Spy Wars: I have space, but I choose to work alone

Dai Yunong from the Military Control Commission headquarters was on the phone with Commander Chen from the Ninth War Zone.

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"Commander Chen, you are too polite. This is the result of the unity of our military. Don't worry, our military will fully cooperate with the Ninth War Zone and will never hinder the war zone."

"Well, then I look forward to good news from the Military Control Commission."

Commander Chen, who wanted to take control of the source of intelligence from the Military Control Commission, was pushed back by Dai Yunong in a neither soft nor hard manner.

It's impossible to think about it. The Military Control Commission had never made any achievements in military intelligence. This time they finally got a chance to show their face in the military. How could they voluntarily hand over this valuable source of intelligence?

After hanging up the phone with Commander Chen, Dai Yunong issued a gag order in order to give the Military Control Commission the credit for this great achievement.

Dai Yunong personally drafted a telegram and asked the confidential secretary to send it to the Shanghai station, asking Wang Tianmu to personally grasp the valuable intelligence line of Yaksha and activate the latest contact code for Yaksha intelligence transmission.

It was barely acceptable for a single man to live in a civilian house in the Japanese-occupied area, but it was a bit abnormal for a single man to live in a big villa in the French Concession.

The Swedish couple had previously hired a nanny and a gardener, but Ma Liang did not dare to keep them and had to send them all away.

Finally, Ma Liang personally went to the Japanese war zone and selected a country woman in her forties with two boys aged fifteen or sixteen to be a nanny, and the two half-grown children were employed as long-term workers.

In the morning, Ma Liang was finishing the traditional breakfast made by Mrs. Zhu when Mrs. Zhu's youngest son, Zhu Gui, trotted in with a few newspapers and respectfully placed them on the table.

"Master, today's newspaper has arrived!"

Zhu Gui was a little shy and his face turned red when he said this.

Ma Liang smiled and let him go about his own business.

Zhu Gui breathed a sigh of relief, took a broom and went to clean the yard with his brother Zhu Fu.

Ma Liang browsed through the latest edition of Minbao at a very fast speed.

Interestingly, the editor-in-chief of Min Bao, Yuan Zihao, used the same determination as the last edition of Min Bao to publish that evening paper. He and Wang Jinhan even sent their families to the countryside.

Later, peace was restored in Shanghai. In response to the Japanese army's retaliation, the concession authorities immediately arrested Yuan Zihao and Wang Jinhan and handed them over to the Japanese military police headquarters.

As a result, they found the 100 original photos in the newspaper office. Even a fool would know that they were taken by Yaksha himself. The Japanese army immediately suspected that Yuan Zihao had some connection with Yaksha.

At the first trial, Yuan Zihao cleverly admitted that he was a member of Yaksha.

The Japanese military police were now in a difficult position. With Yaksha's fierce reputation, no one dared to torture Yuan Zihao, let alone shoot him.

In the end, there was no choice but to release Yuan Zihao after detaining him for a few days, as if nothing had happened.

Yuan Zihao was also tough. After being released, he started up the "Min Bao" again. With the support of Yaksha, it became more and more popular.

Nowadays, any prominent family in Shanghai who doesn’t subscribe to Min Bao will feel embarrassed to say hello to others when going out.

Ma Liang found a signal sent by the Military Control Commission's Shanghai station in a corner of the "Min Bao". After calculating the time, he found that it took exactly five days from the time the previous intelligence was sent to the time the Military Control Commission completed the verification.

“What a shitty work efficiency!”

Even Ma Liang couldn't help but complain about this efficiency.

Late at night, Ma Liang operated a drone and placed the latest intelligence in the corner of the rooftop of a building as agreed upon.

The next day, Yaksha's intelligence was passed back to the Military Control Commission headquarters.

"How is it possible? The commander of the 167th Army and the commander of the th Division are Japanese spies? The communication code of the Ninth War Zone was leaked by them?"

Even Dai Yunong, who was used to the ups and downs of life, expressed disbelief when he saw the information sent back by the Shanghai station.

The Sixteenth Army's position is extremely important, with a powerful enemy at the doorstep. If something like this happens and is not handled properly, it will result in morale unrest in the army.

But when he continued to look through the intelligence content below, he was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. All the weapons and equipment, personnel, and position deployments of the entire 16th Army were clearly visible.

With these clear evidences, Dai Yunong immediately went to see his superiors and asked for the imperial sword. He secretly arrested the commander of the 167th Army and the commander of the th Division, and urgently changed the communication code of the th War Zone.

The reason why Ma Liang did this was very simple. Although it could not be confirmed that these two guys were traitors in history, their actions were no different from traitors.

During the Battle of Ezhou, the Nationalist government learned the painful lesson of the Battle of Shanghai where an entire company was wiped out by a single shot from the Japanese fleet's naval artillery, and deliberately built the Ma'an Fortress on the banks of the Yangtze River.

The Madang Fortress was designed by a military expert named Hans. Civilian workers from nine counties were mobilized for nearly a year. After two construction projects, a dam-like blockade line was built in the middle of the river, leaving only a narrow channel on the south bank of the Yangtze River that was wide enough for only one ship.

They also built and reinforced defensive fortifications at the Madang River Defense Fortress, and constructed a three-level artillery battery. At the same time, artillery batteries, bunkers, trenches and other fortifications were set up at dangerous locations on the mountain peaks on both sides of the river. Three mine defense lines were arranged on the water surface, and more than 3 mines were laid in total.

Under the conditions at that time, such a huge project consumed immeasurable amounts of manpower, material resources and financial resources.

It can be said that as long as the Ma'an Fortress was there, the Japanese army would never send their naval fleet to Ezhou to participate in the war without paying a huge price. The strategic location of the Ma'an Fortress (the connecting line is the Yangtze River) But no matter how good the strategy is, it will be useless if you encounter a bad teammate. The government also knew that the Ma'an Fortress would definitely not be able to stop the day.

The National Government's expectation was to hold out for a month, relying on strong fortifications to deplete the Japanese military's strength.

However, the Madang Fortress, which was highly anticipated by the national government, was lost after only two days of defense.

The culprit was the commander of the 16th Army, who was in charge of the garrison of the Ma'an Fortress. He gained power by watching others run military academies.

He also followed suit and wanted others to call him the principal.

So he set up a two-week so-called "Anti-Japanese Military and Political University" in his own 16th Army, requiring all officers above the platoon level under his command to participate.

It would be fine if it happened normally, it's just a hobby of imitating my superiors.

I don't know what's wrong with this guy's brain. He has to do it when the Japanese army is approaching and the war is about to break out.

My goodness, the Japanese army got to know the news and launched an attack on the Madang Fortress on the day when they were holding a banquet for the graduation ceremony.

There are soldiers but no officers on the front line, and most of the officers in the rear are fast asleep after drinking graduation drinks.

Fortunately, a senior Marine Corps officer who was guarding the core position "Changshan Position" did not go. Under his command, the National Army withstood the attack under the Japanese land and air firepower, and the Ma'an Fortress was still in the hands of the National Army.

At this time, the theater command reacted and quickly ordered the 16th Division of the 167th Army to provide reinforcements.

It turned out that the commander of the 167th Division was also a weirdo.

With the military situation at a critical juncture, he was only 40 kilometers away from the core position of the Madang Fortress, the "Changshan Position".

This guy is indeed a good student of the weird commander of the 16th Army. He led the entire division to take the small road on the grounds that he was worried about the bombing by Japanese planes if he took the main road.

I don’t know whether he was afraid of fighting or was really lost.

The 167th Division, which could have arrived in a few hours by taking the main road, did not arrive until the Madang Fortress fell more than ten hours later.