Chapter 470: It's finally time to withdraw

Sure enough, as Chen Mingxiang said, although important information was obtained this time, the bureau headquarters only transferred the thanks of the Ninth Theater Command and the 74th Army, as well as the praise of the commission and Boss Dai.

"At the age of twenty-eight, he has already become a lieutenant colonel of the Quanxu Army, and the speed of Chunfeng's promotion is too fast, and the committee heard that he was awarded the rank of major general by the Wang puppet government, and this time he was originally going to be promoted to a major general of the Shancheng government, but I dissuaded him."

"The mood of the commission is understandable, the most elite main force, the 74th Army, because of the spring breeze to report the enemy's movements in a timely manner, did not fall into the ambush circle of the Japanese 11th Army, and avoided heavy losses."

"Commander Wang sent a telegram to the Military Commission, which has confirmed the authenticity and reliability of this information, and the enemy, with the main force of four divisions and regiments, has opened its pockets and waited for the 74th Army to drill in, and if the enemy succeeds, the consequences will be unimaginable." Dai Li said in his office.

"I think it's a bit of a pity, such a big credit, in the career of an agent, you may not encounter it once, this kind of campaign-level military intelligence, it is too difficult to obtain." Mao Renfeng said with a little regret.

Mao Renfeng and Chen Mingxiang's teacher Pan Qiwu are out-and-out sworn friends, and naturally regard Chen Mingxiang as their own descendant and are willing to help him progress.

And among the current military command agents, this guy has the greatest potential for promotion, and he is also the most worthy of training, and in three or five years, he can become the stationmaster of the first station or the director of the bureau headquarters.

"I believe in Chunfeng's ability, as long as the war continues, he will definitely be able to achieve more, and if you press it now, it will also be a thick accumulation." Boss Dai is very confident in the spring breeze.

"Chen Gongshu sent a telegram asking the bureau headquarters to allocate funds to the No. 1 District of Shanghai as soon as possible, and he was ready to withdraw the personnel of various brigades and intelligence groups from Shanghai City one after another and enter the guerrilla zone to hide."

"The district organs, the brigades directly under them, the intelligence group directly under them, and a small number of backbones from various departments, will not retreat for the time being, and will not retreat until the work is handed over to the new personnel." Mao Renfeng said.

The funds of the bureau headquarters are also very tight, and the financial method is also allocated to the first district of Shanghai in batches, in fact, if it is simply withdrawn, there is no need to rush all the funds to get it.

Chen Gongshu was worried that after the evacuation, the bureau headquarters would cut or deduct funds, and Dai Li and Mao Renfeng knew this little bit of caution, but it was inconvenient to say it.

"He finally figured out the current situation, it is also a good thing to be able to evacuate and preserve the forces, you want to find a way to meet his requirements, I decided to let him be the guerrilla commander of the Loyal National Salvation Army, and he will be officially appointed after the evacuation, these days, you think about the follow-up candidates."

"Chunfeng is shouldering the task of lurking, he can't command too many people to take action against the Japanese puppet, that will distract his energy, in addition, Shanghai is the most important international metropolis after all, as the head of this subdistrict, he still lacks qualifications and experience." Dai Li said.

Chen Gongshu was willing to retreat, and the two most powerful bigwigs of the Military Command Bureau were relieved and worried about the affairs of the Shanghai First District for several months, for fear of hearing any bad news.

On the last day of the end of September, the Japanese army occupied Tanzhou, and the second Tanzhou Campaign launched by the 11th Army was officially declared over, and the offensive was temporarily stopped.

However, what ensued was the Battle of Yiling, in which Chen Cheng commanded the army in the Sixth War Zone, surrounded Yiling to the death, and began to attack at any cost on October 4.

At present, the Japanese army guarding Yiling has only three wings of the 13th Division, that is, the strength of three regiments, and each wing has an establishment of 3,800 people, which is larger than the regimental establishment of the Yamashiro government.

Such a number was not enough to withstand the strong attack of the 6th theater of operations, the casualties were very large, and the surrounding Japanese troops were intercepted again, so they could only report to the headquarters of the 11th Army.

However, the time of the offensive was still a little late, the Battle of Tanzhou had ended, and the Japanese combat units received orders from the headquarters to withdraw from Tanzhou one after another, and the pursuit of the Ninth Theater did not interfere with the withdrawal of the Japanese army.

In order to solve the crisis in Yiling, the headquarters of the 11th Army directly transferred the 26th Brigade of the 13th Division to Tanzhou and transported it to Yiling by truck, and ordered the 39th Division to fully support Yiling.

"It's so dangerous, if it weren't for the early end of the Battle of Tanzhou, and almost lost Yiling, the 13th Division would have lost more than half." After the battle, Chen Mingxiang heard Kage Zhenzhao say this.

On the morning of 10 October, a large number of assault troops from the Sixth Theater had already entered Yiling and engaged in a fierce street battle with the Japanese army, and they were about to be surrounded and annihilated.

And on the morning of this day, the Japanese troops of the 13th Division, burned the flags and secret documents of the wing, and the division commander and all the officers, ready to commit suicide, wrote the so-called desperate letter.

According to Japan's military system, only the infantry wing and the cavalry wing are eligible to have military flags, and they are called the Rising Sun * Flag, which is definitely not a plaster * medicine flag (Sun * flag).

Navy ships also use such a sun* flag, except that the flag of the army, the sun in the middle, and the flag of the navy, the sun in the left position, are sixteen rays of light.

This kind of military flag is awarded by the Japanese emperor himself, and the crown of the flagpole is marked by the sixteen-petal chrysanthemum of the Japanese imperial family, which is of great significance.

The wing flag is kept by the wing commander in peacetime, and a special flag protection team is responsible for protecting it when it leaves the team headquarters, and it cannot be replaced until it is completely damaged.

The Japanese wing is not in a desperate situation and is not allowed to burn the military flag, but after the military flag is burned, the formation of the wing will be abolished, which shows that the devils of the 13th Division think that it has reached the last moment.

This is the Japanese army's A division, also known as the permanent horse division, the absolute main army, although the sixth theater of operations won many victories, it is not easy to force the enemy to this part.

"Your Excellency General, the Eleventh Army has even captured Tanzhou, although there are some problems in Yiling, the result is still good, there is no danger to pass safely, in general, the imperial army has won a big victory." Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.

This time I came to the Mei agency because Kage Satsushi wanted to discuss the formation of the intelligence network with him, and Major General Kinoshita Eichi had already explained the bottom line to him, and he could provide some help within his ability, but he would never allow the acquisition station to become the intelligence station of the Mei agency, and there must be enough distance between the two sides.

Since Ying Zuo Zhenzhao himself mentioned this big battle, Chen Mingxiang also had to echo two sentences, it can't be said that the Japanese army occupied Tanzhou and retreated, and did not realize its strategic intentions.