It took Mr. Lee five days to polish and refine the report before sending it to Ayles in Washington. Two days later, when I received a commendation callback, I also received a briefing on domestic political developments.

On 5 December, President Roosevelt, who was on his way to the Caribbean region of Latin America after his re-election was confirmed, received an urgent letter from British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, saying that Britain needed a large amount of weapons and equipment to deal with German military power, but the British treasury could no longer pay cash for weapons and equipment......

At a news conference on the 6th, Roosevelt did not mention the suggestion that the United States should lend money to Britain or directly give military supplies, but he talked about an analogy: "I lend a garden watering pipe to a neighbor whose house is on fire to help my neighbor put out the fire, and after the fire is extinguished, the neighbor can discuss whether to return the water pipe or compensate the water pipe."

Later, in a fireside chat (evening radio address) for the American people, Roosevelt declared: "We must be the great arsenal of democracies" and "I ask our people to have absolute confidence that our common cause will be a great success"...... The American public is in favor of this.

After these briefings, Ayers consulted him on whether to use the opportunity to provide military aid to the Chinese government, because, according to his previous reports, the current Kuomintang government is going further and further down the wrong path, and will it be used against its original allies if it receives more military aid?

Li Junhao considered that now that the Kuomintang government was setting off a second wave of anti-communism, if it increased military aid to it, it would inevitably not be used in the action against the underground party; However, he was afraid that it would not be able to withstand the Japanese attack in Central, South, and Southwest China. This is a contradiction.

After thinking about it for a long time, he called back and said: It is recommended to increase military aid to the Kuomintang government, but to arrange supervision forces and urge it to use military aid on the battlefield of resistance against Japan; At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen support for the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, so that they can resist the sneak attack from behind while being more capable of resisting the Japanese army......

The telegram was returned, but it was also infuriating to think about it, with such an ally as the Kuomintang, the underground party was really unlucky!

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On December 11, Xiao Yu, who was in charge of liaising with special personnel, received a secret call from Chongqing, using a set of passwords that had never been used after writing, and signed C03.

Li Junhao took the telegram and personally translated the telegram - C03 was his call sign to Wu Gengshu, the inner line of the military command.

The content of the telegram: "On the 10th, Jiang Mi ordered the 32nd Group Army of the Gu Department of the Third Theater to move towards Anhui, with 80,000 troops in the 7th Division. ”

The detailed explanation is as follows: Chairman Chiang secretly ordered Gu Zhutong, commander of the Kuomintang Third Theater, to arrange for the 32nd Group Army (Shangguan Yunxiang's Department) to encircle and annihilate the troops of the New Fourth Army, mobilizing the number of troops to be 80,000 in 7 divisions.

Depend on! Li Junhao scolded angrily, what a bastard! It happened anyway.

After ordering Li Xiaoyu to forward the contents of the telegram to Yan'an, he immediately contacted Ambassador Jensen in Chongqing, asking him to pay attention to the matter, and ordered the military attache Bao Ruide to question the Nationalist Government about the movements of the 32nd Army. He didn't know if it would work, but if he didn't, he couldn't get over it.

In the evening, Li Xiaoyu said that he was very worried about the New Fourth Army in Jiangnan, but everyone understood that in this case, there was not much they could do on their side, and they could only see how the underground party responded.

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On the afternoon of the 12th, the Military Attache Office of the Chongqing Embassy sent a telegram saying that the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government had replied to a question: The 32nd Group Army under the jurisdiction of the Third Theater was a normal movement for the purpose of guarding against the Japanese army in Anhui Province.

Li Junhao threw the return call on the table, alas! Knowing that this is the case, if something does not happen, there is no evidence to blame the other party, and once it happens, the consequences are irreparable, this is a contradiction.

After thinking about it, he called the police station and asked Zheng Pingru to arrange it and let the "Concession Gazette" and the major newspapers in the concession start to report on the anti-communist actions of the Nationalist Government against the underground party in recent times, and strive to form a trend of public opinion, hoping to increase some pressure on Chairman Chiang!

Li Junhao wanted to warn Gu Zhutong and Shangguan Yunxiang directly, but he knew that these two people were only carrying out Chairman Chiang's orders, even if they didn't do this, there would be other people, there were many generals in the national army, and he couldn't warn them all, not to mention whether they could work or not, even the US government would not agree to him doing so.

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When he arrived at the headquarters the next day, Li Junhao's heart suddenly moved, called Xiaohu, told him this information, and asked him to find a way to reveal it to the Chinese officers and soldiers of the 327th Regiment - many of these people supported the Nationalist government, just to let them know what this government was doing in the case of a full-scale war of resistance?

Since it can't be stopped, let's advertise it widely, put the matter in front of the world, let everyone know about it, and see if Chongqing still dares to do it?

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From that day on, the Nationalist Government's incessant efforts to create friction and target the anti-Japanese allied forces quickly spread throughout the country and even in Asia through the newspapers of the Shanghai Concession region.

In addition to the schadenfreude on the Japanese side, all sectors of society have condemned this behavior, and more critical articles have been published.

When Chairman Chiang of Chongqing learned of this, he was so angry that he threw a lot of things, and many bigwigs in the Kuomintang also told him: Are these acts being carried out a little too much, the Japanese have not yet been driven out, and most of China's territory is still falling.

I have to say that Madame Chiang still has a lot of connections among the Americans, and she soon learned that the person who instigated this trend was the American Pan Sen, who was currently in charge of the Huhai Concession, so she immediately found "Darling" and told him about it.

Chairman Chiang was very angry and clamored to complain to the US side, remove this man named Pan Sen, and drive him out of China!

But Madame Chiang told him: "Darling, this Pan Sen is not simple!" I have just learned from an American friend that this Pan Sen was appointed chief assistant to the US National Security Adviser at the beginning of the month, and he also serves as the deputy chief of staff of the US Far East Force, while still retaining the post of commander of the Shanghai-Strait Joint Command, and his status is the top among the Americans in Asia! ”

"Humph! Isn't the chief assistant also an assistant, what's the big deal! Chairman Jiang snorted angrily.

Madame Chiang knew that he didn't understand at all, so she could only explain: "Darling, his chief assistant is not simple, he is qualified to take over as national security adviser, that is, it is possible to become the first military adviser to the President of the United States......"

"Huh? ……”

(End of chapter)