At this time, a group of Japanese diplomats, civilians, and military attachés sitting in front of the radio station glanced at each other and said in unison: "As expected, Wang Maoru is extremely dangerous, and if he is given more time to develop, our country will definitely have no chance." China's development should be blocked, even at the cost of war. Last year's Great Kanto Earthquake set Japan's economy back by a third and the Tokyo area was destroyed. Originally, because of the end of the European war, European countries protected their own industries, and Japan's economy was sluggish, but it was a natural disaster, and it took ten years for Japan to recover.

But given 10 years for China, will Japan still be able to realize the Japanese plan to set foot on the mainland?

When the Japanese embassy transmitted Wang Maoru's New Year's speech back to China, Sato, who had just been qualified to enter the cabinet to observe, said to Prime Minister Gonbei Yamamoto: "From Wang Maoru's New Year's speech, I did not hear the symbol that China will be strong, but heard the clamor of the fierce inward. You know, wolves that bite people don't bark, and only earth dogs bark and intimidate when they're scared. China has just ended three years of civil war, is it really capable of confronting the Great Japanese Empire? China's warships only bought some bargains at the end of the war in Europe three years ago, and there is no navy at all - some are only river fleets. In the event of a war between China and Japan, the Imperial Japanese Navy could destroy nearly half of China's industry. Shanghai, Tianjin, Weihai, Shantou, Jinzhou, Vladivostok, Miaojie, Xiamen, etc., while the coastal cities of Hangzhou, Nanjing, Nantong, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Qinzhou can also be destroyed one by one. Our navy can also enter Chinese mainland through the Yangtze River and the Pearl River, especially on both sides of the Yangtze River, and our navy can directly kill Wuhan, dividing China into two. China has no navy, China has no coastal defense, so why should we worry about a country that can only defend? Countless histories have shown that the navy represented an offensive, and that the mighty Imperial Japanese Navy was our Muramasa and the Grass Pheasant, and that China was now merely wearing armor. No matter how hard the armor he wore, he didn't have the power to shake the Japanese Empire. The most powerful animals on earth are elephants and rhinos, but are elephants and rhinos safe? The roar they let out is just fear, and under the powerful Chinese exterior, they have a fragile heart. ”

Prime Minister Gonbei Yamamoto, Minister of the Navy, Biao of the Ministry of Finance. Navy Commander Kantaro Suzuki and other naval figures were extremely satisfied with Sato's conclusions, because he analyzed the merits of Japan from the point of view of the adversary, that is, the powerful Japanese Navy. Since the Japanese Army was caught in the East Siberian War and had to continue to invest in the East Siberian War, Japan's finances were even worse, and the Admiralty was extremely dissatisfied with the War Department. O fairy. Sato suddenly began to support the Admiralty, much to the excitement of the Admirals.

Hidetake's position in the Japanese cabinet is extremely special, saying that he is the leader, he has no right to control anyone, that he is an insignificant person, but his ideas are often unexpected. Of course, his idea may not be the best. But it wasn't the worst, but at this time there was one person who took notice, and it was much better for everyone at headquarters to speculate aimlessly. People who like him naturally like his unbridled imagination, but those who don't like him always think that he is frivolous and overwhelmed.

In short, Sato, who successfully hooked up with Hirohito's sister, is also a relative of the royal family and belongs to one of the high-ranking cadres. It's just that this high-ranking cadre is sometimes not welcomed, and sometimes he has to listen to his ideas, of course, only ideas. Sato, that is, Li Muhan, knew that he was in a humble position in the government at this time, and the only place where he succeeded was to hook up with Hirohito's sister, and at the same time, the wives of several high-ranking government officials maintained good relations, and they went around hooking up with other people's daughters. It can be said that he has not been able to obtain any important positions for the time being, but he has received a lot of news.

He is trying to delay Japan as much as possible, so that Japan will not transfer its domestic contradictions to China for the time being, because of the collapse of the economy. The Japanese people's disillusionment with the country became more and more serious, and the workers, citizens, and peasants in various places transferred the contradictions to the Japanese government. At this time, the Japanese military also demanded rights, demanding that the contradictions or the flames of war be burned elsewhere. Of course, Japan has not done this before, at least in Eastern Siberia, but the Japanese have no interest in that barren land of ice and snow, they want to get the mainland, Chinese mainland.

Li Muhan understood this, and the Japanese greed for China's territory would break out sooner or later, and he could only delay as much as possible to buy more time for China's development.

China's development is inseparable from those agents who secretly sacrificed for China, and Li Muhan is just one of them.

At this time, after the Chinese president finished the live broadcast of the New Year on the radio, Wang Maoru expressed his gratitude to the surrounding staff, but the radio staff was excited, it was time for the holiday, Wang Maoru thanked all the staff of the presidential palace, and then returned home by car. It's the New Year, and everyone is preparing for the New Year at No. 99 Yanjing Street, but one thing happened that made Wang Maoru's New Year's year sluggish.

It turned out that Air Force Commander Lu Rongting took off from Beijing to Guangxi with his family and the families of some National Defense Force officers on a transport plane numbered Q088 Prisoner Niu-1, a total of 16 people, and disappeared when he flew over Xiangyang and Changde......

As soon as the bell rang 12 o'clock, he immediately communicated with Defense Minister Sa Zhenbing by telephone, and directly instructed Zhao Qing, commander of the Kunpeng Corps of the 15th Group Army, to send troops into Shennongjia to find Lu Rongting's transport plane. Lu Rongting left Beijing on 1 February, first of all, the plane took off in the morning and flew to Shimen Airport in Shimen City (Shijiazhuang) at about 10 a.m. for fuel replenishment and plane inspection. Then the plane took off again, arrived at Gong County, Henan at four o'clock in the afternoon, because Gong County has garrisons and airplanes and airports, Lu Rongting and others rested in Gong County for a night, Gong County magistrate and others invited Lu Rongting to a banquet, because they drank a lot, Lu Rongting and others did not get up the next day on the morning of February 2, but recovered after noon. At noon on February 2, the plane continued to take off, and the original arrival in Changde on the evening of the 2nd, but because of a delay in Gongxian County, it had to speed up the flight.

The commander of the garrison battalion at Gongxian Airport clearly remembered that Lu Rongting ordered the Q088 transport plane to take off with full fuel instead of loading 80 percent, and Lu Rongting asked the plane to fly to Changde this evening. At that time, the captain of the aircraft disagreed, arguing that the Q088 transport plane had never flown such a long distance, although the theoretical flight distance could fly from Zhengzhou to Changde. In the name of obeying military orders, Lu Rongting demanded that the captain must fly, and the captain and co-pilot had to obey the orders of the chief of the road airline.

On the evening of February 2, the county seat of Changde had prepared an airstrip, but after sending a telegram to the airport of the German Defense Army, they heard that the transport plane Q088 was late when it took off in Gongxian, so they judged that it was impossible for them to arrive in Changde tonight, and they should stop in Xiangyang according to the original plan.

However, at noon on February 3, the Chang German Defense Army airport inquired to the Xiangyang side, and the Xiangyang side asked back if they had not arrived in Changde. Because Lu Rongting sent them a telegram before leaving, he decided to fly directly to Changde Airport to tell Xiangyang.

The two sides panicked and immediately reported to the authorities, while the Wehrmacht soldiers on the Xiangyang side reported that they had spotted a transport plane flying over Xiangyang, and the five-color flag and mention on the plane indicated that it must be a transport plane. That is, the plane flew over the city of Xiangyang and disappeared between Xiangyang and Changde, that is, in mountainous areas such as Jingmen Mountain.

The staff officers of the Army Aviation Headquarters of the Ministry of National Defense judged the worst-case scenario: it was very likely that the plane would eventually crash -- or even crash into a hill -- because it was difficult to find the landing target in the dark due to engine failure or parts failure of the guide during a long flight.

After communicating with the Ministry of National Defense, Wang Maoruyou was not at ease, and immediately rushed to the Army Aviation Headquarters of the Ministry of National Defense to inquire about the progress and situation with them. The agents of the National Bureau of Statistics also actively dispatched to cooperate with the search for clues, and all the radio stations of the Army Aviation Headquarters were turned on to collect information.

"Isn't there a parachute on the plane?" Anxious, Wang Maoru asked.

"Yes." As a fighter pilot, he is not only familiar with domestic fighters and foreign fighters, but also knows everything about airships, transport planes, reconnaissance planes, and seaplanes, and now everyone in the Army Aviation Department can be said to be the elite of the elite, he immediately explained, "The Q088 aircraft should be equipped with twenty parachute bags, and the Citrus Wehrmacht Army Aviation Flight Safety Code, before a crash, the captain will definitely activate the parachute device, Ask everyone to abandon the plane and skydive. ”

"That's good." Wang Maoru sighed and said depressedly, "In this way, no matter where the plane goes, the people on the plane can always be found." I hope they make a successful skydive, and they don't disappear like they do now. ”

"Theoretically, that's true." Ji Wen, director of the equipment department of the Ministry of Army Aviation, said, "But in fact, people who are not trained also have certain dangers. ”

"That's not important, the important thing is that Chief Lu can't have an accident." Wang Maoru said, he sighed, and said to the officers of the Army Aviation Headquarters: "You must know that the safety of Chief Lu is not only related to the face of your Army Aviation Department, he is also the spiritual leader of the original Gui department. Only then did everyone realize the importance of Lu Rongting's existence, yes, a small matter, if used by foreigners, would become a big weapon of destruction against China -- the Japanese, Britain, France, and Russian devils like to do this kind of thing to catch wind and shadow and interfere with the hearts of the Chinese people.