Chapter 98 Handwriting
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Wang Mazi found the 96th Division headquarters stationed in Pingmanna, so the map was handed over to the division commander Yu Shao. △¢
At this time, Yu Shao was commanding the 96th Division to cooperate with the 200th Division and the New 22nd Division on the left and right wings to launch a fierce attack on the Japanese army, hoping to eat up a division on the Japanese middle line in one fell swoop.
When this map was delivered to Yu Shao, it was like pouring cold water on this fierce battle... The Japanese army in front of the Fifth Army had two divisions instead of one division, no wonder it could not chew with the combat effectiveness of the Fifth Army.
The next second, Yu Shao quickly realized that this map was a very important intelligence, so he reported the information to Shangfeng through the telegram, and ordered people to copy a copy of the map to send it to the headquarters immediately.
The reason for copying one is that one must also study it carefully to facilitate the next command of the battle. The other is that one is worried that the map will be lost during transportation or intercepted by the Japanese army, copy it for emergencies.
The Expeditionary Force Command soon received the map, which shocked the commander, including Du Yuming, on the spot.
Although Du Yuming knew that the battle of Pingmanna was full of dangers, he did not expect that the actual crisis was much more serious than he had imagined. At this time, he even regretted that he had not insisted on his previous idea and withdrew the Fifth Army from Pingmanna.
"Is this information reliable?" Stilt asked.
Du Yuming did not answer, but shouted to the adjutant beside him: "Call Major Liu from the translator immediately!"
After a while, the adjutant brought a female officer in a military uniform with short hair and looked less than 20 years old. She was what Du Yuming called Major Liu Ting.
Liu Ting is affiliated with the Military Control Commission and is one of the seven female translators sent to the Expeditionary Force headquarters to perform the telecommunication mission. Simply put, she is a female spy, but it is difficult for Liu Ting to associate it with the image of a glossy American military uniform filmed on the TV, wearing heavy makeup and wearing a boat-shaped hat, and twisting her butt when she walks.
On the contrary, the real female spy Liu Ting doesn't wear makeup and dresses in an ordinary military uniform. Even the brim of the military hat is pressed low on her eyes, but even this still cannot cover up her beautiful figure under the military uniform.
Her appearance made everyone in the commander's eyes lit up, and Stilwell asked curiously: "This is..."
"Oh!" Du Yuming introduced: "She is Major Liu from the Translation Group. Although she is young, she is careful and has extraordinary skills!"
Du Yuming didn't explain the ability in detail, but just handed the map to Liu Ting and asked, "Look at what are the flaws?"
So Stilwell and others knew what Du Yuming mentioned was the extraordinary ability.
Liu Ting took the map and looked carefully for a while, then frowned and said slowly: "This map...the ink comes from the same pen, but the handwriting belongs to two people."
"Oh!" Du Yuming asked: "What handwritings are from another person?"
"These road maps!" Liu Ting pointed to the Japanese army's offensive route on the map and said: "And looking at the trend of these lines, the person who wrote them was very hurried and anxious, and occasionally there were some abnormal fluctuations, which were probably drawn on the driving car!"
If Zhang Chi was present at this time, he would probably faint on the spot when he heard Liu Ting's comment... Who would have thought that this little girl could see so many famous things in her handwriting?!
But let alone, there is an idiom called "Writing is like the person"... There are many people who have studied this in modern times who can tell their character and even their mood at that time from the words written by the other party.
Luo Zhuoying couldn't help but nodded and praised: "So... is this map fake?"
"You can't say that!" Liu Ting shook her head and replied: "I don't know why there are two people's handwriting here, but the information on the map is very likely to be true!"
"Why?" Stilwell asked.
"Because of this date!" Liu Ting pointed to "4.29" on the map.
"Oh!" Stilwell couldn't help but wonder: "I doubt the authenticity of the map because of this date. Why do you think it is true?"
It is normal for Stilwell to suspect this, because Danfan's marching and fighting, especially interspersed raids, does it mean to specify which day to intersperse to which location? It is generally limited to a few days to arrive within a few days. If you arrive on a specific date like a map, there will be too many unexpected situations in the middle.
"Because this day is the birthday of Emperor Hirohito of Japan!" Liu Ting replied: "The Japanese army hopes to capture Lashio on this day and present a gift to the emperor!"
"Oh!" Everyone understood after hearing this.
Then everyone nodded, which really greatly increased the credibility of map information, because if this was forged by ordinary people, they would not have thought of this detail.
"In fact, we can verify the authenticity of this map through two points!" Liu Ting continued: "One is whether there are Japanese troops of the 18th Division on the front of Pingmanna!"
Du Yuming nodded. This is easy to deal with. Just let the Fifth Army, which is attacking the Japanese army, catch a few prisoners and interrogate them or search the troops number information.
"The other is to immediately send people to the Moltke Highway area to conduct reconnaissance to see if the Japanese 56th Division is really moving forward as quickly as the route marked on the map!"
"It's right!" At this time, Du Yuming stopped hesitating, turned around and conveyed the order.
"My child!" Stilwell said to Liu Ting: "You did a good job, and you are likely to save this war!"
"No, General Stilwell!" Liu Ting said with the map: "It should be said that... it is the person who drew these offensive routes on the map that may have saved this war!"
The officers didn't care about Liu Ting's words, thinking that Liu Ting was modest.
But only Liu Ting herself knew that this was not humble. She had studied handwriting and felt something was wrong with the map: the lines and few numbers on the map were probably written by Chinese people... There were some subtle differences in the writing habits of Chinese and Japanese people, which could not escape her eyes. Unfortunately, there were too few words on the map, and she was not sure.
Besides, if the information on this map is real, how could the Chinese know the Japanese military's combat plan? Why didn't this Chinese know the Japanese military's combat plan simply report to the Expeditionary Force and then spend so much effort to draw the information he knows on the map?!
Chapter completed!