In the war room of the Sulu Theater Command, the sand table filled with small flags of both sides was full of senior generals wearing thick winter coats.

These high-ranking generals had serious faces, and as they listened to the combat staff officers holding their batons to introduce the current situation of the enemy and us, the atmosphere in the war room was solemn.

"The Japanese army began to launch a new round of offensive on our Dongtai, Xinghua, Taixian, Nantong, and Baoying fronts yesterday night......," the baton of the operational staff officer pointed and reported on the sand table.

"According to the reports of the current front-line departments, the Japanese army launched an attack on our southern front with the number of at least seven brigades, and the Japanese army in Yancheng and other places mixed into the 12th Brigade, the 13th Brigade and the field have begun to cooperate with the operation, our 117th Division and 33rd Division have exchanged fire with them, and three other regiments of the puppet army are moving towards Xing......hua."

The nationwide winter offensive planned by the Chongqing Military Commission is nearing its end, and in the nearly two months of fighting, the living forces that have killed and injured a large number of devils have been annihilated.

The main attack in several theaters of war performed very well, recovering countless towns, and even killing several high-ranking generals at the level of devil generals.

However, fighting in this bitterly cold winter is not only a test of the combat ability of the officers and men, but also a test of willpower.

So far, except for a very small number of theaters that are still fighting devils because they are well prepared and have a lot of ammunition and food reserves, the Chinese army in most areas has run out of ammunition and has begun to shrink its defense, and the fighting has almost stopped.

The Sulu theater was originally short of materials behind enemy lines, although in this winter offensive it was not counted as the main offensive area, and it was only counted as an assist to contain the devils, but in the entire operation, it was also remarkable.

The troops in Shandong in the Sulu Theater destroyed roads and railways for nearly 100 miles, attacked thousands of devils' artillery tower strongholds, and annihilated many devils and puppet troops.

In the Sulu Theater of Operations, Jiangsu successively recovered Huaiyin, Gaoyou, Nantong and other cities, dealing a heavy blow to the Japanese puppet army.

Seeing that the fatigue of the attacking troops has appeared, Yu Xuezhong, the headquarters of the Sulu Theater Command, has ordered all units to withdraw from the battle in a timely manner to preserve their strength, after all, after fighting for so long, the troops have no strength to continue fighting, and there is a serious shortage of materials and ammunition.

More importantly, almost all theaters in the country have begun to shrink their defenses, and the loss of friendly containment means that the devils have the ability to draw troops from other places for reinforcements, and if they continue to fight, it will be the Chinese army that will suffer.

But now the devils suddenly gathered heavy troops on the southern front of the Sulu theater of operations and attacked fiercely, which made the atmosphere of the Sulu theater command, which was originally preparing to end the winter offensive, tense again.

Now the devil has regained the initiative on the battlefield and started to attack, which has put the Sulu theater into a passive state.

"Attacking all over the southern front at the same time, it seems that the little devil is coming prepared this time." Commander Yu Xuezhong's brows were furrowed, and there was indescribable tiredness in his voice.

During the entire period of the winter offensive operation, he almost didn't sleep a solid night, seeing that they were about to end the battle, but the little devil reluctantly began to counterattack, which made him a little unexpected, but he didn't expect the little devil to have the ability to fight back.

"Our troops fought very tenaciously and heroically in the previous stage of the operation, but the losses were also very large, and the ammunition consumption was even more exhausted, and we no longer have the ability to fight a large-scale battle with the devils." Chief of Staff Wang Jingxuan's face was also extremely solemn, and he knew the state of the troops at this moment.

Zhou Fu, director of the Political Department, nodded and said, "Don't give an order to all departments to immediately leave the battle and evacuate to avoid greater losses."

"Now the situation on the battlefield is no longer under our control, now the devils are attacking, and the various departments have exchanged fire with the devils, and it is difficult to withdraw." Wang Jingxuan, chief of staff of the theater, rubbed his temples and said helplessly: "Besides, our Sulu theater is already behind enemy lines, surrounded by strong enemies, and now the devils are only attacking on the southern front, if we blindly retreat, I am afraid that it will not be long before there will be nowhere to retreat."

Commander Yu Xuezhong He Zeng didn't know the current state of the troops, but he also knew that their Sulu theater was not as good as other theaters.

The frontal battlefield still has a great depth in the southwest, and it is a big deal to retreat to those lofty mountains and mountains to fight the devils, but they have no way to retreat, because they are already fighting in the occupied area.

"Since there is no way back, let the troops fight with the devils! Fight for a foothold! Commander Yu Xuezhong was tired of retreating, and slammed the teacup in his hand on the table, and said murderously.

"Although our troops are exhausted, but the little devils have been pressed and beaten by us for so two months, they are now in a hurry to counterattack, undoubtedly wanting to retaliate, then let's continue to fight and beat them down until they are down!"

Seeing the indignant commander Yu Xuezhong, the chief of staff, Wang Jingxuan, the chief of staff, and Zhou Fu, the director of the Political Department, all glanced at each other, smiled wryly and shook their heads.

"Sir Yu, think twice, after all, we are just such an old foundation, and if we fight it out, we will be gone......"

Chief of Staff Wang Jingxuan was worried that Yu Xuezhong would be arrogant, and he persuaded him in a serious manner.

"Behind us are the people of the whole country! Even if our tens of thousands of brothers fight out, as long as I don't die, in less than a month, I can still pull up tens of thousands of brothers and devils to continue fighting! What are you afraid of, our 45,000 compatriots can consume the little devil to death! ”

Commander Yu Xuezhong shouted loudly and powerfully, and his bloodshot eyes burned with fierce battle intent.

"But now that all theaters have begun to shrink their defenses, just relying on our Sulu theater to fight with devils, I'm afraid it will be difficult to support it alone." Zhou Fu, director of the Political Department, also opened his mouth to persuade.

"That's right, sir, we're running out of ammunition now, and we'll have to fight with the devil with bayonets again......"

"The casualties of the troops on the front line are very large, and the wounded soldiers who have died of frostbite in this winter are full of battalions."

The staff officers opened their mouths one after another to persuade them, worried that Commander Yu Xuezhong would be willful.

"Brothers, it's not that I, Yu Xuezhong, don't take the lives of my brothers seriously, but the little devil has already hit our eyes, and we have no way to retreat, if we don't beat the little devil back this time, then there will be no place for you and me behind the enemy, how will we explain to the chairman of the committee, how can we explain to the 40,000 people of all countries?"

"Ladies and gentlemen, it has now come to the point of life and death in our Sulu theater, we are now surrounded by strong enemies, if we show weakness on the southern front, then the surrounding enemies will pounce on and take a bite, and at that time there will be no chance to struggle, so we must fight this battle, and we must fight toughly, and beat the devils on the southern front to the ground, so that the devils in the rest of the directions dare not act rashly, and we can win a chance to breathe."

"In that case, let's fight, I'll personally go to the front line to supervise the battle!" Chief of Staff Wang Jingxuan pondered for a moment and strengthened his confidence.

Seeing that the chief of staff nodded and agreed to continue fighting, although the surrounding senior generals felt that this was a huge adventure, they seemed to have no other choice, and they acquiesced in the proposal to continue fighting.

"You will send the intention of the theater command to all the troops on the front line, so that they can withstand the first wave of the devil's offensive, and then we will give them the greatest support of materials and ammunition, this battle, Xu Wei will not be defeated!"

"Yes!" More than 20 high-ranking generals responded with a bang.

"Director Zhou, you prepare, follow me to the Fifth War Zone to see Chief Li, this time I am afraid that I will have to count on them to help with ammunition and materials......" After everyone left, Commander Yu Xuezhong stopped the director of the Political Department, Zhou Fu, and ordered.

Zhou Fu was slightly stunned, then nodded, now they can only count on the nearest five war zones to be able to give them support all the time, otherwise this battle really can't be fought.