"Well, I already know the situation, and I will transfer a batch of reinforcements from the third regiment to reinforce your department later." In the garrison brigade headquarters, Zhang Xinghan put down the phone after giving some instructions.

The critical situation facing the Second Regiment at present was indeed a headache for him, because of the successive torrential rains, not only did the fighters of the air force not be able to take off, but also wiped out his greatest air superiority.

Even minefields and gas bombs, which had been predetermined in advance, lost their intended effect.

This is something that Zhang Xinghan did not expect, after all, there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and there is no weather forecast in this era.

In addition to being anxious, Zhang Xinghan picked up the telephone and asked for the call of the third regiment.

"Hey, I'm Zhang Xinghan, I'm looking for your head of the regiment." After connecting the phone, Zhang Xinghan said bluntly.

"Okay, please wait." The respectful voice of a communications soldier came over the microphone.

Leaning slightly, Wang Yicai's voice sounded: "Xinghan, what are your orders?" ”

"Yicai, the forward position of the second regiment is tight and has suffered heavy losses, you should immediately send a battalion to support them." Zhang Xinghan said.

"Okay, I'll transfer the second battalion over immediately." Wang Yicai on the other end of the phone nodded in agreement.

After putting down the phone, Wang Yicai immediately turned his head and shouted: "Communication soldier, immediately notify Battalion Commander Du and ask him to support Sujiatun with the second battalion." ”

"Yes!" A communications soldier took the order.

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At the same time, the temporary division headquarters of the 6th Division of the Army.

The division commander, Lieutenant General Masaemon Sakamoto, was discussing the battle plan with the chief of staff, Kotaro Uedanaka, and several operational staff officers, around the operational map.

"Your Excellency Division Commander, after the afternoon attack, the 11th Infantry Wing, the main force of the 13th Brigade of our division, has suffered nearly one-third of casualties, and has not yet been able to break through the Sujiatun defensive position." Kotaro Uedanaka pointed to the map and looked up at Sakamoto Masaemon.

Sakamoto Masaemon frowned when he heard this, and said: "It seems that the previous defeat of the 2nd Division is not without reason, the Northeast Army in Shenyang is so strong and the firepower is unprecedented. ”

"Yes, according to the report of the commander of the 13th Infantry Wing, the Chinese army is equipped with an extremely large number of automatic firearms, and at the same time they also have an incredible number of large-caliber guns, in addition to this, in the afternoon battle, they even tried to fire special ammunition at our attacking troops, but the stupid Chinese may not know that the special ammunition is useless in the rain." Uedana Kotaro said with a slight sneer.

"Special bombs? They also have special ammunition? Sakamoto Masaemon was slightly surprised.

"Yes, it is speculated that it should be a hoarding of special ammunition in the Shenyang Arsenal, because according to the qualifications we have, Zhang Xueliang bought and used special ammunition during his reign in the Northeast." Kotaro Uedanaka said.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, what should we do next? Do you want to stop the offensive and wait for the 2nd and 20th Divisions to arrive and complete the siege of Shenyang before attacking? Kotaro Uedana asked.

Sakamoto Masaemon looked at the battle map, muttered for a moment and said: "No, the terrain of Shenyang dictates, if you want to complete the siege of Shenyang, Sujiatun, the defensive position of the Zhina that came out of the front, must be taken, order the 11th Brigade to organize an attack overnight, and be sure to take Sujiatun Railway Station before dawn, and completely annihilate the enemy defenders at the station!" ”

"Hay!" Kotaro Uedanaka bowed his head suddenly, and immediately turned around and walked towards the temporary communication room.

At about seven o'clock in the evening, Du Ting led hundreds of officers and soldiers of the Second Battalion of the Third Regiment to Sujiatun Station in time.

Took over the defense of the forward positions from the hands of the 2nd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment.

On the position, in the trenches of the 1st Company of the 2nd Battalion.

Liu Zhenhu, the commander of the 1st company, was inspecting the trenches with the orderly Zhang Xinghua and another guard.

"Whoever is that, don't stick to a piece of wood there, hurry up the damn fortifications, the little devils may attack at any time."

"And you, a platoon leader, your platoon of foxholes also have to be repaired, and they have all been blown up into a big hole by the damn one, where are you buried?"

Li Zhenhu stopped and walked along the way, scolding his subordinates from time to time.

Zhang Xinghua followed Liu Zhenhu a little nervously, looking left and right, because the night had fallen, he couldn't see the tragic scene around him clearly.

It's just a vague smell that seems to be able to ask, a disgusting fishy smell.

Zhang Xinghua, who has never seen blood, doesn't know that these are the smell of human blood.

It wasn't until Liu Zhenhu followed the traffic trench to the rightmost section of the trench that several soldiers of the 1st Company were digging and repairing the fortifications.

Someone dug out a severed arm covered in dirt from the mound.

The digging soldier probably didn't care, and threw it back directly with a shovel, and the broken arm was dripping with muddy water and smashed right on Zhang Xinghua's back.

Zhang Xinghua felt pain in his back, and subconsciously turned around and held the torch to find out.

A jaw-dropping image appeared before his eyes, and although the severed arm was covered with thin mud, the five fingers were still clearly visible.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Xinghua felt a sense of fear and nausea, and immediately turned his head and began to vomit wildly.

almost vomited out the overnight meal, and Zhang Xinghua only got a little better.

Liu Zhenhu smoked a cigarette, and when he was almost vomiting, he came over and patted him on the back, and asked with concern: "Xinghua, how is it?" Can it work? No, I'll take you to the battalion headquarters. ”

Zhang Xinghua felt that his self-esteem had been greatly hit, so he quickly got up, wiped the residue from the corner of his mouth, and said, "Company commander, I'm fine, I can do it, I can really do it." ”

Liu Zhenhu glanced at him, nodded without saying a word, turned around and continued to walk forward.

Zhang Xinghua didn't dare to stay, and hurriedly followed.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the 11th Brigade of the Japanese Army once again dispatched hundreds of elites to launch a new round of attack on Sujiatun under the cover of artillery fire.

The 2nd Battalion of the 3rd Regiment of the defenders fought back under the command of the battalion commander Du Ting, and the battle soon entered a stalemate.

Sujiatun's gunfire resounded in the night sky, and soon it reached Zhang Xinghan's hands along with the battle report.

Zhang Xinghan, who was meditating on countermeasures, looked at Su Hanyun who came to report the battle situation with some surprise, and said secretly, don't the novels and TV series of later generations say that the army is not good at night battles?

Why do you suddenly attack tonight?

After the initial surprise, Zhang Xinghan thought about it and understood, it is not difficult to see from history that the so-called army is not good at night battles is pure nonsense.

Because, whether it was the 918 Incident or the 77 Incident, the army launched an attack, and that time was not at night?

Of course, considering all factors, it should not be all peacocks who say that the army does not like night battles.

After all, as a very modern army with absolute superiority in the army, navy, and air force, it may be accustomed to fighting during the day with the assistance of artillery, air force, and even navy.

On the contrary, after losing these obvious absolute advantages at night, the army may not be accustomed to or like this method of warfare.

After all, in such a situation, the losses in a night battle may be greater than in a daytime battle.

However, this is by no means absolute, and if necessary, a well-trained and well-equipped army can definitely fight at night.

The recent September 18 incident and the performance of the Chinese army tonight are the best proof of this.

The September 18 incident aside, tonight, because it has been raining, the air forces of both sides will not be effective.

Therefore, for the Yue army, there is hardly much difference between fighting during the day and fighting at night.

The only difference may be that the view is blocked in the night, but this is not a problem, as the sight of the defenders will be affected as well.

Moreover, they also have flares, which can completely sweep away the night and facilitate the attack.

Zhang Xinghan thought about it, and a white light suddenly lit up in the east of the city.

Zhang Xinghan walked out of the war room, stood under the eaves and looked eastward, only to see that in the dark night, the flares rose into the air like Kong Ming lanterns, emitting a dazzling white light, which was very eye-catching.

Flares, flares, by the way, I have a way to stop the attack.

Zhang Xinghan's mind suddenly lit up, and he immediately turned around excitedly and walked towards an ammunition depot in the compound of the brigade headquarters.

After a while, he called Shen Xingye: "Yizhi, immediately gather a company of guards, carry all the boxes painted with white logos in the ammunition depot into the car, and we will go to Sujiatun." ”

"Yes!" Shen Xingye immediately executed, and soon recruited more than 100 guards and soldiers to carry boxes of rather heavy wooden boxes onto military trucks.

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At the same time, the Sujiatun front-line battlefield.

Under the illumination of the flares, the entire Sujiatun frontier battlefield was almost like daylight.

Zhang Xinghua, who was lying next to Liu Zhenhu, was obviously uncomfortable, and he couldn't open his eyes from the strong light of the flare, let alone shoot.

"Da Da ......" Liu Zhenhu had already taken over the squad of a dead machine gunner, acting as a machine gunner, and the general-purpose machine gun was a burst of fierce strafing fire at the swarming Japanese army.

The dazzling white light above his head seemed to have no effect on him.

At the terrifying rate of fire of the MG34, the chain of two hundred rounds was quickly depleted.

Liu Zhenhu and the guards were busy changing the barrel of the gun, and at the same time shouted to Zhang Xinghua: "Xinghua, help the handle, reload!" ”

"Hey, okay." Zhang Xinghua hurriedly responded, hurriedly pounced on the ammunition box, and picked up a new bullet chain with trembling hands.

Maybe it's because of nervousness, but the bullet chain can't be loaded.

"Okay, okay? Hurry up! With the help of the guards, Liu Zhenhu changed a new barrel and threw the scarlet hot barrel into the small pool of water in the trench behind him, and suddenly made a zizzling sound.

"It's fine......" Zhang Xinghua was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and his subordinates were even more panicked.

At this moment, a shrill whistle-like whistling sound suddenly sounded in the night sky, and the sound was extremely harsh, almost muffling the sound of other gunfire.

Zhang Xinghua looked up a little confused, but saw that Liu Zhenhu's guards were very vigilant and reminded loudly: "Company commander, be careful of shells!" With that, he dodged and threw Liu Zhenhu to the ground.

There was a loud bang of "boom ......", and the fire flashed, Zhang Xinghua only felt a heat wave coming towards him, knocking him to the ground.