"Non-military means?" Tanabe Moritake asked confusedly, "What means?" ”

Okamura Ninji waved his hand and said: "Tanabe-kun, military is only a continuation of politics, although war can reflect the loyalty and courage of the samurai, but it can also cause casualties, if you can also achieve political goals without using military means, then why do you have to fight, you have to let the warriors of the empire risk the jade shattering?" ”

"But ......," said General Tanabe suspiciously, "can you do it without fighting?" ”

"I think so." Okamura Ninji smiled and said, "Tanabe-kun, please wait and see. ”

………… The next said, Ma Dawang Village, Zhao County.

Ma Yaozu has been really trembling and walking on thin ice recently.

In the past half a month, several fierce battles have broken out in the vicinity of Ma Dawang Village, the previous time was [***] to kill the imperial army, the last time was the imperial army to kill [***], and this time it was [***] to kill the imperial army in turn, which made Ma Yaozu, a "two-faced", worried about the work of the national political axe, and afraid of the revenge of the pseudo-political axe.

On this morning, a large group of devils and puppet armies suddenly opened at the entrance of the village.

Ma Yaozu was half frightened, and hurriedly returned home with a smoke, and closed the door again.

However, the group of devil puppet army did not disturb the people, and there was no intention of wantonly burning and looting, after entering the village, the devil puppet army began to be busy, part of the puppet army carried a ladder to paint white powder on the walls of each house, and then wrote with red paint, the content of the text back and forth in two sentences, either in the middle of the goodwill, or in Greater East Asia co-prosperity.

Some puppet soldiers began to sweep the streets, helping the lonely elderly to repair thatched huts and tidy up vegetable gardens.

In less than a moment, the two ghost soldiers were surrounded by dozens of children, children's families, they didn't know what a nation or a country was, they only knew that sugar was delicious and sweet, and they all reached out to beg for it.

The lonely old man in the village, Mrs. Meng, fell at the entrance of the village, and immediately a ghost soldier Cao stepped forward to carry her, and sent her home, not to mention, about half an hour later, a car rumbled to the entrance of the village, and two doctors in white coats got off the car, and gave Mrs. Meng a full body physical examination.

Along with these two doctors, there was also a big bag of fifty catties of white noodles!

Not only Mrs. Meng, but also several other difficult households in Madawang Village have also received help from the pseudo-political axe!

Although Aunt Meng and the poor households did not treat Yue himself very much, they could not help but be moved by his sincerity.

Of course, not all the villagers were treated differently by the puppet army, and Ma Yaozu's family was treated differently.

It is said that when the puppet army enters the house of other villagers, they are polite, knock on the door first and then enter the house, and after entering the door, they either clean or repair the house, or pick up dung and firewood to do chores, but when they enter Ma Yaozu's house, they kick it open, that is, more than a dozen devil soldiers rushed in with bayonets, and Ma Yaozu immediately collapsed to the ground in fright.

However, the devil soldiers did not move, let alone kill, but just brought Ma Yaozu into the living room.

"Ma Yaozu, the imperial army understands your situation." The devil lieutenant sitting on the top glanced at Ma Yaozu coldly, and then said in slightly stiff Chinese, "Yours, two-faced work, and a lot of things for the national political axe, you should be dead......"

"Oh, don't you dare." Ma Yaozu collapsed to the ground again.

"Yours, get up and speak." The second lieutenant waved his hand, signaled the two devil soldiers to set up Ma Yaozu, and then said, "The imperial army, be lenient, and don't blame the past, as long as yours, write a letter to your son, ask him not to do [***] anymore, and quickly abandon the secret and join the work of the North China Autonomous Army!" ”

"This ......," Ma Yaozu had a difficult face when he heard this.

Speaking of which, Ma Yaozu really has a son named Ma Rulong.

Ma Rulong is indeed [***], and he is also a squad leader of the Zhao County guerrillas!

However, Ma Rulong has never listened to Ma Yaozu's words, when Ma Rulong joined the army, Ma Yaozu also tried his best to obstruct it, but in the end he still failed to beat his son, so Ma Yaozu is very embarrassed now, because even if he wrote this letter, Ma Rulong may not be willing to "abandon the dark and turn to the light" to defect to the puppet North China Autonomous Army.

"Huh?" The second lieutenant of the army suddenly revealed his murderous intentions.

"Farewell...... Ma Yaozu was suddenly frightened, and said continuously, "I write, can't I write?" ”

"Yo Si." The second lieutenant nodded happily, and immediately said to Cao Junjun next to him, "Give him paper and pen." ”

………… Niuwang Village, the station of the Zhao County Reading Brigade.

In addition to the Taihang base area, the 39th Group Army actually has dozens of large and small base areas in various counties in southern Hebei, and the mass foundation of these base areas is very good, and the common people are very supportive, but the area is very small, and the large base area is only one town, and the small base area is even only within the jurisdiction of three or five villages.

The guerrilla forces of the Eighth Route Army were generally county brigades, and then district squadrons.

The guerrilla forces of the 39th Group Army are slightly different in name, and they are called the Reading Brigade.

At noon, Ma Rulong, the leader of the 5th squad, walked into the team headquarters with a sad face, still holding a letter in his hand.

Captain Cao Baolin smiled and asked, "Ma Rulong, look at your sad face, whose little daughter-in-law teased you?" ”

"Captain, don't make fun of me." Ma Rulong raised the letter in his hand and said, "My father has sent a letter." ”

"Your dad has a letter?" Captain Cao said disapprehantly, "If you write a letter, you will write it, it's worth your sorrow?" ”

"My dad told me to go back." Ma Rulong Road.

"Then go back." Captain Cao said, "Ma Dawang Village is only fifty miles away from here, and you can go back and forth in one night." ”

"It's not." Ma Rulong shook his head and smiled bitterly, "This letter was written by the little devil forced my father, and the little devil threatened that if I don't rush back within three days, then I am going to collect that ...... for my father."

"Huh!?" Captain Cao frowned, stretched out his hand to beg for help, "Bring it to me." ”

Ma Rulong handed the letter to Captain Cao, and said, "Captain, I want to go home and have a look." ”

Captain Cao hurriedly read the letter, shook his head coldly and said, "No, you want to go back, didn't you just fall for the little devil's annihilation?" ”

"Captain, I have to go back, my father is still in the hands of the little devil!" Ma Rulong's tone is unusually resolute, don't look at this kid who usually quarrels with his old son, but in his bones he is unusually filial, and he also cares very much about his father's safety, Chinese, the most important thing is the word loyalty.

With that, Ma Rulong turned around and left.

………… Jingcheng County, Headquarters of the 39th Group Army.

Liu Yi hurriedly walked into the war room and said to Yue Weihan: "Boss, after letting the special operations brigade teach a few lessons, the little devil's night attack team has almost disappeared, and occasionally he only dares to go out during the day, but new trouble has come again, and this time the trouble seems to be even more tricky than the night attack team!" ”

"Oh?" Yue Weihan didn't raise his head and said, "What's the trouble?" ”

"It is called goodwill." Liu Yi said in a deep voice, "Boss, this time it's a big trouble!" ”

"Friendship in the middle!?" Yue Weihan was stunned at first when he heard this, and then his expression was awe-inspiring.

After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in an all-out way, the successive commanders of the various strategic front armies of the Chinese invasion of China also said that China was friendly and that last year a new concept of common prosperity in Greater East Asia was further proposed.

However, whether it is Matsui Ishine, Terauchi Shouichi, or Shanshan Yuan, they are just talking about "goodwill in China" and "co-prosperity in Greater East Asia", these two sentences are more like political shows, more like political propaganda, and moreover, the invading army is also shouting "goodwill in China" while wantonly burning, killing and plundering.

Therefore, Yue Weihan has never taken the term "goodwill" to heart.

However, now that Liu Yi said this, Yue Weihan immediately realized that Okamura Ningji had most likely put the "Sino-friendly approach" into practice this time, and from the bottom of his heart, the two major strategies of "Sino-friendly friendship" and "Greater East Asia Co-prosperity" were still quite powerful, and if Xiao Yueben could really regard these two items as a national policy, then it would not be difficult to destroy China.

Liu Yi said worriedly: "Boss, Okamura Ningji seems to be playing really this time!" ”

After saying this, Liu Yi said again: "Previously, the likes of Teraichi in the temple, Shanshan Yuan, and Tada Jun were most likely to shout 'Zhongyu Friendship', but they were all just verbal articles, and what they really implemented was the policy of slaughter, but Okamura Ningji this time was not just shouting slogans, but really taking action." ”

Yue Weihan breathed a sigh of relief and asked in a deep voice, "What are the actions?" ”

"There are many specific actions, but they can be summed up in two." Liu Yi said in a deep voice, "First, try to win over the centrists, in order to win over this part of the people, the little devils are sending food and workers, and they also send puppet soldiers to pick up dung and sweep the streets, and the work is more diligent and thoughtful than the Eighth Route Army, and it doesn't look like it's a show, but it seems like it's going to stick to it for a long time." ”

"Then there is the severe crackdown on the resistance, forcing our military families to write letters to their relatives in the army, forcing their sons or husbands to return home within a time limit, and changing their doors to join the puppet army, if not, then killing, many officers and soldiers have been forced to surrender to the puppet army, but more military families have been killed by little devils."

In the end, Liu Yi sighed again: "Alas, there are even more vicious, every time our martial arts team and the county reading brigade build a turret or stronghold, the little devils will immediately slaughter a village on the periphery of the guerrilla areas in each county, and now, the people in the guerrilla areas have become more and more unwelcoming to us, and they have begun to beg us to leave quickly." ”

"What!?" Chi Chengfeng next to him scratched his head and said unhappily, "His grandma, we are not working hard to protect them, why don't they welcome us?" ”

Yue Weihan let out a long sigh and said abruptly, "Who told us to only bring them killing and bloodshed? But the little devil can bring them rice, white flour, sugar, and a stable and decent life, at least on the surface, they will have such a choice, and that is human nature......"

"His grandmother." Chi Chengfeng said in a fire, "Which judge shall we go?" ”

Yue Weihan waved his hand and said to Liu Yi: "Chief of Staff, withdraw all the martial arts teams." ”

If the hearts of the people in the guerrilla areas in various counties are robbed by the old devil Okamura Ninji, even if the military engineering team destroys all the blockade networks, then what is the use? It is said that the army and the people fish and water, the army and the people fish and water, leaving the vast sea of the people, [***] Can this fish still live?

"Boss, did you really give up the guerrilla zone like this?" Liu Yi said unwillingly.

"What if you don't give up?" Yue Weihan said depressedly, "If this battle continues, the people in the guerrilla area will help the puppet army deal with our martial arts team!" ”

"Hey." Liu Yi said angrily, "This battle is really called a nest!" ”

Yue Weihan was silent, the reason for the failure of the anti-"encroachment" of the armed engineering team could not be attributed to the disloyalty of the common people in the guerrilla areas, still less to the lack of combat effectiveness of the armed engineering team and the 39th Group Army; in fact, the combat effectiveness of the armed engineering team and the 39th Group Army was already very strong, at least militarily they had completely gained the upper hand.

Okamura Ninji won in the "goodwill" article!

Okamura Ninji could give the people in the guerrilla zone a stable and decent life, but Yue Weihan couldn't, and Yue Weihan and his 39th Group Army even needed the people in the guerrilla zone to protect with their lives, and this was Yue Weihan's dead end, and it was also the dead end of the 39th Group Army, and even more so, the dead end of the national political axe and the entire Chinese nation!

The war of resistance behind enemy lines has always been cruel, and it has always been at the expense of the people!

When Xiao Yueben truly put into practice the strategic proposal of "Sino-friendly relations," China's armed forces behind enemy lines will suddenly lose the soil for survival, and it is only natural that they will suffer setbacks! Historically, when Okamura Ninji implemented the "Huairou" policy on a large scale in North China, the Eighth Route Army also suffered a major setback.

………… Shimen, the headquarters of the North China Front.

Tanabe Sheng Wuxing hurriedly walked into Okamura Ningji's office, and immediately suddenly retracted his feet and said uprightly: "Your Excellency Commander, in the past few days, all the martial arts teams in each county have suddenly disappeared, and now, the counties are stepping up to repair the strongholds, turrets and isolation ditches destroyed by the martial arts team, and at most half a month, all the quasi-security areas can be brought under the rule of the imperial army!" ”

"Yo Si." Okamura Ninji nodded happily and said, "Next, it's time for the Imperial Army to implement the 'cage' policy!" ”

Since the second step of the "encroachment" policy has been completed, then of course, the third step of the "cage" policy will be implemented, the so-called cage policy, is to continue to use strongholds, artillery towers and blockade ditches to isolate and blockade the [***] and the base areas of the Eighth Route Army in the counties of southern Hebei, first adopt economic blockade, and then adopt military means to sweep away one by one!

(To be continued)