It took nearly four years for the base area to finally fight a beautiful turnaround. Although it was not possible to capture a city for the time being, it was able to defeat nearly 70,000 people from the three divisions stationed around SH.
baffling.
It is simply unimaginable for them that a guerrilla force has the ability to use heavy artillery, and it launches an attack entirely in the form of a large corps. Moreover, although the opponent's overall training is slightly poor, its morale is extremely high. When encountering a small force, even if it is
Even if the most elite Kwantung Army had been defeated by 30%, it would have been defeated. However, these troops had been defeated by 90% and still had considerable combat effectiveness.
Moreover, there is no way to completely eliminate a certain unit. As long as they form an encirclement, artillery shells will rain down on them immediately, creating a way for them to survive.
With the heavy firepower completely suppressed, what is even more frightening is that the opponent's air defense force can be described as abnormal. Even the highest-flying bombers of the Japanese army on the current battlefield in East China can be taken down.
I can't even do combat analysis.
"These are some of the rifles we seized. This is a very advanced rifle."
Iwai Eiichi's eyes were red. Now he could no longer explain to the base camp. The intelligence on the entire battlefield was in a mess. The Imperial Army had suffered the most serious losses since the beginning of the war. Only 100,000 people from the four standing main divisions were left.
Less than 40,000 people were disembarked, and transportation routes were completely cut off, and supplies of medicines and ammunition were almost exhausted.
The person sitting opposite him at this moment is still Yuan Shu. He was the first group of people to be released from it, because no one believed that a loyal warrior of the empire like him would be the one who betrayed the empire, so under Eiichi Iwai's
With great efforts, Yuan Shu was released from the isolation point on the evening of the next day.
After a group of people detained inside died one after another, they are now slowly returning to normal work. The mole has been caught, but Eiichi Iwai is not really sure, but the situation is very serious now.
No, he didn't have the energy to pursue anymore.
"What about the sea route?"
"There are not many supplies left, and the base camp can only support it until the autumn of this year. Our consumption here is too great."
Iwai Eiichi also seemed very powerless, because the war situation here was unfavorable and even hindered the empire's Pacific plan. This made Tokyo very angry and had issued a death order saying that all obstacles in the East China region must be cleared before autumn.
But only this intelligence leader knew clearly that they were using their heads to sweep away... The ability to deliver heavy firepower was far inferior to others. The Air Force was shot down when it came out, and the Army was even suppressed by others. It seems that just in the past few months,
The people on Tuba Road opposite have changed from inside to outside.
And now it is extremely difficult to get information from there. They launched a hoeing operation not long ago and very accurately uncovered all the spies, even the old spies who had been hidden deeply and had not been activated.
It was dug out.
It felt like from that moment on, the entire empire's offensive began to become ineffective.
Just as they were talking, the sound of artillery outside the city came again. Iwai Eiichi looked out the window and was silent for a while. This is something that they experience every day. Their military camp and equipment depot have been attacked every day during this period.
Due to the shelling, the Eighth and Ninth Divisions could only completely hide in the city and dare not go out.
The reinforcements on the NJ, Diaozhou, and Hefei lines were cut off by the eighth road stuck outside. SH is now like an isolated city, and all supplies are beginning to be in short supply, especially food.
According to estimates, if the siege continues, food supply problems may occur in seven days, but the key is at this juncture. Major grain merchants are still hoarding food, and Eiichi Iwai even feels a sense of despair.
"Then we can only deal with a few major grain merchants."
Hearing Yuan Shu's words, Iwai Eiichi sat there silently, while Yuan Shu raised his eyebrows: "What? No way?"
Faced with such a problem, Iwai-san smiled helplessly: "To be honest, I don't dare. There are huge interests involved behind these grain merchants, and I am just a small official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
"
Yuan Shu leaned on the sofa and slowly raised his head: "If we drag it on any longer, I don't know what the Eighth Route Army will do. What are the people above doing?"
At this moment, Yuan Shu was very happy. During such chat, he got some very important information. First, the rhythm of the entire Japanese army invading China had been disrupted. After the invasion was blocked, they were as expected.
It also does not have the ability to fight a protracted war. Secondly, it is obvious that there is a huge conflict between the Army and the Navy. Although Eiichi Iwai did not explain, he said that the Army has no resources, but the Navy does not want to support it.
The third and most important point is that the Pacific War they originally planned to launch had to be postponed due to the Army's successive defeats. If Tokyo wants to quickly solve the problem here, I am afraid they will send more people into it.
East China battlefield.
But once other places relax, counterattacks in the northwest base areas and vast border areas will be quickly organized. As for Baldhead... Yuan Shu has no hope at all, because just yesterday, Baldhead's negotiating team came, and they naively wanted to use the Japanese army
After being hit hard one after another, he had the opportunity to negotiate with the Japanese army to jointly suppress the bandits, and even the bottom line of the bald head was to conquer the river.
Oh, it turns out that every inch of mountains and rivers and every inch of blood is said to be nice. It is really disappointing. However, these two brothers, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, actually stood still and did not go out to fight against Japan or "suppress bandits". They were completely against the bald head, and even
He also roped in Yan Xishan and planned to liquidate the bald head.
Please help me, now is the time to fight against foreign enemies, but they are still making this kind of calculation. Yuan Shu really feels that these people's death is not unjust.
In fact, this is also the case. At first, they said that the bald team was weak, but the bald team did not know how brave they were on the battlefield to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea after being incorporated into the red regime. This is definitely not the problem of the soldiers, but of these damn ghosts.
The bad things that happened.
"Is there anything better we can do now?"
Yuan Shu's question left Iwai Eiichi unable to answer. Now SH has almost become an isolated city. Although it is obvious that the opponent has no intention of attacking the city, if it continues to be besieged like this, I really don't know what will happen.
Coupled with the terrifying mobilization ability of the red regime, they are now in a state of getting bigger and more people, and more and more people are beginning to defect to them. From the humble few hundred people at the beginning, now they can compete with the elite Sixth Division
If they fight head-on with a large army, you can imagine what will happen if you give them a little more time.
"Iwai-san, I don't know if you believe in the theory of yin and yang of the five elements."
"Something involved."
Yuan Shu sighed: "When we were still studying, I once told you that once the empire is massacred, the country's destiny will inevitably decline. The right time, place and people are favorable, but now no one can take advantage of it."
Iwai Hide didn't smoke at all, he just sat there quietly: "There is another way, which is to have peace talks with Chiang and use all our strength to suppress the bandits."
Yuan Shu said nothing, but looked at Iwai jokingly, and Iwai laughed when he looked at him: "I didn't expect that such a day would come."
On August 14th, the world-famous 814 peace talks began in SH. The Kuomintang and the Government ceded seven provinces and the two sides reached a ceasefire agreement. This included Heiji, Liaoning, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hebei and some sporadic areas that recognized the puppet Manchukuo.
cities, including SH. The remaining places were taken back by Baldhead, and the Japanese immediately withdrew their troops.
The next day, Baldhead announced that the red regime was an illegal armed force in the territory and would unite with the Japanese side to encircle and suppress all red armed strongholds in the territory. In other words, he stopped pretending and had a showdown. To fight against the outside world, we must first pacify the inside.
After Bald Head reached an agreement with Baga, base areas in various places were severely damaged, and the original friendly forces turned their guns overnight. In order to show their sincerity, Bald Head and the others even planned to hand over Commander Ye, who was detained during the Wannan Incident.
To the Japanese.
This news was immediately transmitted to the base area by Yuan Shu. After hearing the news, Lao Wu, an old subordinate of Commander Ye, became red-eyed.
"Commander Ye gave it to the Japanese? What a fucking courageous bitch!"
Although Lao Wu would shed tears just because he wasted a few shells, but when this happened, he would dare to rob someone single-handedly.
"This is news from comrades on the SH underground front who risked their lives, probably between the end of the month and the beginning of next month."
The political commissar's expression was also very serious: "And it is said that he was taking a plane."
"Fuck, where is Commander Ye now? I'll call him directly."
The political commissar frowned: "I am temporarily detained in Shangrao."
Old Wu slapped his gun on the table: "Tell me, how to save him!"
The political commissar sat there and was silent for a moment: "The current situation is very unfavorable to us. Let's not talk about the four divisions we first came into contact with. After their peace talks, six to seven divisions will evacuate in this direction.
, what we are about to face is the outflanking of more than ten divisions of Little Japan, including military police and puppet troops, with three or four hundred thousand people inside and outside. Old Wu, if Commander Ye is commanding here, with his ability
With our equipment, Japan is really not afraid of being ten times smaller, but for the two of us... to be honest, I can't stand it."
Lao Wu also knew in his heart that he was just a regimental commander who was only able to survive as a division commander. Now that he had almost an army under his command, it was a bit difficult for him to command, otherwise the results would definitely not be what they are now.
"Don't tell me this nonsense, just tell me whether to save or not, how to save!"
"Help! But we have to ask for help."
Old Wu was stunned: "Who can I ask for? You and I don't have this ability, who can?"
"Xiao Hu."
"He?" Old Wu was stunned for a moment: "Xiao Hu is not a member of the organization, so you ask him to do such an important thing? Is that possible?"
"You are really heartless when it comes to what you say. If it weren't for Xiao Hu and his master, we would still be catching mice in the mountains to eat." The political commissar glared: "And you think, he was assassinated when Little Japan was heavily surrounded.
The opponent's general was able to escape unscathed, why should we ask him for help?"
"This is a bit dangerous, can he agree?"
"Try it."
The date for transferring Commander Ye to SH was finally set on September 18th. This date was very ironic and very funny, but since there was an exact date, it was easier to handle. So the comrades in the base area found Xiao Hu through a secret line, and tactfully
request expressed to him.
Hu Deyou did not agree immediately: "I will discuss it with my master first."
Of course this is possible. After all, we are asking for help, and we are doing such a dangerous thing. Let alone discussing it with others, there is no problem even if they refuse. It’s just that Lao Wu and the others have already made up their minds. If Xiao Hu doesn’t
If they are willing to help, then they will attack Shangrao before September 18, and they will have to rescue Commander Ye life or death.
It makes me excited to think about it. What would Commander Ye be like if he was in charge of the base area? Little Japan might not be able to laugh anymore, right?
"Save, of course." Xiaoma turned his head and said to Yingsha: "That's Commander Ye. If he hadn't died early, he would have been a marshal. Don't look at those Sabi who are fooling around. How can they be killed?
There are only 36 official military strategists in total, and they are based on the qualifications of generals. Do you think anyone can be a marshal?"
"Then fix it!"
"Well..." Xiao Ma said after a moment of silence: "Let Xiao Hu tell the other end, the money count. Ten pounds of gold, they don't have to worry about the rest."
"Ten pounds? That's too much, right? Can't it be cheaper?"
"Brother, ten kilograms of gold is not enough to put a bounty on Commander Ye's leg. Damn it... do you understand that it's an equal exchange? This price is like giving it to you for nothing."
Early the next morning, Xiao Hu replied to the comrades in the base area, saying that he would take over the business, but the prerequisite was ten pounds of gold. When he heard this, he didn't bother to negotiate the price at all, and just put it together on the spot. After all,
During this period, the base area made a lot of money by reselling grain. It had a lot of gold and US dollars on hand, and it was just waiting for a wave of short selling to collapse Wang Puppet's bank.
After getting the gold, Hu Deyou was captured by Xiao Ma again and brought back to the canteen. Xiao Ma lowered his head and looked at the list and said to him: "I will give you thirty people, and they will be airlifted directly to you. We will take action on the night of the 14th, and the retreat route will be all over."
It’s already been planned for you.”
"Thirty people? Can that be done?"
Hu Deyou was a little surprised: "Isn't it too little..."
Ying Zai smiled beside him and said, "It's quite a lot. Can we still hurt you?"
Hu Deyou didn't say any more nonsense and just accepted the order and left. After he left, Xiao Ma said: "Actually, five is enough. Thirty is just for safety. Too many people can easily be discovered."
"What is it this time?"
"The Miracle of War."
After hearing this, Yingsha immediately started flipping through the catalog, then found the entry on Miracle of War and started reading.
"Digging... you're going a little too far."
"Is five enough?"
“More than enough.”
Although the name "Miracles of War" is funny, it is a war machine designed and manufactured by Zhang Yao based on the design of the German devil transformer. Although it is not as good as the original version, it has become a nearly invincible killing machine in the human world due to various transformations. These three
What concept does the ten war miracles of saving lives probably belong to...
Xiaoma thought about it for a long time, and figured out that it was probably thirty Apocalypse tanks attacking the ancient Roman infantry square, and he figured it out after a little brainstorming...