"Rambler, what are you doing with so much opium to the base?"

Xiao Ling's very dissatisfied tone reached Wang Weiyi's ears, and Wang Weiyi smiled and said, "Xiao Ling, can you refine these opiums into high-purity drugs?" ”

"You mean heroin and cocaine or something?"

"yes, that's it." Wang Weiyi said repeatedly.

"Of course, but what do you want these things for?"

"I spent a lot of money on opium, but I can't just lose it." Wang Weiyi smiled very weirdly: "If I do something loss-making, it will damage my reputation"

"I'm too lazy to pay attention to you." Xiao Ling said lazily

At this time, William ran over in a hurry: "Colonel, Colonel, good news, good news, the 'Minnesota Rose' has arrived in Nanjing, I just received a telegram, it was personally escorted by Meeckner, hey, he is my good friend like Elliot." Now, Mickner is organizing transportation and hiring people to bring weapons here. Hey, that's a little weird, why would Mickna be so empathetic and know why you need a lot of weapons? ”

Wang Weiyi smiled, did he tell him that he would only give Hermione what he had to do when he left the United States, and once the weapons were shipped to China, they would all be sent to Changshu?

"I don't understand what you Americans think." Wang Weiyi smiled faintly

It was March 1938.

History has completely changed because of the emergence of Wang Weiyi. The battlefield is eerily calm. The Japanese army, which had occupied Shanghai, did not continue the offensive, but succumbed to the pressure of Germany and Britain. A temporary truce of three months.

However, the Japanese will never die in the heart of China.

There was also a heated debate going on in Japan, and gradually the hardliners gained the upper hand. The Japanese generals, represented by Matsui Ishone, believed:

Judging from the performance of the Battle of Shanghai, although the performance of the Chinese army was very tenacious, which greatly surprised the Japanese side, the Battle of Shanghai had already consumed a large number of the elite of the Chinese army. Those Chinese soldiers who were able to fight and had combat experience suffered heavy casualties in Shanghai. Moreover, China does not have air and sea supremacy. The superiority of artillery on the ground is also far inferior to that of Japan. As long as it can crush the opposing Chinese army with a rapid advance and capture Nanjing, then the Nationalist government will be forced to surrender. Protests and pressure from Germany and Britain will also become insignificant.

Moreover. The three-month truce has passed

As the voices of the hardliners grew, Japan, which was stalling with the Nationalist government at the negotiating table, began to prepare for a new offensive.

A piece of information continued to gather into Wang Weiyi's hands, and among all the intelligence, the spearhead was directed at one:

The war - it will be impossible to stop!

In early March, the colonel and brigade commander of the Tiger Guards Brigade of the National Revolutionary Army secretly warned Xue Yue, who had only been promoted to commander-in-chief of the former enemy, that the Japanese army would launch a new and more powerful offensive in mid-March.

In the same month, Dai Li, deputy director of the Investigation and Statistics Bureau of the Military Commission of the newly established Nationalist Government, met with Chiang Kai-shek. It is also clearly stated that it will be until the end of March at the most. The Japanese will go on the offensive again!

It's almost two identical pieces of information.

When Chiang Kai-shek began to warn Xue Yue, and after Xue Yue reported that Wang Weiyi had already learned of this information, Chiang Kai-shek was very surprised and met Wang Weiyi directly in Nanjing to inquire about his source of information.

"I know some American friends, German friends and French friends, they told me"

"Oh, do you still recognize these foreign friends?" Chiang Kai-shek was a little curious: "Dai Li has already shown me your resume, you have been living in the home of a distant relative since you were a child, your parents died, and then that distant relative went to the United States, you did not go with them, but went to the Army University, are you a friend of those relatives?" ”

"Yes, I am still in constant contact with me in the United States." Wang Weiyi knows very well that his resume is only afraid that Xiao Ling will move his hands and feet.

"It's good to know a little more foreign friends." Chiang Kai-shek appeared very satisfied: "You can also use the strength of those foreign friends to continue to put pressure on Japan and force them to sit honestly at the negotiating table." ”

"Bench, subordinates are brave." Wang Weiyi said loudly: "My subordinates think that the Japanese attack is inevitable, and judging from the current frontal situation on the battlefield, a large number of Japanese troops have gathered and are about to launch an attack on our front battlefield!" ”

Chiang Kai-shek was silent: "Yu Nong also said so, it seems that Japan is preparing to fight to the end, Japan wants to fight to the end, I, Jiang someone, accompany to the end, soldiers, fight to the last soldier; People, fight to the last one! China is so big, I don't believe that Japan can really fight it! ”

"Yes, the commission, we revolutionary soldiers, under the leadership of the commission, are willing to fight bloody battles and defend the country and the nation to the death!"

Wang Weiyi replied loudly, which made Chiang Kai-shek very happy: "Okay, China has a bloody soldier like you, it's very good, but, don't forget, you are a high-ranking officer, not an ordinary soldier, you say, what are you doing in Shanghai this time?" ”

Wang Weiyi knew that he had made such a big move in Shanghai, and he must not be able to hide it from Chiang Kai-shek, and he didn't want to hide it: "The report to the commission, the subordinates went to Shanghai, to visit Mr. Tang's house, and by the way, he rescued An Fei, the son of Vice President An." ”

"By the way? What a big breath. Chiang Kai-shek stiffened his face: "Shanghai has been occupied by the Japanese, Longtan Tiger's Den, you come and go freely, and treat the Japanese as nothing, are you ridiculing our military officers and soldiers for fighting in Shanghai is not good, can't you fight?" ”

"The subordinates don't dare!" Wang Weiyi's brain turned quickly, and he simply slapped Chiang Kai-shek's ass fiercely, and he would do things smoothly in the future: "The commission and use of troops are like gods, and ordinary people can't understand them." The commission deliberately chose to hold a decisive battle in Shanghai, in order to exchange space for time, and at the same time lead the Japanese by the nose into the Jiangnan water network area, so that the Japanese will completely lose their mobile advantage. Therefore, in the battle of Shanghai, victory or defeat is not important, the overall strategic layout is the most important. Therefore, although we have lost Shanghai, the commission has actually won the Japanese, and the Japanese are at the mercy of a child in the hands of the commission, attacking my strengths with their own shortcomings! ”

"Wang Weiyi, there are so many high-ranking generals, only you understand my heart." Chiang Kai-shek let out a long sigh: "Exchanging space for time is easier said than done." Our national government is inferior to Japan in terms of materials, resources, troops, munitions, weapons, popular support, and army morale, and so on, and China is too weak and Japan is too strong, and it is very likely to be defeated. Therefore, in the early stage, space was exchanged for time, that is, to extend tactics, in order to strive for the overall planning of the rear to manufacture weapons, troop arrangements, military offensive and defensive capabilities, defensive fronts, and so on. It's a pity that many people can't see it at all, but blame it everywhere, I didn't expect you, a little colonel, to understand my overall strategic layout so thoroughly."

Wang Weiyi knew that his sycophants were right.

"You're a brigade commander, but you're just a colonel, it's too aggrieved. Some people say that you have risen too fast, from captain to colonel, but I say, slow, still slow! There are many old and incompetent people in our army, and there are few young generals like you who are bold and courageous." Speaking of this, Chiang Kai-shek thought for a moment: "Wang Weiyi, do you dare to give you a major general?" ”

"Dare!" Wang Weiyi replied without the slightest hesitation: "As long as I can fight to the death with the Japanese invaders, I dare to be a general even if I am entrusted with the throne." ”

"Okay, very good." Chiang Kai-shek smiled slightly: "I'll make you a major general, but if you can't resist the Japanese attack, I'll withdraw you!" ”

"If the subordinates can't defeat the Japanese coguits, the subordinates will pluck their heads and ask the commission for guilt!" Wang Weiyi is categorical.

"I don't want your head, I want your victory." Chiang Kai-shek paused: "I heard that you are a little dismissive of the combat effectiveness of the Japanese? Isn't that too arrogant? ”

Wang Weiyi hesitated there: "The subordinates are not arrogant, but to encourage their subordinates to make up their minds, but if you really talk about it, the daily average is not as terrible as imagined." I remember that General Falkenhausen, the chief adviser of the German Advisory Group, once said that judging from the performance of the Japanese army on the battlefield, in fact, they were full of flaws, and if we could seize the opportunity and defeat them in one fell swoop, it would not be impossible for us to achieve a complete victory in the War of Resistance. ”

Chiang Kai-shek had some smiles on the corner of his mouth: "Zhilu Dao, you go back and prepare for battle first." ”

"Yes, take a seat!" Wang Weiyi saluted and strode out.

Outside, Dai Li was already waiting for him, and when he saw Wang Weiyi, he arched his hand: "Brother Wang, I'm sorry for that, I reported your Shanghai affairs to the commission." ”

"Why did Director Dai say such a thing, everyone is for the party-state." Wang Weiyi smiled faintly and didn't take it too seriously: "If you and I switch places with each other, I think I will do the same." ”

"It's good that Brother Wang can understand." Dai Li sighed: "Sitting in this position, it seems to be burned by fire all day long, things are not done well, the above blames, done well, and the people who have offended me will scold me again." In short, it's not human inside and out. ”

"I can understand Director Dai's distress." Wang Weiyi said very seriously.

Dai Li's voice suddenly lowered; "Brother Wang can come and go so freely in Shanghai, and I think there are a lot of intelligence relations, why don't you and I share intelligence and think that we will contribute to the war of resistance?"

This is the real purpose of Dai Li's waiting for himself here, Wang Weiyi smiled and said: "Yes, I have some secret relationships in Shanghai, and I am very happy to share information with Director Dai." In the future, when I have the opportunity, I can even tell Director Dai all my relationship. ”

"Really?"

"Wang Weiyi never tells lies."

Dai Li hugged his fists and said: "Brother Wang, I must have made this friend!" (To be continued.) )