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Zhang Xinghan woke up reflexively and shouted outside: "Zhongzi! ”

"Commander, you're looking for me." Guo Zhong entered in response.

"What time is it?" Zhang Xinghan rubbed his eyes and asked.

"Six o'clock." Guo Zhong replied.

Zhang Xinghan looked around and asked, "What about the Chief of Staff and Division Commander Huang?" ”

"The chief of staff and Division Commander Huang just went to patrol together, and the siege was deployed." Guo Zhong replied.

"Oh." Zhang Xinghan nodded and said: "Immediately send a telegram to Gao Zhihang and Liu Cuigang, and order them, and all the flight divisions will be dispatched to carry out all-round bombardment of Yingkou City, and the 1st Division, 4th Division, and the artillery regiment directly under the 1st Division will also give me concentrated artillery bombardment."

Yingkou City, I don't want to see a complete building again, before dark, we must completely annihilate the Japanese army in the city to avenge the tragic death of the local people,

When the battle is over, we will rebuild Yingkou City. ”

"Yes!" Guo Zhong suddenly stepped forward and immediately turned to leave.

More than half an hour later, more than 200 fighters and bombers from the two flight regiments of the Northeast New Army Flying Division arrived one after another.

A massive bombardment of unprecedented scale began, and the city of Yingkou soon turned into a sea of fire.

Fighter planes in the air were shuttling back and forth rapidly, and as soon as they found out, they immediately swooped and strafed the city.

The devil soldiers hiding in the buildings in the city did not dare to go out of the houses and go out into the streets, which led to the fall of heavy aerial bombs one after another, which blew up the houses where they were hiding, and were brutally buried alive.

Immediately afterwards, three howitzer regiments also began heavy shelling.

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At the same time, the Dalian Arthur Fortress, the headquarters of the Japanese Kwantung Army.

Okamura Ninji, who had just landed on the shore, walked into the headquarters with a face full of shame, bowed his head and reported to Ryokari Takashi: "Your Excellency General, you have failed to complete the task in your humble position, and more than half of the troops have lost, please punish you." ”

Ryokari stood up. Walking up to Okamura Ningji, he said in a gentle tone: "Okamura-kun, I don't blame you for the loss of this battle, on the contrary, you let me see your outstanding ability, if the Battle of Shenyang can be handed over to you to command, the situation in Manchuria will never become what it is today." ”

As he spoke, Ryokari patted Okamura Ningji on the shoulder: "Take a good rest, next, the imperial army will also carry out the Dalian defensive battle." Shenyang can be lost, Yingkou can be lost, but Dalian, must not be lost, this is the last limit of the base camp! As long as we can hold out for more than half a month, new reinforcements will arrive, and then everything will be solved. ”

"Hay!" Okamura Ninji hurriedly bowed his head gratefully, turned around and left with his saber on his shoulder.

After seeing Okamura Ninji leave. The chief of staff on the side, Koiso Kuniaki, said: "General, Okamura Ninji lost 20,000 valuable troops, why didn't you punish him?" ”

"My predecessor, Muto Nobuyoshi, lost hundreds of thousands of Imperial troops, and he was only dismissed.

Okamura-kun lost 20,000 horses. But it bought us more than ten days, and moreover, we almost succeeded in taking the risk and turning the tide of the war on the Liaodong Peninsula in one fell swoop.

Meantime. It also inflicted a lot of casualties on the Chinese people, and most importantly, through the Battle of Yingkou. I discovered Okamura-kun's excellent strategic and tactical command ability.

He is younger than all of us, and in time he will be the minister of the empire and the pillar of talent! Ryokari said meaningfully.

Koiso Kuniaki frowned disapprerovingly, but didn't say anything more.

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Outside Yingkou City, Zhang Xinghan had breakfast and went to a high ground in the east of the city surrounded by Guo Zhong, Jiang Baili and others.

Standing here, you can clearly see the county seat of Yingkou not far away.

Holding a telescope, you can clearly see the situation in Yingkou County.

Everywhere there was thick smoke and fire from the explosion, ruins, ruins, and rubble, a scene of the end of the world.

Huang Xiansheng on the side held the telescope and looked at it, and said: "With such a fierce firepower, even a mouse should die three times, shouldn't all the regiments rush into the city later to become corpse collection teams?" ”

"Or, Commander, save artillery shells and aerial bombs and fuel in our province? Let the troops attack! Huang Xiansheng turned his head to Zhang Xinghan and said.

"No, no one is allowed to attack rashly without my orders, artillery shells and aerial shells can be rebuilt if they are gone, and there is nothing left if human lives are gone.

In my eyes, my soldiers are always more important than those weapons and ammunition.

Besides, in such a large county, our bombardment seems to be huge, but it is impossible to really wipe out all the devils.

Sometimes, people are more durable than devils. With that, Zhang Xinghan put down the telescope and took the lead to go down the heights.

Returned to the Provisional General Command.

Zhang Xinghan asked Jiang Baili: "Chief of Staff, how is the situation in the direction of Wafangdian?" ”

"Gao Chu has already led the 9th Division and two heavy artillery brigades to arrive one after another.

The Japanese also stopped attacking, probably because they had already abandoned Yingkou. Jiang Baili replied.

Zhang Xinghan pondered for a while and said, "The devils are shrinking their forces, it seems that they are planning to defend Dalian and Lushun Fortress." ”

"Commander, there is something I don't know whether to say or not." Jiang Baili wanted to speak and stopped.

"Say." Zhang Xinghan said.

"Since the beginning of the Battle of Shenyang, the troops have been fighting for nearly three months, and the officers and men of the divisions have been very tired both physically and mentally, and their morale has not been as good as before.

Most importantly, the logistical pressure on us is too great, and the food consumption of the hundreds of thousands of troops alone is extremely staggering.

At present, grain prices in North Manchuria and South Manchuria are soaring, and if this continues, it may cause a grain panic and lead to the collapse of the economy in various places. Jiang Baili said worriedly.

"Hmm." Zhang Xinghan listened carefully and said, "Chief of Staff, do you have any good ideas?" ”

"The best way is to stop the war immediately and find a way to buy grain from the provinces of Guannai, which is about to be busy with farming, and the entire South Manchurian region is displaced by the war, and the crops are barren, and the consequences of this are unimaginable.

Therefore, we must not only do everything we can to procure grain and stabilize grain prices, but also organize the people and troops to help restore production.

To ensure that the people can survive this year's cold winter smoothly. Jiang Baili said simply.

Zhang Xinghan nodded again and again, and said, "Chief of Staff, everything you said is right, but the war is like this.

It is not only our soldiers who shed blood and died on the front line, but the whole place and the country will suffer.

Whether it is a prince, a general, or an ordinary person, it is immune.

The war was fought on logistics, money and food, and the situation in the northeast region was now very good.

But the actual difficulties are, as you say, so many.

All of this is like a mirror in my heart, but from a long-term strategic point of view, the battle to the south has been carried out until now.

We must not give up halfway and fall short, so Dalian must be taken, and the sooner the better, so that the war can be ended as soon as possible.

Second, I estimated that it would not be long before the Japanese reinforcements arrived. ”

"What the commander said is also right, and I also understand that the geographical location of Dalian is very important, and if this place is not recovered, it will be a great threat in the future.

For us, it is like a fish in the throat, as the so-called lying on the couch does not allow others to snore.

It's just that Commander, have you thought about it, and now the Japanese army in the Dalian area has reached more than 100,000 people.

Moreover, the Arthur Fortress has been operated by both Japan and Russia for a long time, and it is definitely a difficult bone to gnaw.

As I said earlier, our troops are exhausted after several months of continuous fighting.

In the comparison of the strength of the enemy and us, our army has little advantage.

Under these objectively unfavorable factors, it is very risky and great to suffer a forcible attack on the Japanese army, which is defending against danger. Jiang Baili said worriedly.

Zhang Xinghan nodded with annoyance: "It makes sense, this is also the reason why I was very angry last night, because if we let go of one more devil from Yingkou, we will have more resistance to attack Dalian."

It's a pity that in the end, he couldn't stop the old fox Okamura Ninji and let him escape. ”

"Commander, don't be upset, this time it's a command mistake on the part of Baili, and the responsibility is all on me." Jiang Baili said.

"Brother Baili's words are serious." Zhang Xinghan said: "However, Okamura Ningji, a bastard, does have two hits, and he must be eradicated as soon as possible, otherwise he will become our fierce enemy one day." ”

"Hmm." Jiang Baili nodded in agreement.

After a pause, Zhang Xinghan said: "Forget it, the matter of attacking Dalian will be discussed later, and the top priority at the moment is to take Yingkou first and relieve your worries." ”

At twelve o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Xinghan and Jiang Baili had lunch and both came to the sortie position of the first division and one regiment.

At this time, the bombing had been carried out all morning, and most of the air force fighters had already made several round-trips, and now most of them had returned, and only the artillery units continued to shell.

So the sound of booming explosions and shelling still sounded from time to time.

With the support of Jiang Baili, Huang Xiansheng and others, Zhang Xinghan came to the front of a regiment of officers and soldiers.

The pre-war mobilization began: "Brothers, not long ago, little Japan slaughtered more than 100,000 of our fathers and villagers at Yingkou, and now the time has come for revenge. ”

Huang Xiansheng took advantage of the situation to raise his arms and shouted: "Kill the Japanese criminals and avenge the villagers!" ”

"Kill the Japanese and take revenge!"

"Kill the Japanese and take revenge!"

"Kill the Japanese and take revenge!"

More than 2,000 officers and men immediately raised their guns and echoed in unison, and a huge wave of sound rose into the sky, resounding in all directions, vaguely suppressing the roaring artillery.

"Okay, your regiment can be regarded as Lao Tzu's starting unit, and it is the old foundation of my 3rd battalion.

In the words of the emperors, you are the Imperial Forest, the elite of the elite, the ace of the trump card, then, then show your strength.

I believe that glory will always be yours! ”

Niu Erzhu, the commander of the first regiment and the deputy commander of the first division, took a step forward and took the lead in saluting Zhang Xinghan: "Please rest assured, commander-in-chief, my regiment of soldiers will go all out, vow to live up to the name of the elite, and the glory belongs to my regiment!" (To be continued......)

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