Chapter 10: Anqing (32)

Sitting under the osmanthus tree, Mo Di seems to have changed a person, the smile of disdain for everything in the past has returned to his face, the whole person has become very sunny, and his actions have returned to the speed and agility of the past, as if he was much younger all of a sudden, and even his thinking has become active again. According to Wei Yongcheng's words, it is the osmanthus tree spirit possessed.

I found a bicycle, rode for a long time to Meishan, and searched out all the documents at the bottom of the box from Tang Ruru, which was called a make-up course for my intelligence work. Tang Ruru is also not ambiguous, no matter what can be seen or not, all of them are thrown to Mo Di in general, and he can see enough. Tang Ruru's position is that of a major general and commander of the field military service team of the 21 st Group Army, and this official position is very flexible, and it sounds like he has no real power, so he does some service work, but in fact he has a lot of power, and is responsible for the intelligence, supervision, search, and containment of the entire 21 st Group Army. Over the past year or so, his claws have spread all over Anhui, and his news has come from all over the country, and he has contacts with all major group armies, including the 18th Group Army, and he has 17 radio stations under his command, and the messages he transcribed and deciphered every day are more than half a foot high.

Here, Mo Enemy really made up for a course, and that was the European battlefield. August 23, 1939: Germany and Russia sign the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. Hitler and Stalin decided to divide Poland privately. September 1: Germany invades Poland. 3 September: Britain and France declare war on Germany. World War II begins. September 5: The United States declares its neutrality and non-participation in the war. September 6: South Africa declares war on Germany. September 10: Canada declares war on Germany. September 17: The Soviet Union invades Poland. 27 September: German troops enter Warsaw.

November 30: Russia invades Finland and the "Winter War" begins.

While the war was raging in the eastern part of Europe, there was peace in the western part of Europe, and after Britain and France declared war on September 3, they did not move again, completely forgetting their promise to Poland that "if the German Empire dared to invade Poland, the Anglo-French forces would attack the Ruhr Valley." On the Franco-German border, the heavy forces hid behind the concrete fortifications of the Maginot Line, watching a small quixotic state resist the aggression of its powerful neighbors, replaced by diplomatic condemnation.

The Germans ridiculed the British and French for only "sit-down wars", and Spain, Portugal and some Nordic countries called it "fake wars". After the occupation of Poland, Hitler jokingly said: "The Poles should be grateful to their British and French friends for such an end." ”

"What do you think about the Soviet Union's attack on Finland?" Tang Ruru seemed to be checking his homework.

"Hehe, since Germany can occupy Poland and the Soviet Union can occupy Finland, the head of the little nun can be touched by the monk, and Ah Q can also touch it." Mo Di replied: "Soviet Russia needs an outlet to the Baltic Sea, and they have their eye on Helsinki, which is a Finn." ”

"You're a bandit logic, but it's not unreasonable." Tang Ruru smiled and said: "What will Germany do next?" ”

"Compete with Russia for Northern Europe." Mo Di said: "Poland is Germany to make the first move, the Soviets to follow, and Northern Europe is the turn of Soviet Russia to make the first move, and the Germans follow." ”

"Hahahaha, in your opinion, Europe is the world of these two countries!" Tang Ruru laughed.

"It's not the world of these two countries, it's the world of state socialism." Mo Di shook his head and said: "This doctrine is quite terrifying, it can accumulate huge strength in a very short period of time, so that politics can be strongly concentrated, and economic and military development can develop by leaps and bounds, which is worth studying." It's as if Marx, the founder of socialist theory in Soviet Russia, was a German, right? Their minds should be the same. ”

"Yes!" Tang Ruru nodded, this can also be related, the person in front of him is really a genius, and continued to ask: "Why can't you fight yours, I will fight mine, for example, Soviet Russia fights Northern Europe, Germany fights Western Europe." ”

"Western Europe?" Mo Di was stunned and asked, "Are you talking about France?" ”

After asking, Mo Di shook his head: "Impossible, France's national strength is no less than Germany's, and there is a Maginot Line made of reinforced concrete, plus Britain helps, Germany will not go down the old road more than 20 years ago." ”

"Tianzhong, at this time and at that time, we must look at the problem from the perspective of development." Tang Ruru said: "The occupation of northern Europe and the occupation of Central Europe are all aimed at preparing for the occupation of Western Europe. ”

Mo Di looked at Tang Ruru, this intelligence agency has really done some homework, and it is not all dry food, so he said a little half-jokingly: "Old Tang, your intelligence department does not analyze and analyze, and the further deterioration of the war situation in Europe will have an impact on the Chinese battlefield, I am more concerned about this." ”

Tang Ruru was immediately dumbfounded, they were the collectors of intelligence, and they also carried out some analysis and judgment on the facts, but when they combined the events that happened at the east and west ends of the Eurasian continent, which were tens of thousands of miles away, they did not have that ability, but they simply had limitations in thinking, in other words, they did not have that talent. Mo Enemy is different, during this time, the sightseeing ship incident had a great impact on him, the ship with the envoys of the United States, Britain, France and other countries was shelled, although it was a Japanese ship, and it was also aimed at the Japanese, but no matter who was targeted, it was always a Westerner with a big nose, and Mo Enemy was idle for more than three months, which was a bit unforgettable. Therefore, Mo Di was naturally able to link the war situation in Europe with China's War of Resistance, and also gave Tang Ruru a difficult test question. After listening to Mo Ei's words, Tang Ruru fell into a long test for a while, yes, if you don't link the war situation in Europe with China's War of Resistance, you can't find an effective combat factor against China, and as an intelligence department, you are derelict in your duty.

In the past three months, the intelligence on the Chinese battlefield has been very concise, and soon after the sightseeing ship was shelled, the Battle of Changsha ended, and the two sides retreated to the previous front, although the losses of the Japanese army were not particularly huge, but after the setback, it was impossible to make waves again in the Hunan, Hubei, and Jiangxi areas in a short period of time. On 4 November, the United States amended the Neutrality Act, repealing the clause prohibiting the export of weapons and allowing the sale of arms and military materiel to belligerents, that is, from now on, the United States can not only sell armaments to Japan, but also sell weapons to China, which needs weapons the most, provided that you have the money. A batch of armaments purchased by overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia is expected to be on the low bank of Haiphong in Vietnam around 20 December, and then transported to Kunming via the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway and to Liuzhou via the Yonglong Highway. The Japanese base camp that got the news went crazy, so there was a landing at Qinzhou Bay on 15 November, and only then did the 41st Wing of the Ninth Brigade Division divide its troops into Zuojiang to cut off the Yonglong Highway.

Seeing this, Mo Di closed the file and closed his eyes. This reason is not sufficient, and Mo Enemy believes that even if the Japanese army is on the Sino-Vietnamese border, it will not be able to interfere in any way with the French Vietnamese government, unless Japan wants to tear its face with French Vietnam. Thinking of this, Mo Di suddenly opened his eyes, as if a window had opened in his heart, and a bright light penetrated through, he probably figured out the purpose of the Japanese Zuojiang Wing! They just want to tear their faces.

Yesterday I received a telegram from Chen Zhengxin that the commander of the 9th Brigade of the Japanese Army and Major General Chuan Yuanqi arrived in Longzhou at the end of November, stayed in Longzhou for only one night, and then left an infantry brigade to continue to garrison the former French consulate in Longzhou, and the large army immediately withdrew from Longzhou. Chen Zhengxin sent a company of reconnaissance troops to closely follow the departing Japanese troops, wondering where the Japanese troops were going, and hanging far behind, not daring to alarm. After the Japanese army reached Yashui Village along the south bank of the Pinghe River, they turned to Dalian City and fought straight into Pingxiang. In Pingxiang, the border guard troops of Guangxi fought a big battle with the Japanese army, the border guard troops were small in number and had poor firepower, but they occupied a favorable position, relied on the city of Dalian, and fought a bloody battle with the invading enemy. In the face of thousands of enemies, the border guards kept in mind the responsibility of guarding the border and protecting the people, feared death, and did not retreat in a bloody battle. The Japanese army was annoyed and angry, shelled Pingxiang, and almost razed Pingxiang to the ground.

On December 24, after the Japanese army occupied Pingxiang, they went to Zhennanguan and pried away the four words of the important town in southern Xinjiang on the outer city wall, and three days later, they claimed to return to Nanning and retreat to Mingzhou Mansion.

Chen Zhengxin's telegram made it very clear that the Japanese army did not continue to return to help, but withdrew to Shangshiwei and stayed, and the troops were divided into four routes, all the way to occupy Mingjiang Mansion, all the way to Banlan on the Sino-Vietnamese border, all the way to the vicinity of Zhennanguan, and all the way to Longzhou.

"The idea that the Japanese army wanted to fight Vietnam." Mo Di said with great certainty: "This is exactly the same as the Japanese army in North China looking for opportunities to find fault outside the Great Wall a few years ago, and they wanted to enter Vietnam through the same method." ”

"Into Vietnam?" Tang Ruru was a little puzzled.

"Yes!" Mo Di said: "The transfer of a Fifth Division from the far northeast to Guangxi is not to occupy southern Guinan. Just to get into Vietnam. But they have no reason, no excuse, they can only temporarily occupy the land of Guinan as a springboard, and next, they will definitely make trouble on the Sino-Vietnamese border, and then find a reason to enter Vietnam. ”

Tang Ruru first listened to the head and didn't know the end, and when he completely understood Mo Di's train of thought, he laughed, pointed to Mo Di's head, and said, "Your little head really contains a lot of things." But Tianzong, you are wrong, very wrong, if the Japanese army also thinks like you, it will also be wrong to his grandmother's house. ”

Mo Di didn't smile, and when Tang Ruru finished laughing, he said very seriously: "I hope to solve my doubts." ”

"I admit that our intelligence agencies have never understood the issue of the Japanese army's attack on Guinan from your point of view, and I admit that we were wrong." Tang Ruru said: "Because what we know about Vietnam is not at all what you understand, let alone what the Japanese understand. I think I need to make up for this lesson. ”

Mo Di looked at Tang Ruru silently and said, "Please tell me more about it." ”

"In the eleventh year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, in the Battle of Nanguan in Feng Zicai, China won a military victory but lost diplomatically. Under the mediation of the Western powers, it ended with the signing of the Sino-French Treaty of Tianjin. The main content of the Sino-French Treaty of Tianjin was to confirm the Second Treaty of Hue signed between France and Vietnam in 1884 when the war situation was unfavorable for China, which denied China's suzerainty over Vietnam and replaced it with full French administration of Vietnam. The French army was transferred to Taiwan, and the Chinese army withdrew from Vietnam, and Vietnam became a French dependency from China. "Tang Ruru is not shallow in knowledge, and a lot of data comes as soon as he opens his mouth, like a few treasures.

Mo Di nodded and said: "I know this history, but I don't know about Vietnam after that, I think, under the management of France, Vietnam should have some development." ”

Tang Ruru shook his head, nodded again, and said: "After the Sino-French Tianjin Treaty, the French Indochina Federation was formally established, and then in the Franco-Siamese War, Siam and Laos were also included in the French Indochina Federation. Although France had de facto dominion over Indochina, the royal families of the previous kingdoms were retained as puppets. In the following two decades, several wars broke out in the area against the French, but they were all suppressed. Economically, French Indochina did make progress, and it was at this time that the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway was built, and French commercial influence extended through the railway to Mengzi and Kunming in China. If from a political point of view, Vietnam can be described as extremely backward, the country has no master, people have no sovereignty, and the Sino-Vietnamese border is also a virtual reality, foreigners can go in if they want to, and they can come out if they want to, and the Japanese want to enter from Pingxiang, the same, just go in, there will be absolutely no interference, let alone something like Xifengkou. Speaking of this, Tang Ruru burst out laughing.

Mo Di still didn't smile, and said: "The Great Wall back then was also useless, and the Japanese came to Kannai to do business, and they were free to enter and exit, but the situation was different when the formed army entered and exited, even if it was Vietnam, the Japanese army could not be allowed to enter, the Vietnamese could tolerate it, and the French could not bear it." ”

Tang Ruru was speechless on the spot. Yes, ordinary Japanese people enter casually, but it is useless, and only the Japanese army in formation can enter to achieve the purpose of cutting off the Yunnan-Vietnam railway. The intelligence department is fucking bad again!

After thinking through the problem, Mo Di was very happy in his heart, and when Mo Di handed over the problem, Tang Ruru became bleak. If the Japanese army's destination is Vietnam instead of Guizhong, and if the purpose of the Japanese army occupying Kunlun Pass and Fengfeng Pass is to defend rather than attack, is it appropriate for us to spend so much effort to allocate manpower and material resources to fight a magnificent battle of Guinan? Instead of carrying out such a wanton attack at the cost of life and death, it is better to use guerrilla tactics to tear the Fifth Division apart in the land of southern Guinan.

When Tang Ruru stood up and wanted to draft a telegram to report his views to the Qianjiang camp, Mo Di snatched his pencil, held his hand, and said with a smile: "There is no shortage of shrewd people above, and you should not be too shrewd." The brother hit the sightseeing wheel, and there is already a bitterness that cannot be explained. ”

Tang Ruru was stunned, looking at Mo Di, this one, who had experienced the sightseeing wheel, was no longer the one who could only fight in the past, he had grown up and matured, and in these three months, he had been stiff and boiled him into an oily soldier. Tang Ruru knew that Mo Di was right, there were some things that he couldn't say a word, but he had to let Shangfeng discover it by himself, confirm their wisdom, and then execute the order from top to bottom, which is the way to be an official, a way to be a politician, and a way to be a person.