Ze agency, Ze Rongzuo assigned Huang Gongjie tasks: First, continue to search for missing Chinese celebrities and escaped British prisoners of war.The second task was more important. He asked Huang Gongjie to take troops to Zhongshan immediately, control the Zhongshan rice market by force, and prohibit the import of food into Macau.
In Zhongshan County, Huang Gongjie, under the instruction of the Japanese army, violently closed down the city, seized the entire county's grain, and brutally suppressed the rebels.In Macau, the Japanese army intercepted a Vietnamese grain ship and blocked the Gongbei port. As a result, food prices in Macau skyrocketed and refugees starved to death everywhere.