Chapter 502 Seeing the Commander-in-Chief
Cao Jiyu felt that Zhao Zhiguo had given him a huge problem.
"You can just report it, I have a way! You can try to divert the Japanese troops who are attacking towards Bingzhou away!"
Zhao Zhiguo also has a Japanese intelligence agent in his hands. As long as he creates false information for the Japanese army, he can confuse the Japanese army.
Cao Jiyu looked at Zhao Zhiguo. He was hesitant for a moment. In front of the commander-in-chief, he was just a small regimental leader who spoke softly.
But Cao Jiyu finally chose to believe Zhao Zhiguo, picked up the phone and dialed the number of the commander-in-chief's secretary's office.
After the call was connected, he hung up shortly after.
"The commander-in-chief is holding a military meeting. It has been like this for the past few days. He doesn't have any free time to listen to the two of us."
Cao Jiyu smiled bitterly. He didn't have the phone number of the commander-in-chief's office, so he could only call the secretary's office.
Then the secretary of the commander-in-chief divides the information into important and unimportant ones, and then presents them to the commander-in-chief one by one.
"Call me again, this time I will tell you!" Zhao Zhiguo walked to the phone and held the phone in front of Cao Jiyu.
Cao Jiyu shook his head helplessly and dialed the phone again.
"Zhao Zhiguo of the 68th Division completed the execution of the order and requested to return to the army. On the way back to Bingzhou, he captured two Japanese spies. He holds important information and will meet with the Commander-in-Chief at any time."
After saying this, Zhao Zhiguo hung up the phone.
"You still have a way! If the commander-in-chief hears the news about the 68th Division, he will definitely deal with it as soon as possible."
When the 68th Division entered the mountains to meet the retreating two divisions, it was the order given by the Commander-in-Chief.
After entering the mountains, the 68th Division lost news. There was no news about the 68th Division until the end. The commander-in-chief thought that the 68th Division had been completely wiped out.
Late at night, Zhao Zhiguo sat on the soft sofa and read the newspapers of the past few days, which were all found for him by Cao Jiyu.
"Aren't you going to sleep yet?" Cao Jiyu was already yawning.
"I'll wait for the call! You go to bed first."
Zhao Zhiguo flipped through the newspapers. The headlines on the front page were all about the Jinsui Army's battle with the Japanese army. Some of the news was very exaggerated, perhaps to boost the morale of the soldiers and civilians during the Anti-Japanese War. Newspapers always advertised, intentionally or unintentionally, that the Jinsui Army would attack the Japanese army at any time.
Beat him up and run away.
"There may not be any calls throughout the night. Go to bed. If there is a call, I will ask the officer on duty to tell you as soon as possible."
"Is the car ready outside?" Zhao Zhiguo asked.
"Everything has been prepared according to your instructions, and my driver is on standby at any time."
"Okay, you go to sleep, I will read the newspaper for a while."
Zhao Zhiguo couldn't sleep. He didn't want to be a desperate man, but he knew that a piece of information could affect the life or death of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians.
As soon as he finished speaking, the rapid ringing of the phone rang throughout the villa. Zhao Zhiguo hurriedly picked up the phone before it could finish ringing.
"The Commander-in-Chief wants to see me!" Zhao Zhiguo said after hanging up the phone.
"Do you want me to go with you?" Cao Jiyu asked.
"Walk!"
Zhao Zhiguo was not polite either.
"Change your military uniform, the military uniform you are wearing!"
Cao Jiyu looked through Zhao Zhiguo's military uniform. There were holes everywhere, and there were cotton wadding hanging out. He didn't want to be a colonel commander at all.
"It's too late."
In normal times, Zhao Zhi would be very concerned about his military appearance, but now he has no time to think about it.
"Yao Pengju, get them two into the car!"
The jeep roared and drove all the way into Bingzhou. He encountered more than a dozen checkpoints on the road. Zhao Zhiguo was so impatient that he could not wait to push the accelerator and rush through.
Fortunately, Cao Jiyu was by his side and with his pass, there were no soldiers to embarrass them.
Due to the recent bombing by the Japanese army, the important generals of the Jinsui Army, including the commander-in-chief, have all moved to villas outside Bingzhou City.
If they were still in Bingzhou City and one of the Japs' aerial bombs hit, they might all be wiped out.
The soldiers were armed with live ammunition along the way. There were soldiers patrolling day and night, and a battalion of soldiers was stationed nearby.
There are four floors in the villa plus the basement, and important military meetings are held in the basement.
"Captain Zhao, right?"
The guards had already received news from the secretary's office and arranged for people to wait for Zhao Zhiguo here.
"yes!"
"Your military ID!" the guard saluted very respectfully.
These guards had already heard of Zhao Zhiguo.
"Captain Zhao, please hand over your gun, we will still search you!"
Meeting the commander-in-chief is not a simple matter. These soldiers must protect the safety of the commander-in-chief at all times.
Zhao Zhiguo took out the gun and handed it to the guard, and asked the guard to search him.
"Captain Zhao, the commander-in-chief will only let you in alone."
"We'll wait outside!"
Cao Jiyu also knew that the commander-in-chief's office was not a vegetable market, so it would be unbecoming to have a group of people huffing and puffing in there.
Zhao Zhiguo nodded and followed the guards who led the way to the villa.
The commander-in-chief's room and office are on the second floor. Soldiers are standing guard in the corridors and stairs, and the entire villa is brightly lit.
The guard opened the door to the room and stood at the door, waiting for Zhao Zhiguo to enter.
Zhao Zhiguo took a step forward: "Report to the commander-in-chief, Zhao Zhiguo, the colonel commander of the 68th Division, reports to you."
"Come in!"
Zhao Zhiguo walked into the room, the guard closed the door, and then left.
Under the light, the commander-in-chief was wearing a military coat and looking at the map with a magnifying glass.
Seeing Zhao Zhiguo walking to his desk, the commander-in-chief put down the magnifying glass in his hand and looked up at Zhao Zhiguo.
"How is Commander Chu? How is the 68th Division?" The commander-in-chief's voice was a little hoarse.
The war was not going well, and the Japanese army was approaching step by step. His somewhat fat body also lost weight, and his face became much older.
"We encountered the Japanese army in the mountains. Commander Chu died in the battle. Only 800 people from our regiment were left in the 68th Division!"
"Hey~"
With a long and resentful sigh, the commander-in-chief said leisurely: "I was the one who harmed Lao Chu. Why did I order the 68th Division to respond in the first place?"
The commander-in-chief seemed to have anticipated this outcome.
"Commander-in-Chief, I have something important to report to you this time."
"Oh, by the way, I heard that you captured two Japanese agents and have they interrogated them?"
"We have been interrogated, and we learned from their mouths that some officers in our Jinsui Army have been bribed by the Japanese army, and they are in the frontline troops defending Bingzhou."
"What!?"
The commander-in-chief stood up and slapped the table. This news was like the sky falling to him.
Chapter completed!