As time went by, Time magazine's reports gradually spread around the world.

Those foreigners who did not understand Chinese characters used various means to figure out the meaning of the eight characters of "Anyone who offends our country will be killed without mercy."

Because Jillian's photography skills are very good, these words composed of human heads looked extremely spectacular when published in the newspaper.

Today, when civilization is relatively developed, such bloody and shocking scenes are really rare to see.

Some self-righteous holy bitches always curse at the newspaper after dinner:

"Savage yellow-skinned monkey!"

Most foreign people did not comment too much on this matter and only regarded it as an interesting anecdote from the East.

Different from the dull reaction of the people, the intelligence units of various countries quickly started operating.

In the past few months, Jiang Dong can be said to be the most influential person in the world.

Each of his battles will affect the strategic decisions of European and American countries.

Especially "Grand France" and "The Sun Never Sets" who are always on tenterhooks.

Piling up heads to declare something can be big or small.

Some intelligence units used this incident to begin analyzing Jiangdong's character and behavior.

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This time, Jiangdong became famous both domestically and internationally. As a foil and the source of his head, the Japanese Army had lost its face to the whole world.

I heard that when Hirohito saw the headshot, he was so angry that he ate two bowls of white rice.

Five or six thousand heads are equivalent to Hirohito's two bowls of rice.

But in Japan, the emperor is a god, a being who transcends everything.

If Shen Shao ate two bowls of rice, that would be a big deal.

The senior officials of the Japanese base camp and the army felt deeply guilty and came to the palace one after another to plead guilty, asking Hirohito not to let the war on the front line affect his appetite and to eat as much as possible every day, otherwise it would be the sin of all Japanese people.

Seeing that everyone was sincere in asking for forgiveness, Hirohito gave up, waved his hand and said:

"Don't let something like this happen again next time. I will eat on time and in the right amount from now on."

The senior officers in the base camp were very relieved and shouted long live.

After leaving the palace, the officers at the base camp held a meeting.

The officers at the meeting all looked angry, and they gnashed their teeth in hatred of Jiang Dong.

As for the reason, of course it cannot be those thousands of heads and those eight characters.

Just because Koto disturbed His Majesty the Emperor's appetite,

It’s a matter of two bowls of rice!

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Peiping, North China Front Army Headquarters.

General Genda Sugiyama had been staring at the newspaper for more than an hour. He was gnashing his teeth as if he was extremely hungry and wanted to swallow the newspaper in front of him right away.

Everyone in the headquarters walked cautiously and did not dare to breathe.

They know that your Excellency, the General, is now a landmine, and whoever touches it will explode.

It is not the key that the 114th Division was wiped out, it is not the key that five to six thousand heads are piled up into words, it is not the key that the Japanese Army has lost face internationally.

The most important thing is Koto. It was Koto who, along with himself, disturbed His Majesty the Emperor's appetite.

At a certain moment, Sugiyama Gen's eyes burst out with golden light, his two claws danced up and down, and he tore a newspaper on the table into pieces.

"Bagaya road!"

He wanted to stay calm and suppress the anger in his heart, but his cultivation was not good enough.

In the end, I lost my temper.

"Qiang!"

The saber was unsheathed, and the surrounding staff members who tried to dissuade him disappeared with a bang.

He brandished a well-made saber in the command post, and the whistling sound of the wind echoed with the dance of the saber.

"Whoa!"

The table made of pear wood was cut in two by him.

The newspaper crumbs on the table flew into the air, and an inconspicuous little fragment spun and landed on the tip of the knife.

It was the word "kill" made up of human heads.

"Ahhhh..."

Sugiyama Yuan felt that the air was mocking him, and his emotions suddenly lost control, and he started to show his teeth again.

About 10 minutes later, Yukio Kasahara approached cautiously.

"Your Majesty General, the battle ahead is fierce. Please stay calm. The entire North China Front is counting on you."

"Huhuhu..."

Sugiyama Yuan kept gasping for air, and his extremely ugly eyes became even more ugly at the moment.

Kasahara Yukio carefully took the saber from Sugiyama Gen's hand and winked at the staff officers in the distance.

Soon two cups of herbal tea were placed in front of Sugiyama Yuan and Kasahara Yukio.

"Pop!"

Sugiyama Yuan took a sip of herbal tea, then opened his bow from left to right and gave himself two melon seeds.

Seeing that his mood had stabilized, the orderlies hiding nearby quickly came up to clean up the ground.

About another 20 minutes later, Sugiyama Gen walked to the brand new combat map.

His eyes kept wandering between Niangziguan and Taiyuan, looking very hesitant.

Kasahara Yukio couldn't stand it anymore and said:

"Your Excellency, General, Koto's move is tantamount to challenging the Japanese Empire. Thousands of imperial warriors' heroic souls will never return to the arms of Amaterasu. Should we go back in revenge, teach Koto a lesson, and knock off his arrogance?

"

Yukio Kasahara thought he had guessed Sugiyama Gen's thoughts, but unexpectedly, the general shook his head resolutely after hearing this.

Just listen to Sugiyama Yuan say in a slightly sad voice:

"Jiangdong has 40,000 troops in the Niangziguan area. According to past combat strength, if he wants to defeat him, the imperial army must invest the same amount of troops.

There is no way we can cobble together such a large number of troops, and attacking him out of revenge will not be worth the gain."

"Hey!" Kasahara Yukio hurriedly bowed, looking like he was being taught,

"In your opinion, General, what should we do?"

Sugiyama Yuan looked at the map and said:

"The original plan remains unchanged. The main offensive direction of the imperial army is still the 300,000 troops near Taiyuan.

As long as these 300,000 troops are eliminated, no matter how powerful Jiangdong is, he will be unable to survive alone. At that time, we will mobilize the absolute superior force to completely wipe out Jiangdong."

Kasahara Yukio's heart was filled with admiration at this moment.

After being so humiliated, the general was able to maintain his ability to think calmly and not be swayed by his emotions. It is really amazing.

"The 41st Division held back the enemy in front of them, and the other troops adopted roundabout tactics to try to break through Zhi, a fulcrum of the army, in a short period of time."

Sugiyama Yuan's fingers passed through various counties and passages around Taiyuan,

"Judging from past experience, as long as one branch, the fulcrum of the army, can be defeated, they will collapse across the board.

At that time, the outflanking troops will turn to outflank 300,000 troops, so at least 200,000 troops will be left behind!"

"Hiyi!"

Yukio Kasahara suppressed his excitement and turned around to convey His Excellency the General's order.

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The 90th Army was indeed Hu Zongnan's ace unit. With 30,000 troops, it held back tens of thousands of well-equipped Japanese troops to the north of Xiangyang, buying a lot of time for the 5th Army and the 14th Army to attack Taiyuan.

On July 6, with an absolute advantage in military strength and firepower, Taiyuan's city wall defenses were breached, and the attacking national troops began to engage in brutal street fighting with the Japs.

The city's terrain is narrow, and too many troops cannot be invested in street fighting at once. The enemy and our soldiers are engaged in a tug-of-war, and most of Taiyuan City is still in the hands of the Japs.

In the tug-of-war day after day, the morale of the Chinese offensive troops was being depleted little by little.

The food, weapons and ammunition consumed by 300,000 people every day is a huge burden on the second theater.

The war has only lasted for more than 20 days, and there is already a huge gap in the logistics of the second theater.
To be continued...