Shadow Spy

Chapter 131 Victory in the Battle of Suizao

After thinking about it seriously, Li Junhao took out a pen and paper and began to draw up the outline of a report himself. The theme was "On the necessity and implementation measures of the United States' control of the two major concessions in Shanghai and Shanghai." This was his way of asking questions for the domestic political arena!However, as a senior marketing lecturer, he was well versed in the strategy of leaders speaking and subordinates working, so after making an outline, he handed over the remaining tasks to assistant Brown and secretary Miliya!

When his subordinates began to collect information and write a report on the control of the concession, he began to consider another thing, which was the analysis of the current international situation, and decided to write another report himself. The report was titled "The International Situation after the Outbreak of the World War." Analysis》!This time he decided to come up with something real and make an analysis and judgment on the situation in Shanghai and Shanghai after the start of World War II. The views cited in it have been proven by later generations!
He thought that if this report did not attract the attention of the US government, then they deserved to suffer a big loss in this world war!
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On Monday, as soon as he got to work, Panda, the director of the fourth division of No. 76, took a full set of formal transfer procedures and took a car to the Public Settlement Police Station. He went upstairs to go through the transfer procedures. He had already done this process. It had been several months and he was very familiar with the situation, but this time after he successfully obtained the handover documents from the Political Department, he encountered an obstacle in the Supervisory Department of Justice - the other party made it clear: He would not be released!
Panda was so confused that he didn't even realize what was going on. He couldn't help but argued with the police officer from the Department of Justice, but was kicked out. Seeing the patrol guards with live ammunition, he didn't dare to continue. Foolishly, he went to hard-top, but leaving in despair made him extremely depressed!

After returning to No. 76, Panda immediately went to report. Li Shiqun frowned immediately when he heard this. Wu Shaoshu from the party headquarters was let go by the Concession Police Department in the past two days. Today, the prisoners are simply not allowed to be transferred!But facing the toughened concession, he could not solve the problem and had no choice but to ask the Japanese for help.

Although the No. 76 Special Agent Headquarters was established with the support of the Mei Agency, according to the Japanese military's management rules for the Shanghai-occupied area, the business management of each secret service agency stationed in Shanghai was handled by the Military Police, and the funding was handled by the Iwai Mansion. The consulate is responsible for negotiating with the Ministry of Industry and Commerce in the Concession.

Li Shiqun knew that he was not valued by the Japanese Consulate, and he really didn't want to go to the gendarmerie. As for the Iwai Mansion, it would not care about it at all, so he went directly to Yonglefang on Sichuan Road in North Shanghai to find someone with whom he had a good personal relationship. Qingqi Qingyin, deputy director of the Mei Agency, asked for help.

Qingqi Qingyin was also a little confused. He immediately picked up the phone and called the consulate. He found Akagi Yoshizuki, who had served as the police counselor of the consulate after quitting the concession. The answer he received was that he didn't know about it!However, Akagi said that he would immediately contact the concession authorities and inform him of the changes after learning about them.

After putting down the phone, Qingqi Qingyin could only tell Li Shiqun to go back and wait for a while. If the cause was determined, he would be notified.

After Li Shiqun returned to No. 76, he had no choice but to inform his subordinates that all operations in the concession for the past few days were suspended until further notice.It's just that he and his agents didn't realize the seriousness of the matter at this time. By the time they realized it, it was already too late.
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Because of his dedication in writing the report, Li Junhao did not leave the office for several hours. Even lunch was brought back to him from the restaurant by his assistant Brown.

It wasn't until after four o'clock in the afternoon that he finished writing the first draft. Looking at the nearly twenty pages of handwritten reports on the table, he felt that his wrists were even more sore. Even in his previous life, he had never written so many words by hand at one time!

I checked it carefully again to make sure there were no errors or omissions, so I thought about getting up and delivering it to Ayers, but when I walked to the door, I suddenly realized something was wrong - I had written it in Chinese, and Ayers couldn't understand it!My gosh!Do I need to write another one in English by hand?Ah... let's forget it for today!After making a new cup of tea, he leaned on the sofa and began to relax. He looked through the newspapers of the past two days and saw that all major newspapers were reporting a piece of news about the Sino-Japanese War - "Battle of Suizao, Chinese Army Victory"!This aroused his interest and he looked at it carefully.
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The Battle of Suizao was actually initiated by the Japanese army in order to secure the Wuhan occupation area and intimidate Sichuan.

At the end of April, Lieutenant General Okamura Neiji, commander of the Japanese No. 4 Army, commanded more than 11 troops including the 3rd, 13th, and 16th Divisions and the 2nd and 4th Cavalry Brigades, equipped with a large number of artillery, tanks, and aircraft. , along the Xianghua (Xiangyang to Huayuan) and Jingzhong (Jingshan to Zhongxiang) highways, invaded Suixian County and Zaoyang, Hubei Province, in an attempt to encircle and annihilate the main force of the Kuomintang's fifth theater and occupy the Suizao area.

In order to contain and block the Japanese attack, Li Zongren, commander-in-chief of China's Fifth Theater Zone, organized his troops into two group armies, the left and right armies and the Jiang Defense Force for defense. On the 14th, he concentrated the superior forces of the 31st, 2nd, and 33rd Group Armies and transferred them to From defense to offense, attack and counter-encircle the main force of the Japanese army.

The two sides fought fiercely until the 23rd, when the troops of the Fifth War Zone recovered Zaoyang and Suixian successively; the Japanese army was forced to return to their original positions such as Zhongxiang and Yingshan to restore the pre-war situation, and the battle was declared over.

During the battle, the Chinese army concentrated its superior forces and cooperated with others. After being passive in the early stage, it turned from defense to attack. At the cost of more than 2.5 casualties, more than 1.3 Japanese soldiers were killed and wounded (including more than 5000 corpses), and the victory was completely It shattered the Japanese army's attempt to encircle and annihilate the Chinese army, and made it pay a heavy price, achieving the purpose of containing and consuming the Japanese army.

The Battle of Suizao was a rare battle-level victory achieved by the Chinese army in the early stage of the Anti-Japanese War, which greatly inspired the enthusiasm of the Chinese military and civilians for the Anti-Japanese War!
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After reading the report about the Battle of Suizao, Li Junhao couldn't help but shout "Hello!"During this battle, he noticed several generals in the national army, including Li Zongren, commander of the Fifth War Zone, Tang Enbo, commander of the 31st Group Army, Sun Lianzhong, commander of the 2nd Group Army, Zhang Zizhong, commander of the 33rd Group Army and commander of the 59th Army, and the other three. Tang Enbo, who was considered a famous anti-Japanese general and was known as the "bastard general" in later generations, also performed very well, which surprised him a little.

He also thought about the reasons for the victory in this battle, and felt that the two most important points were:

First, Chairman Chiang Kai-shek and his direct descendants knew that they could no longer afford to lose, so the 31st Army fought fiercely. The 2nd Army, with Feng Yuxiang's department of the Northwest Army as its backbone, and the 29th Army that had been stationed in Pingjin as its backbone. The 33rd Army certainly fought bravely against the Japanese;

The second reason is that the commander of the national army in this battle was General Li Zongren. His status as the leader of the Guangxi faction gave him enough confidence to withstand Chairman Chiang's blind command!And he thinks this reason may be more important!
(End of this chapter)