Hyōtaro Imamura is a senior diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. However, he was deeply influenced by his uncle Jun Imamura and was also very interested in military strategy.
The military map on the wall was a deduction made by Hyōtaro Imamura based on the current advancement of the Japanese army and his own "combat concept."
Perhaps it was not fun to perform the deduction by myself. Whenever Kentaro Miyazaki came to visit, Hyoutarou Imamura would often bring his students to perform the deduction together. To be precise, in most cases, Hyoutarou Imamura was showing off his speech, while Kentaro Miyazaki was doing the deduction.
Listen on the sidelines and offer words of praise from time to time.
The first thing that catches the eye is the military deduction on the Xuzhou battlefield.
"The arrogant Chinese people only made the empire's advance at Taierzhuang stall a little, and then they boasted. As expected, the Chinese army was punished." Kentaro Miyazaki said with an excited expression.
His mind flashed back to more than half a month ago, on April 6, when news of the Taierzhuang victory came out, and the whole of Shanghai was in a state of excitement.
Many citizens in the French Concession walked out of their homes and cheered.
That day, Cheng Qianfan returned home from get off work and got extremely drunk to celebrate.
The Chinese people all expected the Chinese army to make persistent efforts to stop the Japanese army at the Jianghuai front line. However, the subsequent battle situation was worrying.
The Japanese base camp reconfirmed the plan to capture Xuzhou the next day, and the North China Front Army and the Central China Expeditionary Army would jointly attack from the north and south.
In the middle of this month, the Japanese General Staff Headquarters dispatched Deputy Chief of Staff Hashimoto Group to organize a "base camp dispatch team" to coordinate the operations of the North China Front Army and the Central China Dispatch Army and provide guidance on operations.
As of now, although the Battle of Xuzhou is still fiercely fought, Cheng Qianfan already knows in his heart that the war in Xuzhou has not changed and the fall of Xuzhou is almost inevitable. Now for the national army, the most important thing to pay attention to is how to avoid Songhu.
The tragedy of the great defeat in the later stages of the battle was repeated on the Xuzhou battlefield.
Cheng Qianfan had to admit that Imamura Hyotarō's military literacy and tactical vision were excellent. His tactical deductions were often close to the Japanese army's subsequent advancement strategy.
The tactical deduction of a senior Japanese diplomat who controls a Japanese secret service has a strong reference value.
This information will be continuously sent to the Yanzhou headquarters and the Secret Service headquarters.
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"There are many factions within the China Army. The majestic division of the Imperial Army will surely destroy everything and quickly occupy Xuzhou and the Yangtze River and Huaihe River lines." Miyazaki Kentaro said with an excited expression.
He glanced at Hyōtaro Imamura and said, "Teacher, after occupying Jianghuai, the imperial army took advantage of the victory and captured Wuhan in one fell swoop. The situation is certain."
Hyōtaro Imamura showed a pleased smile and said, "Kentaro, you have made great progress. Yes, the empire's next goal is Wuhan."
"It's a pity that the imperial warriors are so exhausted. If we could go south to Wuhan now and drink from the Yangtze River." Miyazaki Kentaro showed a regretful expression and said, "I would like to take this as a gift as a tribute to the Tenchang Festival. How wonderful it would be.
It’s a matter.”
Hearing this, Hyoutaro Imamura's eyes flashed with surprise, and then he smiled happily, "Kentaro, your idea coincides with that of those impatient guys."
As he said that, he nodded, "It's good that you can think of giving a gift for Tianchang Festival."
"Students should never slack off in their loyalty to the Emperor," Kentaro Miyazaki said loudly with a fanatical light in his eyes.
…
Yendri.
Cheng Qianfan got out of bed and covered Ruolan with the quilt.
He came to the study, lit a cigarette, took a puff, put the cigarette in the ashtray, and fell into deep thought.
The reason why he mentioned Tenchōjie and Wuhan was because he was secretly testing Hyōtaro Imamura.
On the wall of Hyōtaro Imamura's study, in addition to the military map of the Battle of Xuzhou, there is also a map next to it.
When Hyōtaro Imamura opened the curtain, he moved the curtain on the other side, revealing the map.
Although Imamura Hyoutaro then adjusted the curtains to cover the map, Cheng Qianfan was still able to make a judgment:
That is the military map of Wuhan.
Maybe it's because the battlefield in Wuhan has not started yet, and the map is very clean with no markings.
However, Cheng Qianfan caught a glimpse of a line of words in the lower corner of the map: Tianchang Festival!
The Japanese army wants to attack Wuhan as a gift for Tianchang Festival?
Cheng Qianfan shook his head. The day after tomorrow is April 29th, which is the so-called Tenjo Festival in Japan.
The main focus of the Japanese army is still on the Xuzhou battlefield. It is absolutely impossible for the Japanese army to capture Jianghuai and march into Wuhan in two days.
However, judging from this mark, the Japanese army did take action in Wuhan as a gift for the Tianchang Festival to the emperor.
Ground attack, time is too late.
So?
navy?
The Japanese fleet went down the river and bombarded Wuhan?
Or in the air?
Bombing Wuhan?
…
Suddenly, something moved in his mind:
Impatient guy!
Among the Japanese military forces in China, who is the most impatient?
navy!
Watching the Japanese army siege cities and territories in China, burning, killing, and looting, the navy has always been quite dissatisfied.
On the occasion of the Tianchang Festival, it makes sense for the navy to take action against Wuhan to show its strength.
Because the national navy's strength had long been exhausted, the Japanese ships entered along the river without any scruples, showing off their power.
One word came to his mind: HNA!
If the Japanese Navy wants to attack Wuhan, the most effective means of attack is naval aerial bombing!
Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the Japanese navy shelled Wuhan on the river at the same time.
One thing is certain, the Japanese army is going to attack Wuhan on Tianchang Festival, and the Navy is most likely to take action.
The situation was urgent, so Cheng Qianfan took off his pajamas and put on casual clothes.
Take out a Mauser pistol from the hidden compartment and bring a spare magazine.
He also took out a Japanese Type 97 grenade from the secret compartment and put it into his pocket.
I took another small flashlight.
Cheng Qianfan glanced at the sleeping cat lying on the window sill, and gently opened the window.
The cat woke up immediately, glanced at its owner, shook its fur, and rolled out of the window sill.
Cheng Qianfan then climbed out of the window sill, used wooden bolts to close the window from the outside, and hung up the wooden threads.
The cat swooped up to the outside of the window sill, yawned, and lay down.
Cheng Qianfan showed a gentle smile, petted the cat, bent down, nimbly moved on the roof, jumped off, and disappeared into the night.
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Kang Anli.
The second floor of a residential house.
It's quiet at night.
Cheng Qianfan skillfully used an elbow wire to open the window and climbed into the house.
This was originally Lao Mo's house. After Lao Mo's death, the house changed several owners. However, there were constant rumors that the house was haunted, and the tenants fled one after another.
Gradually, this house became a haunted house.
After the Japanese army occupied the Chinese territory, a large number of refugees poured into the concession, and some brave tenants moved in. However, it was soon said that they were frightened and went crazy, and the family fled overnight.
Therefore, even though the French Concession is now overcrowded, no one cares about this haunted house.
Cheng Qianfan hid the backup radio station here in case of emergency.
…
Cheng Qianfan bit the flashlight in his mouth and held a short gun in his hand. He checked up and down to make sure that no friends flying around had visited the house.
Then, he covered the window with a quilt and Cheng Qianfan lit a candle.
Take out the radio from a secret compartment and start transmitting.
Didi didi.
Wuhan.
Temporary residence of the Secret Service.
Qi Wu had just fallen asleep in the study when there was a knock on the door.
"What's up?"
"Director, urgent call from Shanghai." Mao Shun handed a telegram to Qi Wu.
Qi Wu took the message and waved his hand calmly.
Mao Shun respectfully stepped back and closed the door behind him.
Qi Wu walked up and locked the door from the inside, his expression turned serious.
This is the call from 'Blue Bird'.
In the middle of the night, Cheng Qianfan did not generate electricity in the name of 'Mr. Xiao', nor did he make a call in the name of 'Ant' from the Shanghai Special Situation Team, but the 'Blue Bird' made an urgent call, which must be something serious.
He took out the code pad from the safe and quickly translated the message.
As soon as he took a look, his expression became more serious.
Folding the message, putting it into a folder, and then into his briefcase, Qi Wu quickly put on his coat, "Get the car ready and take me to see Virgo!"
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