The news of the defeat of the 12th Division and the annihilation of the 5th Heavy Artillery Brigade of the Strategic Force soon reached Dalian Lushun.

The headquarters of the Kwantung Army of the invasion of China.

Minamijiro's face at this time was very gloomy and terrifying, as if the temperature in the entire headquarters war room had dropped several degrees as a result.

Ishihara was silent, not daring to say more, when there was a rush of footsteps outside.

Ishihara looked up, but it was his good friend Seishiro Itagaki who came.

He hurriedly glanced at Seishiro Itagaki and motioned for him to speak carefully.

Minamijiro had already turned around when he heard the sound, and when he saw Seishiro Itagaki, he was immediately furious: "Seisoui Itagaki, what the hell is going on?" According to the reports of the front-line troops, it was the reading division of the Chinese army that exchanged fire with them in Sujiatun, and this morning their air force again attacked the heavily damaged heavy artillery brigade, is it all a coincidence? ”

Itagaki Seishiro just wanted to explain, but Ishihara Waner preemptively said: "The general is angry, you must know that regarding whether Zhang Xinghan, the commander of the Reading Division, died, Jiang Dugong, the leader of the Nanjing political axe, issued a memorial message and posthumously presented Zhang Xinghan as a lieutenant general. ”

"Bastard, the people of China have always been cunning, Zhang Xinghan must not be dead, apart from him, how can anyone in the Northeast have the ability to inflict such a heavy blow on the 12th Division?

If he was really dead, why was the attack of the 1st, 5th, and 11th Divisions blocked at Qinglong Mountain? There is no infighting at all in the Zhina readers, all this is a conspiracy, a big drop of conspiracy! Minamijiro erupted completely, roaring like madness.

Ishihara was speechless, the reason why he spoke first just now was just to reduce the national responsibility as much as possible for his good friends.

Itagaki Seishiro lowered his head with a heavy face and said: "Your Excellency General, this matter is indeed a mistake of humble duty, please punish Your Excellency General!" ”

"You are responsible for the entire 12th Division of the fallen Imperial Army warriors, and you are responsible for the entire 5th Heavy Artillery Brigade!" Minamijiro roared in anger.

Ishihara Waner and Itagaki Seishiro's faces both changed miserably, they glanced at each other, and bowed their heads tightly and remained silent.

"Sujiatun was occupied by the Chinese army, and the 12th Division suffered such heavy losses that it was unable to recapture Sujiatun, pass on my order, the 9th and 14th Divisions immediately transferred troops to cross the Hunhe River south, and recaptured Sujiatun no matter what!" After Minamijiro calmed down, he quickly commanded.

"General, do you want to withdraw the 1st, 5th, and 11th divisions?" Ishihara asked cautiously.

"The Air Force has arrived, we still have a chance, it is not yet known who will kill the deer, this time I will completely and cleanly eliminate Zhang Xinghan." Nanjiro said with hatred on his face.

……………………………… Zhangwu County, in the prison of the military police headquarters.

Nanzao Yunzi changed his style, and at this moment he was beating Cao Binghua, who was tied up, with a cowhide whip.

Every time the whip goes down, there will be an extra clear blood mark on Cao Binghua's body.

"Miss Yunzi, I really didn't lie to you, I really didn't know that Zhang Xinghan didn't die, oops... Spare me...... Oops...... "Cao Binghua hated Su Hanyun at the moment, and howled miserably and begged for mercy.

Nanzao Yunzi stared at Cao Binghua with eyes as if she wanted to breathe fire, and she couldn't wait to cut Cao Binghua with a thousand knives at this moment to vent the hatred in her heart.

Especially thinking that he continued to work for the imperial army in order to reward him, be a good lackey, and give him his body several times, Nanzao Yunzi's anger became more and more uncontrollable.

The leather whip in his hand became more and more rapid and forceful, until the flesh and blood of Cao Binghua were blurred, and there was no more sound, Nanzao Yunzi threw the leather whip away breathlessly.

He turned his head sideways and said, "Throw him into the mountains and feed the wild wolves!" ”

At that moment, several devils stepped forward to take Cao Binghua, who was already dying, and took him away.

In a wild mountain forest in the northwest of Zhangwu, two devil soldiers drove Cao Binghua here on a motorcycle tricycle, and just wanted to get out of the car, suddenly two gunshots rang out in the forest.

The two-faced devil soldier suddenly fell to the ground.

In a daze, Cao Binghua opened his eyes, only to see two figures, a man and a woman, walking towards him.

When he tried to open his eyes and see the person clearly, he was suddenly frightened, and begged for mercy weakly: "No... No...... Don't kill me. ”

"Dog Han Jian, I knew that you would have such a day, when I knew that Zhang Xinghan was not dead, and suffered a big loss in his hands, you would have to be kicked away like a wild dog by them sooner or later. So I've been waiting for you. Su Hanyun's pretty face was covered with a layer of frost, and she said in a cold tone.

"Han Yun, what are you doing with so much nonsense with him, I'll hoe and annihilate the organization!" Cao Xingwen raised his pistol as he spoke.

Su Hanyun stretched out her hand to stop him and said, "I'll come." ”

After saying that, he raised his pistol and aimed it at Cao Binghua's head, and pulled the trigger several times in a row.

"Let's go, I should be here later." Cao Xingwen pulled Su Hanyun, who was a little excited.

"Hmm!" Su Hanyun nodded, and just walked a few steps when she suddenly retched.

"Comrade Hanyun, what's wrong with you?" Cao Xingwen thought that she couldn't stand the bloodshed just now, so he hurriedly patted her back and asked with concern.

"I'm fine." Su Hanyun vomited for a while, waved her hand a little short of breath and continued to walk forward.

Her one hadn't been here for more than half a month, and when she thought of the time she was in the restaurant with Zhang Xinghua, she was shocked.

…………………… Sujiatun Station, the temporary headquarters of the assault force.

After half a day of statistics and cleaning the battlefield, last night's results came out.

During the battle, the officers and men of the Reading Force Division annihilated more than 12,000 soldiers, nearly 100 tanks and armored vehicles, and captured a large number of weapons and equipment.

Due to the total annihilation of the 24th Infantry Brigade and the Cavalry and Tank Wing, the 12th Division had already retracted its lighthouse and did not dare to launch any further attacks.

As for the Reading Division, the 701st Regiment lost more than 300 people killed and more than 500 wounded, and the cavalry lost 240 people and suffered more than 700 wounded, but fortunately, most of them were slightly injured and could continue to fight.

One-third of the casualties of the guard battalion were mainly caused by anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns during the raid on the heavy artillery brigade of the Japanese army.

The armored company lost five armored vehicles and two tanks, the largest loss since its formation.

However, they also achieved brilliant results.

During the day, Gao Zhihang and Liu Cuigang led the air force pilots to start the busiest air raid and bombing of the day.

Continued air raids on Shenyang and Qinglongshan to support their ground forces on both sides.

At noon, Zhang Xinghan hastily ate some compressed biscuits, drank some boiling water, and just wanted to take a break at the headquarters.

A rush of footsteps woke him up, and when he looked up, he saw Li Zhenyuan walking in quickly.

"Zhenyuan, what's wrong?" Zhang Xinghan sat up and asked.

"Division, the cavalry scouts found that there were troops secretly crossing the river at several ferries in the direction of Niujiatun and in the western section of the Hunhe River." Li Zhenyuan stood up and saluted.

"What? Sneaking? Zhang Xinghan suddenly fell asleep, walked quickly to the map, stared at the map and said: "It seems that the little devil still doesn't give up, and he began to mobilize the troops of Shenyang and Xinmin to prepare for a counterattack on Sujiatun." ”

"Master, what should we do?" Li Zhenyuan asked.

"You go and inform the commander of the regiment, and ask him to lead the cavalry to rush to the western section of the Hunhe River and Niujiatun and other ferries to patrol and guard, and once you encounter the army crossing the river, call the air force to bomb.

In the evening, your armored company and reconnaissance company are taking over the cavalry regiment, on alert, in short, you will not let yourself cross the river smoothly, and if you hold out for five days at most, the army attacking Tongliao will run out of food, and then the victory will be ours. Zhang Xinghan groaned and commanded.

"Yes, I will do it immediately." Li Zhenyuan snapped forward and immediately turned to leave.

"Signal Soldiers!" After Li Zhen walked away, Zhang Xinghan suddenly shouted.

"Master, what do you command?" A communications soldier took off his headset and quickly stood up.

"Send a telegram to Li Du and Feng Zhanhai who feint to attack Shenyang, and ask them to increase their attack and drag down the army in Shenyang as much as possible." Zhang Xinghan said.

"Yes!" The communications soldier immediately responded, hurriedly sat down and put on headphones and began to generate electricity quickly and skillfully.

…………………… North of Shenyang, Xinchengzi, Jilin Anti-Rescue [***] Headquarters.

Thanks to the strong support of the Air Force of the Reading Division and the refitting of a large number of weapons and equipment by Zhang Xinghan, the combat effectiveness of Li Du's unit has undergone considerable changes.

At present, its main attacking force has advanced the battle line to the area of the former Shenyang Beidaying.

However, the lack of armored vehicles and tanks as an assault force to save [***] is limited to this.

The 14th Division of the Japanese Army built strong fortifications here, and the two sides engaged in a white-hot tug-of-war here.

During the day, the rescue [***] has strong aerial firepower, which is advantageous and easier to fight.

At night, it is basically all on the defensive, and as long as you can hold the positions you have captured during the day, it is a victory.

However, the 14th Division, one of the 17 permanent divisions, was by no means ordinary, and at night, they were usually able to recapture the positions they had lost during the day and inflict heavy losses on [***].

And during the day with the Air Force, the situation is reversed.

In this way, the two sides fell into a war of attrition, and for the time being, they could not distinguish the winner or loser.

Just when Shunroku Hatata, who is currently the commander of the 14th Division, was ready to send his troops back to the rear to save [***], and strive to defeat and eat it in one fell swoop.

Minamijiro gave the order for the 14th Division to cross the river and attack Sujiatun.

Shunroku Hata was helpless, so he had to scold Nanjiro's stupid pig-like command while using the extra troops in the direction of Sujiatun.

In fact, Shunroku Hata also knew that after the 12th Division was hit hard, it was becoming more and more imminent to recapture Sujiatun, so it was rare that he did not disobey and conscientiously carried out Nanjiro's order.

Shunroku Hata is not stupid, he knows that there is an air force with a reading division during the day, so he just sent some advance troops to carry out some tentative river crossing operations.

Sure enough, it was heavily guarded and attacked by the cavalry of the Reading Division on the opposite bank.

(To be continued)