Chapter 1588: Attacking the heart first

Author: Expeditionary Soldier

Soon, the chief's and Wang Xuexin's tactics of "attacking the heart first" took effect immediately.

This does not mean that a large number of puppet troops will defect to the Eighth Route Army or start an uprising immediately. The puppet troops are not stupid either. At this time, they know that the Japanese are very sensitive and are always worried about their contact with the Eighth Route Army. In order to scare the monkeys, the Japanese will not do anything when this happens.

Will be soft-hearted.

Therefore, the puppet army will not do this easily.

What showed was that the intelligence officers that Wang Xuexin organized before to infiltrate the Northeast and even the puppet army felt that their work suddenly became much easier. Sometimes the puppet army would even take the initiative to contact the intelligence officers... If this was the case before, it would mean that the intelligence officers were exposed.

, but now another line has been put out, and there are many more sources of intelligence.

As a result, the Eighth Route Army had more and more intelligence, including Fengtian.

However, Wang Xuexin was not satisfied with this.

"It's just information!" Wang Xuexin complained softly.

Chen Songyong seemed to disagree with Wang Xuexin's words. He raised the document in his hand and objected: "Commander, is it good to get information? For example, we now know the true strength of the Japanese troops stationed in Fengtian, and even know which troops they have.

Who are the new recruits and who are the veterans, as well as the location of the enemy's bunkers, etc..."

"I didn't say that intelligence is not important!" Wang Xuexin said, "But after we spent so much effort and took so many risks to cripple the Iron and Stone Army, all we got was intelligence?"

"Captain, let's just be content!" Chen Songyong laughed: "Otherwise, what else do you want? The Japanese have controlled Northeast China for more than ten years!"

Chen Songyong's words are correct. The Japanese invaded the Northeast in 1931 and took full control of the Northeast in just three months. It has been 13 years since then.

That is to say, 13-year-old children have grown up under the education of the Japs since they were born, and 20-year-old children have received the brainwashing education of the Japs since they were sensible. A considerable number of puppet soldiers who are now serving in the army have become accustomed to the Japs.

The control regards all this as "normal".

Under such circumstances, it can be said that it is quite difficult to drive a wedge between the Japanese and puppet troops and to dig holes in them.

However, Wang Xuexin was still dissatisfied with this. He believed that this was probably related to Okabe Naosaburo's punishment of Yoshikawa Saki and several staff officers, which made a considerable number of puppet troops waver.

Wang Xuexin thought for a while, then turned to Zhang Zongping and said: "Consultant Zhang, send a telegram to the headquarters and ask if there are conditions for using intelligence personnel to spread the news that Mao Xiong has tens of millions of soldiers on the border and intends to attack the Japanese with the Eighth Route Army.

, the devil is about to be finished!"

Chen Songyong and Zhang Zongping looked at each other and were both stunned. This was a big deal, but Wang Xuexin said it in such a relaxed and simple tone...

However, Zhang Zongping reacted immediately. He said "yes" and then sent the suggestion to the headquarters.

As soon as the leader saw this telegram, he laughed "haha": "Okay, this is true, false, false, false, true, Mao Xiong is indeed increasing troops and conducting exercises, and the Japanese troops are also stationed at the border.

If there is a tendency to start a war, if we release this information to the outside world, everyone, whether they are ordinary people or puppet soldiers, will believe that the devils in the Northeast are going to be finished!"

The chief of staff then said: "It's the same sentence, no matter whether it is true or not, but as long as the people and puppet soldiers believe it, the Japanese will really be doomed!"

"That's right!" The leader nodded and said, "Whether it's the truth or a lie, it's a good word if it can defeat the Japanese! This means that soldiers never tire of deceit!"

Therefore, the battlefield is not a place where honesty and benevolence are emphasized. There is only profit here. The result of talking about honesty and benevolence with the enemy is a farmer bitten by a snake.

The chief quickly directed the intelligence personnel to spread the news, and many details were added:

"The other side of the furry bear has defeated Hans, and now he has regained his breath and can free his hands to deal with the Japanese!"

"Mao Xiong's Far Eastern Front Army has more than one million men, and the Eighth Route Army also has more than one million men. Under attack from both sides, how can the Japanese be an opponent with this small force!"

"Look at how anxious the Japanese are. The other one is busy guarding against the bear, while the other one is being pressed forward step by step by the Eighth Route Army. They are going to hit Fengtian!"

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The information spread among the people and soon became more and more popular. It didn't take long before it spread as if Northeast China would be liberated tomorrow. Even the Japanese believed it...

In fact, the Japanese believed it in the first place. If they didn't believe in Umezu Yoshijiro, why would they move their troops to the border?

It's just that the Japanese high-level officials believe it but try hard to make the troops disbelieve it. What they say to their subordinates is:

"Mao Xiong has signed a "Mutual Non-Aggression Treaty" with us, and now the outcome of the war with Hans is uncertain. How can he attack our army?"

"What's more, our army still has the Guandong Fortress. If Mao Xiong attacks our army, can they bear the price they have to pay?"

"So, our enemy will only be the Eighth Route Army, and how can the Eighth Route Army be the opponent of the imperial army?"

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Having said that, the Japanese on the other side are urgently recruiting new soldiers.

The source of troops recruited by the Japanese army was the local Japanese "immigrants", which were the so-called "pioneering regiments" also known as "reclamation regiments". They were the Japanese civilians who immigrated from the mainland after the Japanese controlled the Northeast and enslaved the Chinese people.

However, the number of civilians in these "pioneering regiments" was also very limited. Their total number was only a few hundred thousand... The Japanese Kwantung Army quickly expanded from about 700,000 troops to 1.2 million in the final period. This was the total number of all the pioneering regiments.

All Japanese civilians, men, women, old and young, were recruited, plus all the disabled soldiers who were left in the Northeast and unable to fight.

At this time, the Japs had not yet reached that point, and had only recruited more than 10,000 troops from the "Pioneering Regiment"... This small number of troops, and they were still new recruits, could only provide a small amount of comfort to the entire war situation.

This can even be counterproductive.

Because if the war situation is as high-level officials say, "The only enemy Mao Xiong cannot fight against is the Eighth Route Army," then why does the empire still need to recruit troops?

As a result, the Japanese were all panic-stricken, and they were all worried about whether they would be attacked from both sides.

Wang Xuexin soon received a new response.

On this day, when Wang Xuexin was staring at Fengtian on the map and thinking about how to attack it, Zhang Zongping excitedly handed over a telegram and said: "Commander, the intelligence I just received is that there are two battalion-level puppet troops in Fengtian."

Secretly contacted our military intelligence personnel, they seem to have the intention to surrender!"

Wang Xuexin nodded, this is what he wants.

Part of the reason why the Eighth Route Army wanted to attack Fengtian was because they wanted the arsenal located in Fengtian.

If you want to get the arsenal, you have to have an internal response.
Chapter completed!