Spy Wars: I have space, but I choose to work alone

Unlike the grand celebrations in the concessions, people living in the Japanese-occupied areas were also very happy, but they were only happy secretly.

Under the high pressure of the Japanese army, newspapers in the Japanese-occupied areas did not report the assassination incident during the Tianchang Festival.

Soon, the Japanese military police headquarters in Shanghai invited reporters from various newspapers and magazines in Shanghai to hold a briefing on the Tianchang Festival incident.

In a lobby of the Japanese Military Police Headquarters in Shanghai, a plaster flag covered the entire wall.

Under the plaster flag, Colonel Ichiro Hirata, who was in charge of external liaison at the gendarmerie headquarters, sat behind the table with several Japanese officers.

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Dozens of reporters, both men and women, from all sides were holding cameras and filming non-stop. The strange thing was that none of the European and American reporters who were present yesterday were invited to attend.

Seeing that all the invited reporters had arrived, Colonel Ichiro Hirata, after being introduced by the beautiful host in kimono, began to speak on behalf of Xiao Ri Zi regarding the assassination of Tencho Setsu:

"Mr. journalists, distinguished guests, on behalf of the Shanghai Military Police Headquarters, I would like to make the following statement regarding the assassination that occurred during the Tianchang Festival celebration yesterday:

"First, an assassination attempt on the Imperial Army Marshal did take place during the Tianchang Festival yesterday, but the assassin, who was hiding among the reporters, used a pistol to shoot at close range, not a long-range rifle as rumored."

"Second, our Hundred-Man Killer Warriors, the most loyal and brave warriors of the Empire, Mukai Toshiaki and Noda Takeshi, immediately discovered the assassin who was trying to kill Field Marshal Junroku. They ignored their own safety and bravely stepped forward to fight the assassin with their bare hands. Unfortunately, they were shot in the abdomen during the chaos."

At this point, Ichiro Hirata squeezed out a few drops of horse urine and even took out a blue handkerchief to wipe away the tears that were flowing from his eyes.

Then he continued:

"Mukai Toshiaki, Noda Takeshi lived up to his reputation as the 100-killer samurai of the Empire. He killed an assassin with his bare hands. Especially Noda, after being shot in the abdomen by the assassin's pistol, he still held the assassin's hand tightly and refused to let go. Before he died, he was still shouting: "It's a black card, get on board!" He shed his last drop of blood for the Empire."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present, both military and civilian, burst into tears. They thought it was a blessing for the empire to have such brave warriors, and they wished they were the two heroes, Mukai Toshiaki and Noda Takeshi.

The meeting place fell into chaos for a moment, and it was only after a few minutes that the people present were able to control their emotions and continue the meeting.

Ichiro Hirata then said to the reporters with a proud tone:

"Third, under the leadership of Lieutenant Colonel Takahashi Shiro, a criminal investigation expert of the Locust Army, our Military Police Headquarters successfully cracked the assassination case organized by the Celestial Resistance Forces in just 24 hours and successfully captured 20 members of the resistance organization."

"This is Lieutenant Colonel Shiro Takahashi. He led the charge to capture the saboteurs who were destroying the Daido Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, but unfortunately he was injured."

Shiro Takahashi immediately stood up and saluted the reporters. When everyone looked, they saw that Shiro Takahashi's left hand was wrapped in thick gauze and hung around his neck.

"I'm Takahashi Shiro, please give me your guidance!"

At this time, the reporters from all parties in the audience were so shocked by Xiao Ri's shamelessness that they didn't know what to say. With so many foreign dignitaries testifying at the scene, they were still covering up the facts.

However, since the host had not yet announced the start of the free question session for reporters, everyone could only hold their questions in.

"Okay, now you can ask questions freely!" The host announced that you can ask questions freely.

"Excuse me, how do you explain the photos taken by European and American journalists at the scene, as well as the latest reports on the scene published in the Times and the American Daily?"

Wu Nan, a famous female reporter from Min Bao who is known for her outspokenness, was the first to fire back, questioning Ichiro Hirata directly using the latest European and American newspaper reports as evidence.

Ichiro Hirata was well prepared for this. He took off his glasses calmly, wiped them, put them back on, and said meaningfully:

"Perhaps the journalists from Europe and America had never experienced an assassination before, and they panicked the moment it happened, which may have been a misjudgment. As for the photos, they were taken by the journalists from Europe and America under the protection of the Locust Army after the assassination."

"Can you please ask the European and American journalists who were present at the time to confront your remarks?"

Ichiro Hirata's words seemed to make sense, but Wu Nan was no pushover and immediately proposed a face-to-face confrontation.

Hirata Ichiro did not reply, but said:

"Sorry, each reporter only has one chance to ask a question. Next one!"

After that, he named a traitor reporter who had been prepared long ago.

"Excuse me, Mr. Hirata, is there any evidence that the saboteur your army announced to have captured is indeed a saboteur?"

"Of course! Now, please allow Lieutenant Colonel Shiro Takahashi to introduce the specific case to everyone!" Ichiro Hirata gestured to Shiro Takahashi behind him.

Shiro Takahashi immediately took out the "photos of confessions and original confessions" signed and sealed by the "saboteur" that had been prepared long ago, as well as evidence such as firearms, explosives, and daggers found in the "saboteur's" home.

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While the reporters were busy taking pictures, Takahashi Shiro loudly announced:

"My Military Police Headquarters abides by the law and evidence, and has not wrongly accused anyone."

At this time a reporter asked:

"May I ask how you will deal with the 20 saboteurs?"

Takahashi Shiro smiled coldly and said cruelly:

"After being tried by a temporary court in the occupied area, these twenty saboteurs were sentenced to death and will be executed in three days! To comfort the souls of Mukai Toshiaki and Noda Takeshi in heaven."

No matter how the reporters asked, Ichiro Hirata always found an excuse and a clever explanation.

The security standards for this Tianchang Festival celebration were so high that there were basically no outsiders present except foreign dignitaries.

In addition, there is no video evidence, and the official Xiao Ri Zi has come out to say that black is white, which is really impossible to expose in this era.

After the press conference ended in chaos, the Japanese in the Japanese-occupied areas really believed the official propaganda and spontaneously held a large-scale memorial event for the "Imperial Warriors" Mukai Toshiaki and Noda Takeshi.

At the same time, domestic news media also began to praise the deaths of Toshiaki Mukai and Takeshi Noda, and seemed to want to praise Toshiaki Mukai and Noda Takeshi as representatives of the samurai spirit of the Locust Army.

This kind of thing is commonplace in the hands of small-time governments and is not a new tactic.

Until two months before the surrender in 1945, news reports in the country were still about the Locust Army being invincible and victorious on every battlefield.

How many British and American devils will be killed today, how many enemy warships and planes will be sunk and shot down tomorrow, and how much territory will be seized.

The situation was so good that victory was in sight! So when Tian Huang suddenly announced his surrender, many people could not accept it!

As reporters returned to China, a storm began to brew in the face of Xiao Ri's obvious fraud.

However, all this will not fully unfold until it is published in the newspapers tomorrow. At this time, the vast majority of the people in the Celestial Empire are still feeling encouraged and happy about Tian Changjie's assassination.

This is how it is in this era, information spreads too slowly.

If ordinary people want to know information, most of them can only go through newspapers.

It can be said that in this era, whoever controls the newspaper controls public opinion.