Draw the sword and cure the fear of insufficient firepower

In the conference room, all the Japanese generals were listening carefully to what Okamura Neiji said.

Especially the generals who fought against the Eighth Route Army nodded one after another.

The Eighth Route Army's tactics always made them use their accumulated power to punch cotton, leaving them with no place to use their strength.

Now things are good. They couldn’t catch the main force of the Eighth Route Army before, but now they know the specific location of its headquarters. As long as they directly raid the Eighth Route Army headquarters, they don’t have to worry about their main force not coming to rescue.

At that time, the locust army only needs to surround the point and attack the reinforcements to kill a large number of the Eighth Route Army.

The only variable is that one partition...

Last time, the locust army of 100,000 was wiped out by one division. If we have to fight again this time, I don’t know how many troops we will have to send.

The Japanese generals who had been fighting against the Central Army in the south for many years also showed great interest.

Although their main opponent was the Central Army, the New Fourth Army, which had been active on the battlefield for many years, was also a major concern for them.

If the tactics used by General Okamura Yasuji against the Eighth Route Army in North China were effective, then they could sum up their experience and use similar methods to eliminate the New Fourth Army.

By then, the locust army's rear will be stable and the central army will not have to be feared.

"But! I will not launch an offensive in North China this time. The strength of the First Division of the Eighth Route Army is unknown, extremely mysterious, and extremely powerful. If we attack rashly, we will surely repeat the same mistakes."

"Do you know that if you lose something in the south, you can make up for it in the north?"

Okamura Neiji paused and continued.

As a result, most of the people present said they didn't know.

Neiji Okamura sighed.

"Everyone, if you want to fight the Chinese, you have to know everything about them."

"The loss in the south and the recovery in the north is a story that happened during the Southern Song Dynasty in China. At that time, the Jin Kingdom was constantly invaded by the powerful Mongolians in the north. In order to save the country, the Jin Kingdom chose to attack the Song Kingdom in the south."

"What I meant by these words is that this offensive will be launched from the south, with a powerful surprise attack on the central army, the complete occupation of the two lakes area, and the advance to Chongqing."

"For the time being, the main task in the North China battlefield is to contain the enemy."

After explaining, Neiji Okamura continued.

Since it is impossible to wipe out the Eighth Route Army in one go, this First Division is becoming stronger and stronger in the battle with the Locust Army.

Okamura Neiji also discovered that with the emergence of this first division, the weapons and equipment of other units of the Eighth Route Army also reached a higher level.

The more Okamura Neiji thought about it, the more frightened he became. In the end, he decided not to attack the Eighth Route Army first, but to launch an offensive in places where the Eighth Route Army could not reach.

Since direct destruction is not possible, let's take a stupid approach and kill the Central Army first to force China to surrender.

Then he adopted a strategy of strategic detour and encirclement.

Surround Shanxi Province from all directions and try to trap the Eighth Route Army to death.

He just didn't believe that the Eighth Route Army could make much of a splash in a small province like Shanxi.

"Sweeping the floor~"

There was a sudden realization in the conference room, and voices of enlightenment were heard.

The Japanese generals nodded and pondered, and what Okamura Neiji said seemed to make sense.

This adjustment in strategic thinking can be said to be a win-win for everyone.

After these two major battles, the northern devils naturally did not want to fight the Eighth Route Army again.

Everyone was afraid that they were fighting well but would suddenly be wiped out by this division.

Moreover, the lesson of Yoshimitsu Masao is still fresh in our minds. He was not completely wiped out by the first division.

Instead, they were completely wiped out by other Eighth Route Army troops.

An army of 50,000 was completely wiped out by the ordinary troops of the Eighth Route Army. This was something they had never dared to imagine before.

Therefore, the current confrontation is the best situation, and no one wants to fight with the Eighth Route Army.

The Japanese in the south were even happier.

As long as we let them fight, they will have military merits, and they can burn, kill and loot, and then they will have wealth and a future.

Anyway, the Central Army is not very difficult to defeat.

Even if we face the New Fourth Army, it won’t be a problem.

There was no division in the New Fourth Army that treated its troops in this way.

Their weapons and equipment are simply not on the same level as the Locust Army.

As long as the locust army sent people to sweep, the New Fourth Army had to avoid their sharp edge.

As for the Central Army, it had no strength from several army groups and could not do anything to a Type A division of the Locust Army.

Judging from the tone of General Okamura Neiji, the scale of the offensive launched in the south this time must be very large.

If they can mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops by then, they might be able to completely occupy the two lakes region.

If China is really forced to surrender, then as the troops participating in this war, they will have great military merits.

"Great advice, Commander-in-Chief!"

"Great advice, Commander-in-Chief!"

There was a thunderous applause in the conference room.

Amidst the compliments from everyone, Okamura Yasuji seemed to have regained his original high spirits and the confidence that no one else could do it better than him.

A slight smile appeared on Okamura Neiji's originally stern face.

His strategic policy has been approved by the Army Headquarters and will be officially implemented after discussion and resolution by the cabinet.

What he has to do now is to integrate the power of the entire locust army in China and let the country provide a large amount of strategic materials and weapons and equipment.

……

Laowangshan base.

Lin Tian has returned with his troops and the prisoners.

As soon as he returned, he was warmly welcomed by the people in the base area.

Lin Tian also had an idea and held a two-day parade for prisoners of war.

There are many fellow villagers in the Laowangshan base.

There is a sub-district here with extremely high security, so many displaced villagers have settled down in Laowang Mountain.

The Laowangshan base has been extremely lively these days.

The news that the Eighth Route Army had captured more than 30,000 Japanese devils and would be parading them through the streets spread like wildfire.

Not only the villagers from Laowang Mountain, but also the villagers from hundreds of miles away came to watch.

Not only that, the headquarters also sent reporters to record, interview and report, one of whom was an American female reporter named Mays.

Originally, Metz was in Yan'an, but this time she heard that the First Division had won another great victory, so she strongly requested the army to let her go to the front line to interview the young general.

Yan'an readily agreed that our team should also take control of the public opinion front.

So reporter Metz came to the Eighth Route Army headquarters and met General Lao and others.

At the headquarters, Metz heard many legendary stories about Lin Tian, ​​and compiled them into a report, preparing to publish a special documentary about the Eighth Route Army's War of Resistance after returning.

Later, the headquarters sent someone to escort Metz to the Laowangshan base, but Lin Tian had not returned when she arrived.

Here, Metz finally opened his eyes.

The construction of the Laowangshan base was very modern, completely different from the Eighth Route Army who lived in caves in the mountains.

There are even power plants, factories, and farms here.

She even got a taste of life in America.

Hearing from others that all this was caused by Lin Tian, ​​this made Metz even more curious about Lin Tian.

Today, she finally waited for Lin Tian to come back.

What she saw and heard today would surely refresh her cognition...