Chapter 56: Each with Their Own Agenda
The attack on the "Ghost House" on High Street was a whole day ago, and Tofu Yuan, or should I say Tu Fei Yuan, has become active again. He made contact with the liaison person of the Guangdong-Guangxi Army and proposed a plan: to dispatch another large batch of military training personnel, totaling over 400 people, to accelerate the training speed of the two armies in Guangdong and Guangxi. In addition, he invited Li Zongren and Chen Jitang to come to Hong Kong together to discuss an anti-Chiang Kai-shek action plan, stating that he can provide a large amount of military supplies for use by the two armies, even tanks; however, the condition is that it must be negotiated with the leaders of the two armies.
Because Tofukumon wanted to give the women of Fushimi Palace a chance to calm down, he had postponed his return trip; besides, he had revealed Japan's plan in the Shanghai Grain War, so he would no longer be involved in this plan. The Japanese side also felt that although Tofukumon was capable, he was not a financial expert after all, so they sent another heavyweight prince, Prince Shigehito of Higashifushimi, to lead a group of real speculators to Shanghai; this gave Tofukumon an opportunity to slip away.
On the same day, in the morning, Mo San personally brought six people to bring back those films and the intelligence materials provided by Tofu Yuan to Lingling. Tan Xiao was stunned and had a physiological reaction after watching these two historical classics, and he couldn't say a word for half a minute! These two guys would definitely be able to stand out even if they didn't join the army, and making some ultra-era short films would be absolutely top-notch! He originally just wanted to get rid of Tofu Yuan, but unexpectedly, Ding Lushan completed the task so outstandingly, exceeding his expectations by 10,000 times! If possible, he would have promoted these two perverts to lieutenant general immediately! Would it be that the small film trend in Japan's later generations was started by these two guys? Tan Xiao suddenly had a strange idea.
Tofu Hara's intelligence was truly invaluable: this man with an extraordinary memory provided 1,006 large and small clandestine agencies across the country, including more than 23,100 traitors from China! If these personnel were caught in one net, it could be said that most of China would have no Japanese eyes left! Would Japan dare to invade without its eyes?
Immediately send a confidential telegram to Director Dai, and he must come at the first time... Such a big action, Tan Xiao absolutely can't handle it all by himself. This time, he wants to catch all the Japanese on the list! - - - - With Tofu Yuan, do you still need to put out a long line to catch big fish? He looked at the names of the hidden personnel on the list, and there were no big spies like Nan Zao Yunzi who was famous in the original time and space. Therefore, he judged that this list must be reliable. Others caught spies and had to interrogate for half a day. When I catch spies, I just kill them. Haha, Tofu Yuan has become an ally; it's really cool! Tan Xiao, who was overjoyed, suddenly couldn't laugh anymore: In the Lingling faction's special agent, except for Hamano Sakiko, who was disguised as Ye Qianfan, a familiar name appeared: Zhou Xing! No Japanese name! It turned out that there were two Japanese spies in the internal department of the Wild One Army, and one of them was a native Chinese!
Specific actions will be discussed after Dai Li arrives. What's more worrying for Tan Xiao is the Shanghai grain sniper plan provided by Tofu! The Japanese have invested a total of 650 million! Adding the part from the Song Kong Group, the funds from these two routes have already exceeded the total assets of Sha Xun! What's even more frightening is that once they dump and the National Government intervenes in the market, the Japanese Navy will forcibly intervene on the grounds of opposing unfair competition! This is no longer a purely financial market problem. It's clear that this must be notified to Rong Hui immediately, and the original plan must be changed!
Rong Hui read the decoded message several times with a serious expression, then handed it to Sha Xun. Now she was also at a loss. Perhaps informing Chiang Kai-shek and leaking the news to Song Kong, letting them concede defeat before the Japanese even arrived, would be the safest approach! It seemed that things had gotten out of hand, exceeding her psychological budget.
Shason finished reading the telegram, closed his eyes in contemplation, and after a good ten or more minutes, he suddenly opened his eyes: "This is an opportunity!"...
All along, Sassoon had been extremely uneasy about Japan's growing influence in Shanghai, where his business was mainly located. This was also one of the reasons he was willing to invest heavily in the Qinzhou Bay development plan. At the same time, he was very dissatisfied with the British government's inaction in the face of Japan's expansion, which harmed Britain's Far Eastern interests. Perhaps, Japan's naval landing could change all this! Sometimes, sacrifices need to be made to awaken the masses, as long as it's not oneself, that's okay! Sassoon said to Rong Hui: "That day, General Tan told me he had airplanes and cannons... haha, didn't think they would really come in handy!"
"Are you saying that the National Army should fight another battle with the Japanese in Shanghai?" asked Rong Hui, who absolutely would not agree in her heart, knowing that Tan Xiao wanted to drag it out for two years!
"No, not the National Army! It's... hard to put into words, I'll bring out the whole idea, but let me think for a moment. Of course, money is definitely going to be made!" His ferocious face looked even uglier when he made a grimace: "I want the Japanese to bathe the concession in blood!" Sa Shuang hoped to see more British warships appear on the Huangpu River, so that his property would be safer!
In Yu Kai's study, a meeting was also being held, an extremely tense meeting with only three attendees: Yu Kai, Rong Zongjing and Gu Qianyi.
They had a plan in front of them: to transfer all settlements from the two major grain exchanges from over-the-counter settlement to bank settlement. Now this volcanic market has made the two market order managers extremely uneasy, and they are even worried that after a crazy speculation, these two markets will also disappear! So when Yu Qiaqing asked them to discuss this matter, they both rushed over at the first time.
"Logically, this settlement should be handled by the central bank or Bank of China, but I've received news that this time the Japanese have mobilized a large amount of funds from the national treasury to come in, and if something goes wrong, it's hard to guarantee that there won't be another landing of the army...". Yu Kuaiqing said: "So, my intention is to let the Shanghai banks, regardless of which country they belong to, compete for this settlement right through a secret bidding process; then we'll secretly transfer this settlement right to British and American banks...... Ah, our country is weak and has no leverage! Our own exchange's settlement actually has to be handed over to foreign-funded banks, what can you do!"
Rong and Gu exchanged a glance, Yu Kaiyi's proposal was indeed reasonable; in this way, at least they could wash their hands clean of the settlement link, but, after handing it over, would they be able to get it back? Handing over China's transaction market settlement to foreign banks was truly a sore spot for every Chinese business giant!
However, the big events that had happened before, such as burning veils, looting goods, and gangsters making trouble, made everyone have lingering fears; let alone now Shanghai has no Chinese garrison!
Rong Zongjing was silent for half a day, suddenly becoming choked with rage, and couldn't catch his breath for half a day! The three of them were actually all very distressed, but the current situation in China, where the country is divided and fragmented, and the government's orders are not being carried out; and the external threats that won't stop, was not something that these business leaders could change with just one passionate speech. In the end, after discussing until midnight, they still decided to hand over the settlement rights to foreign banks for a trial run of one year, and even planned to tie up their warehousing business with foreign merchants; however, there was one point - these businesses would absolutely not be handed over to the Japanese!
The next day, the news that the grain oil cake exchange and flour exchange would cancel counter settlement and hand it over to bank settlement spread rapidly in the market. At first, various grains opened high and went high, breaking the horizontal pattern of consecutive days, making those suppressed multi-heads ecstatic. Within half an hour, each variety was full of spirit and hit a new high, killing the "grab hat" army that had been accustomed to high throwing and low flatting in recent days. In half a day, the market's trading volume had already exceeded the total trading volume of the past few days!
At noon, the representatives of various factions began to hold their own meetings to study the possible moves of their opponents; except for a group of people from the Song Kong Group. Today's market performance was made by them, but they were studying the two exchange decisions notified by Yu Qiaqing this morning.
"The old fox himself didn't want to take the blame, so he shed his skin and yielded...". Regarding Yu Qiaqing's lack of full support from start to finish, Kong Xiangxi was dissatisfied. However, their friendship was too old, and Yu Qiaqing's status in Shanghai was also too high, so Kong Xiangxi couldn't directly accuse him: "I'm thinking that we might as well give up this settlement right, it would be much more beneficial for our future operations!"
"I think so too. As long as we have the settlement rights, there's no problem eating this market!" Song Ziwen had just taken over as president of the Bank of China and was thinking of making a big move!
Indeed, if the clearing bank is in their own hands, they can still play many tricks at the bottom of the table, so everyone agrees to go for this bid. Moreover, given their relationship with Yu Kecheng and Rong Zongjing, it's basically a done deal; as for those foreign banks? It's unlikely that these two markets will give the clearing rights to foreigners, right? The reason they submitted a sealed bid is probably because of this, Song Kong et al. are very confident, thinking that the clearing bank of this exchange must be the Bank of China.
The Japanese also had this idea, but they also thought that the settlement bank was either the central bank or the Bank of China, so it didn't matter much, and just let Chongqing Bank bid for it.
Originally, foreign-funded banks that were not very concerned about the matter soon gathered many key personnel to discuss the bidding after the news came out. Their bank presidents all received calls from Yu Qiaocheng, personally inviting them to participate and guaranteeing that domestic and foreign-funded banks would be treated equally!
Although foreign banks, except for decision-makers, almost no other employees know that their bank also has an opportunity, however, Shasong already knew. His allies include the presidents of several foreign banks. Moreover, regarding the expansion of the exchange warehouse, which is currently not enough, and seeking a collaborator's message, he also knows. This more secretive news, which has not yet been leaked to the outside world, was directly told to him by Yu Keqing! It is clear that Shasong has become a candidate for cooperation.
Why not, if possible? Sassoon naturally hoped to be able to reach directly into the Exchange's warehouse; and he would not let go of the bidding for the settlement bank. So, he went to HSBC in person, doing his best to make HSBC obtain the qualification for transaction settlement.
If the Japanese were to be defeated to the point of being unable to recover, they would definitely resort to military intervention. Currently, there are no Chinese troops in Shanghai, and if they were to come up and be blocked, who would they bother? If the Japanese army dared to create a bloody incident in the concession that would arouse public outrage from all countries, he would work with "M" to persuade Britain to increase its troops in Shanghai; at the same time, Rong Hui and Dai Gao would also work to persuade France to participate. As for the Americans, after meeting with HSBC, he would go to Bank of America to deal with the Americans; additionally, later on, he planned to communicate with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, whose largest shareholder is not the US government, but Jews! As for the Germans, it's said that they have a special relationship with Tan Xiao. If Britain, France, the US, and Germany were to come out with the toughest attitude simultaneously, the Japanese would absolutely not dare to resist, they could only compromise! How they should compromise can be thought about later, but definitely, all countries must be forced to take a tough stance!
Where can I find so many white people to provoke the Japanese? Sasha is worried, although he has a lot of his own men, but obviously, they are not enough to be opponents of regular troops. Rong Hui? She has some black men under her command, but it's still not enough! If only there were hundreds of white people to provoke them, that would be great! He is thinking of hitting the US Marine Corps, those Sam's have money and dare to do anything!
After understanding Sasha's initial idea, Rong Hui immediately thought of Tan Xiao's notice that the "Brent Training Camp" was about to arrive! Yes, if these people take action, the Japanese will definitely suffer heavy casualties, and maybe there will be a bloodbath in the concession! But is this okay? Won't it trigger a new wave of military build-up among various countries, ultimately harming China? Rong Hui remained calm and composed, but since Tan Xiao, she had started to consider China's national interests first when thinking about many issues.
Tan Xiang's first reaction after receiving Rong Hui's telegram was that it would be a good thing if Japan and other countries could have a brutal and bloody battle! At least they could make enemies, which is a diplomatic victory; Moreover, it may bring new military aid to China! To achieve the latter goal, it is best to let Chinese people and Japanese land troops fight again! …… But can we not involve the government? What identity or name should be used to fight? Chiang Kai-shek would definitely not dare to send his own troops to fight this battle, so this battle still needs to be fought secretly with one's own military expenses.
Bang! Anyway, Laozi still has some money left! Tan Xiao made up his mind! The training level and tactical literacy of most troops in the current Wild One Army are top-notch, but their training results and tactical applications have not been tested in actual combat; whether they are pseudo-modernized troops with a gorgeous appearance or real iron-blooded warriors, it really takes a bloody battle to test them! So, he sent his plan to Shanghai.
His plan was to let Shaoshan and "M" in the Strait Settlements, with the excuse that Chinese also had an obligation to defend the colony, recruit a batch of Chinese to go to India for training, and must inform the Japanese about this action. He would let Wen Xiangting's people cooperate, and it should be possible to recruit more than 3,000 people in a very short period; then, once the situation in Shanghai became tense, he would announce that this army would be sent to Shanghai. Of course, on the way, they would replace them with Wild One Army's well-trained soldiers! This army would be organized according to the standards of the Wild One Army, but the rifles would be replaced with Enfield rifles, light machine guns with Browning guns, and heavy machine guns with Vickers; other equipment remained unchanged. The equipment and military expenditures would all be borne by the British; because it was a secret action, the soldiers' salaries and compensation standards for casualties were eight to ten times higher than usual; and the equipment required the British to deliver them to the Wild One Army in advance, so that the soldiers had time to get familiar with them.
Tan Xiaolian, being meticulous and calculating, did not let this opportunity slip away either. He wanted to take advantage of the situation to obtain at least double or more military supplies from the British; this does not include the gains from the several arsenals in India that took advantage of the situation!
The expenses of this team are very high, but Sassoon agreed almost without hesitation. However, he tactfully indicated that the original Shanghai futures war dividend method needs to be changed because he himself can't swallow it and there will be other joiners. Tan Xiao let Rong Hui and him discuss this new condition, while he was already preparing for battle! Thinking of his own significant changes to history, Tan Xiao didn't know whether to be happy or worried, anyway, he was both worried about starting the war early and eager to fight.
Tan Xiaoxiang thought about it and still didn't reveal the plan to the Germans, the timing wasn't right yet; however, he believed that when England and France fully supported China, the Germans would definitely not fall behind.
As for the selection of generals, he wasn't worried, except that famous figures like Peng Hanbo couldn't be used; in fact, from the 23rd Division to today, there were still many talented people in the army. Now, he had to prepare for the formation of the new army. Could he direct a good play to defeat the Japanese in Shanghai? Tan Xiaoshi was confident, but this was a case of "having a mind to fight but no mind to fight"!
He was just about to go to the barracks to inspect the troops when a soldier came to report: Dai Li has arrived.
Dai Li received the telegram and knew that Tan Xiang must have something big to discuss with him, so he hastily arranged for a plane to fly from Nanjing.
Tan Xiao didn't tell him about the Shanghai military action, only letting him know the list of agents, and of course, Tofu's matter couldn't be hidden, so he invited Dai Li to watch that two-hour Japanese "historical masterpiece" again.
Dai Li thought it was a big deal, but he absolutely didn't think it would be this huge!
He didn't know whether he was shocked by the content of the movie or the intelligence, anyway, he was completely stuck in a state of mental blackout! After a long time, he finally began to exchange opinions with Tan Xiao.
For the nationwide arrest operation covering over 20,000 people, it's not an easy task. In order to prevent the Japanese from reacting in time, they decided to take action simultaneously at over a thousand locations! At this point, the massive organization of the Revival Society played its role, with branches of the society present in all the locations where the special agencies were located. So they planned to hold a meeting of representatives of the Revival Society at all levels to cover up the preparations for the action, and at the same time, to mobilize the garrison troops from the central military in various places to cooperate with the operation.
As for those who are not in the central military's territory, they would have to mobilize the Special Operations Group of the Secret Service to carry out assassinations, and wouldn't even bother making arrests.
Regarding Tofu Huang's "anti-right", Dai Li believed that he should still inform Chiang Kai-shek, after all, this capture action involved a batch of high-ranking officials including Huang Ju, the confidential secretary of the Executive Yuan. If there was no cooperation from Chiang Kai-shek, it would be easy to give others an excuse and cause panic.
This operation was codenamed "Exterminate the Rats" and classified as top secret. The detailed plan of action would be personally presented to Chiang Kai-shek by Dai Li with documents the next day; while the specific plan could not be formulated immediately, Tan Xiao completely shook off Dai Li to make arrangements - he had too many things to attend to!
As soon as Dai Li left, Rong Hui's secret telegram arrived. It turned out that in order to give the Japanese a big enough blow and force them to mobilize troops, Sha Xun had indeed activated the US Federal Reserve! Through his notification, American Jewish financiers would immediately come to China to target Japanese funds. In addition, everyone still has a good impression of Tan Xiao, this "Moses", after all, apart from him, there is no other place in the world that dares to accept so many Jews who can form their own country. So, they are willing to give Tan Xiao a large economic benefit. Now they estimate that if they can swallow Song Kong Group and the Japanese wholeheartedly this time, plus the market's floating capital, they will have around 1-1.5 billion. After deducting various costs, the profit will not be less than 800 million. Therefore, they offered Tan Xiao a dividend of 300 million.
No way! Tan Xiao calculated that apart from the 650 million invested by the Japanese, of which 150 million was guaranteed to be profitable, there were actually only 500 million left. So all the other profits would come from the Chinese people. Tan Xiao felt uncomfortable - if the Chinese had to take out 500 million, Song Kong couldn't possibly cover it all, and what was left would be a huge blow to the private funds!
After the final price negotiation, it became a profit distribution method like this: The losses belonging to the Song Kong Group and other Chinese people were attributed to Tan Xiao's pocket; while the Japanese losses were attributed to Jewish income. The reason why they are willing to divide it in this way is that Jews have their own plan: when Japanese people don't have money, they need financing, which naturally means finding Americans, who can completely make Japanese losses bigger! As for the financing income from Chinese or Japanese people, all of it belongs to them! Moreover, they believe they have the most authoritative basis for dividing these funds, and they decide who owns what funds at that time!
As for how to distinguish the nature of these accounts, just a little while ago tonight, the settlement rights have been released: the miscellaneous grain oil cake exchange belongs to HSBC, the flour exchange belongs to Bank of Communications, and the Central Bank and Bank of China did not get any! All these banks are under the control of the big sharks this time! So the Jews think they have enough reason to dominate this account division, and Tan Xiao can't object.
Tan Xiao believes that he has the Japanese data in his hands, and his division is based on this, everything else belongs to him! He also believes that when the time comes, he can come up with an irrefutable reason for dividing the account nature.
The dividend plan was vaguely passed under the circumstance that everyone thought they were right!
Of course, Tan Xiao still had one more thing to say. Since you want to come and cause chaos in the concession, why not make it even more chaotic? He was preparing to send another troop to stir up trouble - disguised as Japanese people! (Author: Another week has passed, I didn't realize I've been writing for almost two months... previously, I thought 100,000 words was a long article, now it's over 30 million words. Previously, when I first made it onto the recommended list, I was quite excited, but now I'm numb to it. In fact, whether or not I make it onto the list, I will still update on time... Tonight is finally the weekend, and I'll be fighting again to guarantee next week's stockpile... A suggestion for my female readers: let your other half write a book, guaranteed he'll become an otaku...)
