Shu Tongwen hurried to the frontier command center of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in Southern Anhui. When he walked into the conference room under Liu Dagutou, he found that the atmosphere inside was a bit solemn.

Xu Shijiu leaned against the back of the chair, looking a little pale.

Seeing Shu Tongwen come in, Xu Shijiu just nodded at him and then continued to speak.

"The analysis of the combat effectiveness of the Japanese UR Division before the war should be credible. The Japanese UR Division has three infantry corpses, one engineer corps, one baggage corps, one artillery corps, and one cavalry brigade, with a total force of about 18,000."

"However, after participating in the Battle of Changheng and Liu Gui, especially in Hengyang, the Japanese UR division failed to defeat for a long time and suffered a lot of damage. Therefore, the most optimistic estimate is that it is already very good that the Japanese UR division has still left half of its combat power."

"That means that the Japanese UR division has at most 10,000 troops left to fight. Its technical equipment may not be too much, and there should be very little ammunition left. Otherwise, it would not be crushed by the 40th Division artillery regiment in the previous battle in Guanqian Town."

"And, in the previous battle in Guanqian Town, the Japanese UR Division invested at least two and a half infantry regiments, which means that there will not be too many defenders stationed in various strongholds such as Juanqiao, Yunguang Temple, and Yaqian Town. For example, Juanqiao, at most one squadron."

"In the first stage of the attack on Juanqiao by Battalion 1, the development of the battle situation was also in line with our judgment."

"However, in the second stage, at least two heavy machine gun squadrons suddenly appeared on the Juanqiao position. Battalion 1 caught off guard, and the entire army was destroyed. I judged that these two heavy machine gun squadrons of the little Japanese could never ambush the Juanqiao position in advance, but should have been transferred from another place."

Gao Shenxing interrupted: "The question is, how did these two heavy machine gun squadrons of Japan be transferred? Duzi's artillery battalion has completely locked the connection channel between Juanqiao and the outside world."

Xu Shijiu nodded and said in a deep voice: "I have been thinking about this issue for half a night. I think there is only one possibility, that is, the little Japanese repaired the secret passage network connecting various outer strongholds and Chizhou City in advance, making it a complete defense system."

"Secret channel network? Defense system?" Gao Shenxing, Li Zihan and other officers looked at each other.

"If it is a secret channel network, then everything will be explained." Xu Shijiu continued, "It is because the Japanese repaired the secret channel in advance that the Japanese commando had the opportunity to bypass the 118th Regiment on the front and suddenly launched a raid on Chen Shizhang's division headquarters. The 40th Division was caught off guard and collapsed across the line. It is because the Japanese repaired the secret channel in advance that the old Yoshikawa devil could not know it. Unconsciously, two heavy machine gun squadrons were drawn from Yunguang Temple to reinforce Jinguanqiao. The 1 regiment and the 1st Battalion were caught off guard and suffered a great loss."

"It's really possible." Gao Shenxing nodded, and then became extremely angry again. "If I were really secretly speaking, why didn't Chen Shizhang and Huang Baitao remind us earlier?"

Li Zihan also frowned in an instant. If things were really as Xu Shijiu guessed, then Chen Shizhang and Huang Baitao were unreasonable to remind the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army, even though they knew that the little Japanese had built secret passages between various strongholds, were still unwilling to remind the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army.

However, before Gao Shenxing finished speaking, the Intelligence Director Ye Ruxue hurried in and reported: "Commander, the Army had just sent a telegram saying that there were secret passages between the various strongholds of the Japanese. The 40th Division suffered a great loss from the Japanese secret passage, which made us more vigilant."

"Damn it, I'm here to remind us now, there's something wrong with it?" Gao Shenxing said furiously, "Did they go earlier than that? The 40th Division was raided by a Japanese last night and suffered a loss at Juanqiao. There was at least four hours between them. For such a long time, did Huang Baitao and Chen Shizhangyu go?"

"Lao Gao, Commander Huang and Commander Chen may have been negligent," Li Zihan explained.

"Negrity?" Gao Shenxing said, "Zihan, are you treating me as a three-year-old child? Huang Baitao and Chen Shizhang are not students who have just graduated from the Central Military Academy. Even if they have not had one hundred, they will have at least eighty? They still don't know what such information means?"

Li Zihan was speechless. If Huang Baitao and Chen Shizhang had discovered the secret that he had secretly told him, but he neglected to notify the southern Anhui Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army because he was busy with other things. This was indeed a bit unreasonable, unless they had ulterior motives.

Gao Shenxing said in a hurry: "I think they have ulterior motives."

"Okay, please stop talking." Xu Shijiu waved his hand and said, "It's better to begging for yourself than asking others. We have never expected the army to help us." After a pause, Xu Shijiu continued, "Now that we already know what we are doing in secret, then our tactics must be adjusted. It seems that quick battles and quick decisions are not enough, we can only rely on long-term siege."

Gao Shenxing snorted, and then he sat back in his seat angrily.

(Split Line)

When Yoshikawa Kiyoshi rushed to Jueqiao, the battle there was already over.

After inspecting the positions, news came from the front-line observation post that the southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in various directions, including Yunguang Temple, Yaqian Town, and the southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in the front of Juanqiao, all retreated. However, the positions occupied by the southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army were not given up.

At this time, the sky was already bright, and Yoshikawa Kiyoshi was worried that in the next day, the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army of Southern Anhui would launch a more fierce attack, but what surprised him was that in the next few consecutive days, the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army of Southern Anhui did not launch an attack on Chizhou and several major strongholds on the periphery.

However, with the cooperation of Chuanwanzhou, Baishazhou, and southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, with the cooperation of the New Fourth Army and local militia, launched a fierce attack on the puppet troops stationed on these two sandbanks.

Due to the limitations of the terrain of Chuanwanzhou and Baishazhou, solid fortifications could not be built, and the navy's gunboats were not transferred in large quantities at the beginning, so the need to protect the Yangtze River channel was not urgent. Therefore, Yoshikawa Kiyoshi did not pay much attention to the defense of these two sandbanks, so he only sent a battalion of the puppet army to garrison these two sandbanks.

By the time the Japanese joint fleet was completely destroyed in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the Japanese base camp had to draw most of the ships from the Chinese battlefield to prepare for local guards, which led to the fragile Yangtze River channel. It was too late for Yoshikawa Kiyoshi to strengthen the defense of Shipwanzhou and Baishazhou again.

Soon, Chuanwanzhou and Baishazhou fell one after another.

Obviously, the anti-Japanese and national salvation army in southern Anhui has changed its tactics.

Originally, Xu Shijiu was thinking of taking advantage of the opportunity of the Japanese UR division being trapped and revived Chizhou City in one fell swoop. However, after the defeat in the first battle, Xu Shijiu immediately realized that the time for the restoration of Chizhou was not ripe. At least at this stage, the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui did not have the strength to revive Chizhou.

Soon, Xu Shijiu changed the strong attack to a siege, preparing to continue to weaken the Japanese army through long-term siege. When the Japanese army weakened to a certain level, they would launch a final attack.

Xu Shijiu did not expect that the siege would last for eight months.

In the past eight months, the UR division of Japan was basically trapped in Chizhou City and several outer strongholds, which put great pressure on their logistics. Because after the Battle of Lyte Bay, Japan's last sea and air strength was completely wiped out. Therefore, not only the safety of maritime transportation channels could no longer be guaranteed, but even the safety of inland waterways like the Yangtze River could no longer be guaranteed.

Under the continuous harassment of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui, the New Fourth Army and the Central Army, the transportation of the entire Yangtze River channel of Japan was almost paralyzed, and the material transportation of the base camp was intermittent, and sometimes it could not get any supplies for a few months. The Japanese army in the occupied areas in central China had to raise their own supplies.

Under the siege of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army, the New Fourth Army and the Central Army of the Third War Zone, the Japanese army in southern Anhui had the most difficult time, and could only get a little food every day. By July 1934, the supply of grain in the UR division began to become difficult, and the supply of military supplies was even short of military supplies. Now each Japanese soldier had only 50 bullets left.

As August came, two more shocking events occurred.

First, the United States threw two atomic bombs into Nagasaki and Hiroshima in Japan. After the violent explosion, the huge mushroom cloud that soared into the air greatly shocked the little Japan. The old devils of Hirohito and the fanatical Japanese people were extremely surprised to find that if they wanted to continue to resist stubbornly, what was waiting for them would be likely to not only destroy the country, but even their race would be destroyed.

Then the Soviet Union declared war on Japan.

Seeing that the US Army, Navy and Air Force were approaching Japan's mainland step by step, the Soviet Union was unwilling to fall behind. On August 8, 34 of the Republic of China, it declared war on Japan, and immediately dispatched 1.5 million troops from China and Mongolia. The Sino-Soviet border entered Northeast China on a large scale, launching a scattered attack on the Kanto Army of Japan.

At this time, the elite of the Japanese Kwantung Army and most of the technical equipment had been transferred to the Pacific battlefield, and were basically exhausted under the artillery fire of the US Army and Navy. Most of the soldiers who were replenished were industrial workers, elderly people and even children who had been retired for many years.

Therefore, although the Kwantung Army still has 700,000 troops, its combat effectiveness is extremely weak. It is simply vulnerable to the Soviet Red Army, which is armed to the teeth. The Soviet Red Army almost easily wiped out the Kwantung Army in the northeast with the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves.

Inspired by the US and Soviet troops, Chairman Chiang finally ordered the national troops on various battlefields to launch a counterattack. The Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army also launched a massive counterattack on the battlefield behind enemy lines. The Shandong Bureau of the Communist Party of China even issued the last spy to the Japanese in Shandong, ordering them to surrender unconditionally.
Chapter completed!