Just when the entire line of Little Japs came to a halt, the various units in the fifth theater were also able to take a breather.
Li Zhongren ordered all ministries to repair the fortifications while the Japs stopped attacking. He also discussed with the headquarters staff why the Japs suddenly stopped attacking.
Some believe that it was under Li Zhong's wise leadership that the front-line combatants severely damaged the Japanese vanguard, while others believe that it was Li Zhongren's command that prevented the Japs from taking advantage of them, so the Japs stopped their attack.
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Although Li Zhongren did not reject these flattery words, he knew very well that 80% of this incident had nothing to do with his command, but because of the Dragon Boat Festival.
After entering the enemy's hinterland on this Dragon Boat Festival, they defeated three cities in a row and directly severely damaged the Japanese Fifth Division.
News came back from the military commander that the Fifth Division had been crippled and that the entire division had less than 3,000 troops.
That was an entire division. In just ten days, it had turned into the miserable situation it is now.
When Li Zhongren received the information, he had the urge to cry with joy.
However, he guessed that the supervision team might also suffer a lot.
Otherwise, why would the supervision team retreat quickly and enter the territory of Mount Tai?
Judging from the combat intensity of the Supervisory Corps, Li Zhongren felt that the Supervisory Corps was most likely running out of ammunition.
Of course, Li Zhongren's guess was correct. After staying in the enemy's hinterland for so long and fighting so many feet, Li Zhongren was able to retreat completely. This was already a great thing.
It's a pity that although the little devil suffered heavy losses, his combat effectiveness still caused heavy losses to the front-line units.
Otherwise, Li Zhongren really wanted to organize a major counterattack.
Of course, Li Zhongren just thought about it, how easy is it to organize a major counterattack?
What's more, even if a major counterattack is organized, can it still reach the foot of Mount Tai?
Nowadays, there is at least a distance of more than 200 kilometers from his front-line defense area to the foot of Mount Tai. With his current situation of soldiers, it is impossible to do this, and the loss of troops is too great, and I am afraid that even Xuzhou cannot be saved.
But he couldn't help but ask about the Dragon Boat Festival, after all, the identity of the Dragon Boat Festival was there.
So he sent a telegram to the chairman of the committee, explaining what he knew now. He also speculated that the Dragon Boat Festival retreated to Mount Tai due to lack of weapons and ammunition supplies. However, the specific location is unknown.
When the Chairman saw Li Zhongren's telegram, he was not too surprised because he had already known the news.
What he is worried about now is another thing, that is, the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army has also entered the territory of Mount Tai. But they should be in the eastern area of Mount Tai.
Therefore, the chairman is a little worried that the Dragon Boat Festival may be red.
Thinking of this, the chairman ordered the guard: "Go tell Secretary-General Yang and ask him to send a telegram to Duanwu to ask about the current situation of his troops and see if there is a possibility of breaking out south?"
"yes!"
The guard took the order and immediately went to Secretary-General Yang's office.
Secretary-General Yang is sorting out reports from various war zones. He wants to sort out all these reports and then select the most important ones to report to the Chairman.
He also reported to the Chairman of the Committee that the Dragon Boat Festival entered the territory of Mount Tai and the 115th Division also entered the territory of Mount Tai.
At this moment, the guard conveyed the chairman's order, asking him to confirm the current situation of the Dragon Boat Festival Inspection Corps.
Secretary-General Yang knew what the chairman was worried about and quickly sent a report to the supervision team.
At this time of the Dragon Boat Festival, soldiers were being organized to repair houses in multiple villages, with Jiazhuang as the center and covering the six surrounding villages. Everyone was stationed in the village.
The supervision team needs to rest, at least the wounded need to rest.
And some of the injured were seriously injured and needed urgent surgical treatment.
The Drug Supervision Corps also has a lot of drugs seized in previous battles with the Japs.
So Dragon Boat Festival didn't have to worry about medicines. What he was worried about was that the little devil would come sooner or later.
He was about to prepare for an ambush in Mount Tai. Entering Mount Tai would be his world of Dragon Boat Festival. At least within Mount Tai, Dragon Boat Festival was not afraid of the little devils surrounding him.
What's more, Ma Ping'an just found him and told him the good news, that is, the 115th Division is in Mount Tai. But they are on the east side of the Mount Tai Mountains, at least three hundred kilometers away from them.
But this is still good news for the Dragon Boat Festival, because at least the little devils cannot surround him from the east.
So this Mount Tai is great, it is exactly the place where Dragon Boat Festival dreamed of fighting guerrillas.
However, at this moment, a telegram from Secretary-General Yang was sent, asking about the casualties of the Dragon Boat Festival troops, as well as the status of weapons and ammunition.
Of course, Dragon Boat Festival cried bitterly, saying that the troops suffered heavy casualties, were extremely short of weapons and ammunition, and even transport vehicles were bombed. In addition, the number of wounded increased sharply, and necessary medicines were lacking. He hoped that the party-state could help him.
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Secretary-General Yang was speechless when he received the call back, because he always felt that the Dragon Boat Festival was so familiar. It seemed that he could hear it often.
Of course, this is not important. What is important is that the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army is also in Taishan. This is what the chairman is most worried about, and it is also what he, Lao Yang, is most worried about. Because the Dragon Boat Festival was suspected of being pro-underground party before. But at this time
, and even entered the same base area behind enemy lines as the Eighth Route Army.
So Secretary-General Yang sent another telegram, hinting to Dragon Boat Festival not to get too close to the underground party. This was the Chairman's inverse statement. Even you, Dragon Boat Festival, if you are suspected of being pro-underground party, you will probably be imprisoned.
In the prison.
Obviously, it is impossible to kill Duanwu, but it is certain to lock him up.
Moreover, Secretary-General Yang instructed that if possible, he could ask the Chairman of the Generalissimo to give Li Zhong an order to launch a sudden attack on the Japanese army and create a gap in the Japanese defense line, and the Dragon Boat Festival Supervision Corps could go south to fight with Li Zhongren.
Reunion.
Duanwu looked at the telegram and was speechless, because how long has it been and you are still having internal conflicts?
Duanwu ignored this and just called back to say that the supervision team was resting and recuperating, and there were insufficient weapons and ammunition and too many wounded people to break through, so they needed to wait for the opportunity.
He also tactfully warned Secretary-General Yang not to make unnecessary sacrifices. If possible, the supervision team would break out of the encirclement on its own.
Of course, this is all a delaying tactic. Damn it, the firepower of the Supervisory Corps is not as good as before. It broke through more than 200 kilometers and returned to the Kuomintang-controlled area. Are you kidding me?
If the Supervisory Corps was completely victorious, Dragon Boat Festival wouldn't even have to think about it. He didn't even pay attention to the Japanese Fifth Division. Who else on the Japanese Army on the northern front could stop him?
But at this moment, and at that moment, almost all of his automatic weapons were shut down in the successive battles. Although he was equipped with more than half of the Japanese machine guns, the firepower was still unable to compare with before.
Moreover, the troops are severely depleted, and the new recruits have no combat effectiveness. To break out now, unless he goes crazy during the Dragon Boat Festival!