South of Shenyang.

Since the Sujiatun railway bridge had not yet been built, the 9th and 10th divisions of Reading Li stationed in Shenyang had to cross the river with the help of bridge-building tanks.

After crossing the river, take the train south to Yingkou at Sujiatun Railway Station.

The 10th Division suffered heavy losses in the previous Battle of Shenyang, especially Ge Quanwu's regiment, which was almost completely wounded and wounded, but during the period of staying in Shenyang, it had been replenished by the North Manchurian Police Force.

The two divisions totaled about 25,000 people, excluding the necessary remaining troops, most of the infantry traveled by train, and the rest of the troops drove to the front line by military trucks, armored vehicles, and tanks.

At this time, according to Okamura Ninji's suggestion, more than 10,000 troops suddenly launched a surprise attack on Haicheng, which was close at hand, along the railway from the Oshibashi area.

Although they had been prepared for a long time, the remaining forces of Haicheng were limited after all, and the battle was in a difficult situation for a while.

In Haicheng City, Guo Zhong said to Zhang Xinghan with an anxious face: "Commander, while the railway station in the north of the city is still in our hands, you should evacuate quickly, no matter how late the little devil will besiege the city." ”

Zhang Xinghan looked at the map with a determined face, and said meaningfully: "It seems that the commander of the devil this time is not an ordinary person, he counterattacked Yingkou by surprise, and now he is not afraid of the threat of our air force to take advantage of the situation to advance north, and his strategic vision and tactical command ability are really extraordinary." ”

Guo Zhong was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and said: "Commander, when is this time, don't worry about who the commander of the little devil is, they must be coming for you, so you better withdraw quickly." ”

"Running for me?" Zhang Xinghan smiled calmly: "The devil doesn't know that our front finger is located in Haicheng, and it is impossible to know that I am in Haicheng, otherwise, there will be more than three wings coming to attack, and it should be poured out." ”

Guo Zhong nodded silently, indeed, if he knew that Zhang Xinghan, who was the soul of the Northeast New Army, was in Haicheng County.

Then they should immediately abandon the Yingkou defense line, pour out of the nest, and take Haicheng in one fell swoop.

Killing Zhang Xinghan is far more valuable than eliminating two or three divisions of the Northeast New Army.

Indeed, if Okamura Ninji and Ryokari Takashi knew that Zhang Xinghan was in Haicheng, then they would do whatever it took to raze Haicheng to the ground.

Even if it is to catch 40,000 troops, it will not hesitate.

Boom, boom, the sound of cannons outside the city was faintly heard, and it seemed that the ground was trembling a little under his feet.

Zhang Xinghan got up from the map, carrying a steel helmet in one hand and a telescope in the other, and walked out of the war room.

Guo Zhong hurriedly followed.

In addition to the war room, Zhang Xinghan went directly to the roof of the headquarters from the spiral staircase next to him.

Standing on the roof of the house holding a telescope and looking at the battlefield where the flames of war and gunfire were loud, Zhang Xinghan asked lightly: "How many troops do we have left?" ”

"Returning to the commander, plus the guard battalion, there are less than three thousand people." Guo Zhong replied.

"Reinforcements from the direction of Jinzhou and Gaizhou will definitely not come, what about the 9th and 10th divisions of Shenyang? Where's it going? Zhang Xinghan put down the binoculars and said.

"I have already sent an urgent call for reinforcements, and the two division commanders, Gao Chu and Du Ting, replied that they had just passed Sujiatun, and they were still more than 200 miles away from Haicheng, and it would take ten hours for the armored troops to march at full speed without stopping, but they said that they would arrive this morning as soon as possible." Guo Zhongdao. "10 hours?" Zhang Xinghan looked back at Guo Zhong and said, "The strength of a regiment will hold on for ten hours, if you can't do it, then I will personally go into battle to command." ”

When Guo Zhong heard this, he said with embarrassment: "Commander, the strength of a regiment to defend the entire county is really a bit stretched, and many of these soldiers are wounded soldiers who were transported from the front line and did not have time to transfer to the rear. ”

"If the city walls can't be defended, retreat into the city, let the devils enter the city, ten hours, the little devils want to annihilate us and take Haicheng? Let's fuck dream about spring and autumn. Zhang Xinghan said.

"But, Commander, I think that you should evacuate from the north of the city while the railway station in the north of the city is still in our hands, and it is the safest to lead people after the lowly position is broken!" Guo Zhong continued to persuade.

"Okay, don't persuade again, if Haicheng is lost, I will be able to use this as a base and form a horn with Yingkou, which is far stronger than the defense line they established at Dashiqiao Station.

If I withdraw, most of Haicheng will not be able to hold it, and if the order goes on, I, Zhang Xinghan, will never leave the soldiers to flee for my life alone, and swear to live and die with Haicheng and all the brothers! Zhang Xinghan raised his hand to stop Guo Zhong and said earnestly.

Seeing Zhang Xinghan's firm attitude, Guo Zhong immediately stepped forward and saluted: "Yes!" Please command the defense line, humble duty and all the soldiers swear to live and die with Haicheng! Defend the Commander to the death! ”

After receiving Zhang Xinghan's order, Guo Zhong immediately commanded his troops to abandon the city wall defense line, including the Chengbei Railway Station, which was desperately guarded.

That was Guo Zhong's last retreat for Zhang Xinghan to evacuate at any cost, and now that Zhang Xinghan is determined not to retreat, there is no need to fight with Yue Kou anywhere and waste precious troops.

More than 2,000 officers and soldiers withdrew into the city one after another, relying on the buildings in the city to continue to resist stubbornly.

In the northern district of the city, about dozens of Northeast New Army troops withdrew from the city gate cave in a panic.

"Bang Hook Bang Hook...... Sudden ......" A dense burst of gunfire rang out behind them, and then a group of devil soldiers chased into the city with guns in hand.

The reason why these dozens of new officers and soldiers entered the city last was because they were ordered to cover the main force from the station and retreat into the city.

After all the main forces entered the city, they broke out of the siege in one fell swoop under the leadership of company commander Zhou Pingyuan and rushed back to the city.

Annoyed and angry, the Yue army immediately followed and pursued, and this was the scene just now.

After retreating into the city, Zhou Pingyuan and dozens of remnants of the army were immediately received by the main force that took the lead in retreating into the city, and disappeared into the city along the alley.

The first to enter the city at the north gate was the group of devils who pursued Zhou Pingyuan, and their strength was about one squadron.

After entering the city, in the face of the large and small buildings in front of them, the devils all increased their vigilance, slowed down their progress, and slowly advanced in groups of three.

The devil squadron leader was holding Wang Ba Box in one hand and his command knife in the other, and cautiously followed the middle of the troops.

Suddenly, a "pop" of gunfire rang out, and a rifle bullet that flew out of nowhere hit a devil soldier with a small plaster flag on his bayonet.

The devil soldier Cao was shot in the chest and fell on the spot.

The other devil soldiers were shocked, looking around with their guns in their hands, and they were extremely vigilant.

After advancing a few more meters, the cold gun started again, and another devil fell in response, but this time the leader of the devil squadron, who had been prepared, discovered the source of the gunshot.

Immediately raised a pistol and shouted while shooting: "Where, shoot!" ”

More than a hundred devils immediately opened fire one after another, and the debris from the cold gun hiding place hit by dense bullets splashed, and the fire flared up.

After several rounds of salvo fire, the cold gun did not move again, and the devil squadron leader waved his hand to stop the shooting.

At this time, gunshots faintly rang out in other directions of Haicheng, compared to other directions, the army that had been fighting at the Chengbei Railway Station was the latest to enter the city.

The two devil soldiers were ordered to hold their guns, one left and one right, and touched the cold gun hideout.

It was a house near the street, and the bullets were fired from what appeared to be a sealed window.

Two devil soldiers came to the front, one of them was on guard with a gun, and the other quickly untied a melon grenade, opened the safe, knocked it on the steel helmet again, and threw it into the window with all his might.

There was an explosion in the window, filling the room with red light, followed by smoke pouring out......

"Get out of the way!" Seeing this, the leader of the devil squadron waved his hand with relief.

The devil soldiers advanced again, but this time before they could enter the street fifty meters, hundreds of grenades suddenly flew from the seemingly empty houses and shops on both sides of the street.

Whoosh, swishing grenades flying down like devils in the crowd.

"Boom... Rumble... Boom..."There was a series of violent explosions.

The raging shrapnel suddenly knocked down the devils in pieces, blowing them up and causing them to cry and cry for their mothers and run around.

"Lie down! Lie down! The Devil Squadron Leader shouted in a hurry.

However, before the smoke cleared, the muzzles of black holes opened fire in vain from both sides of the street.

More than a dozen general-purpose machine guns and hundreds of rifles formed a dense crossfire.

The remaining dozens soon fell in a pool of blood.

At the same time, Zhou Pingyuan and his surviving subordinates had arrived at a supplementary resting place.

Dozens of subordinates were sitting in a small alley, hurrying to rest.

Heavy soldiers had already brought them ammunition and food, and two medics carried medicine boxes on their backs to inquire about the wounded one by one.

Seeing this, Zhou Pingyuan poked his head out and shouted: "We have no wounded soldiers, the wounded are all fucking left in the position and died with the little devils, don't waste time here, go to other places to rescue the wounded." ”

The two medics looked at Zhou Pingyuan, who had a black and gray face, and after glancing at each other, they quickly left with the medicine box on their backs.

Zhou Pingyuan leaned against the wall and said to a heavy soldier who brought him food: "Hey, brother, is there any smoke?" ”

The baggage soldier looked at Zhou Pingyuan, hesitated, took out half a pack of cigarettes from his trouser pocket, handed it to Zhou Pingyuan, and said, "That's all, save some smoke!" ”

"It's all for Lao Tzu, you don't smoke it?" Although Zhou Pingyuan said this, he still took out one and lit it with a foreign fire, and took a beautiful sip.

"You're fighting hard in front, and smoking a cigarette is nothing." The baggage soldier said calmly.

"How's the Commander?" Zhou Pingyuan, as the commander of the first company of the guard battalion, suddenly remembered that Zhang Xinghan was still in the city.

"The commander is at the command headquarters, he has already given an order, never retreat, and swear to live and die with the soldiers of the city!" The heavy soldier's tone was full of awe.

Zhou Pingyuan didn't say anything, but smoked a cigarette and asked, "Do you know when the reinforcements will arrive?" ”

"I heard that it will take at least ten hours, anyway, when Chief Guo gave the order just now, he said that all battalions and companies in the city should hold on for at least 10 hours!" The baggage soldier thought for a moment.

"10 hours?" Zhou Pingyuan smoked a cigarette, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Don't say 10 hours, it's 20 hours, and the little devil doesn't want to destroy us all!" ”

Listening to the loud gunfire in the direction of the city gate, Zhou Pingyuan quickly took two puffs, flicked the cigarette butt out, stood up and shouted at dozens of subordinates at the top of his throat: "Rabbit cubs, hurry up the fuck, the commander is behind us, give me your skills for the fuck, so that the little devil can't move an inch!" ”

(To be continued)