The dark night sky looms over the entire peninsula, and you can't see your fingers.

In the wilderness, the silence is terrible.

On the highway along the railway, Niu Erzhu was leading his troops to march in a hurry at night, and in order to avoid exposing the target and falling into an ambush, Niu Erzhu sent a sharp army ten miles away from the main force.

The elite units were all on side three-wheeled motorcycles, all equipped with submachine guns and general-purpose machine guns, and were composed of the most elite scouts in the regiment.

Because of the loss of Gaizhou, the main forces of the army retreated to the Wafangdian area.

However, there was no shortage of scouts on reconnaissance and alert.

Niu Erzhu's spearhead troops encountered several groups along the way, but they were basically chased and killed by them.

Occasionally, there are fish that slip through the net, and the speed of their ventilation and reporting cannot keep up with the speed of the advancement of Niu Erzhu's mechanized troops.

90 kilometers, Niu Erzhu arrived at Wafangdian in less than three hours.

Although the army was alert, Niu Erzhu immediately ordered the troops to attack.

The powerful deterrent power of a tank regiment gave him enough confidence.

It's not a problem to take down a small tile shop.

Geographically, Wafangdian's location is far inferior to Pulandian, which is the real gateway to the Dalian area.

So it's a bit of a chicken.

He said that he had deployed a defense force of more than 3,000 people here as a symbol of his surname, as a warning for Pulandian.

As soon as the gunfire rang out in Wafangdian, the main force of the army in Pulandian immediately knew that there was still plenty of time to prepare for battle.

The tank artillery group has become the primary means of offensive of the Northeast New Army, after all, hundreds of 75mm caliber direct-fire guns are quite good in terms of lethality and destructive power.

Wafangdian, a small place, is not even a county seat, at best it is a town, and the reason why it can prosper is because the South Manchurian Railway passes through here.

Otherwise, it would be an ordinary rural village in China.

There were no city walls, so the army had to rely on the few buildings in the town to build several lines of defense.

After about 10 minutes of shelling, the outer positions of the Yue army were full of fire, and Niu Erzhu threw in an infantry battalion to attack.

Nearly a third of the tanks coordinated with the rest of the tanks and continued to fire extended into the town.

In the dark night, dazzling fires rose one after another, and with the flares fired by the Northeast New Army, this traffic town was illuminated as if it were day.

With the assistance of tank troops, the infantry battalion easily broke through the outer defense line of the Japanese army.

In fact, after being hit by heavy tank fire, the army, lacking anti-tank weapons, transferred the forward forces that had survived the battle back to their positions in the town.

Their goal is not to keep the enemy out of Wafangdian, but to contain them as much as possible, slow down the enemy's attack, and buy time for the main force of Pulandian.

Therefore, they will not have reinforcements coming, and if they don't hold out for long, they will abandon this place and break through.

In the dark night, Niu Erzhu was sitting in an armored car smoking a cigarette, looking at the pocket watch he was wearing around his neck from time to time.

The flashes of fire, shouts of killing, and gunfire from time to time lingered in his ears, making him gradually become anxious.

Finally, a motorcycle roared and drove quickly.

A second lieutenant officer jumped out of the car and saluted Niu Erzhu: "Deputy division." ”

"Coming back? How's it going? Niu Erzhu raised his head and asked eagerly.

"There is no sign of sending reinforcements from the devils in the direction of Pulandian." The second lieutenant officer reported.

"So, these devils are alone?" The corners of Niu Erzhu's mouth were filled with a playful taste.

"From the geographical point of view, this tile shop is far less important than Pulandian, and I will not be stupid to defend here.

Their real line of defense should be in Pulandian. The second lieutenant officer spoke his mind.

Niu Erzhu nodded thoughtfully: "In other words, the devil of Wafangdian is an existence with a warning surname?!" ”

"So to speak." The second lieutenant officer said.

"Since this is a lone army, then we don't need to think about encircling the point to send reinforcements, order the troops, surround Wafangdian, and attack with all our might, before dawn, we must take it!" Niu Erzhu immediately ordered, and did not forget to instruct: "By the way, your reconnaissance platoon must also monitor the movements of the army in the direction of Pulandian at all times, and if there is anything abnormal, report it immediately!" ”

"Yes!" The second lieutenant officer snapped forward and saluted, then got on the motorcycle and turned around and left.

Soon, the other two infantry battalions and the troops directly under the regiment detoured to other directions, surrounded Wafangdian on all sides, and launched a siege one after another.

Other units of the tank regiment were also thrown into battle, and the dense and heavy fire almost turned the entire Wafangdian into a sea of fire.

In an ordinary house in the town, there is the garrison headquarters of the army.

Commander Akikaze Aoki Osa was anxiously pacing back and forth with his saber.

Suddenly, an unkempt devil Shaozuo ran in in with a panicked expression.

Seeing the autumn wind Dazuo, he didn't have time to salute and said: "Your Excellency, the offensive of the Chinese army is too fierce, we can't resist it at all, please break through the siege quickly!" ”

Qiu Feng Dazuo's frowning brows wrinkled even more when he heard this, and his footsteps kept walking back and forth for a while, and he immediately said: "Order the troops, concentrate firepower to break through to the southeast!" ”

"Hay!" The devil Shaozuo suddenly bowed his head and answered, turned around and walked away quickly.

Qiu Feng pulled out his Wang Ba box, walked out of the command headquarters, and shouted: "Garrison squadron, assemble immediately!" ”

In a short time, nearly 200 devil soldiers were quickly assembled.

Autumn Wind Dazuo held a gun in one hand, pulled out his adjutant knife in the other, and pointed forward: "Open the way!" ”

"Deputy division, the devils in the town are beginning to break through, the direction is southeast, the fire is fierce, and the 4th company is trying its best to block it." A communications soldier ran to Niu Erzhu out of breath and reported to him.

"Want to run? It's not that easy. Niu Erzhu paused, and suddenly smiled slyly: "Order the 4th Company, let the devils out, the 3rd Tank Battalion is ready, and wait for the devils to get out of the town and destroy them in the wild." ”

"Yes!" The signal soldier saluted and gave the order to go.

Looking back at the old devil of Autumn Wind Aoki, he led a team with his own guards as the backbone, organized a fairly strong firepower to attack in the southeast direction, in a vain attempt to break through to Pulandian.

However, it was blocked by heavy fire from an infantry company and several tanks of the Northeast New Army.

Although the devils have an advantage in numbers, they do not have much advantage in firepower.

The two sides fell into a bitter battle, and when Autumn Wind Dazuo was anxiously waving his command knife and shouting to order his subordinates to attack, suddenly, the firepower of the opposite squadron gradually weakened after an explosion.

Until finally, the captain of his own guard ran over to him excitedly and reported: "Your Excellency, the Chinese army has been repulsed and can break through." ”

Autumn Wind Dazuo was overjoyed when he heard this, and nodded happily: "Yo Xi, quickly break through!" ”

Hundreds of devils rushed out of the town from the breach.

The devils who were still resisting in other directions also heard the news and retreated to this side.

In the end, when the Northeast New Army deliberately released the water, more than 1,000 devils broke through from the southeast of the town.

However, before Autumn Wind and his subordinates rushed to rejoice in the luck of breaking through the siege, a tank unit suddenly appeared in front of them like a ghost.

Dozens of tank-mounted machine guns opened fire in vain, and dazzling tongues of fire whistled in.

The dense bullets suddenly knocked the devil soldiers to the ground in pieces.

Seeing this, Autumn Wind Dazuo was horrified, and angrily brandished his command knife and shouted: "Assault and assault, kill all the damned people!" ”

Hundreds of devil soldiers charged forward with rifles, and they were greeted by a network of crossfire made up of dozens of machine guns.

Soon, a muffled sound came, and a high-explosive bomb flew towards the side of Autumn Wind Dazuo with dazzling firelight.

Autumn Wind Dazuo looked horrified, and before he could react, a high-explosive bomb fell with a scorching and dazzling firelight.

"Boom!" There was a loud bang, and the fire flashed, and Autumn Wind Dazuo and the two guards beside him were wiped out.

It didn't take long for Niu Erzhu to command the main force of the troops to come up from behind.

Under the attack from both sides, the remaining more than 1,000 devil soldiers were completely wiped out in less than half an hour.

The 1st Regiment of Reading Force won the victory of 3,000 troops at the cost of small casualties, and took Wafangdian, the forward base.

By the time the battle was over, it was already past four o'clock in the morning.

At the same time, the 2nd and 3rd Divisions of the Northeast New Army had joined the main force of Huang Xiansheng's 1st Division, and the three divisions and the five divisions, together with the two divisions of the armored group army, nearly 70,000 people, drove along the railway line in the direction of Wafangdian.

…………………… Dalian, headquarters of the Kwantung Army.

"General, do you think this is a little too crazy? General Ryokarata actually wants to counterattack Yingkou? Toranosuke Hashimoto said with a look of surprise.

Muto Nobuyoshi was also surprised, if it wasn't for the fact that he had known Ryokara for a long time, he even thought that Ryokari was crazy?

Only Ishihara pondered for a moment, and then said in an excited tone: "No, this seems crazy, but it is actually a very wise decision, if this action can be successful, then we are very likely to turn defeat into victory!" ”

The more Ishihara spoke, the more excited he became, and he, who had already despaired of the situation on the peninsula, seemed to have renewed hope at this moment.

It's just that what makes him puzzled is that such a clever combat operation is really the old devil who came up with Ryokara?

"Turning defeat into victory?" Muto Nobuyoshi couldn't believe it, the 620,000 army of Hata Jun had all broken their swords and sunk into the sand and defeated Shenyang, and now with 40,000 reinforcements, the total strength was less than 150,000, so he could turn defeat into victory?

"General, please don't hesitate to immediately carry out General Ryokarari's orders, and fully cooperate with them in this operation!" Ishihara didn't explain too much, and now the Kwantung Army's is already Ryokaraka.

There is no need for him to explain to Muto Nobuyoshi, he doesn't need to understand, because he is no longer a decision-maker, but a bystander.

(To be continued)