Siheyuan: Married a female spy at the beginning of 1944

On He Daqing's side, the joy of victory was mixed with regret for the sacrificed comrades.

But the Japanese were filled with only fear and anger.

Headquarters of the 66th Brigade of the 63rd Division.

Sato Shinji: "How many people did you say surrounded you?"

Shinji Sato knew that Ryuichi Koga had taken a team of his own out to suppress the bandits.

Based on his understanding of the Eighth Route Army in North China.

There is a high probability that Koga Ryu will not achieve any significant results, and in the end he will just chop off the heads of some civilians.

Or they captured some civilians and sent them to concentration camps.

But what no one expected was that Ryuichi Koga's men would actually come back to ask for help.

If he hadn't seen them running back in a group, he would have really thought that the soldier in front of him was a spy sent by the Eighth Route Army.

“Maybe more than 200 people, and when we attacked at the beginning, they only had more than people defending.

They fought and retreated, luring us deeper into the village.

Then another troop outside suddenly attacked the captain and the heavy machine gun beside him.

By the time we found out, the captain had already been captured by them.

For the captain's safety, we did not dare to launch a charge.

I can only delay time with them.

Then we broke out from the side and came back for help."

There is a lot of false information in what this soldier said.

Brigade Commander Shinji Sato also knew that there must be something wrong.

But he couldn't care less at this moment.

The only thing they could do was to let the remaining 77th and 78th Battalions gather immediately to rescue Koga Ryuichi.

"idiot."

When Shinji Sato arrived at the scene, he found that the Eighth Route Army had already cleaned up the battlefield and evacuated.

If it was before, he might have given chase.

But at this time, he didn't dare to pursue rashly.

The lesson of Ryuichi Koga is right before our eyes.

I thought the other side only had five or six hundred people and had little combat effectiveness.

Unexpectedly, not only an entire squadron was eaten.

Even a whole brigade was eaten.

He now only has two battalions under his command and dares not act rashly.

Even if he could catch up with the Eighth Route Army now, a fight would be a lose-lose situation.

As the brigade commander, Shinji Sato knows much more than a soldier.

Soldiers can be arrogant and not take the Eighth Route Army seriously.

But he knew that many soldiers died in the North China battlefield due to security battles.

It has even surpassed the front battlefield.

This piecemeal approach meant that Japan could only control the dots and lines on the map, and was unable to achieve true rule.

If they leave the city and some transportation lines, they dare not go deep into the countryside.

Even if we go deep into the enemy's territory, we dare not let our troops disperse too much.

"withdraw"

Shinji Sato retreated unwillingly.

After returning to the camp, he immediately reported the incident to the commander of the 63rd Division.

Lieutenant General Masanori Nozoe

"Why is this happening? Are you sure the number of people on the scene is no more than 1000? In other words, a regiment of the Eighth Route Army surrounded and annihilated one of our battalions?"

Even Sato himself didn't believe this.

Not to mention facing the Eighth Route Army, even if it was the elite of the Kuomintang, they could defeat an entire division with one battalion.

Now we have been turned into an annihilation war by a regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

No matter how you look at it, this seems like a fairy tale.

"Lieutenant General, based on my on-site investigation, this is indeed the case. Their number is definitely no more than 2000.

I know this is hard to believe, but we have to be prepared.

The strength of the Eighth Route Army is gradually increasing.

From the broadswords and spears that did not exist at the beginning to the long guns and short guns.

Even now some regiments are equipped with cannons.

According to my estimation, if the Eighth Route Army's weapons are the same as ours, we probably won't be able to defeat them in a head-on battle."

Shinji Sato has been dealing with the Eighth Route Army for many years.

In other words, he has been fighting against the Eighth Route Army since the establishment of a base behind enemy lines.

Over the years, he has achieved a lot.

At least several thousand Eighth Route Army soldiers were captured or killed.

However, he discovered something that made him very upset.

Even though he won, the number of Eighth Route Army soldiers increased.

And the area controlled by the Eighth Route Army became larger and larger.

When he first went out of the city, he could go wherever he wanted, and the Eighth Route Army had to avoid him.

That was no longer the case. He needed to scout out where he was going.

If we are not careful, we will fall into the ambush of the Eighth Route Army.

Although the entire army was not wiped out, it was not even seriously damaged.

But each ambush would slow down his march and take away dozens of imperial soldiers.

He couldn't stand it if it was piecemeal like this.

Therefore, if there were no missions assigned by his superiors, he would not want to leave the barracks at all.

He wasn't this negative before.

He was a warmonger before the United States entered the war.

However, in the past two years, the Pacific battlefield has been pushed to the doorstep of the United States.

That's why he is pessimistic.

In his opinion, Japan's Army Headquarters regarded the United States as a soft persimmon like China.

I thought that if I threatened them a little, the other party would compromise.

I thought capitalist America would be afraid of war and casualties.

Now it seems like a huge joke.

They had never participated in a war before, so how could they be afraid of war or death?

That’s because you want to make money on both sides.

Now that Germany has no resources left, he can't wait to get his act together.

The United States is an ally of China, and so is the Soviet Union.

These two behemoths are daunting just by looking at them on the map.

Not to mention the population and industrial scale of the two countries.

Even if all the Japanese died, they would be powerless to resist.

Masanori Nozoe knows the current situation better than Shinji Sato.

"Don't be impulsive for now, hold on to Beiping well. As long as the big cities are still there, we still have the advantage.

As for those rural areas, let them be.

Even if we send troops, apart from killing a few farmers, we will push the rest of the farmers to the Eighth Route Army.

It doesn't work either.

You leave one battalion in the barracks outside the city, and the rest of the people should be stationed inside the city of Peking.

Right now, Beiping is not safe either. There are always people coming out at night to attack the imperial army. We need to increase the number of night patrols."

Shinji Sato didn't really want to go into the city.

Outside the city, they live like the masters.

There is almost nothing to do on weekdays.

Whatever was done was done by the prisoners in the concentration camp.

If you go into the city, you have to do a lot of things yourself.

"Sir, is the situation in the city really that serious? Will so many soldiers entering the city cause riots? Moreover, it would be fine if the soldiers were always outside the city, but if they suddenly entered the city for patrol, would they harass the residents and cause a bad impact?"

Nozoe Changde nodded.

“The situation in the city is very serious. The enemy also has chemical bombs, which have caused great casualties to our citizens before.

Even the commander-in-chief of the North China Gendarmerie and the captain of the Peking Gendarmerie were assassinated by them.

If we don’t increase the number of patrols, I’m afraid Sifang Lianger won’t be able to sleep well at night.”

Shinji Sato saw that he couldn't shirk this matter.

I can only accept it with gritted teeth.

"Okay, I'll go down and prepare."

"Well, go ahead, and don't forget to send me a detailed report of this battle.

I will report to the Commander-in-Chief, Lord Okamura Neiji."