"This is not a fear of war, this is to avoid its edge, knowing that the Kwantung Army is not easy to deal with, and still going up, it can only be sent to death in vain." In the face of accusations from the special commissioners of the Ministry of Military Affairs, Zhao Zhi rarely did not get angry, "I only have more than 200,000 Burmese in my hands now, and it may be possible to deal with the local Japanese puppet army defenders, but if they are pulled to meet the Kwantung Army, it can only be defeated by the other party at one time." Not only that, but the good situation we have worked so hard to fight may also be lost, do you think it is worth it? ”

Lao Tzu has not received a penny of military salary from your Ministry of Military Affairs, and the Burmese mercenaries who came to Shandong to help in the war received the military salary issued by Lao Tzu himself. Looking at the fat officers, Zhao Zhida was angry in his heart, and asked the Ministry of Military Affairs for some reinforcements, but when he came to fight the autumn breeze, he ran faster than the other.

The officials sent by the Ministry of Military Affairs had obviously reached some kind of agreement when they came, and they simply turned a deaf ear in the face of Zhao Zhi's accusations and explanations, and only emphasized that they could not give up Hengshui. A group of people naturally sing white-faced and red-faced, whenever Zhao Zhi wants to get angry, there will always be peacemakers who appear at the right time to comfort Zhao Zhi, making Zhao Zhi cry and laugh. "Now the troops stationed in Hengshui are mine, since you want to fight with the Kwantung Army, then okay, I can hand over Hengshui to you, and if you can't hold it, it's up to you to build."

Zhao Zhi, who had already made a decision, left with his guards and mercenaries without looking back, leaving a group of government officials dumbfounded, knowing that Zhao Zhi was a difficult person to deal with, and they had already discussed countermeasures when they came, but they all forgot that Zhao Zhi did not seem to be under the control of the government. The thunder that turned Hebei into a pot of porridge and now came to Shandong is just a guest army, a guest army that helps the national government to fight, and these so-called government officials are not qualified to come to Zhao Zhi to talk nonsense, "What should I do?" Several members of the He Department came up in a low voice to take countermeasures, and it was only at this time that they understood what it meant that the South Bank Villa did not respond to the orders of the Ministry of Military Affairs, and the old man had long known that they would hit the nail here with Zhao Zhi. Co-optation and suppression are common means for all forces in the Ministry of Military Affairs to eliminate dissidents, but Zhao Zhi is simply a hedgehog-like figure, and people simply ignore the olive branches extended by all forces in the Ministry of Military Affairs, because people have the capital to do so.

"Sir, they're all gone." Luo Ying, who had a black face, frowned and entered Zhao Zhi's room, who was discussing things with Ye Kong over coffee. From the beginning of the Taiyuan offensive and defensive battle, Luo Ying disdained other anti-Japanese forces, in Luo Ying's opinion, other anti-Japanese forces regarded Thunder as a big piece of fat, and everyone wanted to come up and take a bite.

"Let's go, let's go, what do you say is the matter with frowning all day long at your young age?" Seeing that Luo Ying was in a bad mood, Zhao Zhi smiled and quipped, compared with Yan Wudao and Yu Dazhi, Luo Ying was the one who had been by his side for the longest time, and Zhao Zhi naturally had a brother-like care for him. "You go and call those people from the U.S. Military Coordination Group, and say that I have something to discuss with them." Sent Luo Ying away, Zhao Zhi took out a document and threw it to Ye Kong, Yan Wudao had already secretly gone to Weifang with several mercenary teams, and the people around Zhao Zhi who could be trusted except Luo Ying were Ye Kong.

"Let's see, this is our next plan of action, I plan to let Hengshui go, gather all the troops in my hands to take Jiaodong." In this action plan, Zhao Zhi will mobilize more than 100,000 Burmese mercenaries to attack Jinan and Binzhou, and the remaining more than 100,000 Burmese mercenaries will attack Weifang and Zhucheng with the cooperation of Jewish airborne troops and mercenary troops, and then leave 50,000 troops stationed in Weifang Zhucheng to block the Jiaodong Peninsula, and the rest of the troops will take advantage of the situation to clear the remnants of the Japanese puppet army in Jiaodong.

Zhao Zhi's battle plan made Ye Kong tremble, the scale of the plan was much larger than Thunder's previous battle plans, it is not difficult to imagine that once this battle plan is implemented, more than 200,000 mercenaries will face the frantic attack and siege of the Japanese puppet army. Like Zhao Zhi, Ye Kong never took the Burmese mercenaries very seriously, on the contrary, Ye Kong also thought that the combat effectiveness of the Burmese mercenaries was too poor, if it weren't for the large number of people and the help of the mercenary troops, these Burmese might have been defeated by the Japanese army countless times in Henan.

It is a miracle that the Burmese mercenaries can hold on to nearly 80% of the troops left until now, but Zhao Zhi has put such a big battle plan on the Burmese mercenaries, and Ye Hollow really has no bottom in his heart. "Sir, should we send a Jewish army into Shandong, those Burmese are unreliable." Ye Kong is a straight-tempered person, since his husband has shown the plan to himself, there is naturally no need to hide the things he is worried about.

"You haven't finished reading this plan yet, keep reading, and after reading it, you'll understand." Zhao Zhi did not directly answer Ye Kong's concerns, but only lightly signaled Ye Kong to ask questions after reading the entire battle plan. The second half of the plan was about the arrangement of the northward troops landing in Jiaodong, and when Zhao Zhi formulated this plan, Zhao Zhi had already handed over the information on the southward movement of the two divisions of the Kwantung Army to the people of the US Coordination Group, and in exchange for the price of thundering to contain the Japanese army, the US Navy would send a fleet to escort the troops heading north to land in Shandong.

12 days, this is the time set aside by Zhao Zhi, counting from the time the US fleet arrived at the coast of Thailand, Zhao Zhi has 12 days to prepare for the landing of the northward troops in Shandong. In the current situation, Zhao Zhi's desire to seek Jiaodong is like a chestnut in the fire, once they begin to implement this battle plan, they will stabilize the defense line and prepare to meet the landing force in Jiaodong, they will become a thorn in the side of all Japanese puppet armies in North China, East China, and Central China.

"Sir, I gave up Hengshui because we wanted to avoid a head-on battle with the Kwantung Army, but once we start attacking Jiaodong, the Kwantung Army going south will definitely not stand idly by, and won't we lose more than we gain when the time comes?" Ye Kong meant that after giving Hengshui to the Japanese army, the southbound Kwantung Army troops also came to Jiaodong to help in the war, and it was obviously a little unequal to face the attack of more than 100,000 Japanese troops with this little force in hand.

"Giving up Hengshui does not mean that we will lose, the Kwantung Army is going south to support their South Asian battlefield, I am gambling with them, they may not turn a blind eye to Jinan, I bet that the Kwantung Army will not pay attention to the besieged Binzhou, after all, the number of Japanese puppet troops in Shandong is also quite large, their destination is South Asia, they will not stay in Shandong for too long, if necessary, we can also give up Binzhou."

"Then what if the Kwantung Army continues to draw troops south, and these two divisions participate in the attack on us?"

"That's better," Zhao Zhi also had a map hanging on the wall of his room, "Weifang and Zhucheng are the key to blockading Jiaodong, they want Binzhou, we will give it to them, and then gather heavy troops to establish a defensive line on the front line of Weifang and Zhucheng to confront them." If the Kwantung Army advances east to participate in the siege of us, the 300,000 national army troops will take advantage of the weakness to regain Hengshui, and then go north to Baoding, Langfang, and Cangzhou, let's play a game for them to close the door and beat the dog, don't forget that we also have the 74th Army that is about to land in Jiaodong as a backing. ”

Closing the door and beating the dog is just Zhao Zhi's optimistic judgment, before he really fights with the Kwantung Army, Zhao Zhi can't determine the final result, but with nearly 600,000 troops to besiege more than 100,000 Japanese troops, Zhao Zhi still has the certainty of victory, after all, the 74th Army and 60,000 reserve troops are already the United States' armament troops. The key to supporting the smooth implementation of this plan was not the 74th Army, but the attitude and determination of the US Navy, which is why Zhao Zhi suddenly summoned the members of the US military coordination team to determine whether the US fleet had set off for Thailand.

"Okay, let's fight, if we lose, we will lose those Burmese at most." Ye Kong's heart was very simple, it seemed that his own husband was already imperative and irreversible about this battle plan, since this was the case, it was better to have a good fight with the Japanese army. The only ones in Shandong who can really be regarded as Thunder troops are the Second Armored Division on the periphery of Texas, nearly 1,000 mercenaries scattered and 3,000 Jewish airborne troops stationed in Linyi, even if the hundreds of thousands of Burmese mercenaries have been wiped out, as long as Zhao Zhi is still there, there is no possibility of Thunder continuing to transfer troops north.

easily persuaded Ye Kong, Zhao Zhi was in a good mood, although Ye Kong was a person who didn't like to lead troops, but Ye Kong was the only one among the few trusted people around Zhao Zhi who had gone to a regular military school, no matter whether Ye Kong could make a good suggestion or not, Zhao Zhi felt that the pressure on his body was much lighter. For the battle plan that is about to be implemented, even Zhao Zhi himself has no bottom in his heart, it is still useful for the Burmese mercenaries to keep, Zhao Zhi doesn't want to consume all of them in Shandong at one time, after all, it is the weapons and equipment of hundreds of thousands of people, and it is a pity to lose them in Shandong like this.

But the current situation can no longer be delayed by Zhao Zhi, the large-scale landing of the US army in South Asia indicates that the countdown to Japan's defeat and surrender has begun, the war in Europe has been rekindled by the US landing in France, and the tenacious Slavs have also begun a large-scale counteroffensive against the German army. If Zhao Zhi can't seize the opportunity to play the name of Thunder now, when the interests are shared after the war, Zhao Zhi and his Thunder will also lose the qualification to participate in it, so in the battle of Jiaodong, Zhao Zhi will fight hard, and Thunder needs a springboard close to the Japanese mainland - Jeju Island.