At noon, Zhou Wen and Dai Guoguang rushed to the 19th Route Army headquarters with three captured Japanese spies. The headquarters was located in Nanxiang Town, about ten kilometers away from Huangdu Station.
General Chiang, the commander-in-chief of the 19th Route Army, who was busy with his busy schedule, personally received Zhou Wen. Seeing this mighty and heroic legendary general of the Republic of China, Zhou Wen felt respect and admiration from the bottom of his heart.
He solemnly stood at attention and saluted the general: "Reporting to the commander-in-chief, Colonel Zhou Wen of the Shanxi Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army of the Central Party Headquarters reports to you."
General Jiang took his hand and said with a smile in Mandarin with a Cantonese accent: "Commander Zhou, it's not easy. In just one morning, we uncovered and captured a Japanese spy team, and also seized
Radio station and code book, I must ask for credit for you."
How dare Zhou Wen dare to be so powerful in front of this general and commander in chief? He stood at attention again and said: "How dare I call myself commander in chief in front of you? Just call me Xiao Zhou..."
After listening to the reports from Zhou Wen and Dai Guoguang, General Jiang frowned and walked back and forth in thought.
The battle situation on the front line is now urgent, and the consumption of ammunition is not a small figure. I originally thought that the urgent need would be solved as soon as the military column arrives tonight, but now there is a hidden danger of plane bombing. If it is really bombed, it will be in big trouble.
, if the ammunition supply is insufficient, the whole situation will be shaken.
At present, the 19th Route Army does not have any effective air defense means. The few anti-aircraft guns they have are all deployed on the front line, and they will not be able to withdraw them for a while.
At this time, Zhou Wen stepped forward and said: "Report to the Commander-in-Chief, I have an idea and I don't know whether to talk about it or not?"
"Oh? What do you think? Tell me."
"This is how I think about it. You can only be a thief for a thousand days, but you can't guard against a thief for a thousand days. Besides, Japan occupies the air superiority on the battlefield. Even if we try to defend against it, we can't defend against it, right? But we have a favorable condition, that is, the Japanese planes are still there
They did not dare to blatantly bomb our rear areas. They also had to worry about international public opinion and were afraid that the bombing would paralyze Shanghai's railway transportation and affect the interests of the European and American powers.
Therefore, I guess they won’t bomb too many times, and they need targeted bombings. Now that we have cracked their intelligence team, it is equivalent to temporarily making them blind and deaf, but they may not have discovered it yet. Can we
Make a time difference and use the enemy's radio to induce them to send planes to bomb in advance before the ammunition column arrives, and then concentrate some anti-aircraft firepower to attack him in an air-to-air ambush."
Hearing this, General Jiang's eyes lit up, and he continued what Zhou Wen said: "In this way, it not only wastes the few bombing opportunities of the Japanese army, but also teaches the Japanese aircraft an unforgettable lesson, and at the same time makes them suspicious and suspicious of the enemy."
The intelligence of other spy groups aroused suspicion and distrust, and most importantly, protected our military columns arriving at night."
General Chiang was worthy of being a military veteran with many years of military service. He immediately thought clearly about the pros and cons of the plan.
He did not dare to underestimate the young colonel in front of him now. This kind of analysis and planning was not something that a young master and playboy could think of. He must have an accurate judgment and analysis of the current war situation and related international forms, and put forward
The strategy also succeeds in one fell swoop.
General Chiang thought for a while and then said: "There are two keys to this plan. One is how to get the enemy's transmitter to send a decoy telegram, and the second is how to organize effective anti-aircraft firepower in a short period of time."
After saying that, he looked at Zhou Wen with bright eyes. He knew that since the young colonel proposed this plan, there would definitely be follow-up arrangements. He also wanted to see if this person was an armchair Zhao Kuo.
Zhou Wen was a man of two generations, so he didn't know that the general was testing him. He smiled confidently and said: "The first problem will be solved by me. I am confident that I can persuade the Japanese telegraph operator to send the bait telegram. The second problem is that I will solve it."
Regarding the two questions, please allow me to ask my air defense commander to report to the commander-in-chief."
Today, Commander-in-Chief Jiang has completely taken a new look at this young man. He has ideas and countermeasures, and now he actually recommends an air defense commander to explain tactics in a decent manner, which is a bit interesting.
Immediately he said: "And there is an air defense commander? I didn't expect that your troops of a thousand people are still hiding dragons and crouching tigers. Call them in quickly."
"yes!"
Zhou Wen took the order and went out, and soon he led a lieutenant officer in his twenties in. The lieutenant officer came in and stood at attention, saluted and reported: "Sir, Mo Dahai, commander of the 1st Machine Gun Company of the Shanxi Volunteer Army of the Central Party Headquarters, is reporting to you.
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Zhou Wen introduced from the side: "Commander-in-Chief, this Mo Dahai is a top student who graduated from the Air Defense Command Department of the Dzerzhinsky Military Technical Institute in the Soviet Union. The plan for the air defense operation was formulated by him and another classmate Wang Zhili. Now
The two of them are temporarily serving as company commanders of the 1st and 2nd Machine Gun Companies under their humble command."
General Jiang was immediately moved when he heard this. In this era, those who could go to the Soviet Union and other major countries to study military affairs were domestic elites. What's more, the lieutenant in front of him was a rare graduate of air defense major, which was even more remarkable.
When Zhou Wen said that there was actually another one, he was very surprised. Professional military talents like this who graduated from foreign military academies, who entered any unit of the Central Army as at least a major, are now ranked second in this so-called volunteer army.
It's a bit strange that a young lieutenant and company commander is still enjoying the meal with such an appearance.
Without thinking too much at the moment, he just said with a friendly smile: "Come on, come on, don't be restrained, sit down and tell me your plan."
Mo Dahai still stood at attention and said: "Report to the Commander-in-Chief, please allow my subordinates to use the map to report and explain."
So a few people came to the map hanging on the wall. Mo Dahai pointed at the map and said: "Commander, please see, if the Japanese army receives the decoy telegram, it is estimated that they will dispatch aircraft carrier bombers parked at sea in about an hour.
We estimate that there will be 4 to 6 enemy planes, and the enemy planes will definitely use the Huangpu River as their flying target, and fly down the river directly to Huangdu Station.
Our planned reporting time is 3 o'clock this afternoon. The enemy planes are expected to arrive at Huangdu around 4 to 5 o'clock in the afternoon. If the time is any later, it will be dark by the time they return from bombing.
Enemy planes cannot land if they are black, so this period is their best time to bomb.
From 4 to 5 o'clock in the afternoon, it is when the sun shines most strongly in the west. The enemy aircraft comes from the east. Facing the western sun is not conducive to diving to find the target. It is estimated that it will turn north and fly for a while, then turn and dive facing the south.
, our air defense positions can be deployed covertly on the Huangpu River next to Huangdu Station, and when the enemy aircraft dives from north to south, they will just enter our air defense position firepower network."