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Chapter 1343 Good idea!

After the underground party prisoners of the "Nanwei Case" arrived in Chongqing, the mountain city seemed to quiet down all of a sudden, and the Chinese and Japanese armies on the front line fell into a stalemate, but the international community suddenly changed.

First, the United States launched its first air raid on the Japanese mainland. 16 B-25 bombers took off from the "Wasp" aircraft carrier and bombed Tokyo and other cities.

Due to range issues, the 16 planes were unable to return to the aircraft carrier after completing the bombing. The US military originally planned to make them make an emergency landing in the mountainous area of ​​western Zhejiang because there was an airport in the area that was under the control of the Guo army.

But Melrose thought of the temporary airport built by the US military and the Military Control Commission in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region, and believed that this place was more suitable for bombers to land, so he reported to Washington and requested a change of plan.

In the end, except for one B25 that got lost and happened to be carrying a Red Russian map and landed in Vladivostok①, the remaining 15 planes all landed in Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei, and the 75 pilots on board successfully escaped danger by land.

In order to rescue and cover the American pilots, the soldiers and civilians in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region risked their lives and suffered huge casualties. An incident that happened afterwards left a deep impression on the Americans.

It took the underground party only one night to completely dismantle the important equipment and weapons on the 15 bombers. The Japanese troops in North China who arrived after hearing the news only got a pile of empty shells.

This incident made the US military begin to pay attention to cooperation with the border areas, and an observation group stationed in the border areas was born. Someone was very annoyed when he found out, but he had no choice but to agree in the face of the request of the financial backer.

Secondly, the United States and Japan fought the first naval battle entirely dominated by aircraft carriers in the Coral Sea.

Before the war, Melrose submitted a test report on the Japanese Navy's new fighter to the Navy. The report showed that the flexibility of this type of aircraft would be greatly reduced when flying at high speeds.

However, the Pacific Fleet did not take this suggestion seriously and only issued a combat guide to the participating pilots. As a result, the US military failed to defeat the Combined Fleet with an overwhelming advantage and the two sides ended in a draw.

However, Japan lost a large number of fighter planes and elite naval aviation forces in this battle, and its plan to invade Australia failed. The US military strategically curbed the Japanese offensive momentum, and the situation was very good.

At the same time, the Red Russians were defeated in Kharkov, and Britain launched an attack on the island of Madagascar controlled by the French Vichy regime to prevent Japan from using the island as a submarine base in the Indian Ocean.

In Burma, the expeditionary force suffered repeated defeats. The 113th Regiment finally won a victory in Yenangyaung, but the British retreated without a fight, causing the situation to deteriorate rapidly.

In the end, out of a total of 11 expeditionary forces, only 4 returned to China. After this battle, Japan not only blocked the international aid transportation lines to China, but also took the opportunity to invade Tengchong, Longling and other places.

Upon learning that the battle situation on the front line was unfavorable, someone personally flew to Yunnan Province and summoned important generals of the expeditionary force to give them instructions in person, predict various strategic situations, and start a new round of micro-management. Zuo Chong also accompanied him as an attendant.

After the strategic meeting, someone flew back to the mountain city. During the flight, he called Zuo Chong and asked a rather sharp question.

"Shenzhong, do you think there is anything wrong with my plan to fight in Mandalay?"

The plane engine was humming. Zuo Zhong was standing on the other side of the aisle, bending over to listen. Upon hearing what was said, he immediately straightened his back and started bragging without hesitation.

"The Chairman's plan has a comprehensive vision, is far-sighted and thoughtful, and conforms to military principles. It can serve as a model for large-scale military operations. The current minor failures are all due to the US representative's frequent changes in orders, and have nothing to do with your plan."

Objectively speaking, although it is debatable whether a person has fought in countless battles in his life and has good military skills, his arrangements for the battle in Burma were not wrong.

Prior to this, someone proposed to the British to fight at Mandalay, luring the enemy 500 kilometers deep into their territory, which was in line with the principle of "victorious troops first win and then seek battle" in Sun Tzu's Art of War.

As a result, the US military representatives arbitrarily changed the decisive battle area before the war and did not fight according to the plan, causing the expeditionary force to lose the strategic initiative. Someone was so angry that he decided to go to Yunnan Province to restore the morale of the army.

Someone nodded his head slightly, and his eyes, which were originally slightly narrowed, suddenly opened. He looked at Zuo Zhong and announced a personnel appointment.

"After a while, I will appoint you as the deputy director of the Expeditionary Army Political Training Department. When necessary, you will stay in the army and keep an eye on the ideological dynamics within the army."

Zuo Zhong immediately understood that someone was dissatisfied with the fact that the top leaders of the expeditionary force obeyed the Americans. This was understandable as the command of the army had always been sensitive, especially as it concerned the affiliation of this elite expeditionary force.

He immediately lowered his head and said with a double meaning: "Yes, leader, I will fully cooperate with the superiors to ensure the correct implementation of the combat plan."

Zuo Zhong deliberately emphasized the two sentences "fully cooperate" and "correctly implement". Someone nodded with satisfaction, then waved his hand and asked him to leave first.

After the plane landed in the mountain city, Zuo Chong boarded a special car and went to the Military Control Commission headquarters. Gu Qi, who came to pick him up, handed him a report related to the defeat of the Red Russians in Kharkov.

The report shows that before the Battle of Kharkov began, a Red Russian plane mistakenly landed at a German-occupied airport. Major General Samokhin, director of the Second Bureau of the Red Russian General Staff Intelligence Directorate (GRU), was captured by the Germans, and the Red Russian summer combat plan he carried with him also fell into the hands of the Germans.

According to a German mole bribed by the Military Intelligence Bureau's German station, in this combat plan, the Red Russians were preparing to attack in another direction instead of Kharkov.

After reading it, Zuo Chong threw the document back to Gu Qi, sneered and said, "You are trying to cover up your guilt."

Gu Qi put away the documents and expressed his opinion: "Vice-Chairman, the Red Russians should have wanted to use this summer combat plan to cover up the actions of Kharkov, but they did not expect it to backfire."

"Well, not bad." Zuo Zhong said lightly, and at the same time commented on this Red Russian version of "Jiang Gan Steals the Book".

"But the GRU's plan was full of mistakes. The PR-5 transport plane that Samokhin was riding on was a small transport plane modified from the R-5 biplane bomber, with a maximum speed of only over 200 kilometers per hour.

Samokhin's original journey was only 150 kilometers, but his plane flew for more than three hours, or 600 kilometers. Such a big deviation occurred in broad daylight, which made the Germans look like fools.

It seems that the Sorge incident made the GRU taste the sweetness of strategic deception, so much so that they lost the caution that intelligence personnel should have. "

Gu Qi pondered for a moment and felt that the Red Russians had indeed underestimated the enemy, so he smiled and agreed: "Yes, according to the security regulations for the Red Russian generals' travel, there are usually fighter escorts, but Samokhin did not have any escort this time."

"Okay, let's not talk about the Red Russians for now." Zuo Zhong was not interested in the GRU, so he turned to ask about the underground party prisoners: "What has Xu Enzeng done recently? Has the interrogation made any progress?"

Gu Qi quickly replied: "There is no progress. The prisoners are all diehards and are very stubborn. Xu Enzeng is not enthusiastic about the interrogation.

Moreover, the underground party reacted very quickly. Once the Nanwei case was exposed, the underground party around Guangdong Province evacuated decisively. Even if the prisoners confessed, the Central Bureau of Investigation would not gain much. "

Zuo Zhong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but still decided to speed up the rescue operation. Pinning hopes on the enemy's kindness was undoubtedly a foolish act. Every day of delay would put the captured comrades at risk of being executed.

At this time, the car arrived near Luojia Bay. A feeling of being spied on suddenly arose in Zuo Zhong's heart. He quickly turned around to look behind the car, and everything seemed normal.

Ignoring Gucci's puzzled look, Zuo Zhong turned around and sat back with a slight frown. His feeling was not wrong. There must have been someone observing the vehicle just now. Who could that person be?

Underground Party? Central Bureau of Investigation? Or the Japanese?

"Co-pilot, what are you doing?" Gucci asked softly.

Zuo Zhong shook his head: "It's okay, let's go back to the bureau."

Since he could not rule out the possibility that the stalker was a member of the underground party, he did not express his guess, but silently increased his vigilance and decided to go out as little as possible in the near future.

The car drove away quickly. In a building on the side of the road, Nakano School's tactical instructor Kujo Wataru wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his face full of fear.

In order to track the whereabouts of the three targets, the operatives set up observation posts around the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Military Bureau of Investigation headquarters. Today, the surveillance personnel discovered that a vehicle of the Military Bureau of Investigation was going out, so he came to check it out in person. Unexpectedly, the Military Bureau agents in the car were so alert and noticed his presence in an instant.

Jiujo Wataru's face was gloomy, and he ordered his subordinates: "Retreat immediately, abandon targets No. 2 and No. 3, contact the mole in the Central Bureau of Investigation, and activate the backup plan."

"Hay."

A Japanese spy received an order and began to clean up traces and surveillance tools. The mentality of relying on luck is the biggest enemy of intelligence personnel. Only cautious people can live longer.

The next morning.

While handling official documents in his office, Xu Enzeng listened to reports from the heads of various departments of the Central Bureau of Investigation, including Fei Wu, director of the Special Economic Investigation Office.

Fei Wu is an old member of the Central Bureau of Investigation. He originally worked in the investigation room of the local party department. He was transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation headquarters at the beginning of the year and became Xu Enzeng's new confidant.

This man has a baby face, but he is extremely vicious. The Special Economic Investigation Office's ostensible mission is to obtain economic intelligence on the occupied areas, but in fact it mainly targets the northwest. Countless underground party members have died at Fei Wu's hands.

Looking at the exhausted Xu Enzeng, Fei Wu patted him on the back and said, "Director, please take care of yourself. If something happens to you, what will the brothers do?"

Xu Enzeng became even angrier when he heard this, and slammed the table hard: "It's all because of your incompetence. After such a long time, no useful information has been obtained. Dai Chunfeng and the guy surnamed Zuo will definitely say something weird about the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics."

Fei Wu looked embarrassed. Except for Chen Ran and a few others who surrendered first, all the captured underground party members refused to surrender to the National Government. They were very tough and remained silent in the face of threats from the spies.

He thought for a moment and suggested in a low voice: "To incite rebellion, we need to use both hard and soft tactics. Since the hard tactics don't work, let's use the soft tactics.

Your birthday is coming soon, so why not use it as an excuse to hold a banquet and invite Director Dai, Deputy Director Zuo and other guests, and then bring those underground party members to the banquet as well.

Doing this, firstly, will ease the relationship between us and the Military Control Commission, and secondly, give the dissidents a taste of something sweet. The underground party members have a hard life and have never seen good things. Once they have enjoyed it, their attitude may change. "

Fei Wu muttered a lot about this and that. After listening to him, Xu Enzeng's eyes lit up and he immediately agreed to this good idea.

① This incident can be called Rashomon. The American pilot was detained by the Red Russians and then ran away. Some said that the Red Russians released him on purpose, while others said that the plane landed in the Red Russians as a strategic test action by the Americans to test the Red Russians' attitude towards Japan, Britain and the United States. If you are interested, please watch John's video. I will not elaborate on it.

②It means that a victorious army always creates favorable conditions for victory first and then seeks to go to war with the enemy.