Canteen System Assistance Notes

After losing the support points outside the city and the observation posts on the city walls, the remaining Japanese and puppet troops could only huddle inside the city, trembling and calling for reinforcements; but the reinforcements did not arrive on time. Instead, there was a violent explosion like thunder on the city walls: the Eighth Route Army approached the city wall, carried out blasting operations, and officially broke through the solid shell of this stronghold.

Then, there was fierce street fighting. Normally, the Eighth Route Army would organize powerful assault teams to tear down walls and floors from all kinds of unexpected places.

Drop a barrage of bullets or explosives on the defenders' heads.

Eventually, after all the Japanese troops were killed, the defenders would surrender or disperse in an organized manner, and the county would then have changed hands.

However, the Japanese and puppet troops in Lishi City were more clever and did not give the Eighth Route Army any chance to engage in street fighting: they desperately escaped from the east side of the city before the street fighting broke out.

Although the guerrillas' cold guns and cold artillery blocked the way, leaving behind corpses,

However, a few lucky ones finally escaped.

These people went all the way to the Japanese-controlled area. As a result, the Japanese army did not accommodate and evacuate them, but reorganized them and formed a new

A large number of newly born puppet troops, along with the remnants of the defeated army, unexpectedly changed direction, preparing to attack again and advance to recapture Lishi.

At this time, the person who had escaped with luck was trembling and burst into tears.

Lishi was the Japanese army's most advanced and final stronghold in the Lüliang Mountains, which gave it a certain significance. If it were lost, the Japanese army would have no choice but to retreat to the foothills of the Lüliang Mountains and settle their front-line deployment. This would effectively abandon the offensive and transition to a defensive posture, a rigid, "long snake"-style defense.

The Japanese army didn't want to suffer a slow death, so retaking Lishi was extremely important. The puppet army showed no mercy to those who tried to flee, executing several and successfully stabilizing the ranks. "Baga! We have the Imperial Army's artillery support, over 2,000 elite Yellow Army soldiers, and a total of over 6,000 men. How can the Eighth Route Army, with its limited numbers, stop us?"

"Xingya Yellow Army Captain Cai Xiongfei boasted. This attack was supported by a Japanese squadron, and he desperately wanted to show off in front of the Empress Dowager: "You're talking about failure! Are you collaborating with the Communists or the bandits?"

"With Taijun here, how could we possibly lose?"

The Japanese army has a squadron this time, how can they lose?

Maybe it was luck, or maybe it was something else. From Cai Xiongfei's perspective, the situation in this battle seemed to be much better than even the best expectations. The red-headed Eighth Route Army had no blocking positions, no cold guns and cold artillery that occasionally took lives. The 6,000-man army was unstoppable.

The entire Lishi area of ​​the Eighth Route Army seemed to have vanished. They had merely removed some supplies, blown up the city walls, and then slipped back into their western control zones, not even daring to mount an organized resistance. All the previous defeats, death, and suffering seemed to have vanished, and the joy of victory swept over them all: without firing a single shot, without bloodshed, our army had driven back the aggressive Eighth Route Army and recaptured Lishi!

"You guys! Go find out if these Eighth Route Army soldiers have anything left. Oh, and get a few more people to chop wood and boil water. Get started! We can't delay the victory celebration!"

As the troops entered the city, Captain Cai Xiongfei enthusiastically ordered his soldiers around. He turned and bowed to the interpreter, "Mr. Chu, please tell Okazaki-sama that we won't let them down tomorrow at noon!"

This group of Japanese troops totaled more than 2 people. In addition to a squadron, there was also an artillery squad with two Type 92 infantry guns. This organization basically ensured the safety of the Japanese army during the mopping-up operation. They could suppress the mortars of the Eighth Route Army when advancing, and supervise the puppet army's charge and retreat in batches when retreating. They were the targets that the guerrillas and local forces dared not attack easily.

"Yoshi! Delicious, very good!"

Captain Okazaki nodded in agreement. Fresh vegetables and meat brought in locally are always tastier than canned meat and pickled food. The Japanese army, during their raids in the countryside, also loved to capture chickens and sheep, robbing livestock. "When will the victory celebration be held?" "Tomorrow at noon! Tomorrow at noon! Your Excellency, it's getting late today, so please rest up here with your colleagues. We brothers will work through the night and will not miss the meeting tomorrow morning!" Cai Xiongfei pounded his chest and promised, "When the time comes, our Daoyin (the chief administrative officer of the "dao" in the pseudo-administrative division) and the (pseudo-)county magistrates will be there to celebrate for you and the other advisors!"

"It was here that I was captured by the Grand Master and surrendered... No, I walked onto the road to light! I'm very familiar with Lishi. I will definitely satisfy the Grand Master!"

Yes, how could we not celebrate such a big victory?

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Find some supplies that haven't been shipped away, consume some of the food you brought with you, originally prepared for the tough battle, send the cooks to slaughter poultry and livestock, and bring in some low-alcohol brewed wine. The material basis for a victory celebration banquet is basically ready. Then let the writers in the army grind ink and write festive slogans and congratulatory messages on red paper. Add some paper flowers and red silk, and the atmosphere of a happy party is set.

Huang Jun's detachment commander, Cai Xiongfei, was quite skilled at organizing banquets. Under his arrangement, high-ranking officials from both the Japanese and puppet regimes enjoyed sumptuous meals, the Japanese soldiers even enjoyed delicious chicken stew, and even the most common puppet soldiers received enough steamed buns to fill their stomachs. This kept the 6,000-plus soldiers in check, and they were motivated to prepare banquets and stand guard.

If it weren't for the fact that this place was too far from Jinyang City and he couldn't make the trip, he would definitely go find a few amazing opera troupes to put on a good show and entertain everyone!

The only regret was that Captain Okazaki, the backbone of the team, sent a messenger in the early morning to inform Captain Cai of a situation: a small number of Eighth Route Guerrillas appeared on the Fenyang-Lishi highway. The Fenyang stronghold was worried that our logistics personnel who were traveling on this road were in danger, so they mobilized them to "escort the baggage team" and they needed to set off immediately.

"No problem! Military orders are as firm as a mountain. I, Cai, am a reasonable person who understands right and wrong! I understand very well, very well!"

The messenger also very considerately told Captain Cai Xiongfei that the banquet plan did not need to be changed, they would be back after dawn, and all the departments needed to do was to focus on organizing the victory celebration.

"Hey, hey! I see. Okazaki-sama is truly kindhearted! Please tell him that we'll have a meal ready for him. He'll be able to enjoy a hot meal as soon as he returns!"

It was a quiet night, and the Luliang Mountains were unusually quiet tonight, as usual. There were only a single sentry on the mountaintop, and no Eighth Route Army soldiers.

Compared to the average Nationalist army, the Xingya Yellow Army, organized and trained by the Japanese, at least knew to stand guard on the hilltops outside. They were yawning, rubbing their hands in anticipation of tomorrow's mixed-wheat steamed buns, and the uncertainty of whether they would get their share of alcohol. Tonight was truly calm; perhaps the Eighth Route Army had withdrawn all their combat power to cover the retreat of the civilians.

The soldiers forced themselves to stay awake, smoking and chatting, telling each other dirty jokes and joking about getting a bowl of porridge the next morning. In this way, they managed to get through the next morning. Although the sun hadn't risen yet, the sky was starting to get a little brighter - this was also the time when those who stayed up late were most sleepy.

A sentry yawned and stretched his shoulders. There had been a commotion in the Japanese camp outside the city, and it seemed they were leaving. The sentry watched for a moment, then, feeling bored, dozed off again. Then, two loud bangs, like someone clapping their hands very hard, froze his expression, and he, along with several of his comrades, fell to the ground with a thud.

Soon, five minutes later, all the "Yellow Army" and puppet troops in Lishi City heard a sharp, high-pitched sound coming from the hills outside the city. The music was long-lasting, with a strange sense of rhythm and marching. It did not have the style of native folk music, but rather sounded a bit like an imported product from across the ocean.

Of course, these puppet soldiers had no idea that this was the classic "Cock o' the North," nor that a certain lord and his personal piper were leisurely "bugging" the Eighth Route Army on a hilltop. They only knew that a continuous barrage of shells had begun to fall from Lishi City.

Chapter 319: Bagpipes from Northwest Shanxi (Part 2)

The troops before the Luliang base were mainly local troops and guerrillas. By the beginning of 40, guerrillas generally had more than one-third of their men armed with rifles, one-third with homemade guns and cannons, and at the county brigade level, they could receive a small number of machine guns, turtle fist tubes, or one or two grenade launchers. Local troops were similar to a Class B field regiment without the firepower of higher authorities. They could have a submachine gun in the squad, a machine gun platoon in the company, heavy machine guns in the battalion, and 60mm mortars and a small number of 82mm mortars in the regiment.

Such a force's firepower would have been no problem against Japanese troops below the squadron level, and could have held its own against battalion-level troops. However, facing 6,000 Japanese and puppet troops, including 3,000 Imperial Army troops, a head-on confrontation would have been extremely unwise. While it was possible to harass and delay the Japanese, and then, when their advance was too deep and their front was too wide, attempt to annihilate some of their forces and force them to retreat, this was clearly not the goal of the Luliang base.

So, while they were transporting supplies and organizing the evacuation of the masses, they were also asking for help from their superiors: "If I can't beat you, can I still call for help? Now that you have entered our base, we can't let you come and go in broad daylight, right?" Then the Central Committee pulled out four regiments from Yang Jisheng's unit, which was undergoing field army reorganization, to reinforce them.

"Charge!"

Although he was placed at the rear, Lord Lovat bravely rushed down the hill, holding his hunting rifle.

By now, Shi Zhiyi, the local guide and demeanor limiter, was exhausted from yesterday's forced march and had fallen asleep in the rear. Unrestrained, Mr. Lord was like a wild horse unbridled, running wildly after the Eighth Route Army. However, even after just finishing a rendition of "Northern Rooster" with Bill Merlin and starting down the mountain, Mr. Lord's Beretta double-barreled shotgun hadn't yet picked up a single kill.

The artillery of the field regiment responsible for the siege used 100 mortars to launch an extended barrage, directly shattering the skulls of a number of puppet soldiers and destroying the remaining soldiers' confidence. After that, the entire street fighting phase of the siege was skipped altogether—the Eighth Route Army captured over 2,000 puppet soldiers in the process of stripping off their clothes, as well as over 2,000 local civilians who had just taken off their uniforms and were "transitioning to civilian jobs" on the spot.

These four Class A field regiments were somewhat different from the field regiments established by other bases. They were not built entirely in the form of mule and horse divisions, but instead attempted to utilize the additional mobile vehicles that became available after the canteen supplier system was activated. After experimentally incorporating three-wheeled vehicles and mini trucks into the organization to replace horses, the regimental headquarters, which originally lacked the ability to maintain a 100mm mortar on a regular basis, now had the ability to maintain a four-gun artillery battery.

The first result of this was that the first round of artillery preparation, involving the combined firepower of two regiments, hadn't even completed half its initial attack before the puppet troops in Lishi City were completely wiped out. By the time Lord Lovat, Merlin, and Fleming had reached the outskirts of Lishi City, all the prisoners had been driven out and were crouching in their places, their heads in their hands, in accordance with the "honorable" surrender tradition of the puppet troops of Shanxi Province. Continuous - Update q@q@group@book@collection@81317*5933

They looked like a bunch of radishes with their heads exposed, topped with a tangle of tassels, waiting to be pulled out of the ground by the farmers, thrown carelessly on the edge of the tangled ridges, and collected in baskets. "Ah, what happened here? Have they all surrendered?"

Lovatter felt a sudden pang of dismay. These guys were too weak to fight. Even the Danes resisted the fascists for eight hours. How could you surrender so quickly? Fighting such an opponent was not only impossible to judge the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army, but more importantly, it was not satisfying at all. Now that no one was watching him, the lord was eager to see some blood with his rifle, which he had originally used for hunting deer, and score a few victories.

"Cai Xiongfei! I advise you to tell the truth! How many Japanese devils are there? When did they escape? Where did they go? Tell us everything!" Amidst the noisy background noise, someone was shouting loudly, "If you dare not tell the truth, if you dare to lie, you'd better think about the consequences!"

"You, the ringleader, will not escape being shot!"

Immediately, the sounds of men crying and begging for mercy were heard, along with warnings like, "Eighth Route Army commander, it's all that bastard Okazaki's doing to me!" "No matter what, I'm a reasonable person and wouldn't dare deceive the boss!" "I have parents and children to support, please don't kill me!" Soon, a series of whistles pierced the morning mist, and Lord Lovat felt the surroundings quickly quiet down. All the Eighth Route Army soldiers pricked up their ears, like African foxes discovering their natural enemy.

"Temporarily organize the 4th and 5th Training Regiments! Each regiment's baggage team and artillery company muster all motor vehicles and assemble at the red flagpole east of Shicheng in fifteen minutes! The 1st Battalion of the 4th Regiment will remain to manage the prisoners, and the rest of the troops will also assemble at the red flagpole! The 5th Regiment's reconnaissance platoon will assemble at the highway toll booth east of Shicheng in five minutes!"

"The Second Battalion of the Provisional Seventh Training Regiment will be here in a quarter of an hour! Comrades, fill up the gas and pump up the tires on your motorcycles and trucks. If anyone's car breaks down while chasing the Japs, I'll make him dig potatoes in the kitchen!" "Ah—beat that Japanese bastard!"

As the electronically-sounding "V" blared from the loudspeaker, the Far Eastern solitary beasts leaped to their feet, each one running at a speed that astonished the Lord. For a moment, he felt as if he were hunting rabbits in the highlands. In the open grassland, the sound of gunfire sent all the hares hiding in the bushes suddenly leaping out, each one sprinting towards their burrows.

Just like a rabbit can find its own nest accurately, this group of Eighth Route Army, although seemingly disorganized, seemed to be running in an orderly manner according to a specific rule: not long after, a mixed team of cavalry and cyclists was the first to assemble, rushed through the city and ran towards the east of the city; then, the sound of engines was heard inside and outside the city, and several square formations of hundreds of people quickly took shape. They shouted one, two, one, and began to run towards the east of the city.

“Sedgewick! Sedgewick! Oh, damn it, he’s still fast asleep back there!”

The Lord shouted, but was quickly drowned out by the clamor. He could only call upon the Lieutenant Commander beside him, "Fleming! Can anyone tell me what's going on here?" "Your Excellency, please forgive my stupidity," Ian Fleming said, bewildered. "My Chinese is limited to ordering food in a Chinese restaurant. I really can't understand this!"

Fortunately, the Eighth Route Army had some clerks who spoke a little English. Through their communication, both verbal and gestural, three of the four British soldiers finally understood what was happening: these Eighth Route Army soldiers were consolidating all their mobile vehicles. They were preparing to transport a battalion of soldiers to pursue the Japanese who had escaped almost two hours earlier!

"Great, Commander! I want to go too!"

For the Japanese Okazaki Squadron, today is a day of mixed luck and bad luck.

They were lucky because they had received a notice forwarded by the headquarters in advance, pointing out that a large number of troops of the Eighth Route Red Army were advancing towards Lishi. Captain Okazaki had to obey the order and "reluctantly give up" the friendly forces to fight for a chance of survival.

As for their bad luck, their casual claim of "going to provide security" was false, but the claim of "guerrillas appearing on the road" was real: the only two access routes into the Luliang Mountains were steep and deep, and the guerrillas who had been protecting the civilians had already returned, giving the Japanese a standard arsenal of roadblocks, sniper rifles, and landmines. In the two hours or so that Captain Okazaki had managed to buy, the entire squadron hadn't even covered thirty li, while the Eighth Route Army caught up in just one hour.

To survive, they abandoned their heavier Type 92 infantry guns and fled on foot, but they could not outrun the seemingly endless guerrillas or the Mazda-powered Eighth Route Army troops chasing them. Ultimately, in the winding Luliang Mountains, with the exception of a few lucky escapees on horseback, the Japanese army was completely surrounded.

What happened more than ten days ago during the desperate escape of the Lishi defenders happened again to the Okazaki Squadron. However, this time, facing the rumbling mortar shells and interweaving automatic firepower, the entire Japanese squadron lost almost all of its machine guns and grenade launchers and could no longer organize a decent counterattack.

In desperation, Squadron Leader Okazaki drew his command sword and, to the strains of the Scottish Highland Regiment's anthem, "Haughs o' Cromdale," which had drifted from nowhere, launched a final hand-to-hand assault. In his final moments, he saw a man with distinctly European features raise his double-barreled rifle towards him.

With a few bangs, more than ten bullets fired from multiple directions hit the target in succession, fulfilling his dream of dying in despair.

Chapter 320: Diplomatic Confusion

(This chapter is organized from a God's perspective and is relatively dry) 1940 was the year when the whole world accelerated towards war.

During this year, under the guidance of Roosevelt, the Americans moved faster and faster out of isolationism and accelerated the activation of their long-dormant war machine. The British struggled to come to their senses after the fall of France and began a continuous confrontation with the Germans, shouting "We will never surrender"; the French fought each other in exile, staging a farce above the neck. The Soviets, "exposed their seemingly weak nature" because of the Soviet-Finnish War, were struggling along their own path under the cover of a peace treaty.

On the Axis side, one of the most powerful forces, Nazi Germany, was carrying out Operation Sea Lion while planning to complete Napoleon's unfinished business.

However, our legitimate diplomatic representative, the National Government, was shouting, "We have no choice but to take the northwest route and actively contact the Soviet Union and Germany. Germany has already won the victory in Europe, so we should send special envoys there. In addition to diplomacy, we should also develop party relations. Britain is powerless in Europe and will inevitably fail... There will be a trend of change in (our country's) foreign policy." It also proposed that "(the national army) should march into Burma to arouse the oppressed nation's (anti-British) independence movement in order to retaliate against Britain and encourage Germany to be kind to us." This plan of uniting with Germany to resist Britain caused a lot of trouble.

As for the tiny nation in the far east, on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, on the "Island of the Rising Sun," it is currently in a state of mental disorder, using domestic politics to hijack international strategy.

However, if one holds the view that "after all, it involves national war decisions, which should be discussed seriously and with great caution", it may be difficult to understand the series of diplomatic decisions and strategic choices made by Japan in 1940. If one wants to understand why Japan was deeply involved in the Chinese battlefield and went to Southeast Asia at the same time, and launched a two-front war, then it is better to abandon the precious logical thinking.

Rewire your thinking to Japanese circuits and take a look at Japan in 1940

Schizophrenia in foreign and domestic affairs.

In 1940, there were two major issues in Japan. The first was whether the Sino-Japanese War should continue.

The situation on the Central Front in China was straightforward. Across North, Central, and South China, the Japanese army was beginning to face challenges of overstretched fronts, insufficient supplies, and insufficient offensive momentum. While Japanese forces were still able to defeat the Nationalist forces, which outnumbered them several times over, the Eighth Route Army, supported by Chi Lu, emerged as a rising star in North China. This not only undermined public order in the occupied territories and turned North China into a bottomless pit for Japanese supplies, but also grew at a measurable rate. If left unchecked, they would eventually possess the capability to defeat the Imperial Army head-on.

Even the National Army, with the continuous support of the British, Americans and other countries, had a constant manpower advantage that caused headaches for the Japanese army.

The Japanese initially proposed withdrawing from the Chinese battlefield, cutting losses, and consolidating their forces for the next move. This plan was supported by the Japanese Army, which promoted Itagaki Seishirō's conciliatory approach: the "Haku Plan" to persuade Yan Laoxi to defect and the "Tong Plan" to induce Chiang Kai-shek to surrender, thereby withdrawing from China while preserving some of their interests.

As a result, the "Bo Plan" devolved into an operation to eliminate Yan Laoxi due to the independent actions of a certain staff officer, while the "Tong Plan" collapsed because the Japanese army insisted on merging Chiang Kai-shek's Southwest Government into the Wang Puppet Government and recognizing the Wang Puppet regime it supported. The two sides could not reach an agreement on the price, and the negotiations collapsed.

At this point, the Japanese army's plan to end the Sino-Japanese War (also known as the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression) with dignity was shelved and began to be delayed indefinitely. So the second issue was whether to go to Southeast Asia.

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Yes, it is "whether to go to Southeast Asia" rather than "whether to go north or south".

Because of the previous disastrous defeat in the Battle of Nomonhan, the Japanese Army, which had thought it could go north to defeat the Soviet Union and march into Siberia, was beaten to a pulp by the Russian Far East Military District - it couldn't even defeat the Far East Military District, let alone expose the entire country - almost all of the north-going faction became eggplants in Yanba, unable to stand up, let alone go north.

This is an issue involving the interests of many parties, including the interests of the chaebols, the military, and the royal family... First of all, not going to Southeast Asia and withdrawing from the Chinese battlefield at the same time is an impossible combination. Regardless of how much profit the military and chaebols have seized and how much wealth they have plundered during the war, Japan's demand for exporting goods and capital alone has determined that it cannot completely give up its aggression.

At least one of the interests of Southeast Asia and China must be preserved/obtained. Now that the situation in China is deadlocked, we can only think of a way to go to Southeast Asia.

Normally, Japan must have engaged in a series of heated debates and arguments before finally reaching this decision regarding such a significant national policy. After all, the Nanyang region is rich in resources, not only boasting valuable strategic resources like oil, rubber, tin, and nickel, but also providing Japan with an "absolute defense perimeter" surrounding its homeland. Assuming continued victory, this was a surefire win.

But in fact, the entire process of Japan's decision to go to Southeast Asia can hardly be described as "serious" and "cautious".

In May 1940, the Battle of France broke out. Before July, France, once a powerful European army, fell to the Nazis. The powerful British and French forces were driven into the sea by the Germans and had no choice but to flee back to Britain. This incident shocked not only the entire Western world, but also Japan in the Far East.

Amaterasu, this country is so powerful!

In 1940, Japan felt that it was trapped in a vortex of diplomatic isolation. The Americans announced that they would not renew the Japan-US Treaty of Commerce and Navigation. Britain and France allowed preserved fruits and supplies to pass through their controlled areas to support China's war of resistance. Japan fought the Nomon War with Japan... Even the United States was considered by Japan to be a staunch ally of Japan because it signed a non-aggression pact with Japan, and would become Japan's enemy due to the deterioration of Soviet-Japanese relations.

Now that Germany had demonstrated its strength, the Japanese, whose diplomatic isolation had plagued three successive cabinets, finally felt they had found a way out. Within Japan, especially within the Japanese Army, which had transitioned from French to German, a powerful rhetoric immediately emerged:

All we have to do is ally with Germany, invade Southeast Asia, and wait until Germany defeats Britain. Then we can force Germany to honor its alliance, forcing Britain and France to cede their Far Eastern colonies to the Empire. It's incredibly simple, like "picking up a wallet from the ground." A guaranteed win!

Such a foolish remark would obviously not be accepted by normal people if it were made in a proper manner. However, if there were powerful and high-ranking people who firmly believed in it, then no matter how foolish it was, it would become a national strategy: the Army's Chief of Staff, the imperial family member Kan'in Miyabi Zairen, was the first to step forward and became a staunch supporter of the southward advance strategy.

However, at this time, then-Prime Minister Mitsumasa Yonai raised objections. This military-style prime minister, representing the navy, presented several arguments at the Imperial Conference, including that a southward expansion would completely irritate nations like Britain, the US, and the Netherlands, and that the navy was currently not strong enough to defeat both the British and American fleets, though it would likely defeat the Japanese fleet.

The two sides argued like dogs fighting at the meeting, neither side giving in until Hirohito scolded them.

So, was Minai, representing the navy, truly self-aware and raising objections because he felt the navy could not defeat Britain and the US?

No, the Prime Minister had never publicly disparaged the Navy's capabilities. He was not only a vanguard of foreign aggression but also one of the organizers of numerous naval exercises—exercises clearly aimed at attacking the British and American navies. His objections stemmed from a feeling that the time was not ripe for a southward invasion and, naturally, from the fact that the proposal came from the Army.

Can the Navy clearly stand on the same page as the Army?

The army's counterattack soon arrived. As the chief of the general staff, Kanin Palace Zairen's methods were more sophisticated. He not only won over the Privy Council President Konoe Fumimaro

Minister of the Interior Koichi Kido and other heavyweights, looking for all those who need to continue

The most clever thing about him was that he also extended his hand of forming cliques into the navy to seek benefits from allies under the total war system: as long as the navy had a positive opinion on the southward expansion plan, the military budget of the next year could give some preference to the navy.

As for that troublesome Mitsumasa Yonai, just overthrow the cabinet!

A counterattack of such intensity stunned Minai for a moment.

The retaliation from the Imperial Family was dangerous enough, but the backstabbing within the Navy was a real headache for the Prime Minister. He sat bored in his office, thinking that the Army could simply force the resignation of the Minister of War and then refuse to send a new one, thus dismantling his cabinet and forcing him to resign.

The situation seemed irreversible, and he could only read the report silently. As he read, a special report appeared in his hands, and the more he read, the brighter Minai's eyes became.

This was a battle plan report that had been delivered directly to the Prime Minister's desk by the former Minister of War through his connections. It shouldn't have been there. But apparently, this person had strong connections, so strong that even the Navy and Army had a favorable impression of him.

Well, this is God helping me.

Aren't you planning to evacuate the Chinese mainland and focus on moving south? Okay, I'll approve your major campaign plan. Well, let me see. It's the Zhongtiaoshan battle plan, right? Okay! Okay!

Chapter 321: Agent Work (I) Heading West

Strategic arrangements are like a high-speed car. For a country, no matter whether the car is a three-wheeled motorcycle, a car, a truck, or a dump truck ready to hit people, it has to keep going - the country has no chance to stop.

The Eighth Route Army trapped in northern Shaanxi cannot stop. Although it cannot yet emerge as a formal and legal country, the specific implementation of its strategic arrangements must be carried out with caution and seriously, just like driving a vehicle, where one needs to control the accelerator, brake, clutch, gear and other things.

After all, no one wants to be the subject of a weekly "traffic accident warning compilation."

For the Eighth Route Army, everyone has his own position in this huge strategic system, and Liu Helian is no exception. In May 1940, at the beginning of the Battle of France, he also flew his electric donkey, pretending to be a passenger plane of "Sino-British Northern Airlines", towards the Soviet Union.

According to the tasks assigned by the central government, he needed to collect the results of his overseas battles, make certain adjustments to the personnel of the China Resources system, and continue to advance a series of foreshadowings and hidden lines that had been laid previously to serve the subsequent strategic planning of the central government.