By the next day, the exact number of casualties was counted. In this battle, the headquarters alone suffered more than 300 casualties. If we counted the 4th regiment that was attacked, the number of casualties was as high as more than 600. In addition, the equipment of the arsenal and field courtyard was completely lost, and all the ammunition stored in the headquarters' arsenal was blown up.

Although the casualties were large, they were not the most deadly. After nearly two years of development and growth, the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui has now thrown away four main regiments, with nearly 5,000 troops, and the losses of six or seven hundred people can still bear it. What is really fatal is that the arsenal and the arsenal were destroyed, and the 19th Detachment has lost its ability to continue combat.

If the 14th Brigade of the Japanese Independence and Independents now attacks the Erlongshan base, the 19th Detachment of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui will resist for up to one week, and then it will be in a situation where the ammunition is exhausted and the assistance is exhausted.

Of course, even if the entire army was destroyed in the end, Xu Shijiu was confident that he would bite a large piece of meat from the 14th Brigade of Independent Mixed Independent. It would be impossible for Japan to take down the Erlongshan base without paying a little price. After all, the 19th Detachment is not a soft persimmon that can be pinched at will.

(Split Line)

Yanjia Town, independent mixed 14th Brigade Headquarters.

Takayoshi Fujido strode into Takayoshi Fujido's office with a saber, then suddenly closed his feet and stood attentively, saying, "God of General."

Fujido Takayoi, who was playing chess with Haneda, raised his head slightly and waved his hand to call Ohara Shigemi to the front of the chessboard. Haneda at the other end was thinking hard because of one move, and ignored Ohara. Of course, Haneda has the rank of colonel, and Ohara Shigemi is just a Nakasa, so Haneda is fully qualified to sit down and not get up.

While Haneda was still thinking hard, Takae Fujido asked Ohara Shigemi and said, "Ohara, how are you resting

"Very good." Ohara Shigemi said, "Your Excellency General, you have troubled you."

"Hey, what's the matter?" Fujido Takae waved his hand and asked again, "Ohara Sang, I heard that the members of Ohara Team are all elites who are experienced in battle, proficient in all kinds of guns, and are all outstanding in shooting skills, and are also good at hand-to-hand combat. They all have extraordinary kendo attainments. How about it, are you interested in a performance competition?

"Exhibition match?" Ohara Shigemi frowned and said, "Genius General, please be honest, Ohara Brigade is a strategic elite unit, not a geisha in a brothel in Kyoto, so we won't perform

"Baga." Haneda slapped the chess piece in his hand on the pedestal and said angrily, "How can you talk to the general like this?"

"Hayi." Ohara Shigemi took a lot of attention, indicating that she knew she was wrong, but even the blind man could see the stubbornness on her face.

But Takayoshi Fujido was not angry, but lowered his head, as if he was thinking about something. After more than ten seconds, Takayoshi Fujido raised his head and continued: "Before the Commander Okamura returned to China, he had a long talk with me. In the middle, he said that there was a big obstacle for the empire to annex China. Do you know what this obstacle is?"

Ohara Shigemi didn't say anything, but Haneda tentatively replied: "The biggest obstacle is that China is too big."

"No, although China is big, as long as there are enough people, material resources and financial resources, it is not difficult to annex." Fujido Takayoshi waved his hand and said, "The biggest obstacle for the empire to annex China is the serious shortage of manpower, because wealth can be created in a short period of time and materials can be produced continuously, while only human power cannot be obtained in a short period of time. Population growth has a long cycle, but the empire cannot wait."

It has been four years since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, and these four years can be divided into two stages.

The first and second year were the first stage. During this period, the Japanese army was in a large-scale military offensive stage. The number of troops quickly expanded from seventeen permanent divisions to more than fifty divisions. The country's fiscal debt increased sharply and was almost collapsed. The production of weapons and equipment was obviously unable to keep up with the consumption. Even domestic teaching guns were seconded to the frontline.

The third and fourth year are the second phase. In this phase, the Japanese army mainly relegated political inducement and military offense as the supplement. After nearly two years of rest, Japan's economy has improved significantly, the national finances have become more relaxed, and the output of weapons and equipment has also become more abundant. The equipment of each main division has even been strengthened to a certain extent compared to before the outbreak of the war.

The most obvious one is that the field artillery corps of most main divisions are equipped with a brigade of 10m caliber field howitzers. Unlike before the war, except for the Guards Division and the Di Pei Regiment, the other fifteen permanent divisions are only equipped with 75mm caliber field howitzers or mountain howitzers.

In short, after two years of rest, Japan's economy has improved significantly and its supplies are extremely abundant.

However, manpower was more tense than two years ago. The reserves were almost exhausted before the war, while the front-line troops were still asking the base camp to increase their troops. In order to raise enough troops, the Japanese base camp had to do stupid things to kill chickens and retrieve eggs, and recruited many industrial workers with skilled skills to join the army.

Therefore, Takayoshi Fujido said that the biggest obstacle for Japan to annex China is manpower.

However, Haneda seemed to have different opinions on this and said: "God General, although the population of the empire is at a clear disadvantage compared to China, compared with the late Ming Dynasty, the Later Jin regime was not considered a disadvantage compared to the Ming Empire. The Later Jin Dynasty had a population of only 200,000, but it could annex the Ming Dynasty with a population of over 100 million. Now the Japanese Empire has a population of 70 million. What reason can't swallow China with a population of only 450 million?"

"The Later Jin was able to annex the Ming Dynasty because of many historical coincidences, such as the Little Ice Age factors, and the self-destruction of the Great Wall after Li Zicheng's peasant army occupied Beijing. Many coincidences were added together to bring about the luck of the Later Jin." Fujido Takayoshi seemed to be very proficient in Chinese history and could also read all kinds of stories at will, and said, "However, if the Later Jin did not formulate a national policy of using the Han to control the Han Dynasty to make up for the disadvantages in manpower, even if there were ten times more coincidences, a hundred times more could not annex the Ming Dynasty."

"That's right." Haneda Shimo said with sincerity, "In fact, the Later Jin Dynasty only fought to Beijing, and the remaining half of the Ming Empire was actually led by Wu Sangui, Kong Youde, and Geng Jingzhong. Without the Sanshun King and the Han surrendered army, it would be impossible to compete with the Central Plains with only 200,000 Later Jin people and 50,000 or 60,000 Eight Banners."

Takae Fujido said: "Although the population disadvantage of the Great Japanese Empire is not so obvious than that of the Later Jin Dynasty, it only accounts for one or two of the Chinese population. Therefore, if you want to eventually annex China, you must rely on the power of the Chinese."

Ohara Shigemi couldn't help but interrupt: "God of General, what does this have to do with letting the Special Wars Brigade perform

"Of course it's related." Takahiro Fujido said, "The Chinese are not born to be traitors. Even if they really become traitors, most of them are just perfunctory, and few are willing to serve the empire sincerely. Therefore, I need your special operations brigade to perform a performance in front of everyone in the Dragon-Kuan Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Army and use your superb tactical skills to tell the Imperial Army that there is no future in confronting the Imperial Army. Only by following the Imperial Army and being loyal to the Imperial Army will you have a future."

"Ohara San." Takae Fujido looked up at Ohara Shigemi and said, "I need an Imperial Army that is truly willing to cooperate with the Imperial Army and truly willing to be loyal to the Empire, rather than a Imperial Army that is false and always falls out of the chain at critical moments. Our brigade will sooner or later leave Ryugu. In the future, Ryugu will have to rely on the Imperial Army's Dragonkou Mixed Brigade to maintain public order."

"Hayi." Ohara Shigemi was obviously persuaded by Takayo Fujido and said, "I know what to do.
Chapter completed!