"Sir, look at the sixth brother, he snatched my dried fruit again" Luo Ying, who was smeared with a shoe oil mark on his face, entered the command headquarters with a sad face, Luo Ying and Zhao Zhi made a small report every time, and the mercenaries who always teased him would be punished like running with a load, but this time it seemed that something was not good, Zhao Zhi, who was leaning over the table and was doing map work, just glanced up at him, and then fell on the map again.

Quietly sticking out his tongue, Luo Ying stepped out on tiptoe, and his own gentleman's expression seemed to be a little wrong today, if he wanted not to touch his head, he should stay away from him. Looking at Luo Ying's figure like a thief, Zhao Zhi's face showed a smile, Luo Ying's age is still too young, he is simply a playful age, this little guy can stay in the barracks with a restrained temperament, it is already very good, Zhao Zhi does not want to vent his temper on him.

It was already the fourth day that the 800 mercenaries sent out had set off, and Zhao Zhi had marked their location on the map from the moment they set off, but since last night, Zhangwu County had lost radio contact with them. Knowing that the 800 mercenaries would not be wiped out, Zhao Zhi was still very worried, Zhangwu County was too far away from Yangquan, and during the period, it would pass through many defense areas of the Japanese puppet army, and any situation would be encountered.

On the way from Zhangwu County to Yangquan, not only Yu Dazhi and them, but also the military commanders and the CCP have also collected relevant information, but with the continuous bombardment of the Thunder fighter troops in Shanxi, the Japanese troops stationed in Shanxi are also frequently transferred, and Zhao Zhi's plan does not include variables, so he can only judge what happened to the 800 mercenaries according to the information obtained at hand.

"Sir, no, sir" Luo Ying's voice was a little anxious, and he pushed open the door with a telegram and rushed in, "Sir, the Japanese slaughtered another village, and all 131 people were killed by them" Luo Ying handed the telegram he brought in to Zhao Zhi, the telegram was sent by the military commander, just yesterday, a field brigade of the Japanese army attacked a place called Xiaohe Village in northern Jin Province at night under the pretext of encircling and suppressing the guerrillas, and all 131 people in the village were killed, even those big animals could not be avoided, Xiaohe Village is now a dead village.

"Okay, you go out" Zhao Zhi motioned to Luo Ying to go out first in a flat tone, and the latter turned around and left after a pause. Zhao Zhi believes that he is not a saint, and he does not have the great ideal of worrying about the country and the people, since the formation of the mercenary force, he has only been able to get enough money to go abroad to live freely. But as the mercenary troops entered Shanxi and the Japanese army began to fight, the war factor hidden in Zhao Zhi's body began to take root, and he enjoyed the process of taking the mercenaries to fight with the Japanese army, and the feeling of walking through blood and fire fascinated Zhao Zhi very much.

For a whole morning, Zhao Zhi stayed in the headquarters, and the two mercenaries guarding outside the door were like two door gods, without Zhao Zhi's order, they didn't let anyone into the headquarters, not even Luo Ying. It wasn't until lunchtime that Zhao Zhi, who had a calm face, asked the mercenary on guard at the door to find Luo Ying, and brought an order, "Go and invite Mrs. Luo Lin to come to the headquarters for lunch, and ask Tang Lei and County Magistrate Zhang Lan to come too"

Luo Ying was a little stunned by Zhao Zhi's order, although he also followed Zhao Zhi very early, but he didn't understand Zhao Zhi's personality at all, Zhao Zhi was a person who was more nervous and less angry, and at this time, Zhao Zhi was trying his best to suppress the anger in his heart under his calm face. In the previous incident of Gejiazhuang, Zhao Zhi had already deduced that it was a provocation by the Japanese army, so he kept his troops still and did not immediately let the Jewish army attack, but now the Japanese army has slaughtered a second village, and the Japanese always use the lives of civilians as bargaining chips, which makes Zhao Zhi's heart a little annoyed.

Zhao Zhi's meal was a little absent-minded, but Luo Lin, who deliberately matched Tang Lei and Zhang Lan, was full of interest, and she would give Zhang Lan dishes and signal Tang Lei to add food to Zhang Lan for a while, and she was very busy. Perhaps seeing Zhao Zhi's abnormality, Tang Lei simply played with Zhang Lan and talked and laughed with Rowling, and finally finished the meal successfully.

"Hey, your husband is looking a little bad today, is something wrong?" After lunch, Tang Lei drove Zhang Lan back to the county government compound in a jeep, and Zhang Lan, who was completely relaxed, asked Tang Lei about Zhao Zhi. Tang Lei just smiled but didn't speak, the mercenary army has strict rules, and any matter about Zhao Zhi must not be leaked at will, even if it is his wife.

"If you don't say it, forget it, who rarely asks you" Seeing that Tang Lei was reluctant to say, Zhang Lan had no choice but to turn her head to look at the street scene. This damn Tang Lei's temperament has changed a lot since he returned to the team from injury, and he used to be able to find out some things from him, but since this guy took charge of Zhao Zhi's personal guard, he has completely acted with a businesslike face.

"Let's talk" Seeing Tang Lei and Zhang Lan leaving, Rowling lit a cigar cigarette for Zhao Zhi, and then massaged Zhao Zhi's head, when he was eating just now, Rowling saw that Zhao Zhi was a little wrong, hindering Tang Lei and Zhang Lan from being there, Rowling didn't ask, this will be when everyone is gone, Rowling can't wait to ask. "If you have something, just say it, maybe I can give you an idea, there are too many things in your heart, you will get sick" Rowling massaged Zhao Zhi's temples while softly persuading Zhao Zhi.

"Okay, you can rest for a while, I'm fine" Zhao Zhi put out the cigar he had smoked a few puffs in the ashtray, pulled Rowling into his arms, and the two of them nestled together on the Taishi chair to enjoy this moment of peace. "Luo Ying, immediately summon the person in charge of the military commander's intelligence point in Zhangwu County to come to the barracks, I have something to do with them" After moving Luo Lin, who was already asleep in his arms, to the bed, Zhao Zhi called Luo Ying.

"I want you to pass this statement on to Chongqing immediately, and I need your military commander to use your intelligence network and influence to publish this statement in all the newspapers you can find within two days." Zhao Zhi handed over to the person at the military command intelligence station with a statement announcement that had just been written. In response to the recent massacre of the Japanese army, Zhao Zhi did not want to turn a deaf ear, it was obvious that they were coming to bomb Shanxi with the Thunder fighter troops, so Zhao Zhi planned to punish the Japanese army. He wanted to let the Japanese army know that not only would they kill unarmed civilians, but he Zhao Zhi could do it, and he would kill more and worse than them.

"Mr. Zhao, is this okay? The chairman of the committee has always attached great importance to the voice of the international community, and if we really attack Japanese nationals on a large scale, I am afraid that it will affect the reputation of Thunder." The intelligence station chief sent by the military commander to Zhangwu County is obviously not a soft-hearted person, he is just worried about the impact on Thunder after the situation expands. When Dai Li sent him to Zhangwu County, he had privately confessed that as long as Lei Ting didn't do anything to be sorry for the chairman, they, who were sent to Zhangwu County, would unconditionally support any decision made by Zhao Zhi, in other words, they were already tied to Zhao Zhi.

"You don't have to worry about this, you just need to do what I say, and I'll do it on the chairman's side" Zhao Zhi waved his hand undoubtedly, after the Japanese army attacked Pearl Harbor, it was already like fire and water with the United States. Although Japan has caught up with Britain, but the former empire on which the sun never sets has long been a sunset, Japan thought that it could use the British-controlled Australia as their depth, so they foolishly provoked the United States, since Japan is so eager to expand their power, then Zhao Zhi is ready to give them a big gift, fundamentally cut off their roots.

"Boyuan is going to do it, it may be very troublesome, you go to the United States as soon as possible, Boyuan's relationship over there will also help lobby those congressmen, I think the United States will not make a fuss about Boyuan's actions this time, after all, they have just suffered the loss of the Japanese" After Chiang Kai-shek received Zhao Zhi's telegram, he made the decision to arrange for Soong Meiling to go to the United States. The Song family has a good relationship with the American upper class, and since Chiang Kai-shek began to govern, Song Meiling has been the bridge of communication between him and the United States, so this time the matter can only be handed over to her.

"Okay, I know, you take the medicine first" Song Meiling handed the pills and water to Chiang Kai-shek, urging him to take the medicine quickly. Zhao Zhi's heavenly punishment action, Song Meiling is also one of the insiders, at the beginning of the formulation, Song Meiling also pondered whether it was a bit cruel to do so, but after the news of the Japanese army slaughtering the village came twice in a row, in Song Meiling's heart, she had already classified all the Japanese into the ranks of the people who must be killed.

The day after Zhao Zhi's statement was issued, almost all the newspapers in the Kuomintang region published the statement, and the streets and alleys of the Japanese theater were plastered with printed materials with the same content overnight. Zhao Zhi's statement is actually very simple, only a few sentences: since you think that war is an indiscriminate attack, since you have taken civilians as a target, and since you have made continuous moves, then you should be ready to accept the attack now.

On the day of this statement, Thunder Defense issued another bounty order for Japanese nationals in China, and the Japanese nationals in China were all marked by Thunder, and Thunder's bounty order was completely an overt incitement to civilians in enemy-occupied areas to attack Japanese nationals. The Japanese army thought that this was the move that Thunder said, but in fact, they were at odds with each other, Zhao Zhi's real killing move was to start the Heavenly Punishment Operation, and Zhao Zhi's action order had been brought to Japan by a Japanese freighter that went to Japan through Shanghai.