Chapter 489: The Far East Army shook its head repeatedly, refusing to cooperate.

Yoshijiro Umezu's thinking was relatively flexible; while maintaining the Kwantung Army's tenacious resistance, he needed to consider two possible escape routes.

On the darkest note, relying on the city and 17 fortified districts to hold out, it shouldn't be a problem to hold out for another year or two.

The existing artillery and aircraft could not breach the reinforced concrete fortress three stories underground. The stored supplies were sufficient for the Kwantung Army to hold out and resist to the death.