Chapter 563

One day in August.

Cheng Mo suddenly received a phone call from Takeo Takeda, asking him to meet at the Jinmen Hotel in Huxi.

Although they had met quite a few times over the past year or so, this was the first time they had arranged to meet at the Jinmen Hotel.

This Golden Gate Hotel is the location of the activities of the Shanghai District of the Military Alliance.

Now a 鈥渢raitor鈥� and a Japanese, or rather an intelligence officer, choose to meet in such a place, which really surprised him.

He didn’t believe that Takeo Takeda didn’t know what the Golden Gate Hotel was, but he still chose to do so.

Therefore, he must have his reasons.

According to the agreed time, Cheng Mo went over.

In the designated private room, Cheng Mo met Takeo Takeda, who was wearing makeup.

鈥淗ello, Comrade Cheng Mo, let’s reintroduce ourselves. My name is Wang Yixiong, code name: Shadow, and I belong to the Soviet Russian Communist International Far East Intelligence Bureau.鈥� Takeda Yoshio stood up and introduced himself without any hesitation.

鈥漎ou’re one of us?鈥� Although Cheng Mo had long since known the other person’s identity, no one had told him the secret.

Because he was a soul from the future, he knew very well that Takeda Yoshio had always been one of their own lurking in the heart of Japan, China.

That is why he has always shown trust in Takeda Takeo, and this trust is manifested in a special tacit understanding.

鈥淵es, I’m sorry, we all have discipline, and we can’t disclose a single word until it’s time to go public.鈥�

鈥淚 understand. I really didn’t expect that you would be one of us. This is a big surprise.鈥�

鈥淚 didn’t expect it either that you would be one of us. I was also shocked when I learned the news,鈥� Takeda Takeo said.

鈥淐omrade.鈥� The two hands shook hands tightly.

鈥滳omrade Cheng Mo, I have to go.鈥�

鈥漌here are you going?鈥� Cheng Mo asked in surprise.

鈥滾uzon or Malaya, I haven’t decided yet,鈥� Takeda said, 鈥業n the future, I may not be able to help you in Shanghai.鈥�

鈥滻t’s okay, I have my own way. Although you are not here, I have already grown up. Those who want to move me can’t do it now,鈥� Cheng Mo said confidently.

鈥淚 know that you get along well with Zhou Fuhai, and Lin Shiqun can’t do anything about you. He’s not focusing on Shanghai anymore, so he’s not worried about this aspect of the situation.鈥�

鈥漎es, I’m still in the small circle of the Shanghai concession, while he has long since jumped out of it. However, the more he jumps, the more dissatisfied the Japanese and Wang Shi will be with him.鈥� Cheng Mo laughed, his hand reaching the farthest west of Shanghai. He doesn’t touch interests in other places.

The Japanese were very satisfied with him, thinking that although he was greedy for power and talent, he had a good sense of his own limitations. Unlike Lin Shiqun, he was not too greedy, and he did not even compete with the Japanese army for interests. Over time, if the Japanese did not support him, or if someone who hated him was appointed as an advisor to the Wang puppet government, his fate would be predictable.

鈥淵ou want to go south. Are the Japanese asking the Americans to do it?鈥� Cheng Mo asked.

鈥淵our intuition is as sharp as ever. Although negotiations between Japan and the United States have been ongoing, they are all about buying time to prepare for war. Once the preparations are complete, they will strike a fatal blow.鈥� Takeo Takeda nodded. 鈥滺awaii!鈥�

鈥淣ot bad, you are in agreement with my analysis of the intelligence we have obtained. The Americans’ largest naval base in the eastern Pacific is in Hawaii. As long as a large number of American aircraft carriers and cruisers are sunk or destroyed, the Americans will have no way to fight back in Luzon. At that time, Luzon’s oil and rubber, as well as Australia’s coal and iron ore, will all become Japan’s possession. As long as these strategic resources are obtained, and there is a buffer of three to five years, Japan can use these resources to become powerful, and by then, it will no longer fear the United States.鈥� Takeda Takeo said.

鈥淣ot a bad idea, but unfortunately, these people are too wishful thinking.鈥� Cheng Mo nodded. There was nothing wrong with this plan, although it did have the character of a gambler, but if they won, it would be no dream for Japan to become a great empire for a thousand years.

However, Japan underestimated the war potential of the United States and also misjudged the choice of the United States.

They believed that after the United States suffered heavy losses, coupled with the rampant isolationism in the country, the US government would choose to negotiate with Japan and would not directly intervene in the war.

At most, they would support the European battlefield with supplies and weapons.

As long as the US military did not directly participate in the war, or participated to a limited extent, it would be beneficial to Japan. As long as the Japanese military maintained an advantage over the US military at sea for about three years, Japan could build a fleet of warships and aircraft domestically.

This would give Japan the upper hand in the East Pacific.

鈥淧resident Roosevelt of the United States is a very strong-willed person, so it is impossible to make him yield. Therefore, once Japan attacks the United States by surprise, the United States will definitely declare war on Japan immediately. Once the United States is out of the game, its domestic industrial production capacity will be beyond the reach of all other countries in the world,鈥� said Takeo Takeda.

鈥淵es, although the United States does not border Eurasia, it occupies a uniquely blessed piece of land, with fertile soil and abundant resources. It is still the world’s number one industrial power. Once the war breaks out, the weapons and equipment produced will arm the soldiers to the teeth. And for the United States, this is also an opportunity to act as the savior and become the world’s number one superpower. Any leader who lets this opportunity slip through their fingers will become a sinner in history!鈥�

鈥淐omrade Cheng Mo, once the Japanese open a second front, it will be a rare opportunity for Chinese comrades, and the United States will need us even more.鈥�

鈥滻 know that once Japan heads south, the navy will be important, but if they want to complete the occupation of Luzon and the South Asian subcontinent, they will need a large number of troops, and they will inevitably have to draw them from China, and even pull the Kwantung Army south. Our pressure will also decrease sharply, but we can also hold off most of the Japanese troops and prevent them from heading south.鈥�

鈥淔urthermore, the importance of the Wang Clique regime will also be enhanced…鈥�

鈥漎ou mean, use the Wang Clique’s power to cultivate your own military power?鈥� Cheng Mo understood Takeda Takeo’s thinking.

鈥滲efore I leave, I’ll get you a Security Brigade, based in Pudong,鈥� Takeda Takeo said.

鈥滻t’s for me, but now the Japanese haven’t occupied the concession yet, and my duties are all related to the concession. Even if this Security Brigade is established, it has nothing to do with me?鈥� Cheng Mo said in surprise.

鈥淒o you have anyone you can trust under your command? Why don’t you recruit soldiers in the form of a militia first, and when the time is ripe, change the name to a security brigade?鈥�

鈥滻 have the people and the base, but the key is the weapons and equipment, and I don’t have any of those.鈥�

鈥滵on’t worry, I’ve got it for you,鈥� Takeda Tsuyoshi said, and handed Cheng Mo a document from his briefcase.

鈥淭hese weapons are all in this warehouse, there are about a regiment worth of them. This is the limit I can prepare for you, the rest is up to you,鈥� Takeda Tsuyoshi said.

鈥漈hanks a lot.鈥�

鈥滳omrade Shadow, when are you leaving?鈥�

鈥滻n a couple of days, if not sooner. Hurry up and have someone transport this batch of weapons and ammunition to a safe place.鈥�

鈥漁kay.鈥�