Chapter 1091: Not ashamed to ask questions (asking for monthly votes)
No. 22, Xue Huali Road.
Central Patrol Room Auditorium.
Cheng Qianfan whispered to Jin Kemu beside him.
The auditorium was buzzing with people. Some police officers were talking about the 'Dog Sutra' with great interest, while others were discussing the new dancer in Xianle City.
Cheng Qianfan frowned.
“Quiet.” Lu Jiu stood up and shouted loudly, “Quiet, everyone, listen to the radio quietly.”
The police officers on the third patrol were all obedient and quieted down.
The first and second patrols were still whispering to each other, but after all, they were a little cautious and their voices were lower.
“Jin Tou, do you think the authorities will order the seizure of German money and assets?” Cheng Qianfan asked Jin Kemu with a cigarette between his fingers and tilted his head unintentionally.
After being notified by the Political Division, all members of the patrol ward came to the auditorium to listen to the broadcast of the "Gaul" radio station, euphemistically speaking, they were concerned about the suffering of the distant Poles.
Radio Gaulois is a radio station founded by a French expatriate in the French Concession. It is also one of the few radio stations still operating in Shanghai at this stage.
In November of the 26th year of the Republic of China, Shanghai fell. The Japanese military took over the National Government's Ministry of Communications Radio Station, and established the Shanghai Radio and Radio Supervision Office in March of the following year.
It is mandatory for all existing radio stations in Shanghai to register with the Radio and Television Station Supervision Office, and they can continue to operate only after being approved.
The Japanese want to control all radio stations in Shanghai through registration, or to put it bluntly, only radio stations recognized by the Japanese can continue to operate.
In this case, a large number of Chinese radio stations have closed down one after another. For example, the well-known Fuxing Radio Station in Shanghai was forced to close down at the end of last year because it refused to register with the Japanese Supervisory Office.
In this case, only the Western radio stations in the concession were temporarily "survived".
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For the order issued by the Political Department to listen to the radio.
Most of the patrol officers in the patrol room showed little interest in this matter. The life and death of the Poles were too far away from everyone.
Perhaps some people may be secretly happy in their hearts. The foreigners started fighting on their own. Well, there is no good foreign devil, so the more dead the better.
Others say that when the Japanese attacked Shanghai the year before last, foreigners on the rooftop of the Sassoon Building drank red wine and ate steaks to watch the Japanese and Chinese troops fighting, and to watch Chinese people being killed by bombs. Now... this kind of thing is happening in China. Humans can’t do it.
In fact, according to the information that Jin Kemu and Cheng Qianfan have, it is said that the French may declare war on the Germans today. The French Concession authorities intend to have all employees witness this sacred and great moment, and wish the powerful French Republic to destroy Germany again. .
Cheng Qianfan is concerned about the German industries in the French Concession and the Public Concession in Shanghai.
Especially the German industries in the French Concession. Although more Germans work and live in the public concession, there are still some Germans who do business in the French Concession and have considerable wealth.
In fact, after learning yesterday that the Germans were attacking Poland and that Britain and France would declare war on the Germans sooner or later, Cheng Qianfan started thinking about German assets in the French Concession.
He was not crazy about money and whimsical thinking. After learning from Peter about the German attack on Poland, Cheng Qianfan urgently studied the various restrictions and punishments imposed on the Germans in the concessions during the European War—
He has evidence and laws to follow.
After the outbreak of the European War, the French Concession Court immediately ordered the auction of the famous Verdun Garden where German expatriates lived in Shanghai to compensate the righteous French citizens for their losses in the war.
After an auction that lasted for more than six minutes, the public auction house purchased the Verdun Garden for 95,000 taels of silver, totaling 61 acres, 9.9 cents and a villa, and a bungalow, including all furniture.
On the British side, the British Consul General in Shanghai approved a draft of the "Notice of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce".
The notice prohibits enemy aliens from moving freely without permission, and prohibits them from leaving their homes in the concession or walking on any roads owned by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.
The patrol house in the French Concession even issued a rule at that time, requiring Germans and Austro-Hungarians to register at the patrol house every day. After this rule came out, some French patrol officers were very happy. The French patrol officers who were often absent from work could be described as It was Quanqin, who deliberately made things difficult when checking the young woman's registration certificate.
Even more, not to mention that people’s freedoms will be restricted, assets will be confiscated, and even German monuments will be torn down.
During the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War, Germany dispatched many warships to Shandong and other places.
After the war, these warships returned one after another. One of the gunboats, the "Ildis", sank due to a storm while sailing in the Yellow Sea in the summer of the twelfth year of Guangxu's reign.
With the help of Jardine Matheson, the German overseas Chinese in Shanghai erected a monument on the south side of Waibaidu Bridge and in front of the German General Assembly.
During the European War, the French pulled down the monument and even the base was removed.
"No." Jin Kemu glanced at Cheng Qianfan, "The war has nothing to do with civilians. The French and Germans are both advanced powers, so they won't be so rude."
“Not rude?” Cheng Qianfan sneered, glanced at the audience, and said, “Uncle Jin, do you believe that the Yildish Monument will be destroyed again in a few days?”
After the end of the European War, the Germans' life in Shanghai was not easy. The French oppressed the Germans very hard. It was only after Britain and France appeased Germany in the past two years that the Germans' life became easier. They reunited on the grassland of the New German Chamber of Commerce. The 'Ildis' monument was erected.
"Are you excited?" Jin Kemu took the cigarette handed to him by Cheng Qianfan and shook his head, "It's useless to be excited. There is such a beautiful thing. The French must eat their fill first."
Cheng Qianfan chuckled, "It's a good meal when everyone is full."
Jin Kemu blew out a stream of smoke from his nose, glanced at Cheng Qianfan, chuckled, and said nothing more.
Given the relationship between this guy and Pete, there is still hope for him to get a share of the pie.
No, with this kid’s passion for money, he will definitely not let go of this opportunity to eat fat.
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“The Luftwaffe carried out continuous bombing raids on important military targets across Poland.”
“Twenty-one major airports across Poland were attacked simultaneously, most aircraft were destroyed, and fires broke out in more than thirty cities.”
“Transportation and communication hubs, power stations, bridges, city hall, etc. were all damaged.”
“The German warships staying outside the port of Danzig, under the pretext of conducting a “friendly visit”, also brazenly fired at the Polish military base.”
“The German spies lurking in Poland organized internal responses and carried out various sabotages. Now, Poland is in chaos and miserable.”
“Facing the crazy attack of the German army, the Polish Army High Command decided to organize continuous resistance along the West Bug River, Vistula River, and San River... to wait for the arrival of the powerful French allies.”
On the radio, the staff of Radio Gauls broadcast the news in a cheerful tone. Those who didn't know better thought that Germany was an ally of France and the Polish people who were being beaten were enemies.
Obviously, in the eyes of these ordinary French people, they do not really regard the Poles as allies.
Cheng Qianfan was thinking about other things.
He was considering that if Britain and France declared war on Germany, the Germans would be "liquidated" within the French Concession. In the process, the consequences would be implication and losses to the Chinese people and our anti-Japanese forces.
During the European War, the French Concession in Shanghai publicly announced the dissolution of the Tongji Medical and Engineering School on the grounds that it was a German property and to prevent the Germans from using the school’s machinery to make weapons, and ordered teachers and students to leave the school on the same day.
For this reason, all walks of life in Shanghai jointly called the Ministry of Education of the Beiyang Government and asked them to make arrangements for the aftermath of the incident.
The Ministry of Education immediately sent people to discuss moving the school to Wusong Town and continuing to open classes.
More than ten days later, the Ministry of Education ordered that the school be converted into a Chinese private school, run by a Chinese board of directors, and directly under the management of the Ministry of Education.
Now, the national government is far away in Chongqing, and its influence on Shanghai is even more negligible. If any Chinese people or industries are affected by the liquidation of the concession, naturally they cannot count on the national government and can only save themselves.
Therefore, be prepared for a rainy day.
The first thing Cheng Qianfan thought of was the Hans Clinic of the German Hans. The extra-high school department had long since determined that Hans was a red international. The reason why they did not take action against Hans was not because Hans was German. In fact, in After Japan and Germany signed a joint anti-red international agreement, the German Consulate General in Shanghai became increasingly dissatisfied with Hans's attitude.
The reason why Hans was not arrested was because he had a good relationship with a senior executive of the French Concession Authority.
However, it is difficult to say whether Hans could continue to be protected by the French Concession after France declared war on Germany.
At this moment, Peter brought the two of them to the auditorium.
How could Xi Neng be absent on this important occasion?
Furthermore, there was a rumor that Mr. Tander, assistant to the Police Director of the French Concession Patrol House, Mr. Ferguson, will also come to the Central District Patrol House Auditorium. Mr. Tander has not been seen yet.
Pete came to the podium.
He sat between Jin Kemu and Cheng Qianfan.
“What’s wrong?” Cheng Qianfan asked.
"The plan to declare war has been shelved." Pitt looked embarrassed and seemed to be in a bad mood.
Cheng Qianfan nodded.
He looked at Jin Kemu, "Mr. Jin, do you see?"
“Come on,” Jin Kemu said.
Cheng Qianfan nodded, stood up, and clapped his hands, "Okay, everyone, today's broadcast study time is over. I hope this study can be beneficial to you."
As he spoke, he looked around and waved his hands, "It's gone."
All the patrolmen were surprised at first, then cheered and dispersed.
Jin Kemu also stood up. He shook hands with Peter and took the initiative to say goodbye and leave.
Only Cheng Qianfan and Peter were left in the huge conference hall.
"What's going on? Military and national affairs keep changing." Cheng Qianfan handed a cigarette to Peter, who took it, lit the cigarette and took several puffs.
“The news I got is that there are intense discussions within the Wehrmacht about whether to declare war on Germany immediately,” Pitt said.
"What do you mean?" Cheng Qianfan was surprised and frowned, "There is no unity of opinion within the National Defense Forces? What about the government?"
“Prime Minister Daladier asked General Gamelin whether he wanted to declare war on Germany, and General Gamelin said he still needed to think about it,” Pitt said.
“Huh?” Cheng Qianfan was surprised.
Peter seemed to be stung by his friend's tone and expression, and blushed, "I guess I misjudged the person. I didn't expect Gamelin to be as cowardly as the domestic attacks against him."
More than three years ago, Germany sent troops into the Rhineland Demilitarized Zone, which was stipulated by the Treaty of Versailles and confirmed by the Locarno Convention that no troops or defense facilities could be stationed there.
At that time, Britain and France were shocked by Germany's behavior, but apart from a few words of protest, they did not take any military response.
In fact, just in the first half of this year, some critics in France pointed out that if the French army had taken strong countermeasures at that time, there was a 99% chance that it would have caused the collapse of the German government, because the Germans were really Just taking a big gamble.
But when the French Foreign Minister and the government asked the General Staff Headquarters about the next steps, Gamelin did nothing at all, and then only said that preventive measures would be taken, which was to ask for an increase in the military budget.
Prime Minister Sahu and the civilian government asked the military to act quickly, but Gamelin only wanted to recall the furloughed soldiers and wait for the next step, and had no intention of sending troops.
In the following staff meetings, whenever someone asked Gamelin whether the military was ready for war, he was hesitant and unwilling to say affirmative words about war against Germany.
Hence, as Germany became more aggressive, criticism of Gamelin also began to rise in France.
Pitt had previously believed that these criticisms were motivated by jealousy of the general who had made great achievements in World War I. He believed that Gamelin, as the commander-in-chief of the French Defense Forces, would definitely not lack the courage to go to war against the Germans, and he firmly believed that Gamelin will lead the French army to sweep across Europe and face the enemy.
However, in the telegram sent from Marseille today, Mr. Madier revealed an important situation. Prime Minister Daladier asked Gamelin whether he was sure of winning the war and whether he could declare war immediately. Gamelin first said that victory belongs to France then said that it should be cautious whether to declare war.
“Perhaps General Gan Molin is in a different position and sees the problem from a different perspective, and he has his own considerations.” Cheng Qianfan said.
“You know General Gamelin well?” asked Pitt.
"I only know a few words about this person from you." Cheng Qianfan shook his head and looked at Peter, "I said it to comfort you. Do you have to let me say something you don't want to hear?"
“You say it,” said Peter.
“I think General Gamelin is a little, maybe, maybe a little afraid of the Germans.” Cheng Qianfan said, looking at Peter as he spoke.
He thought that Peter would be furious and the two of them would quarrel, but he didn't expect that Peter would be silent.
After a long moment of silence, Peter said with a bitter voice, "I don't know."
He shook his head, "Strong France should not be afraid of the Germans, but I don't understand, I don't understand why they didn't declare war..."
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"It shouldn't be fear. One reason is that the French are not ready for war yet." Hyoutaro Imamura said.
Cheng Qianfan returned home from get off work and received a secret message from Chongqing headquarters from Zhou Ru.
There are two copies of the secret message.
In one of them, Cheng Qianfan looked at the words "I am deeply relieved" in the message and nodded with satisfaction. He knew that his candor and even his behavior of snitching on Sheng Shuyu behind his back were recognized by Dai Chunfeng, and even further. trust-
He is not boasting. He and Sheng Shuyu are the two young prides in the army. How can young people have no intention of comparing themselves to each other?
Even, in the long run, he and Sheng Shuyu are each other's strongest rivals within the Military Command Bureau.
By using this incident to stab Sheng Shuyu with a small knife, Dai Chunfeng will not be angry, but will trust him more.
What surprised Cheng Qianfan was the second telegram.
The second telegram was sent in the name of Chiwu. Chiwu asked him to provide the most reliable analysis and information on the different attitudes of the British, French and American powers towards Germany in the Treaty of Versailles, as well as the impact on this European war.
Cheng Qianfan was surprised. He didn't expect that he, an intelligence officer, would have to "do a paper."
Yes, the topic given to him by Qi Wu was shaped like a research paper on the international current situation.
However, I saw Qi Wu specifically reminding him in the telegram that he could ask the 'liang chief' for advice on this matter.
Cheng Qianfan seemed to understand but he realized that it seemed that the military command headquarters wanted to use him to 'consult' Imamura Hyotarō to see the senior Japanese diplomat's analysis of the matter.
Is this the think tank of the National Government Military Commission asking the military commander to help ask for Austrian aid?
Cheng Qianfan doesn’t know.
However, there was an order from the headquarters, and Qi Wu called in a private name, so Cheng Qianfan should obey the order.
In fact, such private calls are more important and have a higher priority than official confidential calls in most cases.
So, after having a hasty dinner at home, Cheng Qianfan came to visit Imamura Mansion.
The reason is easy to find. He came to report to Imamura Hyōtaro about the intelligence he got from Peter about the French government and even the French National Defense Forces, and asked Mr. Imamura to teach and answer questions.
"Not prepared?" Cheng Qianfan was shocked, "It has been three years and eight months since Germany entered the Rhine Demilitarized Zone in the 11th year of Showa. The French are not ready for war yet?"
"I don't know much about this." Imamura Hyotarō said. "I am not expert in the military situation. However, based on the information I have, France seems to be deliberately delaying the start of the war. They should not be afraid. , is to gain time to deploy military forces and resources."
Cheng Qianfan was thinking. Suddenly, he stepped forward and added boiling spring water to Hyōtaro Imamura's tea set. He smiled and said, "Teacher, I have been studying the Treaty of Versailles these past two days, and I have some questions."
"Oh? What don't you understand?" Imamura Hyōtaro put down the pen in his hand and looked at his students and asked.
This is what he likes most about Kentaro Miyazaki, a student. If you don’t understand, just ask. This is the student’s biggest advantage besides being sincere to his teacher. No teacher would dislike an honest and studious student like Kentaro.
"Students have noticed that the British, French, and Americans seem to have different attitudes towards the Treaty of Versailles, or the restrictions and sanctions on the Germans." Cheng Qianfan said with a serious expression, "Britain, France, and the United States are the same Shouldn’t the camp have the same stance and jointly demand tough sanctions on Germany?”
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