My spy diary

Chapter 279 Intelligence (please vote)

Du Chengyou left angrily.

Yang Rong ignored him and stood up, took out a folder with "Confidential" written on it from the office drawer and handed it to Zhang Yi, saying seriously:

"Let's get back to the point. The targets for the anti-enemy sabotage have been selected. Let's take a look."

"So fast?"

Zhang Yi was slightly surprised. He took the folder and flipped through it. He saw that the Intelligence Department had planned to blow up 38 targets and burn down 67 targets, including the former Japanese Concession and the Japan Specie Bank.

Zhang Yi had no objection to burning down the Japanese Concession and the Japanese Specie Bank, and was even very happy about it. However, in addition to major transportation routes such as stations and docks, many residential areas were also planned to be burned down.

It can be imagined that once the wartime decline becomes apparent and the great retreat begins, the heads of all agencies and departments, from the military to the government, would have already fled, and the only ones left would be civilians, who would also be the last to receive the news. By then, where would they escape to, with their families in tow, crying and wailing?
Zhang Yi frowned and said, "It is best to put the stations, docks and other traffic arteries at the end. Evacuation work must be done before the blast, otherwise..."

Yang Rong said disapprovingly: "Those who can leave have already left, and those who can't leave will go to the French Concession. As for the rest, there is nothing we can do about it. We can only rely on their luck."

These words were so cold that Zhang Yi felt uncomfortable and retorted:
"Director Yang, don't you know what the French are like? If the Japanese really come to the city, the French Concession will immediately block the passage to the Chinese Concession, close the gates, and prohibit anyone from passing. This is what they did during the Battle of Shanghai."

Yang Rong shrugged indifferently: "Deputy Director Zhang, you are still too soft-hearted. Why are we doing this?
Isn't it for the country? For the sake of the overall situation, sometimes you have to give up some small gains and losses. Besides, there will always be casualties in war, right? "

Zhang Yi was speechless and said, "Let's think about it again. Even if these places are to be blown up and burned, the residents should be notified in advance and evacuated."

"Then report it and see what the director says." Yang Rong said indifferently.

"Okay." Zhang Yi sighed helplessly.

At this time, the secretary walked into the office and said:

"Mr. Dai is back and has summoned the director and Deputy Director Zhang."

The two came to Dai Chunfeng's office and saw him leaning tiredly on the sofa with three people beside him.

One is Zhu Dazhi, the station chief of Hubei Station, one is Zhao Shirui, director of the Inspection Department of Wuhan Garrison Command, and the other is Li Guokan, the mayor of Wuhan District.

Dai Chunfeng said: "The Security Command is nominally in charge, but Commander Guo is not interested in this task and has not expressed any opinion. The work is still done by our Military Control Commission."

He glanced at Zhang Yi and asked, "I heard that the 100 students from the training class have arrived?"

Without waiting for Zhang Yi's reply, he continued:
"I have dispatched more than a dozen blasting experts to give them some lessons. They will form a blasting brigade together with the engineers and military police of the headquarters. Stationmaster Zhu will serve as the brigade leader and Zhang Yi will serve as the deputy brigade leader. They will be responsible for the specific work, and the Inspection Office and the Police Department will provide assistance and cooperation."

This is the order.

Everyone quickly stood up and saluted to receive the order.

Zhao Shirui, Director of the Inspection Department, asked:
"Mr. Dai, when will the plan be implemented?"

Dai Chunfeng gave him a meaningful look:
"It depends on the situation of the war."

Zhao Shirui frowned and said, "Didn't the General Staff draw up a plan to defend Wuhan without fighting in Wuhan? Can't we really defend it?"

"You are talking about the suggestion made by Guo Ru and Gui, right?"

Yang Rong said: "The Battle of Wuhan is for strategic transfer, but the situation of China and Japan being strong and weak remains the same. It is good enough to buy time for the factory to move inland. How can we defend it?"

The three towns of Wuhan are easy to attack but difficult to defend, but the terrain of HUB Province is very distinctive, with few plains and many mountains and hills. It is basically surrounded by mountains and has the Yangtze River running across it. It is a military stronghold that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Therefore, the Wuhan Operations Command listened to the advice of Major General Guo of the General Staff.

That is, instead of focusing on city defense battles, the main forces of the National Army were distributed in the mountains outside Wuhan. Relying on favorable terrain, they deployed defenses layer by layer, and with Wuhan as the center, built a huge defense line that crossed the four provinces of Henan, Hubei, Anhui and Jiangxi, with a frontal defense of 1,300 kilometers.

On this front, the National Army will deploy all its naval and air forces, 120 divisions, or about 1.1 million people.

This was the first time Zhang Yi heard of Staff Officer Guo’s name, who was also an underground party member lurking in the core departments of the Guo Party and a strategic-level agent.

Zhang Yi knew that there were many people like him who had infiltrated various key departments of the Guo Party, like gears hidden in a huge machine. When needed, they would mesh, start, and work together to do something.

"Okay." Zhao Shirui sighed angrily, looking very unhappy.

Dai Chunfeng glanced at him, looked at Yang Rong, and asked:

"Has the blasting plan been worked out?"

"The plan has been made." Yang Rong nodded, handed the folder over, and said:

"But Deputy Director Zhang seems to have a different opinion."

"Ok?"

Everyone in the room looked at Zhang Yi, and Dai Chunfeng also stared at him intently.

Zhang Yi didn't want Yang Rong, the old man, to give him a look, so he said calmly without any ripples on his face:
"I have no other comments, except to suggest that evacuation work be done while the blasting is going on."

"Oh." Dai Chunfeng flipped through the documents without commenting.

In September, various fortresses along the Yangtze River fell one after another. After capturing Xinyang, the Japanese troops in northern Jiangsu headed straight for the back gate of Hankou along the Hanyi Road.

The Japanese troops in the south of the Yangtze River passed through the Hubei-Jiangxi border and headed straight for the northern section of the Guangdong-Hankou Railway, eyeing Wuchang from behind and forming a pincer attack from the north and south.

In October, Wuhan was in a state of emergency.

There was the rumble of artillery fire and fierce gunfire everywhere.

Zhang Yizhen took Monkey and Qian Xiaosan to inspect the explosion points throughout the city. They saw crowds of people rushing around the streets and fleeing. The faces of the people on the streets showed despair or confusion. The French Concession had been closed and many people didn't know where to escape.

Zhang Yi didn't expect that the army had not yet withdrawn, but the city had already fallen into such chaos. Suddenly, there was a commotion in the crowd. He looked up and saw three ragged soldiers blocking a peasant girl at the entrance of the alley and molesting her.

"Let her go."

Zhang Yi was furious and kicked a soldier to the ground. Monkey and Qian Xiaosan followed and subdued the other two soldiers.

The man who was kicked over rolled over on the ground. Seeing that Zhang Yi was alone with three people, he became very scared. With a ferocious smile, he pointed his rifle at Zhang Yi and started loading the gun.

With a loud bang, Zhang Yi raised his hand and fired a shot, killing the soldier suddenly.

Seeing this, the other two soldiers knelt down immediately.

"Sir, spare my life."

"Which unit are you from? What are you doing here?"

"We are from the 74th Division."

A soldier said timidly, looked at the girl, and said with a playful smile:
"We have suffered so much on the front line, what's wrong with coming to the city to enjoy a good life?
Besides, when the Japanese come, isn't this girl prepared for them? We brothers might as well enjoy her first."

After that, he looked at Zhang Yi flatteringly:

"Sir, if you like, I can give it to you first."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yi became even more furious. As a soldier, he not only fled without permission before Wuhan retreated, but also took advantage of the situation to rob a woman. Such a person is worse than a beast.

"Shot dead!"

Zhang Yi snorted coldly.

"long"

"Bang, bang"

With two gunshots, the two men fell down unwillingly. Looking at the white and red liquid flowing all over the ground, the girl vomited.

Zhang Yi asked the monkey to calm down for a few seconds and then asked:

"Where are you from? Why are you here?"

The girl cried, "It was nearby. I heard someone say that the Japanese had entered the city, so I ran for my life."

Zhang Yi was startled. The Japanese were still outside Huangpo. Who spread the rumor?

"Who did you listen to?"

"I don't know, everyone says so."

"Okay, go ahead and try to see if you can get into the French Concession."

Zhang Yi waved his hand with a choked throat, letting the girl go. His face became serious, and he said to Monkey and Qian Xiaosan:

"Immediately lead people to search separately and find the guy who spread the rumors."

"Yes."

The two men left separately. Zhang Yi looked at the chaotic people in front of him, sighed in his heart, walked into the crowd, and was carried away by the crowd. He stumbled for a while and could no longer move.

Hearing angry curses coming from the crowd in front, Zhang Yi struggled to push through the crowd and squeeze in.

I saw a girl who looked like a maid tearing apart a strong woman holding a child:

"Hurry up and return the young master to me."

The makeup woman looked to be about thirty years old, wearing a linen coat, with greasy, messy hair. She threw the maid to the ground with her strong arms and cursed:

"What nonsense are you talking about? This is my child. You've got the wrong person."

Having said that, she no longer paid attention to the maid and squeezed into the crowd of people who were watching coldly.

The maid stumbled to her feet, rushed over and hugged the woman's thighs:

“You can’t leave.”

A hint of viciousness flashed in the strong woman's eyes, and she raised her foot to kick the maid on the head, but her kick missed.

Zhang Yi grabbed her arm and stared at her with sharp eyes:
"Is this really your child?"

"Of course it's mine." The woman said with a cold look on her face, trying to break free from her restraints and squeeze into the crowd.

Zhang Yi sneered, pointed at the chubby and crying child in her arms, and said:
"I don't think so. This child is dressed richly and looks like a child from a wealthy family. What about you?
Also, this child has been crying for so long, and you, as a mother, have no sympathy, no concern, and even wrapped him up so tightly. It is really hard to believe. "

"He's just hungry. I'll feed him in a while." The woman still tried to argue.

"She lied, the child is my young master"

"Okay, come with me to the police station and everything will be clear." Zhang Yi waved and said when he saw Monkey and a few others approaching.

The strong woman's face changed slightly, and she said "Let's go", but as soon as the words came out of her mouth, she suddenly threw the child into the crowd, and struggled to rush into the crowd with her other arm.

However, Zhang Yi was prepared. He exerted a little force with his hands, twisted the woman's arm behind her back, and handcuffed her hand.

The strong woman was angry, snorted coldly, and her sleeves flashed. Suddenly, a sharp dagger appeared in her other hand, and she stabbed at Zhang Yi's neck in a tricky posture.

Zhang Yi sneered, dodged sideways, pulled the handcuffs with all his strength, and kicked her calf hard. The woman fell to her knees and her other hand was also handcuffed.

At this time, Monkey led his men into the noisy crowd. Seeing that Zhang Yi was fine, he immediately searched the strong woman.

Potassium cyanide sewn into her clothes was found from her cuffs, and a special pass and a small "palm grenade" pistol were also found close to her body.

The woman's identity was obvious: a Japanese spy.

"Bring back."

Half an hour later, Zhang Yi came out of the interrogation room with a tired face and said:

"Immediately search the entire city for the other two Japanese spies. I will report to the chief now."

This female spy was called Yuki Kawai. She was not a spy from the Special Higher Police but a spy sent by General Okamura Yasuji of the Japanese army.

Seven years ago, the executioner Okamura Yasuji, who was only a regiment leader in the "September 18th" Incident, has now climbed to the position of general.

When the Japanese army was attacking Wuhan with all its might, this sinister and cunning executioner was squatting in his office studying military maps.

Soon, he discovered a loophole in the Kuomintang's defense line, so he came up with a bold plan - a lightning assault.

Okamura Yasuji ordered his subordinate Matsuura Rokuro to lead his 106th Division of more than people, carrying only six days of rations, to cross this undefended gap alone, attempting to penetrate deep behind the National Army and directly attack Wuhan.

Yuki Kawai and others sneaked into Wuhan to serve as internal support for Rokuro Matsuura when he attacked Wuhan.

But after waiting for a few days, there was no movement from Matsuura Rokuro's troops, so they spread rumors in the city and wanted to sneak out of the city to get information.

She stole someone else's child just to cover up her identity, but she didn't expect to fall into Zhang Yi's hands.

Zhang Yi arrived at No. 8 Paris Street and immediately reported the military situation.

"Are you saying that a Japanese division has sneaked into De'an, Jiangxi?" Dai Chunfeng raised his eyebrows, looked at the map for a while, and suddenly laughed:

"The Japanese are courting their own death. Although I don't understand military affairs, how can it be so easy for a lone army to advance deep into the enemy's territory?
Not only do we need to march in secret, but the journey is long, there are mountains everywhere, and there is no logistics support. If we get lost, the consequences will be disastrous, and the Japanese will certainly lose their morale. "

Zhang Yi said: "In this way, the national army can fight a war of annihilation."

"Not bad." Dai Chunfeng rubbed his hands:

"This information comes at the right time. I will report it to the principal now."

As Dai Chunfeng expected, although Matsuura Rokuro claimed to be a genius, the 106th Division got lost as soon as it entered Wanjialing in De'an, Jiangxi.

No matter how sophisticated the Japanese military maps were, they were useless here.

As it was a covert march, all radios were silent. Matsuura Rokuro had no way up or down, so he racked his brains before coming up with an idea, which was to cast a net to explore the way.

He had all his scouts disguised as monks and Taoists, and sneak around the countryside to explore the way ahead.

After receiving intelligence from the Wuhan Command, Commander Xue of the First Army immediately sent his men to investigate.

Sure enough, we saw a lot of monks and Taoists acting suspiciously and after tracking them, we immediately found Matsuura Rokuro's base.

Commander Xue immediately realized that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Wanjialing is a mountainous area with high mountains and steep cliffs. Japan’s equipment advantage could not be brought into play, but the national army could take advantage of its numerical advantage.

They quickly assembled nearly 106 troops from three armies, including the th Army and the th Army, to surround the Japanese th Division at Wanjialing.

A war of annihilation is about to break out.

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(End of this chapter)