Chapter 1142: Overwhelming Superiority

If you want to say that the relationship in any place is the strongest, it must be Central China, Chen Mingxiang started from a small translator, and gradually moved to the current top level of the Jinling government, which is inseparable from the support of the Japanese army, and even Kitazawa Ping was shocked by his connections.

This is also because in recent years, the chief officials in various regions have been transferred frequently, and many of Chen Mingxiang's related households have been transferred, otherwise, even for him in the Mei organ, it would be terrible.

"Maybe Chen Mingxiang didn't collect relevant information, so he didn't report it to the Military Command Bureau? After all, he is not a professional intelligence officer, although it is possible to be absorbed by the Military Command Bureau, but spying on intelligence is not something that anyone can do. The squad leader of the confidential squad said.

"This is impossible, even if Chen Mingxiang doesn't take the initiative to collect, he is with so many senior generals of the imperial army, and he can always know some news more or less, if he is as stupid as you say, can he get to this point?" Kitazawa Ping shook his head and said.

"Or maybe he received the information but didn't transfer it to the Military Command Bureau in time?" The confidential squad leader said.

"Your logic doesn't make sense, military intelligence is time-sensitive, the 27th Division has arrived in Jiangcheng and is moving to Puqi, seeing that in more than ten days, the battle will begin, and there is no report at this time, the problem may not be on him."

"Actually, I'd love to see such a situation, if Chen Mingxiang is an agent of the Military Command Bureau, then the harm to the empire will be too great, let it go first, and wait until the war is over."

"Wang Meilin, who is hiding in his house, didn't send me a message, so I thought too much! For now, we need to concentrate all our efforts on the intelligence work of the Ninth Theater, which is a very important battle for the Empire. Kitazawa still gave up.

This is the complexity of intelligence work, anything can happen, Chen Mingxiang's practice of seeking stability for a while this time, there is such a gain, I am afraid it is also unexpected by himself, right?

And Boss Dai, who was far away in the mountain city, was already in a hurry at this time, and the spring breeze just didn't give information, which made the Military Commission and the Ninth Theater Command urge every day.

It's not that other stations don't have this kind of intelligence, but it's all scattered information, and they can't find out the attack time and troop allocation of the Japanese army in this battle, otherwise Chen Mingxiang is called a strategic agent!

"What the hell is going on with Chunfeng this time? According to the scattered information of the Military Intelligence Department of the Ninth Theater Command and the provincial stations of the Military Command Bureau, the Japanese army is making a big move, and the scale of this battle is far greater than the last Wuling Battle. Dai Li said impatiently.

Chunfeng reported that the 12th Army under the Japanese North China Front was going to launch a large-scale attack on the First Theater, but the First Theater Command did not believe Chunfeng's intelligence in the area where the war broke out, and as a result, it suffered a crushing defeat.

Xue Yue, the commander of the Ninth War Zone, obviously learned this lesson, and he always looked down on the Military Command Bureau in the past, but this time he sent a telegram every day, and even asked the Military Commission to put pressure on the Military Control Bureau, so that the old man had no choice but to urge him to hurry up and ask Chunfeng for information.

"Bureau, is it because of the incident of the First Theater Command last time, Chunfeng feels a little angry with the grievances? Do you think that those theater commanders still trust the Military Intelligence Service, and they don't trust the intelligence he has worked so hard to collect, and they don't get the respect they deserve, so this time it's not so timely? Mao Renfeng said.

On the surface, it sounds like he is criticizing and accusing Chen Mingxiang, but in fact, he is saying good things for Chen Mingxiang and reminding Boss Dai that the intelligence is obtained at risk, and there must be a suitable opportunity.

These commanders of the theater command have too little respect for the fruits of the labor of intelligence officers, after all, they are behind enemy lines, from the time of the secret service to the present, how many agents have died at the guns of the enemy!

"No, Chunfeng's loyalty can stand the test, and he also has a high strategic foresight, so he won't be unaware of the importance of this information to our Shancheng government and the Military Command Bureau, and gamble on his work when questioned? That's not what he does! ”

"We also have to think for him, how easy is it to gather intelligence? In particular, this kind of strategic-level military intelligence needs to be judged on a comprehensive basis, and he has to be responsible for the Military Command Bureau, and he is also taking responsibility for his own work. Boss Dai defended the spring breeze.

At this time, Pan Qiwu hurriedly came to the office with the message, and both of them understood at a glance that this must have been sent by Chunfeng's information, and other people's information was not worth his nervousness.

Boss Dai took a look at it, and immediately became serious, he didn't expect that the Japanese army would use so many troops to attack Tanzhou this time.

According to the confirmation of intelligence personnel from the Fujian, Jiangxi, Hubei and Hunan offices, the combat sequence of the Japanese Army's 11th Army Headquarters this time is the Japanese Army's 3rd Division, 13th Division, 20th Division, 34th Division, 40th Division, 58th Division, 68th Division, and 116th Division, a total of eight divisions and regiments, plus three brigades of the 5th Independent Infantry Brigade, and two brigades of the 17th Brigade and Regiment that are independently mixed.

The scale of the attack is so large, it is calculated that this is nearly 200,000 people!

The most crucial thing is that Chen Mingxiang pointed out that the deadline for the Japanese army's attack on Tanzhou and the deadline for troop and logistical transportation was 23 May, and according to information from the Japanese navy, the date of the campaign attack was chosen on Japan's Navy Day, that is, 27 May.

At the same time, Chen Ming also reported on the situation of the troops left behind in Jiangcheng, including the 64th Division to arrive in Jiangcheng from the Pinghan Railway, including the 39th Division of the Japanese Army, which was guarded by five brigades and three field support teams, a total of eight brigades and regiments, to guard the original positions of the participating divisions and regiments.

Secondly, it was confirmed by the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, and Henan offices that the 22nd Division of the Japanese army stationed in Jinhua, Lieutenant General Hirata Masatsu, was now transported by sea by troop carriers of the Japanese Navy and Army to Yangcheng, and then entered the operational sequence of the Japanese 23rd Army Headquarters.

The task is to cooperate with the 104th Division under the 23rd Army, independently mixed into the 22nd Brigade and the independent mixed 23rd Brigade, and launch an attack on Gui Province from the end of June to the beginning of July.

In order to cope with the attack of the 11th Army, the 13th Army was to attack Quzhou from Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, after 5 June, and the 70th Division was responsible for this task.

The combat sequence troops commanded by Lieutenant General Takayuki Uchida included four brigades of the 62nd Brigade, two brigades of the 61st Brigade, the 60th Division stationed in Suzhou, two brigades of the 65th Brigade, plus engineers, baggage, and artillery, and the Fourth Field Supplementary Brigade, which amounted to about 10,000 people.