funbook-pk Chapter 1194 Telegram Leak
Chapter 1194 Telegram Leak
"Chief of Staff, come and see. These guys from the Fourth Army are really doing a great job. The tank regiments have also proven themselves on the battlefield. We can deploy them to other units. Each army should have at least two or three tank regiments. Their striking power will be quite strong in important situations."
Li Shaoyi was looking at the Fourth Army's documents in his office when the Chief of Staff came in from outside, looking somewhat worried.
"The Fourth Army did fight well, but there's something we need to pay attention to, which may be closely related to us."
The chief of staff brought over another folder. It was a telegram from the Fifth War Zone Command to Yamashiro. One point in it was very clear: yesterday, when the 115th Division was transferring, it was surrounded by two Japanese infantry brigades. The 115th Division fought a bloody battle for four hours, but only two regiments escaped; the rest were all killed in action.
"Those Japanese devils are despicable!"
After reading the entire report, Li Shaoyi did not feel that there was anything wrong with it.
"The news that the 115th Division was going to transfer was not revealed to anyone except the headquarters and the Ministry of Military Affairs via telegram. But the Japanese were able to block them on their retreat route. This shows that the Japanese have established an information gathering center in East China, which is a technological advantage over us."
When Chief of Staff Cui saw that Li Shaoyi still didn't understand what was going on, he immediately handed over another report. This was an analysis by some people in our intelligence center. Of course, it was just a guess and the specific reasons had not yet been explained. Some of our people also had to conduct on-site investigations to find out where this information gathering center was located.
Li Shaoyi knew from watching TV dramas that the Japanese were far more capable of gathering communications than we were; they could decipher many of our telegrams. Adding to this, there were internal betrayals, so our intelligence work suffered repeated defeats, and many died on the battlefield, their lives filled with unfulfilled grievances. The 115th Division was also a decorated unit, but unexpectedly…
"Chief of Staff, what you're saying is closely related to us. What do you mean by that?"
As Li Shaoyi looked at the report, he suddenly thought of what the chief of staff had said earlier. Could it be that some of our troops had been spied on? But judging from the current situation on the battlefield, it seemed that everything was still safe.
"The Second Division of the Fourth Army was originally stationed in Xiaoliu Town, but when they moved, they were surrounded by an army twice their size. Although this army only had more than 800 men, their armed forces were very strong. They managed to break through the encirclement of more than 2000 Japanese soldiers. Afterwards, they analyzed that it must have been leaked on the radio."
The chief of staff pointed to a unit of the 2nd Regiment of the 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Division and said that they were the only ones we had made contact with the Japanese army in the past week.
"If that's the case, all our actions in that area will be detected by them. It's like they have a third eye. They'll know where we go. Unless our army is incredibly strong and can fight our way out, we'll suffer heavy losses just like the 115th Division."
Li Shaoyi finally realized the seriousness of the problem. He wasn't worried about his men; as long as the number exceeded 1000, they were basically equipped with all kinds of light and heavy weapons. Li Shaoyi had also discussed this issue with Ma Leizi. Given the complex situation with the enemy, each squad sent out had to be capable of independent survival. With our air support, they were unlikely to be surrounded by the Japanese.
But the brothers in the Fifth War Zone were different. A fully-equipped infantry division of more than 8000 men, although not at full strength, was surrounded by two infantry brigades and ultimately lost more than half of them before they managed to break through.
If this continues, the Japanese will gain more and more spoils. We haven't even let them experience how many people have died in this area, but we've already experienced it ourselves.
"Then we need to send someone to take down this intelligence gathering center as soon as possible."
Li Shaoyi stated unequivocally that such a place was extremely important to the Japanese, and it was definitely within a heavily guarded encirclement. However, if we delayed taking control of the area even by one day, it meant our people would be constantly under threat from them.
"The Nationalist government already has a plan, but it needs our strong support. Their strength in East China has declined significantly. I've heard recently that both the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics have been less effective in their operations in this region."
What Chief of Staff Cui just said is related to us, and that's exactly what it means. Even if we find this place, I'm afraid the Nationalist government's resources in East China are insufficient to accomplish this.
"I remember when I retreated from Huangpu, I specifically left behind a team to handle this matter. What's the situation with that team now?"
Li Shaoyi said somewhat embarrassedly, "It's nothing. After all, as the commander of an army group, it's impossible for him to remember a particular army, even if that army was personally assigned to him."
"Currently, we still have at least 3000 armed personnel and more than 600 intelligence agents distributed throughout East China. These people are currently lying low, but if anything happens, they can appear immediately at a single command. This should also be one of the reasons why the Nationalist government asked us to cooperate. They found an intelligence expert among overseas Chinese, and his information is here."
The Nationalist government's requirements were very simple: once the intelligence experts arrived in Pujiang, Li Shaoyi's men were to be responsible for their protection and to eliminate the Japanese intelligence gathering center according to the intelligence experts' orders; otherwise, all of our operational strategies in this area would be monitored by the Japanese.
Code name: White Cloud!
"Do we have any information about the Japanese intelligence gathering centers?"
Apart from this code name, there is almost nothing here.
"I've already had our people keep an eye out; it should be in the Huangpu River area. As for the exact location, they haven't found out yet. The Japanese side is probably paying close attention to this."
Chief of Staff Cui knew that this struggle would definitely result in heavy losses for us. After all, the intelligence center had made great contributions to the Japanese, and it would not be placed anywhere casually.