Chapter 1247 Miyazaki: I doubt Cao Yu
Su Chende laughed and said that for the long-term stability of Shanghai and the safety of citizens' lives and property, he hoped that the French Concession would provide the city government with the greatest convenience and bring the Chongqing thugs to justice as soon as possible.
Cheng Qianfan glanced at Su Chende and smiled faintly, "When did the secret service headquarters become affiliated with the city government?"
“We still support the municipal government headed by Mayor Fu,” Su Chende said.
The implication is that Fu Xiaowan’s Shanghai Special Municipal Government is not the grassroots team of Su Wenxi’s Main Street Municipal Government, and the Secret Service Headquarters still gives it face.
As he spoke, he glanced at Cheng Qianfan. It was said that this person was very close to Su Wenxi. Unfortunately, Su Wenxi was born with shortcomings and his weight in the hearts of the Japanese was much lower than that of Fu Xiaoqian.
Cheng Qianfan pointed at Su Chende and said with a smile, "Brother Su, don't let Supervisor Su hear what you said, he will be sad."
Su Chende laughed loudly, his expression disapproving of Su Wenxi.
Su Wenxi’s Main Street Municipal Government is not taken seriously by the Japanese, and even people like Su Chende look down upon it.
Two years ago, Shanghai fell, and the Japanese supported Su Wenxi to establish the so-called Shanghai Avenue Municipal Government.
In the founding declaration of the Pseudo-Daodao City Government, it was also said with great arrogance: "Human beings have always loved peace, and peace is the door to happiness... Without the maintenance of the Dao-Dao, there can never be true peace. This is a truth that must not be easy to change. .”
Later, he even whitewashed the Japanese aggression: "On the occasion when the Japanese locust army is killing the warlords and the national and red parties on behalf of our people, we think that if we do not enjoy real peace and happiness, if we want to enjoy real peace and happiness, We must unite our 450 million compatriots, each of whom has a loving nature... Therefore, we have specially organized the highway and municipal government, and changed the flag, hoping to save the people from water and fire, and to join the people of the world in the realm of great unity."
This so-called Avenue City Government can be said to have a very low sense of existence and almost no authority. In other words, their only authority may be to listen to the Japanese tell them what to do.
After Liang Hongzhi's pseudo-reform government of the Republic of China was established in Nanjing, the pseudo-Daodao Municipal Government merged with the Shanghai Municipal Supervisory Office of the pseudo-reform government under the instructions of the Japanese. Su Wenxi sadly resigned from the post of mayor, and the Japanese gave him a Shanghai Municipal Supervisor position as compensation.
In fact, even the position of Shanghai Municipal Supervisor was obtained by Su Wenxi through the help of Hyoutaro Imamura’s connections—
With the new choice of Fu Xiaoqian, the Japanese really looked down on Su Wenxi. In addition, Su Wenxi had no backing, so he was really unable to compete when carving up the rights of the Shanghai Special Municipal Government.
"I will convey your request to Mr. Tande." Cheng Qianfan said thoughtfully, "Brother Su's words are very pertinent. The prosperity and stability of Shanghai requires the cooperation of the concession and the special city government."
“That’s it, thank you very much.” Su Chende shook hands with Cheng Qianfan.
حبد.
Cheng Qianfan turned around and saw a Japanese military truck parked not far away. A Japanese major jumped out of the passenger compartment of the military truck.
“Sir, Mr. Zuoshang.” Cheng Qianfan greeted.
“Vice President Cheng.” Umetsuzumi Sagami came over and shook hands with Cheng Qianfan, “I was about to leave when I saw Vice President Cheng here.”
Su Chende’s eyes narrowed slightly, and he just saw a rather intriguing scene:
It was Umesumi Sagami, a Japanese military police major, who took the initiative to extend his hand and shake hands with Cheng Qianfan.
This detail can't help but make Su Chende think about it.
It seems that Cheng Qianfan’s relationship with the Japanese is much closer than imagined, or that this person’s roots among the Japanese are much deeper than imagined.
Here, Cheng Qianfan followed Umesumi Sagami to the military card and saw the bodies of the Japanese military police in the military card.
“Master Zuoshang, how many warriors of the Locust Army have broken jade?” Cheng Qianfan asked.
“Eight people were broken into pieces, and many others were seriously injured.” Umezu Sagami sighed and said, “This is truly a heavy loss for our military police force in recent years.”
Cheng Qianfan’s expression was serious and heavy. He bowed his head in silence to the corpses of Japanese soldiers on the military card.
Su Chende on the side watched this scene. He noticed the sadness in Cheng Qianfan's eyes, and he couldn't help but feel contempt in his heart. The death of a Japanese soldier made this guy as sad as if he had lost his own father.
Then he saw Umetsuzumi Sagami and Cheng Qianfan chatting in a low voice, acting like "one of their own", Su Chende was thoughtful.
As far as he knew, Cheng Qianfan even had a Japanese name called "Miyazaki Kazuo". Although this person did not publicly vote for Japan, he had obviously regarded himself as Japanese for a long time. Perhaps it was because of Cheng Qianfan With such a flattering attitude, the Japanese would trust him so much.
…
"Don't worry, Mr. Zuoshang." Cheng Qianfan nodded, "I will arrange for someone to investigate secretly."
Sagami Umetsuzumi conducted an on-site inspection of the site where the Qimin Bridge was blown up, and preliminarily concluded that the other party used a large amount of explosives.
He intends to investigate the matter from the source of the explosives.
The black market in the French Concession has always been a popular place for contraband trade.
So he asked Kentaro Miyazaki to help secretly investigate the explosive matter.
Watching the military card where San Shang Meijin lived leave, Su Chende smiled and said, "Brother Cheng, are you familiar with this Major San Shang?"
"We have dealt with each other several times." Cheng Qianfan said. He lit a cigarette, handed over a lighter, and helped Su Chende light a cigarette before continuing, "Brother Su must also know that I have made some small books. Business, if you want to do business safely these days, you naturally need to have good dealings with the Japanese."
Su Chende took a puff of his cigarette, nodded and said with a smile, "Brother Cheng's business is not a small one."
The two of them looked at each other and smiled.
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Xiafei District.
Special External Relations Office of the Political Department of the French Concession.
Cheng Qianfan met with Tande and reported to the assistant police chief of the patrol room on the on-site investigation at Qiminqiao, as well as the progress of contacts and negotiations with the special agent headquarters and the Japanese.
"The Secret Service Headquarters hopes that we can provide necessary help to maintain the stability of Shanghai." Cheng Qianfan said, "They said that the stability and unity of Shanghai requires the full cooperation of the special city government and the concession."
He glanced at Tande and continued, "I sternly refuted them. The stability of the French Concession is maintained by the concession authorities, and they do not need to intervene."
"You are right! Very right!" Tander nodded and said with a slightly excited tone, "We have not recognized their so-called special municipal government."
"As for this secret service headquarters..." Tande looked disdainful, but in addition to disgust, there was also a bit of fear. "Without them, the whole of Shanghai would be much more peaceful."
"What your Excellency said is absolutely true." Cheng Qianfan said seriously, "My subordinates have expressed their firm attitude. I believe they can feel our iron will."
“Very good.” Tande nodded happily.
After some more instructions, Cheng Qianfan was made fully responsible for the contact with the Japanese side and the pseudo-Shanghai Special Municipal Government, and Tande left with satisfaction.
Cheng Qianfan watched the car that Tande was riding in drive away, and he sighed in his heart.
Don't look at how resolute and tough Tander's words were just now. In fact, these are just appearances. It was actually a sign of weakness that the French Concession authorities arranged for a senior police officer like him, who had always been pro-Japanese, to communicate with the Japanese side.
In addition, despite Tande's words of praise for Cheng Qianfan's "tough attitude" towards Japan, in fact both Tande and Cheng Qianfan understood that this was just an act, and the French Concession would not allow the Japanese to save face. He openly entered the French Concession with the agents from the Secret Service Headquarters, but turned a blind eye to the other party's sneaking into the French Concession:
Facing the aggressive Japanese, what the French Concession authorities want is to be able to maintain the "glory of France" on the face of it. As for the actual situation in private, the French Concession authorities are no longer able to control it.
Subsequently, Cheng Qianfan, deputy chief inspector of the Central Patrol Room of the Central District of the French Concession, met with Major Shinomi Kato of the Japanese Gendarmerie Headquarters. The two held talks on the Japanese Gendarmerie and Secret Service Headquarters agents entering the French Concession to search for Chongqing thugs.
Cheng Qianfan sternly refuted and decisively rejected Kato Shinji’s unreasonable request.
He said that the patrol room can conduct searches on its own.
However, in the face of Japan's aggressiveness, Cheng Qianfan had to make concessions. He said that if Chongqing elements were caught, the patrol room would allow the Japanese to meet the prisoners and conduct interrogations without using torture.
As for the concession of the patrol house in the French Concession, Kato Makoto agreed after asking his superiors for instructions.
However, overall, "Mr. Xiao Cheng" still behaved quite toughly when facing Japan's aggressive momentum, which made everyone in the patrol room look at "Mr. Xiao Cheng" with admiration.
Especially the outside world, such as the press, thinks this is a welcome change.
Only the person involved knows that Cheng Qianfan, a senior pro-Japanese police officer, has become increasingly tough in negotiations with the Japanese side, and the French Concession authorities have become increasingly "turn a blind eye" to the agents and Japanese who "swagger" into the French Concession in disguise.
…
“How is the situation?” Cheng Qianfan asked in a deep voice.
“A lot of people were sent into the concession on the 76th, and they focused on inspecting hospitals and clinics.” Hao Zai said.
"The 'Little Taoist' is their hope of catching Xiao Mian." Cheng Qianfan sneered, "In order to hunt down the 'Little Taoist' and us, both the Secret Service Headquarters and the Japanese will do their best."
He looked at Hao Zai and Qiao Chuntao, "This also means that the enemy's latent forces in the concession will also move. This is an opportunity for us -"
Before Cheng Qianfan's fist hit the table, it changed into a fist, and he tapped his fingers lightly on the table, "Pay close attention, keep a record of these guys who come forward, and make adequate preparations for the subsequent cleanup work. "
“Yes.” Qiao Chuntao nodded.
“Have you seen Jiang Mulezi?” Cheng Qianfan asked Qiao Chuntao.
Qiao Chuntao nodded.
“How are those little guys doing?” Cheng Qianfan asked.
The little guys he was talking about were the outstanding students specially selected from the Qianyang class by the bureau to come to Shanghai's special situation team. When these students arrived in Shanghai, he was still in Nanjing, and Qiao Chuntao was in charge of receiving them.
Due to the shortage of manpower for this operation, Qiao Chuntao recommended that smart and changeable people be selected from the students to participate.
Cheng Qianfan thought for a moment and approved Qiao Chuntao's request.
"There are no mistakes." Qiao Chuntao said, "Ye Bowen is quite satisfactory, but Dong Shuxuan, who pretends to be a pregnant woman, is remarkable."
“Where is Zhao Shuyan?” Cheng Qianfan asked, “She didn’t participate in the operation?”
Cheng Qianfan had a preliminary understanding of the newcomers in the Qianyang class. He was most optimistic about a boy and a girl. The boy was Zhai Qizhi and the girl was Zhao Shuyan.
“Zhao Shuyan can be of great use.” Qiao Chuntao said.
Cheng Qianfan nodded, understanding what Qiao Chuntao meant.
Just because Zhao Shuyan can be of great use, he cannot participate in this operation and must avoid being exposed.
After all, pretending to be a pregnant woman means you have to meet the agents face-to-face. Even though you are disguised, you still have to be prepared for the possibility of being remembered by agents No. 76—
The way truly professional top agents record people is not based on appearance, but based on some characteristics, such as height, fatness, walking posture, and even the straightness of the bridge of the nose, the thickness of the lips and other detailed characteristics.
"Zhao Shuyan is very alert. I arranged for her to take care of the 'little Taoist priest'." Qiao Chuntao reported.
“Okay.” Cheng Qianfan thought for a moment and said.
After a moment's pause, he asked in a deep voice, "How is the situation of the 'little Taoist priest'?"
“It’s not optimistic.” Qiao Chuntao said, “‘Muyu’ said that whether he can make it through depends on whether the ‘little Taoist’ is tough or not.”
“Tell Muyu to do everything possible to save people.” Cheng Qianfan’s expression was extremely serious and serious.
…
Half an hour later.
After lunch, the slightly drunk ‘Mr. Xiao Cheng’ had just returned to No. 22 Xue Huali Road when he received a call from ‘Boss Huang’.
A quarter of an hour later, Cheng Qianfan secretly met with Araki Harima in the private room of Chunfeng Deyi Building.
“I heard from Mr. Sagami that he saw you at Qimin Bridge.” Araki Harima said.
"The Secret Service Headquarters and the Imperial Military Police Headquarters wanted to send people into the French Concession. The Political Office did not agree and the two sides were in a stalemate. Tande arranged for me to contact the Empire." Cheng Qianfan said, "I went to the site to investigate on the pretext of wanting to understand the situation. ."
“Did you find anything?” Araki Harima asked immediately.
He was very satisfied that Mr. Miyazaki was able to cleverly find an excuse to conduct an on-site inspection.
“When I arrived, I saw that Li Cuiqun had just left.” Cheng Qianfan said, “There were several corpses at the scene, and the relevant parties were no longer there.”
"After learning about the Qimin Bridge incident, I immediately went to the scene. The purpose was to contact the person involved, but unfortunately..." He said, frowning slightly, "Maybe I thought too much."
“Where are the escorts?” Araki Harima couldn’t help frowning and asked in a deep voice.
"According to what I learned, the person responsible for escorting the prisoners was Cao Yu. Cao Yu was shot and wounded during the attack." Cheng Qianfan said, "He was escorted by his subordinates to Qimin Hospital for treatment."
“Do you doubt Cao Yu?” Araki Harima caught a hint of strangeness in Kentaro Miyazaki’s words and demeanor.
"It's not that I doubt Cao Yu." Cheng Qianfan shook his head, "If someone else was responsible for escorting the prisoners, this person would also be under my suspicion."
He looked at Araki Harima with a solemn expression, "Although the specific situation has not yet been understood, but there are precedents such as Tong Xueyong and Tang Kanlao, I am not at ease about No. 76."
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