After the battle ended, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon. At this time, the sun began to set in the west. Han Tiansheng sat in a Tiger tank and led his troops back to the city.
When the tanks arrived at the south gate of Jinan, they found that the city gate was filled with citizens who had heard the news.
Seeing this, Han Tiansheng, who was originally sitting inside the tank, immediately stood up.
When the people saw Han Tiansheng appear on the first tank, the crowd immediately became restless.
Someone took the lead and shouted,"Long live the Tiger Legion!”
The tens of thousands of people present shouted in unison,"
"Long live the Tiger Regiment! Long live Brigade Commander Han!"
"Long live the Tiger Regiment! Long live Brigade Commander Han!"
"Long live the Tiger Legion!”
Tens of thousands of people shouted in unison. The huge sound wave gathered together, shaking the clouds. It was deafening and made people's blood boil.
Han Tiansheng immediately took the lead and raised his hand to salute. The tanks, infantry, and cavalry behind him followed suit.
Just like that, more than 8,000 soldiers entered Jinan City under the welcome of tens of thousands of Jinan citizens.
At six o'clock in the evening, Zhou Weiguo, Long Wenzhang, Li Yunlong, and the others arrived at Han Tiansheng's command center in the city.
After saluting Han Tiansheng, Zhou Weiguo reported,""Brigade Leader, the battlefield has been cleaned up. The results and losses have been calculated!”
"In this battle, we wiped out more than 46,000 Japanese soldiers and seized countless weapons and ammunition. A rough estimate is enough to arm three Japanese B infantry divisions.
Our army suffered 2,200 casualties, of which 1,100 were killed and 300 were heavily injured. Compared to the results of the battle, the losses were not great!”
After Zhou Weiguo finished speaking, Li Yunlong's loud voice could not help but say,""Not only did we not lose much in this friendly exchange, but it was also an unprecedented victory!”
Long Wenzhang also nodded and said,"The Battle of Jinan was indeed a great victory that has never been seen before!"”
Han Tiansheng nodded with a serious expression and said,""Very good. You all contributed greatly to this great victory! When we recover Shandong, I'll reward you according to your merits!”
"Traveler, you're too kind. Our goal is to protect our country and drive out the Japanese invaders! As long as they could chase the Japanese out of Huaxia as soon as possible, nothing else mattered!”Zhou Weiguo said seriously.
Long Wenzhang and Li Yunlong didn't object. They nodded silently in agreement with Zhou Weiguo.
Then, Long Wenzhang took the initiative to ask,""Traveler, what do you plan to do next?”
" After this battle, the main force of the Japanese army in Shandong has been completely wiped out," Han Tiansheng said." They should be unable to counterattack in a short period of time."
We can use this opportunity to quickly send troops to recover the surrounding areas with Jinan as the center!
Then, immediately recruit soldiers and expand our troops!”
Long Wenzhang nodded and said," Now that the Japanese army is empty in Tai 'an, Weifang, and other places, it's a good time to counterattack and recapture them.”
Zhou Weiguo said," However, the Japanese army will definitely not let this go. It won't be long before we have a big battle with the Japanese army in North China. We have to be prepared.”
Li Yunlong said," What's there to be afraid of? We'll deal with whatever comes our way. When we recover Shandong, we'll have the full support of so many people. We'll be able to recruit more soldiers!"”
"My dear brothers, I'll give the order now!"”
Zhou Weiguo, Long Wenzhang, Li Yunlong, and the others all straightened their backs.
"Long Wenzhang, lead 1,000 men to counterattack Tai 'an. Open up our communication with Jining, and then recruit soldiers on the spot!”
"Zhou Weiguo, you and Li Yunlong will each lead 1,000 people to counterattack Zibo and Weifang. After you succeed, turn to defense, recruit new soldiers, and wait for new orders!
There is no time to lose. Everyone, set off immediately and report the progress of the battle at any time!”Han Tiansheng ordered loudly.
"Yes, sir!" Everyone responded in unison and saluted Han Tiansheng before leaving.
Han Tiansheng had wiped out the 14th and 5th Divisions. In addition to the 30 Tiger Tanks, he had also dropped 100 military trucks.
Together with the trucks seized from the Japanese army in the previous battles, the Tiger Brigade now had more than 200 military trucks.
In order to increase the speed of Zhou Weiguo and the others, they did not give the Japanese army a chance to regroup and stabilize the defense line.
Han Tiansheng assigned 150 military trucks to them.
This way, the three thousand troops they led would not need to march on foot.
As the main forces of the 5th, 10th, and 14th divisions of the Japanese army were completely wiped out, the Japanese army actually had no organized forces in Shandong, south of the Yellow River.
Places like Tai 'an, Zibo, and Weifang were mainly guarded by traitors.
The total number of Japanese soldiers was less than 1,000.
Li Yunlong, Zhou Weiguo, and Long Wenzhang relied on their super-fast mobility and excellent weapons and equipment to make it through the journey like a hot knife through butter.
Within three days, they had recovered all the cities mentioned above and the surrounding towns.
Following Han Tiansheng's orders, they began to recruit new soldiers and prepare to expand the army.
Itagaki Seishiro, Nishimura Riken, and the others fled to the area around the city of Yan Tai. At this point, most of Shandong, except for the Jiaodong Peninsula and the north of the Yellow River, had been recovered by the Tiger Legion.
On the third day of the great victory in Jinan, Han Tiansheng sent two telegrams in plain code in the name of the brigade commander of the Tiger Legion.
One of them was a report announcing the victory of Jinan to the whole world, while the other was a recruitment telegram titled " An inch of mountains and rivers, an inch of blood, 100,000 youths and 100,000 troops."
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