When Zhang Xinghan returned to the headquarters, it was already late at night, and he went to bed early after a busy day.

Speechless all night, the next day was just five o'clock in the morning, the sky was still gray, Zhang Xinghan woke up from his sleep and washed up briefly.

The cooking class has already delivered breakfast, a bowl of millet porridge, two steamed buns and some pickled dried radish.

Zhang Xinghan hurriedly finished breakfast, then left the headquarters with Shen Xingye and a guard company, and rushed towards Beiling Airport by car.

In Beiling Airport, more than 100 pilots, including Gao Zhihang and Liu Cuigang, stayed up all night excitedly, familiarizing themselves with the new fighters, and they couldn't put it down.

And when Zhang Xinghan just drove out of the city from the north gate of Shenyang, the gray sky was in vain lightning and thunder, the wind and clouds changed, and it didn't take long for the heavy rain to fall.

"Back to the city." Zhang Xinghan shielded the dense rain with his hands and instructed Shen Xingye.

Shen Xingye immediately braked and turned around, and an infantry company of guards following the jeep followed and turned around and returned to Shenyang in the rain.

Back at the headquarters, before Zhang Xinghan could change into a clean military uniform, Su Hanyun suddenly greeted him: "Brigade, call from Beiling Airport." ”

"Oh." Zhang Xinghan nodded, took off the steel helmet on his head and strode into the war room, picking up the microphone: "Hey, I'm Zhang Xinghan." ”

Gao Zhihang's voice came from the phone: "Brigade seat, there is a sudden heavy rain today, and all the planes will definitely not be able to take off. ”

Zhang Xinghan groaned: "No problem, I will arrange for someone to send you your food." ”

After speaking, Zhang Xinghan hung up the phone, took off his already wet military jacket, and Guo Zhong, the commander of the guard battalion, hurriedly poured a cup of hot water.

After taking the water tank, Zhang Xinghan walked out of the war room, stood under the eaves and looked at the pouring rain and the sky covered with dark clouds and lightning, and his mood was particularly heavy.

The torrential rain had both advantages and disadvantages for the Shenyang Garrison Brigade, as it would have delayed the army's efforts to repair the damaged railway, but it also delayed the air raid operations of the Shenyang Air Force.

However, the new fighters have only just been distributed to the air force, and it is also advantageous to give them more time to familiarize themselves with the operation.

It's just that this torrential rain may have a big impact on Li Du and other troops who aid Shen.

Compared with Zhang Xinghan, who was in a heavy mood, Itagaki Seishiro, who was hundreds of miles away, was a little annoyed and angry, and the sudden heavy rain in Liaoning directly affected the decisive battle between the Imperial Army Aviation Unit and the Shenyang Northeast Army Air Force.

It's just that he didn't know that this torrential rain temporarily avoided the total annihilation of the aviation unit on which he had high hopes, and thus lost air supremacy in the northeast.

"Bagaya Road, Bagaya Road, this damn God, how can there be a sudden rainstorm!" In a war room of the Lushun Headquarters, Seishiro Itagaki looked out the window at the pouring rain and said angrily.

Ishihara Wan'er also said with a solemn face: "With such a heavy rainstorm, it will also have a great impact on the repair of the damaged railway in the Liaoyang section by the Imperial Army." ”

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Outside the city of Changchun, the temporary joint headquarters of the troops aiding Shenyang.

Li Du, Xing Zhanqing and others also sighed at the rainy day outside.

After fierce fighting in the middle of the night yesterday, the 24th, 26th, and 28th Brigades of Reading Force all paid varying degrees of casualties, but failed to break through the defense line of the Changchun rebels.

The main reason is that the rebels have an entire artillery regiment of artillery units, in addition to the 27th Brigade of Jixing and the 23rd Brigade of Li Guilin, both have artillery directly under the brigade headquarters.

Therefore, the rebels had an absolute advantage in the size of the artillery, causing huge casualties to the attacking troops of the Li Du Division.

"Well, how can there be a sudden rainstorm?" Li Du looked at the sky outside and couldn't help sighing: "Now Shenyang is in urgent need of reinforcements, we should open the road to aid Shenyang as soon as possible and rush to Shenyang, but this rain will be very unfavorable to our siege troops." ”

"What Brother Zhi Chu said is not unreasonable, the heavy rain is pouring, and the soldiers' vision is blurred, how can they talk about raising their guns and shooting? If we force our attack, our siege troops will inevitably suffer heavy losses. Ding Chao borrowed Li Du's words and said: "So, I suggest that we suspend the attack and make a decision after the rain has passed and the sky clears." ”

"Two commanders, we must not stop attacking, now our army with the momentum of Zhangjiawan's great victory, morale is booming, we should strike while the iron is hot, and attack Changchun with all our might, we must not give them any respite, if we stop attacking now, then after the rain and the sky is clear, the road will be muddy, and the difficulty of our siege will be greatly increased." Sabri, the commander of the cavalry regiment, suddenly spoke.

"But what Brigade Commander Ding said is not unreasonable, the heavy rain is pervasive, the soldiers' vision is blocked, and the combat effectiveness may be greatly reduced." Xing Zhanqing said worriedly.

"When attacking in the rain, it is not only us who will be obstructed in sight, but also the defenders on the head of the city will be affected." Sabuli analyzed.

Everyone didn't say much, but looked at Li Du and waited for him to decide.

Li Du pondered for a long time, and said resolutely: "Commander Sa is right, you must not give the rebels a chance to breathe, Brigade Commander Ding. What do you think, Brigadier Xing? ”

"Brother Zhichu, you can fight if you say it, Lao Xing listens to you." Xing Zhanqing said,

Ding Chao was scheming, and when he saw this, he had to nod and say, "Since this is the case, then continue to attack." ”

"Okay." Li Du immediately turned around and shouted outside the door: "Herald! ”

"Yes!" A herald entered.

"Pass my order, the regiments continue to attack, artillery cover!"

"Yes!"

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In the afternoon, Li Du and other regiments braved the heavy rain to launch several fierce attacks on the defenders of Changchun, although they failed to break through the defenders' defensive line, but also caused large casualties to the rebels.

In Changchun City, the city defense headquarters.

Li Guilin said to Xi with a solemn face: "Sir, the attack of the reinforcement Shen army is too fierce, and our army has suffered heavy casualties, it is not a long-term solution to go on like this, you have to find a way quickly." ”

"Brother Xinshan, don't be anxious, we have plenty of food, grass and ammunition, although we are slightly inferior in strength, but our artillery still has an advantage, and the imperial army will come to help soon, so please Brother Xinshan hold on for a few more days, and after the arrival of the imperial army reinforcements to destroy Li Ding's bandit army, Xiqia will ask for credit for Brother Xinshan!" Xiqia pretended to calm down and appeased Li Guilin.

"Hmm." Li Guilin nodded helplessly and left.

"Brother Gemin, although it is not much of a problem to block Li Ding and the others for a while with the troops in my city, but now that there is a sudden rainstorm, will I be forced to postpone the attack on Shenyang?" After Li Guilin left, Ji Xing said with a worried face: "If I don't attack Shenyang for a long time, will Zhang Xinghan send troops north to attack Changchun with Li Ding and other troops?" ”

Xi Qia said with some disapproval: "Zhang Xinghan shouldn't dare to do this, right?" It must be known that his Shenyang garrison brigade is less than 10,000 people, and his self-protection is still insufficient, how can he dare to divide his troops to attack Changchun? ”

"It's not impossible, since the outbreak of the 918 Incident, he first annihilated a garrison brigade with one battalion, and then went deep into the hinterland of the army's position, and eliminated the wing headquarters of the 29th Infantry Wing that attacked Shenyang, and finally defeated nearly 10,000 troops with thousands of men. He said that if he delayed the attack, Li Du's reinforcements would be blocked in Changchun, and under such circumstances, once he came up with the idea of taking the risk of dividing his troops to attack Changchun, then our situation would be very bad. Jixing analyzed.

After listening to Ji Xing's analysis, Xi Qia's brows began to frown involuntarily: "If that's the case, we really have to think quickly just in case." ”

"Brother Gemin, the best way is to quickly inform Yu himself and ask them to send troops to attack Shenyang as soon as possible, so that Zhang Xinghan has no time to take care of anything else, so that we can be in an invincible position." Jixing Road.

"Can I listen to us?" Xiqia was a little worried.

"I am not a fool, if Changchun is lost and we are wiped out, then Li Du's reinforcements will be able to support Shenyang, which will be extremely disadvantageous to them, so they will definitely agree to send troops." Jixing is very determined.

"Alright, I'll send a telegram to Commander Honjo Shigeru right away." Xi Qia nodded with determination.

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Xiqia's telegram was quickly sent to Honjo Shigeru, and after reading the telegram, Honjo Shigeru immediately found Ishihara Waner and Itagaki Seishiro.

"Ishihara-kun, Itagaki-kun, what do you think?" After seeing the two of them read the message one by one, Honjo asked.

Ishihara Wan'er was the first to speak: "Your Excellency General, I think that Xiqia's worries are not unreasonable, Zhang Xinghan is indeed different from the ordinary commander of China, from the last battle of Shenyang, it is not difficult to see that this person is very courageous, and very cunning, has a strong ability to accept and use new things, and is good at capturing fighters, if we postpone the attack on Shenyang, then Xiqia's worries are very likely to come true, which is extremely unfavorable to our Kwantung Army." ”

"Well, I agree with Ishihara-kun's opinion, now that Shenyang is isolated, it is the best time for us to capture it." Seishiro Itagaki nodded in agreement.

"However, the damaged railway in the Liaoyang section has not yet been completely repaired, and it is raining heavily again, and the roads are muddy, which will inevitably affect the movement of the imperial army, and the air force will not be able to take off to help the battle." Honjo hesitated worriedly.

"Your Excellency General, we can transport the troops to Liaoyang by train, and then the large army will advance towards Shenyang on foot, as for the air force, the air force of the people of China will not be able to take off, and we will not suffer." Ishihara Wanerdo.

"Ishihara-kun is right, now that the heavy rain is pouring, although it will bring some trouble to the march of the imperial army, it will also affect the construction of fortifications by the people of China, and they may relax their vigilance because of this weather, if the imperial army can suddenly attack, it will definitely be able to win in one battle!" Seishiro Itagaki followed suit.

Honzhuang pondered for a long time, and finally suddenly got up and made up his mind: "Attack, order the 2nd, 6th, and 20th divisions to advance to Shenyang immediately, this time we must capture Shenyang, capture Zhang Xinghan alive, and be ashamed!" ”

"Hai, the general is wise!" Ishihara and Itagaki Seishiro bowed their heads at the same time.