After Zhang Xiaolin and Chen Zeming left, Yingzuo Zhaozhen and others returned to the conference room. Toushan Geming already knew that he had ruined things and did not dare to speak. Yingzuo Zhaozhen sighed and said to Nanyun Zaozi, "Nanyun Zaozi"
Miss Yun, you are the flower of intelligence in our empire. I wonder how much you know about the young man you just mentioned?"
Nagumo Zouko said with a smile, "Kagezuo-kun, thank you. As for that young man, I do know something. According to the information from Nanjing, there is indeed a young man who donated a large amount of penicillin to the Nanjing government and also went to Germany to participate in the event."
Regarding the arms purchase, I really don’t have any information on the names or photos. These are just rumors in Nanjing. However, there are rumors in Shanghai that Miss Yu is very close to a young man, and was also seen at a banquet.
Miss Yu and a strange man came together, so I suspect that these two people are the same person, that is, the person Zhang Xiaolin mentioned."
Yingzuo Zhaozhen smiled and nodded and said, "Very good, as expected of Miss Nayun. So, is this person still in Shanghai?"
Nan Yun shook his head and said, "This is unknown. Du Yuesheng, Yu Qiaqing and others have already left Shanghai. The young master of the Yu family has also disappeared from our sight. It is said that he has also gone to the rear to organize something. But what we know is that Yu
Miss Jia seems to be living with Huang Huangrong in the concession."
Ying Zuo Zhaozhen rolled his eyes and said, "In that case, let's start with this young lady from the Yu family. Let's leave this matter to Tou Shanjun. Tou Shanjun, you have to seize this opportunity, understand."
Toushan Geming said excitedly, "Hi! I will not let you down, Colonel."
Yingzuo Zhaozhen nodded and continued, "I will talk about the focus of everyone's work next. Everyone knows that the Shanghai War has reached its most critical moment. Although there were some minor problems in the North China War, after Baoding was captured, North China's
The Chinese army has become ineffective, and the main direction of the empire will become Shanghai. However, even if we increase the number of troops in the Baoshan area, there will not be much breakthrough, so our army decided to find another landing site besides Baoshan."
Nakanishi Gong nodded on the table and said, "We already know that the places where we can land are already heavily guarded by the Chinese army. It will be difficult to find an opening."
Ying Zuo Zhaozhen shook his head and said, "There must be brave men under heavy rewards. In the past in Huangtiandang, Jin Wushu also thought that he would definitely die. Didn't he find a way out? In addition, mobilizing those pro-Japanese people among the people is the focus of this operation.
understand?"
Everyone immediately stood up and said "Hi!"
--night
After dinner, Zhongxi Gong looked at the tightly guarded headquarters and felt extremely anxious. Both Weihua and the Shanghai battlefield were facing crises as explained by the organization. He must seize the time to pass on the information.
Although Isao Nakanishi is thoroughly Japanese, he is also a member of the Red Party, and also a member of the Chinese Red Party. He joined the Youth League of the Chinese Red Party in 1931 when he was 21 years old, and became a full member at the beginning of this year.
Became a member of the Chinese Red Party.
The famous spy Ozaki Hidemi was responsible for Nakanishi Ko's joining the Japanese army and his rapid promotion.
At this time, he had reconnected with the Chinese Red Party and became an important force in the secret front.
After thinking about it for a while, Isao Nakanishi decided to take the risk, so he came to Kagezuo Aki's office and said to Kagezo, "Mr. Colonel, I have some new ideas about finding a landing site."
Ying Zuo Zhaozhen said curiously, "Really? Nakanishi-kun, please tell me."
Isao Nakanishi said, "I think civilian elements do not understand some of the requirements for landing sites after all. They are likely to report a lot of useless locations to us, and it is difficult for our military intelligence personnel to enter those locations, so I wonder if we can use reporters
This is a way to alert the enemy."
Ying Zuo Zhaozhen couldn't help but said, "How can you scare off the grass and scare the snake?"
Nakanishi Gong continued, "I believe that the Chinese army, like us, is also worried about whether the imperial army will land from other landing points for a flanking attack. We can completely write to some newspapers in a Chinese tone, saying that after the imperial army lands from Baoshan,
As I live by the sea, I am very worried whether the Japanese troops will land from my home, and then we will send agents disguised as reporters to explore those landing points."
Yingzuo Zhaozhen thought for a while and said, "This is a way. Okay, you can try it, but you must be careful and don't really let the Chinese army guess our plan."
Nakanishi Gong secretly nodded and said, "No problem, please leave it to me. We can definitely find a few newspapers that are backed by our Japanese people to report it. We can control the situation at any time."
Yingzuo Zhaozhen nodded and said, "If this is the case, it will naturally be more foolproof."
Nakanishi Gong then went back and immediately wrote several letters in different tones, then handed them to the guard and said, "Immediately ask someone to copy ten copies, and then give them to me."
Yingzuo Zhaozhen looked at the letter in his hand and found nothing unusual, so he nodded and said, "Yes, let's do it immediately."
Isao Nakanishi then sent these letters to several newspapers respectively. In one newspaper office, the president of the newspaper, Yuki Kaida, looked at the letters in his hand. When he saw a letter signed with the name of Bunou Gakushu
, an idea flashed through his mind. Ordinary people would not feel anything about this name, but he knew that this name was the inversion of the name of Wang Xuewen, the person in charge of Dongya Tongwen Academy, the Chinese Red Party's base for training Japanese party members.
Kaida Yuki immediately understood that this must be the person who was trying to pass information to him. He picked up the letter, looked at several others, put them all in his bag, and took them home.
Kaida Yuki took out a pen and paper from home and used today's calendar to calculate the decryption method. This was an agreement between him and Nakanishi Gong. In order to keep it secret, there was a variable in their decryption method, which was to use a formula to calculate the day's time.
It was deduced that if someone else got the letter, they knew the decryption method, but the time was wrong and they couldn't deduct the correct information.
After Kaida Yuki figured out the deciphering code, he disassembled all the Chinese characters according to their radicals and reassembled them one by one using the code. Finally, he got the key information - "The Japanese army is preparing to mobilize heavy troops to land at the new landing port. Miss Weihua and the Yu family are in danger."
.”
Knowing that it was too late, Kaida Yuki immediately sent the information, burned all these things, and then flushed them into the sewer with water before he breathed a sigh of relief.
On the other side, Jiang Cheng, who didn't know that black hands were already reaching out to him, came to the 129th Division with Mr. Zhu and Zhou Guansheng. At this time, the Eighth Route Army had been renamed the 18th Army, but due to habit, it was still called the Eighth Route Army.
When Liu Bocheng heard Mr. Zhu say that he was looking for a secret and large space to store supplies, he couldn't help but said with some embarrassment, "Boss, it's not that such a place doesn't exist. It's just that it's a bit difficult to find it within a few days."
It’s difficult, and if you want it to be inaccessible to people, you can only go to the mountainous area to find it, but the area around Yuci is indeed plain.”
Mr. Zhu sighed, "It's not that I don't know the difficulty, it's just that time is urgent and we must find it quickly. But if you can't find a suitable one at once, just find a small canyon first, but you must find it near Taiyuan. This affects our Eighth Route Army."
The entire strategic deployment must be done."
At this time, Zuo Quan hurriedly ran in and said, "Boss, something happened at Pingxingguan."
Everyone looked over in confusion, and Liu Bocheng asked curiously, "Shouldn't the enemy over there have been cut off from their logistics? Shouldn't the Second Army that replaced our army continue to attack the Japanese army's logistics supplies? How could something happen?"
Zuo Quan stood directly next to the map and said, "Itagaki Seishiro of the fifth division of the Japanese army personally led all the remaining troops, a total of 5,000 people, to suddenly cross the Baiyatai line overnight. The second army was unaware of it, and then approached 10,000 troops.
Taking advantage of the darkness to storm Pingxing Pass, the 17th Army in Pingxing Pass was originally outnumbered. It was only because the recent Japanese army did not have ammunition supplies that they could hold on. When the 33rd Army got the news and tried to advance again, the 17th Army had been beaten and collapsed. The Second Army
They wanted to attack from behind, but were ambushed by Seishiro Itagaki, who was well prepared. More than 3,000 people were killed. Later, the entire Pingxingguan line was defeated by the Japanese troops attacking everywhere. Now we have received news that the Japanese army has broken through Pingxingguan and is attacking.
The camp guarded by the 33rd Army."
Everyone listened and looked at the map and couldn't help but take a breath.
Liu Bocheng said, "If the Japanese army breaks through the main camp, it will threaten the rear of Yanmen Pass, and the several armies that are facing off against Tojo Hideki at Pingxing Pass will be in danger of being outflanked."
Jiang Cheng, who was familiar with the war history of later generations, sighed, "This is not the key. Now the Fifth Division has actually returned to its glory. If the Jinsui Army is willing to fight to the death, the Fifth Division is likely to be defeated by the Second Army, the 17th Army, and the 33rd Army.
The five armies, the 31st Army and the 15th Army, were surrounded or even completely wiped out. After all, the Fifth Division only has 8,000 men and there is not much ammunition. But please look here."
Jiang Cheng pointed to a checkpoint on the Great Wall and said, "Ruyuekou, now the fifth division and Tojo Hideki's troops are only separated by this checkpoint. If Tojo Hideki turns his guns and breaks through here, the fifth division will not only
Not only will we receive a large amount of supplies, but our troops around here will also be in danger of being surrounded."
Boss Zhu asked, "Which troop is stationed here now?"
Zuo Quan said, "I remember there is only one regiment here."
At this time, a communications soldier came in and said, "Report, there is a call from the Second Theater Command, urgently ordering Mr. Zhu and Chief of Staff Zuo to go to Taiyuan to discuss matters."
Mr. Zhu sighed, "Yan Xishan must be in a hurry. Let's go. Also, 203, do you want to take a look?"
Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll go join in the fun."
——Taiyuan
Jiang Cheng, Mr. Zhu and others entered the meeting hall and saw that many people were already sitting inside. Jiang Cheng stood behind Mr. Zhu and pretended to be a secretary to take notes.
Yan Xishan looked around anxiously when he saw Mr. Zhu saying, "Brother Dai Zhen, you are finally here. Please tell me how this happened. How did it become like this?"
Mr. Zhu said comfortingly, "Sir, don't be anxious. How is the situation now?"
Yan Xishan sighed, "Yang Aiyuan has gone to the front line to command. Now the Japanese army is still storming the camp. The 33rd Army is in emergency one after another. The Second Army and the 17th Army are no longer able to fight. Now they are on the way to retreat. The 31st Army and the 15th Army
One unit is rushing to the camp overnight, but even if the leading troops arrive, it will take at least a day."
Mr. Zhu said, "We just discussed it. We are worried that the Japanese army will attack Ruyuekou. Once this place is breached, our army will be in danger of being attacked from two directions."
At this time, a communications soldier came in and said, "Report, there is a call from Ruyuekou. The Japanese army suddenly attacked Ruyuekou. The defenders can no longer hold on. Looking at the number of people, they are close to a brigade, and there are a large number of aircraft and tanks participating in the battle."
Everyone looked at Mr. Zhu in surprise, and Yan Xishan sighed in admiration, "Brother Dai Zhen is really good at predicting things. Since Brother Dai Zhen has guessed the Japanese army's tactics, he should also have a plan to deal with it, right?"
Mr. Zhu shook his head and sighed and said, "Our army is too dispersed. Now the entire long snake formation has been shaken. We can only consider preserving the main force and prepare for the Battle of Xinkou."
Wei Lihuang nodded and said, "Commander Zhu is thinking the same thing as me. If Xinkou is lost, Taiyuan will not be saved! If Taiyuan cannot be saved, a series of basins that look like candied haws in central Shanxi will not be saved. Then the most important basins in Shanxi will be destroyed."
The Japanese army controls it, so the Battle of Xinkou will be our final decisive battle."
Yan Xishan gritted his teeth and said, "The Japanese army is really bullying people. Do they really think that we in Shanxi are such easy persimmons? Please ask Brother Dai Zhen and General Wei to draw up a battle plan."
Wei Lihuang took the opportunity and said, "But Commander Yan, our army now totals only 200,000, and we are still fighting fiercely. These 200,000 have little chance of winning against the 100,000 Japanese army."
Yan Xishan couldn't help but fell into a dilemma when he heard this. Although the Japanese army entered Shanxi as early as early September, in order to ensure that his position as the King of Shanxi was still secure after the war, Yan Xishan did not allow the Central Army to enter in large numbers.
Shanxi only allowed some troops reorganized from local armies to enter Shanxi. This is the case for both the Eighth Route Army and the 17th Army. But the current situation is that it cannot survive without reinforcements. Yan Xishan sighed and said, "Come here, generate electricity for Chairman Chiang Kai-shek."
, requesting that reinforcements be sent to Jin to fight the war."
--Nanjing
Agent Jiang looked at the telegram in front of him and smiled bitterly. If this telegram had been received a year ago, Agent Jiang would have been dancing with joy, because he had spent more than 10 years of hard work and failed to successfully squeeze into Shanxi. But at this time, Jiang
The agent couldn't laugh at all.
Agent Jiang sighed and asked, "Jingzhi, please tell me the current distribution of our Central Army."
He Yingqin looked at the map and said, "There were about 900,000 direct troops of our Central Army before the war. Now there are 500,000 gathered in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai. About 400,000 of them are fighting fiercely in Shanghai, and another 200,000 are fighting the Japanese army in North China.
200,000 troops are deployed in other areas. However, Commissioner, as China is so big, these 200,000 troops are already necessary to maintain troops and cannot be redeployed."
Agent Jiang knocked on the table and said, "Don't I know? But now Yan Xishan is asking us for help. If we don't send people, will our central government be responsible? What's more, you don't know how important Shanxi's geographical location is. Shanxi
If they all fall, our vast territory in the northwest will be in danger."
He Yingqin sighed, "North China is now in danger. If a large number of troops are transferred again, North China will be lost. If troops are transferred from other regions, water from afar cannot save those who are near."
Jiang agent looked at the national situation map and said, "If the central army is not enough, let the local army make up for it. Wherever the local army is convenient, let the local army come. In addition, after the fall of Baoding, Han Fuqu should also send troops to join the war, right?"
, just replace it with his troops and squeeze out some troops."
He Yingqin thought for a while and said, "If this is the case, we must also send part of the Central Army. The nearest troops are Wei Lihuang's Fourteenth Group Army and Third Army."
Jiang Jie picked up his walking stick and said as he walked, "Then order the Fourteenth Army and the Third Army to immediately enter Shanxi to fight. In addition, the northwest troops can move again. Now that the main force of the Red Party has also entered Shanxi, there is no need to put in so many troops."
I ordered Feng Qinzai and Sun Weiru of the 17th Route Army in Shaanxi, as well as the 22nd Army in Sichuan, not to rush to Shanghai anymore, but to go to Shanxi. The 26th Route Army also had a few thousand left.
Now that we are alive, we should also move to Shanxi to fight. Then order Chen Qixia to mobilize four squadrons to Shanxi to prepare for the war."
He Yingqin calculated and said, "In this case, we can have 200,000 reinforcements. If we add those who can arrive in the early stage to the 17th and 15th armies already in Shanxi, there will be 100,000."
Agent Jiang nodded and said, "You can send electricity to various ministries, and tell Yan Xishan that I have given him all the remaining troops. If it can't be defended anymore - Nanjing has nothing to do."
——Taiyuan
Looking at the reply that was answered so quickly, Yan Xishan smiled and said to the people below, "Chairman Chiang has lived up to the people of Jin. In this case, he immediately ordered the frontline troops to resist continuously and gain as much time as possible for the preparations for the Xinkou Defense Battle."
Right. In addition, order Zhou Dai to mobilize all the artillery units to prepare for the decisive battle. Also, take out all the mortars in the inventory, I can’t help it!!”
Mr. Zhu couldn't help but curiously asked, "I wonder how many cannons Commander Yan's artillery unit has? What is its organization?"
Yan Xishan said sheepishly, "Well, it's not easy to be the boss. I haven't accumulated much capital over the years. There are a total of nine artillery regiments and more than 200 75 mountain guns. Among them, there are not many heavy artillery, only a dozen. Mortars
There are quite a few cannons, probably several hundred."
Except for those who turned out to be from the Jinsui Army who knew the situation and didn't say anything, everyone else was so frightened that the Central Army had only had fifteen artillery regiments for so many years, but the Jinsui Army actually had nine. It was really terrifying.
Mr. Zhu, on the other hand, thought helplessly not to mention Nankou. Even with the use of these artillery and the main force in Datong, the Japanese army would not be able to advance so fast.