mtl008 Chapter 255 What? The Japs traded machine guns for food
Chapter 255 What? The Japs traded machine guns for food
Outside the Kwantung Army Headquarters, Major General Itagaki from the Intelligence Department walked alongside Liao Fei.
In the eyes of the Japanese major general, this is Takahashi Hiroshi, whom he had seen grow up. He left his homeland at the age of 7 and went to lurk in the Soviet Union.
He had only recently returned to the Kwantung Army with important intelligence, and after many rounds of testing, he had gained his trust.
"I'm glad that you've grown a lot recently. If you had just returned to the Kwantung Army, you would have argued with General Kitada Seiichi, which would have been an immature behavior."
Liao Fei had a look of disdain on his face.
"What era is this? General Kita Seiichi is still keen on using his body to blow up against tanks. Can a group of soldiers tied up with explosives catch up with a tank traveling at 50 kilometers per hour? Unless that person's 7.62-meter speed is seconds."
Itagaki patted his nephew on the shoulder. The information about tanks he brought back was crucial to the Kwantung Army.
Many fanatical soldiers are unwilling to accept the gap between the two sides. However, as intelligence personnel, they cannot be rigid and must learn to face reality.
Once the Soviet Union and Germany decide the winner, can the so-called non-aggression pact between the Far Eastern Army and the Kwantung Army still be guaranteed?
Could the anti-tank guns of the Kwantung Army alone penetrate the sloped armor of the T34 tank?
The Kwantung Army needed some fanatics who dared to charge on board and tell the Soviets that even if a war broke out, they would make them pay a price.
Liao Fei snorted in his heart. He needed to continue to lurk and let the Japanese deploy their troops incorrectly and misjudge the direction of the Far East Army's attack.
By the way, we also need to find out the troop deployment and firepower situation of most of the fortresses, which is crucial to recovering Manchukuo.
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Ding Wei was in charge of the situation in Wucheng. His combat command center was next to the communications department, and he constantly received intelligence on hidden personnel in the Northeast and the combat situation of local troops.
I was a little confused when I heard that the Kwantung Army ignored the Suirecha Military Region.
What's going on? I've been beaten up like this, almost hitting the buttocks of the Japanese, and it's just a stubborn disease?
Wasn't he taken seriously by the Kwantung Army?
I am really offended.
It seems that the offensive of the three columns was not fierce enough and failed to hurt the Japanese.
The biggest concern of the Kwantung Army was the Soviets, and they did not take the Eighth Route Army seriously. This was both a fact and the inner thoughts of the Japanese.
There are as many as one million soldiers active in the Chinese war zone. If they were to concentrate them and launch a reckless attack, it would be enough to take over the mountainous area where the Eighth Route Army is located.
There is no point in taking over the mountainous area, as it cannot reverse the outcome of defeat.
The top brass of the Japanese army are working hard to open up transportation lines on the mainland. The Japanese stationed on islands in Southeast Asia, the Pacific and other places have lost their logistical support.
The transport ships were bombed by the US military, and they could only rely on land to transport supplies to the hundreds of thousands of troops.
At this moment, among the Japanese troops fighting in the south, except for the Osaka Division which was on vacation in Siam and had no worries about food and drink, the other divisions had already started to eat grass.
The battle lines were getting longer and longer, and the logistics lines were getting longer and longer, which was beyond the limits that the Japanese could bear.
The security forces stationed in North China did not even dare to leave their strongholds. Supplies could not be transported and they did not dare to go out to collect food, so the Japanese were starving.
They actually proposed to purchase grain, communicated with local residents, and purchased grain at a price 20% higher than the market price.
That's all?
Representatives from the masses found the Eighth Route Army, and the two sides communicated and reached an agreement with the Japanese.
Not only does it cost 20% more in dollars, but it also requires machine guns and bullets.
If you want to buy food, you must exchange it for weapons and equipment, which means you have to give both money and guns and bullets.
The Type 38 rifle, Type 99 rifle, and hand grenades can all be taken out to exchange for supplies.
The Japanese in the stronghold had to agree, they had no choice but to agree, as their transportation lines had been cut off by the Eighth Route Army.
If you go out you get beaten, if you don't go out you starve, you can't survive either way.
What's worse, some people even wanted to work as long-term laborers for the landlords in exchange for food.
The North China security forces completely lost control of the occupied areas, and instead the Eighth Route Army took control of large tracts of villages and towns.
The Japanese and puppet troops were blocked in county towns and other cities, turning them into isolated islands.
Any passing supplies must first ask Mr. Ba for his consent.
The independent mixed brigade in Peiping took out 30 Type 5 light machine guns and rounds of ammunition in exchange for flour and rice.
He took the initiative to find the liaison officer of the Eighth Route Army and said he was willing to exchange rations in this way.
It's really like the sun rising from the west. This group of evil guys began to pretend to be honest and well-behaved.
As arrogant as they were at the beginning of the War of Resistance, they were as embarrassed as they were at this moment. The Japanese troops stationed there were too few, and there was a situation where only one person was stationed in a county town.
Apart from relying on the local puppet army, it is impossible for a Japanese soldier to control a county town.
Such an occupied county town was useless. As long as the Eighth Route Army attacked, they could complete the liberation mission without spending much effort.
The Japanese army was short of manpower and could not control the occupied areas. The security war in North China was almost unsustainable, so now they launched Operation No. 1.
Even after completely losing the territory of North China, when the main force of the Japanese was still in central Henan, local counterattacks occurred frequently in the occupied areas.
At this time, retaking the county town is as easy as drinking water and eating.
The invasion of the Japanese invaders awakened our national consciousness. As the war of resistance continued, more and more people awakened their national bloodline.
We would rather die in battle than surrender to the Japanese invaders. We would fight to the end and never live in vain.
The headquarters issued the task of controlling the Central Plains and ordered the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army to meet in the Central Plains and completely connect the bases of both sides.
Taking advantage of the moment of the decisive battle between the Japanese army and the main force of the Central Army, the two forces successfully joined forces in the northern part of Henan Province.
The Japanese were taking territory in the front, while the security forces in the rear were losing territory. Before the captured county towns could be garrisoned, the county towns in the rear were overthrown.
A very strange phenomenon appeared: the Japanese attacked frantically, the Central Army retreated frantically, and the Eighth Route Army took over the territory frantically.
One fights, one flees, and one takes the opportunity to launch a local counterattack.
Ding Wei wanted to get involved, and fought desperately with the 23rd Division of the Kwantung Army, but he couldn't kill many devils. Instead, he pressed the Fifth Column and the newly reorganized Second Column into the local area.
On the contrary, they were able to quickly eliminate a large number of Japanese and puppet troops and liberate dozens or hundreds of villages.
Using regiments, detachments and columns as combat units, they attacked the occupied areas controlled by the Japanese and puppet troops.
Beat those fucking Japanese traitors.
At the end of May, the Battle of Central Henan ended. When General Okamura dragged his tired body to welcome the joy of victory in the battle, he looked back and found that his home was gone.
In Peking, where the North China Expeditionary Army's headquarters was located, guerrillas were already everywhere outside the city.
The security forces responsible for the area were killed and beaten to a bloody pulp.
Large areas of central, eastern and northern Hebei have fallen into the territory of the Eighth Route Army.
The base that was finally wiped out quickly recovered and expanded several times compared to before the sweep.
This guy who is good at fighting public security battles just felt his scalp tingling.
The good news is that the main forces of the three divisions have been recalled, peace has returned to North China, and the major cities are basically in hand.
The bad news is that we have lost the opportunity to raid the local areas and can only rely on cities and strongholds for defense, completely losing the initiative in the security war.