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"Who are you? Who is your superior?"

"We are from the Doi-man organization, and we are here on orders to deal with you."

He spoke in broken Chinese, which sounded very stiff, as if that was his natural way of speaking.

"Whose orders were you acting on?"

"Shao Chuan's order."

"Hasn't he already returned to China?"

"This was the order he gave us before returning to China. We just haven't had a chance to cause you any trouble until now. Now that we've got the chance, we're here to cause you trouble."

"Who else knows you're here?"

"No, it was just the two of us who found the time to come and kill you!"

One of the men in black spoke cautiously, answering his question almost instinctively.

Faced with such hypnosis, Zhang Tianhao was almost certain that these people were telling the truth and couldn't possibly lie.

"Alright, how many of you are left?"

"There were only two of us in our group; everyone else was dead."

"Oh, I see. Then you can all go die!"

Zhang Tianhao didn't say much. He reached out and gently grabbed the necks of the two men. With a slight movement, he exerted force, and the two men, without even a hint of resistance, went straight to meet their emperor.

He was already used to this situation.

He casually picked up the two bodies and then walked into the house as if nothing had happened. After all, the deaths of these two people were just a trivial matter to him.

Despite having asked all the necessary questions, it was clear that this was a private matter between the two of them, and no one else knew about it.

Back inside, he saw Sun Xiaolan still lying there, and he smiled.

"Dr. Wang, how is the situation?"

"It's all over now. Those two were thieves. I didn't expect them to know me, and since I saved their lives, they left immediately. Otherwise, would they have stayed and waited for me to treat them to breakfast?"

"That's more like it. I didn't expect thieves to be so rampant. It's really scary."

"There's nothing we can do; this is Shanghai as it is now!"

"Well, let's rest!"

"it is good!"

……

Is it still necessary for the two divisions from Dalian to move south?

A high-ranking Japanese officer looked at the map with a grim expression, as if he had swallowed a dead fly, and his expression was tense.

"I think these two divisions can be sent directly to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas of China by sea. After all, we are already struggling on the front lines and urgently need a large number of troops to replenish our forces."

"However, the key problem now is that we have no escort fleet left. Apart from a few destroyers, we have no warships. It is too difficult to redeploy our forces to the battlefield."

"Aside from the bombers in northern Jiangsu, there doesn't seem to be much danger, right?"

"That's true, but the problem is that we're afraid of bombers from northern Jiangsu."

"Furthermore, the navy in northern Jiangsu is not to be underestimated. They have a considerable number of officers and enough submarines. If we go there like this, we could very well become their target."

“That’s true.” “No, we have to go. We can cross the coast of northern Jiangsu at night, which will be more advantageous for us. Otherwise, the troops on the front line are too strained, and any move could have far-reaching consequences.”

"We can afford to wait here, but the front lines can't. We must overcome this hurdle."

Another officer also stood up, pointed to the map, and gave a helpless, bitter smile.

"We may seem incredibly powerful now, but our battle lines are too long. If our forces can't keep up, all our advantages will vanish. This is something neither we, nor even the Empire, can accept."

As he finished speaking, the entire conference room fell silent. Those sitting there were all high-ranking Japanese military officers, including high-ranking army officers. They had finally managed to send over 100,000 troops from six divisions to support the front lines.

As a result, these six divisions disappeared without a trace.

It can be said that they were neither seen alive nor found dead.

"Everyone, Northern Jiangsu is now a major threat to us, and its military strength is considerable. If we don't nip it in the bud, you all know how serious the consequences will be."

"Is it something we can eliminate as easily as we want?"

Another officer stood up and said loudly, "It's all because of those bastards in the Nanjing garrison. There was no warning at all, and then the Northern Jiangsu Army Group occupied Northern Jiangsu."

"After several battles, the Empire has suffered heavy losses. Now, Northern Jiangsu has become a force to be reckoned with. To destroy it, the only options are for the entire Kwantung Army to move south or for all the troops at the front to be recalled. Otherwise, it is simply impossible."

"Moreover, according to intelligence, the Northern Jiangsu Army Group has at least 500,000 troops, and even has aircraft, artillery, and tanks, not to mention anti-aircraft guns and ordinary cannons."

“We are not superior in terms of equipment, and the quality of our troops may be slightly higher than theirs, but not by much. However, they are much better than our new recruits.”

"In addition, all their weapons and equipment are produced by themselves. As for the weapons that were originally confiscated from us, they were all distributed to the garrison regiments below or to the local militia."

"In this respect, we would need at least 800,000 troops to take over northern Jiangsu, or even more. But where would we get 800,000 troops? The Empire has already had a hard time assembling six Class B divisions, let alone 800,000."

As his words fell, the entire conference room fell into a deathly silence.

No one expected Su Bei to be so powerful; even they don't have any good solutions right now.

"As for the Northern Jiangsu Army Group, why doesn't it expand on a large scale? According to our General Staff's analysis, it may be consolidating its territory, training its troops, and then slowly and gradually making its move."

“They launch attacks, each one not very strong, only one or two counties, but we have to accept this slow, insidious approach.”

"So what are your general staff's plans? Do you have any plans to launch an operation against northern Jiangsu?"

"No, unless one side wins the battle and then returns to annihilate the Northern Jiangsu Army Group, it will be difficult, extremely difficult."

"No, the Empire has at least 130 million troops in China, and that's excluding the Kwantung Army!"

"China is such a big country, are we really going to send half of our troops to besiege northern Jiangsu? Isn't that a bit too frivolous? What will happen to the battlefield on the front lines?"

These senior officers discussed it for a while, but ultimately came to nothing, as the North Sumatra Army Group had already gained considerable influence.

"Is there really no other way?"

"The best solution now is internal disintegration; other methods are somewhat futile."

"It's useless. We can't dismantle the Northern Jiangsu Army Group from within. Our people have already tried, and they can't even dismantle high-ranking government officials. Apart from the families of these officials, they have gained nothing."

"Threatened by family?"

"If it were useful, we would have done it long ago, but it was of no use at all. Apart from the deaths of some officers or the families of officials, we gained nothing."

"A metal bucket!"

"Yes, Northern Jiangsu is an impregnable fortress. While the outer defenses are manageable, once someone reaches a certain level, they become uncontrollable. That's the biggest challenge. We, and even those in Chongqing, failed; we captured agents and sent them all as laborers." (End of Chapter)