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"Thank you!"

"We will eventually have to go back to Shancheng..." Zhao Gang said, hesitatingly.

The new Third Front Army and the mountain city can be said to have had their last fig leaf lifted.

Although this time the situation ended with Shancheng giving in, it will definitely not be so easy next time.

A full-scale struggle is inevitable.

By then, no one knows what the whole of China will be like!

But I'm afraid it won't be much better!

"Old Zhao!"

"Thinking about these things now is pointless!"

"Just know that sometimes being too weak isn't a good thing!"

"Modern China can no longer blindly stick to the old ways!"

Xie Jinyuan spoke with a pointed tone.

There is no possibility of reconciliation with Shancheng!

Then there's no need to hide it anymore.

Even if the entire nation of China is shattered, he still has the ability to rebuild it!

"Ugh!"

Upon hearing Xie Jinyuan's words, Zhao Gang could only shake his head helplessly.

He knew Xie Jinyuan's personality all too well; now he could only wait and see what choices the people in Shancheng would make.

Ultimately, the choice is up to fate!

"report!"

"Commander-in-Chief!"

Just as Zhao Gang was about to say something again, Duan Peng's voice suddenly rang out from outside the command room.

"speak!"

Zhao Gang spoke up, indicating that...

"Commissioner Zhao!"

"Commander-in-Chief!"

"A large number of combat troops have appeared ahead!"

Duan Peng gasped for breath.

"A large number of combat troops?"

"The Japanese devils?" Xie Jinyuan frowned sharply.

But then I thought it was unlikely, since the Kwantung Army had already retreated and there was no way they could reach the rear.

"no!"

"Commander-in-Chief!"

"According to reports from the forward observation post, they are coming from the direction of the Second World War zone!"

"What did you say?"

"The Second World War Zone?"

"How is this possible?" Zhao Gang couldn't help but exclaim loudly.

The entire Second World War Zone army has already moved north to Tianjin and Jinhua, and Yan Xishan has just arrived without any troops.

"Commissioner Zhao!"

"it is true!"

"But I don't know if they are troops from the Second World War zone, since they don't have uniforms or standard equipment!"

"But they have a large force, currently exceeding an entire corps!"

Duan Peng spoke quickly.

"How many?"

"An army?" Zhao Gang asked instinctively.

An army cannot be a spontaneous armed force.

After all, based on Duan Peng's initial words, he initially thought it was a spontaneous armed force, but a spontaneous armed force could not possibly form such a large scale.

But what if it's a regular army?

That's unlikely!

All troops in the Second World War zone have moved north to Tianjin.

Moreover, as the former home of his side, he was very familiar with the organization of those troops in the Second World War Zone, and had never heard of this particular unit.

Just as Zhao Gang looked at Xie Jinyuan with a puzzled expression,

"Report! Commander-in-Chief!"

"Commissioner Zhao!"

"Feng Jinqian, commander of the 6th New Division of the 23rd Group Army, and He Wuwei, commander of the 133rd Division, request an audience!"

The messenger's voice suddenly rang out from outside the door.

"The 23rd Army Group?"

"The New Sixth Division?"

Xie Jinyuan couldn't help but cry out.

"Old Xie! What's going on?" Zhao Gang asked, looking at Xie Jinyuan.

"fine!"

"interesting!"

"Old Zhao! Do you know which unit the 23rd Group Army is?" Xie Jinyuan asked meaningfully.

Which one?

"Sichuan Army!"

……

"Commander Feng!"

"So you mean the New Sixth Division will deploy its entire force to jointly resist the Kwantung Army?" Inside the New Third Army's Marine Corps headquarters, Zhao Gang looked at the unusually honest-looking middle-aged man in front of him and couldn't help but ask.

"Commissioner Zhao!"

"And us!"

"The Japanese devils are trying to invade China. Not a single brother of the 133rd Division will retreat!"

He Wuwei, who was standing to the side, suddenly stood up and shouted.

He was a little shorter than Feng Jinqian, but his fighting spirit was in no way inferior.

"Commissioner Zhao!"

"Thank you, Commander!"

"This move is something we have both carefully considered!"

"Thank you, Commander!"

"In the Battle of Taipei, the Kwantung Army was routed and fled!"

"It has given China the strength to vent decades of pent-up frustration!"

"Although our New Sixth Division is poorly equipped and our soldiers lack combat skills, we will never cower in the rear!"