The follow-up handling of the Shancheng Japanese spy case was handed over to Cao Jiandong, Peng Fuhai and Gao Rui'an, and Han Lin arrived in Tanzhou by plane with his attachés.

Xiang Wenbin, director of the inspection department of the Tanzhou Garrison Command, greeted him at the airport with a car, and then went directly to the headquarters of the Ninth Theater Command, where he still served as the intelligence director of the Theater Command.

"Report to Chief Xue, subordinate Han Lin will report to you!" Han Lin came to Xue Boling's office, raised his hand and saluted.

"Every time you come to participate in the war, I feel very down-to-earth in my heart, no formality, sit down! Why are you still carrying things and giving me gifts? Xue Boling asked with a smile.

Han Lin is in the major war zones of the Shancheng government, the deepest root is the ninth war zone, the cooperation between the two sides is very pleasant, Han Lin has played a great role in the operation of the ninth war zone, so that the ninth war zone has an advantage in intelligence, seeing Han Lin rushed before the war, Xue Boling is of course very happy.

"Chief Xue, what I brought this time is a generous gift, the latest codebook specially compiled by the Technical Research Office of the Military Commission for the Ninth War Zone. The headquarters of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army has a special technical research laboratory in the Hankou station, which is a department specializing in deciphering our communication secrets, and I have received reliable information that they have mastered our coding rules and methods, and can decipher our cipher codes in a short time. ”

"Once the communication between the theater command and the combat units is mastered by the enemy, the other side can take advantage of such an opportunity to ambush or encircle and annihilate the combat troops, causing great harm to this campaign. Before I came, I found Director Mao Zongxiang of the Technical Research Office through the attendant room, and organized experts to spend three days to make a batch of new code books. ”

"I don't dare to guarantee that the difficulty of these codebooks themselves will not be deciphered by the enemy, but at least ten days and a half months should be no problem, the theater command needs to be strictly disciplined, secretly distributed to commanders at and above the division level, and wait until the battlefield enters the most intense time to use the new codebook to contact the headquarters, and the communication is relatively safer."

"The information obtained by our special service is that the Japanese commander Anan Yuji has mobilized as many as four divisions and a number of temporary detachments drawn from other divisions and regiments, and the combat units for frontal attack have reached at least 45 brigades, 26 artillery brigades provide fire support, and there is also the support of the Japanese army aviation and the Japanese navy.

"The enemy's tactics this time are very different from the last time, no longer scatter the troops, but hit the forces to break through, it is likely to enter Tanzhou, causing a short panic, if necessary, the people in Tanzhou need to withdraw to the south of the city for a short time. I am not very familiar with the operations of the large corps, and when I am fighting, I don't play much of a role, so I can only worry about Chief Xue in these details. Han Lin said.

He told the truth, and asked him to command a theater-level defensive battle, and he really didn't have the ability, but when it came to intelligence, all the intelligence personnel in the theater were tied together, and they couldn't compare with him.

In addition to the Battle of Yuxianggui, the largest battle during the Pacific War was the two Battle of Tanzhou a year ago, and the situation of the battle was made into a series in later generations, so his memory of the relevant details and key points of the battle is relatively clear.

"The information you have provided is very important, and tomorrow I will immediately convene an operational meeting of military commanders and chiefs of staff at and above the division level in the theater of operations, and you will explain to you the intelligence of the special services, and we have estimated far from enough for this operation, and we need to reconsider the operational plan and readjust the deployment."

"The training course you held before, this battle also played a key role, the professionally trained intelligence officers, it is different from before, the enemy has just begun to assemble, and the news from all sides has been transmitted to the headquarters, so that I have prepared for the combat operations of the Japanese army in advance."

"In terms of intelligence collection, although they have made tremendous progress compared to before, it can be said that they are impressive, but they still can't compare with your secret service, but this has made us feel very satisfied, after all, there is still room for growth in the future." Xue Boling said.

The Ninth Theater really underestimated the large-scale attack of the Japanese army, because in the entire area around Jiangcheng, there was only one strategic mobile corps of the Japanese Army, the 11th Army, and if too many troops were withdrawn to attack Tanzhou, the defense of Jiangcheng and the surrounding areas would inevitably be weakened, and once the Sixth and Fifth Theaters launched an offensive, the situation would be very dangerous.

In the name of the intelligence department of the Ninth Theater, Han Lin conducted a training for intelligence personnel of field units at all levels; although it was a short-term crash course, the intelligence personnel who had learned professional knowledge were tantamount to opening up a new world for them.

At present, the intelligence officers know how to collect intelligence skills and key points, and know how to analyze the enemy's dynamics, plus there are a group of professional agents in the Qiancheng special training class, who were assigned by Han Lin to the intelligence departments of field units at all levels, and under their leadership, the performance of the intelligence departments made commanders at all levels shine.

The enemy began to gather troops, where they went every day, how many of them were, and how much they disfigured, all of which were transmitted to the intelligence department of the theater command.

Xue Boling looked at the updated map and sand table in the war room, and knew the accurate location, number, and firepower of the Japanese army.

Immediately afterwards, the theater command issued a notice of a meeting, and the commanders who did not participate in the battle rushed to the headquarters to attend the meeting, at which Han Lin gave a detailed explanation of the collected Japanese military intelligence to the people present, and finally after a day of discussion, a new combat plan was formed.

Involved in such a large-scale operation, the Ninth Theater Command naturally had to report to the Military Commission, and President Chiang's control over the army was the strictest, and he always maintained his own sense of existence.

In order to keep the battle plan secret and prevent it from being deciphered by the Japanese army, Xue Boling did not use the radio and directly sent the combat staff officer to the mountain city by plane. President Chiang summoned Zhou Bingqing, the head of the Hankou Intelligence Station of the Secret Service Department, to know the movements of the Japanese army in detail, and then compared it with the operational plan of the Ninth Theater, and immediately approved it.

On 17 September, the 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 40th Divisions of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, as well as a number of detachments, forcibly crossed the Xinqiang River under the cover of aircraft and artillery fire, opening the prelude to the Second Battle of Tanzhou.

"Chief Xue, I don't have much room to play next, tomorrow I plan to go to Enshi, according to the deployment of the Military Commission, the sixth theater is about to carry out a counterattack, and cooperate with the operation of the ninth theater, the goal is Yiling. The 13th Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Yiling, the 26th Infantry Brigade and Regiment were transferred to the Tanzhou battlefield, and the division is currently only half of its strength, and it is the time for us to regain the lost territory. Han Lin said.

"It is indeed a good opportunity, Yiling guards the throat of the Yangtze River, which is a great threat to the mountain city, if it can be recaptured, it will play a great role in encouraging the military and people of our mountain city government! We occupy Yiling, and we will also force the Japanese army to retreat, Jiangcheng is of great strategic significance to the Japanese army, and there is absolutely no room for failure, you go, we keep in touch with the radio. Xue Boling said.

(End of chapter)