"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the current battle situation is not very good for our Imperial Army. Should we evacuate here first, and after reorganizing our troops, attack Linyi City where the Chinese Army is holding fast?"

The commander of the Japanese 42nd Regiment, Oba Siping, faced the livid-faced commander of the 5th Division, Seishiro Itagaki, and made some suggestions.

Because their troops, under the attack of Liu Feiyang's troops, not only the entire 5th Field Artillery Regiment was destroyed with more than half of its artillery and artillery, but even the commander of the regiment, Takeda Kaoru, was almost killed by Liu Feiyang's troops.

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Moreover, the logistics department was also destroyed, and there was basically no logistics supply.

Moreover, the Japs troops sent to pursue Liu Feiyang's troops had already lost one brigade of soldiers, and another brigade of Japs were killed due to the sudden counterattack of the National Army's 30th Group Army and the 59th Army.

So I rushed back to participate in the battle outside Linyi City.

But even so, the current casualties of the Japanese 5th Division are beyond the expectations of all Japanese officers. If they continue to fight, they will probably suffer even more heavy casualties.

By then, I'm afraid the entire Japanese 5th Division will be weakened.

Therefore, after learning the true battle situation from the front line, the commander of the Japanese 42nd Regiment, Oba Siping, also hurried back and gave an anxious report and suggestions.

After he finished his report, before the commander of the 5th Division, Seishiro Itagaki, could respond, the commander of the 41st Regiment, Tetsujiro Yamada, also hurried back to report.

"Report! Your Excellency, Division Commander!"

"The 30th Army and the 59th Army of the China Army seemed to be going crazy and desperately resisted the attack of our army. The number of tanks and combat vehicles on our front line has been lost as high as 12. The situation of the tank and combat vehicle units is very bad now.

Come on, please give us urgent instructions from your Excellency, the Division Commander!"

When the commander of the 41st Regiment, Tetsujiro Yamada, saluted the division commander, Seishiro Itagaki, he quickly reported the incident.

"Baga!"

"What are you doing for a living? Do you want to make me angry to death, or do you want to lose all the face of our imperial army here!"

"You actually reported so much bad news to me! This makes me unwilling and happy at all!"

"I now order you, no matter what price you pay, to capture the Linyi City held by the Chinese Army within today! As long as we capture this place, we can smoothly go to Taierzhuang and the 10th Division

It’s time to join forces! Then we can attack invincibly all the way to Xuzhou City where the Chinese Army is holding firm, and annihilate all their elite troops wherever they are!”

"We can end this war in China by then!"

"You all must learn from the Tenth Division! Although they encountered a sneak attack by elite troops suspected to be under Liu Feiyang's command, and suffered many casualties among the imperial warriors! But they still captured Teng County of the Chinese Army.

In other words, they have already cut off the left arm of Xuzhou City. As long as we capture Linyi City, the right arm of Xuzhou City that the Chinese Army is holding will be almost gone!"

"So go ahead and continue fighting right away!"

"Without my order, none of you can evacuate privately!"

"Otherwise I want you to die! Die!"

Regarding the anxiety of the two captains under him and their suggestion to evacuate, the division commander Seishiro Itagaki immediately stared at them fiercely and roared.

Originally, for him, he was very sure that he would be able to completely capture Linyi City and Xuzhou City very quickly.

Because he has never paid attention to the National Army troops who are standing here, especially since he landed in Qingdao, he has never encountered a decent opponent.

But this time, we suffered a big loss here in Linyi City, and we encountered an unprecedented emergency situation.

So if he is like a lost dog and evacuates quickly with his troops, he cannot afford to lose face.

So he was determined and prepared to fight to the end. Unless he really couldn't continue fighting, he would not give up so easily.

And for him who is proud and confident, he feels that his troops can still continue to fight!

"Hai!"

After hearing that the division commander Seishiro Itagaki insisted on continuing to fight to the end, the commander of the 41st Regiment Tetsujiro Yamada and the commander of the 42nd Regiment Ohba Shihei immediately looked at each other.

He nodded helplessly and agreed.

"In addition, please notify our aviation force immediately and provide us with air support operations. I want to bomb these damn China forces around the clock. I want them all to die under the bombing of our aviation force, and all remaining

Artillery troops, gather them all together, cooperate with our aviation force's bombardment, and bombard the China Army's positions together. I want them to enjoy the powerful artillery fire coverage of our 5th Division!"

"I really don't believe that the China Army, with its inferior weapons and equipment, can still defeat our mechanized troops?"

"Baga Yalu! I won't believe it until I die. Unless all the Chinese troops are elite troops like those who attacked us just now, then I won't dare to say it!"

After seeing that his two wing captains were obedient and did as they were told, the division commander Seishiro Itagaki immediately asked them to go to the aviation force to request air support for the bombing and artillery fire coverage for counterattack operations.

For the Japanese troops, their attacks cannot lack these heavy firepower weapons and equipment to support operations.

Otherwise, if they had relied solely on rifles and hand-to-hand combat, the Japanese would have been defeated by the Chinese army in Songhu.

Without planes, artillery, tanks, and fleets, the Japanese army would be nothing more than a toothless tiger.

There is simply no killing ability like now.

And based on the number of people alone, the Japanese troops without heavy firearms and equipment to support operations will be completely beaten by the national army.

"Hai!"

"Hai!"

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So as soon as they heard the order to once again receive heavy fire support and bombing support from the aviation force, the commander of the 41st Regiment, Tetsujiro Yamada, and the commander of the 42nd Regiment, Oba Shihei, immediately felt excited.

He was so happy that he smiled happily, saluted cheerfully, and agreed loudly.

Then the two of them rushed out to carry out the order to call for help, and continued to face the increasingly fierce counterattacks of the Nationalist soldiers.

For a time, the entire battle outside Linyi City suddenly turned into a fierce battle.

Whether it is the Nationalist officers and soldiers of the 30th Group Army, the 59th Army, or the Japanese officers and soldiers of the 5th Division, at this moment, they are all fighting desperately.

Everyone's eyes were red with blood, just to see who would die on the battlefield first.

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Chapter completed!