The Bourne Counterattack

Chapter 562 Postscript ()

At the end of 1940, the Municipal Council's board of directors was re-elected.

Cheng Mo was elected as the new Chinese director, but the practice of Chinese directors also serving as senior officials of the Municipal Police Department has not yet been established, so this is not important.

Because it was not sent correctly.

Cheng Mo gained support from Gu Zhushan, the King of Jiangbei of the Green Gang, and Gao Xinbao, one of the Little Eight-part Scholars.

The Chinese director of the Municipal Council was appointed Assistant Commissioner of Police.

The combination of these two identities basically established Cheng Mo's status in the International Settlement and even the French Concession as no less than any of the three tycoons.

And it’s even worse than before.

Except for Huang Jinrong, all the other Green Gang bosses expressed their opinions, and Cheng Mo's status was second only to Du Yuesheng.

Huang Jinrong did not dare to object because the Japanese all supported Cheng Mo.

If Cheng Mo had not been an official in the concession, he might have been elected as an alternate member of the Wang Puppet Government.

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"Why didn't you listen to my warning? Wasn't my intelligence accurate enough?"

"Comrade Cheng Mo, calm down. I am also saddened by the sacrifice of so many soldiers, but there are some things that are not something you and I can decide..."

"But even if I had made a little preparation in advance, it wouldn't have turned out like this, right?" Cheng Mo felt that his efforts had failed this time, and it was a big blow to him psychologically.

Because he tried to change a certain fixed trajectory, but this was history, and his personal power was too small to shake it all.

Of course, this was not his fault, but he wanted to change everything so that more seeds could survive.

"In fact, your reminder did work. Most of our comrades have broken out in different places, and the troops will be rebuilt. Don't worry, our troops will be reborn after experiencing such a life-and-death ordeal." Wen Qiu was also heartbroken, but what could he do? It had already happened, and it was a fact that no one could change.

"I don't want the isolated army camp anymore. Give them all to them. The army needs seeds to rebuild."

"Aren't you going to keep these people for your own use?"

"If I keep them, I'm afraid the Japanese will become suspicious and arrange for them to bring their teams to join us in subsequent battles. This is their best destination. They are soldiers and should be on the battlefield." Cheng Mo said.

"Then what will you do next? Your subordinates, the Qing Gang and the Military Control Commission, occupy most of the power?" Wen Qiu said.

"As long as I am still sitting in this position, nothing can happen. Brother, don't worry." Cheng Mo left Wen Qiu's house with a trace of loneliness.

Although the Spring Festival in 1941 was still a year of family reunion, two new lives were added to the family, making it seem even more lively.

But in Shanghai, the New Year atmosphere is becoming more and more depressing.

Chiyoko could no longer hide her pregnancy, and since she didn't care about other people's eyes, she just moved in openly.

She even became good sisters with Su Moer, the kind that could talk about anything.

Cheng Mo still sleeps alone, one of them needs to feed the baby, the other one has a big belly. He has been a monk for more than half a year.

He devoted all his energy to his work.

The Wang Puppet Central Savings Bank wanted to promote the Central Savings Bank, but the Chinese banks in the concession collectively resisted this shameless act of plundering wealth.

A bloody conflict broke out between the two sides.

The financial chaos caused great social turmoil, and some people tried to profit from it, causing the market to become a mess.

Taking this opportunity, Cheng Mo joined forces with some national capitalists in the concession and bigwigs in the insurance and financial industries to invest and establish an industrial bank.

With this bank as the parent company, it invested in the Central Reserve Bank of the Wang Puppet Regime and then started negotiations with the Chongqing banks in the concession.

The promotion of the Central Bank Notes in the concessions was entrusted to the United Industrial Bank, and Chongqing-affiliated banks were not allowed to maliciously sabotage or obstruct it. The Central Bank-affiliated banks withdrew from the operations in the International Settlement and the French Concession.

This was considered a relatively independent kingdom.

This agreement could not last long, but at least it maintained the financial and price stability of the concession, and the people suffered less trouble and pain.

Of course, the United Bank also became the largest bank in the concession and even in Shanghai, but that is a story for another time.

In this joint bank, Cheng Mo only served as a director and initiator. The chairman was the Jiangbei tycoon Gu Zhushan, and the assistants were appointed by the Wang Puppet Bank. At the same time, Japanese were hired as consultants to ensure the interests of everyone and achieve a balance.

The situation in Europe is becoming increasingly dangerous.

Japan staged a special performance in Manchukuo. It was not known whether it was a deliberate smokescreen to cooperate with the Germans in attacking the Soviet Union, or whether they were thinking of turning the fake into reality when the time came.

But all the intelligence showed that Japan had placed all its treasures in the south, where the strategic materials it needed, such as rubber, steel, and oil, were found.

In the north, even if Siberia is conquered, no matter how many minerals are buried there, they cannot be mined in a short time and become war resources.

Also, Japan has such a powerful navy, but let the army make all the achievements, and the navy has long been furious.

Therefore, the navy will definitely play the leading role next.

In April of the following year, Chiyo gave birth to a baby girl for Cheng Mo. Cheng Mo named her Cheng Qianqian, and Chiyo gave the child a Japanese name, Morita Kazuko.

It should be the hope that China and Japan can stop the war as soon as possible and achieve permanent peace.

Cheng Mo, Chiyoko, and their daughter took a family photo and sent it to Japan along with a family letter.

After Hideo Morita returned to China, he was in poor health and Chiyo was pregnant, so he could not leave his child and go back to Japan.

We hope that Hideo Morita, now a grandfather, will be happy when he sees the photo of his granddaughter and that his condition will improve.

June.

Cheng Mo received secret instructions to import and stockpile as much medicine as possible from the United States.

Cheng Mo knew that Japan was preparing to take action against the Americans, and they were also increasing their imports of scrap steel.

This is clearly preparation for war.

Cheng Mo directly arranged for his sister Cheng Hua to go to the United States. In addition to purchasing a large amount of strategic materials, the most important thing was to get the formula or production process of penicillin.

Of course, if possible, it would be best to bring a few technicians back to the country.

In June, Germany launched a war into Soviet Russia. Even though the Soviet army had received intelligence in advance, it was still caught off guard and was defeated.

The wheel of history seems to be pushed forward by a big hand, and its direction will not change according to human's objective will.

The war has completely entered a new stage.

The Soviet Union was dragged down to the battlefield by Germany. From the perspective of the world's anti-fascism, this change was beneficial.

Especially on the Eastern Front, the Chinese military and civilians gained a rare respite, because the Japanese were also stimulated by Germany's ambitions and were about to take action against Southeast Asia and even the Americans.

The United States is now the world's largest economy and is far away from war. It is obviously not wise to drag such a country into war.

However, if the Japanese want to seek a breakthrough in East Asia, it seems that they can only choose such an opponent.

If the Americans could be frightened and scared, Japan would have five to ten years of breathing time to digest and absorb the huge industrial resources of Southeast Asia, and it might not be impossible for Japan to share the world with the Germans.

The Japanese wanted to make a small investment to gain a big return and take another strategic risk.

But this time it was destined to fail.

(End of this chapter)