"Your Excellency, Wing Commander, telegram from headquarters!" The staff officer ran out of breath. "The Northern Anhui Independent Brigade is attacking Linyi City. The headquarters requires us to provide immediate support."

"Huhuhuhu..."

The continuous march made Akashiba Yaezo's body a little overwhelmed. He bent over and took a breath before asking:

"Nani? Linyi? How did they come to Linyi? What are Rong Ziheng's thousands of troops doing?"

Akashiba Yaezo looked ugly and felt uncomfortable with the suffocation in his heart.

His question was unanswerable to his staff officer, who stood there with the telegram, not knowing what to do.

"Bagaya road!" Chichai Yaezo stamped his feet fiercely, "order the troops to speed up their march, and we must not let the Northern Anhui Independent Brigade occupy Linyi!"

"Hiyi!"

Chichai Yaezo, the combat power of the Wanbei Independent Brigade, had already learned the lesson before. If they were allowed to occupy Linyi, they would receive a large amount of supplies.

Also, Linyi City has high walls. If the Wanbei Independent Brigade defends the city, it will increase the casualties of the imperial warriors.

After thinking about the situation clearly, Chichai Yaezo strongly urged the troops to speed up their march, hoping to seize the opportunity of field battle to eliminate the Wanbei Independent Brigade.

"Huhuhu..."

The Japanese soldiers were immersed in their journey, panting like cows. Although they were well-trained, it was their first time to march such a long distance. Everyone was holding on to their last breath. Once this breath loosened, they would not be able to climb again.

stand up.

Since roads and bridges were destroyed in advance by the independent brigade, the Japanese army's heavy weapons relied on pack horses and manpower. Gradually, the logistics and artillery teams fell at the back of the team.

After traveling about 10 miles, the staff officer approached Akashiba Yaezo again with a telegram with a strange look on his face.

"What's going on? Has Linyi been captured?" Seeing the constipation on his staff's face, Akashiba Yaezo asked.

The staff officer shook his head and did not dare to answer, but handed the telegram to Akashiba Yaezo.

"Nani..." Chichai Yaezang looked at the message and then at the staff, "The Northern Anhui Independent Brigade circled Linyi and then disappeared?"

The staff officer shook his head and nodded slowly.

"Is the information accurate?"

Chichai Yaezo was almost losing his temper after being tortured by Jiang Dong. Even if the news about the independent occupation of Zaozhuang came now, he would no longer be as shocked and angry as before.

"The telegram was sent directly from the headquarters, it should be accurate!"

Akashiba Yaezo looked up at the tired soldiers, thinking about where the Independence Brigade would go. It took about a minute for him to come to his senses again.

"Order the troops to slow down their march and send more sentries out to guard against sudden attacks by the Japanese!"

The independent brigade in northern Anhui had an astonishing combat power and was moving erratically. Chishiba Yaezo was somewhat worried that his tired brigade would be attacked.

Orders were issued layer by layer, and the more than 3,000 little Japanese could finally take a breath and move slowly towards Linyi.

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At noon on the second day, Linyi.

A regiment of the Japanese army, led by the puppet army Rong Ziheng, with a total of more than 10,000 people, rested briefly in Linyi City.

Akashiba Yaezo, Matsumoto, Eiko Heng and some more important officers gathered together for a meeting.

The independent travel in northern Anhui had a strange track, completely unlike other national army teams, which posed a big problem to the pursuing Japanese and puppet troops.

Which direction should it go?

Matsumoto was the first to speak because of his detached identity:

"Everyone, now we have successfully joined forces. Our strength is several times that of the independent brigade. I think it won't take long to completely wipe out this troublesome team."

Matsumoto had a smile on his face, but his words didn't arouse the echo of many people.

Rong Ziheng did not want to lead his soldiers into a head-on confrontation with the Independent Brigade. He adhered to the principle that preserving strength was the kingly rule. At this moment, he was hoping that they would never find traces of Jiangdong.

Akashiba Yaezo was too tired to respond to these high-sounding lies.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the room had cooled down, Matsumoto spoke again:

"What do General Rong and Captain Chichai have to say? In which direction should the army move?"

"Huh!" Chichai Yaezo glanced at Rong Ziheng and snorted without saying anything.

Seeing Matsumoto looking at him, Rong Ziheng had no choice but to stand up and point to the map:

"The entire territory of Shandong is under the control of the imperial army. The Northern Anhui Independent Brigade has no logistics and no support. There are very few directions they can go."

He paused, "Looking at Jiangdong's past behavior, we can see that this person does not look like a regular national army officer, but rather looks like someone from Tubal Road. Therefore, I think the Wanbei Independent Brigade will not choose

Instead of capturing the big cities, they will flee to the mountains."

"Tuk tuk..." He poked two points on the map with his finger.

Both Matsumoto and Akashiba Yaezo squinted at the map, and the latter curled his lips and said:

"The northeast and northwest are both mountainous areas, and there are a small number of Tuba Roads in both places. Choose one of the two, where will the Northern Anhui Independent Brigade flee?"

Rong Ziheng was quite disdainful of the little Japanese officer. He had already said this, but the stupid Japanese still wanted him to make an decision.

He shook his head slightly and stopped talking. Going to the mountains to fight guerrilla warfare was an ordinary person's thinking. Jiangdong was a man of sophistication and could not be judged by ordinary people's thinking. Rong Ziheng was not sure about his guess.

Several Japanese junior officers began to discuss the matter, but after a few minutes they still could not come up with a solution.

Akashiba Yaezo frowned deeply and couldn't make up his mind for a moment.

The officers of Rong Ziheng's group stood behind him. Most of them could not understand Japanese, so they all had expressions that had nothing to do with them.

Half an hour later, the officers of the puppet army and the Japanese army walked out of the house one after another. In the end, they did not discuss a direction of action, so they had to stay in Linyi and wait for information from all parties.

Akashiba Yaezo and Matsumoto stayed at the end. Rong Ziheng could slack off in the battle, but they could not. Several generals in Jinan had been waiting for news of victory.

"Matsumoto-kun, the special agents of the Special High School Division are spread all over the country. Don't you know the news about the Independence Brigade?" Akashiba Yaezo asked expectantly.

Matsumoto smiled bitterly, "To be honest with Mr. Akashiba, there are indeed people from the Special Higher Education Course in the Independent Brigade, but I have been unable to get in touch with them, so I really can't provide any useful information."

"Alas!" Akashiba Yaezo slammed the table several times, "Damn it. That person, damn Koto, I will not let them escape this time. I will kill Koto with my own hands and give Seiya

Generals and warriors take revenge."

His right hand was holding the command knife tightly, and his five fingers had turned white from the excessive force.

Matsumoto also felt the same way. In the past year, the imperial army attacked the city and captured the territory, and achieved successive victories. However, they faced all kinds of humiliations against the Northern Anhui Independent Brigade and failed to win a single victory.

The Wanbei Independent Brigade, Jiangdong, is a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh of all Imperial Japanese soldiers. They wish they could eat their flesh raw and drink their blood.

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"Ah sneeze!!!"

Jiang**, who was sitting on the ground chewing dry food, suddenly sneezed.

He rubbed his nose and said to Xie Chengrui and Wu Zhan beside him:

"Which of you keeps talking about me? Why do I always want to sneeze?"

"Hehe..." Xie Chengrui chuckled, "Don't blame him randomly, he might be someone far away in Wuhan!" He blinked at Jiangdong a few times.

"Hmm, maybe it's a kid." Wu Zhan said vaguely with food in his mouth:

"Maybe the little devil is planning some conspiracy against our independent brigade?"

"Sneeze..." Jiang Dong raised his head and sneezed again, "No matter who it is, they are definitely not saying good things about me!"

"Ha ha……"

"Ha ha……"

Xie Chengrui and Wu Zhan laughed loudly. They had rarely seen Jiang Dong in such a mess.

Because they had escaped the pursuit of the Japanese army, the Independence Brigade was temporarily in a safe environment, and the officers and soldiers were somewhat relaxed.

Their current position was far away from Linyi. After crossing the Yishui River, the Independent Brigade did not go north or east as Rong Ziheng estimated. Instead, they headed west along the Yishui River and were about to reach Feixian County.

Jiangdong's strategic goal has never been to stay in the mountains of Shandong and fight guerrillas. He wants to take his troops out and take them to a broader world.

No matter how hard the little devils and puppet soldiers tried, they couldn't think of Jiangdong's next action plan.

"Brigadier, are the investigating brothers back?" Xiaodouzi came over with two people.

The bodies and hats of the two scouts were simply camouflaged with branches, and they looked like a green bush from a distance.

Although these disguises cannot hide from the human eye, they are enough to deal with the little Japanese reconnaissance planes in the sky.

"Brigadier Commander, Chief of Staff!" The two men stood up and saluted!

Jiangdong was always approachable in the brigade and rarely got angry, so the soldiers were not very afraid of him.

The scouts of the Hunter Squadron were personally trained by Jiangdong. These team members regarded Jiangdong as their commander and master.

The team members knew Jiangdong's character very well, so the two investigators were not restrained in front of him. They had clear minds and reported the detected situations one by one in crisp sentences:

"The Japanese and puppet troops in Feixian County are weak. There is only one Japanese squad and two puppet battalions. They didn't seem to expect that we would hit here, and they didn't seem to have the slightest defense..."

The Independent Brigade is on the outskirts of Feixian County. The troops had been on the road for two days and had been out at night. Jiangdong was ready to rest and recuperate here.
To be continued...