Zhang Xinghan raised his head lightly when he heard this, but Jiang Baili suddenly changed his words and said: "However, from the political level and the long-term plan for the future, I think, Commander, you should go." ”

Zhang Xinghan looked sideways when he heard this, and his eyes were a little puzzled.

Jiang Baili explained: "What I just said is just a hypothesis, after careful analysis, even if Chairman Jiang is dissatisfied with you, then he will not dare to touch you, not to mention anything else, just with your unprecedented political prestige and outstanding military exploits, Chairman Jiang will not dare to risk the world's condemnation and be unfavorable to you." ”

Zhang Xinghan nodded thoughtfully, falling into deep thought.

It is undeniable that Jiang Baili's analysis is reasonable and correct, although Jiang Guangtou has had those unbearable experiences of the Green Gang.

The surname is also suspicious, and he likes one set on the surface and one on the back, but at this time he never dares to do anything to himself openly.

Because, rather than getting rid of a potential adversary, Chairman Chiang valued his reputation and prestige in the hearts of the people more than anything else.

This can be seen from the end of the Anti-Japanese War when the great man went to Chongqing to negotiate.

After pondering for a moment, Zhang Xinghan finally decided: "Chief of Staff, call back to Nanjing, and say that in a week, I will arrive in Nanjing by plane to meet Chairman Chiang." ”

"The commander has decided?" Jiang Baili said with appreciation.

"Well, it's decided, but we'll go after we take Shenyang." Zhang Xinghan nodded calmly, to be honest, as a traveler, he also wants to meet celebrities in history.

Of course, Zhang Xinghan values his reputation more and plans for the long term, and in any case, Chairman Chiang is now the leader of the Republic of China.

As a general of the border army, he can't disobey orders and disrespect him repeatedly, and Chairman Jiang has done enough tricks this time, leaving no room for himself.

"In a week, can we take Shenyang?" Jiang Baili was a little unsure.

"Enough, I have telegraphed the Western Route Army to launch a general attack on Xinmin City today, and after taking Xinmin, we can form a three-sided encirclement of Shenyang, and then Sujiatun will be next." Zhang Xinghan said confidently.

…………………… Xinmin City, the general offensive of the Western Route Army has begun.

In order to support the success of the Western Route Army and take Xinmin City, dozens of bombers of the flight division were ordered to rush to support.

In addition to the necessary vigilance in the direction of Shenyang, most of Li Zhenyuan's armored troops were also transferred to Xinmin to participate in the attack.

Outside Xinmin City, thousands of artillery pieces of various calibers of the Western Route Army fired in unison, and thousands of shells would fall into Xinmin City every minute.

Since most of the people in the city had already withdrawn to Tongliao with Zhang Xinghan, the Western Route Army had no worries about shelling at this time.

A heavy bomb ...... the "bombardment" landed on a civilian house in the center of the city, and a violent explosion immediately occurred.

The violent shock wave instantly blew up the main body of the house, and several ghost soldiers hiding in it were instantly blown up and killed on the spot.

On the head of the West Gate City, a cannonball whistled down, and the violent explosion immediately blew up several devil soldiers who couldn't dodge and flew out, and fell hard to the city.

After more than an hour of artillery bombardment and bombardment, Wang Yizhecai ordered all regiments to attack on all fronts and launch a general attack on Xinmin City from all sides.

At the east gate, Li Zhenyuan commanded the tank troops and blasted the closed east gate into pieces with direct fire.

Hundreds of infantry rushed into the city, and the first group of soldiers to rush into the city could rush through the city gate.

It was blocked by the fire of the devil's machine gun fire points hidden under the ruins of several buildings in the city.

The vanguard who rushed to the front couldn't dodge and fell in a pool of blood.

However, the officers and soldiers immediately held submachine guns, and the machine guns were fiercely strafing.

Taking advantage of the lack of firepower, more soldiers poured into the city, and began to fire fiercely at the devil's fire point with automatic firearms in their hands.

Several tanks then drove in, and the tank guns quickly adjusted and aimed at one of the Devil's machine gun fire points that were spitting tongues of fire.

There was a muffled "......boom," and a high-explosive bomb flew out of the chamber of a No. 4 tank 75mm tank, heading straight for the devil's firing point.

The "Boom ......" high-explosive bomb accurately hit the target, the red light rose, and the devil's firepower was bombed into ruins in an instant.

The devils, machine gunners, and ammunition men inside were all blown up into blood sieves.

Several other tanks did the same, and soon named the remaining firepower of the devils one by one, and all of them were destroyed.

In this way, with the coordination and cover of tank armored units, supplemented by fierce machine-gun fire suppression, all attacking forces were overwhelmed.

The fierce street fighting imaginary of the army did not appear, and the devils, who lacked effective anti-tank weapons, basically had no way to take such a behemoth as the No. 4 tank.

Close there are on-board machine guns and infantry to protect it, far away, Molotov cocktails, cluster grenades and explosives packs are out of reach.

Curved guns such as grenadiers and mortars have a range, but it is still difficult to ensure accuracy when used to shoot moving tanks.

Even if it hits by chance, its power is powerless against the defensive armor of tank No. 4 that is tens of millimeters thick.

What's more, at this time, both the morale and the strength of the army in Xinmin City have reached the lowest point.

In addition, the commander Kohei Kashii has committed suicide by cutting his abdomen, and the leaderless army is basically fighting on its own.

This kind of battle was carried out in the evening, and most of the army had been completely wiped out in the entire Xinmin City, except for some sporadic resistance in a few corners.

Li Zhenyuan led the armored troops to cover a regiment of infantry and had already captured the headquarters compound of the army.

"Commander Li, all the devils here were killed, and none of them were spared, but in a separate bedroom, an old devil who committed suicide by caesarean section was found." A major officer saluted Li Zhenyuan.

"The old devil who committed suicide? Where is it? "Li Zhenyuan had heard as early as when he was the commander of the armored company in the 7th Reading Power that the devil would commit suicide by seppuku once he was defeated, but since he fought with himself, he has never seen a seppuku suicide, so he is interested.

It's just that this guy doesn't know that it's not that he doesn't dare to commit suicide by seppuku, but that the Northeast New Army, including his armored troops, is almost unforgiving every time they fight, and they don't give the little devil a chance to commit suicide by seppuku.

Under the guidance of the major officer, Li Zhenyuan and others came to the place where Kohei Kashii committed suicide.

Because of the jade shattering battle of the whole army in Baoding, the subordinates of Kashii Haoping did not go to their commander to collect the corpse, anyway, everyone is going to die, and it is not the same whether they are collected or not?

Li Zhenyuan squatted down, looked at the general's knife that was still being held tightly by Kashii Haoping, broke his hand with all his strength, and after taking the general's knife in front of his eyes to take a closer look, he suddenly exclaimed: "Fuck, this is a general's knife, this old devil must be a general." ”

Li Zhenyuan's voice fell, and the major officer next to him and another subordinate stepped forward to take off the half-toned military uniform that Kashiki Hao had taken off.

looked at it and handed it to Li Zhenyuan and said, "Commander Li, what level do you think this old devil is?" ”

"Golden bottom, two golden cherry stars." Li Zhenyuan looked at the epaulettes on his military uniform, and said in surprise: "This is a devil lieutenant general, haha, it is a lieutenant general, it seems that this old guy should be the commander of Xinmin." ”

"Commander Li, let's report to Shangfeng, shall we?" The major officer also said excitedly.

"Well, report the victory, immediately send a telegram to Commander-in-Chief Zhang, Xinmin City has been captured, and the commander of the army committed suicide by seppuku......" Li Zhenyuan nodded happily.

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

Li Guocai, the communications officer, walked in with a telegram in his hand, and then stood up and saluted Zhang Xinghan and Jiang Baili and said: "Commander, chief of staff, the West Route Army has good news, Xinmin City has been taken, and the remnants of the enemy in the city have been basically cleared, and the commander of the Xinmin Army has already committed suicide, and the total number of troops in this battle has exceeded 40,000, and the specific results are still being counted." ”

"Okay, well done, tell Wang Yizhe and Gao Chu, after a short rest, immediately Chen Bing on the west bank of the Liao River, ready to cross the river and attack Shenyang at any time." Zhang Xinghan was overjoyed when he heard this.

"Yes!" Li Guocai took the order and left.

Zhang Xinghan immediately said to Jiang Baili: "Chief of Staff, according to reliable sources, I have gathered more than two divisions of heavy troops in Sujiatun, and if we want to seize Sujiatun and cut off the enemy's rear route, I am afraid it will not be so easy." ”

"Commander, in addition to the air force, our greatest advantage is the mobility of the ground forces, and since I have gathered heavy troops to hold on to Shenyang and Sujiatun, we have no chance to capture Sujiatun.

Then we can create our own opportunities, actively give full play to our mobile advantages, attack and save, move to annihilate the enemy, induce the Sujiatun army to leave, and then take advantage of the weakness to capture it. Jiang Baili said with a smile.

"Attack it and save it?" Zhang Xinghan looked at the map thoughtfully, and after a long time, a confident smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

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

"General, Xinmin City has been lost, and General Kohei Kashii committed suicide last night to apologize." Noda Bugu said with a solemn face.

Shunroku Hatata's face was gloomy and terrifying, although he had already been mentally prepared and knew that this was an inevitable result.

Hata's mood was still quite heavy, and in the first battle of Xinmin, he lost no less than 50,000 troops, plus the battle losses of Tieling and Fushun.

His army of more than 200,000 has now lost more than a third.

And this is less than five days after the start of the war, and tens of thousands of troops have been lost in five days, with an average daily consumption of tens of thousands of people.

This is definitely unimaginable for Shunroku Hahata and even Nobuyoshi Muto.

Got up and took off his military hat, bowed his head and mourned for a moment, Shunroku Hata raised his head and said to Noda Bugu in an indifferent tone: "Send a telegram to Commander Muto and report the battle situation." ”

(To be continued)