Umezu Mijiro's staff meeting was held for one night without any results.

There was no way, Umezu Mijiro had to leave the meeting first.

It was very strange that a meeting without fierce quarrels could not reach a consensus, but the result was that there was no result.

Should the 14th Division of Doihira go south to the Longhai Line or hold its troops to wait for the opportunity?

Everyone talked a lot, but few of them really stood up to support one of them. Obviously, there was no unified opinion within the First Army.

Of course, this is related to the tough and arrogant style of Soichi Tsai. If he wins the hearts of the people, perhaps this meeting will not need to be held at all.

"Your Excellency Commander, the field hospital called and said that the commander of Doihara Division had just left..." Meijiro Umezu was having a headache when the adjutant suddenly ran in and reported.

"Leave, where have you gone?"

"It seems that he received a telegram and left in a hurry. He also asked a military doctor to prescribe some medicine and took it away together." The adjutant was brought by him from Tokyo and was not familiar with the situation.

"Hurry up, call the train station and stop him!" When Meijiro Umezu stood up excitedly and shouted.

"Hayi!"

"The Commander, the Commander, the Commander of the Doihara Division, and the others are at the train station. The train to Xinxiang will be depart in half an hour."

"Prepare your car and go to the train station."

"It will take at least twenty minutes from the headquarters to the railway station..."

"So much nonsense, let the train delay the departure time and wait for my order."

Meijiro Umezu rushed to the train station, Kenji Doihara, and his adjutant and several soldiers with his entourage guards were in the waiting room of the station.

Kenji Doihara's face was very bad. Although he used antipyretic medicine, the fever had not completely receded. He was wrapped in a military blanket and looked very weak, like an old man in his twilight years.

"Dohihara-kun!"

"Commander, why are you here?" Kenji Doihara leaned against the back of the chair, his eyes closed, as if he was resting his energy. He heard this and opened his eyes and saw Mijiro Umezu appear in front of him, and was surprised.

"Mr. Doihirahara, why did you leave without saying goodbye?"

"I shouldn't have appeared here at first, so I didn't say goodbye to the commander and neglected it." Kenji Doihara said guiltily.

"No, you just leave like this, which makes me feel uneasy. Besides, if you still have a high fever, just go back like this..." A trace of worry appeared in Mejiro Umezu's eyes.

"It's okay, I know my health. Besides, I'll take it with you. My lieutenant also knows some doctors. He will take good care of me."

"Can you tell me why you suddenly decided to go back?"

"What I worry most about happened." Kenji Doihara sighed.

"What are you most worried about?" Umetsu Mijiro asked in confusion.

"Xue Boling and Leng Feng have joined forces."

"What, Xue Boling and Leng Feng joined forces?" Meizu Mijiro couldn't help but change his face slightly when he heard this. This was the names of the two people he had heard the most in the past two days.

Of course, Leng Feng didn't need to say that in the past two days, this person has been circulating in his mind, a Chinese military general who made the emperor's people frightened. They called him a "cold-blooded butcher" and his troops a "devil's army."

This "Xue Boling" is a famous general in the Northern Expedition, with the nickname "Tiger Crazy". He is also a famous and powerful character in the GMD army. In this way, two people are now in western Shandong and eastern Henan, commanding two powerful corpses respectively.

The 14th Division of Kenji Doihara is between these two major corpses.

Facing one person alone, Kenji Doihara doesn't think he will lose to anyone, but if the two of them join forces to deal with him, the situation will be even worse.

Umezu Mijiro understood why Kenji Doihara was in a hurry to rush back. If he was not here, the people below would not be able to deal with the next situation.

"The division seat has found the Japanese army that evacuated Chengwu. They retreated to Dingtao and joined the main force of the Japanese army in the 14th Division. Our army is now defending and attacking on the south bank of Wanfu River. The Japanese army is retreating step by step towards the north bank and the direction of Dingtao County."

"Are you sure the Japanese army is retreating step by step?"

"Sure."

"It seems that Kenjima Doihara intends to disobey the orders of the North China Front Command, which is a good thing for us," said Xie Jiyuan.

"So should we increase our efforts? New 38 has already broken through Wanfu River and reached the area of ​​Tombshangji, which is less than twenty kilometers away from Dingtao County." Long Yingqin asked.

"After taking down Dingtao, the strategic depth of the Japanese army will be much smaller, and it will be much safer. Then let's fight and see what Doihiro wants to do." Leng Feng decided to launch the battle to recover Dingtao.

"Send a report to Commander-in-Chief Sun that our army can wait for an opportunity to launch the battle to recover Dingtao. It should be fast and don't give the Japanese army time to react. Didihara want to find an excuse, let's give it to him."

"yes!"

"Where is the time?"

"The specific time will be determined by Commander-in-Chief Sun and others, so I will not interfere too much." Leng Feng said, "Send a telegram to Xue Boling, telling him that we are preparing to recover Dingtao and ask him to help restrain some of the Japanese troops."

"yes."

"Order the New 36th Brigade to advance towards Daliji and the sand and soil to release the sound of preparing to attack Caozhou."

"clear!"

"The secret service regiment cooperated with the 22nd Division to monitor the Sakai troops in Yuncheng. If there is any movement, report it immediately."

"yes!"

As Leng Feng issued orders one by one, almost all the troops in western Shandong started to move. Such an unusual move immediately aroused the Japanese army's alertness.

The Chinese are going to make big moves in western Shandong, and they must be targeting the Doihara Division.

For a moment, I felt like the wind was about to come and the wind filled the building.

Kaifeng, the headquarters of the First Corps.

"Leng Guoguang wants to conquer Tao, but he really goes with Tuohara Maku and orders the 74th Army to retreat twenty kilometers!" After receiving Leng Feng's telegram, Xue Boling smiled and ordered.

"Sir Xue, are you helping Leng Guoguang or cheating Leng Guoguang?" Wu Xiqi screamed in shock.

"Do you think I'm helping him or cheating him?" Xue Boling asked with a smile.

"If it were before this, I would definitely think you were cheating him, but now I can't say that there is an ulterior motive between you two." Wu Xiqi said.

"What secret can we have? Besides, we have never even seen each other. I don't know what Leng Guoguang looks like." Xue Boling said.

"You really want to give this order?"

"There is no joke in the army. How can I make fun of such things? You know that."

"Okay, although I don't know what you are thinking, I still recommend that Chief Xue, think twice before doing it." Wu Xiqi persuaded seriously.

"You are the chief of staff, not the commander, please give orders as I said."

"Okay, but I keep my personal opinion." Wu Xiqi turned around and walked out. When he reached the door, he suddenly turned back, "Do you want to say something to Leng Guoguang?"

"What do you want to say?" Xue Boling raised his forehead and asked back.

"We have an agreement. It's not appropriate to carry him on such an important transfer?"

"Wu Xiqi, you are the chief of staff of my Xue Boling, not the chief of staff of Leng Guoguang." Xue Boling said heavily.

"Okay, where is Gong Song and the attendant's room?"

"When did you become such a mother-in-law? Didn't you become the chief of staff on the first day? Do you still need me to teach me?" Xue Boling said tirelessly.

"You haven't done anything yet?" Seeing Wu Xiqi standing at the door and not leaving, Xue Boling waved and rushed.

Wu Xiqi sighed: "Hey, Chief Xue, I find that you are becoming more and more difficult to serve."

"You old guy, don't you want to serve me?" Xue Boling burst out laughing. He and Wu Xiqi had a life-long relationship on the battlefield. There is no problem with making such jokes. It would probably be different if someone else was there.

"I will tell him everything about your cheating on Leng Guoguang." Wu Xiqi turned around and waved.

"Old guy, you're smart."

"Is this Xue Boling addicted to playing?" Leng Feng received a telegram from Wu Xiqi and was amused and crying. At this time, it would be fine if he didn't help him, but he even gave him a knife.

"Master, why didn't Xue Boling help us?"

"He wants to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight?"

"When we fight with Kenji Doihara, both sides will be injured, and he will come out to clean up the mess and take over the credit?"

"Don't guess it all, Xue Boling is not that kind of person, just wait and see." Leng Feng stopped his subordinates' random suspicion. At this moment, Kenji Doihara was probably most worried about was that he and Xue Boling joined forces.

If Xue Boling acted like he was sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, then Kenji Doihara would definitely misjudgment, and the result of the misjudgment would naturally make a wrong decision.

Of course, it is not easy to make Doihara misjudgment. He is already suspicious by nature, and it is indeed not easy to make him believe something.

"Will the battle to recover Dingtao continue?"

"No need to worry about anything else. Without Xue Boling's cooperation, we would not be able to recover Dingtao. Everything will go as planned." Leng Feng said decisively.

The battle to recover Dingtao was prepared in an orderly manner. On the morning of the 26th, the periphery battle had begun. The Third Army, the Honorary First Division, and the New 38th Division had all arrived at the designated location.

The main attack was the first regiment of the 37th Brigade of the Honorary First Division, which took the lead in launching a fierce charge against the Japanese positions outside Dingtao County. Then the main force of the 20th Division of the Third Army crossed the Dongyu River and launched an attack from the southwest of Dingtao from the direction of Maji to Dingtao County.

New 38 is a brigade, which attacks Dingtao along the road from Chengwu to Dingtao.

The Second Brigade interspersed to the northern part of Dingtao, responsible for blocking reinforcements coming from Caozhou.

The Japanese army stationed in Dingtao City with almost one infantry regiment, a small number of armored vehicles and artillery, and no 150mm caliber howitzers.

These large-caliber howitzers and tanks are concentrated near Caozhou.

Of course, the siege troops did not have large caliber heavy artillery, at most 75mm mountain artillery and field artillery, but the number was the first time that it exceeded that of the Japanese army.

On the evening of the 26th, GJ occupied most of your positions outside Dingtao County with absolute military advantage. Two Japanese brigades that set out from Caozhou to support Dingtao were also blocked halfway.

After a melee, neither the Shandong Army's Western Army Corps nor the 14th Japanese Division took much advantage of the other side.

(To be continued.)

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