novelaction Chapter 1700: Finally, the Dawn of Victory Appears
Chapter 1700: Finally, the Dawn of Victory Appears
Wang Manxue suggested, "Father! There's no time to lose, let's send a telegram to Kong Ling right away."
Xiang Chu nodded and instructed, "Fu Gui! Send this intelligence to Madam Kong by telegram."
"Yes!"
Ma Fugui hurriedly accepted the order.
Xu Lai said worriedly, "Brother Chu! If the Japanese invaders enter Chongqing, will our country perish?"
Xiang Chu waved his hand and said, "If Chongqing is gone, there is still Yan'an, where the entire nation will still be led to fight to the death."
Wang Manxue nodded and said, "Dad! I think China's hope lies in Yan'an."
Xiang Chu hadn't expected her to be so enlightened, and laughed:
"Honey! You didn't think that way before."
Wang Manxue smiled bitterly, "I checked the records of Nationalist troops receiving salaries without working in the Political Department's archives, and it was simply beyond imagination. A company of 120 men had at most 60 men, and those 60 men were receiving salaries without working; a division of 6000 men only had about 3000 men..."
"real?!"
Xu Lai stared at her in utter astonishment.
Xiang Chu laughed and said, "It's true, I know. In one battle, 3 Nationalist troops, who claimed to be 10, besieged a Japanese division, but were instead defeated by the Japanese division."
Xu Lai shook his head and said, "No wonder you always lose."
Wang Manxue said with a wry smile, "Not only that, after a battle, the reported casualties were huge, and the dead were people who didn't even exist, so the officers had to collect compensation again."
Xu Lai exclaimed, "This is outrageous!"
Xiang Chu laughed and said, "Now, a division of the National Revolutionary Army often has less than two regiments of soldiers."
Wang Manxue smiled and said, "Now, a division of the Eighth Route Army often has the strength of two or three divisions."
Xiang Chu corrected him, "Mother of my child! Don't spread rumors. The Eighth Route Army only has three divisions."
Wang Manxue retorted, "Phoenix! Don't always defend your own people, right, Sister Lai?"
"I...I didn't hear anything."
Xu Lai shouted, then turned and slipped into her room.
The Bamboo Bureau is stationed in Yichang City, western Hubei Province.
Hiroshi Doihara was in the office, roasting glutinous rice cakes around a brazier.
Because he was so clumsy, the glutinous rice cakes turned into lumps of coal when he baked them.
Xiao Qi entered the room, carrying a pot of Baiyunbian wine, and said with a smile:
"General! Please drink the finest wine here."
Doihara Hamo took the sake jug, drank a full gulp, and exclaimed:
"Yosh! This is truly the finest wine in the world. Benxiong! Quickly, bake some glutinous rice cakes for this great general."
"Hello!"
Xiao Qi hurriedly accepted the order, sat down to flip the glutinous rice cakes for him, and urged, "General! Tojo Aofu has humiliated you so much, aren't you angry? Don't you want to retaliate and punish him?"
Doihara Hamaji shook his head and said, "This general would rather think of it than dare to. After all, he is the prime minister's retainer. Now that Miss Aoki and the head of the Shadow Agency are dealing with him, why should this general take action?"
Xiao Qi smiled bitterly, "But to keep giving in makes one seem too cowardly. One should live life to the fullest and seek revenge."
Doihara Hamaji rebuked, "Do you want me, the great general, to be seen as a brute and ridiculed for lacking manners?"
"How dare you!"
Xiao Qi said angrily.
Takahashi Kosei walked in, placed the phone logbook in front of Doihara Kenji, and said angrily:
"General! Tojo Aofū has ordered us to send two hundred men to him to participate in the infiltration and assassination operation."
Doihara Hamako jumped up in anger and roared, "Baka! Tojo Seifu is really going too far!"
Takahashi Kosei said domineeringly, "I have already rejected Tojo Aofu on the spot and told him to get as far away as possible and not to even think about messing with our troops."
Xiaoqi praised, "Takahashi-kun! Well done!"
Doihara Hamaji shook his head and said, "Masashi! You did the wrong thing. You should have given him two hundred men."
"what?!"
Takahashi Kosei and Koshino shouted in disbelief.
Doihara Hamaji said with a smile, "With the power of my Bamboo Agency, I will forge an alliance with the Tojo family. Kosho! You tell Tojo Seifu that I will select two hundred, no! two hundred and fifty elites to participate in his infiltration operation, and you will command 250 of them."
"thump!"
Takahashi Kosei was so angry that he fainted on the ground.
Doihara Hamaji instructed, "Honyu! Go and reply to Tojo Aofu."
Xiao Qi shook his head and said, "General! You seem too weak."
At this moment, the office phone rang.
Doihara Kenji answered the phone and laughed, "Qingfeng! Don't be angry. I've decided to send you 250 men, led by Takahashi Kosei, to participate in your infiltration operation."
Tojo Seifu sneered, "Doihara Hamako! If you try to fool this chief, you'll regret it! Hmph!"
Doihara Hamaji hung up the phone and, seeing that Takahashi Kosei was still asleep, instructed:
"Benyu! You take men to participate in Tojo Aofū's operation and take the opportunity to kill him."
"General! So you were enduring humiliation and bearing heavy burdens?"
Xiaoqi said with utter astonishment, looking at Doihara Hamako with newfound respect.
Doihara Hamaru sneered, "Of course! Am I the kind of person who would compromise? As the Empire's only fake general, I must take my cunning and treachery to the extreme. Hehe!"
Takahashi Kosei got up and laughed, "General! I will go and fulfill your wish for revenge."
Doihara Kenji patted him on the shoulder and said earnestly, "Sho! You must secretly kill Tojo Aoka so that I can have a good New Year."
"Hello!"
Takahashi Komasa bowed and accepted the order.
Xiao Qi thought to himself, "The situation has changed; I need to inform the boss."
On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, at Kai Tak Airport on Hong Kong Island.
Xiang Chu, along with Yu Xiaowan and the others, boarded a plane bound for Chongqing.
Liu Zhengxiong said urgently, "Xiaowan! The plane is about to take off, hurry up and get off."
Yu Xiaowan said irritably, "What do you mean 'go down'? I'm going to the front lines to fight."
Liu Zhengxiong exclaimed in surprise, "What are you, a hospital director and a double PhD, doing fighting on the front lines? It's such a waste of talent! Chief! Get Xiaowan off the plane right away!"
Xiang Chu said with a wry smile, "If we don't let her go, she'll jump into the sea. What should we do?"
Yu Xiaowan said defiantly, "That's right! If they won't let me go to the front lines, I'll jump off the plane."
Liu Zhengxiong shook his head and said, "It's such a waste of talent."
Yu Xiaowan shouted, "What use are talented people when the country is about to perish?"
Liu Zhengxiong said thoughtfully, "What you said seems to make some sense."
Pilot Han Fei handed Xiang Chu a stack of newspapers and said in a low voice:
"Boss! This is a newspaper left behind by a European or American passenger. It contains a lot of news about the victory, but it's all in English, and I can't understand it very well."
Xiang Chu took the newspaper and said happily, "Great! Let's see what's in it. Xiaowan! Your English is good, read the headlines to everyone."
"Your English isn't bad either."
Yu Xiaowan smiled and took the newspaper, reading aloud:
"The US military annihilated the Japanese forces on Guadalcanal, Britain, the US, and other countries relinquished their privileges in China, the Soviet army launched a counterattack in Leningrad and broke through the German blockade, and 9 German troops were trapped in a desperate situation in Stalingrad..."
After she finished reading, Xiang Chu exclaimed with emotion, "We've finally seen the dawn of victory."
Liu Zhengxiong asked, "Chief! Where are Li Tong and Luo Jiaojiao fighting?"
Xiang Chu said thoughtfully, "The last telegram was received in Chongqing. At that time, they were still in Leningrad, participating in the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War."
After contacting the control tower, Han Fei reported, "Boss! The tower has cleared my aircraft for takeoff. However, US military aircraft have been active frequently recently. If we encounter US military aircraft harassing us during the flight, we'll be in trouble."
Xiang Chu waved his hand and said, "Don't worry! Let's take off."
Han Fei nodded and said, "Yes!"