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"Boss!"

"It's not like we've never had a chance to talk!" Xie Jinyuan said with a smile.

"never mind!"

"You'd better keep this a secret, kid! Don't let Old Man Yan find out!"

"Otherwise, he would be furious!" The boss then quickly recounted what had happened.

Everyone exchanged a knowing smile.

for a long time!

"Thank you, Jinyuan!"

"How confident are you in this battle?" the boss suddenly asked with a serious expression.

He had pinned his entire career in the Eighth Route Army on Xie Jinyuan!

Launch a full-scale attack!

If we fail, the consequences will be unimaginable!

"Boss!"

"Originally it was only 60%!"

“But now! It’s about 80%!” Xie Jinyuan said after a moment of contemplation.

"Eighty percent?"

Not only the boss, but even the brigade commander looked on in disbelief!

I originally thought I had at most a 50% chance of success!

"Correct!"

"This battle must be fought quickly!"

"The New Third Regiment alone couldn't handle so many Japanese soldiers!"

"But if you include our entire Eighth Route Army, including the Jin-Sui Army!"

"That would be much faster!"

Xie Jinyuan spoke thoughtfully.

"Jinsui Army?"

"Xie Jinyuan! You mean Yan Xishan has also mobilized his troops in full force?" The boss frowned instantly.

"Ok!"

"Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the entire Second World War zone will launch a full-scale counter-offensive!"

Xie Jinyuan nodded.

“But what I’m most worried about now is something else!” Xie Jinyuan said in a deep voice after a pause.

Upon hearing that there was still something to worry about, both the general and the brigade commander became tense.

"Xie Jinyuan! You speak!"

"It seems that Yoshio Shinotsuka has already mobilized air force reinforcements!"

"air force?"

"Xie Jinyuan, you're not joking, are you?" the boss suddenly asked.

One reason why the casualty ratio on the Chinese battlefield was so different was that the Japanese soldiers' weapons, equipment, and combat skills were superior to those of the Chinese soldiers!

But the most important point is!

The Japanese have a well-developed air force!

It should be noted that even the mountain city army did not have a fully-fledged air force, and even their air defense weapons were extremely scarce!

Throughout history, before large-scale wars began, the Japanese would always send their air force to bomb first!

This is the most important factor!

"Boss! No!"

"This is actually the main reason why I initially placed the battlefield around Taiyuan!"

"Of course, there's one more thing!"

"The New Third Regiment was a hidden force from the very beginning!"

"Even Yoshio Shinotsuka doesn't know all my secrets!"

"After those two telegrams were sent, Yoshio Shinotsuka obviously wouldn't use the air force until the very last moment!" Xie Jinyuan said in a deep voice.

"Then what do you mean?"

"Is it already at the final stage?"

The boss suddenly realized what was happening and said.

"Ok!"

"All of Yoshio Shinotsuka's trump cards have been defeated by the New Third Regiment!"

"We want to win this battle, or rather, stop the downward spiral!"

"Yoshio Shinotsuka has to request reinforcements from the Ground Force, but the only one closest to him who can mobilize a large number of air force troops for reinforcement is the Kwantung Army!"

"Based on the distance, it will take at most a day and a half!"

Xie Jinyuan spoke quickly.

"A day and a half?"

"Then we're completely doomed!"

The boss's heart skipped a beat!

Even his expression changed drastically in an instant!

"No way! You fucking said 80%!" The boss then looked at Xie Jinyuan, almost spitting out his own words.

"Cough cough~"

"Boss! I'm probably referring to the deployment of the air force!"

"If the air force hadn't been deployed..."

Xie Jinyuan seemed to be referring to something.

The meaning couldn't be clearer!

"After the air force was deployed?"

"Eighty percent?"

The boss subconsciously swallowed.

"Correct!"

"However, Yoshio Shinotsuka probably won't be able to hold out until the air force arrives!"

"Can't hold on?"

"Xie Jinyuan! Don't talk nonsense!"

"Shinotsuka Yoshio has 100,000 troops under his command!"

"Even with its Third Division suffering heavy losses, it's impossible for it not to last a day and a half!" the commander-in-chief said, taking a deep breath.

Just before he arrived at the headquarters of the New Third Regiment!

The main force of the Eighth Route Army has joined forces with the main force of the New Third Regiment!

In other words, the Third Division, which was the main force intercepting the 233rd Route, has been breached!

But even without the other three divisions, the Third Division alone still has 70% of its strength!

That should be enough to last a day and a half!

"Boss!"

"Battles on the battlefield are never about troop strength!"

"It's about morale!"

"What if Yoshio Shinotsuka's command post, or even Yoshio Shinotsuka himself, were captured alive!"

"Can they hold out for another day and a half?"

Xie Jinyuan paused for a moment before speaking.

"Capture Yoshio Shinotsuka alive?"