Spy Shadow

"It's not your fault, you couldn't save people."

Komori comforted him by saying that after getting in touch with Furumura Aki, he liked this person very much. Furumura Aki had a warm heart, especially their true friendship, which made Komori very envious.

"Kumori-kun, thank you."

Furumura Qiu retracted his mind. If it weren't for Gusen's blessing, he wouldn't be able to stay in the city.

Now he is also in danger. After all, Gu Sen is the manager of the trading company, and Ishihara Trading Co. cannot influence Tianjin's intelligence department.

Tianjin Super High School is not a bunch of rubbish.

"You're welcome, it's not very safe here. I've already got a house for you in a warehouse of Shiyuan Trading Company. You can move there later. People from the extra-high school don't dare to check."

Komori whispered that the safety of Furumura Akira was very important. Tianjin is not Shanghai, but there are members of the literary society here, and ordinary people dare not touch Ishihara Trading Company.

"good."

Furumura Akira was not pretentious. In his heart, Komura was still his comrade-in-arms and someone he could trust.

With Gusen's help, he can carry out his work better.

After coming to Tianjin, Furumura Aki found that the anti-war sentiment within the army had increased a lot. He could win over more people and select like-minded comrades from among them.

There is also Goosen, who has a very rough experience, has sympathy for the poor, and can become a true comrade-in-arms and comrade in the future.

Chu Lingyun didn't know anything about Tianjin, and he didn't place surveillance personnel around Gu Sen.

The weather in Shanghai is slowly getting hotter. It’s cool in the morning but extremely hot at noon.

No matter what kind of weather it is, there are always people working hard for a living on the streets.

"Boss, I'm back."

Fang Shiyi returned to Shiyuan Trading Company and immediately came to Chu Lingyun's office. This time, he gave his hometown an 18% commission on the goods.

After Ke Gong returned with the money, Wuhan received a lot of money and immediately increased the number of carriages and expanded transportation capacity.

They had enough money for the goods, and this time they provided nearly twice as much goods as usual.

Lao Chang is very happy. The transportation of so many supplies to his hometown will not only help his hometown solve many difficulties, but also make life easier for the soldiers on the front line.

"How's it going back home now?"

Chu Lingyun raised his head. There were some things he had not asked Mr. Ke. If he had asked him, Mr. Ke would probably have comforted him.

"It's okay for the time being, but the Fruit Party has mobilized its army. It seems that they are preparing to take action."

Fang Shiyi sighed slightly, Chu Lingyun knew about this.

The Japanese army was watching with eager eyes, but the old man ordered General Hu to suppress the Yanzhou army. It was really not a wise move.

Not only the Red Party is protesting, but many intellectuals in the country are also protesting now.

"Don't worry, have faith in our comrades, they can overcome these difficulties."

Chu Lingyun comforted him by saying that he knew the history, but Fang Shiyi did not. In this situation, people with weak will can easily be shaken.

Alchemist Yi doesn't know how, he has great trust in the Red Party.

"I believe we've been in tougher situations before, but now it's nothing."

Fang Shiyi nodded lightly. Back then, walking through snow-capped mountains and crossing grasslands were not much more difficult than they are now.

The Red Party is never afraid of difficulties; they are dedicated to overcoming all kinds of difficulties.

The goods from Yanzhou and Wuhan were delivered, and the comrades in the logistics department were very happy. This batch of goods not only contained food, medicine, but also various necessities in life.

Especially salt, because the Party's blockade made it difficult for them to buy salt. The comrades in Wuhan sent them a lot of salt this time, which solved their urgent need.

Shipping goods is now more difficult than ever.

It is a great blessing that the comrades in Wuhan can send so many goods.

"Distribute these immediately and send the canned food to the hospital. The comrades over there need to supplement their nutrition."

Minister Huang registered the supplies and distributed them immediately.

They will not keep these supplies for too long, and they must be sent to places in need as soon as possible.

There are many wounded people in the hospital. They are currently not short of food, but it is impossible to eat too much. Ordinary people can survive, but the wounded cannot.

They must supplement more nutrients so that they can recover faster and be able to go to the battlefield or return to work earlier.

Various supplies were distributed continuously.

The hospital was very happy to receive the supplies and immediately took out the cans and prepared to improve the meals for the wounded so that they could have a good meal.

"Dean, look at this."

Not long after, Lao Yang from the cafeteria ran to the dean's office, holding two boxes of opened cans in his hand.

This is canned Japanese beef that used to be their favorite.

There is not much beef in Yanzhou. Even if there are cattle, they have to leave farmland, and there are very few people who can be killed for meat.

Japanese canned beef is large in quantity, tastes good, and has a long shelf life. It is their favorite high-end food.

In the past, Ishihara Trading Company would send them a lot of cans of various types every time they shipped goods.

"What's wrong?"

The dean looked down and asked in confusion.

"Try it."

Lao Yang took out a spoon. The dean was puzzled and took a spoonful. As soon as he ate it, his brows knitted together.

He had tasted canned beef before, not much, but at least some of it.

The canned beef in front of me gave me a noodle-like feeling in my mouth. It had no beef flavor at all and was even a little fishy.

"How is this going?"

The dean asked in surprise, and Lao Yang looked very angry: "This is fake, not real beef. There is very little beef in it, it is all starch, and even cow blood is added."

Fake can?

The dean was startled and immediately picked up the package and looked at it carefully.

The packaging is true, just like the previous one, with ugly Japanese characters all over it, but why does the taste of the can inside change so much?

Did the delivery person change the package for them?

"When you opened it, was the packaging in good condition?"

The dean asked immediately, and Lao Yang nodded: "They are all good. This one is unopened. Take a look."

He brought two cans, one opened and one unopened.

"Is it just like this, or are they all like this?"

“We opened five and they were all like this.”

If it weren't for the huge problem with this batch of cans, Lao Yang wouldn't have come over to report to the dean.

"Bring a few more cans and I'll go ask what's going on."

Canned food without beef would not add much nutrition to the wounded. If these cans were fake, he would have to worry about the wounded being spoiled.

The wounded cannot stand the torment.

The dean took Lao Yang to the logistics department. These cans were distributed directly to them by the logistics department. As for the medicines, the logistics department would first hand them over to the health department and then distribute them uniformly.

"Minister Huang, you won't be deceived this time, will you? Why are the cans like this? How can I feed the wounded people with cans like this?" The dean arrived at the logistics department and started questioning.

"Why do you say that? What happened to the can?"

"Try it yourself."

The dean didn't talk nonsense and placed the opened can in front of Minister Huang. Minister Huang was just as confused as he was just now and was stunned after eating.

He immediately picked up the can packaging and looked at it carefully.

"Bring me a box of cans that haven't been sorted out from the warehouse."

Minister Huang ordered that the quantity of canned beef this time was not large. They were short of beef and usually relied on seizures.

Among the foods Wuhan provided them, canned beef was the most popular.

Many places want to order more, and Minister Huang has a headache every time he distributes them.

However, he had never been stingy in the hospital. He knew very well that food for the wounded was very important.

The cans were quickly brought over, and Minister Huang quickly opened two cans.

The contents inside are the same, they taste terrible and have no meaty taste.

"Quickly, go check if there are any problems with other things."

Minister Huang quickly ordered that people from the logistics department immediately conduct random inspections of everything, especially food.

It turned out that only canned beef was problematic, while canned fish and pork were fine.

"I don't know what's going on. Just wait and I'll ask right away."

Minister Huang did not dare to neglect. Although only the cans had problems, these canned beefs were quite valuable, and not all the cans they had received before were eaten by themselves.

There are many people who like this kind of canned beef, and they are not the only ones.

Half of it will be sold for money.

Fortunately, they didn't sell it, otherwise customers would definitely come to their doorstep after eating cans like this.

The trade route was under the jurisdiction of Ke Gong. Minister Huang immediately came to Ke Gong with the cans.

Ke Gong also tasted the can.

After a while, Mr. Ke suddenly laughed.

"Ke Gong, what's wrong with you?"

Minister Huang was startled and asked hurriedly. He was worried that he had been deceived and that Mr. Ke could not accept it.

It's impossible. Mr. Ke has a big heart. Even if there is something wrong with all the goods, let alone some cans, he won't lose his mind and laugh like crazy.

"I'm fine. The little devil won't be able to jump around for long."

Mr. Ke knew the most. The cans were given to them by Chu Lingyun, shipped by Shiyuan Trading Company, escorted by Fang Shiyi, and transported by comrades in Wuhan.

The whole process is trouble-free.

What's more, the packaging of the cans is fine. No one in China can open the cans and package all the cans intact.

Repackaging requires machinery and is beyond the capabilities of ordinary thieves.

Since there is no problem with the source of the cans, it can only mean that there is something wrong with the source factory.

These cans are produced in Japan, and the cans made by them are what they are.

Why is this so, they are so brave, dare to deceive Ishihara Hiroshi?

It’s not that the cannery lost more than it gained by provoking Ishihara Hiroshi’s revenge just for this little money.

What's more, other goods are normal, only canned beef has problems.

Japan is an island country with abundant fish products, so there is no problem with fish.

There is no shortage of pork, but there is not much cattle, so these two types of canned goods are fine.

Excluding these, the real reason is not difficult to guess.

They didn't have enough ingredients and were forced to make cans like this.

Japan's war in the Pacific was not going well and its finances were tight, as evidenced by the continued depreciation of the yen.

Nowadays, Japan and the Fruit Party are evenly matched. They don’t have enough money, so they can only continue to print banknotes and plunder private wealth.

Even the canneries can't get enough raw materials, so you can only imagine what state they've reached.

"Mr. Ke, why do you say that?" Minister Huang was puzzled.

Mr. Ke didn't talk nonsense and told his guess. The more Minister Huang listened, the brighter his eyes became.

"I see, I understand, Mr. Ke, we don't need these cans from now on. It's better to make these cans ourselves."

Minister Huang finally knew what was going on. As expected of Mr. Ke, he could tell so many things from just one can.

When the little devil has a hard time, they are even happier.

"Okay, you go back first."

Mr. Ke smiled and nodded. He did not tell Chu Lingyun about this matter.

Cans are not only available here, nor are they sold only by Ishihara Trading Company, there will definitely be customers who will raise their opinions.

Ishihara Hiroshi will naturally know when the time comes.

After sending Minister Huang away, Mr. Ke continued to handle official duties. He knew who the agents from the Military Operations Division and the War Information Group were, but he didn't know yet about the agents sent by the Intelligence Division.

Mr. Ke asked them to send the monitoring tapes. These tapes are very important and must be transported carefully.

Mr. Ke wants to listen to it himself and see if he can find any important clues.

Especially those people sent by Boss Dai have always been Ke Gong's worry.

In Shanghai, Chu Lingyun already knew about the canned beef.

Boss Dai sent a telegram and the fruit party also got a lot of canned beef. As a result, the customer said that they gave him fake goods, which made him very angry.

Boss Dai attaches great importance to credibility and returned all these canned beef products to them.

Knowing that all canned beef was like this, Chu Lingyun smiled.

What Ke Gong can think of, he can do the same.

It will take more than two years for the war to end. At this time, Japan's supplies will soon be unable to support them, and their lives will be even more difficult in the past two years.

Not only beef, but also grain.

Tian Junliu had no choice but to borrow grain from Ishihara Hiroshi again. Nowadays, most of the grain business in cities along the Yangtze River is controlled by Ishihara Hiroshi.

Chu Lingyun gave him a batch of food. This time it was not all rice, but flour and whole grains.

It is no longer possible for Japanese people to eat white rice all the time.

The war is not about numbers, but about economy and potential.

Even if Germany is not defeated, Japan will not be able to sustain it for long if they don't plant little mushrooms for them.

The longer they hold on, the more people they will die.

Japan must lose.

Chu Lingyun would not let this matter go. What a great opportunity. He immediately sent Ishizaka back to Japan and asked the canneries in Japan to give him an explanation.

He Ishihara Hiroshi is not someone to be bullied.

What he wanted was canned beef, not canned ox blood, at the same price as before. To fool him with a defective product, did Hiroshi Ishihara think he was made of clay?

The cannery is having a huge headache, not just for the cans they give Ishihara Hiroshi, but for all canned beef now.

They didn't have that much beef, and they wanted to cancel the supply of such things, but the military officials disagreed, and they had to have canned beef.

There is no way, what used to be one cow is now used as ten cows, and the quantity of things is still so much, it is strange that the quality of the cans is good.

It was not only Ishihara Trading Company that was held accountable, the military department was also very angry.

The cannery owner had no choice but to complain. He was just following orders, and the money he earned from selling cans was not in his hands.

Now is the war period. Japan has mobilized so many people and industries. Their canneries can only maintain capital, and all the profits are taken away by the people above.

If something goes wrong, the people above him should support him.

The canned food was a trivial matter, and Chu Lingyun didn't care. Without Abe, he would have to run it himself for the next person.

He increased the benefits for the old guys in the base camp, and those in the base camp were very happy.

Without a middleman, they make more money.

Chu Lingyun knew that he would not get the money back for the food he gave to Tian Junliu, so he happened to be a member of the literary club.

The last two division leaders were replaced, and Takemoto did not become the guru leader. He did not know that it would be difficult for him to have the opportunity to be the guru leader in the future.

Once he really gets there, Japan will basically be completely cool, and then he can lead people to surrender.

Time came to June, and Japan was getting more and more unlucky in the Pacific battlefield.

No major war occurred, but the US military continued to advance. At the end of June, the US military landed in the Solomon Islands and New Guinea. Faced with the US military's advance, Japan was helpless.

Coupled with the unfavorable war situation of its allies, many people in Japan hold pessimistic thoughts.

There are also smart people who think of their escape route in advance.

It is not easy to find a way out, especially for those who participated in the war. Once Japan is defeated, they will not escape the fate of being judged no matter where they are.

In the Liaison Department, Hiroshi Mitsui looked sad.

Mr. Saijo is very dissatisfied with his recent work. He has obviously taken control of the Liaison Department and sorted out everything here. The Liaison Department originally handed over very little money to the cabinet, but he handed it over only a few months after he took office. Millions of yen.

These are all his achievements.

As a result, Saijo blamed him for failing to restrain Ishihara Hiroshi, but made no comment on his achievements.

Is Hiroshi Ishihara so easy to restrict?

How could it be possible for him to do what Saijo couldn't do by himself? Moreover, Ishihara Toru now had a noble status and was about to be engaged to the princess, so he was superior to him in terms of status.

After the last incident, other people in Shanghai became more distant from him, and some even stopped communicating with him.

His idea of ​​​​wanting to win over these non-literary people to deal with Ishihara Hiroshi was completely ruined.

I'm not stupid, Saijo can't do anything to Ishihara Toru, but he can do it with just one pony?

They have no conflict with Ishihara Hiroshi and don't want to cause trouble for nothing.

Saijo came with an order, and Hiroshi Mitsui could not do nothing.

You can't start with smuggling, it's taboo, it's the opposite of the literary society. Ishihara Hiroshi, this guy, makes money and gives it to others to help them get promoted and adjust their positions.

Can't you keep a little more money for yourself?

Now the members regard the business of Ishihara Trading Company as their own property, but they clearly have not received a penny from Ishihara Trading Company.

Unable to move the smuggling, Saijo was pressing hard, so Mitsui Hiroshi could only start from other places.

In the end he chose food.

He wanted to restrict Ishihara Hiroshi within the scope of the Liaison Department's authority. He had few options. The only way to suppress Ishihara Hiroshi without causing too much reaction among the members of the literary club was the food business.

The next day, the Liaison Department issued a price limit order, causing countless citizens in Shanghai to rush to cheer.

In response to the high price of food in Shanghai, which has seriously affected people's lives, the Liaison Department has set a food price limit order, especially rice, which must not be sold at too high a price.

This price limit order shocked many people in other cities.

In some other places in Japan, such as Peking, Tianjin and other places, Japan has just raised food prices and restricted low-price sales. As a result, Shanghai has restricted high prices, which is completely contrary to the Japanese government's policy.

People who know the truth understand that the Liaison Department is specifically targeting Ishihara Hiroshi.

"Ishihara-kun, Mitsui is going too far."

Takemoto came to Ishihara Trading Company and shouted angrily. Chu Lingyun smiled and shook his head. Mitsui Hiroshi suddenly took action, but unfortunately it was still a little trick.

Grain makes money, but it is not his main business.

Price limits are better and can benefit more people. By doing this, Mitsui actually helped him.

Chu Lingyun shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter, you send the military police to keep an eye on the Liaison Department."

Takemoto was startled, then asked excitedly: "Ishihara-kun, are we going to attack Mitsui?"

"No rush, it's still early. Didn't he set a price limit? I do as he wishes, but it's my freedom to sell to whomever I want, and he can't interfere."

Mitsui Boss has limited the price, and Chu Lingyun will take advantage of the trend to lower the price.

He couldn't do nothing and continue to let Mitsui jump. This time he had to fight back and hurt Mitsui.

The liaison department has a large number of people, especially the nearly 4,000 guards.

These people also consumed a lot of food by eating, drinking, and defecating.

If you limit my price, I will cut off your supply.

Xintian was notified, and he complied with the price limit order of the Liaison Department and sold grain according to their requirements. From now on, everyone's grain purchases will be limited to thirty kilograms at a time.

All grains are not allowed to be sold to anyone in the Liaison Department, nor are they allowed to be sold to anyone related to them.

To buy grain, you need to get proof of identity, and tell the people buying grain that the supply is limited according to their family situation, and they are not allowed to resell the grain to others.

If you dare to resell it, you will never be able to buy a grain of grain again.

Ishihara Hiroshi's counterattack finally came. After Mitsui Hiroshi learned about it, his eyes were dazed.

If you don’t sell them food, what does Ishihara Toru mean?

If we don’t buy it in Shanghai, won’t they be able to eat it?

"Headquarters chief, Hiroshi Ishihara knows some kid tricks. He thinks that if he doesn't sell us food, we will have to compromise. We can transport food from the country at any time."

Noda said with a smile that he looked down on Ishihara Hiroshi. This method was like children fighting. If one party loses, he says I will never play with you again.

It's of no use to them at all.

"You are right. Notify the country immediately, and they will provide us with food in the future."

Mitsui Hiroshi smiled and nodded, but he always felt something was wrong in his heart. Did Hiroshi Ishihara really think so?

If it is true, Ishihara Hiroshi has nothing to worry about, how could he develop so fast.

Soon, Mitsui Hiroshi got bad news.

Their grain ship arrived slowly, but was detained at the dock, with both people and the ship impounded.

The Marine Police Brigade said their ship had contraband and all the sailors were caught.

Mitsui Hiroshi finally understood that Toru Ishihara was really going to cut off his food this time.

If you don't sell it to them, you will seize the ship so that they can't get food supplements.

They still have some inventory, but it won't last long, and the food must be shipped as soon as possible.

"Send a report to Lord Saijo and ask him to send warships to escort us. Let's see who dares to stop us."

Mitsui Boss did not continue to use commercial ships to transport grain, nor did he purchase it from other cities.

The garrison headquarters controls the city defense. Boats can be impounded, and the cars they go to purchase will also be impounded. Not to mention, the food in surrounding cities is also controlled by Toru Ishihara.

If you want to deliver food, you must use a warship to escort it.

If they send more at one time, they only have a few thousand people, so it's no problem to send them once every six months.

"Goto Takeshi."

In the literary club, Chu Lingyun looked at the person standing in front of him. Goto Takeshi was specially called by him.

"Ishihara-kun."

Goto Yi lowered his head. Chu Lingyun stared at him and said slowly: "In front of the navy, do you dare to bomb the merchant ship they are escorting?"

Goto Yi suddenly raised his head and looked at Ishihara Hiroshi blankly.

Chu Lingyun ordered the Liaison Department's ship to be impounded. Let alone food, they would not be able to transport anything in the future.

Everything else was okay, but there was no food. If he couldn't eat, his 3,800 guards would probably riot soon.

At the foot of the mountain, Miyamoto's team in the city had already made preparations.

The same applies outside the city. As long as something happens inside the city, troops from outside the city will immediately move into the city.

Since Mitsui Bosi gave him the opportunity, Chu Lingyun would not waste such a good reason.

Take this opportunity to completely kill these 3,800 people.

"If you don't dare, I'll let someone else go."

Chu Lingyun said lightly. Goto Yi was startled and immediately nodded: "Ishihara-kun, I dare."

Goto Takeshi has now been promoted to the rank of major general and is the chief of staff of the flying regiment.

He wants to be the commander of the flying regiment. If he disobeys Ishihara Hiroshi's order, let alone the commander, even the chief of staff may not be able to keep it.

He must obey Ishihara Hiroshi's orders.

"Very good. Their ship will arrive the day after tomorrow. The day after tomorrow you will dispatch fighter planes and sink all the merchant ships for me."

All of Mitsui Bosi's actions cannot be hidden from him.

Chu Lingyun knew exactly how many warships and merchant ships they had sent.

There were not many warships, only one destroyer.

Mainly to help them block the water patrol brigade, there are quite a few merchant ships, ten.

This time they transported a large amount of food and supplies to avoid being restricted by Ishihara Hiroshi.

When Toru Ishihara refused to sell them food, Mitsui did not think about humiliating himself.

Ordering a forced conquest is simply not possible. Ishihara Toru has a headquarters behind him and will not give them a chance.

From beginning to end, Mitsui’s only thought was to transport food by himself.

This time there was a warship escort, and the few small gunboats of the water patrol brigade were not enough to see in front of the warship.

"Ishihara-kun, what if the warship counterattacks?" Goto Takeshi asked carefully.

"Are you the kind of person who stands and gets beaten without fighting back?"

Chu Lingyun glared at him, and Goto Yi was startled. This was giving him the authorization. If the warship counterattacks, it will be sunk with the warship.

"Yes, I understand."

As long as Ishihara Hiroshi agrees, the navy should not dare to attack at will. What he bombed was a merchant ship, and this is Shanghai. If the navy takes the initiative, they will be the unlucky ones.

Goto Takeshi left and immediately mobilized aircraft to prepare for combat.

To be on the safe side, Goto Takeshi mobilized a total of twenty-five bombers, plus five fighter jets for escort.

They don't actually need fighter jets, just a destroyer. They don't have carrier-based aircraft, and they're not an aircraft carrier.

So many aircraft actually put pressure on the navy.

The day after tomorrow comes, the wind is warm and the sun is beautiful.

It's nice weather.

On the sea, a fleet was sailing, and ten merchant ships were loaded with grain, meat, canned food, and various daily necessities, including clothes, and even winter coats and quilts.

In order to prevent Ishihara Hiroshi from completely blocking the liaison department, Saijo simply sent them all.

The escorting warship is the Yukikaze.

The people on the Yukikaze were very leisurely. They didn't understand why warships were needed to escort us to Shanghai. Could it be that the American fleet was coming?

This is impossible, even if the most people come are submarines, and submarines are mostly active in the South China Sea and rarely go to waters further north.

It was an easy escort.

The Yukikaze is the auspicious ship of the empire, and there will never be any problems with their escort.

"Set off."

Goto Takeshi ordered that this time he personally piloted the fighter jet and led the team. Faced with any situation, he could respond in time, which was equivalent to on-site command.

Planes took off one by one and came to the sea outside Shanghai to search.

The search is not difficult. Merchant ships have fixed channels. Just search along the channels. There is only one warship escorting this time, named Yukikaze.

To find it is to find the caravan.

At 11 a.m., the searching fighter planes radioed and found the target.

Imperial warships, imperial merchant ships.

Goto Takeshi personally flew up to the sky, looked down, and confirmed the identity of the Yukikaze. The number of merchant ships around it was also correct, ten in total.

The sailors on the Yukikaze saw their own plane and looked at the sky curiously.

What mission are these aircraft performing?

But with the plane here, they feel more at ease and nothing will happen this time.

"Target ten merchant ships, attack them in formation, and be sure to sink them all."

Goto Takeshi issued a combat order, and the pilots who received the order were shocked. They were flying with full bombs today. There were ten merchant ships with weak defenses. There was no problem in sinking them.

But this is an imperial merchant ship, flying the imperial flag, and escorted by imperial warships. Why did they blow it up?

"This is an order, execute it immediately. Anyone who dares to deliberately let the merchant ship go will be dealt with according to military law."

Goto Takeshi ignored the inquiry and issued a tough order.

When the situation reached the level of military law, the pilots had no choice but to form two by two and begin to dive and descend.

Seeing so many imperial planes, the people on the merchant ship stretched out their hands and waved to say hello to their own people.

The people on board the Snow Wind discovered something was wrong.

This posture is clearly a dive attack.

They had been in many battles and knew very well the ways of aircraft combat at sea.

Before they could send a message to inquire, the leading bomber dropped bombs. Two planes dropped six aerial bombs, half of which fell on the merchant ship.

They were flying very low, and the merchant ship did not have any anti-aircraft weapons. With Goto Takeshi's death order, no one dared to really let go of the merchant ship.

"Boom boom boom."

The merchant ship exploded instantly, its fragile hull broke into two pieces, and it sank to the bottom of the sea within a short time.

This is just the first ship.

The second and third ships were then concentrated. Looking at the fire ahead, the people on the Yukikaze were completely stunned.

Imperial planes attacking their own merchant ships?

why is that?

"Captain, what should we do?"

The first mate looked at the captain. Their mission was to escort the merchant ship. Now that the merchant ship was under attack, they should fight back.

But it was not the enemy who attacked the merchant ship, but his own people. No one knew what to do, including the captain.

The captain was completely stunned. What he saw in front of him exceeded his imagination.

Are they going to fight back and shoot down Imperial planes?

No, if they fight back, it will be tantamount to starting a war. They are attacking the merchant ships, not themselves.

"Ask them immediately why they did it."

The captain yelled angrily, and one person carefully reminded: "Captain, could they be Chinese fakes?"

The captain immediately turned around and cursed fiercely: "Trash, does China have an aircraft like ours? If it is a fake, why are they bombing merchant ships? The target will be us."

It's not fake, these are thirty planes, and this is outside Shanghai.

If the Chinese had seized so many of their complete aircraft, they would have known about it long ago.

There must be some misunderstanding here, and he needs to ask.

"Send a report to the country and tell them that the merchant ship has been attacked by army aircraft."

The captain didn't ask if he wanted to fight back. Twenty planes took action, and ten more were on standby in the air.

If he did it, he wouldn't be able to eat so many planes.

No matter how auspicious the ship is, it cannot withstand a group attack.

The people on the merchant ship were unlucky. They never dreamed that their own plane would attack them. They were fine when they set off, but they couldn't return.

Ten ordinary merchant ships were quickly sunk.

Seeing that the Yukikaze did not take action, Goto Takeshi breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the ten merchant ships disappearing from the sea, and quickly ordered to return.

The Yukikaze rushed to salvage the surviving crew members.

The sailors are very depressed, why do they always do salvage and rescue work? They are warships, not rescue ships.

In the cabinet, Saijo was stunned for a moment after receiving the report.

The caravan delivering supplies to the Liaison Department was attacked by the air force and was sunk. The Yukikaze that was escorting it was intact.

The air force launched an attack on merchant ships without moving the escorting warships.

Damn Ishihara Hiroshi, he was so brave, he actually attacked the imperial fleet. Did he want to rebel?

Saijo yelled angrily, but he didn't think about it. Wasn't he just as courageous when he assassinated Hiroshi Ishihara before?

"Sir, the Liaison Department is in danger."

Sakai carefully reminded that Toru Ishihara was determined to attack the Liaison Department this time, denying them food, seizing the merchant ship, and now he was even more ruthless, directly blowing it up and sinking it.

As long as the Prime Minister does not start a war with Ishihara Hiroshi, no food will be sent there.

"You are right, let them immediately find a way to raise food on the spot, and also order North Korea to use other ships to send them food."

Saijo ordered that the liaison department must be preserved, and there was still a regiment of soldiers there.

Sakai was silent.

Raising food on the spot is easier said than done. Ishihara Toru has such strong control over Shanghai that he will not give them a chance once he takes action.

If you even dare to blow up a merchant ship, will you give them a chance to raise food on the spot?

It is even more impossible to transport grain to North Korea. The docks are all under the control of Ishihara Hiroshi and cannot unload cargo at all.

There is no pier unless you use a small boat to transport it to the shore.

But that could not be hidden from the patrols, not to mention that a large amount of food could not be transported into the city.

The Prime Minister's method simply won't work.

Sakai went to deliver the order, but he made no suggestions of his own.

The best way at this time is to surrender and don't let Ishihara Hiroshi continue to block him. He understands his boss's temperament, and letting him surrender to Ishihara Hiroshi will be more uncomfortable than killing him.

"Ishihara-kun, the mission is completed."

After getting off the plane, Goto Takeshi immediately called Ishihara Hiroshi. This time, he bombed and sank ten of his own merchant ships in front of his own warships.

Thrilling and exciting.

"You did a good job. A merchant ship will give you 10,000 contribution points. In addition, you come to collect the money. Each person who participated will be rewarded 500 yen."

Chu Lingyun was never stingy in his work, and not only Goto Takeshi was rewarded. Everyone who participates gets a prize.

He wants everyone to know that even if they are not in the literary club, working for him will still be beneficial.

Only in this way will they fight bravely against the people from the Liaison Department.

"Thank you Ishihara-kun."

Goto Takeshi was overjoyed. Ishihara Hiroshi had not told him before that he had so many contributions.

Ten thousand for a merchant ship?

Ten merchant ships, a full 100,000 contribution points, this is an unexpected gain. With so many contribution points, he is one step closer to the position of leader of the flight group.

At this time, he didn't have any worries. What he was thinking was why not more merchant ships?

If there were twenty ships, wouldn't he have 200,000 contribution points?

We must strive for more tasks like this in the future.

In the Liaison Department, Mitsui Bosi has cold hands and feet.

Ishihara Hiroshi was so ruthless that the warship escort was of no use to him. He blew up and sank all the grain transport ships in front of the warships.

As for whether there will be any opinions in the country and blaming Toru Ishihara, it has nothing to do with him.

They didn't have much food left and could last a few more days at most.

The Prime Minister asked him to raise food locally. If he could raise it, would he still send food from home?

Ishihara Hiroshi sent military police to keep an eye on them, and their people couldn't buy food at all.

It's not possible to send Chinese people there. The grain dealers want to see proof of identity, and they won't sell if they belong to them.

Even if it can be purchased, one person can only buy up to thirty kilograms.

What is enough food for?

There are more than five thousand of them.

Not only grain, but also vegetables and meat, and even canned goods are not sold to them.

All going to a restaurant to eat?

The hotel was notified that anyone who dared to sell to them would immediately stop their food supply, seal the store and arrest people. Even if they forced the hotel to cook, it would only be once.

They can go to high-end stores to buy cookies and the like.

But those things don't fill you up, and the price is very high. With so many people, it's impossible for them to eat biscuits in the future.

Ishihara Hiroshi was so cruel that he wanted to starve them to death.

"Sir, what should we do?"

Noda asked in a low voice. He didn't expect Ishihara Toru to be so cruel if he didn't take action.

My own merchant ship, I'll blow it up if I say so.

There was currently insufficient food, and Noda was a little panicked. Mitsui Hiroshi glanced at him, with even more exhaustion in his eyes.

"Send the order and cancel the price limit order."

"Sir, the Prime Minister didn't allow us to do this?"

Noda hurriedly reminded that it was Saijo's order to deal with Ishihara Hiroshi. If he canceled it rashly, Saijo would be displeased.

"Do you want us all to starve to death?"

Hiroshi Mitsui glared at him, he knew Saijo, Saijo would not take the initiative to surrender, he had to do this.

If you use your strength to defeat him, no matter how many tricks he makes, he will play hard with you and he will be beaten until he loses his temper.

"yes."

Noda did not dare to refute any more and conveyed the order honestly.

Mitsui didn't relax at all. Will Ishihara Hiroshi let him go if he becomes soft?

Mitsui had a hunch that Ishihara Hiroshi had a deeper purpose, but he could not guess that Ishihara Hiroshi would be cruel to him this time, and it was very likely that he would not stop smoothly.

The result did not surprise him.

After the price limit order was lifted, the blockade against them continued.

In the literary club, Takemoto was very relieved and was talking to Yamashita and the others when the base camp sent an order asking why the Shanghai Flight Department sank the fleet escorted by imperial warships.

Tian Junliu dismissed them with just one sentence.

Exploded by mistake.

It was an accidental explosion. With a warship nearby, how could it still happen?

Will it explode so accurately if it explodes by mistake?

Even a mentally retarded person would not believe this reason, but the base camp believed it and told Saijo that the matter was a misunderstanding.

What was bombed was a merchant ship, not a warship, so what did it have to do with them?

You Saijo uses warships to escort merchant ships and deliver things to your people. In fact, it is a public weapon for private use. If you can do this, can't Ishihara Hiroshi?

Ishihara Hiroshi still knew the general situation and did not attack the warships.

The Yukikaze was indeed auspicious, and not one of the escorting merchant ships escaped.

After asking about it at the base camp, they didn't care.

It was impossible for them to punish Ishihara Hiroshi.

Ishihara Hiroshi is not a soldier. What does this matter have to do with Ishihara Hiroshi?

It was the Army Flight Department that took action.

Goto Takeshi was punished, but it was just a demerit, and it didn't even count as being tickled.

They had just received so many benefits from Ishihara Hiroshi, and Ishihara Hiroshi took the initiative to give them more money. What a good boy. Saijo always had trouble with others, and these old guys had some objections.

The most unlucky ones were ten merchant ships.

The goods are gone, the ship is gone, and the people are gone.

Ten merchant ships totaled more than 500 sailors, but in the end only more than 50 people were rescued, and 90% died at sea.

These merchant ships are not of large tonnage, and large tonnage are now transporting military supplies.

"Sir, our food is out."

Noda came to report to Mitsui Boss that the North Korean grain ship was impounded as expected. If they could not get food anymore, they would starve.

He doesn't know how. He has food at home, but others can't.

"Tell Hamasaki to take people to buy food tomorrow."

Mitsui Hiroshi gritted his teeth, and food must not be cut off. Now that he was forced to retire, he could only use tough measures.

He knew that doing so would cause endless trouble, but he had no choice.

"Sir, the grain store won't sell it to us."

Noda was shocked. He knew that the grain store would not sell grain to them, so why did Hamasaki go to buy grain?

"Fool."

Mitsui cursed angrily: "Let him bring more people. How dare those people refuse to sell food?"

Noda instantly understood that this was to force him to buy food.

Bring soldiers to the door and ask you if you want to sell it. If you don't sell it, fine, I will take it myself and take away all your food.

"Let them bring more cars and go directly to the granary."

Mitsui warned that as much food as there is in the store, even if it is snatched, it will not last for several days.

The granary has the most food.

"yes."

Noda accepted the order and left. He understood that the headquarters commander was forced to do nothing. It was easy to grab food, but how to deal with the aftermath?

Thinking about such a big thing as bombing the fleet, no one from above blamed them. They were just grabbing some food, and they were forced to do nothing, so they would probably be fine.

"Great, this should have been done a long time ago."

Hamasaki was very excited after receiving the order.

He was originally a military policeman, had followed Saijo, and was from Saijo.

Now his military rank is Colonel, which is the same level as the captain. In fact, he is the captain.

After coming to Shanghai for so long, he also couldn't stand Ishihara Hiroshi.

Ishihara Hiroshi's previous retreat made Hiroshi Mitsui wary, but he successfully deceived Hamasaki into believing that Ishihara Hiroshi was nothing more than that.

This time he actually dared to blow up a merchant ship, which was a bit beyond his expectation.

However, Ishihara Hiroshi only had this little courage, and nothing happened to the escorting warships.

He didn't dare go to war against Imperial soldiers.

Early the next morning, Hamada gathered three squadrons of people and personally led them in a mighty attack on the grain depot of Ishihara Trading Company.

Ishihara Trading Company has the largest grain storehouse and the most grain.

When Mitsui Boss gave the order, he ignored a problem.

That is to not let Hamasaki touch Ishihara Trading Company and rob other grain depots.

No matter how he tried before, he never dared to lay a finger on Ishihara Trading Company. He only attacked the surrounding areas.

Subconsciously, he thought his subordinates could understand what he meant.

Hamasaki led not many people, less than 600 people in three squadrons.

But it was two machine gun squadrons, and they also brought grenades and mortars.

The firepower is very fierce.

With such power, let alone the trading company, even if he faced a regiment of the Guo Army, he was confident of defeating it.

The grain depot of Shiyuan Trading Company is very large and is located within the city.

Hamasaki arrived here quickly. There is a brigade of the Garrison Command stationed here in the grain depot, but not everyone is there. Currently, there are only about 400 people in the brigade.

The remaining people were scattered around patrolling.

More than 400 Japanese soldiers were enough to intimidate Xiao Xiao, so that they did not dare to think about the grain depot. Usually it was very safe here and nothing happened.

In addition to the security headquarters, Ishihara Trading Company also has 120 armed guards in the grain depot.

There are also bunkers, sentry towers, etc.

Four guard towers, all equipped with machine guns.

The protection is extremely tight.

When Hamada arrived at the grain depot, the guard at the door immediately ran over to ask.

There were so many of them, they drove so many cars, and they wore military uniforms. The guards thought they were soldiers from the garrison in Shanghai who had been ordered to come here to collect food.

Food from Ishihara Trading Company is often provided to the army, and it was provided once not long ago.

"Which section are you in?"

The guard was Japanese, very polite, and asked in Japanese.

"We are here to buy food. Open the door and we will load food."

Hamasaki raised his head and said proudly. The guard was stunned, and then noticed that there were machine guns on the roofs of these trucks.

Their military uniforms are a bit different from those of the garrison.

"Who asked you to come?" the guard asked cautiously.

"Liaison Department, Director of Mitsui Boss Headquarters."

The guard was stunned. Even though he was just a guard, who didn't know that Ishihara Hiroshi and Saijo were at odds?

Hiroshi Mitsui is from Saijo, and he issued a price limit order on grain some time ago.

Ishihara Trading Company immediately counterattacked with grain and refused to sell them grain.

Now they are actually at the grain depot, saying they want to buy grain?

The guard had a lot of premonitions.

"Open the door immediately."

Seeing that he didn't speak, Hamasaki quickly pulled out the saber on his body.

The guard took a few steps back in fright.

With the sword drawn, they are even less likely to have formalities. The people in the Liaison Department are going to rebel, and they are going to steal food.

After the guard figured it out, he crawled back to the guard in a pissed mess. His look made Hamasaki laugh.

Hamasaki was satisfied with the way the other person was frightened by him.

Unfortunately, the guard did not let him open the door as he thought, but instead sounded the alarm.

The piercing sound of the alarm made Hamasaki's face instantly darken.

"Baga, fight in for me."

The guard dared to ignore his order, which made him very angry. The car started to move, and the guard at the door immediately set up his gun.

"Bang bang bang."

Hamasaki's men fired first. They had many machine guns, and the guards at the door fell instantly.

The door was forced open and a car drove in.

"Bah bang bang."

When the guards of the grain depot heard the commotion, they immediately ran out and fought with Hamasaki's people. They dared to fight back, which made Hamasaki even more angry.

They had more machine guns, but they only had four sentry towers, which were knocked down by them in a short time.

Upon hearing the commotion, many people came to the garrison headquarters of the security headquarters.

This is the property of Ishihara Trading Company, so there must be no problem.

Hamasaki, who was furious, didn't care who they were. He took the gun and ignored the warning to put it down. He regarded them as enemies.

The Japanese, a fierce battle broke out in the grain depot of Ishihara Trading Company.

The garrison headquarters was no match for them. They made an urgent call for support while retreating.

Hamasaki was arrogant but not stupid. He ordered people to move the food quickly and evacuated immediately. By the time reinforcements from the garrison headquarters arrived, he had already left.

Successfully brought back eighty carts of food.

This much food is enough for them to eat for a while, at least they won't go hungry.

There is a big chapter of 12,000 words. Today, there are 24,000 words in total. The guarantee is 8,000 words and two chapters will be updated. Thanks to the leader Pipitu for another 500 starting coin reward, and thanks to Desert Zhanshen and Yue__ for their 100 starting coin reward each.