Tieling, located in the middle of Shenyang and Siping, runs through the whole territory of the South Manchurian Railway, and Tieling is also an important station of the South Manchurian Railway.

Long before the 918 Incident, this was one of the important garrison points on the Nanban Railway Line.

Since the outbreak of the 918 Incident, Shenyang has been in full swing, but Siping and Tieling have been strangely quiet.

This was due to the awkward position they were in, when the 2nd Infantry Wing of the 2nd Division was attacking Shenyang, the other part of the 2nd Division went north along the South Manchurian Railway, trying to cooperate with the garrisons of Siping and Tieling to infiltrate Jilin and capture Changchun.

However, when the situation in Shenyang took a sharp turn for the worse, the 2nd Division had to give up the attack on Jilin and withdraw all its troops to Shenyang to participate in the battle.

Due to the lack of troops, the garrison troops of Siping and Tieling had to stand by and still to this day.

The 14th Division was ordered to go north along the South Manchurian Railway again, preparing to spy on Jilin, and then withdrew to Shenyang due to the sudden change in the battle situation.

Less than three hundred.

The reason why Zhang Xinghan chose Tieling as the target of this attack was not only because the army had limited troops in Tieling and Siping.

He wanted to capture Tieling and Siping, and open up contact with Li Du and others in Changchun, who led his troops to attack Shenyang along the South Manchurian Railway, threatening his own logistical supplies.

In order to prevent him from abandoning the city and fleeing, Zhang Xinghan ordered Sabuli to lead the cavalry regiment to surround the Tieling county town and the station, and immediately commanded the armored company and the 701st regiment to launch an attack with the Tieling station as a breakthrough.

The battle lasted less than an hour, and the army in Tieling City was completely annihilated.

After capturing Tieling, Zhang Xinghan led the guard battalion to stay in Tieling City, and ordered Liu Jianguo to lead the 701st Regiment, the cavalry regiment and the armored company to attack Siping.

At the same time, Zhang Xinghan sent an urgent telegram to Li Du, Xing Zhanqing and others.

In Changchun City, Li Du, Xing Zhanqing, Feng Zhanhai and others have already reorganized the department into Jilin Anti-Japanese Rescue [***].

Li Du was the commander, and Feng Zhanhai and Xing Zhanqing were the deputy commanders.

Since receiving Zhang Xinghan's batch of weapons and ammunition, Li Du, Xing Zhanqing and others have actively expanded their troops, incorporated the old brigades of the 24th, 28th, and 27th brigades of the original Reading Force, and in less than a month, the strength has grown to more than 20,000 people.

The headquarters was still organized into three brigades, with Li, Xing, and Feng each being the brigade commander.

In the headquarters, Li Du was chatting with Xing Zhanqing, and Feng Zhanhai walked in in a hurry.

"Brother Zhichu, Brother Kuijiu just received an urgent call from Zhang Xinghan, the head of the Tongliao Reading Division."

Feng Zhanhai's voice fell, Li Du and Xing Zhanqing stood up in surprise, and asked in surprise, "Who are you talking about?" Zhang Xinghan? ”

Seeing Feng Zhanhai nodding, Xing Zhanqing said puzzledly: "Didn't Zhang Xinghan be assassinated by Han Annihilation and died?" ”

Li Du pondered for a while, and said: "I think, this matter is not so simple, I said that I gathered heavy troops to sweep away the three eastern provinces, and the reading division bore the brunt of it, Zhang Xinghan must have done it intentionally, showing the enemy to be weak, so that he could surprise and win by surprise." ”

"What did Zhang Xinghan say in the message? What's the matter? Li Du asked.

Division Commander Zhang said in the telegram that he had led his troops to capture Tieling, and was currently storming Siping. He also said that Tongliao and Changchun are linked to each other, and that our two divisions need to work together to resist a strong enemy, so that it is possible to keep Changchun and Tongliao. Feng Zhanhai replied.

"He actually led the army to attack Tieling and Siping?"

"Brother Zhichu, since Zhang Xinghan has already attacked Siping, we will quickly send troops, join forces with them, and take Siping first." Xing Zhanqing said eagerly.

Li Du pondered for a while and said: "Zhang Xinghan is right, we and his Tongliao Reading Master have cold lips and teeth, and if we don't say anything, we will immediately gather troops and march to Siping." ”

…………………… Dalian Lushun, known as the headquarters of the Kwantung Army.

"General, Tieling has been lost, Siping has been surrounded by the Chinese army and is under fierce attack, more than half of the Siping garrison has been killed or wounded, and the captain Sasaki Shaosa has asked for urgent tactical guidance." A communications staff officer hurried into the war room, legs together, and saluted.

In the war room, Minamijiro and Ishihara Wan'er's faces changed when they heard this, and they glanced at each other.

Nanjiro said to Ishihara: "Ishihara-kun, this army is extremely cunning, what should we do?" ”

Ishihara frowned and muttered: "They are extremely mobile, and they are equipped with a large number of artillery, and their combat style is the same as Zhang Xinghan's Reading Division.

General, don't you think this seems to be a bit too much of a coincidence? ”

"Ishihara-kun, what do you mean... Zhang Xinghan: He's not dead yet? Nanjiro looked at Ishihara with a miserable face.

"It is very likely that not only did he not die, but he even suspected that this armored unit of China was the armored unit of the Reading Division led by Zhang Xinghan." Ishihara said with a serious face.

Nanjiro's face was even more ugly than his dead father, and he was a little angry: "Didn't Itagaki-kun say that Zhang Xinghan is dead?" What's going on here? ”

"General, don't be angry, this matter is just a lowly speculation, and it needs to be verified by the special high class before a conclusion can be drawn." Ishihara was afraid that Nanjiro would do something unfavorable to his good friends in anger, so he hurriedly explained.

"Order Kenji Dohihara and Seishiro Itagaki to find out the truth of this matter." Nanjiro said with a solemn attitude.

"What about Siping?" Ishihara asked tentatively.

"Jade Shatter Battle." Minamijiro almost popped out of his teeth.

Ishihara didn't say much, bowed his head and obeyed the order.

In fact, they all know that Siping is thousands of miles away, and it is impossible to rescue at all, even if they can rush to help, there is no rescue value.

So far, no unit has been able to rush to Siping before it is captured by the [***] team.

Therefore, there is only one way left for the Siping defenders, that is, to fight to the end, to break the jade and martyrdom, as for surrender, not to mention whether the [***] team outside the city is willing to accept it.

He has always admired the spirit of loyalty and bushido, and said that he would rather die in battle than surrender.

Surrender means humiliation, not only will they not be able to enter the shrine after their death, but their relatives will also be discriminated against.

However, Zhang Xinghan never thought of accepting any surrender from himself, even if the army of Siping City did not fight to the end, there was only one outcome waiting for them, that is, death.

The attacking force of the Reading Division, which has powerful air firepower and ground assault force and artillery fire, is naturally not something that a few hundred remnants of the army can withstand.

Under the blow of absolute strength to destroy the surname, the personal martial arts and bushido spirit that he believes in are fragile.

Under the crushing bombardment of tanks and artillery, the flesh-and-blood devil soldiers were killed one after another.

When Li Du and Feng Zhanhai led two and a half brigades with a total of more than 15,000 troops, they left Changchun and arrived near Gongzhuling.

Siping has been captured by Liu Jianguo's troops, and hundreds of Yue troops have been wiped out.

After learning that Siping had been captured, Li Du and others led their troops to march towards Siping.

On December 30, the two sides met with Tieling.

Tieling was originally in the headquarters of the garrison brigade of the army.

Zhang Xinghan was discussing the next battle plan with Li Du, Feng Zhanhai and others around the map.

"Brother Zhichu, Brother Shoushan, according to the report of our Air Force, the forward troops of the Yue Army have passed through the rear banner of the left flank of Horqin yesterday and are now advancing in the direction of Qinglong Mountain.

The troops in the direction of Shenyang and Xinmin had no motive to go north, and it seemed that they planned to abandon Tieling and Siping and concentrate their forces on attacking the base area of our Reading Division. Zhang Xinghan pointed to the map and introduced to the two.

"General Zhang, just tell us what we will do next, and we will fully cooperate." Feng Zhanhai admired Zhang Xinghan, and he was very happy to see that Zhang Xinghan was really not dead.

Li Du also nodded and said, "Yes, please also ask Brother Xinghan to assign us combat tasks." ”

"Brother Zhichu and Brother Shoushan are serious, this battle is not only related to the gains and losses of my reading division base area, but also related to the life and death of tens of millions of compatriots in the entire three eastern provinces.

Therefore, before this, Xinghan has something to tell the two of you, this battle is related to the life and death of our northeast, please telegraph to the officers and soldiers at all levels of your department, you need to go all out and fight with blood! For the sake of tens of millions of compatriots in the three eastern provinces, you and I should not be afraid of sacrifice, fight to the death, and become rich and noble, and die in history! ”

Li Du and Feng Zhanhai were deeply moved, and immediately said: "Please rest assured General Zhang, as soon as the guns rang out, Li and Shoushan led the soldiers under their command to fight to the death, and they should never be greedy for life and afraid of death." ”

"Well, I'll have the Air Force to support you at any time." Zhang Xinghan nodded, pointing to the Nanban Railway line on the map and said: "The task of the two is very simple, that is, to lead the troops south to Shenyang along the South Manchurian Railway, threaten Shenyang under the cover of the air force, attract the attention of the Yue army for my roundabout troops, and attack the logistics supply line of the Yue army as much as possible, the most critical point is the Hunhe Bridge east of Shenyang, as long as you attract the attention of the main force of the Yu army, I will take the opportunity to seize Sujiatun Station, and send the air force to blow up the Hunhe Railway Bridge, completely cut off the connection between the army in Shenyang and the Xinmin area and the rear of Dalian." , cut off their later supplies, no logistical supplies, or a few days, the army is a few divisions will become toothless tigers, then we will take advantage of the situation to launch a comprehensive counterattack, we will win a complete victory! ”

"However, once this happens, Sujiatun will become the focus of the army's onslaught, can you hold Sujiatun?" Li Du said with some concern.

"Fight until the last soldier, and then you will know the victory!" Zhang Xinghan said solemnly.

"Okay, I'll do my best, general, don't worry." Li Du and Feng Zhanhai saluted at the same time.

Zhang Xinghan also snapped forward and saluted: "Take care!" ”

"Take care!" After Li and Feng stood up and saluted, they turned around and strode away with their adjutants.

(To be continued)