After a long pause, he calmed himself down and looked at Home Minister Abe Genki. "Mr. Abe, is the situation true?"
"Yes, Your Excellency, it is absolutely true!" Abe Genki bowed slightly: "I have already verified it, the chairman of the Democratic League is indeed on Awaji Island."
"If we kill him, the National League will automatically collapse! This will be of great significance to our empire."
The ministers in the meeting room all smiled, their eyes filled with excitement.
They never expected that the chairman of the Democratic League would actually land on Awaji Island and even vow to live and die with the garrison. What else could this be but suicide?
"Yosh, very good, very good." Tojo Umeto said, squinting, "Abe-kun, do you think this is a good opportunity?"
"It's a good opportunity, but it's also a bad opportunity."
Abe Genki frowned and said in a deep voice, "Prime Minister, even if we know Lin Feng is on the island, so what? Don't forget, we have deployed 300,000 soldiers, but we haven't captured a single fortress or position on the island."
Upon hearing this, Tojo Umetoku immediately calmed down. Although he was eager to eliminate the People's Alliance Army, he also had to be cautious.
“What you said makes a lot of sense.” Tojo Umedo nodded: “At this stage, unless we change our strategy and select elite troops from the China Expeditionary Army, the Kwantung Army, and the Southern Army to form an assault force, it will be difficult to break through the National League Army’s defenses by relying solely on the local reserves.”
"Yes, Prime Minister, as long as we capture Lin Feng and force the National League to surrender, we will win this war," Abe Genki said with a sinister smile. "However, this matter needs to be carefully planned, after all, Lin Feng is cunning, treacherous, and extremely difficult to deal with."
“Yes, we must plan carefully,” Tojo Umeto said thoughtfully. “We cannot act rashly, lest it backfire.”
On the contrary, Navy Minister Ōsumi Mineo raised an objection: "Your Excellency, please forgive my bluntness, but isn't it a waste to send elite troops from other war zones?"
"If the National League for Democracy attacks our other theaters at this time, how should we respond?"
"Haha..." Tojo Ume laughed happily, "Oozumi-kun, you're overthinking it. So what if we lose other war zones? If we capture Lin Feng, the National Alliance will surely be defeated. The so-called war zones are nothing but fleeting clouds."
"Furthermore, it's just a matter of drawing some elite divisions; it won't affect the overall battle situation. We still have the overall situation under control."
Ōkaku Mineo frowned. Although he disliked the Prime Minister's arrogance, he had to admit that the other party's strategy was indeed questionable.
After all, Lin Feng is the chairman of the China Democratic League, a position of extraordinary status, and a god-like figure within the league.
Capturing him is like strangling the Democratic League at its Achilles' heel, preventing it from causing any trouble whatsoever.
After a heated discussion, the ministers finally reached a consensus and decided to concentrate their elite forces to capture Lin Feng.
Thirty divisions were drawn from the Kwantung Army, the China Army, and the Southern Army, including the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, and 8th Divisions, which were top-tier divisions from Japan.
Lin Feng had also guessed that the Japanese would send their most elite assault troops.
So he extended the minefields along the coastline inland, increasing their number several times over, and also increased their firepower by deploying a large amount of high explosives.
After doing all this, he set himself a task.
Besides running every day, I also broadcast on the radio.
Hey you little devils, are you all cowards? Do you dare come out and fight me one-on-one?!
"I'm sitting right here, do you dare?"
"You little devils, stop hiding and come out to die!"
"You little bastard! If you've got the guts, step forward! I'm not afraid of you!"
"You little devil, are you even a man? You dare come out and fight me!"
...
He repeatedly shouted insults, repeatedly provoking the Japanese soldiers.
Gradually, before the elite divisions even arrived, the Japanese soldiers couldn't contain themselves and rushed out in one go.
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