Coordinates Okinawa.

As soon as Zhang Chi got off the plane, she got on the jeep and hurried to the New Seventh Army Command located in the suburbs of Naha.

On the road, Okinawa had undergone earth-shaking changes from a few months ago. It was originally a barren and overgrown area, but now there were factories and crowds of people. There were even many Okinawans who took the initiative to wait and bow on the side of the road when they saw Zhang Chi's convoy passing by... This should be a habit that Okinawans developed when they were ruled by the Japanese.

But Zhang Chi was no longer mentally aware of this. He only thought about how much harm the Japanese army would cause to the people in China.

From this perspective, Zhang Chi underestimated Japan a little. He always thought that with the help of the US military, the New Seventh Army blocked the Japanese island from other Japanese colonies such as North Korea, the Philippines, etc.... it would not cause any big waves.

But Zhang Chi ignored one thing: the Japanese nation has had extraordinary resilience under the education of militarism and the "Bushido Spirit" for many years. They cannot admit defeat like this, but will try every means to find a way out.

Now is the time for them to accumulate strength and launch a counterattack.

With a "wa" sound, while Zhang Chi was pondering, the convoy had already stopped in front of the New Seventh Army Command.

Wang Mazi was already waiting outside the car. When he saw Zhang Chi get out of the car, he warmly came up and punched Zhang Chi hard. Then he held Zhang Chi's hand and smiled: "Boy, you're so happy to fight outside and forget us!"

"How can it be!" Zhang Chi replied: "Stop talking about me, all the soldiers want to come back and have a look, but they can't come back until the battle is over!"

Wang Mazi nodded with understanding. In fact, what he said just now was just a polite word, so how could he not know the homesickness of fighting abroad?

The two of them said while walking, and walked into the command center in a few steps.

The command center is finally a bit like this now. It is clearly distinguished in the war room, communication room, archive room, etc. and is much larger than before. For example, there are dozens of radio stations and countless telephones in the communication room. The dense lines make Zhang Chi a little dazzled.

"This is the situation!" After entering the headquarters, Wang Mazi pointed to the map and said: "More than a month ago, we arranged mines in the Tsushima Strait and the Busan Strait... We didn't take it too seriously at first, because Japan lacked all kinds of supplies such as food and energy at this time. We thought they just wanted to transport some food from North Korea to solve the urgent problem, but we didn't expect..."

"I didn't expect that they had more and more mines, right?"

"Yes!" Wang Mazi nodded: "These mines are distributed on both sides of the Korean Strait (including Tsushima Strait, Busan Strait, etc.), which makes it impossible for our navy to cross and block it. We have also sent minesweepers to discharge a passage, but the effect achieved after paying the price of five-boat minesweepers is minimal."

Zhang Chi can understand this, because the water mine is a very headache-inducing thing in this era... In fact, let alone this era, even modern times are very headache-inducing.

The main reason is that the mines are low in cost and convenient to lay out, but it is very difficult and even dangerous to discover and eliminate them. If they are laid on a large scale... Just like what the Japanese do now, they can block the Korean Strait so that Japan can contact North Korea.

"Of course they will not do this just for food or supplies!" Zhang Chi said: "Because North Korea is also in short supply!"

"Yes!" Wang Mazi said: "We were careless. Now it seems... they actually want to increase troops to North Korea to cooperate with the 15 divisions and 200,000 puppet troops gathered in Nanjing and the 200,000 puppet troops attacking Northeast China!"

"There are actually fifteen divisions?" Zhang Chi couldn't help but frown when he heard this. You should know that the Japanese army had organized the "No. 1" combat plan to open up the transportation line with the whole country. But now, fifteen divisions have been organized in just the direction of Nanjing.

"Yes!" Wang Mazi said: "This is mainly because..."

"What's the reason?" Seeing that Wang Mazi wanted to speak but stopped, Zhang Chi asked.

"Because of Principal Jiang!" Wang Mazi replied: "They only care about being in a corner, so that the Japanese army can calm down most of the troops to deal with us!"

After listening to this, Zhang Chi quickly understood.

In fact, Zhang Chi did not expect this situation, but the Japanese and puppet troops in Nanjing were actually attacked by Chinese troops on both sides. To the north are the three northeastern provinces stationed by the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and to the west is Principal Jiang's Chongqing government. Once the Nanjing Wang Puppet Government and the Japanese army want to attack the Northeast, they will shine their backs in front of Principal Jiang's Chongqing government... The Japanese army is undoubtedly seeking death if they do this.

But now, the Japanese army did that.

"Have you contacted Principal Jiang?" Zhang Chi asked weakly.

"Why didn't there?" Wang Mazi replied: "But all the replies received are... the national army has not yet prepared thoroughly!"

This answer was completely within Zhang Chi's expectations, because the Expeditionary Force at this time was already a "disobedient" and "unable to command" unit for Principal Jiang, and it may even be an "opponent" and an "enemy" in the future.

So, why did Principal Jiang "help" when the three northeastern provinces are in crisis?

Even more likely... the Japanese army dared to let go of the attack on the Northeast after knowing that Principal Jiang would not "help" him.

"How many troops do we have in the Northeast?" Zhang Chi asked.

"The regular army of the three armies, plus the five newly formed in the Northeast, has a total of more than 200,000 troops!" Wang Mazi replied.

There were more than 200,000 people, and most of them were newly formed militias without much heavy equipment. However, the Japanese army initially judged that there were more than 300,000 pure Japanese troops.

What's even more terrifying is that if the Korean Strait is not blocked, it means that the Japanese troops in Japan can continuously enter North Korea from the Korean Strait, and then commit to the battlefield attacking the Northeast.

"What are the Japanese trying to do?" Wang Mazi asked: "Aren't they worried that we will attack the Japanese mainland?"

"No, they are not worried!" Zhang Chi said: "Because they want to give up on the Japanese mainland!"

"What?" Wang Mazi couldn't help but look at Zhang Chi in shock: "You mean... the Japanese are moving to the Northeast?"

"It's not just the Northeast!" Zhang Chi said: "They also want to use China's land to fight a protracted war with the Americans, that is, use China as a battlefield!"
Chapter completed!