Hearing Yoshida Tada's words, he thought that those soldiers and civilians of the Jindong detachment were covered with corpses under the air raid of the fighters, but they had nothing to do with the imperial fighters......

Okada and Yoshikawa Sadasa laughed, and their hearts were extremely fast!

They were sure that if they continued to carry out air raids a few more times, the two counties of Dongjiang Cangshui would definitely be completely in ruins!

But Yoshikawa Sadazo also has regrets in his heart!

After all, they all know that Tubalu is different from Lao Jiang, and they like to drill into the city at every turn!

Therefore, even if the two counties of Dongjiang Cangshui are completely blown into ruins, the impact on the Jindong detachment will not be too great - the core of Tubalu will always hide in the ravines and ravines, and pursue the strategy of surrounding the city from the countryside!

This point, even if there is no information sent back by An Ji Jinsan and Anya and others before, they all know it.

"If the two major generals allow it, the lower officer is willing to take the Yoshida squadron to conduct a carpet aerial reconnaissance of the territory of the Jindong detachment, and he will definitely be able to find out where their nest is!" Yoshida asked.

Looking at Yoshida Tada's eager eyes, Yoshikawa Sadasa and Okada smiled bitterly.

Now Dongjiang Cangshui is simply monolithic, and it is simply impossible to infiltrate it with regular spies and find out where the headquarters of the Jindong detachment is.

Although the guerrillas of the Imperial Elite Pretend Organization that were deployed before developed rapidly, it was estimated that it would be difficult to connect with the Jindong detachment in the short term, let alone win the trust of the other party......

Under such circumstances, it is obviously the most effective method to rely on aerial reconnaissance to determine the location of the Jindong detachment's nest and destroy it one by one.

But the problem is that the fuel reserves of the Imperial military do not support them at all!

Modern warfare is no longer as good as it was in the past, and all kinds of fuel materials are the lifeblood of the modern army -- warships, aircraft carriers, automobiles, airplanes, motorcycles, tanks...... A large supply of fuel is required to get started!

And these things are also the key factors for the imperial army to maintain a crushing advantage over the Chinese army since the start of the war!

But the crux of the matter is that fuel and other materials are not produced in the empire at all, and they have always been supplied by imports!

For this war, the empire has fully stockpiled materials for decades, and originally thought that these materials would be enough to support this war!

But as the war progressed, not to mention the high-level staff members such as Matsui Ishone, even mid-level generals such as Yoshikawa Sadazo and Okada had realized the huge constraints brought by the shortage of strategic materials to this war!

On the one hand, the war is far worse than expected!

Originally, I thought that it would only take a few months or half a year to force Lao Chiang to surrender and thus end this war!

But this time, Lao Chiang was unusual, he did not surrender or sue for peace, forcing the imperial army to continue to invest materials and troops, and now he is exhausted, but the end of the war is far away......

Now, the Empire's reserves are almost exhausted, and it has to urgently procure these strategic materials from the international community to meet its needs!

But the problem is that the international situation is deteriorating too quickly!

Now, the rapidly expanding military strength of Germany and Italy, the allies of the empire, has aroused strong concern from Britain, France, Russia and other countries, and the situation on the European continent is on the verge of breaking out!

Once a large-scale war breaks out in the European theater, it will be difficult for the empire to temporarily replenish strategic materials from the international market!

Not to mention the Yankees!

The Yankees are now eyeing the empire on the one hand, and on the other hand, they are colluding with the Chiang government, Britain and France and other countries, and making a lot of war money left and right, but the strength is indeed not to be underestimated!

Once a large-scale war breaks out on the battlefield of Dog Week, not to mention that Britain and the United States have always worn the same pants, let's say that the German allies of the Reich will definitely infringe on the interests of the Yankees in the international market - the Yankees can't do anything with Hitler for the time being, but relying on a powerful navy to blockade the Pacific Ocean and take the empire to be angry, that is an inevitable thing!

At that time, the scarcity of strategic materials will really become a sling that determines the life and death of the empire!

When the time comes, the empire will not lose on the battlefield because of its military strength, but it will definitely die due to lack of resources!

At this stage, although the situation has not deteriorated to this point, it has to take precautions - this is also the fundamental reason why the military strictly ordered that the consumption of fuel and other aspects should be saved unless it is absolutely necessary!

If it weren't for Yoshikawa Sadasa's face on the emperor's nephew, an air raid on a non-strategic place like Kurasui on the Dongjiang River would not have been approved at all!

Not to mention letting Yoshida Zhong do whatever it takes to carry out a carpet reconnaissance of the Jindong detachment, and to find a needle in a haystack to turn out the nest of the Jindong detachment!

After listening that today's air raid was the last, Yoshida Tada's face was full of regret, and he sighed: "My Yoshida squadron came to the Far East thousands of miles away, just to contribute to the empire and serve the emperor......

"Yoshida-kun, if you wait for the Emperor's heart, the Emperor will know!"

Yoshikawa Sadazo comforted: "You will definitely have the opportunity to contribute to the hegemony of the Empire's East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere, and get a good opportunity to make contributions - just be patient!" ”

"Hey!"

Yoshida Tadashi said hilariously, let the two of them have any orders, just look for themselves, and then turn around and leave.

"Hey......"

Looking at Yoshida Tada's back, Yoshikawa Sadasa sighed and said: "Such a loyal and brave man, but because of the lack of resources of the empire, he is trapped in the military camp, and his ambition is difficult to pay, it is really like a knife......"

"Isn't this also the fundamental reason why countless ancestors of our empire have fought bloody battles for thousands of years, dreaming of expanding the territory for the empire?"

Okada opened his mouth to comfort Yoshikawa Sadasa, and then raised his glass and smiled: "Yoshikawa-kun, don't think about these bad things - although this air raid only lasted for three days, it finally stirred up the restlessness of the Jindong detachment, which made the damn Zhang Ran's head as big as a fight, and he took out a vicious breath of restlessness that has been made by this guy these days...... You and I should drink this cup of congratulations! ”

"That makes sense, hahaha!"

Yoshikawa Sadazo also laughed when he heard this, and he was about to drink it all in one goast!

At this moment, the door was slammed open, and the wine that the frightened two people had just drunk in their mouths spurted out of their nostrils, uncomfortable tears and snot flowed, pointing at the herald who was about to come in and scolded angrily: "Eight Ge Yalu, don't knock on the door when you come in, what kind of system!" ”

The herald was frightened, and then he reported with a pale face: "Your Excellency, no, something is wrong!" ”

As he spoke, he presented a large stack of secret reports!

"If you dare to do this next time, you will definitely be responsible!"

Okada and Yoshikawa Sadasa glared fiercely at the herald before picking up the secret report and looking at it.

Although the herald was panicked, in the hearts of the two, they were a little unimpressed!

Although the current situation is complicated, the general situation is relatively stable, at most, there are some things such as a military camp being attacked by the Chinese armed forces, or being shot coldly somewhere - these things, for the average Japanese army, may be a matter of life and death, but for them, it is just a trivial matter!

Now, is the empire's best opportunity to expand its territory for thousands of years, can it not die?

This is indeed true of what I saw in the secret report!

In the early afternoon, the stronghold of Quanlong Town was attacked by an unknown person, two Imperial soldiers were killed in the explosion, and three were wounded!

At two o'clock in the afternoon, in the town of Qingniu, the patrol squad of Imperial soldiers was attacked on the way to patrol, killing seven armed people in China, and killing one Imperial soldier and wounding seven......

At about half past two in the afternoon, in the Beiwankou stronghold, the Eighth Route Army of the Third Regiment of Liu Qing's Department gathered the strength of a company and attacked the stronghold fiercely, the offensive was fierce, the battle lasted for more than half an hour, killing 23 people of the Eighth Road, killing 6 imperial soldiers, wounding 5 people, and seriously damaging the watchtower......

Less than three o'clock in the afternoon, at the Bailong Ferry, Li Ming, the president of the local maintenance association, was assassinated and killed under the pretext of New Year's greetings!

At the same time, the barracks of the Imperial Association Army were bombed, and more than 20 Imperial Army soldiers were killed on the spot......

At a quarter past three, the stronghold of Xiandeng Town was attacked by an explosion, and several Imperial soldiers were seriously injured...... Eleven enemies were killed, and it was confirmed that these Chinese troops were all agents of the military command of Chongqing......

……

Looking at these continuous sneak attacks, almost every few dozen minutes, although the casualties in each place were not large, but in the past few hours, more than a dozen Imperial soldiers had been killed, and nearly thirty were wounded!

And that's not even counting the casualties of those Imperial Allies!

Moreover, these casualties are only a very small part of the telegrams I have seen, and there is a thick stack of them that I have not seen!

Seeing this, Okada and Yoshikawa Sadasa, who didn't take it very seriously in their hearts, couldn't sit still anymore and screamed: "Hachigayalu, what's going on?" Are these damn China pigs crazy? ”

"Your Excellency, please take a look at these!"

The liaison officer saw that the two of them were not good-looking, and he didn't want to continue to touch the mildew of the two, but the stakes were very high, and he had to pick out a few other secret reports and hand them to the two of them!

The four regiments of Liu Qing's division sent several teams to move to various important places, fighting constantly along the way, and the strongholds that were attacked and disturbed, etc., a total of no less than ten!

A few hours ago, Chen Guang's brigade and others in Pingtongguan made a big move, moving towards Gaobei, Guangyang, and other places in the occupied area of our army, with no less than 2,000 people!

"Yaga, what the hell is going on?"

Seeing this information, Okada and Yoshikawa Sadazo couldn't help but feel numb on their scalps!

It is normal for the two armies to clash, but the crux of the problem is that the Eighth Road, Lao Chiang's troops, the guerrillas, the underground party, and the people of the military commanders actually dispatched all of them in such a short period of time as they had been discussed!

Lao Jiang and Balu, when did they learn to act together?

What do they want to do?

Yoshikawa Sadasa and Okada looked at each other, and they thought of a possibility—an extremely terrifying possibility!

"No, that guy can't have so much energy, and he can actually make the team in Chongqing obey him, right?"

Okada's face turned pale, and he said in his heart that if it was really because of the air attack on the Jindong detachment by the two of them, Zhang Ran would have combined the Eighth Road and the Chongqing team together, and the consequences would be very serious......

You know, when the empire started the war before, the time was not completely ripe for war!

But the empire still resolutely launched a war, and the most fundamental reason was because of the Xi'an Incident that happened to the people of China, and the Eighth Route and Chongqing actually stopped fighting a civil war and aimed the spearhead at the empire together!

In this case, the Empire is forced to start a war immediately - because the Empire must seize the opportunity of Chongqing and Yan'an, which have just united the front, but have not yet agreed in many places, to see if there is a chance to break them one by one!

If we continue to wait, let the two parties merge and form an ironclad unit, and then the empire will start another war, it will be too late!

The course of the war also proves the judgment of the Imperial War Department!

Although the empire's preparations for this war were not completely ready, and the timing of the war was somewhat hasty, since the start of the war, the troops in Yan'an, Chongqing, said that they were united in the war of resistance, but they have been in a situation of fighting on their own, which is also part of the reason why the imperial army has maintained an overwhelming advantage on the battlefield!

thought that if it was because of the air raid of himself and others, he actually helped Zhang Ran to knead the team of the Eighth Route and Chongqing together, whether the empire wanted to attack the Pingtongguan defense line in the future, or wanted to implement the cage policy and the three-light policy in the occupied area here, it would no longer be facing a certain party, but it would have to face the Eighth Route and Chongqing coalition forces, and the whole body would be affected......

Okada and Yoshikawa Sadasa, who had just raised their glasses to celebrate the uneasy attack on the Jindong detachment, only felt as if they had been hit the chest with a hammer, and they were so depressed that they almost spurted out a few mouthfuls of old blood......

What's so ......

Just go and pinch a soft persimmon, who knows that it has pinched a hornet's nest! That taste, the sour two almost want to go crazy!

"Calm down, calm down!"

Okada's pale face comforted himself: "The matter must not be serious to this point, it must be a coincidence, a coincidence!" ”

"Yes, yes, it must be a coincidence, it must be a coincidence!"

Yoshikawa Sadazo also spoke again and again: "It is impossible for Balu and Lao Jiang to unite, it will never be possible to unite, how can they unite - that Zhang Ran is a nobody, can he have this ability?" What a thing is he! ”

Saying this, the two immediately ordered all the surrounding areas to be strictly guarded, and at the same time did their best to spy to see what the situation was!

"It can't be a coincidence, if it weren't a coincidence......"

Okada and Yoshikawa Sadazo prayed silently in their hearts, saying that if it weren't for a coincidence, it would be really a big trouble......

If the empire wants to win the Pingtong Pass and completely control this area, I am afraid that it will have to pay several times, or even dozens of times more than before!

It's just that the two of them also know that the possibility of not being a coincidence, it is really very, very small!

The facts also prove their judgment!