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Chapter 933 Troubles of the Expeditionary Force
The news of the decision to send Haley back to Europe soon spread to Lee Hyun-sook and Fujiwara Shizuka.
Li Xianshu felt a little disappointed. After all, if Haley gave birth to a child in China, she would have the opportunity to come back under the pretext of seeing the child.
But Haley went to Europe, and even if she wanted to see her children, she had to go to Europe.
But it's different for Shizuka Fujiwara. Now that Hailey is gone, she can be more bold, instead of sneaking to the hotel...
Three days after the wedding, Haley followed George to Europe obediently after being persuaded by George and Chen Yang.
Originally, Haley was unwilling to leave Chen Yang, and she didn't think she would encounter any danger in China.
However, Chen Yang told her directly that letting her go to Europe was not for her personal safety, but to help her adapt to her own identity.
She couldn't be a war correspondent for her whole life; it could only be a temporary interest because she had children.
George also used this reason to have a good talk with Haley. It seems to be a mother's instinct to give up her ideals for the sake of her children.
Before leaving, Haley also asked Chen Yang the same question. With Chen Yang's current strength, he didn't need to work for the Japanese.
Chen Yang’s answer is still to repay a favor.
However, everyone thought that Chen Yang was doing this to repay Li Xianshu's kindness, but only Chen Yang himself knew the truth.
The gratitude he wants to repay is the gratitude of the Chinese land for nurturing him for two lifetimes.
Although no one can understand what he is doing now, and perhaps decades later he will still be regarded as a traitor by others, so what?
If he doesn't fight this battle, his descendants will have to fight it. If he doesn't do this bad thing, his descendants will never be able to hold their heads up.
China is so big, someone has to be willing to sacrifice...
Two days after seeing Haley off, Lee Hyun-sook also boarded the ship back to Japan.
This time Chen Yang did not go to see him off.
He knew that Li Xianshu was a very strong-willed person. In Li Xianshu's view, her return to her hometown would mean a failure in the struggle.
Return home as a loser.
However, his absence does not mean that he does not care. After Fujiwara Shizuka sent Li Xianshu on board, she soon called Chen Yang.
Shanghai Stock Exchange, Joint Transport Department.
Chen Yang stood in front of the window, holding a cup of coffee. He stirred the coffee mechanically with his right hand, but his eyes were always fixed on the distance.
There was a knock on the door. Dongye Damu pushed open the door of the office and bowed to Chen Yang, saying, "Minister, this is a message from the Changsha front."
"Commander Anan has ordered the defense line to be pulled back and the attack mission to be suspended."
"They sent some requests for supplies..."
"Oh," Chen Yang put down the coffee in his hand, took the telegram and read it carefully.
"It seems that Commander Anan has not given up the plan to capture Changsha."
"But the empire's supplies can't withstand his consumption."
"Higashino-kun, please send the message to the Expeditionary Force Logistics Department and ask for Mr. Sato."
"Our Joint Transportation Department is responsible for the transportation of materials, and the allocation of materials still needs to be signed and confirmed by the higher-ups."
Higashino Daiki bowed slightly, quickly put together the transfer order and telegram handed over by Chen Yang, then hurried downstairs to the logistics department of the expeditionary army.
Watching Dongye Daimu leave, a smile slowly rose on Chen Yang's lips.
It can be said that the Japanese army did not gain much advantage at all in this Battle of Changsha.
Commander Anan mobilized more than 130,000 troops, while Xue Laohu mobilized as many as 300,000 troops.
At the beginning of the battle, due to incorrect intelligence from the Japanese army, the 40th Division, as the main force, was ambushed by the National Army on the Miluo River.
Although they fought desperately to break out, they suffered heavy losses.
If the situation continues to develop in this way, Xue Lao Hu would not be able to say that he will win a big victory this time, but he will still be able to gain a lot of advantages.
However, due to its eagerness to win, the 137th Army Group pursued the enemy on its own without waiting for the th Army's support, resulting in the th Division being severely damaged by the Japanese army.
After that, the two sides entered into a tug-of-war, and the Japanese army, relying on the advantages of aircraft and armored forces, gradually narrowed the disadvantage.
By October, because Prime Minister Tojo formed a cabinet, Commander Anan did not have time to launch another attack, and the order to withdraw troops was issued from the mainland.
On October 9, the day after Prime Minister Tojo formed his cabinet, Commander Anan issued an order to withdraw troops, and the Second Battle of Changsha ended.
The Army Department was very dissatisfied with Commander Anan's action this time.
The first is the problem of intelligence gathering, and the second is the problem of troop coordination.
Part of the troops assembled by the 11th Army at this time were recruited from the reserve forces and were unfamiliar with combat.
This also resulted in the failure to play to their strengths in several encounters.
Commander Anan believed that they needed to be tempered on the battlefield in order to grow, so he once again asked the expeditionary force headquarters to redesign the battle plan.
But this time the expeditionary force did not agree, and now all efforts must be put into attacking Southeast Asia.
Fighting a war requires supplies. All supplies from the mainland and the Northeast are given priority in supplying the southward advance plan. Naturally, there are not enough supplies available to the 11th Army at this time.
Jingle bell, jingle bell.
The phone rang, and Chen Yang walked to the desk and answered the phone. The voice coming from the other end was Mitsuhiro Abe, a staff officer of the expeditionary force headquarters.
Before Chen Yang could say anything, Abe Mitsuhiro had already said a lot of gibberish.
Chen Yang listened for a long time and found out that it was Commander Anan's personal secretary, Mr. Miura, who came to the expeditionary force headquarters.
After Commander Anan sent the combat report to the Expeditionary Force Headquarters, Mr. Miura expressed Commander Anan's suggestions to Commander Terauchi.
He thought that he needed to fight Changsha again, and this time he would have a better chance of success.
However, Commander Terauchi rejected his request on the grounds that the Operations Staff and the War Command Department needed to analyze the combat report.
Unexpectedly, Mr. Miura turned around and found the people in the General Staff, asking them to give an analysis report as soon as possible, and repeatedly emphasized Commander Anan's desire to attack Changsha again.
Abe Mitsuhiro was annoyed by him and sent Mr. Miura away with an excuse that supplies were not allocated in time and there was a shortage of logistical supplies.
But this guy is worthy of being Commander Anan's personal secretary, he is really stubborn.
Everyone knew that Abe Mitsuhiro just made up an excuse, but he just didn't believe it. As soon as he left the expeditionary force headquarters, he went to Sato Fumiyasu to ask for supplies.
I act like I won't leave unless you give me a satisfactory answer.
Sato Fumitsu had his men hold back Mr. Miura while asking Abe Mitsuhiro to notify Chen Yang to hide quickly.
This guy is a complete barbarian and is completely unreasonable.
Chen Yang was at a loss whether to laugh or cry after hearing this. He was just about to pack up and leave when suddenly the office door was pushed open and a familiar fragrance wafted into his nose.