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In March, the Battle of Iwo Jima was in full swing, and new mobilization orders were issued within the Kwantung Army.

From the remaining old Japanese soldiers, a group of them will be selected to return to the mainland for garrison, and some new soldiers and overseas Chinese will be recruited to join the army to increase the number of troops.

The Kwantung Army built up a strong defense line by relying on numbers.

A group of armed fortresses known as the Maginot of the East.

It can be seen that the Japanese are not having an easy time. The fierce attack by the Eagle Sauce has come at a huge cost, and they are about to take over Iwo Jima.

The island is a strategic point. Once it is captured, the Japanese homeland can be bombed without restraint.

A major counterattack was launched in North China. The sound of gunfire was heard continuously. The troops were on the move, trying to attack the county towns and regain lost territory.

As the weather warmed up, the counterattack immediately came in an overwhelming manner.

On the contrary, the most elite Suirecha Military Region did not take any action. Except for the Fifth Column active in the Pingjin area, the rest of the troops did not do much.

This makes people wonder whether Ding Wei has his own troops under his command.

Factionalism is not allowed in the army, and with 300,000 troops in Suirecha, we have to take this into consideration.

Ding Wei was really unwilling to attack, and the Kwantung Army in front of him was in a state of strict defense.

Use cities and fortifications to hold out, any attack will come at a cost.

It would be better to use gentle means to do ideological work on the puppet Manchukuo and puppet troops, widely publicize the victory of the Allied counterattack, and undermine their fighting spirit.

The best way is to find a way to incorporate the puppet army, increase the military strength, enhance the influence, and expand the base area.

As long as we attack, we will have to fight head-on with hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army. Instead of doing that, it is better to just make money.

The Fifth Column controlled the Pingjin area and obtained a large amount of flour. They only needed a little food to exchange for weapons and equipment from the Japanese.

You can get firearms without fighting or casualties.

The Japanese were very obedient. They were willing to eat and dig manure if they were asked to do so.

Many Japanese soldiers worked as long-term laborers in exchange for daily rations. The captain of the Japanese squadron personally took the lead in working for the landlords and became a live-in son-in-law.

Not only was he not laughed at, but he also attracted a large number of Japanese to imitate and envy him.

In the black market of Peking, there was already a very standard measure of value: a bag of flour could be exchanged for a light machine gun + 1200 rounds of ammunition.

The Japanese in Peking set their own standards to maintain the stability of black market transactions, exchanging weapons and equipment for white flour, and then reporting the battle losses to the headquarters.

How can there be casualties without fighting?

The Japanese lieutenant colonel was very smart. He provided bullets in advance and asked the Eighth Route Army to come and pretend to attack and conduct a rehearsal.

Give the weapons and equipment to the Eighth Route Army, and then report the damage to the Expeditionary Force Headquarters.

There are always ways to solve any problem as long as you think about it. Seeing that Taijun is like this, let alone the puppet army.

Those who had the conditions had already joined the Eighth Route Army to undergo transformation and receive ideological education.

Those who did not have the conditions would try to create them, tie up the Japanese and personally send them to the guerrillas.

Among the several columns, Wang Tao was probably the richest. He got flour from the ferry area every day and sold it to the Japanese and puppet troops at a high price.

You have to know that this is something the Japanese bought with money, and they have to spend money again before it reaches the local garrison.

Spending two cents on a bag of noodles really shows how to get something for nothing.

The Japanese were defeated without firing a single shot, and it was more effective than a counterattack.

We have weapons and equipment, checkpoints, weapons for training new soldiers, and even food and clothing, all thanks to the enemy's logistics line.

There are Japanese invaders stationed in the county town, so there must be supply transportation. If you kill the Japanese invaders, who will deliver the supplies to you?

Sometimes it is more advantageous for the devil to be alive than dead.

The 12th War Zone fell into a passive situation. The original intention of establishing this war zone was to allow Mr. Fu to hold up the sky and integrate the military forces in the northwest.

The main forces in Suiyuan, including the Ma family army and the 35th Army, did breathe a sigh of relief. They no longer had to face the threat of the troops stationed in Mongolia or worry about the invasion of the Japanese invaders.

But they also lost the qualifications for expansion. With the Suirecha Military Region looming over their heads, they dared not act rashly.

Several consecutive telegrams were sent, asking the Suiyuan Army, the Ma Family Army, the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Army and others to cooperate with Hu Shoushan to clean up the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia region.

The telegram was sent, but there was no movement in the north, nor in the Suiyuan Army.

"Nonsense, absolute nonsense. I have sent three or five telegrams but have not seen any results. What is the point of keeping them? And they are still talking nonsense about American weapons. It is absolutely ridiculous."

Mr. Xipi turned his head away angrily, with his hands behind his back, and didn't want to pay any attention to the news of the Western Route Army of the 12th War Zone.

It's really not the local government's fault. Fu has more than 35 people under his command, but only the th Army and the two newly formed cavalry divisions can obey his command, which together have more than people.

The remaining Ma family army and Yulin army were reorganized from the old warlords.

When the Japanese were around, everyone was united in their hatred of the enemy. But when there was no pressure from the Japanese, everyone started to pretend to obey.

We are lucky that they didn't try to trip us up behind our backs, but how can we expect them to obey our orders?

Inside the West Route Army Headquarters, Mr. Fu sighed and said slowly, "The Shancheng people don't understand us. Ding Wei has over 300,000 troops there. Who dares to move rashly?"

"How can we resist his tank brigade? Me or you? Or the old wall that can be overturned by one hand? Or the cavalry?"

He organized a company of young officers to go to Wucheng to study. If you don’t learn, you won’t know. The more you learn, the more you will understand the power of tanks.

Such thick armor cannot be penetrated by bullets.

Relying on anti-tank guns?

The entire 12th war zone could not provide a few anti-tank guns. If they just stood there and let them fire, there would not be enough shells.

Once the troops were sent to northern Shaanxi, it would give Ding Wei an excuse and reason to push back, and the Western Route Army would probably be defeated.

The Eighth Route Army is not easy to deal with. There were only 30 to 50,000 people in the past, but now there are hundreds of thousands of people. The entire North China region is controlled by the Eighth Route Army.

We need American weapons and American artillery. Only with artillery can we compete with Ding Wei.

There is no other way.

It is very normal to ask for military equipment from Shancheng. What else can we do except asking from Shancheng?

Suiyuan had no military factories, only simple repair shops, and military weapons could only be supplied by the government. Now that they had obtained a large number of American weapons, they had to give some to the 12 war zones.

There really is not enough to go around. The Central Army in the south is still busy with its own troops, so how can there be time to equip the Suiyuan Army?

Suiyuan can no longer be relied upon, and the remaining troops in Yulin are also in a wait-and-see state, and are more willing to join the Sui-Re-Cha Military Region.

A person's reputation is like the shadow of a tree. No one dares to underestimate Ding Wei's achievements.

The army will naturally be willing to follow anyone who can take advantage of the Japanese divisions.

Shancheng has also figured it out. With Ding Wei suppressing the northwest, no one else can develop.

The Western Route Army has been put under pressure to the point of being unable to breathe, and he must be transferred away.

Consider arranging a position of the same level for Ding Wei, letting him serve as the Northeast Security Commander, in charge of public security and police tasks in the three provinces.

Theoretically speaking, all the security forces here are under his charge, but in reality, under the control of the Kwantung Army, it is just a nominal position.

Without the identity of the commander of the Eastern Route Army of the 12th War Zone, he should be able to gain some opportunities for the th and a half Route Army to develop, and push the troops of the Sui-Re-Cha Military Region to the northeast to compete with the Kwantung Army.