Zhang Xinghan bent down and helped up the chair he had kicked down, took a few deep breaths, and said indifferently: "Brother Baili, I lost my temper just now." ”

After lifting the chair up, Zhang Xinghan sat on it, leaned on the back of the chair and lit a cigarette and smoked.

After a long time, he spoke: "Order Shen Yizhi, do everything you can to get me information about the commander of the Yingkou Army, no matter what, I want to know who this person is!" ”

"Yes!" Guo Zhong, the commander of the guard battalion, immediately responded and turned to leave.

After Guo Zhong left, Zhang Xinghan turned his gaze to Jiang Baili: "Brother Baili, do you have any way to deal with the little devil's smoke tactics?" ”

Jiang Baili frowned slightly, and pondered: "The devil's trick is really ingenious, making my siege troops unable to defend against it, in my opinion, it is better to postpone the attack, and then attack after we have figured out how to deal with it." ”

Zhang Xinghan nodded silently, and then said, "Chief of Staff, are you interested in going to the front line with me?" ”

"Dare to disobey!" Jiang Baili stood upright.

…………………… Yingkou City, known as the army headquarters.

Kentaro Kuroto, the commander of the 106th Division, hung up the phone with an excited face, and said to Okamura Ninji, who was standing in front of the map and contemplating, with reverence: "Okamura-kun, all the wings have called, and they have defeated all the invading enemies, destroyed nearly 100 tanks and combat vehicles of the Chinese people, and annihilated thousands of enemies, which is really the biggest victory of the imperial army since the Battle of Tongliao."

Especially at this critical time when the situation on the Liaodong Peninsula is critical, it will greatly boost the morale and morale of the imperial army. ”

If it is said that Kentaro Kuroto directly unified the command of Okamura Ninji before, and took away his command in disguise, he was slightly dissatisfied in his heart.

Now Kentaro Kuroto's reverence for Okamura Ninji immediately increased to an astonishing level.

He never expected that this seemingly ordinary style of play would achieve such unexpected results.

Okamura didn't show much joy, but nodded subconsciously.

Seeing this, Kentaro Kuroto asked, "Okamura-kun, it looks like you're not very happy."

You have come up with this idea, and you have already made a contribution to the Empire. ”

"There's nothing to be happy about, it's just a small victory, the people of China have suffered a loss, the next battle will not be so easy, they will definitely find a way to crack my smoke warfare method, this is what I'm worried about." Okamura Ninji said worriedly.

"In any case, we have won an unprecedented victory, and this is a victory that can greatly boost the morale of the Imperial Army, Okamura-kun, do you think we need to send a telegram to Commander Hishikari Takashi to boost the morale of the main force of our Kwantung Army?" Kentaro Kuroto said disapprovingly.

Okamura Ninji stood up, pondered for a moment, and nodded: "Well, send a telegram to General Ryokari Takashi to report, this tactic can also be handed over to the main force of the Kwantung Army to deal with the tanks and armored forces of the Chinese people." ”

…………………… Dalian Lushun Fortress, the headquarters of the Kwantung Army of the invasion of China.

Kuniaki Koiso walked into the headquarters with a telegram and laughed out loud as he walked.

"Xiao Iso-kun, what's wrong with you?" Ryokari heard his cry, turned his head, and asked in confusion.

"Your Excellency, Commander, good news, good news." Kuniaki Koiso was excited.

"Nani? Where's the good news? Ryokari looked surprised.

"Yingkou, Okamura's deputy chief of staff called, they thwarted the attack of the Chinese army with the smoke warfare method invented by Okamura-kun, destroyed nearly 100 Chinese tanks and combat vehicles, and destroyed thousands of enemies." Koiso Kuniaki said excitedly.

"Really?" Hearing this, Ryokari Takashi stretched out his hand to take the telegram, read it for himself, and said with a smile: "Yo Xi, it's a big drop, the imperial army needs such a victory too much." ”

"Your Excellency is right, I suggest that you immediately inform all divisions and regiments on the front line of this news together with the smoke tactics, which can not only boost the morale of the army, but also deal with the tanks and armored vehicles of the Chinese people." Koiso Kuniaki said with a smile.

"Yo Xi, do it immediately." Ryokari nodded happily in agreement, and added, "Also, call Okamura-kun back and tell him that I will personally ask His Majesty the Emperor for him." ”

"Hay!" Koiso Kuniaki suddenly bowed his head, turned around and took the order.

…………………… On the highway and railway line from Haicheng to Dashiqiao, a military column is rumbling south.

On the roads on both sides of the railway, a large number of heavily armed new officers and soldiers from the Northeast traveled south in military trucks or tanks and armored vehicles.

At the same time, it shoulders the responsibility of vigilance and escort.

It was only more than 20 kilometers from Haicheng to Dashiqiao, and in less than two hours, Zhang Xinghan got off the train at Huwangzhen Station.

Gao Chu, the commander of the 9th Division of Reading Power, and Du Ting, the commander of the 10th Division, had been waiting here for a long time.

Seeing Zhang Xinghan, Gao Chu stepped forward and bowed his head with a look of shame and said: "Commander, Chief of Staff, I failed to complete the task, and the offensive troops lost two-thirds of the loss, all of which were due to my poor command, please punish you!" ”

"Okay, now is not the time to hold you accountable, and it's not just you who have suffered defeat, Liu Jianguo's 4th Division of Reading Power and Huang Xiansheng's 1st Division have all suffered." Zhang Xing's tone of Chinese was slightly aggravated and said: "The ancients are brave, shame and courage, a momentary victory or defeat is nothing, get along with a good way, and then win it back, more than 100 tanks are still lost by my Northeast New Army, but it is a pity that hundreds of tanks and armored soldiers are lost." ”

Zhang Xinghan said with regret: "In the future, when encountering such a battle again, the officers and men of all tank regiments should immediately abandon the vehicles and escape, save themselves, and the tank and combat vehicles can be bought and rebuilt when they are gone, and if the people are gone, there will be nothing!" Do you understand? ”

"Yes!" Gao Chu and Du Ting stepped forward one after another.

"Commander, Chief of Staff, are you going to the lowly command first, or?" Gao Chu asked.

"You and Du Ting will take me and the chief of staff to the front line first, I want to see the battlefield of the battle." Zhang Xinghan said.

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away." Gao Chu happily agreed.

Not long after, Zhang Xinghan and Jiang Baili were at the beginning of the high school, accompanied by Du Ting and others, and came to a secret observation post at the forefront along the trenches.

Standing in the observation post and looking through the binoculars, the site of the morning battle was clearly visible.

The wreckage of destroyed tanks and even the bodies of fallen soldiers can be seen.

After looking at it for a moment, Zhang Xinghan was a little angry, turned his head and almost jumped out of his teeth: "Give me the order, all the artillery will immediately carry out an all-round indiscriminate coverage of the army's position from now on, and the air force will also send me all the dispatches to blow up these sons of bitches!" ”

"Yes!" Guo Zhong, who was accompanying him, responded abruptly, turned around and took the order to leave.

After observing the meeting again, it was not until their own artillery group opened fire and the devil's position was shrouded in gunsmoke and flames that Zhang Xinghan and Jiang Baili put down their binoculars.

"Well, Chief of Staff, is there any good way?" Zhang Xinghan turned his head and asked.

Jiang Baili sighed softly and said, "Commander, forgive me for being discouraged, the little devil chose this place to be a thief, and the Dashiqiao Railway Station is an important transportation place in the northeast of Yingkou.

With the railway station as the center, the devils deployed defensive positions along the two lines of the railway, defending the danger, and in front of them was all open land with a flat river.

We don't really seem to have any good ways or shortcuts other than using our troops to attack. ”

"It's nothing to storm by force, we use air supremacy, artillery and tank armored forces, the key is to guard against the devils and then use smoke bombs against us." Zhang Xinghan said.

"For now, the only way to do this is to strengthen the coordination of infantry and tanks during the attack, and if the enemy uses smoke bombs, the infantry must hold on and not retreat, and assist the tank men to suppress the Japanese army with dense firepower, so as not to give it a chance to counterattack.

In addition to this, during the morning battle, our troops were attacked by enemy artillery, which shows that it is necessary to strengthen the artillery assistance of the attacking troops. Jiang Baili said.

"Well, what the chief of staff said makes sense, but we still have to discuss the specific details carefully, and be fully prepared to be in order." Zhang Xinghan nodded thoughtfully.

"Commander, Chief of Staff, this is not the place to speak, let's go back to the headquarters first, shall we?" Gao Chu hurriedly said.

"Hmm." Zhang Xinghan and Jiang Baili glanced at each other and nodded.

After returning to the joint command of the 9th and 10th Divisions.

Zhang Xinghan and the others sat around the table, and Jiang Baili continued to talk about his plan: "Everyone, I was only halfway through what I said just now.

I believe that in the next offensive, it is not only necessary to strengthen the coordination of infantry and tanks, but it is also best to equip the attacking troops with more portable and powerful individual heavy weapons such as shoulder-fired rocket launchers.

Even poison gas bombs and incendiary bombs should be used to give full play to our absolute superiority in technology and equipment, and to defeat our opponents with absolute hard power. ”

Zhang Xinghan nodded when he heard this, what Jiang Baili said was reasonable, and the analysis was very thorough, indeed, the advantage of the Northeast New Army was not the strength of the army.

Rather, it is their advanced technology weapons, all kinds of advanced weapons that are ahead of the Chinese army, and if these technical weapons can be put into use as much as possible, the most important thing is to give full play to their power.

At this moment, a rush of footsteps came from outside, Zhang Xinghan and the others looked back, only to see Guo Zhong walking in quickly.

He stepped forward and responded: "Commander, chief of staff, I have made it clear, the commander of the devil who is in command of Yingkou is named Okamura Ningji, who is the new deputy chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, and at the same time, the army in Yingkou City has two divisions, namely the 114th Division and the 106th Division, and the division commanders are Nakajima Village and Kuroto Kentaro respectively. ”

"Who? Ninji Okamura? Zhang Xinghan's face changed suddenly when he heard this.

"Does the commander recognize this Okamura Ninji?" Jiang Baili and the others looked at Zhang Xinghan in confusion.

Zhang Xinghan hurriedly shook his head and said: "I don't know, I'm just surprised, I've never heard of this person's name, but judging from the first encounter, this person should not be underestimated." ”

Just kidding, how could Zhang Xinghan, an old devil from Okamura Ningji, not know, although he himself praised him as a rare famous general among the senior generals of the army in World War II, both in command and in commanding operations, which is a bit exaggerated.

However, based on the performance of this person in history, he can definitely be regarded as the best among the senior generals of the world, at least at that time, no one in the whole of China can match him in terms of strategic vision or tactical command ability.

You must know that in less than two years in North China, this old devil has suppressed the spread of the rapidly developing Eighth Route Army and other anti-Japanese forces behind enemy lines.

And caused huge losses to it, which once caused the war behind enemy lines in North China to fall into a trough.

On the frontal battlefield, whether it was the 11th Army commanded in the Battle of Wuhan was invincible and took the lead in capturing Hankou, or in several battles later, they were outnumbered for a long time, and they lost their armor and retreated.

(To be continued)