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A day later, Subei Army Headquarters.

"Master, you finally decided to come back. We were almost unable to hold on any longer."

Zuo Mingming looked at Zhang Tianhao who had just got off the car, and ran over impatiently, giving Zhang Tianhao a hug with a bitter smile.

"Okay, you're not a kid, what's going on?"

Zhang Tianhao pushed him away with a smile and asked with some confusion.

"Master, let's go inside and talk!"

The two of them didn't waste any more time talking, but went straight back to the headquarters' conference room, where they saw Chief of Staff Zhao and the other staff officers all waiting in the conference room.

As soon as he entered, he saw many people standing up and saluted him.

"Okay, everyone, get busy first, I'll take a look at the situation."

"Yes!"

Zhang Tianhao immediately sat down at a table with Chief of Staff Zhao and Zuo Mingming and looked at the map.

"Master, as you said, the battle plan in Anhui has been completed. Although we have expanded the territory by four counties, the territory is still unstable and the bandits there have not been cleared out, but we have occupied it and started to form a local army."

"The other four divisions have all been withdrawn and can be deployed to the Xuzhou battlefield at any time, but the Japanese army has transferred another division from somewhere. If we fight head-on, it will be very disadvantageous to us and our losses will be great."

"We have been insisting on suppressing the enemy with firepower, but if we continue like this, the consumption will be too great and we cannot afford it!"

"In just the past half month of fighting, all the expenses are almost equivalent to the expenses of the entire army for three months, or even more, not to mention our gasoline, artillery shells, etc. We have also found that if the war continues, it will be quite disadvantageous to us. We may have to use our reserve ammunition."

When Zhang Tianhao heard this, he also frowned.

He knew that this attack on Xuzhou was a bit hasty. After all, they had not made all the preparations for the attack. What's more, the Japanese army directly mobilized the strength of three divisions and was on the defensive.

"How about this, all our troops will withdraw ten kilometers and confront the Japanese army. As long as they leave the city, we will beat them to death. Otherwise, let's do this for now."

"Master, we lost a lot of money in that battle."

Chief of Staff Zhao on the side also smiled bitterly. After all, he really couldn't bear it anymore if the fighting continued. The consumption of supplies was increasing almost exponentially.

"I know, so the Japanese need to compensate us. We can send all four divisions forward to put some pressure on the Japanese army."

"Master, the Japanese army has three divisions. Although they are two Class B divisions, they still have more than 50,000 people. Our six divisions only have 60,000 people. This..."

"It's okay. The 9th Division in Lianyungang can move towards Xuzhou. I think the Japanese definitely don't want to fight us, right?"

"They are a Class B division, so there must be a lot of new recruits in there!"

"So that's it!"

When Zuo Mingming heard this, he smiled and immediately understood what Zhang Tianhao meant.

"Also, notify the formation of the 24th, 25th, and 26th Divisions. We have now occupied six counties in addition to Yangzhou, so we can form three divisions. That should be enough."

"That's possible, but the cost is too high. We may not be able to sustain it with just our food, unless we wait until this season's harvest."

"That's right. How about this? The garrison regiments in each county recruit more people, and the old garrison regiments lead the new garrison regiments in training. When the garrison regiments can fight independently, the old garrison regiments will be transferred away and a new division will be formed. What do you think?"

"This method is feasible! In this way, each local garrison regiment can retain two regiments as veterans to lead the new garrison regiment in training and carrying out missions."

"Ok!"

"But, Master, we may not have enough equipment. Yangzhou alone has the equivalent of three divisions of equipment, and there are also garrison regiments in various places. Our production is simply not enough to support such an expansion." "That's true. If Master hadn't robbed a batch of them a while ago, we might not even have enough equipment to recruit new garrison regiments in various places."

Zhang Tianhao was also a little speechless. After all, it would take at least 60,000 weapons and a large amount of ammunition.

When Zhang Tianhao thought of this, he felt a headache. After all, there was no way he could get so much equipment even if he was killed. It was not that he didn't want to, but there were too many of them.

"Everyone, Mingming, and Lao Zhao, it looks like I have to go out and find some equipment."

Zhang Tianhao also smiled bitterly. After all, it was simply unrealistic to get so much equipment from the Japanese.

"Master, isn't this too much? And there are a lot of bullets. If you want to find them, it's not a small amount of money. Even if you rob them, there's nowhere to rob them, right?"

"There's no other way, I can only find someone to rob it!"

Zhang Tianhao smiled bitterly, with helplessness flashing in his eyes.

"Master, are you going to rob it, or buy it?"

Zhang Tianhao looked at the preliminary statistical figures in front of him and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

This time he was going to go abroad to beg for alms again. After all, he was really powerless and couldn't make it.

"Prepare a plane for me tonight. I'm going to be away for a while!"

"All right!"

The two also understood that it was unknown when Zhang Tianhao would leave this time.

"By the way, how do we deal with the battlefield in Xuzhou?"

"Send out the special forces to attack the Japanese army. Assassinations and sneak attacks are all fine, but they must ensure their own safety. I want to keep the Japanese awake, so that they may receive the call of death as soon as they close their eyes."

"understand!"

When the two heard this, they immediately understood what Zhang Tianhao meant. Kill as many as you can and make the Japanese soldiers live in a nightmare instead of living so comfortably in Xuzhou.

The three of them discussed it here again. After all, there were still things to be done next.

Thinking of weapons, Zhang Tianhao knew that there was a country that definitely had a large number of weapons, and that was those two countries.

This time we plan to borrow some for emergency use to prevent their weapons from getting moldy and rusty.

……

"Commander, the battle in Xuzhou has been lukewarm, and the Subei Army's attack has not been that fierce. I always feel that they are training their troops."

Inside the Nanjing Garrison Headquarters, Commander Asaka stood up from his stool and glanced at the Director of the Intelligence Department in front of him with almost disbelief.

"They are training, training. How is it possible? How is it possible?"

"It's true. We were not prepared at all for Yangzhou's all-out attack, and were taken down directly. Now our empire's army has completely withdrawn from Yangzhou."

"And you also ordered the arrest of the commander of Yangzhou, Shimada Taro. The entire Yangzhou was almost defenseless and fell into the hands of the Subei Army."

"As for Xuzhou, we have deployed three divisions, and the Subei Army has mobilized seven divisions of troops to press on the border line and may attack at any time."

"But the strength of both sides is similar, so the situation has been deadlocked. Especially the Subei Army, which has taken the initiative to retreat five kilometers and put the combat area in the wild. It did not directly attack Xuzhou City, as if it was worried about something."

"Damn it, we were fooled by Zhang Tianhao. His target is Xuzhou and Yangzhou. The mission in Anhui must be a trick. Damn it!" (End of this chapter)