The Japanese's plan was to sweep through Jinan, Jining, Shangqiu, Xuzhou, and other places to the east. This area was also the main activity area of the enemy's rear battlefield.
Two of the most important areas were the Mount Tai Mountains south of Jinan and the Yimeng Mountains southeast of Jining. There were a lot of guerillas around.
Even though many guerillas were not in the Yimeng Mountains, they relied on the Yimeng Mountains to fight against the Japanese.
Of course, the big strategy had nothing to do with Liu Chuan. He was going with them to carry out his plan. Liu Chuan, who knew what would happen in the future, knew very well that these guerrillas would eventually be wiped out by the Japanese.
Instead of being caught like a turtle in a jar by the Japanese, it was better to let him maximize the role of these guerrillas. However, he could not tell these words to the Japanese.
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Riding on a Japanese horse, Liu Chuan looked around at the marching troops. He took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and lit it for himself.
The Japanese were all in high spirits, carrying their guns as if they were about to win the battle. On the other hand, the puppet soldiers were all frowning.
They had never thought of going to war. They joined the puppet army purely to make a living. Therefore, the puppet army was crispy noodle snacks on the battlefield. They would run away when they saw the enemy. There was no need to fight with their lives.
After walking for half a day, these puppet soldiers were as tired as dogs. No, it was an insult to dogs. Dogs wouldn't be so tired after walking for half a day. These puppet soldiers were panting heavily.
However, the weather was indeed a little hot. July 12th was the hottest time of the year. The sun in the sky seemed to be burning people.
Wang Qifeng, the puppet commander, also got a horse to ride. However, his body was also sweating non-stop. It seemed that he could not stand the sun even if he rode a horse.
The Japanese were alright. Although they were all sweating, their formation was still in order. There was no noise at all.
He lit up a cigarette and smoked half of it. He threw the cigarette butt on the ground and opened the kettle to take a sip.
Actually, he was still alright. Although he was drenched in sweat, he was a military school graduate after all. It was not a big problem for him.
On the contrary, Tarou Watanabe, who was riding a horse beside him, was the scum of the Japanese.
He was hotter than anyone else and sweated more than anyone else. The military uniform on his body looked like it had been fished out of the water. He had drunk three pots of water this morning.
"Liu Chuan-kun, the weather is too hot. Do you think we should find a place to rest?”
Watanabe Taro wiped his sweat. He was not part of the combat unit now. His mission was to protect Liu Chuan. As long as Liu Chuan stopped to rest, he could rest legitimately.
" Watanabe-kun, your body isn't good enough. You eat too much meat, and you've put on weight. There's no need to rest. It's already past eleven o'clock. I reckon that Takano-kun will order the troops to find a place to rest in a while.
We should be arriving at Copper Mountain this afternoon. We should be resting there for the night. Tomorrow morning, we'll start sweeping through Copper Mountain.”
Liu Chuan looked at the sky. It was almost noon. The weather would be very hot at noon. Takano Otsuki, this old devil, would probably ask the troops to stop and rest. Otherwise, the Japanese would not be able to take it.
Sure enough, they saw a forest ahead. Takano Osamu let the troops enter the forest to rest and have lunch.
After lunch, they rested for a while. At around two o'clock, the sun was no longer as scorching as it was at noon. Takano City ordered the troops to start marching again.
At around six in the afternoon, they finally arrived at Copper Mountain. This was the starting point of the clean-up plan, and they would start their clean-up from here. However, before the task of encircling the guerrillas began, the Japanese had already begun to sweep through the village.
When the devils entered the village, it was a scene of chaos. The commoners were so scared that they hid in their homes and did not dare to make a sound. Some Japanese had forcefully broken into the homes of the people and robbed them of their belongings.
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" Takano-kun, you have to stop the imperial army from looting! Otherwise, I will report this matter to my teacher!"
Liu Chuan said coldly with a gloomy face. It was not a good thing for the Japanese to enter the village. Takano City allowed the Japanese to plunder. This was something he could not tolerate.
" Yanagawa-kun, you should be standing with the empire now. You don't have to care about the commoners. Today, the warriors have marched for a day, so we naturally have to relax."
"Bastard ~ Relax? Are you relaxing? Why were there guerillas? It's all because of stupid officers like you. You let the imperial army plunder, go ~
In the next second, these people would side with the guerrillas. They would provide cover for the guerrillas, pass on information to the guerrillas, and provide information to the guerrillas.
They would even send their sons to the guerrillas. Then, we would find that the guerrillas would become stronger and stronger, killing batches after batches like locusts.
Then, the next time the imperial army fought in the front, you would find these guerillas active in the rear.
Teacher asked me to manage the rear and provide food for the imperial army, but what are you doing? You are trying to poach me. If the people die, they will have no food to eat and no way to farm. Where will I get food?
Are you giving it to me? Even a pig knows that a hen will get more eggs if she laid them, but you want to kill the hen to get the eggs. It's precisely because of a stupid officer like you that the Imperial Army can't move an inch here ~"
There was a reason why Yanagawa dared to berate Takano Ohiro. He had the confidence to berate the colonel. If the person in front of him was Lieutenant General Gui Zi or Eternal Turtle Shiro, he would be reasonable.
However, there was no need to pay attention to Takano Osamu. The Japanese had entered the village to plunder, and they had nowhere to vent their anger. They could vent it on Takano Osamu. Anyway, he did not dare to do anything to him.
In short, Takano City couldn't decide his own matters, but Eternal Turtle Shiro was more like it.
Onishi Takano's face darkened. He was a fool and a bastard. It would be strange if he still greeted him with a smile.
"Humph! Watanabe-kun, let's go. I'll go and generate electricity for my teacher. Takano-kun ignored the big picture and allowed his soldiers to plunder, causing the people to be unable to farm and the food production to decrease. I can't provide food supplies for the imperial army. I won't take the blame ~"
After saying that, he turned his horse around and was about to leave. Watanabe Taro didn't understand. How could there be a conflict? Wasn't he just looking at this and that with an innocent expression on his face?
Takano took a few deep breaths before calming down. He looked at Liu Chuan, who had turned his horse around, and shouted,""Yanagawa-kun, wait a moment ~"
He pulled the reins but did not turn around. He just rode on the horse.
Takano rode his horse to Liu Chuan and said in a deep voice,""Yanagawa-kun, I've offended you just now. I'm ignorant and didn't understand the essence of it. Please forgive me, Yanagawa-kun. I'll give the order to the troops now and order the warriors to relax ~"
This guy knew that if Liu Chuan ran to Eternal Turtle Shiro and snitched on him, he would be punished. Being reprimanded was already a light punishment. Right now, the troops dispatched from Huabei were all thinking about how to completely solve their own food supply problem.
This well-planned plan had taken a few months. If he ruined it, Eternal Turtle Shiro would definitely punish him severely.
"Kuaixi ~ Takano-kun, congratulations for understanding the essence. Only the army and the people were the king, and the imperial army could obtain supplies.”
Liu Chuan said with a smile, but deep down, he was thinking, Now I'm acting more and more like a traitor!
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