While the fierce battle was raging in the direction of Sujiatun, the direction of Tongliao.

The 1st, 5th, and 11th Divisions of the Japanese Army, which arrived later, also launched several attacks on the Qinglongshan defense line of the Reading Division in the morning.

However, they were all repelled by the 702nd and 704th regiments of the Reading Division, in front of the Reading Division, which had well-established fortifications and the full cooperation of the Air Force.

The superiority of the army's strength did not give full play to its effectiveness.

In addition to the Air Force of the Reading Division, the Artillery Regiment of the Reading Division deployed on the anticline of the Qinglong Mountain also caused a large number of casualties and threats to the devils.

This kind of deployment gave him a headache, and the artillery groups of the three divisions could not threaten them at all.

In turn, your own artillery had to be on the lookout for air attacks from the Reading Division.

Under such circumstances, the offensive of the Yue army did not have much effect except for increasing casualties.

While the Qinglongshan battlefield and the Sujiatun battlefield were raging, a threat from the north of Tongliao approached the Huolin River.

There was a fierce battle with a battalion of the garrison regiment guarding the Holin River.

This force is none other than the troops of Zhang Haipeng, the official envoy of Taoliao Town.

After his own financial help, Zhang Haipeng wantonly collected the old department that was originally scattered by the reading master, and co-opted the bandits, and resounded Ma Hanan.

Now the number of troops has recovered to more than 3,000 people, in order to help Zhang Haipeng's troops improve their combat effectiveness.

He also specially ordered Yoshiko Kawashima to bring him a group of veterans with combat experience to serve as instructors and instructors in the army.

At the same time, he was also a war supervisor, using bayonets and pistols to force those Zhang Bu's puppet troops who were greedy for life and afraid of death to attack.

"Brothers, give me a hard beating, take the Huolin River Coal Mine, and reward each of you with a hundred oceans, and a beautiful girl!" Zhang Haipeng was full of gangsterism and was holding a Wang Ba box to inspire his subordinates.

His troops launched several attacks, all of which were repulsed by the well-equipped garrison, suffering heavy casualties.

Because Qinglongshan was being attacked by the Yue army, the main elite forces of the Reading Division were placed on the Qinglongshan defense line, and the cavalry regiment and armored company and a large number of military vehicles were taken away by Zhang Xinghan.

Therefore, at this moment, the reinforcements on the Tongliao base have not arrived for a long time.

The second battalion commander Liu Guodong was the second battalion of the 602nd Regiment of the 7th Brigade of the 7th Brigade of Liu Guodong, and the old subordinate brought out by the 3rd Battalion of the 602nd Regiment of the 7th Brigade of the 2nd Battalion was named Wu Chengfeng.

Wu Chengfeng is now twenty-six years old, and he is still a single, and his surname is irritable, and he used to be a thorn in the seventh brigade of reading power, gambling, and prostitution, and there is almost nothing he dare not do.

However, because this kid was born fierce, fought bravely, and had the cunning mind of some market outlaws, Liu Guodong, as his old chief, turned a blind eye.

With the gradual expansion of Zhang Xinghan's troops, Wu Chengfeng also gradually increased from a small squad leader to the position of battalion commander.

However, because the garrison regiment does not have a regular number, Wu Chengfeng's military rank is still captain and captain battalion commander, which can be regarded as wonderful.

Although the military rank has not changed, Wu Chengfeng has fully adapted to the position of battalion commander, and Liu Guodong directly transferred his second battalion to the Huolinhe Coal Mine to guard the border in order to prevent him from causing trouble.

Wu Chengfeng, who has been dealing with sand and coal every day in the Huolin River for a long time, has long been idle.

If he hadn't known the vigorous and resolute methods of the division commander Zhang Xinghan, once he made a mistake, his old boss Liu Guodong might not be able to protect himself.

He had already led his subordinates out to do something bad.

Wu Chengfeng was bored, and when his eggs hurt, Zhang Haipeng led his troops to call.

There was nothing to say, and Battalion Commander Wu was excited and immediately commanded the troops to meet the battle.

Although Wu Chengfeng was a little thorny, his mind was not stupid, he did not rashly attack and Zhang Haipeng, but relied on the existing fortifications to fight an offensive and defensive battle with Zhang Haipeng.

In the forward trench of the second battalion, Wu Chengfeng had a half-cigarette in his mouth, and was holding a general-purpose machine gun to pour bullets at the attacking puppet army crowd.

"Come on! Two devils, your grandfather Cheng Feng invites you to eat iron bullets! ”

The difference between the tactical literacy of these miscellaneous puppet armies and the well-trained Yue army that Zhang Haipeng temporarily incorporated is 108,000 miles.

During the attack, the stragglers almost charged man-to-man, and were knocked down by the rapid-fire fire of Wu Chengfeng and the officers and men of the second battalion.

In addition to the lack of tactics, the weapons and equipment of Zhang Haipeng's department are also extremely backward, and they are basically old-fashioned water beads and some imitation 79 rifles produced by the Shenyang Arsenal.

Compared with Wu Chengfeng's battalion, which is all equipped with American rifles and German-style machine guns, there is a huge difference of thousands of miles.

Even though Wu Chengfeng's second battalion had just formed an army, its combat effectiveness could not be compared with the elite of the other four regiments, but it was more than enough to deal with Zhang Haipeng's rabble.

What kind of general led what kind of soldiers, under the leadership of Wu Chengfeng, the officers and men of the second battalion opened fire desperately, and the dense firepower quickly pressed Zhang Haipeng's attacking troops back.

In the rear of the puppet army, looking at the failure of his troops' attack again, Zhang Haipeng couldn't help but sigh and said angrily: "Damn, didn't my intelligence say that the guards of the Huolin River were just some new recruits of the Reading Division?" Why is the firepower so fierce? ”

"Commander, if we continue to fight like this, we won't be able to take the Huolin River even if we run out of troops." The adjutant next to him said with some trepidation.

The adjutant's words reminded Zhang Haipeng, but when he thought of the splendid future that Yoshiko Kawashima had painted for him, he fell into a dilemma.

"The hundreds of thousands of troops I have gathered, this time Zhang Xinghan, a bastard, will definitely be finished, if we don't work hard at this juncture, I will be able to give us good fruits to eat in the future?" Zhang Haipeng seemed to be talking to the adjutant and to himself.

The adjutant rolled his eyes and said, "Commander, why don't we bypass the Huolin River and march directly to the hinterland of Tongliao?" Anyway, the main force of the reader is now controlled by himself, maybe we can surprise and make a great contribution. ”

Zhang Haipeng was a little hesitant, and began to smoke his dry cigarette, the last time he was almost beaten by the reading force division and wiped out the whole army, but I remember it vividly.

Even he himself was almost captured by the Reading Master.

Let him lead the troops to make a strategy on the periphery, and capture one or two towns, but if you let him lead the troops into the hinterland of the Reading Division, he really doesn't have the courage now......

Just when Zhang Haipeng hesitated, an instructor of the Yue Army left by Yoshiko Kawashima came over and saluted Zhang Haipeng: "Zhang Sang, my boss asked me to inform you that according to the latest information of the Imperial Army, the armored troops and cavalry units of the Tongliao Reading Division are likely to have been transferred out of Tongliao, and their hinterland is currently in a weak state.

She asked me to convey to your Excellency that if the situation cannot be opened up at the Huolin River for a long time, you may consider leading your troops to bypass the Huolin River and march directly to Tongliao, so as to cope with the frontal attack of the main force of the imperial army. ”

"Really?" Zhang Haipeng's eyes lit up.

"The information provided by my boss is usually not wrong, because it is related to whether the imperial army can successfully capture Tongliao and eliminate Zhang Xinghan's reading division." Said the military instructor.

After groaning for a long time, Zhang Haipeng put away the dry tobacco, got up and said: "Damn, Lao Tzu did it, whether it is success or failure, it depends on this time." ”

On the surface, he was expressing his determination to be loyal to the imperial army, but in fact, secretly Zhang Haipeng, the old guy, had already weighed the pros and cons.

As long as the armored forces and cavalry of the Reading Division were not there, it was a defeat, and he was sure of a quick withdrawal.

You must know that he still has a considerable number of cavalry in his hand, and if he can't beat it, he can't escape it?

Inside the headquarters of the second battalion of the garrison regiment.

After repelling another attack by the puppet army, Wu Chengfeng returned to the battalion headquarters with the guards.

The signal soldier who stayed behind at the battalion headquarters stood up and greeted him: "The battalion seat, the regimental headquarters and the chief of staff of the division headquarters have called, they ask us to hold the Huolin River no matter what, reinforcements are already on the way, and they will arrive at the latest in the evening." ”

"Call back to the regimental seat and the division headquarters, with me Wu Chengfeng here, these two devils don't want to capture the Huolin River." Wu Chengfeng took a cup of hot water from an orderly.

As soon as his words fell, a soldier rushed in from outside and saluted: "Camp, those two devils on the other side seem to be leaving." ”

"Huh?" When Wu Chengfeng heard this, he pushed the teacup into the hands of the orderlies, and immediately turned around and said, "Let's go, take a look." With that, he took the lead and walked out of the battalion headquarters.

Led the guards to the forward trench, and a company commander staring at the front line greeted him and said, "Camp, these two devils are retreating, I don't know what the hell they are fighting." ”

Wu Chengfeng held up the binoculars and looked at it, and sure enough, he saw that the puppet army was retreating in batches in preparation.

Putting down the binoculars, Wu Chengfeng said: "Send more scouts, be sure to find out the movements of these two devils, and see what the hell they are doing." ”

"Yes!"

……………………………… Liaoyang, headquarters of the 12th Division.

Motomasa Sugiyama watched Toshio Ogawa and a group of combat staff officers perform a war game on the sand table.

Suddenly, a communications lieutenant walked in with a panicked expression, and suddenly closed his feet and saluted: "Your Excellency, General, it's not good, the first brigade of the 4th Air Defense Wing was ambushed by a branch of armored troops near Linshengbao Town, all the air defense weapons were destroyed, and more than 500 imperial air defense soldiers were all shattered!" ”

"What?" Sugiyama was shocked when he heard this, and Ogawa Toshio and the other combat staff officers also stopped the war games.

"General, it seems that the Chinese army is very cunning, we must be careful to deal with it." Toshio Ogawa to Sugiyama Motomichi.

"Order the 4th Tank Fighting Vehicle Wing to immediately return to the lighthouse and take over the air defense forces to the front." Sugiyama Mototo, immediately commanded.

"Hay." The devil lieutenant bowed his head abruptly and took the order.

After seeing the communications lieutenant leave, Sugiyama Motocai waved to Ogawa Toshio and the others, "Continue." ”

(To be continued)