A magazine of 30,000 rounds, you call it Hanyang

"As long as we trap the Blade Regiment, they'll be doomed. If they can't hold on any longer and emerge starving, we can easily eliminate them."

"While we're laying siege, we can also wage a war of public opinion. This time, I've brought a group of more than 20 reporters, and we're bound to gain the upper hand in public opinion..."

The old Japanese soldier Sakata spoke eloquently in front of a group of senior Japanese officers.

Hideo Nakamura, Sotaku Maruyama, Sho Saito and others nodded frequently and praised continuously as they listened.

The battle of public opinion is also crucial.

This can not only undermine the morale of other anti-Japanese war teams, but also serve as a business card to other countries and external forces.

In addition, it also concerns the political future of Nakamura and Maruyama.

In order to deal with a spearhead regiment, the Japanese dispatched two brigades, and now the Sakata Regiment has arrived.

The three main forces, with a total of nearly 20,000 people, would be a bit unreasonable if they could not defeat a spearhead regiment after a protracted battle and if no results were seen.

Sakata created public opinion in order to report to his superiors.

"From today on, do not report your defeats, but report all your victories. Exaggerate only those you report. This is the only way to ensure the longevity of your political career..."

Sakata offered a strategy to the two Japanese brigade commanders.

From this moment on, the Japs no longer took the initiative to launch attacks, but instead spent every day researching some nonsense things.

An entire international war correspondent observation group is stationed in Changyu Valley.

Logically speaking, the international press corps should include journalist representatives from all countries, and the news they release should be reasonable, fair and objective.

But that's not the case here at all.

The old devil Sakata bribed these reporters directly through bribery and threats.

Now, these reporters don’t have to go to work at all, they can just eat and drink for free every day.

All the camera films were handed over to the Japanese reporters.

Then, they sent out whatever the old devil Sakata asked them to send out.

Sakata even took some high-ranking Japanese officials to Changyu Valley every now and then to fabricate fake news himself.

What if there is no scene of victory? Then create the conditions yourself.

Sakata found hundreds of sets of coarse cloth clothes of ordinary people and several sets of Eighth Route Army uniforms from the Japanese warehouse and let those puppet army traitors wear them.

Afterwards, he ordered the Japanese kitchen team to kill a lot of war horses and squeeze the horse blood on these traitors.

Let these traitors disguise themselves as corpses, lying on the ground in all directions, pretending to be defeated, and then carefully choose the angles and take crazy photos.

"The Locust Army fought bravely, and the Sharp Knife Regiment was severely defeated!"

"The spearhead regiment was afraid to fight and did not come out, and the Nakamura Brigade won an overwhelming victory."

"The Sharp Knife Group is afraid of the Locust Army..."

"The Chinese are all cowards..."

The old Japanese Sakata was extremely vicious and destroyed the spearhead regiment completely.

It’s no wonder that this move of his was particularly useful to several high-ranking Japanese officials.

In the 20th Division, Fumisaburo Kawagishi held a newspaper in his hand, and a rare smile as bright as a chrysanthemum appeared on his face.

"Yo! Maruyama-kun and his men did a great job. In yesterday's battle, they wiped out over 600 members of the Sharp Knife Regiment. If they keep this up, it won't be long before the Sharp Knife Regiment, the locust army's biggest threat, is completely eradicated..."

Yamaoka Shigeaki of the 109th Division also had the same feeling after seeing the news, and he couldn't stop smiling.

Of course, the number of people in the spearhead group is limited.

The Japs sent telegrams almost every few days, claiming that they had killed hundreds of people and so on. If you count carefully, there is definitely something wrong.

Even ordinary people will become suspicious after watching it for a long time.

Therefore, the old Japanese devil Sakata fabricated many friendly troops for Zheng Kaixuan out of thin air.

"Ten days ago, in the battle outside Heiyunkou, the Sharp Knife Regiment suffered heavy losses and retreated deep into the mountains, afraid to come out. The Locust Army, under the command of the two brigade commanders, Nakamura and Maruyama, successfully ambushed the Sharp Knife Regiment's allies, the Bayonet Regiment. Over a thousand of the Bayonet Regiment's men were killed, and the entire regiment was completely defeated..."

"Five days ago, the locust army launched an offensive and annihilated the entire Black Cloud Pass Guerrilla Brigade..."

"The day before yesterday, the Locust Army found the Bayonet Regiment again and wiped them out..."

"Yesterday, the locust army wiped out the main force of the New Third Guerrilla Regiment..."

Sakata kept sending out news like this for more than a month.

At the beginning, even Zheng Kaixuan’s old superiors, old acquaintances, and old comrades such as Li Yunlong and Kong Jie were shocked when they saw it.

Hundreds of miles away, everyone was worried about Zheng Kaixuan.

But it didn't take long for Li Yunlong to see through the trick.

"Da Biao, something's wrong. The Japs are talking nonsense. According to their calculations, the Sharp Knife Regiment has sacrificed more than 5,000 people. I don't think that's possible."

Zhang Dabiao nodded.

"Captain, this is fake news, absolutely fake news. The Sharp Knife Regiment can't possibly have that many people. Although Brother Kaixuan does have the ability to expand the Sharp Knife Regiment to this number within this period of time, we all know Brother Kaixuan's character. He always prefers quality over quantity. There's no way the Sharp Knife Regiment can have more than 5,000 people right now. The Japanese are just bragging..."

"Lao Li, Da Biao, look, look."

At this moment, the commander of the independent regiment, Kong Jie, walked into the new regiment holding a newspaper.

"This is the latest newspaper. The Japanese are exaggerating. According to them, they are about to wipe out the New Sixth Regiment..."

Li Yunlong took the newspaper from Kong Jie and spit out a mouthful of tea. He almost laughed his teeth off.

"I told you all the news the Japanese had spread was fake. The division headquarters hasn't even formed the new Second Regiment yet; they're still in the planning stages. How could a new Sixth Regiment come from that? And as far as I know, only the Sharp Knife Regiment is currently active in the Xiyang area..."

Zhang Dabiao also expressed his opinion.

"Looking at the essence of things, the more frantically the Japanese fabricate rumors, the more it proves that they have no way to deal with the triumphant spearhead regiment. They can't defeat the spearhead regiment with their hard power, so they spread rumors in the dark to satisfy their desire..."

"Brother Kaixuan is amazing! Back then, I was the commander of the first battalion, and he was the commander of the fourth. Now he's leading the Sharp Knife Regiment on his own, and he can even fight the Japanese brigade and evenly match them..."

Kong Jie and Li Yunlong agreed with Zhang Dabiao's point of view, and finally put their worries about Zheng Kaixuan to rest.

"Old Li, your subordinate Zhang Dabiao is a rare talent. He has a very insightful view of things and has the potential to be a chief of staff. I heard that your New 1st Regiment is short of guns and ammunition recently, and life is very tight. How about we make a deal?"

"What kind of deal? If you have something to say, just say it. If you have something to fart, just fart."

"How about I trade you two mortars and 50 rounds of ammunition for Zhang Dabiao?"

"Go away, Kong Erlangzi, you are dreaming about getting married, you are dreaming about such a beautiful thing, go away!"

"Ha ha ha ha--"