Chapter 61: Intercepted Intelligence

Jiang Anguo looked at the principal sitting beside him; he was also a little nervous, as Jiang Anguo had never seen any important figure before.

He thought for a moment, then said: "The Japanese Army on the Western Front is the rd Division, the middle road has the 55th Division and the 56th Division, but Principal, the Eastern Front allies are unreliable; you see, in Tonggu we have abandoned our th Division, Tonggu's terrain is treacherous, and if we cooperate with the British Army's aircraft and tanks, it will be enough to block two Japanese Army divisions."

"At this moment the Japanese Army in Myanmar has three divisions; a strong offensive is not the best strategy, and the Burmese People are not very friendly toward us."

Jiang Anguo dared not say that the Japanese Army would soon send the 18th Division to reinforce Myanmar; in fact, if the Chairman learned of the British's combat record, he would not dare to fight the British like this.

On the Malaya Peninsula, over a hundred thousand British troops surrendered to the Japanese, while the opposing Japanese forces numbered only 50,000; with ammunition supplies nearly exhausted, the British nevertheless surrendered.

Clearly, the British's fighting spirit is really too poor.

Trapping a teammate, there was no discussion.

"How did you know there are three divisions?" Chiang Kai-shek only just learned that the Japanese Army has three divisions.

"Principal, part of the Japanese Army's information was intercepted by my radio personnel."

This is not Jiang Anguo making an excuse, nor is he speaking nonsense; it was truly intercepted by Lin Yi, but there was no translator in the unit, which is why it was only just captured.

However, a few Japanese characters Jiang Anguo could still understand.

"What, you captured Japanese Army intelligence?" Chairman said in disbelief, seeing that so many of his people had not captured any Japanese Army intelligence; he even felt deceived by the British, wondering how the Japanese Army could have three divisions appearing in Myanmar.

Even with three divisions, Chairman felt they could still strike, as long as the British can hold the Japanese offensive; even if they cannot annihilate the Japanese, they can still inflict damage.

It was the th Division that showed confidence; Chairman did not expect the th Division could inflict over six thousand casualties on the Japanese in Tonggu, the Japanese claimed over 1,800 deaths, so everyone understood that the death toll was indeed very high.

Jiang Anguo nodded, took a document from his clothing, and said, "Yes, this is the information just captured, only half an hour ago."

Jiang Anguo had originally been ready to exchange a translator, but since he was just eating, he hadn't hurried to deal with it, and the Chairman rushed over aggressively.

Chairman immediately waved toward the distance; Dai Li, upon seeing it, immediately put down the square box and ran over.

Everyone also discussed the food together; the taste was truly good.

"Yunong, take a look." Chairman handed the document in his hand to Dai Li.

Dai Li, courtesy name Yunong.

Jiang Anguo carefully sized up this intelligence chief, sensing a darkness about him, and decided to keep a safe distance.

"Chairman, this is indeed Japanese Army intelligence; it shows the Japanese 55th Division and 56th Division are moving toward Tonggu, the rd Division is pursuing the British Army on the Western Front, and they hope the headquarters can reinforce the Myanmar battlefield." Dai Li examined the pile of documents, truly surprised that the Japanese Army had committed so many troops to the Myanmar battlefield.

"Niangxi Pi."

"Niangxi Pi."

Chairman cursed twice, then said, "The British deceived us; the British are not our allies at all."

At this moment Chairman's anger flared, because the British Army's intelligence department had always said the Japanese only had two divisions, the 55th and 56th, and the British never realized that behind their Western Front was actually the rd Division.

Chairman was also skeptical, because the information from Dai Anlan indicated two divisions; does that mean the British were only facing a single Japanese regiment? The British's combat power was indeed too poor.

"Principal." Jiang Anguo was just about to speak.

"Privately, no one, call uncle; Jiang Rui'an has a good son!" Chairman exclaimed.

Jiang Anguo finally recalled this memory, "What a fellow, really works, truly..."

All were filled up: Zhejiang Faction, Huangpu Faction, insiders.

Chairman turned out to actually be his own uncle, while Jiang Anguo's father Jiang Ruishi was Chairman's cousin, a Huangpu alumnus; when he was young, Jiang Anguo was also in Guangzhou, so he had stayed at Huangpu.

It was just that Jiang Rui'an's luck was not good; during the Xi'an incident, he was shot dead while covering Chairman.

This background is truly powerful, and precisely because of that, his family strongly opposed Jiang Anguo from enlisting.

"Uncle." Jiang Anguo said weakly.

Chairman had originally just been chatting casually, not expecting such a big event, merely having a few hurried bites of rice and sips of soup.

As he left he said, "Anguo, the battlefield is perilous, be careful."

He and a group of bigwigs hurried away, and it was good they left; otherwise Jiang Anguo would have had a hard time explaining what followed.

It was also because it was dark, making Jiang Anguo's camp numbers unclear; when he saw Chairman, Jiang Anguo had already sent a few companies out of the camp to hide.

Otherwise, it would truly be incomprehensible—so many troops; a single battalion of three thousand, six times that number, as if wanting to be a division commander.

Jiang Anguo never expected his own bizarre lineage; actually it can't be called bizarre—he had some sense of this connection, but didn't expect it to be so close.

He didn't know whether it was a good or bad thing.

At present it seems a good thing; at least no one questions why his battalion's manpower is so large.

Actually it's also because Chairman had no time to investigate these issues; otherwise he would certainly grill Jiang Anguo thoroughly.

After all, with erroneous intelligence now, they must adjust strategy immediately and not waste time on a battalion's manpower.

National military affairs are paramount; perhaps arriving at Jiang Anguo's camp is merely a side episode.

Jiang Anguo prepared to return to his own camp tent.

After only a few steps, "Me, damn."

"Which depraved devil." Jiang Anguo fell into a large pit.

Quickly, two soldiers climbed out of the pit and helped Jiang Anguo up, "Battalion Commander."

"Hmm, it's fine, you continue your duty." Jiang Anguo waved, pretending nothing had happened.

After walking a few steps, "Ouch, that fall really hurts; this trench is so deep, if you didn't know, walking all night could break a leg."

Jiang Anguo was merely feigning composure; otherwise he'd lose face.

Within the camp, nighttime operations have passwords, and the passwords change daily.

If you can't remember the password and get caught, you won't have good luck.

Tonight's password is "Big Scallion", the response is "Beef".

As for the password names, they are entirely based on Jiang Anguo's preference.

Jiang Anguo's only worry is Li Yi heading to Thailand, not knowing his situation.

PS: Writing directly about nation-building would be too bland; writing Zhejiang-Jiangxi is too sensitive; writing Yichang almost caused a collapse.