The expatriates were killed, Sugiyama Yuan was shocked, and it was used to deal with them with such extreme means, the empire has more than 100,000 expatriates in the mountains, if the news spreads, Sugiyama Yuan will face a lot of pressure.

"Did the Eighth Route Army do it?" , Sugiyama Gen wanted to determine this problem, if it was really done by the Eighth Route Army, Sugiyama Gen decided to poke it out, with China's status in the world, the empire could mobilize public opinion to clean them up.

Hearing this, the signal soldier shook his head and said: "Your Excellency, General, it was not the Eighth Route Army that did it, it should be those so-called green forest heroes, who left their names directly after killing people, according to intelligence, they are bandits near Meng County." ”

"Baga, the Chinese are really too deceitful." , Sugiyama Moto has nothing to say, what the bandits do he can only eat dumb losses, the expatriates of the empire came to China, and they must have received a hatred with many Chinese, and there were more people who were offended.

Now that the Eighth Route Army has started this style of warfare, the people and rebels in Shandong know that the soldiers of the empire are afraid of being beheaded, and it is strange that they do not seize the opportunity to retaliate and come back.

Sugiyama Yuan was also anxious, the troops had guns and cannons, but the overseas Chinese did not have this combat effectiveness, if a wave of torture and killing of overseas Chinese was set off, the overseas Chinese left in Shandong by the empire would have to suffer heavy casualties.

Choose one of the two, either stop the way of encirclement and suppression, and only target the troops of the Eighth Route Army, not the people of Shandong.

Either continue with the plan, but the Imperial diaspora will be dangerous, depending on who kills hard.

After hesitating, Sugiyama Gen still chose to protect the expatriate, these people are related to many families in the empire, if something happens to them, it will be more terrible than their own defeat, didn't he plant himself in the hands of those families last time?

The same pit Sugiyama didn't want to fall twice, he immediately sent a telegram to the front-line encirclement and suppression troops, and the encirclement and suppression were only aimed at the Eighth Route Army.

The change of the devil made Li Ping breathe a sigh of relief, and at the same time ordered the troops not to cut off the heads of the Japanese soldiers, and the two sides reached a tacit understanding.

At this time, both sides breathed a sigh of relief, and the troops continued to exchange fire normally, which Sugiyama Moto did not want to face, and he asked the troops to escort the expatriates back to the big city, while planning the future method of encirclement and suppression.

The movement of the devil expatriates made Li Ping angry, and the old devil Sugiyama didn't want to give up his means!

Angry is angry, Li Ping is helpless, now those expatriates are retreating under the protection of the devil's heavy troops, and the Eighth Route Army obviously can't float in those places.

The Eighth Route Army had no choice, and some small anti-Japanese forces were not welcome, they had few people and small targets, so they would fight indiscriminately when they went up.

Some people followed suit at the beginning, and after these Japanese expatriates came to Shandong, they killed many Chinese people in order to plunder resources, and there were many people who hated them heinously.

The attacks of the anti-Japanese forces on the expatriates in various places made Sugiyama Gen murderous, and he hit and ran, and now his desk is full of telegrams of inquiry, and it is obvious that the people behind the expatriates have taken action.

"Baga, speed up the escort of the expatriate, we can't let them be hurt again."

Sugiyama Motoko was ruthless with these anti-Japanese forces, and ordered the troops to encircle and suppress them from one mountain to another.

Li Ping didn't know Sugiyama Yuan's actions, and after a stalemate with the devil for half a month, the two sides did not distinguish between victory and defeat, and no one could do anything about it.

Li Ping combined the information sent by Division Commander Chen, marked the map point by point, and when the mark was completed, he immediately smiled on his face.

Although the base areas in these areas are still independent, they are in the majority, and the dense dots prove that the Eighth Route Army has completely gained a firm foothold in Shandong, and the next step is to connect the base areas into pieces and expand the troops.

Not only Li Ping breathed a sigh of relief, but Division Commander Chen and the others also let go of their worries, as long as the troops stood firm, they would have a way to develop, which was the strength of the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army could only deal with the encirclement and suppression of devils for the time being, and Sugiyama Motoya on the other side suddenly found that his troops seemed to be unable to fight anymore and almost fell into a quagmire.

Sugiyama Moto's worst feared situation finally appeared, in the future, his encirclement and suppression will be like a place where a strong wind blows, there will always be leaves left on the trees, and it will be difficult for the Eighth Route Army to be eliminated.

Sugiyama Moto, who was a little decadent, thought of this guy Suzuki, and if he didn't have an accident, I'm afraid the situation would be very different now.

Sugiyama Moto thought about Suzuki again, but the two brigade commanders of the Suzuki division are currently flustered, and Sugiyama Moto's desire to reassign a division commander was rejected by them with various excuses, because they were afraid that the loss of the flag would be exposed.

Now the flag has really disappeared without a trace, and some time ago they were worried about falling into the hands of the Eighth Route Army, but judging from the current situation, it is obvious that the Eighth Route Army has not gotten it.

"Baga, the intelligence officers and reconnaissance troops we left there have all been wiped out by the Eighth Route Army, what should we do now?"

One brigade commander asked, and the other brigade commander narrowed his eyes and said: "Jinan telegram, the commander of the Suzuki division is sober, we must report this matter to him and let him decide." ”

This is the rhythm of throwing the pot, they really can't bear it, they can only let the boss resist, and now only Suzuki can decide what to do.

During this time, except for the wing commander level and the people who probed the troops, the soldiers of the 24th Division were still in the dark, and they really couldn't let the news leak.

When the two made a decision, they sent their adjutant to prepare to go to Jinan and prepare to report to Suzuki.

On the other side, several people escorting the flag finally came to Yan'an with the help of Yan'an intelligence officers, carrying boxes and going to the headquarters under the leadership of the guard troops.

The chairman, who had already received the news, almost gathered at the headquarters, and when they saw a few people coming, they immediately greeted them.

"Report to the chief, the flag protection task is complete, please receive it." , Several soldiers saluted, and after speaking, they raised the box with both hands, and Chief of Staff Ye also saluted and took the box with both hands.

"You go down first and have a good rest, this time is hard."

"Yes, Chief."

Seeing a few people going away under the leadership of the guard troops, Chief of Staff Ye couldn't wait to open the box, and a flag suddenly appeared in front of everyone.

"Hahahaha, it's really it, now I have to appreciate it." , always smiled, and the leaders around him were also smiling.

After a few minutes, everyone calmed down, and the chairman spoke: "It's time to make an announcement, I'm afraid the devils are in a hurry after hiding it for so long." ”

The chiefs nodded suddenly, they had been waiting for more than twenty days for this day, and now it was time to show their results.

"Send a telegram to Senior Commander Chen and Li Ping, tell them to be careful next, we can handle it with one mouth, and they will have to use guns and devils for a few rounds." After the chairman finished speaking, the leaders nodded suddenly, Li Ping They will face overwhelming pressure and must survive this hurdle.

Yan'an suddenly sent a telegram in clear code, saying that the Eighth Route Army had captured the division flag of the 24th Devil's Division, and at the same time announced that the Devil's Division would no longer exist.

Yan'an also let reporters take pictures, and a flag with blood stains appeared on the newspaper page, and the news spread, not only the Chinese were in an uproar, but also the Japanese immediately lost their voices.