Chapter 331: Just Right to Walk Together

A few days later!

The Japanese Army Central China Area Army and Pingjin Area Army.

After multiple reconnaissance missions, they finally confirmed!

The radio silence of the First War Zone, Second War Zone, Fifth War Zone, and the Sichuan Army.

Was because the Sichuan Army units were marching out of Chuan again, and furthermore, the Sichuan Army units would reinforce the Fifth War Zone.

To block the Japanese Army from moving south!

Sun Zhen nodded.

Resisting the war in Jin Province as a high-ranking official has great potential!

The conspiracy of the Nanjing Command!

"You kid finally arrived."

"Brother Sun, long time no see, you have lost quite a bit of weight."

"I have to keep an eye on things personally, lest these scumbags withhold supplies from our Sichuan Army."

If Yan Laoxi doesn't want them, the 18th Group Army does.

The Japanese devils suddenly realized that the once inconspicuous local warlords had now turned into giants.

Generally speaking, the local armies of the Southwest could still stand together.

Even their equipment, treatment, and circumstances were the same, so it was just right to walk together and look out for one another.

They should not be used as a garrison Division, but rather be quickly committed to the Xuzhou Battle.

Moreover, Deng Xihou and Sun Zhen also invited the two Commanders-in-Chief to arrive at the Sichuan Army units to give lectures.

It truly made the people in the Cabinet somewhat worried that the national economy would be overwhelmed.

At the same time!

"Brother Sun, after we march out of Chuan, when it comes to local armies."

Additionally, the Sichuan Army units were incorporated into the Fifth War Zone.

Having traveled thousands of miles out of Chuan to reach Jin Province to resist the war, they had put in the hard work even if they hadn't yet achieved merit.

He took the troops and set off.

Otherwise, he would have already been at the Fifth War Zone by now.

Seeing Yu Hua ask this.

The Army General Staff was still relatively supportive of the troop reinforcement plans of Terauchi Hisaichi and Hata Shunroku.

"As for the Central Army, that is absolutely out of the question; we cannot place our retreat in their hands."

"Damn them for being so stingy, they really won't give our Sichuan Army a single bit of supplies."

Besides, the Eighth Route Army and the Second Route Army were both composed of Southerners, and their living habits were the same.

"The 22nd Group Army is entering the Fifth War Zone, and will need to consume provisions along the way."

Wang Mingzhang and Chen Qian had already met with Li Delin in the Fifth War Zone.

Right now!

Upon hearing this, Sun Zhen spat and said: "Sigh..."

The First War Zone!

They were also plotting how to annihilate a Japanese Army Division in this Xuzhou Battle.

After Deng Xihou and Pan Wenhua saw the Sichuan Army off to the border of Shaanxi Province.

They indicated that in this campaign to open up the North and South, eliminating the Sichuan Army should be the primary objective.

And!

But!

It takes time for the Japanese devils to mobilize troops in their home country.

Moreover, the senior officers of the Nanjing Command, the First War Zone, and the Fifth War Zone.

Yu Hua immediately thought of the two Commanders-in-Chief of the 18th Group Army from the original timeline.

Once the newly trained Divisions were committed to the occupied territories, such as the 18th Division, 6th Division, 3rd Division, and other units.

Sun Zhen spoke of this matter.

The two of them let Sun Zhen lead the 22nd Group Army.

As he spoke, Sun Zhen asked Yu Hua to follow him into the room.

"I have already made contact with the two Commanders-in-Chief of the 18th Group Army!"

That passing of the buck was done so smoothly.

"Only with the Guangxi Clique Army and the Yunnan Army can we communicate and help each other."

The two Commanders-in-Chief had also advised the Sichuan Army at the time to stay in Jin Province and resist the war together with the 18th Group Army.

Because Yan Laoxi of the Second War Zone had snitched to the Nanjing Command, claiming the Sichuan Army had raided the Jin-Sui Army armory.

"I don't trust these bastards in the Central Army one bit."

Within the Republic of China Army system, the rise of the Sichuan Army had already made the Japanese Army General Staff feel uneasy.

The Japanese Army's military expenditures would increase several times over; such a massive military budget.

"I will wait for you on this side while holding the line for our Sichuan Army."

"Brother Sun!"

"If I hadn't gone to make a scene myself, this kid would still be pretending not to know."

Hata Shunroku and Terauchi Hisaichi had spoken on the phone many times.

Now expanding by six Divisions, the Cabinet was considering the need to maintain the occupied territories rather than actively expanding the war.

"My Group Army headquarters and the Eighth Route Army headquarters are both located in Hongdong."

They also embraced each other.

Terauchi Hisaichi and Hata Shunroku also sent telegrams to the Imperial General Headquarters, urging them to mobilize domestic forces as quickly as possible and commit them to the Far East battlefield.

Back then, he held multiple meetings with Deng Xihou and Sun Zhen in Hongdong.

Even now, the two major military groups, the Central China Area Army and the Pingjin Area Army, are advancing toward Xuzhou.

This time, the Cabinet only agreed to the military's expansion of 6 divisions.

They need ammunition, weapons, uniforms, rations, and other supplies; these items must be produced by the Japanese Army's factories.

"Don't even mention it, coming to the First War Zone, this Cheng Qian!"

"I understand!"

Within the Republic of China system, there are slight conflicts between every local warlord.

The Cabinet still hopes to first digest the resources of the occupied territories on the Far East Continent.

"As for the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, this force, we can trust one hundred percent."

"At that time, our two group armies even conducted confrontation exercises."

If it were in normal times!

During the 22nd Group Army's reorganization and training in Hongdong!

Sun Zhen had also observed the Eighth Route Army.

In the Seventh War Zone, this Sichuan Army unit inflicted heavy casualties on the Japanese Army's 10th Army.

Inside the room!

Sun Zhen put down his water cup.

He discovered that the morale and spirit of the Eighth Route Army were still quite good.

Yan Laoxi blamed the entire failure of the operation on the Sichuan Army.

Originally!

Now that the north-south pincer strategy has been implemented, the shortage of personnel cannot be made up for in a short time.

It forced the Cabinet to agree to the troop reinforcement plan, but in terms of timing, the newly formed divisions.

Departing from Jin Province, heading toward the Fifth War Zone.

"The Eighth Route Army, we have assisted each other in Jin Province."

When Deng Xihou and Pan Wenhua decided to send troops to the Fifth War Zone.

"Especially when you, kid, were in the Seventh War Zone."

The two of them returned to Sichuan Province!

The remaining troops followed Yu Hua to the First War Zone.

It was a bandit army, demanding the transfer of the Sichuan Army away from the Second War Zone.

Regarding the Pingjin Area Army and the Central China Area Army, Terauchi Hisaichi and Hata Shunroku had to give it some thought.

Nowadays, the Sichuan Army is outrageously strong, and more troops are needed to maintain the occupied territories.

Now, within the Republic of China Army, the Sichuan Army is rising strongly.

Having received the order, Sun Zhen took a special plane and flew to Jin Province.

"In my view, they possess a more tenacious will than many armies."

After coming into contact with this unit, Sun Zhen still felt deeply moved.

They simply did not believe that the Nanjing Command had such great courage.

And the Cabinet ministers considered that if they mobilized troops again to commit to the Far East battlefield.

Even, they have more spirit than many armies.

The Japanese Army might... sneer at such a plan by the Nanjing Command.

At that time, the two commanders also said that Jin Province is a land of mountains and rivers, easy to defend and hard to attack, and the terrain holds an advantage.

Yu Hua and Sun Zhen met!

As soon as the two met!

Deng Xihou and Sun Zhen, upon learning of Yan Laoxi's accusation, were also very unhappy.

These "Sichuan rats," the Japanese Army didn't even take them seriously.

"Brother Yu!"

However!

"This unit's treatment is about the same as my Sichuan Army before it left Sichuan."

Sun Zhen suddenly thought of the current series of actions by the Sichuan Army Second Route Army.

"How does it feel?"

"Although the equipment is poor, their fighting will is very tenacious."

Plus, one of the commanders is from Sichuan Province, and is a "relative" to the Second Route Army.

Sun Zhen specifically stayed in the First War Zone to wait for Yu Hua's arrival.

But when the frontline battle reports were sent one by one to the Japanese Army's Imperial General Headquarters.

The 22nd Group Army, with the 122nd Division leading the charge, had already entered the Fifth War Zone.

Yu Hua drank a cup of warm water.

It is very similar to the Eighth Route Army!

He looked at Yu Hua.

(End of this chapter)