134 Pre-Action Meetings
As the sun fell, Kunsha packed up his things at his desk and went out with his briefcase after finishing his day's work.
This time, instead of borrowing a vehicle from the security department, he called a rickshaw at the gate and headed straight for the suburbs.
When he was about to get to the outskirts, he got out of the car, gave the driver money, and let the driver go. After he had walked more than a mile, he called another rickshaw and went in the direction he had just come, and after walking for about half an hour, he got out again.
Eventually, he walked two miles before he came to a house. After knocking on the door and answering the code, the people in the house opened the door. A man wearing a peaked cap came over and said enthusiastically: "Comrade Zhang Qifu, please come in." ”
Kunsha glared at the cap, "You're new here?" Don't you know to call me by my name here? ”
The cap was glared at a little embarrassed, and a person next to him came over and said, "Forget it, Brother Gang is also a little careless when he sees that he is here by himself." ”
"You should also do a good job of work discipline for your own people! Our work is very dangerous, and the slightest mistake can lead to death. Kunsha said in a somewhat angry tone.
"I'm sorry......" Brother Gang also came over to admit his mistake, Kun Sha didn't pay attention to him anymore, and turned to everyone and asked, "Are all the people here?" ”
After looking around, everyone said, "It's still a long way to go, so it's estimated that it will be there in a while." ”
Kun Sha raised his hand to look at his watch, his brows furrowed, "The time has come, we won't wait, now we have a meeting." ”
As he was talking, there was a knock at the door, and everyone couldn't help but be shocked and followed the reputation, at this time, a man who held the door and said to him the code, he opened the door and smiled: "It's Wu Suotun who came." ”
Burmese people do not have a surname, and when they meet an older male, they will add the word "Wu" in front of their name to indicate their honorific title.
Wu Suotun walked in, he was wearing a cotton shirt, his emaciated body looked like it could be blown down by a gust of wind, and the hooked nose on his face looked abrupt.
He took off the Panama hat on his head, made a slightly sorry gesture, and then everyone began to sit down, Kun Sha raised his hand and looked at his watch and said, "Okay, everyone is complete, let's start the meeting now." ”
All eyes were on him.
"I have good news for everyone, the day after tomorrow, the expeditionary force will launch a major air raid here, and this time there will be army units directly involved, and Rangoon is about to be recaptured by our army!" Kun Sha lowered his voice, but the excitement in him was palpable.
"Great!" "yes, it's finally called!" …… Everyone couldn't hide their excitement and hugged each other to celebrate.
Kun Sha pressed it with his hand and motioned for everyone to be quiet, "I know everyone's excitement very well, in fact, I, like everyone, have been looking forward to this day for a long time, and it has finally come true." Before we can do that, though, there's one more thing we need to do. ”
Everyone's eyes stared at Kunsha like lanterns, and there was expectation and excitement in those eyes.
"Shangfeng has already issued an order, we must take the initiative to start tomorrow night and cooperate with the counteroffensive of the expeditionary force. Let's all talk about the situation of their respective development personnel, right? After Kun Sha said this, everyone's expectant eyes dimmed a little, there were only a dozen of them, and a few of them were Burmese locals, with no soldiers and no guns in their hands, what to use to plan the counteroffensive of the expeditionary force?
"But there are so few of us." As soon as my brother spoke, he realized that he had said the wrong thing, and immediately stopped.
Kunshan glanced at everyone, although everyone didn't say it, but in their hearts, it was probably what Brother Gang meant.
Wu Suotun thought for a while and said, "Kun Sha, you can tell us the specific plan, what can we do?" No matter what the danger is, we are duty-bound! ”
"Yes, you can give us the order to do whatever we can, whether it is death or righteousness, we will go!" Among the people, there were also people who followed Ying Hedao.
Kun Sha smiled and said, "You don't have to be so excited. Actually, it's important for everyone to do it, but it's not too dangerous, because—"
Speaking of this, Khun Sa deliberately paused, and then he changed his tone and said, "General Aung San has announced that he will hold an uprising tomorrow night, and the Burmese Independence Army will cooperate with us. ”
"Now it's good!" The crowd slapped the table with joy.
"The Japanese army in Rangoon was only a military police brigade plus a garrison, while the Burmese Independence Army stationed here had a division. Coupled with the air cooperation of the expeditionary force, we can eat the Japanese devils who were established without our ground troops being dispatched. Ge Gang said happily that he served in the Burmese Independence Army, so he naturally knew more about these situations.
Wu Suotun pondered for a moment and then asked, "Is the news confirmed?" Aung San has always been fickle, will he change his mind when the time comes? ”
Khun Sha waved his hand and said: "No, the expeditionary force and the Americans have promised to restore the freedom and independence of Burma after driving out the Japanese, and will not let the British continue to rule here." General Aung San also signed secret treaties with General Stilwell and General Sun Liren. ”
Then, he whispered: "This secret covenant is placed in his own office, which shows how much General Aung San attaches importance to the secret covenant." Tomorrow at six o'clock in the evening, the uprising is ready to begin! At that time, General Aung San will telegraph this secret agreement to the whole country and make it public. ”
Ge Gang scratched his head, "Why did this General Aung San make the secret treaty public?" ”
An older man next to him smiled, "Don't you understand this?" General Aung San deliberately issued a telegram at the time of the uprising, which was also to prevent the expeditionary force and the Americans from repenting. ”
"Oh, I see." Brother just realized, and everyone laughed happily.
Kun Sha continued: "Although we don't have many tasks, we still have certain tasks. Tomorrow night, you will carry out sabotage in your respective departments. In the power supply sector, we have to find a way to blow up transformers and generators, in the water sector, we have to cut off the water supply, in the telecommunications sector, we have to cut off nearby telephone lines, and those in the army have to follow the army. Everyone else is with me, ready to act! ”
Although there was a certain danger factor in this task, it was much simpler than they had expected. They are all in their respective fields of work, and doing these things is like playing.
After deploying, Kun Sha picked up the teacup in front of him, took a sip, and said with a smile: "We're here today, and we'll start the meeting now." Remember, tomorrow night, with a strip of white cloth tied on your arm, everyone will act on time. ”
"Good!" "No problem, Kunsha." …… Everyone was smiling.
"Okay, now everyone goes back separately, don't say hello to acquaintances on the way. Walk in pairs, every 10 minutes. Let's disperse. After Kun Sha finished speaking, several people at the door began to leave one after another. It wasn't until the end that Kunsha put on his top hat and left on his own.
He took out a memorandum from his briefcase, written in both Chinese and English, flipped to the last page, stamped a copy of paper at the signature office of a Burmese representative, and then transcribed his signature on Daw Aung San.
Once finished, he gently blew the ink on it, making it as much as pen-like as it looked. Immediately afterward, he "wrote" Aung San's signature in the same way as in the English memo.
After dealing with this, he gathered the memo and packed it in an envelope that had been prepared in advance. Then he took a piece of lacquer wax out of his pocket, burned it with the lighter he carried with him, and sealed the envelope with the wax.
When the paint was completely dry, he took the envelope and neatly packed it into his briefcase. The envelope was printed in both Chinese and English with the words "Memorandum of the United States, China and Burma on Burmese Independence Matters."
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After the meeting, everyone in the meeting went back one after another. The older U Sotun and the younger brother Gang walked together, and both of them served in the Burmese Independence Army, so there were fewer natural goals for the two of them to walk together.
The two came on bicycles, so they rode back. It's not far from the city of Myanmar, and it's only a little more than an hour by bike, but because of the continuous air raids by the Sino-American Joint Air Force during this time, Yangon has been under light control every night, and the streets are dark everywhere.
Fortunately, the moon is still very bright, otherwise I really can't figure out the way back.
Both of them are night walkers, and they ride fast along the way. When he was about to arrive in the city, his brother was about to return to his barracks, and Wu Suotong was about to go to the army communication station where he was.
The two were about to break up, Wu Suotun raised his hand and looked at his watch and said, "It's still early, brother, why don't we go have a drink?" ”
Brother Gang shook his head, "It's not early, the team will soon be checking the personnel, and if I go back late, I'm worried that someone will be suspicious, so I'll leave first." ”
Wu Suotun nodded, "Okay then, I won't force it." Come, smoke a victory cigarette, and we'll see you tomorrow. ”
"See you tomorrow!" After speaking, the two shook hands, and Brother Gang also took the cigarette handed over by Wu Suotun and put it on his ear.
There is a deep meaning in these words, and both of them know each other tacitly, but the joy can be felt.
After speaking, my brother just turned the front of the car, stepped on the ground with his left foot to borrow force, and kicked off with his right foot, and the bicycle rode towards the army barracks.
Seeing that his brother had just disappeared at the end of the streets of Myanmar, Wu Suotun threw away the cigarette butt in his hand, stepped on the pedal of the bicycle with his left foot, pushed the bicycle for a while, and then raised his right foot, straddled the bicycle with one lunge, and rode the bicycle in another direction.