The 4th Marine Expeditionary Force of the United States Marine Corps is actually the 4th Marine Regiment of the United States Marine Corps. The so-called headquarters is actually the headquarters of the 4th Marine Regiment, stationed at No. 527 Haifang Road in the Shanghai International Settlement.
The 4th Marine Regiment of the United States Marine Corps was originally stationed in the Philippines, which was then a US colony. In 1927, in order to prevent the Northern Expedition Army led by Principal Chang from attacking Shanghai, the US military quickly transferred the 4th Marine Regiment stationed in the Philippines to the Shanghai International Settlement and named it the 4th Expeditionary Force of the United States Marine Corps. Since then, the 4th Marine Regiment of the United States Marine Corps has been stationed in Shanghai and has become an important armed force to safeguard US interests in China.
The Chinese government, including the Intelligence Department, was well aware that the Fourth Marine Expeditionary Force had been secretly collecting intelligence on China. However, for the Chinese government and the Intelligence Department, the biggest threat facing China at that time was the Japanese. In order to curb the expansion of Japanese influence in Asia, the Americans had always supported the Chinese Nationalist Government, so they had not interfered too much in the United States' efforts to collect intelligence on China.
Therefore, Gavin Lin had never expected that he would be able to see such an important intelligence document photo today as "The Fourth Marine Expeditionary Force Command's Intelligence Summary on China". And from the title of the document, it can be seen that this secret document is a confidential telegram sent by the Fourth Marine Expeditionary Force Command to the Commander-in-Chief of the US Asiatic Fleet.
Gavin Lin quickly flipped through the photos and found that the intelligence summary was divided into several parts. The first part was the Chinese part, which was divided into the political part and the military part.
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