On the morning of the 16th, the Doihara Division rushed to the city of Caozhou. The 20th Division under the command of Sun Yinting, the acting commander-in-chief of the Third Army guarding Caozhou, was commanded by the 20th Division, the 23rd Division of the Second Army and Dong Zhao's 28th Division, a total of three divisions and two regiments of the New 37th Brigade, with a total of 35,000 people blocking the Japanese army.

The Japanese army used heavy artillery and tanks to launch a fierce attack on Caozhou City. In one morning, the defenders of Caozhou City suffered thousands of casualties. The people in the city had already evacuated, but many of the houses were damaged!

The battle was fierce for a while!

In Juancheng, the Japanese Sakai Detachment crossed the Jishan River and launched an attack on the New 37th Brigade and the 22nd Division of the Third Army.

The Sakai Squadron equipped with a tank squadron had very fierce firepower and once occupied the high ground on the east bank of Jishan, forcing Leng Feng to order the troops to shrink and retreat.

But the Japanese army wanted to advance straight, but it was difficult for a while.

Leng Feng knew very well that with the power in his hand, he was seeking death. The strategy was still the same. He slowed down the Japanese attack and wasted the Japanese army. Before the large army entered the field, this was the only way. At least he could restrain the Sakai Detachment's thousands of people.

But even so, the fight was still awkward enough.

Leng Feng had a regiment of the 37th Brigade and some engineering troops, plus the secret service regiment directly under the division headquarters (there was a lack of a battalion, on the way back), and the direct troops of the division headquarters were basically left in Jining, and the command center was lightly equipped. With the 22nd Division of the Third Army, Shi Tongran's unit, there were 10,000 troops.

But there are more than 6,000 people in the 22nd Division, and more than 2,000 of these 6,000 people were reorganized from the Luxi civilian army this time.

There is no weapon, and some of them are only a red tassel spear, and their combat effectiveness is limited.

This 22nd Division was originally a relatively good combat force under Lao Han. After several battles, most of the troops were lost, and all the heavy weapons were lost.

However, the New 37th Brigade fought a few battles at the beginning, seized some weapons, supplemented the 22nd Division, and barely improved its combat effectiveness, but it was barely enough to pull it to the front line to fight against the Japanese army.

Leng Feng tried it once, and within ten minutes, he was beaten by the charge Japanese army and ran away with his head. Leng Feng angrily ordered all the battalion commanders who were commanding the battle to kill them, and then he stopped the retreat.

Otherwise, the front collapsed and the fun would be great.

When it is time to take ruthlessness, you must never be kind, just like your enemies and your own people. In that battle, there were no deserters in the team?

Not everyone in the first division is not afraid of death. There are many people who are afraid of death, but as long as they escape at the last minute, even the battalion commander has been shot.

And it was shot by Leng Feng himself.

This happened when guarding the river defense fortification. A deputy commander of the New 38th Brigade escaped in the face of fear of death. Leng Feng, who was on the front line, was caught on the spot and killed.

Although many people have never seen that scene, it has been widely circulated in the First Division of Honor. That person is still a company commander of the Second Old Teaching Regiment. He has killed the Japanese in Nanjing City and made meritorious contributions. He will die if he says he is killed.

Leng Feng also received a telegram from the Taierzhuang victory that the New 38th Brigade annihilated the Japanese Sakamoto Detachment and killed the detachment leader Shun Sakamoto. He was naturally very happy.

If the Japanese army can be surrounded earlier, the GJ in Xuzhou area can evacuate earlier to avoid the danger of being surrounded by the Japanese army, and he can get support from the retreating GJ.

"Negotiation is absolutely not possible!" Navy Secretary Mi Guang stood up and said heavily.

"Negotiation is to take the initiative to admit defeat. How can our great Japanese Empire admit defeat to a country that is against us everywhere? This is untolerable."

"Then keep fighting?"

"Yes, no matter what, we must fight this war and completely defeat the Chinese. This is not only related to the face of the empire, but also to the interests of the empire. We cannot lose!" Hideki Tojo said, "If we lose, the consequences are very obvious. It is not just about losing a war. Western countries such as Europe and the United States will change their attitude towards us. They are unwilling to go against the empire now, which is because they are unable to do anything. But once we lose the war, they will no longer be afraid of us, and will even keep pinching our necks. Many of our resources are purchased from them now, so this is a war that concerns the destiny of the country, and we must fight!"

"What about the ultimate goal?"

"As long as we continue the strategy of advancing north and south, occupy the important town of Xuzhou, and connect North China, Central China and South China into one, the empire will gain a stable rear..."

"How many troops are needed to achieve this goal?"

"Three hundred thousand, at least three hundred thousand!"

"I would like to ask you to pay attention to a unit, or a person." Foreign Minister Ichizen Ugaki stood up and said with excitement with white beard trembling. "The First Division of the Chinese Army, which is the devil's unit of the Chinese Army that is rumored in the army, has suffered several major failures so far. There are more or less factors in this unit. Among them, in Nanjing and Huainan, this unit has caused us huge losses, so the targets of the combat under the imperial team must take this unit as the primary goal..."

This foreign minister, known as the "political star", is really eloquent. He speaks one by one, and the spitting stars fly around, sometimes passionate, sometimes gentle and low, like complaining and crying. When it comes to excitement, he even burst into tears!

"Destroy the devil's troops and destroy the Yasha!"

The senior Japanese military officials who attended the meeting quickly unified their thoughts and reported to Emperor Hirohito. The emperor agreed to the attack of the Army Department almost, but issued a ban on the troops, which was limited to Xuzhou.

Also, there is the aspect of Honor Division 1.

The Tokyo Base Camp issued instructions to the North China Front Army, and, on the premise of ensuring the empire's strategic goals, it will deal a devastating blow to the China Army's honorary division, which caused huge losses to the empire!

Such an order can be said to be a single pursuit order for a certain Chinese army and a general since the September 18th Incident.

"Stand, Japan's Tokyo Base Camp sent a telegram to the North China Front Command. Team Leader Chi just deciphered it." Leng Feng was eating noodles, and Xue Ping walked in with a telegram.

"Anything can decipher the telegram from the Japanese base camp?"

"No, the encryption level of this message is not high, so it is not difficult to decipher." Xue Ping explained.

"Is that so, let's take a look?" Leng Feng smiled and reached out to take the message.

"Haha, I want my neck to have a head. Why? The Japanese are so hating me now?" Leng Feng saw the content of the telegram and laughed, not caring at all.

"Master, your heroism is rare in the world!"

"Stop flattering. I don't care, and I've never been afraid. However, this telegram is quite troublesome to my next actions." Leng Feng was not concerned about the content of the telegram itself, but the significance behind the telegram was great.

He became a thorn in the Japanese army's side and was thorn in the flesh. At that time, he would inevitably be targeted by many people, especially those Japanese soldiers who wanted to become famous in one battle.

"Master, should this telegram be informed by Wuhan?"

"No, those elm heads will only leak secrets, you know it internally. Also, the Military Control Commission will take photos of the liaison officer and the technical exchange team. Don't leave all our things to others. Do you understand if you keep a hand?"

"clear."
Chapter completed!