Chapter 163

Shanghai, China's main window to the outside world, is bustling with people on the Bund.

A group of college students stood on the side of the road and kept handing out flyers, and the cute girls wore a strap around their necks and a donation box on their chests. A round platform where police officers direct traffic was requisitioned by a student holding a loudspeaker to give a speech.

"Citizens, citizens, please stop and listen to me." Passers-by gradually surrounded him, and the young man looked a little excited, and said loudly with a trembling tone: "In this city, twenty years ago, there were still concessions everywhere. What kind of life did the Chinese live at that time? ……。 ”

The young man's speech quickly attracted many onlookers, which made him more and more excited: "During the Qingdao War, President Fang Da once said, 'The purpose of this war is to prevent the Russo-Japanese War from repeating itself on the Jiaodong Peninsula, and I absolutely cannot accept that the next war will break out in the hinterland of China.'" Now, the president has arrived in Dihua, and he is fulfilling his oath back then! And what can we do? In order to no longer live the kind of life of being a cow and a horse for foreigners, I implore everyone to contribute money and make a strong contribution,......。 ”

Now the scene of passers-by donating one after another fell in the eyes of a man more than ten meters away. The man glanced at the scene silently, looked around carefully, and walked into an alley.

"Mr. Shi, are you here?" In a small mansion at the end of the alley, a middle-aged mother with an ordinary appearance stood at the door, looked around carefully, and found that there was no problem, so she closed the door.

"Is everything done?" Ishizhong has always been worried about what will happen to China after Japan moves south. Because of this fear, after the outbreak of the Sino-Soviet war, he came to China and did everything possible to inquire about intelligence. As a result, the information he got was all pointing in one direction, that is, west and north. It seems that all the enthusiasm of the Chinese is directed to the west and north, and the factories are working overtime. In the Shanghai Automobile Factory under Sanlian Heavy Industries, a Japanese spy who had been lurking in the early years, provided intelligence that all the cars had been discontinued, and they were producing off-road vehicles and wheeled armored vehicle accessories for the army day and night. The news from the Jiangnan Shipbuilding Group is even more shocking, the armor steel produced for the warships is being pulled out of the warehouse in a steady stream and transported by car to the railway station. An intelligence officer embedded in Wuhan reported that the original Sino-US Wuhan Curtis aircraft was manufactured. In three shifts a day, a new type of aircraft is produced, and the number of planes leaving the factory every day is as high as fifteen, each of which is a simple test flight and then flies off the next day. Because the level of secrecy involved in this new aircraft was too high for the intelligence officer to reach. The news from Wuhu is that all production workshops will not stop for 24 hours. In addition to the necessary maintenance, they are constantly working. When the intelligence officer saw Shi Zhong Bu, the situation of three shifts had been going on for a month.

Shi Zhong also found a place near the railway station in Shanghai to observe for several days, and found that the situation was not much different from the information he had. Shanghai Railway Station is very densely packed, with a train departing almost every 15 minutes. The news on the dock was similar, and the ocean-going freighter was transporting supplies to Shanghai. On the wharf, they were directly loaded into inland boats and transported to Nanjing, Wuhu, Wuhan, and Chongqing in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and all these materials were nothing more than iron, copper, aluminum, rubber, and so on.

Shi Zhong is still very confident in his own intelligence network, and China has devoted his efforts to intelligence work in Southeast Asia over the years. He thinks that the big things that are happening in China are difficult to hide from his intelligence network. The only pity is that in some places of many large military-industrial complex in China. The security level is too high, and the ancestors of all personnel are not clear about the eighteenth generation, so they are not qualified to work. This indiscriminate intelligence network makes it difficult to access too high a level of secrecy.

Of course, Shi Zhongbu is not most proud of this intelligence network, the code name "Ju" is the foreshadowing he values the most.

"This is what you told me to go and retrieve." This mom in her thirties. took out a blue cloth package, handed it to Shi Zhong, and quietly stepped back, standing respectfully.

"Good work. Go buy me a ticket to Nagasaki tomorrow. Remember, don't come out on your own. ”

After the woman went out, Shi Zhong opened the package carelessly, there was a bamboo tube inside, and when he opened the bamboo tube, it was a roll of microfilm, which was the latest technology of the Americans, and it took a lot of money to get it back, and it was sent to Beijing, and now it is playing a role.

Early the next morning, Shi Zhong could finally return to Japan with peace of mind, and the information sent back by the code name "Ju" clearly pointed out that the strategic plan formulated by the Chinese was completely aimed at the Soviet Union, and planned to launch a large-scale counterattack in Siberia, striving to conquer the Soviet Union's Novosibirsk in Siberia before winter came.

Back in Tokyo, Ishinaka rushed to the military headquarters without stopping, and the military headquarters was in a meeting at this time. As soon as the Imperial Council ended, Nagata Tetsuyama, who had not been assassinated in this time and space, presided over the meeting and announced a new appointment as the Minister of Land in the Konoe Cabinet, and Major General Kawada was promoted to lieutenant general and assumed the post of commander of the 41st Division of the Japanese Army. The 41st Division consists of three infantry wings, an artillery wing, an engineer wing, a baggage wing, and a divisional communications team.

The combat effectiveness of the Japanese army's B division is poor, but as a rising star, it is difficult to be directly appointed as the commander of the A division no matter how famous it is. Kawada was quite surprised by this appointment, deep down he didn't want to leave the army, and staying in the military headquarters would give him more access to intelligence. However, since he entered the military department, his fame is too great. From the original "Lu Da Rising Star" to the current "genius strategist of the military department," in the eyes of those staff officers of the Japanese Army, the humble and bold Kawada-kun is unmatched in terms of international strategic vision. It is said that Kawada is second in Japan in terms of strategic prediction, and no one dares to say that he is first.

Facing Kawada, who was somewhat stunned, Nagata Tetsuyama stepped forward seriously, bowed to him and said, "Kawada-kun, you are the most talented soldier I have ever seen, there is no one!" I believe that under your leadership, the 41st Division will shine on the whole of Southeast Asia. Achieve personal immortality. ”

"Thank you, Yongtian-kun, to borrow a sentence from Zhuge Liang, for the sake of the empire, I will do my best to die!"

With a bang, the door was pushed open, and everyone looked at the rude intrusion into the stone, and did not react much. This guy has always been like this, and his information is completely acceptable to the rude personal style of the generals present.

"Shi Zhongjun, is there any good news?" Nagata Tetsuyama asked with a smile, and Ishinaka walked up to Kawada and said excitedly, "Kawada-kun, your prophecy has been fulfilled once again. China was at war with the Soviet Union in full force, and the war between the two largest countries on land would buy enough time for the empire to establish order in the South Seas. ”

When everyone was happy, Kawada had a straight face, and he couldn't see any joy, but quietly avoided the indiscriminate bow in the stone, walked to the map and looked at the huge map of the South Seas, picked up the pole with a stern face, pointed to the United States on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, and said: "Gentlemen, don't forget that there is also this opponent's storage zài, the industrial capacity of rice livestock is the first in the world, and it is impossible for the empire to defeat rice animal alone." Once the rice animals entered the war, the Imperial Navy must destroy the rice animals of the Pacific Fleet within half a year, occupy Hawaii, and block the westward passage of the rice animals from the sea. In this way, it will be possible to gain three to five years for the empire to rectify and rebuild order in the South Seas. With the resources of the South Seas, the empire will be invincible. However, it will be very difficult to accomplish this task. Therefore, now is not the time to be happy, the empire is in the cracks of the great powers, and the kings should fight to the death for the hegemony of the empire, and die without regrets. ”

"Well said! Gentlemen, for the hegemony of the Japanese Empire, work hard! ”

There was an inevitable problem for the Japanese army to move south, that is, it could not start a war with China before the South Seas were stabilized. Otherwise, the existence of just one island of Taiwan would expose Japan's entire line of communication to the south to the blow of the main force of the Chinese Third Fleet stationed in Taiwan. Therefore, it is extremely important to communicate diplomatically with China in advance.

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoyo Matsuoka was ordered to visit China with the aim of appeasing China's uneasiness. Nanyang is also a very important place for China. One is the natural rubber of the South Seas, the other is the oil of the South Seas, and the iron ore of Australia, which are all indispensable resources for China's war. If the guy surnamed Fang felt threatened, he would definitely not let the Japanese army go south, and would definitely do something to the Japanese army.

Because Japan did not have long-range bombers, Matsuoka Yoyo flew on Aunt Junker, who was imported from Germany, and after flying to Beijing, Matsuoka Yoyo first met with Foreign Minister Wang Chonghui. He pointed out that at present, China is a non-aligned country, and Japan has to echo Germany's war in Europe because of its alliance with Germany, and hopes that China will understand. Moreover, the non-aggression pact between China and Japan is hoped to be extended.

When Wang Chonghui heard this, instead of being happy, he was furious. You are a dead little Japan, taking advantage of the opportunity of China's war with the Soviet Union to blackmail China. Don't you really think you know what you want to do?

"No matter what Japan does, it must not affect China's interests, and this is the final bottom line. As for the non-aggression pact between China and Japan, I do not have the authority to sign it, so I have to report it to the president for decision, and then submit it to the Diet for deliberation. ”

Songgang Yangyou proposed to meet Fang Jianxiong, but Wang Chonghui categorically refused. The president is commanding the decisive battle between China and the Soviet Union in Dihua, and he has no time to see you, so wait in Beijing.

At this time, the Wehrmacht's counterattack in Central Asia and the Far East had already completed preparations and entered a countdown state.