Chapter 1 The martial world is full of dangers

The Ono Ryunosuke squad, already caught in a trap and struggling for survival, behaved very differently from the puppet troops.

The Japanese charged forward, the puppet troops ran backward!

Visibility was poor in the smoke.

The Japanese soldiers of the Ono Ryunosuke squad could not distinguish reality at this time.

Their supervisory role was virtually non-existent.

The surviving Japanese soldiers charged forward, crashing headfirst into Company Commander Peng Hongyun's frantic barrage.

These Japanese soldiers had survived the directional bomb attack by sheer luck.

Immediately, they were hit by countless bullets, falling to the ground unwillingly.

They mingled with the Japanese soldiers who had already died or were still groaning and struggling.

They could no longer get up.

However, thirty or forty of the puppet soldiers, seeing that things were not going well, immediately turned around and ran.

These puppet soldiers finally breathed a sigh of relief: they had managed to save their lives.

Company Commander Jing Shu of the puppet army was one of these puppet soldiers.

However, his luck was bad.

He had just rushed out when he encountered the Second Mixed Squad, which had been ordered to come and reinforce.

The Japanese Second Squad's Captain, Mizushima Shinnosuke, saw so many puppet soldiers fleeing back.

But not a single Japanese soldier was in sight.

He immediately had the idea of killing the chicken to scare the monkey.

Coincidentally, the puppet army's Company Commander Jing Shu was right in front of him.

In the eyes of the Japanese, the puppet army's company commander was no different from an ordinary soldier.

Captain Mizushima Shinnosuke raised his hand and shot Jing Shu dead, before ordering:

"Anyone who dares to retreat will die!"

He was afraid that if he shouted it out first, he would have no reason to act.

Those puppet soldiers who had just escaped from the clutches of death saw the red-eyed Taijun (a derogatory term for a Japanese soldier) shoot their company commander dead with one shot.

They turned around in a frenzy again and started to retrace their steps.

However, they were all seasoned veterans.

On the surface, their footsteps were moving quickly, but the speed was not fast.

Soon, these puppet soldiers who had just fled from the front line were on the same level as the Japanese soldiers of the Second Mixed Squad.

They still wanted to continue using this method to move themselves to the back of the line.

Captain Mizushima Shinnosuke shot down a puppet soldier who was performing too enthusiastically:

"Anyone who pretends will be killed!

Warriors at the back of the line, listen up! Anyone who falls behind will be killed without mercy!"

Another puppet soldier died at the hands of the squad leader.

"Hai!" more than fifty Japanese soldiers responded loudly.

Puppet soldiers don't kill puppet soldiers! But Japanese soldiers would not hesitate to kill puppet soldiers.

Now, the puppet soldiers, who were seasoned veterans, dared not use any of their tricks.

They did not expect this Taijun to play his cards so unpredictably.

He would shoot people at the slightest provocation, as if the puppet soldiers were not human beings.

The wind on the plain gently blew at some unknown time, and the smoke and dust generated by the directional bomb was lifted like a veil.

Both sides saw: more than a hundred corpses lay in front of the position, and many were struggling to survive.

Some Japanese soldiers were also lying on the ground, using the corpses as cover to resist.

The smoke gave these Japanese soldiers the best cover, but now that the smoke had dissipated.

The sharpshooter squad of the First Company had the best use.

Just now, they were all sniping at the distant Second Squad.

Now, they started sniping at these nearby Japanese soldiers.

Peng Hongyun's company was the First Company of the Third Regiment, and all the "土坦克" (tǔ tǎn kè, literally "earthen tanks," improvised armored vehicles) in the entire regiment were in his company.

A total of six heavy machine guns were firing at the Second Squad, which had rushed to within one hundred and fifty meters of the position.

The Japanese had mortars and grenade launchers, and the First Company had mortars and infantry guns.

The Japanese fired, and the First Company fired back.

The artillery bombardment between the two sides continued.

At this time, the Second Company Commander of the Third Regiment was leading his troops to outflank the Japanese from behind.

They heard the sound of gunfire and artillery fire was intense.

The soldiers were even more anxious.

They ran through the green crops, just to get to the back of the Japanese as soon as possible.

Captain Utada Shinta was also very anxious, he knew that Lincheng needed them.

However, if the team ambushing them was so powerful, what would the team attacking the city be like?

Just thinking about it made his ardent heart cool down.

Captain Utada Shinta was very afraid that the senior generals of the North China方面军 (Hokushi Hōmen軍, North China Area Army) had already "凉了 (liáng le, cooled down/died)."

He was overthinking it.

At this time, the supreme commander of the North China方面軍 (Hokushi Hōmen軍, North China Area Army), Terauchi Hisaichi, was riding a small donkey, fleeing towards Taierzhuang.

They were originally waiting for the Akaji Yaezo Regiment to come and meet them in Qiaomiao Village.

However, the team that was supposed to come and meet them did not arrive smoothly.

Of the three battalions that set out, only one battalion remained.

Moreover, there was a Chinese army chasing closely behind this battalion.

This made the senior officers of the North China方面軍 (Hokushi Hōmen軍, North China Area Army) who had finally escaped from Lincheng very afraid.

They were afraid that this was inviting a wolf into the house!

So Terauchi Hisaichi had to make a difficult decision: to leave here even at the risk of being attacked by guerrillas.

Actively look for a capable team.

At this time, running towards Taierzhuang was a plan he was very proud of:

First of all: the Chinese army in the direction of Taierzhuang had already withdrawn, this was the latest news.

And the entire defense line had been withdrawn.

This meant that there were no main forces of the Chinese army on the Taierzhuang line.

In fact, Commander Terauchi Hisaichi now suspected that the team that attacked Lincheng was the main force of the Chinese army that defended Taierzhuang.

That was not important.

The important thing was that there were no main forces of the Chinese army on the Taierzhuang line, but there were main forces of the Japanese army on that line.

According to normal choices, they should have fled to Tengxian.

Because Tengxian was its rear.

But Terauchi Hisaichi was thinking: the team attacking Lincheng was so powerful.

If they were chased to Tengxian, he would not have a team to resist in the vast rear.

Only by going to Taierzhuang, on the front line, did he have more than 100,000 direct troops.

If the troops of the Central China Expeditionary Army were added, there would be more than 200,000 Japanese soldiers, which would definitely guarantee his safety.

It was this consideration that made him decide to operate in reverse.

The command headquarters of the Central China方面軍 (Chūka Hōmen軍, Central China Area Army) had already set off and notified the Akaji Yaezo Regiment leader, who had not yet arrived at Qiaomiao Village.

Although this team did not arrive at its destination on time, it was always good to have such a team around.

At this time, Akaji Yaezo was also very uncomfortable:

The Chinese army following them was like 牛皮糖 (niú pí táng, literally "cowhide candy," meaning someone or something that is hard to get rid of), and there was no way to shake them off.

The Japanese soldiers who broke through from the railway kept leaving teams behind to guard the rear.

The fate of those Japanese soldiers was unknown to Akaji Yaezo.

Judging from the fact that the distance between the Chinese army behind them had never been widened much:

The Japanese soldiers he left behind should have died more and lived less.

Even so, Akaji Yaezo had to speed up and quickly find the team of Terauchi Hisaichi.

The news of the heavy losses suffered by the Akaji Yaezo Regiment was also reported back.

The Tenth Division Commander, Isoya Rensuke, originally thought that having a regiment to meet them would be enough to rest easy.

The fact slapped him in the face: Akaji Yaezo led three battalions to meet them.

They were ambushed by the Chinese army and suffered heavy losses, leaving only one battalion. This was not the most worrying thing for him.

Isoya Rensuke was worried that this battalion was still entangled with the main force of the Chinese army and was not safe at all.

Now Isoya Rensuke was really panicking.

He immediately ordered another regiment of the Setaya Keiji brigade, the Numata Takakazo Regiment, to move towards Lincheng.

At the same time, he ordered the Sakamoto Jun Regiment in the southeast direction of Taierzhuang to approach Taierzhuang.

He ordered them to ensure the safety of the North China方面軍 (Hokushi Hōmen軍, North China Area Army) command headquarters no matter what.

Judging from the news feedback from the battlefield today: the plan to encircle and annihilate the main force of the Chinese army should have been vigorously launched.

More than 700,000 troops of the Chinese army around Xuzhou were running around.

This was a good opportunity to organize various teams to pursue and kill them.

But Isoya Rensuke could not care about those things now.

He only had one thought now: to rescue the North China方面軍 (Hokushi Hōmen軍, North China Area Army) command headquarters.

Those Japanese teams that were originally confronting the Chinese army had now received an order: to quickly move towards Taierzhuang.

The faster the speed, the better.

Li Zongren's commander headquarters was temporarily stationed in a village in the suburbs of Xuzhou.

A Japanese shell actually fell on the roof of his headquarters, but fortunately he was not in the house at the time.

This was a narrow escape!

Li Zongren analyzed from the intelligence sent back by the various breakout troops of the Fifth War Zone:

The entire northern front of Xuzhou was the line with the most Japanese troops, and it was also the area where the absolute main force of the Chinese army existed.

In this area, the retreat of the Chinese army was unusually smooth.

Not a single team of the entire North China方面軍 (Hokushi Hōmen軍, North China Area Army) was pursuing the retreating Chinese army.

There was something fishy about this!

The entire Battle of Xuzhou had been going on for almost half a year.

The Japanese had used more troops than when they attacked Nanjing, and it was definitely not just for show.

Their idea should be simple: to annihilate the main force of the Chinese army in the Xuzhou area.

Now, something had happened that made the senior leaders of the Fifth War Zone and the Wuhan camp understand:

The Japanese had cooked this meal to the point where it was only the last straw needed.

Suddenly, the fire went out!

While the senior leaders of the Chinese army were happy, they were also a little afraid to believe it.

Could it be that the Japanese were still playing a big game behind this?

Of course, the Japanese were not playing a big game: they were just doing their best to save those senior officers who escaped from Lincheng.

If Commander Terauchi Hisaichi and his group were all captured or killed by the Chinese army.

According to the Japanese practice, the entire Central China方面軍 (Chūka Hōmen軍, Central China Area Army) could be cancelled.

The army commanders and division commanders under the Central China方面軍 (Chūka Hōmen軍, Central China Area Army) would also have to be transferred to the reserves.

The strength of the Japanese in this land would be immediately reduced by more than half.

Of course, the Japanese could not allow such a situation to happen.

In order to avoid such consequences, they would rather give up the readily available opportunity to annihilate the main force of the Chinese army.

Even though they had organized more than 300,000 Japanese soldiers for this opportunity, which lasted for half a year.

But in order to avoid the risk of being cancelled, the North China方面軍 (Hokushi Hōmen軍, North China Area Army) had to make the decision to first rescue Commander Terauchi Hisaichi and his group.

In this era, the fastest team was of course the Flying Brigade.

However, the Flying Brigade under the North China方面軍 (Hokushi Hōmen軍, North China Area Army) was also very embarrassed.

The news that the two Japanese Flying Brigades had been completely annihilated in Lincheng was sent back to Nanyuan Airport.

This made the commander of the airport embarrassed: should they continue to send the Flying Brigade?

They had planes, they had pilots, and they had Flying Brigades.

But judging from the news that came back, the two brigades sent over this morning were just going to die.

They did not cause any losses to the Chinese army attacking Lincheng.

This made the Japanese embarrassed.

The two Flying Brigades did not fire a single bullet at the Chinese army, nor did they drop a bomb on the Chinese army.

Did they just fly two hundred kilometers to do a fireworks show?

This kind of behavior made the Japanese embarrassed.

Captain Utada Shinta, who was rushing over from Tengxian along the railway line to reinforce, was also very embarrassed now:

He had less than two hundred Japanese soldiers under his command, but after absorbing a battalion of puppet soldiers.

The entire team expanded to seven hundred people.

Originally, Captain Utada Shinta was full of confidence when he set out, thinking that he could stand out in the battle to relieve Lincheng and be favored by Commander Terauchi Hisaichi.

At this time, Captain Utada Shinta only hoped that if he could escape from the encirclement, it would be the best ending.

One-third of his team had been wiped out.

Among the remaining troops, the Second Mixed Squad was already entangled with the Chinese army on the front and could not retreat at all.

The last team around him was also engaged in a firefight with the Chinese army that had outflanked them from behind.

This made Captain Utada Shinta a little flustered: they were attacked from both sides, and the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army was quite strong!

He did not know the composition of the Chinese army on the opposite side.

Most of the troops attacking Captain Utada Shinta now had just joined the Lunan Detachment a few days ago.

Since joining the Lunan Detachment, they had been eating meat every day and were able to eat their fill at every meal.

This was already much better than the lives of most people in this era.

More importantly, they truly felt that everyone was equal in the Lunan Detachment.

They had never experienced this feeling of being valued when they were puppet soldiers.

When they were in the puppet army, the officers would hit people at the slightest provocation.

When they saw the Japanese, they had to respectfully call them Taijun.

When the Taijun were in a good mood, they would take pleasure in teasing the puppet soldiers.

When the Taijun were in a bad mood, they would vent their anger on the puppet soldiers.

Without comparison, one would not know what was good!

With comparison, the Second Company led by Ding Wenlin was now no worse than the First Company when it came to fighting the Japanese.

Peng Hongyun of the First Company had already seen the Second Company fighting the Japanese in the distance.

He finally had no worries.

He loudly ordered: "Heavy machine guns, prepare to attack! The whole company, prepare to counterattack."

The First Company's counterattack had been delayed by the Japanese.

It was not too late to start the counterattack now.

Six earthen tanks were pushed out, blocking in the front and charging in the front.

They were both firepower output and strong shields.

The rest of the soldiers of the First Company followed the company commander out of the trenches.

They charged towards the Japanese soldiers nearby.

Captain Mizushima Shinnosuke, who was commanding the Japanese attack, was a decisive person.

Just now, in order to stabilize the puppet soldiers who had fled back from the front line, he had executed two of them in a row, and immediately suppressed all the puppet soldiers.

Although these puppet soldiers had been deliberately slacking off in the subsequent battles.

But they were still able to fire a few shots and join in the fun.

The main force of the attack was still the Japanese soldiers under his command.

Under the fierce firepower of the opposite side, the Japanese soldiers of the Mizushima Shinnosuke squad suffered heavy casualties.

Now, they were encountering a counterattack from the opposite side.

If they did not want to run away, they had to fight.

In Captain Mizushima Shinnosuke's eyes: escape was impossible, it was always impossible.

He loudly ordered: "Fix bayonets!"

"Fix bayonets!" He slammed the backs of the heads of those puppet soldiers who were still lying on the ground and unwilling to get up with the back of his command knife.

He really did not understand what these puppet soldiers were thinking.

"If you crawl on the ground like this, won't the Chinese army be able to easily stab you to death with one knife when they charge over?"

Captain Mizushima Shinnosuke ordered all the surviving Japanese soldiers to get the puppet soldiers up.

Let the puppet soldiers stand in the front, and the Japanese soldiers stand in the back at this time.

They were preparing to let these puppet soldiers block the momentum of the Chinese army, which was like a tiger descending the mountain.

The Japanese soldiers could ambush from behind.

Captain Mizushima Shinnosuke obviously underestimated the cunning of these seasoned veterans.

When the soldiers of the First Company rushed to the front, the legs and arms of these puppet soldiers softened.

The guns in their hands fell to the ground, and their knees fell heavily to the ground.

They immediately exposed the Japanese soldiers hiding behind them.

These kneeling puppet soldiers and the soldiers of the First Company who rushed up were of the same origin.

Seeing that they had given up resistance, the soldiers of the First Company ignored them and stabbed the Japanese soldiers straight with their bayonets.

If the Japanese soldiers knelt down and surrendered, the soldiers of the First Company would consider whether to accept it or not.

The soldiers of the First Company would not refuse the surrender of the puppet soldiers.

Captain Mizushima Shinnosuke was dumbfounded.

He had never imagined that the surrender of the puppet soldiers would come so decisively, without any psychological pressure.

In the time that Captain Mizushima Shinnosuke was stunned, a bright bayonet had already reached his eyes.

In a panic, he was unable to resist at all.

Captain Mizushima Shinnosuke, died!

The Mizushima Shinnosuke squad, died!

Company Commander Peng Hongyun led the entire company, leaving only a squad of soldiers to guard the surrendered puppet soldiers.

The rest of the people charged towards Captain Utada Shinta, who was still resisting not far away.

Captain Utada Shinta originally had a squad of Japanese soldiers and a company of puppet soldiers around him.

The puppet army battalion commander Xiang Wei was also with him.

Xiang Wei's heart was already in a mess.

He did not dare to have any dissatisfaction with the takeover of command.

And he also admitted from the bottom of his heart that Captain Utada Shinta's command level was much higher than his own.

But now: the situation was pressing.

Xiang Wei strongly felt the crisis of not being able to survive.

He had clearly seen how the Mixed Second Squad led by Mizushima Shinnosuke had been wiped out just now.

He could also clearly see what his men were like.

Now, Xiang Wei just wanted to stay away from Captain Utada Shinta, so that he would not prevent him from kneeling down and surrendering later.

Xiang Wei's idea was good, but Captain Utada Shinta seemed to understand his thoughts.

He glanced coldly at him, who was quietly moving his feet.

This glance was like a force that shattered Xiang Wei's little thoughts.

He had to accompany him with an embarrassed smile, pointing to the First Company that was charging towards them:

"Taijun! I'm going to organize manpower."

Xiang Wei, the puppet army battalion commander, suddenly had a flash of inspiration and found such a reason for himself.

"No need!" Captain Utada Shinta had already resigned himself to his fate.

And he knew: this puppet army battalion commander just wanted to find a reason to escape.

They must not be allowed to escape.

Even if he died! He would have to drag these puppet soldiers down with him.

In fact, Captain Utada Shinta still believed this:

The reason why today's attack had reached this point was entirely because the puppet soldiers had not worked hard.

If these puppet soldiers were half as serious as the Japanese soldiers, the seven hundred or so people in the Utada Shinta Mixed Brigade would have broken through the defense line of the one hundred or so Chinese army soldiers in front of them long ago.

What's done is done, thinking too much is useless!

Captain Utada Shinta did not think that anyone could save the fate of his brigade now.

He had also seen the way those puppet soldiers surrendered just now, and he had kept it in his heart.

Now, he did not want himself to die, and Xiang Wei to be able to live.

Captain Utada Shinta loudly ordered:

"Counterattack! Counterattack with everything you have!

Anyone who dares to stop will be killed without mercy!"

He gathered his ten most trusted Japanese soldiers:

"Gentlemen! This place is where we will die today.

We cannot let these puppet soldiers live alone."

The ten or so Japanese soldiers who heard the order immediately pointed their guns at Xiang Wei.

Xiang Wei had a flattering smile on his face: "Taijun! I am loyal!

I am wholeheartedly for the Empire!"

"Bang!" A gunshot rang out.

Xiang Wei fell down.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

…

The Japanese gun suddenly turned to the puppet soldiers around them.

Several puppet soldiers who were concentrating on thinking about how to escape were killed.

The remaining people launched a counterattack, they could not sit still and wait for death.

They all began to attack the people around them who were close at hand.

This allowed the First and Second Companies, who were attacking, to advance more smoothly.

Captain Utada Shinta saw that the speed of his men's deaths was even faster than that of the puppet soldiers.

This was something he had never expected.

Although there were many puppet soldiers, they usually had no combat effectiveness?

Captain Utada Shinta forgot that the combat effectiveness of these puppet soldiers, who were motivated to survive, was very different from usual.

They were now fighting for themselves!

The First and Second Companies attacked the temporary Japanese position, and all the Japanese soldiers on the position were dead.

There were still more than a hundred puppet soldiers left.

They all consciously threw their guns aside and raised their hands.

The company commander of the First Company, Peng Hongyun, and the company commander of the Second Company, Ding Wenlin, had seen the last battle between these puppet soldiers and the Japanese soldiers just now.

Therefore, their attitude towards these puppet soldiers was also more kind.

These puppet soldiers not only surrendered voluntarily, but also took the initiative to report the situation:

"There are no more Japanese soldiers and puppet soldiers in Tengxian now.

All the troops have been sent here."

The intelligence was quickly passed on to Lin Fan.

According to what these puppet soldiers said, there were also some supplies left behind by the Japanese soldiers at the Tengxian Railway Station.

This was good news.

Lin Fan thought for a while and ordered: "The Third Regiment will immediately take a train to Tengxian.

Organize manpower to transport the supplies out and send them to Longjia Village."

He gave Shan Huacan of the Third Regiment a few words of advice, telling him to establish a defense line first, and then do other things.

The First and Second Companies of the Third Regiment quickly reinstalled the rails that they had just dismantled.

These days, they often dismantled rails, and they had become very proficient in the whole process.

When the rails were restored, the train that the Japanese had just driven over drove into the Lincheng Station. After turning around, all twelve companies of the Third Regiment boarded the train.

This time, Lin Fan specially equipped all twelve companies with the infantry guns they had just captured.

Akaji Yaezo, seeing that leaving a small team behind each time did not stop the pursuers at all.

This time, he made up his mind and ordered: "The Fukada Company! You stay behind and snipe the pursuers for an hour.

Then follow along the road."

This time, he did not order this team left behind to go to Tengxian on their own.

He wanted to see whether the team he left behind to guard the rear was dead, or had completed its mission and retreated to Tengxian.

Fukada Kentaro, after receiving the order, immediately ordered the Japanese soldiers under his command to dig fortifications on the spot and establish a defense line.

These Japanese soldiers had been surrounded by trains.

In the end, they managed to break through successfully, although they had escaped.

But all their heavy weapons were left on the train.

At that time, Akaji Yaezo wanted to allow the entire team to travel light, and also to allow the entire team to reach Lincheng as soon as possible.

That was why he gave up those artillery pieces and heavy machine guns.

Now that it was Fukada Kentaro's turn to guard the rear, the entire company, with more than a hundred Japanese soldiers, had only one light machine gun.

The rest of the Japanese soldiers were all equipped with rifles.

Using this kind of firepower to intercept the First and Fifth Regiments, which had been chasing closely behind, was actually like an mantis trying to stop a chariot.

No matter what the situation, Fukada Kentaro still meticulously carried out the regimental commander's orders.

Before their company's fortifications had even taken shape, the pursuers behind them had already come up.

Gu Xiuming led the First Regiment to charge up.

The First Company was at the front.

Feng Ruili, the company commander of the First Company, commanded six earthen tanks and launched an attack on the Fukada Kentaro Company from the front.

The other companies dispersed and tried to bypass the Japanese defense line from the flanks and continue to pursue the main force of the Japanese army.

This time, the First Regiment's tactics encountered a problem: Fukada Kentaro was a company.

He stretched the battle line very wide.

With more than a hundred Japanese soldiers, the front defense line was a full thousand meters long.

The wider the defense line, the more it was able to stop the First Regiment, but the Japanese defense also became very difficult.

As long as a few Japanese soldiers were killed, a gap would immediately appear in their defense line.

Fukada Kentaro looked at the six earthen tanks that were approaching step by step in front of him.

His Japanese soldiers could not do anything about them.

Rifle bullets hit those small carts, only able to splash out some sparks, unable to cause half a point of damage to the Chinese army soldiers hiding behind the small carts.

Even the only light machine gun in the entire company could not do anything about this kind of cart.

Feng Ruili, the company commander of the First Company, commanded six earthen tanks, suppressing the Japanese firepower.

He charged onto the Japanese position step by step.

Behind them, there were infantry guns bombing the Japanese soldiers who were gathered together.

The First Company broke through Fukada Kentaro's front position.

Regiment Commander Gu Xiuming ordered: "The First Company will continue to advance! The Eleventh and Twelfth Companies will clear the Japanese soldiers who are still resisting in the rear."

Fukada Kentaro watched as the team he was supposed to intercept tore through the defense line like a long dragon, winding forward and continuing to pursue the main force.

They simply ignored him.

In fact, at this time, there were still hundreds of Japanese soldiers in the Fukada Kentaro Company resisting.

They were blocked on both sides of the position.

They struggled to deal with the Chinese army soldiers' attacks.

Fukada Kentaro looked at the team that had rushed past, pushing artillery pieces and carrying heavy machine guns.

This team seemed to be endless, and it kept moving forward.

This made him very afraid and worried.

This kind of team was better equipped than the Fourth Battalion, and there were more people than the Fourth Battalion.

Akaji Yaezo was afraid that the regimental commander would not be able to escape this time.

So would General Terauchi and his group not be able to escape?

This should not be a question I should be considering! Fukada Kentaro shook the thoughts out of his head.

His task now was to continue to resist until he died in battle.

This chase that took place in the suburbs of Lincheng finally reached the ears of some well-informed people.

"Did you know? The Japanese North China方面軍 (Hokushi Hōmen軍, North China Area Army) high-level officials were discovered by the Chinese army in Lincheng."

This was showing off.

"I have the latest location of Terauchi Hisaichi, the supreme commander of the North China方面軍 (Hokushi Hōmen軍, North China Area Army),

…"

This was waiting for someone to make an offer.

Huameiniao (code name) had already returned to her position, looking at the latest telegram she had received.

The situation had not improved!

It could be clearly seen from the telegram that General Terauchi and his group had not escaped danger.

It could even be said that the danger was getting closer and closer.

The situation had improved!

All the Japanese troops north of Xuzhou had now ended their missions of ambushing and pursuing the Chinese army troops.

The entire North China方面軍 (Hokushi Hōmen軍, North China Area Army) in the Xuzhou battlefield were moving towards Taierzhuang, Lincheng, and Hanzhuang.

This was very good news for the Fifth War Zone of the Chinese army, which was eager to get out of Xuzhou and was trying its best to break through.

Of course, this was also very good news for the Central China派遣軍 (Chūka Hakengun, China Expeditionary Army).

In this way, they could independently complete the strategic goal of occupying Xuzhou.

Without comparison, there would be no harm! The more incompetent the North China方面軍 (Hokushi Hōmen軍, North China Area Army) performed, the more it would highlight the bravery and invincibility of the Central China派遣軍 (Chūka Hakengun, China Expeditionary Army).

In order to achieve this goal, Commander Yan Junliu of the Central China派遣軍 (Chūka Hakengun, China Expeditionary Army) had been commanding the battle on the front line.

He had issued orders to the various divisions on the front line to advance with all their strength.

Yan Junliu was a veteran Japanese soldier who had been in many battles, and he was of course clear that the strength of the Chinese army had been greatly reduced under the current situation.

If they usually had a combat effectiveness of ten, they would be lucky to have three at this time.

Therefore, he ordered the various teams of the Central China派遣軍 (Chūka Hakengun, China Expeditionary Army) not to be afraid of fighting alone, and not to care about advancing too far.

Just charge forward and be sure to be the first to rush into Xuzhou.

All of this was for the sake of rushing into Xuzhou!

With the orders of Commander Yan Junliu, these Japanese soldiers of the entire Central China派遣軍 (Chūka Hakengun, China Expeditionary Army), a battalion or a company, dared to launch an attack on a city defended by a division of the Chinese army.

And they were often able to occupy it.

Lin Fan watched as the supplies at the Lincheng Station were looted.

He was satisfied.

The current Lunan Detachment had been divided into three parts.

The First and Fifth Regiments went to pursue and kill the North China方面軍 (Hokushi Hōmen軍, North China Area Army) command headquarters of the Japanese army.

The Third Regiment went to Tengxian.

The Second, Fourth, and Sixth Regiments were still in Lincheng.

Lin Fan thought for a while and ordered the Second and Fourth Regiments to rest in Lincheng and be ready to support the Third Regiment and meet the First and Fifth Regiments at any time.

He led the Sixth Regiment to support the First and Fifth Regiments.

Of course, Lin Fan was clear about how important the North China方面軍 (Hokushi Hōmen軍, North China Area Army) command headquarters of the Japanese army was.

But without the support of aerial eyes, it would be very difficult to catch up with them and capture them.

After all, on the plain, the Japanese soldiers would disappear as soon as they hid a little.

In this era, the Lunan Detachment had not yet launched a campaign to mobilize and mobilize the people on the entire plain.

It was also not easy to get the people to actively cooperate and provide information.

No matter how difficult it was, he had to work hard in this direction.

There was another consideration in using the artillery regiment to catch up with the First and Fifth Regiments:

The artillery regiment had troop carriers, and the speed of advance could be much faster than that of the infantry.

Once the plan was made, they immediately took action.

The two regiments left in Lincheng also began to take action.

They were going to send out scouts in all directions outside the city to completely destroy the railway from Yixian to Lincheng.

They had to keep the railway from Tengxian to Lincheng open.

At this time, Lin Fan had already set off with Hou Wentian's artillery regiment.

Akaji Yaezo and his main force finally caught up with Terauchi Hisaichi and his group, who were riding donkeys.

The supreme commander of the North China方面軍 (Hokushi Hōmen軍, North China Area Army), who was riding on a donkey, heard that there were pursuers from the Chinese army less than ten miles behind him.

He was very anxious and whipped the donkey, trying to make it run faster.

As a result, this stubborn donkey stood still with its four feet like pillars, it would not go.

When Terauchi Hisaichi got off the donkey, the donkey ran happily again.

In this situation, the Japanese soldiers that Akaji Yaezo brought with him were obviously not suitable for acting together with the North China方面軍 (Hokushi Hōmen軍, North China Area Army).

He had to order: "The Fourth Battalion will leave three companies to guard the rear.

The First and Second Companies will be strengthened to the North China方面軍 (Hokushi Hōmen軍, North China Area Army) guard team."

In this way, there would be more than six hundred Japanese soldiers following Terauchi Hisaichi and his group.

Their combat effectiveness was also considered strong.

The Fourth Battalion Commander Nakai Tatsuya led two companies, and the Third Battalion Commander Takenaka Ryota led the last of his battalion's Japanese soldiers, and sniped on the spot.

The Second Battalion had already been wiped out, they had died by the railway.

Akaji Yaezo was considered a high-ranking Japanese officer.

Of course, he had to follow Commander Terauchi Hisaichi.

This time, the Japanese army left behind to serve as snipers was a full six hundred.

Today, every move around Lincheng had attracted countless eyes and attention.

Chiang Kai-shek was now more concerned about this than Li Zongren, the commander of the Fifth War Zone.

Lin Fan's Lunan Detachment was required to report the latest developments to Wuhan every hour.

Chiang Kai-shek heard the latest move of the Lunan Detachment: sending a regiment to occupy Tengxian by rail.

Leaving two regiments in Lincheng to establish a stronghold, as a strategic support to prepare to meet troops in all directions.

And they had to block the Japanese soldiers attacking from Yixian.

Three regiments were used to pursue the fleeing North China方面軍 (Hokushi Hōmen軍, North China Area Army) command headquarters.

The two infantry regiments pursuing the Japanese soldiers had broken through the Japanese snipers several times along the way.

Every one of these messages excited the senior leaders of the Chinese army in the Wuhan camp.

Chiang Kai-shek felt a lot of emotion in his heart: why didn't he escape when he was in Xi'an?

He hoped that Terauchi Hisaichi could also be invited to Wuhan to be