Chapter 253: The British, who suddenly attacked

With so many accidents, the banquet naturally couldn't go on! Especially today, Lao Jiang was almost assassinated, and it definitely won't end here, and there are many aftermath things that need to be done, so the banquet ends under Lao Jiang's instructions.

The party is over, but some things are just beginning!

In the office of the Minister of Military Affairs, the pale-faced old Jiang knocked down a cup of tea brought by his attendants to the ground, and a beautiful teacup completed its mission with the heroism of crushing his bones.

"Yunong, check, find out, what are the identities of those two assassins, and how did they get involved? What are you doing in the Military Command Bureau, and you let the assassins in on such an important occasion, and you also have guns, Niang Xipi! Old Jiang roared angrily.

Dai Li, who was on the side, also had a blue face, today's leak was too big, and it was completely understandable that the old man was so angry.

"Commission, things are already a bit eyebrow-raising, that man's name is Li Dequan, a native of Shanghai! The woman's name is Wang Sihan, a native of Tianjin, and her ancestral home is Shenyang. Both Assassins were journalists for The Times, and had been British citizens since two years earlier, though based in China. However, they had long been bought by the Japanese spy agency, codenamed Flamingo and Crow. ”

Then Dai Li continued: "In fact, we already knew about the existence of these two people as early as September last year when we traced the time of Nanzao Yunzi, but we have never found out the identities of these two people, let alone that they are actually operating as foreign journalists. And the reason why we were able to let the two of them in this time was mainly because they came with the British military attaché, so our people didn't check carefully enough. ”

"Can a person who is not careful enough to shirk responsibility? Today's things are so bad, if it weren't for Ma Zheng's meticulous and decisive action, I'm afraid my old bones would have been explained here! Lao Jiang said angrily.

"Please punish the chairman!" Dai Li said immediately.

"It's too early to punish you. Your main task now is to follow the identities of these two spies, and you must destroy the Japanese intelligence network in Wuhan! Lao Jiang said in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

Then Lao Jiang asked again: "By the way, Yunong, who invited that rude guy, it is really too rude, this is clearly looking down on us Chinese." Don't even put the party-state in your eyes? ”

"Chairman of the Committee, this Smith is indeed the British military attache in China, and today the British ambassador went to meet a friend in Japan, and he had already left half an hour ago when our invitation was sent, so the embassy staff asked Smith to come to our ball, and by the way, to attend tomorrow's award ceremony." Dai replied.

"It's just a small military attaché, it's too rampant! And that guy is defending those two assassins everywhere, will it really be like Ma Zheng said, the British are behind the ghosts. Helping the Japanese do things? Lao Jiang asked with a frown, what he was most worried about now was that the British and Japanese wore a pair of pants, which was definitely not a good thing for China.

Dai Lian thought for a while and said, "Don't worry, although the British are still allies with Japan, the alliance between them is not as strong as before. Judging from the performance of that Smith just now, he doesn't seem to know the true identity of those two guys, it should not be the instructions of the British ambassador, I think it won't be long before the British ambassador will give us an explanation. ”

Lao Jiang nodded and said, "Yunong's analysis makes sense. Although it is now said that Japan and Britain are allies, it is because the United States has inserted a lever in the middle. The alliance between Japan and Britain has been broken, and I think Britain will not be deceived by Japan to become our enemy, but what does he mean by doing this, and what is his purpose? ”

Dai Li immediately said: "If the lowly guess is correct, Smith does this for two purposes: the first is to simply look down on us Chinese. Wanted to take this opportunity to disgust and disgust us. Second, it was troublesome, because he was instructed by the British ambassador to sabotage our congratulatory activities and let the envoys of the United States, France, and the Soviet Union see our jokes. ”

Dai Li's analysis of these remarks is reasonable, well-founded, and reasonable. It made ****** greatly appreciated. He analyzed Smith's psychology very thoroughly, and he deserved to be the person in charge of the Military Control Bureau.

As he was speaking, Wang Chonghui, the foreign minister of the Nationalist Government, hurriedly walked in from outside, still holding a document in his hand.

"Liang Chou, in such a hurry, is something wrong?" As soon as Wang Chonghui entered the door, Lao Jiang asked.

"Your seat, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has just received a diplomatic note from the British Embassy! The British ambassador expressed regret for Smith's reckless behavior, and stated that it was Smith's personal behavior, which had nothing to do with the British government, let alone the attitude of the United Kingdom. However, Sir Hui Gesen submitted a formal diplomatic note, hoping that the Nationalist Government would severely punish the Chinese generals who had fired at the British Empire's envoys, and made a fuss about the Yunnan-Burma Highway, threatening to recommend that the British Government close the Burma Highway if we did not give him a satisfactory answer.

"Niang Xipi, this is falling into the well!" Old Jiang said angrily.

After the angry scolding, Lao Jiang also felt very troubled, and immediately ordered the chief of the guard to pick up Vice Chairman Zhou and Ma Zheng to the office to discuss the matter. The importance of the Yunnan-Burma Highway is clearer than anyone else.

After the July 7 Incident, the Japanese army quickly occupied the Beijing-Tianjin region in northern China, Guangdong, Hankou, Shanghai, Nanjing and other central, eastern, and southern China regions in the south, including China's major cities, 95% of the industry, and 50% of the population.

More importantly, almost all the ports along the coast of China fell into Japanese hands. For the Nationalist Government, which has always agreed that it is better to buy than to build, the problem of material supply is extremely serious at this time.

In particular, after learning that the motherland had suffered from Japanese aggression, overseas Chinese living abroad donated money and materials one after another, and raised a large number of medicines, cotton yarn, automobiles, and other materials urgently needed in China. In addition, forced by the grim situation of resisting Japan and saving the country, the government also used extremely precious foreign exchange to purchase a large amount of automobiles, oil, and arms from the West. These supplies need to be urgently repatriated home, so China urgently needs a safe international transportation corridor.

It was in view of the possible crisis that the Nationalist Government began to build the Yunnan-Burma Highway in 1938. The highway is connected to Myanmar's Central Railway, which directly connects to the port of Yangon, the former capital of Myanmar.

Most importantly, the only major external route for China is the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway, and now that the Japanese army has captured Guangzhou, the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway is already very unsafe, so in the near future the Yunnan-Burma Highway is likely to become China's only external route. If the British closed the Yunnan-Burma Highway, it could be said that it would be fatal for China's blow, so the British ambassador's use of the Yunnan-Burma Highway really hit the soft underbelly of Lao Chiang. (To be continued.) )

PS: PS: The third chapter is delivered, I won't say anything else, it's already 2:20 in the morning, I'm too sleepy, I'm going to rest first, and I'll have to get up early tomorrow to go to the hospital!