When the lighthouse army learned the news, they were shocked, and while reporting to the division headquarters, they poured out of their nests and marched along the railway line towards Sujiatun.

The team sent before lost contact, and the Hunhe Railway Bridge was bombed, and the Sujiatun garrison squadron could not be contacted.

Lieutenant General Sugiyama Moto, the current commander of the 12th Division of the Liaoyang Army, said with a surprised face: "What did you say? Sujiatun may be attacked? ”

"Your Excellency General, it is very likely that the Sujiatun Garrison Squadron has not contacted us since last night. An infantry squad sent by the 14th Infantry Wing of the 12th Brigade stationed at the lighthouse also lost contact not long ago, and the 14th Wing is currently at a location not far from Sujiatun and has found a section of the railway that has been damaged. Ogawa Toshio, then chief of staff of the 12th Division, nodded.

Hearing this, Sugiyama Yuan walked towards the map, stared at it for a moment, and said, "Who is so bold as to dare to attack Sujiatun at this time?" What do they want to do? ”

Toshio Ogawa did not answer, but waited for Sugiyama Moto's decision.

After pondering for a moment, Sugiyama finally decided: "Telegraph to the 14th Infantry Wing, no matter what happened to Sujiatun, take it back immediately." ”

"Hay!" Ogawa Toshio put his feet together and suddenly bowed his head, and then turned to leave.

Sugiyama Yuan naturally couldn't figure out what kind of unit the [***] team that attacked Sujiatun at this moment, and what the strategic purpose was.

However, his keen military instinct told him that no matter what, he had to take Sujiatun back first.

After receiving the order of the division commander Sugiyama Moto, the 14th Infantry Wing of the Lighthouse, which had already poured out, immediately accelerated its march towards Sujiatun under the leadership of the wing commander.

It only took less than two hours to rush to Sujiatun, but the armored company of the Reading Division, which had been waiting for a long time, immediately launched a head-on attack on them.

Sabuli's cavalry regiment also launched a surprise attack from both flanks, and Guo Zhong led the guard battalion and two infantry battalions of the 701st Regiment to attack with the armored company.

Suddenly under the fierce assault of the armored forces, coupled with the siege and attack of the cavalry on both flanks, the 14th Infantry Wing could not resist at all.

As a large number of Readpower Division's infantry kept up, the firepower advantage was gradually brought into play, and the 14th Infantry Wing was almost defenseless and was defeated one after another.

An hour later, less than 500 men of the 14th Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army, which had poured out of the nest, fled along the railway line and fled back to the county town of Dengta.

Zhang Xinghan ordered the troops to stop the offensive and withdraw along the way to collect food, grenades, explosives and other materials on the corpses of the soldiers.

The 14th Infantry Wing was suddenly attacked head-on, and the news of the near-total annihilation soon reached Liaoyang.

Sugiyama Moto was so shocked that the cigarette in his hand quietly fell, and looked up at Chief of Staff Ogawa Toshio with a shocked face, and said in disbelief: "What did you say?" The 14th Infantry Wing was almost wiped out? ”

"Yes, at present, it can be confirmed that Sujiatun has been captured by the enemy, and it is speculated that the branch army that attacked Sujiatun is likely to be the branch army that attacked the 9th Division before, because on the northeast ground, only this branch of the army has a large number of tank fighting vehicles and an astonishing number of rapid-fire weapons, and only they are accustomed to using tank fighting vehicles to carry out a frontal assault attack on the imperial army with assault force, and defeat the imperial army with powerful assault firepower." Ogawa Toshio nodded and analyzed.

Sugiyama Yuan suddenly took a breath of cold air, "If this is the case, then we may be in big trouble." ”

"What do you mean?" Ogawa Toshio looked at Sugiyama Mototo uncertainly.

"Xiao Chuanjun, you see, looking at the overall situation of Sujiatun in the entire battlefield of the enemy and us, its strategic location is now beyond doubt, and the weapons, ammunition, food, medicines and other supplies required by the five divisions of the imperial army north of the Hunhe River must all be transported through Sujiatun Station and the Hunhe Bridge.

Now that the Chinese Air Force has suddenly attacked the Hunhe Railway Bridge, and at the same time, their armored assault force has attacked and occupied Sujiatun, is its purpose self-evident? Sugiyama Motodo pointed to the map meaningfully and looked at Ogawa Toshio.

"The Zhina Army has such a big appetite, do they want to eat the five divisions of the Imperial Army in one bite?" Ogawa Toshio took a breath of cold air and said with a shocked face.

"It's not so easy to eat the five divisions of the Imperial Army in one bite, but if we don't recapture Sujiatun and repair the Hunhe Railway Bridge, the logistical supplies of our five divisions on the north bank of the Hunhe River will be exhausted.

Once such a situation occurs, the imperial army will no longer be able to attack Tongliao, let alone eliminate the readers.

Once the imperial army withdraws, it will have to find a way to cross the Hun, Liao, and Liuhe rivers, but the air force of the Chinese army will definitely not sit idly by and watch the imperial army successfully cross the river and retreat.

Once the imperial army crosses the south and retreats to the south is blocked, and the reading division of the Chinese army takes advantage of the situation to attack, the consequences will be really unimaginable, I say that the warriors of the imperial army are brave and good at fighting, but no one can defeat hunger. ”

Before Sugiyama Yuan's words fell, another communications staff officer hurriedly walked in with a telegram in his hand, and saluted with his feet together: "Your Excellency, General Hata Shunroku, commander of the 14th Division, sent an urgent telegram, a large number of Chinese troops have appeared north of Shenyang, and General Hata Shunliu is currently commanding the troops to meet the attack, please find out the situation of Sujiatun immediately, and cooperate with the engineers of the 14th Division to repair the Hunhe Railway Bridge as soon as possible, and keep the logistics supply line of the Imperial Army unblocked." ”

"Huh?" Sugiyama Yuan's face changed suddenly when he heard this, and he said: "It seems that the ambition of the Zhina Army this time is really big, and it actually wants to finish its work in one battle and eat the five divisions of the imperial army in the north of the Hunhe River and the Liao River in one bite?" Aren't you afraid of blowing up your stomach? ”

"General, let's quickly mobilize troops to recapture Sujiatun first, as long as Sujiatun is recaptured, everything is still in the hands of the imperial army, and all divisions and regiments on the Tongliao front line can continue to attack Tongliao, and victory will definitely belong to the imperial army of my empire." Ogawa suggested.

"Yo Xi, that's a good point, as long as Sujiatun is recaptured, there is no possibility of success in the conspiracy of the Zhina." Sugiyama nodded happily, and immediately ordered: "Pass my order, the 24th Infantry Wing, the 46th and 48th Infantry Wings of the 24th Infantry Brigade, all the 2nd Heavy Artillery Brigade, the 24th Field Artillery Wing, the 4th Anti-aircraft Artillery Wing, the 1st Tank Wing, and the 12th Cavalry Wing immediately assemble at the lighthouse and prepare to attack Sujiatun." ”

The 12th Division is a relatively special division among the 17 permanent divisions of the Japanese Army, and first of all, it is equipped with a heavy artillery brigade that other divisions do not have.

You must know that by 1937, only 5 such heavy artillery brigades had been formed in the entire invasion of China.

In addition to the heavy artillery brigade, the 12th Division was attached to an anti-aircraft artillery company, a tank fighting vehicle company.

Of course, in history, by 1937, the 12th Division's local left-behind troops were also equipped with a 4th Flying Group, which was regarded as a land-based aviation directly under the division.

Not only that, but the 12th Division quickly formed an 18th Division with the troops left behind in the 26th year of the Republic of China after the large-scale invasion of China.

In the subsequent war against China, the 18th Division showed strong combat effectiveness in both the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing, as well as the British and French armies that swept through Southeast Asia later.

It can be seen from this that the combat effectiveness of the 12th Division is by no means inferior to that of the 5th and 6th divisions, and for the time being, it is even slightly superior.

Because the anti-aircraft artillery wing and the tank and combat vehicle wing are not available in the current 5th and 6th divisions.

This is also why Nanjiro dared to leave only one 12th Division in such a vast area south of Shenyang, you must know that there are still more than 100,000 troops of Zhang Xiaoliu in Jinzhou.

It's just that in history, the 12th Division has been stationed in Manchuria and China, and it has hardly participated in any kind of fighting against China, so its reputation is far inferior to the notorious 6th and 5th divisions.

In addition, the current division commander of the 12th Division is the later Marshal of the Army and the commander of the North China Front, and the strategic vision of this old devil is still quite good.

Therefore, Sujiatun is lost, and Sugiyama Yuan will definitely not be able to sit idly by.

In a word, Sujiatun must be recaptured, because it is related to the logistical supply of more than 100,000 imperial troops, whether the operational plan of attacking Tongliao to exterminate the Reading Division can be completed, and even more related to the life and death of more than 100,000 imperial troops.

After receiving the order, all units of the 12th Division began to assemble in the direction of the lighthouse, and such a big movement naturally could not hide from the reconnaissance planes of the Reading Division.

After Zhang Xinghan learned of this news, he immediately ordered the air force to send some fighters to assist Li Du and Feng Zhanhai in fighting against the Shenyang army, and another part of the fighters to assist the main force of the Reading Division to hold the Qinglongshan defense line.

Most of the bombers immediately poured out of their nests and carried out air raids and bombing on the 12th Division that was being assembled, killing and damaging the living forces of the 12th Division as much as possible.

However, due to the fact that the 12th Division was attached to an anti-aircraft artillery wing and some anti-aircraft machine gun units, the air raid and bombardment of the Reading Division did not go very smoothly.

The results also failed to meet expectations.

Sujiatun Station, the temporary headquarters of the assault force of the Reading Division.

Shen Xingye saluted Zhang Xinghan with a solemn face: "Division, the investigation is clear, the 12th Division of the Chinese Army stationed in Liaoyang is the only division and regiment in the active division of the Yue Army that is equipped with a strategic artillery unit such as a wing-level air defense unit and a heavy artillery brigade.

The total strength of the army exceeded 30,000 men, and it was only an infantry wing of the 12th Division that we had previously defeated, and it was not able to damage its roots at all. ”

More than 30,000 people, wing-level airborne troops and heavy artillery brigades? After hearing this, Zhang Xinghan's mood couldn't help but become heavier.

It seems that I have hit a hard stubble this time.

"Shizuo, anyway, the Hunhe Bridge has been blown up, and I can't repair it in a short time, should we avoid the little devil's edge first?" Shen Xingye tentatively persuaded the surname.

(To be continued)