Chapter Eighty-Six: A Great Victory in Air Combat (Part II)
Taro Amagishi and several of the messengers had their eyes on Jiro Tamon, waiting for him to make a decision.
Under the eager gaze of his subordinates, Duomen Jiro pretended to be sad and said in a deep voice: "Order, the 29th Infantry Wing and the 4th Infantry Wing are responsible for the rear cover, and all the 15th Brigade, the 2nd Cavalry Wing directly under the division, the 2nd Field Artillery Wing, and the 2nd Squadron of the Engineer Squadron immediately retreat in the direction of Benxi." ”
"Hay!" Taro Amagishi and the others bowed their heads at the same time, and immediately several communication soldiers quickly led the order to leave.
"Your Excellency General, you should withdraw first." Tengishi Taro persuaded at the right time.
Jiro Duomen didn't speak, and nodded silently.
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On the battlefield five kilometers east of Sujiatun, Zhang Xinghan led the assault troops to defeat the 6th Division, and then launched a fierce battle with the 20th Division.
Zhang Xinghan handed over the task of pursuing the scattered 6th Division to Sabuli's cavalry regiment, and personally commanded the armored troops, and the main infantry force, with the cooperation of the air force, launched wave after wave of fierce attacks on the positions of the 20th Division.
"Bang bang bang...... Crack...... bang, bang" Amid the deafening shouts of killing, thousands of officers and soldiers of the garrison brigade opened fire with Garand semi-automatic rifles and MP18 submachine guns.
Dense bullets hit the devil fortifications and bunkers with dirt chips splashing.
Air force fighters are also strafing as accurately as possible to provide fire support to their own attacking troops.
Compared to the 6th and 2nd Divisions, the 20th Division suffered the least level of aerial bombardment.
As a result, part of its fortifications was preserved, which at this time became a stumbling block to the attack of the garrison brigade.
Some of the devil soldiers stubbornly resisted with the crippled fortifications, and shot desperately with the three-year heavy machine gun (the predecessor of the Type 92 heavy machine gun, which had a different bullet caliber).
The dull sound peculiar to ......the Taisho three-year heavy machine gun resounded.
The scorching bullets hit one after another the officers and men of the garrison brigade who were desperately charging.
I have to say that at this time, the quality of the individual soldiers of the Yue army is still extremely high.
Although the Taisho three-year heavy machine gun has a mediocre rate of fire and power, it is not even as powerful as the Garand rifle used by the infantry of the garrison brigade when it uses 6.5mm caliber machine gun rounds.
However, the accurate shooting of the army's machine gun shooters made up for this shortcoming.
Many of the recruits who were eager to charge and attack fell under their guns, until the veterans set up the MG34 general-purpose machine guns and launched a fire suppression.
The heavy machine-gun fire points of the army were gradually suppressed, and they were destroyed by the infantry of the garrison brigade that rushed to them with grenades.
Although the military machine gun shooters have undergone long-term and arduous training and have rich shooting experience, they cannot compete with the MG34 general-purpose machine gun with a combat rate of fire of less than 300 rounds.
What's more, the number of MG34 general-purpose machine guns in the garrison brigade is much higher than that of the Taisho three-year heavy machine guns of the Japanese army.
In addition, dozens of fighters of the air force of the garrison brigade were still searching for the firing points on the ground like eagles, destroying them.
In such an extremely unfavorable situation, the stubborn resistance of the 20th Division did not last long.
When Li Zhenyuan commanded more than 20 Renault tanks and armored vehicles to run over and use tank guns to name the remaining firing points of the devils one by one.
The 20th Division's defensive line was finally lost, and thousands of officers and men of the garrison brigade swarmed in like a flood of bursting embankments.
The automatic weapons with powerful firepower in their hands opened fire one after another, widening the gap little by little.
At this point in the battle, there was no suspense, and it didn't take long for the 20th Division of the Yue Army to evolve from defeat to retreat.
The garrison brigade took advantage of the situation to launch a full-line pursuit, and the pursuit continued until the evening, when it was declared over.
Among them, the cavalry regiment led by Sabuli almost pursued Liaoyang City under the cover of the air force, and severely damaged the 6th Division and the 20th Division before withdrawing.
On the way back to Sujiatun along the South Manchurian Railway, Zhang Xinghan was riding his horse slowly surrounded by a group of cavalry.
At this time, the sun is about to set, and the soft sunset sun seems to put a touch of red makeup on the whole land.
Riding his horse and walking, Zhang Xinghan looked around the battlefield where there had been tragic and fierce battles on both sides of the railway.
There are corpses of soldiers on both sides everywhere, and of course the corpses of the soldiers account for more than ninety percent.
All kinds of weapons and equipment are scattered everywhere.
From time to time, officers and soldiers of the garrison brigade can be seen dragging their tired bodies to clean up the battlefield.
Although fundamentally speaking, Zhang Xinghan really doesn't look down on the large number of these abandoned battlefields, but he can't abandon them.
That will only be cheaper for me and the bandits.
Moreover, the captured loot can also secretly produce a large number of weapons and equipment for themselves.
"Pass the order, give priority to collecting the remains of the fallen officers and soldiers as much as possible, and take away the weapons and ammunition that can be taken away, and destroy the ones that cannot be taken away on the spot, in short, not a single bullet can be left for the devil." Zhang Xinghan saw that every soldier cleaning the battlefield was carrying an astonishing amount of various weapons and ammunition, and immediately ordered.
A cavalryman was ordered to beat his horse and go away.
At this time, there was a deafening sound of horses' hooves behind Zhang Xinghan and others.
Zhang Xinghan turned his horse and saw a large group of cavalry of the Northeast Army rushing towards him.
When he got closer, Zhang Xinghan saw that the person who came was Sabuli and his cavalry regiment soldiers.
When I looked at it, I saw that Sabuli and the soldiers of the cavalry regiment were all covered in blood, like devil warriors returning from the hell of Shura.
Sabuli put away the saber full of blood, saluted Zhang Xinghan and said: "Commander Zhang, I am fortunate to be humiliated, our cavalry regiment has annihilated more than 3,000 people in this battle, including two Dazuo, and the officers below Zhongzuo are not counted. Our casualties were less than 100. ”
"Okay, worthy of my Northeast cavalry, Commander Sa is worthy of being a descendant of Genghis Khan, this battle has greatly increased the prestige of my Chinese cavalry, please go back to Shen with me first, after entering the city, I will prepare a celebration banquet for you, and then ask the young marshal and Nanjing political axe for the big guy!" After Zhang Xinghan finished speaking, he had already taken the lead in turning the horse's head.
As soon as his legs clamped the horse's belly, the war horse immediately spread its hooves and ran forward.
Sabuli and a group of cavalry warriors followed closely with their horses, and more than a thousand cavalry roared towards Shenyang.
After Zhang Xinghan returned to the city, he instructed Zang Shiyi to go to the major restaurants and restaurants in the city to arrange wine and food, intending to reward the soldiers in the city.
It was not until 10 o'clock in the evening that the troops outside the city finished cleaning up the battlefield and returned one after another, and after entering the city, the officers and soldiers who had fought a bloody battle with the city were warmly greeted by hundreds of thousands of people.
The entire city of Shenyang soon fell into a carnival of victory, and tonight was destined to be a sleepless carnival night.
To the surprise of Zhang Xinghan, Zang Shiyi and others, hundreds of restaurants and restaurants in the city were open to the soldiers defending the city for free without any charge.
What's more, some enthusiastic citizens directly invited some officers and soldiers to their homes to entertain them with good wine and meat.
In one of the largest restaurants in the city, the lobby on the first floor was overcrowded, crowded with officers and soldiers of the garrison brigade.
They drank to their heart's content and enjoyed the happiness of the rest of their lives.
Someone burst into tears while drinking, and said in a foul mouth: "Damn, Lao Tzu's blood is not in vain, and his life is not in vain, just because the fathers and elders in the city treat us like this, Lao Tzu is worth dying in battle!" ”
The first to get the great victory in Shenyang was the first section of the Seventh Brigade of Reading Li stationed in Xinmin, and they were always paying attention to the situation in Shenyang.
However, when they figured out the truth, it was already ten o'clock in the evening, and the Xinmin defenders were excited, and quickly reported the news of this unprecedented victory to Wang Yizhe who was far away in Jinzhou.