UGB #175 - Believe it or not, it's up to you
#175 - Believe it or not, it's up to you
Chongqing.
The director of the Eighth Route Army Office secretly met with Ambassador Gauss and General Smith.
"Are you talking about Arabian Nights? My God," Ambassador Gauss said exaggeratedly.
The director of the Eighth Route Army Office said calmly, "This is top-secret intelligence we have obtained. In fact, the Japanese High Command has already decided to move south. Since signing the neutrality treaty with the Great Bear in the north in April, the Kwantung Army has had no pressure."
"Our information is very specific. The Japanese Combined Fleet has now begun pre-war preparations. They plan to divide into two massive aircraft carrier fleets, led by Yamamoto and Nagumo respectively, to attack the Pacific Fleet in early December."
The director of the Eighth Route Army Office even revealed the core aircraft carriers and battleships of these two fleets provided by Ren Zhong as if he knew them like the back of his hand.
"But, how did you obtain such valuable intelligence?" General Smith next to him listened, pondered for a while, ignored Ambassador Gauss's questioning, and asked a key question.
"General Smith, this is our secret. It concerns the safety of many of our people."
The director of the Eighth Route Army Office directly refused to reveal the source of the information.
"Whether you believe it or not, it will be clear in early December. Considering the poor information security of the Chongqing Security Committee, we have only contacted the two of you to ensure that the information is not leaked."
"Given the seriousness of the matter, it is recommended that you use a new code to contact Washington when transmitting this message as much as possible."
"No, we will not contact Washington. Such news is worthless."
Ambassador Gauss refused outright.
"Well, we are fulfilling our responsibility as quasi-allies to share intelligence with you. If you choose to ignore it, we express our regret and only hope that Ambassador Gauss will not regret this in a few days."
The director of the Eighth Route Army Office was a little tired.
Dealing with such people was indeed suffering.
Now, the Eighth Route Army Office was not even on Ambassador Gauss's radar, so it was normal for him to question him and not believe him.
It was just that this news was so important that, for the sake of the allies, the director of the Eighth Route Army Office held his nose and contacted them through an intermediary for a meeting.
Now, this scene was also expected, and the director of the Eighth Route Army Office prepared to leave.
"Wait, sir, what you said has no source, but it is so specific that we need more information to verify it. Please be sure to provide the source of the information, is it the Japanese High Command or the Combined Fleet?"
General Smith stared at the director of the Eighth Route Army Office's face, as if trying to see something.
"General Smith, I'm sorry, we cannot reveal more information."
The director of the Eighth Route Army Office shook his head.
"Today's meeting with the two of you is mainly about this matter. Now that it's done, goodbye."
Frankly speaking, he didn't even know the source of the information.
He also wanted to know the source of the information, but there was no way.
The information passed down from the General Staff was just this much, and he couldn't help it.
For the Eighth Route Army, it would be gratifying if it succeeded, after all, they were still allies.
The more the allies' strength could be preserved, the more the Japanese's strength would be restrained.
But if they didn't believe it, there was nothing they could do, and they wouldn't force it.
Originally, there was no exchange of interests in this matter, it was just a free gift.
If they didn't cherish it, then it was their problem.
After the General Staff Department of the Border Region analyzed and deduced the information provided by Ren Zhong, they had to say that the possibility of what Ren Zhong said was extremely high.
Even if they didn't understand the navy, they knew how terrifying it would be to face the attack of 12 aircraft carriers.
The news was still passed back to Washington.
General Smith was a soldier and knew the importance of intelligence work.
Even if this matter proved to be fictitious, if it was true, the loss would be irreparable.
But I don't know where the news was finally transmitted, whether the senior leaders of the Joint Chiefs of Staff paid attention to it.
According to the news received by Ren Zhong, on December 7th, the Combined Fleet launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor as scheduled, plunging the entire Pearl Harbor into a sea of fire.
But not many people noticed that a week before the Japanese attack, the four new battleships of the Pacific Fleet, California, Maryland, Tennessee, and West Virginia, quietly went to Darwin, Australia, on orders.
As for the three aircraft carriers, they were not left in the port as in history.
Ren Zhong did not have the information channels of this time and space, so naturally he did not know the news of the four elite battleships, but he was not discouraged.
He would not pay too much attention to the affairs of the rogue Eagle family, it was too far away.
Ren Zhong was not qualified enough and did not want to join in the fun.
However, the result was the same as in history. After being beaten, the rogue Eagle declared war cleanly and increased its aid to the Asian theater.
I don't know if it was the influence of the Eighth Route Army's news, General Smith won a batch of communication equipment for the Border Region, allowing the Border Region to have direct communication with the US military headquarters.
For Ren Zhong, it is better to rely on oneself than to rely on heaven and earth.
At this time node, the 107 rocket has already begun mass production.
This rocket, named Red Star H12 by Ren Zhong, was followed by the successful replication of the Japanese 41st Mountain Gun, named Red Star S41 Mountain Gun.
With Ren Zhong's main world carrying goods, Professor Hu Rentao provided accurate local material formula technology for 35CrNiMoV alloy steel, and Ren Zhong successfully smelted it through open hearth furnace in the steel plant under the Dawn Research Institute in the Border Region.
Although the output was not high, about 10 tons per month, this output was enough for the barrel demand of dozens of mountain guns.
Of course, now not only mountain guns need this special steel, but the newly developed 20mm anti-aircraft gun Red Star G20 also needs this high-quality alloy steel.
This G20 machine gun will undoubtedly be the main weapon of the counterfeit P51D in the future.
According to Ren Zhong's plan, the six 12.7mm heavy machine guns of the P51D will be simplified into two G20 machine guns and four 7.92mm MG3 aviation machine guns.
These are not like mortar and rocket barrels that can be used casually. High-speed and high-chamber pressure have very high requirements for steel, otherwise the lifespan will be very short.
In addition, in terms of artillery, the 88mm anti-aircraft gun was delayed by Ren Zhong.
In his opinion, the efficiency of trying to get the extremely difficult 88mm anti-aircraft gun now is not as good as directly getting the M2 105mm howitzer, so the next step is to focus on the 105mm howitzer.
If the plan catches up with the progress of tractors and agricultural tricycles, the heavy weapons of the Border Region will be about to undergo a qualitative change.
Revenge, Ren Zhong is serious!
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