Chapter 123 analyzes the situation and seeks countermeasures

Shuihe Village. Village office. Eighth Route Army Supplementary Regiment. In the conference room of the regiment headquarters.

"Captain, I'm a high school graduate, I'm uneducated? Huh?! ”

"Comrade Han Dagang and Deputy Head Han, this matter must be kept strictly confidential and not allowed to be spread outside. God knows the earth, you know and I know, and the law does not pass on the six ears. Can it be done? Yu Genshan said solemnly.

"No, no, no. If you don't know the heavens and the earth, only you know and I know. ”

"Good. That's it. Yu Genshan took out half a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and handed it to Han Dagang.

Han Dagang took half a pack of cigarettes and put them under his nose, pretending to sniff greedily:

"Commander, are you really giving?"

"Huh? If you don't want it, give it back to me. ”

"Captain, thank you." Han Dagang loaded half a pack of cigarettes and turned around and walked briskly out of the conference room.

Qiu Yun, who had been eavesdropping on the meeting under the jujube tree outside the conference room window, heard someone come out again, and deliberately made an even and heavy whirring sound in his mouth.

Han Dagang walked out of the conference room and saw Qiu Yun sitting under the jujube tree with his arms on his knees and his neck bent, his head tilted and asleep, so he walked over and patted Qiu Yun lightly on the shoulder:

"Autumn clouds, autumn clouds! Wake up, the room is on fire. ”

Qiu Yun raised his head, opened his eyes, shook his head, and looked at Han Dagang in a daze:

"Huh? Oh, it's Brother Gangzi. Where is it on fire? Nonsense. Hungry, right? Haven't you had dinner yet? ”

"Who's hungry? Hey? Qiuyun, isn't it uncomfortable for you to sleep with such a clump and horns? ”

"Huh? I'm asleep again. Alas, I've been so busy lately that I'm tired and sleepy. Qiuyun slowly stood up, stretched out his arms and kicked his legs and rubbed his waist: "Gangzi, I won't talk to you, I have to hurry up and grab some firewood." ”

Qiuyun walked to the wall, picked up the basket, picked up the rake and hurried out of the yard.

Looking at the back of Qiu Yun leaving, Han Dagang's heart suddenly became suspicious and suspicious: Why does Qiu Yun stop and wander around the conference room every time there is a meeting? Did she do it unintentionally or intentionally?

Qiuyun carried a basket on his left shoulder and a rake in his right hand, and hurriedly walked out of Shuihe Village and walked towards the brick kiln on the east bank of the Tongyu River in the west of the village.

The county seat of Lin'an County. The headquarters of the Japanese army in the Fangjia compound. Front yard main house.

Eiichi Nakagawa and Ichiro Sohan sat side by side on the sofa to express their opinions, discuss and argue with each other. However, no one can refute anyone.

With his many years of experience in the war of aggression against China, Zong Hanichiro expressed his true views in a truth-seeking manner.

In fact, Nakagawa Eiichi also has his own views and predictions on the beginning of the war of aggression against China to the present and the outcome thereafter, which are similar to or even basically the same as those of Sohan Ichiro. However, he deliberately said the opposite, listening to how Sohan Ichiro analyzed, judged and predicted from the opposite side, which might be of some help to him in formulating strategies and tactics.

Through the conversation, Sohan Ichiro couldn't help but be deeply worried about Nakagawa Eiichi:

"Alas! The Communist Party and the Eighth Route Army were very difficult to deal with. Nakagawa-kun, have you found a tactical way to deal with it now? ”

"Yes. I already have a complete tactical method of warfare against the Eighth Route Army. I will also fight against the Eighth Route Army in the plains, mountains, and jungles with dispersion against dispersion, small units against small units, guerrilla warfare against guerrillas, and night battles against night battles. In short, whatever tactical tactics the Eighth Route Army uses, I will use the same tactical tactics. Our imperial army is highly mobile and has strong firepower, and it will definitely be able to destroy the Eighth Route Army. The western Hebei region will be transformed into a model security area of goodwill, coexistence and common prosperity between Japan and China. ”

"Alas! Nakagawa-kun, it's not as simple and easy as you think. Perhaps, the end result is the opposite. ”

"Huh? Zong Hanjun, do you have doubts about the capabilities of the Great Japanese Empire and the Imperial Army? Disillusioned with the prospects of Greater East Asian Jihad? Or are you afraid of the Communist Eighth Route Army? So, you are timid, you don't want to, you don't dare to participate in jihad! Is it?!. ”

"Yes, I seriously thought about it. In fact, I am not alone in my doubts and disappointments, but the years of war have confirmed that such doubts and disappointments will become unchangeable facts. Nakagawa-kun, haven't you thought about it? Have you never had doubts and disappointments? ”

"Zong Hanjun, your idea is very dangerous and terrifying. You are an Imperial soldier, a high-ranking commander of the Imperial Army, how can you be cowardly? ”

"Nakagawa-kun, it's not that I'm timid, and it's not that I don't want to participate in the holy war, but the chances of us winning this war are very small, and this is the conclusion I came to after careful consideration of many factors such as population, soldiers, and resources in Japan and China. The facts are obvious that the Communist Party and the Eighth Route Army took advantage of China's vast and complex terrain and lofty mountains and mountains to engage in guerrilla warfare with our imperial army, and this was a drain on Japan's limited national strength and precious military resources. Now that the United States has entered the war, the outcome of the war is even more worrying. ”

"What about the U.S. entry into the war? Zong Hanjun, do you know, hasn't our Imperial Army already achieved brilliant achievements and strategic initiative in the Pacific and Southeast Asian theaters? ”

"Yes, this is the case now. But what will happen in the future? Nakagawa-kun, with all due respect, what if, what I said was. If the Imperial Japanese Army were all defeated in China, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Theater, this would not be the most terrible thing. The most terrible ending is that Japan will be wiped out. ”

"Huh? Zong Hanjun, this is impossible, absolutely impossible, why do you say that? Do you have any basis for this? ”

"On the basis? I can't say yet. I just thought of this possibility, the obvious possibility. ”

"Zong Hanjun, please be more specific."

"If our Imperial Japanese Army were defeated in the theaters of China, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Ocean, and at that time our troops were exhausted, our national strength was weakened, and our resources were exhausted, and the armies of China, the Soviet Union, and the United States jointly launched a landing campaign and launched an attack from all sides at the same time, how would Japan respond to the resistance?"

"If it is really as you said, I believe that all the Japanese people will resist desperately at all costs, and even if they fight to the last man, they will definitely not be wiped out."

"Oh? You mean a national mobilization, conscripting Japan's last remaining old men, children, and women to take up guns to resist the rapid onslaught of the tiger and wolf divisions of the three countries with high morale and the power of victory. What will be the result? Nakagawa-kun, if you really fight to the last man? Wouldn't that be the end of the country and the extinction of the species? ”

"Huh?! Is this really the case?! This? It's horrible! Eiichi Nakagawa was shocked.

"Alas! Let's hope not. Ichiro Zong couldn't help but let out a sigh.

"Report." On the first day, the second lieutenant of the Japanese army walked in and said, "Cao Yong, the representative of the Eighth Route Army, came to the headquarters to ask to see the joint commander. ”

Eiichi Nakagawa frowned and said, "Huh? What is he doing again? Let him in. ”

"Hey." The Japanese second lieutenant turned around and shouted outside the door, "Bring it in!" ”

Two Japanese soldiers with rifles on their backs walked in behind Cao Yong.

Cao Yuanyu, who had a neat appearance and a calm expression, walked up to Nakagawa Eiichi and said questioningly:

"Captain, when will the prisoners on both sides be exchanged? How long are you going to put it off? Why are you putting me under house arrest? Consistently restricting my freedom of movement? Although we are currently at war between the two armies, I am not a prisoner of war, and you should treat me with courtesy. ”