Chapter 104: Annihilating the Puppet Army (I)

"What, what do you say? Wang Yizhe mobilized troops without authorization? Zhang Xueliang couldn't believe his ears and asked with a shocked face.

"Back to the young marshal, it's true, the 620th Regiment and the 619th Regiment have secretly left the Jinzhou garrison early this morning, if the young marshal doesn't believe it, he can directly send a message to question Wang Yizhe." Rong Zhen replied firmly in the face of Zhang Xueliang's gaze.

"It's the opposite, it's the other way around, Wang Yizhe, an ungrateful bastard, has been cultivated and reused by me in vain, and he dares to betray me?" Zhang Xueliang's face was blue and he gritted his teeth and said: "Send a telegram to Wang Yizhe immediately, no, directly send a telegram to the 619 and 620 regiments, and order them to return to their original station immediately, without my order, no one is allowed to transfer a soldier without authorization, and those who violate the order will be engaged in military law!" ”

"Yes!" Rong Zhen was overjoyed in his heart, and turned around and left.

…………………… Major Marshal Zhang's order to the 620th Regiment was indeed received, but Colonel Wang Tiehan, the commander of the 620th Regiment, who had long been dissatisfied with his non-resistance order, tore the message sent by the Major Marshal to shreds in front of Chief of Staff Zhao Zhenfan.

Then the resolute troops moved on.

As for the telegram order sent to the 619th Regiment, the commander of the 619th Regiment, Colonel Zhang Shixian, did not receive it at all.

Because under normal circumstances the radio stations of the 7th Brigade were only equipped to the regimental level.

In order to facilitate the contact between the defenders of Xinmin City and the brigade headquarters, Wang Yizhe assigned the communication platoon directly under the 619th Regiment to Li Dajun, the deputy of the regiment.

Therefore, it was Li Dajun, who was far away in Xinmin, who received the order from Zhang Shaoshuai.

After receiving this telegram from the young marshal, Li Dajun was a little confused, if he wanted to withdraw the 619 regiment to its original station, would it be to withdraw to Shenyang Beidaying, or the current Xinmin City?

Confused, Li Dajun took the telegram and found Huang Xiansheng, the director of the Provincial Police Department.

In any case, Huang Xiansheng is a major general, and Huang Xiansheng, the police chief of Liaoning Province (equivalent to the director of the provincial public security department in later generations), took the telegram and looked at it, and said to Li Dajun: "Deputy Regiment Commander Li, the order of the young marshal is unknown, you still ask about your brigade seat, and your brigade seat order shall prevail, after all, such a thing of overstepping the command is rare." ”

"Well, that's what I thought too." Li Dajun nodded in agreement.

…………………… Jinzhou, Headquarters of the 7th Brigade of Reading Force.

Wang Yizhe had already received Li Dajun's telegram of inquiry, and after a moment of silence, Wang Yizhe immediately replied to the telegram asking him to continue to hold on to Xinmin, and make a decision after the arrival of Zhao Zhenfan, the chief of staff.

As soon as the signal soldier was ordered to leave, a middle-aged officer walked in.

Wang Yizhe saw the person coming clearly, and couldn't help but greet with a smile: "I'm here for you." ”

The person who came was none other than Major General He Lichong, the commander of the 621st Regiment of the 7th Brigade of Reading Li and attached to the brigade.

"Brigade seat, I just received an order from the young marshal to temporarily take over the position of commander of the seventh brigade of Reading Power from now on, and the young marshal ordered you to return to Beiping immediately to report on your work!" He Li rushed in and saluted casually, and said in an indifferent tone.

"Okay, I got it." Wang Yizhe seemed to have expected it, and nodded very calmly.

This is also the reason why he didn't send the 621st Regiment out, because in terms of military rank, He Lichong is a major general, one level higher than Chief of Staff Zhao Zhenfan.

If the 621st Regiment was really sent out, then once the young marshal learned about it, he would only need a telegram to transfer the troops back.

"I've got a car ready for the brigade, please." He Li waved his hand outside, and two soldiers walked in with guns.

Wang Yizhe stood up with a smile, tidied up his military appearance, and walked out calmly.

…………………… Shenyang, garrison brigade headquarters.

Zhang Xinghan rested for a few hours, and as soon as the morning dawned, he ordered Gao Zhihang to immediately send aviation troops to Tongliao to bomb the puppet army that attacked Zhang Haipeng.

At the same time, more than a dozen Stuka dive bombers were dispatched to attack the enemy in front of Sujiatun.

However, due to the advance preparations of the 2nd Division, the results of this air attack were not great.

In the field headquarters of the 2nd Division, in view of the fact that its own troops were frequently subjected to the unscrupulous air raids and bombardments of the Shenyang Air Force.

The angry Domen Jiro found the chief of staff and ordered: "Immediately send a telegram to Commander Minamijiro, asking him to immediately send aviation troops to provide emergency air support, and it is time to fight the Shina Air Force." ”

……………………………… Dalian Lushun is called the headquarters of the Kwantung Army.

After receiving Jiro Tamon's telegram for help, Minamijiro immediately instructed all the bombers and fighters of the air force under the Kwantung Army to take off at once, and the target was to bomb Shenyang and fight to the death with the Northeast Air Force in Shenyang.

After the first two air battles, the air force directly under the Kwantung Army now has more than 100 planes left, including more than 80 fighters and more than 30 bombers.

This time it seems to be accidental, but in fact it is inevitable.

With their own arrogant surname, how could they be willing to be occupied by the Chinese Air Force and fight hard in air raids and bombings every day.

In fact, if it weren't for the heavy rain last time, the plan of the former commander of the Kwantung Army to mobilize all air forces to fight to the death with the Shenyang Air Force would have been implemented long ago.

Now that Minamijiro has taken over, although he knows that it will be difficult to win with the number and quality of existing aircraft alone, in order to be able to capture Shenyang, he has completely annihilated the garrison brigade.

He did not hesitate to take risks with the mentality of luck, and he pinned his hopes on the rich flying experience of the pilots of the Kwantung Army.

Naively thinking that flying experience can make up for the lack of fighter surname.

………………………… In Tongliao Town, a cold current from the northwest surged like the Horqin grassland in the early morning, causing the temperature in Tongliao to plummet.

In the morning, the dew was damp and heavy, and the breath was noticeably hot.

Zhang Xinghua felt that he had been smashed by something, and subconsciously opened his eyes, only to see that the company commander Liu Zhenhu was gesturing to him not far away.

Zhang Xinghua hurriedly squatted up, carrying a gun and running towards Liu Zhenhu quickly.

"Company commander, what's wrong?" Zhang Xinghua quickly came to Liu Zhenhu's side, squatted down and asked.

Liu Zhenhu stretched out his hand and pointed out of the wall, Zhang Xinghua quietly poked his head out, and saw that there were hundreds of puppet soldiers outside the town quietly approaching this side.

Looking at the approaching puppet army under black pressure, Zhang Xinghua couldn't help but take a deep breath of cold air, turned his head and asked:

"Company commander, what should we do?"

"We don't have enough ammunition, so let's get closer to the puppet army and fight again, and strive to kill as many enemies as possible with the least consumption." Liu Zhenhu took a few deep breaths and clenched the submachine gun in his hand.

"Hmm." Zhang Xinghua nodded, and clicked the bolt of the steel gun in his hand.

Outside the town, Zhang Haipeng, surrounded by several regiment commanders, was holding a telescope and observing the progress of the attacking troops.

"What the hell are these grandsons of the Shenyang Garrison Brigade doing?" Seeing that the attacking troops were already approaching the town, but they didn't see the defenders firing to block the attack, Zhang Haipeng couldn't help but wonder.

Just as he finished speaking, there was a sudden burst of gunfire in the silent town.

The puppet army that was cautiously approaching the town was suddenly knocked down by more than a dozen.

The rest of the reflexes scattered, looking for cover and hiding and starting to shoot back.

For a time, Tongliao Town was once again enveloped by the dense sound of gunfire and explosions one after another.

At first, Liu Zhenhu and his subordinates inflicted heavy casualties on the puppet army with their superior firepower, but as the ammunition continued to deplete, the machine gunners had to slow down the speed of their fire to delay the consumption of bullets.

In this way, the blocking firepower is greatly reduced, and it is difficult to suppress the large number of puppet troops with only sporadic rifle shooting.

Seeing that the puppet army was advancing more and more, and the situation was extremely critical, Liu Cuigang led more than 20 fighters and bombers to arrive in time.

More than 20 warplanes immediately began to dive, strafe, and bomb Zhang Haipeng's attacking troops.

One after another, the bombs fell, and a dense rain of bombs poured down.

Hundreds of puppet soldiers who were desperately attacking were suddenly attacked and blown to pieces, and some were cut off by powerful machine-gun shells.

The attack of the puppet army collapsed, and the remnants of the puppet army began to run around in a panic, and the whole battlefield became a pot of porridge.

After defeating Zhang Haipeng's attacking troops, Liu Cuigang commanded the pilots to launch an air raid and bombing on Zhang Haipeng's cavalry.

For a time, the explosion outside Tongliao Town was deafening, and the smoke and flames were accompanied by the miserable cries of the puppet soldiers, and the frightened neighing of the war horses came and went.

From a bird's-eye view from the air, you can see that there are frightened cavalry running wildly everywhere, some war horses are frightened, and even drag their masters to run wildly, until some puppet cavalry are dragged to death.

Zhang Haipeng and several regiment commanders only cared about fleeing for their lives alone to avoid the bombing, and in the panic, they could also take care of the life and death of their subordinates.

However, their nightmare was far from over, when the air force fighters of the garrison brigade were about to return home from bombing and strafing due to range reasons.

After a day and a night of rapid marching, more than 20 Renault tanks and armored fighting vehicles of Li Zhenyuan's armored cavalry company arrived at the battlefield in time.

As for the cavalry regiment of Sabuli and the cavalry of the armored company, they have long been left far behind.

At this time, Zhang Haipeng's four cavalry regiments were completely chaotic, and the battlefield was full of cavalry scattered and fleeing for their lives and war horses scurrying everywhere.

Li Zhenyuan and dozens of armored soldiers could not take a break, and immediately drove tanks and armored vehicles to attack the chaotic puppet army.

Vehicle-mounted machine guns and tank guns opened fire one after another, and the puppet troops who could not dodge were knocked down in groups of three or five.

Tanks and armored vehicles were fired on the move, so many of the puppet army's wounded soldiers and horses were directly crushed into pools of flesh and blood.

These puppet cavalry have seen this kind of battle, and they have already been frightened, so they scattered and fled, only hating their father and mother for having two legs, and they couldn't organize any resistance at all.

Even if there were occasional puppet army officers who wanted to resist, they had no way to take Li Zhenyuan's tanks and armored vehicles, either they were swept into a blood sieve by machine guns, bombarded into pieces by tank shells, or directly crushed into meatloaf.

(To be continued)