You were tasked with guarding the Sihang Warehouse, and you brought out a Tiger tank?

Lin Feng walked to the window and looked at the bustling city outside.

"If the Japanese want to force the Great Xia to surrender, they must take over Jiangcheng, the secondary capital."

This is an inevitable choice for total war.

But the Battle of Jiangcheng was a huge meat grinder.

The main force of the Japanese troops in Central China had to travel upstream along the Yangtze River, resulting in an extremely long supply line.

With hundreds of thousands of troops bogged down in the waterways and swamps of the south, the logistical strain would completely drain the Japanese army's national strength.

Now that the direction ahead is clear, his strategy is certainly not simply "farming" and defense.

"Based in Shandong Province, we will continue to bleed and strike at the Japanese invaders."

Lin Feng turned around and revealed the truth to everyone:

"We must use this time to frantically stockpile supplies, manpower, and money..."

He thought to himself, "And there are merit points too."

"At the same time, we are depleting the enemy's manpower, especially their veterans and pilots."

With one side gaining strength and the other losing strength, we will wait for the right opportunity to launch a full-scale counterattack.

"Sir, what exactly should we do?" Zhang Bingwen, commander of the 112th Division, hurriedly asked.

As a native of Northeast China, he dreamed of fighting his way back to his hometown, otherwise he would feel sorry for his fellow villagers if he died.

"We must transform Shandong Province into an unsinkable aircraft carrier and a lifeline."

Lin Feng held up one finger:

"Uncle Pei-ki, you'll take the lead."

Get the penicillin production line up and running quickly.

This stuff is not only a life-saving drug, but also our money-printing machine.

There are still quite a few foreign firms operating in Qingcheng Port, so the Japanese don't dare to openly intercept the merchant ships of the White Eagle and the John.

We used penicillin to exchange for gold, foreign exchange, rubber, and precision machine tools from the foreigners.

Lin Feng raised his second finger:

"The second step is to prepare for the mass production of troops."

Taking advantage of the Japanese main force moving south to Pengcheng, our enemy turned to a passive defensive posture.

The newly formed 8th Army, 100th Army, and 1st Honorary Brigade, among other veteran units, are taking the time to rest and replenish their forces.

The three divisions of the First Guerrilla Army were responsible for flanking the Japanese attacking forces.

The sole objective is to delay the Japanese from capturing Pengcheng, thus buying us time to farm.

Although the 5th Division had been wiped out and many Japanese troops had been chipped away at, the enemy still faced an astonishingly large number.

According to the number detected by the intelligence department.

The North China Front Army dispatched more than four divisions of troops in one go for this southward march to Pengcheng.

The 10th Division, the 16th Division, the 106th Division, and the 114th Division.

This is not finished.

On the north bank of the Yellow River, Kenji Doihara's 14th Division was also watching closely, ready to cross the river and move south at any time.

That's a massive force of over 150,000 Japanese soldiers.

Therefore, Lin Feng turned and said:

"Return the telegram to Commander Li."

The 33rd Army Corps will go all out to contain the enemy forces in North China from the flank.

However, the specific tactics will be determined by our unit.

Lin Feng was pessimistic about Pengcheng's fate.

He needs more time to digest Shandong Province. With the system in place, as long as there's sufficient funding...

Next, he planned to exchange for urgently needed technical weapons such as heavy artillery, tanks, and airplanes.

As for warships, they are too expensive, so for now, we will exchange them as appropriate to maintain coastal defense and commerce raiding in the Bohai Sea.

"In addition, there are the 8,000 new recruits recruited previously, as well as the young and strong men recruited later."

Lin Feng added:

"Take them all to the banks of the Yellow River and the Jiaolai Plain."

They conducted military training while simultaneously developing agricultural reclamation.

Having food in hand gives you peace of mind.

After hearing this grand plan, everyone nodded repeatedly, but a trace of worry still lingered in their eyes.

A staff officer said with concern:

"Your Excellency, your plan is very meticulous."

However, once Pengcheng is lost, the main force of the Japanese army will indeed be drawn to Jiangcheng, the secondary capital, in the short term.

But what if Jiangcheng falls again?

When the Japanese are free to spare, they will surely gather a large army and surround our base in Jiaodong from all sides.

The pressure on us is just too much.

"Good question."

Lin Feng walked to the sand table, placed his hands on the edge, and suddenly lowered his voice, each word seeming to be squeezed out from between his teeth:

"Therefore, we must do everything possible to delay the battles of Pengcheng and Jiangcheng."

We should take this opportunity to expand our strength to its maximum.

If, in the later stages of the Battle of Jiangcheng, the main force of the Japanese army was bogged down in the quagmire in the south...

We have amassed enough armored and heavy artillery units.

Lin Feng picked up the baton and drew an extremely daring attack route on the sand table.

Starting from the Jiaodong Peninsula, we crossed the Yellow River directly.

"Then let's give the Japanese devils a makeshift home!"

Lin Feng's voice echoed in the command room, stirring the blood of all the staff officers:

"The entire army will be deployed at once to launch a deep strike on the North China Plain."

They launched a fierce attack on the Pingjin area.

We wiped out the stronghold of the Japanese North China Area Army!

"It might just completely reverse the entire war situation in Great Xia!"

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The Japanese are from an island nation, but the battlefield is in Great Xia.

The Japanese army's only supply route was by sea, so the best way to continuously bleed them dry was through commerce raiding.

However, Lin Feng's commerce raiding operations did not require disguised attack ships or submarines...

In late April, the sea breeze in the Bohai Sea still carried a heavy chill.

On the hazy sea, a huge convoy of transport ships was slowly sailing westward.

Private Tanaka lay on the side of the troop transport ship "Azuma Maru" and vomited the last bit of acid in his stomach into the rolling waves.

He was a genuine Japanese soldier from an inland farming family. He had never even been in a river, let alone traveled by sea.

The conditions inside the cabin were extremely harsh.

This transport ship, which was originally only able to carry a thousand people, was crammed with more than two thousand new recruits who had just finished basic training on the mainland.

The sour smell of vomit mixed with the stench of sweat from not having showered for days fermented in the sealed hold, making it so pungent that one couldn't even open their eyes.

Tanaka preferred to be on the deck in the cold wind rather than go back to that suffocating tin can.

On the upper deck, Army Colonel Kuroda covered his mouth and nose with his white-gloved hand, looking down at the pale-faced recruits with disgust.

As the army commander in charge of this transport mission, Colonel Kuroda had a heavy responsibility.

Before setting off, the local superiors gave him countless instructions and reminders.

It is imperative to safely transport the more than 5,000 new recruits of these two supplementary regiments to Tianjin Port.

In addition to the two troop transport ships, "Azuma Maru" and "Keio Maru".

Following behind were four large cargo ships: the Goshu Maru, the Kano Maru, the Hokuriku Maru, and the Kirishima Maru. These ships were loaded with new anti-aircraft guns, anti-tank guns, and massive amounts of ammunition supplies urgently allocated by the headquarters.

The anti-aircraft guns and anti-tank guns were naturally aimed at Lin Feng's troops' aircraft and tanks.

"Once this batch of advanced weaponry reaches the front lines, everything will be alright!"

Colonel Kuroda straightened the collar of his uniform and boasted loudly to his adjutant beside him.