bookcurios Chapter 424 Director Wu's Case
Chapter 424 Director Wu's Case
Early the next morning, Hu Zongnan took his guards to Luochuan, north of Xi'an, and held a military meeting.
According to the instructions from Chongqing, taking advantage of the dissolution of the Communist International, an attack was launched on Yan'an.
They attempted to launch a surprise attack on Yan'an by dividing their heavy troops into nine routes. In addition to the more than 20 troops originally used to blockade the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, they also decided to withdraw 6 divisions from the river defense forces that were dealing with the Japanese army!
The plan was to first seize the Guanzhong "sac-shaped area" located between Zhengning, Xunyi, Yijun and Tongchuan on the southern front, then capture Longdong, and then "blitz" Yan'an from nine directions including Yichuan, Luochuan and Yaoxian.
On the northern front, the 22nd Army cooperated in attacking Shenmu, Fugu and other places.
At this time, in order to achieve the effect of a secret attack, small vanguard troops slowly arrived at the designated positions under the pretext of military exercises, while the main force remained motionless.
At this time, Wang Meng in Pingshun also discovered a clue. It was not that he noticed the troop movements of the Eighth War Zone, but that he found two letters of appointment and letters among the spoils of Black Wind Village.
Wang Meng opened the letter of appointment and looked at the signature. It turned out to be the Chongqing Military and Political Department. The content of the letter of appointment made him laugh out loud.
The first letter was to Xie Baoqing, appointing him as the colonel commander of the Zhujiayuan Guerrilla Brigade.
The second letter was to Shanmaozi, appointing him as lieutenant colonel and deputy battalion commander.
"Officials in Chongqing are too worthless now, aren't they? The leader of a mere group of 772 bandits is considered a division-level officer? How ridiculous! Commander Cheng of the nd Regiment, you've been deceived. Isn't Xie Baoqing killing two birds with one stone?"
Wang Meng then opened the letter, but the more he read, the more serious his expression became.
It turned out that they attacked Wei Heshang's convoy entirely under the assignment of Chongqing as a token of their joining the Central Army.
Moreover, this was not just a simple matter of creating friction. Chongqing was about to take tough measures against the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region Government. In order to prevent these weapons from falling into the hands of the Eighth Route Army and strengthening their strength, they ordered the Black Wind Village to rob along the way.
"Damn it, no wonder the damn Xie Baoqing had something to say before he died. It seems he was prepared to use this secret to exchange for his own life!"
Wang Meng took the two letters of appointment and the letter and found Lin Shubing. He also sent a telegram to Li Yunlong, reminding him to pay attention to safety.
"Shubing, it seems that the Central Army is still unwilling to give up. They are determined to eliminate this red color!"
"Fuck it! They are no experts in the war of resistance against Japan, but experts in the civil war. They just like to do this bullshit of fighting among themselves!"
"Well, the key is that we don't know exactly how they will act yet, and we can't mobilize our troops. After all, the Japanese are also watching us!"
Wang Meng now had a headache when he thought about the Japanese's so-called plan to counterattack Shanxi. After all, according to Squid's intelligence, the Japanese were spending huge sums of money to introduce Tiger tanks.
"Shubing, do we need to inform the Eighth Route Army about this first?"
"How about this, we collect intelligence first, and deliver these two letters of appointment and letters. As for how they respond, we can't interfere!"
Wang Meng immediately ordered people to send these things over, and then sent some intelligence personnel and reconnaissance personnel to the Central Army to closely monitor their every move.
However, in order to launch a secret attack, Hu Zongnan only had a small vanguard force moving slowly towards the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region Government, while most of the rest remained in their original locations, showing no signs of moving away.
At this time, a vigorous anti-counterrevolutionary movement was being carried out in Yan'an, criticizing a large number of weak-willed cadres and soldiers.
Director Wu, who was in charge of intelligence, did not pay much attention to the information submitted by Wang Meng, but instead threw it aside.
Because of the anti-counterrevolutionary movement, the original intelligence director was temporarily transferred from his job. Director Wu, who was in charge of mass work, had just taken over the intelligence work. He was very dissatisfied with the various actions of the Independent Column.
After all, the Independent Column has now separated from them, and this "so-called evidence" was obtained by them when they annihilated the Independent Battalion of the 772nd Regiment, so its authenticity and intention are questionable.
"This independent column is said to have retained the red seeds, but I see that they eat and drink well, and their allowances are even higher than those of businessmen. Can such a team consider the people wholeheartedly? Can it have combat effectiveness?"
An intelligence officer nearby, who couldn't stand Director Wu's sudden jumpiness, curled his lips.
"I don't know if they can think wholeheartedly for the people, but their fighting ability is indeed outstanding. Director Wu, don't you see that most of Shanxi has been taken by them?"
Director Wu kept his mouth shut in the face of the ironclad facts, but decided to ignore the information they provided.
"The Communist International has been dissolved. Whether there are spies planted by the enemy within our ranks to sabotage us is our most important task at the moment. As for the Central Army attacking the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, I think the possibility is extremely low. After all, there are so many eyes watching, they dare not!"
The intelligence officer's lips slightly touched each other, but when he thought of how powerful Director Wu was in asking people to write reports, he swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
After all, this incident was like a stone thrown into the lake, which caused a few ripples and then there was no further movement.
On June 1943, 6, a number of proposals from so-called "democratic personages" were published in newspapers controlled by Chongqing, calling for the abolition of the Yan'an political party and the border region government. For a time, this argument was very popular.
This is Chongqing’s strategy, to play political conspiracy through military coercion and suppression of public opinion.
The vanguard troops gradually showed their fangs. Ma Quanzhong, from the 10th Cavalry Brigade of the 8th War Zone, led his troops to Yao County, preparing to pull out the local red armed forces and support the main force.
On the evening of June 6, the 1th Cavalry Brigade launched a night attack on Yao County, easily defeated a local regiment, and cleared the Red armed forces out of Yao County.
It was said to be a local regiment, but it had only more than 600 people, and its weapons and equipment were almost the worst, with only some bolt-action rifles and not even light machine guns.
The reason why the 10th Cavalry Brigade was sent out was because Ma Quanzhong was a "good hand" at creating friction and had always been active on the front line of friction.
His 10th Cavalry Brigade would jump out from time to time to beat up revolutionary masses and kill anti-Japanese fighters.
However, the Eighth Route Army took the overall situation into consideration and did not make a big deal out of the matter. They only asked Ma Quanzhong to severely punish the murderer.
Therefore, after Yao County was captured by Ma Quanzhong, although the news was transmitted back to Yan'an, it still did not reach the ears of the emperor and was treated as a friction.
Director Wu, who is in charge of intelligence, also received the news, but his work focus is now entirely on catching the traitor.
"I told you! They can't launch a massive attack!"