Chapter 16: Entering Mukden
At the same time that Zhang Xinghan ordered the retreat, the second round of artillery bombardment by Liu Guodong's department arrived as scheduled, and the already chaotic army suddenly collapsed.
What made the devil soldiers even more frightened was the poisonous gas that could not be seen clearly at all, and they could not touch the poisonous gas that had merged into the dark night.
The slightest contact will soon lead to convulsions, foaming at the mouth and dying.
In order to cover Zhang Xinghan's main force to smoothly break away from the battle, Liu Guodong ordered the officers and men of the third platoon to continue firing artillery, and the fierce artillery fire and poisonous gas formed a solid and solid reassurance, which happened to block more than 400 reinforcements from the front line who had just returned from the front.
Zhang Xinghan took the opportunity to lead the main force to evacuate quickly, and Liu Guodong led 200 elite soldiers to exhaust all the shells, and then ordered the explosives to be detonated, and also quickly evacuated.
"Boom, boom!" Violent explosions rang out one after another, and the entire artillery position of the Japanese army instantly turned into a sea of fire.
Due to the barrier of poisonous gas, the reinforcements of the Yue army could only retreat helplessly, and watched Zhang Xinghan and them calmly evacuate, and quickly disappeared into the vast night.
Because the headquarters was destroyed, the wing commander and other senior commanders of the wing were all broken, and they were worried that the pursuit would be ambushed in the dark night, so the main force of the army did not pursue Zhang Xinghan and them, but quickly became vigilant, and while cleaning the battlefield and rescuing the wounded, the news of the death of Hirata Yukihiro and other senior officers was reported to the headquarters of the Kwantung Army in Lushun.
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At the same time, Huang Xiansheng, who was holding on to the head of Fengtian City, and all the defending officers and soldiers were shocked by the explosion behind the military position.
Looking at the sky-high flames and the deafening explosions one after another, Deputy Director Wang Yicai said with a puzzled face: "Seat, what's going on?" Could it be that our reinforcements have arrived? ”
"Reinforcements?" Huang Xiansheng, who was also extremely surprised, muttered to himself uncertainly.
At that moment, the sound of hurried footsteps came from behind them, and the two of them turned back sharply, only to see a soldier with a rifle on his back, panting and galloping up to the city, and running towards them quickly.
"Seat, Deputy Director Wang, a unit of our army has opened up in the north of the city, and they claim to be from the 3rd Battalion of the 620th Regiment of the 7th Brigade of Reading Force, saying that they are coming from the North Battalion to support us." As he approached, the soldier snapped his feet and stood up in salute.
"Of the Seventh Brigade? How many of them are there? Huang Xiansheng's eyes lit up, and he asked excitedly.
"There were about two hundred people, carrying a batch of artillery and a large number of guns." The soldier replied truthfully.
"Only two hundred? Damn, are the tens of thousands of officers and men of the Seventh Brigade all fucking dead? How come there are only two hundred? Huang Xiansheng said with some disappointment and some annoyance.
"Seat, now is the time for us to employ people, the Seventh Brigade is a well-trained elite division, and these two hundred people are also a great help to us." Wang Yicai said, and leaned into Huang Xiansheng's ear and whispered: "Moreover, you don't know that the young marshal ordered the Seventh Brigade not to resist before the war, and he guessed that the Seventh Brigade was probably reluctant to evacuate the Beida Battalion, as for the annihilation of the whole army, it is unlikely, because only with the Kwantung Army in the Shenyang area, they do not have such a big appetite." ”
"Humph!" Huang Xiansheng snorted coldly, and then ordered the soldier: "Inform the garrison, let them enter the city, and in addition, ask the highest-ranking officer among them to come to me immediately." ”
"Yes!" The soldier was just about to leave.
Suddenly, another soldier rushed from under the city, and before he could stand up and salute, he reported to Huang Xiansheng: "General Huang, it's not good, a large number of troops suddenly appeared at the north gate, the number is about four or five hundred, the situation is critical, our company commander asks you to send reinforcements quickly!" ”
"What?" Huang Xiansheng and Wang Yicai were both taken aback when they heard this, and after glancing at each other in astonishment, Huang Xiansheng immediately said to Wang Yicai: "Yicai, you stay here to command, and I will take a company to reinforce the north gate." ”
"Yes! Be careful when seated. Wang Yicai suddenly agreed, and did not forget to instruct.
"Damn it, the bullet that killed Lao Tzu hasn't been fucking made!" Huang Xiansheng snorted angrily, and then waved his hand: "The third squadron of the police corps will follow me to reinforce the north gate." ”
After saying that, he took the lead, took hundreds of military policemen down the city, and ran straight down the street in the direction of the north gate.
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Outside the north gate, 200 soldiers led by Liu Jianguo were responsible for transporting a large number of guns and artillery brought back from the Beida camp and arrived at the north gate, but were told by the defenders to wait in place.
Liu Jianguo was depressed, Zhang Xinghan, who was wearing a military uniform, suddenly appeared with four or five hundred {Yue Jun}, Liu Jianguo was fine, because when he was cleaning the battlefield outside the Beida camp, he knew that Zhang Xinghan ordered five hundred soldiers to change into military uniforms pulled from the corpses of the Yue Army.
But the defenders at the head of the city did not know, when they heard a strange noise, the searchlight shone in the direction of Zhang Xinghan and them, they immediately opened a warning shot, and a company commander in charge of the defense of the north gate ordered the troops to open fire, and at the same time sent someone to quickly report the sudden situation to Huang Xiansheng.
The defenders at the head of the city suddenly opened fire, to Zhang Xinghan's surprise, just now he was patronizing and retreating quickly, and he was afraid that the chasing army was coming, so he hurriedly forgot to take off the military uniform on his body.
In order to avoid self-harm, Zhang Xinghan immediately ordered the troops to stop advancing and stand by in place.
The defenders at the head of the city opened their machine guns, but they stopped firing when they did not see the attack, and the two sides confronted each other.
And Liu Jianguo and two hundred soldiers were caught in the middle.
Forced to be helpless, Liu Jianguo shouted at the head of the city at the top of his throat: "Brother above, don't shoot, the one who came just now was not the Yue Army, that was the main force of our 3rd battalion, they just attacked the Yue Army under the leadership of Zhang Xinghan, our battalion seat, you all heard and saw the big explosion just now, that's what they did." ”
The senior company commander at the head of the city looked at the city below, pondered for a while, and said: "Brothers under the city, just in case, you should hurry up and prepare for battle, in case the enemy army sneaks up!" ”
"Damn, Lao Tzu said it, they are not enemy troops, they are the main force of our 3rd battalion." Liu Jianguo was furious when he heard this.
"Whether they are soldiers or not, you will know when you see it after dawn," said the captain and company commander.
"Okay, if you don't believe them, then you should believe me, right? Hurry up and open the gates of the city, and let us into the city first. Seeing that the captain and company commander at the head of the city were difficult, and he was afraid that the army was about to pursue him, Liu Jianguo planned to take two hundred people into the city to control the city gate first, and let Zhang Xinghan and them enter the city.
Unexpectedly, the captain and company commander at the head of the city said a little impatiently: "Don't fuck nonsense, no one can enter the city without General Huang's order." ”
"You!" Liu Jianguo's face was pale, but in order to avoid misunderstanding and triggering unnecessary firefights, he and his two hundred subordinates were within the absolute effective range of the defenders in the city.
You can only endure it for the time being.