Since he has privately defected to the Military Command Bureau, Zhou Gaohai is tantamount to betraying Wang Jingwei, and the relationship between the two has become hostile. Zhou Gaohai is very grateful for Wang Jingwei's trust and support, but when it comes to his own fate, he can only make such a choice.

In fact, Zhou Gaohai also complained about Wang Jingwei, he thought that his ability was much stronger than Chen Gongbo, but his ranking in Wang's puppet government was lower than that of Chen Gongbo, and he would inevitably be a little dissatisfied in his heart.

"Minister, now that the value of the China Reserve Bills is very unstable and showing a straight downward trend, I hope you can help me operate a batch of gold, dollars and yen." Chen Mingxiang said.

"You're preparing for the holidays, right? There are more than ten days before New Year's Day, and every time at this time, you have to send red envelopes to the relationship between the Japanese army. In this way, you use the China Reserve Coupon to exchange it at the Shanghai branch, and I will say hello to you, increase the exchange ratio, give more gold and yen, and less US dollars. Zhou Gaohai said.

In the past, Japan also celebrated the Lunar New Year, but since the Meiji Restoration, it has become the Gregorian New Year, that is, New Year's Day, and the Japanese attach great importance to this festival.

Chen Mingxiang sent money and condolences to the Japanese during the New Year's holidays, which has become a common practice, and even sent small yellow croaker in addition to US dollars. It's no wonder that the Japanese like him, and he can also get special care for this heart, and it is normal for him to give benefits to whoever brings benefits to himself.

That night, Chen Mingxiang asked Matsui Taijiuro to drink, saying that it was about to be a holiday and wanted to get together with him.

Matsui Taikuro naturally "knew" Chen Mingxiang's "good habits", and this meeting was definitely to give red envelopes, so he happily agreed, and arranged to have dinner together at the senior officers' club in Jinling, which was for the use of senior officers and generals above the rank of Dazuo of the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army.

"My share of trade with the Kwantung Army has decreased a lot this year, and it used to be said that it was a batch of goods every month, but it has become a quarterly shipment, because of the two battles of the Eleventh Army, the smuggling of Huatong Trading Company and the Chiang Tong District has also been affected, and the labor army on New Year's Day is not as good as last year." Chen Mingxiang said.

This time I visited Matsui Taijiulang, he brought a big red envelope of 20,000 US dollars, simply saying that it was a holiday, and he gave a lot of sincerity, even if the official level is relatively good, 10,000 US dollars is very interesting.

"Chen Jun is too polite, since you came to Central China, you have made the greatest contribution to the empire and the imperial army, and every New Year's Day organizes the labor army, and everything must be done according to your ability, after all, the harvest of Huatong Trading Company this year is far lower than in previous years, everyone understands it in their hearts." Matsui said with a smile.

He promoted Chen Mingxiang to the post of chief of police, and the other party has always remembered the grace of support, and there are rich red envelopes and gifts during the New Year's holidays.

"Your Excellency General, the Eleventh Army is still stationed in Lishui and has not been evacuated, I don't know when, the local traffic can be restored? Wuling is an important hub of land transportation in Sichuan Province and Guizhou Province, and many of my goods need to go through Wuling, if the Eleventh Army cannot be evacuated in a short time, I will have to find a way to change to a new route. Chen Mingxiang said.

"On the 25th of last month, the 23rd Combat Group of the 14th Air Force of the United States Air Force dispatched eight P-38 fighters to carry out air supremacy, eight P-51 fighters served as escorts, and eight B-25 light bombers from the 11th Bombing Squadron of the 14th Air Force of the United States and six B-25 light bombers from the Second Squadron of the 1st Group of the Yamashiro Government Air Force were mixed in formation."

"The group flew at a low altitude to avoid the search of the imperial army's radar station, and at the Zhucheng naval airfield on Taiwan Island, it destroyed 14 fighters of the HNA and 38 on the ground. The Imperial Bamboo City Naval Air Force had a total of eighty-one military aircraft, and this time it lost fifty-two. ”

"The Imperial Navy abolished this flying group and removed the commander, Lieutenant General Yamayama Masako, from his post for investigation, and after only five and a half months in office, the base camp decided to transfer the 12th Flying Regiment from the Kwantung Army to Jiangcheng to prevent the US Air Force and the Yamashiro Government Air Force from bombing the Taiwan military base again."

"After investigation by the imperial intelligence department, these planes took off from Chuncheng, Guicheng, and other places, rendezvoused at the Longquan airfield of the Shancheng government in Luling, and then attacked Taiwan Island by surprise, which shows that the US Air Force will use the Shancheng government's airfield to bomb the imperial army."

"In order to solve this problem and prevent the US military from using China to bomb the mainland, the base camp plans to launch a large-scale campaign next year to eliminate this great threat, and if it can occupy this important military position in Wuling for a long time, it will play an important role in future military operations."

However, Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama and his subordinate division commanders believed that this request was unrealistic and unanimously opposed the decision of the base camp. The casualties of the imperial army in this battle were also very large, more than 10,000, the wounded needed to be treated, weapons, ammunition and daily supplies needed to be replenished, and it was difficult to hold Wuling in the case of troops and logistical materials not being solved. ”

"General Toshiroku Hata was very angry at Yokoyama Yong's disobedience to the order, and directly ordered the 11th Army to secure the Lishui line, wait for the reinforcements to advance, and tomorrow, the chief of operations and the operational staff of the base camp will come to Jinling to discuss this issue." Matsui Taikuro said.

Chen Mingxiang heard the current situation, the 11th Army Headquarters was unwilling to stick to the Lishui line because its own losses were too large, and its combat effectiveness was affected.

However, the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army directly issued an order, forcing the headquarters of the 11th Army to ensure the Lishui line, which means that the Second Battle of Wuling is about to start.

"In other words, with the order of the six generals of Shun Hata, the Wuling area is going to become a battlefield again? In this case, the smuggling business on my side will be troublesome, and I will not be able to deliver the goods for several months, and I am afraid that the command of the gendarmerie and the command of the 13th Army will be very dissatisfied with my work. Chen Mingxiang said.

"That's not necessarily, Yokoyama Yong is the twenty-first session of the Army Non-commissioned Officer School, I am the twenty-second session, he is the twenty-seventh phase of Lu University, I am the twenty-ninth phase of Lu University, it can be said that he knows him very well, this guy relies on himself to be a student of the saber group, he has always been arrogant and domineering, and often does not listen to commands."

"Although General Shunliu Hata gave the order, he was not so easy to obey, and sent a telegram to the deputy chief of staff headquarters and the operations department of the Tokyo base camp, as well as the general headquarters, thinking that the battle line from Jiangcheng to Wuling was too long, and ensuring that Changde would contain too many troops, which was not conducive to the battle plan of the base camp, and the eleventh army was now in a state of fatigue, and it was not suitable to launch a strong attack in the short term."

"General Shun Hata is very angry, but there is nothing to be done about him, Major General Sanada Koichiro, the head of operations of the base camp, and Fu Hachisa, the combat staff officer, will arrive in Jinling tomorrow to discuss the issue of Wuling, you wait for news, I will inform you of the results." Matsui Taikuro said.

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