"Your Excellency General, it's not good, the defense line outside the city has completely collapsed, and the people of China are encircling and blockading Xinmin City, Your Excellency General, please evacuate quickly!" In Xinmin City, a devil Dazuo staff officer said to Kashii Haoping with an anxious face.

"Yaga Yalu!" Hearing this, Kohei Kashii was furious, slapped the corner of the staff officer's mouth and bleed, and said angrily: "The Great Emperor Army is invincible, as the Emperor's warriors, we must not cowardly escape, and order the troops to organize a counterattack immediately!" ”

The devil Dazuo covered the swollen left side of his face, and said with some grievances and some despair: "Our defense line in the north of the city has been broken through by the Zhina people, and the 056,067 heights have all been lost.

Our army suffered from the enemy on its back, the defense line completely collapsed, and now the remnants of all wings have withdrawn into the city, and their vitality is greatly damaged, and the Ono wing has been ordered to participate in the battle of besieging Fort Fort, and we are powerless to fight back! ”

"Guanjiabao?! What's going on with Guanjiabao now? As if grasping a life-saving straw, Kohei Kashii asked eagerly.

"There is still a fierce battle, the remnants of the Chinese army in Guanjiabao are very stubborn, and the imperial army has paid an extremely heavy price in casualties, and it has not been able to annihilate it for the time being." The devil staff officer bowed his head and said.

"Yaga!" Kohei Kashii gritted his teeth angrily, pulled out his command knife with a snort, raised his hands and slashed down at the conference table in front of him.

A sharp saber cut off a corner of the wooden conference table.

Kohei Kashii was still angry, and raised his foot and kicked the broken conference table over, as if he was crazy.

"Your Excellency General, I think that the top priority at the moment is to take advantage of the fact that the people of China have not yet completed the siege of Xinmin City, and we will contact the imperial army reinforcements and the Ono Wing who are besieging Fort and ask them to accept us to abandon the city and break through." The devil staff officer lowered his head and persuaded again.

Kashii Haohei pondered for a while, and suddenly said with a hideous face: "I said, we can't be cowards who escape, besides, it's not yet the last moment, the imperial army has not yet lost, immediately send a telegram to General Hata Shunroku, the battle of Xinmin has reached the last critical moment, please quickly order the reinforcements to surround the fort of Chongjiabao, end the battle of Guanjiabao as soon as possible, and take advantage of the fact that the foothold of the people is not stable, rush to the aid of Xinmin, we should cooperate with the outside, and we will definitely be able to turn defeat into victory." ”

"But, General, the forces in our hands are already in a hurry, what kind of counterattack should we take?" The devil counseled.

"Although we are so badly damaged, how can the people of China be any better? As long as the reinforcements can take Guanjiabao within half an hour, free up their hands to rush to the aid of Xinmin, and cooperate with us inside and outside, we will definitely be able to turn defeat into victory and defeat the Chinese army! Kohei Kashii swore solemnly.

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

Chief of Staff Noda Bugu held the telegram and reported to Shunroku Hata with an anxious expression: "Your Excellency, the outer positions of Shinmin Castle have all been broken through by the Shinna Army, and Commander Kashii has sent an urgent telegram asking for help. ”

Shunroku Hata stretched out his hand to take the telegram, opened it and read it hurriedly, and immediately said: "Order the troops crossing the river, they must solve the remnants of the enemy at Guanjiabao within half an hour, and quickly rush to the aid of Xinmin, there must be no mistake!" ”

"Hay!" Noda Bugu suddenly bowed his head in response, and immediately turned around with his saber on his shoulder and led away.

…………………… Tieling, the former enemy headquarters of the Northeast New Army.

Li Guocai held a telegram in his hand, hurriedly walked to the conference room, and stood up and saluted Zhang Xinghan, who was frowning in front of the map: "Commander, the Western Route Army and the Guanjiabao Ge Quanwu Regiment have sent urgent telegrams. ”

"Oh? How is the battle of the Western Route Army and Guanjiabao progressing? Zhang Xinghan asked sideways when he heard this.

"With the assistance of a tank division of our armored group army, the Western Route Army has broken through all the peripheral positions of the Xinmin Army, occupied it, and is carrying out a joint attack on Xinmin." After Li Guocai finished speaking, he continued in a somewhat solemn tone: "However, the Ge Quanwu Regiment in Guanjiabao has been in a bitter battle for a long time, and this is the latest urgent telegram sent by the head of the Ge Quanwu Regiment. ”

"Is it a call for help?" Zhang Xinghan took the message suspiciously.

Li Guocai shook his head: "No, it's a farewell." ”

Zhang Xinghan's heart sank, took the telegram and opened it, only to see that the telegram read: "Commander-in-Chief Zhang Mingjian, now our regiment and the 2nd Tank Division are firmly holding Guanjiabao, and have been trapped in the siege of the army on all sides for a long time, the situation is critical, and there is no hope of breaking through. Ge Quanwu, January 25, 22nd year of the Republic of China. ”

After reading it, Zhang Xinghan immediately slapped the telegram on the table, got up and shouted: "Immediately send a telegram to Li Zhenyuan, and ask him to speed the 1st Tank Division back to help Guanjiabao, this order is urgent, and there must be no mistake, and at the same time send a telegram to Huang Xiansheng, and order the 1st Division of Reading Li to immediately set off from Jilin, go straight to Fushun, and prepare to encircle Shenyang." ”

"Yes!" Li Guocai suddenly agreed, and after saluting, he turned around and left.

Li Guo had just left, and a familiar figure strode in, and Zhang Xinghan said in surprise: "Hey, Chief of Staff, why are you here?" ”

"Commander, I heard that the commander sent troops to attack Guanjiabao, and I have something important to discuss with the commander face to face." Jiang Baili saluted.

"Oh? What important things can't be said clearly on the phone, and the chief of staff needs to come overnight? Zhang Xinghan said with some curiosity.

"Commander, how is the battle of Xinmin now?" Jiang Baili did not answer the rhetorical question.

"Guanjiabao fell into the heavy siege of the Yue army, and the Ge Quanwu Regiment and the Second Tank Division were still fighting bloodily. However, the outer defense line of the Xinmin Army has been completely broken by our Western Route Army. Zhang Xinghan said.

"Oh, fortunately, as long as Guanjiatun is still in our hands and Xinmin has been surrounded by our army, then it will not be a superfluous trip for me to come to Tieling." Jiang Baili breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Now that the battle on the periphery of Xinmin has ended, the commander can quickly order the Western Route Army to rush to the aid of Guanjiabao." ”

"Well, I've already given Li Zhenyuan an order." Zhang Xinghan nodded, and asked again, "The chief of staff hasn't said that you have anything to discuss with me when you come to Tieling?" ”

"That's right." Jiang Baili walked to the map, pointed to the map and looked at Zhang Xinghan sideways and said: "Commander, please see, once our army gains a foothold in Guanjiabao and takes down the outer defense line of Xinmin, and encircles Xinmin, the army in Xinmin City will become a turtle in the urn, and it will be difficult to escape."

Before talking about the specific plan, Baili has to praise you, the commander, your surprise attack on Guanjiabao is really clever, it is simply a trick to pinch the key to Shenyang's victory and defeat. ”

Speaking of this, Jiang Baili got to the point: "First of all, it is only a matter of time before Xinmin is captured by our army, and for himself, after losing Xinmin, the battle of Shenyang will be defeated.

Therefore, there is a suggestion for the next hundred miles, that is, to encircle and annihilate the Yue army in Shenyang on the north bank of the Hunhe River as much as possible, and strive to complete its success in one battle, so as to reduce the resistance that our army may encounter in the next southward movement. ”

"Oh? What exactly is the proposal? Zhang Xinghan seemed to have an understanding.

"Dispatch elite troops, make a roundabout attack on Fushun, and Sujiatun, and cut off the retreat of the army in the Shenyang area." Jiang Baili said.

"Well, the chief of staff is far-sighted, and I have thought of it, and I won't tell you, just now, I have already telegraphed Huang Jingzhong to lead the 1st Division of Reading Force to go south from Jilin and attack Fushun." Zhang Xinghan nodded and said, "As for attacking Sujiatun again, this can only be implemented after the siege of Guanjiabao is lifted." ”

Jiang Baili was very surprised, and said solemnly with a look of reverence: "It turns out that the commander has already planned, but there are some teams in Baili who have an axe." ”

"The chief of staff doesn't have to be too modest, in terms of strategic vision, you don't lose to me, you and I join forces, it is enough to sweep away the army outside the border and reorganize the mountains and rivers," Zhang Xinghan said in high spirits.

…………………… Guanjiabao, the position of the Northeast New Army along the river.

Ge Quanwu's regiment had already suffered more than three-quarters of the casualties, and at this moment she was leading the few hundred remaining remnants and the armored soldiers of the 2nd Tank Division to make the final resistance relying on tanks and armored vehicles.

In this battle, not only did the 2,000 officers and men of Ge Quanwu Regiment lose three-quarters, but the armored tank units of the 2nd Tank Division also suffered extremely heavy losses, especially the machine gunners, who were almost completely lost.

However, the devils lost far more troops than them, because the corpses of the devils on the outskirts of their positions could almost be piled up into small mountains.

"Tuanza, our tuan is about to run out." After repelling a ferocious attack by the devils again, a bloodied guard said to Ge Quan with a crying voice.

"Shut up, Lao Tzu said before the war, Commander-in-Chief Zhang gave repeated orders, even if the whole regiment is exhausted, we can't lose Guanjiabao." Ge Quanwu wiped the blood and mud on his forehead, and said: "Besides, our main force has already surrounded Xinmin, and will soon surround Shenyang, as long as we can restore the good rivers and mountains in my northeast, even if we finish fighting, it will be worth." ”

"Tuanzuo is right, this battle is worth it, look outside the position, a few of us have killed thousands of little devils, we are all enough!" Another captain, a company commander with gauze wrapped around his head, said.

Suddenly, there was a loud burst of gunfire in the southwest direction, shouting and killing, gunfire and the roar of motors.

When Ge Quanwu and the others heard this, they hurriedly got up, and when a blue sky and white flag appeared in sight, a guard said with some excitement: "Tuanzuo, it's reinforcements, and our reinforcements have arrived." ”

Ge Quanwu's eyes were red, staring at the eye-catching and dazzling military flag that was fluttering in the wind, and nodded excitedly: "It's here, the reinforcements have finally arrived." ”

(To be continued)