"Am I wrong?" Meng Xiang sat in the new command center of the Jinan branch base, with a cup of tea in front of him. The tea leaves in the transparent crystal stood up and floated up and down. Meng Xiang had been staring at the place for a long time, and he was only thrown away until his finger was burned by the cigarette butts he asked Fan Zhong directly.

Fan Zong has also read the preliminary report. This time, more than 3,000 counterattacks were over 2,200 soldiers who fought back on the Eastern Front, and the others were all lucky. The soldiers of the Pioneer Army had not practiced melee combat, they were just fighting with their blood. In addition, more than 2,000 people who went to support lost more than 500 people. This time, the biggest sacrifice was made in several battles of the Pioneer Army.

"At least more than 5,600 Japanese people died!" Fan Zhong comforted. Of course, these Japanese were not the result of close combat.

"The Japanese died, but my soldiers suffered too much damage this time." Meng Xiang also blamed himself a little. This was not just Huang Huamin's responsibility. He was busy checking the war situation in other places, and he was also a little careless about the Japanese counterattack.

Fan Zhong said nothing, and counterattack was not enough to rely on temporary anger. A battle exposed all kinds of disadvantages. The team lacked cooperation and there were problems with equipment organization and coordination. Faced with the Japanese bayonets, the vanguard soldiers could only throw away all the bullets, pick up the 38th style to fight the Japanese. Meng Xiang imagined that the idealization that could be dealt with with a pistol alone was not valid after all.

Meng Xiang was also silent.

"What will happen to that half city consumption?" He asked after a long time.

Today's vanguard army quickly blocked the Japanese army and quickly piled up more than 2,000 Japanese corpses under the city at the cost of a battalion. Before Meng Xiang said three thousand, Niu Yi always stood firm. Although it was almost midnight, the Japanese were still attacking the city. Although Tian Hiroshi Eijiro also had a bitter face, Isotani Ryosuke was even more crazy.

Fan Zhong sighed in his heart, and then explained to Meng Xiang: "After so many days of construction, Jinan City is already a huge fortification at this time. It is more suitable to strangle the city in the city than to block outside the city. After a week of emergency training, the group has adapted to the street fighting style."

He paused and said, "We have taken the initiative, occupied the geographical advantage, and we will not lack bullets!"

The last sentence made Meng Xiang feel nervous. It was because the Japanese were stirred up together and could not withdraw that the soldiers on the counterattack on the Eastern Front had to use their shortest side to fight against the Japanese who were proficient in assassination.

"The Central Army in Xuzhou in the south has almost assembled, and they have not expected us to defend for a long time! They have already planned to face the enemy in the north." Fan Zhong said again, "We can't afford to delay for too long! More injured veterans and trained new recruits will take time."

Meng Xiang remained silent again, slowly picked up the cup of already a little cold tea and drank it little by little.

The news about the Yellow River defense line has arrived early. The first wave of attacks of the 104th Brigade of the attack of the 108th Division was hit back by a head-on attack. The First Armored Battalion gave them a good course on popularizing tank knowledge. After losing more than 1,200 corpses, they finally realized that it was not that the Fifth and Tenth Divisions were incompetent, but that the opponents were too powerful.

The subsequent heavy artillery bombardment made them quickly realize that the Yellow River in front of them was not a small ditch in front of their own doors, and they could pass by just thinking about it.

Meng Xiang had countless reasons in his mind arguing with each other. He closed his eyes exhausted, but then opened it again, walked out strode, and came to the command center of the sub-base next door disguised as a lounge, and asked Xiaohua directly: "Is my current upgrade merit sufficient to compensate for losing the frontline defense?"

"It can be satisfied!" Xiaohua's answer made Meng Xiangqing breathe a sigh of relief. Although the series of attacks were fierce, it also consumed all his strength, just for this upgrade. If it continues, I'm afraid I will really not be able to resist it.

"I inform Niu Yi that he can give up the North City Gate and the train station outside the city!" Meng Xiang ordered directly.

"We are all wrong. The Pioneer Army will be our biggest enemy in the future! We need to use all our strength to defeat the Pioneer Army first!" After retreating to Weixian County, Mai Shiro Onoshigaki directly suggested to Soichi Desouchuchi.

This time, the Fifth Division suffered heavy losses. The Guozaki Detachment formed by the commander of the 9th Brigade, only half of the Guozaki Detachment, was now left. Among them, the 41st Regiment was completely wiped out, and the wing flags were seized by the Pioneer Army. The total number of the 11th Regiment was only less than 3,000 people left.

Ton Kiyoshi, who wanted to commit suicide, was stopped by Banheng.

The commander of the 21st Brigade Toshi Miura and the commander of the 21st Brigade, Ai Iihara, were directly bombarded by the giant cannon so that they could not find a complete bone. Many of the bones scattered there were not theirs.

The 21st Regiment was in a panic without the supreme command and was caught off guard by the counterattack vanguard, and at least half of the losses during the attack were killed.

The 43rd Regiment Captain, Siping, was affected by the giant cannon and was still unconscious and being treated. The division chief of staff, Nishimura Riemun and many staff members in the division simply evaporated directly from the world, which made Ban Heng feel very sad. The 43rd Regiment was responsible for cutting off the rear and also lost more than 2,000 teams to cut off the rear.

Xiao Yu, the corps leader of the 5th Cavalry Regiment, was the chariot troops of the Fanhe Division, rushed to Shouguang to attack, and there was no news yet.

The 5th Field Artillery Regiment was almost wiped out, and the entire team finally dragged back only three 75 guns and one 105 gun. The captain of the regiment Takeda Xin disappeared in the first bombardment of the giant gun. Various personnel lost more than a thousand people, nearly half.

Although other subordinate units are present, the main corps are all disabled. It can be said that the Fifth Division has been destroyed and has lost more than half of its combat effectiveness.

"After all, the vanguard army lacks strength, and our biggest opponent is the Central Army! If they are allowed to recover, our plan to capture China will only be a fool!" Teraunuchi said in a deep voice. This time, Banhengheng-Zeshiro was a little out of control. He used to be more thorough than others, but why did he struggle with a small place this time?

In the original plan, they should quickly defeat the Central Army, give it a heavy blow, completely lose confidence, and even surrender. Only in this way can the subsequent plan of the empire be completed. Otherwise, the empire's economy has shown bad signs, and the domestic forces oppose the expansion of war are becoming increasingly large. What the chaebols need is resources and wealth, not endless consumption.

Tanetsushiro also knew this, but the anger in his heart and an intuition of Octavia still made him say: "The Pioneer Army will still become our biggest enemy in the future!"

"That's what happened in the future. Now our biggest enemy, the Central Army is gathering in the Huaihe area, which is a good time to fight with them. We can't delay it anymore. Foreign interference is getting more and more serious, and this situation will not last long. We must fight early and directly defeat the Central Army. At this time, it is best to fight. If Chiang Kai-shek integrates other forces, and if the United States, Russia and other countries interfere in, it will be even more difficult to fight!" Teraunuchi said with a smile, "Now, as long as the Chiang Kai-shek government falls, China will be dispersed and we can slaughter it! Other people will only come over to participate in the feast of slaughtering China!"

He didn't say anything, as long as he fought the Central Army, there would be more bystanders within the Chinese people, so as to wait for the final chance of reshuffle. Attacking other teams, just like Han Fuju and Yan Xishan, it would be difficult to catch their main force to fight, and they would disperse once they had the chance. After that, as long as they had the chance, they would join together again. However, when dealing with the Central Army, the Central Army could not retreat there and could only have a final battle.

After the Central Army collapsed, it was convenient for the empire to support the division under internal struggles in China.

The expected decisive battle in North China was not realized. Instead, the Central China Front Army occupied Nanjing, which made Teraunuchi very angry. He needed to use the decisive battle with the Central Army to prove something.

"As for the Pioneer Army, as long as they trap them, they don't have much room for development on such a small piece of land. Even if someone supports them behind their backs, we just need to block the coastline and they can't last long! It's not enough for a long time, and their aura will end! They will be trapped to death!" Until now, no one believes that the Pioneer Army will produce itself. Any support will always have a limit. When the support reserve is consumed, it is the time when the Pioneer Army is destroyed.

"They have stuck the Tinpu Railway, we need to defeat them and occupy Jinan!" Onotoshi Seiro said with a little swallowing his breath. He was usually arrogant and rarely whispered like this even when facing Shisui Shiicuchi.

"The 10th Division has attacked Jinan and occupied the railway station! The Jinpu Line has been opened!" Shou Nai smiled and said, "It is rare to see Banheng's tone in different political and factions. He has heard about the Fifth Division. Although he was also surprised by the combat effectiveness of the vanguard army, what is the point of threat that Wugenius is worth threatening.

But if Chiang Kai-shek gained a foothold, he would be the empire's greatest enemy in the future since his continuous improvement of prestige and the means of integrating local Northeast Army over the past 36 years.

"The Navy has promised to completely block the coastlines in Shandong and other places so that even a bullet will not be transported in!" In the end, he comforted Banheng, after all, Banheng, as the future star of the empire, has many bigwigs behind their backs.

"I don't know what changes will happen to his failure this time? Maybe someone will be in trouble!" He couldn't help thinking.

"They finally lost Jinan!" Old Chiang Kai-shek in Wuhan also sighed. After receiving the news that the city of Jinan was broken, the news soon came that the Japanese vanguard was discovered in the south of Jinan. He and the Japanese thought that the vanguard army was about to retreat next. The impatient Nishio had already sent people to explore the way south.

"Welcome to Jinan!" At this time, Meng Xiang was standing on the hillside outside the branch base, looking at Qi Mingxing in the sky from afar, and smiling and murmured to himself.
Chapter completed!