After listening to Jiang Baili's report, Zhang Xinghan nodded: "Well, don't forget to tell Gao Zhihang that after the first round of conventional bombing, the bombers will all be replaced with poison gas bombs and napalm, and I will turn the Lushun Fortress into a sea of fire and force out the little devils hiding in it like rats." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Yes!" Jiang Baili agreed with a bang.

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After nightfall, the bombardment of the Lushun fortress by the Northeast New Army, which lasted for half a day, finally ended.

The devil soldiers, who had been hiding like rats for a long time, began to come out to clean up the mess, and the entire fortress was full of huge craters, blown up air defense positions and fortified bunkers.

Okamura Ninji, Takashi Hishikari and others walked out of the underground bunker one after another, and began to inspect the troops everywhere accompanied by a group of guards.

"Okamura-kun, how is it, are our casualties big?" Ryokari asked as he walked.

"Fortunately, it's not too big, but today's losses are basically from the air defense forces, which means that if this continues, our air defense forces will become weaker and weaker.

At that time, the air force fighters of the Chinese army will be able to bomb us with impunity, and then the number of our casualties may skyrocket. Okamura Ninji frowned slightly.

"We must find ways to reduce the losses of the air defense forces and maintain the deterrence and containment of the air force of the Chinese army." Ryokari immediately instructed.

"Hai, please rest assured, Your Excellency General, I will definitely come up with a countermeasure as soon as possible." Okamura nodded happily.

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While the main force of the Northeast New Army was preparing to attack Dalian with all its might, it was on the battlefield of the North Manchurian border line.

On the Eastern Front, the 67th Independent Division cooperated closely with local armed forces, such as the police, gendarmes, green forest bandits, and local people.

Temporarily holding Heilongjiang, the natural danger blocked Lao Maozi's attacking troops on the eastern front in Heilongjiang.

The situation in Manchuria was much more severe, and almost as soon as the air raid by the Northeast New Army Air Force on the Lushun fortress in Dalian had just ended.

Lao Maozi had just finished his attack on Manchuria.

In the position of the independent 8th Division in Manchuria, the deputy division commander Li Dajun was carrying an MP18 submachine gun and two guards to patrol the forward trenches.

Fierce fighting had just taken place here, and the bodies of soldiers on both sides could be seen everywhere. In the trenches, the wounded soldiers were wailing in pain.

The thick smell of blood mixed with the smoke of gunpowder was very pungent and disgusting.

"Sir." A second lieutenant officer with his arms and head covered with gauze, and some places were already red with blood, saw Li Dajun, quickly stood up and saluted with his other hand.

Li Dajun stopped, looked at the subordinate in front of him, and gently patted him on the shoulder. helped him tidy up his collar and gave a silent military salute.

This was a silent exchange and encouragement between the soldiers and comrades-in-arms, and the second lieutenant officer was so excited that he almost shed tears.

Li Dajun walked forward a little further, and saw a soldier who was still choking the neck of an old hairy corpse before he died.

The cloth shoes on one foot were all gone, probably due to the struggle during the struggle.

Li Dajun looked around, retrieved the cloth shoe that the soldier had dropped, and stepped forward to separate the dead soldier from the corpse of the Soviet army.

But the soldier's hands were surprisingly tight, and Li Dajun couldn't break him with so much effort.

Li Dajun sat on the ground and said with a solemn face: "That's it." Brother, put on the shoes given to us by the elders in your hometown, and go on the road smoothly. ”

After saying that, he personally put the cloth shoes on the sacrificial soldiers.

"Die for your country today. Your name will go down in history, brethren, and your blood will not be shed in vain. Go all the way! Li Dajun stood up and looked up at the sky as if to see off all his fallen subordinates and comrades.

The completed town is about eighty kilometers away from Hailar. It has become a battlefield for the battle between the Northeast Army and the Soviet Army.

Wu Chengfeng, deputy commander of the 5th Independent Division, rushed to Hailar (within the jurisdiction of present-day Hulunbuir City) through a rapid march. Rendezvous with the 3rd Tank Division stationed in Hailar, along the railway line to Manchuria at full speed.

Encounters with a Soviet unit in the town of Completion, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides.

The Soviets also dispatched a large number of tanks and armored vehicles this time. Although the quality is much inferior to the tank group IV of the Northeast New Army.

But in addition to tanks, they also have aircraft, so the two sides are evenly matched, and the battle situation has entered a stalemate stage.

Inside the temporary headquarters of the Northeast New Army.

Wu Chengfeng was holding an emergency military meeting with the 3rd Tank Division and its subordinate military commanders.

Wu Chengfeng, who was standing in the first place, raised a telegram and said to everyone: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is an urgent telegram from the commander-in-chief that the signal corps has just received, and the commander-in-chief has instructed us that the enemy is outnumbered, and we cannot defend it to the death and fight with Lao Maozi.

Instead, it is necessary to get out of the way as much as possible, let the Soviet army go deeper, exchange space for time, disperse the Soviet army's forces, and finally block the enemy's attack in the area of Qiqihar and Jiamusi.

Hold on to the help, the commander-in-chief has already agreed, and the reinforcements will definitely arrive in less than half a month. ”

"Moreover, at the moment, the opponent in front of us is very strong, and it is unpredictable whether we will win or lose.

I think that since the commander-in-chief has already given such an order, there is no need for Manchuria to hold on any longer, wasting precious troops in vain.

So I decided that I would personally lead a tank battalion to bypass the enemy in front of me and make a detour to Manchuria to meet the breakout of the independent 8th Division.

Presumably, at this time, the 8th Independent Division should also receive instructions from the commander. ”

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Li Dajun inspected the battlefield and was about to go back, when a communications soldier hurriedly greeted him along the trench.

"What's the matter?" Li Dajun saw that the communication was in a hurry, and immediately asked.

"Deputy division, the commander-in-chief has sent an urgent telegram, and reinforcements from the 5th Independent Division have just arrived." The communications soldier snapped forward and saluted, and casually handed two telegrams to Li Dajun.

Li Dajun took it and looked at it hurriedly, his face changed suddenly, he pondered for a while, and waved his hand to signal: "Let's go, let's go back to the division headquarters." ”

On the outskirts of Manchuria, in one of the headquarters of the Soviet army.

About four or five old Maozi officers were gathering to discuss a plan for an offensive against Manchuria.

One of them is worth mentioning, he was just sent to Moscow, named Zhukov, a high-achieving student who had just graduated from the Frunze Military Academy.

Now the commander of the 4th Cavalry Division of the Soviet Army, this Zhukov has been experienced in a hundred battles before entering Fulongzhi for further study, he has joined the army from an ordinary soldier, has accumulated combat merits and has been promoted to today, and has extremely rich combat experience.

Zhukov pointed to the map and said to several military commanders in charge of the attack on Manchuria and Qiqihar: "Generals, the reinforcements of the Northeast New Army have now been discovered by our army's roundabout attack troops, and there has been an encounter between the two sides.

It is impossible to reach Manchuria for reinforcements in a short period of time, so the new army in the northeast of our encirclement can already be said to be inescapable.

However, there is one point, in the case of hopeless support, it cannot be ruled out that the Chinese will abandon this place and break through the siege, and this point also asks the generals to pay attention to strict precautions. ”

ps: Today I stayed in the driving school in the county for a day, drenched in rain for a day, yelled at the instructor countless times, and had a small achievement, I came home at eight o'clock in the evening, and it was almost ten o'clock after eating dinner and taking a shower.

I'll have to continue tomorrow, so that's all for today, sorry. (To be continued......)