Connecting requires a special method and a secret code that has been mastered in advance.
Meng Shaoyuan already had all of these.
But when I saw this person coming in, everything could be avoided.
Whatever connection methods and secret codes, put them aside.
Because they don't need this at all.
When you meet your brother, do you need any secret code?
The man who came in was Meng Shaoyuan's brother, and he was also a legend in the intelligence community:
Tian Qi!
Blood Fox Tianqi!
Of course, he now has a name:
Peter Lin!
The moment he saw Meng Shaoyuan, Tian Qi was in disbelief at first, then overjoyed, and then regained his composure.
"Rukawa-kun."
At this moment, Tian Qi completely changed the way he communicated. He greeted him easily in Japanese:
"I kept you waiting."
Rukawa Kaede!
That was a pseudonym that Meng Shaoyuan used more often!
"Tugoujun!"
Meng Shaoyuan also called out "politely".
I’ll circle you, you’re a bastard!
Tian Qi cursed in his heart, sat down, and also ordered a cup of coffee.
"Are you the one making the connection?"
The two of them are so familiar with each other that they don’t need to say anything more and get straight to the point!
"Why can't it be me?" Tian Qi said: "I guessed that you had arrived in the Philippines, but I didn't expect that the person I would contact would be you."
The landlady came with coffee, and the two immediately chatted happily in Japanese.
As soon as the proprietress left, Meng Shaoyuan immediately asked: "Tell me, what important task requires you to come personally."
"It's very important. My director Donovan personally gave me the order, and he directly skipped MacArthur." Tian Qi said immediately: "And the one who asked Donovan was the commander of the US military in Europe and the commander of the Allied forces in the North African battlefield. White David Eisenhower!”
Meng Shaoyuan almost spit out his coffee.
Eisenhower?
Holy shit!
This is bigger than MacArthur.
The future President of the United States!
What kind of task would allow him to directly request Donovan?
"I made an excuse this time." Tian Qi whispered: "Because of this mission, MacArthur must not be informed, otherwise he will be very angry. You probably don't know the relationship between MacArthur and Eisenhower. very nervous."
I have no idea?
Anything else I don’t know?
Meng Shaoyuan dismissed it.
Eisenhower was on good terms with most of the men, except MacArthur.
Not only do they have a cold relationship, they are even in a state of hostility.
To be precise, Eisenhower was MacArthur's junior.
When MacArthur succeeded General Smoller as Chief of Staff of the U.S. War Department, Major Eisenhower was still unknown and working under Smoller.
Subsequently, MacArthur, who witnessed Eisenhower's outstanding work ability, appointed him as his personal assistant.
Eisenhower prepared the "Annual Report of the Chiefs of Staff," in which the two men listed the shortcomings of the U.S. military and urged improvements in military equipment.
However, the U.S. government believes that the military should practice strict economy and does not support the expansion of military reserves.
This led to the United States participating in the war six years later with very inferior equipment and insufficient troops, and paid a bloody price.
In 1935, MacArthur was transferred to the Philippines to serve as an adviser to Philippine President Quezon, responsible for establishing a local army.
MacArthur asked Eisenhower to come with him and remain his assistant.
Eisenhower was so pleased that MacArthur admired him so much that he happily went to Manila.
After arriving in Manila, Eisenhower found that the Filipinos he dealt with rarely fulfilled their promises. Moreover, the Filipinos were procrastinating in doing things, causing Eisenhower's work to progress slowly.
As the work progressed, Eisenhower found that working with MacArthur was even more difficult than working with the Filipinos.
MacArthur refused to meet and communicate with senior Philippine leaders, believing that it was inconsistent with his identity and status.
Eisenhower had to negotiate with the Philippine authorities himself and spent a lot of time communicating about the establishment of the army.
Philippine President Quezon appointed MacArthur as Field Marshal of the Philippine Army and Eisenhower as General.
Eisenhower declined the appointment, believing that the honor of being a banana general was meaningless. MacArthur looked like a fame-seeking person at the conferment ceremony.
Afterwards, MacArthur cursed Eisenhower.
A series of events that followed made Eisenhower think that his work in the Philippines was meaningless, and he began to plan to return home.
In particular, MacArthur decided to hold a grand parade in Manila to boost the morale of the Philippine army and people.
Eisenhower quickly estimated the cost and concluded that the plan was impossible to implement. MacArthur decisively rejected the advice of his subordinates.
Philippine President Quezon called MacArthur and demanded that the march be canceled, stressing that it was a waste of money.
MacArthur, who had a good face, passed the responsibility to Eisenhower. Eisenhower was very angry and asked to be dismissed and return home immediately.
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In September 1939, Britain and France declared war on Germany, and World War II broke out.
The outbreak of war convinced Eisenhower to return home.
Both MacArthur and Quezon tried their best to retain him, and the terms were very favorable, but Eisenhower still refused.
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Eisenhower became General Marshall's assistant and concurrently served as chief of the Far East Section of the Operations Office.
His experience in the Philippines made him very familiar with the situation in East Asia. He believed that the Philippines was hopeless and that the more rational approach for the US military would be to retreat to Australia and establish an anti-Japanese base there.
In order to conquer the Pacific region, the Japanese army deployed sufficient troops, planned carefully, and executed resolutely.
Faced with the strength of the Japanese army, Eisenhower could not fully support MacArthur who retreated to Bataan, not to mention that he had to consider the European battlefield. MacArthur was so angry that he could not receive timely support, saying that Washington lacked the will to win, and bitterly accused Eisenhower of being "Washington's shameless staff officer."
The relationship between the two completely deteriorated.
This is also the main reason why Dovanno skipped MacArthur and gave orders to Tian Qi alone.
"Is that the truck driver?" Meng Shaoyuan asked instead, "Who is this?"
"The secret intelligence officer who stayed here before Eisenhower left the Philippines." Tian Qi explained: "He provided Eisenhower with a large amount of intelligence, which also contributed to Eisenhower's determination to refuse to assist MacArthur.
After the fall of the Philippines, the truck driver continued to work here, but due to inadvertence, his identity was exposed and arrested. According to the information we have so far, the truck driver is being held in Ward Zero in Sumalaga. "
"That's not right." Meng Shaoyuan murmured, "Would Eisenhower really do this?"
