"Hidden, hidden, Japanese shelling." After dawn, the Japanese troops, who were raided by mercenaries on the periphery, suddenly changed their temper, and after having breakfast in a hurry, the Japanese army began to continue yesterday's encirclement and suppression. However, today's Japanese army is somewhat abnormal, compared with yesterday's heavy pursuit and encirclement, today's Japanese army seems to be more focused on long-range strikes, first bombarding all the places they think are hiding enemy troops with artillery fire, and then the infantry will be ready to rush forward and use superior forces to control the areas that have been invaded by artillery fire.

The mercenaries were armed with American-style equipment, sniper rifles and bazookas, night vision devices and walkie-talkies, but they could not withstand the heavy shelling of the Japanese army. After the gradual encroachment of the Japanese army after the change of tactics began, the area that the mercenaries could control became less and less, and the places recaptured at night were recaptured by the Japanese army, and the mercenaries were driven back to the mountains again, and there were fewer and fewer unlucky mixed soldiers.

There were Japanese reconnaissance planes hovering in the air, and the coordinates of the Japanese artillery bombardment came from the intelligence of the Japanese reconnaissance planes, and the mercenaries, who had planned to use the terrain to ambush the Japanese troops, had no choice but to retreat into the mountains and forests, where the woodlands could block the sight and search of the Japanese reconnaissance planes. "Withdraw into the mountains, bring in the Japanese troops and fight again, so that their artillery will not be useful." The Japanese changed their tactics, forcing Zhao Zhi to abandon almost all of his outlying positions and defensive areas, and retreat all his mercenaries into the mountains.

"It's strange, why didn't these Japanese soldiers chase after them today?" Zhao Zhi and his escort team had been here for more than half an hour, and they hadn't even seen a shadow of a Japanese soldier. Zhao Zhi, who was afraid that the Japanese army would copy the back road, contacted several nearby mercenary teams through walkie-talkies, and found that the Japanese army did not chase into the mountains at all, and the mercenaries cruising around the periphery also sent a message by telegram, saying that the Japanese troops they detected did not want to continue the pursuit into the mountains.

"Maintain the current defensive line, all mercenary squads are vigilant and take turns to rest." Zhao Zhi's new order made his mercenaries a little confused, but everyone still chose to follow the order. The mixed soldiers who fled into the mountains scattered brought the latest news to the mercenaries, and the Japanese army seemed to really intend to pursue them into the mountains, but they had already divided and surrounded most of the mountains in Fukuoka Prefecture, and the mercenaries could not get out if the Japanese troops did not come in.

"There is no need to save food, as long as we hold on for another day, the Japanese army itself will not be able to hold back." Before Zhao Zhi began to shrink his forces and enter Fukuoka, he had already received a telegram from Rowling. The U.S. military originally planned to abandon its plan to attack the Japanese mainland with the Thunder, but the Rockman family insisted on enlisting a large number of influential congressmen to suddenly attack the Congress, instructing the U.S. Pacific Fleet to continue the operation with the Thunder. If the Thunder's plan can really be implemented smoothly, perhaps the US military will be able to end the Asian campaign sooner and transfer the troops pinned down in Asia to fight in Europe.

The U.S. fleet assured Rowling that it would appear in Japanese waters on time, and the Rockman family's ocean-going supply fleet in Hawaii had crossed the North Pacific Ocean and was heading for Kyushu, a fleet full of weapons, ammunition, and skilled workers. Time is what Zhao Zhi needs most at the moment, the Japanese army thinks that Zhao Zhi wants to trap Zhao Zhi in the mountains, but they don't know that this is exactly the situation that Zhao Zhi wants to see, although the confrontation and stalemate are extremely difficult, but Zhao Zhi hopes to give his mercenaries time to rest.

Thunder's mercenaries have all experienced the jungle tempering of Burma, and it is no exaggeration to say that the combat effectiveness of Thunder mercenaries in the mountains far exceeds their combat ability on the plains, and in the face of these mountains and forests in Fukuoka Prefecture, Zhao Zhi's mercenaries are as easy as returning to their own homes. Mada, who had been promoted to squadron leader, was shot in the left thigh, and the bulletproof vest could only protect his upper body, but it could not prevent the cold guns fired by the Japanese soldiers against the ground.

"Damn little devil" Mada tightened the gauze on his thighs, gritted his teeth in pain and sat on the ground, his bulletproof vest was already inlaid with several bullets from the Japanese Tomosaka rifle, if it weren't for these thin steel plates that he had always called cumbersome, he would have died several times. Most of the 3,000 mercenaries under Zhao Zhi were wounded, and the number of dead in the battle had already reached 100, and this was only the second day, and all the mercenaries didn't know if they could survive this battle.

"It's coming, it's coming." A mercenary under the motor slipped down from the tree, his eyes were full of excitement, more than 30 mercenaries under the motor were ready to ambush the Japanese army here, but they had been in ambush for almost an hour, and it was too late for the Japanese army to be targeted by them. More than 30 mercenaries have found their own positions, just wait for the Japanese team to enter the range of fire and fire, but the opposite thing still happened, the Japanese team that they regarded as the target of the motor marched to a place only 100 meters away from the ambush circle and stopped, not only stopped, but they also had the intention of turning back.

"What the fuck is going on?" The motor was confused by the actions of this Japanese squad, how could he chase and chase back, so wouldn't his hard work be in vain? If he had followed the usual temperament of the motor, he would have ordered his snipers to open fire and lure them over, but not now, because Zhao Zhi had already given the order in advance, if he was not chased too closely by the Japanese army, he would try to avoid crossfire with the Japanese army, and it was best to keep confronting the Japanese army by force.

The front-line commanders of the motor definitely didn't understand what Zhao Zhi was thinking, and they couldn't imagine that Zhao Zhi was just delaying time, the longer the time dragged on, the more beneficial it would be to the thunder, anyway, the mercenaries hidden in the mountains and forests were not short of food and drink, so it was a daily mountain training. "I'll sleep for a while, don't wake me up if the Japanese don't show up." The scenery on the mountain is good, but Zhao Zhi, who is anxious in his heart, has no time to enjoy these scenery, and it is not a matter to think about it all the time and stay idle, so he just wraps himself in a military blanket and sleeps in the sun.

The Japanese army did not take the initiative to attack, and the thunder mercenaries who had been attacking in small groups were also dumb at this time, if it weren't for the fact that the Japanese army was still clearing out those scattered mixed troops, the entire Fukuoka Prefecture would basically be peaceful and peaceful. Okamura Ninji, who commanded the Japanese troops on Kyushu Island, had already arrived in Fukuoka from Honshu Island by plane, and after carefully reading all the battle reports, Okamura Ninji was quite puzzled by Zhao Zhi's escape into the mountains and forests. Because in Okamura Ninji's view, Fukuoka Prefecture, which was surrounded by more than 100,000 Kwantung regiments, had become the death ground of Thunder, and Zhao Zhi was not incompetent, and it seemed that there was no need to put himself in the dead land of Fukuoka Prefecture.

Okamura Ninji has not been able to catch the thunder mercenaries who have survived, and the mixed soldiers have caught a lot, but those South Asian natives can't understand Japanese at all, even if Okamura Ninji found a translator who can speak Thai, the Thai mixed soldiers captured by the Japanese army are all as rigid as anti-Japanese soldiers, no matter how the Japanese army asks for temptation, Okamura Ninji still can't get the information he wants.

The battle situation on Kyushu Island seems to have been firmly controlled by the Japanese army under the command of Okamura Ninji, and the battle report that had besieged Zhao Zhi was sent to Tokyo as soon as possible, and the Japanese cabinet was in ecstasy after receiving the war report. Zhao Zhi's danger to the Japanese army was unanimously recognized by the Japanese cabinet, and no matter what happened to Kyushu Island now, fortunately, the troops who were urgently transferred back to China finally firmly surrounded Zhao Zhi in the mountains and forests of Fukuoka Prefecture. As long as the mountains and forests of the entire Fukuoka Prefecture are blocked, it is believed that Zhao Zhi can starve to death even if he is hungry without troops, just like Yang Jingyu of the Kwantung Army against the Anti-Japanese Union in Manchuria back then.

Okamura Ninji, who received the cabinet's reply, was also complacent, this time it was necessary to promote the military rank, just to surround Fukuoka Prefecture, and the local division alone could do this. However, Okamura Ninji also thinks about it, he knows that Zhao Zhi is a trickster, as long as the cabinet does not order the withdrawal of Kwantung Army troops for a day, he will use these Kwantung Army to slowly shrink the encirclement, and strive to minimize Zhao Zhi's survival space.

Of course, Zhao Zhi didn't know that Okamura Ningji, who commanded these Kwantung Army troops, had come to Fukuoka Prefecture, and Zhao Zhi had been awakened by Luo Ying at this time, because a telegram had been sent from China. Based on Thunder's telegram statement on the radio, the Japanese army's action was also broadcast on the radio to the whole of China, and it was learned that Zhao Zhi was forced into the mountains and forests by the Japanese army, and Chiang Kai-shek in the villa on the south bank became an ant on a hot pot. Zhao Zhi, who invaded Kyushu Island with his army, had already become a hero, and if the people learned of this news, there would definitely be riots in the Kuomintang area, and this was exactly the situation that Chiang Kai-shek did not want to see.

Chiang Kai-shek had an almost blind trust in Zhao Zhi, and he did not believe that Zhao Zhi would put himself in danger, so he sent a telegram to confirm the matter, because the news was announced by the Japanese army, and Chiang Kai-shek needed Zhao Zhi to give an accurate answer. "How so? Does Boyuan have any other actions? After receiving Zhao Zhi's reply, Chiang Kai-shek's worries not only did not alleviate in the slightest, but became more and more worried. Zhao Zhi admitted in the telegram that he was surrounded by hundreds of thousands of Kwantung troops in Fukuoka, but asked Chiang Kai-shek not to worry about his own safety, and asked him to ignore the propaganda of the Japanese army.

"Darling, I think you are concerned about it, what kind of person Boyuan is, don't you know it? Do you think he looks like a man who will suffer? Song Meiling, who had already contacted Rowling privately, persuaded Chiang Kai-shek, although Rowling did not say it explicitly in the telegram, but Song Meiling guessed that Thunder was going to make a big move again, otherwise Zhao Zhi was exposed by the Japanese army and was trapped in Fukuoka, and Rowling, who stayed in Burma, would not be indifferent. Moreover, the military commander has found out that a large number of Jewish troops have gathered in Jiaodong, saying that they are helping the 74th Army to help defend the Kwantung Army in the south, but Song Meiling guesses that those Jewish troops are Zhao Zhi's backup troops.