February 2nd, two days after Li Yan took down Nanzhang County.
At this moment, in Xiang City, in the general staff of the 101st division of the Japanese army, a discussion meeting about the 108th division was being held.
There were many people present, all of whom were high-ranking officers of the 101st division.
On the table in front of everyone was a detailed report. This was the information collected by the Japanese Special Higher Police, and it was all about Li Yan.
On the main seat, Lieutenant General Ito Masa of the 101st Division of the Japanese Army was happy to see that everyone had finished reading the information in front of him. He said,"Everyone, according to the intelligence gathered by the Special Higher Police, Li Yan's 108th Division is fully equipped with semi-automatic rifles and new light machine guns. In addition, Li Yan's troops are also equipped with 72 mortars and an unknown number of large-caliber heavy artillery.”
"There are two main reasons why the Kawasaki Battalion was wiped out.”
"First, the Kawasaki Brigade didn't know that Li Yan would betray them.”
"Secondly, the Kawasaki Battalion was bombarded by heavy artillery, and their combat power plummeted. Li Yan's troops suppressed them with firepower and pursued them.”
"It was because of these two reasons that the Kawasaki Brigade was completely annihilated.”
"The destruction of the Kawasaki Brigade is the shame of the 101st Division. Right now, the 101st Division has been humiliated in the army of the Imperium. We must wash away this shame in the shortest time possible. Li Yan's troops must be destroyed, and Nanzhang County must return to the rule of the Imperium!”
Listening to Masayoshi Ito's speech, Commander Ikeda Osamu of the 3rd Regiment of the 101st Division said loudly,""Regiment Commander, the Kawasaki Battalion belongs to the 3rd Regiment. The destruction of the Kawasaki Battalion is a disgrace to the 3rd Regiment. I would like to ask Regiment Commander to send Li Yan's troops to the 3rd Regiment to be destroyed!”
The entire 101st Division had two major infantry exploration regiments under its command. They were the 216th and 217th Infantry Regiment. Each exploration regiment had two regiments, and each regiment had three battalions. The Kawasaki Battalion was one of the three battalions of the 3rd regiment of the 101st Division.
Masayoshi Ito shook his head and said,""Ikeda-kun, there are only two battalions left in the Third Regiment. You only have about 2600 people.”
"Your Excellency is right. Li Yan's troops have more than 2500 people, all of whom are equipped with semi-automatic rifles and new machine guns with a load of up to 100 rounds. In addition, Li Yan's troops also have more than 70 mortars and an unknown number of large-caliber heavy artillery.”The 101st Division's major general, Wu Ze Xiaoji, said solemnly. He didn't underestimate Li Yan's 108th Division.
"Major General, I can make a military pledge. If the 3rd Regiment cannot destroy Li Yan's 108th Division, then I will commit suicide in front of the Emperor's portrait!”
Ikeda continued to request for battle. He believed that the rebel army of the Imperial Association could not have much combat power. The destruction of the Kawasaki Brigade was all because of an ambush. He wanted to personally wash away this humiliation.
"The Empire's Xiazhong army is planning to attack Chang City. Our 101st division needs to put a lot of pressure on the national army defending Yu City so that they can't reinforce Chang City.”
Masayoshi Ito's gaze was deep. He thought for a moment, then turned to look at Major General Yoshiki Yamamoto, the regiment commander of the 217th Brigade, and ordered,""Mr. Yamamoto, Team 217 should gather immediately and attack Nanzhang County to eliminate Li Yan's troops.”
" After eliminating Li Yan's troops, the 217th Brigade will continue to move forward. Other than eliminating Li Yan's troops, your mission is to pin down the national army stationed in the northwestern part of Hunan so that the 9th Battle Area will not be able to send more troops to reinforce Xiangchang City!”
"Ha!" Yamamoto Yoshiki stood up and nodded.
The 217th Exploration Team was one of the two largest exploration teams in the 101st Division. They had two regiments and six large teams under them, with a total of more than 7,000 people. They were very powerful.
It could be said that apart from the ace division of the national army, the 217th Brigade would not be at a disadvantage even if they were to face two national infantry divisions at the same time.
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On the other side, in Nanzhang County, Li Yan was still unaware that Masayoshi Ito had ordered the 217th Brigade to assemble. He was currently counting the fruits of victory at the Kawasaki Brigade's original station.
The Kawasaki Brigade had been stationed in Nanzhang County for several months, and they had collected quite a lot of wealth. There were as many as 160,000 yuan in cash, and more than 200 gold bars of large and small yellow croakers.
The Kawasaki Brigade was supposed to hand over these valuables, but unfortunately, before they could move them away, the Kawasaki Brigade was destroyed by Li Yan.
Li Yan was alone in the house. In front of him were the confiscated money and gold bars.
"System, scan it. How many exchange points can these gold bars and coins be exchanged for?”Li Yan called out to the system impatiently.
"Respected host, the money and gold bars here can be exchanged for a total of 2.55 million exchange points!”The system reported the statistics.
" 2.55 million points, that's not a small amount!" Li Yan laughed happily.
A Type 56 semi-automatic rifle required 300 points, and 2.55 million points could be exchanged for 8500 Type 56 rifles.
This meant that without heavy weapons, Li Yan could arm another 8500 people.
"No, 2.55 million points is still too little!”Li Yan stroked his chin as he thought about how to collect gold and silver to obtain exchange points.
Although strategic resources like copper, steel, iron, and oil could be exchanged for points, Nanzhang County did not even have an industrial base. Naturally, this place could not obtain these strategic resources!
Even if Li Yan wanted to develop Nanzhang County's mineral resources, he didn't have the mining equipment.
Therefore, at this stage, the fastest way to obtain exchange points was to collect gold and silver items.
"Nanzhang County has quite a number of wealthy landowners. Now that the country is in a period of national disaster, from the perspective of the clan and the country, these wealthy landowners have to contribute!”
Li Yan's eyes lit up. He thought of a way to obtain a large number of exchange points. That was to make the landowners and merchants of Nanzhang County hand over the war funds in the name of supporting the war.
With the gun in Li Yan's hands, he would do whatever he said. If these merchants and landowners were unwilling to pay, he would directly label them as colluding with the enemy.
Li Yan couldn't do it. These people dared to go against him!
Money could be earned again, but if one's life was lost, there would be nothing left!
Extraordinary times required extraordinary methods, and Li Yan couldn't care less!
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