King of Secret Service

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Chen Hua hurriedly said: "When the logistics department of the headquarters distributed the food, the humble officer took it for you without authorization, and sent guards to send it to you directly home."

"

There is no need to explain so much, and I didn't say anything."

Liang Xiao smiled slightly: "Everyone sit down and eat."

After he spoke, several women dared to sit down. Although they are now pursuing the New Life Movement, traditional concepts still bind them. At the dinner table, women can only sit down after the man sits down.

After taking a seat.

Liang Xiao moved his chopsticks first, he picked up a piece of chicken, chewed it slowly, and said, "Who made the chicken, it tastes pretty good."

"I did it."

Wang Yingxia hurriedly said.

"For the sake of your cooking improvement, I will reward you with a chicken thigh."

Liang Xiao said and put a piece of chicken thigh into Wang Yingxia's bowl.

"Just a chicken drumstick"

Wang Yingxia said angrily.

"then what do you want"

Liang Xiao asked with a smile.

"You didn't want to reward me tens of thousands of oceans, or give me a pair of jewelry."

Wang Yingxia said.

"Is your monthly money not enough..."

Liang Xiao asked casually.

"You don't know that the prices in Nanjing are rising every day, and the value of the French currency is depreciating very fast. In the past, one French currency could buy two steamed buns, but now one French currency can only buy one steamed bun."

Wang Yingxia pretended to be charming and pitiful and said.

"Is the price rising so fast?"

Liang Xiao frowned and looked at Chen Hua.

"It's true. Now it is rumored that we are going to fight the Japanese army to the death. The people are worried that this war will make them run out of food, and they want to store some food in advance, which will cause the price to rise rapidly."

Chen Huadao.

Chapter 216 The War Begins

Rising prices were a normal thing during the war years. Today, a catty of rice is three yuan, and tomorrow it may rise to six yuan, and the day after tomorrow it may be eight yuan.

Liang Xiao raised his eyebrows, and said: "Notify the government departments to curb the rise of prices, especially the price of grain, and not to rise rapidly."

"Yes, I will arrange it later."

Chen Huadao.

Liang Xiao nodded slowly, and said: "Now is a time of national calamity, the common people live without a fixed place, have no food to eat, and no clothes to cover their bodies. As the family members of the party and state generals, you must strictly pay attention to your private life, especially those who open the door for business. It must be prohibited, otherwise, what will the families of the generals in the city think, and what will the people in the city think?"

"If you are short of money, you can come to me at any time, but opening a shop to make money is absolutely not allowed in this period."

hear him.

Several women pretended not to hear.

"Tang Ying, come to my office tomorrow. You like to do business. I happen to have some business here. You can try to do it."

Liang Xiao said.

"it is good."

Tang Ying froze for a moment, then nodded slightly.

"And me"

Wang Yingxia looked at Liang Xiao expectantly.

"You... forget it."

Liang Xiao took a mouthful of braised fish, chewed a few mouthfuls, and said: "You still need to practice your cooking skills, start with cooking fish."

"I cook"

Wang Yingxia was suddenly unhappy, why Tang Ying can only do business, but she can only cook.

"Is there a problem"

Liang Xiao asked with a serious face.

"No."

Wang Yingxia shook her head lightly. In fact, she was quite afraid of Liang Xiao, especially when Liang Xiao put on a straight face, even if she had 1 dissatisfaction, she could only pretend to be in her heart.

"You two are bored at home, you can help with some housework, or go to the yard to play with flowers and plants."

From Liang Xiao's point of view, these women of his are definitely one in a million in terms of beauty, but unfortunately all of them are vases, only Tang Ying still has some talents.

"Oh."

Hu Die gently agreed.

Yang Xiuqiong didn't speak, but nodded slightly.

Next, Liang Xiao had a big meal: , turned around and left the restaurant, and went directly to Yang Xiuqiong's room. These days, his sleeping place is not fixed, sometimes in Tang Ying's room, sometimes in Hu Die's room, but he rarely visits Yang Xiuqiong's room.

Seeing her bright and charming dress tonight, I went to her room to rest.

...Two days later, the third fleet of the Japanese Navy sailed freely in the waters of the Yangtze River, and the gunboats kept bombarding the garrison on the coast.

A battalion of the 66th Army guarding the coastline of Wusongkou was attacked by the Japanese. More than half of the 700 officers and soldiers of the whole battalion were killed or injured, but they still stood firmly on the ground.

The Japanese navy bombarded the defenders, the purpose of which was to declare the majesty of the navy and formally declare war on the national army.

At the same time, the divisions on the outskirts of Shanghai and a mixed brigade rushed to the Suzhou area to gather at the speed of marching, and confronted the vanguard of the 66th Army in the area of ​​​​Qingyang Town.

On the surface of the Japanese navy and army, a major war will be triggered at any time.

The national army also made corresponding countermeasures, with the New Tenth Army moving forward along the Nanjing-Shanghai Railway, and the New Eleventh Army moving forward along the direction of Zhenjiang.

With the No.20 Sixth Army as the strategic reserve team, it supports each battlefield at any time.

With Sun Bing, Major General of the 66th Army, as the former enemy commander, he unified command of the 66th Army and the special warfare division, and was responsible for the defense of Wusongkou, Shizilin, and Qingyang Town.

Garrison Hangzhou and the important ports and coastlines from Hangzhou Bay to Nanjing with the Loyalty and National Salvation Army.

All troops followed the orders of the headquarters and started intense military operations.

the next day.

The Japanese army dispatched a full hundred planes to bomb the Ninghang area. For a while, Hangzhou, Zhenjiang, and Nanjing were bombed on a large scale. The Nanjing power plant, cement factory, and flour mill suffered varying degrees of losses.

The troops of the 66th Army stationed at Wusongkou were hit by enemy planes and gunboats. Fortunately, the troops built large tunnels and air-raid shelters in advance, so there was not much loss.

headquarters.

Liang Xiao's eyes were fixed on the military map. On the military map, all places marked with red lines were bombed by Japanese aircraft.

Judging from the current situation, the combat area of ​​the Third Army is almost full of artillery fire, only Nanjing is the most serious. Starting from the morning, the Japanese army will come to bomb every half an hour.

Even his garrison headquarters suffered a few shells, but no one was injured.

"General, there is an urgent and encrypted message from the Shanghai War."

Tang Menghan hurried over with the telegram that had just been translated.

Liang Xiao took the telegram and looked at it, a look of coldness flashed in his eyes. The Shanghai station got the Japanese army's marching route. Just last night, an infantry regiment of the Japanese army came quietly from the Suzhou River, and turned over more than 50 kilometers of mountain roads. They bypassed Qingyang Town and prepared to sneak attack on Wusongkou Fort. At present, this infantry regiment has arrived ten miles away from Wusongkou Fort.

"Send a report to Wusongkou, and order the garrison to immediately intercept the Japanese infantry regiment. Do not allow this infantry regiment to approach the Wusongkou Fort."

"Yes."

Tang Menghan, as a confidential secretary, of course knew the importance of the Wusongkou Fort to the national army, and immediately turned around to send the report after receiving the order.

Liang Xiao looked at the battle map and smiled coldly. The Japanese army dispatched an infantry regiment to attack the Wusongkou Fort, which meant that when this unit touched the vicinity of the Wusongkou Fort, it was the time when the surrounding Japanese troops launched an attack. .

He reckoned that the Japanese army would launch a three-dimensional fire attack by sea, land and air before 5:[-]:[-] this afternoon at the latest.

The Japanese army used the infantry regiment as the prominent force, and adopted the tactics of dispatching troops from all directions and blooming in the center. Once the infantry regiment successfully reached the periphery of the Wusongkou Fort, the national army would definitely turn their guns around and deal with the infantry regiment in unison. There was a big loophole in the defense of the country, and the Japanese army took advantage of this opportunity to use powerful firepower to destroy the defense of the national army on the front line, so as to achieve the tactical goal.

Liang Xiao pondered for a while... and immediately gave the front enemy headquarters an order to enter the first level of combat readiness, order the Loyalty and National Salvation Army to go out of Wusongkou, assist the Wusongkou troops to destroy this infantry regiment, and at the same time order the New Tenth Army and the New Army The Eleventh Army stepped up the two-line push, which made the Japanese army exhausted.

"General, the New Tenth Army reported that its vanguard encountered the enemy's vanguard. The two sides fought fiercely along the Nanjing-Shanghai Railway for two hours. The Japanese army had no heavy weapons and equipment and had retreated ten miles. The New Tenth Army is now speeding up to catch up. Before it gets dark, its vanguard can reach Blue Lake Ridge."

"The New Eleventh Army reported that its vanguard was bombarded by the Japanese navy as soon as it left Zhenjiang. As a last resort, the vanguard has withdrawn to the city and is preparing to launch a surprise attack at night and reach Wuxi as quickly as possible."

Chapter 217 The Battle of Jiangnan

Spring is warm and flowers are blooming, Chinese and Japanese armies are gathering again in the Jiangnan area, and a big battle is inevitable.

Right now, the battle in Wuhan is still in a state of stalemate, the victory in Xuzhou is uncertain, and the south of the Yangtze River is fighting again, which makes the voices of all walks of life in the country rise again.

This time the Jiangnan War has attracted the attention of countless Chinese people. Countless aspiring young people have heard the news of the Jiangnan War and spontaneously went to Jiangnan to join the army.

The Military and Political Council issued a telegram to the Nanjing Garrison Command and the Third Army Command at the first time, making the Nanjing Garrison Command fully responsible for the war in the south of the Yangtze River.

The third war zone sent a message, unconditionally supporting the third army's war of resistance.

People from all walks of life in the south of the Yangtze River worked together to deliver military food and supplies to the front line.

For a time, the land in the south of the Yangtze River was full of haze, and the Japanese planes and artillery bombed in turn, blasting the newly sprouted grass into a piece of scorched earth.

Wusongkou, former enemy headquarters.

Sun Bing, the commander of the fire line, commanded a brigade of the 66th Army and a brigade of the Special Warfare Division, encircling the Japanese infantry regiment in the forest several miles away from the Wusongkou Fort in an anti-encirclement posture.

The Japanese army did not carry any heavy weapons, and took a detour all the way, and finally got into the sky and earth net of the national army.

Sun Bing personally commanded the troops, surrounded a huge square formation with steel, and firmly surrounded the Japanese army, nibbling away bit by bit.

The Japanese army had no heavy equipment, and had no advantage in terms of terrain and force. The only air superiority was also lost due to terrain.

With the reinforcement of various types of artillery fire, the national army continued to compress the encirclement. In just over an hour, they surrounded and annihilated 800 Japanese troops.

The Japanese infantry regiment called the Central China Japanese Army Command several times to ask for help, but the Central China Japanese Army Command made the infantry regiment stand firm and wait for help.

As the commander of the Japanese army who is in charge of the overall situation, Yan Junliu, he will not take the risk to save this infantry regiment, and the mission of this infantry regiment itself is... a bait.

Using this infantry regiment to go deep into the enemy's hinterland, attract heavy enemy troops to encircle and suppress, and leave gaps in the enemy's front defensive positions. In this way, the main force of the Japanese army can hit Wusongkou in one go, and then with the cooperation of three-dimensional firepower from the sea, land and air, , to recapture Wusongkou and Shizilin Fortress.

This is a tactic, and it is also a big gamble. If the gamble loses, the entire infantry regiment will be destroyed.

Yan Junliu is waiting, he is waiting for the national army to mobilize troops to turn around and suppress this infantry regiment, but unfortunately, the troops in Qingyang Town have not changed at all, but the infantry regiment can't hold on anymore, desperately desperate, plus The Shanghai Navy kept urging him, and finally he couldn't sit still.

Yan Junliu, in the name of the commander of the Japanese army in central China, ordered the front troops to order the [-]th Army Division and the [-]th Mixed Brigade to attack Qingyang Town.

The order is passed on.

Under the cover of aircraft and artillery, the Japanese troops attacked the outlying positions of Qingyang Town.

The tactics of the Japanese offensive were still the same as before, bombarded by aircraft and artillery, tanks and armored vehicles opened the way, and infantry charged behind the tanks and armored vehicles.

The 66th Army on the opposite side is different from other miscellaneous troops. Since the Battle of Songhu, this Cantonese army has been active on the battlefield of Songhu. It has fought more than a dozen battles, large and small, and it has long been familiar with the Japanese offensive tactics.

Moreover, the 66th Army was merged into the No.16 Army Battle Order, and Liang Xiao added a batch of Japanese machine guns and mortars, infantry artillery, mountain artillery, etc...

The combat effectiveness of the 66th Army was greatly enhanced, and even in the face of a reorganized division and a mixed brigade of the Japanese army, they did not hesitate at all.

After the Japanese attack began, the two divisions of the No.60 Sixth Army chose to avoid their fronts, and waited for the enemy's leading troops to rush into the shooting range before opening fire.

Mortar groups formed a crossfire point, targeting infantry behind the armor of Japanese tanks, and mountain artillery and infantry artillery were used to bombard the Japanese army's Tie Wang Ba.

With the power of the mountain cannon, as long as it hits the tank, even if it can't destroy the tank, it can also break the track of the tank and make it unable to move.

When the Japanese army was 200 meters away from the forward position, the machine gun positions arranged at the front of the position formed a dense firepower net, sweeping across the Japanese attacking soldiers.

As soon as the gunshots rang out, one by one the Japanese troops fell down in an organized manner.

Japanese soldiers have an advantage in combat, that is, they will not stop their attack due to fierce firepower before they have an accurate retreat order.

In front of the outer positions of the national army, the corpses of the Japanese soldiers lay in disorder.

The few remaining tanks continued to cover the infantry charge.