Chapter Seventy-Seven: Itagaki's Conspiracy

"Sujiatun?" Zhang Xinghan hurriedly ran out of the brigade compound and stood at the gate of the compound and looked in the direction of Sujiatun.

I saw that the fires rose one after another, and the gunfire was like rain.

Through the sound of gunfire, Zhang Xinghan can imagine the current level of fierce fighting in Sujiatun.

"Pass my order, the three regiments and one battalion will immediately go forward to support Sujiatun! The armored cavalry company and the first and second companies of the guard battalion immediately gathered and rushed out of the city with me to help. Zhang Xinghan immediately turned his head and ordered Shen Xingye.

Shen Xingye hurriedly took the order and left, and gathered the two guard companies in a short time.

At the same time, the herald also passed Zhang Xinghan's order to Li Zhenyuan, the commander of the armored cavalry company stationed not far from the brigade headquarters.

Li Zhenyuan was originally the captain of the armored combat team directly under the 7th Brigade of Reading Force.

When Wang Yizhe left the chariot to Zhang Xinghan to guard Shenyang, he naturally stayed.

After receiving the order, Li Zhenyuan immediately rushed to the street outside the brigade headquarters with about 80 cavalrymen and more than 20 tanks and armored vehicles.

At this time, the first and second companies of the guard battalion had completed the assembly.

Zhang Xinghan turned over and rode a war horse with an MP18 submachine gun, and waved the submachine gun: "Brothers, Sujiatun is in a hurry, follow me!" ”

More than two hundred guards moved one after another under the leadership of Shen Xingye, following closely behind Zhang Xinghan.

Li Zhenyuan immediately ordered the armored cavalry company to follow and set off.

When Zhang Xinghan led the elite reinforcements out of the city, Wang Yicai's had already sent three battalions straight to Sujiatun for reinforcements.

On the Sujiatun position, several thousand main forces of the 36th Brigade of the Chinese Army took the opportunity to launch a fierce charge against the forward position guarded by the 2nd Battalion of the 3rd Regiment.

The 1st Company of the 2nd Battalion, which was at the forefront, had already suffered more than half of the casualties, but fortunately, the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment came up in time and joined the battle.

Liu Zhenhu, the commander of the 1st Company, was unfortunately hit in the arm by a stray bullet and was seriously injured.

However, he insisted on not getting out of the line of fire, and simply asked the medic to bandage it, and then once again picked up an MG34 general-purpose machine gun and began to strafe and suppress the army.

Zhang Xinghua held an MP18 submachine gun in his hand that he didn't know where to pick up, and swept it out of the trench, and immediately withdrew the gun out of breath.

Sitting in the trenches, he could clearly feel the bullets whistling over his head with a scorching temperature.

He didn't even dare to shoot with his head out, because in the fierce battle just now, he had seen too many robes being shot in the head by bullets from nowhere, and the bullets swished out of the back of their heads, bringing out a large mixture of red and white and a piece of skulls.

The trenches were full of fallen comrades, and there were fewer and fewer people alive to fight.

Zhang Xinghua's heart was suppressed by fear.

"Dada...... Boom, boom......, boom, boom" In the sound of gunfire explosions one after another, Su Hanyun's beautiful figure and sweet smile appeared in his mind.

I think of the bits and pieces on campus in the past, getting along day and night, and thinking of the heroic feats I said before joining the army.

"Han Yun, I'm not a bad seed, I'm not afraid of death." Zhang Xinghua exhaled and roared twice, and suddenly turned around and held a submachine gun to the outside.

It wasn't until he swept away the remaining bullets in the magazine and knocked down several devils that he hurriedly retracted into the trench.

Leaning back against the trench, he looked around for spare magazines, and soon saw a dead soldier not far away with two submachine gun magazines.

He quickly crawled over on his knees, replaced the magazine, and thrust another into his body with an ammunition bag, and stood up in vain to begin a new round of strafing.

......The MP18 submachine gun let out a series of roars, and the hot bullets were dense like rain, instantly knocking down several unprepared devil soldiers.

Behind the position, Liu Guodong led a guard platoon and the downsized reinforced company to rely on the fortifications, and finally blocked the elite attack of this group of devils.

As the battle progressed, Liu Guodong's superiority in weapons and equipment began to gradually show.

However, at this time, a communications soldier ran from the front along the traffic trench, found Liu Guodong and reported urgently: "Commander Liu, the devil's offensive is too fierce, our second battalion will be almost unable to withstand it, our Battalion Commander Du, please hurry up and find a way." ”

"What about the three battalions? The three battalions went to the front line! Liu Guodong shouted urgently.

"The third battalion has already gone up, but it has also suffered heavy losses!" An officer on the side replied as he turned his head in the hail of bullets.

"Tell the brethren that as soon as the guns go out, the brigade will definitely send reinforcements to support us, and if we hold on any longer, we must not retreat without authorization, and we must not run out of the whole regiment!" Liu Guodong ordered the signal soldier.

"Yes!" The communications soldier gave a military salute tragically, and ran along the traffic trench towards the road from which he came.

Inside the headquarters of the 36th Brigade.

Major General Ushijima, commander of the 36th Brigade of the Army, paced back and forth with an anxious expression.

Listening to the increasingly dense gunfire and explosions outside, Ushijima couldn't help but ask, "How's it going?" ”

"Your Excellency General, Okamoto has personally led the 23rd Infantry Wing to charge, and the task force is also attacking the enemy's rear, but the enemy's resistance is very stubborn." A devil on the side, Nakasa, replied.

"Tell Okamoto-kun that we must take Sujiatun as soon as possible, otherwise once the reinforcements in the city of the people of China arrive, we will lose all our efforts." Ushijima said with a solemn face.

"Hay!" The devil Nakazo answered the order and left.

At the same time, within the provisional command of the 6th Division.

Sakamoto Masaemon was also very anxious, and said to the chief of staff, Kotaro Uedanaka: "Ueda-kun, how is the progress of the 36th Brigade?" ”

"It's still a fierce battle, and it shouldn't have been taken yet, otherwise General Ushijima would have reported the victory." Kotaro Uedana replied.

"If this continues, the people will be reinforced." Sakamoto Masaemon looked anxious and said, "Can you send the 6th Cavalry Wing to support the 36th Brigade Task Force?" ”

"General, I'm afraid this won't work, because Sujiatun is located on the east bank of the Hunhe River Valley, if you want to go around to the rear of Sujiatun to attack, you must cross the tributaries of the Hunhe River, and the small group of infantry can barely do it, and it will be much more troublesome for the cavalry to cross the river." Kotaro Uedana replied.

"Hmm." Sakamoto Masaemon nodded in agreement, the terrain is limited, which highlights the important surname of Sujiatun, and also restricts the superior strength of the 6th Division from being fully deployed.

Of course, if you bypass Sujiatun and directly cross the Hunhe River and the South Canal to attack Shenyang, it is not impossible.

It's just that in that case, Sujiatun's Northeast Army will seriously threaten the two wings and rear of the army.

Therefore, before directly attacking Shenyang, the army must pull out Sujiatun.

Moreover, according to the orders of the Kwantung Army Command, the task of the 6th Division was to capture Sujiatun and attract the attention of the defenders of Shenyang.

Create an opportunity for the 2nd Division and the 20th Division to encircle Shenyang.

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At the same time that the garrison brigade and the 6th Division were fighting fiercely at Sujiatun, Seishiro Itagaki and Ishihara Waner had already arrived in Liaoyang by train.

At the same time, the 2nd and 20th Divisions also marched towards Shenyang in the rain.

"Ishihara-kun, the 6th Division is storming Sujiatun overnight, and the main attention of the defenders of Shenyang has been attracted to Sujiatun, it's time to implement my raid plan." Liaoyang County is said to be in the military police headquarters, Itagaki Seishiro Road.

"Well, the key to the battle of Shenyang is air supremacy, and the reason why we failed last time was because the defenders of China occupied absolute air superiority and caused heavy casualties to the imperial army troops, so I very much agree with your raid plan of Itagaki Jun." Ishihara Wanerdo.

"Well, I have ordered Kawamoto Osa to lead the raiding force to advance towards Shenyang with the 2nd Division, and it is expected that an attack on the East Tower Airfield will be launched soon." Itagaki Seishiro coldly clenched his fists and said, "This time, I want to be ashamed!" ”