novelAbuy Chapter 2093 Little Boy
Chapter 2093 Little Boy
Chapter 2093 Little Boy
"Sister Xia, I don't understand what you're talking about," Cheng Qianfan said, frowning as he looked at Liu Xia.
Liu Xia glanced at Cheng Qianfan, but didn't say anything. Instead, she took a book out of her purse, then pulled out a banknote from the pages and handed it to Cheng Qianfan.
Cheng Qianfan took the banknote, examined it carefully, then sighed, smiled, and took out another banknote from his pocket, handing it to Liu Xia.
The serial numbers on the two banknotes are consecutive. Most importantly, the two banknotes were originally placed together and a character was written on them with a pencil. Now, when they are put side by side, you can see that it is the character '粮' (grain).
"The supplies haven't been moved," Cheng Qianfan said.
"Slaughter the cattle and sheep," Liu Xia said.
Cheng Qianfan looked at Liu Xia with a smile on his face, "Xiao Mian, Shanghai Special Intelligence Bureau."
"'Qiqiao Flower,' ordered by Boss Dai to make contact with Director Xiao," Liu Xia said, glaring at Cheng Qianfan.
The two men exchanged a solemn salute.
"You cunning Director Xiao, you kept this from me for so long!" Liu Xia said.
"No, I actually gave the secret signal as soon as I entered the room today," Cheng Qianfan said with a smile. "It's just that I noticed you haven't responded yet, Sister Xia."
He said to Liu Xia, "Don't you believe my identity?"
"What do you think?" Liu Xia rolled her eyes at Cheng Qianfan. "Although I had long suspected your identity, I never expected that you would be Director Xiao Mian of the Shanghai Special Affairs Bureau."
“Hmm.” Cheng Qianfan nodded and said, “According to the intelligence obtained by the Wang Jingwei regime’s Japanese agents, Xiao Mian is a middle-aged man with a full beard and a slight Liling accent.”
“I received a telegram from Boss Dai and came to his residence in Shanghai specifically to wait for Xiao Mian to visit at the agreed time.” Liu Xia lit another cigarette, took a light puff, and said, “I didn’t expect to see Director Cheng instead. Do you know how worried I was just now?”
"I carried the radio into the house, put it down casually, placed my hat on top of it, and took out a cigarette, placing the cigarette holder on my right. The cigarette holder was engraved with a peony pattern. All of this is enough to explain my identity, isn't it?" Cheng Qianfan said with a smile.
"This will only make me more paranoid," Liu Xia said irritably.
“Something’s not right with you,” Cheng Qianfan said with a smile.
"You're the one who's acting strangely," Liu Xia glared at Cheng Qianfan, then laughed.
During their conversation, Cheng Qianfan said "Something's not right" twice, which was one of the coded signals used to confirm their meeting.
In addition, there was the radio as a keepsake, as well as a hat and a cigarette holder.
Only then did she 'force' herself to believe that Cheng Qianfan was indeed Xiao Mian, who had come to meet her.
As for the code words for money and provisions, they are used for a second layer of screening in emergency situations, where one of the two people is in danger or even at risk of being exposed.
"It seems that Boss Dai trusts you more," Liu Xia said to Cheng Qianfan, flicking her cigarette ash.
She needed to wait at her residence for Xiao Mian to come and meet her. Before meeting him, she had no idea who Xiao Mian was.
However, Cheng Qianfan came directly to her residence to meet her, which shows that Cheng Qianfan knew exactly who he was going to see.
“I only learned about ‘Qiqiao Flower’s’ identity after receiving a telegram from Boss Dai,” Cheng Qianfan said. “In fact, I didn’t even know there was such a code name as ‘Qiqiao Flower’ before.”
"Sister Xia," Cheng Qianfan said, looking at Liu Xia, "Victory in the War of Resistance is just around the corner, that's wonderful."
"Yes, victory in the War of Resistance is just around the corner, that's wonderful!" Liu Xia said happily.
She opened her arms.
She looked at Cheng Qianfan with a smile.
Cheng Qianfan was slightly taken aback, then smiled, and the two gave each other a light hug.
"Sister Xia."
"Brother Fan."
……
"It's Boss Dai's telegram," Cheng Qianfan said to Liu Xia. "Given the current international situation and battlefield conditions, the Japanese might not be able to hold out until the end of the year at the earliest."
"Boss Dai ordered us to prepare now. Once the Japanese are defeated and surrender, we must as accurately as possible grasp the situation of the Japanese and their puppet regime, and locate the assets and whereabouts of important war criminals and traitors," Cheng Qianfan said, "to prepare for the Party and the country to recover Nanjing and Shanghai."
“I don’t have many people under my command; most of them are there to assist you,” Liu Xia said with a smile. “I’ve long heard of Director Xiao’s special intelligence unit’s capabilities.”
"In short, we two should work together," Cheng Qianfan said with a serious expression. "However, there's one thing Sister Xia should remember."
“Go ahead,” Liu Xia said.
“Although victory in the War of Resistance is just around the corner, we cannot let our guard down until the very moment of victory arrives, even if we confirm that the Japanese have been defeated.” He said to Liu Xia in a solemn tone, “Sister Xia, we have survived such a difficult situation in the War of Resistance for so many years. Let’s not let ourselves be bitten by beasts in the gutter at the last moment.”
“I understand what you mean,” Liu Xia said seriously. “Your reminder is correct, and I will pay attention.”
As she spoke, she looked at Cheng Qianfan and couldn't help but click her tongue, "I really didn't expect Xiao Mian to be like this."
Cheng Qianfan suddenly smiled.
"What are you laughing at?" Liu Xia asked.
“I was thinking, when the War of Resistance against Japan is won, the two of us will stand in front of the Secretary-General…” Cheng Qianfan said with a smile.
Liu Xia couldn't help but chuckle.
She couldn't help but chuckle just by thinking about the scene.
……
1945 7 Month 26 Day.
China, the United States, and the United Kingdom issued the Potsdam Declaration.
The announcement stated that the powerful armed forces of the three countries, with the support of all the United Nations, will continue to fight against Japan until it ceases resistance, and urged Japan to surrender immediately and unconditionally.
On that day, the United States issued an ultimatum to Japan, demanding that Japan surrender immediately and unconditionally, or face 'rapid and complete destruction'.
Two days later, Japan publicly stated that it refused to surrender and responded to the warnings and threats from the Americans, calling the Americans' so-called "rapid and complete destruction" "utterly ridiculous" and saying that "all the people of the Great Japanese Empire are prepared to die for the Emperor!"
Three days later, in Yanzhou, the instructor delivered a speech:
The collapse of Japanese imperialism is imminent, but the cause of liberation of the Chinese people still requires vigorous struggle!
……
"What's going on?" Liu Xia put down her newspaper and asked Cheng Qianfan.
This is today's newspaper, August 8th.
All she knows is that the Americans bombed Hiroshima on August 6, causing massive casualties to the Japanese, but the specifics are unknown.
Strangely, yesterday, the 7th, under the control of the Wang Jingwei regime and the Japanese, no newspapers reported on the bombing of Hiroshima by the Americans.
This made Liu Xia feel suspicious.
Her intuition told her that the bombing of Hiroshima was unusual.
It was only today that the *Shen Bao* newspaper, already controlled by the Japanese and the puppet regime in Shanghai, reported the bombing of August 6th under the headline "B-29 Aircraft Formation Invades Hiroshima City":
"Tokyo, July 7 (Central News Agency) - The Japanese Imperial Headquarters issued a statement at 3:30 p.m. on July 7: Hiroshima City suffered considerable damage yesterday, July 6, due to an attack by a small formation of enemy B-29 bombers. It appears that the enemy aircraft used a new type of bomb in this attack, and the details are currently under investigation."
"Tokyo, July 7 (Central News Agency) - The attack on Hiroshima on July 6 caused extensive damage, with many houses collapsing and fires breaking out throughout the city. It has been discovered that this new type of bomb is equipped with a parachute and detonates in mid-air before landing. The bomb's power is currently under investigation, but it should not be underestimated."
"The enemy now intends to use this new type of bomb to kill innocent Japanese civilians, thus exposing the cruelty of the Americans to the world."
"The reason why the enemy has shed the mask of humanitarianism and begun to use new, brutal weapons is because of their anxiety about the current state of the war. They expect to continue using this type of bomb, but the Japanese authorities are studying this countermeasure with unwavering confidence. The power of the new weapon was indeed quite effective in the early stages of its appearance, but once a countermeasure is found, its power will be lost."
Regarding the damage suffered by Hiroshima, the report stated that "many houses collapsed in Hiroshima City," "fires broke out in various parts of the city," and "it suffered considerable damage."
Regarding the power of the bombs used by the US this time, they simply referred to them as "new types of bombs," without mentioning anything else, and said that "once a countermeasure is found, their power will be lost."
"Take a look at this." Cheng Qianfan handed a stack of newspapers to Liu Xia.
“The Central Daily News?” Liu Xia exclaimed in surprise.
The Central Daily News was the official newspaper of the Kuomintang Party Central Committee and the most authoritative official newspaper of the Party and the State. Before the Battle of Nanjing, the newspaper had already moved from Nanjing to the southwest.
“This is the Central Daily News from two days ago, printed secretly,” Cheng Qianfan said.
"It was clearly stated in Chongqing that the bombs used by the Allied forces to bomb Hiroshima were called atomic bombs," Cheng Qianfan said. "Now it is certain that this was not a conventional weapon. According to the newspapers, it should be called a nuclear weapon, an atomic bomb."
"Nuclear weapons? Atomic bombs?" Liu Xia asked in surprise.
“Yes.” Cheng Qianfan nodded. “It is said that an atomic bomb has the power of 20,000 tons of TNT.”
"Twenty thousand tons of explosives," Liu Xia said. "I don't have a specific idea of what that means."
"Let me put it this way," Cheng Qianfan said thoughtfully, "Hiroshima is finished. With this atomic bomb, Hiroshima will probably be completely destroyed."
Cheng Qianfan only brought the June 6th edition of the Central Daily News. In fact, the June 6th edition of the Central Daily News only pointed out that the bombs used by the Allied forces to bomb Hiroshima were called atomic bombs and that the bombs had the energy equivalent to 20,000 tons of TNT. He didn't know much else.
While Cheng Qianfan and Liu Xia were secretly discussing the mysterious atomic bomb that the Allied forces used to bomb Hiroshima, two days earlier, the Central Daily News devoted an entire page to reporting on the matter on that same day, August 8th.
This included the article "The powerful new atomic bombs will cause the collapse of Japan; if Japan does not surrender, it will suffer unprecedented destruction."
Hiroshima suffers heavy losses; Japanese officials admit that the ground damage was severe.
The Japanese government held a meeting to discuss the atomic bomb issue.
The new tragedy of the atomic bombing of Medon: Japan will inevitably surrender unconditionally.
The White House released details of how the atomic bomb was manufactured the day before yesterday.
"Using the new weapon, the atomic bomb, could hasten the surrender of the Japanese invaders," a military observer told a reporter.
Seven articles titled "Scientists Estimate the Power of the Atomic Bomb".
The report also stated that, following this bombing, Japan "will reconsider whether to accept the Allied demands for unconditional surrender."
When asked by reporters why Hiroshima was chosen as the target of the first atomic bomb instead of Tokyo, the US military authorities replied at a press conference in Chongqing: "If Tokyo were the target, we would ensure that no organization in Japan would be able to accept our ultimatum of unconditional surrender."
“A bomb with the energy equivalent of 20,000 tons of TNT—one such atomic bomb would be enough to destroy a city,” Cheng Qianfan said in a deep voice. “If that’s the case, I don’t think the Japanese can continue to suffer such losses.”
"It wasn't just the direct losses, but more importantly, the psychological blow to the Japanese fascists from top to bottom," Liu Xia said.
“Yes.” Cheng Qianfan nodded slightly. “This weapon is unprecedented. It is a super weapon that has never existed in human history. No country can win a war without possessing an equivalent weapon.”
Liu Xia said, "The Japanese are probably not going to be able to hold on much longer."
“That’s true in the long run, but I think the Japanese will continue to hold on,” Cheng Qianfan said. “I know the Japanese very well. This country is full of lunatics from top to bottom, more insane than animals. They won’t admit defeat until the very last moment.”
Cheng Qianfan lit a cigarette and said, "Leaving aside the Japanese mainland, the Japanese still have 1.3 million to 1.4 million troops on the Chinese battlefield. This may give their so-called Emperor and cabinet hope for a stubborn resistance."
"I actually hope they continue to be stubborn," Liu Xia sneered. "It would be best if the Americans dropped a few more bombs on them, yes, those atomic bombs, a few more."
"The newspaper said that the atomic bomb even had a name?" Liu Xia asked.
“A little boy,” Cheng Qianfan nodded and said.
“'Little boy'?” Liu Xia nodded and said, “Then let’s have another big boy, a chubby boy, a tall boy, a short boy…”
……
Radio stations in Chongqing and Yanzhou broadcast continuously around the clock, informing the people in the occupied areas that Hiroshima, which belonged to the Japanese, had been bombed by the Allied forces with a super bomb called an atomic bomb. An atomic bomb could destroy a city. The broadcasts informed the people in the occupied areas that the destruction of the Japanese was imminent and warned the Japanese and puppet troops in the occupied areas to lay down their arms and surrender immediately.
The entire city of Shanghai was in chaos. The Japanese puppet regime and its secret agents were mobilized in a frenzy, confiscating leaflets distributed by Chongqing authorities and the underground Communist Party, searching houses for radios, and strictly prohibiting the listening to "enemy radio" broadcasts.
On that very day, Shanghai residents heard an extra edition on the radio:
On this day, the Soviet Red Army announced a formal declaration of war against Japan.
The Soviet army launched a full-scale offensive against the Japanese Kwantung Army in Manchuria, northern Korea, southern Sakhalin, and Sakhalin Island.
This explosive news was nothing short of a second heavy blow to the Japanese side, and for a moment, the Japanese high command remained silent.
“Bag-trap!” Onodera Shogo said through gritted teeth to Cheng Qianfan, “The Soviets are treacherous, they are clowns, treacherous clowns!”
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