The Japanese military has always attached great importance to pilots and other jishu troops, and if they are captured, they will definitely try their best to rescue them, and the devils have already done it several times to use the captured Chinese and Soviet pilots to exchange them. However, as cannon fodder, the Japanese military department has always adhered to the attitude that being captured is disloyal to the emperor, and not only will it not try to rescue it, even if the Chinese release it, the Japanese military department will often not spare these "cowards" who have lost the face of the "Great Japanese Empire".

But that was before, since the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, under the continuous blows of the squadron represented by the 15 th Group Army and the increasingly awakened Chinese people, the total number of permanent attrition of the Japanese army so far has exceeded 800,000, especially the elite veterans who are well-trained and have been in battle for a long time have suffered heavy losses, although the Japanese Army has temporarily maintained the superiority of its strength through frenzied expansion, but the combat effectiveness of the troops has begun to plummet, otherwise no matter how strong the 15 th Group Army is, It will not suddenly become as fierce as it is now, and even the casualties in the field attack are less than half of those of the Japanese army

In this regard, the Japanese military department believes that on the one hand, because too many recruits have been recruited, the elite of the army, especially the infantry, has been diluted, and on the other hand, because there is a lack of a sufficient number of veterans to pass on the mentorship, the growth rate of the new recruits has not met expectations, and the previous problem has become even more serious. Therefore, in this case, those captured Japanese infantry became very valuable, not to mention that the Japanese Central China Dispatch Army is now just short of troops, isn't this just a sleepy person sent a pillow?

Of course, the Japanese army could think of the possibility of the 15th Army being absorbed after exchanging those ** prisoners of war. However, the devils generally believe that the combat effectiveness of those ** is far inferior to the elite of the 15 th Group Army, and if the 15 th Group Army insists on being absorbed, I am afraid that it will lead to a sharp decline in combat effectiveness like the Japanese army is doing now, at least for a period of time, and the 15 th Group Army, as the army of the Red Party, if so many ** are absorbed at once, the relationship between the Red Party and the Kuomintang will definitely deteriorate extremely, which is undoubtedly undesirable for the Japanese who are delusional about luring Lao Chiang to surrender.

In addition, the base camp of the Japanese army also wanted to take this opportunity to infiltrate the 15 th Group Army, which had already hit the nail on the Red Party countless times since the War of Resistance Against Japan, and the enemy did not find the best. Even if they were discovered, their plans for integration would be seriously disrupted, and it would be of great benefit to Japan in any way

Therefore, the Japanese side soon agreed to exchange prisoners of war, because the military quality of the Japanese prisoners of war was significantly higher than that of **, and Japan was more short of manpower than China, so after some negotiations, the plan was finally determined to exchange 250,000 ** prisoners of war for 120,000 Japanese prisoners of war, which was much less than they expected, but a large number of pilots who were captured before could also be exchanged back (Chinese captured pilots, including the Soviet aid air force. They all came back, but in many fewer ways than the devil pilots. This aspect is earned by the devil. The Chinese side also agreed to release Prince Takahito Mikasa, who had been educated in political ideology for a period of time in the border area, and all his attachés except for the "jackal staff officer" who was executed, so the Japanese side finally accepted this condition.

It is worth mentioning that these prisoners of war are basically in good health, at least not seriously injured, the reason is very simple, the devils will not kindly send people to treat the seriously wounded of the **, although the fifteenth group army has a prisoner policy, but Hu Weidong will not waste the already tight medical liliang for those devils who are difficult to treat, and most importantly. Seriously wounded prisoners of war devils don't. In addition, the Japanese army and even the Japanese military headquarters in Xuzhou actually did not want to rescue the captured Japanese naval officers and men, and they have always avoided them intentionally or unintentionally during the negotiations, but this is fine, anyway, these people will be needed to help train our own navy for a long time. Later, although the Japanese Navy Command Department paid for the redemption of some of the prisoners, this incident had further deteriorated the relationship between the Japanese Navy and the Army

The brilliant victories of the three battles of Lunan relieved the old Chiang, who was overwhelmed by the Japanese offensive during this time. However, the terrifying combat effectiveness displayed by the 15 th Group Army made him fearful, and what made Lao Jiang even more uneasy was that Houlu, a high-ranking official who had been invincible in the past, repeatedly ran into a wall in the 15 th Group Army like other red party troops. For Sun Liren, the current "number one general" of the 15 th Group Army, Lao Jiang made an unprecedented promise of the post of commander-in-chief of the group army and a large sum of money. He also took the plunge and invited his brother-in-law, Sun Liren's old master, Song Ziwen, and his brother-in-law, Kong Xiangxi, who had some personal relations with Sun Liren, to woo him in the name of Lao Jun, but they were all sternly rejected by Sun Liren.

In order to avoid Lao Jiang's entanglement and causing trouble to himself, Sun Liren directly pointed out the key to Song Ziwen's problem, once he joined the Red Party, the army was no longer under the personal control of the generals, even if he was willing to accept the government's wooing, he could only go by himself, no matter how high the position of the commander of the light pole was, what was the point? What's more, after Lao Jiang knew that he couldn't bring in the army, would he continue to pay so much attention to himself, the answer is obvious, Sun Liren would not be so stupid, and leave his handy troops and a big future for a false position

Sun Liren didn't get it, after all, he defected to the Red Party as early as the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, Lao Jiang just regretted that he had underestimated the general, but the words conveyed by Song Ziwen made Lao Jiang even more worried, and he suddenly had a bad premonition, maybe not only Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army, which was originally separated from the central government, but even the 71st Army of the National Revolutionary Army, which had just been formed by the ace descendants of the Central Army, would be "meat buns and dogs" after being incorporated into the 15th Group Army

The more he thought about it, the more worried he became, and immediately issued an order to the former enemy headquarters of the First Theater in the name of the Military Commission, demanding that the 71st Army be transferred to the Lanfeng Defense Line and formed the 20th Group Army with the 32nd Army of Shang Zhen stationed there, on the grounds that he was worried that the Japanese army would divide its troops and advance westward, but Hu Weidong, who had just won a great victory, replied that the 71st Army suffered too many casualties and needed to be repaired for a long time, and it was not suitable to leave Shandong for the time being. Lao Jiang had no plan, and he had another plan, and he promoted many middle-level officers of the 71st Army on the grounds of meritorious service awards, but Hu Weidong flatly refused on the grounds that he could not destroy the military merit system

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