Section 8 The Battle of Wuhan II
Wang Xiaoshan knew that something was wrong, and he immediately called Shanghai and Beiping respectively to ask if there was any abnormality around them recently, and judging from the reactions of both sides, he immediately concluded that there was a problem in Shanghai, and the information from Shanghai was likely to be false information, and Daze was probably in danger.
After hesitating, he was about to propose to Chiang Kai-shek that he would go to Shanghai to see it in person, but at this moment, Dai Li came to tell him in a panic that Wang Tianmu, the head of the Shanghai Station of the Military Command, had been arrested.
Wang Tianmu is not an ordinary person, he is one of the four King Kongs of the secret service, Dai Li's important assistant, the military command of Beiping and Tianjin all the stations were founded by him, Jinan and Qingdao were also established by him, if he defects, several important strongholds of the military command in North China and Shandong will be threatened, in addition, this person is also familiar with the various secret service methods of the military command, which is particularly fatal to the military commander.
"Director Dai, does he know about the wolf's eye and the cobra?" Cobra is Daze's code name, Wang Xiaoshan asked cautiously, Tang Zong stared at Dai Li very nervously, everyone knows the important surnames of these two spies, if Wang Tianmu betrayed, I am afraid that Dai Li will not be able to escape Chiang Kai-shek's severe punishment.
What made Wang Xiaoshan and Tang Zong feel desperate was that Dai Li's face was like ashes and told them that Wang Tianmu might know. There is only one reason that Wang Tianmu knows, Dai Li's own leakage.
"I thought about it carefully, the wolf's eye was mentioned twice in Beiping during the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War, and the cobra was mentioned after the case of Yunzi in the south."
Although Dai Li didn't say it in detail, Wang Xiaoshan and Tang Zong knew that it was okay for the wolf to say, after all, the time was far away, but Cobra was definitely Dai Li's dissatisfaction with Zhongtong's commendation for cracking the case of Nanzao Yunzi.
"Director Dai, don't report this to the chairman in advance." Wang Xiaoshan thought about it and made a decision immediately, he felt a little comforted in his heart, in comparison, the important surname of Ligao support was far more than Daze: "Immediately deploy and retreat, all important stations in North China, all those who are familiar with Wang Tianmu, retreat immediately, in addition, Wang Tianmu must die, how to proceed in this matter, after I report to Commander Zhuang, the commander will decide." ”
"Yes, Brother Xiaoshan is right, report it now, and pay the rain farmers in vain, it will not help, so I will not report it for the time being." Tang Zong immediately expressed his support: "However, retreat is inevitable, otherwise once he defects, the military commander's power in North China will be completely finished." ”
Dai Li nodded gratefully, in fact, he also had this idea, Chiang Kai-shek's consistent principle was that he could cheat and not hide it, so he had to win the support of Wang Xiaoshan and Tang Zong. Otherwise, once someone reports it, the punishment will be more severe, and the consequences will be more unpredictable.
"Okay, I'll go back and make arrangements." Dai Li had already issued a retreat order before he came, and all the people who were familiar with Wang Tianmu at Beiping Station and Tianjin Station retreated, and Jinan and Qingdao also began to retreat. But Wang Tianmu is too familiar with the military command, even if he changes people and places of work, what about the way he works? With Wang Tianmu's ability, he can quickly dig out the Tianjin Station of Beiping Station.
"Damn, it's a disaster." Wang Xiaoshan looked at the back of Dai Li's hurried departure, and couldn't help but scold, indeed, the accident in Shanghai has made him a little anxious, the prelude to the defense of Wuhan has begun, the first war zone faced by the Yue army began to move, but the fifth war zone is temporarily calm, but the intelligence from the support of Li Gao shows that this is a deception of the Yue army.
The battle plan for the north of the Yangtze River was formulated by the North China Dispatch Army, and for this reason, Tada Jun also adjusted the command sequence, and assigned the troops in Huainan to the command of the North China Dispatch Army, and the battle plan of the army was to first launch an attack in the First Theater with 12 divisions and 150,000 men attached to a chariot division, to defeat the troops in the First Theater, and to attract the Central [***] team in the southern section of the Pinghan Line to go north to support.
After the Chinese defenders in the southern section of the Pinghan Line moved north, they launched an attack on Shangqiu with 18 divisions and 200,000 troops, making the posture of copying the rear road of the First Theater, so as to attract the Fifth Theater or China's last strategic reserve to the north and fight a decisive battle with the Chinese army on the Huanghuai Plain.
At this time, the 24 divisions and regiments assembled in Bengbu, about 280,000 people, attacked the Dabie Mountain in two ways, and quickly crossed the Dabie Mountain after crushing the Chinese defenders in the Dabie Mountain, and then attacked Wuhan with a section in cooperation with the 11th Army in the south of the Yangtze River, and the main force went north and inserted into western Henan, outflanking the rear of the main forces of the 1st and 5th Theaters in a great detour, and annihilating the main forces of the 15th Theater.
This battle plan is not without viciousness, and without the support of Ligao, the Chinese side is likely to be deceived. When the First War Zone was in danger, the base camp could only mobilize the two group armies that stayed near Wuhan to go north to support, and it was originally planned to leave three group armies near Wuhan, but Chen Cheng believed that three was too much, and the territory of the Sixth War Zone was vast, stretching for hundreds of miles from Anhui to Jiangxi, and the existing troops were absolutely insufficient, and one group army had to be left alive or dead.
Now that the information of Ligao's support came, Chiang Kai-shek discovered that Zhuang Jihua's worries had become a reality, and that the assault force of the Yue army was placed in the Fifth Theater, and the Fifth Theater would have to withstand the attack of 500,000 Japanese troops, and in addition, Nishio Shouzo had also prepared five divisions and regiments in Xuzhou, and this unit would undertake the task of fighting against the Sulu Theater and ensuring logistics and transportation, and would no longer be able to launch a containment attack from northern Jiangsu as it had done last time.
Daze's intelligence was still sent to Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Kai-shek looked at Tang Zong and Wang Xiaoshan with some confusion, and after the information supported by Ligao arrived, the military meeting not long ago had just made adjustments to the deployment of the 15th Theater, and if this information was followed, this adjustment would have to be carried out again, and more importantly, the difference between the two pieces of information was relatively large.
"What's going on?" Chiang Kai-shek's gaze slowly became stern, he put the information still on the table, and asked sharply.
"The wolf's eye intelligence is accurate, there should be something wrong with the cobra." Wang Xiaoshan's reply was simple.
Chiang Kai-shek's tone became more severe: "What's wrong?" ”
"It's not clear yet, and an investigation is being prepared." Tang Zong rushed in front of Wang Xiaoshan and replied that nominally he was still Wang Xiaoshan's boss, and he should report to Chiang Kai-shek, but this matter was too big, Wang Xiaoshan had first-hand information, and he had to bring him here.
"The situation is not too bad, judging from the situation returning from Shanghai, Cobra is only one of their suspected targets, Cobra has suspended all activities, and plans to send a reinforcement group to Shanghai." Tang Zong replied that this reinforcement group had not actually reached an agreement with Wang Xiaoshan, and Wang Xiaoshan disagreed, believing that the current situation was obscure and unclear, and it was best not to move for the time being.
"I said that I made this false information, if we don't deploy it in the way of false information, the cobra's suspicion will naturally be lifted, at least it can be alleviated, but in the defense of Wuhan, the cobra will not be able to play a role."
Chiang Kai-shek obviously heard the different opinions of Wang Xiaoshan and Tang Zong, he slightly suppressed the anger in his chest, waved his hand and shouted: "What should you do, you go down to discuss, I will reiterate that the wolf's eye and the cobra are top secret, and I will also say hello to Dai Li and Xu Enzeng, no matter who it is, leaking the wolf's eye and the cobra is equivalent to betraying the country, this kind of dereliction of duty is hateful and killable!" ”
In the face of the angry Chiang Kai-shek, Wang Xiaoshan and Tang Zong were silent and silent, and Chiang Kai-shek scolded angrily before waving them away.
Back in the office, Tang Zong couldn't help but complain in a low voice: "If it has been controlled by Captain Zhuang, how can it be leaked." ”
"Forget it, let's think about how to remedy it." Wang Xiaoshan also sighed, in fact, he was also secretly blaming Chiang Kai-shek in his heart, if he hadn't been careful, Daze and the wolf's eyes would not have been exposed, at least not so early.
"The reinforcement group still doesn't need to be sent, let's stabilize the position first." Wang Xiaoshan suggested to Tang Zong: "Besides, the two stationmasters have been arrested, and it is not appropriate for anyone to send them." ”
Tang Zong understood that Wang Xiaoshan did not agree to send someone at all, he thought about it and nodded in agreement, Wang Xiaoshan's espionage experience was much richer than his.
Zhuang Jihua replied on the same day about Wang Tianmu's arrest, and Song Yunfei would personally take a special operations team to Shanghai, and be sure to get rid of Wang Tianmu before he opened his mouth, and there was no need to notify Cobra of this matter.
Zhuang Jihua was in Guiyang when he received the news, and he immediately returned to Yucheng, found Li Kenong, and asked him for help, of course, he did not reveal the slightest news about Daze.
"Wang Tianmu hasn't spoken yet." After listening to Zhuang Jihua's request, Li Kenong immediately got in touch with Wuhan, and the first sentence of finding Zhuang Jihua the next day alerted him, and he immediately realized that [***] either had an inside line in the secret service headquarters or an inside line in Chongguangtang, but why did he ask him to provide information on Shanghai before? But he soon realized that the relationship had only been made recently.
Li Kenong ignored Zhuang Jihua's thoughts, and he continued: "After your people go to Shanghai, post an advertisement on the declaration, and our people will come to contact you, and we will also provide some information about Wang Tianmu's current situation." ”
"Thank you so much." Zhuang Jihua finally breathed a sigh of relief, Song Yunfei was his most powerful killer weapon, and those who went this time were the elites of the special combat team. He also did not want to lose these people, so he did not want to contact either the military commander and the central commander, and did not want to take this risk, so he could only ask [***] for assistance.
"It's nothing, cooperate and resist, your intelligence is just as important to us." Li Kenong said meaningfully.
This incident made Zhuang Jihua extremely dissatisfied with Dai Li, and secretly reminded Wang Xiaoshan that he could temporarily interrupt the cooperation with the military commander, but Wang Xiaoshan did not agree, and called back to suggest that everything should remain as it was, the strength of the military commander is getting stronger, Dai Li's power is also rising gradually, and Chiang Kai-shek's favor for him is strong.
Zhuang Jihua reluctantly admitted that Wang Xiaoshan's view was more correct, so he had to endure this bad breath and return to Guiyang to preside over the development of Guizhou.
On the same day, Song Yunfei led 12 members of the team to fly out of Chongqing and transfer to Shanghai via Hong Kong.
(To be continued)