Chapter 32: Breaking News
Chiang Kai-shek's official residence in Chongqing
Soong Meiling has always liked the Western way of breakfast, and has always tried to persuade Chiang Kai-shek to accept this breakfast with only milk and toast, although Chiang Kai-shek did not think that these things were better than the bean curd and fried dough sticks he originally liked, but it was more important to make his wife feel happy. Since the Xi'an Incident, Chiang Kai-shek knew that the only thing that really cared about him in this country that seemed to be in his hands was the woman sitting opposite and drinking milk elegantly, so no matter how erosive the situation was, he would still try to spend this little warm time with this woman who loved him in breakfast.
"Darling, I saw that you were very unhappy yesterday, did you encounter any difficulties?"
"The Japanese army has begun to transfer the Kwantung Army south to Shandong and Hebei to help in the war, I have decided to let the Youth Army they start to break through the west and enter Shanxi to garrison today, and it will start today, I don't know if it is too late, if the Youth Army is surrounded by the Kwantung Army, our party is in danger" "Darling, don't be too anxious, didn't you say that Boyuan has already transferred troops to help?" Boyuan has always been cautious in doing things, and he will definitely save the day, don't be too anxious" Song Meiling put down the cup, walked to the corner, turned on the radio, and slowly adjusted the station carefully, today's weather is good, maybe you can receive the American radio, and she likes the popular jazz music recently.
"Chairman, something big has happened, let's take a look at the message that Thunder just sent." Dai Li, who was in a hurry, didn't wait for the attendant to come and report, and came directly to the restaurant. Seeing the expression on Dai Li's face, Song Meiling knew that he was going to have a secret conversation with Chiang Kai-shek, so she immediately asked people to take away the dishes, and then quietly walked out of the room, and gently closed the door, and the moment the door was closed, Chiang Kai-shek's roar came out, "Niang Xipi, this Zhao Boyuan is too capable of tossing, even if he bombs Nagasaki, he dares to land on the Japanese mainland to fight with his own troops." Fortunately, this is a victory, otherwise not to mention Jeju Island, I am afraid that even Jiaodong will be recaptured by the Japanese. Send him a telegram. When he was called back, he said I would repair him. Chiang Kai-shek's roar was mixed with the sound of slapping the table with his palm, but Song Meiling, who was waiting outside the door, clearly heard a trace of joy from Chiang Kai-shek's roar.
Seeing Dai Li's hurried departure from the official residence, Song Meiling, who had returned to the restaurant and was still unknown, was ready to comfort Chiang Kai-shek, but before she could say anything to persuade her, Chiang Kai-shek's personal attendant walked in quickly. "Chairman, there's a radio you need to listen to!" As he spoke, the attendant hurriedly walked to the radio playing jazz music by the wall, bent down and slowly turned the knob of the radio to adjust the channel.
"The Chongqing Nationalist Government, the Military Commission, the Navy, Land and Air Force of the whole country, all political parties and organizations throughout the country, all newspapers, all peace-loving international friends and friendly countries, and 40,000 compatriots throughout the country. A few days ago, almost all the newspapers in the Kuomintang reported the news that the Thunder Force had sent a large number of planes to bomb Nagasaki, Japan, and many people were doubting the authenticity of this news. ”
"On July 7, 1937, the Japanese army created the July 7 Incident that shocked the world, and attempted to occupy the whole of China by force. Just yesterday, the Thunder Army, which bombed Nagasaki, Japan, sent heavy troops to land on the Japanese island of Kyushu three days ago and completely annihilated a large number of Japanese troops. After nearly seven hours of fierce fighting, a total of more than 42,000 enemy troops were annihilated, the newly built Sixth Division of the Japanese Army, the 20th Division of the Japanese Army, the Honshu Tank Division, and the 20th Division were completely annihilated, and 12 tanks and armored vehicles of various types were captured, and countless artillery and firearms of various types were captured. ”
"By the time the power was turned on, the Thunder Force that had landed on Kyushu Island had completely taken control of Kyushu Island, and the First Army and the Second Army under its command would continue to attack and advance into the interior of Japan until all Japanese territory was completely controlled. Therefore, we would like to warn the Japanese aggressors who are still wreaking havoc on Chinese territory through the airwaves that your choice and fate are in front of you, and that the only way to get rid of the result of annihilation is unconditional surrender. Please pay attention to our warnings, our warnings will not be repeated, and remember, our warnings will not be repeated. ”
Although the electrification in the radio wave is very brief, the content is explosive, and for Song Meiling, the content of this electrification is beyond her ability to accept. She was just having a headache with Chiang Kai-shek about the Shandong War and the Kwantung Army troops going south, but in a blink of an eye, it broke out on the radio that Zhao Zhi had taken the thunderous troops to Kyushu Island, not only annihilating more than 40,000 Japanese troops, but also controlling the entire Kyushu Island.
As a person who is familiar with Zhao Zhi, Song Meiling knows clearly what Thunder's combat power is, but just now, the radio said that Thunder would annihilate all the Japanese military forces on Kyushu Island in 7 hours, and this news made Song Meiling a little incredulous. The Japanese army that was completely annihilated was more than 40,000 people, and even 40,000 Japanese peasants could not be wiped out in 7 hours, not to mention that Song Meiling knew that Zhao Zhi did not have too many mercenaries on the Jiaodong side at the beginning.
At the same time that Chiang Kai-shek was shouting in his official residence that he was going to recall Zhao Zhi, an ordinary cave in Yan'an was already full of smoke at this time. "Let's talk about it, everyone is familiar with this amazing Zhao Zhi, and let's talk about your thoughts." Taking a deep puff of his cigarette, Mao Zedong, who rarely took the initiative to speak, broke the silence in the room first. While Chiang Kai-shek and his wife in Chongqing listened to the radio report, Yan'an also heard the same report on the radio, although it was not the same band and the same announcer, but the content of the announcer's broadcast was surprisingly consistent.
"Could it be a little trick made by Zhao Zhi? Is it to create a false impression of setting off smoke bombs for the Japanese army, and induce the Kwantung Army division that is about to go south to divert to the mainland for rescue? In this way, it is good to reduce the pressure on the battlefields of Shandong and Hebei" He Long, who was holding a big pipe, spoke first, and among the many military chiefs of the Chinese Communist Party, he knew the least about Zhao Zhi, so He Long did not believe that what was said on the radio was true.
"I don't think so, Zhao Zhi is famous for planning before acting, when he was attacking the Japanese army everywhere in Hebei, he said that he would not think that his real purpose was for Jiaodong, then everyone thought that he took Jiaodong in order to transport troops to land in Shandong to fight, but who would have thought that he was to land on Jeju Island to lay the foundation and pave the way, Jeju Island is not far from Japan's Kyushu Island, I estimate that Zhao Zhi's landing on Jeju Island is true, but the radio said that Zhao Zhi annihilated more than 40,000 Japanese troops and restrained the entire Kyushu Island, I don't think it's true, perhaps in order to confuse the exaggerations of the Japanese. Liu Bocheng, who was sitting under He Long, pushed his glasses and said.
"It makes sense, Zhao Zhi is a relatively casual person who fights wars, he will do whatever he wants, and it will not be wrong to bomb Nagasaki, but to say that he has controlled the entire island of Kyushu, I think there is a lot of water in it." Peng Dehuai, who knew Zhao Zhi best, stretched out his hand and tapped on the table, "Don't forget, those Jewish troops in Zhao Zhi's hands have been transferred back to Burma, I heard that this will be in Thailand and Vietnam to clear the remnants of the Japanese army that have slipped through the net, he has no soldiers in his hands, how can he annihilate more than 40,000 Japanese troops, this kid doesn't learn well, and follows Lao Jiang to learn the set of things that are very happy." ”
"I don't think it's necessary for us to determine whether Zhao Zhi has annihilated more than 40,000 Japanese troops now, and what we need to pay attention to now is whether Zhao Zhi has landed in Kyushu to fight." Xu saw what Mao Zedong was thinking, and Zhou Enlai, who had just returned from Chongqing, spoke, "This year is the sixth year of our Chinese resistance to Japanese aggression, and I believe that Zhao Zhi's time to bomb Nagasaki on July 7 is by no means untargeted, if Zhao Zhi really takes his troops to fight on Kyushu Island now, I believe that Zhao Zhi will never easily stop the attack." ”
"I also agree with Comrade Enlai's opinion, but our intelligence agents can only operate in Jiaodong, not to mention Kyushu Island, even Jeju Island, our people can't go up, so we can't distinguish the truth of this news now." Li Kenong, who was in charge of intelligence work, looked haggard and poured cold into his mouth. As long as the CCP's intelligence agents do not interfere with Zhao Zhi's affairs, Zhao Zhi has always turned a blind eye to the CCP intelligence officers in his sight, but this time, since Thunder landed on Jeju Island, all CCP intelligence agents in Jiaodong were privately told to stop collecting intelligence on Thunder, otherwise they will bear the consequences.
Naturally, it was the people who came forward to warn them, and in the face of the unstoppable face of the thunder mercenaries, some unconvinced intelligence officers ignored them and continued to collect intelligence on the thunder, but those stupid and bold people were all tied up and sent back by the thunder in the end. Therefore, Li Kenong did not have any exact information about Zhao Zhi's preparation to land on Jeju Island, and almost all the information about this matter in his hands was collected by the Jiaodong intelligence officers by hearsay, and he could not distinguish the truth from the fake at all, so naturally he could not file it.
At the beginning of the Republic of China, when the warlords were fighting, all the Chinese people or political organizations had long been accustomed to the electricity coming and going on the radio. However, Rowling, who suddenly turned on the radio, did not expect the lethality of this power to be so amazing. After listening to the telegram on the radio, there was no rest in the telecommunications room in Mandalay, and the Nationalist Government and Yan'an sent congratulatory telegrams, and even the old Rhodes in Florida sent a telegram hearing the news, not to mention that the US Congress even asked Zhao Zhi to go to Washington immediately to attend the joint military conference.