It's summer. Under the scorching sun. A long line rolled up the dogs and sat down.

This is not an ordinary team, but an armored unit, officially known as the "Second Separate Armored Brigade." "Commander Bai Lang.

This armored unit was spread out from fifty miles south of Xiuyan, and its mission was to pursue a Japanese unit that had broken through and left, in coordination with the 6th Army. Destroy the remnants of the Japanese army who fled into the desert.

At noon yesterday, Xiuyan had been conquered by the First Army under the command of Zhou Daogang, and the Japanese troops who had been cowering in Xiuyan City quickly retreated southward until they were stopped head-on by the independent armored brigade that had outflanked them in a roundabout way at Fifty Miles.

Under these circumstances, the Japanese commander had to issue an order to defend on the spot, preparing to establish a defensive position based on Fifty Lipu, and while resisting stubbornly, he asked for reinforcements from the Japanese troops in the direction of Lushun and Gaiping through the radio station.

However, before the reinforcements arrived, the Japanese troops in Fifty Miles could only rely on themselves, and the small Fifty Miles was just a small town, and the nearly 7,000 Japanese troops who escaped from Xiuyan took this as a base, ready to break the net with the squadron ** team that surrounded them.

Zhou Daogang, commander of the East Route Column, was stunned very clearly about the Japanese army's attempt, so the order he issued to the Independent Armored Brigade was to "block with all his might" and wait for the infantry encirclement to close.

The Japanese army, which was cornered, became very crazy. Although almost most of the arms were lost. However, the Japanese still relied on field fortifications to fight fiercely with the squadron, but this only temporarily delayed their downfall, when the dawn today after the general offensive of the Chinese 6th Army. The battle at Fifty Lipu was soon over, the Japanese defense line was broken through, and the officers and men were either killed or captured.

However, this battle did not achieve the goal of total annihilation. Taking advantage of the dark moon and high wind late last night, about 3,000 Japanese troops tore a hole in the defense line of the ** squadron in the east, and then fled with boastful roads and rushed downstream along the Dayang River.

The whereabouts of the more than 3,000 Japanese soldiers were quickly grasped by the East Road Column, so Zhou Daogang gave an order. The independent armored brigade that had just finished the battle, after replenishing fuel and ammunition, quickly reversed and made a detour and advanced to the Yellow Flag Fort, the battle site of this attack.

The Japanese could run all the way downstream along the valley of the Great Ocean River, but the armored forces could not. In order to maximize the degree of swinging the tank. Bai Lang, the commander of the Independent Armored Brigade, decided to return to the Yellow Flag Fort from the road connecting the Yellow Flag Fort with Xiuyan. Strive to stop the retreating Japanese troops there. Wait for the troops of the 6th Army to rush over and encircle.

Since Bai Lang led the Independent Armored Brigade to carry out a roundabout outflanking mission, the defense of Yellow Flag Fort was handed over to the Revolutionary Guards who arrived there later, and the combat effectiveness was far inferior to that of the regular troops, and it was for this reason that in the process of advancing to Yellow Flag Fort, Bai Lang had to repeatedly urge the tanks and armored vehicles behind him to keep up.

Armored cars are easy to say, this kind of armored vehicles are very fast, but the driving degree of tanks is far inferior to armored cars, but the tank armor is thick and the firepower is strong, and it is impossible for the armored brigade to lose the tank and only send the armored car back to the Yellow Flag Fort, so that the action of the entire independent armored brigade has been seriously affected.

It was now nearly noon, and the vanguard of the armored brigade had arrived at the outskirts of the Yellow Flag Fort, and the Yellow Flag Fort in front was quiet, and the Japanese army had obviously not yet arrived.

Tanks, armored cars, trucks, heavy carriages, many vehicles all the way, dusty, before entering the Yellow Flag Fort, had been the whereabouts of the Revolutionary Guards defending the Yellow Flag Fort, and by one o'clock at noon, Bai Lang had already led the armored brigade into the outer position of the Yellow Flag Fort, waiting for the Japanese troops to come.

Actually, before the armored brigade rushed back to the Yellow Flag Fort. The Revolutionary Guards guarding this area had been informed by the headquarters of the East Route Column that all the troops had entered their respective positions and were in fact in a state of readiness, waiting for the Japanese to come.

The Revolutionary Guards plus the armored brigade, the total strength of the Chinese side is close to 7,000 people, and the Japanese army is no more than 3,000 frightened birds, for this blocking battle, the Chinese side is full of confidence, Bai Lang's only worry is that the Japanese army turned around in the middle of the way and went to another place, in that case, if you want to find the Japanese army, you must wait for the air force's aerial reconnaissance report.

Bai Lang's worries were unfounded, and at half past four in the afternoon, the scattered Japanese troops finally arrived at the outskirts of Huangqibao, and immediately launched a tentative attack.

"Boom! Boom".

The Japanese attack was signaled by the bombardment of two mountain guns, because it was a hasty retreat, the number of Japanese artillery was very limited, and when these two shells fell into the town, the Japanese artillery positions were immediately counterattacked by the Chinese artillery, and it was very fast. The Japanese could only rely on infantry to charge.

After Bai Lang returned to the Yellow Flag Fort, he became the commander of the city defense, this time, he behaved very steadily, did not personally command the tank troops to counterattack the Japanese position, but sat in the headquarters, and commanded the infantry and armored troops to respond calmly to the battle, where the battle was fierce, he transferred the mobile forces to where the battle began. He didn't use his armor lightly, and he intended to use it in counterattacks.

The Japanese army was a battle of trapped beasts, and the battle began. An all-out attack was launched on the western defense line of the Yellow Flag Fort. Although some positions of the Revolutionary Guards were shaken for a time, they were unable to break through any of the defensive lines in the end, and they could only withdraw their troops in disgrace.

The Japanese commander was obviously frightened, and when the Chinese defenders in the town were already in full battle, for fear of chasing the troops later, he immediately gave up his attempt to seize the ships of the Yellow Flag Fort, and commanded the troops to turn around the southeast, intending to bypass the Yellow Flag Fort.

"Herald! Armored brigade sortie! Wherever the enemy flees, we will pursue! ”

Bai Lang saw that the Japanese army had turned around the Yellow Flag Fort and understood that the Japanese army's fighting spirit had been lost, so he decisively issued an order for the armored brigade to attack, and at the same time sent a telegram to the headquarters of the East Road Column. After informing him of the results of the battle and the whereabouts of the Japanese army, he got on a tank filled with fuel and commanded the armored troops to follow the footprints of the Japanese army and rush to the lower reaches of the Dayang River.

At the same time that Bai Lang commanded the armored troops to pursue the Japanese army, he was far away in Xiuyan's headquarters. Zhou Daogang, commander of the column, was also personally drafting a telegram to the center, reporting the results of the battle to the center as soon as possible, and a few hours earlier, the center had already received the news of Xiuyan's conquest, and the president even took a special telegram of commendation to commend all the officers and men who participated in the Xiuyan Campaign, and told the front-line officers and men to guard against arrogance and rashness, and to be sure to truthfully count the results of the battle.

Now, the results of the battle have been counted, Xiuyan battle, so far, a total of more than 5,000 officers and soldiers under the Japanese army have been killed, and more than 6,000 people have been captured, just these two figures are very amazing, especially the number of captured Japanese soldiers, which is enough to make people jaw-dropping, in the Russo-Japanese War that year; The fighting spirit of the Japanese soldiers was very tenacious. It is difficult for the formation to surrender, and of course, the main reason for the county seems to be that Japan was the victor of the Russo-Japanese War, and the number of prisoners of war was naturally relatively small.

But now the situation is different, in the Battle of Xiuyan, the squadron is fully prepared, has a resolute will to fight, and relies on superior forces and firepower. In just a few days, the fighting spirit of the Japanese army was quickly destroyed, and it was not very strange that so many Japanese prisoners of war appeared.

Through the interrogation of some prisoners of war, the Chinese side also had detailed information about the Japanese army in Xiuyan, and the main force defending Xiuyan was the Fourth Division of the Japanese 6th Army. However, not all of the Fourth Division were deployed in Xiuyan, and there were only two wings deployed in Xiuyan, with more than 10,000 people, and in addition to the Fourth Division, there was also a wing of the Japanese Kwantung garrison, about 5,000 people, with a total strength of more than 15,000 people, which was consistent with the pre-war intelligence. Moreover, according to the confessions of the Japanese prisoners of war, the biggest blow to their morale in the battle was those armored vehicles covered with heavy armor, so to speak, in this battle, the armored troops made great contributions.

After drafting the draft of the telegram, Zhou Daogang quickly handed it to an adjutant and ordered him to shoot it to the center immediately, and then gathered the staff members to discuss the future advance plan.

On the one hand, the Japanese troops that broke through at night must be annihilated, and this matter has been handed over to his division commander to do, so there is no need to worry too much, on the other hand, since Xiuyan has been taken, then Gaiping in the west has become isolated and helpless, and the entire strategic situation in the north of the Liaodong Peninsula has been reversed.

According to Zhou Daogang's meaning, now is a good time to take Lushun in one go, as long as the attack on the Gaiping side goes well, then the South Manchurian Railway can become the best tool for transporting troops and equipment. And once the armored train and train guns went to Lushun through the South Manchurian Railway, then those 6 fortifications and fortresses in Lushun were not worth mentioning.

But just a few hours ago, after Zhou Daogang presented his idea to the staff of the 6 th Army. However, it was opposed by the staff of the 6th Army. As for the independent armored brigade, after annihilating the Japanese troops that broke through, they must also immediately return to the Yellow Flag Fort station to assist in the defense in the direction of Xiuyan.

Zhou Daogang was very puzzled by this arrangement of the General Staff Headquarters, he was not clear about the strategy of the General Staff to induce the Japanese Sixth Army to reinforce the Japanese troops in Lushun and the Liaodong Peninsula by sea, he only knew that the center intended to end the war in a short period of time, and in his opinion, the best way to end the war was to conquer Lushun as soon as possible, and the strategic significance of conquering Lushun was self-evident.

Now, Zhou Daogang is discussing this matter with the staff officers, and he wants to send another telegram to the General Staff to ask the president directly for war. Asked to act as a vanguard officer in the attack on Lushun.

However, before everyone could make an eyebrow, the adjutant walked into the conference room with two telegrams.

"Report! I just received a telegram from Fort Huangqi. The Independent Armored Brigade has successfully blocked the Japanese attack on the Yellow Flag Fort, and now the remnants of the Japanese army are bypassing the Yellow Flag Fort and retreating to the lower reaches of the Dayang River, and the armored brigade has continued the pursuit according to the commander's order. In addition, just now there was an urgent telegram from the commander's hall, and I ask the commander to read it himself. ”

He took the telegram from the Adjutant Commander's Hall. Zhou Daogang frowned and looked at it for a moment, then put the telegram on the conference table and glanced at everyone present.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the president's order, from now on, the east road column on the Xiuyan side will be transferred to a defensive state, and it is not allowed to attack without the order of the general play."

Everyone was a little surprised, like Zhou Daogang, they did not know the strategy of the General Staff to lure the enemy.

"Ladies and gentlemen, since the order to play has arrived. We don't have to discuss the plan to advance south, so let's arrange defenses. In the first battle of Xiuyan, the city fortifications have been destroyed by our army, and now we have to turn to defense, the first thing is to build fortifications! I order that from now on, all of you, except those on duty at the General Staff, be given to me to go into the troops and lead the soldiers in the construction of fortifications! ”

Zhou Daogang gathered his mind and immediately gave an order. In his opinion, the president has arranged it this way. Naturally, there are president's considerations and strategies, and their subordinates should naturally only look forward to the president, as for how to fight this battle in the future, it depends on how the General Staff arranges. If you want to know what will happen next, please log in to 6 hearts, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading! Jian Shu is fine and concave and said that he is not the same body clam", saying that reading treacherously goes outside