"No wonder, Isamu Yokoyama is in a hurry to destroy Hengyang Airport."

Looking at the letter in his hand, the commander of the Tenth Army, General Fang's expression was abrupt.

Three days earlier, Isamu Yokoyama's two divisions had already arrived in the city.

But the devil did not rush to attack, but continued to expand to the two flanks of Hengyang, intending to form an encirclement of Hengyang first, encircle the itinerary, and occupy the surrounding commanding heights and small towns.

The general had expected this, but he was unable to deal with it due to insufficient troops.

However, what made General Fang strange was that three days ago, when the Japanese army had just arrived in Hengyang, Yokoyama Yong ordered his troops to surround the flanks of Hengyang, and at the same time, he also sent a wing to raid Hengyang Airport, attack the airport and destroy the airport and other facilities.

Because of the hasty attack, the devil paid a lot of price for this, leaving behind almost two hundred and fifty corpses.

At that time, there were no planes at Hengyang Airport, and a few front-line support records were all flown from the rear airfield, and the devils almost lost air supremacy, so it was pointless to capture this airfield.

At this time, looking at the letter in his hand, he understood.

The devil is afraid that the air force of the Eighth Route will support Hengyang, and even airborne to support Hengyang.

"General..."

Cai Jigang looked at General Fang, who had never expressed his position, and was a little anxious.

He was asking the defenders of Hengyang if they had agreed to the assistance of the Eighth Road.

"I will organize the staff department to liaise with the other party."

General Fang's tone was resolute.

Even if you get in touch with the other party, even if you win afterwards, it will be the end of the court-martial, but so what?

Hengyang defended.

Millions of people in the surrounding area were saved from falling into the hands of the Japanese invaders.

That's enough.

"I'll take care of that."

Cai Jigang said with a smile.

General Fang asked the staff to be in charge of liaison, not to seize power or anything like that, but to protect him, but since he opened the letter and handed it to General Fang himself, he was already mentally prepared.

Besides, he had already sent someone to contact him.

"I've already sent someone to contact the other party."

Cai Jigang added.

Hearing this, General Fang paused for a while before nodding:

"Okay, I'll send a few people from the staff to join you."

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Taiyuan.

After the last devil was eliminated, Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang, and Ding Wei, who had completed the layout of foreign countries, also came to this city together.

"It's a pity."

Looking at the ruins in front of him, Zhao Gang sighed.

In the Battle of Taiyuan, the troops actually attacked the city on the first day, and the subsequent sweep and annihilation took some time. From the first gunshot to the last shot, the battle ended in just five days.

And the price paid is not only 200,000 tons of weapons and ammunition, including 500 ground-penetrating bombs, more than 50 tanks specially modified for street fighting, but also almost all the buildings in Taiyuan.

The whole of Taiyuan, all the buildings, including the stone brick floors, were blown to pieces in this battle, and not a single one remained.

This ancient city has witnessed the 2,500 years of Shanxi Province.

Because of the war.

Gravelly ruins.

"The old doesn't go, the new doesn't come."

Li Yunlong looked very open:

"It just so happens that we can build a new city on top of this ancient city."

"The new tractor factory is here, Taiyuan Tractor Factory, I think it's very good."

The total annihilation of 100,000 devils, plus the garrison army in Mongolia, and the devils annihilated in the battle of central Henan, that is, seven large factories, supporting machinery and equipment, and 350 masters.

It can be said that the equipment, talents, and technology of a super-large industrial zone are in place in one step, and they only need to organize the low-level engineers and workers step by step.

Although the latter country is also lacking, there are still a lot of them, especially overseas Chinese, who can also be recruited from abroad, and put up the shelves first, at most the production capacity is not enough, and the quality is poor.

Moreover, it is not difficult to cultivate these talents by themselves, and the time does not need to be very long, it is estimated that after ten years, they can be completely satisfied, and at the same time, under the leadership of the master, a group of top talents will come out.

The future is promising.

"Yes."

Zhao Gang quickly regained his composure:

"When the time comes, it is good to leave a place to commemorate the war, erect a monument to commemorate this arduous war, and to commemorate the sacrifices and contributions made by the people of Northwest Shanxi Province for the war."

I have been in contact with Boss Chen for four years, but Boss Chen's support in the early stage was relatively small, only the independent regiment was a little better, and the other troops were still bitter, and they were chased by devils every day.

It was only in the last year and a half that the troops really got better.

Of course, the rate of good income in the past year and a half is really a bit fast, and I feel that after brushing it, it has changed from being called a flower child army to a mechanized army.

I used to worry about the lack of equipment, but now.

Political Commissar Zhao still had a headache before he came, what should I do after the equipment comes next month, there is really nowhere to put it!

"What's next?"

Ding Wei interjected at this time.

The First Army was completely annihilated, and the 150,000 main force of the Independent Regiment and the 200,000 main force of the Brigade Headquarters, totaling more than 350,000 troops, completely let go of their hands and feet.

Where this force will go next, the three of them can participate in the discussion, of course, in fact, the three of them have a lot of say and basically have the right to decide.

As for public security in Shanxi, the independent regiment still has 50,000 newly expanded troops, 100,000 new recruits in training, and more than 10,000 elite troops, which are stationed in various parts of Shanxi, and the brigade headquarters also has a corresponding number of newly formed troops, which is sufficient.

"Lao Zhao is engaged in construction and education at home."

Li Yunlong said with a smile:

"Lao Kong is playing with devils in the south, Lao Ding, you will lead people to be quilted, play with the devils of the Kwantung Army, and the devils of the peninsula will also belong to you."

"As for me, I am to the east, and there is the North China Front Army in the east, which can just be connected with Wang Gensheng's small base area."

Hearing Li Yunlong's words, the corners of Zhao Gang and Ding Wei's mouths twitched at the same time.

This dog thing is still the same as always, every time there is meat, it is the biggest piece of meat that he eats.

It seems that in the Iron Triangle, it is Li Yunlong who suffers.

Count in terms of the number of devils.

In the south, Kong Jie had more than 400,000 devils, and the Kwantung Army and the peninsula were only a little more numerous, but in the east, only the North China Front Army had some recruits, and the total strength was about 200,000 at most.

But to the east, it is the devil's homeland.

In the coastal area, Wang Gensheng has also initially established a naval base, has a torpedo boat provided by Boss Chen, and is secretly training sailors, and by the way, recruiting previous sailors.

Of course, it is impossible to rely on the navy.

Ten years of the army, a hundred years of the navy, not only about equipment, but also about people.

Don't look at the army, the army has changed from millet plus rifles to aircraft tanks and artillery in a short period of time, but the 200,000 elite independent regiments have consumed almost all of the army's talent reserves, and now the expansion rate of elite troops has slowed down significantly.

Now the tank forces are suspended, and all talents are prioritized to replenish the Air Force.

As for the Navy, the demand for talent is comparable to that of the Air Force, and the number is more demanding, one ship, that is, one hundred and ten, and all of them are elite intellectuals.

Even with the technical equipment provided by Boss Chen, the current Republic of China, if there are not more than ten or twenty years, don't think about training a strong navy, there are too many arrears.

Moreover, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and although the little devil navy is losing ground in the face of the United States and suffering heavy losses, it is still in the top five or even the top three in the world.

However, the Separate Regiment has aircraft, a large number of aircraft, and now the human resources of the troops are fully inclined to the pilots.

The formation of land-based aviation is not a problem.

At coastal airfields, the range of the 'bomb trucks' is enough to threaten the Japanese mainland.

Actual combat has proved that any naval warship can only flee in the face of an attack by a large number of aircraft.

Therefore, the east side is the fattest piece of meat.

"Okay."

Ding Wei directly readily agreed.

Zhao Gang also has no opinion, now he is not much interested in the military, but more wants to build a base area, develop the education economy, and make the country's economy rich and industry and science and technology strong.

"Next, let's occupy Shuangfeng Town first."

Before the three of them separated, Li Yunlong suddenly said something.

Ding Wei and Zhao Gang suddenly showed a look of reminiscence.

Shuangfeng Town.

This is the first business done by the independent group and Boss Chen!

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That night.

Shijiazhuang, Shuangfeng Town.

Although it is the base camp of the Hebei and North China Fronts, it is different from the past, and the mountains and rivers take turns. At this time, the base area of the Eighth Road has been extended all the way to the edge of the SJZ.

The extreme edge of the devil's control line is this Shuangfeng Town.

A cat mountain forest outside the town.

A man with a table in tattered clothes and a sloppy body like a beggar peeked out of the woods.

This person is like a refugee, or worse than a refugee.

Not to mention other places, just in central Henan, Jin Province, and the west side of Hebei, refugees can casually get a bite to eat in that base area, and they can exchange it for clean clothes if they are diligent and honest.

And this person obviously hasn't eaten for a few days, and his face is yellow and thin.

But the man was very vigilant, and only after repeatedly observing that there was no one around him did he emerge from the woods, and at the same time, he beckoned to the back.

Then, two people who looked exactly like him emerged from among the trees.

"It's finally here."

Seeing Shi Jiazhuang in the distance, the three of them suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and some people sighed in Japanese, tears flowed out.

Tears of joy.

This person is none other than Maeda Jili, who escaped from Taiyuan.

This old devil didn't want to die, so he and Ono Watari united with some locust soldiers who also wanted to escape, and the group of twelve people set off together.

By hiding in the mud of the crater, pretending to be dead, and escaping at night, this group of people actually managed to escape from the encirclement of the independent regiment, of course, there were only three of the original twelve people left, and even the Ono people who were organized at the beginning died.

After that, the three of them ran non-stop towards Shuangfeng Town in the distance.

Running all the way, Maeda Jili carefully took out the medal wrapped in cloth from his arms, the identity tag, the squadron leader certificate, and the night attack order.

With these things, he will be able to return to the team and will be able to eat a full meal.

As for the rhetoric, he had already made it up.

It is said that the squadron he led was scattered by the enemy, lost its way at night, and after a series of bloody battles, only three of him survived.

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The next day.

The heart of the United States, West Coast, Washington.

Inside a white palace.

"What do you think of Weidemeyer's suggestion?"

The man in the wheelchair asked the generals, staff, and think tanks around him.

"I agree with General Weidemeyer's proposal."

Lieutenant General Doyle, who spoke first, as the general in charge of logistics, plus he had a good relationship with MacArthur and Eisenhower, which made him speak very highly:

"The Japanese Army has a strong will to fight, often fighting to the death, and according to the General Staff forecast, if we finally take down the Japanese mainland according to the plan, it will need to pay about 1 million to 1.5 million casualties."

Hearing this number, everyone present was extremely shocked.

Whether it is a million or 1.5 million, this number is beyond the reach of the United States.

Lieutenant General Doyle continued:

"As soon as we follow Weidemeyer's proposal, reduce the pressure on the Japanese, suspend the bombing of their homeland, and deploy their troops outside their 'absolute defense circle,' then they will inevitably draw a large number of forces to the mainland of the Republic of China."

"Because there are all kinds of resources that they need, and then, food, population, and even industrial facilities."

"Today's Republic of China has greatly increased its strength."

"According to the available information, the Eighth Route Army entrenched in Shanxi has more than 500 aircraft, 1,000 tanks, thousands of barreled artillery, and more than 500,000 regular troops.

"Now even if we let it go, the Japanese will not be able to draw troops from the Republic of China, but will have to continue to increase their troops."

"According to the rehearsal of the General Staff, in order for the two sides to decide the winner, the Japanese must put at least two million troops into the battlefield of the Republic of China, and even if they win, they will suffer heavy losses."

"No matter who wins, it will be beneficial to us, it can greatly reduce the difficulty of our complete defeat of Japan in the future, and it can also consume the strength of the Republic of China.

Hearing this, everyone, including the president, was obviously moved.

As long as it can reduce the casualties of the United States, as long as it can achieve the ultimate goal, defeat Japan.

A weak, easily controlled Republic of China is also more in line with the interests of the United States.

"Will this weaken our influence in the Far East?"

There are fears that American interests will suffer.

Deliberately delaying the course of the war can easily cause disputes and affect the international credibility of the United States, and although these things are useless, they will affect the interests of the United States when they are reduced.

This is unacceptable.

"Will the Japanese be fooled?"

Some people are worried that the Japanese will not be so stupid.

"It's easy."

Lieutenant General Doyle smiled slightly:

"We can say that at present, the domestic logistics and transportation capacity has reached the limit and cannot support the fighting on both sides at the same time, and priority is given to ensuring the attrition of opening up a second battlefield in Europe and suspending operations in the Pacific."

Hearing this, everyone nodded.

That's a good idea.

Lieutenant General Doyle continued:

"Of course, the navy must continue, and even strengthen, the blockade of the shipping lanes in Southeast Asia to avoid the Japanese from using Southeast Asian resources and forcing the Japanese to only increase their troops to the Republic of China."

"Those monkeys dare to sell fuel to the Japanese, so let them reap the consequences."

After speaking, Lieutenant General Doyle snorted coldly.

In the approval of the generals, staff, and think tanks, in the end, the person in the wheelchair nodded.

Then the person in the wheelchair suddenly changed his words:

"Chen Fan, who provided weapons, equipment, materials, and technical equipment for the forces in Shanxi, and the forces behind them, have you investigated clearly?"