Spy Wars: I can get rewards by being a bully!

Chapter 882: Hold the Position, Don't Break Through

As the two were talking, there was a sudden knock on the door.

Shen Xing went to open the door and found Xiao Wang outside.

"Cai...Xiao Wang, why are you knocking on the door?"

As soon as he asked this question, Shen Xing regretted it.

Damn, what stupid things I said. If I don’t knock on the door, do I have to kick it open every time?

Sure enough, Wang Caixuan looked at him with disdain, thinking that this man was indeed not smart and was even worse than Mao Dafeng.

She nimbly squeezed past him into the office, waving the telegram in her hand and saying, "Telegram forwarded from Tianjin Station: Jinfo has made another contribution!"

There are so many happy events happening one after another that I’m overwhelmed!

Boss Dai took the telegram with a smile, but after just a glance at it, he was horrified!

"Send electricity to the Jinmen station immediately! If they don't respond, keep sending electricity! Let them know for sure whether this is true or not! Tell them that this matter is serious and cannot be exaggerated in the slightest. They must report the truth!"

Although he was a little dissatisfied with Boss Dai's "distrust", Xiao Wang still went back to generate electricity.

Shen Xing quickly asked, "Commander, is there an incident at Tianjin Station?"

Boss Dai took a deep breath and said, "Please prepare a car first. Once Xiao Wang confirms it, I will go see him right away."

After saying this, Boss Dai became dazed.

After a long pause, he looked at Shen Xing and said, "Shen Xing, Jin Fo said he sent an action team deep behind enemy lines to bomb the Japanese military airport in Yuancheng. More than 30 enemy planes were destroyed and all the pilots were killed. This..."

Shen Xing was also stunned.

No, I wouldn't even dream of doing that!

"Commander, why don't we send a telegram to Commander He at the same time and have him verify this at the front line? If the Yuancheng Airport is destroyed, even if the Japanese want to send planes from elsewhere, they won't arrive that quickly. Besides, the airport still needs to be renovated. If this is true, then there shouldn't be any Japanese planes on the Zhongtiao Mountain battlefield today."

"You're right! Go quickly and have the Telecommunications Department send a telegram to Commander He's headquarters!"

Two hours later, Boss Dai finally confirmed the matter, and his mood was so ecstatic that it could not be described.

Before he went to see that person, he instructed Shen Xing, "Kill him. Have Zhao Lijun kill him today. After that, confiscate his property and register all his assets. I want to give Brother Jinfo a gift."

No one dared to believe this, but Shen Xing just thought: Hmm! Makes sense!

On that day, according to the gossip in the attendant's office, that man was very happy and kept praising Boss Dai. He even ordered that Boss Dai be awarded a big medal. He then ordered that Director Dai be promoted to the rank of major general.

The military rank system in the South is in a transition period from chaos to order.

Boss Dai’s current title is: Lieutenant General Deputy Director of the Military Commission’s Investigation and Statistics Bureau, and his actual rank is Army Colonel.

This actual rank is the military rank assigned by the personnel, and during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, almost no one was promoted to the military rank assigned by the personnel. All promotions were based on job ranks. It was not until before the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression that the military rank assignment was carried out on a large scale.

Like Lin Ze, his current rank should be the Major General, the chief of the Military Control Commission's Tianjin Station, but his actual rank is not good enough, it is only a lieutenant colonel in the army, and Boss Dai's actual rank before the war was also only a lieutenant colonel in the army.

Therefore, this time, promoting Boss Dai's military rank to major general is a great reward. This means that in the future, when he wins a victory, he will be awarded the actual rank of lieutenant general.

If we talk about the current benefits, it is that we can speak with more confidence when talking to those bigwigs in the military.

It turns out that no matter how awesome Boss Dai is, the bigwigs in the civil engineering department and some other military generals still look down on him.

We are all commissioned generals. Why are you, a fucking colonel spy chief, pretending to be so arrogant?

But now it’s different, Boss Dai can also be called “General Dai”.

Boss Dai was ecstatic, and naturally he would not miss out on rewarding the Golden Buddha. Now was not the time to commend him. After the battle, no matter what the final outcome was, the Golden Buddha would naturally be rewarded greatly.

When he returned to Luojiawan, he couldn't wait to discuss with Shen Xing, "We have to make plans early. Let's start thinking about it now. When the time comes, what are we going to give to the Golden Buddha as a reward?"

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Third Army Headquarters.

Tang Fochuan looked solemn. After formulating the breakout plan, he immediately reported it to Commander He.

Unexpectedly, Commander He gave him two pieces of news, both happy and sad.

The good news is that the Japanese military airport in Yuancheng has been destroyed, and there will be no plane attacks in the next few days. This is great news.

Most of the Japanese planes were used on the Western Front. The Third Army and the Eightieth Army were often bombed and strafed by machine guns. Whenever the Japanese infantry attacked, planes would be dispatched to bomb, leaving the brothers unable to fight back and feeling frustrated. Now that there are no enemy planes bombing, the situation on the positions will naturally be more relaxed.

What worried him was that Commander He rejected his breakout plan.

In the telegram, Commander He spoke earnestly: If you break out, you can indeed protect the entire army and deal with the enemy. However, most of the enemy has reached Hengling Pass and is approaching Yuanqu. The Fifth and Fourteenth Army are fighting fiercely with the enemy. Once you succeed in breaking out, all the land on the western front will go east, and the Fifth Army will be attacked from both sides. If Yuanqu cannot be defended, Zhongtiao will be lost. I hope you will hold on to Anyi and Wangyuan positions. Sincerely!

Putting down the telegram, Tang Fochuan sighed.

This is all fate. If that's the case, then what's wrong with fighting to the death so that our friendly forces can defend Yuanqu?

When the Third Army was putting up a fierce resistance in the Anyi area, Okamura was becoming increasingly furious.

According to the original plan, by May 9th, the western front should have captured Wangyuan, and then moved eastward to join the northern front troops in a pincer attack and capture Yuanqu.

But now the troops on the western front are still blocked in Anyi, Zhangdian and Pinglu. Without aircraft support, it is difficult to break through for the time being.

There was considerable progress on the eastern front. We had crossed the Qin River and were engaged in a fierce battle with the enemy's Ninth Army in Jiyuan.

But this kind of war of attrition is not what General Okamura or the headquarters intended!

"Order the 16th Independent Brigade to attack from the two armies in Zhangdian and Pinglu. Order the 3rd Brigade to support the attack. We must capture Pinglu today. If we can't take Pinglu, the brigade commander will commit seppuku!"

"Hayi!"

The Japs finally found an opportunity.

The weapons and equipment of the newly formed 27th Division were far inferior to those of its friendly forces. Division Commander Wang Jun adopted the strategy of occupying advantageous terrain to shrink the area of engagement, and then ordered each unit to take turns holding their positions in exchange for rest time.

However, the 27th Division was fighting against the odds, relying on the mountains and facing the river, which was a very difficult situation to defend. In addition, due to the internal fighting, weapons, ammunition and food could not be delivered in time.

After only two days of defense, the 27th Division was already at the end of its strength.

During the two days and nights, the Japanese attacked more than ten times and were repelled each time, but the soldiers were all exhausted.

Commander Wang personally went to the trenches to check on the wounded and encourage the soldiers.

"I thought the Japs were so powerful, but it turns out they only have this little trick. Brothers, a telegram has arrived from above saying their airport has been destroyed and their planes have been bombed. We can relax a lot today and don't have to worry about those iron birds bombing us!"

Suddenly, some soldiers cheered, "Without planes, the Japs aren't that formidable! We fought them in the north more than two years ago. Back then, they were really formidable and their guns were accurate. Now, they're nowhere near as good!"

"That's exactly what I'm saying! Our 27th Division was raised by a stepmother, but we don't have any cowards!"