During the War of Resistance Against Japan: After being scattered at Cangyunling, he brought back a

Thirdly, Yamamoto Ichiki has returned to Japan and will soon launch a decapitation operation. Once the decapitation is successful, a third major sweep will be carried out.

In other words, the so-called second major sweep was merely a prelude to this real major sweep!

Yoshio Shinotsuka had already begun planning before the second major sweep, or even earlier!

According to the map, the second major sweep was more like a reconnaissance operation!

The targets were not only the Eighth Route Army and various armed forces, but also the Jin-Sui Army!

Although he knew the course of events, Xie Jinyuan remembered that the third major mopping-up operation did indeed take place, but both the Eighth Route Army and the Jin-Sui Army survived it.

But now it seems that not only has everything happened ahead of schedule, but it has also developed to a point that he can no longer control!

After all, the timeline, including the prisoner-of-war camps, has been completely disrupted by his arrival!

"Commander! I still feel like there's something that needs to be confirmed!"

“After all, the second major sweep took a while…” Wu Baili paused before continuing.

The second major sweep had just ended, and even the Japanese needed to recuperate, right?

According to Akutagawa, this was an extremely large-scale war operation!

Not only the Eighth Route Army, but even the Jin-Sui Army's strategic objective is to eliminate 80% of their manpower!

It should be noted that during the second major sweep, Yoshio Shinotsuka only deployed two divisions, yet he almost destroyed the entire armed forces in northwestern Shanxi.

Military strength and equipment have regressed to the level of five years ago overnight.

Now, not only Yoshio Shinotsuka's five divisions have been mobilized, but also two Class A divisions!

No one knows how many troops the Second Army will deploy!

But there will certainly be no fewer than two divisions!

Such a massive military operation was far beyond Yoshio Shinotsuka's capacity.

"No doubt about it!"

"It's true!"

After a moment of contemplation, Xie Jinyuan shook his head.

The third major sweep was a foregone conclusion, but what exceeded his understanding was that its scale had increased nearly tenfold!

And in terms of timing, it's been brought forward quite a bit!

"If we're going to look for a reason for this, there's probably only one!"

Seemingly noticing Wu Baili's confusion, Xie Jinyuan continued.

"what reason?"

"There's only one explanation: something went wrong on the Japanese side!"

"Something's wrong with the Japanese?"

"Commander! What do you mean?" Wu Baili was even more puzzled.

The Japanese were the ones on the offensive, so what problems could possibly arise?

“That’s the problem!”

Xie Jinyuan then walked to the command table and pointed to a huge area of ​​sea in the center of the map!

"Commander! You're not talking about the overseas battlefields, are you?"

"Ok!"

"Actually! Five! The biggest battlefield for the Japanese devils wasn't in China at all, but in this sea area!"

"Nearly 70% of the Japanese troops are deployed in this sea area!"

"But the Japanese are not invincible; the United States is another country that can contend with them!"

Xie Jinyuan seemed to be referring to something.

"Commander! I understand!"

"You mean the Japanese have suffered defeats on overseas battlefields and urgently need to mobilize troops!"

"And once they mobilize their forces, the entire China region, as their rear, will have to be cleared of the enemy forces?" Wu Baili suddenly realized and asked.

This also explains why Yoshio Shinotsuka painstakingly carried out the second and third large-scale sweeps!

"That's pretty much accurate!"

"However, Yoshio Shinotsuka's primary concern should be resolving the issue of transportation routes to the mainland!"

After a moment of contemplation, Xie Jinyuan spoke again.

The Japanese suffered a defeat on the overseas battlefield and lost control of the sea. Given the nature of the United States, they will definitely cut off the Japanese supply lines, which are their lifelines, as soon as possible!

The Japanese had no choice but to reopen a new route, which involved transporting goods by sea and land, from Yunnan Province to the three northeastern provinces, traversing the entire China!

This was also the mainland transportation route that the Japanese devils had painstakingly tried to open up in the previous life!

It's just that it's happening much earlier than usual now!

"Commander! What do we do now?"

Wu Baili swallowed hard.

Although what the leader said was far beyond his comprehension, both Yoshio Shinotsuka's motives and the appearance of the Sakata Regiment proved that the leader was right!

Then this matter is extremely urgent!

First, there's the safety of the numerous anti-Japanese armed forces in northwestern Shanxi; second, there's the safety of the entire Chinese nation!

"Opening up transportation routes across the mainland is not something that can be done overnight!"

"The first priority is to resolve the predicament in northwestern Shanxi!"

"Isn't Yamamoto planning a decapitation strike?"

"Then I'll kill him first!"

"Let's see if he still puts on a show!"

Xie Jinyuan said with a sinister expression.

As long as Yamamoto is killed, the decapitation operation will be foiled. With the abilities of the boss and Yan Laoxi, they won't be caught off guard by Yoshio Shinotsuka!

However, considering Yamamoto's return to Japan and the changes in the POW camp, it is uncertain whether Yamamoto will follow the same path as Yangcun.

In his previous life, Yamamoto did indeed take the route through Yangcun, intending to launch a surprise attack on Daya Bay, but he was discovered by Kong Jie's troops halfway there, and the mission ended in failure.

"Captain!"

"This has always been a matter for the entire armed forces in northwestern Shanxi!"

"I think it would be better to contact the Jin-Sui Army." After a pause, Wu Baili hesitated before speaking.

"No way!" Xie Jinyuan interrupted coldly.

Once we find Yan Laoxi, everything in Wanjia Town, including that batch of supplies, will be exposed!

With such a large sum of money, it would be strange if Yan Laoxi didn't get excited!

"What should we do then, Commander!"

“We’re neither officially employed nor have any connections right now!” Wu Baili said with a bitter expression.

The route through Yan Xishan is blocked! Only the Eighth Route Army remains!

As for the current New Third Regiment, trying to strike up a conversation with the boss is nothing short of a pipe dream.

"Staffing?" Xie Jinyuan frowned, as if he was thinking about something.

After a few breaths.

"Five sons!"

"Prepare two fast horses and come with me!"

He then suddenly spoke.

"A fast horse?"

"Commander! Where are we going?"

"Daya Bay!"

……

Headquarters in Daya Bay!

"Boss!"

"Boss! Breaking news!"

"Breaking news!"

The deputy chief of staff's loud, boisterous voice rang out from outside the door.

"Old Huang! What's the news?" The boss put down his pen and looked up.

"Boss!"