On the battlefield that stretched for nearly two kilometers, a large number of officers and men of the Reading Division wearing gas masks had already broken through the positions of the 1st, 5th, and 11th Divisions of the Japanese Army.

The army with heavy losses was desperately organizing its forces to prepare to stop it, but at this moment, the rapid assault force composed of the armored company and the cavalry regiment of the Reading Division stabbed into the rear of the devil like a sharp blade.

A large number of Jilin rescue [***] infantry then rushed up, followed by cavalry and tank armored vehicles to launch a fierce attack on the unprepared Yue army.

The army, which was already plagued by poisonous gas and fell into chaos, was attacked by the front and rear of the [***] team, and the formation was in chaos, and it was even more chaotic.

At this time, his air force reinforcements arrived, but on the ground battlefield, the squadron had already broken through the positions of various divisions and regiments, and the entire battlefield situation was already staggered.

Without receiving a clear directive, it is naturally impossible for the pilots of the Chinese army to directly carry out indiscriminate bombing attacks.

Without waiting for the Devil Air Force to hesitate for long, dozens of Zero fighters and BF109 fighters of the Reading Division took off one after another.

The two sides immediately launched a fierce air battle, and for a time over the battlefield, fighter planes shuttled, and dense machine guns and machine gun shells rained down like rain, almost trying to cover the sky, which was very spectacular.

On the ground, nearly 100,000 Chinese troops were already fighting together.

The well-equipped and powerful firepower, and the cooperation of cavalry and armored troops, the [***] team was like a bamboo, and most of the poisoned troops were not vulnerable at all.

One to ten, or even more battle damage ratios are being played out everywhere.

From time to time in the sky, planes were wrecked, and in the dark smoke they spun and fell like a kite with a broken string.

The battle in the air lasted less than half an hour, and the army lost heavy losses and fled in a hurry.

The battle on the ground lasted for more than two hours, and the divisions and regiments of the Yue Army, which had suffered more than half of the casualties, finally could not resist, and the defense line was completely broken through, and they began to break through in all directions.

Zhang Xinghan immediately ordered all units of the Reading Division and Jilin Rescue [***] to launch an all-out pursuit.

At the same time, the Air Force also sent bombers and fighter planes to bomb and strafe the fleeing Japanese troops.

The pursuit continued until dark, and the more than 20,000 cavalry armored soldiers of the Reading Division and Jilin [***] chased from Qinglong Mountain to Zhangwu County before they stopped commanding and returned triumphantly.

The 1st, 5th, and 11th divisions of the army were almost completely wiped out, and all the baggage, artillery and other directly subordinate units were lost.

More than two-thirds of the main wings were killed and missing, and even worse, some of the wings, including the captain, were all broken.

There were more than 60,000 people in the three divisions before the expedition, and there were less than 10,000 people left at this time, and the rest, because the reading division never wanted to be captured by the army, was all wiped out by the reading division.

………………………… Dalian Lushun, headquarters of the Kwantung Army.

"Your Excellency, the 1st, 5th, and 11th divisions have been routed on all fronts, and the imperial army of each division has lost more than two-thirds of its combat effectiveness." Ishihara looked miserable and bowed his head and reported to Minamijiro.

Rao was mentally prepared, but Nanjiro couldn't help but stand up, and said in a trance: "This, how is this possible?" ”

When I saw Ishihara, I nodded solemnly in confirmation.

Minamijiro was discouraged, and he knew that the Kwantung Army had lost more than three divisions in the battle during this time, and he was afraid that he would be the commander.

"General, General, what are we going to do now? Will this major battle situation be reported to the base camp? Ishihara asked when he saw that Nanjiro was silent.

"Report to the base camp?" Minamijiro was startled, looked up at Ishihara Waner, and finally nodded silently.

………………………… Tongliao, the division of the reading division.

When the battle situation was fixed, Zhang Xinghan and Li Du and others took the lead in returning to Tongliao.

By this time, the regimental commanders had already returned.

Zhang Xinghan asked the cooking team to make a hot meal for the emergency.

He has been nibbling on compressed biscuits and boiled water for many days, and Zhang Xinghan has long faded out of his mouth.

This time, he successfully defeated the three divisions of the Chinese army and achieved an unprecedented victory, so it was natural that he and his subordinate officers should be treated well.

In the war room, Zhang Xinghan, who was sitting in the first place, raised his glass and said to everyone: "Brothers, in order to celebrate our unprecedented victory, a toast!" Come! ”

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"!" Everyone raised their glasses excitedly.

That night, Zhang Xinghan, Li Du and other commanders at all levels were all drunk.

The next morning, Zhang Xinghan was woken up by Chief of Staff Zhao Zhenfan.

"Guoping, what's the matter?" Zhang Xinghan was a little dizzy, rubbed his temples and said with sleepy eyes.

"Division, the results of the battle have been counted, in this battle, we annihilated more than 46,000 people, of which nearly 10,000 were poisoned and surrendered, but they were all swept away by all units with machine guns.

In terms of seizures, we have captured nearly 40,000 rifles, more than 1,000 light and heavy machine guns, as well as a lot of ammunition and small-caliber artillery. Zhao Zhenfan reported excitedly.

"Well, well done, electrify the whole division, and everyone will be rewarded with ten yuan in the ocean!" Zhang Xinghan nodded.

"The money of the division headquarters is quite generous, this can be had." Zhao Zhenfan nodded, and suddenly asked, "By the way, Shizuo, do we need to send a telegram to Nanjing?" ”

"Of course, but not to Nanjing, but to the whole country, to the whole world to announce that my reading teacher has achieved an unprecedented victory in Tongliao, I want to let the people know that I, Zhang Xinghan, will not die, and the Northeast will never fall!" Zhang Xinghan thought for a moment.

He also said: "Regarding the content of the telegram, it can be slightly embellished, and the report of the results of the battle should count the number of enemies we have killed in Sujiatun, Zhangwu, Xinmin and other places. ”

"Yes, I'll do it." Zhao Zhenfan happily accepted the order.

…………………… As soon as Zhang Xinghan's good news came out, the whole country was excited, and everyone couldn't believe that it was true.

Countless compatriots who thought that Zhang Xinghan was dead were boiling, the national heroes in their hearts were still there, and the heroic army outside the border that resisted the army alone was still there.

Countless Chinese people rushed to cry, and for a time, the anti-Japanese sentiment of the people in the entire land of China reached an unprecedented height.

Zhang Xinghan's personal prestige has also reached a new height, and he has vaguely surpassed President Jiang.

Nanjing, the official residence of the Duke of Chiang.

Principal Jiang had already known about Zhang Xinghan's great victory in Tongliao with his troops annihilating 60,000 enemies.

However, what surprised and made President Jiang a little angry was that Zhang Xinghan did not take the lead in sending a telegram to him, but directly sent the good news to the whole country and even the world without permission.

"Chairman, how should we react to the great victory achieved by Zhang Xinghan's department in Tongliao?" In the conference room of Jiang Gong, Chen Cheng, who was the confidant of Jiang Zhizhi, then the general of the 18th Army, asked.

"Generate electricity, commend!" Principal Jiang only said four words.

……………… Three days later, the headquarters officially issued a new order, removing Minamijiro from his post as commander of the Kwantung Army and transferring him back to China.

At the same time, the 3rd, 4th, 7th, 8th, and 10th divisions of the Chinese Army also landed in Dalian one after another.

The 14th Division also reoccupied Tieling Siping, and the troops were directed to Changchun, the 9th, 12th, and the 1st, 5th, and 11th divisions were immediately transferred back to China for rectification.

In view of the repeated defeats of the Kwantung Army at the hands of the Reading Division, the base camp and the military headquarters decided to pick up soft persimmons and pinch them first, and capture the entire territory of the three eastern provinces except for Tongliao.

Obtain the abundant resources of coal, steel, and grain in the Northeast, and then concentrate on dealing with Zhang Xinghan's readers.

Soft persimmon refers to Zhang Xueliang's Northeast Army stationed in Jinzhou and other southern Liaoning regions, as well as Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces.

Of course, all this will not be implemented until the arrival of the new commander of the Kwantung Army, General Muto Nobuyoshi.

…………………… While the army was frequently mobilized to consolidate the occupied areas, Zhang Xinghan was also urgently recruiting new soldiers to replenish the battle losses.

In this battle, the Reading Force also suffered one-third casualties, of which more than 3,000 were killed.

Li Du and Feng Zhanhai had already led their troops to bid farewell to Zhang Xinghan and return to Changchun two days ago because the army was approaching Siping.

In order to strengthen their combat strength and form a horn with himself, Zhang Xinghan specially gave 10,000 rifles, hundreds of machine guns and dozens of artillery pieces before Li Du and others left, plus sufficient ammunition to save Jilin [***].

After this great victory, the prestige of Zhang Xinghan and his reading teacher spread all over the land of China again, and countless enthusiastic young students abandoned their studies one after another, flocked to Tongliao, and signed up to join the army in order to serve the country.

Zhang Xinghan went home to visit his parents, Su Hanyun had already met Zhang Xinghua, with the consent of his parents, the two agreed to get married in half a month, and Su Hanyun temporarily lived in Zhang's house.

"Xinghan, I came to you today because I want to ask you for help." On the street of Tongliao Town, Wang Ruoying was wearing a black tight-fitting leather jacket and a gray scarf, holding Zhang Xinghan's hand affectionately.

Zhang Xinghan put one hand in his pocket, and with the other hand holding a cigarette, he turned his head to look at her and said, "Do we still need to ask for it?" If there is anything, you can just say it, except for the stars and moon in the sky, I can satisfy you. ”

"Han Yun's parents are also in Beiping, do you want to send someone to pick them up?" Wang Ruoying asked.

"Well, in the afternoon, I will ask Shen Xingye to personally take someone to Beiping." Zhang Xinghan nodded without thinking.

"Then can you let Adjutant Shen take my father back by the way? I haven't seen him in a long time, and I don't know how he's doing. Wang Ruoying said a little sadly.

"Well, I'll tell Shen Xingye about this after I go back." Zhang Xinghan thought about it and nodded.

"Xinghan, you are so good, when my father comes, we will also get married, right?" Wang Ruoying looked ahead with a smile on her face.

"Married?" Zhang Xinghan was a little surprised.

Wang Ruoying turned to look at him with big eyes, and muttered, "What, you don't want to marry me?" ”

Zhang Xinghan hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Of course not, it's just a little too sudden." ”

(To be continued)