I couldn't think of anyone when writing, they're unnamed for now. If I find a good name or two I'll add them. For lack of definition, the Major and the Colonel are sufficient for discussion and orders.
Alas, not all was well within Shanghai. The Tongs nearly topple Du at the mere mention of replacing their chief secondary income, opium, with some obscure Mexican grass.
[X] Du "Big-Eared Du" Yuesheng: Han mob boss who has a controlling interest in Shanghai and worked with elements of the Republicans. Ties with elements of the Chinese National Party.
- [X] Ask the Major and the Colonel to start training Tong members in how to war. To prevent friction between the two due to differences in military doctrine between the Americans and the French, there will be two training groups. Students will be rotated between the two groups so that the students will learn of two different doctrines of war and have a bigger repertoire of warmaking to choose from when the situation calls for it. Start inserting or creating trustworthy agents in the lower rank bureaucracy of the Qing and the KMT so they can start subtly manipulating events and orders to create a long term stalemate situation between the Qing and the KMT while Shanghai powers up. Secure yet more food sources along the coast to the north and the south with the aim to eventually have all fishing villages on the Mainland coast be secretly controlled by Shanghai. Have Du Yuesheng supervise secret research and trials comparing the recreational effects of opium and marijuana, and secretly discuss with Chiang Kai Shek and selected Chinese scholars of Chinese history regarding connecting the long and ancient history of Marijuana in China and the short history of Opium importation in China to the current anti-foreign sentiment in China.
@kilopi505 Connecting opium and anti-foreigner sentiment is a great idea. What are your thoughts on starting up weapons smuggling through our fishing ports? It would be incredibly profitable, give another way to control the war, and allow us to start building up Shanghai's armed forces.
[X] Du "Big-Eared Du" Yuesheng: Han mob boss who has a controlling interest in Shanghai and worked with elements of the Republicans. Ties with elements of the Chinese National Party.
- [X] Ask the Major and the Colonel to start training Tong members in how to war. To prevent friction between the two due to differences in military doctrine between the Americans and the French, there will be two training groups. Students will be rotated between the two groups so that the students will learn of two different doctrines of war and have a bigger repertoire of warmaking to choose from when the situation calls for it. Start inserting or creating trustworthy agents in the lower rank bureaucracy of the Qing and the KMT so they can start subtly manipulating events and orders to create a long term stalemate situation between the Qing and the KMT while Shanghai powers up. Secure yet more food sources along the coast to the north and the south with the aim to eventually have all fishing villages on the Mainland coast be secretly controlled by Shanghai. Have Du Yuesheng supervise secret research and trials comparing the recreational effects of opium and marijuana, and secretly discuss with Chiang Kai Shek and selected Chinese scholars of Chinese history regarding connecting the long and ancient history of Marijuana in China and the short history of Opium importation in China to the current anti-foreign sentiment in China. Research on this mythical breechloading flintlock rifle the American Major said the Americans had once adopted, and send the plans to the KMT to help them survive their shortage of ammunition.