Yingkou City, compared to the silence of Haicheng, the army of Yingkou City has become busy because of the arrival of Okamura Ningji.

Okamura Ninji clearly predicted that in the next battle of Yingkou, the final victory or defeat would definitely depend on the street battle of Yingkou City.

He understood that with only 40,000 soldiers and the defensive line and fortifications built in such a short period of time, it was impossible to resist the counterattack of the Northeast New Army for a long time in a field battle.

Therefore, the final battle is still street fighting, and only by relying on street fighting can the superiority of the [***] team in the air force and armored units be offset to the greatest extent.

Therefore, as soon as he arrived in the city, he asked the reserve troops and logistics units of the 106th Division and the 114th Division to immediately rush to repair and build in the city overnight.

At this time, Yingkou City was already a siege city, and thousands of houses were built a little, and all of them became fortifications and fortresses for the army.

Okamura Ninji stayed up all night, personally planning the defense area for the defenders in the city, guiding the construction of fortifications, and pulling out all the methods he could think of in his head.

At about five o'clock in the morning, the sky had just flashed a touch of fish belly white, and Zhang Xinghan woke up from his sleep.

After the reinforcements arrived last night, Zhang Xinghan dragged his tired body to sleep, and now he has not eaten anything for almost a day and a night, and his stomach has long been hungry.

After washing up, Zhang Xinghan quickly solved breakfast, and at this time, Gao Chu, Du Ting and Guo Zhong all came one after another.

"Commander." Gao Chu and others saluted one after another.

"Did you have breakfast? I didn't eat, I'll ask the guy to get you some. Zhang Xinghan wiped his mouth and asked.

"I've eaten it all, Commander, the 9th and 10th Divisions of Reading Power have been prepared, please give us a combat mission!" Gao Chu stepped forward.

The voice fell, and before Zhang Xinghan could speak, a guard's voice sounded outside: "The chief of staff has arrived!" ”

"Oh? The chief of staff is coming? Zhang Xinghan was slightly surprised.

When everyone heard this, they turned around, only to see Jiang Baili striding in in a military uniform, and snapped forward and saluted: "Commander, the humble post is here." ”

"Chief of Staff, you're just in time, I'm planning to attack Yingkou." Zhang Xinghan replied cordially.

As he spoke, Zhang Xinghan waved his hand at them and said, "Come, let's discuss." ”

Everyone stood around the map, Zhang Xinghan raised his head and looked around, and said: "At present, you must have a general understanding of the current battlefield situation, in the direction of Wafangdian, the main force of the Dalian army has launched a counterattack against me, and I have telegraphed the 2nd and 3rd divisions of Reading Force and the first division of the armored force to defend on the spot, so that they can be guaranteed in a short time." ”

According to intelligence, the number of troops who landed at Yingkou exceeded 30,000, probably between 40,000 and 50,000.

In terms of troops, our 1st Reading Division, a tank division, and two heavy artillery brigades also arrived in the early hours of last night, so far we have assembled four motorized infantry divisions, one tank division, and two heavy artillery brigades. ”

"In other words, what we compare with Yue himself is who will capture Yingkou and Wafangdian first, right?" Reading the Tao in the words of the commander of the 9th Division, Gao Chu.

"That's right, if we can't take Yingkou before we break through the Wafangdian defense line, then the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Divisions and the Armored Group Army will be in danger.

Yingkou has been captured by the Chinese army, their logistical supply lines have been cut off, and the ammunition carried by the various units cannot be sustained for too long, although we can use the air force to airdrop the above-mentioned troops.

However, it is obviously unrealistic to meet the needs of nearly 70,000 people in five divisions for combat survival by airdrop. "What Zhang Xinghan said is the truth, the surname is airdropped several divisions of ammunition and food needed for combat at a time, not to mention that his current air force does not have this strength.

Even if it is as strong as Germany, the United States will not necessarily be able to do it.

"Commander, in the last battle of Yingkou, 30,000 troops were broken by us in a battle, and the whole army was annihilated.

But he thinks that he will definitely be able to take Yingkou within three days and annihilate all the troops in the city! Du Ting, the commander of the 10th Division of Reading Power, said with confidence.

His words resonated with others, including Gao Chu, after all, not long ago, the defensive strength of the Yue army at Yingkou also reached 30,000.

In the end, it was defeated by the Northeast New Army in two days, and the whole army was annihilated, although the combat power of the 9th and 10th Divisions in charge of the main attack was slightly inferior to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Divisions, but Gao Chu and Du Ting and others were confident that they would come up with a record that was no less than that of other friendly armies, proving that the 9th and 10th Divisions of Reading Power.

"Division Commander Gao, Division Commander Du, the army was able to make a whim to counterattack and counterattack Yingkou at a time when the overall strategic situation was almost completely collapsed, cutting off the connection between our follow-up troops and the attacking troops in one fell swoop.

This is by no means the determination and courage that ordinary people can have, and it can be seen that the commander of the army must have changed, and the strategic and tactical level of this person is definitely far superior to that of any previous commander of the Kwantung Army.

What is especially worthy of our vigilance is that until now we still don't know who this person is, as the old saying goes, know each other and know yourself, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles.

Now this man is in the dark, we are in the light, and we don't know anything about him, so we can't be careless. Zhang Xinghan didn't speak, and Jiang Baili preemptively said.

Zhang Xinghan nodded his head lightly after hearing this, and said: "What the chief of staff said is not unreasonable, but no matter who the little devil sends this time, we have to see the truth under our hands." ”

After saying this, Zhang Xinghan immediately said aloud to everyone: "Pass my order, the 1st, 4th, 9th, and 10th Reading Force immediately prepare for attack, and order the 1st and 2nd Flying Regiments to immediately take off and carry out all-round bombardment of the 1st and 2nd Brigades of the Combined Heavy Artillery Army to bombard the positions of the Yingkou Army." ”

"Yes!" Gao Chu and the others stepped forward one after another, and immediately turned around and were ordered to leave.

In Yingkou Castle, Okamura Ninji, who had not slept all night, dragged his tired body back to the headquarters accompanied by guards and adjutants.

Looking at the already lit sky, Okamura Ninji said to Kentaro Kuroto, the commander of the 106th Division: "Kuroto-kun, the sky is already bright, and the people of China will attack soon, please hurry up and inform all troops on the front line to pay attention to air defense and anti-artillery." ”

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away." Although Kentaro Kuroto's military rank was even higher than Okamura Ninji, he didn't dare to hold it up, and quickly nodded in response.

Carrying a saber on his shoulder, he personally picked up the telephone that went directly to the troops on the front line.

About half an hour later, a group of bombers of the Northeast New Army taking off from Changchun and Tongliao flew into the airspace of Yingkou.

They began to carry out fierce bombardment in the direction of the Dashiqiao, Daliao River, and Daqing River.

At the same time, two heavy artillery brigades, eight heavy artillery battalions, and four artillery regiments directly under the division, totaling nearly 300 105mm and 150mm heavy guns, also began to carry out heavy shelling at the targets that had already been marked.

For a time, there were violent explosions everywhere around Yingkou, filled with billowing smoke and monstrous fire.

On the main position of the 114th Division of the Dashiqiao Army, most of the devils hid in the temporarily dug anti-artillery holes.

Due to the rush of time, most of the fortifications and bunkers built by the army were simple civil fortifications, and they were not enough to withstand the bombardment of 105mm artillery groups, let alone 150mm heavy artillery bombardment.

In addition, more than 100 planes of the Northeast New Army were constantly diving, strafing, and bombing in the sky.

From time to time, the anti-artillery holes where the devils are hiding are directly hit by shells or aerial bombs, and flesh and blood fly everywhere, and dirt is splattered everywhere.

The shelling and bombardment lasted for a full hour, and the positions on the third line of the army were shrouded in thick gunsmoke.

At this moment, the main attacking forces of the 1st, 4th, 9th, and 10th divisions launched an attack on the positions of the Japanese army from three directions at the same time.

In the direction of Dashiqiao, two battalions of the 9th Division and one battalion of the tank regiment were the first to take the lead in the attack, and more than 1,500 soldiers lined up in a skirmish line to launch a tidal charge towards the position of the army.

In front of them, of course, were dozens of tank fighting vehicles of the tank battalion.

In the position of the 114th Division, some devil officers crawled out of the anti-artillery holes covered in mud and dust, and began to urge their subordinates anxiously: "Hurry, prepare for battle, hurry up!" ”

Hundreds of soldiers who were lucky enough to survive began to fish out of the anti-artillery holes, and quickly entered the combat position with their rifles and waists.

At the same time, the artillery of the Japanese army also pulled the artillery out of the bunker.

"Kill!" Thousands of soldiers of the Northeast New Army shouted and roared and rushed towards the positions of the army.

Dozens of tanks were the first to enter the range of the Japanese army's position, but unexpectedly, the Japanese army did not immediately open fire to block the attack as before.

The whole battlefield, except for the rumble of the tank, was quiet and a little worrying.

At the same time, the city is called the army headquarters.

An adjutant turned his head to Okamura Ninji with a phone in one hand and said, "General, the 114th Brigade of the 127th Division reports that the Shina people have dispatched tanks and combat vehicles and launched an attack on them. ”

"Tanks and combat vehicles? How much? Okamura Ninji said.

"Dozens or so." The adjutant replied.

"Tell the commander of the forward wing to immediately use the method I gave them to deal with the tanks and fighting vehicles of the people of China first, and then open full fire!" Okamura Ninji said calmly and confidently.

This method was conceived by him before he came, and it was definitely an excellent method for the imperial army, which lacked anti-tank weapons.

In order to unify the command of this defensive battle, the telephone of the Okamura Ninji Headquarters was connected to the wings on the front, so that they could grasp the latest battle situation on the front line in a timely manner so that they could respond quickly.

Although Nakajima Village and Kuroto Kentaro are both one level higher than Okamura Ninji in terms of military rank, they really don't dare to hold it up, not only because Okamura Ninji is the deputy chief of the general staff of the Kwantung Army.

You must know that Okamura Ninji is also one of the founders of the Baden-Baden League, and it can be said that he is the absolute hero and confidant of Emperor Showa.

Therefore, Okamura Ninji directly commanded, and they would not and did not dare to have any objections.

"Hay!" The adjutant hurriedly replied and commanded into the microphone Missy.

(To be continued)