Are you a spy? Killing the enemy is too cruel.

Chapter 621 Regional Crisis

Outside Zhengzhou city.

The battlefield was filled with thick smoke and the fighting had basically stopped. Over large areas, only the bodies of countless Japanese soldiers who had been killed remained.

"We won, we won!"

On a scorched earth, the soldiers sat slumped on the ground, their exhausted faces filled with uncontrollable excitement.

"Back then, we were chased and beaten by the Japanese devils all the way, and we were defeated thousands of miles away. We thought we would rot in the mud for the rest of our lives and never be able to turn over. Now we have won the battle, and we have even launched a frontal counterattack. A few thousand people have destroyed the enemy's 30,000 main forces, avenging our previous humiliation."

One by one, the soldiers collapsed and gasped for breath, waving their guns to celebrate this hard-earned victory.

"The few defeated the many, the weak defeated the strong. I never thought that we, the defeated soldiers of the Shenzhou Army, would have a day to turn things around."

"We have wiped out most of the main forces of the Japanese in Zhengzhou City. Now we can recapture the entire Zhengzhou in one fell swoop."

"This battle is our turning point and our glorious battle. Congratulations."

"The commander has said that this is not just a battle of honor for us. As Chinese men, we must look to the long term. Our duty is to defend our country and to protect our parents, wives and children."

"You are right. Only by thoroughly defeating the Japanese invaders can our country and our nation truly stand up and achieve rejuvenation."

"Okay, follow the leadership of the underground party and we will continue to charge forward and win this all-out war."

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Ye Feng was also resting at this time. He had been fighting hard for three days and three nights, and his physical strength and energy had reached the limit. For the battle of Zhengzhou, he had once again exhausted everything he had.

"The Japanese devils in Zhengzhou may take advantage of the situation to attack us. Everyone should immediately clean up the battlefield and confiscate weapons and equipment."

"Notify the kitchen staff and tell them not to be stingy and feed the Japanese soldiers the same meals they feed them, so that every soldier has enough food and drink."

When Ye Feng's second order was passed on to the cooks, every cook was troubled.

The reason is simple, because the food standards for every meal of the Japanese soldiers were too high.

In this period.

Compared with the miserable food for the troops in China, the food standards of the Japanese Army were absolutely outrageous. According to the captured soldiers' diet list, it was marked on it: each soldier consumed an average of 640 grams of refined rice, 200 grams of refined wheat, or 855 grams of refined rice and 675 grams of biscuits, and 150 grams of canned meat per day.

此外，日本士兵们还可以选择500克蔬菜或者110克干菜，还有40克的梅干、20克的酱油和12克的食盐以及其他一些调味料。

And last year, Japan issued new army field meal standards, which improved them to a certain extent. This continued until the end of the war. Some Japanese troops even had cash allowances, which were spent on meat, fish and vegetables for each soldier, so the Japanese army's rations were sometimes varied and sufficient.

Compared with the food situation when the war was not urgent, the actual field rations of the Japanese army when the battle was urgent were a different story.

In the field, each Japanese soldier could also carry canned "Beef Yamato-Dried" and military "Morinaga Biscuits" to satisfy their hunger.

The Japanese army's beef Yamato-donki is very famous. The main ingredients of this canned food are beef or whale meat, which is cooked with seasonings such as ginger, soy sauce and sugar. It tastes good and is very nutritious.

On the battlefield, these captured supplies were actually very popular among the soldiers of the Shenzhou troops.

Not only that, these invaders were also able to eat a lot of canned fruits and canned shellfish.

It is said that there are various "comfort bags" supported by the Japanese people. Although not every Japanese soldier can eat them often, they are also extremely rich.

Not to mention the Japanese devils who burned, killed and looted wantonly on the battlefield. Whenever they raided the battlefield, they would not forget to steal chickens, dogs, pigs and ducks, and rob the livestock and poultry raised by the Chinese people to satisfy their hunger.

In the end, it was Ye Feng's words that allowed the independent regiment to have a rich meal.

"The Japanese invaders invaded our land and feasted and drank lavishly. As the masters of this land, can't we fill our stomachs properly after winning the war?"

After two days of rest, the troops took advantage of the victory and launched a direct offensive against Zhengzhou City in an effort to recapture this great city in the Central Plains.

Faced with the enemy's turtle-shell defense, after a long period of unsuccessful siege, Ye Feng led a small force to sneak into the city, and then coordinated with the inside and outside, and finally wiped out more than 4,000 Japanese devils again. At this point, Zhengzhou was successfully recovered.

Ye Feng showed no mercy to the fleeing Japanese devils. He continued to send troops in pursuit, continuously sweeping through the counties, towns, and villages in the surrounding large areas, constantly destroying the enemy's strongholds, artillery towers, and so on.

The soldiers even charged so fiercely that they reached the Hebei border.

at the same time.

In the west of the Central Plains, the Battle of Luoyang was basically over. After receiving reinforcements from Yan'an, the 15,000 troops led by Niu Chujun fought five consecutive offensive and defensive battles and recaptured the ancient capital of Luoyang.

A week later, Niu Chujun led three regiments with 15,000 people and arrived near Zhengzhou to meet up with Ye Feng.

Just as Ye Feng was preparing to lead his army eastward to cooperate with Zheng Hua's troops to capture Kaifeng, the last big city in the east.

The situation suddenly took a sharp turn, and the situation that had been finally opened up in the Central Plains turned into a state of failure and disintegration.

First, Zheng Hua's troops who attacked Kaifeng were surrounded by Japanese troops who had secretly arrived from Shandong. Although they forced their way out and every soldier fought hard, more than half of them were killed or wounded, leaving only 7000 troops.

Then there is the southern Central Plains.

Near Nanyang, the division commander Song Yu came under a frenzied attack by elite Japanese troops from Wuhan.

A large area of ​​the surrounding area fell again, and the border troops led by Song Yu could only hold on to Nanyang City and struggle hard.

What gave Ye Feng even more of a headache was the critical situation in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Anhui.

Shandong battlefield.

The Japanese successively deployed 200,000 troops and launched offensives day and night against the 13th Army led by General Su.

The Thirteenth Army still had too few troops. Even though General Su deployed his troops again and again and used tactics such as besieging a point and ambushing the enemy from behind, he was still forced to retreat from the Shandong battlefield and rearrange defensive fortifications at the border between Jiangsu and Shandong when facing an enemy force of 200,000.

Anhui battlefield.

The battle was more difficult for the Fourth Front Army led by Commander Ye, mainly because the geographical conditions in Anhui were too poor.

The Japanese advanced from many directions including southern Anhui and western Anhui, forcing the Fourth Front Army to hold on with great difficulty and was extremely exhausted.

Especially in southern Anhui, the situation on the battlefield became even more tense.

As long as the Japanese troops heading north from Guangdong and Guangxi break through a few more lines of defense, they will be able to head straight to Shanghai and poke a hole in the underground party's ass.

Shanghai is the heart of the Shanghai-Jiangsu-Anhui region. No matter it is the Fourth Front, the Twelfth Army, the Thirteenth Army, etc., the large amounts of military pay, food, weapons and equipment and other supplies needed by each unit are all transported from here.

Once Shanghai, as the economic center, falls again and is controlled by the Japanese, the situation will become even more unfavorable.

Ye Feng was facing a difficult choice at this time.