On 21 March, Lieutenant General Yoshiharu Takeshita led the main force of the 27th Division of the Japanese Army through Shanhaiguan by train.

Subsequently, the North China Intelligence Service reported that the 27th Division continued to rush to Makino along the Pinghan Railway, while at the same time, the Japanese 3rd Chariot Division also moved from the garrison and marched in the direction of Beiping.

The 37th and 62nd Divisions of the First Army of the North China Front, the 110th Division of the Japanese Army directly under the North China Front, the 7th Independent Mixed Brigade, the 9th Independent Infantry Brigade, and the 4th Cavalry Brigade have all begun pre-war preparations.

A large amount of ammunition, fuel, food, and other materials from the country are being transported to Makino, which should be the main logistics base for this campaign.

"The bureau headquarters called, and Boss Dai made a great contribution to all the personnel of the subordinate station, asking us to make persistent efforts to continue to monitor the movements of the Japanese army, provide more detailed information for this campaign, and provide a basis for the operational plan of the First Theater Command."

"The outline of the battle plan of the Japanese North China Front that you provided this time has made an outstanding contribution to resisting the Japanese attack and gaining time to prepare for battle. In the name of the Military Commission of the Shancheng Government, the commission will give you a secret special merit and a reward of 20,000 US dollars. Wang Zhen said with a telegram.

Chen Mingxiang has now reached his peak, and he can't be promoted anymore, and he doesn't have a higher medal, so he can only remember his merits and pay bonuses.

"I don't have much interest in the so-called meritorious service, what I am most concerned about is whether the first theater can withstand the attack of the Japanese army, this is one of the few nationalized areas on the south bank of the Yellow River, once the Japanese army's actions are effective, most of the people in Henan Province will fall under the cruel bullying of the Japanese army." Chen Mingxiang said.

"Mingxiang, we are just intelligence officers, fulfilling our mission and doing our job well is the greatest help to the Shancheng government and bureau headquarters. As for whether the first theater of operations can crush the enemy's offensive and keep the existing territory, that is not something we can consider. ”

"The sequence of offensive troops of the 12th Army of the Japanese North China Front is very obvious at present, the response and reinforcement actions of the 11th Army and the 13th Army of the Dispatch Army, even the number and destination of the troops, and even the time are very clear and clear, and we have done what we should do."

"Under such circumstances, if the First Theater is still unable to withstand the enemy's attack, it is its own incompetence, not the problem of the Military Command Bureau, and it cannot be blamed for the direct station." Wang Zhen said.

Chen Mingxiang knew that what Wang Zhen said was right, the responsibility of intelligence officers was to obtain the enemy's intelligence and provide combat support for the Shancheng government army, which was a very important condition for victory, and now, he had basically completed the task, and the outline of the first round of attacks had clearly emerged.

The strength of the 12th Army of the Japanese North China Front is about 140,000 people, consisting of four C divisions, half a tank division, two brigades and one cavalry brigade, plus directly subordinate troops.

The army establishment of the first theater is 42 infantry divisions plus three brigades, nearly four times the number of the Japanese army.

Just as we were waiting, near the end of March, the Executive Yuan of the Jinling government passed a resolution to elect Chen Mingxiang as a political councilor and as the administrative supervisor of the Shanghai Special Municipal Government. Lazy people listen to books

Chen Mingxiang has one more job, the deputy director of the Social Bureau and the commissioner of the Foreign Affairs Office, which still serve concurrently, that is, he has his own office in the office building of the municipal government.

Chen Mingxiang appointed He Bingxian and He Zhuoxian as his office secretaries, whether he came to work or not, anyway, Wu Ziying, the secretary of the Police Division, was in charge, and they just got an extra salary, which also means that he will not forget Chen Gongbo's kindness.

"Old bear, how did you have time to come to me?" Chen Mingxiang asked Xiong Jiandong.

This guy is now the director of the security department of Shanghai, which is the original security headquarters, and the commander is naturally Chen Gongbo, and Lu Ying is still the deputy commander, but because Chen Gongbo handed over this stall in Shanghai to Chen Mingxiang, he temporarily exercised the function of commander.

"Member Chen, this morning our security forces participated in the imperial army's operation to encircle and suppress the underground party guerrillas, and more than 30 people were killed and more than 20 were injured. Xiong Jiandong said with a smile.

Although he rose after following Zhou Gaohai, became the deputy chief of the tax police regiment, and concurrently served as the security director of Shanghai, he knew very well in his heart that Chen Mingxiang could not be provoked.

Chen Mingxiang is Chen Gongbo's confidant, this is something that all walks of life in Shanghai know, Chen Gongbo took over Wang Jingwei's work, and immediately promoted Chen Mingxiang to become a political councilor of the Executive Yuan, and is also responsible for the supervision of the government work of the entire Shanghai City, what kind of status is this?

Xiong Jiandong knows about Zhou Gaohai and the Military Command Bureau, but the big people want to use the Shanghai market as a life-saving capital, Xiong Jiandong is not only optimistic about the tax police corps, but also very optimistic about the security department, which is his life-saving capital in the future.

As for Chen Mingxiang, in addition to his close personal relationship with Chen Gongbo, he also has a close personal relationship with Zhou Gaohai, and he is one of the few people who can directly affect him.

"Where was the firefight, and how did so many people die and wound? What about the casualties of the Imperial Army? Is the loss of the underground party big? Chen Mingxiang asked with a frown.

"Yesterday in the area of Zhujiadian in Nanhui, the search force of the imperial army was attacked by a sneak attack, and this guerrilla force withdrew to the Northern Song Dynasty area of Fengxian to hide.

"As a result, we suffered heavy losses, not to mention the heavy losses, the imperial army died more than a dozen wounded, and the underground party died more than 20 people, but we didn't catch it alive, so the captain of the imperial army of the 17th mixed brigade was furious, and now it is still searching in the Northern Song Dynasty!" Xiong Jiandong said.

Chen Mingxiang thought of a situation, the guerrillas had experienced this hard battle, and there must have been some wounded who needed timely treatment, and the environment they were in was too harsh to have such conditions.

After Xiong Jiandong left, he quickly came to his clinic, took some anti-inflammatory drugs and bandages, drove to Yunhua Restaurant, and handed over Zheng Tonghui along with a sum of money.

The Japanese army's operation was in the suburbs of Shanghai, and Chen Mingxiang's intelligence force had not yet expanded to such an extent, and he had no henchmen in the security department, so it was normal for him not to know about this matter.

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