Since the Japanese army captured the concession and the outbreak of the Pacific War, gasoline has become a scarce commodity in Shanghai, resulting in most cars having to stop and buses can no longer operate.

In order to solve this problem, some people in Shanghai changed their cars from burning gasoline to burning charcoal to continue to provide power, and even luxury cars emitting black smoke appeared on the streets of Shanghai, which is a typical practice in the southwest region.

But this method is not only available in China, Japan also has charcoal-burning cars, and Germany also has it, and the price of gasoline is more expensive than gold, which is really unaffordable, and it cannot be bought.

Chen Mingxiang has never worried about the problem of gasoline, his vehicle needs to be filled with gasoline, and he goes directly to the Marine Corps Command and the Gendarmerie Command to supply, and the city government agencies can also refuel, he has too many part-time jobs, and there are places where he can refuel.

However, he was always worried that after the situation deteriorated, his own gasoline would not be enough, so he wanted to vacate a warehouse to store some gasoline, and this resource could only be opened to the Japanese army.

"This request is legitimate, and the Huatong Trading Company is also serving the Empire, and should enjoy the necessary resources. For this operation, a large amount of oil has been shipped from the country, so I will discuss it with the chief of staff and apply for a part of it for you. ”

"General Uchida, your autonomy is relatively large, and the division also has to help Chen Jun, I give too much gasoline, and it is easy to get into trouble." Yoshitaro Kawamoto said with a smile.

He can indeed do this kind of thing, but it is far less than the authority of the division commanders, these Japanese lieutenant generals are all powerful people with heavy troops, covering the sky with one hand in the station, and the internal affairs of the division and regiment are decided in a word, and no one will gossip in a word.

"That's no problem, after the battle is over, Chen Jun can go to the division and regiment to find me, I'll give you a little, and exchange it for the scarce materials." Takayuki Uchida was very happy.

If he was trading military supplies for profit, he would definitely not have the guts to do so, but the reason for providing support to Huatong Trading Company and helping the logistics of the division and regiment made sense.

Both sides have achieved their goals, the atmosphere at the dinner table is naturally very good, a group of soldiers, the topic is naturally inseparable from the strategic offensive of the army now dispatched, and as they talked, they naturally mentioned the two divisions and regiments that were carrying out combat missions in Shou County, Anhui Province.

What Chen Mingxiang didn't expect was that he hadn't found an opportunity to visit the 64th Division, and this Japanese unit was actually going to be transferred to the combat sequence of the 11th Army.

"In order that the garrison near Jiangcheng will not be empty during the operation of the 11th Army, the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army has ordered that the 64th Division of Lieutenant General Funakumasa, which is stationed in Guangling, be transferred to Jiangcheng under the command of Lieutenant General Tadayoshi Sano, and he will serve as the commander of the defense force of Jiangcheng."

"For this reason, after the 64th Division completes this mission, it will first go to Pengcheng in northern Jiangsu, then to Kaifeng, then to Muye, and directly to Jiangcheng through the Pinghan Railway." Yoshitaro Kawamoto said.

Since the 11 th Army was going to carry out the task of strategic offensive, it naturally had to transfer troops to the combat area, and there would naturally be an emptiness around Jiangcheng, which was a strategic location, and the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army attached great importance to it, as well as to the base camp of the Japanese army.

To this end, the 5th Independent Infantry Brigade and the 7th Independent Infantry Brigade were transferred from 1 February, followed by the 11th Independent Infantry Brigade and the 12th Independent Infantry Brigade, and at the same time, field supplementary units at the 1st, 2nd, 5th, 9th, 10th, and 116th brigade and regimental levels were transferred from China.

In addition, there are separate field air defense units of the 17th Brigade Regiment and the 3rd Tank Division, two communications wings and two automobile wings.

"In this campaign, the 11th Army transferred the main forces of eight divisions, including the 27th Division of Jinzhou, plus a number of wings, to attack Tanzhou, and its scale was far larger than the Battle of Jiangcheng." Takayuki Uchida said with some excitement.

He had seen the battle plan of the 11th Army Headquarters, so he naturally knew some of the secrets, and although he could not say the details, he still told the general situation.

Chen Mingxiang also heard the doorway, that is, in addition to the 27th Division, there are still seven divisions and regiments being mobilized, and the deployment of the 11th Army is clear to him, which means that one division will not participate in the war.

From the beginning of the 28th year of the Republic of China to the 33rd year of the Republic of China, the entire latent work is the only thing that has been the most comfortable in obtaining intelligence, which is also the result of years of contact with the Japanese puppet.

How to put it, it took him five years and millions of dollars to build a huge network of relationships, and now, it has finally reached its peak.

"You sent a telegram to the Fujian, Jiangxi, Hubei and Hunan offices, why are you so twisted, we also call the Second Intelligence Department internally, and ask Jiang Anhua to send people to keep an eye on the movements of the divisions and regiments under the Eleventh Army, and quickly report the situation to me, this will be in May, and the enemy's movement cannot be concealed."

"Secondly, I ordered him to send an additional intelligence group to Baling within two days to observe the gathering of Japanese troops in various places around him, if he wants to attack Tanzhou, the area around Baling must be the assembly place of the Japanese army."

"Then we will send electricity to the tobacco factory, and ask them to quickly prepare 100,000 packs of cigarettes, and send them to Hangzhou in June, and send one box of iron barrels, no, two boxes, and then arrange for the transportation team of the Hangzhou branch to be sent to the 70th Division in Jinhua."

"The Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, and Henan offices, that is, the First Intelligence Department, pay attention to the situation of the 70th Division, the enemy's attack began after June 5, and the direction of the main attack was Quzhou. You sent a telegram to the headquarters of the bureau and asked the headquarters to send me the military deployment of the Ninth Theater that I knew, and I would make a reference. Chen Mingxiang said.

He is a man who knows the importance of it, and although he has mastered the confidential information, he does not dare to send it to the bureau headquarters just like this before checking it accurately, because his personal honor and disgrace are small, and it is a big problem to hinder the theater command from judging the enemy's offensive intentions.

This is a major strategic offensive that has a great stake, and this is not because he is too modest, but this is the case, and there is a lesson from the First Theater Command, and if the Ninth Theater Command relies too much on his intelligence and arranges operations according to his information, then he will also have to bear the corresponding responsibility.

Major General of the Quanxu Army, I am afraid that there is no higher rank than Chen Mingxiang in the Military Unification Bureau, and if Shangfeng is held accountable because of the unfavorable war, he is barely qualified to be pulled out of the black pot.

Therefore, it is better to do this kind of thing a little later, to implement the situation in all aspects, and it is not too late to report, after all, the first phase of the battle has not yet ended, and the 27th Division has not entered the battle sequence of the 11th Army.

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