Chapter 208: The Direction Of The Battle
After Commander Yan began the total mobilization for the whole people to resist Japanese invaders, the various leaders at Eighth Route Army Headquarters on the Yan’an side were also simultaneously paying attention to every move of the Japanese Army, especially as they were also flipping through newspapers issued by the major newspaper offices in the foreign public concession, which contained the latest news on the Beiping warfare, and after reading them, they also discussed it lively for a while, and also issued some promotion instructions to resist Japanese invaders, and also had the Eighth Route Army in the Northwest Shanxi area prepare to resist Japanese invaders at any time, because they were also worried that once Beiping fell, the next place the Japanese Army would launch an offensive operation would be the Northwest Shanxi area.
So they must make preparations for the operation in advance,
However, while doing these preparations for the battle before the anti-Japanese War, these leaders were also constantly discussing why German-equipped troops appeared in Beiping, and whether these German-equipped troops could hold fast to Beiping City, and whether Chairman Chang’s side would continue to dispatch German-equipped troops for support operation.
“What do you think? How do you feel the battle in Beiping City will develop?”
“Can these suddenly appeared German-equipped troops strike down the incoming Japanese Troops again?”
“Will there continue to be victory reports coming, and be published in the newspapers of the foreigners for promotion?”
“And where exactly did these German-equipped troops come from? I heard they are not German-equipped troops from the Central Army side!”
“My view is that no matter where these German-equipped troops came from, as long as they can kill Japanese invaders, it is worth our support. What I am worried about now is the follow-up equipment and ammunition supply for these German-equipped troops! And their fighting will and determination, or rather, how long they will resist Japanese invaders!”
“This is hard to say. Although they achieved the first victory, and even produced astonishing victory reports, assassinating the high-level Japanese Army commander Katsuki Kiyoshi who came to attack Beiping, this is simply greatly satisfying good news, truly venting our anger to the extreme. I applaud it! However, even so, I cannot answer you how long this German-equipped troops with such strong combat power, and the first to strike down the Japanese Army vanguard troops in Beiping City, can hold fast to Beiping! Because according to our intelligence, the Japanese Army has already gathered a large number of elite division troops in the Fengtai area. Once so many Japanese Army launch a large-scale offensive on Beiping City, I’m afraid these German-equipped troops will not be able to hold fast for long!”
“Yeah! It seems we cannot count on these German-equipped troops to hold fast in Beiping for long, but it’s a pity that we have no way to send troops over for support operation! Otherwise it would be great! To fight alongside these German-equipped troops bravely resisting Japanese invaders, that would truly be uniting to kill the enemy and defend the country!”
“Maybe we can dispatch some people to send these German-equipped troops some food and such, to provide some support! It can also be regarded as a small token of our appreciation. It would be even better if we could donate medicine to them. After all, in battle, there will probably be many wounded soldiers. If there is medicine for treatment, then they won’t die from infection!”
“These supports can be considered for immediate arrangement, but we also need to quickly mobilize for anti-Japanese matters in the Northwest Shanxi area. Commander Yan’s Jin-Sui Army has also begun total mobilization! We cannot lose to him, and moreover, I am not very optimistic about his fighting will. He is too fond of preserving his own strength, and it will probably be hard for him to make up his mind to fight desperately with the Japanese Army!”
Just as the high-level on the Eighth Route Army side were eagerly paying attention to the battle of Zhou Wenhua’s cloned German-equipped troops in Beiping, and discussing their next anti-Japanese actions,
In Beiping, Acting Mayor Zhang Zizhong finally arrived at Zhou Wenhua’s command post with his few capable police officer team members, preparing to meet with Zhou Wenhua.
