strictlysupreme Chapter 216: The Eagle Over the Temporary Capital (2), The Parade and Rally Has Begun
Chapter 216: The Eagle Over the Temporary Capital (2), The Parade and Rally Has Begun
As the leader of this operation, Zhao Gang will personally fly the plane to Wuhan to fight.
What they were carrying out was the bombing of the Japanese Expeditionary Force Headquarters in Wuhan.
They also destroyed several field airports set up by the Japanese army in the suburbs of Wuhan.
The time finally came to eight o'clock in the morning, and Zhao Gang was flying the bomber.
Without fighter escort, he resolutely flew to Wuhan.
Although there is no Gansu Army fighter escort, its self-defense capability is still strong.
The four 303-inch machine guns and four 20mm cannons on the Mosquito bomber are not just for show.
Because the Japanese are going to bomb the temporary capital today, the fighting today seems relatively calm.
His Japanese air force was just symbolic, sending planes to bomb Changsha.
However, when they were still far away from Changsha, a large number of their Type 96 bombers headed straight for the temporary capital.
Halfway through the journey, thirty Type 95 fighter jets took over the escort mission.
Accompanied by thirty-six bombers, they continued to fly westward towards the secondary capital, thinking that they were unnoticed.
In order to maintain confidentiality, the Eighth Route Army Office did not meet with Yang Liren until the evening of September 17.
Yang Liqing handed over the information that the Japanese army was preparing to launch an air raid on the temporary capital to Yang Liren, who was in charge of intelligence work.
Yang Liren looked at the intelligence and asked casually, "Who deciphered it? Is the information accurate?"
Yang Liqing smiled, waved his hand and said: "Brother, you are also an old intelligence, how can you ask me this question?
This is a matter of security for intelligence personnel, how can I tell you? "
Yang Liren said seriously: "The accuracy of this intelligence is related to tomorrow's anti-Japanese parade.
The Lord and his wife will both arrive at the venue to deliver their speeches.
How can I trust your information if you don't tell me the truth?
We can't just ask the higher-ups to cancel tomorrow's parade just because of a piece of groundless intelligence, right?"
Yang Liqing saw his elder brother arguing with him and snatched the information back.
Yang Liqing said: "If you were not my elder brother, I would have given this credit to the Military Control Commission a long time ago."
There was no way Yang Liren would let his brother go, so he quickly grabbed him.
"You, it's been so many years, and you're still so impatient."
After saying this, he asked Yang Liqing to wait for him in the office while he went to the back to make a phone call.
It wasn't that Yang Liren really wanted to perfunctorily deal with his brother, but tomorrow's activities had already been decided.
If we dare to cancel it at this time, we will lose all our reputation.
It was not until midnight that Yang Liren hurried back to see Yang Liqing.
Yang Liqing saw him coming and immediately stood up and asked, "How is it, have you verified everything?
Can we cancel tomorrow's rally?"
Yang Liren opened his mouth and finally said in a muffled voice: "Tomorrow's rally will continue as usual, and all military police will be on the streets to maintain order.
And open the door of the air-raid shelter in advance in case of emergency."
When Yang Liqing heard this, he immediately became angry and growled in a low voice.
“What about the people on the street?
The Sichuan Army has left Sichuan to fight in the war, and so far, millions of soldiers have gone out.
You can't just ignore the lives of their parents, relatives and children, right?"
Yang Liren said: "Liqing, this is politics, we must learn to obey.
In order to inspire the people's enthusiasm to resist Japan, sacrifices are necessary."
Yang Liqing was immediately furious at his brother's nonsense.
“What is politics? What is obedience?
I'm afraid you're afraid your old man will be embarrassed by canceling the rally at the last minute!"
After saying these words, Yang Liqing didn't want to pay any more attention to his brother and just walked away.
Yang Liren smiled bitterly and shook his head. He had really tried his best.
He asked Mr. Chu to go directly to the Ministry of National Defense and urge them to cancel the rally to avoid losses to the people.
But in the end, we found out that the Japanese intelligence had already been deciphered.
I heard that it was a rising star in the Military Control Commission who cracked the code three days ago.
As a result, the Ministry of National Defense kept it secret and arranged a rally for tomorrow.
At the same time, he secretly dispatched the surrounding air force to prepare to ambush the Japanese planes.
And show the power of the national army in front of international friends attending the rally.
As for the safety of the people in the temporary capital, it falls within the scope of "necessary sacrifice".
But he couldn't tell Yang Liqing the secret!
Otherwise, the scandal of the Nationalist government sacrificing the people to show off in front of international friends would have made the front page of the next day.
Yang Liqing had no choice but to return to the Eighth Route Army Office and report the matter to his superiors.
The office leaders held a meeting for half the night and finally made an important decision.
Tomorrow, comrades from the "Eighth Office" will take to the streets and guard all the intersections leading to the air-raid shelters.
If the Japanese planes really came, they would try their best to guide the people to take shelter in the nearest air-raid shelter.
The next morning was September 18, 1939.
Because there was a parade and rally this morning, the factory bosses gave the workers half a day off.
Everyone has prepared money and supplies, ready to participate in the anti-Japanese fundraising event.
At exactly eight o'clock in the morning, the marchers began to gather towards the rally center.
At ten o'clock in the morning, a senior official from the National Government will be there to give an important speech on anti-Japanese resistance.
The common people did not know that danger was approaching, but both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party knew it.
The people from the Eighth Route Army Office had no choice but to tell the truth now.
If this were to be told now, and the Japanese planes haven't arrived yet, there would probably be a stampede on the streets.
Nearing nine o'clock, the garrison commander of the temporary capital received the bad news.
Fighter jets at Chengdu Airport and Nanchong Airport are unable to take off.
Because the fighter jets parked there found that the new fuel they had added in the morning had turned into water.
When they went to the oil depot to look for oil, they found that there was not even a drop of aviation gasoline in it.
The air force there immediately went to look for the director who managed the oil depot.
Only then did I realize that they had already disappeared.
The captain of the flying squadron over there was also a ruthless man. He directly killed two people guarding the oil depot.
Only then did I learn from the guard of the oil depot that the director in charge of the depot had taken away the oil three days in advance.
When they asked the neighbors of the oil depot director, they found out that the family said they were visiting relatives and had been gone for five days.
The situation at Nanchong Airport is exactly the same as here.
This shows that this was a defection that had been planned long ago.
This time the defection was aimed at this march and rally.
I'm afraid these little devils have already designed the trap.
Prepare to teach China's military and civilians a painful lesson today.
The place where the senior official was giving a speech was probably the focus of this bombing.
Today's plan was originally planned by the National Army to ambush the Japanese aircraft, but unexpectedly they fell into the Japanese's trap.
I'm afraid this time it's not as simple as sacrificing the people.
If we are not careful, several senior officials of the National Government, as well as the international friends who are participating in the event, may be implicated.
Later, I learned many dark truths from the declassified documents.
At that time, the important officials and their wives of the Nationalist government had already prepared an air-raid tunnel for their solo escape.