After Gao Zhihang left, Zhang Xinghan personally sent a detailed battle plan to Huang Xiansheng and Zhao Zhenfan.

Subsequently, he called Shen Xingye: "Yizhi, you take a company, go to the airport immediately, and bring all the anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns." ”

…………………… In Xinmin City, Huang Xiansheng, Zhao Zhenfan and others were anxiously waiting for Zhang Xinghan's callback.

In the anxious waiting, the platoon commander of the communication platoon directly under the 619 regiment finally walked in with a telegram in his hand, and saluted Huang Xiansheng and the others: "Sir, the staff seat, the regimental seat, Shenyang call back." ”

"Hurry up!" Zhao Zhenfan waved his hand.

"I have learned from the telegram that Director Huang, Zhao Shenzuo, and Wang Tuanzuo have been informed that you can take the national righteousness and national safety as the most important thing and lead your troops to come to the rescue, Xinghan is very moved, and now our Shenyang Air Force has completely mastered the air supremacy in the northeast region after bloody battles and the successive shooting down of nearly 200 planes.

On the occasion of this great victory, it is necessary for the three armed forces to completely attack and defend the great mountains and rivers in the northeast of our country, and now that the enemy's forces in the Shenyang area have been reversed, after careful consideration, I have decided to concentrate all my forces to encircle and annihilate the enemy's 2nd Division, and I hope that all of you brothers will do their best to cooperate.

First of all, I will send the air force to bomb and attack the enemy in front of you, and order the main force of our garrison brigade to launch a strong attack on the 2nd Division from the front, and the air force will also give full assistance.

I hope that the brothers will leave part of their troops to hold on to Xinmin, and the rest of the main force will be led by the cavalry troops of Director Huang, cross the Liao River from Liaozhong County through Jinwutai and Manduhu, and intersperse with the northwest area of Liaoyang in a roundabout way, attack and occupy Dengta County, and cut off the road for the enemy's 2nd Division to retreat to Liaoyang.

I will also send an assault force from Chan Xiang Tun to join you in attacking the lighthouse.

It is necessary to remember that if you encounter a small group of enemy troops along the way, you must not fall in love with the battle, and do not take the lighthouse as soon as possible at all costs, and strive to defeat the 2nd Division before dark, because our Shenyang Air Force can provide strong air fire support during the day, causing strong deterrence and damage to the enemy. ”

The communications platoon commander finished reading the telegram in one breath, and Huang Xiansheng, Zhao Zhenfan, and others all looked at each other.

Zhang Shixian, the commander of the 619th Regiment, gasped and said, "Encircling and annihilating the 2nd Division? Isn't that a little too crazy? ”

Wang Tiehan, the commander of the 620th Regiment, was also a little worried: "At present, with the addition of the Xinghan garrison brigade, the strength of the army is at most equal to the enemy's 2nd Division, the art of war is cloudy, five times that of the enemy, can be surrounded and bent, ten times the enemy, before it can be encircled and attacked, now we do not have an advantage in troops, you must know that in addition to the enemy's 2nd Division, there is also a 20th Division in the Sujiatun area, is it too risky to do so?" ”

Although Zhang Shixian and Wang Tiehan both studied in the Northeast Lecture and Martial Arts Hall, they are still quite backward and unfamiliar with the theory and application of modern military tactics.

In fact, let alone him, even the whole of China, even the [***] elite generals who were born in Huangpu, are extremely backward in their use and understanding of tactics.

Before the outbreak of World War II, who would have thought that the German army's blitzkrieg gave the best interpretation of modern warfare?

Who would have thought that the Germans had completed beautiful battles with fewer victories again and again with an absolute numerical inferiority, and created counterattacks again and again.

Regarding the worries and doubts of the two subordinates, Zhao Zhenfan did not express his opinion directly, but asked Huang Xiansheng: "Brother Alarm Zhong, what do you think?" ”

"In all fairness, Zhang Xinghan's move is a bit risky, but maybe it is precisely because he has this kind of courage that ordinary people do not possess that he can create miracles one after another, right?" Huang Xiansheng looked at Zhang Shixian and the others meaningfully.

"What do you mean?" Zhao Zhenfan asked tentatively.

"Fully cooperate, Zhang Xinghan is younger than everyone here, and his qualifications are not as good as ours. Huang Xiansheng said excitedly: "On the night of 918, you are the barrier of Shenyang, nearly 10,000 troops withdrew without a fight, in the name of non-resistance, humiliation so far, it is time to wash away this shame with our blood, and prove to the people that we are not greedy for life and afraid of death. ”

Zhao Zhenfan was embarrassed and indignant, and immediately said aloud: "The chief is right, it's time to be ashamed of the seventh brigade of my reading force, you can give an order." ”

"Deputy Regiment Commander Li led a battalion of troops to stay in Xinmin, and the rest of you led your troops and horses to immediately go out of the city and attack the lighthouse in a roundabout way." Huang Xiansheng immediately made a decision and quickly made arrangements.

………………………… Sujiatun, the headquarters of the 2nd Division of the Army.

Jiro Duomen was drinking alcohol at the headquarters, the entire air force was annihilated, and the reversal of the situation in Shenyang made him worried.

At this time, a communications staff officer strode in with a telegram in his hand.

After saluting hand and foot, the communications staff officer reported: "Your Excellency, Commander Minamijiro has called. ”

"Read!" Jiro Duomen took the wine glass and drank it down, and ordered with a flushed face.

"The Kwantung Army Command telegraphed, in view of the fact that the air force has been completely lost and the fighters for the capture of Shenyang have been lost, you are hereby ordered to stop the offensive and retreat to Liaoyang to stand by, in order to prevent the attack and bombing of the Air Force of the China Army, the retreat should be carried out quietly at night." The communications staff officer opened the message and read.

"I see." Jiro Duomen waved his hand at the communications staff officer and motioned for him to go down, bowed his head and continued to drink.

The communications staff officer bowed his head and turned to leave.

Suddenly, there was a deafening roar of engines outside.

Immediately followed by a violent explosion that shook the ground and the mountains, the communications staff officer turned back in a panic, and said eagerly with the protection of Duomen Jiro: "Your Excellency the division commander, the people of China are coming to attack again, please take shelter for the time being." ”

Jiro Tamen may have drunk a little too much, or he may have had enough of being bombed repeatedly.

He pushed away the communication staff officer, and roared with extreme anger: "Pass my order, and all wings will immediately organize machine guns, return fire, and return fire at the despicable Chinese fighters!" ”

"Your Excellency, General!" The communications staff officer hurriedly tried to persuade again.

was slapped violently by Duomen Jiro, who was in anger, and scolded angrily: "Baga, carry out the order!" ”

"Hay!" The communications staff officer hurriedly bowed his head, then turned around and walked away quickly.

In order to cooperate with the ground forces' attack, Zhang Xinghan specially ordered Gao Zhihang to send all 30 HE111 bombers of the air force at one time.

The total ammunition of the thirty HE111 bombers reached 135,000 kilograms, and this is not counting the ammunition of the three airborne machine guns carried by the bombers themselves.

Aerial bombs up to 135,000 kilograms began to fall freely in the magazines of bombers and fell towards the positions of the 2nd Division.

Since there was no need to worry about the threat of the army's air defense weapons, the HE111 bomber group bomb group dropped the bomb at a very low altitude.

Therefore, the accuracy of bombing has been greatly improved, and for a time, the defensive positions of the various wings of the 2nd Division were in flames, and there were violent explosions and raging flames everywhere.

Under such intense bombardment, the hastily built civil and engineering defense bunkers of the Chinese army began to be unable to withstand the impact of the blast wave and collapsed one after another, and some were directly hit by aerial bombs and directly blown into ruins.

After receiving an order from Jiro Tamon, some of the wings sent machine gunners to risk raising light machine guns to try to defend the air, but all of them were torn to pieces by the violent blast wave.

As the bombing progressed, the telephone lines laid between the wings of the army and the division headquarters began to be destroyed, and all units suffered heavy casualties.

After more than half an hour, 30 HE111 bombers completed the bombing, dumping all 135,000 kilograms of aerial bombs onto the positions of the 2nd Division.

The devastated positions were filled with blazing fire and blown up fortifications, and the air was filled with the smell of choking gunpowder smoke and the pungent stench of blood.

Before the surviving soldiers could crawl out of the fortifications, the artillery battalion directly under the garrison brigade began shelling.

In the first round of shelling, the artillery battalion used arson shells, followed by poison gas shells.

Under the cover of these two weapons of mass destruction, the 2nd Division experienced a terrible mortality rate.

Many officers and men were locked in bunkers by high-temperature burning gasoline bombs, unable to move, the communication between the various departments was completely cut off, and the gas masks were too late to be used.

At the same time that the 2nd Division was under heavy ground-to-air fire, another bomber group of Stuka dive bombers from the Air Force also flew over the positions of the 20th Division.

The 20th Division began to carry out rounds of dive bombing and strafing.

Although the Stuka bombers could not carry as much ammunition as the HE111 medium bombers, their ultra-low-altitude flight capabilities made their bombing extremely accurate.

In addition, the fortifications of the 20th Division, especially the anti-aircraft bunkers, were not as good as those of the 2nd Division.

So when the first round of bombardment ended, the 20th Division suffered nearly 1,000 casualties, and most of the fortifications and bunkers were destroyed.

The 20th Division, which was bombed by air raids, fell into a brief period of chaos and busyness, and was too busy to take care of itself.

Huang Xiansheng, Zhao Zhenfan and others took the opportunity to lead two battalions of the 619th Regiment and the troops directly under the regiment and two battalions of the 620th Regiment (the 3rd Battalion has stayed in Shenyang with Zhang Xinghan and has been expanded to a garrison brigade) and the troops directly under the regiment, as well as more than 1,000 public security cavalry, with a total of more than 4,000 infantry cavalry.

Quietly went out of the city from the south of the city, made a detour to the south, and went straight to the direction of Jinwutai in the direction of the Liao River.

At the same time, in Shenyang, Shen Xingye had already led a company of guards to tow more than a dozen antiaircraft machine guns and four 88mm antiaircraft guns and military trucks from Beiling Airport to the outside of the brigade compound.

The other two companies of the guard battalion were also fully armed and assembled.

Accompanied by battalion commander Guo Zhong, Zhang Xinghan walked out of the brigade headquarters compound wearing a steel helmet and white gloves on his hands, carrying an MP18 submachine gun.

Looking at the more than 300 officers and soldiers of the guard battalion who were fully armed and on standby, Zhang Xinghan turned his head to Guo Zhong and said, "Zhongzi, I will leave you a platoon, and the brigade headquarters will be handed over to you." ”

"Brigade, why don't I lead the team." Guo Zhong said with some concern.

"No, I have to be in command of this battle." Zhang Xinghan waved his hand and said, it was not that he did not trust Guo Zhong, but that Guo Zhong did not have the prestige and courage to jointly command Huang Xiansheng and Zhao Zhenfan.

Guo Zhong nodded and said no more.

Zhang Xinghan held a submachine gun in one hand and looked around at the officers and soldiers of the guard battalion present with a torch in his eyes, and said in a solemn voice: "Leave one company and one platoon, and the rest of the people will all get in the car and set off!" ”

Nearly 300 officers and men of the guard battalion responded to the promise with a bang, and immediately rushed towards the more than 10 military trucks that Zhang Xinghan had already prepared, as well as the trucks used to pull antiaircraft machine guns and antiaircraft guns.

(To be continued)