Shenyang Chengnan, City Defense Headquarters.

The cooking class just brought breakfast to Zhang Xinghan, three or four freshly baked flatbreads, a few washed and peeled green onions, and a big bowl of porridge.

Zhang Xinghan looked at the fragrant breakfast, immediately walked over and picked up the green onions, rolled them up with pancakes, and began to chew them in large gulps.

While feasting on an authentic Northeastern-style breakfast, Zhang Xinghan marked something on the map.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside, Zhang Xinghan turned around when he heard the sound, and saw Wang Yicai, the head of the third regiment, walking in quickly, giving a military salute to Zhang Xinghan and saying: "Brother, I just got the news that Wang Yizhe's department has successfully broken through the encirclement and recovered Xinmin. ”

"Oh?" Zhang Xinghan was slightly surprised, and then said: "My Seventh Brigade is an elite unit, well-equipped, strong in combat power, and it is not surprising that the army has not gained a stable foothold in Xinmin. ”

"What is the movement of the main force of the army? Did troops be sent to intercept it? Zhang Xinghan asked again.

"Nope." Wang Yicai shook his head and said: "The main force of the Yue army concentrated in Sujiatun has been indifferent, sitting back and watching Wang Yizhe lead his troops to break through, and moreover, the Yue army of the towns along the north and south of the South Manchurian Railway with Shenyang as the center is constantly moving towards Sujiatun, and the current army has gathered at least more than 10,000 troops in Sujiatun. ”

"The situation is not optimistic." After Wang Yicai finished speaking, he added with some concern.

Zhang Xinghan swallowed the last bite of the pancake roll in his hand, picked up a towel and wiped his hands, and said disappreciably: "We have an infantry regiment, 8,000 people, hundreds of armored troops, 1,200 air force fighters, and a complete military industry such as the Shenyang Arsenal, so it is enough to defend the city." ”

"Although there are more than 20,000 troops in the northeast, it is impossible to transfer all of them to Shenyang, and although North Korea has reinforcements on its own territory, it will be difficult to transfer them in a short period of time!" Zhang Xinghan said, rolled another piece of pancake, took a bite, and continued: "Therefore, in terms of troops, the army does not have much advantage, and once the battle situation in Shenyang is stalemate, the anti-war forces in the country will definitely take advantage of the situation and relieve themselves from the siege of Fengtian at that time." ”

"But, brother, have you thought about it, now that I have captured most of the important towns in Liao Province, even if we hold Shenyang and force the Yue army back, then may they give up the territory they have occupied?" Wang Yicai said.

"Yicai, do you think that after the end of the Battle of Shenyang, the Kwantung Army will still have the ability to continue to occupy the occupied areas?" Zhang Xinghan asked with interest, and then said worriedly: "Of course, it cannot be ruled out that I will not be willing to fail and launch a full-scale invasion of China in advance with all the strength of the country, which will be troublesome." ”

However, if the Kwantung Army's armed action in Manchuria is frustrated, the anti-war voices in the country may overpower the fanatical main war faction, and the war will cease to fall.

But the world is impermanent, will I jump over the wall in a hurry and forcibly launch a full-scale war of aggression against China?

You must know that in history, even though the protracted war against China was mired in the quagmire of war against China and the national strength was exhausted, the crazy man himself still launched an active attack on the United States, the behemoth power at that time, and opened the Pacific theater.

Although it is said that the current military strength and national strength have not reached the peak state of the 26th year of the Republic of China, how much better can China be today?

Chairman Chiang was still at peace, the regularization of the Central Army had barely begun, the whole country had just experienced the Central Plains War, the armies everywhere were greatly damaged, the military and financial resources were seriously depleted, and they urgently needed to recuperate, so it can be said that China at this time was far weaker than in 1937.

If he had forcibly launched a full-scale invasion of China at this time, the consequences would have been even worse than in 1937.

Even if he does not fully invade China, if he increases his troops to attack the northeast, it will not be something that Zhang Xinghan can resist now, because he is not Zhang Shaoshuai, and his subordinates do not have hundreds of thousands of elites in the northeast, he only has 8,000 people, and it is barely possible to defend one Shenyang, and it is absolutely impossible to defend the entire northeast.

"Then, brother, what should we do next?" Wang Yicai asked a little blankly.

"As the saying goes, in a war, the best defense is to attack, Yicai, I remember that Director Huang's police department has two cavalry public security corps?" Zhang Xinghan suddenly vaguely remembered that he had seen detailed information about the cavalry units of the Northeast Army in the historical materials of later generations.

Among them, when Huang Xiansheng was the chief of police in Liaoning Province, he formed two public security cavalry corps, and after the 918 incident, this cavalry unit entered the customs with Huang Xiansheng, and later became the second brigade of the army reading cavalry, that is, the second division of the cavalry reading led by Huang Xiansheng during the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War, which was adapted.

However, now when Huang Xiansheng withdrew, he only took a few cavalry with him, and most of the troops, whether cavalry and infantry, should have stayed in Shenyang.

Zhang Xinghan knew that in the Northeast Battlefield, the only thing that the Northeast Army was stronger than the Yue Army was their cavalry troops.

During the Jiangqiao Anti-Japanese War, the Heilongjiang cavalry under the command of Ma Zhanshan shed a river of blood killed by the cavalry wing, suffered heavy casualties, and returned in a crushing defeat.

For example, in the Ming Dynasty, Li Rusong's 2,000 Liaoning iron cavalry was able to defeat the 50,000 elites of the Yue army with outnumbered people.

In terms of war horses, the Northeast Army also has the advantage, the horses of the Northeast Army are mostly produced in the Hulunbuir grassland and the Horqin grassland, Mongolian horses have been famous for their endurance and strong adaptability since ancient times, when the Mongolian cavalry galloped across the Eurasian continent, the biggest reliance was the amazing endurance and adaptability of Mongolian horses.

Most of my war horses are high-headed horses imported from the West, which are durable and not durable, and their running ability is faster than that of Mongolian horses in the early stage, but their sustaining ability is worse than that of the old nose.

There is also the fact that I am a short-legged nation, and I am short and short-legged, so I am naturally not much better at riding.

However, Wang Yicai's next answer made Zhang Xinghan a little disappointed: "There is such a cavalry unit, but this unit is scattered and stationed in the subordinate counties of Liaoning. Before yesterday, Director Huang had a premonition that the army might provoke a war, so he organized the public security corps to strengthen the city's defense force in Shenyang City, and at the same time ordered the cavalry corps to make mobile patrols in various towns and cities on the outskirts of Shenyang, so as to facilitate the mobile attack after the outbreak of war. ”

"Oh, no wonder I didn't see many cavalry when I called the whole city for reorganization earlier." Zhang Xinghan was disappointed, but nodded understandingly, in terms of cavalry, it is indeed not suitable to stay in Shenyang City to fight this kind of city defense battle, and field maneuvering is what they are best at, and they can maximize the power and advantages of cavalry.

Huang Xiansheng's original intention in this arrangement was good, if Zhang Xueliang was determined to resist the 918 Incident, these cavalry scattered all over the country would be able to quickly cooperate with the 7th Brigade of Reading Li and the city defense troops in Shenyang to carry out a surprise attack on the Yue army, so as to win the war.

However, Zhang Xueliang's non-resistance made all this meaningless, and when it was learned that the 7th Brigade of Reading Li had withdrawn from Shenyang, most of the cavalry troops would also retreat in the direction of Jinzhou on their own.

Therefore, Zhang Xinghan's intention to use cavalry and armored troops to form an assault and roundabout mobile force, and to take the initiative to attack out of the city and cooperate with the main force to defend the city could not be realized.

With more than 20 armored vehicles and Renault tanks, it can also form an assault force that cannot be ignored, but without the protection of cavalry, this assault force can easily be destroyed and defeated by the army.

After all, the armor defense of Renault tanks and those armored vehicles produced by the Shenyang Arsenal is still very low, and they are not much better than the Type 89 tanks of the Japanese army, and ordinary artillery can destroy them.

It seems that we can only fight this defensive battle first, and then think of other ways. Zhang Xinghan said silently in his heart.

"Yicai, you immediately notify Jianguo, and let him fire a regiment to enter the main defensive position outside the South Gate City, ready to block the attack of the Yue army." After pondering for a moment, Zhang Xinghan instructed Wang Yicai.

"Yes!" Wang Yicai stood up and saluted, and then turned around and left in stride.

After seeing Wang Yicai leave, Zhang Xinghan finished eating the last pancake in his hand, wiped his mouth and said loudly: "Xiao Lizi, take a guard platoon and follow me to the arsenal." ”

"Yes!" Xiao Lizi, a communications soldier who had been promoted to the second lieutenant platoon commander of the guard company, responded loudly outside the door, and immediately began to turn his head and shout: "Assemble in a row!" ”