Spy War: I am the Living King of Hell

Chapter 281 Conflict and Foreshadowing

At night, Hongkou Tufeiyuan Mansion.

Although Wang Tianhai did not get off the ship, several important figures of the Wang faction who came to Shanghai with Wang Tianhai all got off the ship and were invited by the Japanese to have dinner at Doiyuan Mansion. The person responsible for entertaining them was Inukai O.

This Inukai man has a high status. His father is the former Japanese Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi.

Inukai Tsuyoshi, born in 1855, once supported the revolutionary activities of Sun Yat-sen, the founding father of the Republic of China, and purchased arms for him. After the September 1932th Incident, he formed a cabinet and became prime minister. However, due to his inconsistency with the Japanese military's policy toward China and increasingly intense conflicts, he was shot dead by right-wing elements of the Japanese military in .

Strictly speaking, on the issue of invading China, Inukai Tsuyoshi belonged to the slow-paced faction. He wanted to resolve the Japan-China issue "peacefully", opposed the escalation of the September 18th Incident, and did not recognize the "Manchukuo". However, his political energy was limited, and he was eventually killed by right-wing elements in the Japanese military.

It can be seen from Inukai Tsuyoshi's political propositions that his political propositions are surprisingly consistent with those of Wang Tianhai, which is why the Japanese sent Inukai O to participate in the negotiations with Wang Tianhai.

But Inukai is different from his father, he is a radical, otherwise even if his father is famous enough, he would not be able to participate in this negotiation.

After the meal, Gao Zongwu said "Excuse me" and prepared to leave.

This caused dissatisfaction among Inuyango. Inuyango's plan tonight was to let Gao Zongwu and others live in Tu Feiyuan's mansion. Now that Gao Zongwu was leaving, how could he be satisfied?

So Inukai asked unhappily, "Mr. Gao, where are you going?"

Upon hearing this, Gao Zongwu replied, "I will live at my brother's house in the French Concession." Wang Tianhai's home in Shanghai was in the French Concession, and he and Gao Zongwu were like brothers.

Hearing this, Inuyango said dissatisfiedly: "This is inconvenient and dangerous. You have to live here temporarily."

Hearing this, Gao Zongwu retorted: "My brother's family has taken good precautions."

This tit-for-tat answer immediately angered Inukai, and he said in an imperative tone: "Please ask Mr. Gao to stay here tonight!"

Gao Zongwu didn't buy it at all and replied in a tough tone: "I want to live at my brother's house."

After saying this, Inukai could no longer hold back and said angrily, "Do you want to destroy our unity? Everyone else is willing to live here, why are you not willing?"

Gao Zongwu didn't indulge Inu Yangnan and directly retorted: "I just don't want to live in the Japanese Concession!"

This made Inukai Nan so angry that he was out of breath and was about to lose his temper when he was stopped by Zhou Fuhai.

"Zongwu, why don't you go back to your own home tonight," Zhou Fuhai suggested.

Hearing this, Gao Zongwu nodded, and Inukainan had no choice but to acquiesce. If they continued to confront each other, there would probably be a violent conflict between them tonight.

When Zhou Fuhai and Mei Siping sent Gao Zongwu to the door, Gao Zongwu said angrily: "What right does Inukai have to give orders to me? I can fight for the "peace movement", but I will never accept orders from the Japanese." He said this not only to Inukai, but also to Zhou Fuhai and Mei Siping, telling them not to be dogs for the Japanese. After saying this, Gao Zongwu got in the car and left.

In fact, there was a reason for the conflict between Gao Zongwu and Inuyango, and today's conflict was just a trigger.

Although Gao Zongwu was the main person who arranged for Wang's faction to betray the country and surrender to the enemy, he still had ties with the White Party and kept in touch with them. The intelligence about the Wang faction that the Military Control Commission received came from Gao Zongwu.

For example, the news that Wang Tianhai was going from Hanoi to Shanghai was reported by the Ta Kung Pao in Hong Kong when Wang Tianhai was not yet ready to leave Hanoi. The Japanese suspected that it was Gao Zongwu who revealed the news to the Ta Kung Pao.

Because after analysis, the Japanese side found that many of the news related to Wang Tianhai’s group in Ta Kung Pao were mostly related to Gao Zongwu.

For this reason, Inuyango even sent someone to question Gao Zongwu, but Gao Zongwu not only refused to admit it, but also turned the tables and said that the news was leaked by the Japanese, which made Inuyango very angry.

Since then, the Japanese have suspected Gao Zongwu and have been taking precautions against him based on the relevant intelligence. The reason why Inukainan stopped Gao Zongwu from leaving today was that he did not want Gao Zongwu to reveal Wang Tianhai's address.

Unexpectedly, Gao Zongwu did not listen to his arrangements at all and made the relationship between them very tense, which also laid the groundwork for Gao Zongwu's future troubles.

In order to ensure Wang Tianhai's absolute safety, the Japanese did not let Wang Tianhai disembark the next day, but let him stay for another night. It was not until May 8 that Wang Tianhai left the ship and went ashore to the Tofu Yuan Mansion to reunite with Zhou Fuhai and others. At this point, the center of the "Peace Movement" also shifted to Shanghai.

In order to ensure Wang Tianhai's absolute safety, the Japanese did thorough defense work, such as installing bulletproof windows in the room where Wang Tianhai lived, arranging barbed wire around the mansion, and having Japanese military police take turns to protect outside the mansion day and night. This level of security made the Tu Feiyuan Mansion the safest place in Shanghai.

Since leaving Qiujiang Wharf, Yang Xuewu has temporarily given up the plan to assassinate Wang Tianhai. Now the Japanese are protecting Wang Tianhai too tightly, and he has no chance to take action. Even if he has the chance, Yang Xuewu's safety will be threatened.

So he planned to give up the assassination attempt on Wang Tianhai for the time being, and wait until some time had passed and the Japanese relaxed their protection of Wang Tianhai before taking action against Wang Tianhai.

On the other side, although Wang Tianhai and others arrived in Shanghai safely, they encountered many difficulties in carrying out the "peace movement" in Shanghai.

Although the Japanese were in control of the situation in Shanghai at this time, agents from the Red and White Parties had been active in Shanghai, threatening the lives of these people at all times. Under this situation, their activities were greatly difficult.

If they stayed in Tu Feiyuan's mansion, they would of course be safe, but this was unrealistic because they came to Shanghai to realize their political ideas, not to save their lives.

And this is not the point. Although the assassinations by the two Red Party members posed a great threat to the Wang faction, there was still room for maneuver. But there was one thing that had no room for maneuver, and that was after they arrived in Shanghai, all their actions were monitored and controlled by the Japanese.

The Japanese sent people to follow Wang Tianhai and others at all times, nominally to protect them, but the Wang faction members were not fools. They all understood that this was Japanese surveillance of them.

But they couldn't refuse. When they were in Hanoi, Wang Tianhai Group could still bargain with the Japanese. After all, that was French territory and the Japanese couldn't control them.

But Shanghai is different. Shanghai is now ruled by the Japanese. From the moment they arrived in Shanghai, they became "birds in a cage" and could only be manipulated by Japan.

(End of this chapter)