Espionage: I became sworn brothers with Zheng Yaoxian at the beginning, and became the Seventh Broth

Chapter 453 A Do-or-Die Mission

Enter the room.

Led by Xiao Zhengguo, Ye Shaohong soon arrived at the hidden secret room.

He picked up the telegram manuscript that Xiao Zhengguo had already translated from the table, glanced at it briefly, and Ye Shaohong's eyebrows immediately rose.

"Are you asking us to help blow up the Eastern Army and Navy Headquarters?"

"this……."

Ye Shaohong had thought that Dai Yunong would assign him a very difficult task, but he never expected it to be this difficult.

The Nationalist government's elite German-equipped 87th and 88th Divisions, with a force of over 10,000 men, failed to capture any fortified strongholds. Yet they were tasked with destroying them.

Is this trust in him?

maybe.

However, if you look at it from another perspective, it's not hard to see that this is also a kind of helplessness.

If there were any other options, the top officials of the Nationalist government would not have entrusted a mission that could not be accomplished on the battlefield to dozens of undercover agents.

Should Ye Shaohong accept this task or not?

He hesitated.

It wasn't out of fear; since Ye Shaohong was determined to participate in the war of resistance, he had long since disregarded life and death.

They had long been prepared to sacrifice themselves at any time.

But Ye Shaohong didn't want to die meaninglessly.

Others may not know the future, but Ye Shaohong does. His soul comes from the future and he knows very well that at the current stage, there is a significant gap in strength between the Nationalist government and the Japanese.

Even if he were to fight to the death today and destroy the headquarters of the Japanese Army and Navy in Shanghai, the Battle of Shanghai, known as the "meat grinder of the East," would still end in defeat.

This is an unchangeable fact.

To borrow an old Chinese saying, all schemes and plots are meaningless in the face of absolute power.

Moreover, the current state of affairs is not only due to the vast disparity in military strength between China and Japan, but also to human error.

in case.

At the start of the battle, Chiang Kai-shek did not listen to the sway of the ministers of Britain, France, the United States and Italy, nor did he place his hopes on international mediation. He seized the excellent opportunity at the start of the war, when the Shanghai headquarters of the Japanese Army and Navy had already been captured.

If Chiang Kai-shek had sent the anti-aircraft artillery units from the Nationalist government at the beginning of the battle, the Shanghai headquarters of the Japanese Army and Navy would have been destroyed long ago.

But how did he do it?

According to historical records from later generations, at the beginning of the Second Battle of Shanghai, the master of micro-management had already made up his mind to fight the Japanese to the death on the main battlefield.

However, his decisions also contained many flaws.

Take the anti-aircraft artillery units for example.

During the Republic of China era, the Nationalist government had a small number of anti-aircraft artillery units, though some did exist.

However, the bald-headed chairman did not deploy them to the battlefield. It was not until seven days after the start of the battle, when he saw the situation deteriorating, that he finally brought out the anti-aircraft artillery units.

But by then it was too late.

The golden opportunity has been lost, and it is now impossible to turn the tide.

This is why Ye Shaohong was unwilling to take on this task. In his view...

With great determination and perseverance, the Nationalist government opened a second front in the Shanghai-Nanjing area, thwarting the Japanese invasion plan that had been in the works for a century. This achievement was a meritorious one for the nation and the people.

The battle they led could absolutely be described as saving the country from peril.

This averted the crisis of national subjugation and genocide for the Chinese people.

However, the Nationalist government's decisions also had their flaws, which is an undeniable fact...

Given Ye Shaohong's familiarity with the current international situation and the balance of power between China and Japan, it's understandable that he would have such thoughts.

……

Holding the telegram in his hand, Ye Shaohong did not rush to make a decision.

Instead, he frowned and paced back and forth in the room. After a moment...

He finally raised his head.

"Forget it!"

"Who cares about the course of history? Now that I've already traveled to this world, I can no longer consider the consequences based on the trajectory of history."

"No matter the outcome, as a Chinese soldier, I have no choice but to throw myself into the battlefield without hesitation."

What supported Ye Shaohong's decision was neither the strategic intention of the bald-headed chairman nor the order personally given by Dai Yunong.

He was only thinking of the soldiers who were fighting bloody battles in the Hongkou and Yangshupu areas.

And the miserable people we saw on the way here.

"Call back."

"Inform the Jinling headquarters that the Songhu Special Operations Section is willing to accept this mission." With his mind made up, Ye Shaohong no longer hesitated. He turned around, looked at Xiao Zhengguo, and gave the order.

"Yes!"

Xiao Zhengguo raised his hand in salute, and without the slightest hesitation, strode to the front of the radio station.

He began drafting the telegram and quickly sent it out.

After a while.

The reply telegram from the Jinling headquarters also arrived. Ye Shaohong took a look at it, then tossed it away.

"Pooh!"

"A bunch of bureaucrats, the situation has already evolved to this point, and they are still spouting bureaucratic jargon and saying these meaningless things."

"Burn it, it makes me sick just looking at it."

Watching Xiao Zhengguo take out a match from his pocket and burn the reply telegram, turning it into ashes that fell to the ground, the two then left the secret room together.

They then went to a room in the back of the hotel.

Chi Tiecheng had been waiting there for a long time. When he saw Ye Shaohong and Xiao Zhengguo come in, he quickly got up to greet them.

"Section Chief?"

Chi Tiecheng had obviously learned the details of the mission from Xiao Zhengguo in advance. His first reaction upon meeting Ye Shaohong was to ask about Ye Shaohong's decision.

Upon hearing this, Ye Shaohong looked up at Chi Tiecheng.

He didn't respond, but walked up to Chi Tiecheng, patted him on the shoulder, and then immediately let go and walked away.

As Ye Shaohong walked past, Chi Tiecheng's body visibly trembled.

He already knew the answer.

They were also well aware of the immense danger their team would face after Ye Shaohong accepted this mission. But as the saying goes...

As soldiers, our duty is to carry out orders; this is a proverb that has been passed down in China since ancient times.

Even though Chi Tiecheng was unwilling, and even though he knew the road ahead was fraught with danger, he could not refuse.

"sit down."

"Let me relay the order first."

"You've all probably already seen the mission details, so I won't go into further explanation."

"There's no need to tell you the significance of destroying the Hongkou Army and Navy Headquarters."

"Because it's not necessary."

"As soldiers, we should be prepared to die on the battlefield, wrapped in horsehide..."

After a brief response, Ye Shaohong raised an eyebrow, a resolute killing intent naturally emanating from him. In the instant that Xiao Zhengguo and Chi Tiecheng stood solemnly, ready to act, Ye Shaohong also conceived a preliminary plan of action in his mind…