General Koizumi has already felt that his investigation in the North China Front will definitely encounter various kinds of resistance. Every general does not want his soldiers to suffer heavy losses, but the situation outside has proved everything.

The most terrible thing was that on that night, the North China Front Army held a grand ball for General Koizumi and his entourage. The ball was held in the British Concession in Zizhulin, which was the only place with intact buildings left.

This is a good thing in itself, but why is it the most fatal? In the middle of the dance, someone warned of a bomb threat, so the dance was hastily ended. In this situation, even in the British Concession, no one could guarantee absolute safety. So when the bomb warning was taken out, the Japanese army quickly ended the dance to ensure the safety of the upper echelons.

After they left, no bombs exploded at the hotel. It was obvious that the Iron Blood Army's intelligence agents had orchestrated this blunder, tricking you into thinking we would attack you under these circumstances. Little did they know that the area surrounding the banquet had been dug up three feet deep. How could they have gotten a bomb in there? They were overestimating us.

However, after General Koizumi left the hotel, he was indeed attacked by a bomb on his way back to the headquarters. General Koizumi himself was seriously injured, two of the colonels accompanying him were killed, and several staff members of the headquarters were also killed.

The next morning, the North China Front Army made a high-profile criticism of the bombing incident. If a similar incident had occurred in the past, the North China Front Army would definitely have covered it up in various ways, but this time it made a high-profile criticism instead.

"Are you sure the bombing wasn't done by our people?"

At the Peking Airport, Li Shaoyi was still keeping an eye on it personally. The retreating teams were retreating in an orderly manner, and air support was indispensable.

When he woke up in the morning, Lin Cai brought this report. Although we still have some intelligence and operations personnel in Tianjin, after the most rigorous interrogation, no one has done this thing. This means that this was written, directed and performed by the Japanese themselves.

"I've questioned everyone, and none of them were involved in this incident. When we were retreating, the Japanese conducted rounds of searches in the area where we gathered. It's already quite difficult for us to remain hidden. How could we possibly provoke them at this time? Furthermore, General Koizumi isn't a big target for us. We wouldn't sacrifice important intelligence personnel to kill him."

Lin Cai said this very affirmatively, and Li Shaoyi nodded beside him.

"Arrange a few intelligence personnel to find these officers from Japan and tell them this intelligence in a unique way. The North China Front Army wants to cover up the true extent of their losses and stop the Japanese investigation team. So we have to let them know about this first. Even if it doesn't cause much substantial damage, we have to let both sides continue to be suspicious of each other."

Li Shaoyi had a perfect smile on his face. Although the North China Front Army was now advancing towards Beijing, no one had a big smile on their face, because the Japanese high-level officials were already spreading a rumor that their losses were as high as 300,000 people.

Taking over the Peiping-Tianjin area with 300,000 men was not considered a victory in anyone's eyes, and could even be considered a failure. On the other hand, the actual casualty figures of the 72nd Army, even if we make an exaggerated guess, were a loss ratio of one to five.

The Japanese Empire has always been promoting their strong military power, and they can be said to be in a crushing posture when facing the Chinese army, but now a casualty ratio of one to five has been achieved. No matter how you advance on Chinese territory in the future, this number will always be a shame imprinted on you. Moreover, in the next battles, the 72nd Army will definitely get involved everywhere. How many Japanese troops will be lost before they can take over the entire Chinese land?

"I understand. I will use this incident to hype up the image of our 72nd Army as the God of War. Of course, this term may not be accurate. We are already the God of War in the hearts of the Japanese. When they meet our army in the future, they will probably be psychologically inferior to us."

Li Shaoyi nodded in appreciation for what Lin Cai said. In fact, the veterans of the Japanese army had already developed a resistance to the 72nd Army, but the Japanese North China Front Army had a large number of new recruits from China. These people had never fought in China, so they still had that arrogant mentality.

With the end of the Battle of Tianjin, the entire Japanese army can get to know our 72nd Army. We also have various photos of us on various battlefields.

At the same time, Li Shaoyi also delivered a speech to the outside world, which was directed at the daily bombing of the Japanese army in North China.

In this speech, Li Shaoyi formulated a long-term bombing plan. As long as the Japanese army remained in North China, at least fifty bombers would be dispatched every day to carry out non-stop bombing on major targets of the Japanese army in North China.

When Li Shaoyi's speech was spread, many Japanese thought that Li Shaoyi was arrogant. They believed that the 72nd Army's air force had suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Tianjin and simply could not mobilize so many aircraft. If calculated at a loss of 15% per day, the 72nd Army would lose nearly 400 aircraft in just one month, which was an impossible task.

However, the 72nd Army Headquarters soon published photos showing hundreds of planes lined up in neat rows.

The Japanese were dismissive of this, thinking that these were all planes belonging to the 72nd Army, but when the second newspaper came out, they were speechless. The photos published in the second newspaper were obviously taken near the Luosha border, and there were no fewer planes here than in the previous photo.

Just when the Japanese thought that there were not many planes in these two photos combined, Ma Leizi published the third and fourth photos.

The fifth and sixth photos were published at airports in Southeast Asia, and the 72nd Army's air combat capabilities were placed in front of everyone. Originally, many people thought that Li Shaoyi was bragging and that this kind of daily bombing was impossible, but after these six photos came out, the pressure was put on the Japanese side.

You may not be able to defend yourself...

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