The news that the defenders had won the first battle, and that the arrogant Kwantung Army had lost its armor and fled in a hurry soon spread like a whirlwind throughout the city of Shenyang.

For a time, the whole city was filled with the joy and excitement of victory, and the whole city cheered, and the army and the people celebrated together.

When Liu Jianguo returned with a group of surviving soldiers, Zang Shiyi, then governor of Liaoning Province and mayor of Shenyang, had already led a large number of merchants and gentlemen in the city and thousands of Shenyang citizens who spontaneously rushed out of the south gate to greet them.

As the acting commander of Fengtian City's city defense, Zhang Xinghan was naturally among them.

More than 1,000 soldiers returned with blood, and under the leadership of the regiment commander Liu Jianguo, they went to the south gate and lined up to stand by.

Liu Jianguo stepped forward, came to Zhang Xinghan and Zang Shiyi, stood up and saluted solemnly: "Camp seat, Tibetan governor, a group of people who have fulfilled their mission and won the first battle!" ”

Zhang Xinghan nodded, and Zang Shiyi on the side stepped forward excitedly and said: "Commander Liu, it's good, your regiment has made great contributions to defend Shenyang, and I will ask the young marshal for you to take credit, but for the sake of hundreds of thousands of fathers and elders in Shenyang, I hope you will make persistent efforts and make new contributions." ”

"Please rest assured, my regiment of soldiers swears to live and die with Fengtian, as long as we still have one person alive and one breath, I will never let me step into Shenyang City half a step into Shenyang City." Liu Jianguo immediately said.

"Okay, the soldiers have worked hard, and their families are looking forward to it, waiting to reunite with them, let's disband first." Zang Shiyi said and turned his head to ask Zhang Xinghan again: "Commander Zhang, what do you see?" ”

"Hmm." Zhang Xinghan nodded.

After receiving Zhang Xinghan's instructions, Liu Jianguo immediately turned around and ordered: "All disband, return to the team in fifteen minutes." ”

Liu Jianguo ordered the troops to be disbanded, and at this time, a large number of orphans, widows and elderly people suddenly poured out of the crowd of ordinary people, and they called for their children and husbands to rush towards the disbanded soldiers.

The recruits who had just experienced a baptism of life and death saw their parents, wives and children, and they couldn't hold back anymore and ran towards their relatives one after another.

Many people and their wives and children and parents hugged and cried, not only the joy of life and death reunion, but also the fear and grievance of witnessing the tragedy of the battlefield of life and death, at this moment the recruits vented their suppressed emotions to the fullest, they cried bitterly, they felt the preciousness of life for the first time, and they could come back alive to see their wives and children, parents, this feeling is more important than anything else.

Of course, this does not mean that they will lose their fighting spirit and are afraid to go to the battlefield again, on the contrary, they will pick up their guns, put on military uniforms, and go to the battlefield again without hesitation after crying and catharsis.

Because after experiencing the tragic battle and the ferocity of the army, after surviving and returning to their relatives, they finally understood what the goal of their bloody struggle was.

That is, their wives, sons, daughters, parents and parents, in order for them to live happily, in order not to let their own bayonets cause them any harm, they must carry their guns and go to the battlefield like a man.

Because they have no choice, this may be the sorrow of a man, a man in the battlefield era, but it is also their supreme honor, to be able to go to the battlefield for their hometown, their fathers, wives, sons and daughters, and fight bloodily for the country and the nation, which is supremely glorious.

The recruit Niu Erzhu was no exception, and as soon as the army was disbanded, his father Zhu Ganglie came with a panicked look and called his name.

Niu Erzhu saw his father's anxious gaze and walked over quickly with a gun on his back.

"Two pillars! It's great that you're alive. Zhu Ganglie also saw his son and was immediately overjoyed.

"Plop!" Niu Erzhu suddenly knelt down in front of Zhu Ganglie on both knees.

Zhu Ganglie was obviously stunned by his son's kneeling, and said, "Erzhu, what are you doing, get up quickly." ”

"Dad, Erzhu didn't disgrace you and our ancestors, I killed four devils." Niu Erzhu said with an awe-inspiring expression.

"Well, Daddy knows, Daddy is proud of you." Zhu Ganglie nodded with great satisfaction: "Hurry up." ”

"Dad, listen to Erzhu's words." Niu Erzhu did not get up, but continued: "Dad, I want to tell you that from today on, Erzhu may not be able to do your filial piety before you retire for the elderly, because your son's life is no longer your own, my life was saved by our squad leader, from now on, I am a soldier, I will always be ready to sacrifice my life for the country, I want to take over the squad leader's gun, to complete his unfinished mission and ideals, even if one day, my son dies on the battlefield, my father should not be sad, because your son will not disgrace you, will not disgrace our ancestors." He died for his country. ”

After speaking, Niu Erzhu choked back tears and kowtowed to Zhu Ganglie three times in a row.

Listening to his son's tear-jerking words, Zhu Ganglie was silent, how many years ago he was as young as his son, and he was once aroused by this dog's war, something that had been sleeping for a long time in his body.

"Daddy won't blame you, get up." Zhu Ganglie nodded solemnly, and forcefully pulled his son up after kowtowing to him.

Many of the recruits were able to return triumphantly, hugging and crying with their relatives alive, but the relatives of the hundreds of soldiers who died in battle could only cry bitterly around their corpses.

Witnessing this situation, Zhang Xinghan couldn't help but sound the last two sentences of a poem, drunk and lying on the battlefield, Jun Mo smiled, and a few people came back to fight in ancient times!

However, these subordinates of his own failed to drink even a glass of water and wine before the expedition, thinking of this, Zhang Xinghan felt deeply guilty and guilty, although it is impossible to fight without casualties, but witnessing such a tragic scene of life and death parting Yin and Yang, Zhang Xinghan is not a grass and a tree, how can he be ruthless?

Determined to be sure, Zhang Xinghan strode towards the remains of the fallen soldiers, most of whom were carried back by the living soldiers.

Seeing Zhang Xinghan step forward, Zang Shiyi and the others also followed over, although they didn't know why.

Coming to the bodies of the fallen soldiers, Zhang Xinghan took off the steel helmet on his head and saluted them with a standard military salute.

Seeing this, Liu Jianguo, Zang Shiyi and others seemed to have realized that they took off their steel helmets and military hats, and then the surviving officers and soldiers followed suit.

"Raise your gun, for the heroic souls of the fallen soldiers, our brothers, our heroes, fire guns to see them off!" Zhang Xinghan said loudly.

The soldiers present raised their steel guns one after another, brushed and pulled the bolt to get ready, and with Liu Jianguo's big hand, they pulled the trigger one after another.

Suddenly, the gunfire was loud, and the dense gunfire echoed over the south gate for a long time.

After handing over the bodies of the fallen soldiers to Zang Shiyi for burial, Zhang Xinghan took Liu Jianguo and others back to his city defense headquarters. The real battle has just begun.

So, he had to prepare for the next battle.

After returning to the headquarters, Liu Jianguo took the lead in asking: "Yingza, will we organize troops to take the opportunity to launch a comprehensive counterattack against the army?" Defeat them completely. ”

"Nope." Zhang Xinghan shook his head and said: "In the battle just now, although we won the battle, it is far from the time for a full-scale counterattack, because the main force of the army is still there, and there is still the strength of a battle. Moreover, our casualties in such a battle are not small, and it is very likely that we will be defeated by the enemy if we force a counterattack. ”

"Then let's keep going?" Liu Jianguo said.

"Hmm." Zhang Xinghan nodded and said, "However, the army will definitely shift the target of the attack next." ”

"Shift target?" Liu Jianguo looked at Zhang Xinghan in surprise.

"Yes, because they suffered a big loss from our air force today, so I think they will definitely launch an all-out attack on our Shenyang airfield in the future, in order to disintegrate our air force superiority and defeat us." Zhang Xinghan explained.

"Then we'll need to strengthen the airport's defenses." Liu Jianguo had been to the airport and said immediately.

"Hmm." Zhang Xinghan nodded again and said: "I have already thought about it, I will hand over the defense of the airport to your regiment, you have been to the airport, you have some understanding of the surrounding environment of the airport and the garrison of the airport, the important thing is that the airport is the top priority of our Shenyang defense battle, and there is absolutely no room for error, the regiment is formed by my 3rd battalion as the backbone, and you have just fought with Yue himself, so it is most appropriate to send your regiment." ”

"Hmm." Liu Jianguo nodded in agreement, and said, "What about the defense of the South Gate?" ”

"The defense of the south gate will be handed over to the second regiment, you will immediately take a regiment and set off to the airport, and pass on my order, the Shenyang Airport Reading Force Garrison Battalion will be combined into a regiment, and you will command it in a unified manner." Zhang Xinghan said.

"Yes!" Liu Jianguo happily received the order and saluted, and strode away.

After Liu Jianguo left, the phone in the city defense headquarters rang suddenly, and Zhang Xinghan walked over and picked up the phone: "I'm Zhang Xinghan." ”

On the other end of the phone, Gao Zhihang, who had just made great achievements, said with some excitement: "Commander Zhang, our air force is okay in this battle, right?" ”

"Well, we can win this time, thanks to the all-out attack of the air force led by you, Brother Ziheng." Zhang Xinghan said.

"Commander, I have an idea, I don't know if it's feasible or not." Takashi Fairway.

"Brother Ziheng, please speak." Zhang Xinghan said.

"As far as I know, the Chinese army is now massing in the vicinity of Sujiatun Station, is it necessary for our air force to carry out air raids and bombing on them?" Takashi Fairway. Obviously, after the battle, both Gao Zhihang and the pilots of the Northeast Army were very much looking forward to attacking again and pouring out their anger on Yue himself.

"I've thought about this before, but Brother Ziheng, as far as I know, your air force doesn't have a lot of fuel reserves, so I think it's better to control the number of sorties and use it when you are needed the most." Zhang Xinghan on the other end of the phone pondered for a moment and said.

He didn't know that it was a very cool thing to have air supremacy to strike at the Chinese army, which would not only consume the morale of the Japanese army, but also inflict some casualties on them.

However, Zhang Xinghan knows more about the value of fuel, at this time China does not have the ability to produce its own gasoline, although there is an amazing amount of reserves in the northeast of Daqing oilfield, but now he does not have the opportunity and ability to exploit and utilize, can only wait for the future.

Therefore, some of the fuel that Zhang Xiaoliu accumulated when he was in charge of the house must be calculated and used, so that he can give full play to the maximum value of the air force, and the first time he bombs the army, the effect may be good, but when the army is prepared, it will have little effect.

Rather than this, it is better to save it and save it for use in a battle like today, and help the ground forces to win, which is the most cost-effective.

"Yes, Ziheng understands." Gao Zhihang was naturally clear about fuel reserves, so he responded immediately.

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As Zhang Xinghan expected, Itagaki Seishiro was defeated and retreated to Sujiatun.

Immediately said to Ishihara-kun: "Ishihara-kun, we must destroy the airfield and air force of the people of China and disintegrate their air superiority, otherwise, we will face a huge air threat. ”

"Well, that's what I thought too." In his opinion, it will take time to wait for the mobilization of air force fighters from the mainland, and now they must capture Shenyang as soon as possible, because the news of the outbreak of the September 18 Incident has basically not spread.

It is not yet known to the international community, and the national political axe has not yet had time to make any response.

They must take Shenyang as soon as possible, creating the fact that the Kwantung Army has actually occupied it, and only in this way can they be invincible in future negotiations and in dealing with the so-called international public opinion.

In addition, the [***] team in Shenyang City has already posed a serious threat to them, and if they can't eliminate it, they are likely to be defeated by it.

Now Ishihara Waner and Itagaki Seishiro are like arrows off the string with a bow, and they can't turn back, so they can only go down one path until they win this conflict.

"Then I will immediately organize troops and immediately attack the East Tower airfield." Itagaki Seishiro saw that Ishihara agreed, and immediately said.