It stands to reason that this is a period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party to resist Japan, and it does not seem to be a big deal for the Central Army to send a delegation to Shaanxi for visits and exchanges, and there is no need to keep it too secretive.

But in fact, the Central Army has always been relatively strict in dealing with exchanges with the Eighth Route Army. Now that a delegation is suddenly dispatched to visit the base area of the Eighth Route Army, how will the outside world view this matter?

The most important thing is that once this news is exposed, if the Central Army wants to use prisoners of war for propaganda in the future, it will undoubtedly be boring for itself. Another point is that the Central Army does not want people to know the real reason for their trip to Shaanxi.

In a word, the two parties are now ostensibly fighting a joint war, but in fact they are wary of each other. At least for Lao Jiang, it is almost impossible for him to sincerely cooperate with the Eighth Route Army.

Similarly, on the side of the Eighth Route Army, it is unlikely that you will sincerely cooperate with Lao Jiang. As for the future of the two parties, many people have speculated that there is only one party and one party that can represent China in the future.

Of course, there is also the possibility of actually forming a coalition government headed by the Eighth Route Army. And the words of the Central Army have become more of a foil. This is undoubtedly intolerable for Lao Chiang, who wants to remain in power.

On the other hand, those interest groups that supported Lao Chiang also did not want the political parties and the army represented by Lao Chiang to become the foil of the Eighth Route Army in the future. And this also means that the seemingly friendly cooperation between the two parties will face a breakdown sooner or later.

It is precisely because of these mutual knowledge that Lao Jiang also issued a gag order for He Yingqin to go to Yan'an on behalf of the Central Army. The same situation was true on the side of the Eighth Route Army.

Except for a small number of personnel, who knew that a delegation of the Central Army would come over, many people did not know that the Central Army would send a minister of military affairs to personally lead a delegation to Yan'an for visits and exchanges.

But at this time, the Eighth Route Army received reliable information, and the delegation's visit to Yan'an had been known to the Japanese army. Even, the Japanese army knew that He Yingqin and his entourage had arrived to receive prisoners of war from the 12th Division.

Looking at the telegram handed over by Zuo Quan, He Yingqin's expression was also a little dignified and embarrassed. But in the end, he still said: "Chief of Staff Zuo, how do you judge that this matter was leaked by our side?" ”

The reason is simple! This information was forwarded by our army's intelligence officers who had been planted in the Japanese army. During this time, the appearance of Japanese planes from time to time on our route is enough to illustrate this problem.

In addition, according to my judgment, I am afraid that this delegation will also be mixed with problematic representatives. It is not yet possible to determine who it is. But I still hope that Minister He can be mentally prepared.

In addition, the Japanese intelligence we intercepted showed that the Japanese army should have an intelligence station with many members in Chongqing. Even in your military and political committees, there must be eyeliner planted by the Japanese army.

This matter, if you really keep it a secret. Then there are definitely not many people who know, and if you investigate it secretly, I believe that you will gain something. Regarding this leak, our army's intelligence department is also conducting an investigation. ’

Zuo Quan, who was speaking, said the reason for his guess. even mentioned the battle plan formulated by the Central Army before the Battle of Songhu, why it was leaked in advance. All this shows that some people have infiltrated the central organs of the Central Army.

Hearing Zuo Quan say this, He Yingqin's expression became even more embarrassed. As the Minister of Military Affairs, he knew very well how dangerous and terrible it would be for spies to infiltrate the central organs of the Central Army.

This means that many times the battle plans they make may be leaked in advance. If there really is such a spy, then they really need to take a good look at some of the people who are currently qualified to know the top military secrets.

Thinking of this, He Yingqin quickly said: "Okay, about this matter, when I get to the resting place, I will send a secret telegram to the chairman." Let him send someone to launch a secret investigation. If there are spies, thank you this time! ”

As a result, after hearing this, Zuo Quan shook his head and said: "Minister He, now is the period of cooperation between our two parties and two armies in the War of Resistance. We were all consistent in our treatment of the Japanese army. We also hope that this kind of thing will try not to happen.

It's just that I personally don't agree with you using the portable radio station to send a secret message to Chongqing. Minister Ho must confirm that the people in your telecommunications agency are trustworthy at present?

Leaking the news in advance will only alarm the lurking spy. If Minister He doesn't mind, wait until he meets Vice Chairman Zhou. This situation can be transferred to the Chairman through our representative office.

In that case, you can investigate secretly first. Through some of the information we provide as a reference, without alarming the spy, we can do a targeted investigation. It may be safer to do so. ”

Hearing Zuo Quan's words, He Yingqin suddenly remembered what Zuo Quan said earlier that there might also be spies from the Japanese army in the delegation they were traveling to. Then he used the radio he carried to send the report, and it was really possible to alarm the hidden spies.

If the telegram of the Eighth Route Army's representative office in Chongqing was used, this possibility could really be reduced. At least He Yingqin knew very well that the Eighth Route Army was still very powerful in intelligence work.

In a word, after so many years of struggle against the Red Army, how could they not know the power of the underground party?

Don't really say it, wait until the representative of the Eighth Route Army will transfer this information to Lao Jiang to know. Knowing that there were Japanese spies in his central organization, Lao Jiang was naturally frightened into a cold sweat, knowing what this meant.

After arranging for the military commander to start a secret investigation, it didn't take long for the problem to be really discovered. And this spy who was bought by the Japanese army turned out to be a telecommunications attendant in the old Chiang's chamberlain, who was qualified to know a lot of confidential things.

And this officer, who is very well-established in the eyes of the Central Army, turned out to be planted in the matter of the Japanese army's beauty scheme. was rebelled from the Nanjing period, and after being transferred to Chongqing, he also quickly connected with the Japanese army's special high school.

Every time he relayed important information to the Japanese army, the Japanese army would give him a large amount of reward. In addition, some very eye-catching rewards and benefits will be arranged for him. As soon as the information was confirmed, Lao Jiang was naturally furious.

'Niang Xipi, what do you military commanders do to eat?' The little devil sent all the spies under my nose. If it weren't for the information provided by the Eighth Route Army this time, I'm afraid you wouldn't know about the existence of such a giant rat.

Give you three days, and give me all the power to destroy this intelligence station lurking in Chongqing. The next time there is such a thing, you will all be court-martialed. Niang Xipi, the little devil deceives people too much! ’

Thinking about this telecommunications attendant on weekdays, he still trusts him very much. Now that he has been found out by the military commanders, he has been bought by the little devils, and even the time is not short, how can Lao Jiang not be angry?

This is just to collect some intelligence for the Japanese army, what if the little devil asks him to assassinate himself in the future? In the face of this kind of very trusting subordinates, Lao Jiang is afraid that he will not have too much vigilance, which may allow the little devil to succeed!

Thinking that there would be such a possibility, it was difficult for Lao Jiang not to be angry!

However, this kind of espionage and counter-espionage has become normal during the Anti-Japanese War. The infiltration of the Central Army by the Japanese Army's special high school was also more serious and powerful than the Central Army imagined.

In contrast, the Eighth Route Army is doing really good counter-espionage work in this kind of thing today. In particular, the radio wave sensor produced by the Independent Column Research Institute has indeed brought a lot of help and convenience to the counter-espionage work.

He Yingqin, who arrived in Yan'an at this time, had a 'friendly' meeting with Mao Taizu and others, and Mao Taizu also mentioned the arrears of military expenses. This made He Yingqin know that this negotiation would not be too easy.

The reason is very simple, during the talks, Mao Taizu said very directly about the transfer of prisoners: "Minister He, we also support the transfer of Japanese prisoners of war and let the government carry out anti-Japanese war propaganda."

It's just that Minister He should know that in this anti-Japanese encirclement and suppression, our Eighth Route Army also paid a lot of price. The prisoners of war of these little devils can be said to have been bought with the blood of our fighters.

Now is a period of cooperation between the two parties to unify the War of Resistance Against Japan, and as long as it is beneficial to the reunification of the War of Resistance, our Eighth Route Army will not refuse. But Minister He should also know that we need to give an explanation to the officers and men of the troops below.

If you want to receive these prisoners smoothly, then you should also give my officers and soldiers an explanation. The most unfortunate thing is that our army suffered casualties and meritorious service in this battle, should you express the sincerity of the national government? ”

From the atmosphere of this meeting, He Yingqin saw to some extent that Mao Taizu was singing white-faced, while Zhou Enlai was undoubtedly red-faced. This is similar to what he felt when he was at the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

But hearing that He Zhengdao was one of the representatives of the talks between the two armies, He Yingqin knew more or less that He Zhengdao was Mao Taizu's confidant and favorite general. In this case, if you want to get advantage of the Eighth Route Army, I am afraid that it will not be an easy thing.

But at present, although the government has not reached the point of running out of ammunition and food, they also have not much money. If we want to make up for the salaries owed to the Eighth Route Army, I am afraid that the national government's finances will also fall into collapse.

This means that in matters surrounding the transfer of prisoners, the matter of military spending will not be delayed for too long. Even if it is a month's worth of military salary, it is also a large amount.

After all, when the Eighth Route Army was reorganized, it had a formation of ten divisions. Nearly 200,000 troops need to be paid by the government, which is naturally not a small amount.

In addition, when it came to the pension of the casualties, He Yingqin suddenly felt that this time the Eighth Route Army was afraid that it was going to blackmail the national government. That is, if they want these Japanese prisoners, they will give the Eighth Route Army a little benefit no matter what! (To be continued.) )