Li Zongren saw Li Yunyan go out, and faced a group of staff officers, he put forward his own ideas:

This Lone Wolf Commando is stronger than any other unit I know. I suspected they were from there before, but I didn't have much idea. Now I know they are a civilian anti-Japanese force. This is simply prepared for our Fifth War Zone! Think about it, and see if there is any way to attract them. As long as they can come, I will spare no effort.

A staff officer thought for a long time and put forward his own opinion:

Not to mention the Lone Wolf Commando, this Leng Qiang is definitely not an ordinary citizen. To be able to train and lead such a team to achieve such results, he should be very familiar with war. I even suspect that this Leng Qiang has participated in training in Germany or other military powers. I wonder if we can start from this aspect.

Li Zongren pondered for a moment:

There is no point in guessing. What matters now is how to contact them. We can't just send a plain text telegram saying that the Fifth War Zone needs you and ask you to come and help! That would make the Chinese laugh to death.

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Yunyan's report was heard from outside.

Come in.

Li Yunyan pushed the door open and handed Li Zongren an envelope:

The command center sent a telegram, asking for a quick reply.

Li Zongren checked the envelope, tore it open and took out a telegram. Even Li Yunyan had no right to view such a telegram. The dedicated telegraph operator had to receive it and seal it before handing it over to Li Yunyan for delivery.

After reading the telegram, Li Zongren asked Li Yunyan to go out and wait, and slapped the telegram on the table:

Look! Trouble is coming.

Everyone was very curious and gathered together to look at the telegram. The telegram was sent from the headquarters, asking whether the story of the Lone Wolf Commando was true and why the headquarters had not received any news. It ordered the Fifth War Zone to find the Lone Wolf Commando as quickly as possible and confirm the authenticity of the several wars. The headquarters wanted to make a big fuss about it.

Li Zongren and the staff group smiled bitterly. It was over. The matter had gotten out of hand and had reached the top. The key point was that they themselves didn't know where the Lone Wolf Commando was. Maybe they were still active in the enemy-occupied area. Where and how could they find them?

After discussing for a long time without any result, Li Zongren was a little annoyed. The headquarters was still waiting for a reply. A staff officer suddenly had an idea. Anyway, several battles had been confirmed, and Lai Guqi's return to China could not be faked. So he simply called the headquarters back and told them that the Lone Wolf Commando was a combat unit behind enemy lines, always operating in the dark, and could not be found at all. Let the headquarters make whatever they wanted, since so many Japanese soldiers had died and it could not be faked.

Li Zongren thought about it for a while and felt that there was no better way. He asked Li Yunyan to come in and ordered him to call back the headquarters:

The Lone Wolf Commando is a team fighting behind enemy lines. The team's survival rule is to engage the enemy covertly and launch sneak attacks in the dark of night without revealing any of their whereabouts, so it is difficult for our unit to find them. However, the results of the first four battles have been confirmed, and last night's train bombing is still to be confirmed. Our unit will quickly investigate and call the headquarters immediately after the investigation.

The order was telegraphed to the headquarters that the frontline positions north of Teng County were in short supply of weapons and ammunition. It was hoped that the headquarters would provide quick support. This was a rare opportunity. As long as they had enough weapons and ammunition, they could hold out for some time, and the Xuzhou defense line could be deployed. By then, there would be enough strength to fight the Japanese to the death.

Then send a telegram to all the command posts at the front line to convey the order downwards, asking them not to get into conflict when encountering the Lone Wolf Commandos, and to try to meet their requests as much as possible and tell them clearly that I, Li Zongren's Fifth War Zone, welcome them.

After sending three telegrams in a row, Li Zongren took a breath and said to Li Yunyan:

Go send a message! Report any news about the Lone Wolf Commando as soon as possible.

Li Yunyan left the conference room, feeling extremely happy. She hummed a little tune and walked to the telegraph room. She handed the records to two telegraph operators and sat in front of a radio station, in a daze:

Cold Gun, Lone Wolf Commando, what kind of people are they? Farmers? Definitely not, retired soldiers?

Not only the headquarters and the Fifth War Zone, but also the whole country received Chen Feng's clear-text telegram. The first reaction was disbelief. It was too amazing! Seven people? No casualties? This was too amazing! Was it a clown bragging? Or was it a prank by someone?

Chen Feng slept until noon and decided to go to the frontline to gather some information at night. The northern position of Tengzhou was very important. If the Japanese could not capture it after a long time, they would probably become desperate and would stop at nothing given their cruelty and beastly behavior.

After lunch, the team set off with all their equipment and hid the radio. After all, the purpose of publishing the battle results was only to boost the anti-Japanese sentiment of the people across the country, and there was no need to show off just a little achievement.

Arriving at the high ground on the east side of the Longshan frontier, they found that the Japs were still coming. Although they lacked artillery shells, they still had aircraft support, and they were not short of bullets and grenades, and even mortars and artillery shells. When the team arrived, the Japs were attacking. Chen Feng saw through a telescope that a Japs commander was waving a command knife behind the attacking team, and he didn't know what he was shouting. The Japs soldiers and officers rushed towards the national army position like crazy. Chen Feng suddenly remembered the conversation with the drunk Japs last night. Is this commander Yaezang Akashiba? Very likely.

The Japanese's attack still failed to work. Although the Sichuan Army was short of guns and bullets, they were not at all weak in the fight. When the Japanese charged, they killed as many as they could. They were not afraid of the Japanese who charged forward. They swung their swords and killed the Japanese fearlessly.

Chen Feng carefully observed the battle situation and found some problems. The Sichuan Army had fewer and fewer soldiers fighting, and the wounded could not get timely treatment. The lightly wounded continued to fight, while the seriously wounded could only get simple bandages. On the other hand, the Japanese, although due to the terrain, could only charge with one squadron, they would replace people after each attack, and they became more and more courageous as the battle went on.

Chen Feng sighed. It must be Chiang Kai-shek's fault. If the Sichuan Army had been given enough ammunition, the war would not have ended up like this. From the perspective of later generations, although the Sichuan Army had simple weapons, they were not afraid of fighting, nor would they flee when the Japanese charged. Instead, they dared to fight and fight bravely. It was really heartbreaking that such a group of respectable soldiers were used as cannon fodder by Chiang Kai-shek, and hundreds of thousands of them were wasted.

However, there is no way for me to change these things, and there is no point in thinking too much. What I need to do urgently now is to find a way to reduce the pressure on the Sichuan Army on the current position.

Carefully observing the Japanese positions, they are heavily guarded. It is still broad daylight, but there are patrol teams, sentries and sentries everywhere. It seems that Akashiba Yaezao does not want to repeat the mistakes of his predecessor. Chen Feng has been observing for a long time but there is no chance at all. Even at night, the Japanese guards are expected to increase, so he has to think of other ways.

Seeing that the tents of the Japanese army camp were very concentrated, it would be great if there were a few mortars. Chen Feng's eyes suddenly lit up and he remembered the warehouse at Zou County Railway Station. He was going to stay here anyway, so he might as well go there and search again to see if he could find some obsolete mortars and shells, even just a few dozen. There was no chance here anyway, so he decided to do it. It was only a little after two o'clock and there was enough time for the team to go back and forth.

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