"Where are you going?" Zhang Xinghan frowned and turned to look at the giant combat map hanging on the wall.

Walking towards the map, Liu Jianguo and others hurriedly followed.

Staring at the map, Zhang Xinghan muttered, "Everyone, where do you think we should retreat?" ”

"It will definitely not work in the north and east directions, so we can only retreat to the west and south." Liu Jianguo looked at the map and said.

"The direction of Jinzhou is not good, not to mention that we have been regarded as a rebel army by the young marshal, even if the young marshal allows us to withdraw to Jinzhou, we can't go, because it is too close to the South Manchurian Railway, and the Kwantung Army will definitely not sit idly by and watch us evacuate.

You must know that our evacuation this time is not a simple military evacuation, but also hundreds of thousands of civilians and tens of thousands of industrial machines and other equipment, which cannot be completed overnight. Wang Yicai analyzed.

"Brigade seat, why don't we first take Tieling and Siping along the South Manchurian Railway, and then contact General Li Du, the guard of Yilan Town, to attack Changchun on both sides? After taking Changchun, he and General Ma Zhanshan defended it according to Jihei to resist the army? Liu Guodong stepped forward and pointed to the map and proposed.

Liu Jianguo and Wang Yicai looked at the map, and then turned their eyes to Zhang Xinghan, obviously they thought that Liu Guodong's proposal was good, and waited for Zhang Xinghan to decide.

Zhang Xinghan looked at the map, pondered for a while, and finally shook his head and said: "No, this method seems to be feasible, but the actual difficulties are many, you must know that after the battle of Changchun, the strength of the troops such as the Yilan town guard has been greatly damaged, and General Ma Zhanshan is also entangled by a brigade of the Korean army, the key is that we divide our troops to attack Changchun, and the Kwantung Army is bound to attack Shenyang again, and Changchun will not be taken at that time, and Shenyang will also be in danger."

In the end, our forces are still too weak to fight on two fronts.

Moreover, if we want to withdraw from Shenyang without leaving behind hundreds of thousands of fathers and elders and a large number of machinery and equipment in Shenyang City, we must devote the vast majority of our forces to preparing for another attack by the Kwantung Army.

The only way to stop the attack of the Kwantung Army is to buy time for the evacuation of Shenyang.

Therefore, we can't go to Jihei Province for the time being. ”

"And where are we to retreat?" Liu Jianguo, Wang Yicai and others looked at each other with a worried face.

At this moment, Sabuli, who had not yet expressed his opinion, suddenly stepped forward and pointed to a place name on the map and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, based on your previous analysis, I think that at the moment, this is the most suitable place for us to retreat. ”

Zhang Xinghan and the others looked at the place that Sabuli was pointing at, and said in surprise: "Horqin Prairie?? ”

Sabuli nodded and said: "To be precise, it is Tongliao Town, which is located at the western end of the Songliao Plain, and the northern part is located in the Yumai area at the southern foot of the Great Xing'an Mountains.

It is bordered by Jilin in the east, Fengtian in the south, Chifeng in the west, and the intersection of North China and Northeast China.

If we establish a base area here, we can attack and harass the two provinces of Liaoji and Jiji, and retreat to North China, which is really the best place for us to go at the moment. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Xinghan approached the map and looked at it carefully.

Sabuli then introduced Zhang Xinghan: "Commander Zhang, please see, this is Tongliao Town, it is about 500 miles away from Shenyang, if an airport is established here, Commander Zhang's air force will be able to fly to Shenyang within half an hour to carry out bombing and air raids on the Yue army, and if the Yue army wants to attack Tongliao from Shenyang, more than 500 li is enough for us to deal with it in advance." ”

"What's the topography like here? As far as I know, the Horqin steppe is a flat grassland, and there is no danger to defend at all. "Zhang Xinghan has not been to other places except around Shenyang when he came to this world, and he only has a general understanding of the Horqin grassland in later memories.

Sabuli explained with a smile: "Commander Zhang, you don't know, the so-called Horqin Grassland is just a broad name for the Horqin Grassland.

The Tongliao town mentioned by the humble post is located in the westernmost part of the Songliao Plain, north of the remaining veins of the southern foot of the Great Xing'an Mountains, the territory is vast and sparsely populated, saddle-shaped, the north is the Yumai mountain area of the Daxing'an Mountains, the south is hilly and dirty, and the middle is the plain, which is very suitable for housing hundreds of thousands of compatriots in Shenyang, and on the way to Tongliao Town, passing through the Qinglong Mountains, we only need to hold this traffic artery to resist the large-scale attack of the Yue army. ”

"Oh." Zhang Xinghan nodded when he heard this, fell into deep thought, and suddenly he looked up at Sabuli and asked, "Head Sa, why are you so familiar with this Tongliao Town?" ”

Sabuli smiled and said, "Don't hide it from the chief, the lowly hometown is the Horqin people." ”

"Oh, I see."

"Brigade, what should we do, are we retreating to Tongliao?" Liu Jianguo asked.

"Who is the envoy of Tongliao Town?" Zhang Xinghan suddenly asked.

"Zhang Shusen, commander of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, but after the 918 Incident, he has already led the 3rd Cavalry Brigade to Jinzhou." Wang Yicai replied.

"That means that Tongliao is now in a state of no one to govern?" Zhang Xinghan said thoughtfully.

"Yes, at most, there are still the likes of the gendarmerie, police, and security teams in charge of maintaining law and order." Wang Yicai nodded and replied.

Zhang Xinghan took out the cigarette case from his pocket, took out a cigarette from it, lit it with a match, took two puffs and slowly spit out a faint smoke, and made up his mind: "That's it." ”

"The brigade has decided?" Liu Jianguo asked.

"Well, it's decided, just retreat to Tongliao." After Zhang Xinghan finished speaking, he looked up at several of his subordinates again, and said meaningfully: "Brothers, before you carry out the order, I have something to say to you clearly.

First of all, we have taken advantage of myself, and with my surname, they will never give up, and I said that since the gunfire rang out on the night of September 18, we and myself have been doomed to death.

We have no choice but defeat and victory.

As far as the current situation is concerned, we can say that we are in a difficult situation both internally and externally, and the reason why we gave up Shenyang is only to exert greater strength to resist in the long run.

From the strategic point of view, the place of the four battles in Shenyang cannot be defended for a long time.

What I want to tell you is that the retreat is a strategic shift, and one day we will return. ”

"Well, the lowly rank understands, you can assign us a task." Wang Yicai and the others nodded one after another.

"Good!" Zhang Xinghan nodded and ordered: "First of all, the three regiments will stay in Shenyang and assist Governor Zang in arranging the evacuation and escorting the people to Tongliao for evacuation.

In addition, the Third Regiment needs to send an advance force to Tongliao first, and strive to rush to repair a simple airfield within half a month. ”

"Brother, don't worry, I will fully cooperate with Governor Zang." Wang Yicai immediately said.

Zhang Xinghan nodded and continued: "As for the first and second regiments, the guard battalion directly under the brigade headquarters will immediately mobilize and go to the Shenyang Arsenal to help dismantle the production line machines. ”

"Yes!" Liu Jianguo and Liu Guodong agreed in unison.

"Commander Zhang, what about the lowly cavalry regiment?" Seeing this, Sabuli hurriedly said.

"Commander Sa is willing to stay and assist me in garrisoning the brigade? Don't go back to Heilongjiang for the time being? Zhang Xinghan said quite unexpectedly.

"Now that the whole city of Shenyang has been evacuated, Commander Zhang, you don't have many troops under you, so I will lead the cavalry regiment to stay temporarily and cooperate with you to cover this evacuation operation." Sabuli said righteously.

"Okay, Zhang Moudai, the fathers and villagers of the whole city thank Captain Sa!" Zhang Xinghan saluted.

"The cavalry regiment is temporarily resting, and I have an important combat mission for you later." Zhang Xinghan said thoughtfully.

Sabuli nodded, so that Liu Jianguo and the others could leave together.

After seeing Sabuli and the others leave, Zhang Xinghan said to Shen Xingye: "Yizhi, immediately go and inform Mayor Zang, and ask him to immediately start preparing to mobilize the people of the city to evacuate." ”

"In addition, if we pass on our military order again, from now on, all the cars and carriages in the city will be collected in one place and used in a unified manner, and the old and weak women and children will be sent out of the city first, and anyone who dares to disobey the military order and disrupt the order of retreat without authorization will be killed!"

"Yes!" Shen Xingye stepped forward and walked away.