With the People's Army's side unstoppable, Yoshio Shinozuka on the other side sent back all the little Japs outside.

There were almost 60,000 imps in total, which was the result of Su Yu killing tens of thousands of imps in the recent period.

Although Yoshio Shinozuka still has nearly 60,000 soldiers, the morale of these soldiers is somewhat low.

It is two extremes from the People's Army with high morale, coupled with the advantages of the People's Army's weapons and equipment.

As a result, from a superficial point of view, there is indeed not much difference in military strength between the two sides, but the difference in combat effectiveness is not even the slightest bit.

That's why Yoshio Shinozuka didn't have the confidence to confront the People's Army. After all, judging from the two days of fighting, the People's Army had at least 60,000 people.

Now the People's Army's side is much stronger than our own in terms of strength, weapons and equipment, or morale.

Under such circumstances, it is undoubtedly an unwise choice to go head-to-head with the People's Army, but Yoshio Shinozuka has no other way to go.

To be honest, this was the first time since Shinozuka Yoshio came to the Chinese battlefield that he felt so careless.

No matter what, I never expected that one day I would be afraid of a Chinese army with the same strength.

You must know that in the past, the number of their troops and the troops on the Chinese side were one to five. The troops on the Chinese side had to send almost five times the number of troops on their side.

Only then can it be possible to withstand his own attack, but now? Let alone one to five, even if it is one to one, Shinozuka Yoshio has no confidence to defeat the People's Army.

What's more, the fighter units he currently has are very few, and most of them have been shot down by the People's Army.

There were also armored vehicles and tanks, many of which were destroyed by the People's Army. In fact, Yoshio Shinozuka knew this very well.

Even if these fighter units and armored units of our own are not destroyed, they are still useless in front of the People's Army.

These troops may be crushing in front of the Central Army and the Eighth Route Army, but here in the People's Army, they are nothing.

They were almost like living targets, and they were destroyed one by one by the People's Army without even being able to fire a few shots.

It can be said that Yoshio Shinozuka has been beaten by the People's Army now. No matter what moves he makes, Su Yu of the People's Army can easily take them.

Without exception, it was as if Su Yu had understood his thoughts in advance and then responded.

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Su Yu was very clear about the approximate strength of Shinozuka Yoshio's First Army, so he asked Yamashita Taro to find a way to persuade the former not to retreat.

Instead, he chose to assemble his troops and fight to the death with his own people's army. Otherwise, once Yoshio Shinozuka chose to retreat.

Relying on these 60,000 Japs and armored troops, it would be impossible for the Eighth Route Army to stop the Japs from retreating.

Fortunately, Yoshio Shinozuka chose to fight to the death and did not choose to retreat, which made Su Yu breathe a sigh of relief.

Speaking of Shinozuka Yoshio's First Army, it was established in August 1938. Its initial headquarters was located in Baoding, and it had jurisdiction over the Japanese Sixth Division, the Fourteenth Division and the Twentieth Division.

The population is about 80,000.

Later, the First Army was stationed at Su Yu's side, and Yoshio Shinozuka became the commander. Soon the 36th Division and the 41st Division were also included in the First Army. At this time, the total number of the First Army reached

About 120,000 people.

In addition, Yoshio Shinozuka lost some troops in the previous sweep of the Eighth Route Army, so the current combat strength of the entire First Army is less than 60,000.

Most of this is due to the People's Army. Of course, this definitely does not include the puppet army, but in the decisive battle between the People's Army and the Japs.

Those puppet troops can almost be ignored, because the People's Army's offensive method is simple and crude, which is to first use aircraft and artillery to conduct a round of bombing.

Immediately afterwards, under the cover of tanks and armored vehicles, the soldiers hid behind the tanks and armored vehicles and advanced slowly as the tanks moved forward.

This is the very famous Bu-tan collaboration in later generations, but Su Yu used it in advance in this period.

Under such a fighting method, the advancement of the People's Army is indeed very effective. Once those puppet troops encounter such an offensive method,

They were immediately stunned, and many puppet troops surrendered on the spot. Precisely because of this, the People's Army almost never took the puppet troops into consideration in the battle with the Japs.

To put it simply, those puppet troops are not even considered to have third-rate combat effectiveness, so there is no need to take them seriously.

Soon, the six brigades of the People's Army came directly to the last four important strongholds of the Little Japanese, excluding the headquarters of the First Army of the Little Japanese.

Yoshio Shinozuka arranged almost all the more than 50,000 Japs in these four strongholds, and each stronghold was guarded by more than 10,000 Japs.

Once these four strongholds are destroyed, it means that the entire First Army of the Little Japanese is completely gone.
Chapter completed!