Spy Shadow

Chapter 758 Blow up your own ship

"Commander, Master Tianhai is here."

When the guard came in to report, Gangcun immediately stood up and went to greet him personally.

Tianhai is a mage from Japan who has a high prestige in Japan. Gangcun respects him very much and personally takes him to the reception room.

"Master Tianhai, why are you here suddenly?"

Gangcun made the tea himself, and Tianhai took the teacup with a solemn expression: "I saw the empire's actions against the United States in the newspaper, and I immediately made a prediction. I didn't expect it to be a bad omen."

Tianhai's divination is very famous and very effective, at least he believes in it.

"Serious?"

Gangcun frowned. He was not optimistic about such an action. When Tianhai said this, he felt even heavier.

Tianhai has the same idea as him, is it really inevitable that the empire will fail this time?

"General, what do you think about the prospects of this war?"

"This is a decision made by the superiors and the Navy."

Gangcun sighed, Tianhai was not that easy to fool, and continued to ask: "General, you have always been a decisive person, are you not optimistic about it?"

Tianhai asked again and again, and Gangcun could only nod: "Since it has been done, it is too late to say anything now. The only way at the moment is to stop immediately after capturing Singapore, and never expand the scale of the war."

"General, your idea is very good, but unfortunately, you are not the one who makes the decision."

Tianhai sighed heavily. Although he was a mage, he was Japanese after all. Of course he hoped that the empire would become stronger and stronger.

Once it fails, it will be a disaster for the empire.

There was something Gangcun didn't say. When the empire's resources were so tight, it was a very stupid act to open a second battlefield targeting Britain and the United States.

They are not Germany, even if they are Germany, look at what countries they have occupied, but now they have stopped in Russia.

If Germany cannot defeat Russia, or is counterattacked by Russia, it will be a disaster for them.

If Germany were defeated, Japan would be left alone.

As for Italy, Okamura didn't think about this pig teammate at all. If Germany loses, they will not be able to escape.

If it starts a war with the United States, then it is not suitable to continue fighting in China. The best way is to immediately reconcile with China, even if it gives up some territory and preserves core interests.

They will use all their strength to deal with the United States. If they can reach the United States, or make peace with the United States, it will not be too late to continue to invade China.

It's a pity that he is not the one who calls the shots. The radicals and Saijo will not listen to his advice.

Now those people are crazy.

He regretted a little that he shouldn't have let Saijiao take the position. He should have expected that with Saijiao's temperament, he would definitely move forward in great strides after taking the position.

Taking long steps means you can walk fast, but at the same time, you can easily strain yourself.

Okamura didn't say these words to anyone. It was meaningless and could easily make Saijo unhappy.

In the past, he disliked Tian Junliu for taking too small steps, but now he hoped that he would hold on steady, save more money for the empire, and let the navy fight the war first.

Without its navy, the United States would naturally not be able to pose a threat to Japan.

Saijo is indeed very impatient. He just launched a sneak attack on the American base, and now he is attacking Malaysia and Hong Kong.

The Japanese army officially launched an attack on Malaysia from the Kra Isthmus, and at the same time directly attacked Hong Kong from China.

Japan showed its fangs to the world.

On the 9th, Principal Chang finally gave instructions and the party government officially declared war on Japan. After several years of fighting, there was no official declaration of war. This shows that Principal Chang had always been lucky in his heart.

This time, with the support of Americans and the request of Americans, Principal Chang finally made a formal response.

On the same day, a large number of Japanese troops entered the public concession.

At Shiyuan Trading Company, Chu Lingyun was looking out the window, and Fang Shiyi was standing beside him.

The road outside has been put under martial law, and the military police arranged by Takemoto himself are not allowed to come here, let alone any harassment.

Not only the headquarters of Ishihara Trading Company, but also all the properties in Ishihara Shopping Mall were protected by military police to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the situation to rob and make Ishihara Hiroshi angry.

Takemoto is already the commander of the Military Police Headquarters, and his rank is very conspicuous.

And those who were squadron leaders with him at the time are still squadron leaders now, and they are very different from him.

When they see him, they must salute respectfully and dare not be ambiguous about their orders.

Takemoto is in great power and proud, and he knows exactly who gave him all this.

It was Yamashita's troops who entered the public concession today. Takemoto would not let these contributions be taken away by Yamashita. He took the lead in sending military police to protect Ishihara Trading Company.

"Boss, they really attacked the concession."

Shi Fang sighed slightly. He had discussed this issue with his boss before. Once Japan went to war, the concession would cease to exist. Japan would not tolerate other countries' forces continuing to occupy prosperous Shanghai.

"The inevitable has been anticipated."

Chu Lingyun knew far more than Fang Shiyi. Under his urging, Abe had taken over Maeda's position and became the head of the Shanghai Liaison Department of Koya Academy.

Abe went to see him yesterday and talked with him about the concession.

The French Concession was a little better. After all, the French puppet government was an ally. It had to give Germany some face and would not kill them.

But the leadership must be in the hands of the Japanese.

As for the public concession, the domestic intention is that it will not be banned for the time being, but it must be controlled by the empire.

It retains the name of a concession, but does not have the reality of a concession.

At that time, their Liaison Department will set up a coordination committee, and he has already selected the director of the committee, Minister of Commerce of the Liaison Department, Maruyama Kotoshi.

Maruyama was Abe's confidant and gave Abe a lot of money to get this position.

The confidants also have to pay, and if you want to be an official, you must give money. This is Abe's temperament.

Felim, the president of the Public Concession Industry Bureau, was so angry that his hands were shaking.

The Japanese rushed into his room arrogantly.

In fact, after learning about Japan's sneak attack on the United States, Felim understood that the good days of the concession were over. The Japanese had long coveted the concession and would never let them go this time.

I just didn't expect it to happen so quickly, so I just called in without even talking about it.

"What are you going to do?"

Felim took a deep breath and asked Maruyama Kochi who came in.

"Nothing to do, President Felim, I am now officially informing you that the Empire of Japan has specially established a coordination committee for your concession. All matters of your Ministry of Industry and Affairs must be reported to the committee, and the chairman of the committee, who is me, will approve it. It can be implemented later.”

He is studying as a shadow assistant and becoming a great emperor.

Felim was stunned for a moment. Instead of abolishing the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, a new organization was established above them?

Even if the Japanese banned them and drove them all away, there was nothing Felim could do.

The British Empire is no longer the empire on which the sun never sets. It is impossible for Britain to invade Shanghai, let alone the chance. If it does, Germany will definitely laugh out loud.

"Want me to be a puppet?"

Felim sneered and said that although they were not cancelled, they had to obey the Japanese arrangements in everything, and they would no longer have any autonomy.

"You have no choice, obey or die."

The empire has gone to war with Britain, and Hong Kong has been fought, and Maruyama doesn't care about the people in front of him.

Felim suppressed his anger and finally nodded.

There is no way, people have to bow their heads under the eaves. They are now meat on the chopping board, at the mercy of the Japanese.

Maruyama left arrogantly. How could these normally arrogant Westerners be today?

They will eventually surrender to the empire, and Japan is the most powerful country in the world.

The concession was in a state of depression, and Japan took over all defenses. The patrol house was temporarily untouched, but everything done by the patrol house had to be reported to the Japanese.

The Japanese told them to move and they had to obey.

Many general inspectors took advantage of the situation and immediately abandoned Fernand and showed their courtesy to the new master.

Most of the patrolmen are Chinese or Indians. The Japanese treat them like policemen in the urban area and leave all trivial matters to them.

In the extra-high school class, Fernan was very frightened.

The Japanese carried out a sneak attack, giving them no time to prepare, and they rushed into the concession so quickly that he didn't even have a chance to escape.

Besides, there was no way to escape. The Japanese had monitored all places before taking action.

Fernan was 'invited' into the extra-high school class.

There is no difference between saying yes and getting caught.

He was taken to the torture room. Seeing the horrific instruments of torture in the torture room, Fernan's legs became weak and he was forced to sit there.

The one who caught him was Jiang Tengkong.

He didn't tell Nan Yun, but took action directly. Fernan was related to Chu Lingyun, and he had to be the first to catch him. He was more controllable in his hands.

"Mr. Fernand, do you know why we are looking for you?"

Jiang Tengkong interrogated him in person and asked calmly. Nan Yun still didn't know that he had captured Fernan.

"I understand, but I don't know where Chu Lingyun is."

Fernan immediately replied, no need to ask, he took the initiative to reveal his relationship with Chu Lingyun.

Chu Lingyun had done business with Smith before. In fact, Chu Lingyun was in charge of the company, and Smith had very few shares. The Japanese had long known this.

Later, Chu Lingyun contacted him several times, but never showed up again. Fernan revealed an important figure, Ran Wu.

Ran Wu is from Chu Lingyun.

He doesn't know the rest.

Jiang Tengkong asked him to explain everything he had done for Chu Lingyun, and finally signed and signed it.

"Go and capture Ran Wu immediately. Remember, you must capture him alive. He will most likely know where Chu Lingyun is."

After Jiang Tengkong interrogated the results, the person Fernan told him must be arrested. His confidants led the people out immediately. Jiang Tengkong told him to keep alive because he was afraid of beating the person to death and could not explain to Chu Lingyun.

Not long after, his staff called.

"Ran?"

Jiang Tengkong was not surprised. If such a big thing happened, with Chu Lingyun's intelligence, he would not leave such a big loophole.

If you run away, there will be no follow-up. It's not that he won't do it, but that he can't do it.

"Jiang Teng, did you capture Fernan?"

Nanyun suddenly broke into his office and asked directly.

Jiang Tengkong stood up and nodded lightly: "Yes, Fernan and Chu Lingyun have an unusual relationship. I caught him in advance to prevent him from running away."

Nanyun knew it too late. He had already finished the review and completed the follow-up work.

"Why didn't you tell me in advance?"

Nan Yun was a little angry. Jiang Tengkong had at least informed her of her previous actions, but this time he didn't mention it and directly arrested such an important person.

"Section Chief, the chief section chief has told me that if there is an important situation, I can do it directly without asking for instructions."

Jiang Tengkong replied calmly and without saying a word, Nayun had been completely ignored by him. What he said in the special high school course was still effective, so why should he tell her?

Besides, this was indeed the authorization given to him by Tuyuan.

Tuhara was completely disappointed with Nanyun. If Nayun was not his disciple and there was no particularly big mistake, he would have removed Nayun long ago.

And Jiang Tengkong, who had made contributions to Taro Yagyu, had already gained his trust.

Jiang Tengkong carried Tuyuan out, and Nanyun lost his temper instantly.

"I'll go check it again."

Nan Yun left and Jiang Tengkong ignored her. This woman was a little confused about the current situation.

Since he didn't say anything and didn't report it afterwards, he naturally wouldn't let Nayun easily interrogate people.

"Turned away, where did you go?"

In the prison of the Special High School, Nan Yun's eyes widened. Fernan was no longer in the Special High School, and was escorted to another place by Jiang Tengkong.

"Professor, we don't know."

The people in the prison answered honestly that their level was too low, and Jiang Tengkong did not say where he had been transferred.

Nan Yun understood that Jiang Tengkong did not want her to get involved in this case.

But there is a chance to catch Chu Lingyun in this case. If she catches him, the extra-high school will completely become her world in the future. If Jiang Tengkong catches her, she will be dismissed immediately.

This great achievement was enough for Jiang Tengkong to ascend to the throne.

Nan Yun was unwilling to give in, but she still pressed the urge to ask Jiang Tengkong for someone.

Jiang Tengkong clearly transferred the person away, but he didn't tell her. He was obviously looking at her for a joke. She wouldn't tell Jiang Tengkong if she asked him. She was just humiliating herself.

Back in the office, Nanyun lowered his head, his eyes full of anger.

Jiang Tengkong finally revealed his true face. The next step was to drive her away.

Faced with a desperate situation, she had no choice.

Complaining to the master will only hasten her dismissal. Jiang Tengkong acted in advance because she was doing something, but she was giving opinions to her subordinates who were doing the work. The master hated this kind of thing.

Incompetent people do not deserve to stay in this position.

This was Master's original evaluation of Mitsui, and she didn't want to apply it to herself.

Ran Wu ran away, but did not leave Shanghai.

He hid with Feng Yong.

Chu Lingyun knew that Fernan would definitely be taken away. Fernan was unreliable and would hand Ran Wu over, and Ran Wu had to hide.

Ran Wu usually had no contact with anyone else, and no one knew that he and Feng Yong were actually good brothers.

It's safe to hide in Feng Yongna for the time being.

Ran Wu's hiding can be used as a secret knife for Chu Lingyun, allowing him to do things that are inconvenient for others.

The eight dead soldiers who were directly under Chu Lingyun still stayed with him.

However, Chu Lingyun has already begun to make arrangements for the four people to take up positions in Shiyuan Trading Company, and then slowly transfer them to his side for use.

They didn't know that Ishihara Hiroshi was him, but Chu Lingyun understood that at the critical moment of real danger, as long as Chu Lingyun revealed his identity, they would protect each other with their lives.

On the 76th, both Li Zhiqun and Chen Zhanli moved.

After the Japanese occupied the public concession, they immediately came to the concession. Kubo specially brought Chen Zhanli to the patrol room.

"Lu Daming."

Kubo's cold eyes stared at the man in front of him with trembling legs and sweat.

"Yes, the villain is here."

"When you arrested me, did you think about today?"

Kubo was very relieved. He was set up by the military commander and brought people from the Loyal Salvation Army. He wanted to catch all the military commanders, but he was arrested by the patrol.

If he hadn't been hiding far away, he would probably have walked into the police cell.

Later, I was forced to spend a lot of money to redeem him.

"Sir, the villain is short-sighted and deserves to be beaten. Don't act like a villain. I will return all your money to you. The money is at home. I will get it for you."

Lu Daming knelt down with a bang and slapped himself repeatedly. Now the British and Americans could not protect themselves. The concession suddenly changed. The Japanese were the ones who made the decision. He did not dare to resist at all.

"Where are the patrol officers responsible for arresting people?"

Chen Zhanli immediately asked, Kubo was here to vent his anger. These people were not military commanders, but they had helped military commanders.

Lu Daming actually wanted to take money to save his life. It was impossible.

Doesn't he know that if he is arrested, all his money will be taken away? Now that he has no backstage, he is nothing.

"Everyone is here except Ran Wu."

Lu Daming said carefully, and Kubo frowned: "Who is Ran Wu?"

"My deputy was the person he led the team to arrest."

"Is he going on his own, or is it your order?" Kubo asked again.

"It was my order. Someone reported that you wanted to fight with Juntong, so I asked Ran Wu to lead people there."

Kubo said nothing. Seeing Kubo leaving, Chen Zhanli ordered Lu Daming to be arrested.

"Spare your life, Lord Kubo, please spare your life..."

Lu Daming screamed and was taken away. His home was ransacked, and this would be the fate of anyone who dared to arrest No. 76.

"Go and find out where Ran Wu went."

Chen Zhanli told Xiao Lu that the order was given by Lu Daming and Ran Wu was the executor. However, he was the deputy chief inspector and must have a lot of money. Using this reason to arrest people and ransack their homes, they could get a lot of money.

Lord Kubo is also short of money, and he has to pay homage to Lord Kagezu.

Master Ying Zuo likes gold bars very much.

No. 76 was arresting people everywhere, and Kubo and Chen Zhanli also arrested many people.

In one day, hundreds of people were imprisoned in Cell No. 76, and the cell that was suddenly deserted was overcrowded.

Some were unjustly accused, and some did help the Chinese people a lot.

As long as there is a reason, capture it first.

We don’t dare to kill them indiscriminately, but we will definitely not be able to escape if we have evidence, and we will have to feed them a lot of peanuts this time.

In Youzhai Literary Society, Yamashita was giving a speech to a group of people.

In his words, Japan's sudden attack on the United States was a very smart move, but the navy was still too timid and should have dispatched planes many times regardless of losses, which would inevitably destroy the American base in Hawaii.

All the warships were sunk by them, leaving them with no possibility of repairing them.

After talking about the navy, Yamashita turned to the situation in China again.

In order to prepare for the attack on Hong Kong, the Japanese base camp asked Tian Junliu to launch another attack on Changsha. He must capture the city and then open the way to Shanghai.

In this way, the Japanese troops in northern China can move all the way south to support Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.

Not long after the last war, Tian Junliu didn't want to fight, but he had no choice but to obey the orders from the base camp.

The Eleventh Army was still responsible for this battle.

Avi received the order and immediately prepared for war. This time he mobilized a large number of people, including the 3rd Division, 6th Division, 40th Division and the independent mixed 9th Brigade. The 4th Division was kicked out by him. I don't dare to use it anymore.

If it were another division and they were not allowed to participate in the war, they would regard it as a huge shame.

But the Fourth Division not only didn't have any shame, but was very proud of it.

People will die in a war, and if you don't participate, there will definitely be no losses. Although they suffered the least loss in the last battle in Changsha, hundreds of people still died.

Now that we don't have to participate in the war, we can just go about their business with peace of mind.

Ohgahara of Nanchang also received an order to leave the city with the Independent Ninth Brigade, attack Shanggao, help coordinate the Changsha battlefield, and contain the Guo army in northern Jiangxi.

All kinds of information were compiled by Chu Lingyun and sent to the headquarters, and finally reached the hands of General Xue.

Changsha, combat headquarters.

General Xue is holding a high-level military meeting.

"In this battle, I plan to continue the method I used in the first time. I will no longer block the enemy all the time. This time I will let the enemy in and use the terrain to set up a battle network. I will not only protect Changsha, but also severely damage the enemy."

After speaking, General Xue slapped the table with a firm expression.

"Commander, wouldn't it be too risky to do this?"

Someone asked worriedly that it was easy to let the Japanese in, but once they occupied Changsha, they would be defeated this time.

Last time, they were allowed to rush into Changsha City. If the Sixth War Zone hadn't helped them attack Yichang and trapped the Japanese troops there, they might have been in danger last time.

"No, I have a sense of propriety. We are far behind in weapons and equipment, especially tanks. Their tanks pose the greatest threat to us. This time I formulated this tactic specifically for their tanks, and it will definitely succeed."

General Xue shook his head. He had fought with the Japanese so many times. General Xue knew the Japanese army very well. The Japanese army was strong, but not so strong that it was invincible.

The Japanese army suffered at his hands several times, and the Wanjialing 106th Division was almost wiped out by him.

He killed the largest number of Japanese soldiers.

General Xue was the commander and had a high prestige. No one objected to the tactics he set, and new tactics were soon formulated.

The military commander gave him detailed information, allowing him to make arrangements more calmly.

The Japanese army wanted to come from Yueyang. There were many flat areas from Yueyang to Changsha, and there were also four long horizontal rivers.

The flat terrain was an advantage for the heavy force of the Japanese army, but as long as it was handled properly, their advantage could be resolved and turned into one's own advantage.

After the last battle in Changsha, General Xue had been thinking about what would happen if he followed his previous idea and let the Japanese army in and then carried out an encirclement war?

He played it many times, and the results were better than the last time.

Even if they cannot be completely defeated, they can still be severely damaged, and they will not be allowed to occupy Changsha.

The Japanese army came back so soon, and General Xue decided to apply the well-conceived tactics to the Japanese army.

Moreover, he also has the intelligence help of the military commander, which allows him to understand the situation of the Japanese army at any time.

On the 15th, Avi mobilized almost five divisions and about 100,000 people gathered in Xinqianghe. General Xue was ready to take revenge. Avi also wanted to wash away the shame of failing to capture Changsha last time.

When he was in a meeting in Nanjing, he heard some people commenting that he had made the Battle of Changsha look like that, which was an insult to the imperial soldiers.

Avi has taken the bait. This is his chance to avenge his past humiliation. He can only succeed, not fail.

Both sides are bound to win, and the war is about to begin.

Time passed slowly, and on the 24th, it started raining heavily in Yueyang, which soon turned into heavy snow.

The weather was very bad, but Avi had a sudden idea and chose this day to attack.

His reason was that with such bad weather, the Chinese would never have imagined that they would suddenly attack.

In the afternoon, the Japanese artillery position suddenly opened fire, and the third Battle of Changsha officially began.

In Shanghai, Chu Lingyun was holding the phone.

"Borrow my merchant ship to transport supplies?"

Chu Lingyun was very surprised. The call was from Tian Junliu, asking him for help. He wanted to use the caravan of Shiyuan Trading Company to send a batch of weapons and ammunition to Avi.

"That's right, he doesn't have much ammunition this time, so we must give him support."

Tian Junliu didn't think much and immediately explained the reason. Chu Lingyun quickly understood that Avi was eager to attack and did not wait for the logistics to be fully in place.

In other words, the Japanese are now short of supplies and have reached the point of lacking ammunition.

The soldiers they fought only carried one hundred and twenty bullets each, which sounded like a lot, but in war this number was very small and not enough at all.

Therefore, Avi's battle plan is half a month. If he does not have enough logistical supplies, half a month is his limit. If he runs out of bullets at the end of the fight, it will be a big joke. They have to charge with bayonets and face the enemy directly. artillery fire on the Chinese.

"No problem, I'll arrange the fleet and convoy right away."

Chu Lingyun agreed and could not refuse this matter, but his fleet and convoy would never arrive at the battlefield.

This time, Tian Junliu transferred the arms and supplies from various places, and the Ishihara Trading Company's fleet received them all along the river. Those who received them first went to Wuhan immediately without delay.

Avidu has started fighting, and more weapons and ammunition must be sent to him in time.

You can give it away, but what if there is an accident on the ship and there is no way to leave?

This is too simple. Find a place with a shallow and narrow water bath, blow up a few ships, and the waterway will be blocked immediately.

There was absolutely nothing wrong with Chu Lingyun using military commanders to blow up the ship of his Shiyuan Trading Company.

At that time, Chu Lingyun could still blame Tian Junliu for leaking secrets and causing his losses.

He was the victim. Who would have thought that he blew up the ship himself?

The plan was good, Chu Lingyun executed it immediately.

There was no need to collect information, he would have the most detailed information in his hands, and he would give it to Ni Loach and the others to formulate a plan, and he would then perfect it.

This time he will not go with the boat, and neither will Fang Shiyi.

Send those people who usually promote militarism in the trading company to the ship, and get rid of them together.

Chu Lingyun would never feel bad if one of them died or one of them died in his childhood.

The Xinqiangheguo Army held on for a day, but was still broken through by the Japanese army the next day. The defenders retreated while fighting, but the Japanese army advanced quickly. Among them, the 133rd Division was bitten by two divisions. The entire division was disrupted and communications were completely interrupted. .

However, they still defended many of their strongholds with all their might and fought to the death to kill the enemy.

On the 26th, the snowfall intensified, and heavy snow fell in the sky. Many of the 58th Army of the Guo Army came from the Yunnan Army. The Yunnan Army was famously intolerant of severe cold, and the cotton coats were not prepared to be so thick. Many soldiers froze to death at night. .

However, even if they were frozen into ice sculptures, their guns were still pointed at the Japanese position.

They didn't run away, they didn't make a fire.

They are all heroes.

General Xue originally planned to let the Japanese troops in, then completely implement the retreat and decisive battle, win the eight-character battle policy of the outer flank, and let the Japanese come to Changsha. His battle plan was like a furnace, and Changsha was the bottom of the furnace.

He wants to use this furnace to completely melt the Japanese so that they will never come back.

General Xue carefully summarized the last battle and found that the casualties of the Guo army were indeed very high, and he made many mistakes.

There was clearly an opportunity to lure the enemy in, and even engage in street fighting with them to reduce the threat of their heavy firepower, but he chose to confront them head-on, even adding troops one after another.

Ultimately causing great casualties.

There are currently four lines of defense outside Changsha, which happen to be four major rivers.

The first is the Xinqiang River, where Japan has the least logistical supply pressure and the Japanese army has the greatest advantage. The entanglement between Xinqiang River and the Japanese army is completely to allow the Japanese army to freely exert their advantages.

The second line of defense is the Miluo River, which can be said to be divided into two parts, each with its own advantages and disadvantages.

The third line is the Laodao River. There are mostly paddy fields here. It is difficult for the Japanese tanks and artillery to move. They have become the disadvantaged party. General Xue will start a tug-of-war with the Japanese army between the Laodao River and the fourth Liuyang River defense line. .

During this battle, General Xue ordered that all roads along the way be destroyed and water added to the paddy fields to prevent their tanks and artillery from passing smoothly.

There are no good roads. Even if some tanks and artillery can come over, there will definitely be some that cannot keep up or are broken.

If you can reduce them a little bit, it's a little bit.

Sentries were set up in villages along the way. When Japanese troops were discovered, beacon fires were lit to convey information through beacon fire, telling them that the Japanese were coming.

In this way, they can know clearly the movements of the Japanese army.

When the Japanese come in, his furnace will be started, letting them feel the heat of Changsha.

The Japanese army is breaking through, more smoothly than last time, and Avi is very happy.

However, the staff are not optimistic. They hope that the Chinese will fight them in the forward position like last time, so that they can be defeated quickly.

Obviously, the Chinese learned their lesson and did not use the same method as last time.

"General, urgent call."

The staff officer happily brought the telegram over. Avi took it and looked at it, and was dumbfounded.

Just yesterday evening, the British troops in Hong Kong announced their surrender.

The reason they launched the attack on Changsha this time was to support Hong Kong. Once Hong Kong surrendered, this reason would naturally not be valid.

The chief of staff and other staff officers were also urging Avi to withdraw his troops.

Unfortunately, Avi really took the initiative this time and wanted to conquer Changsha.

His mind was full of Changsha and he couldn't listen to advice at all.

He also summarized several reasons. First, capturing Changsha would deal a blow to Principal Chang's prestige, and it could also contain the Chinese military strength.

Secondly, let other people in the world see that the Japanese army still has a lot of spare power.

In the end, the Chinese in Hunan were disappointed with Chongqing, thinking that the Guo army could not protect them, and by the way, threatened the entire Sixth Theater.

The staff was quite speechless about his reasons. Avi refused to listen and wanted to fight desperately. Since there was no order to retreat from above, they could only obey the military order at this time.

It is not impossible to defeat the enemy with the enemy, but it is not necessary. After all, the current performance of the war is still very beneficial to them. What if they can really capture Changsha this time?

Then everyone will make a collective contribution.

Avi still sent a telegram to Tian Junliu to inquire about continuing the war. Tian Junliu did not reply. In fact, he was hesitating.

There was no turning back arrow when he opened his bow, so Avi shot it out and then just stepped back, his face also unconcerned.

But if he agrees to fight, if Avi returns without success like last time, he will be even more embarrassed. He is not so anxious now. Ishihara Hiroshi has bought him two and a half years, and he can calmly plan and gradually Cannibalize.

Simply don't reply and let Avi make his own decision.

If it works, he has a share of the credit. If it doesn't, it's Avi's fault, and his responsibility will be much smaller.

At most, after reviewing it, I realized that because of my own hesitation, I was unable to stop Avi in ​​time. He wanted to stop him, but it was a waste of time.

On the afternoon of the 27th, the Japanese army invaded the Miluo River. It rained and snowed continuously, and the water level on the river rose a lot. The current was also fast, making it very difficult to pass. The engineering team of the 11th Army suffered a lot.

Everyone's hands and face were frostbitten, as if they had been eaten by dogs.

The Guo army was waiting for work, and they fought in the cold mud for two consecutive days. The Guo army was uncomfortable, and the Japanese army was even more uncomfortable.

Their tanks and artillery can't keep up, so they can only compete with the Chinese.

The bad weather had a great impact on the Japanese army, and the Guo army made full use of its geographical advantages and continued ambushes.

The 40th Regiment of the Forty Division's baggage force was ambushed by the 20th Army. Regiment Captain Morikawa was directly killed. The Guo Army even secretly arranged a bunker under the railway bridge.

The Yokota brigade became the unlucky one. They were shot at by machine guns as they passed by. Many people were loyal to their emperor without knowing what was going on.

The advance on all fronts was not going smoothly, and the staff once again persuaded Avi to give up.

It's a pity that Avi couldn't control that much at this time and insisted on going his own way, and sent an "arbitrary apology report" to Tian Junliu.

Tian Junliu likes this report very much. With this report, if it really fails in the future, it will be Avi's arbitrary responsibility. Didn't he even ask for forgiveness?

Yangtze River, Anqing section.

The Ishihara Trading Company's fleet, escorted by the Japanese water patrol, slowly sailed out of the dock with six ships.

The six ships are all loaded with weapons and ammunition and must be sent to the front immediately to support the 11th Army.

In a shallow water area, Loach is holding a telescope.

"Chu Yuan, have the explosives been loaded?"

Loach asked while looking at it, and Chu Principle nodded: "Don't worry, Team Leader Zhao, everything is installed. I personally led people to install it."

When the ship was at the dock, they installed some high explosives on the ship. This is an arms ship, and it must be beautiful after the explosion.

It's just that the ship belongs to Ishihara Trading Company. If he brings people to blow up the team leader's ship, the team leader won't let him lose money, right?

Ni Loach thought in a wicked way. He naturally knew that the team leader would not let him pay the money.

"Very well, we are ready to enjoy the fireworks."

Ni Loach nodded. This time he was leading the team, and Chu Yuan was assisting him in the action.

It is not difficult to install explosives. The dock is heavily guarded, but those guards were arranged by their team leader, and Ni Loach knows the situation of the guards very well.

The person leading the team this time was the general manager of the security guard of Ishihara Trading Company.

The general manager is Japanese, and Chu Lingyun chose him because he is very honest and reliable.

He has always strictly obeyed Chu Lingyun's orders.

This time Hu Lingyun gave him a secret mission. After arriving in Anqing, he helped him purchase several antiques. He knew that these antiques were in the hands of several big traitors.

Let them sell the antiques to themselves for a specified amount of money.

The amount is very low, so it’s not bad to give. If I ask you directly, I’ll give it to you.

Chu Lingyun knew him very well. The general manager liked pomp and circumstance, and this mission was about coercion. Chu Lingyun specifically told him not to alarm the garrison.

To put it simply, Toru Ishihara did not want the garrison to know or participate in this matter.

After all, it doesn't sound good to speak out about plunder.

When the general manager goes to perform a task, he will inevitably bring everyone in the fleet with him because of his temperament. There will only be a few people left on each ship to chat, maybe even one or two people.

According to the situation of the guards, after the people from Ishihara Trading Company left, they dived into the water and secretly placed explosives on the ship.

It's not a time bomb. Today's time bombs are not that mature and require them to be detonated manually.

The way to detonate it is very simple, use artillery bombardment.

This time Loach brought 160 people and twelve 80mm mortars.

All Japanese-style equipment, including thousands of rounds of artillery shells.

Chu Lingyun is very wealthy and uses the best equipment to blow up his own things.

As for where the mortars came from, will the Japanese find out?

Chu Lingyun didn't have any worries.

They spent a lot of money to buy the mortars. The Fourth Division is really honest and trustworthy in doing business. Except for the number being cleared, all the mortars are 80% new and very easy to use.

As for these mortars, they had reported battle damage during the Battle of Changsha, and they couldn't find them even if they wanted to.

In fact, these mortars can sink merchant ships.

However, Chu Lingyun was worried that the military commander's gunners were not aiming accurately and could not sink the merchant ship as planned, thus failing to achieve the effect of blocking the river.

I specifically asked them to find an opportunity to add some spice to the boat.

There are very few people who don't feel bad about blowing up their own ship.

The ship is loaded with weapons and ammunition, and with the help of external high explosives, as long as one shell falls on it, the entire ship will be destroyed immediately.

Six ships from Ishihara Trading Company were slowly approaching, and they were accompanied by many patrol boats from the water patrol group, including two gunboats.

Loach and the others were targeting merchant ships, not patrol boats.

Precisely because there were patrol boats around, they didn't have much time. Once the gunboats locked onto their target, they could immediately fire on the mortar positions on the riverside.

The ambush lasted three minutes, and six positions were set up, with two mortars in each position, and each position was responsible for a merchant ship.

Within three minutes, they must sink all merchant ships.

It's not easy to get them to stay where they want to be.

Loach was very confident. There were many elites in their combat team. This time they also transferred several artillerymen from the Loyalty and Salvation Army. They chose a narrow position, with the entire river width less than 700 meters.

Their mortars have a range of more than 2,000 meters. At such a close range, the shells can hit them like bricks.

The fleet arrived and when it arrived at the designated position, Loach immediately sent out a signal flare. There were six ambush points prepared. The gunners were already prepared and immediately put the shells into the barrel after receiving the order.

"Boom boom boom"

Explosions continued on the river. The first round of shelling hit two merchant ships, and an unlucky patrol boat was hit.

Seeing that the error was so big, Loach was so angry that he cursed, how could these people fight?

It's a thousand miles crooked, it's in the wrong position, it's in the wrong place.

10,000 words guarantee, thanks to Dahuang Mayfly for the 3,000 starting coin reward, and thanks to the 1st Guards Tank Brigade for another 1,000 starting coin reward.