Spy Wars: Return of the Red Luan

Chapter 109 A new big backer

The news quickly spread through the escaped Okamura Yasuji, Obata Toshishiro, and other mid-level naval officers. Shimazu War God Aoki Takashi angrily denounced the traitorous treaty on behalf of the Empire! He faced off against three opponents, causing the Prime Minister and the Navy Minister to bleed on the spot, and he left with a complete victory!
Back to Chen Jiehua, after Kato Kanji's car stopped, Kato excitedly opened the door and rushed out, banging on it. Then, regardless of who opened the door, he kept rushing in, shouting, "Uehara, old bastard, come out!"

Chen Jiehua got out of the car, thanked the driver politely, and stood at the door. Is this really Uehara Yusaku's home? He is the only one who can be called an "old man", right?
After a while, Kato Kanji came out with another old man, "Look, this is Aoki Seigen, Heitaro's grandson!"

"Hey, baby, come in and talk."

Confused, Chen Jiehua followed the two into the reception room. The three of them sat down. Qing Muqiao, the youngest, was the first to ask a question, having been holding it in for the entire journey. "Two seniors, did you recognize the wrong person?"

"Oh, you forgot, kid, I attended your wedding. Your father, Aoki Saburo, invited a bunch of us old guys, but Uehara-kun didn't make it. We are your grandfather's childhood friends!"

"Aoki Qingxuan greets the two grandfathers!"

Well, I have two more grandfathers inexplicably, and they are two big guys. It is not a disadvantage to recognize uncles, and it is even less disadvantageous to recognize grandfathers. Now the trouble I have caused is a bit big, so I need to recognize a few more big backers to save my life!

"Hahaha, I haven't been back for a long time. The young talents in my hometown are so amazing! Heitaro must be a good teacher!"

Chen Jiehua had some doubts, but after thinking about it, he felt relieved and didn't dare to ask more questions. Heitaro should be the nickname of his unlucky stepfather Aoki Nobujun. It was normal for two childhood friends to call each other by nicknames.

"Grandpa Kato, you're too kind! Aoki was reckless. I was so angry at their treasonous behavior that I couldn't help myself. Now I'm a little scared!"

"Little Kato, you've been holding me all the way, and you haven't said anything so happy!"

"Oh, then listen carefully..."

Kato Kanji narrated the whole process from Aoki Takashi's first sentence to his verbal battle with the treaty faction until the end of the battle with great embellishment. The more Uehara listened, the more excited he became. Chen Jiehua beside him kept nodding and bowing, and became more and more scared as he listened!
This old man spread such rumors right in front of me. Is there any limit to the rumors spread by others outside?

Chen Jiehua didn't expect that he and Kato Kanji were actually related. The key point was that he helped their fleet faction without knowing it.

Chen Jiehua is not clear about the history of the Japanese Navy in the original world, but if the Japanese Navy is bound by the London Disarmament Treaty, it will not be able to build new warships. How can it expand its military and how can it spend money without building new ships?

How can we prevent Japan’s economy from collapsing if we don’t spend its money lavishly?
If we don't allow them to expand their military, how can we allow them to expand? If they don't expand, how can they dare to touch America?
If we don't guide the Japanese Navy to ram the United States, won't they just bully the Republic of China, which has no navy, all day long?
Chen Jiehua’s idea was very simple, to do everything in his power to push the Japanese navy to expand and make them swell!

The ultimate goal: guide the navy to hit the United States, and guide the army to hit Red Russia!
Chen Jiehua and Kato Kanji didn't stay at Uehara Isami's house for long before an unexpected phone call came to the Uehara family's home.

"Brother Kato, it's rumored that you took the War God Shimazu away. Why did you share it with Uehara first instead of me? Please bring the War God Shimazu to my palace immediately! I've prepared some fine wine for you!"

This is Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi! This prince's relationship with Kato Kanji is so strong that, to put it bluntly, the princess can't give you anything, so you can take whatever you like.

Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi was a naval admiral. Although he did not attend the cabinet quarrel meeting, the news from the meeting quickly reached the prince's palace.

As a result, Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi waited for a long time but did not see Kato Kanji bring anyone. He asked the driver and found out that they went to visit writer Uehara Isamu.

It's such a shame I didn't get to experience such an interesting thing myself! But my Kato-kun ran off with the real owner without even coming to me first. I'm going to be furious! I've even got some wine ready for you guys.

It was already evening when Kato Kanji and Aoki Kyo arrived at Fushimi Palace. The three of them drank and told stories. Kato once again added fuel to the fire and described the scene from beginning to end in a more exaggerated way.

As the three of them chatted, Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi realized that, so this was indeed the case, he was actually the direct descendant of Kato's childhood friend. Then, they talked about the beach where Aoki Aoki practiced kendo every day, wasn't it the beach where we played every day when we were kids? Their relationship became even closer.

The three of them drank sake until late at night. After all, Chen Jiehua had theoretical knowledge from later generations, including many naval battle strategies. Even if he had never eaten pork, he had seen pigs run. In addition, with a little deliberate catering and subtle guidance, Prince Hiroyuki and Kato Kanji admired Aoki Aohara's talent and naval talent!

"When Heitarou insisted on letting Qingxuan join the army, I told him he was wrong! Qingxuan should belong to the navy!"

"When I received the news this afternoon, I was confused. Was the message transmitted incorrectly? How could someone from the Aoki family in Miyazaki Prefecture, a relative of the Shimazu family, be an army colonel?"

"Aoki, transfer to the navy! I'll give you the rank of naval officer (the rank in the Japanese navy at the time was equivalent to that of a junior officer in the army)!"

Aoki Takashi's performance this afternoon and his fighting ability, as well as his quarreling and naval warfare thinking, made Prince Hiroyuki very fond of him and he was attracted by his talent. The key point was that he was a childhood friend of Kato Kanji and a close relative of his own. He had no psychological burden in snatching him from the army!

Aoki Qiao was pondering the pros and cons of his transfer from Army Colonel to Navy Colonel. Seeing that Aoki Qiao didn't respond immediately, Kato Kanji thought that Aoki Qiao was upset because of the humiliation incident at the Navy Club. He said, "Those two brats from Shanghai were just joking with you. I put them in solitary confinement when I got back yesterday, and they're still in the Navy Department's solitary confinement room!"

At this point, if Chen Jiehua continued to hold on to this matter, it would be a bit confusing. After all, it was just a quarrel between children. Even though you had sent a clear telegram, they didn't pursue you. Moreover, a general of theirs, who was of the same generation as my grandfather, personally put the culprit in solitary confinement.

So Chen Jiehua immediately responded, "Your Excellency, Grandfather Kato, you misunderstood. Qingxuan is not thinking about the Shanghai incident. Instead, he is thinking about whether there was some deeper meaning or plan behind Grandfather's insistence on us signing up for the army. This is also what Qingxuan has never figured out."

"That's Heitaro's spy mentality. He said it himself. He hoped you brothers would be like spies, deeply embedded in the army and serve the navy. After all, at that time, most of the army was from the Choshu clan, and we were enemies of the Kagoshima clan. But now the situation has changed, and I don't think it's necessary anymore."

"I see. Thank you for clearing up my confusion, Grandfather."

(End of this chapter)