But when Yoshio Shinozuka saw the expressions on his men's faces that they had died fighting for the empire, and the admonitions of Taro Yamashita on the side.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and made up his mind, looking at Yamashita Taro.

"Yamashita-kun, just do as you say, assemble all the troops, abandon the unimportant peripheral strongholds, and gather all the troops at the most important strongholds."

"Start the final battle with the People's Army. By the way, remember to report this information to General Okamura Neiji. The criticality of this time must be stated in the information."

"And we need to ask for support. It is best to eliminate the threat of the People's Army. Otherwise, we will wait until the People's Army grows further in the future."

"No one can stop the People's Army anymore. This matter will be left to you, Mr. Yamashita. I will go prepare to assemble the troops."

"Don't worry, Shinozuka-kun, I will report this situation to General Okamura Neji now."

After hearing Yoshio Shinozuka's words, Taro Yamashita nodded and agreed without thinking.

Seeing this, Yoshio Shinozuka nodded with satisfaction and began to discuss with other senior generals about gathering troops.

At least so far, he still believes in Taro Yamashita, as for the last incident about the People's Army arsenal.

He didn't think it was false news given by Taro Yamashita. After all, he sent trustworthy people to investigate the situation.

The information obtained was the same as what Taro Yamashita said, with almost no difference. The People's Army's arsenal was indeed in Yangyuan Town.

The troops he sent later were intercepted in advance, which was probably because the People's Army received some news.

Yoshio Shinozuka did not think about Taro Yamashita, and he did not say that he suspected that the latter had rebelled against the enemy.

In this way, under the actions of Yoshio Shinozuka, the lights of the First Army headquarters were brightly lit throughout the night, and all units began to be busy.

The fingers of those liaison officers who sent telegrams were almost smoking because they had to wait until dawn tomorrow.

That is to say, before the People's Army officially launches an attack, all the troops outside are gathered back. Only in this way can we have the confidence to launch the final decisive battle with the People's Army.

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Similarly, Yamashita Taro also came to a liaison officer and asked him to report this information to Okamura Neji.

It would be difficult for him to do something about this kind of thing. Of course, Su Yu wouldn't let him do anything about it at this time.

At least Yamashita Taro's chess piece is still useful. When the People's Army launches an attack on Okamura Neji later, Yamashita Taro will still be of great use.

So now is not the time for Yamashita Taro to be exposed. Not only that, Su Yu will also find a way to let Yamashita Taro and some soldiers to "luckily" break through the encirclement of the People's Army and the Eighth Route Army.

However, among those who broke through the encirclement, there must be no Yoshio Shinozuka. Su Yu would not let Yoshio Shinozuka go.

Soon, the time came to the next day, and when the People's Army continued to attack, they were surprised to find out.

Yesterday there were still many garrison strongholds, but today there was no one there, which made them very curious.

I thought it was some kind of trap by the Japs until the next six brigade commanders received Su Yu's telegram.

Only then did I learn that the soldiers in these strongholds had been evacuated by the Japs, only to start the final decisive battle with the People's Army at the most important strongholds.

The several brigade commanders who heard the news were extremely happy. For this action of the little devil, they could only say that he was looking for death.

After all, the current People's Army is completely worthy of the little devils in head-to-head confrontation, if the little devils do not withdraw the defenders outside.

They would indeed spend a lot of time cleaning, but it was different now, under the orders of Yoshio Shinozuka.

All the defenders of the little Japanese strongholds on the periphery had returned. Under such circumstances, six brigade commanders sent out troops at the same time.

Not surprisingly, they occupied more than half of the little devil's territory. Once they captured these territories, the first thing the brigade commanders did was.

That is to replace the little devil's plaster flag with the flag of the People's Army, and then continue to march.

Starting from noon yesterday, to now, in just one day, the territory of the People's Army has expanded almost four to five times compared to before.

I believe that as long as the entire territory of the Japs is captured, the People's Army's defense area will be expanded at least ten times compared to before the war started.

Under such circumstances, the range in which the People's Army can recruit soldiers becomes wider, and not only the people's points can grow rapidly.

Even the strength of the People's Army will skyrocket in a short period of time. This is the result Su Yu wants.

If he could capture the entire northwest of Shanxi and completely accept the territory of the Japs, he estimated that the maximum strength of the People's Army would be around 300,000.
Chapter completed!