"Hey, Colonel!" Zhang Chi called Halsey that day. As soon as Halsey answered the phone, he said excitedly: "Unbelievable, you really did it! You took down the entire Northeast by just over 100,000 people. This is simply a miracle!"

"Thank you, General!" Zhang Chi said to Halsey: "But General, we Chinese have a saying that 'It is easy to attack the city and it is difficult to defend the city'. Now I am also facing this problem!"

"It is easy to attack the city but difficult to defend the city?" Halsey asked in confusion: "What else will you do? The Japanese are already in a state of dismay!"

"No, general!" Zhang Chi replied: "Manchukuo is very important to the Japanese. I think... they will find a way to take back Manchukuo!"

"you mean……"

"We are now facing enemies in two directions!" Zhang Chi said: "One direction is the 17th Japanese Front Army located in North Korea, and the other direction is the Japanese army invading China!"

"Yes!" Halsey agreed: "The Japanese army invading China has already met with the Japanese army in Vietnam, which means they have been lucky enough to break out of the encirclement... I have to say, your Principal Jiang is so disappointing!"

Zhang Chi knew why Halsey said that. Okamura Yanji's Japanese army was actually in a serious shortage of supplies. As long as Principal Jiang could surround them with more force, the Japanese army would collapse soon. But who would have thought that... not only could not surround the Japanese army, but it collapsed quickly when attacked by the Japanese army. Their collapse was so fast that the 100,000 bags of military rations that had just been transported to the front line from the rear were not too late to destroy, and all fell into the hands of the Japanese army...

The Japanese army was so hungry that it was undoubtedly a shot of a 100,000 bags of military rations. So they took advantage of the urgency to capture Guizhou and Liuzhou, Guangxi... These two places are the locations of the US B29 bomber airports. Occupying these two airports is also one of the strategic goals of the Japanese army's "Operation No. 1", because the B29 taking off from these two airports can bomb the Japanese mainland.

However, the strategic goal of the Japanese army is actually meaningless, because the US military can take off from the Mariana Islands and directly bomb the airports of Tokyo, Guizhou and Liuzhou in Japan are no longer valuable to the US military bombing Japan.

But this is of great significance to Principal Jiang, because it almost represents the military presence of the US military in China.

Then, the Japanese army attacked from both north and south. The 21st Division of the Japanese Southern Army departed from Vietnam to the south, and the 22nd Division of the Japanese invading China to the north. The two divisions met in Sui Lu (now Fusui) in Guangxi. The Japanese army successfully opened the mainland transportation line from China to Hanoi, Vietnam.

"Compared to you..." Halsey said angrily: "They are simply not enough to make trouble, especially ironic that we have much more military aid to them than you!"

Zhang Chi didn't say anything, after all, the Chinese Expeditionary Force was also a member.

Halsey seemed to feel this, and then slowed down and said, "Sorry, Colonel, maybe I shouldn't say this in front of you!"

"No, it's okay!" Zhang Chi expressed his understanding. Halsey treated him as his own person, so he was so unrestrained.

"Then..." After pausing, Halsey asked: "Are you confident of blocking the attack from the Japanese from both sides?"

"Of course!" Zhang Chi replied: "But I need help from the United States!"

Halsey couldn't help laughing: "Col. Please mention anything you need. I believe the United States will be happy to help you!"

Zhang Chi knew what Halsey meant. One day when Zhang Chi occupied Northeast China, the Japanese invaders were blocked from the other side and could not be transferred back to Japan. This was nothing more important to the United States than this.

In fact, this is Zhang Chi's idea... The crisis in the Northeast is not as exaggerated as Zhang Chi said. The so-called attack by the Japanese army is just superficial.

In fact, Okamura's troops were severely injured due to this battle. At the same time, Okamura Nishi also lost the arsenal and industrial base in Shenyang. Although it was connected with Vietnam, the Sino-Vietnamura border was complex and inconvenient. In addition, the Japanese army's industrial capacity in Vietnam was far less than that in Northeast China. At the same time, Principal Chiang was also looking at him in Chongqing. It was extremely difficult for Okamura Nishi to launch a war against the Northeast.

On the other hand, the 17th Front Army located in North Korea also has this problem, especially the complex terrain in North Korea, which is inconvenient for transportation. At the same time, the 17th Front Army also needs to support Japanese local operations as much as possible, so it is temporarily unable to launch a counterattack against the Northeast.

The reason why Zhang Chi said this is actually only one purpose, that is, to take the opportunity to ask the United States for something...

"General!" Zhang Chi said: "The current situation in the Northeast is generally pretty good. The Japanese's "Operation 1" plan has accumulated a lot of food here, and these foods are now in our hands. This can relieve the pressure on the people and provide a buffer period for us to rebuild the order in the Northeast. But the question is... in how should we distribute these foods to the people!"

"What is this problem?" Halsey asked back: "Isn't it enough to distribute equally by population?"

"This seems to solve the problem!" Zhang Chi replied: "But this is a reward for nothing. It is not very helpful for rebuilding the order in the Northeast, and it often cannot distribute food to people who really need it!"

Halsey nodded. Although distributing food for free can solve the urgent problem, it is not a long-term solution, because this is just a waste of money. No matter how much food you have, it will not be enough to share, and it will also develop the mentality of people's dependence.

What can really solve the problem is to resume production and form a virtuous cycle.

"It's no problem to resume production!" Halsey said: "I heard that the Japanese have established a very complete industrial system in the Northeast!"

"Yes!" Zhang Chi then said the key point: "But Fengman Hydropower Station, which supports this industrial system, cannot supply power. The Japanese blew up all the two generator sets before retreating!"

"Oh!" Halsey replied: "This is not a problem. I report this to Washington, and I believe... they will transport the generator set to the Northeast soon!"

"There are also relevant experts and professionals!" Zhang Chi added.

It is the same thing to transport the generator set, but if no one knows how to install, use and repair it... it is almost the same.

"Of course!" Halsey agreed immediately: "Don't worry, I believe they have known your value for a long time!"
Chapter completed!