The Japanese commander led the remnants of the defeated soldiers and fled as fast as they could. They ran for more than ten miles until they could no longer run any more, and then they stopped.

They fell to the ground in a mess, and it took them a long time to recover.

The Japs' captain asked his subordinates to count the number of people, and the result made the guy shed tears.

The infantry regiment led by the regiment captain is an integrated field regiment with a strength of 3,780 men.

But now there are only more than 1,100 people, including the wounded, who have escaped with him. He has caused such a huge loss, and he didn't even see how many enemies came and what they looked like.

The commander of the regiment knew that the 142nd Division sent troops to attack Shoucheng County. He was very angry now. He thought that the division commander was just full of food and went to provoke the terrible Gao Jiu, which in vain caused the loss of his officers and soldiers.

So many people.

Zhang Quan, Wang Zhankui, Du Shengxi, Liang Shihu, Shi Jianlong and others launched attacks on different targets of the Japanese army, which also caused a large number of casualties to the Japanese army.

The division commander of the Japanese 142nd Division sent a telegram to the commander of the 12th Army with a mournful face. The contents of the telegram were soon forwarded to the North China Front Army Headquarters.

Peiping, North China Front Army Headquarters.

Hamada Yoshihiro took the telegram from the 12th Army to Commander Minato's office and handed the telegram to the commander.

After reading it, the commander said depressingly: "Gaojiu's Taohuashan guerrillas are really difficult to deal with. In just one night, the 142nd Division lost more than 5,000 people, which is equivalent to the annihilation of one and a half regiments.

This loss is too great.”

Hamada Yoshihiro said with a wry smile: "Your Excellency Commander, this has just begun. We don't know how much loss we will suffer yet. This is the consequence of angering Gao Jiu."

After speaking, he shook his head vigorously.

Commander Minato Village knows the ins and outs of this matter.

He said: "Your Excellency, the Minister, should not listen to the instigation of those from the Kwantung Army. Mr. Hamada, based on your understanding of Gao Jiu, how can he stop attacking the Yellow Army? It is difficult to deal with this situation."

Commander Minato was a very well-connected man. His words meant that he was blaming Madoka Doi, but he didn't say it clearly.

He asked Hamada Yoshihiro for his opinion on how to deal with it. In fact, he wanted Hamada Yoshihiro to contact Gao Jiu directly to negotiate with him.

Of course, he won't say this clearly. Big people speak in such a vague way, it depends on the understanding of the person they are talking to.

Hamada Yoshihiro is a smart man, and he certainly knows what Commander Minatomura means.

He shook his head and said: "Your Majesty Commander, to tell you the truth, this time Gao Jiu launched an attack without contacting me. I have no way to contact him directly now and can only wait for him to come up with conditions.

Come, let’s make some plans.”

Commander Minato said worriedly: "In this case, when will Gao Jiu's attack on Huang Jun stop?"

Hamada Yoshihiro said with a wry smile: "I don't know, I just have to leave it to fate. Ordering the troops to be more alert may reduce losses."

Commander Minato and Yoshihiro Hamada were both afraid of receiving new telegrams, because they must be reporting how much damage the Yellow Army had suffered somewhere.

What is supposed to come will always come. The 12th Japanese Army in Shandong direction soon sent a telegram saying that Tai'an City suffered a large-scale attack by the anti-Japanese armed forces. The attack was initiated by the main force of the underground party's anti-Japanese armed forces in the Lunan Military Region.

They also included members of the Taohuashan guerrillas. They captured Tai'an City in one fell swoop and completely cut off the Jin-Pu Railway. The commander of the 12th Army requested tactical guidance.

The commander of Minato Village felt that there was nothing he could do. While studying countermeasures with Hamada Yoshihiro, he reported the situation in Shandong to Madoka Doi.

Tokyo Japanese Army Base Camp, War Department.

Ever since he formulated the plan against Gao Jiu, Madoka Doi had been briefly excited. Miura Shun was his proud disciple after all. He had achieved certain results in his attack on Peach Blossom Mountain and successfully transferred Gao Jiu back to Peach Blossom Mountain.

However, bad news came one after another. First, the Sixth Air Force failed to intercept Gaojiu. Not only did it lose a large number of fighter jets, but the special envoy of the Air Force Minister also lost his life, causing the Air Force Minister to lose his temper towards Doi Madoka.

Next, Jun Miura's attack on Gao Jiu failed again. The carefully selected agents he brought with him were basically lost. Jun Miura has almost become the polished commander.

What's worse is that Gao Jiu has now retaliated, and the Japanese army has lost thousands of troops in one night. Now Tai'an City is surrounded by anti-Japanese armed forces, and the Japanese 142nd Division defending the city is in danger of being wiped out.

If Tai'an City fails again, the Jinpu Railway will be completely cut off, and Tu Feiyuan will be slapped in the face. Such a result is really unacceptable to him.

The last time, under Dofei Yuan's planning, the Japanese army recaptured Tai'an City. For this, Dofei Yuan was unanimously praised by the base camp, and a grand celebration was held in Japan. How long has it been? If Tai'an City was lost, Dofei Yuan

Yuan's face was literally thrown to the ground and allowed to be trampled on by others. Therefore, Tai'an City must not lose it.

Doi Yuan sent a telegram to Commander Minato, asking him to keep Tai'an City no matter what.

Xiangyang, Japanese Sixth Air Force.

The commander of Beidao did not know where he went, and the chief of staff temporarily took over the command. For several days, he received reports from the radar soldiers that a large number of enemy planes were flying from the south towards Nanyang.

The chief of staff knew that these planes belonged to the Taohuashan guerrillas and were flying from the direction of the Golden Triangle, heading for Nanyang, Kaifeng or Taohuashan. He had no idea or the courage to intercept them.

The fighter group captain was betrayed by Commander Bei Dao last time. The fighter group suffered such heavy losses, so of course he was unwilling to cause trouble.

The bomber captain was a close confidant of Commander Bei Dao, but Commander Bei Dao did not notify him when he escaped. He was also very angry and naturally did not bother to care about the enemy planes passing through the Sixth Air Force's defense zone.

Therefore, the three main officers of the aviation team kept silent and pretended not to have heard about the large number of planes passing by Taohuashan.

The large number of planes passing by Xiangyang were the Taohuashan guerrilla air force flying from the Golden Triangle.

Gao Jiu was really angry this time. He was determined to teach the Japanese army in Shandong a harsh lesson, so he ordered a large number of air forces to be transferred from the Golden Triangle and deployed to the airports in Nanyang, Kaifeng and Taohuashan.

After the air force of the Taohuashan guerrillas was deployed, Gao Jiu issued the order to attack.

For several days, the Japanese 142nd Division stationed in Tai'an and the Japanese 3rd Division stationed in Zaozhuang were bombed almost continuously by the Taohuashan guerrilla air force. The Japanese army suffered heavy losses.

Peiping, North China Front Army Headquarters.

Bad news kept coming, and Hamada Yoshihiro couldn't sit still.

He came to Commander Minato's office and said to Minato: "Your Excellency, Commander, we just received a report from the 12th Army. The 142nd Division stationed in Tai'an and the 3rd Division in Zaozhuang were bombed by enemy planes.

.Half an hour ago, the 141st Division stationed in Jinan was also bombed by planes. Not only that, it was also attacked by a large number of rockets. The losses were really too great."

Minato said depressingly: "The Third Air Force stationed in Jinan has evacuated. The Air Force has no way to support the Japanese army in Shandong. Our army also lacks air defense weapons. It is really a headache!

You said that the 141st Division was attacked by rocket launchers just now. This shows that the enemy has launched an attack on the ground. The situation in southern Luna is worrying. It may be difficult to defend Tai'an City. We must find a way to stop Gao Jiu's attack. We must

We must quickly change this situation..."

At this point, the commander stopped and looked at Hamada Yoshihiro. After a moment of silence, he said, "Can you get in touch with Gao Jiu to resolve the conflict?"

Hamada Yoshihiro shook his head, sighed, and said: "Gao Jiu himself has gone to the Golden Triangle. The people arranged by the Minister took the initiative to provoke Gao Jiu. The people in Peach Blossom Mountain killed and injured many people, and they also wanted to murder Gao Jiu."

9. This kind of thing cannot be solved with one or two sentences of explanation, you need to give Gao Jiu a reasonable explanation."

The commander of Minato Village understood what Hamada Yoshihiro meant and said: "This matter is indeed difficult. The person who needs to untie the bell must also tie the bell. I am afraid that this matter will require Minister Madoka Doi to face Gao Jiu in person, or at least have to deal with it.

Hand over the people he arranged for."

Hamada Yoshihiro nodded and said: "You are right, the embarrassment is here. Doing this may calm Gao Jiu's anger. But Miura Shun is a member of the Kwantung Army, and we have no right to deal with it. This matter must be handled by the Minister.

Just nod in person."

Minato said: "The only solution now is that we can only truthfully report the situation here to the Minister. I hope this will put enough pressure on him to change his mind and make a correct judgment."

Hamada Yoshihiro said: "Your Excellency, Commander, there must be a choice in this matter. It depends on how the Minister decides. Miura Shun is his favorite disciple after all. It must be difficult for Your Excellency, Commander, to make such a decision. We also

We can only do our best and obey fate."

In accordance with the request of Commander Minato, Hamada Yoshihiro continuously reported to Madoka Doi about Gao Jiu's offensive in the Shandong direction and the losses suffered by the Japanese army. However, there was no response from Madoka Doi for the time being.

Hamada Yoshihiro's adjutant found a staff officer transferred from the Kwantung Army. This person originally had a relationship with Miura Shun. He accepted the adjutant's entrustment and came to meet with Miura Shun on behalf of Hamada Yoshihiro.

The man told Hamada Yoshihiro that he wanted Miura Shun to come up with a result as soon as possible. Either he could really kill Gao Jiu, or he would give an explanation to the Minister, and try to stop Gao Jiu from attacking Shandong no matter what.

Invasion by the Japanese Army.

Miura Shun is very smart and has already heard that the North China Front Army is going to sacrifice himself, which means that either you have the ability to kill Gao Jiu, or you will be killed by Gao Jiu, and Miura Shun's life will be used to calm Gao Jiu's anger.

End the bad situation at hand.

Jun Miura understood that he was now an unpopular person in the North China Front Army, and he had to come up with a solution quickly. Otherwise, the people of the North China Front Army would probably kill him to give Gao Jiu an explanation.

In order to appease the mood of the North China Front, Jun Miura said that he would immediately contact Minister Madoka Doi, and the Minister would definitely give new instructions to the North China Front.

Jun Miura now has only a dozen people left under his command. He discussed with two of them how to face the difficult situation at hand.

The three of them are all secret agents and have been working hard in the officialdom for many years. They know that they have no way out now and are very likely to be used as scapegoats by people including Tu Fei Yuan. The matter is obvious, Tu Fei Yuan is not

It is possible that the entire North China Front was offended because of a few of them, and it is impossible to watch thousands of Japanese troops being wiped out by Gao Jiu. If there is really no other way, I am afraid that the only choice is to use the three of them as scapegoats.

The three of them discussed and discussed, and decided that there was only one outcome at the moment, either to kill Gao Jiu, or to die at Gao Jiu's hands.

They decided to make a desperate move and assassinate Gao Jiu.

After making up his mind, Jun Miura came to see the people sent by Hamada Yoshihiro and asked the North China Front to provide them with information about Gao Jiu.

After Hamada Yoshihiro received the report, it was not convenient for him to come forward himself, so he also arranged for his adjutant to provide relevant information to Miura Shun.

Hamada Yoshiki came to see Commander Minato and reported to him the matters related to Jun Miura. He said to Commander Minato: "Your Excellency, Commander, I think this is an opportunity to solve the problem. We might as well

Let’s kill two birds with one stone.”

Minato asked: "What specifically do you have in mind?"

Hamada Yoshihiro said: "Since Miura Shun wants to assassinate Gao Jiu again, of course we hope that he can succeed. But Gao Jiu is by no means an easy person to deal with. The possibility of Miura Shun and others succeeding in the assassination is basically zero.

.

What I mean is that we might as well inform Gao Jiu about Miura Shun's upcoming assassination. This is not betraying Miura Shun, because even if we don't inform Gao Jiu, Gao Jiu will still be more vigilant after he has just experienced an assassination.

. We informed Gao Jiu, at least we showed him our sincerity, and we had room for negotiation and bargaining with Gao Jiu."

Commander Minatomura nodded and said: "That makes sense. You only talked about one aspect. You killed two birds with one stone. What is the other part?"

Hamada Yoshihiro said: "Although we informed Gao Jiu that someone was going to assassinate him, we can also provide Gao Jiu with false information. I said Miura Shun and others were going to Peach Blossom Mountain to assassinate Gao Jiu, and Gao Jiu

I am now near Tai'an City, and I have sent someone to notify Miura Jun. Miura Jun will definitely go to Tai'an to assassinate Gao Jiu.
Chapter completed!