After everyone returned to the base, they immediately began to disperse. Once they attacked Yangquan, the Japanese would react and they would definitely not be able to hold on. They could only create a time difference.

Wang Chun himself also returned to Yexi Town, where there were still a lot of supplies and food stored. At the same time, he had to start arranging the relocation of refugees.

However, there is no need to worry too much about the refugees. Once the troops of the Model Division leave, the Japanese will certainly not continue to provide them with relief.

Most of them could only follow the model division, either entering their newly established base or retreating into the Eighth Route Army's base.

Wang Chun notified the Eighth Route Army of his next military move in advance, hoping to hide in the Eighth Route Army base if necessary.

Everything began to proceed in an orderly manner. Now there was a good excuse that the three divisions of the Japanese devils were still escaping from the harassment of the National Army.

It was difficult to retreat, and it would take some time for them to get back here. Even if they came back, they would not be able to fight again for the time being.

After all, they had been fighting back and forth for nearly a month, and except for the 114th Division which suffered minor casualties, the th Division and the th Division suffered considerable casualties.

In particular, the 2000th Division suffered nearly casualties, and the soldiers were exhausted. Wang Chun made his decision anyway: if they could win, they would hold on, and if they couldn't, they would retreat and choose a new base.

As long as we have the system in hand and the Eighth Route Army's base behind us, we can attack and defend. Now is the time to test the combat capability of our own troops.

The large-scale mobilization of the model division in recent days has attracted the attention of the Japanese, and they even sent several investigators down.

Wang Chun used the excuse of providing disaster relief to the victims to evade the Japanese, even though they knew they were unlikely to rebel.

However, the necessary alert was still raised, some surveillance was secretly arranged and the alert level was raised.

Especially the 12th Battalion stationed in Yangquan, after they received the secret message from above.

They felt puzzled. These days, the Model Division had been transporting food and supplies from the city to outside the city to help the victims, and they all saw it.

How come it got to the higher levels and turned into malicious slander and suspicion against Wang Sang, who was so loyal to the Empire of Japan?

As the highest-ranking Japanese military officer guarding Yangquan, Lieutenant Colonel Sakata was having the happiest and most comfortable time in the several years since he came to Zhihuajia.

There was nothing to do. Wang Sang's (I would like to emphasize here that in order to avoid confusion between Wang Chun and his predecessor Li Dalong, the protagonist is completely renamed Wang Chun, and everyone will be referred to as Wang Chun from now on. The name Li Dalong completely disappears from the stage) subordinates wiped out the surrounding Eighth Route Army guerrillas. The frequent attacks in the past have not happened again near Yangquan recently.

Moreover, the regional situation is stable and merchants are willing to come here to trade, so tax revenues naturally increase steadily, and we don’t even have to collect these taxes ourselves.

Wang Sang's subordinates had already collected the money for them and gave it all to them without a single cent missing.

Besides, he had received a lot of benefits from that capable young Chinese soldier during this period of time.

In fact, in the opinion of Lieutenant Colonel Sakata, Wang Sang is more like a shrewd businessman than a soldier. If he goes into business, he believes he can gain a lot of wealth.

He could even get some small things from the Western world, something that even the merchants from the Locust Country could not do.

Now he was asked to secretly investigate and guard against this God of Wealth, which made Lieutenant Colonel Sakata very worried.

As a descendant of an Osaka merchant, he had no desire to fight and kill. He only wanted to bring Japanese products to China and sell them.

Then some of China's specialties are shipped back to Japan for sale, as the supply of materials in Japan is not sufficient now.

My old father at home often writes to me complaining that now he needs a quota if he wants to drink a glass of sake, otherwise he can't buy it even if he has money.

After learning that he lived so comfortably in China, he kept clamoring to come to China, but was rejected by Sakata due to the danger of war.

Just kidding, an old man in his sixties came here across the ocean and said that he had to be careful because he got into a lot of trouble on the way.

Now almost all of the Locust Country's large ships have been requisitioned by the government for use in the Pacific battlefield. The only ships traveling between China and the Japanese mainland are the navy's transport fleet and some small boats of dozens or hundreds of tons.

He originally planned to cooperate with Wang Sang in business, but his deputy, the fanatical Yuan Tianye, who was brainwashed by militarism and turned into a brain-damaged person.

Staring at him every day and humiliating him in front of his subordinates more than once made Sakata, who usually had a good temper, very angry.

But in his own battalion, more than half of the people were just like that idiot Genda. They only knew how to hold their rifles and shout "Long live the locusts". In addition, behind this guy stood the Chief of Staff General Shiro Sumita.

Anyway, Sakata was very disdainful of their stupid behavior, so he was too lazy to manage those stupid subordinates.

He only banded together with the remaining three or four hundred people who, like him, were unwilling to participate in the war and just wanted to get through the next few years in peace!

Of course, it would be even more perfect if he could make money. Until the magical Chinese soldier Wang Sang appeared, Sakata finally lived the life he wanted.

Even those who followed him were now enjoying a life of luxury, but his superiors actually asked him to secretly investigate his God of Wealth.

This is unacceptable, but this is not the most important thing. His brainless deputy Genda had a small conflict with Wang Sang because he shot and killed refugees entering the city some time ago.

Later, because of the unauthorized seizure of supplies from Wang Sang's subordinates, the two sides were once again on the verge of a war. In the end, he humbly appeased both sides and the situation was finally settled.

But just now, one of his subordinates secretly came back and told him that the bastard Genda claimed to have collected information about Wang Sang's cooperation with the Eighth Route Army.

It is said that they accidentally caught a runaway student, and this guy couldn't stand the poor life in the Eighth Route Army base and planned to sneak back home. He was caught when passing by Yangquan, and then after interrogation, he confessed all the words he heard his soldiers accidentally say about the tacit understanding between the Model Division and the Eighth Route Army.

Such information made Yuantian, who had long wanted to kill Wang Chun, very excited. Although it had not been confirmed yet, considering the guy's unusual movements in the past few days, Yuantian planned to take him down tonight while Wang Chun was staying in Yangquan County.

This was accidentally revealed by a soldier from the same hometown as his subordinates after he got drunk.

Sakata was very annoyed. Genda was such a lawless guy that he made decisions on his own without even informing himself, the captain.

Moreover, he wanted to arrest a lieutenant general of the Imperial Army without any real evidence. If the result went against his will and caused dissatisfaction among the top leaders of the North China Pacification Government towards the Locust Army, then he, the captain, would have to bear the huge blame.

"Genda, you bastard!" Sakata couldn't hold back any longer and cursed in front of several of his trusted subordinates.

"Mr. Sakata! This fellow Genda is obviously jealous of our cooperation with Wang Sang. Adding to the previous conflict with Wang Sang, this is wanton revenge and frame-up!"

After hearing Sakata's scolding, one of his team leaders immediately began to accuse Genda of seeing that his people were living a good life.

These guys, who had been brainwashed by militarism, were jealous and planned to destroy all these things and wantonly slander an upright Chinese soldier.

"Captain! We must stop Genda from doing what he wants, in case his so-called intelligence, which has not been confirmed, turns out to be false."

"If the higher-ups blame us, this guy will definitely put all the blame on you! In the end, we will be the ones who suffer!"

Another of Sakata's lackeys, part-time staff officer (military strategist) Yoshida Ken analyzed the current situation and it was indeed as he said. As long as Sakata was still the captain, he could not escape such responsibility.

If it is true that Wang Sang had contacts with the Eighth Route Army, the credit should go to Yuantian, because he was the one who captured the person.

But in the end, if no evidence is found and a rift is caused between the pseudo-government and the locust army, then Genda will not hesitate to push all the blame onto himself, the so-called captain, because he is the nominal supreme commander of this force.

"Baga Yalu! What a vicious mind of Yuantian! Wang Sang has been fighting against the Eighth Route Army all this time, how could he cooperate with them privately? It's simply a fantasy!"

"Besides, even if we really cooperate, as long as he can bring us benefits and stay here, we must protect this upright Chinese soldier!"

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