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"Commander! China's Second War Zone is ready to move, and this time they are targeting Taiy City."

Okamura Neiji listened to the telegram from Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Kobayashi Asazaburo from the First Army of Shanxi Province.

"Kobayashi Army! Do you think the First Army can defend TaiY and Jin Province?" Okamura Neiji asked his old partner with a slightly worried look.

Xiao Lin thought for a while before answering, "Sir! With only the current strength of the First Army, it is almost impossible for them to stabilize the situation in Shanxi Province under the full force of the Second Theater of War of China!"

"Especially since China's 74th Army has been transferred to the Second War Zone since the beginning of spring, plus the already expanded 78th Army, it would be difficult without a locust army of more than !"

After listening to the chief of staff's words, Okamura Neiji took a deep breath, stood up from his seat, walked to the window, and looked at the beautiful scenery of the Forbidden City in spring.

But there is not a trace of joy in my heart. It is a troubled time!

The empire is now slowly beginning to show signs of defeat, although no one is willing or able to admit it!

But as the highest-level military commander in the empire, Okamura Neiji's worries have become more and more urgent.

"Kobayashi-kun! In fact, even if the Locust Army assembled 100,000 soldiers, they might not be able to defeat the Second War Zone. The Chinese are indeed much stronger than before!"

"But the most important thing is that the Empire now doesn't pay attention to the China battlefield. A large number of first-line and second-line divisions have been transferred to the Pacific battlefield. Now, how can an Imperial division have the bravery and domineering power it had in 37!"

After hearing what the Commander said, Kobayashi didn't know what to do next as the commander and chief of staff of the expeditionary army.

They shouldn't be so pessimistic, but now the empire is obviously unable to fight on two fronts at the same time.

Now the Empire is in the same mood as its ally Germany, and the US military has begun a counterattack in the Pacific battlefield.

Now the Chinese battlefield has also begun to stir, especially the 78th Army Group, which can be said to be the nemesis of the North China Front Army.

Not only was the army defeated and fled in disarray when they encountered them, but even the Army Aviation, which the Locust Army had always been proud of, was beaten to the point where they didn't even have the courage to take off and fight.

However, when the situation was so urgent, the military still planned to transfer another five divisions from the China theater to the Pacific theater.

As a result, there were less than 70 locust soldiers left in the entire China war zone. They needed to guard such a large occupied area, and it was even difficult for them to defend, let alone attack.

"Alas! Transferring the 22nd Division from Datong to Taiyuan is actually a risky move! Once the 78th Chinese Army gives up attacking Taiyuan and goes straight to Datong."

"With only the 69th Division, I'm afraid we can't hold it! Once Datong is lost, Chahar and Suiyuan will be difficult to keep!"

Compared with General Okamura Yasuji and Chief of Staff Kobayashi, the First Army Headquarters was already in a state of mourning at this time.

The commander of the First Army, Yoshio Iwamatsu, is now filled with regret. Why did he come to this damn place to be the commander of the First Army?

Wouldn't it be better to let the deceased Suematsu Maozhi do it? Otherwise, we wouldn't have to face such a dilemma now.

The entire 40-strong army of the Second War Zone of China was watching covetously, and there were more than Eighth Route Army troops on the edge, ready to come up at any time.

Now it depends on how to ask three understaffed divisions to defend Shanxi Province and Taiy (Original).

"Commander! Has the Expeditionary Forces Headquarters responded to our telegram requesting reinforcements?"

The commander of the 62nd Division, Nagasawa Tadao, asked with a frustrated look on his face. He is now the commander-in-chief of the defense of TaiY (yuan) City, but how can he hold the city with more than soldiers under his command and some Imperial Army troops who may rebel at any time.

Chief of Staff Sadaichi Yoshimoto looked at these imperial warriors who seemed to have lost all their fighting spirit, and a sense of sadness rose in his heart.

Think about a few years ago, the locust army was rampaging on the battlefield in China, invincible, and a large group of imperial warriors dared to chase and fight a Chinese army.

"Commander Okamura has decided to dispatch the 22nd Division to reinforce us. They will leave in the next few days!"

After hearing the chief of staff's words, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief.

"Woo woo woo!" At this moment, the annoying air raid alarm sounded again!

The depressing atmosphere that had just been relieved spread again.

"Bagayalo!" Iwamatsu Yoshio finally couldn't suppress the sadness and anger in his heart, and pushed all the tea cups and documents on the table to the ground!

Although they were venting their anger, the people sitting there still stood up extremely quickly and ran towards the air-raid shelter.

More than 20 Stuka dive bombers flew over the city under the cover of a dozen fighter jets.

But today what they dropped were not bombs, but thousands of small pieces of paper with an announcement that the Second War Zone would launch a full-scale counterattack.

All residents who can leave the city should leave the city. This will become the main battlefield for the fighting between the two sides.

Pieces of paper were flying all over the sky like snowflakes and scattered in every corner of the city. Now everyone could feel the tense atmosphere before the war.

"Mr. Jiang! What's written on this piece of paper? Read it to everyone!"

An old woman with wrinkles on her face looked at the old scholar sitting in the middle of the crowd and asked what was written on the piece of paper that fell from the sky that day!

"It's a good thing! The government has started a counterattack! They want to drive the Japanese out of Y City! Now the flames of war haven't reached us ordinary people yet, so let's get out of the city if we can!"

After hearing what the old scholar said, the common people around him looked at each other in confusion. Of course, they understood what the scholar said.

But it is not so easy to achieve. The Japanese don't let ordinary people leave the city at all. They want these people to act as human shields at the critical moment.

This made the attacking Chinese army hesitate and dare not attack with all their might. In fact, they were afraid of the 78th Group Army.

"We want to run, too! But the Japanese won't let us leave the city. The only ones who can leave now are the puppet soldiers!"

"Humph! They don't want the puppet troops to leave! They are afraid that the puppet troops will stab them in the ass at the critical moment!"

"Isn't it the same thing during the attack on Shuozhou City? I think the Japanese won't be able to survive for many more days! I heard that this time the 78th Army and the 74th Army are joining the attack together!"

"The Japanese haven't come out to cause trouble to us recently. They hide in the military camp every day! Or they are guarding us while we strengthen the city's defenses."

Everyone began to chatter about the information they had learned in the past few days.

"Hmm!" The old scholar pretended to cough a few times, and everyone around him stopped talking immediately. They knew that the old scholar had something to say again.

"Don't worry! The leaflet says that if the Japanese make things difficult for us, the 78th Army doesn't mind seeing the situation in Shuozhou City happen again!"

"Commander Wang said that as long as the Japanese don't embarrass us ordinary people, they will let the Japanese civilians and their families go back and won't embarrass them!"

This time the Japanese First Army did not refuse. They began to open the city gates on the second day, and people in the city began to walk out one after another.

Seeing that those who left the city first were not troubled by the Japanese, the people in the city began to move, and a large number of people left the city with their families.

The Japanese expatriates in the city also began to pack their bags, and they were about to leave the city where they had lived for more than five years.

Many Japanese soldiers looked at the overseas Chinese who left the city with envy, as they were different from the Chinese people.

Most of the Chinese people headed west or south, while the Japanese expatriates headed east on their journey home.