Chapter 126 Conspiracy
Chapter 126 Conspiracy
"That's great," Higashino Daiki said quickly, "The director said this morning that if Chen-san isn't busy lately, we can get together."
"He was afraid you wouldn't show me the favor."
"What are you talking about?" Chen Yang pretended to be angry and said, "Mr. Dongye, we are really good friends."
"Do you know how we Chinese define a true 'good friend'?"
"We went to school together, visited prostitutes together, carried guns together, and shared the loot together."
"Although we didn't go to school together, didn't we do a few other things together?"
"That's right," Higashino Daiki sighed, "Mr. Chen, speaking of that time at the Ishikawa Restaurant, if I hadn't helped you get Section Chief Fujiwara involved, you and Section Chief Fujiwara wouldn't have been together so quickly."
"It's all fate..."
"Uh," Chen Yang's face turned red with embarrassment when he heard this, and he quickly waved his hand and said, "Let's not talk about those things."
"Let's get down to business now."
Let's talk business? Dongye Damu's eyes turned, his face changed instantly, and he said in shock: "Mr. Chen, you are not going to take action on the transported materials, are you?"
"That is absolutely not possible."
"Transporting supplies is no different from what we did before."
"Every screw and every piece of wood is clearly marked and checked before and after entering the warehouse. If one is missing, the person will be punished by military law."
“The risk is just too great.”
"Mr. Dongye, you underestimate me too much." Chen Yang sneered and said, "Can you expand your vision a little bit?"
"The materials at the transfer station are all reserve materials such as wood and ore."
"We can't eat them, and we can't use them, so what's the point of coveting them?"
"Then what do you want to do?" Higashino Daiki was unsure of Chen Yang's thoughts for a moment.
Chen Yang raised his lips slightly and said, "Mr. Dongye, do you know what is the most troublesome thing about doing black market?"
"What is it?"
“You have the goods, but you just can’t ship them out…”
"If we can help others deliver goods to designated places, what do you think of this business?"
"You mean we help transport the goods?" Dong Ye Daimu was stunned...
"The black market business can make 30% profit," Chen Yang continued, "We are now in charge of the transportation network. All we have to do is put the goods into the warehouse, you make the invoice, I stamp it, and then find someone to put it on the truck, and the money will be in our hands."
"I heard from Komuro-kun that you seemed to have taken a fancy to a house in Tokyo when you returned to the headquarters to report on your work before the New Year."
"What's the point of living in a small house of just over 100 square meters? I think you should prepare a villa for your family..."
"Villa?" Higashino Daiki's heart was shocked, and his eyes glowed with heat for no reason.
Yes, he did a business deal with Chen Yang last year and shared tens of thousands of yen. He originally planned to buy a house and bring his parents from the countryside to live in Tokyo.
However, the housing prices in Tokyo are too scary, and there are no mortgage loans at this time, so if you want to buy a house, you have to borrow a large sum of money.
With his little savings, he can only buy a toilet with a squat toilet...
So, when Dongye Damu heard Chen Yang say that he could buy a villa, his heart was so excited that it almost jumped out of his throat.
"Mr. Chen, isn't it too risky for just the two of us?" Faced with the temptation of money, Higashino Daiki was still a little hesitant.
The empire's transportation network is so sophisticated that if people knew they were using public resources for personal gain, they would lose their heads...
"Hitsuno-kun, of course the two of us are not enough."
"We need a transfer order to get materials into the warehouse, so Minister Yoshikawa needs to help with this..."
"As for the goods entering the warehouse, we can do whatever we want with them."
Higashino Daiki's eyes lit up, and the little mustache under his nose seemed to stand up with excitement.
"Mr. Chen, I have a way to convince Minister Yoshikawa,"
"There's not much of a problem between Watanabe Taro and Nitta Koichi. Nitta is my old subordinate and he's crazy about money."
"As for Watanabe, have you ever seen an Osaka person who doesn't love money?"
"My headache now is Aota Isamu and Ino Ryouta."
"These two are from the Navy..."
Chen Yang was slightly stunned. Although he didn't know much about the Tokyo headquarters...
But the entire Japanese army, from the navy to the army, to the air force, any officer with a bit of status probably knows something about the debate about advancing north and advancing south.
The advance northward was supported by the army, while the advance southward was proposed by the navy.
By advancing northward, the army meant to use the Kwantung Army as the main force to launch an attack on the Soviet Union and then invade its Far East region.
The reason why the Army chose this route was that it had a deep strategic cooperation agreement with the Third Reich, namely the anti-communism deep strategic cooperation agreement signed in January this year.
The top brass of the Imperial Army Ministry felt that they would have a greater chance of victory if they could act together with the Third Reich to attack the Soviet Union from both the east and west.
After all, the focus of the Soviet Union's development is in Europe. Once the two countries launch an attack on it, their officials will definitely choose to focus on protecting the European part, and the pressure faced by the empire will be much smaller.
In addition to this, the second point is that once the war breaks out, the Soviet Union’s supply lines will be extremely long.
This is just like the Russo-Japanese War that took place in Northeast China. The Russians will feel tremendous pressure due to logistical supply difficulties, which will increase the empire's chances of winning.
Third, the Far East is connected to China's Northeast, Mongolia, Xinjiang and other areas.
The Northeast and many parts of Inner Mongolia have already been occupied by the imperial army. If the Japanese army wins, they will be able to directly connect the occupied areas and use the large number of cheap population in the occupied areas to develop the newly occupied areas.
However, the northward advance plan has been fiercely opposed by senior naval officials.
If for no other reason, because once the northward advance plan is adopted, the navy will be useless and will only become a transport team for the army.
This is something the Navy will never allow.
In addition, the navy believed that the Soviet Far East was vast and sparsely populated, and even if it was occupied, it would take a lot of time and investment to develop it. However, attacking Southeast Asia would allow them to directly obtain important strategic materials such as rubber and oil produced there.
The two branches of the military were arguing endlessly, and neither could convince the other....
The military top brass were arguing with great enthusiasm, and even their subordinates were responding in kind.
All supplies and operating funds for the gendarmerie in Shanghai are provided by the Ministry of the Army, so the gendarmerie headquarters naturally stands on the side of the Army.
If Aota Isamu and Ino Ryota knew that they used the transportation network to help smuggle supplies, they would definitely report it to their superiors.
Chen Yang shook his head and smiled, "Mr. Dongye, we can't generalize."
"I don't know the details of these two people yet, but I think no one can resist money."
"Of course, if they are truly steadfast warriors that cannot be corrupted by money, and possess superior qualities beyond ordinary people."
"Then I think such a person should be placed on the altar for worship instead of standing here to block us from making money..."
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