Under the crossfire covering the blow of 90 tanks and 180 MG34 general-purpose machine guns, the chaotic army fell in pieces like wheat.

Behind the tank group, more than 5,000 infantry from two motorized infantry regiments followed in time, thousands of rifles and hundreds of machine guns pouring bullets on the devil's head.

The bombardment of grenadiers and mortars made matters worse for the devils.

There is no suspense in such a battle at all, this is not the era of cold weapons, and it is naturally impossible for me to stage a miracle of fighting against the odds and turning defeat into victory.

Surrounded on three sides by nearly 100 tanks and thousands of cavalry, more than 5,000 infantry, it was covered by a dense rain of bullets of hundreds of thousands per minute.

Thousands of devil soldiers fell like wheat stalks under the blade of a combine.

What's more, there are more than a dozen Chinese fighter jets in the sky that are constantly diving and strafing, bombing.

Slaughter, this is a total slaughter type of battle.

Half an hour later, the slaughtering battle ended with the fall of the last few devil remnants.

Within a radius of several miles on the entire north shore, there were corpses of the soldiers everywhere, and there was no blood everywhere, because in the severe low temperature, after the devil soldiers were shot, the hot blood would not flow out much, and it would stop because the blood outside the wound froze into ice.

Some of the blasted ice in the river has begun to re-form a thin layer of ice.

The corpses of the devils floating on them were also slowly frozen.

Zhang Xinghan stood on top of the tank car and looked around the battlefield with corpses everywhere expressionlessly.

At this moment, there was not the slightest wave in his heart, as if only a few thousand pigs had died.

It is not that Zhang Xinghan is cold-blooded and ruthless, but for the invasion of China, any Chinese son and daughter with a blood surname and a conscience will not have the slightest mercy and mercy.

At the end of the massacre battle just now, the soldiers who were not frightened threw away their guns and knelt on the ground begging for surrender.

Undoubtedly, it was only a dense rain of machine-gun bullets that answered them.

"Xinghan, according to the air force reconnaissance report, the remaining two divisions of the army should have arrived in Ningcheng County by now." Wang Yizhe, the commander of the First Mobu Division, walked over in military uniform.

"I should have known by now that the main force of the 8th Division had been attacked." Zhang Xinghan said thoughtfully.

"Well, I should know." Wang Yizhe nodded.

"Uncle Wang, give the order to go down, and the troops will immediately return to Chifeng, cross the river from Yuanbao Mountain to the east, and then go south along the Laoha River and go straight to Ningcheng!" Zhang Xinghan said.

"We're going to attack Ningcheng? The army has two divisions in Ningcheng, if they can't hold out, isn't it a little difficult to attack? Wang Yizhe said.

"If I can't shrink back, we will bypass Ningcheng and advance directly to Chengde, not afraid that the little devil will not come out." Zhang Xinghan is confident.

"Well, I'll do it." Wang Yizhe nodded and turned to leave.

………………………… In Ningcheng County, Zhang Xinghan and Wang Yizhe did not expect badly, the 4th Division and the 7th Division had already learned the news that the main force of the 8th Division had been attacked and that the whole army had been wiped out in less than an hour.

The commander of the 4th Division, Nobuyuki Abe, and Taro Nakagawa, the commander of the 7th Division, who were scared into a cold sweat, hurriedly ordered the troops to stop advancing and enter the county seat of Ningcheng.

In Ningcheng County, in the Temporary Headquarters of the 4th Division.

Abe Nobuyuki said in shock: "Nakagawa-kun, we are all fooled, the people of China surrounded Chifeng, but did not attack, the purpose was to lure us to reinforcements, so they ambushed in the middle." ”

Taro Nakagawa nodded thoughtfully: "Yes, Abe-kun is right, but should we just give up on rushing to help Chifeng?" You must know that the headquarters of the 8th Division is in Chifeng City, and Commander Muto Nobuyoshi strictly ordered us to rush to help. ”

"We have to report the actual situation of Rehe to Commander Muto, I think he will make the right judgment and instructions, as for Nakamura Takajun and his division headquarters, we can only express a moment of silence, His Majesty the Emperor will protect them." Nobuyuki Abe said with a solemn expression.

…………………… Jinzhou, the headquarters of the Kwantung Army of the Invasion of China.

When Chief of Staff Toranosuke Hashimoto received Nobuyuki Abe's message, his mouth was so shocked that he could almost stuff a duck egg.

Frightened, he quickly walked into Muto Nobuyoshi's office, suddenly closed his feet and saluted and reported: "Your Excellency, General, I just received an urgent telegram from the 4th Division from Rehe. ”

"Read!" Muto Nobuyoshi raised his head and waved his hand.

"It was a conspiracy for the 8th Division to be besieged by Chifeng, and the people of China besieged it but did not attack, but they set up heavy troops to ambush the main force of the 8th Division that rushed back to help, resulting in the annihilation of the two main forces of the 8th Division. In order to prevent the attack of the armored assault force of China, our division and the friendly forces of the 7th Division have decided to stop the march to Chifeng, and the commander of the 4th Division, Nobuyuki Abe. Toranosuke Hashimoto said quickly.

"What?" Muto Nobuyoshi was so shocked that he suddenly got up, slapped the table and roared angrily: "Yagaya Road, a group of rice buckets!" ”

"Your Excellency, please calm your anger, it's not that the imperial army is ineffective, but that the armored assault force of the Chinese army is too powerful, and their size has been at least doubled by the time of the Battle of Tongliao, and with the unpreparedness of the calculations, as well as the timely support of the air force, the imperial army has suffered from the enemy on its back, the retreat route has been cut off, and it lacks effective anti-tank weapons, so it is not surprising that it has failed." Toranosuke Hashimoto reassured.

He was really afraid that the old chief, who was already in his sixties, would be angry and drive Tsurushi to see Amaterasu.

The corners of Muto Nobuyoshi's mouth twitched, his somewhat dry fists clenched, and he said angrily: "Zhang Xinghan has mobilized such a heavy army into Rehe, there must not be many troops in his Tongliao base area, and he ordered the 2nd, 6th, 10.14th and other divisions to take the opportunity to take Tongliao, and all divisions and regiments will attack with all their strength regardless of the main attack and feint, and the first one to attack Tongliao will be the first to be awarded by His Majesty the Emperor of Tomorrow!" ”

"Hay." Hashimoto Toranosuke bowed his head in response, raised his head and asked, "But, General, what about Chifeng County?" The headquarters of the 8th Division and the 5th Infantry Wing are still trapped in it. ”

Muto Nobuyoshi pondered for a moment and said: "Send a telegram to General Kotaro Nakamura, let him find a way to break through at night, if he can't break through, ask him to show the backbone that an emperor [***] person should have, and be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor!" ”

Hashimoto Toranosuke's expression froze, and then he suddenly bowed his head and turned to leave.

…………………… Chifeng County, Headquarters of the 8th Division.

Takyoshi Muraki walked up to Nakamura Kotaro with the telegram he had just received with a somewhat miserable expression, forgetting to even salute, and said, "General, Commander Muto Nobuyoshi is calling." ”

"Huh?" Kotaro Nakamura looked up at Takayoshi Muraki and sensed a hint of foreboding in his expression.

Stretched out his hand to take the message, opened it and read it, Nakamura Kotaro's face changed again and again, his hands suddenly tore the message to pieces, clenched it into a fist, breathed rapidly, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "Order the 5th Wing, all units directly under the division, to fight in pieces!" ”

"General, the 17th Infantry Wing is in an emergency!" At this moment, another military communications lieutenant hurriedly walked in.

"Read!" Kotaro Nakamura ordered through gritted teeth.

"Our department has gotten rid of the entanglement of Sun Dianying's division of the Chinese army, and we can enter Chifeng tonight, and we have learned that the 31st and 32nd infantry wings are all broken, and now the main force of the Chinese army outside Chifeng City has gone south to Ningcheng, and we have decided to attack the Chinese army outside the west gate on time at twelve o'clock in the morning tonight, and the general can lead the troops in the city accordingly, take the opportunity to break through and evacuate Chifeng, and then make plans. Wing Commander of the 17th Infantry Wing, Anteng 13 Lang Electric. The Lieutenant Communicator read quickly.

Nakamura Kotaro and Koyoshi Muraki were both amazed when they heard this, and Koyoshi Muraki was even more excited and said: "General, we still have hope, we haven't reached the last moment yet!" ”

"Hmm." Nakamura Kotaro nodded approvingly, and said, "Inform all departments of the 5th Wing and Division Headquarters, get ready, and call back to the Anteng Wing to make an appointment." ”

"Hay." Koyoshi Muraki and the communications lieutenant bowed their heads abruptly, and then turned to leave.

…………………… North of Ningcheng County, south bank of the Laoha River.

Zhang Xinghan had already arrived here with a tank regiment, a cavalry regiment and two motorized infantry divisions.

As he expected, the scouts learned that all the troops had retreated into the county seat.

"Commander, what shall we do? Siege of the city, right? Li Zhenyuan, commander of the armored brigade, asked.

"Yes, Shizuo, I just served the devils of these two divisions in one pot." Liu Jianguo, deputy commander of the 1st Mobu Division.

Zhang Xinghan pondered for a moment, and said unexpectedly: "Order, the troops immediately bypass Ningcheng and advance towards Chengde." ”

……………………………… In Ningcheng County.

Nobuyuki Abe and Taro Nakagawa were anxiously pacing back and forth in the headquarters.

Just as they were getting impatient of waiting, a devil cavalry officer hurried into the headquarters.

After saluting the two, he said, "Report to Your Excellency General, the people of China did not attack the city, but ran to the southeast. ”

"What? Southeast? Hearing this, Nobuyuki Abe hurriedly turned around and walked to the map, and when he looked at the map, his face suddenly turned pale, "The people of China are going to attack Chengde?" ”

"Abe-kun, what should we do?" Taro Nakagawa is also sweating on his forehead.

"Chengde is the capital of Rehe Province, the imperial army has just fallen, if we sit idly by, it is likely to be gained and lost!" Nobuyuki Abe was pacing back and forth like an ant on a hot pot, and suddenly stopped and said, "Send a telegram to Commander Muto, yes, ask him to decide!" ”

"Signal troops, immediately send a telegram to Commander Muto, it is possible that the Chinese army will bypass the formation of a direct attack on Chengde, and ask for urgent tactical guidance!" Nobuyuki Abe immediately turned his head and commanded loudly.

(To be continued)