Taiyuan has been the economic, political and cultural center of Shanxi since ancient times. Although it was occupied by the Japanese army in 1937, many people fled, especially the celebrities and gentry.
But even so, Taiyuan is still the center of Shanxi with its rich heritage and huge population. There is an endless stream of merchants and people coming and going in Taiyuan every day. The Japanese plunder the wealth and materials from Taiyuan every year.
how many.
However, today's Taiyuan City has lost its former prosperity. The bustling crowds of the past have disappeared and been replaced by groups of heavily armed Japanese soldiers.
Just three days ago, Niangziguan and Xinkou returned to the hands of the Chinese people. Except for a few people in the two defensive brigades who escaped, most of the others, including the two brigade commanders, were wiped out.
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The whole country was excited when the news spread, and almost all newspapers listed the news as front page headlines. Shenbao, Ta Kung Pao, Anti-Japanese War Youth and other newspapers all mentioned the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the 115th Division, and the 37th Division of the Shanxi-Sui Army that participated in the battle.
42 and five other temporary editors were generous in their praise.
Of course, there were also some newspapers controlled by the Chongqing government that used a sour tone to say some weird things about sour grapes.
He also advised the World War II Zone and the Eighth Route Army that in order to better fight against the Japanese invaders, the World War II Zone had better apply to the Chongqing government and ask the government to send more Central Army troops to fight together.
Of course, this sour tone was ridiculed by many people. Ta Kung Pao bluntly pointed out that the biggest contributor to this battle was actually the Liantai militia group that was silently hiding behind the scenes.
Without the hundreds of planes, hundreds of artillery pieces and hundreds of tanks of the Liantai Militia to help out, no matter how many troops were sent to capture Taiyuan, which was heavily defended by the Japanese army, it would only be a pipe dream.
Just when everyone was rejoicing, a report from the Youth Daily entitled "Where did the Thousands of Elites Expedition to the Pacific Come from?" was published in the newspaper. It was like a bombshell, affecting the entire Kuomintang-controlled area and even the enemy-occupied area.
They were all stunned.
This report was naturally published by Huang Yingtao. She published all the interviews with Gao Hongming and reported Gao Hongming's answers verbatim.
This also made Gao Hongming, who had been silent for more than half a year, reappear in the public eye, and this time the sensation was even more intense.
For a time, high-ranking officials and dignitaries down to ordinary people were discussing this whimsical leader of the militia.
Naturally, this news reached the ears of the Japanese immediately.
"This Gao Hongming is so arrogant. How dare he...how dare he invade the territory of the Empire of Japan?"
The office was filled with the roar of North China Front Army Chief of Staff Anda 23.
The bright yellow light illuminated Anda Twenty-san's livid face, making his expression particularly violent and strange.
Like most Japanese people, when Adachi Twenty-san saw this report, his first reaction was that the Chinese people were absolutely crazy. With their little strength, how could they possibly participate in the fight for the Pacific Islands?
But as the news continued to come in and the Chongqing government adopted a tacit attitude towards this matter, the senior Japanese military officials in the pass finally realized that this matter was really possible.
Major General Anda's attitude was the same at first. In his impression.
Although the Liantai Militia is powerful, it has also caused a lot of casualties to the Imperial Japanese Army in recent years. Now it has joined forces with the Eighth Route Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army to attack Taiyuan.
But attacking Taiyuan and participating in the battle for the Pacific Islands are two different things.
No one with a powerful navy can even think of participating in this matter, and everyone on earth knows China's naval strength.
But later Anda 23 and the top Japanese military officials understood that the Liantai militia had taken large transport planes from the direction of the Burma Highway via American planes and ships.
This result silenced the entire Japanese military community, and what made them most angry was that Gao Hongming dared to sign an agreement with the US government to discuss how to station troops in Japan after the war and divide Okinawa into two hundred square kilometers.
This agreement is like the United States and China slapping the Japanese in the face, not to mention that they have treated Japan as a defeated country. This is what makes Adachi Twenty-san most angry.
But soon a faint voice came over: "Mr. Anda, has such a little thing made you so angry?"
The person who spoke was none other than Okamura Neji.
Okamura Neiji, who has been living in the office for more than half a month and has even taken care of his food and accommodation in the office, has become even thinner. He is already short and looks like he weighs less than 90 pounds. It seems as if a gust of wind can blow him away.
Running, only one pair of eyes is still bright.
"Your Excellency, Commander, I am not doing this, but the Chinese and the Americans are too arrogant. Look at the agreement they signed with the Americans. This simply treats the empire as a defeated country. This is a disservice to the great nation.
What a humiliation to the Japanese Empire.”
"Is it humiliating? I'm afraid not necessarily?"
Okamura Neiji snorted softly, looked out the window for a while and then said softly: "At this point in the war, we, China and even the Americans have reached a point where we will fight to the death.
In this war, either the empire defeated the United States and China and gained control of Asia and the Pacific, or the empire was defeated. The outcome was just as this newspaper said, the U.S. army and the Chinese army landed on the empire's mainland and stationed troops there.
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Let me ask you again, is Gao Hongming wrong in saying that?"
"this……"
Anda Twenty-Three was speechless for a moment.
"You!"
Okamura Neiji patted Adachi Twenty-san on the shoulder, "Now you are the chief of staff of a front army. You should look at the problem from the overall perspective. Don't think about looking at the problem from the perspective of a division commander like before.
, in that case your achievements have come to an end.”
Anda Twenty-Three said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty Commander, do you also think that the Empire will be defeated?"
"Defeated?"
Okamura Neiji laughed, "Theoretically, any country has the possibility of defeat, and the Empire is no exception. However, in my opinion, the Empire is still far from defeat, at least for now it is not possible.
only……"
"What's this?"
"It's just that I'm afraid that in order to compete with the Americans for the ownership of the Pacific Ocean, the base camp will withdraw troops from the China battlefield at any cost, causing the empire's strength in China to become weaker and weaker. This is what worries me the most."
Anda Twenty-Three hesitated for a moment: "The base camp won't be so confused, right?"
"How do you know they won't?" Neji Okamura asked back, and the three of them stopped talking.
In fact, since the beginning of the year, the consequences of the Japanese opening up the Pacific battlefield have begun to emerge.
In order to compete with the United States for the ownership of the Pacific Ocean, the base camp has transferred several elite divisions from the customs to the Pacific Ocean, leaving the already insufficient troops even more empty.
Okamura Neiji saw this in his eyes and was anxious. However, he was only a front army commander and had no right to say anything about this kind of matter. Today he just took the opportunity to express the complaints he had accumulated for several months.