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After spending a whole day in Linfen without finding any trace of Xu Da, Xu Le, unwilling to give up, even sent people to Fushan County to ask Guo Ditie. Guo Ditie was also a veteran of the 88th Army and had some friendship with Xu Da.

However, Guo from Metro Station also knew nothing about anything.

It was as if Xu Da had disappeared from the world.

However, Xu Leke had no intention of continuing the search because he received a call from the military.

The Military Commission telegraphed all the armies that on December 41, 12, the Japanese Navy dispatched a large number of fighter planes to launch a surprise attack on the Pearl Harbor naval base in the Hawaiian Islands of the United States.

The Eagle Sauce side announced that the attack caused heavy losses to the Pacific Fleet, with 44 ships sunk, more than 2000 military and civilians killed, 188 fighter jets lost, and 159 damaged.

It was on that day that the Japanese army launched an attack on the Malay Peninsula in Southeast Asia, and Japan's ambitions were completely exposed to the world public.

On December 12, President Roosevelt of the United States declared war on Japan on behalf of the United States.

Also on the 8th, following the United States, England, Australia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua and other countries also declared war on Japan.

On December 12, Commander Jiang issued a national declaration and declared war on Japan on behalf of the National Defense Army Government. The content of his [Announcement of the Tang Government's Declaration of War on Japan] was:

The Japanese warlords have long been committed to conquering Asia and dominating the Pacific Ocean. Over the past few years, the Tang Dynasty has continued to fight the war regardless of all sacrifices. Its purpose is not only to protect the independent survival of the Tang Dynasty, but also to break Japan's aggressive ambitions and safeguard international public law, justice, human welfare and world peace. This is what the Tang Dynasty government has repeatedly stated. The Tang Dynasty is a nation that loves peace. In the past four years of sacred resistance, it was hoped that the aggressor Japan would finally reflect after suffering actual punishment. During this period, all friendly countries were extremely patient, hoping that they would repent and maintain peace in the entire Pacific. Unexpectedly, Japan, which is violent by nature, is stubborn and stubborn, and even brazenly provokes our friendly countries such as Britain and the United States, expands its war and aggression, and is willing to be the leader in destroying the peace and justice of all mankind, and fulfills its insatiable ambition of aggression. All countries that respect trust and loyalty are unable to tolerate it. We hereby formally declare war on Japan and announce to the outside of Tang that all treaties, agreements, and contracts involving the relationship between Tang and Japan are hereby abolished. This is hereby announced.

At this point, Japan ended its years of undeclared war against the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty and Japan officially entered into a full-scale war.

Because Nazi Germany, the Kingdom of Italy, and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact, when the Tang Dynasty declared war on Japan, it also declared war on Nazi Germany and the Kingdom of Italy.

At this point, the world anti-fascist alliance was established to jointly fight against the fascist Axis powers headed by Nazi Germany and other three countries.

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Xu Le had been waiting for this moment for a long time. The world had not changed much from his previous life, so he was going to start his own plan.

For safety reasons and for the next operational plan, he asked Xiao Cui to return to Fenyang urgently to speed up the infiltration of counties in Jinzhong area.

At the same time, he asked Xiao Cui to convey a message to Xiao Huan and Yamaguchi Keiko who were in Taiyuan, asking them to speed up the control of important cities in Jin Province so as to reduce accidental casualties to civilians during future attacks.

When he returned to the military headquarters, Xu Da appeared again like a miracle. Xu Le was in no mood to watch the show and started a combat meeting.

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88th Army, Military Headquarters.

"Young Marshal, my division is ready and there is no problem with logistics. Just tell me, how should we fight?" Liu Quanhua shouted first, fearing that someone else would take his place.

Xu Le did not answer him, but asked Lu Biao: "How is the situation in Yicheng?"

Lu Biao also answered with a resolute look; "When we forcibly took over Yicheng, there was a little conflict with the 69th Division, but it did not cause any casualties. Later, Liu Qian personally found me and said it was a misunderstanding! Now our army has completely controlled Yicheng and can launch an attack on Jincheng at any time!"

"Okay!" Xu Le said expressionlessly, "What about Zhongyang? And in other places, what's the situation with the devils we are facing head-on?"

Wang Dafu opened his notes that he had made long ago and said, "Since the last time the Japanese retreated from Fenyang, the Japanese 27th Division in Zhongyang also withdrew its main force to Lishi, leaving only one battalion of troops in Zhongyang.

As for Jinzhong, in addition to the 21st and 22nd Divisions originally deployed there, a large number of troops were transferred here, including the 36th and 37th Divisions under the First Army, as well as the 3rd, 9th and 16th Independent Mixed Brigade, which were deployed in Jiexiu and Xiaoyi, north of Lingshi, respectively. Especially Jiexiu, the main force is there!

The 15th Division, which had been severely damaged by our army, seemed to have been reinforced. It joined the 17th Division and the 48th Division and was stationed in Qinyuan County and other places on the east side of Taiyue Mountain east of Huo County.

The Japanese in Jincheng and other places were the ones who had withdrawn from Linfen before. Their unit numbers have also been found out. They are the 28th Division, the 40th Division, the 116th Division, plus several independent mixed brigades, the 2nd Tank Brigade, and the 3rd Field Heavy Artillery Brigade.

According to intelligence, it seems that the Japanese have transferred another tank brigade, but it is not yet clear where it will be deployed! "

After the report, Fang Yue continued the topic; "Now all the troops of the First War Zone in Shanxi Province have been withdrawn. There are only two group armies of the Second War Zone in the Zhongtiao Mountain area. The rest of the places are mainly guerrillas, but after the Japanese's large-scale sweep in November, the guerrillas suffered heavy losses and could not organize effective combat in a short period of time.

Although the Japanese troops in Jincheng were openly fighting against the Second War Zone, anyone with a discerning eye knew that the more than 10 divisions around us were used to fight against our 88th Army.

Including the independent mixed brigade, once the full-scale war breaks out, we are estimated to face 50 Japanese troops. We don't have to be afraid of the Japanese tanks, they can only show off in front of other troops, but they are vulnerable in front of our tanks.

As for the Japanese planes, after experiencing the huge losses last time, I think the Japanese will not dare to send planes easily again, but we still have to be on guard.

It's not about frontal defense, the Japs can do anything, so I suggest strengthening the air defense capabilities of our army's rear areas to prevent the Japs' aircraft from adopting roundabout tactics and attacking the people and cities in our army's jurisdiction!

The only thing I'm worried about is the enemy's heavy artillery. If they hide and fire at us, the loss will be huge!"

Xu Le didn't expect that after fighting these battles, the Japanese were so afraid of him. Including Taiyuan and northern Shanxi, the Japanese military strength in the entire Shanxi province has exceeded 60.

But he was not afraid. As long as the troops reached the Jinzhong plain area, the power of the armored division would be fully unleashed. At that time, it would be an easy matter to fight 1 against 10. Not to mention 50, even if there were 100 million troops, the Japanese would have no chance of winning.

Besides, there are not so many places for the Japanese to spread out their troops and fight.

Xu Le is now suppressing the troop strength because of geographical restrictions. He cannot deploy the troops in large numbers, so he temporarily takes the elite route.

"As for the problem of the Japanese heavy artillery, we will leave it to the reconnaissance troops. We are not afraid that the heavy artillery will not appear. As soon as it appears, our artillery brigade will counterattack!"

At this point, Xu Le remembered the great advantages of helicopters. He thought about buying helicopters after the meeting, and then gathering together the outstanding scouts from various divisions to form a reconnaissance battalion directly under the military headquarters, which would be specifically responsible for flying helicopters for reconnaissance.