Marching in the scenic central mountainous area, Count Sakuma's mood seems to be in his hometown, the trickle, the birds and flowers are intoxicating, but the solemn atmosphere of the military march breaks Sakuma's reverie, and the news from the Taichung battlefield and the Hualien battlefield is also disappointing.

In less than a day, the two garrison brigades that had been used to delay the advance of the Chinese army were defeated, and although this was also expected by Sakuma, it was still very disappointing, which meant that the Japanese had less time to penetrate deep into the mountains and less time to gather supplies in the rich areas of the plains.

"Let Major General Tyumen and Major General Tie Nan enter the mountains as soon as possible, continuing to resist is just a useless work, we can retain as many troops as possible, and we will have enough strength to deal with the threat of the Chinese army after entering the mountains." Sakuma said to Lieutenant General Noma beside him.

"I'm going to generate electricity, and the 35 mixed brigades and 3,000 troops are collecting supplies from the outside world and constantly transporting them to the mountains. Both the 1st and 2nd Infantry Brigades are already stationed at our chosen location in the central mountains, and the barracks, roads, fortifications, etc., will soon be completed with the help of the local natives. We are still two days away from there, please get into the sedan chair and move forward with peace of mind, our arrangements in Taiwan for ten years, coupled with the favorable terrain in the mountains, will definitely hold out until the day when the Chinese army is defeated. Lieutenant General Noma said confidently, he led people to prepare here for nearly two months, collecting supplies from all around, not to mention ammunition, food and other materials were enough to make the army hold out for about a year.

The battles in Taichung and Hualien ended quickly, and it is doubtful that the defeated Japanese army did not retreat to the north, but turned to the mountainous direction. The pursuing troops reported that the Japanese army seemed to have been prepared for a long time, and after entering the mountains, they were not scattered and had a clear direction, and suspected that they had already set up a stronghold in the mountains.

It was not difficult to ascertain the movements of the Japanese army, and the main forces of the 1st and 2nd divisions of the Chinese army captured the major densely populated cities and strongholds along the coast. The information fed back from all sides shows a problem -- the main force of the Japanese army was not damaged, and before the battle began, preparations were made to enter the mountains to evade the main force of the Chinese army, and after the battle began, the two garrison brigades lacking troops and major generals resisted and delayed time on the front line, and the rest of the troops successfully entered the mountainous areas.

There was no trace of the Japanese army in major cities, including Taipei, and everywhere the Chinese army went, they were all people who came to cry, and the Japanese frantically collected supplies. It is used for consumption after entering the mountains. Not only were food and other supplies plundered by the people, but many people who tried to resist were also killed, and death and hunger filled the Japanese-occupied areas in the north.

After receiving the news, the General Staff Department immediately formulated a plan to stabilize Taiwan, first transporting the 1st and 2nd Mountain Brigades, which had been resting for a long time, to Taiwan to be responsible for exterminating the Japanese troops entering the mountainous areas, and then communicating with the administrative departments to transport a huge amount of grain to Taiwan to stabilize the people's hearts.

Western countries, including the Japanese, were waiting for the outcome of the naval battle, and according to the time of the expeditionary fleet's voyage, the fleet would arrive in Singapore in about ten days. It is estimated that after resting for two to three days, it will cross the South China Sea and arrive at the sea near Guangdong within 15 days. That is, a naval battle will break out within a month, and then it will be a battle like Mars hitting the Earth.

Lü Liang firmly believed that he would win the naval battle, and the battlefields near Zhengzhou and Xuzhou were not launched for the time being because the army and logistics were being assembled; The Battle of Hong Kong is over, the Battle for Taiwan is unfolding, that is, the Chinese army did not suspend operations in other directions by waiting for the outbreak of a naval battle. For the Chinese army, the belief in victory is unwavering. Even if the naval battle is lost, the battle for reunification must be completed.

On 10 June, a group of uninvited guests appeared on a narrow mountain road in the mountains near Nantou, and Lu Dao, the 35-year-old leader of the Mahepo Society, was lying behind a rocky road more than 20 meters away from the mountain road.

When did the hateful Japanese start dressing up like this? He was dressed in grass green clothes. Strange long-brimmed hats, high boots, vigilant looks, and the most striking thing is that the weapons in the hands of these dozen people are different from those Japanese soldiers. However, as long as you break into the hunting territory of the Mahpo. That's the enemy of my Ludo boss!

Weighing the bow and arrows in his hand, Lu Dao gestured to a dozen young Zhuang people around him, and everyone understood, and began to slowly close around, completely a hunting tactic, quiet and fast.

It's a pity that the loss of young and middle-aged people among the clansmen in the past few years is too great, otherwise they can still gather a hunting team of fifty people, and they will be sure to fight these foreigners again. The weapon in the hands of those foreigners is undoubtedly muskets, and in the previous battles with the Japanese, the leader of Ludao knew that it was difficult to deal with the muskets in the hands of soldiers with bows and arrows in his hands, so he dreamed of having that kind of weapon, which could hit wild boars from a long distance and penetrate the skin of wild boars.

Lieutenant Colonel Lauren felt that his back elbow was lightly poked, and when he looked back, he saw that the squad leader had a serious face, and opened his mouth to say two words silently, "Get down!" Lauren remembered the previous agreement, and suddenly fell to the ground, and saw the rest of the people suddenly disperse on both sides of the mountain road, or hide behind the trees, and the muzzle of the gun was pointed around, and in an instant, an effective defense system was initially formed.

Following the direction the muzzle of the gun was pointing, Lauren seemed to see a figure flash from behind a tree on the mountain, and before he could react, several long arrows whizzed by, sticking into the tree where the team was hiding.

"The other side is a brother of the Saideks? Don't shoot arrows yet, we are not Japanese, there is no malice. Lauren lay on the ground and shouted, in the language of the aborigines of the Gaoshan tribe, no matter who shot the arrow, it was certainly not Japanese, so it was related to his mission.

"It's either Japanese or foreigners, or Han Chinese, you are all here to rob our people of their hunting territory, and there is no good thing!" After Song Hao, the deputy leader of the team, pulled him from the mountain road to the back of the rocks, and the team no longer had any weaknesses for the aborigines to practice archery.

Sure enough, Lauren wiped the sweat from his head, even so, these aborigines are also objects that need to be wooed, and in order to complete the task, they have to do so.

"Lieutenant Colonel, you can't hide like this, sooner or later they will find an angle to shoot, and then we will all be targets!" The team leader Jiang Maosheng whispered to Lauren, these people's temper is no worse than those aborigines, in order to complete their tasks, the General Staff specially dispatched this team to cooperate with him, the origin is unknown, but I heard them say that they are proficient in operations in various environments, especially jungle operations. To put it bluntly, it is a group of sophisticated and efficient killing machines, and Lauren would not want to go with them if it were not for the mission - the slightest murderous aura can be felt from a distance of a meter, which makes people shudder.

"I don't have a weapon in my hand, and in order to show my sincerity, none of my guards shot back, now I'm slowly standing up, don't hurt me either!" Lauren decided to take a gamble, it was not a way to go on with such a stalemate, Jiang Maosheng wanted to hold Lauren, but was rejected by the stubborn Lauren.

Slowly poking his head out, beads of sweat flowing down again, he had no doubt about the archery skills of these aborigines who lived by hunting, and perhaps the next moment a long arrow would be stuck in his forehead.

Lu Dao felt inexplicable, but at the same time admired this person's courage, the other party raised his hands high, stood up straight, there was indeed no weapon, Lu Dao also stood up, driven by the two, the team members and the aborigines all stood up, about ten meters apart, but the weapons in their hands were pointed at each other, and the atmosphere was still tense.

"You're not from our mountain tribe, but you speak our language, who are you?" Lu Dao asked.

Lauren also regretted that he could speak this language, if he hadn't mastered this technology, how could he have walked into this dangerous mountainous area from the staff office of the General Staff?

"I'm Han, my name is Lauren, and I'm an officer in the Han army, what do you call this leader?"

"Tell me what you're trying to do, and why you broke into the hunting grounds of our Mahpo, and then I'll tell you my name."

"Outside, our Han army is fighting with the Japanese army, the Japanese are defeated, and they have taken refuge in this vast mountainous area, we are here to find the support of your Gaoshan people, find the hiding place of the Japanese, destroy them, and then build a home with your Gaoshan people."

"We don't need you Han people to build our homeland, we just want to keep this hunting ground without anyone disturbing us, if you Han people are the same as the Japanese, or the Qing people before us, then they are also our enemies!"

This matter cannot be explained clearly in one or two sentences, from Huaguo's policy towards ethnic minorities, to the current economic level of Huaguo, the items that can be traded with the Gaoshan people, etc., that is the negotiation skills that only administrative officials have mastered, Lauren scratched his head a little, and he didn't know where to start. (To be continued.) )