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    Saigon in May is filled with tension and uneasiness.  Refugees gathered on the pier. There were many shouting vendors and beggars. Some even sold their children and daughters just to get a ticket to leave.  On the two gunboats in the distance, the French flag drooped as weakly as the hot weather. The cold wave from Europe plunged the entire French East Indies into tension and despair.

    Just when Liu Mingzhao, Long Yun and Zhuo Fan were sweeping across Central Asia, the British and French coalition forces suffered a complete defeat in the Battle of France.  Although the generator operation was still going on, the North Atlantic in May was completely different from that in June. The lingering cold current in the Arctic Ocean made the retreat extremely unsmooth. Even though the British navy and people tried their best, only 250,000 people were withdrawn, which was much worse than in the parallel world.  A full 80,000 less!  What chilled the French government even more was that due to time constraints and bad weather, he repeatedly deceived the French government and used the French army to rescue his expeditionary force during this retreat, which was hailed as the greatest victory by Churchill.  scapegoat.  Even during the retreat, the British used clubs to drive away Belgian and French soldiers approaching the ships. At least five hundred French soldiers were brutally beaten to death by British clubs!  In the end, the ratio of 210,000 British troops to withdraw, 20,000 French troops, and 20,000 Belgian troops further proved the shamelessness of the British Empire!

    This chaotic retreat from beginning to end not only caused the British and French forces to lose all their equipment, but also caused the relationship between the two countries to quickly break down, making France's will to resist even weaker.  Of course, it also made Hitler furious. So even if Wei Gang proposed various counterattack plans after taking office, facing the angry German army, everyone knew that it was only a matter of time before France fell.  Relying on the pre-war "Sino-French South China Sea Agreement", although Japan did not dare to attack the French East Indies blatantly, what happened after France failed?  Colonies without the protection of a sovereign state are like women who take off their clothes. The abundant resources and food in the Mekong River Basin attract countless greedy eyes.  France, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, China, the Soviet Union, and even Germany and Siam all used their own ideas and various people with various purposes to set foot on this land that included later Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and parts of  A huge colony in the eastern part of Thailand.

    The Wan'an ferry Li Zhenzhong was on had just docked at the pier.  Thousands of refugees broke through the fence and surrounded them.  The French soldiers and Vietnamese police protecting the port immediately punched and kicked them, and even fired warning shots before opening up a VIP channel to allow French and foreign merchants to board the ship first.  However, these people are no longer able to leave Asia by sea. Since Japan occupied Malacca and Andaman and only allowed China's ocean-going fleet to pass through, these people could only seek refuge in Hong Kong and other places.  Of course, if you have money, you can buy a China Northwest Airlines ticket and fly to Kashgar from the southeast, then transfer to Kabul and head to the Middle East.  But this is war time, and air ticket prices have skyrocketed dozens of times.  And it¡¯s hard to get a vote.

    Among the crowd, two cars with Lu's company logo drove directly into the dock.  In the entire French East Indies, no one knew about this company.  Just think about the "Lu Baiyi" of Guangxi who caused uproar in the southeast back then, and think about Yang Qiu who swept through the southwest and took over power, but did not do anything about the Lu family, and you can imagine how deep the Lu family's background and connections are.  Lu Rongting's son Lu Yuguang was not good at serving as a soldier. He became a colonel and retired from active service, but he was agile in business.  In just a dozen years, the Lu family has extended its tentacles to rubber, metallurgy, mechanical shipbuilding, mining and grain.  Don¡¯t say anything else.  There are several jade mines in Myitkyina alone, and relying on Yang Qiu's support, they have occupied many valuable nickel and copper mines in northern Vietnam.  As long as they did not cause destruction, even the French colonial government would turn a blind eye.

    When Li Zhenzhong walked towards two swaggering cars.  Two gloomy glances in the distance caught his attention.  Turning around, he saw two Japanese people leaning on the railing outside the barbed wire fence of the pier, staring at the car and themselves with vigilance.  Seeing his gaze, the Japanese immediately turned his head.  "Boss, don't worry. They are here to monitor Lu's company." Upon seeing this, the liaison officer immediately ran over and got into the car with him.

    "When did it start?" Li Zhenzhong was from Anhui and was admitted to the Military Intelligence Department of the National Defense University in 1928.  After graduation, he was scouted by the Military Intelligence Agency.  After ten years of hard work, he became the director of the Asia Department of the Military Intelligence Bureau due to his extraordinary work ability. His public identity is the deputy general manager of Lu Company.  Therefore, after learning that Japan had begun to monitor Chinese companies, we also increased our vigilance.

    "Starting at the end of last month, they not only monitored Lu's company, but also sent special personnel to keep an eye on various Chinese companies and big business houses in Nanyang. I have already reported it to the headquarters. It should be the Shadow Society who is behind the scenes."

    "Kingzuo Zhenzhao?" When Li Zhenzhong heard the name Shadow Society, he thought of Yingzuo Zhenzhao who provided a large amount of intelligence for the Japanese invasion of the Philippines and made great contributions.  The liaison officer also hated this shadow society and said bitterly: "Who else could be there besides him? Director Huang Yufei of the National Security Bureau tried to kill him several times, but he escaped. Damn it! This guy doesn't dare to blatantly raid Chinese people.  He thought of opening a casino and using dirty tricks to make money. After Japan took over the Philippines, he acted like the biggest hero and actually intervened to come to our side!""Who made it easy for us to gamble?" Li Zhenzhong smiled slightly.  The Chinese are known throughout the world for their love of gambling, and it is normal for them to be exploited by Japan.  However, although Yingzuo Zhenzhao was famous in the Philippines, it was not the purpose of his trip, so after asking twice, he paid attention to the situation of the French colonial government and the army.

    When the car drove to the Saigon office of Lu's company, the two Japanese people just now also hurriedly entered the Japanese Black Dragon Samurai Pavilion on the embankment.  The Black Dragon Samurai Hall is the dojo of the notorious Black Dragon Club.  After Yang Qiu cleverly used European and American forces to expel Japan from China, the Black Dragon Society suffered heavy losses, so it changed its direction to the south.  Now it not only controls hundreds of thousands of Japanese prostitutes in Southeast Asia, but also controls large-scale businesses such as opium casinos in Southeast Asia, becoming a cancer entrenched in Southeast Asia.  As the British, American and Dutch forces were expelled one after another, the Black Dragon Society became more and more rampant, especially with the recent news that France was about to fail. The Black Dragon Society in French East Indies began to intensify their exploitation and looting, hoping to facilitate the Japanese army to enter the wealthy French East Indies.  .

    In the quiet room in the backyard, Takeo Imai was discussing matters with Tamaro, the leader of the dojo.  He was originally the military attache stationed in French East Indies. When Britain and Japan declared war, although France did not intervene out of self-preservation, it expelled Japanese diplomats.  So he joined the Shadow Society and was sent back here after the attack on the Philippines.

    "Do you know your identity?" After listening to the report, Kodamarou, who was wearing a kimono, tapped his fingers on the table and asked for specific details.

    ¡°I only know that he is the deputy general manager of Lu Company, and I don¡¯t know anything else.¡±

    "Baga! If you don't know anything, go and investigate. At this time when the future of the empire is about, I don't need to hear any useless news."

    "Hi!"

    After Kodamarou scolded his two men, he slowly looked at Takeo Imai.  As a backbone of the Black Dragon Society and having served in the army, he would not think that the deputy general manager of Lu Company came to Saigon for tea.  You know, the number of Chinese people sneaking into French East Indies from various places has increased dramatically recently.  Moreover, most of Lu's company's business is in the north. Why would a deputy general manager come to Saigon for no reason?  The most important thing is that the relationship between Lu's company and the Chinese military is deeper than the relationship between the Black Dragon Society and the Japanese military. Not only does it build warships for the navy, but the Guangxi aluminum smelting plant it invests in is also the two major raw material bases for the Chinese air force.

    Imai Takeo also frowned after hearing this: "Kodama-kun, have the Chinese people been very active recently?"

    "Yes, there are a lot of them!" Kodamaro said worriedly: "Most of them came from the north, and some came to the south under various disguises. Although I don't know what they want to do yet, it must be related to the failure of the French ghosts.  Relations! We have found out that the Chinese guerrillas in some areas in the north have been summoned and received some weapon support. Myanmar¡¯s Aung San appeared in Kunming three times, and some Chinese officers also appeared under him."

    Seeing that Takeo Imai had not spoken for a long time, Kodamaro lowered his voice and continued to ask: "Sir Imai, didn't you say that the Imperial Army was going to take action? When exactly? The situation is very critical now. If this continues, I'm worried that the Chinese will  Those who entered here before us must have signed a protection agreement with the French devils."

    Of course Takeo Imai knows about the "Sino-French South China Sea Agreement." Anyone in Japan who is interested in annexing Southeast Asia and encircling China in the final decisive battle is familiar with this agreement.  Because of this agreement, a large gap appeared in the strategy of encircling China.  Therefore, the Ministry of War has been suggesting that while China is being dragged in Central Asia, it should attack French East Indies as soon as possible. Even if it only captures the area south of Cam Ranh Bay, it can establish a defense depth for Malaya and Singapore and ensure that it can be cut off at any time when necessary.  South China Sea route.  But the navy disagreed, believing that although attacking East India was simple, how would it end?  What if this leads to the outbreak of war between China and Japan?  Committed to opening up India, we must also be on guard against the fact that the U.S. Navy has made it clear that it will not be able to mobilize enough troops in the short term.

    Kodama was very aware of how much wealth this land contained, but after all, he could not influence the base camp, so he asked anxiously: "Isn't the Imperial Navy conducting exercises in Singapore? Can they send the main fleet over? The French devil only has two cruisers and  A dozen destroyers can easily be dealt with.¡±

    Speaking of the navy, Takeo Imai was so angry that he broke the silence and snorted: "Don't mention those rubbish that wasted the empire's money! They will set off to Ceylon tomorrow to deal with the British fleet. They will not be there in a short time.  Come here empty."

    "What should I do? What if."

    Imai Takeo raised his hand, interrupted and asked: "Kodama-kun, can you get some transport ships?"

    "Imai-kun, what do you mean?"

    "Generals Hata Shunroku and Yamashita Fengfumi are persuading the Siamese Army to attack Siem Reap. I think this opportunity can be used. China and France have an agreement. As long as France does not truly surrender for a day, they should not enter here! So what we lack most now is  transport shipand excuses.  "

    "We have three 4,000-ton transport ships that can transport 2,000 soldiers at a time."

    "Well, you prepare the ship as soon as possible. I will go to Bangkok to see General Yamashita and tell him what's going on here." Takeo Imai gritted his teeth and stood up suddenly: "We must take action before China!" (To be completed.)  Continued)
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