"Your Excellency General."
"Habara-kun, please sit down."
"Yes, General."
Hahara Koichi sat down respectfully.
Why did the General suddenly summon me?
"Hahara-kun, I summoned you alone today because there is something I want to tell you." Itauchi Yasuhide's face was serious: "Our army is fighting fiercely on the Xuzhou battlefield. In order to ensure victory, the command headquarters urgently deployed additional troops from Shanghai and Nanjing. We received a batch of tear gas reinforcements, but the Chinese have already mastered this information."
The so-called tear gas is actually tear gas.
Most of the gas bombs used by the Japanese army in China were this kind of gas bombs, which had less corrosive and nerve gas.
This is not because the Japanese army is more humanitarian, but because their ability to use chemical weapons and defend against chemical weapons is lower.
The requirements for the use of corrosive and nerve gases were relatively high, and the Japanese army often failed to meet them.
The chemical defense equipment equipped by Japanese soldiers is relatively backward. Once it fails to harm others, it is easy to cause huge harm to itself. For example, the Japanese army itself cannot deal with nerve gas, and they have no confidence in dealing with erosive gas.
But the Japanese army can still effectively deal with tear gas, and their gas masks can effectively protect it.
"Another intelligence leak." Koichi Hahara's tone was still very calm: "Since the war started, there have been frequent intelligence leaks, and a lot of intelligence has been passed on from Shanghai. According to my analysis, our enemies in Shanghai are far away. There is more than just Meng Shaoyuan, there is far more than one traitor hidden among us!"
"Similar to my analysis, this is what worries me the most."
Itauchi Yasuhide also behaved very calmly: "The enemy's agents are very powerful, but our lurking personnel also made their own contributions to the war. Although the information about tear gas weapons, namely reinforcements for the front line, was leaked, the China Front Headquarters also This information was not obtained.”
Hikaru Hahara was stunned for a moment, then reacted.
It must be the empire's spies lurking among the Chinese who tried every means to prevent or even intercept this information and send it to the hands of the former enemy commander in China.
The front line is fighting fiercely there, and the intelligence front is also engaged in a life-and-death fight.
On the one hand, they desperately wanted to send the information out, but on the other hand, they tried their best to prevent the information from falling into the hands of the corresponding personnel.
The fighting on this silent front was even more intense than the frontal battlefield.
"Please pay tribute to the Chinese agents lurking in the heart of the Chinese people." Koichi Hahara asked no more questions at all: "We cannot let down their efforts! With the heroic imperial agents, the empire will be invincible!"
Itauchi Yasuhide smiled, with a hint of helplessness and sarcasm in his smile: "Despite this, the only northern position we occupied at Yuwang Mountain, an important place on the Xuzhou front line, was lost."
"Oh, the imperial soldiers guarding King Yu Mountain must have gone through the most brutal battle."
"No, the Chinese and Yunnan troops captured Yuwang Mountain effortlessly."
"What?"
Koichi Hahara was in disbelief.
The combat effectiveness of the Yunnan Army is so strong?
"Do you believe in fate, Hahara-kun?" Itauchi Yasuhide smiled bitterly: "The reason why Mount Yuwang was lost was because of those tear-jerking weapons."
Habara Hikaru was confused.
This is the most ridiculous scene in the entire Chinese anti-Japanese battlefield.
The Japanese army's tear gas was delivered to the Xuzhou battlefield in the shortest possible time.
The so-called Yuwang Mountain is not a mountain at all in the eyes of Yunnan people, it is completely a small slope!
Yuwang Mountain is an important fulcrum on the outskirts of Taierzhuang, with a radius of only a few miles.
According to legend, Dayu lived here when he was controlling floods in ancient times, hence the name.
Although Yuwang Mountain is small, it is one of the few commanding heights on the Lunan Plain, and its strategic location is extremely important. From the hill, you can overlook the entire Taierzhuang and the Grand Canal.
As long as Yuwang Mountain is defended, the Japanese army will not be able to calmly move south to occupy Taierzhuang, which is also an important fulcrum for ensuring the breakout of the national army.
At that time, part of the position north of Yuwang Mountain had been captured by the Japanese army. The Yunnan Army first needed to counterattack to completely regain the position.
The Yunnan Army immediately took the initiative to attack the Japanese troops outside Yuwang Mountain.
So the two regiments of the 184th Division, which had the most manpower, launched an all-out attack with the assistance of one battalion of the 16th Artillery Regiment.
The Japanese commander immediately decided:
Use chemical weapons.
The wind direction at that time was blowing towards the Yunnan Army. After the Japanese commander decided to release the chemical weapons, the infantry immediately launched a counterattack.
In the eyes of the Japanese commander, the Yunnan Yunnan Army was a backward monkey soldier, and there was no anti-virus equipment anywhere. Once they encounter a poison gas attack, the Yunnan army will definitely be in chaos, and the Japanese army will take the opportunity to attack and win.
However, the level of Japanese chemical weapons was still at the level of World War I. After they released a large amount of smoke through the chemical barrel, they did not expect the wind direction to suddenly change.
The poisonous mist was completely blown into the Japanese army's position, and the Japanese army was immediately in chaos. Officers and soldiers were looking for gas masks everywhere. The sounds of Japanese officers and soldiers coughing loudly, crying, and even rolling on the ground were everywhere.
At this time, the Yunnan soldiers had no idea that the Japanese army had released chemical weapons and immediately launched a charge.
The Japanese army failed to harm others, but instead harmed itself. The Yunnan Army rushed all the way and could not stand at all. They were defeated and retreated. The Yuwangshan position was all recovered in this way.
When Hikaru Hahara heard this, he was completely stunned.
God's will?
"This." Han Yuanguang said after a while: "It's really impossible to find out who is responsible. If the Chinese people can successfully receive that information, then the Yunnan army will definitely be afraid of our tear gas weapons. , we won’t launch an attack so unscrupulously, and we won’t lose the position to the north of King Yu Mountain either!”
The question is, whose responsibility is it?
No one is responsible.
Japanese latent intelligence officers did their best to prevent important information from reaching the Chinese commanders.
They have great merit.
Japanese frontline commander?
How could they have imagined that the wind direction would suddenly change?
How could they possibly think that the chemical weapons they released would kill them?
They have no responsibility either!
"In ancient wars, weather and wind direction were very important factors. Therefore, during the Three Kingdoms period, the Chinese had the story of Zhuge Liang borrowing the east wind." Yasuhide Itauchi shook his head: "Now, there are warships in the sea and tanks on land. There are planes in the sky. Who would have thought that the wind direction, which has become insignificant long ago, would actually become the magic weapon to win?"
Could it be that God is also helping the Yunnan Army and the Chinese people?
This idea just appeared in Hahara Koichi's mind, and he immediately denied it.
"We have no control over the war on the front line." Yasushiro Itanachi said with a heavy tone: "The intelligence was leaked from Shanghai. In view of the continuous intelligence leaks that have occurred before, I feel that our main focus now should not be on how to deal with the military, but on how to deal with the military. It’s to find out what problems are happening within us and how many hidden spies there are inside us? Only by digging out these moths can we start intelligence work with confidence. Hahara-kun."
He glanced at Koichi Hahara: "General Doihara recommended you to me, thinking that you are a rare intelligence officer. However, your qualifications are too young and your connections are not extensive. In addition, you were transferred to Shanghai from other places, so You will definitely encounter a lot of obstacles at work, but now that I will be your backstage, you can feel free to do it."
Mitsuru Hahara suddenly became energetic: "If I have the support of you and General Doihara, then my confidence will definitely increase."
"It's not about increasing confidence, but we must pull out all the moths." Yasuhide Ituchi said seriously: "You can do whatever you want to do and mobilize any manpower you want. As for the Navy and the Consulate, I will be responsible for helping you coordinate the relationship, and my only mission is to provide you with protection."
"Understood, Your Majesty General." Koichi Hahara answered firmly.
"There is a Chen Rongyang in the consulate. Where is the army? Who is the worm in our army intelligence department?" As a veteran spy, Yasuhide Ituchi said slowly: "And in the navy, what happened to the assassination at the New Asia Hotel? ? Are there any problems within the navy? Hahara-kun, I shudder just thinking about it.
For this reason, after General Doihara returned to Japan, he paid a special visit to General Kaneda Shiba of the Naval Command and His Excellency Rihachiro Banishi of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After consulting with them, they came to a consensus. You also mentioned this issue in the previous meeting, the contradiction between us. Army, Navy. Ministry of Foreign Affairs!
Therefore, I will convey a message to you alone, and you don't have to worry. The three Excellencies believe that no matter what conflicts there are between them, in the intelligence community, thunderous reforms must be carried out. The three Your Excellencies will become a specialized agency to guide intelligence work, but before that, you can start taking action! "
If Meng Shaoyuan were here now and heard these words, he would know that the Japanese intelligence work finally began to undergo tremendous changes.
Soon, the Japanese intelligence community, especially in Shanghai, will no longer be scattered and fighting independently. There are too many contradictions that can be exploited by the military commander.
Doihara Kenji, Kaneda Shiba, and Banishi Rihachiro will guard three departments respectively to coordinate operations, and Doihara Kenji will coordinate and command them.
Afterwards, with the emergence of Li Shiqun and No. 76, military command in Shanghai will enter an extremely difficult period.
At this time, Hahara Koichi didn't know what these meant. He was just excited because he was trusted and given great power:
"I said that Meng Shaoyuan's continuous success often takes advantage of the conflicts between us. With the support of Mr. Doihara and Mr. General, I will definitely work hard. Mr. General, I hope to make the first request .”
"Say it."
"I request to be able to read all the intelligence leaks we have in the past five years. If conditions permit, I would even like to read all the intelligence leaks within ten years."
"This is a very heavy job. Do you need me to assign an assistant to you?"
"No, it's just me." Koichi Hahara said firmly: "Even if I die from exhaustion at work, as long as I can make a breakthrough, I am willing to do it!"
