with it. After all, when we asked for law enforcement power, we were only talking about disciplining our own people."

"It's all small things anyway."

Tojo Akio was recognized and his attitude became more superior.

“In this way, our people will be gathered together, and the next step is to completely clear out the Chinese. After the Chinese leave, the place will be freed up.

Once it solves the problem of having no place to live and provides accommodation to the citizens, it will definitely gain their support.

Secondly, there are definitely many Chinese spies hiding among the foreigners living in Hongkou.

Like the agent who attacked Commander Fujita last time.

If there is no place for the Chinese to survive and all the transportation arteries are in our hands, will we still be unable to catch a Chinese agent who has sneaked in?

Now we don't need to distinguish them, we can directly drive them away. This is a complete victory in the intelligence war.

With a simple move, China's intelligence agency hidden in Hongkou was destroyed. "

"Do you think this method is feasible?"

A group of staff members discussed it for a while, not saying whether the result would be so perfect, but this matter was at least worth a try.

Not only do the Chinese retreat all, but even if they only retreat most of them, the probability of being suspicious of the remaining ones who are disrupted and refuse to retreat is greatly increased, and they can be followed to determine whether they are spies.

"But where are we going to get all these people? A lot of people are going to be caught in the beginning."

"I'll fix it."

Tojo Akio took the opportunity to come up with his own plan: "In order to deal with the dissatisfaction of the Chinese, I, Major Hirata, have formulated corresponding plans.

We are planning to expand the gendarmerie to 3000 people. As long as we pay them and ask them to cooperate, wouldn't it be easy?

It doesn't matter if you are arrested. Anyway, after negotiation, the person will definitely be released. As for why they stopped causing trouble later, the reason we gave the British and Americans was that after we incorporated them, they had accommodation and jobs, so of course they would not cause trouble again, which is very reasonable.

And our expansion just meets the work needs of a large number of Chinese people coming to Shanghai, which solves another problem. "

"3000 people? Where does the money come from?"

"I will be responsible for the funding. To put it bluntly, Manchuria will provide funding for half a year. We will decide later depending on the situation. The initial 100,000 yen has been received and we can start recruiting people at any time."

The staff officer who asked the question had no objection and entered with money. This is the financial owner.

It seemed that this idea was actually a good one, and all aspects had been taken into consideration, so all the staff members began to nod in agreement.

Zhou Qinghe also had to admit that if he were Japanese, this would be a really good idea, simple and efficient in intelligence warfare.

For example, some of the nails he just buried in Hongkou will be pulled out in large numbers.

However, this kind of logic is obviously not what Tojo Akio came up with. The general direction should be based on what Tojo Hideji did in Manchuria. The details were thought up by Hirata Akihi.

It's not easy for this woman to come up with such a desperate plan after just one night.

"Then what are you going to do next? Phase two?" the staff officer asked.

"When the time comes, we will naturally expand outwards. Don't be in a hurry. We will complete the first phase first." Tojo Akio replied.

Several staff officers nodded.

"If we can occupy the main transportation thoroughfares, we can indeed try, but there is still a problem. It may not be possible to completely ban Chinese people from entering and exiting.

Food and clothing must come from outside the concession and require Chinese transportation.

And if Chinese people are prohibited from entering around the clock, the Chinese government will not agree to our doing so. There was no such clause in the legal agreement of the concession at that time. "

"Then all Chinese entering and exiting Hongkou must be registered at different times! Explain the reason for coming to Hongkou, and then our gendarmerie will control all entry and exit points, search suspicious persons, and directly deny entry to those who do not allow searching.

In addition, a large number of patrols were dispatched to fully replace British and American patrols, and secondary inspections of Chinese people could be carried out on the road.

Even if we take a step back, we have 3000 gendarmerie troops who can follow and monitor any suspicious person who enters the concession, and we are not afraid of him causing trouble.

At night, we implement a curfew for Chinese people. As long as it exceeds a certain time point, such as ten o'clock in the evening, we will directly arrest them and punish them as criminals to ensure that they do not dare to stay in the concession.

In other words, you can stay during the day and do some work, but you will definitely not be allowed to live there. "

Tojo Akio's answer satisfied the staff present, although anyone with a discerning eye knew that this method was most likely thought up by the woman next to him.

But it's really good.

We are already discussing it privately, and the doubts are gone anyway.

"Everyone, after we implement the specific regulations, we can change them in time according to the specific situation we face. The key is to take action first and completely seal Hongkou as soon as possible. Only then can we exterminate the Chinese in the intelligence war." Hirata Akihi for the first time Open your mouth.

"Ah."

"Makes sense."

The Japanese nodded one after another and looked at the woman with different eyes. She was indeed capable.

"I agree."

"I agree."

The staff made their position clear.

Zhou Qinghe didn't nod, and Tojo Akio smiled, "What? Mr. Fujita, do you think this idea is not good enough?"

Zhou Qinghe shook his head: "That's not true. I think this idea is indeed a good one, but there is a problem that I haven't figured out yet."

"explain."

"You said the gendarmerie, then who is in charge of the 3000 people you recruited? You didn't need to notify me in advance before making this plan?"

"Did I say gendarmerie?"

Akio Tojo pretended to be confused, looked at the others, and then smiled at Zhou Qinghe: "Then don't call it the military police, call it a large army or a small army, it doesn't matter. Anyway, they are not your people, Mr. Fujita.

Mr. Fujita, your people are the 327 people. By the way, I'm afraid you won't have enough of the 73 people, so I'll give you 400. I have 3000 people here, so I shouldn't be short of the 73. I'll be generous. "

Zhou Qinghe nodded slightly: "Since it is not called the Military Police, it is not under my control.

But Captain Tojo explained to me, is it the job of the military police to patrol the concession and maintain law and order, or is it the job of your army? "

"In the past, it was under the control of the gendarmerie. In the future, it can also be under the control of the military police. I have a lot of people."

"So you want to seize power?"

"I didn't say that."

Tojo Akio smiled happily.

Zhou Qinghe looked at Taro Iwasa: "Commander, what do you think of this matter? If you come to me to make me angry, then it's simple. I will not do the work of the military police. I will give it to Captain Tojo directly." Yes, I was too lazy to come.

If word of this spreads, the work of the gendarmerie will be taken out of my hands. Once this news is revealed, some navy or even militia group may become the home of the gendarmerie in the future.

Whichever of you likes to set this precedent, if you pass it back to the headquarters, the Military Police Headquarters will probably praise the Shanghai Military Police Headquarters for its great ability and help them reduce a lot of work. Just wait for the commendation. "

Taro Iwasa was really annoyed by Fujita and Kiyoshi's habit of going on strike whenever they disagreed.

But Kazuki Fujita was right.

So he said directly to Tojo Akio:

"There is no such thing as a garrison in the gendarmerie headquarters. They are either members of the gendarmerie or pure soldiers. Each position has its own responsibilities and cannot be crossed. If you want to recruit people, you can do it, but it must be done in the name of the gendarmerie. "

"Why?" Tojo Akio exploded. Isn't this a wedding dress for Zhou Qinghe?

He spent money to find 3000 people, but he still had to listen to Zhou Qinghe?

"Captain Tojo, you have to make your position clear. You are a member of the military police. This is the military police headquarters, not the military police headquarters! This is the only way to do this!"

"No!" Tojo Akio instantly became disgusted: "I must lead these people myself."

"I'm not negotiating with you, but it has to be this way." Iwasa Taro said solemnly.

A group of staff officers looked at Tojo Akio with a look of care for a fool, but they didn't even understand what the problem was.

Although some of them only reacted after Fujita Kazuki reminded them, this does not prevent them from looking at fools now. After all, fools react much slower than them.

Tojo Akio took a breath and wanted to say something. At this time, Hirata Akihi next to him bumped his arm and coughed lightly.

Tojo Akio glanced at her, then sat down angrily and sulked.

(End of this chapter)