"Sir Iwabuchi, we are here."
"This is where?"
"Military commander?"
"where?"
"To be precise, the Shanghai District Headquarters of the Military Command Bureau."
"Baga, who are you?"
"Me? I'm sorry, the name Uchiha Sasuke is really unpleasant. My name is Meng Shaoyuan."
…
On May 9, 1939, a shocking case occurred in Shanghai that was unknown to outsiders but was enough to cause an uproar:
Five people, including Eri Iwabuchi, Assistant Director of the Financial Control Bureau of the Ministry of Finance of Japan, Taro Onishi, Vice President of the Bank of Japan, Bank of Japan, Korekiyo Tomita, Bank of Japan Banknote Issuance Supervisor and Banknote Expert, were secretly kidnapped!
Shocking.
The sky collapsed.
Yingzuo Zhenzhao received a "generous gift" after he just took office as the top leader of the Shanghai Intelligence Agency!
It is said that after receiving the news, Yingzuo Zhenzhao almost fainted.
The sky collapsed and the earth cracked.
The expert group was completely destroyed!
…
"I want to assassinate Wang Jingwei!"
That day, Meng Shaoyuan said this: "This old guy is like a turtle with a shrunken head. The Japanese are heavily protecting him and asking me to trade my life for a loss-making business that I may not be able to get in return. I won't do it!"
"I see."
Wu Jingyi finally understood: "You keep sending so-called assassination teams and making noises just to attract the attention of the Japanese?"
Meng Shaoyuan nodded proudly.
Wu Jingyi was a little confused: "But what is the purpose of doing this?"
"I want to take action against the Japanese financial expert group!"
"Japanese financial expert group? We have not received this information."
"You don't have it, I have it!"
"Where did you get the information?"
Meng Shaoyuan did not answer, he smiled.
…
In 1938, holiday circles began to appear in Shanghai.
Japan's Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Japan asked Shanghai to launch a comprehensive investigation.
However, at that time, the Japanese intelligence agencies went all out to deal with military reunification and ignored this request.
In their view, investigating the source of counterfeit currency has nothing to do with them.
In April 1939, a large number of counterfeit Japanese yen notes were circulated in Shanghai again.
On the basis that communication with the intelligence agencies was hopeless, the Ministry of Finance formed a separate team of financial experts and rushed to Shanghai to investigate.
This expert group arrived in Shanghai in early May, at which time Wang Jingwei also arrived in Shanghai.
From the perspective of Japanese intelligence agencies, this is the top priority.
The Japanese intelligence agency in Shanghai and the Japanese Consulate in Shanghai went all out to deal with Wang Jingwei's open rebellion and surrender to the enemy.
The expert group was ignored, and no one paid attention to them after staying in the Japanese Concession for five days.
Eventually, the investigation was hastily concluded.
This also caused serious conflicts between the Ministry of Finance and the Japanese Army.
A series of hidden dangers for the Japanese Army in the future were laid at this time.
The Japanese Army is a pauper, and they have constant quarrels with the government over military expenditures every year, because even if the Minister of War wants to increase the groceries by one cent for soldiers, he has to bang the table in Congress and yell loudly.
However, after the so-called "Shanghai Incident", the Ministry of Finance has become increasingly obstructive on the issue of army military expenditures. Even funds that have been passed by Congress will be delayed again and again.
The Ministry of Finance has adopted a comprehensive attitude towards the navy on the issue of military expenditure.
And even the top brass of the Japanese Army are still paupers.
Masanobu Tsuji, the "Jackal Staff Officer" of the Japanese Army, visited the Combined Fleet Commander of the Japanese Navy, Admiral Yamamoto Go**, during the Battle of Guadalcanal.
Yamamoto Isoroku hated Tsuji Masanobu very much, so he planned to take the opportunity to humiliate him when entertaining Tsuji Masanobu.
So Tsuji Masanobu ate an ordinary soldier's meal during the meal, which included polished rice, miso soup, side dishes, fish, and even sake.
This meal made Tsuji Masanobu burst into tears and even said that he should not speak ill of the navy.
This matter puzzled Yamamoto Isoroku, and finally he figured out that the army could not eat fish at all, so the meals of the navy soldiers became a supreme delicacy.
Others don't know these things, but one person knows it clearly:
Meng Shaoyuan!
…
Meng Shaoyuan sped up the whole matter.
Ji Yunqing is an accelerator.
This was a plan designed by Meng Shaoyuan early in the morning.
He controls the counterfeit banknote market in Shanghai and even the whole country.
After the frequent use of counterfeit banknotes last year, he ordered a temporary suspension of use in order to avoid stimulating Shanghai's economy.
When Wang Jingwei was preparing to flee Vietnam, Meng Shaoyuan's long-planned plan finally began to be implemented.
Through Ji Yunqing's hand, he put 480,000 holiday dollars into the market.
First, he could get 120,000 US dollars by defrauding him.
The second is to use Ji Yunqing to ensure the success of the Japanese financial expert group.
May 1939 was a God-given opportunity.
There will be too many things happening in Shanghai this month.
Doihara Kenji is gone, and Kage Sasaki is here.
But at the most critical moment of the handover, Wang Jingwei also came.
There is nothing more important than protecting Wang Jingwei.
Meng Shaoyuan revealed to the newspaper the exact time of Wang Jingwei's arrival in Shanghai.
Public opinion was in an uproar for a while, which also made Yingzuo Zhenzhao feel like he was facing a formidable enemy.
He didn't even dare to let Wang Jingwei leave "Mingguang Pill" and deployed a large number of manpower for protection.
Another very important point is that the previous deaths of Yanagawa Yasumi and others dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese intelligence agency in Shanghai.
Meng Shaoyuan alone is equal to an army.
When this "most powerful agent on the surface" released the news that he wanted to assassinate Wang Jingwei and made frequent moves, the Japanese were on the verge of panic.
The Nationalist Government assassinated Wang Jingwei once in Hanoi and almost succeeded.
Now that Wang Jingwei has arrived in Shanghai, and the military command has their ace agent Meng Shaoyuan, how could they not take action?
Almost everyone thinks so.
However, Meng Shaoyuan himself was not even remotely interested in assassinating Wang Jingwei.
He has more interesting things:
Put several senior financial officials of the Japanese government in one pot!
The Japanese intelligence agencies in Shanghai were at their most chaotic.
After everything was ready, he did the last two crucial things.
The first is to ask Tian Qi to find a way to enter Chongguang Hall, call the expert group from within, and tell them that there will be a dedicated team responsible for cooperating with the expert group to investigate.
After Kenji Doihara left Shanghai in a hurry and in embarrassment, the Shigemitsu Hall was in the most chaos. People were transferred one after another, a large number of documents were backlogged, and countless cases were not dealt with at all.
No matter whether it was No. 76 or the intelligence headquarters, they reported to Chongguangtang and asked for supplies, but no one paid any attention to them. No one noticed when so-and-so came and when he left.
Kenji Doihara left, Yasumi Yanagawa died, and Koichi Hahara and others were transferred.
Who's in charge?
Then, Meng Shaoyuan did the second thing:
He kidnapped Aono Yumi.
This inconspicuous little person can definitely be used for great purposes.
With his unreserved cooperation, the forger Xin Yichen forged a fake military officer's ID card and mission statement.
Including seals and so on, it is almost authentic.
Therefore, "Uchiha Sasuke" succeeded.
It seemed very easy, but Meng Shaoyuan planned the whole process for too long.
To do this, several necessary conditions must be present.
Regardless of the rigor of the plan and the meticulousness of the implementation process, there is one condition that no one in this era except Meng Shaoyuan can achieve:
Know what happened at a certain point in history!
Except for him, who could have imagined that so many situations would occur at the same time in May 1939?
…
Wu Jingyi wanted to say "I'm convinced."
But she didn't say it.
This sentence has been said countless times.
This Master Meng.
Everyone thought he was going to assassinate Wang Jingwei.
But who would have thought that his goal had nothing to do with Wang Jingwei.
"These Japanese."
Wu Jingyi still found it incredible when she said this: "Are they all senior officials of the Japanese government?"
"Yes, senior official." Meng Shaoyuan said proudly: "A total of five Japanese experts in charge of finance are here with me."
"I'm afraid there will be chaos in Japan." Wu Jingyi laughed: "This is a big cake, but the cake is too big, how can we digest it?"
Meng Shaoyuan began to feel a headache.
At that time, I was thinking about how to kidnap the expert team. If the kidnapping was successful, what should I do next?
That Tomita is Kiyoshi, he can be asked to help improve the counterfeit money.
What about the rest?
This matter has not been publicized yet.
Once Chongqing finds out...
No, Chongqing will definitely know.
The Nationalist Government seems to have a huge bargaining chip, right?
"Give electricity to Mr. Dai."
Meng Shaoyuan pondered and said: "Damn it, now that you've reminded me, it's really a hot potato. The Japanese will go crazy. If these experts stay with me, I won't even think about having a good life in the future." .”
People like the Assistant Director of the Ministry of Finance and the Vice President of the Bank of Japan are definitely overqualified when placed next to him.
Fighting financial war and understanding Japan's domestic finance have little to do with myself.
Only the National Government can make the best use of these people.
Put it in your own hands? Forget it.
"No, before you kidnapped them, did you really think about how to use them?"
Wu Jingyi looked a little disbelieving.
"Really." Meng Shaoyuan said with a bitter look on his face: "I just feel that since they have come to my territory, it would be inconsistent with my personality if I just let them go."
"Character?" Wu Jingyi was startled.
"Don't worry about this." Meng Shaoyuan stood up: "Tell each assassination team to prepare for action."
Wu Jingyi was stunned again: "Operation? Aren't the assassination teams you sent out all used to lure the enemy?"
"Luring the enemy?" Meng Shaoyuan's eyes widened: "So many teams have been sent out. If I don't make some noise, is this not in line with my personality? The Japanese financial expert group was taken over in one go. Even if the intelligence department and Dazang Even if you don't deal with it, you must understand the seriousness of this matter, kidnapping? I've just started."
Wu Jingyi smiled bitterly.
This young master Meng had an idea in his head. He had just staged a shocking kidnapping case, and he was about to start a new performance without stopping.
However, with such a figure guarding Shanghai, it is no wonder that Chongqing is so relieved.
