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After the Americans blasted their country open with artillery fire, the Japanese, under the influence of their admiration for the strong, denied everything in the past and even changed the date of the Chinese New Year to January 1st of the Gregorian calendar.

The most important thing for Chinese people is the new year which starts on the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, but after several decades, the Japanese have become accustomed to the new year on New Year's Day.

Well, so as the New Year is approaching, the Tufeiyuan Mansion is filled with joy.

But this joy did not reach Takeda Yoshihei. Although he did not show any heaviness or worry in front of others, whenever he was alone, he always felt that misfortune was about to befall him.

Because...the death warrant is here!

According to the telegram sent from mainland China, a fleet carrying enough equipment to replace the 2-strong army will arrive in Shanghai one after another starting tomorrow. Mainland China requires everyone in Shanghai to be prepared for escort and distribution, and the replacement of the North China troops must be completed by the end of February.

These equipments include not only 200,000 rifles, but also other firepower equipment, such as artillery of various calibers, cars, motorcycles, etc., which are enough for more than ten Type B divisions to replace all the equipment eliminated from Type A divisions.

"If possible, I really want to have tens of thousands of troops guard these equipment so that not even a mosquito can fly in!"

But this was just Takeda's nonsense. The Japanese garrison in Shanghai was limited. They had to maintain the security of Shanghai, exert a certain amount of pressure on the concessions, and maintain a sufficient number of mobile forces for emergencies. In this case, the force that could be used to guard the temporary transfer center was only a battalion.

Although the Security Command transferred two puppet army divisions to be stationed around the transfer center, Takeda was very worried about the Imperial Army. He was afraid that under the temptation of the devil Zhang Shihao, the two puppet army divisions would mutiny in the spring. To ensure safety, he had to withdraw a large number of forces to station in the puppet army divisions to prevent similar mutinies.

A battalion plus two puppet army divisions with a total of more than 12,000 people, plus the garrisons around Shanghai can provide support within 30 minutes. In theory, this should be considered iron-clad.

But Takeda was still worried, so he mobilized overseas Chinese and formed an overseas Chinese guard team of more than 1,000 people, and placed them near the transfer center. After this deployment, Takeda repeatedly looked for loopholes and finally believed that there was no possibility of the transfer center being quickly captured.

At this time, he could finally put his mind at ease about 20%, but the remaining 80% was still hanging in his heart.

Because his opponent is called Zhang Shihao!

……

Before the weapons and equipment that the Japanese wanted to replace arrived, Zhang Anping received the specific arrival time.

However, what he received earlier was the enemy's security plan for the transfer center.

"You really think highly of me..."

Faced with this security plan, Zhang Anping began to worry about being burdened by his fame.

My goodness, one battalion is not enough, so they sent two puppet army divisions. Still not satisfied, they raised an armed team of more than a thousand overseas Chinese - do you think I have a tank regiment?
Zhang Anping complained silently.

Fortunately, he had no plan to take action in Shanghai, otherwise he would have been very depressed. The Japanese devils really made it foolproof!
The weapons and equipment to be replaced had not yet arrived at the shore, and the area within a 30-mile radius of the transfer center became a military control zone. Countless residents who had lived nearby since their ancestors suffered the misfortune of being driven away by the Japanese army. Not only were their homes destroyed, but many also suffered at the hands of the Japanese in the process.

Zhang Anping has been paying attention to the actions of the Japanese. From their various behaviors, Zhang Anping summarized the characteristics of Takeda Yoshihei:

"Takeda Yoshihei, this guy is not like those fools in the past who like to play tricks!"

Of course, it is very likely that the other party was good at conspiracy, but when facing himself, the other party gave up the idea of ​​conspiracy and switched to open conspiracy.

The most terrifying thing about a conspiracy is its concealment. Once it is discovered, it is easy for the other party to lose both the wife and the army by following the conspiracy. This is exactly what Zhang Anping is best at.

"Since you like to play overt schemes so much, then... play!"

"I want to see what tricks you can come up with!"

Because Zhang Anping had no intention of taking action in Shanghai, he ignored the Japanese's actions and acted as if to say, "I'll just watch you quietly."

But given the temperament of the Japanese, if Zhang Anping did nothing, they would probably be even more unable to sleep, so Zhang Anping prepared a gift for the Japanese.

A gift that terrified the Japanese.

……

The Third War Zone, Supervisory Department.

This is the intelligence agency of the Military Control Commission in the Third War Zone, responsible for military intelligence and dealing with traitors.

At this time, a telegram came from Shanghai. After receiving it, the director of the Supervisory Office thought that the net was going to be closed, but when he opened it, he was dumbfounded.

Not only did he not close the net, but he was instructed to pass a piece of intelligence to the Japanese through the monitoring spy team.

"hiss……"

After seeing the information to be passed on, the director of the Supervisory Department gasped and thought to himself, he is indeed Zhang Shihao. If this information gets out, won’t the Japanese be scared to death?

[It’s a pity that it’s fake…it’s hard to make it come true! ]

The director of the Supervisory Department shook his head secretly and began to make arrangements.

After various arrangements, the nail that had been discovered by the Shanghai District more than a year ago but had never been removed was finally obtained with great effort. An extremely important piece of information was obtained.

"What? It's just an exercise? The target is us?"

This Japanese spies was shocked by the content of the intelligence and immediately started to verify it.

After verifying through various channels, the nail finally became convinced of the authenticity of the intelligence, and then took the risk to send it out.

……

A piece of intelligence from the third war zone was placed on Takeda's desk.

It is an indisputable fact that the Japanese military's special intelligence agencies in Shanghai were repeatedly pinned to the ground and rubbed by the Military Control Commission in Shanghai itself.

But they are definitely not losers.

In the intelligence system, many intelligence networks are deeply rooted in the national army system, such as the famous Tong Project - this does not count, it has been exposed. Both sides know that the other side has serious internal constraints and peace talks are impossible.

However, there are still more than a dozen intelligence groups of various sizes, such as bird work and animal work, operating smoothly, and each of these intelligence groups has its own specialized core.

The information Takeda received at this time came from a working group in the intelligence system.

But the content above made him feel terrified.

【It is discovered that the Third War Zone is secretly planning a top-secret plan, codenamed "Viper". Content:
The KMT and the CPC reached a secret cooperation. The Third War Zone of the National Government and the New Fourth Army pretended to be at odds with each other, but in fact they were secretly planning to cooperate with the battlefield in North China. The specific actions are unknown. 】

The Japanese military's intelligence system is very complex. In addition to the spy network, military intelligence also relies on a large number of reconnaissance aircraft to obtain.

The information they currently have is that the troops of the Third War Zone are being frequently mobilized, but from the analysis of the mobilization routes, the direction of these troops' mobilization is not to the front line of confrontation, but to the south - the target seems to be the territory of the New Fourth Army.

Therefore, Japan's intelligence agencies concluded that the armed forces of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were about to engage in confrontation and military friction again.

Since learning about this, Japan's intelligence department has begun to secretly fan the flames, hoping that the two sides will fight, and even deliberately withdraw some troops from the front line to convey a message to the national army in this way:
Fight the New Fourth Army with all your strength, we won’t cause any trouble!
However, this information from the Third War Zone made Takeda Yoshihei, who had been deeply involved in arms security issues in recent days, break out in a cold sweat.

If the information is true, then it's bad news!
Can this information be trusted?
He immediately checked the files, retrieved the information of the intelligence working group lurking inside the Third War Zone, and checked the various intelligence they had sent in the past.

This investigation shocked Takeda Yoshihei, because when this intelligence team went there, the intelligence they sent back was 80% accurate.

This is a very scary number, which means that the ability of this intelligence group is trustworthy, and that such extremely important intelligence must be verified many times before they believe it and release it.

"We must warn the expeditionary forces!" Takeda Yoshihei realized the extremely serious consequences.

At this time, the Japanese army's attention was on North China.

Faced with the Eighth Route Army's 105 regiments, the Japanese army was also frightened. These 105 regiments were not on the front line, but in their occupied areas.

In order to retaliate and eliminate the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese army deployed the maximum available military force in China and even adopted a concession attitude towards the National Army on certain battlefields.

No Japanese soldier on any of the battle lines would believe that the Nationalist Army would launch a counterattack at this time.

And that's the biggest problem.

Takeda arrived at the Security Command as quickly as possible and handed the information from the Third War Zone to the commander.

After reading it, the commander was also shocked by the content.

If this is true, it means that the Nationalist government intends to launch another large-scale counterattack like last winter when the Japanese army focuses its energy on North China!
Compared to last year when they were on high alert after receiving the intelligence, the Japanese army at this time was completely unprepared!

The commander asked seriously: "Takeda-kun, can you guarantee the authenticity of this information?"

Takeda was stunned for a moment, and replied: "Sir, I cannot guarantee it, but this is top-secret intelligence that the warriors of the empire obtained from the heart of the enemy!"

"I know - but have you ever thought about the consequences if this information is false?"

These heart-piercing words left Takeda silent.

Even if this information is false, it must be treated seriously after being reported, and all strategies will be adjusted at that time.

Seeing Takeda's silence, the commander took a deep breath and said, "Takeda-kun, based on your understanding of the National Government, how likely do you think this plan is?"

Takeda thought for a moment and analyzed:
"There is an old Chinese saying that goes 'brothers can fight to the death within the walls, but they must unite to resist foreign aggression' - it means that two brothers can fight to the death within the walls, but once there are outsiders, they must unite to resist the outside world."

"In fact, this is exactly the case. The previous Nationalist government was constantly in internal strife and had been fighting the Red Army for many years."

"But because of the Empire's relentless pressure, even though the Northeast Army launched a mutiny, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party finally reached a consensus and pointed their guns at the Empire."

"They had disputes during this period, but after the beginning of this spring, the disputes were suppressed. Now the disputes have arisen again. In the past, I thought that the Nationalist government realized the threat posed by the number of the Eighth Route Army, but now combined with this intelligence, I think this is more like a conspiracy."

Takeda made a lot of analysis, but the commander only heard one sentence:

I think the authenticity of the information is very high!
The commander naturally listened to all this analysis. He stared at the telegram and weighed the pros and cons - this telegram was related to the change of the entire expeditionary force's strategy, and submitting it would mean a great responsibility!
"Takeda-kun, I trust your judgment emotionally, and I also trust the Empire's intelligence personnel, but I need evidence, I need more evidence to support this - otherwise, I will not hand over the intelligence to the Expeditionary Force Headquarters!"

The commander's words stunned Takeda. He stared at the commander offendedly. After seeing the determination in the other's cold eyes, Takeda couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

Damn bureaucracy!
Takeda said in a deep voice: "Sir, please give me some time, I will find out everything!"

"There must be evidence that can convince me before the end of the year."

"Hey!"

……

A person's energy is limited.

When a person withdraws a considerable part of his energy from one thing, it is easy for the opponent to judge everything from the opponent's next move.

Therefore, Zhang Anping soon realized that Takeda's energy was being diverted from the transfer center.

There is only one possibility that can allow him to take his energy away from the most important transfer center:
That was the false information he passed on, which aroused Takeda's vigilance and made Takeda believe the information.

"Unfortunately, this is fake..."

Zhang Anping sighed, how great it would be if this information was true!

After sighing, Zhang Anping forced himself to be alert and carefully examined the current situation.

He used a piece of false information to attract Takeda's attention, and the effect was better than he expected, which also gave him another idea:
What if this intelligence was used to make the Japanese believe in the fictitious "Viper" plan?

It is hard to say about other places, but the Japanese troops in Zhejiang and Anhui will definitely increase their troops to prepare for accidents. When faced with the sudden increase of Japanese troops, will the diehards in the Third War Zone and the National Government give up their plans of fighting against each other because of the pressure from the Japanese?

This was safer than his plan of making the Third War Zone choose between the two, but the only problem was:

From the perspective of a participant and an outsider, there are serious problems with my actions!

He closed his eyes and thought deeply, wondering how he could extricate himself.

He was not afraid of being exposed. For the sake of the heroic souls who sacrificed their lives in the Southern Anhui Incident, it was nothing if he was exposed.

But what he was afraid of was that he would be exposed and fail to achieve his goal!

Because he really had no confidence in the diehards who shouted "I would rather die by Japan than by the Communists" - he was worried that even if he got the news that the Japanese troops were approaching, the captain in Chongqing would say:
The outside must be safe first!

After much thought, Zhang Anping came up with the idea of ​​"passing the buck" to ensure that he would not be exposed.

Minglou!

"Then let Minglou handle this matter."

Let Minglou continue to operate and he can stay out of it.

Minglou could also put the blame on Mingjing - there was only a year left before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the outbreak of the Pacific War, and it was time for Mingjing to leave Shanghai.

After carefully examining his plan and confirming that it was correct, Zhang Anping stood up.

He wanted to explain this matter to Lao Cen.

……

"You revealed the fictitious 'Viper' plan to the Japanese?" Old Cen looked at Zhang Anping in astonishment.

The Kuomintang and the Communist Party secretly cooperated and conducted exercises, intending to attack the Japanese army after secretly gathering - Comrade Anping's ideas were really wild!

"Well, I had originally intended to use this plan to distract Takeda's attention, and then prove to Takeda that I was not inactive after the plan was exposed. But Takeda took the bait more thoroughly than I thought, so I decided to continue implementing this plan!"

Zhang Anping explained the reason.

"What's the purpose of doing this?"

"I want the Japanese to increase their troops in Anhui and Zhejiang, increase the pressure on the Third War Zone, and dispel the Kuomintang diehards' determination to use the Third War Zone to deal with the New Fourth Army!"

Zhang Anping answered with a firm voice.

Note that at this time, our army knew that the Kuomintang intended to use force against our New Fourth Army - this intelligence was obtained very early. (End of this chapter)