Lost and Spy

Chapter 742 Special Plan
"The blood is boiling in Poyang, sparks are flying in the Yangtze River, and the whole country is roaring violently, defend the great Wuhan! Wuhan is the center of the national resistance war, and Wuhan is the largest city today. We must firmly defend her, just like the Spanish people defend Madrid! "

The majestic song of "Defending Greater Wuhan" was sung at Jianghan Pass.

The streets and alleys are covered with the slogan "Defend Wuhan, live together and die together", and the emotion of fighting the enemy bravely and fighting to the death infects every Wuhan person.

Decisive battle in Wuhan!

Wuhan has become a city that attracts the attention of the whole of China and even the world!

Defend Greater Wuhan!
Let Wuhan become the Madrid of the East!

Countless students abandoned their pens and joined the army.

Countless citizens voluntarily joined the defense battle.

In 1938, the historical mission of turning the tide fell on the shoulders of Wuhan.

At that time, the important towns in East China fell one after another, and the Japanese invaders went back to Jiangxi. With a total of 2 troops from the 11nd Army and the 30th Army, they pointed directly at the hinterland of Central China in an attempt to quickly defeat China.

Wuhan, on the other hand, gathered China's elite forces and became the wartime capital.The national government deployed nearly 5 million troops in the 9th and 110th theaters here to stop the Japanese invaders along the periphery of Wuhan.

In April, the Japanese army began air raids on Wuhan, which marked that the defense of Wuhan has slowly begun!

Entering June, the war was about to break out, and the vanguard of the Chinese and Japanese armies had already exchanged fire.

At this time, Meng Shaoyuan had just completed his mission in northern Jiangsu and returned to Shanghai.

The battle in Wuhan was surging, and the situation in Shanghai suddenly became tense.

The Japanese will never allow themselves to lose this decisive battle.

The defense against Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou and other places has been significantly strengthened.

Meng Shaoyuan felt this atmosphere all the way.

When approaching Shanghai, he encountered several dangers in a row. If Meng Shaoyuan hadn't seen the opportunity quickly and evaded in time, it would be hard to say what the consequences would be.

Even after entering Shanghai, there is a suffocating atmosphere in the air.

Meng Shaoyuan didn't stop at all, and went directly to his office.

Director Meng "disappeared" for more than a month, but under the care of Wu Jingyi, everything in the special office was in order and there was no confusion at all.

Meng Shaoyuan was full of travel and dust. In fact, he was very tired at this time, but he was away for more than a month, and he was worried. As soon as he sat down, he called Wu Jingyi in: "Report the situation in Shanghai."

"It's calm."

"Calm?"

"The Japanese did not take the initiative to provoke large-scale incidents during this period." Wu Jingyi reported immediately: "Since you left last month until now, we have sacrificed seven agents and four are missing."

"Not bad." Meng Shaoyuan frowned.

It stands to reason that the battle of Xuzhou was followed by the battle of Wuhan, and the Shanghai secret service would make a big fuss, so why did it become calm instead?

"There is another piece of information, I don't know if you are interested."

"Say."

"Before you came back, a gun battle broke out near the Shanghai Secret Service of the Japanese Army." Wu Jingyi said calmly: "According to the statements of the patrol room, it is said that mobs attacked the place and were killed by the guards. But our investigation, But it's not like that at all, the one who died was Fei Yaoqian."

"Who? Fei Yaoqian?" Meng Shaoyuan was startled: "What is Fei Yaoqian doing to attack the Japanese secret service?"

"At that time, I also thought it was very strange, so I got some information by mobilizing all the connections." Wu Jingyi quickly replied: "Liao Yuting was arrested by the Japanese."

Meng Shaoyuan was completely stunned this time.

The Japanese captured Liao Yuting?

why?
What did Liao Yuting do?
"The Japanese have blocked it very tightly, and I don't know any more specific information."

The Japanese caught Liao Yuting, there must be an article in it, and they must contact Ueda Qi as soon as possible.

"I see." Meng Shaoyuan said calmly, "What about the others?"

"Yesterday, Director Dai personally sent you a secret telegram, asking you to execute it immediately after returning to Shanghai." Wu Jingyi put a telegram in front of Meng Shaoyuan:

"On June 6, a group of special guests will arrive in Shanghai. Our task is to send them to Wuhan smoothly to participate in the defense of Wuhan."

"Special guest? Who?"

Wu Jingyi looked solemn: "Plan Z!"

Plan Z!

Meng Shaoyuan's expression also became serious.

Project Z, a top-secret plan for Sino-Soviet cooperation!
To be more specific, it refers to the Soviet Volunteer Aid to China Air Force!

The Soviet Union signed the "Sino-Soviet Non-Aggression Treaty" with China and gave China a large amount of secret aid, which was fundamentally out of its own interests.

Even so, it is commendable to China. The Soviet Union was the first country to provide aid to China at the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War.

On the second day after the Battle of Songhu broke out, Chiang Kai-shek submitted the draft of the arms supply agreement to the Soviet ambassador to China: the Soviet Union was required to provide China with 350 aircraft, 200 tanks and 236 cannons within one month, and at the same time send Soviet troops to China. Pilots, aviation technicians, artillerymen and tankers to train Chinese military personnel.Agreements on loans and arms sales were quickly reached between China and the Soviet Union.The Soviet Union loaned 2.5 million U.S. dollars to China in three installments.

Immediately afterwards, a large number of Soviet military equipment was exported to China.

The Soviet Union sent the leading model of its own air force to China.

Not only is it an advanced aircraft with outstanding performance, the Soviet Union also sent excellent pilots at the same time.Soviet Defense Minister Voroshilov received an order in September 1937 to call up the best volunteer pilots to send fighter jets and bombers to China.They were "volunteer pilots" in name, but they were actually drawn by military orders. These pilots came from all over the Soviet Union, and most of them were experienced pilots, including some Air Force test pilots.

In order to avoid provoking Japan, the Soviet Union's assistance to China was extremely secretive, and strict secrecy measures were even taken within the Soviet Union.The entire aid plan is referred to as "Z Action Plan".

The first batch of pilots who came to China did not even know their destination when they received the transfer order.Many people speculated that it was going to Spain, which was undergoing a civil war.

The fighter jets to aid China were first concentrated in Almaty in the Soviet Union, then flew to XJ, and finally delivered to China in Lanzhou.

In the Soviet Union, all the Soviet Air Force logos on these aircraft were removed, the blue sky and white sun aircraft emblem was painted on the wings, and even the steering column was changed to the blue and white KMT Air Force's iconic painting.

Large-scale transnational arms delivery, no matter how good the secrecy work is, it cannot completely avoid Japan's intelligence and reconnaissance.Even the Japanese media were aware of this. In October 1937, Japan's "Mainichi Shimbun" reported:
"Nine Soviet-made high-speed fighter jets were assembled somewhere and shipped to Shanghai via Lanzhou and Xi'an."

The Japanese military has long been aware of this, they quickly figured out the route of the Soviet aid planes to China, and prepared to destroy these aid weapons in the middle.

However, the "red channel" has not been interrupted after all.

1937年12月1日上午，23架伊16编成的战斗机机群着陆南京机场。下午，20架轰炸机也降临南京机场。这些飞机的驾驶员全部是苏联飞行员，当天就投入了与日本飞机的作战。

The air battle in Nanjing was the first battle of the Soviet Air Force to China.

At the beginning of 1938, with the arrival of a large number of Soviet weapons and equipment to China, the Chinese army, which suffered huge losses in the early days of the War of Resistance, was supplemented, especially the air force, whose strength even surpassed that before the war.

According to statistics in February 1938, China's air force in various battlefields had 2 combat aircraft, most of which were Soviet-made aircraft.

However, pilots are in dire need.

The number of pilots in China was not large, and a large number were quickly swallowed up by unequal air battles.Moreover, the more expensive and excellent pilots are, the more air combat missions they have to perform, and the losses are the most severe.

At that time, the four ace pilots known as the "Four Heavenly Kings" of the Chinese Air Force, Liu Cuigang died in support of the Xinkou Battle in October 1937, Gao Zhihang died on the way to Nanjing in November of the same year, and Le Yiqin died a month later. He died in the sky over Nanjing, and Li Guidan died in the air battle in Wuhan in February 10.

Training a qualified pilot is a time-consuming and financially consuming process.After the Soviet Union continued to send planes to China, Chinese pilots had to learn how to fly new models.

Not everyone can master it right away like Gao Zhihang, but the learning time left for them is at most two or three months, and they have to fly the plane with Soviet volunteer pilots to perform missions.

The main air defense force of the Chinese Air Force has actually been assumed by the Soviet Volunteer Air Force.The team has never officially revealed its identity publicly.

Meng Shaoyuan also knew that the largest air battle was about to break out over Wuhan.

"Director Dai ordered that we go all out to cooperate with Plan Z." Wu Jingyi's tone was low: "Suddenly a large number of Soviet planes and pilots appeared in the sky over China. captive.

However, due to a higher level of diplomatic strategic considerations and fear of the Soviet Union's huge military strength, Japan did not openly challenge the Soviet Union.

However, Japan has stepped up its blockade of the red channel.The weapon is blown up and can be transported again, but if there is a problem with the pilot, the loss will be huge.

Therefore, the third batch of pilots who aided China were divided into two routes, and the first route still followed the previous route to Chongqing or Wuhan.The other team, mainly composed of instructors, avoided the eyes and ears of the Japanese, made a detour to Hong Kong, and then entered Shanghai secretly.

The task given to us by Director Dai is to escort these flight instructors to Wuhan safely at all costs, and you will be responsible for it yourself.Director Dai also strictly ordered that as long as there is a problem with one of the instructors, Meng Shaoyuan, you can implement the family law yourself. "

Meng Shaoyuan thought for a long time there: "How many people are there?"

"Led by Colonel Shinliukov, there are 35 people in total."

The 35 instructors, 35 foreigners, and the Japanese may have obtained some information. It is self-evident to escort these people out of Shanghai safely.

However, Meng Shaoyuan knew that Wuhan was eagerly waiting for the arrival of these pilots!
(End of this chapter)