"No problem." Carlson saluted, "Carlson promises to complete the task."

"Go." Jason Zhanran said, "The personnel of the observation team have been arranged, and the other personnel are waiting for you below. I will not send you off if I have something to do, but I will wish you an early triumph."

……

After sending Carlson away, Jason asked his secretary to arrange a car to take him to a mansion.

After arriving at the ground, Jason realized that it was the annex of Dai Li, the deputy director of the Military Control Bureau.

Jason is also from the intelligence system, so he doesn't dislike Dai Li, but he doesn't like him either.

"It turned out that Deputy Director Dai invited you." Jason turned his head slightly and said again, "I don't know what you can do?"

Dai Li narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard the words, and said to himself that it was because you were a foreigner, and if you were a Chinese who dared to call me deputy director, you would probably be lying at the bottom of the Jialing River by this time tomorrow.

Dai Li asked with a smile: "I heard that Mr. Ambassador plans to send a military observation team to Yan'an?"

"It's not a plan." Jason waved his hand, and said, "In fact, the military observation team has already set off, why? Deputy Director Dai wants to stop this matter?"

"No, no, I don't mean that." Dai Li hurriedly said, "I just hope that no matter what the military observation team sees in the Communist Party's territory, no matter what information they provide to Mr. Ambassador, Mr. Ambassador will make a final summary and When you write a report to Washington, you must be able to speak fairly and honestly."

If it were Carlson, he would never be able to hear Dai Li's implication, but Jensen has lived in China for nearly 20 years, and he immediately heard Dai Li's implication.

Then Jason asked, "How about being fair and straight?"

Dai Li smiled slightly, and said in a low voice: "The so-called impartiality, of course, is telling the truth. In the five years since the Sino-Japanese War broke out, our national army has always played a leading role. The Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army led by the Communist Party are only auxiliary. Sometimes It will also hold back the national army, in short, the national army is the mainstay of the Chinese battlefield!"

Having said this, he paused, and then said: "As for the Eighth Route Army, it's just a mob."

Jason said, "Whether the Eighth Route Army is a mob or not, we have to investigate."

Dai Li didn't say any more, and immediately opened the briefcase and took out a Citibank cashier's check from it.

"Mr. Ambassador." Dai Li said, "This is a cashier's check from Citibank, $[-], cashable at sight."

"One hundred thousand dollars?" Jason asked, "Deputy Director Dai, are you insulting me? Or are you insulting yourself?"

Dai Li then took out another blank promissory note from his briefcase, filled in a number twice, and said, "20, I'll buy you an honest and straightforward note."

Jason's eyelids twitched twice, and he said, "Deputy Director Dai, it's not about money."

Dai Li said with a smile: "Mr. Ambassador said it's not about money. My understanding is that there is less money. Well, there is 50 US dollars in this account, and now it's all yours, Mr. Ambassador."

Jason swallowed hard and said, "Director Dai, it's really not a matter of more money and less money."

The smile on the corner of Dai Li's mouth became more and more intense. It seemed that throwing money was still effective. At least he had changed from Deputy Director Dai to Director Dai. The reason why Jensen insisted on refusing was because the money hadn't been paid yet.

At that moment, Dai Li said again: "Our Military Control Bureau still has 2 taels of gold for activities, and someone will send it later, and this annex will belong to you, Mr. Ambassador, including the people inside."

Having said that, Dai Li raised his hand and slapped his palms lightly twice.

When Jason looked back, he saw four beauties in cheongsams stepping out.

Seeing this, Jason's Adam's apple twitched up and down, and he hesitated for a moment.

Dai Li didn't rush, just looked at Jensen with a smile, but the four beauties in cheongsam came over slowly, surrounded Jensen, and one of them even sat on Jensen's lap.

"Okay." Jason finally gave in, "I can speak out for you, but I must declare that this is not because of money, but because of the conscience of a diplomatic envoy."

"Of course." Dai Li said with a smile, "Mr. Ambassador is a diplomat with a conscience."

Jason always felt that Dai Li's words seemed to be scolding him, but soon he couldn't care less because the four cheongsam beauties had seduced his desire.

……

Yunxiu building, study room.

After the emergency meeting, Chang Kaishen took a nap, and he is much better now.

At this moment, Chang Kaishen was lying comfortably on the rocking chair, listening to the Central News Agency's news about the Taiyuan Campaign being broadcast on the radio.

"Under the leadership of the Standing Chairman of my Military Council,"

"Under the careful planning of my Second Theater Commander's Department,"

"With the vigorous cooperation of our Central Army's Independent No.90 Fourth Brigade and the Jinsui Army's Independent First Brigade at all costs,"

"The soldiers of the [-]th Brigade of the [-]th Division of the Eighth Route Army successfully recovered Taiyuan after several days of fierce fighting, wiped out nearly [-] enemies, and seized a large amount of weapons, equipment and supplies..."

Listening to this boring broadcast, Chang Kaishen actually felt a strong drowsiness again.

Just when Chang Kaishen was about to fall asleep, an attendant came in and reported that Dai Li had asked to see him.

Hearing that Dai Li asked to see him, Chang Kaishen immediately lost sleepiness and asked his attendants to let Dai Li in.

Soon, Dai Li entered the study with a bowed waist, and said respectfully, "Principal."

"Yeah." Chang Kaishen hummed softly through his nostrils, and said again, "Is it done?"

"Yes, it's done." Dai Li didn't show his merits, but just said like an ordinary thing, "The principal said that as long as you are a human being, you must have weaknesses. As long as you have weaknesses, you can definitely buy them."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work." Chang Kaishen said happily, "But we still have to keep an eye on the observation team. Although the final report is written by Jason, no one can guarantee that the members of the observation team will not pass through private channels or come out. Secretly provide some false information to the high-level of the beautiful country for economic interests."

"Yes." Dai Ligong said, "Student understands."

Chapter 463

Tokyo, Prime Minister's Residence.

Because he worked late into the night for several nights in a row, Hideki Tojo got up late today, and he didn't get up until after seven o'clock in the morning to brush his teeth and wash his face.

Before brushing his teeth, Hideki Tojo turned on the radio.

Immediately, a melodious Chinese female voice came out from the radio, soft and cowardly. Hideki Tojo thought it was much better than the announcer of the NHK news agency.

However, Hideki Tojo used these fragments of time to listen to the Central News Agency, just out of the habit of a politician, he always wanted to listen to as much information as possible from hostile countries.

Hideki Tojo once served as a gendarmerie commander in the Kwantung Army, so he can understand simple Chinese.

Therefore, when the announcer of the Central News Agency said that the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army had recovered Taiyuan, Hideki Tojo was extremely shocked, because the North China Front Army did not report to him at all.

Hideki Tojo was not in the mood to brush his teeth anymore, he hurriedly rinsed his mouth with water, wiped his face carelessly, put on his shirt and came to the office of the mansion.

The female secretary is already preparing for today's itinerary.

Seeing Hideki Tojo come in, the female secretary said: "Your Excellency, at eight o'clock this morning, you are going to meet General Yamaguchi Tamon of the United Navy Fleet..."

"Postponed until tomorrow afternoon." Hideki Tojo said with a dark face.

"Ah?" The female secretary was taken aback when she heard the words, and immediately responded, "Okay."

Hideki Tojo continued: "Immediately send a telegram to the headquarters of the Northern Front Army, asking Mr. Okamura to explain what happened to the newsletter published by the China Central Army News Agency this morning? The China Army has retaken Taiyuan, and even The China News Agency has already published the newsletter, and I, the Prime Minister of the Imperial Cabinet, has no knowledge of it, which is absurd, simply absurd, and extremely absurd! This matter must be explained to me!"

"Hayi." The female secretary respectfully replied.

"I'll arrange the dispatch right now."

……

Neiji Okamura did not deliberately conceal the report.

Neiji Okamura did not rush to report because many situations had not been finally verified. Of course, an undeniable reason was that he also wanted to take some remedial measures before reporting.

For example, destroy the weapons and ammunition hoarded in Taiyuan.

What's more, according to the past practice, it is not a big problem to just postpone the report for a few hours.

Neiji Okamura just didn't expect the National Government's Central News Agency to respond so quickly this time. The Taiyuan Campaign was not even really over before the newsletter was published.

At this time, Neiji Okamura had also heard the radio.

"It's broken, it's broken this time!" After hearing the broadcast, Neiji Okamura's first reaction was that it was bad. Now, the Prime Minister must be mad, and he must think that they are deliberately concealing the report.

Neiji Okamura immediately called for Deputy Chief of Staff Yusue Seizo.

"Youmo-kun, have you listened to the China Central News Agency broadcast?" Neiji Okamura asked.

"I just heard a little bit." Arisue Seizo said with a smile, "The Chinese government is really shameless enough. Those who can take lies as facts and spread them are the Chinese government and Chang Kaishen."

"This is not the point." Neiji Okamura said, "You know that the Prime Minister often listens to China Radio."

Yusue Seizo was stunned for two seconds when he heard the words, and after reacting, he said: "Oops, Your Excellency the Prime Minister will definitely think that we deliberately concealed the report, and this is a big trouble."

"That's the problem." Neiji Okamura said.

"We have to discuss how to explain to His Excellency the Prime Minister."

As soon as the voice fell, a communications staff officer hurried in.

"Your Excellency, this is a secret telegram just sent by the Special High School." The communication staff said.

Yusue Seizo took the telegram and read it, his face instantly collapsed: "Damn it, it's even more troublesome now."

Speaking of this meal, Yusue Seizo said to Neiji Okamura again: "Your Excellency, before dawn, before the attack planes and fighter jets of the Third Flying Regiment arrived, the Eighth Route Army had already transferred the weapons stored in the Taiyuan Arsenal in advance. Backup weapons and ammunition are transferred to shops in the outer city, that is to say, the bombing by the Third Flying Regiment will be useless."

"What?" Okamura Ningji said dumbfounded, "The Eighth Route Army's reaction is so fast?"

You Mo Jing said: "Your Excellency, do you want to order the third flight regiment to carry out a second round of bombing on the outer city of Taiyuan, and try to destroy as much as possible of this batch of combat materials?"

"Forget it." Neiji Okamura waved his hand.

"It's not in line with our three no's policy, and it won't have much effect."

"When the combat materials for the battle of the division were put together, there was still a chance to destroy them in a centralized manner, but now that they have been transferred to the outer city of Taiyuan by the Eighth Route Army, they must have been scattered and resettled, so they can no longer be destroyed in a centralized manner. , and if a large-scale bombing of the entire outer city is carried out, how many aerial bombs will be consumed?"

Youmo Jingsan sighed, it is true, the cost-effectiveness ratio of large-scale bombing of the outer city of Taiyuan is too low.

After a while, Yusue Jingsan said again: "Your Excellency, if all the combat materials for this division's battle fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army, we will be even more unable to explain to the Prime Minister."

Neiji Okamura was silent, this matter has indeed become very difficult.

Maybe, he, the commander of the North China Front Army, has also come to an end.

Thinking of this, Neiji Okamura hated the idiot Yoshio Iwamatsu even more.

"Baga!" Neiji Okamura said bitterly, "It's all because Yoshio Iwamatsu, an idiot."

Yusue Seizo also said: "The hateful thing is that Yoshio Iwamatsu no longer needs to bear any responsibility for this!"

While the two were talking, another communication staff officer came in quickly and reported, "Your Excellency, the Commander of the First Army, General Iwamatsu Yoshio, just sent an urgent call from Shouyang County, requesting emergency tactical guidance."

"What? Yoshio Yanmatsu is still alive? And he has fled to Shouyang County?"

Neiji Okamura and Seizo Arisue were first taken aback when they heard the words, and then they were overjoyed.

As long as Yoshio Iwamatsu is still alive, he will be responsible for all the crimes.

At that moment Okamura Ningji said to Yusue: "Yousue, call Tokyo immediately, saying that our North China Front Army Command doesn't know much about the situation in Taiyuan, and it is currently verifying. If your Excellency, Prime Minister, is eager to know the truth , you can directly call the First Army Command to inquire."

"Hayi!" You Mojing paused three times.

……

Shouyang County, Gendarmerie Command.

Not long after Yoshio Iwamatsu fled to Shouyang County under the protection of Takuya Mizuhara, the chief of staff, Masao Hanagu, Chief of Intelligence Section Jiro Sakuma, Chief of Communications Section Yasushi Inoue, and Chief of Operations Section Masao Inamori, and other military officers also fled to Shouyang one after another. In the county seat, the remnants of the Noda Brigade and the Matsumoto Brigade also arrived one after another.

However, there are only remnants of less than 300 people left in the two infantry brigades.

The rest of the soldiers were either killed by the Eighth Route Army during the breakout process, or they ran away on the road. The scattered soldiers probably would not have good results, because the Eighth Route Army guerrillas were everywhere.

When the single Japanese soldiers encountered the Eighth Route Army, they had no choice but to die.

So at this time, there were only more than 500 remnants gathered around Yoshio Iwamatsu.

It must be wishful thinking to want to counterattack Taiyuan with only more than 500 remnants.

That's why Yoshio Iwamatsu thought of asking for emergency help from the North China Front Army Command, hoping that Okamura Ningji would immediately dispatch the [-]th Division to help along the Zhengtai Road.

Yan SongYiXiong knows that Okamura NingCi is planning to encircle the iron wall of the Eighth Route Army Jizhong Military Region.

And the [-]th Division has also completed its assembly, and at this time it is on standby in Zhengding, so as long as Okamura Ningji gives an order, the [-] elites of the [-]th Division can quickly move westward along Zhengtai Road. It takes less than ten hours to reach Shouyang County, and to launch a counterattack to Taiyuan before this evening.

It's not that Yoshio Iwamatsu has never thought about dispatching the main force of the First Army from the Taihang Military Region for emergency support. In fact, he has already issued emergency orders to the No. The order to retreat ordered the three divisions to return to Taiyuan as quickly as possible.

But it will take two days for these three divisions to come back.

This is at least one day slower than Zhengding's [-]th Division.

That's right, until now Yoshio Iwamatsu still has a little luck in his heart.

He believed that as long as he could regain Taiyuan in a short period of time, he would be able to atone for his crimes. At most, he would be dismissed and retired from the military. At least he could save his life, honor and treatment.

After sending the telegram to the North China Front Army Command,

Yoshio Iwamatsu began to keep looking at the wall clock on the wall.

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