Some people will definitely think that Master Asakawa looks down on the Chinese people too much. The Imperial Army is powerful in combat and has almost never encountered any rivals on the Chinese battlefield. How could it be that it is impossible to fight without the Chinese? Is it impossible to fight without those Chinese Imperial Army?

In fact, this is not the case. Although the Japanese have strong combat power, their troops are limited.

China is too big, so big that there are many places in the occupied areas that they have never been to.

If you want to control such a large piece of territory and to rely on war to support the war, it is definitely not enough to rely on hundreds of thousands of Japanese people.

Because of limited troops, a place with a large population can be assigned to a garrison troops such as pacification and a place with a large population.

For counties like Xiyang that have no railways, no population, and low grain production, it would be nice to have half a garrison in the garrison.

In a county town with a smaller scale, there are already many garrisons with a squadron.

Take the pacification as an example. Although there is a garrison, there are six or seven towns in pacification, which will reduce the heavy troops that must be arranged in the county town and some major transportation roads. The garrison will send at most one small garrison to each town, and some towns will not even send troops to garrison.

Each town is divided into dozens of villages, with an infantry squad of dozens of Japanese people, and one person is broken into two halves and cannot control it.

Moreover, in addition to managing the people in the defense zone and supporting the war, the Japanese also had to be responsible for encircling and suppressing the resistance forces in the defense zone. In this way, the limited troops could not be managed.

At this time, the role of those Chinese people is reflected.

They are familiar with the terrain and the local situation, and they are definitely better at managing the place than the Imperial Army.

Although the Imperial Army formed by the Chinese was not very combative, they were large in number, which could not only make up for the insufficient troops of the Imperial Army, defend the place, but also serve as cannon fodder for the Imperial Army on the battlefield to reduce the losses of the Imperial Army, and also serve as eyes and ears for the Imperial Army, so that the Imperial Army would not be blind in the occupied areas...

Therefore, if the garrison wants to completely control and pacify, it must be inseparable from the support of the Chinese.

Now the National Salvation Army has killed all the Chinese in the city who are working hard in the garrison. It is obviously trying to destroy the minions in the control of the place, so that they can become blind and deaf in pacifying, and be helpless.

Doing so can shock and pacify other Chinese people in the country, allowing them to see the consequences of being traitors, and they will not dare to work hard for themselves in the future. Even if they are forced to work hard, they will not dare to do their best as they did before.

At that time, the garrison will not be able to completely control the pacification? The relationship with the Chinese in the defense zone will also become disagreement. I cannot understand the real situation of pacification. One day, an enemy suddenly appears in the defense zone and I don’t know it.

But Asakawa, as the captain of the garrison garrison, is it his duty to manage the pacification team? There is no condition to say, no matter how great the difficulties are, they must face them.

After thinking for a while, he began to issue an order: "If the county magistrate is gone, then you will be the county magistrate? As for the national rescue army snatching away your finances, the imperial army will find a way to help you recover it."

"I ask you to put up the county government's shelves in one day? And then assist the Imperial Army in resuming the order to pacify the city!"

The deputy county magistrate was happy first.

Because you will definitely get more benefits after becoming a county magistrate? Even if the finances stolen by the National Salvation Army cannot be recovered in the future, you will not suffer any losses.

But after only four or five seconds of happiness, the whole person became worried.

The National Salvation Army killed people at the city gate this morning too fiercely.

More than a dozen traitors who committed many evil deeds and worked hard for the Japanese were tied to the city tower and chopped off their heads? Until the Japanese entered the city? The body without their heads was carried off from the city wall.

The deputy county magistrate is very worried that he will face such an ending after becoming the county magistrate.

Moreover, the county government’s airs cannot be built by itself, and it needs a lot of help.

After the National Salvation Army beheaded at the city gate in the morning, many traitors who wanted to work hard for the Japanese were scared and began to give up, not wanting to continue to fall.

In this way? It is difficult for you to find a sufficient number of helpers, let alone rebuilding the county government.

Although the deputy county magistrate was very jealous of the county magistrate's position, in order to save his life and to complete this matter, he decided to refuse.

"Report to Taijun, isn't it because I don't want to do business for the Imperial Army? I really don't have anyone in my hands!"

"Please ask Taijun to appoint a new county magistrate? I will continue to be the deputy county magistrate!"

Major Asakawa saw the deputy county magistrate’s concern? In addition, the deputy county magistrate in front of him is the only surviving senior official in the city. Apart from using him, the captain didn’t know who else could use it, and he was not at ease to use it rashly.

Decisively ordered: "You are the one who is here, I believe you can cooperate with the Imperial Army to manage and pacify."

"As for helpers, I will draw some officers from the security brigade to you and let them be deputy county magistrates and police chiefs."

"Finally, I want to emphasize that the Imperial Army will definitely protect everyone's safety. From now on, there will never be any incidents of Pingding City being captured by the National Savior Army, so you don't have to worry about the National Savior Army's revenge!"

The deputy county magistrate wanted to say: "I don't feel hurt when I stand or speak..."

If the Japanese could really protect everyone's safety, the city of Dingchang would not have been captured last night, and the county magistrate would not have been cut off...

But he didn't dare to say these words. Facing Asagawa's scepter, Juzozozozo, no matter how reluctant he was, he had to bite the bullet and agree, otherwise the result of waiting for him would definitely not be too good!

"Please rest assured that as long as there are people, I will definitely be able to restore the order of pacifying the city as soon as possible."

"There is another thing that I hope Taijun, you can be mentally prepared. This morning, the National Salvation Army that captured Pingding City not only took away the last batch of spoils they seized in the city, but also took away two or three thousand ordinary people!"

"As soon as the sky is dawn, they will promote in the city. If any ordinary people are willing to evacuate and pacify with them, enter the National Salvation Army's defense zone, the National Salvation Army will give them five acres of land each, and they will be exempted from food tax in the first year, and they will also provide them with food and accommodation..."

"In less than two thousand people signed up in less than two hours and evacuated with them to pacify!"

"As soon as they left, they lost nearly half of the population, and they were definitely not as prosperous as before..."

Hearing this, the four words "draining the firewood from the cauldron" suddenly popped up in Major Asakusa's mind.

Population is the foundation of the development of the Eighth Route Army and the National Salvation Army, and it is also the foundation of the Japanese to support war by fighting.

Without a population, no matter how much land they occupy, they will not produce. It is like a piece of waste of precious troops.

The National Salvation Army took more than 2,000 people from the defense zone at one time. According to the standard of planting four to five acres of land by one person, the occupied areas will be less than 10,000 acres of land. The food belonging to the Imperial Army alone will be 700,000 to 800,000 kilograms, and the loss is not ordinary!

Major Asakawa was so angry that he trembled. He clenched his fists and wanted to curse, but he couldn't scold him after the words came to his mouth. This was a sign of being overly angry.

"Sir, there is an emergency outside the city..." A soldier rushed over from the city gate and shouted while running.

He stopped in front of the Grandmaster Asakawa and started to breathe heavily. He took a few seconds to calm himself down: "Sir, we found the Eighth Route Army guerrillas outside the city, about three kilometers away from the county town, and are blocking all passages to the county town..."

Major Asakawa gritted his teeth and judged: "They want to take advantage of our lack of troops to pacify the city!"

"Continue to investigate and figure out their next move!"

"Contact the garrisons who still survived the occupied areas, immediately abandon their strongholds and artillery towers, and march back to the county town to rescue..."

"The security brigade immediately searched for the defeated soldiers in the city. According to convention, there must be many soldiers of the security brigade hid while the National Rescue Army attacked the city, found them all, organized them into the army, and went up to the city wall to defend the city!"

The scouts appeared in front of Major Asakawa again one hour later, with their expressions obviously heavier than before.

Major Asakawa knew something was wrong at a glance: "Did you pacify the Imperial Army troops that are no longer established in the territory?"

"Hayi!" The scout replied very seriously.

"Several strongholds and artillery towers around the county town were all captured, and only four grain collection teams were found in the nearby mountains."

"When the county town and stronghold were attacked, they happened to collect food outside and escaped by luck. There were 24 imperial troops and 36 imperial assistant troops. Beishi has brought them all into the county town!"

There was too much bad news I received today, and Major Asakawa was completely numb to his hearing.

Neither cursing nor angry, he ordered calmly: "Immediately join the city guarding troops, and then continue to search around. There must be other grain collection teams surviving, and after finding them, all of them will be incorporated into the city guarding troops."

After saying that, I continued to ask: "Is there any other bad news?"

"There is another!" the scout replied in a low voice.

"After the Eighth Route Army guerrillas blocked the passages into and out of the county town, they immediately sent troops to attack the Chinese who collected food for the imperial army. Except for the three kilometers around the county town, there were no Eighth Route Army activities, and other places in the north were pacified with guerrillas everywhere!"

"If they continue to be so arrogant, it won't take long. Except for one pacification city, we will be controlled by guerrillas and national rescue troops!"

"Especially the guerrillas in the north are pacified, the activity area has been at least doubled, and the villages and towns that have just been expanded are all grain-producing areas. They can definitely raise more food and feed more troops!"

Major Asakawa thought of these problems.

But there was no soldiers in my hand, and no matter how long the guerrillas stretched their tentacles, they could do nothing, so they could only trap the county town and watch from afar.

He also prayed that the guerrillas would not find that the troops in Pingding City were empty. If they discovered it, they would take the opportunity to attack and pacify it. They would definitely not be able to defend the more than 100 troops they had just collected by their subordinates.

In response to the worried eyes of the scouts, order: "Continue to investigate and report the situation as soon as possible."

"The security brigade should also speed up, collect the remaining troops as soon as possible, and immediately expand the troops to two companies."

"No matter what happens to Pingding City next, we must persist until the reinforcements enter the city."
Chapter completed!