Compared with Tianming, the entire Tieling City has been surrounded by the Northeast New Army on three sides, and only the two sides of the railway in the south are still under the control of the Yue Army.

However, Zhang Xinghan had already transferred two battalions of the 2nd Division, and under the cover of one battalion of each tank regiment, they attacked from both sides.

Tieling City was besieged on three sides, and the news of the critical situation was quickly reported to the Kwantung Army Headquarters.

At the headquarters of the Kwantung Army, Toranosuke Hashimoto said with an anxious face: "Your Excellency General, Tieling has been surrounded by the people of China on three sides, and the current defense line on the southern border is also precarious, and it is no longer possible to hold it, so let's give up Tieling as soon as possible, withdraw the rest to Shenyang, and fight the people of China in Shenyang." ”

Muto Nobuyoshi jumped like thunder, and his wrinkled old face couldn't suppress a convulsion, and he scolded the commander of the Tieling garrison for being incompetent and stupid.

In the end, he agreed to Toranosuke Hashimoto's suggestion and ordered the rest of the Tieling garrison to abandon Tieling and move closer to Shenyang.

Temporary Division Headquarters of the 2nd Reading Division.

Chen Feng hurriedly walked in, saluted Zhang Xinghan and Zhao Zhenfan, and said, "Commander, the division seat, the second regiment reports, the little devils in Tieling City are going to run." ”

"The tank regiment and the 1st and 2nd battalions of the 2nd Infantry Regiment intensified their flanking attacks, and the 1st and 3rd Regiments accelerated their onslaught from the front. The 1st Tank Division and the 2nd Tank Division immediately detoured along the railway line to the south of Tieling County, cut off the southward escape route of the Tieling City Army, and must completely annihilate them in Tieling. Zhang Xinghan immediately ordered.

"Yes!" Chen Feng suddenly agreed, and then turned around and left.

After receiving Zhang Xinghan's order, Commander Li Zhenyuan immediately led the 1st and 2nd Tank Divisions to attack in a roundabout way around Tieling City in the east and west.

The army had just retreated less than ten miles south along the railway line when it was overtaken by the tank regiments and infantry units of the 2nd Division of Reading Force, which followed in pursuit.

The appearance of two tank divisions of the Panzer Army at the right time dealt a fatal deterrent and blow to this army.

Hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles galloped across the country, smashing thousands of devils into pieces.

At the same time, more than 10 planes of the 1st Flying Regiment of the Northeast New Army also rushed to reinforce them.

Under the attack of powerful ground and air forces, the more than 3,000 devils who escaped from Tieling City were all wiped out in less than an hour.

The railway line from Tieling City to South Tieling County is full of devils' corpses on both sides.

…………………… At the same time as the 2nd Reading Division attacked Tieling, the 3rd Reading Division stationed in Tongliao and the 9th Reading Division rushed from Songyuan were under the unified command of Liu Jianguo, the commander of the 3rd Division.

Starting from Qinglong Mountain, an attack was launched against Zhangwu County, which had re-fallen into the hands of the Yue army.

The main defense line of the army was located in Shenyang, Tieling and Xinmin, so there were not many troops deployed in Zhangwu County, only less than one infantry wing.

Under the powerful artillery bombardment composed of the artillery regiments directly under the two divisions and the 3rd Heavy Artillery Brigade, the Yue army suffered heavy casualties, and was forced to abandon Zhangwu without even holding out for a day.

Of course, this is mainly because the focus of my defense is not in the isolated place of Zhangwu, but in the Xinmin, which has been connected into a piece.

Where, he not only deployed heavy troops, but also built a large number of fortifications, and relied on the Liuhe, Liaohe and Hunhe rivers to form the Shenxin defense line.

After the Western Route Army captured Zhangwu, the Eastern Route Army also annihilated the Tieling Army.

Zhang Xinghan then ordered his troops to take advantage of the situation to continue the attack and advance, marching towards Shenyang and Xinmin.

……………… Command of the Kwantung Army.

Muto Nobuyoshi had already learned the news of Zhangwu and the loss of Tieling, and it was nothing for Zhangwu to lose it, but the heavily deployed Tieling was not only lost, but the defenders were also completely annihilated by Zhang Xinghan's Northeast New Army.

Muto Nobuyoshi's mood at this moment has become so angry that words can't describe it.

Gritting his teeth, he shouted: "Order, all the imperial troops south of the Hunhe River immediately march to Shenyang and fight to the death with the people of China in Shenyang!" ”

"General, it is necessary to guard against a roundabout attack by the Chinese people, so it is recommended that no less than 100,000 people should be deployed south of Shenyang and all the way to Dalian, so as to ensure that the important towns along the South Manchurian Railway will not give the Chinese people a chance.

Concentrate 200,000 troops to hold the defense line of Shenyang and Xinmin, and do not seek to break the enemy, as long as we hold on for another month, we will be able to get reinforcements from another 200,000 reinforcements.

At that time, the imperial army will be able to rely on its absolute superiority in strength to launch a counterattack on the northern Manchona army. Toranosuke Hashimoto hurriedly persued.

"Bagaya Road." Of course, Muto Nobuyoshi knew that the advice of the chief of staff, Toranosuke Hashimoto, was to the point and correct, and he was just angry and angry just now.

"Hashimoto-kun, you immediately rush to Shenyang to assist Shunroku Habata in commanding this battle of Shenyang, you must hold on for more than a month, this battle is related to the gains and losses of Nanman and the honor of the empire, please!" Muto Nobuyoshi calmed down and ordered in a deep voice to Toranosuke Hashimoto.

"Hai, please rest assured, Your Excellency the General, I will go all out to assist General Shunroku Hata to defend the Shenxin defense line and fight to the end for the Imperial Holy War!" Toranosuke Hashimoto bowed his head abruptly.

……………………………… Shenyang City, known as the army headquarters.

The original commander of the 10th Division, Shunroku Hatata, has now been appointed by Muto Nobuyoshi as the joint commander of the Shenxin defensive line.

Responsible for commanding the 200,000 troops of the Shenxin defense line.

In the headquarters, a group of staff officers of the Japanese army were busy around the map.

Toshiroku Hata walked around the sand table that had been made long ago with his saber on his shoulder, staring at the small flags representing the two armies on the sand table.

After a long time, Hata Junroku stretched out his right hand with white gloves and pulled down several small white flags representing Tieling, and said expressionlessly: "The battle of Shenyang, bloody battle to the end." ”

…………………… In Tieling City, Zhang Xinghan, accompanied by Zhao Zhenfan and others, had already moved his headquarters into the city.

At this time, the 4th Reading Division, the 10th Reading Division and two heavy artillery brigades had already arrived.

Zhang Xinghan immediately gathered the tank regiments of their three divisions and organized them into a divisional assault force.

At the same time, the artillery regiments directly under the three divisions were transferred to the 1st and 2nd Heavy Artillery Brigades of Reading Force, forming a powerful artillery group with seven artillery regiments.

The troops of the three divisions advanced along the railway to Shenyang in a zigzag shape, and encountered the field positions of the Yue Army in the direction of the former Northeast Army's Beidaying.

Zhang Xinghan immediately ordered eight artillery regiments to line up along both sides of the railway line to form artillery positions.

At the same time, the newly formed tank division and the two tank divisions of the armored group army were ordered to form an armored assault force, which was ready for a surprise attack at any time, and served as a mobile support force for the attacking troops of the east and west, and planned the attack of the two forces.

The eight artillery regiments have a total of 108 105mm howitzers and 146 150mm heavy howitzers, for a total of 252 howitzers of 100mm caliber or higher.

The firepower of a salvo of two hundred and fifty-two large-caliber guns was spectacular.

From a distance, the cannonballs were dense like locusts, and the long tail flames were like meteorite meteors passing through the air.

slammed towards the defensive position of the Beidaying Army.

Suddenly, the entire Peking University camp shook, thick smoke erupted, and a sea of fire.

Everywhere there were clouds of red light and mushrooms rising into the sky, and the scorching light of the fire almost set the entire sky on fire.

At the same time as the artillery group carried out a rapid fire attack, more than 100 high-altitude HE111 bombers of the two regiments of the flight division also arrived as scheduled and began a fierce bombardment at an altitude of nearly 1,000 meters.

Amid a shrill whistling sound, hundreds of heavy bombs fell freely from the air.

The position of the Beidaying Army, which was already shrouded in flames and thick smoke, suddenly broke out a series of violent explosions again.

The huge explosion sound of "boom, boom, boom ......" resounded throughout Shenyang City, and it could be clearly heard for dozens of miles from far and near.

Under the bombardment of the powerful artillery group and heavy aerial bombs of the Northeast New Army, the strong pillbox group that the Chinese army attaches great importance to is overwhelmed.

Some of the pillboxes were heavily shelled by 105,150mm howitzers and then bombarded by heavy air force artillery shells.

As long as the heavy bomb lands a little closer to the bunker, it can be blown into ruins.

The devil soldiers hiding inside also disappeared in an instant.

Standing on the head of Tieling City, Zhang Xinghan and Zhao Zhenfan, as well as several division commanders, could clearly see the huge fire and smoke rising from the direction of Beidaying.

The deafening explosion could be heard more clearly.

Strongly urging the American female reporter Erin and the British female reporter Alice, who were with the army to cover the position, hurriedly used their cameras to take pictures of the mushroom clouds rising in the distance.

At this moment, they were deeply shocked in their hearts, although they did not know what the scale of the artillery bombardment and bombardment launched by the Northeast New Army on Shenyang City.

But from the deafening explosion that could be heard clearly from dozens of miles away, and the feeling that the ground was trembling faintly beneath his feet.

They know that the scale of such shelling and bombing should not be underestimated.

At the same time, there is also a clear understanding of the strength of the Northeast New Army.

Alice wrote in her notebook that since I arrived in Northeast China, I had never seen such a spectacular sight, a huge mushroom cloud of black smoke and flames.

The deafening explosion shook my senses deeply.

I can fully imagine what kind of suffering they are suffering at the moment, as the soldiers of the defending side, and I really think they are quite pitiful.

Oh, by the way, they are the aggressors who invade other countries, and the aggressors are hateful, and they should be called guilty and deserved.

Next to Zhang Xinghan, Du Ting, the commander of the 10th Reading Division, and Liu Guodong, the commander of the 4th Reading Division, also said with a shocked and excited face: "Damn, such a firepower blow is really too big and happy." ”

"Yes, we can't imagine the scale of artillery and air force in the past, I really can't imagine that in less than two years, our troops will be able to develop to the scale they are today."

"Now the little devils should be buried alive or roast the suckling pig, right? Ah, hahaha. ”

"Don't be complacent too early, I said that I have concentrated more than 200,000 troops in Shenyang and Xinmin, and this loss is nothing to them." Zhang Xinghan said this: "However, in this battle, we must completely defeat Yue himself head-on, not only to win this battle, but also to destroy and disintegrate Yue himself's fighting consciousness, so that their desire for victory becomes despair!" ”

(To be continued)