In the battle of Taierzhuang, the main forces of the 5th and 10th divisions were almost completely annihilated, and the casualties of the two divisions were more than two-thirds, almost disabled, with nearly 40,000 casualties, all the materials were abandoned, the heavy losses were nearly none, and the morale fell to the bottom since the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

When this battle and the previous battle of the 16th Division of the Yan and Huang Army were introduced to the outside world, the whole world was shaken, and the top level of Chiang Kai-shek's political axe, the top level of [***], and the top level of the Yan and Huang Army all praised the bravery of the [***] team and the tacit understanding of cooperation, and the victory of this battle is inseparable from the close cooperation of the three parties, which means that our 40,000,000 compatriots are united, and no powerful enemy can destroy our China.

The defeat of the North China Front was also the first time to reach Terauchi Shouichi and Matsui Shigen, Terauchi Shouyi was shocked, and in a panic, he quickly mediated heavy troops from other parts of North China to guard the situation in Shandong, and the troops sent by Central China to attack were quickly recruited back by Matsui Shigen, guarding Nanjing, Shanghai, and no longer dared to enter the Xuzhou area.

In this battle, the main loss was the strength of the North China Front, which suddenly disrupted the situation of the army in North China, Terauchi Shouichi felt that the troops were insufficient, Wei Chendong immediately discussed with Chiang Kai-shek and the leaders of [***], and decided to transfer the combat target to North China, because, compared to the Northeast, the army has been operating in North China for a long time, if it advances into North China, it will definitely threaten the foundation of the army in China, and it will also affect the Northeast connected with it, so as to support the various anti-Japanese armies that are recovering the lost territory in the Northeast, and Central China, The army does not occupy many areas, but the troops are huge, and the army also attaches great importance to these areas, such as Nanjing and Shanghai, which are very important to the army, and once a battle occurs, it will be a battle to the death.

This strategic intention was immediately endorsed by the three parties, and suddenly, Wei Chendong ordered Zhang Guoxing, who was attacking Shanxi, to be the commander of the North China Theater and cooperate with Yan Xishan, the commander of the Second Theater, to recover the lost territory in North China.

In Central China, Wu Dingbang, Li Zongren, commander of the Fifth Theater, and Gu Zhutong, commander of the Third Theater, organized nearly one million troops in the areas of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, and Jiangxi, overhauled strong fortifications, and surrounded the occupied Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, so that they did not dare to take a step beyond the thunder pond casually.

Seeing the [***] team like this, Matsui Shigen also sighed helplessly, with the current strength of the Central China Dispatch Army, self-protection is okay, if you attack blindly, I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve good results.

In view of the strategic change of the [***] team, the base camp also changed its tactics, and put the main force in North China, and the deployment of materials and troops also began to shift to North China and Northeast China.

In the northeast, after consolidating his gains and consolidating his rear base, Wei Chendong began to attack the Yue army again to prevent the Yue army from diverting its main energy to North China. Chen Bingnan led his troops to hold on to the eastern part of Jilin in order to stabilize the eastern gate of the Yan and Huang armies, and to contain the invading enemies of the Koreans, threatening the eastern region of Liaoning.

In May, Wei Chendong and Ma Zhanshan, Su Bingwen and other frontal troops from Tieling, Tongliao, and Chifeng divided into the west and attacked Liaoning in the north.

Umezu Mijiro was worried, "Since the war of aggression against China, our army has invested no less than one million before and after, and one-third of the soldiers can never return to their homeland, and we have only obtained a small part of North China, Central China, and Northeast China, and now the income is still slowly being eaten, and on the other hand, the [***] team, in the northeast, when I came, the Yan and Huang Army and other anti-Japanese armies were no less than 500,000, and nearly two years have passed, but they have nearly 600,000, not decreasing but increasing. What a huge force this is, and besides, the Yan and Huang Army, which fought the most fiercely with us, has developed rapidly, and has begun to slowly surpass me in terms of weapons and equipment, and the quality of officers and men is not weaker than mine, all of this is too terrible, too terrible," Umezu Mijiro muttered to himself.

Nanzao Yunzi also frowned, and asked suspiciously: "Your Excellency Commander, can't we change the current situation?" In the Russian War, our army was still able to defeat the Tsarist Russian troops whose weapons and equipment were superior to ours, not to mention China, which is now scattered? ”

Umezu Mijiro's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said appreciatively: "Yunzi is right, this is also the biggest weakness of the Chinese at present, the current anti-Japanese army is divided into three parts, the Yanhuang army, [***], and [***], the frontal battlefield is mainly responsible for the Yanhuang army and [***], it is a big enemy, the rear battlefield has the Yanhuang army and [***], they are digging our hearts, let alone underestimate, and among these three anti-Japanese troops, the [***] and the Yanhuang army are the most determined to resist the war, and it is almost impossible to let them stop resisting, then the most likely thing to fight for is the national political axe."

"The Yan and Huang Army and [***] are now the henchmen of the Kuomintang rule, if there is no war of resistance, the two sides will fight sooner or later, and now the Yan and Huang Army and [***] are getting closer, which makes Chiang Kai-shek have a headache, which can be seen from the fact that he did not cooperate with the actions of the Yan and Huang Army, and secretly ordered some spies and troops to attack and kill [***] personnel, and began to constantly seek asylum with the Western country, he Chiang Kai-shek's political axe is to use the power of foreigners to restrain the powerful Yan and Huang Army, [***] The Yan and Huang armies have always advocated anti-imperialism and anti-feudalism, and the Western powers have a lot of interests in China, and if these two sides are allowed to control the situation in China, the interests of the Western powers will inevitably be harmed.

"Therefore, the current situation in China is very complicated, and blindly using war will not fundamentally solve the problem, but may put us in a more disadvantageous position, and we must change our strategy."

"Change of strategy?" Nanzao Yunzi was stunned.

"Well, lure the national government to negotiate peace, share the interests in China with Britain and the United States and other countries, and create a strong enemy for the [***] and Yan Huang army", Umezu Mijiro sneered.

"Huh? In that case, wouldn't my empire have to pay a lot of benefits? ”

"Yes, but that's only temporary, Britain and the United States and other countries are far away, and if they really want to compete with me for hegemony in Asia, it is not necessarily who will die, and on the other hand, the situation in Europe is also unpredictable, maybe when will World War II come, do they still have the heart to compete with us for interests here? By that time, they have already turned against the Yan Huang Army, [***], etc., and the anti-fascist war will also affect the world, and China will definitely have problems with the connection with the outside world, and the situation will be much clearer at that time......"

Umezu Mijiro's conspiracy, many people did not expect that in early June, Wei Chendong led his troops to capture Tieling City, Ma Zhanshan, and Su Bingwen led his troops to capture Chaoyang City and Fuxin City, and together with Wei Chendong, he directly threatened Shenyang, Jinzhou, and Umezu Mijiro was deployed with heavy troops to hold on.

(To be continued)