At the Tianjin Grand East Asia Hotel, Kage Sasaki, Inukai Ken, Ishii Shiro and others had nothing to do for a while and were organizing a card game to play mahjong. Mahjong has a long history. It is a game and entertainment tool invented by the ancients of China. It not only shows The wisdom of the Chinese people also reflects the cultural characteristics of the Chinese people.
The earliest record of mahjong is the "Mahjong Classic" written by Yang Danian in the Song Dynasty. The content is similar to that of today's mahjong. As a part of Chinese civilization, it is not too much to call mahjong the quintessence of the country. But on the other hand, You see, Chinese people love gambling, and this has been passed down for thousands of years.
The Japs such as Sadaaki Kagesa, Takeru Inukai, Shiro Ishii and others have been in China for a long time, so they naturally became addicted to mahjong. When they had nothing to do, they liked to play laps together to satisfy their gambling addiction. Due to the Japanese fleet, Because he was bombed and sunk, he was severely punished by the base camp and the special high school class. He was demoted from the rank he had finally risen to, and became a major general and a senior colonel.
This is lucky, at least they saved a life. If it weren't for their outstanding abilities, Yingzuo Zhenzhao and others would have almost been forced to commit suicide. So these old devils have been extremely depressed recently, and they gather together whenever they have nothing to do. We discussed the plot and played mahjong by the way.
Kage Sasaki was particularly lucky today, and he was having a lot of fun. However, just as he was having fun, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door. Kage Sasaki quickly turned around and saw Suga, the head of the Intelligence Section. Hikojiro came over with a livid face.
"Your Excellency, Colonel Hikojiro!" Suga Hikojiro first gave a sudden shout to Kage Sasaki, and then turned slightly to Shiro Ishii and said: "Your Excellency, Osaka!" Seeing Suga Hikojiro's face looking ugly, Kage Sasaki couldn't help but worry. : "Suga-kun, what's wrong?"
Suga Hikojiro said in a solemn tone: "Li Shiqun came to report that the informant lurking in Laiyang has just returned the news, saying that the epidemic in Laiyang is basically under control and has not spread on a large scale!" In 1938, he joined the Japanese secret service again. The traitor who collected intelligence was eager to control Wuhan after the Japanese army invaded Wuhan, so he provided money and guns and ordered Li Shiqun to establish a traitor spy organization as soon as possible.
Li Shiqun felt that his appeal was not enough, so he invited a military commander who was willing to be a traitor, and Ding Mocun, a double agent of the Central Military Commission. Li Shiqun and others recruited a large number of military commanders who were willing to surrender to Japan. The Central Military Commission personnel served as the backbone, and hooligans, local gangsters and other social scum were hired as thugs. A team of traitorous agents was put together.
In May 1939, Wang Jingwei, who rebelled against the country and surrendered to the enemy, came to Wuhan to prepare for the establishment of a puppet regime. The weak Wang Jingwei immediately regarded this spy organization as one of the pillars of his puppet rule. Yingzuo Zhenzhao's pupils tightened and he asked in shock, " Is the epidemic really under control? How is this possible? Haven’t we already bought out all the typhoid vaccines in advance?”
"This is absolutely impossible! This time we put in more than fifty kilograms of bacterial culture fluid, plus more than one hundred kilograms of various materials contaminated with bacteria?" Shiro Ishii also looked like he had seen a ghost, and was extremely shocked. He read: "With such a large amount of investment, and Jiang Qiang has no targeted drugs, the epidemic will definitely spread rapidly in a short period of time. How can Yang Fan control it?"
Both Ying Zuozhenzhao and Ishii Shiro were demoted. Now the outbreak of the epidemic in the Shandong Army Defense Area has severely hit Jiang Qiang. This is their only bargaining chip and hope. But after waiting for several days, there is no news.
The good news they hoped for turned out to be the most incredible "bad news".
Suga Hikojiro said solemnly: "The news cannot be false. It is said that Jiang Qiang immediately dispatched troops to isolate tens of thousands of people, and also immediately burned several locations where bacterial weapons were released. The entire Laiyang County
Almost a quarter of the city was burned down. This news cannot be concealed no matter what! Although there are many tens of thousands of refugees currently under quarantine who are sick, it is obvious that under the strict isolation control measures, the epidemic will never be
will spread on a large scale.
According to intelligence speculation, at best, two or three thousand people will die." "It's over! I still underestimated Jiang Qiang's methods and abilities! This time we were completely defeated!" Inukai-kun's eyes showed a heavy look.
Disappointed, the two to three thousand people Suga Hikojiro mentioned were completely worthless in his eyes.
If the expected epidemic outbreak cannot be achieved and the population of the Shandong Army's defense area cannot be reduced sharply, then the planning and heavy costs of these few months will be lost. "I lost my wife and lost my troops, what a terrible opponent.
!" Yingzuo Zhenzhao shook his head bitterly, and then his eyes condensed and he said: "We can't continue to sit still and wait for death, we must find a way from other aspects as soon as possible, otherwise we will still bear the wrath of the base camp!
Inukai-kun, do you have any other good ideas?" "Not only are we helpless on Jiang Qiang's side, but according to the current situation, we cannot further anger them, otherwise he is likely to take actions that will make us more dangerous." Inukai Kenshen
Taking a breath, he finally understood why Jiang Qiang had become so famous over the years and caused a series of heavy losses to the Japanese Empire. Several Japanese generals were killed by him!
Inukai Ken realized painfully: Facing this terrible opponent, if you are not completely sure of putting this terrible opponent to death, then you must not provoke him easily. Otherwise, whoever touches him will die! "
Baga!”
Yingzuo Zhenzhao cursed feebly. He couldn't handle a frontal military attack, and the bacterial weapons that the empire had painstakingly researched couldn't do anything to him. Yingzuo Zhenzhao really didn't know how to deal with Jiang Qiang.
At this time, Inukai Ken said in a deep voice: "What you just said, Kagesa-kun, is absolutely correct. We must perform well to get out of the dangerous situation. Otherwise, when the news reaches the base camp, our chances of making a comeback will most likely be eliminated."
Deprived of it." Kage Sasaki asked quickly: "Inukai-kun, if you have any good ideas, just tell me. At this time, don't be pretentious!"
Quan Yangjian said with a sinister look on his face: "There is an old saying in China, which is called picking up weak persimmons. We can't do anything to Jiang Qiang, but we can deal a devastating blow to Wuhan's military special agents and anti-Japanese organizations!" "Sigh!"
Now there is really no way to take strong action against Jiang Qiang. We can only take Inu Yangjian's suggestion. Yingzuo Zhenzhao nodded heavily and said:
Inukai Takeru's suggestion is not very clever. No matter how beautiful it is, it cannot offset the negative impact of the tragic failure of releasing bacterial weapons. But Kage Sasaki has been forced into a corner, just like a person who is about to drown.
, no matter what you catch, it is equivalent to a life-saving straw. You will only hold on tightly and never let go. Because doing so is better than having no countermeasures at all and no results.
"Ishii-kun, Kikuchi-kun, we have some important matters to deal with, so I can't continue playing mahjong with you today! I'm so sorry!" Thoughts commanded action, and Kage Sasaki suddenly became anxious. How could he still be interested in continuing to gamble?
, and immediately said goodbye to Shiro Ishii and Sai Kikuchi. "Kagesa-kun, please help yourself!" "Kagesa-kun, I wish you success!"
Shiro Ishii and Sai Kikuchi nodded quickly in return, then stood up and sent Kage Sasaki, Inukai Ken and others out of the Grand East Asia Hotel. "Kikuchi-kun, we can't stay in Tianjin any longer. Our bacterial weapons will be destroyed in a short time."
It’s very difficult to have a chance to actually fight again!”
Seeing the figures of Kage Sasaki and others leaving in a hurry, Ishii Shiro felt a strong sense of disappointment and powerlessness in his heart. He originally expected to become famous in the first battle, to be able to "apply what he has learned" and to carry forward the bacterial weapons he has painstakingly researched.
.However, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. This time, it was a big fight. Not only did it not achieve any valuable results, but it got into a lot of trouble.
Kikuchi Qi was naturally very aware of the situation at hand, and nodded in agreement: "It is true, we chose the wrong enemy at the wrong time and in the wrong place! Now the plan can only be temporarily stopped!" These two old devils
They are not stupid. Seeing the hurried backs of Ying Zuo Zhenzhao and others, they know that the defeat is irreversible, and they can't even think of finding another chance to make a comeback in the short term.
At the same time, Ishii Shiro also suddenly realized that according to Jiang Qiang's vengeful character and strong strength foundation, Tianjin may not be absolutely safe. Therefore, instead of wandering around outside and putting himself in danger, it is better to go back to avoid the limelight and wait for a new opportunity.
After returning to the Mei Agency, the first thing Yingzuo Zhenzhao did was to call Xi Yixian, Qingqi Qingyin, Li Shiqun, Ding Mocun and others to convene a meeting to prepare to get started as quickly as possible.
An hour later, the Japanese gendarmerie in Wuhan, agents of the Mei Agency, and Japanese and puppet spies came out in full force to conduct frantic arrests of several Central Military Command strongholds and red organization branches that had been seized, as long as the suspects resisted even a little bit.
Punch, kick or even kill.
The fire at the city gate affected Chiyu. Yingzuo Zhenzhao and others who were eager to find their place seemed to have turned into mad dogs, roaring day and night to search the streets and alleys of Wuhan. The whole Wuhan was once again in a state of panic. So for ten consecutive years
After Tian's crazy crackdown, the Wuhan spy agency of the Nationalist Government suffered extremely serious damage. Strictly speaking, it was almost a devastating blow.
As many as two hundred agents were killed. Several contact points of the red regime were also destroyed. In addition, many agents and anti-Japanese patriots were arrested. The main culprits were the traitorous spies, most of whom were
They are gangsters from the Qing Gang. They are extremely familiar with every corner of Wuhan. Under the strict orders of the Mei Agency, these traitors naturally tried their best.
"You stupid little devil, you took out your anger on us after suffering a big loss from Jiang Qiang! I ordered the fallen agents to provide generous pensions to their families, and the Wuhan station anti-rape team all went underground to remain silent and not to take action for the time being.
It's gone!" Dai Li, who was far away in Chongqing, quickly received the news and was immediately furious. In just a few days, the military command station that he had worked so hard to manage in Wuhan almost suffered a devastating blow.
When establishing military unification, Dai Li not only applied the traditional Chinese concept of loyalty, used traditional ethics to repay each other with virtue, united the agents, but also introduced Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary ideas. Dai Li paid funeral expenses to the parents of the deceased military unification agents, took care of their orphans and widowers, and intentionally
The General Bureau has been molded into a benevolent and righteous unit. No matter how busy he is, Dai Li will be the class teacher together with the Chairman in every training class, just like the Chairman does for Whampoa Military Academy.
From the beginning, Dai Li combined the strict discipline of the military with the Three People's Principles, thereby creating a special political and cultural atmosphere. The Japanese army did not even dare to blatantly disrupt the transportation of refugees, but only significantly reduced the transportation capacity.
, it was supposed to be completely over around December 13th, but according to the current pace, it may have to be delayed until the end of December. Jiang Qiang is very clear about the little devil’s plan, it is just that he is afraid that Jiang Qiang will start to go crazy in the surrounding Japanese-occupied areas if he has nothing to do.
Start a war.
But now it is freezing cold in the depths of winter, which is not conducive to mechanized troop operations. Even if Jiang Qiang wants to use troops, it is not very convenient, so he simply crawls along the pole and continues his wretched growth. Over the past few days, through prevention and treatment at all costs, the Japanese have
The sequelae of the release of bacterial weapons have been brought under control. Although more than 10,000 people have fallen ill, the current death toll is only about 300, and more than 2,000 people are in the isolation medical stage. The overall effect of treatment and recovery is optimistic.
On December 15, Jiang Qiang welcomed a special guest, the American military attaché to China, Joseph Stilwell. "Oh, dear old friend, we finally meet again!" After getting off the boat and landing at Yang Fan, Stilwell was full of joy.
He walked over quickly with a smile on his face, and when he came he opened his arms for a hug. "My old friend, I am very happy to see you again!"
Without reaching out to hit the smiling man, Jiang Qiang cooperated and stepped forward to give Stilwell a warm hug. He then opened the door of the Lincoln luxury car and said, "Please get in. I've prepared a table in Zhaoyuan for the reception."
Banquet, welcome old friends to visit."
"Thank you very much! I am also very honored to be able to ride in our country's limousine in China!" Stilwell leaned over and got into the Lincoln luxury car. After Jiang Qiang sat next to him, he said with a smile: "I will return to China soon.
I am serving here, so I came to visit my old friends before returning to China, and by the way, I felt the majestic military appearance of the Shandong Group Army."
Jiang Qiang smiled and replied: "Welcome! I am grateful for the help I have received many times. If you have any needs, please feel free to ask. I will never refuse if I can do it!" Stilwell did help Jiang Qiang a lot.
In the end, Meng Wuan and his party were able to catch a smooth sailing and arrive in New York safely. It was due to Stilwell's great efforts.
Of course, Stilwell also benefited a lot from Jiang Qiang. The wealth he has gained so far is enough to last him a lifetime. Stilwell quickly shook his head and said with a smile: "Old friend, you are too polite. Rather than saying that I am helping you a lot,
It would be better to say that you helped me a lot!
The president specifically mentioned you when he called me back to the country this time, and asked me to pay you a formal visit no matter what the reason is when I go back, so as to gain more experience!" Paper can never cover up the anger, Jiang Qiang kept saying in a low voice.
Great wealth, low-key development, but a series of advanced weapons and equipment, military technology, and industrial technology cannot be completely hidden.
It not only attracted the attention and covetation of the Japanese devils, but also attracted the attention of the Nanjing government, the Soviet Union, Britain, the United States, France and other countries. But how could Jiang Qiang easily share these things that transcended the times? No matter who comes, except for the red regime
It gave a lot of sweet benefits, but failed in other aspects.
Hearing the purpose of Stilwell's visit, Jiang Qiang said with a smile: "Old friends are here to be entertained with fine wines and delicacies. How about we wait until we are full and full and then talk about other things slowly?" "Okay! Guests
Whatever the Lord wants, I’ll do whatever you want!”
As a senior China expert, Stilwell naturally heard the implication of Jiang Qiang's words. At the same time, he also knew that this young general was not so easy to fool. The success or failure of this trip depended on Jiang Qiang alone, so Stilwell
Although I was a little impatient, I could only hold my temper and interact with Jiang Qiang at this time.
After happily finishing the reception banquet, Jiang Qiang drove Stilwell around the city of Jinan and looked around. The focus was to let Stilwell feel the people's livelihood and the overall atmosphere of Jinan. "Oh, it's really incredible.
Yes! General Jiang, now I finally understand the old Chinese saying that it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books!
I have stayed in China for 12 years and traveled almost all over China, but today is really an eye-opener. My God, if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I would never have believed that there is such a magical place in China.
The land. The level of prosperity and civilization here is not inferior to our Washington, D.C. in the United States!"
After simply wandering around for a few hours, Stilwell was dumbfounded. Although he had known a lot of information through many channels before, hearing about it and seeing it with his own eyes were completely different things. What's more, in Jiang
Driven by vigorous urbanization regardless of cost, the Shandong Army Defense Area can be said to be changing with each passing day. Various supporting facilities and engineering projects are constantly being launched. A few months is enough to make people feel refreshed.
"No, no, the United States of America is the most developed and powerful country in the world today. Our place is just a small place, how can it be compared with your capital!" Jiang Qiang raised his brows proudly, and said
But he humbly remarked, and then asked with a smile: "I heard that you have been conducting inspections in Shanxi, Henan, Chongqing and other places in the past few months. I wonder what the results are? Have you drawn any exciting conclusions?"
In early September 1938, the Wuhan Garrison Headquarters was disbanded, and Stilwell ended his temporary position as staff officer of the headquarters. Soon after, he transferred to Shanxi, Henan, Chongqing and other places for inspections. Then he stayed at the Shanghai Legation for a period of time.
Until recently, Stilwell received another appointment to return to the United States as the commander of the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division.
"No, no, no, I'm telling the truth. I admire you from the bottom of my heart, and I'm definitely not trying to compliment you!" Stilwell shook his head, and then sighed gloomily: "General Jiang, in the past few months
I have indeed been traveling around for inspections, but unfortunately there are no exciting conclusions, and there are quite a few depressing findings. Do you want to hear it?"
Looking at Stilwell's depressed expression, Yang Fan could already guess what Stilwell wanted to say, but he didn't see through it and nodded with a smile: "Good medicine is bitter in the mouth and good for the disease, and good advice is hard on the ears but good for the deed. You are an old friend of our Chinese people, we
We all want to hear your findings!" "Yes! Mr. Stilwell, we are all listening!" "Mr. Stilwell, please feel free to speak your mind!"
Stilwell sighed: "After the Battle of Wuhan, the Sino-Japanese war entered a stalemate stage. It stands to reason that the pressure on the national army on the frontal battlefield has been greatly reduced. The national army has sufficient time to replenish and even retrain.
Therefore, the combat effectiveness of the national army should be greatly enhanced in a short period of time. Is this conclusion okay?"
The Nationalist Government has sufficient war resources, and a large amount of military equipment and other military supplies are constantly flowing in from abroad, which is enough to fight a protracted war with the Japanese army. Therefore, as long as sufficient time is given, the Nationalist Government can definitely quickly form more elites.
The army, but Japan has already shown signs of fatigue, and Japan’s domestic economy has declined significantly. Under the circumstances of one ebb and flow, victory will definitely belong to our country, China..."
In November 1939, the Chinese army launched a winter offensive against the Japanese invaders in various stations. The winter offensive lasted for more than four months. The Chinese army deployed 192 divisions with about 1.48 million people, and 71 divisions directly participated in the war with more than 550,000 troops.
He fought with the Japanese army 1,340 times, including 1,050 active sorties.
This is the first major nationwide counterattack launched by the Chinese army since the Japanese invaded China. It is also the largest counterattack launched by the Chinese army against foreign invaders since the Opium War. The winter offensive killed two Japanese lieutenant generals.
Two major generals, the Chinese army suffered 70,000 to 80,000 casualties, rewriting the century-old history of the Chinese army being basically passively beaten.
In an international context in which the German and Italian fascist armies were invincible and unstoppable, the Chinese army was able to conduct such a winter offensive, which impressed the world. The winter offensive dealt a severe blow to the Japanese army, and the Japanese army also admitted that "the sacrifices made in this operation were unprecedented in previous operations."
"Yes." However, the direct losses were minor. The greater losses caused the Japanese army to postpone their plan to move south.
Currently, Southeast Asia and South Asia are colonies of Western countries, dominated by Britain and France. Due to the outbreak of World War II, Britain, France and other countries were too busy taking care of their own homeland and actually adopted a policy of abandoning their colonies. Therefore, the Japanese government is extremely eager to prevent the invasion of China.
The Japanese army was reduced from more than 800,000 to more than 500,000 to free up troops to invade Southeast Asia and South Asia.
However, the winter offensive broke the Japanese army's wishful thinking. Not only was the Japanese army unable to reduce its troops from China for a while, but it had to expand its front line and launch the Yichang Battle in central China. For more than half a year since the end of the Wuhan Battle, the Japanese army in other theaters
I’m not sure, but the combat effectiveness of the national army in the first theater and the second theater has declined beyond imagination, and many phenomena are really shocking.”
Wu Rongbang asked with a bit of shame: "For example? Can you give me an example?" Stilwell noticed the change in Wu Rongbang's expression and asked with a smile: "President Wu, as far as I know, your Shandong Army and the National Government have always been very careful.
Waters do not interfere with each other, and they do not belong to each other. How come your tone is so biased towards the National Government?"
"Ahem, cough, cough, this shouldn't be the focus of the problem, right? In any case, I am an authentic Chinese. Naturally, I hope that the national army can quickly become stronger and stronger. We can join forces and drive the Japanese out of China as soon as possible.
!" Wu Rongbang's old face blushed slightly. Fortunately, he was Jiang Qiang's most trusted person, and his loyalty would not be doubted. Otherwise, just by asking this question, he would be suspected of being in Cao's camp and in Han's heart. "These words
Not bad!”
Stilwell nodded and smiled, and did not continue to ask further, then added: "There is an old saying in China that brothers live outside the wall to resist their insults. It stands to reason that the Japanese are China's number one enemy, and all forces should be united sincerely, right? But I found out
, the national army will actually join forces with the Japanese army and the puppet army to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army guerrillas. Can you believe it?" "..."
Jiang Qiang smiled and said nothing. He naturally knew this very well. "What did you say?" "The National Army and the Japanese and puppet troops joined forces to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army?" "No way? Aren't the Eighth Route Army and the National Army friendly forces?" "
Yes, how can you join forces with the enemy to encircle and suppress your own friendly forces?"
However, the expressions of Wu Rongbang and others changed drastically. This was the first time they had heard of this relatively secret information, and they felt extremely shocked and unacceptable for a moment. Yes, even a foreigner knows what "brothers live outside the wall to defend themselves against others".
, but how could the Nationalist Government stab you in the back during the difficult stage of the all-out anti-Japanese war? "Haha, what is this? There are even more outrageous things!"
Stilwell snorted coldly and vomited in great pain, "The National Army is now trying to save the country through curves. Many National Army generals have clearly marked their prices. As long as the Japanese and puppet troops can afford the price, they will lead their troops into the enemy camp.
.In addition to these, it is even more common to grow and sell opium, and secretly resell arms. It is no exaggeration to say that in the Kuomintang-controlled areas, opium is harder currency than legal currency, and is completely equivalent to currency! Let me put it this way, the first war zone and the second war zone
Now everyone in the national army wants to make a fortune, or simply sell themselves at a high price, and no one really thinks about fighting the invaders!"