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By the time Zhong Yi and Commodore arrived at the China Merchants Wharf, An Zhenyuan had already arrived with all the members of the special operations team and had already bought the ferry tickets.

At this time, there were several steamship companies operating between Yinjiang and Shanghai, with departures during the day and at night.

At ten o'clock in the night, the Taiping ship of China Merchants slowly sailed into the China Merchants Wharf, and Zhong Yi and Kang Maode quietly boarded the ship among the members of the special operations team.

Seven hours later, at about 5 o'clock in the morning of the next day, the Taiping Ferry was moored at the China Merchants Wharf in the French Concession.

At this time, the Bund in Shanghai is already full of traffic, very lively, and China Merchants Pier is even more crowded.

In order not to alarm the eyes of Shanghai Mei and No. 76 as much as possible, the members of the special operations team had already made full preparations halfway through, and some of the team members changed into tattered clothes and entered the third-class cabin; Some of the team members changed into elaborate robes and wide-brimmed hats, and entered the first-class cabin disguised as merchants.

Some of the special combat team members put on Chinese tunics and disguised themselves as students.

After docking, nearly 200 team members disembarked in batches and went to No. 70 Dumei Road, Asia Hotel and Sihai Rickshaw Shop to settle down.

Asia Hotel and Rickshaw Shops are all reception points for military commanders.

There are indeed No. 76 eyeliners squatting on the China Merchants Wharf, and there is more than one, but these eyeliners do not notice anything wrong.

However, Zhong Yi did not go with his team members, but followed Commodore to the Legation of the United States in the Public Concession.

Because halfway through, Commodore had already agreed with Zhong Yi that during Zhong Yi's time in Shanghai, it would be best to borrow the Legation of the United States in the Public Concession.

At the Legation of the United States, at least personal safety is still guaranteed.

Zhong Yi did not refuse Commodity's kindness, but gladly agreed.

Even Zhong Yi came up with an idea, maybe he could change his identity and act publicly in Shanghai?

Before leaving for Shanghai, Commodus had already called the Shanghai legation, so when they came out, a Ford sedan sent by the Shanghai legation was already waiting at the exit.

There was no word all the way, and after more than an hour, I arrived at the embassy of the United States in Shanghai.

The Shanghai Legation is one of the four major embassies of the United States in China, and its specifications are higher than the Yinjiang Legation, second only to the embassy in Nanjing, but now the embassy has moved to Chongqing with the Nationalist Government, so now the Shanghai Legation has become the highest diplomatic institution of the United States in the entire East China and even Central China.

The minister stationed in Shanghai has already returned to China to report on his work, and it is said that he will not return.

It is likely that the vacated post of minister will be held by Commodus.

Zhong Yi suspects that this is the main reason why Commodus came to Shanghai together.

However, to Zhong Yi's surprise, he met an old friend of the United States who he hadn't seen for nearly half a year, Colonel Stilwell, at the Shanghai Legation!

"Zhong, it's a pleasure to see you again in Shanghai."

Stilwell opened his arms and stepped forward to give Zhong Yi a warm hug.

Since the dissolution of the Wuhan Garrison Command in early September last year, Stilwell has also terminated his temporary post as a staff officer of the headquarters, and soon after he has been rerouted to Shanxi, Henan, Chongqing, and other places for inspection.

So now, the two haven't seen each other for more than five months.

After the greetings, the topic inevitably turned to the War of Resistance Against Japan.

Zhong Yi asked, "Joseph, you have been inspecting Shanxi, Henan, Chongqing and other places in the past few months, what are the results?" Have you come up with any encouraging conclusions? ”

"I'm afraid there are no exciting conclusions, but there are a lot of depressing discoveries, do you want to hear it?" Speaking of this more than five-month expedition, Stilwell's expression darkened.

Zhong Yi didn't say anything, he could guess what Stilwell wanted to say.

Commodus asked with some curiosity, "Colonel Stilwell, what did you find?" ”

Stilwell sighed: "According to common sense, as the Sino-Japanese war enters the stalemate stage, the pressure on the national army in the frontal battlefield will be greatly reduced, so there is plenty of time to replenish and even retrain, so the combat effectiveness of the national army should be greatly strengthened in a short period of time, right?" ”

"Of course." Commodus nodded, "The national army not only has a large number of elite veterans who have survived a hundred battles, but also has an almost inexhaustible source of soldiers, so as long as they are given enough time, they will definitely be able to quickly build a large and extremely effective army, and I even think that the Chinese army will soon be able to launch a strategic counteroffensive." ”

"Strategic counteroffensive? I am afraid that a strategic counteroffensive will never be possible. Stilwell shook his head and said, "In the nearly half a year since the end of the Battle of Wuhan, I don't know much about the national armies in other theaters, but the combat effectiveness of the national armies in the first and second theaters has declined beyond imagination, and many phenomena are really shocking. ”

"For example?" Commodus frowned, "Here's an example. ”

Stilwell said: "Mr. Minister, do you dare to believe that the national army will join forces with the Japanese army and the puppet army to encircle and suppress the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army?" ”

"What did you say?" Commodus said dumbfounded, "The national army and the Japanese puppet army joined forces to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army? Aren't the Eighth Route Army and the National Army allies? How can you join forces with the enemy to encircle and suppress your own friendly forces? ”

"What is this?" Stilwell smiled, and then said, "There are many generals of the national army who clearly mark the price, as long as the Japanese puppet army can afford the price, they will take their troops into the enemy camp, in addition to these, such as planting and selling opium, secretly reselling arms is even more common, let me say this, the national army in the first and second theaters, everyone already wants to get rich, or simply sell themselves at a high price, no one really wants to resist the invaders!" ”

"How so?" After being stunned for a while, Commodus continued, "But fortunately, China is big enough and has a large population, even if all the national troops in the battlefield behind enemy lines are rotten, there is still hope for them." ”

"Speaking of hope, with all due respect, the national army is afraid that there is no hope." Stilwell said this sentence to Zhong Yi, paused and said, "Zhong, this time I also went to Chongqing, Guizhou and even Yunnan to inspect the recruitment process of Zhuang Ding, and the results were even more shocking. ”

Commodus said: "What's shocking? ”

Stilwell said: "The officials of the local military service office are like bullies, they arrest men when they see them, and when they find someone running away, they shoot them on the spot indiscriminately!" Even if the strong men are caught, they will not be fed, all the way forward, some people will starve to death along the way, and it would be good if five of the ten strong men were sent to the front line to survive! ”

Speaking of this, Stilwell shed a rare tear: "On the way from Guizhou, Yunnan, and Sichuan to the front, it was really starving all the way, I really have never seen such a tragic scene!" I have never seen such a corrupt and incompetent government! The Nationalist Government and Chang Kaishen are simply a disgrace to all mankind! ”