My years of espionage

Chapter 366 August [-]th, night (please subscribe and ask for tickets)

A sudden knock on the door made the three people in the room nervous.

Chai Xue winked at Liu Danian and Xiao Huo.

The two took out weapons from their bags. Liu Danian was holding a Mauser pistol, and Xiao Huo was holding a dagger.

The two walked lightly and lined up on both sides behind the door.

"Who is it?" Chai Xue walked to the door and asked softly.

"Miss, I'm here to deliver a hot water bottle."

"Let's put it at the door." Chai Xue nodded towards Liu Danian, and she had the impression that the voice of the person outside was the boy from the hotel.

"Okay." The boy agreed, and then he heard the sound of the thermos bottle being placed on the ground.

Then there was the sound of footsteps leaving gently.

Chai Xue was about to open the door.

Xiao Huo suddenly gestured towards the two of them: the people outside did not leave.

At this moment, a lowered voice came from outside the door, "Is this Boss Pan from Chuzhou?"

The faces of the three people in the room suddenly changed, and then they showed joyful expressions.

Liu Danian winked at Xiao Huo, and Xiao Huo walked away lightly, holding the gun and hiding under the bed.

Here, Chai Xue put her ear behind the door and answered through the crack of the door, "Is it Nan Xiang's Boss?"

"Miss, our master's surname is Bai, Bai of the cypress tree, Bai Yongcai." A reply came from outside the door.

The code is right!
Chai Xue and Liu Danian looked at each other, and the latter nodded.

Chai Xue gently opened the door, and saw a tall, thin, middle-aged woman in her 50s standing outside the door.

She was very surprised, wasn't it a male voice just now?
"You are Xiaoxue, don't you know Uncle?" Xiong Jiashang said with a smile in a male voice.

"Uncle Bai, please come in." Chai Xue glanced at the woman in surprise, and immediately reacted, stepped aside, invited her into the room, and immediately closed the door.

……

Xiong Jiashang glanced at Chai Xue and Liu Danian.

Comparing the two with the description of the situation in the telegram, he then extended his hand to Liu Danian, "Comrade Liu Danian, I am Xiong Jiashang, the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Red Party. Is the old house at home okay?"

"Hello Minister Xiong." Hearing this, Liu Danian happily shook hands with Xiong Jiashang, "I used to hear Fang (Jinghua) secretary mention you, saying that you are a woman."

At this moment, Liu Danian finally felt relieved. Just now Xiong Jiashang deliberately mentioned the old house, referring to Comrade Fang Jinghua, the leader of the Hangzhou Red Party.

Xiong Jiashang worked with Fang Jinghua before. "Old house" is Xiong Jiashang's description of Fang Jinghua.

Fang Jinghua has an extremely serious gastric ulcer. In addition, because he was arrested by the enemy and suffered severe torture, he has serious physical risks. When Xiong Jiashang left Hangzhou, he was very concerned about Fang Jinghua's health and said that your old house will be destroyed. Take care and hold on.

Later, Fang Jinghua suffered from stomach problems and vomited blood. He laughed at himself and said that his old house might not last long.

The meaning of 'old house' is something that only the insiders of the Hangcheng Red Party and Xiong Jiashang himself know.

……

"How is Mr. Miao?" Xiong Jiashang asked immediately.

Liu Danian looked at Chai Xue. Chai Xue was a doctor with the army and had the most right to speak.

"Mr. Miao relied entirely on his willpower to support him all the way. After landing at the pier, he finally couldn't hold on anymore and passed out." Chai Xue brought Xiong Jiashang to the bedside to check on Mr. Miao's condition, "Mr. Miao Now he is in a coma with a high fever, and the situation is very dangerous."

Xiong Jiashang bent down, reached out and touched the forehead of 'Mr. Miao', it was terribly hot.

"We can't wait any longer." Xiong Jiashang said with a serious expression, "We must transfer immediately and take Mr. Miao to see a doctor."

"I agree." Liu Danian said immediately, "However, we have just opened a guest room, and if we check out now, will it arouse suspicion?"

"I can't control that much anymore." Xiong Jiashang waved his hand, "Transfer immediately."

"Yes!" Liu Danian saluted. Xiong Jiashang used to be the leader of the Red Party in Hangzhou, and even the political commissar of the guerrilla detachment in the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Border Region. Although Liu Danian had never met Xiong Jiashang before, strictly speaking, Xiong Jiashang was Liu Danian's double elder lead'.

At this moment, Xiao Huo got out from under the bed.

Xiong Jiashang was startled.

……

"This is Xiao Huo, Mr. Miao's bodyguard." Liu Danian hurriedly introduced.

Xiong Jiashang nodded, glanced at Xiao Huo, showing a thoughtful expression, and then his face returned to normal.

With Mr. Miao on his back, Liu Danian just went out when he saw a strong man standing outside the door.

"Let me recite it." The man said.

"I'll do it myself." Liu Danian hurriedly said, although he confirmed Xiong Jiashang's identity and confirmed that he was a member of the Shanghai Red Party, but Liu Danian was still extremely vigilant, and he was the most at ease only if he carried Mr. Miao himself.

Chai Xue took a look at Xiong Jiashang, and she recognized that Xiong Jiashang was imitating the accent of this strong man just now.

Several people checked out the room, and the hotel owner deducted part of the rent.

Xiao Huo looked distressed at the hotel owner several times, and couldn't help cursing when he got out of the hotel, 'Black-hearted capitalist'.

Xiong Jiashang glanced at Xiao Huo and was about to speak.

"Xiao Huo, shut up." Liu Danian said with a stern expression.

Xiao Huo glanced at Liu Danian, and opened his mouth, "Yes, I was wrong."

He also knew that he shouldn't have said that just now.

Liu Danian put 'Mr. Miao' on the rickshaw. The strong man smiled, picked up a towel from the handlebar, wiped the handlebar casually, put the towel around his neck, and pulled up the rickshaw.

Liu Danian also smiled, it turned out that this strong comrade was a rickshaw driver.

……

Nanxiang.

Zhang Wenbai got off the jeep and walked straight to the office.

The guards along the way kept raising their hands in salute.

After entering the headquarters, he took the towel handed over by the adjutant and wiped off his sweat.

Out of front-line operations and command needs, Zhang Wenbai moved the war room from Longhua to Nanxiang overnight.

"Did the high command call back?" he asked.

"Report to the commander, not yet."

Zhang Wenbai frowned, took out his pocket watch and checked the time.

"Call the Nanjing High Command and ask again!"

"Yes!"

The battle plan has been formulated, and it is scheduled to launch a sudden attack on the Japanese strongholds on the Hongkou and Yangshupu wings at dawn tomorrow, catching the Japanese army by surprise.

The most perfect situation is to be able to form a sweeping situation, wipe out the Japanese Marine Corps in one fell swoop, and control the entire Chinese community in Shanghai.

The entire combat plan has been formulated and submitted to the High Command for approval, and it has been issued to all units at the same time.

However, this is a big matter, and before finally launching the war, according to the requirements of the high command, it needs to be reported to them for approval.

To be precise, the final order to fire had to be issued by Chairman Chang Kaishen himself.

……

About half an hour later, the confidential section chief of the telecommunications room came running quickly with a message in his hand.

"commander."

Zhang Wenbai took the telegram as soon as he saw the content clearly, his whole face changed immediately.

This is a telegram from the High Command: Do not attack!
"Commander, what should we do? All ministries have received orders, and we will act at dawn." A major general officer said in a low voice with a dignified expression, "It's better to strike first. If you miss it, you will be beaten passively."

"Call back to Nanjing." Zhang Wenbai said with a gloomy expression, "Our army has already deployed, and the preparations for the attack have been completed. The arrow is on the string, and we have to send it. I request to attack according to the established plan!"

"Yes!"

A quarter of an hour later.

When Nanjing called back, there were still only four words: Do not attack!

Zhang Wenbo was furious and ordered to call Nanjing again.

Soon, Nanjing called back for the third time, 'no attack'.

However, Xu felt Zhang Wenbai's anger, and this reply gave a little explanation as to why the Japanese army was not allowed to attack the Japanese army as planned.

……

The French Concession, the Anglo-American Concession, and the diplomatic missions stationed in Shanghai from other countries were afraid of the outbreak of the Shanghai War, which would endanger their interests and personal safety.

Therefore, the diplomatic missions suggested that the Nanjing government should change Shanghai into an undefended city and a free port.

The advice was issued yesterday.

This morning, the advice was passed on to the Foreign Office.

The suggestion of the various missions in China made the peace faction inside the government very happy.

They found Xue Zhichang, who has always been "inclining to peace", and resorted to a request for "peaceful negotiations".

Xue Zhichang met Chang Kaishen and asked to carefully consider the means of solving it by force.

Xue Zhichang said to Chang Kaishen: "If you can tolerate Japan, you should always try to tolerate it. When the war starts, no matter whether a third country joins or not, the best result is that both sides will suffer. But after that, Japan is an industrial country and it is easy to recover. On the contrary, I am in danger of falling apart."

Chang Kaishen said that he has endured for a long time.

Xue Zhichang said, "Don't forget to endure is a difficult thing to bear."

Chang Kaishen said, "Let me think about it again."

Then, Chang Kaishen instead gave Xue Zhichang a small lecture on resolutely resisting Japan.

Xue Zhichang listened to the Chairman of the Standing Committee's speech, and knew that this was a polite rejection of his suggestion of forbearance for the time being.

……

Seeing that Xue Zhichang's persuasion was ineffective, many people went to Wang Jianhai again.

Wang Jianhai was overjoyed to see so many people looking for him. He thought it was a good sign that his political principles were widely supported. He immediately went to Chairman Chang Kaishen and advocated peace talks with Japan.

Chang Kaishen was polite to Wang Jianhai, but just one sentence made Wang Jianhai angry.

What the Standing Committee Chairman said was, "You don't understand military matters."

Wang Jianhai was furious.

He decided to bypass Chang Kaishen and contact the missions of various countries alone. If he successfully avoided war, this would also be an opportunity for his Wang family to replace Chang Kaishen and rise again.

Therefore, Wang Jianhai directly approached Foreign Minister Wang Chonghao, "Under the tolerable situation, the best strategy is always to use peaceful means."

Afterwards, many government officials and celebrities approached Chang Kaishen, requesting to do their utmost to seek peace.

In fact, because of the huge disparity in the national and military strengths of China and Japan, some people inside and outside the Nationalist Government actively advocated peace or tried to postpone the time of the war.

Within the national government, Xue Zhichang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Military Commission, was the representative.He believes that the ratio of the Chinese and Japanese air forces is still less than one to seven, and it will take at least six months to prepare for the war of resistance.

In July, Xue Zhichang wrote to He Yingzhen, Minister of Military and Political Affairs, advocating that "peace must still be sought."

Xue Zhichang even called Yang Xishan specifically, "Please campaign for peace."

Among the intellectuals, Hu Zhi, Jiang Mengling, etc. all advocated "resisting pain for peace", and believed that "it is better to seek peace than defeat before the war."

For this reason, Hu Zhi met with Chang Kaishen twice.

At the end of last month, he once suggested to Chang Kaishen that "the diplomatic line cannot be broken."

A week ago, Hu Zhi met with Chang Kaishen again. He suggested to the Chairman of the Standing Committee that he should abandon the three eastern provinces and recognize "Manchukuo" in order to resolve all "pending issues" between China and Japan in exchange for long-term peace in East Asia.

Just this afternoon, Hu Zhi met Chang Kaishen again and asked Chang Kaishen to make the greatest peace effort before the war.

In his written proposal to Chang Kaishen, he proposed:
The Konoe cabinet does not agree with a full-scale invasion of China now, so everything can be discussed, and the opportunity must not be missed.

In addition, Hu Zhi pointed out that Japan has basic financial difficulties, and the Japanese cabinet does not want to go to war.

The third point is that the central army of the national government is the basis for maintaining the stability of the country. Once the war starts, the central army will be exhausted soon, the national government will lose its military foundation, and the country may disintegrate. It is even more impossible to resist Japan.

Therefore, we must endure and negotiate peace, so that we can lose some territory and interests and avoid wars.

Whether it was Xue Zhichang, Wang Chonghao, or Hu Zhi, none of their strategies for peace talks affected Chang Kaishen.

What really moved Chang Kaishen was the proposal put forward by missions from various countries to establish Shanghai as an undefended city.

Chang Kaishen may not necessarily agree with this suggestion, but the involvement of missions from various countries has made him see the hope of the League of Nations intervening in the Sino-Japanese War, which has always been the greatest expectation of the Nationalist government.

Ever since, when the thunderbolt was about to be launched against the Japanese army less than ten hours later, the Nanjing High Command urgently pressed the pause button on the frontline troops in Shanghai.

Zhang Wenbo looked at the telegram in his hand with a look of grief and indignation, and finally heaved a long sigh.

"Order all ministries to stand ready and not slack off." Zhang Wenbai ordered.

"Yes!"

……

Dollface Road.

This is one of the secret strongholds Cheng Qianfan arranged for the Shanghai Special Affairs Team.

Cheng Qianfan disguised himself and appeared here as 'Mr. Xiao':

Cheng Qianfan was wearing a doctor's uniform and a mask.

Ying Huaizhen carefully looked at 'Mr. Xiao' who deliberately sat a little further away.

Because he was wearing a mask, he couldn't see his face, but judging from his voice and his beard, 'Mr. Xiao' should be a middle-aged man with a beard.

She is sensitive to smells, and she smells a faint smell of disinfectant on 'Mr. Xiao'.

"Report the situation of each department." Cheng Qianfan said in a deep voice.

"After the second meeting with Cheng Qianfan, this person did not go anywhere else, but still went to the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai." Haozai replied.

"Have you figured out the identity of this person?" Cheng Qianfan asked.

"This person is Lieutenant Eguchi Hideya, the third-class military attache of the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai." Haozai replied.

It was the first time to come to the stronghold of Dollface Road, and Ying Huaizhen who 'meeted' Mr. Xiao was quite shocked:
The other colleagues in the special situation team are indeed very capable. In just a few hours, they found out the identity of the Japanese who met with Cheng Qianfan.

In comparison, her side is a bit stretched.

Thinking of being taken advantage of by that bastard Cheng Qianfan today, but she didn't collect any more information, Ying Huaizhen's face was cold and her teeth itched with hatred.

"President Ying, you have had direct contact with Cheng Qianfan today, what do you think about this matter?" Cheng Qianfan looked at Ying Huaizhen and asked.

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