In New Delhi, Ye Desheng and the others failed to assassinate Ouyang Yun and Lao Jiang. Later, Donovan received the news. Although he felt very sorry for this, he did not have too many thoughts. From the beginning to the end, the Strategic Intelligence Bureau only had Puri. out of his trust in Price, Donovan did not believe that the Chinese government could obtain evidence that the U.S. government was involved, and as long as there was no evidence, the Chinese would not be able to use the topic to show what they did to the United States. Since it was impossible to determine that it was the United States that was involved. Yes, then the Chinese National Unity Party and GMD will definitely be suspicious of each other. Out of his understanding of China’s political situation, Donovan has reason to believe that because there are old grievances between the Chinese National Unity Party and GMD, and if things go on like this If this continues, a rectification storm will inevitably arise.
"Although we failed to kill Ouyang Yun or Chiang Kai-shek this time, it doesn't matter, because we have Kong Lingyi. In the next stage, our work will focus on Kong Lingyi. As Mrs. Chiang's niece and the second generation of the four major families, Kong Lingyi , we can definitely train her to be the spokesperson of the four major families overseas. Once she has this identity, we can let her contact the remaining forces of the four major families in the country and continue to sow discord between the Chinese National Unity Party and GMD. , Chinese people like to fight among themselves. If we add fuel and firewood at the right time, I believe that sooner or later, it will turn into a storm..." The above text was written by Donovan in the telegram sent to Truman, As he said, although the assassination failed, because Preuss successfully instigated Kong Lingyi's rebellion, in the eyes of the Americans, this gain was enough to offset the losses of the failed assassination.
Some historians of later generations have raised questions about this period of history, namely why the cunning Donovan was fooled by Kong Lingyi, and why he did not suspect her at the beginning.
This is naturally attributed to Kong Lingyi's acting skills. When Kong Lingyi learned in New Delhi that Price had planned the assassination of Chiang Kai-shek, her expression at that time was out of anger. In front of Donovan and several of his subordinates, she She fiercely sent down the table and shouted at Donovan, saying that if her uncle had any shortcomings, then she would not mind having the entire OSS buried with her uncle.
"Don't think I'm joking. It's true that the Jiang family, the Song family, and our Kong family are already in the sunset. However, Director Donovan should have heard of the saying that 'a skinny camel is bigger than a horse.' As a Chinese proverb goes, believe it or not, as long as I want, I can have people bombard this place with rocket launchers right away."
When Price reported to Donovan on the successful instigation of Kong Lingyi, he made a special explanation of her character and way of doing things, emphasizing that Kong Lingyi's character was very extreme and greedy, and that her character might make efforts to recruit her difficult. "If you fail to succeed, you will fail." Preuss was worried that the mission would fail due to Kong Lingyi's problems in the future and leave an escape route in advance. In this regard, Donovan showed full confidence, believing that such Kong Lingyi was exactly what they needed. , "Extreme, if she is not extreme, would she dare to assassinate Ouyang Yun? Greed, if she is not greedy, how can we control her?"
Kong Lingyi's attitude towards the assassination of Chiang Kai-shek was unprecedentedly strong, and she even spoke arrogantly. Her actions made Donovan feel more at ease with her.
In order to dispel her suspicion or eliminate her anger, he explained the assassination of Chiang in this way: "The assassination operation was not successful, wasn't it? Miss Kong, you should know that in our hearts, Mr. Chiang is a partner rather than an enemy. In fact, you Don’t you think this is beneficial to Mr. Chiang’s career? Considering the current political environment in your country, who would assassinate Mr. Chiang? I think the people in your country will definitely not suspect us. The object of their suspicion must be Ouyang Yun and his students. Bingjun, so we planned this assassination to help Mr. Jiang..."
Donovan's explanation was reasonable, but it was not recognized by Kong Lingyi, and her answer seemed arrogant and unreasonable: "I don't care, I don't want this to happen a second time, Mr. Donovan, you should know , The person I respect most in this world is my aunt, so if anyone dares to make my aunt unhappy, I will regard them as mortal enemies, mortal enemies, do you understand what I mean? By the way, I think I need to remind you. Just tell me, Ouyang Yun and his wolf fangs and fox eyes are definitely not easy to deal with. I am very worried whether Preuss's hasty action this time will be counterproductive."
Kong Lingyi did not know that the Chinese government would use this unsuccessful assassination to launch a preemptive strike against the United States. At this time, neither Ouyang Yun nor Mu Jiandie could believe her. From this perspective, if she If her self-protection ability is not strong, she may actually become a victim of China's preemptive strike against the US military.
Kong Lingyi was smart. Her last words eliminated Donovan's suspicion of her. When the U.S. Atlantic Fleet was attacked by the Chinese aircraft carrier fleet Genghis Khan a few days later, Donovan just thought about it for a moment and ruled it out. The possibility that she might be a double agent.
On March 25, 1946, at around three o'clock in the morning local time, in a deep sea area near French Guiana in the North Atlantic, two aircraft carriers and several frigates of the US Atlantic Fleet were quietly moored here. It is already the ninth hour here. The reason is to counterbalance the Chinese aircraft carrier fleet Genghis Khan that suddenly docked in the port of Fortaleza, Brazil.
The official statement given by the Chinese aircraft carrier Genghis Khan when it docked at the port of Fortaleza was that it was accompanied by the Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Middle East Expeditionary Force, Admiral Chu Tiange, on a visit to Brazil. However, whether it is Americans, Japanese, or even hardcore Chinese like France, Allies and their military analysts believe that the fundamental purpose of the Genghis Khan aircraft carrier fleet is to deter Brazilian rebels and the Meissen security force.
"The Chinese are here, so we are here too. Chinese people from as far away as the East can come. As Brazil's neighbors, how can we not come." This is the commander-in-chief of the Atlantic Fleet, Admiral Nimitz, accompanying the army in "New York" A Times reporter’s explanation for the Atlantic Fleet’s sudden choice of docking offshore French Guiana.
At this time, neither Nimitz nor other American generals nor Truman believed that the Chinese aircraft carrier fleet Genghis Khan would attack them. At the same time, they did not believe that the Chinese aircraft carrier fleet Genghis Khan had the ability to challenge the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Although Prior to this, China's Pacific Fleet had actually proven its strength in a series of actual combat operations.
The Americans have such self-confidence, on the one hand because of the confidence of an established naval power, and on the other hand because of their full understanding of the current international situation.
If nothing else, there will be a war between China and the United States. However, because the Chinese government has the Sino-Soviet Far East issue and the Sino-Japanese Northeast War to be resolved, the Americans believe that the Chinese do not have the courage to make the conflict public first.
Quoting the words of Acting President Truman of the United States on this matter: Are the Chinese prepared to be besieged by the United States, the Soviet Union, Japan and Britain? I think that as long as Ouyang Yun still has some sense, he will avoid this situation from happening.