The news of the People's Army's victory in Japan was naturally spread to the Military Commission. After receiving the report, Xiao Jianjun also went straight to the administrative building and told Xia Bohai the news to reassure him.

After Luo Yue led the army and launched the Japanese landing operation, Xia Bohai was very worried. After all, this was the first time that the People's Army took the initiative to attack other countries and was fighting completely within other countries.

Although Japan's main troops are now trapped on the Korean Peninsula, Japan is now reorganizing the British and French expeditionary forces, and a large-scale reorganization of the army has now been newly formed. Although the soldiers of these troops are basically newcomers, and they are very lacking in training and practical experience, the number advantage is too great, and they have home advantage and can get the support of the Japanese citizens. This time, the People's Army did not invest in Japan's war, only more than 50,000 troops of the Marine Corps, plus about 40,000 Russian mercenaries, the total is less than 100,000. Moreover, Russian mercenaries are originally an unstable factor, and the Japanese army has always been famous for its crazy battlefield in the old time and space. This time, it is a battle to defend the country. If you go crazy, you will have a special attack team, and the result is difficult to predict.

Now Luo Yueji has become one of the most outstanding generals in the People's Army. If there is any accident in defeating Luo Yue in Japan, it will not only cause a major loss to the People's Army, but also greatly damage the morale of the People's Army, but also make Xia Bohai feel it is difficult for him to face Qin Zheng, although before the war, Qin Zheng had an absolute support for this order.

However, this time the Japanese landing operation is imperative and there must be no changes. Moreover, only Luo Yue is the most suitable commander, because only by burning the war to Japan and consuming Japan's national strength, then after the British and French expeditionary forces arrive in the Far East, they will not receive substantial support from Japan, and the East China government can deal with the expeditionary forces with all their might.

Luo Yue led his army to successfully land in Japan. Although he had always fought very smoothly, he gained a foothold in the peninsula, defeated the Japanese army that had attacked many times, and sent back a large number of captured Japanese population. However, Xia Bohai was relieved, but he did not feel much at ease, because these battles were not decisive battles, and the Japanese army still had enough strength to launch a large-scale attack on the People's Army, so the test of Luo Yue was still behind.

Sure enough, after several failures, the Japanese army concentrated 10 divisions, and nearly 200,000 troops to attack the Neng Peninsula. Although Luo Yue transferred the last two army divisions in China to Japan, his total strength was only about 120,000, and Luo Yue had released about 30,000 Russian mercenaries to land and fight in other parts of Japan. Therefore, the army that Luo Yue could use to guard Neng Peninsula was less than 90,000. Although the People's Army could receive the firepower support of the fleet, this battle was difficult to fight at least on the surface.

Moreover, even if Luo Yue was able to finally defeat the Japanese attack, it would be unfavorable if his own losses were too large, because the Japanese army was a local war and could replenish the troops at any time. The People's Army had already used up all the troops planned for Japanese operations. If the Japanese army organizes an attack of the same scale, it would be difficult to withstand it. Therefore, Xia Bohai ordered Xiao Jianjun to draw two more army divisions to support the Japanese battlefield.

But what Xia Bohai didn't expect was that Luo Yue not only successfully defeated the Japanese army's attack in this battle, but also nearly 60,000 Japanese troops that annihilated and captured reached nearly 60,000. With the results of the previous war, the total number of Japanese troops that annihilated and captured exceeded 80,000, while the People's Army's own casualties were less than 3,000, which can be said to be a brilliant result. Moreover, this battle also greatly damaged the Japanese army's vitality. It will be impossible to launch another 10 division-level attacks within at least three months. Therefore, it can also be said that Luo Yue is now invincible in Japan.

Xia Bohai was completely relieved, took out a pack of cigarettes from the drawer, threw it to Xiao Jianjun, then lit it himself, and said, "Old Xiao, Luo Yue, this guy, is really doing a good job this time."

Xiao Jianjun also nodded, took out a match and lit a cigarette, and said, "Yes, it is rare to be able to win such a beautiful victory in Japan, although the Japanese army lacks practical experience. Moreover, this battle is a cooperative battle of integrated sea and land, and this kid is becoming more and more like a general. It's still Lao Qin's vision and found such a good son-in-law. It's really enviable."

Xia Bohai spitted a puff of smoke and laughed: "What's there to envy? Even if you take Liangliang to travel over, there is no way. I'm still a lot short of it. Xiaotong and Xiaoying are about the same age. But they are not as steady as Xiaoying, and they are like a crazy girl. Luo Yue may not be able to like him."

Xiao Jianjun said: "That's right, but if Xiaoqi travels with you, his achievements may not be worse than Luo Yue. I don't know how they are living now."

Xia Bohai also nodded, took a deep breath of cigarette, and said, "Yes, we have been in this era for seven years."

Xia Bohai and Xiao Jianjun both had family children in the old time and space. Xia Bohai had one son and one daughter, while Xiao Jianjun had a son, but only Qin Zheng was with his wife and daughter to travel to this era. Xia Bohai and Xiao Jianjun both traveled alone. Usually, they saw Qin Zheng not only had a family, but also had a son-in-law and a grandson. Both of them were indeed a little envious. Now when talking about their children in the old time and space, they couldn't help but feel a little angry.

However, neither of them is confused about their daughter's love. Bi Jing traveled to this era and had almost zero chance of going back. It was useless to think too much. Moreover, both of them are now married again. The wife was introduced by Zhou Ping. She was a female doctor in the medical team who traveled through time. She had a good temper. After re-establishing her family, she no longer thought about it. She just talked about the past and sighed a few times.

Xiao Jianjun took a few puffs of cigarettes, put them out in the smoke ash, and said, "Also, Luo Yue applied to land on the Izu Peninsula immediately. What do you think?"

When Xia Bohai heard this, he couldn't help but feel excited. While throwing a cigarette to Xiao Jianjun, he stood up and came to the Japanese map hanging on the wall to carefully observe the situation on the map.

Xiao Jianjun lit a cigarette while sucking a few more sips, which did not disturb Xia Bohai's thinking.

After a while, Xia Bohai turned around and said, "Old Xiao, I think it is not appropriate to launch a landing battle on the Izu Peninsula at this time."

Xiao Jianjun was also a little surprised and said, "Why? This is the plan that Luo Yue planned to start. In the Noida Peninsula, the Izu Peninsula landed separately, and the two peninsulas were linked."

Xia Bohai laughed and said, "Old Xiao, tactics serve strategy. There are two main strategic goals for us to launch landing in Japan. First, it is to destroy Japan's local area, consume Japan's strength, and make Japan not have enough power to support the expeditionary force's operations. This is the main goal; secondly, it is to plunder Japan's materials and population, which is also to consume Japan's strength and also to supplement our materials and population. Therefore, whether it is landing in the Neng Peninsula or the Izu Peninsula, it is all for these two strategies. Now, in the Battle of Neng Peninsula, we have severely damaged the Japanese army, which has prevented the Japanese army from launching a large-scale attack within three months. Now whether it is landing in the Izu Peninsula or not, it can achieve this goal, so naturally there is no need to launch the Izu Peninsula landing battle again."

Xiao Jianjun said: "But landing on the Izu Peninsula can directly threaten Tokyo, which poses a greater threat to Japan. This is very different from the Nobunai Peninsula."

Xia Bohai nodded and said, "Yes, the strategic location of the Izu Peninsula is larger than that of the Nodeng Peninsula. If we want to force Japan to surrender now, of course it is better to land on the Izu Peninsula. But at present, it is not yet time to force Japan to surrender. Today we just received the news that the British and French Expeditionary Force has arrived in the Andaman Sea. In another 3 or 4 days, we can reach Singapore. The theoretically, the Expeditionary Force can reach Japan within one month. Of course, the Expeditionary Force will definitely rest in Singapore for a period of time, which is estimated to be around 15 days, but our next focus is to fight the Expeditionary Force. As for forcing Japan to surrender, it should be after we defeat the Expeditionary Force."

After hearing this, Xiao Jianjun couldn't help but say, "So fast? It's at least half a month faster than we expected."

Xia Bohai said: "You can't be too fast. If you slow down a little, the Expeditionary Force will become the commander of the bare feet after the Expeditionary Force arrives in Asia, and there will be no place to stand. Moreover, the Natuna Islands will be defeated, and the British are eager to find the place. So our next main task is to deal with the Expeditionary Force. The Japanese battlefield will be temporarily released, so at this time, do not launch a landing on the Izu Peninsula."

Xiao Jianjun nodded and said, "Okay, I understand, I will order Luo Yue."

Xia Bohai said: "Luo Yue is a sensible person. If he tells him the situation of the Expeditionary Force, he will be able to understand our orders. Moreover, not only will he suspend landing on the Izu Peninsula, but also the two battleships of the Osaka, the Osaka, the Kaihai and the Takuhai, which landed on the Japanese fleet, are going to be transferred back to prepare for the Expeditionary Fleet."

Although the People's Army Navy has five modern warships to mount, the scale of the Expeditionary Fleet is too large, so it is entirely necessary to concentrate all the main warships of the People's Army Navy to fight. The Ocean, Ouyang, Kaihai, and Tuohai are naturally important forces.

However, Xiao Jianjun frowned and said, "In this way, Luo Yue has only four ironclad ships left at Japan's maritime power. Although the land-to-land support firepower of these four ironclad ships is enough, the Japanese Navy has two armored cruisers of nearly 10,000 tons. If it really fights, it is enough to restrain these four ironclad ships. If the sea support firepower is lost, Luo Yue's pressure will increase."

Xia Bohai obviously had a plan for this and said: "It should be almost enough to send Dengzhou, Laizhou, Caozhou and Yanzhou to support Luo Yue. Even if the Japanese Navy attacks, these 4 warships and 4 ironclad ships are enough to deal with them. And it can also add firepower to support land."
Chapter completed!