Cai Jiheng finally waited for General Chennault's summons, Chennault's permanent location was Wujiaba Airport southeast of Kunming, where the headquarters of the 14th Air Force and the main training base were located, and he usually visited the airports by C-47 transport planes, and even flew a P-40 fighter to and from the airports alone when he was in the mood.

Old Jack once revealed to Cai Jiheng that although the 14th Air Force has been reoutfitted and equipped with new P-51 "Mustang" fighters, General Chennault is very nostalgic and still loves the old P-40, and he has a deep affection for this kind of "Tomahawk" aircraft, and the first 100 combat planes that the US Volunteer Brigade for China got were P-40 fighters. General Chennault, a true western cowboy, said Jack Sr., demanded that ground crews fill the plane's ammunition base and add fuel tanks every time he flew the P-40 on an inspection, and refused to send fighter jets from the base to escort him. In fact, he wished that he would encounter enemy planes on the way, so that he could justifiably engage in an air battle with the enemy. Since becoming a commander, he has been denied the right to fly in person, which has kept him in his mind. Chennault said that he would rather not have the rank of general than be a pilot ready to fight.

On the way to the base director's office, Cai Jiheng was still thinking that it was fortunate that the Japanese intelligence department did not know Chennault's whereabouts, otherwise it would be too dangerous, and they would kill Chennault at all costs, just like the US Navy pilots set up an ambush in the air to kill Yamamoto Isoroku. In some cases, the elimination of the enemy's best generals can indeed change the course of the war.

General Chennault was sitting at the base director's desk smoking a cigar. Chennault was 51 years old, with a narrow knife-like face with piercing eyes, most notably his hooked nose, which looked like an eagle. Cai Jiheng's impression of him is that he is an old soldier with iron will, strong strength and extraordinary courage, as well as superb wisdom. He wore a grass-green lapel-style wool uniform, and on his left chest he wore several rows of colorful meritorious medals, and the two silver generals on the epaulettes indicating the rank of major general were quite eye-catching.

Like Tsai, Chennault's teenage years were not peaceful, he learned fighting skills from his grandfather's old black servant in his childhood, so he often beat his friends around him to the point of a blue nose and swollen face. While studying at Louisiana State University, he excelled in his studies, but his usual behavior was almost indulgent, and he even went so far as to break school discipline in search of opportunities for hunting and fishing, which led to several expulsions.

A troublemaker like Chennault was destined to be unfazed in the military, and he received the rank of reserve lieutenant in 1918 and only mixed up with the rank of captain 19 years later when he retired at the age of 44. If you count from 1917, when Chennault was admitted to the Benjamin Noncommissioned Officer School in Indiana, he spent 20 years in the army, including 17 years as a pilot.

If it weren't for the outbreak of China's War of Resistance Against Japan, Chennault's life would have been delayed, and he would probably return to the Mississippi River and live his whole life fishing and hunting, not to mention major generals, even the rank of major is not a matter of choice.

The early members of the "Flying Tigers" were recruited from the United States by Chennault with a monthly salary of $300, and most of them were retired pilots of the US military. At that time, 300 US dollars was definitely a high income, and what made them even more interested was that Ms. Soong Meiling, then secretary general of the Aviation Committee, proposed a reward of 500 US dollars for each Japanese plane shot down. They are very dedicated people, and it is only natural that they have to do their jobs well when they are paid by their employers. During that time, the Volunteer Air Corps conducted 31 air battles, and the Flying Tigers destroyed 5 enemy aircraft with 20 to 20 available P-40 fighters, 217 of which they lost, and they lost only 14 of them. In this way, the reward for shooting down an enemy plane is 500 US dollars, and the Flying Tigers team members earn a total of 108,500 US dollars, which is a huge amount of money anyway.

It should be said that the Flying Tigers players did a good job, and their only drawback was that they had poor discipline and drunkenness and trouble. Chennault will generally give understanding, because their identity is a civilian, to put it bluntly, they are mercenaries, as long as they do their jobs well, it is normal for discipline to be almost normal, and Chennault himself was not a fuel-efficient lamp when he was young, these bad deeds are all left over from his play, so Chennault will tolerate all members who violate discipline.

In April 1942, the American Air Volunteer Corps was incorporated into the official military establishment and became the U.S. Air Force Task Force in China, and Chennault was recalled to the army, awarded the rank of brigadier general, and served as commander. As a result, only 5 pilots and 22 ground staff members of the original Flying Tigers chose to stay, and the rest of the team members dispersed, and most of the Flying Tigers members were willing to transfer to China Airlines or Hindustan Aircraft Company to seek jobs with higher salaries. The main reason for this is that they are accustomed to freedom and do not want to be bound by military discipline anymore. Of course, there is no money to earn is also a reason.

Although most of the members of the Flying Tigers have left, the free and loose atmosphere of the Flying Tigers has remained, and unconsciously affected the pilots of the mixed regiment of the Chinese and American Air Forces, so there are also some guys among them who like to be adventurous and exciting and unwilling to be bound by military discipline, Cai Jiheng is one of them.

It seemed that Chennault was in a good mood today, and he smiled and nodded to Cai Jiheng.

Cai Jiheng stood up and saluted Chennault: "General, Cai Jiheng, the captain and pilot of the Sino-US Air Force Mixed Regiment, reports to you, please instruct!" ”

Chennault stood up and shook Cai Jiheng's hand and said, "Crocodile, although we are old acquaintances, I didn't know that you were the younger brother of General Cai of the Military Commission. Come, you sit down. ”

"General, do you know my brother?" Cai Jiheng was a little surprised, and he sat down in an orderly manner.

"Not only do we know each other, but we are still very good friends, he is a top student at the Virginia Military Academy, and many of his graduates have become generals. Crocodile, to tell you the truth, when I was younger, I dreamed of going to West Point or Virginia, but unfortunately I couldn't. ”

Cai Jiheng asked with some curiosity: "Oh, did you not do your homework well and didn't pass the exam, or did it take some other reason?" ”

Chennault extinguished the cigar in his hand: "The threshold for West Point and Virginia is a bit high, and there are some deadly rules, such as the fact that admission must be recommended by someone of status like the vice president or congressman or a senior officer of the War Department. I don't know a fucking person, who would recommend a country kid? I had no choice but to go to the Annapolis Naval Academy in Maryland. You know, this naval academy is the cradle of American admirals, and it also has a great attraction for me. I was only 16 years old at the time, and I wanted to experience life on a warship, but two days later, I learned that once I was admitted, I would have to live two years of disciplined campus life before I could train on a ship. I'm not going to do it, I'm a kid who is used to being wild in the jungles and swamps of Louisiana, how can I put up with the rigid life of the barracks? So I turned in a blank paper in the last exam and gave up my plan to enroll. ”

Cai Jiheng smiled: "General, fortunately you gave up your plan to become a navy, otherwise there would be no Flying Tigers." ”

"Yes, crocodile, the fate of man is uncertain, when I was a teenager I was as restless as you, I liked nothing more than to go to the oak forests and mossy swamps of Louisiana, and I went for a few days at a time, living by eating wild fruits and hunting, living in a small broken house built by myself, making a bed out of moss and branches, catching all kinds of birds in cages, setting traps to catch mink and weasels, then where did I think I would become a pilot in the future?"

Cai Jiheng thought in his heart, this old man is always looking for himself today just to nag his youth, right? With Chennault's status, he won't take a lot of time to be nostalgic with a little captain, what kind of medicine is sold in this old man's gourd? There is only one thing that can be certain, the transfer of Cai Jiheng to the Yangjie base must be because he violated military discipline, and he will face punishment next. The problem is, punishment is punishment, Cai Jiheng has already been mentally prepared, but what does the old man mean?

Cai Jiheng decided to take offense as defense and took the initiative to attack: "General, did you often make mistakes when you were young?" Like me? ”

Chennault narrowed his eyes and looked at Cai Jiheng: "Well, you are a very cunning crocodile, as if to imply to me, young people make mistakes, don't you?" ”

"No, General, I didn't mean that...... I'm just interested in your youth, and I'm wondering, was your teenager a good boy who was often praised by your elders? ”

Chennault laughed: "Then I can tell you, it's definitely not!" When I was a student at Louisiana State University, I was expelled almost every semester because I was in a hurry to go fishing, and I didn't want to miss the fishing season, so I always tried my best to deliberately find something wrong to do after I got credits at the end of the big exam, so that the school would expel me from school a week earlier to go fishing. In fact, I have a bottom in my heart, my uncle Nelson is a fairly well-known professor in Louisiana, and the school will give my uncle face. Sure enough, when the school started, the school would give me a step, saying that I had good grades and was willing to give me another chance, so they revoked the punishment and continued to go to school. ”

Cai Jiheng lost no time and chimed in inspiringly: "General, the head of Louisiana State University is very wise in dealing with problems, and they have given great tolerance to a young man who has made a mistake, thus ensuring the great future of this young man. There is a proverb that doesn't say that when teenagers make mistakes, God forgives. ”

Chennault snorted: "Crocodile, I know that you go around and around for only one purpose, that is, to do everything possible to escape punishment after you make a mistake." To be honest, crocodile, you have played a little too much this time, this is not just a violation of military discipline, but it is likely to delay my big event, so you must be punished! ”

Cai Jiheng replied respectfully: "I know, General, that Zero is very important to you, and if I am shot down by the enemy, it will affect the research work on the Zero." ”

Chennault suddenly roared, "You lawless, troublemaker, do you know how valuable that Zero is?" Even if someone trades a battleship for it, I can't bear it! But how dare you use it as a tool for adventure, to satisfy your goddamn adventurous cravings, fuck...... I want to shoot you! ”

Cai Jiheng didn't say anything, he knew that the old man was angry, and any explanation at this time would be unwise.

Chennault continued: "You think about it, from the Pacific to Southeast Asia, from the Far East to Chinese mainland, we have thousands of good lads fighting in P-40s and Zeros, so we have to be familiar with all its capabilities, and as far as I know, that damn designer Jiro Horikoshi[1]

We must pay close attention to the changes in the performance of the Zero, and the tactical movements of our P-40 must be adjusted due to the changes in the performance of the Zero, otherwise the tragedy of the Bishan air battle will be repeated. ”

Cai Jiheng lowered his head and whispered, "I'm sorry, general, I'm sorry!" I promise that I will not violate military discipline again in the future, so please trust me. ”

"Of course, you fought pretty well, shooting down two enemy planes, but ...... It's not going to fucking pay for you! ”

Cai Jiheng thought to himself, this old man is afraid that he is really angry today, usually he is gentle, polite, and very gentlemanly, but today he actually scolded Cai Jiheng with a "fucking" and "bastard". If it were a different commander who scolded people like this, Cai Jiheng might also jump up, but he didn't feel a little uncomfortable about Chennault's angry scolding, this old man was the person he respected and admired the most, even if he slapped him twice, he had to be respectfully next to him.

Chennault scolded enough, and his anger subsided a little: "Crocodile, do you know what your brother says about you?" ”

"I don't know, but it's definitely all negative. My brother has always been strict with me, and when I was a child, he beat me up a lot. This has to do with the instigation of my father, who is a very traditional person, according to the Chinese family ethic, called the eldest brother as the father, that is, the eldest brother can act as the father's authority in his absence. ”

Chennault struck a match and re-lit his cigar and said, "On the whole, your brother's evaluation of you is quite objective. Of course, I won't talk about your merits, now I will only talk about negative comments, he said that you have been a bold and scheming child since you were a child, if you are given a ladder, you can go to heaven! Therefore, people like you need to be strictly disciplined, otherwise it is easy to cause a big mess. ”

Oh, I see! It was the eldest brother who got to the bottom of Chennault. Cai Jiheng cursed in his heart, it was not enough for this eldest brother to act as a patriarch at home, and now he actually reached out to the Air Force, which is too much. Cai Jiheng muttered dissatisfiedly: "However, I don't think the 23rd Brigade is a ladder, if I deserve punishment for violating military discipline, then I would rather be punished in the Sino-US Mixed Regiment." ”

"That's not good, as far as I know, you have a lot of like-minded friends in the Sino-American mixed group, and the punishment for you, supervising the execution is a big problem, not only will you not be punished, but you may also get a few days off, so I have to transfer you crocodile out of the nest."

"With all due respect, General, I have a suggestion, I wonder if I can say it?"

"Yes, say it!"

Cai Jiheng turned his heart sideways, stood up and said, "Why don't we set up a punishment force?" Both the Soviet Union and Germany had such correctional battalions, and I heard that there was also a 'correctional army' in the Soviet Air Force, which consisted of pilots who had committed serious mistakes and was said to be very combative. I mean, are we going to have a 'Punishment Squadron' as well? What about organizing us, the pilots who have made mistakes, to make meritorious contributions in battle? To tell you the truth, I'd rather go into the disciplinary force to fight than be punished by wiping the plane. ”

Chennault shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands and said, "Well, that's a good idea, if I had the power, I would appoint you as the captain of the disciplinary squadron, you are qualified, whether it is the severity of your mistakes or your flying skills and organizational skills, you are qualified to be the leader of this squadron." Unfortunately, I do not have the right to send the wrongdoers to the correctional camps for suicidal combat missions, to be more precise, cannon fodder, which can only be done by fascist countries and totalitarian countries, which is a manifestation of a lack of humanity and runs counter to the spirit of democracy. ”

Cai Jiheng insisted on standing upright, and said loudly angrily: "General, there is an end to any punishment, and the punishment for my violation of discipline has been going on for a whole week, but there is no sign of ending it yet." In just one week, the 23rd Fighter Group and the 308th Bomber Group took off more than twice a day to carry out combat missions, and in that week, 68 air crew members were killed at the Sheep Street base, including many of my friends. General, I beg you, give me a P-40 and restore my right to participate in battle! ”

Cai Jiheng's anger seemed to move Chennault, he stood up, pressed Cai Jiheng to the chair and sat down, he looked into Cai Jiheng's eyes, and said with a rare gentleness: "Crocodile, I need your help." ”

Cai Jiheng's eyes widened: "I...... How can I help you? ”

Chennault walked back to his desk and sat down, he opened a folder, took out two materials, handed them to Cai Jiheng and said, "Do you know this person?" ”

Cai Jiheng took a closer look at the photo on a document, and recognized at a glance that the person in the photo was the Japanese pilot Fujinouchi Goro who was shot down by him. Another document is also a Japanese, but Cai Jiheng does not know him.

Cai Jiheng nodded and said: "I know this person, he is a pilot of the Japanese Navy Zero Plane, called Fujinouchi Goro." As for how I met, I don't need to say it, anyway, my work of wiping planes this week is related to him, you all know, and I don't know another person. ”

Chennault said straight to the point: "Crocodile, recently we have obtained a lot of Japanese code data, most of them are obtained from the wreckage of downed Japanese fighters and bombers, the 14th Air Force Communications Department plans to set up a professional unit to study the deciphering of the code of Japanese combat aircraft, as far as we know, both Japanese prisoners have been trained in this area, especially Fujinouchi Goro, who was a student of the Department of Mathematics at Kyoto University before the war and participated in the coding work. Two officers from Chongqing's political training department have been doing their job, but they won't. According to the detention center personnel, the two Japanese had a big affection for a Chinese pilot named Crocodile, and if Crocodile went to persuade him personally, they might agree. ”

Cai Jiheng thought about it for a while and agreed: "I'm not sure, but I can try." But...... I only know Goro Fujinouchi, another captive I haven't even met, how can he have a crush on me? ”

"That captive's name is Yoshio Nakatomin, a reconnaissance plane pilot, and he said that you once gave him two clothes to change clothes, is there such a thing?"

Cai Jiheng thought for a while and said: "Oh, it seems that there is such a thing, at that time, Fujino Uchigoro was stinky, if I didn't find him a change of clothes, I would have to smoke me to death, I considered that there were two of them, so I bought two more clothes, but I didn't expect this Shinto Yoshio to remember, even if this kid has a conscience." ”

Chennault straightened up and sat upright: "Crocodile, from now on, you don't have to wipe the plane, your task is to persuade these two captives to cooperate with us, as for what method to use, that's your business, I just want the result." ”

Cai Jiheng stood up and said, "Sir, if I complete the task, the next step is ......"

Chennault yawned, waved his hand impatiently, and said, "Do you need to ask?" Just go back to your original unit, what else can you do? ”

"That'...... What happens if I can't do this? ”

Chennault roared again: "It must be done, or I will send you to the 308th Brigade and wipe all the bombers." Besides, crocodile, I warn you, if you get into trouble again, I'll hang you outside the B-24's magazine and use you as a ** drop! ”

Cai Jigang arranged the 217th Regiment of the New 8th Army on the slopes on both sides of the valley behind, and when the engineer battalion was buried, Cai Jigang urged the ambush troops to seize the time to build machine gun positions and individual bunkers.

Huang Yiming, the commander of the new 8th Army Engineer Battalion, is a graduate of the Huangpu Eighth Engineer Section, this is a guy who has never met a talent, and his classmates were the most general and the colonel commander, and Huang Yiming is still a major battalion commander, according to his own words, Huang is upright, not good at slapping horses, and there is no backer in the military circles, and he is afraid that a major battalion commander will do it to the end.

Cai Jigang has a good impression of Camp Commander Huang, because his professional ability is indeed very strong. He walked a few times back and forth at the mountain pass, then squatted on the rock and listed a few formulas in his notebook with a pencil, and reported to Cai Jigang five minutes later: "Sir, to achieve the blasting effect you requested, you can use one ton of **." ”

Cai Jigang started to burn as soon as he heard his face, his own blasting calculations were very rough, firstly, he was not very professional, and secondly, he used the American way of thinking, people are a rich country, and they have always used resources lavishly, always pursuing the maximum insurance coefficient, but rarely calculating the cost of operations. Huang Yiming is different, he has been living a poor life since he entered the army after graduation, and in his opinion, the value of these ** is more expensive than gold. Since the retreat from the Yellow River defense line, the New 8th Army has been chased by the Japanese with their buttocks, and everything that can be thrown has been thrown, but the five-ton ** of the engineer battalion has been held in his arms like a treasure, and he refuses to leave it even if he is killed, which is a treasure that money can't buy.

"Battalion Commander Huang, listen to what you mean, do you still want to take away the one ton of ** you saved?" Cai Jigang asked as he forced his gaze to look at him.

Battalion Commander Huang did not flinch under Cai Jigang's forced gaze: "Of course, if I can use 500 kilograms to complete the task assigned by the commander, then I will never use 1,000 kilograms, and it is good to save a kilogram, not to mention **, even if it is an empty **box, I will not leave one." ”

Cai Jigang tried his best to enlighten him in a relaxed tone: "Battalion Commander Huang, no one wants to use your ** as a firecracker, this is because of combat needs, and it is reasonable for me to use up all your five tons of ** if necessary." Therefore, not only can the remaining ton ** not be pulled away, but I also ask you to bury 200 ** in the ambush circle, and I will tell you the specific burial location, and now, please carry out the order. ”

"Sir, can I ask the military department for more information......

Cai Jigang interrupted him coldly: "No need, I am commanding this battle on the orders of Gao Shuxun, commander-in-chief of the 39th Group Army, and I am solely responsible for everything here. ”

"Yes! Sir, I obey orders! Camp Commander Huang gave in.

"Battalion Commander Huang, I know that you are from the eighth phase of Huangpu, and your current military rank is lower, I am afraid that you will complain in your heart, feel that you have no talent, and your boss is unfair to you. But have you ever thought about it, if you make achievements on the battlefield and use military achievements to prove your talent, then who dares to stop your promotion? ”

"Yes! I take the teachings of the Commander to heart! ”

"Battalion Commander Huang, I promise you that as long as you finish this battle according to my orders, I will ask the Military Command Department for credit for you, and recommend you to Commander-in-Chief Gao to promote you to colonel and regimental commander."

Huang Yiming saluted Cai Jigang upright: "Chief Xie cultivates!" I, Huang Yiming, resolutely carry out the order! ”

"Battalion Commander Huang, look at this terrain, on the slopes on both sides of the valley are our ambush troops, once the battle starts, how will the ambushed enemy react?"

"Sir, the enemy will look for concealment to avoid fire on both sides of the road and put up a stubborn resistance."

"That's right, you place ** and the rest of ** in places where the enemy is likely to use them as concealment, and each burial point is covered with rubble to increase the killing effect. In addition, after the battle starts, your engineer battalion must ensure that there is no problem with the wires between each explosion point and ***, and if the wires are broken, there must be a special person responsible for connecting them, do you understand? ”

"Understood! Sir, do you have any other tasks? ”

"Tell your sappers, don't just watch the excitement while ensuring the explosion point, you don't have no guys in your hands, pick up my guns and fire at the enemy! When the battle starts, everyone will participate in the battle, regardless of the branch. Remember! It is better to completely destroy one of the enemy's divisions than to completely destroy one of his squadrons, and our previous defeats were all caused by not paying attention to combat effectiveness. ”

Cai Jigang turned around and left after speaking, and Camp Commander Huang stood in place, pondering his words blankly.

Cai Jigang walked up the hill to inspect the machine-gun fortifications and bunkers of the 217th Regiment. It's good that he doesn't look at it, and when he sees it, he is furious, the most cutting-edge shooting point is 150 meters away from the path at the bottom of the valley, what kind of ambush is there at such a distance?

Sun Yongzhi, the commander of the 217th regiment, heard that Cai Jigang was angry, and hurriedly ran to inquire.

Cai Jigang split his head and asked, "Commander Sun, why did you set the firepower point at such a distance?" Tell me your reasoning. ”

"Report to the sir, if the distance is too close, our firepower is insufficient, I am afraid that we will not be able to stop the enemy, and once the enemy rushes into the trenches, we will be forced to engage in white-knuckle combat......"

Cai Jigang suppressed the fire and asked, "What, are you afraid of fighting a white-knuckle battle?" ”

"Sir, the devil is very good at fighting bayonets, and we are afraid that we will suffer, so we try to use firepower to destroy the enemy in combat and avoid fighting bayonets."

Cai Jigang said unceremoniously: "I don't think it's a soldier who is cowardly, it's you, the regiment commander." Before you even fight the enemy, you will collapse in momentum. White-knuckle combat relies on courage and guts, followed by technology! Your 217th Regiment withdrew all the way from the Yellow River defense line here, and it was still a fully equipped unit, which only shows one point, you have never dared to fight a serious battle with the devil. Hmph, are you embarrassed as a regimental leader? ”

Cai Jigang's almost humiliating reprimand made Commander Sun feel embarrassed, but he was afraid of Cai Jigang's rank of major general and did not dare to attack. Head Sun blushed and whispered, "Sir, I'm not afraid of death!" When the battle began, I was the first to take the bayonet and ask the commander to supervise me, and if I faced the enemy, the commander could shoot me! ”

Cai Jigang softened his breath: "Commander Sun, I don't doubt your personal bravery, but what I want to see is your tactical quality as a commander and the murderous spirit of the entire 217 Regiment. I ask you, what is the difference between a firing range of 150 meters and a firing range of 50 meters? ”

"Of course, the closer you are, the higher the hit rate."

"That's right, at a distance of 50 meters, a recruit can become a sharpshooter with a hit rate of at least 90 percent. The enemy rushes to a distance of 20 meters to fight better, what is your hand ** for? Throw out a few hundred hands**, and the enemy's skirmish line will turn into a pile of minced meat, and no matter how fierce the enemy is, he will not be able to withstand such a barrage attack. The Japanese are not scary, what is scary is the fear in our hearts. ”

"Yes! Sir, I'll rebuild the fortifications right now! ”

"Tell your soldiers, don't be afraid of hand-to-hand combat, don't be afraid of fighting bayonets, devils don't have three heads and six arms, just like you, they are also fleshy, the more afraid you are of losing your life, the greater the possibility of death, it is better to cross a heart, and see the height of the bayonet! All excellent troops are troops who dare to fight hand-to-hand, I want to see if the 217th Regiment is a hero or a straw bag after this battle! ”

Captain Sun touched his heels, straightened his chest and said: "Please rest assured, sir, if this battle is not good, I, Sun Yongzhi, will come to see me!" ”

After Cai Jigang arranged everything, he ordered Mantang to arrange the guard squad at the forefront and prepare to participate in the battle. Mantang objected to Cai Jigang's order: "Sir, the task of the guard squad is to protect your safety, how can you put the guard squad at the forefront wherever you go?" ”

Cai Jigang said: "My command is at the forefront, of course you have to follow me." ”

Mantang's head was big when he heard it, because Commander Liu Changyi said that if Chief Cai had three longs and two shorts, the guard squad would have to be shot from the squad leader to the soldiers. Based on his understanding of Cai Jigang, this Chief Cai seems to be very addicted to fighting, and as soon as the gun goes off, he moves forward, how can a dignified major general always think about doing what the company commander and platoon commander do?

Mantang took the brothers to move stones as covers, and he hoped that Cai Jigang would change his mind.

Cai Jigang suddenly remembered that he encountered a peasant robbery on the road, and he had always felt very uncomfortable and incomprehensible, why were these peasants so chaotic, and they didn't even have the slightest concept of right and wrong? Even if it is out of ignorance and hunger, it will not help the Japanese to surrender the weapons of their own army, no matter how bad they are, after all, it is also their own country, don't they even understand this basic truth?

Cai Jigang called Man Tang and Tie Zhu, he knew that the two brothers were locals, and they must know what these robbers were thinking.

Mantang and Tie Zhu felt furious when they heard Cai Jigang's question, this was originally a piece of their heart. Since he was arrested, Mantang has secretly told Tiezhu more than once that he can't be said to be killed in robbing the national army, this is a matter of losing his head. However, since Chief Cai asked, Mantang still had to stand in the position of the common people and say a few fair words. He sincerely believes that the people of Henan are really unlucky, and anyway, no one on either side of the war takes the lives of the people seriously, and they have to save themselves. Of course, I can't admit what I've done.

Cai Jigang quietly listened to the brothers' narration. Man Tang and Tie Zhu obviously do not have the ability to express themselves completely, and their narrative language is extremely illogical, even repeating the same problem many times in turn. Their thinking seems to be chaotic, with no concept of the state and nation, nor any simple and simple political demands, and even the general concept of right and wrong is very vague.

Cai Jigang listened to it for a long time to figure out that there was only one clear expression of the two brothers' chattering and nagging endlessly, that is, Henan had been in trouble for two years, and the peasants had no grain harvest, and their hunger had reached the point of cannibalism, and ** not only did not help the victims but stepped up the expropriation and expropriation, especially Tang Enbo's turtle grandson, his soldiers were the worst, and he ruined the people so much that they couldn't survive before risking their lives to rob, which was really no way.

Cai Jigang asked Man Tang a question: "So do you think Tang Enbo's soldiers are worse than the Japanese?" ”

Mantang said affirmatively: "I heard from the fleeing people that the devil is not a good thing, but I have never been to the devil in my village before, haven't I never seen it?" ”

Tie Zhu immediately added: "This is the first time I have seen a devil, the devil is very good to my people, and he distributes food from house to house, or white rice, I have never eaten white rice when I am so old." ”

Cai Jigang was silent, he didn't know what to say. The thing is clear, the Chinese people have always been in a primitive state of self-destruction, ** except for collecting taxes, it seems that nothing has been done for them. The state is a very illusory concept for them, since the common people can't feel the existence of the state, then why should they shed blood and sacrifice for the country? China's more than 2,000 years of imperial rule has only made the common people understand a truth: "Under the whole world, it is not the king's land." On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister. "Since the world is royal and has nothing to do with the common people, why should the common people shed blood for the royal family that has nothing to do with them? Listening to the narration of the full cousins, Cai Jigang was shocked and confused, he realized that the paleness of his language could not criticize the chaotic ignorance of the full cousins. At this time, what can Cai Jigang say?

Cai Jigang knew that the tragedy in the Central Plains not only began with floods, droughts, and locust plagues since 1942, but in fact, the evil consequences had already been planted in 1938. In May of that year, the Japanese Tufeiyuan Division successfully smuggled across the Yellow River from Dongkou, north of Heze, and attacked west of the Longhai Line, with the goal of occupying Zhengzhou and Xuchang. The strategic purpose of the Japanese army was not only to cut off the transportation link of the Zhenghan section of the Pinghan Road, but also to enter Wuhan in the south, force Luoyang and Xi'an in the west, and then peep into the rear of southwest China. At that time, Zhengzhou was in danger and Wuhan was shaken. In desperation, Chiang Kai-shek ordered Shang Zhen's 20th Group Army's new 8th Division to dig the Yellow River Huayuankou embankment, replace the troops with water, and divert the Yellow River to the south, enter the Jialu River and the Yinghe River, and seize the Huai River into the sea. To a certain extent, this move achieved the goal of blocking the Japanese army's westward advance to the south, and put the 14th and 16th divisions of the Japanese army in a difficult situation, but at the same time, it also brought great disasters to the Chinese people in Henan, Anhui, and Suzhou: more than 1,200,000 acres of cultivated land were submerged, causing a large area of yellow flooding, a total of 12 million people were affected, and 890,000 people died.

Cai Jigang has been working in the Central Military Commission for several years, and because of his special status and status, he has come into contact with a lot of top-secret information. Cai Jigang has assessed this incident based on the information he has, and it should be said that the people have fully taken into account the huge casualties and economic losses of the people when making decisions, and in order to prevent the expansion of public discontent, the behavior of the people after the incident is very disgraceful. On June 11, just after the embankment of Huayuankou broke, Chiang Kai-shek instructed: "It is necessary to publicize to the people that enemy planes have blown up the embankment of the Yellow River." Since then, the Central News Agency has set the tone of propaganda, planting the blame for the breach of the embankment to the Japanese army, and strengthening its tragic guidance, mobilizing all propaganda machines to exaggerate the tragic situation of the disaster, directing the anger of the people to the invaders, and escaping the responsibility of ** [2]

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For several years, the outcome of the Huayuankou Incident was highly controversial among high-ranking military and political officials in Chongqing, and some people, including Chiang Kai-shek, believed that the bursting of the Huayuankou embankment had caused heavy casualties to the Japanese army. According to later information, after the flood, the Japanese army urgently used the 14th and 16th divisions of the air regiment to fully assist the 14th and 16th divisions trapped in the yellow water, and used transport planes and improvised bombers to drop a large amount of supplies on the trapped troops. On June 29, Japan's North China Front Army held a joint memorial meeting in Xuzhou. It is reported that the number of people killed in the flood of the Japanese 2nd Army alone reached 7,452. From a strategic point of view, the Yellow River burst and formed a huge barrier in the Yellow Flood, forcing the Japanese to halt their advance east of the Pinghan Road, thereby eliminating the military threat to the Tang and Bai River basins and the upper reaches of the Han River, and holding the military stronghold of Zhengzhou. In this way, the national **'s move of "breaking the arm to survive" is more beneficial than disadvantageous. In addition, there is also great controversy about the number of people who died in the flood, and the propaganda department of the national ** declared: "After the Huayuankou embankment burst, the people in the disaster area helped the old and the young, and all fled safely to the western part of Pinghan Road, and distributed a large number of relief funds, not only did there be no casualties, that is, pigs, dogs, cows and chickens, all of them fled with the people, and there was no loss." ”

Some people who have a positive attitude towards this incident believe that the Huayuankou embankment burst has three military significance: first, it prevents the Japanese army from advancing westward and changes the route of attacking Wuhan; secondly, to gain preparation time for the defense of Wuhan; The second is the situation of confrontation between the Chinese and Japanese armies in the Yellow Flood Area.

Cai Jigang was very unimpressed with this statement, believing that the military value of the Huayuankou embankment was only to cause difficulties and suffer certain losses to the Japanese troops occupying Zhongmu and Weishi. The Huai River flooded as a result of the Yellow River's seizure of Huai River, and the Japanese army merely changed its original operational deployment of attacking the northern foot of the Dabie Mountains along the Huai River with a part of its main force to attack Wuhan along the Yangtze River west. Compared with the huge losses suffered by the people of Henan, Anhui, and the Soviet Union due to the flooding of the yellow water, this military value is not commendable.

Judging from the later development of the battle situation, Cai Jigang's judgment was also confirmed. As a matter of fact, the Japanese army had already drawn up plans and actions to attack Wuhan before the Huayuankou embankment burst on June 9, and the Japanese base camp did not change or postpone the time of attacking Wuhan because of the flooding of yellow water. In addition, the release of water from the breach of the levee did not buy time for the Chinese army to defend Wuhan. On June 12, the third day of the Huayuankou levee, the Japanese Botian detachment landed in Anqing and soon occupied Anqing, marking the beginning of the Battle of Wuhan. On September 6, Guangji was lost. On the 29th, the Japanese army captured Tianjia Town, a fortress on the Yangtze River. By the end of October, all the three towns of Wuhan had fallen into the hands of the enemy, and the Battle of Wuhan was over. It turns out that the preparation time of the Chinese army to defend Wuhan is the same whether the Huayuankou embankment bursts or not.

The reason for the confrontation between the Chinese and Japanese armies in the Yellow Flood Area was not because the Japanese army was blocked by a ground barrier before they turned into a confrontation, but for the Japanese army with three-dimensional combat capabilities, a mere yellow water barrier could not stop the pace of their attack, and the current battle of Henan-China proved this point. In 1944, although the Japanese Empire had become a strong crossbow after a long period of war attrition, it was regrettable that they still firmly held the strategic initiative on the Chinese battlefield. Cai Jigang believes that the most fundamental reason for the confrontation between the two warring sides in the Yellow Plain is the insufficient strength of the Japanese army. Terrain is a condition for choosing a confrontation between the two armies, but it is not a decisive condition. The confrontation at this time was decided by subordinating itself to the needs of the overall situation in which the entire Sino-Japanese war entered the stage of strategic stalemate.

As a general-level officer, Cai Jigang would not be naïve enough to believe the propaganda of the Central News Agency: "Not only did there be no casualties, that is, pigs, dogs, cows and chickens, they all avoided with others, and there was no loss." "With so many people drowned even the well-trained and well-organized Japanese troops, how many people would have died in the Central Plains, who were unorganized, lacked the means to avoid danger, and panicked, given the density of the population in the Central Plains? Only God knows!

After the incident, some senior officials of the people** believed that the figure of 890,000 deaths was nonsense. In fact, the specific number is not important, what matters is the feelings of tens of millions of people in the Yellow Flood Area, and they will deeply feel that the lives of hundreds of thousands of people seem to be like a mustard in the eyes of the first decision-makers. It's okay to be such a ruthless **, even if you become a slave to the country, the situation will not be worse than this result. "A strong man breaks his wrist" is tragic, but the key is who will act as this "wrist"?

Thinking of this, Cai Jigang held his head with his hands in pain, and he understood the people who robbed the anti-Japanese army. Since the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the people of the Central Plains have endured such profound suffering, the war and floods have brought huge casualties to civilians, and natural disasters and excessive taxes have caused the people's livelihood to be miserable. A few of them are forgivable, if they are at fault.

At this time, there was a dense burst of gunfire in the distance, Cai Jigang's spirit was lifted, and the enemy finally came, this was a small force sent by the provisional 15th Army to carry out a lure operation. Cai Jigang ordered the 217th Regiment and the engineer battalion to all enter the position.

This battle was fought without suspense, and the 5th Brigade of the Japanese Army, which had been driving straight in, was heavily cut off like a giant python.

When the Japanese vanguard entered the mountain pass, they carried out fire reconnaissance as usual, and several machine gunners fired a round on the slopes on both sides of the road, and the 217th Regiment was well concealed, and the slopes were quiet, and no one exposed the target. The Japanese spearhead group signaled to the troops behind, and the Japanese army entered the valley in four marching columns. Cai Jigang said in his heart that this Japanese commander was spoiled by us, and even the most basic tactical measures were saved, and he actually did not send a small force of infantry to occupy the commanding heights on both sides, which deserved his bad luck.

The Japanese troops who walked into the valley were close to 200 people, and Battalion Commander Huang put his hand on the handle of the hand-cranked generator and asked Cai Jigang with his eyes if he could detonate the point. Cai Jigang shook his head, he suddenly changed his mind, he originally only wanted to kill one squadron of the enemy, but now he feels that one squadron is not enough, sorry for those **and**. Let them in a little more, have a bigger appetite, and eat it two squadrons in one bite.

Cai Jigang had rarely had the opportunity to observe Japanese soldiers up close, they were generally short in stature, most of them were between 1.60 and 1.70 meters tall, and occasionally a tall man resembled a camel in a flock. Despite their small stature, the Japanese soldiers were stocky, and their dark faces were shiny and well-nourished. Cai Jigang knew the Japanese army very well, they were actually a poor country, and the soldiers' food was very ordinary, serving only one piece of rice and two pieces of pickled salted fish at each meal. The only way for them to replenish their nutrition is to feed their wars by plundering some meat products in occupied or swept areas. Cai Jigang thought sadly that many of our troops could not even eat enough, let alone the quality of the food, and with such a huge disparity in national strength, this war was really difficult.

The Japanese troops who entered the valley were already close to 400 people, almost enough, and I am afraid that they will not be able to gnaw any more. Cai Jigang made a detonating gesture to Camp Commander Huang, who couldn't hold it back, and he quickly shook the handle of the generator...... There was a loud sound of landslides and ground cracking, the cliffs on both sides of the mountain pass collapsed, and hundreds of huge rocks were thrown up by the force of the explosion, and landed on the road in the middle of the mountain pass, and dozens of Japanese soldiers who were marching were smashed into meat sauce in an instant......

Cai Jigang saw in the telescope that the smoke gradually dissipated, and the original mountain pass had disappeared, replaced by a pile of rocks more than ten meters high across the mountain pass. Battalion Commander Huang's calculation was indeed accurate, and the effect of this ton ** was even better than Cai Jigang expected, and the Japanese army's marching team was cut off by this artificial obstacle in two. At this time, there was a lot of gunfire outside the mountain pass, and this was the blocking force of the 15th Army of the Provisional Army according to the pre-plan.

The Japanese troops trapped in the valley reacted quickly, and the well-trained Japanese soldiers searched for concealment and prepared to counterattack, which led to a series of explosions...... The valley was filled with gunsmoke, rocks were flying, the trenches at the forefront of the national army were only 50 meters away from the bombing point, the wreckage of a large number of Japanese soldiers was thrown into the fortifications by the shock wave, blood and broken flesh rained down, the soldiers of the 217th Regiment were covered with flesh and blood, and the trenches were full of stumps and broken arms of Japanese soldiers.

The remaining Japanese soldiers were almost driven crazy by this series of explosions, and under the heavy fire of the 217th Regiment's heavy machine guns, they had no concealment to avoid the flying bullets, so they fell into one heart and screamed in groups and rushed towards the 217th Regiment's position. A full squad of guards was also at the forefront, they were responsible for defending the 20-meter-wide area of the front, and the brothers could not withstand it after a few rounds of platoon guns with their rifles, and the enemy's skirmish line was already only a dozen meters from the trench, and they could jump into the trench in a few seconds. The hall was panicked, and he shouted: "Machine gun! Machine gun! Stop the enemy! ”

Shen Guangya threw away *** and said coldly: "It's good to get closer, what are your hands ** for?" After speaking, he twisted his body and raised his hand and threw out two hands.

The brothers of the guard squad just woke up from a dream at this time, and they threw their hands one after another, and suddenly dozens of hands ** exploded, forming a barrage that blew up the approaching Japanese soldiers......

Mantang threw more than 20 hands in a row, and he finally understood Cai Jigang's melee method, not only the hit rate of shooting has improved, but even the efficiency of the thrower ** is much higher, so close distance can throw two hands ** every time, and the defending side is in the explosive dead corner of the trench, and does not care about the flying shrapnel at all. At this time, hundreds of hands flew out of the position of the 217th regiment, turning a few tens of meters from the front line into a sea of fire......

Liu Changyi, who was in charge of commanding the blocking force, called: "Brother, how are you there?" How long will it take? ”

Cai Jigang replied: "Soon, there will be 20 more minutes." How are you there? ”

"The devil is desperate! Two brigades were mobilized in a single charge, and they wanted to rescue the troops in the ambush circle. But I can still withstand it, you let go of your hands and feet! Destroy this enemy! ”

"Don't worry, there's not one left!" Cai Jigang hung up the phone. He observed the situation on the battlefield and secretly praised in his heart that this Japanese army was extremely tenacious, and their casualties had exceeded two-thirds, and they were still killing and still carrying out wave after wave of desperate attacks on the forward positions.

Commander Sun of the 217th Regiment bent down along the traffic trench and ran over: "Sir, most of the enemy has been wiped out, and there are still dozens left, should we catch a few alive and send them to the commander's department?" ”

Cai Jigang shook his head quietly: "They don't seem to have the intention of surrendering, and I have no interest in capturing prisoners." Commander Sun, it's time to end the battle, you can take command! ”

Head Sun understood: "Understood, sir, completely wipe out, and no one will be left alive!" ”

The trumpet sounded, and the soldiers jumped out of the trenches with bayonets in their hands and pressed on all fronts. Cai Jigang was surprised to find that the soldiers of the engineer battalion led by Battalion Commander Huang were actually rushing to the forefront.

Five minutes later, the remnants of fifty or sixty Japanese soldiers were wiped out by the bayonets of the 217 regiment. Through the counting of corpses, the statistical results were sent to Cai Jigang, and the number of Japanese soldiers killed in this battle exceeded 400, which is only the number counted from the corpses at the scene, and does not include the enemy who was blown up by ** and **.

The battle was quite adequate, with less than 70 casualties in the 217th Regiment. Surprisingly, Commander Huang of the engineer battalion was seriously wounded, and his left arm was cut off with a saber by a Japanese lieutenant in the final hand-to-hand combat.

Cai Jigang ordered Mantang to wrap Camp Commander Huang's severed arm in cloth and put it on Camp Commander Huang's stretcher, then leaned down and touched Camp Commander Huang's face: "Brother, does it hurt?" ”

"I didn't think it hurt just now, but it's no problem, I can still bear it!" Camp Commander Huang's face turned pale with excessive blood loss.

"Battalion Commander Huang, take good care of your injuries, I won't forget my original promise, you will get medals and promotions, good brother, I congratulate you in advance!"

Two lines of tears flowed down the pale cheeks of Camp Commander Huang, and he choked and spit out a few words: "Thank you!" Sir......"

At this time, Cai Jigang heard Head Sun shouting: "Listen to my orders!" All the officers and men of the 217th Regiment, standing - ......"

Cai Jigang turned around, and he was surprised to find that the hillsides on both sides of the road were full of soldiers of the 217th Regiment, and more than 2,000 officers and soldiers stood up with guns in front of Cai Jigang.

Commander Sun once again issued an order: "Please accept the salute of all the officers and soldiers of the 217th Regiment!" ”

More than 2,000 officers and soldiers brushed up, and they all raised their hands to salute Cai Jigang.

Cai Jigang solemnly returned the salute, and then turned around, he really didn't want the officers and soldiers to see the tears welling up on his face......

Cai Jiheng did not expect that in the week that he was punished for cleaning the plane, the two captured Japanese pilots Fujinouchi Goro and Nobu Yoshio Naka had been secretly transferred to the Yangjie base. Some codebreakers drawn from the military, intelligence systems, and universities from across the country were already concentrated here, and the uncooperative attitude of Goro Fujino and Yoshio Nakashin put Chennault's ambitious plan on hold.

In fact, before and after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Kuomintang successively set up a number of research institutes on telecommunications interception and decipherment, which were very large and complex, and belonged to different departments, such as the "Military Commission Secret Telecommunications Research Group", "Military Commission Confidential Office Secret Telecommunications Unit", "Ministry of Communications Department Electrical Inspection Institute", "Military Administration Special Technology Research Office", "Military Affairs Department Research and Translation Office", etc. As can be seen from these names, the research institutes set up for the same purpose are stacked on top of each other, and the limited human and financial resources cannot be concentrated into a single fist, and the forces for tackling key problems are dispersed, and their efficiency is greatly reduced. In particular, these organizations not only never cooperate with each other, but also tear each other down for the sake of merit and reward.

This is a typical Chinese style of internal friction. Therefore, during the Anti-Japanese War, the code breaking work of the Japanese army by the national ** was lackluster, but there were indeed one or two brilliant deeds.

The most famous example is Chi Buzhou of the "Technical Research Office of the Military Commission"[3]

Deciphering the secret message of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the legend that survived for decades after the war became an enduring myth.

Chi Buzhou, a native of Minqing, Fujian, graduated from Waseda University in Japan in his early years and worked at the Chinese Embassy in Japan. In February 1939, He Yingqin set up an organization within the Ministry of Military Affairs to decipher Japanese military secret telegrams, called the "Technical Research Office of the Military Commission", and Chi Buzhou was invited to participate.

Beginning in May 1941, Chi Buzhou found that the number of telegrams exchanged between the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Japanese Consulate General in Honolulu suddenly increased dramatically, and there were 60 or 70 deciphered telegrams, the content of which was that the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs repeatedly asked the Japanese Consulate General in Honolulu to report: the number and names of US warships at Pearl Harbor; the location of the mooring; the time of entry and exit; the timing and pattern of the rest of the U.S. military at Pearl Harbor; Hawaii climate conditions, etc. These messages aroused great concern to Chi Buzhou.

On December 3, 1941, Chi Buzhou deciphered a special secret telegram from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Japanese Ambassador to the United States, Nomura Kichizaburo, the main content of which was:

(1) Immediately burn all kinds of cipher code books, leaving only one ordinary code book, and at the same time burn all confidential documents.

(b) To the extent possible, notify the depositor concerned of the transfer of the deposit to a neutral national bank.

(3) The Empire** decided to take decisive action in accordance with the resolution of the Imperial Council.

After Chi Buzhou deciphered this secret message, he was shocked, and he immediately came to his own judgment: a war between the United States and Japan is imminent! The Japanese attack on the United States may have taken place at Pearl Harbor, and the outbreak of war may have occurred on Sunday.

This important information was immediately sent to Chiang Kai-shek's chamber, which relayed it to U.S. Ambassador Gauss and the U.S. military.

According to a US State Department official at the time, he replied: "The US-Japan talks have reached a deadlock, the State Department is already aware of Japan's plan to evacuate overseas Chinese, and the United States is also preparing to evacuate overseas Chinese at the same time." ”

In the early morning of December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, and the Pacific War broke out.

According to the official declassified documents of the United States after the war, Chongqing at that time only informed the United States of Japan's aggressive intentions, but did not inform the exact date of Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, and the US intelligence and listening departments were not ignorant of this, so this information was not of great strategic value as later legends.

The purpose of exaggeration on the basis of certain facts is nothing more than to boast of one's own extraordinary wisdom, and traces of this phenomenon can be found everywhere in the biographies, memoirs and historical materials of celebrities in ancient and modern China and foreign countries.

Regarding this historical case, it is more rumored that Zhang Guan and Li Dai attributed the credit to the "Special Technology Research Office of the Military Control Bureau" led by Dai Li, which actually confused the two different departments of the "Technical Research Office of the Military Commission" and the "Special Technology Research Office of the Military Control Bureau."

Of course, the "Special Technology Research Office of the Military Command Bureau" has not done a good job. In 1939, Dai Li established the Special Technology Research Institute in a large western-style house at No. 94 Shenxiandong Street in Chongqing, secretly codenamed "Huolu", under the leadership of Chiang Kai-shek, and secretly hired Herbert Yadley, an American codebreaker expert. This research institute has more than 50 staff members, more than 50 listening machines, and more than 200 listeners, mainly focusing on the cryptography system of the Japanese Army. The deciphering agency led by Yadley also did some more visible things, one of which was to decipher the Japanese "southward" cipher.

In fact, the decipherment ability of the military command is about the same as that of Chi Buzhou, and it is also through the decipherment of some codes that the Japanese army will deduce the strategic actions that the Japanese army will make, rather than the accurate information that the Japanese army will attack when and where. At the beginning of December 1941, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs ordered the Japanese consulates in China, Manila, Hawaii, and Singapore to destroy all the cipher machines and all important cipher documents, leaving only an ordinary cipher to wait for the order. Because at that time, China was intensively studying whether Japan would "advance south", and this information only concretely confirmed the Japanese army's attempt to "advance south". After this information was transmitted to the United States, the United States did not show great shock, because their intelligence agencies were also not idle.

Despite some good deeds, on the whole, the Chinese army was at an absolute disadvantage in code-breaking during the eight-year-long War of Resistance Against Japan. Facts have proved that the Japanese army's code-breaking technology in the war far surpassed that of the Chinese side, and it had the advantage everywhere in the war.

Goro Fujino and Yoshio Nakashin were held in a small brick house in the northwest corner of the Sheep Street base, and two were held separately. Barbed wire fences were temporarily set up around the courtyard, and a squad of armed soldiers was in charge of guarding it.

Cai Jiheng is also unsure about completing this task, in his impression, those Japanese soldiers who have been brainwashed by the spirit of bushido are diehards who have run all the way to the black, they don't care about their lives at all, they maintain a fanatical worship of their emperor, they are willing to sacrifice themselves for the emperor unconditionally at any time, communicate with such people, and mobilize them to be enemies of their own country, which is undoubtedly self-deprecating. However, since Chennault had high hopes for this matter, Cai Jiheng had no choice but to give it a try.

Fujino Uchigoro didn't show any surprise when he saw Cai Jiheng, he just greeted me lightly in English: "Oh, it's a crocodile, are you coming to see me as a private person, or are you going to rebel against me with some kind of mission?" ”

Cai Jiheng didn't want to go around in circles with him, since it was a tacit matter, why should he talk hypocritically? It's better to get straight to the point and talk directly. He took out two "Camel" brand cigarettes from his bag and threw them on the table and said, "Fujino, let me make it clear to you, these two cigarettes are not for bribing you, I personally have nothing to ask for you, you can't be so vigilant." ”

Fujinouchi Goro said mockingly: "Then I may be wrong to blame you, if you really don't want to mobilize me to betray my country, then I can accept it and treat it as a gift between friends." ”

Cai Jiheng said: "Fujino, to tell you the truth, my commander sent me a mission, and they hope that I can convince you to cooperate with us." But I don't care about it, because I don't think you're capable of codebreaking. Besides, I'm a pilot by profession, and I'm not interested in anything that has nothing to do with flying, so it's none of what I do if you cooperate. ”

Fujino Uchigoro took out a cigarette from his cigarette case and lit it, he took a puff of cigarette into the ceiling and said unhurriedly, "Crocodile, you don't have to use the magic method on me, it's useless." It should be said that your information is relatively accurate, and I do know some knowledge of cryptography, but I don't want to talk about it right now. Crocodile, let's digress, what do you think about the prospects for war? ”

Cai Jiheng replied angrily: "I don't have any opinion, anyway, whether it's good or bad, we all have to keep fighting, there are 40,000 people in China, and it doesn't matter if we fight for another ten or twenty years, because this war is not what we want to fight." ”

Fujino Uchigoro sighed deeply: "This war has taken too long, I'm really a little tired, for this war, two of my three brothers have been killed in battle, my brother died in the Battle of Changsha two years ago, my brother died in the battle of Tarawa Island in the Pacific Ocean last year, and the most pitiful thing is my mother, she almost went crazy when she heard the news of her son's death." Seriously, I wish this war was over soon, it took too long. ”

Cai Jiheng recklessly stilted his legs on the table and said lightly: "What's the hurry, you are a science student, studying mathematics, and you have never studied history, so it is easy to make a fuss." Do you know about the Hundred Years' War between England and France? From the 14th to the 15th centuries, England and France fought for 116 years to break wool [4]

, no one is annoyed, haven't we just been fighting for seven years? It's still early, not even a fraction of the others. Anyway, I'm not bothered, I have to quickly find a wife to have children, give birth to three sons in a row, and fuck all the army, navy and air force, so that their generation can continue to fight, and after their sons, there will be grandchildren and great-grandchildren, just like this, and they will continue to fight from generation to generation, and they will be idle anyway. ”

Fujino Uchigoro looked at Cai Jiheng in shock: "Crocodile, you are such a terrible person, you treat war as a game, and you are still playing with great interest!" Alas, I don't want this war to last 100 years, war is not a good thing. ”

"In fact, for you, the war has ended early, and it has nothing to do with you even if the sky falls in the future, and when the war is over, you will be repatriated. Truth be told, your mother should be content, because she has a son left after all, why can't she think about how many families have died in this war in both of our countries? Fujino, I'm not interested in politics and don't talk much about it, but I understand a simple truth, if someone beats me for no reason, I will definitely fight back, and I can't swallow my anger and let others bully. It's the same between countries, our country is very weak, we really don't want to fight, we don't have the capital to bully people, this war was imposed on us by Japan, China has no way out, there are only two choices: either die or fight to the end! What do you say we should choose? ”

Fujinouchi Goro sneered: "Of course what you said makes sense, but that's from a Chinese perspective. In this world, there is no right or wrong, this world is originally a big jungle, and the law of the jungle of the law of the jungle of the law of the jungle and survival of the fittest has always run through the entire history of mankind. Is it fair that an excellent race like the Yamato nation lives on a few small islands, with a narrow living space and poor resources? Compared with those colonialists one or two hundred years ago, we just want to get a little leftovers, not to mention that the purpose of Japan's war is not to destroy China, but to establish an alliance against Western colonialists in Asia, to coexist and prosper, to liberate the Asian people, and to let the Asians themselves govern themselves. ”

"Okay, don't talk nonsense, your argument of the 'Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere' is too annoying. Of course, the Western colonialists you just mentioned, they are indeed bastards, and the only difference between them and you is that they made a fortune by robbery in their early years, and when they have money, they want to whitewash themselves and become a gentleman, so they have set a set of rules that are beneficial to themselves, and they are not allowed to mention the previous things, and whoever robs again in the future will be a robber. As for you, Japan, is a country that does not follow the right path, and you want to learn from the old robbers to rob, but you feel that you can't hang your face, so you come up with the saying of the 'Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere', which is obviously robbing other people's property, and you still dress yourself up as a liberator, is it so shameless? Fuck, we're doing well, do we need you to be the savior? Even in Asia, it is not Japan's turn to be the boss. ”

"Okay, okay, crocodile, let's not talk about this, you and I are small people, and we can't even control our own destiny, let alone the fate of the country? I declare that I, Goro Fujinouchi, have no personal grudge against you, and I remember the change of clothes, cigarettes, and food you sent me, and after you left, Yoshio Nakanosa and I enjoyed the treatment of taking a hot bath according to your orders. I am grateful for this and will never forget it! Fujinouchigoro's eyes turned red.

Cai Jiheng looked at him with pity: "Fujino, you are a highly educated officer, you should have some self-reflection ability, you have not been mistreated in any way after being captured, this is always a fact, right?" Don't talk to me about the law of the jungle, let's talk about human nature, we are human beings, not animals, even if human beings have a history of the jungle, they should be eliminated by the times, because human beings always have to progress. ”

"Crocodile, I know the purpose of your visit today, but I'm sorry, I really can't promise you, I'm a patriotic Japanese, I can't help a hostile country against my own country, I hope you can understand!"

"Fujino, did I ask you anything? Although I would love to convince you, I will never force you, and since you don't want to cooperate, then wait until the war is over and be repatriated, which is fine. ”

"But...... Will your boss punish you for this? Because you didn't complete the task. Fujino Uchigoro asked uneasily.

Cai Jiheng stood up, picked up his bag and said: "I said, I'm just a pilot, not an intelligence officer, this is not my job, who will punish me?" Goodbye, Fujino, I'll come to see you often, do I have one more sentence you'd like to hear before we break up? ”

"Please!"

"This is my personal opinion, you are right just now, the Yamato nation is indeed an excellent nation, it has a good cultural tradition and extraordinary creativity, I admit it. But your country is in danger right now, and those fascists have completely lost their minds, they are insane, and they tie the whole country and nation to the chariot just for those inexplicable ideas in their heads, completely without regard for the future of the country and the well-being of the people, even at the cost of the destruction of the country and the nation, this is by no means patriotism, it is an evil manifestation of abnormal psychology. Fujino, I really hope that we can join hands and stop those evil people together, save more lives, end the war, and save your homeland at the same time! After Cai Jiheng finished speaking, he turned around and walked out of the door.

[1]

Jiro Horikoshi, a famous aircraft designer of Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Company during World War II, and the designer of the Zero fighter. He graduated from Tokyo Imperial University in 1927 with a degree in aeronautical engineering, and studied at the German Junkers Company and the American Curtiss Company, where he absorbed the world's most advanced design ideas and designed the Zero Fighter based on the design of the Japanese Navy's Type 96 carrier-based fighter. The advent of the Zero fighter represents an important milestone in the design of Japanese aircraft.

[2]

After the Huayuankou levee burst, the Republic of China once claimed that it was caused by the bombing of Japanese aircraft, but many non-governmental media questioned it. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the people still insisted on the bombing of Japanese aircraft, but with the recollections of the parties and witnesses, as well as the disclosure of the military archives of Japan and the Republic of China, the secret gradually became known. It was only after the arrival of the national ** in Taiwan that he admitted the fact of digging up the mouth of the garden.

[3]

Chi Buzhou, a Chinese code-breaking expert during the Anti-Japanese War. A native of Minqing, Fujian, born in 1908, he graduated from Waseda University in Japan in his early years, worked in the Chinese Embassy in Japan, and married a Japanese girl. In February 1939, Chi Buzhou served as the director of the 43rd station of the military radio station of the Ministry of Military Affairs, and after his exploration and research, he deciphered the code of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs' diplomatic secret telegram, learned the important information that the Japanese army was about to attack Pearl Harbor, and was awarded the glorious medal by the Ministry of Military Affairs. In April 1951, during the national anti-rebellion movement, Chi Buzhou was arrested and imprisoned for 12 years, and was once again hit by ten years of turmoil. At that time, Chi Buzhou took the deciphered information in his notebook every month. In the "*****" Red Guards' home, this notebook was fortunate to escape the catastrophe and miraculously preserved as conclusive historical evidence.

[4]

The Hundred Years' War, which was fought between England and France, and later Burgundy, between 1337 and 1453, was the longest war in the world, fought intermittently for 116 years. At the beginning of the 14th century, England occupied the Aquitaine region in southern France, which became the greatest obstacle to the political unity of France. The two sides competed for the rich Flemish region. The Flemish wool industry relied heavily on British raw materials, which profited enormously from the wool trade. In 1328, the French occupied Flanders, King Edward III of England banned the export of wool, and war broke out between England and France in 1337, which ended in a French victory in 1453.