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

Chapter 725 The Most Critical Moment

As Dai Yunong's phone call ended, a major case that could have reached the highest levels of justice came to a close in a way that seemed like a joke.

This is not surprising at all.

Looking at the whole world, no matter what industry you're in, the most corrupt place is definitely the government.

They can disregard human ethics for the sake of profit.

They can also abandon everything for profit, including concepts of family and country, kinship, etiquette and morality...

Compared to their power and status, none of that matters anymore.

Such things have existed since ancient times.

To go back further, there's the story of Lü Buwei investing in Ying Yiren and betting on Lady Huayang, ultimately becoming the Prime Minister of the Qin Dynasty. More recently, there's the story of Empress Xiaozhuang of the Qing Dynasty, who, for the sake of power, submitted herself to her brother-in-law Dorgon, allowing her own son, the Qing Emperor, to become "Regent Prince."

This is still a matter for China.

Such incidents are not uncommon abroad as well.

How did World War I and World War II break out? Were they simply caused by irreconcilable conflicts among civilians?

Obviously not.

The root cause lies in the actions taken by high-ranking officials in various countries to expand their own power.

During World War I, the Prussian leadership wanted to expand its territory, while the British Empire wanted to protect its existing interests. The irreconcilable conflict between the two sides led to the outbreak of the First World War.

What about World War II?

The emergence of Mustache was both a historical inevitability and a historical coincidence. Without the extreme pressure exerted on the Hansgrohe family by the Allied Powers, and without the extreme plundering of the Hansgrohe family's wealth by the Jewish people, even with his extraordinary personal charisma, Mustache could not have risen step by step from a failed art student to create the German Empire and sweep across Europe.

Did the British and French empires have no chance to stop Mustache's rise to power?

In fact, there are.

There are many.

Even when Mustache was conquering Bolan, the English and French empires were able to stop him.

Neither the English Empire nor the French Empire intervened.

why?

Because the high-ranking officials of the two empires, for their own interests, chose to sacrifice themselves to feed the wolves, attempting to use the sacrifice of Bolan as a bargaining chip to satisfy the appetite and ambition of the little mustache.

This is what is commonly known as the appeasement policy. However, they overplayed their hand and messed it up. Their appeasement policy not only failed to satisfy Hitler's appetite, but also fueled his ambitions.

This ultimately triggered World War II.

Throughout history and across the world, both domestically and internationally, they're all the same—they're all cunning foxes, so no one should laugh at anyone else.

Ye Shaohong's soul came from the future, and in the era of the information explosion on the Internet, he came into contact with many secrets.

By learning from history, he became increasingly aware of the filth and darkness of officialdom.

To know the disgusting deeds of those in power.

Therefore, he was not surprised at all by this result.

It could even be said that it was anticipated.

They can accept it quickly.

It's just giving him a vacation, just temporarily removing him from the center of power to avoid causing greater impact because of him, right?

Since those in power have already made their decision and given him face,

Ye Shaohong accepted it calmly.

Because Ye Shaohong had figured it out by then, no deal or benefit mattered to him anymore.

He only cares about one thing now.

That was the Nationalist government, which was still willing to send troops to resist the Japanese invaders who were invading China.

As long as the Nationalist government is still fighting and resisting the Japanese on the main battlefield, Ye Shaohong can temporarily tolerate their internal scheming and disgusting deeds.

And so, Ye Shaohong calmed down his resentment.

He stayed in the office for another hour, and after finishing writing the case closure report, Ye Shaohong left the Special Service Department's Shancheng Station directly. He then delivered the case closure report to the Second Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense.

With that, his task was complete.

He's finally had a proper rest.

They called Yu Manli and Chi Tiecheng, then went to the medical room of the Special Service Station in Shancheng to pick up Ma Yunfei and Gao Han. The group of several people then happily returned to the Ye family.

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Time flies by in the blink of an eye.

While Ye Shaohong was resting at home following Dai Yunong's orders, the core institutions of the National Government had gradually moved from Jiangcheng to Shancheng.

The headquarters of the Special Service was also moved to Luojiawan in the mountain city.

at the same time.

In North China, the Japanese North China Expeditionary Army was also making tense preparations to invade Shandong Province from north to south. At the same time, they deployed their troops to prepare to advance into Shanxi Province, the heartland of China, after invading Shandong Province.

In order to thwart the plans of the Japanese North China Expeditionary Army, Chiang Kai-shek personally ordered the mobilization of nearly one million troops from the Guangxi Army, Northwest Army, Northeast Army, and Central Army to prepare for another direct confrontation with the Japanese in the Shandong region.

The Battle of Xuzhou thus began.

Under the new strategic deployment plan formulated by the General Staff, the early stages of the Battle of Xuzhou went very well.

The victory at Taierzhuang inspired the nation's enthusiasm for the War of Resistance against Japan.

This also shattered the myth that the Japanese army was invincible in large-scale warfare.

At this very moment, the course of history was reversed once again. Han Fuqu, the highest military and political official in Shandong Province, fled in fear of battle in order to preserve his strength.

Han Fuqu's escape caused the complete collapse of the strategic deployment for Xuzhou formulated by the Nationalist government's General Staff.

He handed over over 60 square kilometers of land and nearly seven million people in Shandong Province to the Japanese devils. He also plunged the domestic war effort into utter despair.

The loss of Shandong Province rendered the early victories of the Battle of Xuzhou meaningless. In order to preserve military strength, the National Government had no choice but to order the troops involved in the Battle of Xuzhou to retreat hastily.

This withdrawal resulted in the loss of large swathes of territory in Jiangsu, Anhui, and Henan provinces.

This also allowed the Japanese strategic plan to be successfully implemented.

The Japanese North China Expeditionary Army was able to smoothly advance south and make strategic contact with the Central China Expeditionary Army, which occupied the Shanghai-Nanjing and Nanjing areas.

The northern coastal region, a prosperous financial center, was now completely in the hands of the Japanese.

After occupying large swathes of territory in Shandong and Henan provinces, the North China Expeditionary Army, in coordination with the Central China Expeditionary Army, blockaded strategic resources in the northern regions and mountain cities.

Assist the Central China Expeditionary Army in preparing to launch an offensive against Jiangcheng, a strategic city in the heart of the country.

On the one hand, they also wanted to use the occupied Henan province to launch an offensive against Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces.

To completely realize their plan to destroy China.

And what about the Nationalist government?

Because of Han Fuqu's retreat without a fight, the Battle of Xuzhou ended in a swift defeat, and the strategic deployment in the rear failed to keep up.

All strategic materials were not fully procured.

We have reached a point of no return.

If the Japanese North China Expeditionary Army and Central China Expeditionary Army were allowed to join forces, given the Nationalist government's insufficient strategic resources and inadequate personnel and troop deployment at the time, they would have been absolutely unable to resist the offensive of the two major Japanese Expeditionary Army corps, comprising 600,000 to 700,000 elite troops.

The nation and its people are in dire need of crisis.

The nation's demise and the extinction of its people are imminent. And at this very moment, a deranged man presents the bald-headed leader with a monstrous plan...