readx;?“ The commander, Regiment Commander Ma, reported that the devils had retreated from the big stone bridge, and our army was seizing the big stone bridge. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info "Independent 9th and 10th Divisions Joint Command.

There was irrepressible excitement in Gao Chu's tone, and he reported to Zhang Xinghan.

"What about the other directions?" Zhang Xinghan was not too surprised, and asked calmly.

"The 4th and 1st Independent Divisions also reported that the enemy in front of them had retreated to Yingkou one after another, and that various units were currently seizing Japanese positions and pursuing them." High Chu Dao.

"Commander, it seems that the Japanese are planning to retreat to Yingkou City and rely on the city to fight us." After listening to Gao Chu's report, Chief of Staff Jiang Baili said.

"What does the Chief of Staff think?" Zhang Xinghan turned his head and asked.

"After the Japanese abandoned the defense line of the Daqing River, we have been able to successfully open up contact with the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd independent forces.

There are two choices before us now: First, concentrate superior forces to continue to besiege Yingkou City and completely solve this trouble.

Second, deploy a small number of troops at Yingkou to contain the Japanese army at Yingkou, and the main force will continue to move south to Wafangdian, unite the 2nd and 3rd divisions and armored forces, and start a decisive battle with the main force of the Kwantung Army, as long as we defeat the main force of the Kwantung Army.

Then the entire Liaodong Peninsula will be in our pocket, and it is meaningless for Okamura Ningji to hold on to Yingkou any longer, and he will definitely give up Yingkou. ”

Jiang Baili paused for a moment, and then said: "Conservatively speaking, the first method is more secure, because our army in Wafangdian has not yet reached the point where it cannot hold out, as long as we can take Yingkou City before the Japanese army breaks through Wafangdian."

The victory is still ours.

The second method is risky, and it is how many troops are left to contain the Japanese army, and Okamura Ninji is not a good person, and if we are not careful, our rear road may be cut off again.

Therefore, the commander is asked to decide which method to choose. ”

Everyone's eyes were focused on Zhang Xinghan, waiting for him to make a decision.

Zhang Xinghan weighed the pros and cons and pondered for a long time. Finally, he spoke: "Although the first method seems to be safe, it is actually more difficult than the second method. ”

"Oh?" Jiang Baili and the others were a little surprised, looked at each other, and looked at Zhang Xinghan again.

Facing everyone's eyes, Zhang Xinghan said calmly: "It's very simple, because the opponent in Yingkou City is more difficult to deal with than we imagined, since he dares to easily give up the outer defense line, it shows that he is very confident in the next street battle to defend the city, that is." Okamura Ninji has already made proper arrangements in the city.

Therefore, I dare to conclude that the difficulty of besieging Yingkou is no less than the decisive battle with the main force of the Kwantung Army at Wafangdian! ”

Everyone nodded approvingly, but after Jiang Baili nodded, he raised his concerns.

"Commander, you have a hidden danger, we can't help but embankment."

Zhang Xinghan and others looked sideways when they heard this.

Jiang Baili stretched out his hand and knocked on the map, and said, "The Northeast Army entrenched in the Pingjin area." ”

"Zhang Xueliang?" Zhang Xinghan was thoughtful.

"Yes, now our main forces are used to deal with the Kwantung Army, and the remaining troops in North Manchuria have to guard against the Russians. The garrison force in the Jinzhou area is already extremely weak, and it cannot be ruled out that Zhang Shaoshuai may take advantage of the fire to rob and recapture the three provinces outside the Guanwai! Jiang Baili said.

"He Zhang Xiaoliu dares to risk the world's condemnation and stab us in the back? So how is his behavior different from that of traitors and traitors? Gao Chu was angry that Zhang Xueliang fled without a fight, as a member of the former Northeast Army. The original reverence for the young marshal in my heart had long since disappeared with the gunfire of the 918 Incident.

Jiang Baili smiled indifferently and said: "In the face of absolute interests, there is nothing that we dare not dare, besides, Zhang Shaoshuai can completely wave his army out of the customs under the banner of assisting us to recover the lost territory."

Most of the hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers of the Northeast Army outside the customs are serious Northeast soldiers. If Zhang Xueliang really has this intention, he will definitely get the support and allegiance of the soldiers under his command.

There are no eternal friends between countries, only eternal interests. The same applies to us and all the local warlords in Guannai, even the Central Army in Nanjing! ”

Jiang Baili's words were very reasonable, and when Gao Chu, Du Ting and the others were silent when they heard this, they all looked at Zhang Xinghan, who had been frowning and contemplating.

Jiang Baili continued: "In Baili's humble opinion, our army can continue to besiege Yingkou, on the one hand, we can completely eradicate our worries about going south to Lushun, and on the other hand, we can be vigilant at any time against the movements of the Northeast Army in Guannei.

If the Northeast Army really shows signs of leaving the customs, we can return to Jinzhou in the shortest possible time and not fall into the situation of being attacked from both sides.

On the other hand, if we move the main force south to fight a decisive battle with the Kwantung Army, and the Northeast Army happens to leave the pass at this time, the troops we leave behind to contain the Japanese army at Yingkou will inevitably fall into the situation of being attacked on the back of the enemy.

At that time, our main force will not be able to get out, and the situation is likely to develop to the point of no return. ”

"Chief of Staff, do you mean that Zhang Xueliang will join forces with the Japanese against us again?" Du Ting looked at Jiang Baili in surprise.

"It is very likely that Zhang's father and son can gain a foothold in the Northeast and eventually become the king of the Northeast, thanks to their embarrassment with the Japanese.

Although it was a good shining point to support troops to enter the customs to maintain reunification in the Central Plains War, it was only a temporary compromise in political interests and took advantage of the trend.

In fact, the Northeast Army was still an independent kingdom, and Chairman Chiang needed his Northeast Army to contain the warlords in North China.

He needed the political and diplomatic support of the Nanjing government to take advantage of each other.

It's just that in dealing with the Japanese, he is far worse than Zhang Zuolin.

Coupled with the defeat to Lao Maozi in the Middle Road incident three years ago,

The 918 incident, it is not surprising that Zhang Xueliang did not dare to resist. Jiang Baili said.

"So what are we going to do? There are at least more than 200,000 troops in the Northeast Army in the pass, and if he Zhang Xueliang is determined to go out of the pass, then we may fall into the predicament of fighting on two fronts. Gao Chu looked at Zhang Xinghan and Jiang Baili with a worried face.

"Although our Northeast New Army has made many military exploits since the September 18 Incident and has won the popularity of the people, Zhang Xueliang's more than 200,000 Northeast Army members belong to the same Northeast soldiers as us.

Once they leave the customs under the slogan of expelling the Japanese invaders and recovering the lost territory, they will still be able to win the support of the broad masses of people in the northeast, and that will be quite unfavorable to us.

Because they are not Japanese, with the help of the common people, they are likely to be more difficult to deal with than the Japanese. Jiang Baili also analyzed with a worried face.

Zhang Xinghan was noncommittal, nodded, Jiang Baili's analysis was correct, in the original history, many CCP guerrillas were active in the battlefield behind enemy lines.

In the later civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, it suffered heavy losses and even annihilated the entire army.

The reason is that the national army at the end of the Anti-Japanese War was able to get the support of many people, especially the landlord class.

The reason why the guerrilla troops were able to survive the brutal sweeps of the Japanese invaders again and again was because the broad masses of the people were all interested in them, openly and covertly blocking the devils and covering them.

And now Zhang Xinghan's Northeast New Army may also face such a situation.

Once this happens, the Northeast Army that comes out of the customs will indeed be more threatening than the Kwantung Army today.

If the Liaodong Peninsula has been fully recovered at this time, even if Zhang Xueliang comes out, Zhang Xinghan is not afraid of him, and it is a big deal to open the formation and fight a battle in Jinzhou.

With the absolute superiority of the Northeast New Army, Zhang Xinghan was fully sure to defeat Zhang Xiaoliu and forced him to retreat honestly to the Guannai.

But at the moment, the Liaodong Peninsula is still entrenched with more than 100,000 Japanese troops, once the two Northeast armies fight.

With the shrewdness of Okamura Ninji and others, they will definitely not miss the opportunity.

The most terrifying thing is that with Zhang Xueliang's hatred for himself, he is very likely to collude with the Japanese again and join forces to deal with the Northeast New Army.

Therefore, Zhang Xinghan fell into deep contemplation.

The entire South Manchurian and Northeast New Army has captured two-thirds, and it is obviously impossible for Zhang Xinghan to give up at this time.

Until the last moment, Zhang Xinghan will never give up willingly.

After pondering for a long time, Zhang Xinghan finally made a decision and said: "After careful consideration, I have decided that the 4th Independent Division will immediately withdraw to Jinzhou, closely monitor the movements of the Northeast Army in Guannai, and the combat mission in the direction of the Daliao River will be taken over by the 10th Independent Division. ”

"Commander, do you plan to continue the siege of Yingkou, or do you?" Jiang Baili asked eagerly.

"Continue to besiege Yingkou, as long as you take Yingkou, you will be alive!" Zhang Xinghan knew that although Zhang Xueliang still had more than 200,000 troops, it would never be possible to send them all, so as long as he eliminated the Japanese army in Yingkou, he would be relieved of his worries.

The initiative in this battle was grasped, and the strength of three divisions was enough to withstand the counterattack of the Japanese army, and the remaining three divisions were enough to deal with the Northeast Army that might go out of the pass.

"But, Commander, there are at least more than 30,000 devils in Yingkou City, will there be less to besiege with only three divisions?" Gao Chu was a little worried.

"Not a lot, even if there are only three divisions, we have an advantage over the Japanese in terms of troops. One thing you should not forget is that the people in Yingkou City have been slaughtered by the Japanese, and there is not a single Chinese in the city.

We don't need to have any scruples when attacking the city, so no matter what nets Okamura Ninji has laid in the city.

We all use a way of fighting, that is, one force to reduce ten, using our absolute artillery fire, air force superiority, and gradually advance, even if the entire Yingkou City is leveled! Zhang Xinghan said confidently.

The current Northeast New Army can have no worries about ammunition and fuel, so even if it is smashed with shells and bombs, it can take Yingkou City.

It's just a matter of time.

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I have to admit that Jiang Baili's strategic vision is still quite first-class.

As he expected, Zhang Xinghan's southward campaign of the Northeast New Army was in full swing, and more than 100,000 troops swept across the Kwantung Army like autumn wind.

Seeing that the entire South Manchurian region was about to be recovered, Zhang Shaoshuai, who had always adopted an attitude of watching from the sidelines, finally couldn't sit still. (To be continued......)