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Chapter 237
In Nanjing City, the sun has not been seen for a long time, and the sun shines brightly, which makes this ancient capital of the Six Dynasties less majestic and more angry.If it was in the past, the residents living in the city of Nanjing would take out the damp clothes and bedding at home today, bask in the sun, and remove the moisture attached to them.If it is in a crowded area, there must be quarrels erupting from time to time for a good position to bask in the sun.

However, in the city of Nanjing today, there is no other sound except the clanking of Japanese soldiers' iron hooves.In some remote places, it seems that the four massacres experienced in the past 2000 years have reappeared. Apart from the cold and stiff corpses lying on the ground full of blood, there are no other figures.

In the headquarters of the Central China Front Army of the Central China Front Army of the Nanjing National Government, King Asaka Miya Hatohiko sat behind the desk, listening to the report of the attendant Nakao Rihei with a calm face.

"Your Excellency, as of [-] o'clock in the morning, all the units under the jurisdiction of our army have conducted a comprehensive investigation of their respective jurisdictions, and no abnormalities have been found so far."

"In addition, in the middle of the night last night, several patrols in the city were attacked by unknown persons, causing certain casualties. According to the analysis, it is suspected that the same group that attacked the patrol and the Fifth Brigade headquarters People." Toshihei Nakao spoke slowly with the latest battle information in his hand.After finishing this paragraph, Nakao Toshihei raised his head and glanced at Asaka Palace Hatohiko King who was sitting behind the desk, and seeing that he had no intention of speaking, he prepared to continue reading.

"The logistics team reported that the No. 16 Squadron of Grain Requisition under its jurisdiction did not come back as scheduled, and applied to send troops to look for it. In addition, the No.[-] Division reported..."

"Okay, Nakao-kun, stop. Don't read any more!" Asaka Palace Hatohiko suddenly interrupted Nakao Toshihei's report.

"Hi, please give me your instructions, Your Excellency the Prince!" Nakao Toshihei stopped reporting immediately after hearing King Hatohiko Asaka's words, and then bowed slightly at attention, and said very humbly.

"Let all the troops stop the search and continue to follow the original cleaning plan. It is enough to increase the security force of each headquarters. There is no need to carry out such a large-scale investigation. In such a large city of Nanjing, how many people are hidden? It's so easy for me personally. Apart from wasting manpower and material resources for no reason, there is no result."

"As for the issue of the patrol team, increase the intensity of the patrol to prevent this from happening again. Also, don't report such trivial matters to me in the future, and let them solve it by themselves." King Chaoxiang Palace Hatohiko said with narrowed eyes.He was very dissatisfied that this kind of thing had to be passed on to him.

"Hi, I understand, Your Excellency." Nakao Toshihei responded.

"As for the issue of the grain requisition team, check which army is in charge of the area, and ask them to send soldiers to look for it, and make sure to find their whereabouts! The most important thing is, bring back the food they collected! Necessary Next, protect the food as the top priority!" Chaoxiang Palace Hatohiko said in a cold tone, now for him, apart from catching Ma Chao and the others who appeared last night, he also needs to solve the problem of food shortage in the troops.

Now, the ration rations of all soldiers in the Central China Front Army have been reduced to two-thirds of the original. Although a lot of food has been collected on the spot, it is only a drop in the bucket. Before the new supplies arrive, they will not return to the original of the standard.

After entering the rainy winter, the unleveled and hardened roads between Nanjing and Shanghai have all turned into rotten mud ponds after being soaked in winter rain.The transport trucks that had been given high hopes before were all deeply involved, and apart from the deafening roar, there was only mud thrown everywhere.

The railway built between the two places was devastated when the Chinese defenders retreated. Although the Japanese army has dispatched manpower and rushed to repair the damaged railway, as of now, at least It will take another fifteen days to recover.However, the existing food stocks of the Japanese army could not support fifteen days at all.

As for the carriages pulled by mules and horses, although the impact of the road was not as great as that of trucks, they could still move forward, but at a very slow speed.Moreover, the loss of mules and horses is quite huge. Often after arriving in Nanjing, half of the mules and horses will have various problems. On weekdays, these problems only need simple treatment and cultivation. Rehabilitation, but now they can only be slaughtered on the spot to reduce food loss.But even so, the Japanese army’s logistics troops are still like ants moving, sending the supplies accumulated in Shanghai to the hands of the Japanese army in Nanjing bit by bit, but the quantity transported is not enough for the daily consumption of these 10,000+ little devils .

As for river transportation, when attacking the Jiangyin fortress, the Chinese Navy sank 43 old warships and merchant ships in the Yangtze River, with a total tonnage of more than [-] tons.This time, not only prevented the Japanese navy from launching an attack upstream, but also directly blocked the idea of ​​relying on ships to deliver supplies.

As for air transportation, don't even think about it, let's not mention that the Japanese army does not have any aircraft dedicated to transportation at present, and can only use the Type [-] bomber to play the role of a guest transport aircraft. However, according to the capabilities of the Type [-] aircraft, it can only transport more to three tons of supplies.But in fact, the capacity of his cabin cannot hold three tons of supplies at all. After all, food is not a bomb. When the weight is the same, the difference in volume is quite huge.Therefore, basically only a maximum of less than two tons can be transported each time.And every day, there are only a dozen sorties of planes, and this amount of transportation is not enough for daily consumption.

Moreover, the weather in the south at this time is very changeable, and in many cases it is impossible to meet the conditions for take-off or landing. If you take off and land forcibly, it will be extremely dangerous.After losing several transport planes, the Japanese army no longer used air transport except for transporting some very important medical supplies.

Therefore, if the 10,000+ Japanese troops in Nanjing City do not solve the food shortage problem in a short period of time, then they will continue to stay here, and there is no need for the Chinese army to attack them. These people will be starved to death. Solve most of them.Even if you don't starve to death, you will be powerless to resist.

(End of this chapter)