After distributing the arms, Li Zongren ordered the transport team to set off overnight and reach the front before dawn the next day. Except for Tang Enbo's 20th Army, no other team sent troops to meet them. The battle line was tight and there were no extra troops. Li Zongren withdrew two regiments from the troops stationed in Xuzhou to participate in the escort. He had to ensure that this batch of ammunition was foolproof.

After arranging everything and asking the convoy on the western front to wait for a while, Li Zongren personally met with the members of the special operations company and asked them in detail about the escort process.

Although Yang Ming was a little nervous facing the highest commander in the war zone, he still repeated the entire escort process in full.

Li Zongren had thought that the transport convoy would encounter troubles, but he had not thought that it would encounter so many troubles. It was a little chilly at night in spring, but Li Zongren was frightened and broke out in a cold sweat. Afterwards, he gave affirmation to the Southern Sichuan Special Operations Team, personally arranged for people to provide surgical care for the wounded, and asked the special operations team to continue to protect the supplies being transported to the western front.

After seeing off all the convoys, it was getting late, but Li Zongren was not sleepy at all. The special operations team was too powerful. If only one regiment of soldiers escorted the convoy this time, the 200 vehicles of ammunition would inevitably be bombed. Even with Tang Enbo's guard regiment, the situation would be disastrous. At this moment, Li Zongren had an idea to carry out special operations in the entire war zone.

On the morning of April 30, the Japanese army took advantage of the soldiers' meal time to start shelling again. The anti-artillery holes in the National Army's trenches had long been dug deep and long. Even if the shells fell into the trenches, as long as they did not explode near the anti-artillery holes, they would not cause any harm to the soldiers in the holes.

Of course, the exception is if it collapsed due to explosion. If it collapsed, there would be no hope of saving it. Even if the Japanese army had not attacked, and the companions had worked hard to dig it out, it would have been long gone.

The National Army jokingly said that this was digging their own graves, but for a group of killers, having a place to be buried after death is better than being exposed in the wilderness.

The bombers are like roosters crowing at the dawn. As long as the sky is not full of dark clouds, they will arrive at the position at eight o'clock in the morning and make a long sound. The national army has become accustomed to it and will go into their "graves" and depend on heaven for their life or death.

After the bombing, the Japanese planes disappeared into the sky. The forward observation post came out of the anti-artillery hole and observed the Japanese attack line under the artillery fire, while other soldiers continued to stay in the anti-artillery hole.

The skirmish line advanced 300 meters and began to shoot while advancing. There was movement in the KMT artillery position. The scale had been set long ago, and the target was to hit the middle line between 300 and 200 meters. At this distance, the KMT bullets all flew away, but the accuracy of the Type 38 rifle was very high, and the casualty ratio on both sides was not equal at all.

After crossing the 200-meter line, the Kuomintang artillery positions came to an abrupt stop. Whistles sounded in the trenches, and countless Kuomintang soldiers came out of the anti-artillery holes and began shooting at the Japs. When the Japs rushed to the 100-meter line, the artillery fire began to extend, and light and heavy machine guns appeared. Countless bullets splashed at the Japs, creating a steel defense line a hundred meters away from the trenches.

The Japanese retreated, and the National Army only left position observers. Most of the soldiers went into anti-artillery caves to defend against artillery fire. After summarizing the situation at the front, Tang Enbo, Sun Lianzhong, and Pang Bingxun all felt relieved. Is this how a war should be fought? How many teams would not be able to withstand fighting only by bayonets!

At ten o'clock in the morning, the Fifth War Zone issued a reward notice. In view of the performance of the Southern Sichuan Special Operations Team of the 122nd Division of the Sichuan Army in escorting supplies, they experienced dozens of counter-raids of all sizes and commanded the convoy to avoid the bombing of the Japanese army. Their performance was classic. All team members were promoted two levels and rewarded with 50,000 oceans. The special operations company was promoted to a special operations battalion, with Yang Ming as the battalion commander and special operations team members as the backbone, and they started to form the special operations battalion.

An ordinary commendation notice caused an uproar in the Fifth War Zone. No one expected that the transportation of munitions had gone through so many twists and turns. No one envied the special operations battalion, which had made great contributions in escorting munitions. However, some troop commanders began to get restless.

For example, Tang Enbo learned in detail about the performance of the Southern Sichuan Special Operations Company through the Guards Regiment. The more he listened, the more shocked he became, and the more impatient he felt. No matter how brave the Lone Wolf Commando had performed before, few could learn from them. But if a group of Sichuan soldiers could perform like this, what was there for the Central Army, as its own ace, to hesitate about? Didn't Wang Mingzhang want to form a special operations battalion? I'll just form a special operations regiment.

The Lone Wolf Commando has been idle in Black Wind Mountain for some time. Of course, they are not doing nothing. They still have to persist in training. However, the battle of Taierzhuang is in full swing, and the team can only stay on the top of the mountain and wait for news.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the radio station finally got some movement. It was not about any opportunity to exploit, but about thanks to the Lone Wolf Commando. The telegram generally talked about the performance of the Southern Sichuan Special Forces, and believed that the Southern Sichuan Special Forces were trained by the Lone Wolf Commando, and that the Lone Wolf Commando also contributed to such performance.

Chen Feng knew that Li Zongren would not do anything without a purpose. Sure enough, the last telegram mentioned that if the Lone Wolf Commando was interested, they could join the Fifth War Zone, even if they were just non-staff members. Li Zongren would deploy elites from three regiments to train the commando, and after they completed the training, they would join the battlefield. The situation in the Battle of Xuzhou might very well be reversed.

Chen Feng smiled bitterly. Li Zongren couldn't see the situation clearly! He really thought that the Japanese army was made of mud! It was very dangerous for a war zone commander to have such thoughts. Chen Feng organized for a while and called Li Zongren back:

Once the Japanese attack is blocked, they will definitely increase their troops and even use poison gas bombs inhumanely. Don't expect pressure from the international community. Imperialism is committed to its own interests and will not interfere too much. Once the Japanese army increases its troops, can the command increase its troops at the same time? The most important point is whether all the troops in the Fifth War Zone can continue to hold on when more than half of them have been killed or wounded. If you are not sure about these, you still have to think about the retreat in advance.

When Li Zongren received the reply, he shook his head and smiled bitterly, just like Chen Feng. He understood all of this, but the headquarters had been urging him to try his best to find a way to get the Lone Wolf Commando into the sequence, but it seemed that this method was ineffective.

The battle of Xuzhou could only be fought one step at a time. The opinion of the command was to inflict as much casualties on the Japanese as possible, and then retreat immediately. An immediate retreat? This was a bit unrealistic. Once the Fifth War Zone tried to retreat, the Japanese would definitely hold on tightly. It was hard to say how many troops could be withdrawn by then.

In the past few days, Chen Feng led his team to the military camps of the Washizu Division and the Itagaki Division, but they were heavily defended and there was no chance to attack. Just staying there was not a solution. They still had to find a way to deal with the Japanese troops on the front line and not let them fight so comfortably.

Lincheng, we have to go to Lincheng again. The wounded soldiers who should go to the battlefield have gone to the battlefield, and those who should die are probably dead. We have to find a way to get some explosives, mines and other things to endlessly harass the Japanese troops on the front line.

Taking advantage of the night, the commandos rushed to Lincheng again. This time the main task was to get some arms and avoid fighting as much as possible, but if they were really exposed, they had to ensure sufficient firepower. The commandos all carried submachine guns and three basic amounts of ammunition, which were enough for a battle.

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