Chapter 263: Prelude to War

By this time, Sara and Di Maria had already taken advantage of Hitler's influence to become the heads of the largest monopoly companies in Germany.

The two of them have taken on almost all of the recent major projects, which has rekindled the flames of revenge in Sarah's heart.

"Of course, our current military strength is far from enough, and the method you are using now is not foolproof, you must solve this problem before the backlash comes, and the best way to solve this problem is to expand abroad, Adolf, it's time to make those who have bullied Germany pay."

Hitler touched a handful of beard on his lips, and his eyes gradually sharpened.

"Of course we have to make them pay, we Nazi Party do what we say, the world owes us, and sooner or later we will take it back with our own hands!"

Time flies, and in such a pessimistic and fanatical atmosphere, Germany's military power has entered an era of rapid development, and the sleeping giant country far away in the east has been plunged into the ravages of continuous war.

"Wang Xian, you can't fight like this! We lack enough manpower and equipment, although Mr. Zhou's funds continue to be sent to this side, it can't be wasted in vain, cheap Japanese devils! ”

Wang Lianhao, who had just covered his head and dodged a round of concentrated fire from the enemy, shouted loudly at Wang Xian, who was not far away.

Wang Xian squinted his eyes and fired two shots down the hillside, then turned around and looked back, looked at Wang Lianhao and the hideous wound that crossed his face, and gritted his teeth and said, "I know...... Know...... But now that a large number of the country's land has fallen into the hands of the enemy, and the other party has even established a puppet Manchukuo in the occupied territory, as long as you are a Chinese, you will absolutely not be able to control the anger in your heart, and I will drive out these Japanese devils! ”

"But you are not an ordinary Chinese, you are more of a soldier!" A leader! You are responsible for the soldiers under your command! Fighting a war is more than just a single shot! ”

Wang Lianhao gritted his teeth, reached out and pinched Wang Xian's shoulder.

"Wang Xian, this is a tough battle, I know you feel very uncomfortable, obviously we have made so many preparations in advance, but when it comes to fighting, things can't develop in a direction that we can control, this is not something that one or two people can control, even Mr. Zhou also said that we must prepare for a long-term war of resistance, we must use the depth of our own territory to drag down the enemy, the mercenaries trained by Mr. Zhou will soon be killed from behind, you can't be rash at this time!"

After a fierce struggle in his heart, Wang Xian took off the hat on his head and crumpled it into a ball, and said to the herald beside him: "Order the troops...... Fall back! Everyone, retreat in an orderly manner according to the retreat formation and withdraw to our third line of defense! Damn, it's really not good, Lao Tzu can still retreat to the mountains to fight guerrilla attacks with him! These Japanese devils, don't think about having a peaceful birthday one day! Come on! ”

Yes, although Zhou Yu used the Yunnan-Burma Highway to transport a large amount of funds and equipment to the hinterland of the motherland, these money and materials can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket for a country.

Moreover, at this time, there were many domestic warlords and many factions, and it was impossible for Zhou Yu to let his money go into the pockets of these warlords, so most of it was still in the hands of Wang Lianhao, who recruited thousands of soldiers among the workers who built the road, trying to unite many forces and persuade them to resist the Japanese.

It is a pity that a battle of Songhu crippled these warlords, and they suffered heavy losses along the way.

It was only at this time that the sleeping dragon-like land of China seemed to wake up, and more and more volunteers emerged in the enemy war zone, relying on their flexible mobility and understanding of the terrain to fight guerrilla warfare against the Japanese army.

In just two years, according to incomplete statistics, the total strength of these volunteers has grown to 200,000, of which the three eastern provinces are the most active.

With the most rudimentary weapons and equipment, they fought to the death against the well-equipped Japanese army.

They smashed the local county police station, released more than 100 patriots who had been imprisoned, annihilated hundreds of puppet soldiers, and seized two mortars, three machine guns, and more than 400 rifles.

They set up an ambush to block the Japanese puppet army, annihilated more than 500 enemy troops, shot down two enemy planes, conquered the Liuhe River, destroyed the enemy's consulate, and made the enemy anxious.

After fifteen days of fierce fighting near Jingpo Lake, they killed nearly 200 Japanese puppet troops, smashed their sweep of the Jilin region, and won a partial victory.

They also attacked railway stations and airports, blew up three enemy warships, fought thousands of large and small battles with the puppet army of the Kwantung Army, killed and wounded more than 30,000 enemies, and even used the tactic of diverting the tiger from the mountains to attack the west to blow up the power plant built by the enemy, effectively dealing a blow to the arrogance of the aggressors, and at the same time arousing tremendous repercussions at home and abroad.

However, there is one thing, in these seemingly scattered small groups of rebel volunteers, there are always some different, well-armed commanders.

Although they are not professional soldiers, these commanders are very comprehensive, whether it is training troops, organizing counteroffensives, retreating and ambushing, they are proficient in everything.

At this time, the strength of the Japanese army in the northeast had increased from less than 20,000 in one division to 110,000 in five divisions.

That's right, the commanders of these volunteers are all from the same place, that is, the Longxing Military School established by Zhou Yu, they are the first batch of students of the president of the Longxing Chamber of Commerce, and they have quietly spread to all parts of the motherland, exerting their weak light with the momentum of sparks.

"Yaga! It's all rice buckets! ”

Faced with the continuous harassment of multiple groups of volunteers, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, Honjo Shige, was furious and swept all the items on the table to the ground.

"Lieutenant General, don't be angry, if you are angry, you will fall into the trap of the other party, as far as I know, although the local volunteers are brave and flexible in battle, but their numbers are limited, and they will not do much harm to our army, we should concentrate our forces to carry out a large-scale sweep and encirclement again, and apply to the military department for more soldiers to support Manchukuo, here is the foundation of our foothold, and we must not lose it."

Miyake Koji, the chief of staff of Honjo Shigeru, hurriedly comforted him.

Honjo took a deep breath, clenched his fists and narrowed his eyes, and said: "What you said makes sense, and we have already found out that the equipment and supplies of those volunteers are transported from a road through the mountains in the southwest, and if this transportation line is not destroyed, these guerrillas will never be killed!"

It's time to apply to the military department for support...... This is also a good opportunity to strengthen the strength of our Kwantung Army, I heard that the military department has begun to send troops to the South Pacific, and the navy there has been winning battles one after another, and we must also advance with a big victory to learn the results of the battle, otherwise the benefits will be taken up by the navy guys! ”

"Lieutenant General, I'm going to send a telegram to the military department, asking for more reinforcements and equipment, and we can't let all the supplies flow into the navy!"

It is an indisputable fact that the army, navy, and air force look down on each other within the Japanese military department, but in this contest the army has the upper hand a little, and in any case, they have also laid a huge territory in northeastern China and supported a puppet government, and the military department is not willing to let a group of volunteers destroy the puppet state they have built with great difficulty.

At half past seven in the morning in the MCC District of Tokyo, it was cloudy.

As a result, Kota Murahashi was drafted into the army, he had just turned eighteen this year, had a primary school education, and was an apprentice in a tailor's shop before joining the army.

When they received the enlistment notice, Murahashi's family didn't have any time to prepare, because the recent enlistment notices were extremely frequent, and it seemed that the empire had opened up new battlefields and was winning battles along the way, and they needed more soldiers to manage the captured areas.

His mother put on a khaki military uniform for Kota, smoothing the wrinkles on his clothes over and over again, as if she was a little reluctant.

And in order not to worry his family, Kota showed a smile on his face, and waved his arm and said: "Everyone go back, I was called by the emperor to be loyal to the country, it is light, I set off~!" ”

Kota glanced at her mother, who looked calm, her younger brother who had two barrels of snot, and her younger sister, who had taken on housework at a young age, turned around quickly and said goodbye to them in her heart.

The mother looked at Kota's back and almost cried, but the father hurriedly covered her mouth.

"Don't cry! This is unlucky, let's just wish Kota a triumphant return! ”

In Nakano District, soldiers wearing military uniforms and carrying heavy burdens like Kota Murahashi gathered one after another from all directions.

Just yesterday, the Emperor radioed the sound of his voice through the iron loudspeakers, inspiring his people to send men into battle to complete the great hegemony of the Empire.

However, for ordinary soldiers like Kota, they are more concerned about the fact that as long as they are recruited into the army, they will give their families a few bags of rice, flour, and new clothes for the winter.

"Kota, have you also been drafted into the army?"

A man with a small stature with some protruding front teeth patted Kota on the shoulder from the side.

"It's Erlang, yes, like you, most of the teenagers in our village should have been chosen, right?"

"Isn't it~ I also saw Shintaro, Ito, and Konosuke, so I really wish we could be divided into a team, so that everyone can take care of each other."

Speaking of this, some bucktoothed Erlang leaned over and whispered: "I heard some veterans who came back from injuries say that the war on the front line is going very smoothly, as long as you get there, you can grab whatever you see, no one will care, you will no longer be illegal to kill, and you don't need to worry about burning your own house if you set fire, I really want to enter the battlefield as soon as possible to make contributions." ”

Yuta shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Erlang, the war is not as simple as you think, we are still new recruits, we have to participate in training, it is impossible to be put into the front line at the first time, wait patiently." ”

"Oh~~ training, I hate training, you know, I dozed off when I saw a book when I was in school, I just want to make a contribution, and by the way, I can grab a wife for myself, hehe~ Xingtai, I know that you have a good relationship with Aqing at the entrance of the village, but this is a long way to go, and you can also grab a wife for yourself temporarily."

"Okay, Erlang, be serious, the chief is in front."