Beginning in August 1938, the Battle of Wuhan was fought on all fronts!

This world-renowned battle has entered the most critical moment.

By the end of August, the war had reached a fever pitch.

General Xue Yue, then commander of the 1st Corps of the 9th Theater, led the 4th, 8th, 64th, and 70th armies to meet the Japanese 106th Division.

The Japanese invaders have been hit hard!

During the same period, under the command of Meng Shaoyuan, the Shanghai Special Office of the Military Command regained its advantage.

"The military commanders faced several of the most dangerous moments in the War of Resistance Against Japan, and the establishment of the Tufeiyuan organ in 1938 was one of them. And it was precisely because of Meng's performance that he succeeded in turning the danger into a disaster...... After this incident, Meng's prestige was once again maximized, and after being called 'the strongest agent on the surface' by the Japanese, he was also called 'China's best and most outstanding agent in the past 30 years', and his personal reputation reached its peak for the first time......"

In an unpublished memoir, this is how the events of July and the end of August 1938 were later described.

In the process of regaining the advantage, there is no denying that there is an element of luck.

For example, the arrival of an international delegation organized by Japan is tantamount to giving Meng Shaoyuan an excellent opportunity out of thin air. And Daniel's unexpected, but crucial chess piece, also played an unimaginable role.

Otherwise, Meng Shaoyuan would definitely not be able to make proper arrangements.

However, once the opportunity appeared, Meng Shaoyuan firmly controlled it, and made timely adjustments and deployments according to the development of the situation.

This is one of the reasons why he is called "excellent".

On the Japanese side, with the rescue of the Roligani couple, they also began to lay out in Shanghai again under the command of Kenji Dohihara.

Previously, a large number of contact points were destroyed, which greatly damaged the strength of the Japanese secret service in Shanghai. Kenji Tohihara is no longer as ambitious as when he came to Shanghai.

After the all-out war in Shanghai, once the balance of power between China and Japan is broken, the most urgent consideration is how to go forward in the future.

Kenji Dohihara is also clearly a good commander, and he didn't become furious and irrational because of the defeat, desperate for revenge.

He chose to keep a low profile and forbearance.

Behind this low-key forbearance, there is to accumulate strength, wait for the opportunity, and relaunch a turbulent counterattack.

"The Public Concession, the Japanese contact points that we have mastered, have all become extremely honest and more cautious when traveling." Wu Jingyi said in her report: "In the Japanese-controlled areas, the actions of the Japanese have also begun to become sluggish, and the frequency of searches that used to occur in the past has also decreased a lot, and our living environment in the Japanese-controlled areas has greatly improved." ”

"Kenji Dohihara is a very capable person." Meng Shaoyuan groaned: "If he starts a crazy counterattack now, I won't be afraid, but he is so calm, this is what worries me the most...... I don't care about momentary gains and losses, I shrink my head into the thick turtle shell like a turtle, and when the time comes, I bite my opponent hard......"

There was not the slightest optimistic expression on his face: "At the same time, the people in the day control area, the quieter they are, the more vigilant they must be. Kenji Dohihara won't admit defeat so easily, he's waiting, waiting for our people to relax their vigilance and think that the world is too peaceful, and then Kenji Dohihara will strike again, it will be a fatal blow, and it will kill our people! ”

"I'll let them know."

Wu Jingyi then took out a telegram: "This is Director Dai...... Ah, the telegram that Director Dai personally gave you! ”

Now, it is no longer possible to call Dai Li Director Dai, but to call him Director Dai.

In August 1938, the chairman of the National Military Commission officially expanded the Second Division of the Survey and Statistics Bureau of the Military Commission into the Survey and Statistics Bureau of the Military Commission, referred to as the Military Command Bureau.

He Yaozu, chairman of the Military Commission, director of the chamberlain, concurrently served as director of the bureau, and Dai Li, formerly director of the bureau's second division, was promoted to deputy director. In fact, Dai Li is in charge, and the headquarters is located in Luojiawan, Zhonger Road, Chongqing City, Sichuan Province.

"Military commander" is the same name, but Dai Li's rights have been further expanded.

When the Military Command Bureau was first established in Wuhan, its organizational structure and personnel arrangements were as follows:

Director He Yaozu; Deputy Director Dai Li; Chief Secretary Zheng Jiemin; Secretaries Mao Renfeng, Chen Shixian, Liu Qirui, Zeng Jian, Gu Zhaofen.

He Zhiyuan, the head of the first section, is in charge of intelligence.

Meng Shaoyuan, Chief of the Second Section, is in charge of operations.

Yu Duo, head of the third section, is in charge of justice.

Wei Daming, Chief of Section 4, is in charge of telecommunications.

Yang Jirong, Chief of the General Affairs Section. Li Xiaobai, head of the personnel department.

Zhang Ye, the head of the security team.

Accountant Xu Renji, Lin Yaomin. Cashiers Zhang Yanfu and Mao Zhongliang.

A huge organization that played outstanding feats in the War of Resistance was officially finalized.

At that time, there was a strange phenomenon in the military command, that is, the director of the bureau was only in name, and the deputy director was really in charge. The chief of the second section, which has the most power, is not at the headquarters or in Wuhan, but in Shanghai.

Meng Shaoyuan's titles are also varied, some people call him Director Meng, some people call him Section Chief Meng, and some people call him Boss Meng. In private, his cronies called him Young Master Meng.

He was a major, but he also held the rank of colonel.

Theoretically, his special office is under the management of Zhou Weilong, head of the Shanghai Hidden District of the Military Command, and Cheng Yiming, secretary, but his identity as the head of the second section of the headquarters makes him very special, and it stands to reason that Zhou Weilong and Cheng Yiming still have to listen to him in many things.

Meng Shaoyuan is such a complex person.

After receiving the telegram handed by Wu Jingyi, Meng Shaoyuan looked at it, and his face was a little not good-looking.

Japan has a so-called "Southern Tang and Northern Wu" plan, the south refers to the former prime minister, the old revolutionary Tang Shaoyi, and Wu is the more famous Wu Peifu.

After the establishment of the Special Committee on China, Kenji Dohihara personally commanded the work of Tang Shaoyi and Wu Peifu in an attempt to make them traitors.

After Kenji Tohihara arrived in Shanghai, he personally visited Tang Shaoyi many times and invited him to go out of the mountains to organize a national puppet government.

The Nationalist Government is also trying its best to prevent him from becoming a traitor.

In early March 1938, the Guangzhou Anti-Enemy Support Association sent a telegram to Tang Shaoyi, asking him to get rid of the encirclement of the evil forces and return to the south in the first day, but Tang Shaoyi did not reply.

On March 19, people from all walks of life and associations in Guangzhou held a meeting on the second floor of the Provincial People's Education Center, at which various social organizations in Guangzhou City jointly sent a telegram urging Tang Shaoyi to return to the south, and the telegram said: "Please protect the evening festival with kindness, otherwise you will lose your reputation and leave a stench for 10,000 years," and remitted 20,000 yuan for the trip.

Tang Shaoyi still ignored it and refused to accept the travel expenses.

He lived on the isolated island of Shanghai surrounded by Japanese invaders and did not want to offend any party, so he adopted an ambiguous attitude with all parties, which could not but arouse speculation from many quarters and put himself in danger.

Dai Li's telegram said that Tang Shaoyi's every move should be closely monitored, and that if it is discovered that he may defect and defect to the enemy, he will immediately assassinate him, and he must not be used by the Japanese!

"Tang Shaoyi, Tang Shaoyi."

Meng Shaoyuan put the telegram aside: "This person is a veteran, and his qualifications far exceed that of the chairman." As for him, he always wants to be a tumbler, swaying from side to side, cutting tofu with a knife on both sides, no one wants to offend, and he wants to take chestnuts from the fire. But this character is afraid that it will kill him. I've been in Shanghai for so long, why haven't I visited him? I just don't want to have anything to do with this person, but I put myself in passivity. ”

"What Director Dai means, I'm afraid it's better to get rid of him immediately." Wu Jingyi cautiously reminded.

"I don't do this, I don't do it." Meng Shaoyuan shook his head again and again: "Even if this thing is successful, it is not pleased, but it makes himself a commotion." He is a protégé and former official in the government, and there are many close friends. ”

"Then we're going to do nothing?"

"If you don't do it, if we don't do it, someone will do it." Meng Shaoyuan clicked on the telegram: "I believe that this telegram was not sent to me alone, Zhou Weilong and Cheng Yiming also received it." Let them do this, by the way, let them leave Shanghai. ”

What the?

Wu Jingyi wondered if she had heard it wrong, and it took a long time to say, "Let them leave Shanghai?" ”

"We have three giants in Shanghai, but these three giants are not worthy of their names, each doing its own thing." Meng Shaoyuan said lightly: "The fist that could have been clenched is now released, and it doesn't hurt to hit someone." I don't think I'm the kind of person who has a strong desire for power, but in the current situation, I still have to control the power in my own hands, and this is an opportunity. ”

"Director Meng." Wu Jingyi said in a daze: "This is a struggle between your high-level leaders, it's better not to tell me." ”

"You, Wu Jingyi, have never regarded me as a high-level executive." Meng Shaoyuan smiled: "What about me, to be honest, you are my subordinate and my friend, there are some things that you can't say to others, you can only say to your own friends." ”

Wu Jingyi was actually a little moved.

Who is this person in front of you? Young Master Meng, who is in power on the beach. One anger can make tens of millions of people bleed Director Meng. The strongest agent on the surface that makes Japan fear.

But he thinks of himself as a friend?

"What's more, our relationship is not ordinary." Meng Shaoyuan suddenly said, "I still slept in your house." ”

The original emotion turned into nothing in an instant, and Wu Jingyi almost gritted her teeth: "You are really not my boss, you are a scoundrel." If you tell me about this, my husband will know about it, and I will fight with you! ”

"Let's fight, let's fight, the Japanese want my life, and my own people want my life, it's good." Meng Shaoyuan's words sounded like a joke, but there was no joking expression at all:

"The Big Three? I'm doing my own people. I've been letting them go in the past, but they've given Mr. Dai one black material after another, bent on making me stink and bring me down. It's not that I don't know how to play this set, it's that I don't like to play it. Okay, do you really want to play? I'll play with you, and I'll play with you as long as you want! ”

Wu Jingyi found that Young Master Meng was really a little angry.

Soon, the existing pattern of military command in Shanghai will undergo major changes!