After dividing the troops with Liu Jianguo and Du Ting, Zhang Xinghan immediately led the main force of the two divisions to the mountains west of Jinxian County and retreated, there were bridge-building tanks, and the troops could build bridges to cross the Daling River at any time, so Zhang Xinghan did not need to be in a hurry at all, and there was no need to prepare pontoon bridges and other river-crossing tools in advance. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

At the same time, Zhang Xueliang and Yu Xuezhong, He Zhuguo and other main forces also rushed to Jinzhou City at noon through a rapid march.

Zhang Zuoxiang, who had already taken Jinzhou, and others greeted him personally.

"Young marshal, Jinzhou City has been taken." Zhang Zuoxiang saluted solemnly.

"Uncle Fu Chen has worked hard, this uncle should be the first to remember!" Zhang Xueliang encouraged.

"How dare you." Although Zhang Zuoxiang said this, he was very happy in his heart.

After some greetings, Zhang Xueliang entered the city surrounded by Zhang Zuoxiang, He Zhuguo and others, and returned to the Jinzhou Municipal Government after a two-year absence.

"Uncle Fu Chen, how is the situation of the enemy army now? In what location? After looking at it, Zhang Xueliang turned his head and asked.

"According to the report of the scouts I dispatched, the enemy army has crossed the Daling River, and it is unknown whether they have crossed the Liao River.

After all, their rear troops are very vigilant, and they are all equipped with tanks and armored vehicles, so our reconnaissance troops have to be careful. After speaking, Zhang Zuoxiang asked rhetorically: "Han Qing, what should we do next?" Is it possible to take advantage of the situation to pursue? ”

"Uncle Fu Chen, don't be impatient, wait for the chief of staff to come back, and it will depend on the situation."

Almost as Zhang Xueliang's voice fell, Chief of Staff Rong Jin walked in from the outside in a hurry.

"Chief of Staff, how's the situation going?" Zhang Xueliang turned around when he heard the sound, and immediately asked when he saw him.

"Young Marshal, according to the confirmation of my intelligence personnel, the Northeast New Army has indeed suffered heavy losses from the Japanese army in Wafangdian, and the current strength is exhausted, and the defense line is critical.

Zhang Xinghan did transfer no less than one division of troops from Yingkou to urgently reinforce Wafangdian.

The situation is almost consistent with the information we received earlier. Rong Jin said excitedly.

"Good!" Zhang Xueliang was in high spirits when he heard this, and immediately said to Zhang Zuoxiang: "Uncle Fuchen." The troops I brought with me were marching continuously, and they needed a little rest for half a day. Therefore, please also trouble you to lead the officers and soldiers of the department to serve as the pursuit force, immediately march eastward, pursue the enemy army, Han Qing should lead the troops as the successor, echoing you from afar. ”

"Yes, please rest assured!" Zhang Zuoxiang suddenly stepped forward to respond, and then turned around and left.

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Yingkou City, the headquarters of the Japanese army.

"Report to Your Excellency the General. The latest news came from the scout troops that the enemy's new army in the northeast had crossed the Liao River and was advancing towards Yingkou. A devil communications soldier reported to Okamura Ninji.

"Oh? Did Zhang Xinghan really give up Jinzhou? Okamura Ninji asked, "What is the movement of Zhang Xueliang's troops?"

"General Hui Yu has arrived in Jinzhou and seems to be preparing for a pursuit."

"Yo Xi, it's a big drop, this time, let's see how Zhang Xinghan responds." Okamura nodded proudly.

About 50 miles west of Jinxian County, in the foothills of Songling Mountain.

Zhang Xinghan was eating with Guo Zhong and others around a battle map. While discussing the military situation.

A communications soldier came over with a telegram at this time, stepped forward and saluted: "Commander, the 3rd reconnaissance team is calling, and the Northeast Army in the direction of Jinzhou has been dispatched. There were about 25,000 to 30,000 troops. ”

"Thirty thousand?" Zhang Xinghan stuffed a small piece of beef jerky into his mouth, chewed it, and said to himself: "Eating them is enough to make our young marshal feel so distressed that he vomits blood, and in this way, his 100,000 army will lose more than half." If we don't retreat, we're not welcome. ”

"Commander, nearly 30,000 people. We don't have an advantage in troops, and we still need reinforcements, can we eat it? Guo Zhong was a little worried.

"As long as we destroy the railway bridge in Jinxian County, the task of sending reinforcements will be handed over to the Air Force, and at best we can leave a few reconnaissance teams on the west bank of the Daling River to contain and harass them.

The rest of the troops were all thrown into the offensive, and with two regiments of nearly 200 tanks, five infantry regiments, and two artillery regiments, supplemented by air raids and bombardments by air force fighters, it should not be a problem to defeat less than 30,000 Northeast Army.

As long as they are routed, their rear roads will be cut off, and there will be only two endings, either they will be completely annihilated by us or they will surrender. Zhang Xinghan said confidently.

"Commander, shouldn't we attack?" Guo Zhong asked eagerly.

"Don't worry, it's not too early to see the time, when these 30,000 new troops from the Northeast cross the Daling River, it is estimated that it will be dark, they will definitely stay in Jinxian County overnight, and the Broken Bridge troops will wait until twelve o'clock in the morning to dispatch.

Immediately after the bridge was broken, we launched an attack on the enemy in Jinxian.

By the time they reacted, it was too late, and the reinforcements of the Northeast Army in the direction of Jinzhou, waiting for them to dispatch and collect ships to set up pontoon bridges, it should be dark, as long as our air force fighters arrived in time to buy us a day, it would be enough. Zhang Xinghan said.

Guo Zhong and the others nodded.

"Now, inform all regiments, eat and drink enough, seize the time to rest, tomorrow we will have a tough battle!" Zhang Xinghan wiped his mouth and got up.

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At seven o'clock in the evening, Zhang Zuoxiang led nearly three brigades to cross the Daling River and arrived in Jinxian.

Five hours later, Guo Zhong personally led a night attack force to bypass Jinxian in an armored car and arrived at the Daling River Railway Bridge.

At the same time, Liu Jianguo and Du Ting, who had already crossed the Liao River during the day, also sent a small force to ambush on the Liao River Railway Bridge.

Half an hour later, the Liaohe River and the Dalinghe Railway Bridge on the Jinzhou section of the Nanban Railway Line exploded at the same time.

The loud explosion and fire alarmed the Northeast Army in Jinxian.

Zhang Zuoxiang, who had already been sleeping with the prostitute from the county town in his arms, woke up with a quick knock on the door.

He suddenly got up and asked, "Who?" ”

"Vice marshal, it's me, it's not good, something happened." The anxious voice of his attendant lieutenant was heard outside the door.

Zhang Zuoxiang pushed the woman in his arms away, opened the door in a mountain suit in a panic and walked out.

"What's wrong?"

"The sentry reported that the Daling River and the Liaohe Railway Bridge exploded at the same time, and I am afraid it has been destroyed!" The attendant lieutenant replied.

"What?" Zhang Zuoxiang was shocked when he heard this: "Send someone to the accident site immediately, see what happened, and report it quickly!" ”

"Yes!" The attendant adjutant bowed his head abruptly in response, and quickly turned to leave.

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"Commander, Battalion Commander Guo and Division Commander Liu reported that the two railway bridges have been destroyed, and at present, the two advance teams responsible for blowing up the bridges are patrolling along the river, destroying the fishing boats along the coast as much as possible to prevent all the possibility of the Northeast Army crossing the river." A communications soldier came to Zhang Xinghan's sleeping place with a telegram in his hand to report.

Zhang Xinghan was completely sleepy, and immediately said: "Order all regiments to immediately dispatch and attack Jinxian!" ”

"Yes!" The signal corps was ordered to leave.

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Zhang Zuoxiang did not expect Zhang Xinghan to attack him in Jinxian, because he received information that the Northeast New Army, which had withdrawn from the direction of Jinzhou, had crossed the Liao River and retreated towards Yingkou.

Therefore, when there was an explosion on the railway bridge between the two places, his first thought was to send a fast horse to investigate the situation.

It was not in the slightest idea that danger was approaching.

At half past one o'clock in the morning, after more than an hour of rapid marching, Zhang Xinghan personally commanded the troops to rush to Jinxian.

The two tank regiments split up and easily broke through the cordon set by the Northeast Army's garrison outside the city head-on.

Nearly 30,000 troops, Zhang Zuoxiang did not put all of them in the city, after all, this is not an empty city, and his troops have not been attacked.

There's no need to retreat all into the city.

Therefore, he deployed a brigade of troops outside the city, which formed horns with the garrison inside the city.

The garrison outside the city was the first to be attacked, at half past one in the morning, the most exhausting time of the twenty-four hours of the day.

Zhang Zuoxiang's troops first withdrew from Jianchang, then marched to Xingcheng and Jinzhou, until now they are stationed in Jinxian, marching all the way, and finally have a chance to rest.

Even some of the vigilant soldiers were napping, so the vigilance was very low.

In such a situation, they were suddenly attacked by nearly two hundred tank fighting vehicles of two tank regiments, and with it the infantry who were far superior to them.

Especially outside the city of Yima Pingchuan.

The results can be imagined.

As soon as the fierce battle began, the brigade's Northeast Army was in disarray and was simply unable to organize decent resistance.

Under the powerful assault attack of the Northeast New Army, a rout soon took place.

By the time Zhang Zuoxiang in the city was alarmed by the sound of artillery and gunfire, the Northeast Army outside the city had been defeated.

"What's going on?" Zhang Zuoxiang ran out of the bedroom with an anxious face and asked anxiously.

An adjutant stumbled and staggered, crying and saying with a sad face: "Adjutant marshal, no, a large number of enemy troops suddenly appeared outside the city, and our troops outside the city were caught off guard and have been defeated. ”

"What?" Zhang Zuoxiang was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Have you figured out the number of enemy troops?" Outfit? ”

"They have a large number of tanks, there is no doubt that they must be the Northeast New Army, the number of them is all over the mountains, and there is no way to remember it at night." The adjutant replied with a bitter face.

"The Northeast New Army? Fuck it, didn't the intelligence say that they had all crossed the Liao River and rushed to Yingkou? How can it still be here? Zhang Zuoxiang was horrified in his heart, and said angrily.

"I can't tell you about my humble position, Deputy Marshal, what do you think we should do now?" The adjutant asked anxiously.

"What to do? They have tanks, and now going out of the city is a fucking death, pass my order, stick to Jinxian, and immediately send a telegram to the young marshal for help, go quickly! The fast horse sent out by Zhang Zuoxiang has not yet returned, and he is still unsure whether the railway bridge has been destroyed, so he decides.

"Yes!" The adjutant immediately saluted, then turned and took the order.

"Don't kill with a gun, don't kill with a gun!" On the battlefield outside the city with the roar of artillery, the infantry of the Northeast New Army who followed up with the tank unit shouted at the scattered Northeast Army that was attacked by the tank troops.

The officers and men of the Northeast, who had already been frightened, threw away their weapons one after another and raised their hands in surrender. (To be continued......)