Chapter 597: Yamada Defects
After the meeting, the bald head and the others immediately arranged according to the spirit of this meeting.
And those under his command were relieved to hear that they didn't need to go near the expeditionary force.
They all have only one life, and they don't want to throw their lives away in this mountain valley, because they all have families to support and can't die.
So, their route was deep in Myitkyina, but they didn't even go to Myitkyina, so they found a place to stay and inquired about the news ahead.
Then, the news was reported by them as information they had spied out.
Zhou Lin asked Li 18 to go to Myitkyina to find out the situation there, and then Zhou Lin reported the information on the deployment of the Japanese army north of Mandalay to the CIA lieutenant general, and the CIA forwarded this information to General Stilwell, chief of the general staff of the Chinese theater.
The Chief of the General Staff, General Stilwell, who received the information, immediately drew up a battle plan and handed it to the old man.
The old man was overjoyed: "This Stilwell still has such a good source of information?" I really looked down on him, and if we had this information, we would have made the plan and surprise the Americans. ”
So, the old man called Dai Li, told Dai Li, that the Americans had obtained information about the Japanese army's deployment in Burma, and scolded Dai Li's incompetence.
Dai Li's heart is bitter! If Zhou Lin hadn't been driven away by you, the current information would have already arrived on your desk, and it would definitely be more detailed than the Americans.
But these words were only said in Dai Li's heart, and he didn't dare to say them on the surface.
At the end of April 1944, the new 22nd, 38th, 30th, and 50th divisions of the National Revolutionary Army and the U.S. Army jointly besieged Myitkyina.
After the capture of Myitkyina, the various units repaired for two months, and at this time, the 14th Division, the 50th Division, and the New 30th Division had been airlifted to the front line of the counteroffensive in northern Burma.
China's troops entering Burma have reached five divisions, and in order to facilitate command, the New First Army has been expanded into two armies, the New First Army and the New Sixth Army.
The New First Army is under the jurisdiction of the New 30th Division and the New 38th Division, and the commander is Sun Liren.
The New Sixth Army has the new 22nd Division, 14th Division, and 50th Division, and its commander Liao Yaoxiang.
In June 1944, Zhou Lin was secretly recalled to Yangon by Yamada.
In that heavily guarded room, Yamada looked at Zhou Lin dejectedly.
"Uncle, what's going on?" Zhou Lin felt that the situation was wrong.
Kobayashi immediately said: "Due to the mistake of intelligence in the battle of Myitkyina, the Prince's Office sued the commander, and the emperor listened to them, thinking that the commander had betrayed the Japanese Empire by instructing you to do so. Therefore, the emperor has decided that he will remove the commander from his post and let the commander return to Tokyo to stand trial. ”
When Zhou Lin heard this, he immediately said: "Uncle, you can't go back to Tokyo, once you go back to Tokyo, they won't be able to judge you, and they will also do it in secret." ”
Yamada sighed: "I know, but if I don't go to Tokyo, they will do something to Zhoujiadao, and then Zhoujiadao will be over." ”
"When do they plan to do something to Zhoujiadao?" Zhou Lin asked.
"At the latest in early August, in July, the 18th Division will be transferred. A brigade took over the defense of the 18th Division. That brigade will be the main force against Zhoujiadao. ”
Zhou Lin sneered: "A brigade wants to attack my Zhoujia Island? Dream. ”
Yamada looked at Zhou Lin in astonishment: "Where did you get the confidence?" In total, there were 20,000 imperial troops and 50,000 Malays. ”
Zhou Lin looked outside the house, and Yamada immediately said, "Don't worry, these are all my people." ”
Zhou Lin handed Yamada a cigarette: "The last time I killed Yamamoto, in addition to your sixty-six people, I also made a request to the Americans. ”
"What requirements? Help you protect Zhoujia Island? The U.S. military is far away. Kobayashi said.
Zhou Lin helped Yamada set fire: "They have submarines near Zhoujia Island, reconnoitring the situation in the South Seas, and preparing to counterattack the South Seas, so they promised that if Zhoujia Island was attacked, the submarines would attack the warships." ”
Yamada opened his mouth wide, closed it for a long time, and then pointed at Zhou Lin and said: "I said that we had benefits that time, why didn't we have your benefits, it turned out that the benefits were here." ”
Kobayashi analyzed: "There will be no more than eight escort warships in that brigade, and if that warship is killed, the remaining troop carriers will have to escape, and they will not dare to attack the island at all." ”
"Run? Where are they fleeing? Chang Liang and Cui Haitao's troops are vegetarians. Zhou Lin said, that expression, hideous like a demon.
Yamada sighed, he didn't want to say anything anymore.
"When will the order be given?" Zhou Lin looked at Yamada who sighed and said.
"Within a week, someone will come to take over, and I will disband the Secret Service before I leave office." Yamada took a puff of his cigarette.
Zhou Lin shook his head: "No, I will withdraw all the people from Yangon within three days and go to Zhoujia Island." Leave those in Myanmar to work. ”
Xiao Lin agreed: "When the outside world knows that the commander has left office, these people have already arrived in Zhoujiadao, and there will be no future troubles." ”
Zhou Lin asked Yamada, "When will Uncle leave?" ”
Yamada said: "I can leave in three days without waiting for them to come and hand over, handover? That's to increase their momentum, and it makes me ugly. ”
Zhou Lin immediately thought of a plan: "Uncle can take a warship to Zhoujia Island on the third day, nominally to visit the family living on Zhoujia Island, no one knows that you are going to leave, and you also pretend not to know, when the time comes, I will sing a good show." ”
Yamada thought about it and finally agreed to Zhou Lin's suggestion.
Zhou Lin returned to the dock and immediately telegraphed the bald head to bring all the people back to Yangon.
In the telegram, Zhou Lin instructed that he must arrive in Yangon within a day.
After that, Zhou Lin had a secret conversation with Shen Xiping and talked for two hours.
Two hours later, Shen Xiping convened a meeting and announced that, in accordance with Commander Yamada's orders, a group of men would be sent to northern Burma to carry out reconnaissance missions behind enemy lines.
So, all the Chinese were removed and replaced by Burmese.
That night, the more than 800 people left Yangon by car and were sent to a large passenger ship in batches by speedboat at a small port in front of Yangon.
When all the people were on board, the passenger ship carrying the 800 men departed.
The next night, the 500 bald men joined the remaining 200 people on the pier at this port, and were also sent by speedboat to the passenger ship in the sea and left.
At this point, 1,500 people from China who had come to Myanmar left the wharf.
And on the third day, Yamada made a phone call to the commander of the front army, saying that he wanted to visit his family on Zhoujiadao and hoped that the commander would approve it.
The commander hesitated, but finally approved.
However, the commander sent a warship to Yamada, which means surveillance.
The commander knew about Tokyo's decision, and he couldn't save face, so he approved it.
In his mind, Yamada had nowhere to go, so he went back to Zhoujiadao to see his family for the last time.
As a friend, he should grant Yamada's last wish.
So, the warship on which Yamada was sitting left Yangon.
When the warship arrived at Zhoujia Island, a force suddenly rushed out of Zhoujia Island and took control of the entire warship, and all the people on the ship became prisoners.
Subsequently, Zhoujiadao issued a telegram in clear code: "On May 29, 1944, a warship broke into the waters of our island. After repeated warnings were ineffective, they even opened fire on our warship, and our troops returned fire, and finally sank the warship. ”