Chapter 60: Frontline Warfare
Chu Guangji's main purpose of coming today has been achieved, and he affirmed the action plan set by Xu Chengyan and agreed on the spot.
After talking about this matter, the stone in Chu Guangji's heart also fell, he was in a good mood, and said with a smile: "There is one more thing to inform you, we have just received the latest battle report from the front, four days ago, the Japanese army launched an attack on our Zhongtiao Shandong line. β
The Japanese army really did it!
Xu Chengyan's heart tightened, these days, he has been worried about this matter, according to the intercepted military intelligence, the Japanese have been planning to launch another attack for a long time, although they have informed the Zhongtiao Mountain Theater of the military situation, but whether they have taken effective measures to prevent it, he does not know, today finally got the letter.
However, when he saw Chu Guangji's face, he immediately felt solid in his heart, obviously the Japanese did not succeed.
Sure enough, Chu Guangji continued: "Everything is as the intelligence shows, the Japanese army really attacked Jiyuan along the east road, and once occupied several key passes, but our troops had already taken precautions, and arranged a number of defense lines in the sealed area, blocking them, and the battle was stalemate for two days, and now the Japanese army has taken the initiative to withdraw from the battle when it sees that the war is not going well, and our army has recovered Jiyuan and stabilized the original defense line." β
Counting this battle, this is already the seventh large-scale attack of the Japanese army on Nakajo Mountain, and like the previous six attacks, the Japanese army returned with a feather and failed to take advantage.
But after Xu Chengyan heard this, he thought about it and asked, "The Japanese army only attacked Jiyuan?" Didn't launch an attack in Meng County? β
According to the previous information, the special high class has investigated the two breakthrough points of the attack of Jiyuan and Mengxian, there is no reason to only choose Jiyuan and abandon Mengxian, and with the strength of the Japanese army, it is completely possible to attack at the same time and echo each other? Better results.
Chu Guangji said with a smile: "After Chief Wei received our information? Timely adjustments were made to protect the Eastern Front with heavy troops? Even if they attack Meng County at the same time? It's not cheap. β
Xu Chengyan was silent for a moment, or did he feel that something was wrong? Asked again: "The attack ended in just two days, and the Japanese army was quite hasty this time?" This is inconsistent with what we have intercepted before.
The special high school has put a lot of effort into intelligence gathering? Having obtained such classified information from within the 14th Group Army, it can be seen that the Japanese army is determined to win, but this offensive is anticlimactic, and I feel that they have not received strong support in terms of intelligence. β
"Haha? What the hell did you break out of the hail of bullets? Sure enough, it didn't disappoint me! Chu Guangji stroked his palms and smiled, he is now more and more satisfied with Xu Chengyan, this protΓ©gΓ© has an extraordinary talent in intelligence, and his senses are extremely keen, just relying on a few words? I sensed that something was wrong.
"The teacher has won the award, and you think something is wrong?" Xu Chengyan asked in surprise.
Chu Guangji nodded and said, "Yes?" The Japanese did not perform well this time, and the attack was obviously not decisive enough? According to our reconnaissance, they called only one army of the Eastern Front? Otherwise? This war will not end so quickly.
Now I have a judgment? Perhaps the special high class was not aware of the leak of their information, so this attack was a bit blind. β
"Didn't notice?" Xu Chengyan asked with some uncertainty, "The intelligence system of the special high class is very tight, and they shouldn't make such a mistake." β
As soon as he spoke, he suddenly felt that this situation was also possible.
Because on the intelligence front, there are many important intelligence lines, and for the sake of secrecy, their existence is only known to the main person in charge, and as soon as Yoshioka Masao died, many of the intelligence lines he was solely responsible for were cut off from the source, and suddenly became a kite with a broken line, and it could never be recovered.
It can also be seen from here that the sudden assassination of Masao Yoshioka has gradually revealed the serious consequences for the Japanese intelligence front.
Cao Ruian opened his mouth and said: "I think there is only one explanation, the special high class and the inner ghost have cut off contact, and before the attack, they did not realize that the information had been leaked.
In other words, the one we intercepted was the only one, so the Japanese army did not receive intelligence support and hastily launched an attack according to the original plan, resulting in a hasty end to the attack. β
Xu Chengyan nodded and said: "It seems that Yoshioka Masao's death has made the special high school lose this important source of information, and in the short term, this inner ghost will not pose any threat to us, but in this way, it is not easy for us to find him." β
"No, we've found this inner ghost!" Chu Guangji suddenly said in surprise.
"Figured out, who?" Xu Chengyan hurriedly asked.
Even Cao Rui'an, who was on the side, looked at Chu Guangji in surprise and inexplicably, obviously Chu Guangji didn't disclose this news to him beforehand.
Chu Guangji explained with a smile: "After receiving our information, Chief Wei immediately ordered to control the relevant personnel within the 14th Group Army, investigate one by one, and prepare to find out this inner ghost, but this inner ghost is very hidden and has not been able to find out.
It wasn't until the Japanese launched an attack that Nian Sixiang, a combat staff officer who was imprisoned and confined in confinement, suddenly broke out and killed the guards guarding him, escaped from our control, and then disappeared, and our people were being arrested everywhere, and there was no result yet. β
"Why did you let him run away?" Cao Ruian couldn't help but slap the table, and said angrily, "These fools, this Zhongtiao Mountain is full of high mountains and mountains, and there are many passes, and the dogs that are all locked in the house can still be let go, what are these people eating?" β
Of course, Xu Chengyan is a little regretful, but it is also a good thing that this inner ghost can jump out by himself, which saves a lot of hands and feet, otherwise everyone in the group army is in danger and suspicious of each other, and it is also troublesome.
Chu Guangji continued: "At that time, the Japanese broke through the Jiyuan position, and the troops were dealing with the war, so they ignored the internal guards, allowing this kid to take advantage of the loophole, and now that several days have passed, the war zone thinks that he has fled the Zhongtiao Mountain area, and it is likely that he has returned to the Japanese."
You must know that Nian Sixiang, as an operational staff officer, is not only very familiar with the local terrain and landforms, but also knows a lot about the internal situation and military deployment of various combat units in Zhongtiao Mountain. β
Xu Chengyan nodded when he heard this, and said: "In other words, this person still has some intelligence value, I will inform my team members, pay attention to this person, and report to you as soon as there is news." β
At the same time, in the office of the headquarters of the Taiyuan Special High School, the section chief, Ming Quartz Shu Dazuo, was standing at the window, looking at the scenery outside the window, with his hands behind his back, his face was gloomy as water.
He had just returned to Taiyuan from the front, and this time the Japanese army launched a new offensive, and as the intelligence chief, he went to the front line to assist in the military situation, but the result was a big disappointment.
As soon as the organized offensive was launched, the Chinese side had already gathered a large number of troops on the eastern front to stand by, and lured the enemy to go deeper, forming a semi-encirclement in the sealed area, resulting in the Japanese army having to withdraw from the battle after only holding out for two days, and if it was one step late, it was afraid that it would suffer heavy losses, but even so, the Japanese army also paid a lot of price, and this casualty was already unacceptable to the Japanese army, which was already insufficient.
For this reason, Akira Quartz was not only reprimanded by Lieutenant General Yoshio Iwamatsu, but even Lieutenant General Keiji Dohara, the chief of the General Division, also sent a telegram from Beiping to reprimand Akira Quartz Tree, accusing Aka Quartz Tree of being negligent in the enemy's reconnaissance work, acting ineffectively, and using extremely harsh words, which made Aka Quartz Tree feel pressure.
In fact, this time it would not have been so embarrassing, because the special high school has an extremely important inner line in the interior of the Nakajo Mountain Theater, and this inner line is buried very deeply, and when the Japanese high-level is preparing to launch an attack on the eastern front of Nakajo Mountain, it happens that the unit where this inner line is located is responsible for defending this area, so Aka Quartz decided to wake up this person and ordered Yoshioka Masao to be in charge of this intelligence line.
As soon as Yoshioka Masao died, only Aka Quartz knew the identity of this person, and the first thing he did when he arrived at the front line this time was to recontact this insider.
However, the liaison officer who was specifically responsible for the single-line contact with the inner line disappeared without a trace, which was specially arranged for this internal line, to assist in the transmission of information on the line, and there was a problem with this key link, and Aka Quartz Tree couldn't contact the inner line for a while, and as a result, he didn't get the information he wanted, so it can be said that the war was not effective, and Aka Quartz Tree was indeed derelict in his duties.
He only felt like a numb heart at this time, during this period of time, many things have not been smooth, the most powerful deputy Yoshioka Masao was assassinated, and then the front-line battle was frustrated, and the important inner line lost contact, this one after another, even with his city, it is difficult to hide the sadness.
At this time, the knock on the door sounded again, and the head of the Ming quartz tree did not reply, and said in a deep voice: "Come in!" β
Yamada Otomo walked up to the front gently, bowed, and said cautiously, "Section Chief, what do you command?" β
Aka Quartz slowly turned around, staring at Yamada Taiyu with a sharp gaze.
This suddenly made Yamada Otomo's heart beat wildly, and the sweat on his back seeped out, everyone knew that Ming Quartz had just returned from the front line, because the war was not going well, the section chief was in a very bad mood, and he didn't have a good face when he saw anyone, so when he received a notice and rushed to meet, he kept beating the drum in his heart, for fear that he would accidentally touch this mold.
"Yamada, it's been so long since Yoshioka-kun was killed, and you promised me that you would find out the murderer as soon as possible and catch the two vipers, how is the work progressing now?"
Yamada Otomo was even more frightened when he heard it, now that all the clues have been broken, and the tracking work has come to a standstill, such a result naturally cannot satisfy the section leader, and now in the face of Aka Quartz's inquiry, I really don't know how to answer.
His lips squirmed a few times, and he could only reply stubbornly: "Section Chief, I recently found a valuable clue and traced the traces of a Chongqing agent, but in the process of arresting, Ma Weide was greedy and reckless, which led to the failure of the arrest, and finally the Chongqing element was killed on the spot, and we are currently preparing to follow this line and continue to track down ......"
"That's it!" Aki interrupted him with a wave of his hand, his tone becoming more and more unkind.
"I already understand this matter, you and Ma Weide are both responsible, Yamada, although you are smart enough to find clues about the Chongqing elements, this is indeed commendable.
But if the arrest fails, he will shift the responsibility to his subordinates, and he will not take any responsibility, this is by no means the performance of a good commander, you make me very disappointed! β