By the next day, the exact casualty figures were counted, and in this battle, the headquarters alone had lost more than 300 casualties, and if you count the four regiments that fought to block the attack, the casualty figure was as high as more than 600.

In the final analysis, after nearly two years of development and growth, the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in southern Anhui has now thrown four main regiments, with a strength of nearly 5,000 people, and the loss of six or seven hundred people can still bear it, and what is really fatal is that the arsenal and arsenal have been destroyed, and the 19 th detachment has lost the ability to continue fighting.

If the 14th Brigade Regiment of the Small Japanese Independent Mixed Forces now comes to attack the Erlongshan base area, the 19th Detachment of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in Southern Anhui will resist for a week at most, and then it will fall into a situation of running out of ammunition and aid.

Of course, then again, even if Zuihou is wiped out, Xu 19 is also confident that he will bite a large piece of meat from the 14th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade, and it is absolutely impossible for Little Japan to take the Erlongshan base without paying a price, in the final analysis, the 19th Detachment is not a soft persimmon that can be pinched at will.

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Yanjia Town, independently mixed into the headquarters of the 14th Brigade.

Fujitang Gaoying strode into Fujitang Gaoying's office with a saber, and then suddenly retracted his feet and bowed: "Your Excellency General." ”

Fujido Takahide, who was playing against Haneda, raised his head slightly, and beckoned Ohara Shigemi to the chessboard, and Haneda at the other end was thinking hard because of a hand of chess, and did not pay attention to Ohara, of course, Haneda is the rank of Osa, and Ohara Shigemi is only Nakasa, so Haneda is also fully qualified to sit and not get up.

While Haneda was still pondering, Fujido Takaei asked Ohara Shigemi, "Owara-san, how are you resting?"

"Good." Ohara Shigemi bowed heavily and said, "Your Excellency General, I've bothered you. ”

"Hey, what's this?" Fujido Takaei waved his hand and asked again, "Ohara-san, I heard that the members of the Owara Brigade are all elites who have experienced a hundred battles, are proficient in all kinds of firearms, and all of them are excellent at marksmanship, and they are also good at white-knuckle fighting, and all of them have extraordinary kendo attainments, how about it, are you interested in having an exhibition match?"

"Exhibition matches?" Shigemi Owara frowned and said, "Your Excellency General, with all due respect, the Owara Brigade is an elite unit at the strategic level, not a geisha in a Kyoto brothel, so we won't perform

"Yaga." Haneda slapped the chess pieces in his hand on the table and said angrily, "How can you talk to the general like this?" ”

"Hello." Ohara Shigemi bowed heavily, indicating that he knew his mistake, but the stubbornness on his face could even be seen by the blind.

Fujido Takaei did not get angry, but lowered his head, as if thinking about something, and after a full ten seconds, Fujido Takaying raised his head, and then said: "Commander Okamura had a long talk with me before returning to China, and said in the middle that there is a big obstacle for the empire to annex China, do you know what this obstacle is? ”

Owara Shigemi didn't say anything, but Haneda replied tentatively: "The biggest obstacle is that China is too big. ”

"No, although China is big, as long as there are enough people, material resources and financial resources, it is not difficult to annex it." Fujido Gaoying waved his hand and said, "If the empire wants to annex China, the biggest obstacle is the serious shortage of manpower, because wealth can be created in a short period of time, and materials can be produced continuously, and only manpower can not be obtained in a short period of time, and population growth has a long cycle, and the empire cannot afford to wait." ”

It has been four years since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, and these four years can be divided into two phases.

The first and second years were the first stage, during which the Japanese army was in the stage of large-scale military offensive, the number of troops rapidly expanded from 17 permanent divisions to more than 50 divisions, the state's financial debt increased sharply and almost collapsed, the production of weapons and equipment obviously could not keep up with consumption, and even domestic teaching guns were loaned to the front.

After nearly two years of recuperation, Japan's economy improved markedly, the state's finances tended to be loose, the output of weapons and equipment was also surplus, and the equipment of the main divisions and regiments was even strengthened to a certain extent compared with before the outbreak of the war

Among them, the most obvious is that the field artillery wings of the vast majority of the main divisions and regiments are equipped with a brigade of 10m caliber field howitzers, unlike before the war, except for the Guards Division and the Dipei Regiment, the remaining 15 permanent divisions and regiments are only equipped with 75mm caliber field howitzers, or mountain howitzers.

In short, after two years of recuperation, Japan's economy has improved markedly, and supplies are greatly abundant.

However, only manpower was more strained than two years ago, and the surplus reserve and reserve forces before the war were almost exhausted, while the front-line armies in all areas were still asking the base camp for additional troops, and in order to raise enough troops, the Japanese base camp had to do the stupid thing of killing chickens and eggs, and conscripted many skilled industrial workers into the army.

Therefore, Fujido Takaei said that if Japan wants to annex China, the biggest obstacle is manpower.

However, Haneda seemed to have a different opinion on this, and said: "Your Excellency General, although the population of the empire is at an obvious disadvantage compared with China, but compared with the late Ming Dynasty, the Later Jin regime is not a disadvantage compared with the Ming Empire, the Later Jin only has a population of 200,000, but it can annex the Ming Dynasty with a population of hundreds of millions, and now the Japanese Empire has a population of 70 million, so what reason is there that it can't swallow China, which has a population of only more than 450 million?" ”

"Later Jin was able to annex Daming, there are many historical coincidences, such as the factor of the Xiaoice River period, and such as the self-destruction of the Great Wall by Li Zicheng's peasant army after occupying Beijing. Fujido Gao Ying seems to be extremely proficient in Chinese history, and all kinds of anecdotes are also at his fingertips, and he said, "However, if the Later Jin did not formulate the national policy of using the Han to control the Han to make up for the disadvantage in manpower, even if there were ten or a hundred times more coincidences, it would be impossible to annex the Ming Dynasty." ”

"That's right." Haneda thought deeply and said, "In fact, the Houjin only hit Beijing, and the remaining half of the Ming Empire was actually fought by Wu Sangui, Kong Youde, and Geng Jingzhong. ”

Fujido Takaei said: "Although the demographic disadvantage of the Great Japanese Empire is not so obvious compared to the Later Jin, it only accounts for one-sixth or seven-tenth of the Chinese population, so if you want to finally annex China, you must use the Liliang of the Chinese." ”

Ohara Shigemi couldn't help but interject: "Your Excellency, what does this have to do with letting the special operations team perform."

"Of course it does." Fujitang Gao Ying said, "Chinese are not born willing to be traitors, even if they are really traitors, most of them are only perfunctory, and few are willing to serve the empire sincerely, so I need your special operations brigade to perform a show in front of all the Longkou mixed brigade of the Imperial Allied Army, and use your superb tactical skills to tell the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Allied Army that there is no future in confrontation with the imperial army, and only by following the imperial army closely and being loyal to the imperial army will there be a future." ”

"Ohara-san." Fujido Takaei looked up at Ohara Shigemi and said, "I need an Imperial Cooperative Army that is really willing to cooperate with the Imperial Army and is truly willing to be loyal to the Empire, not an Imperial Cooperative Army that is false and unwilling, and always drops the chain at critical moments. ”

"Hello." Shigemi Ohara was apparently persuaded by Takahide Fujido, saying, "I know what to do."

With that, Ohara Shigemi turned around and strode out of Fujido Takahide's office with her saber in her hand.