At noon, Zhou Wen and Dai Guoguang rushed to the 19th Route Army headquarters with three captured Japanese spies. The headquarters was located in Nanxiang Town, about ten kilometers away from Huangdu Station.
General Chiang, the commander-in-chief of the 19th Route Army, who was busy with his busy schedule, personally received Zhou Wen. Seeing this mighty and heroic legendary general of the Republic of China, Zhou Wen felt respect and admiration from the bottom of his heart.
He solemnly stood at attention and saluted the general: "Reporting to the commander-in-chief, Colonel Zhou Wen of the Shanxi Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army of the Central Party Headquarters reports to you."
General Jiang took his hand and said with a smile in Mandarin with a Cantonese accent: "Commander Zhou, it's not easy. In just one morning, we uncovered and captured a Japanese spy team, and also captured Radio station and code book, I must take credit for you."
How dare Zhou Wen dare to be so powerful in front of this general and commander in chief? He stood at attention again and said: "How dare I call myself commander in chief in front of you? Just call me Xiao Zhou..."
After listening to the reports from Zhou Wen and Dai Guoguang, General Jiang frowned and walked back and forth in thought.
The battle situation on the front line is urgent now, and the consumption of ammunition is not a small figure. I originally thought that the urgent need would be solved as soon as the military column arrives tonight, but now there is a hidden danger of plane bombing. If it is really bombed, it will be in big trouble. , if the supply of ammunition is insufficient, the whole situation will be shaken.
At present, the Nineteenth Route Army does not have any effective air defense means. The few anti-aircraft guns they have are all deployed on the front line, and they will not be able to withdraw them for a while.
At this time, Zhou Wen stepped forward and said: "Report to the Commander-in-Chief, I have an idea in my humble position and I don't know whether to talk about it or not?"
"Oh? What do you think? Tell me."
"This is how I think about it. Only a thousand days of being a thief does not mean a thousand days of guarding against thieves. Besides, Japan occupies the air supremacy on the battlefield, so even if we try to defend it, we can't defend it, right? But we have an advantageous condition, that is, the Japanese planes are still there They did not dare to blatantly bomb our rear areas. They also had to worry about international public opinion and were afraid that the bombing would paralyze Shanghai's railway transportation and affect the interests of the European and American powers.
Therefore, I guess they will not bomb too many times, and they need to bomb in a targeted manner. Now that we have cracked their intelligence team, we have temporarily made them blind and deaf, but they may not have discovered it yet. Can we make a time lag and use the enemy's radio to induce them to send planes before the ammunition train arrives? Come in early and bomb, then focus some anti-aircraft fire on him to create an anti-air ambush. "
Hearing this, General Jiang's eyes lit up, and he continued Zhou Wen's words: "In this way, it not only wastes the few bombing opportunities of the Japanese army, but also teaches the Japanese aircraft an unforgettable lesson. At the same time, it can also make them suspicious and suspicious of others. The intelligence from other spy groups created suspicion and distrust and, crucially, protected our military columns arriving at night.”
General Chiang is worthy of being a military veteran with many years of military service. He immediately thought clearly about the pros and cons of the plan.
He did not dare to underestimate the young colonel in front of him now. This kind of analysis and planning was not something that a young master and playboy could think of. He must have an accurate judgment and analysis of the current war situation and related international forms, and put forward The strategy also succeeds in many ways.
General Chiang thought for a while and then said: "There are two keys to this plan. One is how to get the enemy's transmitter to send a decoy telegram, and the second is how to organize effective anti-aircraft firepower in a short period of time."
After saying that, he looked at Zhou Wen with bright eyes. He knew that since the young colonel proposed this plan, there would definitely be follow-up arrangements. He also wanted to see if this person was an armchair Zhao Kuo.
Zhou Wen was a man of two generations, so he didn't know that the general was testing him. He smiled confidently and said: "The first problem will be solved by me. I am confident that I can persuade the Japanese telegraph operator to send a bait telegram. The second problem is that I will solve it." Regarding the two questions, please allow me to ask my air defense commander to report to the commander-in-chief."
Today, Commander-in-Chief Jiang has completely taken a new look at this young man. He has ideas and countermeasures, and now he actually recommends some air defense commander to explain tactics in a decent way, which is a bit interesting.
Then he said: "And there is an air defense commander? I didn't expect that your troops of a thousand people are still hiding dragons and crouching tigers. Call them in quickly."
"yes!"
Zhou Wen took the order and went out, and soon he led a lieutenant officer in his twenties in. The lieutenant officer came in and stood at attention, saluted and reported: "Sir, Mo Dahai, commander of the 1st Machine Gun Company of the Shanxi Volunteer Army of the Central Party Headquarters, is reporting to you. "
Zhou Wen introduced from the side: "Commander-in-Chief, this Mo Dahai is a top student who graduated from the Air Defense Command Department of the Dzerzhinsky Military Technical Institute of the Soviet Union. The plan for the air defense operation was formulated by him and another classmate Wang Zhili. Now The two of them temporarily served as company commanders of the 1st and 2nd machine gun companies under their humble command."
General Jiang was immediately moved when he heard this. In this era, those who could go to the Soviet Union and other major countries to study military affairs were domestic elites. What's more, the lieutenant in front of him actually graduated from a rare air defense major, which was even more remarkable.
When Zhou Wen said that there was another one, he was very surprised. Such professional military talents who graduated from foreign military academies would at least start as majors when they entered any unit of the Central Army. Now they are ranked second in this so-called volunteer army. It's a bit strange that a small lieutenant company commander is still enjoying this look.
Without thinking too much at the moment, he said with a friendly smile: "Come on, don't be restrained, sit down and tell me your plan."
Mo Dahai still stood at attention and said: "Report to the Commander-in-Chief, please allow my subordinates to use the map to report and explain."
So a few people came to the map hanging on the wall. Mo Dahai pointed at the map and said: "Commander, please see, if the Japanese army receives the decoy telegram, it is estimated that they will dispatch aircraft carrier bombers parked at sea in about an hour. We estimate that there will be 4 to 6 enemy planes, and the enemy planes will definitely use the Huangpu River as their flying target, and fly down the river directly to Huangdu Station.
Our planned reporting time is 3 pm today. The enemy planes are expected to arrive at Huangdu around 4 to 5 pm. If the time is any later, it will be dark by the time they return from bombing. Enemy planes cannot land if they are black, so this period is their best time to bomb.
From 4 to 5 o'clock in the afternoon, it is when the sun shines most strongly in the west. The enemy plane comes from the east. Facing the western sun is not conducive to diving to find the target. It is estimated that it will turn north and fly for a while, then turn and dive facing the south. , our air defense positions can be deployed covertly on the Huangpu River next to Huangdu Station. When the enemy aircraft dives from north to south, they will just enter the firepower network of our air defense positions. "
