Invisible radio waves drifted across the land of China.
Countless intelligence officers jointly received the news that a Japanese major general set out from Taiyuan today and arrived in Yanjing after one day and two nights.
The telegram did not contain any instructions, it was just a piece of extremely simple information.
There is no departure time and no arrival time in Yanjing.
But the railway is dead, so it is easy to judge that the train taken by the Japanese Major General can first take the Tongpu Line and then merge into the Pingsui Line, and finally reach Yanjing.
Or take the Shotai Line and then the Hanping Line.
Of the two routes, it is more likely to take the Tongpu Line, because the Eighth Route Army harassed the Zhengtai Line a lot, and there were also many railway guerrillas along the Zhengtai Line.
The Tong-Pu Line runs through the north and south, from Datong in western Shanxi to Puzhou via Taiyuan.
The Pingsui Line runs from Yanjing to Suiyuan (Suiyuan Province, now the central part of NMG). It is a major artery that runs from east to west. The important cities along the line are Baotou and Datong.
Taking this railway will take a little longer, but it will be safer.
But this is only relatively safe, because the all-pervasive Eighth Route Army is like a little gangster in the kitchen to the Japs. It doesn’t know when it will appear in front of them and cause some damage. By the time the Japs react, the Eighth Route Army has already disappeared without a trace. .
The trains of this period could theoretically reach 50 kilometers/hour, but in fact they could not reach this speed. It would be good if they could maintain 30 kilometers/hour. In addition, there were many small stations and stop-and-go, so in later generations, more than 4 The hour-long high-speed train will take a day and two nights during this period. Although Kawashima may take a special military train without stopping at a small station, in general, the time taken will not be much different.
This special major general is not in the battle order and is not very famous, but no matter how unknown he is, he can still be regarded as a major general.
Officer!
It's also a big fish.
Killing or capturing people will have a great impact on the war of resistance, and it is not ordinary.
However, the intelligence provided no special instructions and no clear mission instructions.
In such cases, the authenticity of the information is usually not proven.
However, since the information has been received, as long as the discipline allows, it can be done casually.
One day and two nights, this time is not long or short.
After receiving this information, relevant intelligence stations along the Tongpu Line and Pingsui Line quickly converted the cipher text into plain text.
Lin Dong, who is in charge of intelligence in Datong at the moment, is translating this secret message with excitement.
Soon, he translated the cipher text and handed it to Yao Guangyuan.
After Yao Guangyuan looked at it carefully, his expression was slightly excited: "What a big fish. If we can catch it, it will be a great achievement. Maybe we can also achieve first-class collective merit."
"Then please ask the chief to give the order."
Yao Guangyuan put the translation of the message on the table and said slowly: "Are you sure that this major will pass through Datong?"
Lin Dong was speechless. After Yao Guangyuan's reminder, he felt as if someone poured a bucket of cold water on his head.
"You should do your essential work well. The next job of your second department is to fully monitor the movements of the Japanese. A major general, not a second lieutenant, will still reveal clues no matter how he hides his whereabouts."
"yes!"
Lin Dong stood at attention and saluted, turned around and returned to his post.
As Yao Guangyuan said, the Japanese Major General cannot move silently, there must be clues that can be found.
Spreading out a simple map, Yao Guangyuan took out a pencil and drew a few lines on the map.
According to his analysis, it was more likely that the Japanese Major General would take the Tongpu Line and transfer to Yanjing via Datong. He was 60% sure, but he had no way of estimating the specific time.
Man proposes, God disposes.
But if there is no plan, then there is no possibility of success at all.
Looking at the map, I made a draft in a notebook, revised it a bit, and then left the house.
As an important intelligence node of the Eighth Route Army, Datong leads the collection and analysis of intelligence.
However, the formulation of specific action plans is a matter for the staff. Although there are few underground workers, they are fully equipped. No matter how small the action is, it is planned before taking action.
Similar things are happening not only in Datong, but also in various intelligence nodes along Tongpu, Pingsui, Zhengtai, and Hanping.
Everyone hoped that this Japanese major general would pass by me, and some even thought that even if I could shoot the train where the major general was riding, I would have no regrets in this life.
In this way, for a while, almost the entire intelligence network in North China was activated instantly, and everyone used advanced or primitive methods to exchange information.
Kawashima, who was the target this time, didn't know anything about this. He just wanted to return to Northeast China quickly and check several sets of experimental data there.
Although there were two test subjects running here, he didn't seem to pay much attention to them.
Bird flu was originally just an idea. It was expected that the virus would be spread through birds, thereby reducing the attack power of enemy forces. But the probability of the same species infecting each other is inherently low, so this project can only be regarded as a small project among the many projects of the water supply corps and has nothing to do with the overall situation.
On the other hand, he still wanted to cover himself with the quilt. He had only stayed in Taiyuan for only a few days, and it would be too frustrating if his funds were deducted for such a trivial matter.
Finally, at dawn, the water supply troops announced that they had caught the assassin.
The search also changed from light to dark, and was completed by the water supply troops themselves.
Putting aside the escape of prisoners of war, what surprised him most now was that one of his two kendo teachers died, and he died in a duel.
The spirit of Bushido is deeply rooted in Japan, so Kawashima did not show too much sadness at the death of Yataro Yagyu.
It is also an honor to die in a duel!
However, he was still very interested in Xu San, who killed Yataro with one knife, and he even had the idea of becoming a disciple.
He himself is obsessed with kendo, but his strength is not something people can praise, and he has no self-awareness about this. He has always blamed his poor strength on his lack of a good kendo teacher.
But when he learned from Yajiro that Xu San's identity was a reporter, he was worried because he was currently engaged in the dirtiest business, and this kind of thing should never be known to reporters.
He was very troubled, seeing a famous teacher but not being able to worship him, which made him feel very regretful.
Somewhat melancholy, while sitting in the car, he even thought about sending troops to list out any crimes, secretly capture Xu San, and then adjust it himself. In this way, it would not be too much to ask for advice on one and a half moves.
"General, we're here!" The driver pulled him out of his thoughts.
Glancing out the window, a train stopped on his left side. Then the door on the left side opened and he stepped out.
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