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The entire top leadership of the Japanese First Army fell into deep thought, and in the end it was the new First Army commander, Lieutenant General Yoshio Iwamatsu, who made the decision.

Let the 41st Society continue to maintain pressure on the northern line of the Chinese army, and at the same time order Shigeharu Suematsu's 114th Division to speed up the march and attract the Chinese army in Guan Censhan.

This prevented them from mobilizing their troops to the northern front to deal with the 41st Division with all their strength.

When Shigeharu Suematsu received the order from the headquarters, he did not choose to execute it immediately, but instead continued to advance slowly and in an orderly manner.

"Division Commander! The headquarters should let us continue to go deep into Guancen Mountain! Don't they know the difficulties our division is facing?"

After receiving the order from the headquarters, Chief of Staff Colonel Maki Kanda almost tore up the telegram paper, and managed to suppress his anger with great difficulty.

He could only complain to the division commander, Lieutenant General Shimizu Nobuyuki.

This is already a dense forest deep in the mountains, and the road to the north is not suitable for large-scale troop attacks.

They had no choice but to temporarily stop the march and start building fortifications. The atmosphere in the headquarters hidden by layers of branches was very heavy.

The occasional explosions not far away cast a shadow over the hearts of everyone inside.

"Kanda-kun! Complaining now won't solve the problem! Since it's the command from the headquarters, we must obey it."

"Don't worry. We are now facing a Chinese army that is several times larger than ours. We just need to defend this place for a while and we can report to the authorities."

Kanda understood what the division commander meant and immediately turned his anger into laughter.

"Yoshi! Your Excellency the Division Commander is wise! Yes, we are facing a Chinese army that is several times larger than ours. We are able to contain them here, which in disguise has completed the original mission of the 114th Division!"

"Now we can let that old fellow Suematsu Shigeharu complete the task of attacking the base of the 78th Army of China!"

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In the next few days, they had originally planned to fight to the death to delay the 41rd Corps and the guard troops of the st Division of the Japanese, but they found that the Japanese had actually stopped.

Not only did they stop, they also began to build a solid camp and constantly reinforced it, as if they were planning to hold on to this place for a long time.

Seeing the Japanese suddenly use this trick, everyone was confused.

In fact, they had no idea that during this period of time, they had been launching mountain guerrilla warfare against the 41st Division on the march.

This was accompanied by powerful artillery support fire and planes that occasionally swooped down from the sky to drop one or two aerial bombs.

The 41st Mission suffered more than 1500 casualties. In this mountainous and hilly area, the Japanese did not dare to send out soldiers to pursue the "German-equipped division of the Central Army" at will.

The Third Column fired several rounds of Katyusha rockets at the Japanese camp several times in the past few days.

The little ghost pretended not to see anything and just stayed in the camp which was being reinforced and refused to come out.

Seeing this, the Third Column and the guard troops responsible for blocking the Japanese army were naturally happy to see it happen, and they did not overly provoke the Japs.

Every day, the soldiers deliberately held up the flags of the main forces and created some noise around the Japanese, deliberately misleading them into thinking that many of their own troops had participated in the siege.

The artillery also occasionally fired some shells, but they couldn't force the enemy into a corner and prevent the Japanese from making desperate moves.

The 41st Division's urgent telegrams came one after another, and every day the telegrams told how bravely the 41st Division fought.

The Chinese on the opposite side had reinforced their troops. Faced with a force that was several times larger than their own, the 41st Division displayed the imperial warriors' style of not fearing hardships and dangers, fighting tenaciously and refusing to retreat a single step, determined to hold back the Chinese's main force at all costs.

"Very good! Shimizu-kun and the 41st Division did a great job! Since China's main forces have all appeared, the army in front of the 114th Division is a decoy!"

"It's used to scare the 114th Division! They are actually deliberately making it seem like a large number of soldiers are appearing in front of the 114th Division."

"Send a telegram to Suematsu Shigeharu immediately! Tell him to show the bravery of an imperial warrior and stop cowering! Tell him that the main forces of the 78th Chinese Army are all on the northern front, and the ones in front of them are fake troops!"

After receiving another military order from the First Army Headquarters, the officers and soldiers of the 114th Division originally planned to ignore the new commander, but they were unwilling to do so.

Although the beautiful forest scenery has attracted everyone since they entered Guancen Mountain, after all, lying in the military camp every day, it would be more comfortable to find those beautiful girls from time to time.

The natural scenery here is really beautiful. Apart from the Chinese guerrillas who attack us from time to time, there is not even a living person to be seen.

However, the division commander still planned to lead his men to wander around slowly, as many soldiers had already heard the gossip.

All the Chinese guarding here went to the north side of the mountain to cause trouble for the poor 41st Division, since the main force of China was no longer there.

Why not follow the headquarters' orders and attack the heart of the Chinese base in one go and destroy their base?

Could it be true as the rumors say, that the new commander took the position of division commander?

It had been rumored that the division commander would take over as commander-in-chief of the First Army, but who knew that someone would suddenly be transferred from the country.

The division commander was angry and unwilling to obey the orders of the guy who had snatched his position. He knew that the Chinese troops around him that were tying down his side were just small guerrilla forces.

But he is still very "cautious". It turns out this is the reason.

With the deliberate guidance and spread of this news by someone with ulterior motives, soon the entire 114th Division knew that the division commander had a feud with the new First Army commander, Yoshio Iwamatsu.

There were even rumors that the two sides had a grudge over each other's wives. The division commander's wife had a love affair with General Yansong when she was young, and it was said that they were still in contact.

According to someone who is familiar with the division commander, his two children do not look like him at all, but instead have some similarities with General Yansong.

When the rumor reached Shigeharu Suematsu's ears, he knew that if he continued to order his troops to march so slowly, the rumor would naturally become credible.

In desperation, Shigeharu Suematsu had to order the 102nd Infantry Regiment, which was clearing the way at the front line, to clear out those annoying flies within two days.

At the same time, he ordered the main force of the division to rush at full speed to the 78th Army’s base in Censhan. If it was true as the 41st Division said, they had attracted more than % of the Chinese troops.

Shigeharu Suematsu would be happy to personally twist off the head of the young Chinese man who betrayed the Locust Army.

After the division commander gave the order, the main force of the 114th Division acted quickly. It took them only half a day to advance 20 kilometers in this scenic forest area.

Those annoying guerrillas were driven away in all directions by the 102nd Regiment. It turned out that those Chinese were bluffing. They did not arrange any main force troops here at all.

After receiving the news from the front line from the 102nd Regiment, the last trace of worry in Shigeharu Suematsu's heart disappeared.

They were completely determined to attack the 78th Army headquarters. Although there were often one or two Chinese fighter planes flying overhead and occasionally dropping one or two bombs, in Suematsu's opinion, this was all just bluffing, just to scare him and make the 114th Division stop advancing.