They drank together, looked for women together, and laughed at American hypocrisy and conceit. One of Sato's most proud things was to spend a good night with the wife of a US Navy officer. Because Hasegawa needed the officer's intelligence.

They also had a lot of very good cooperation in intelligence. In 1934, after Lieutenant General Hasegawa Kiyoshi took office as commander of the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet, their intelligence exchanges became more common.

Sato laughed loudly, raised his hands and whirled, emitting all the stinky smell on his body.

Lieutenant General Hasegawa Kiyoshi was a gentle general. If he was not wearing military uniforms, others would really think that he was a professor in a university.

He looked at the dirty beggar in surprise and smelled the stinking smell of his body, but his laughter still reminded him. He pointed hard at Sato as if pointing a knife at his enemy.

He shouted: "You! You are Sato! You are Sato!"

Sato laughed and said, "General, it's me! It's me! You can still recognize me! It's really not easy!"

"Your voice! I can hear your voice!" He said, and walked towards Sato.

"No! No! No!" Sato waved his hand to him, "Don't come over! I will make you smell like a pickled fish!"

As he said this, he sat down on the snow-white couch without any scruples and happily patted the armrest of the sofa.

"Sato, you look like this...you'd better go and take a shower. It's the bathroom inside, so take a good shower."

Hasegawa finally understood the smell of his body and said with a wrinkled nose.

Sato immediately jumped up and saluted exaggeratedly, "Hi! The navy tradition is clean and neat, spotless, mine understands everything!" He swayed his body and walked towards the bathroom behind him.

He took off all his beggar costumes and threw them on the ground, barely wearing a black and dirty body, and stepped into the delicate and clean bathroom.

As soon as the hot water was opened, it washed down from the top of his head and kept flowing throughout his body. He hummed comfortably and scrubbed his body with the loofah pulp.

Through the scattered glass door, he saw an officer in a snow-white uniform tucking his clothes on the ground into a pocket.

He rushed out immediately and shouted, "Don't throw away my clothes! I still have to wear them!"

The officer looked at him in shock and saw the black dirty water flowing down from him, polluting the snow-white mattresses under his feet. He bowed and said, "Yes, yes. I...I will put it outside."

After twenty minutes, Sato finally washed himself clean. He combed his bent hair neatly behind his head, and his originally black face and hands seemed a little pale at this time.

He put on a long kimono, tied a wide belt, and put on herringbone slippers on his feet, then he walked out of the bathroom calmly and steadily.

3-17

He walked into Hasegawa Kiyoshi's office and smiled and said, "General, you can finally recognize me now."

Hasegawa, who had been standing at the long table and stared at the map, staring at him, saying, "Yes, this is you. You should shave your face, there are shave knives and shave water in the bathroom. You should have seen it."

Sato also smiled and said, "General, have you ever seen a beggar who just shaved his face?"

Hasegawa Kiyo nodded to him and said, "Okay, please come and have a look."

They stood by the table and looked at the Shanghai map on the table. On the map, Shanghai streets were crisscrossing and rivers crossed.

Sato looked up at Hasegawa, "General, I have always had a question recently. Are those bastards in the army still going south from North China?"

Hasegawa nodded calmly and said, "Yes. At least so far."

"So, where is our navy?" He looked at Hasegawa intently, with suspicion hidden in his eyes.

Hasegawa obviously understood his doubts and said with a smile: "We still think that it is best to attack from the East China direction. Let's put it this way, half a month ago, on July 16, I wrote a "Opinions on the Operation of Military Forces against China" to the Navy Province. In this report, I emphasized that it is most important to put China to death to control Shanghai and Nanjing! The Nagao Cultivation General of the Joint Fleet also agreed with this opinion. The day before yesterday, on July 29, General Nagao issued the ** combat order, ordering the First Fleet to sail to Shanghai."

Sato nodded to him vigorously, but still had some questions, "So, what about the two senior officials, Mine Himasato and Yamamoto Iroku, of the Navy Province? Aren't they opposed fighting against China?"

Hasegawa smiled and shook his head, "You don't have to worry. They are not opposing the war against China. They just think that the time is not good at the moment and hope to wait a little longer. But you also know that the time cannot be waited, but created!"

Sato nodded, "So, the war in Shanghai will definitely happen?"

Hasegawa said: "Not only will it happen, but it will happen recently, even at any time!"

"So, what about our strength in Shanghai, isn't it enough?"

"You are right. Currently, there are about 4,000 Marines in Shanghai. My third fleet can gather about 1,200 Marines. I can also order Sasebo and Wugang's Marines to come to Shanghai at any time, with a number of about 2,000. In addition, among the expatriates in Shanghai, we can also recruit 10,000 retired soldiers. They are all trained veterans. In this way, the first wave of battles, these forces are enough."

"What's next? The main force of the Chinese army is not far from Shanghai and can come here within a few days."

"I understand what you mean, which means how the subsequent battle will be carried out. This morning, I sent a telegram to General Nagano, which also talked about this. Do you know how General Nagano answered?"

Hasegawa showed a sarcastic smile on his face and said, "General Nagano said that even if I kick the army in the butt, I would ask them to send troops to Shanghai!"

Hasegawa and Sato laughed at the same time, high-fives and patted each other's arms.

Sato said: "Yes, kick them in the butt and kick them to Shanghai!"

Hasegawa said: "When the guns and cannons in Shanghai are fired, they will have to come if they don't want to come! The sound of guns and cannons is an order!"

At this time, Hasegawa gradually fell silent. He stared at Sato with deep eyes and said, "Actually, you know all the results, right? In fact, you know the next result too! In fact, from the first day of the war, we and China have been engaged in a fuel-filled war. The two sides gradually entered the army, and the battle will become more and more intense. There are only two results in this battle, either we win, or they win!"

Sato immediately said: "Of course I believe we win! The general will understand by looking at the battle situation in North China! China is a mess of sand that cannot withstand our burst of force!"

Hasegawa nodded to him, "I think so too. When the war begins for a while, when the initiative gradually becomes our hands, and even when we start to attack with all our strength, Sato Jun, we will need an army to land in Hangzhou Bay, attack the back of the Chinese army, and eliminate all their main forces!"

Sato's face was grim, "General, you are absolutely right! This is inevitable. I understand what you mean. There is a Chinese army in Hangzhou Bay, China's 28th Army, with four divisions under its jurisdiction, stationed on the north bank of Hangzhou Bay, from Quangongting to Zhapu. With this force on it, it is difficult for our army to land."

Hasegawa stared at him, "This is the key to the Shanghai battlefield. What should you do?"

Sato stared at him quietly, as if he thought Hasegawa's eyes looked a little despised him.

He said slowly: "General, I spent six months in Shanghai to carry out the secret mission of the Navy Command. One of the main tasks is to solve this problem. General, if I execute my 'Demon Sword Plan', I can transfer this Chinese army from Hangzhou Bay! I am sure I can do this!"

Hasegawa immediately said, "I know you have such a plan, are you sure you can succeed?"

"I'm sure I can succeed! There is no doubt!" Sato said firmly.

"So, when will you start implementing it?" At this time, Hasegawa Kiyoro also showed a cold look on his elegant face.
Chapter completed!