Chapter 148 Expose
Zujiabang prisoner war camp.
It was noon, except for the scouts outside, more than 1,300 officers and soldiers of the 367th Regiment were still asleep, especially the more than 500 officers and soldiers of the Independent 7th Battalion that had just joined the 367th Regiment, who were sleeping in a daze.
Because before that, the officers and soldiers of the 7th Independent Battalion had not closed their eyes for three days and nights!
However, all the captains at the company level and above were called to the regiment headquarters for a meeting by Zhong Yi.
Chen Yaoting and Yuan Qiang were inevitably a little restrained when they attended the 367th Regiment for the first time.
Zhong Yi took the initiative to make a comeback for the two of them and said, "Let me introduce it first. This is Chen Yaoting, this is Yuan Qiang. These two are famous generals of the 170th Division of the 7th Army of the Gui Army! However, from today on, they have more than 500 brothers from the 170th Division and will temporarily be included in our 367 sequence. Welcome!"
All the captains present applauded.
Chen Yaoting and Yuan Qiang quickly stood attentively and saluted.
Zhong Yi signaled the two to sit down and said, "There is only one issue for this meeting!"
After everyone's attention was concentrated, Zhong Yi said again: "This topic is the subsequent marching route! According to the information provided by the attendant's office, most of the main forces of the 10th Army of the Japanese have passed Wuxing, and the Guoqi Detachment has taken a detour to Guangde, and even the Japanese's baggage troops have arrived at the front line of Nanxun Town!"
Yang Chen said: "That is to say, we continue to stay near Xitang and can no longer find the Japanese baggage troops! Only by following forward can we continue to attack the Japanese baggage troops!"
"Not bad!" Zhong Yi said, "The problem now is how to move forward? Which route should I take?"
"Isn't this very simple?" The 1st battalion commander Chu Bangchang immediately said, "Just like before, pretending to be a Japanese and continuing to walk along the riverside. When you meet a Japanese, you can fight if you can't fight, and if you can't beat them, you can dodge them if you can't beat them!"
"You're thinking too simple." Zhong Yi shook his head, "Is it really stupid to think the Japanese?"
Chu Gangchang disagreed and said, "Didn't the Japanese have discovered that we are pretending to be the baggage force?"
Zhong Yi said: "The Japanese have not found any abnormalities yet, but no one can guarantee that the Japanese will never find any abnormalities, and no one can guarantee that the Japanese will not use their tricks to put a trap on us!"
As a talented student who graduated from the military academy, Zhong Yi systematically studied military history, so he remembered many details. He vaguely remembered that the Military Control Commission and the Japanese secret service broke out during this period. Because of this battle, the Japanese invaders frequently changed the secret codes for a long time to avoid being deciphered by the Military Control Commission!
After a pause, Zhong Yi said again: "Anyway, it's always good to be cautious!"
I won’t say much more about Chu Gangchang, who made Zhong Yi the head of the 367th Regiment?
Zhong Yi said again: "There are two marching routes in front of us now. One is to take the land route. However, the problem is, if you go ashore and take the land route, how should you deal with the seized military supplies? It is impossible to take them all away. It is a pity to destroy them! Hiding them may be the only choice."
After a pause, Zhong Yi said again: "The other is to take the Taihu waterway!"
Chu Bangchang couldn't help but say again: "Is there a difference between walking on Taihu Lake and walking on the river bank?"
"Of course there is a difference." Zhong Yi said, "According to the information currently available, the combat troops of the 10th Army took the highway, and the logistics troops had a small amount of waterways. Some of the troops sent to the Shanghai Condemnation Army took the Taihu waterway, but in the Taihubei District, the waterways in the Taihunan District are temporarily safe!"
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Zhong Yi’s prudence is by no means redundant!
In fact, the Japanese have discovered an abnormality!
However, this is attributed to Dai Li’s Military Affairs Bureau!
After the Operations Department was independent from the Blue-Clothing Society and reorganized into the Military Affairs Bureau, Chen Lifu, the director, was only nominally responsible for intelligence affairs, and Dai Li, the deputy director!
Dai Li is still very capable and is also very energetic after becoming the deputy director. With his strong support, the intelligence network of the Military Control Commission in Shanghai, Peking and Tianjin has developed rapidly!
Especially in Shanghai, Dai Li used a lot of money to buy a telecommunication officer in the Central China Front Army Command and obtained the Japanese army's secret code!
However, the Japanese army had strong counter-espionage capabilities. After several consecutive situations, the Japanese secret service immediately pulled out the traitors hidden in the headquarters.
Since then, the Japanese army has strengthened confidentiality measures!
One of them is that the password code will be changed regularly!
Shortly after the 3rd Battalion of the 6th Division was completely wiped out, the Japanese Central China Front Army replaced the secret code and sent the new secret code to various front lines.
The 367th Regiment, which pretended to be the 3rd Battalion of the Bag, did not receive the new code and still used the old password to contact the headquarters, so it was exposed at once!
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Jiashan, the 10th Army Command.
The Chief of Staff of the 10th Army rushed into the tent and reported to Yanagawa Heisuke: "The Commander, you just discovered a very suspicious situation, which is likely to be related to the several consecutive attacks of the 6th Division before!"
Yanagawa Heisuke, who was playing chess with Yamamoto Shigeo, immediately raised his head and asked, "What's going on?"
"Hayi!" Yamada Tetsujiro paused his head suddenly and continued, "Just just now, the 3rd Battalion of Independent Basketball Team, which was assigned to the 23rd Infantry Regiment, sent a telegram to the headquarters with an old secret code!"
"Nani? The old secret code?" Yanagawa Heisuke's expression suddenly faded when he heard this.
Yamamoto Shigeo, who was sitting opposite, couldn't help but say: "Commander, something happened to the 3rd Independent Basketball Team. The current 3rd Independent Basketball Team must be pretending to be Zhong Yi's 367th Regiment!"
After a pause, Yamamoto Shigeo said again: "Commander, this is a good opportunity to destroy the 367th Regiment!"
"Suoga!" Yanagawa Heisuke focused his attention when he heard this. He had been busy urging his troops to launch an attack on Nanjing and had no extra energy to take into account the pursuit of Zhong Yi and the 367th Regiment, but this did not mean that he did not hate Zhong Yi and the 367th Regiment. No matter what, Zhong Yi and the 367th Regiment brought significant losses to the 10th Army!
At that moment, Yanagawa Heisuke said: "Yamada, can you determine the location of the 367th regiment?"
"Hayi!" Yamada Tetsujiro said first, "The telecommunication detection vehicle can determine the exact location of the 367th Regiment through radio waves. Moreover, one of the telecommunication detection vehicles of the Shanghai secret service is in Qingpu, and it can reach the vicinity of Xitang Town in as early as two hours. According to previous information, the 367th Regiment should still be near Xitang!"
"Yo Xi!" Yanagawa Heisuke said again, "Yamada, immediately coordinate with the Shanghai secret service agency and transfer the telecommunication reconnaissance vehicle to Xitang. At the same time, order the 3rd Flying Regiment to prepare for takeoff. Once the 367th Regiment's location is determined, at least two attack squadrons will be dispatched to blow the 367th Regiment's base to ashes!"
Chapter completed!