Kitakyushu Island, outside the compound of the temporary headquarters of the Northeast Frontier Army. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Zhang Xinghan strode down from a car accompanied by Zhao Zhenfan, Wang Yizhe and others.

Wang Tiehan and others, who had been waiting for a long time, hurriedly stepped forward to salute and greet: "Commander, Commander, Commander Zhao, you are here!" ”

Zhang Xinghan and the three of them returned the salute one after another, and after everyone greeted each other, they walked into the command headquarters.

As soon as he entered the headquarters, Zhang Xinghan asked: "Old regiment commander, how is the battle progressing now?" ”

Before Wang Tiehan could answer, a communication soldier suddenly ran in in a hurry, stood up and saluted: "Report!" ”

When they saw Zhang Xinghan and several other senior generals of the Northeast Frontier Army present, the communication soldiers were obviously stunned, but they quickly reacted, and hurriedly turned to Zhang Xinghan and Wang Yizhe and others to salute and said: "I have seen the general seat, commander." ”

Wang Yizhe waved his hand at him casually and said, "Let's get down to business, seeing that you are in such a hurry, what happened?" ”

Only then did the communication soldier remember the telegram in his hand, and hurriedly opened it and read: "Xing Zhanqing has sent a telegram, the main force of the 6th and 18th divisions of the Japanese army, which fled south from Kitakyushu Island, encountered our troops in the area of Tianchuan, and it coincided with the arrival of our airborne troops.

Just in case, the general office asked the general to send the main pursuit force to rush to reinforcements! ”

After the communication soldiers finished reading, Zhang Xinghan, Wang Yizhe, Zhao Zhenfan, and the other four looked at each other, and then walked towards the huge combat map hanging on the wall of the war room.

When everyone came to the map, they first found out the location of Tian Chuan on the map, and then Zhang Xinghan turned his head and asked Wang Tiehan: "Where has the pursuit force you sent out now?" How far is it from Tagawa? ”

Wang Tiehan said: "There is a battalion that set off more than three hours ago, and theirs should be the closest to Tianchuan, so I will send a telegram to ask them about their specific location and the location of other regiments." ”

After a while, Wang Tiehan went and returned, and said to Zhang Xinghan: "Boss, ask clearly." At present, the vanguard battalion of our pursuing force is less than 20 miles away from Tianchuan, and it will arrive in half an hour at the latest.

In addition, more than 9,000 main troops of the other three regiments of our department could also arrive before 7 o'clock in the evening. ”

"Half an hour, it's time, but the strength of a battalion is still too thin, even with the paratrooper brigade, there are less than 2,000 infantry, and the main force of the devils in Tagawa City is at least more than 20,000 people, or even more." Wang Yizhe said meaningfully.

Wang Tiehan lowered his head silently, it was true, Zhao Zhenfan also nodded, obviously he thought so too.

But Zhang Xinghan unexpectedly raised his hand and said, "No." 2,000 infantry plus 300 tank fighting vehicles of three tank regiments, the total strength of which also exceeded 10,000 people, which was not much different from the devils.

The most important thing is that we have tanks and military trucks to occupy an absolute mobility advantage, and it will not be a problem to block the Japanese 6th Division and the 18th Division if we use them properly, and we may even fight a beautiful battle of annihilation, inflicting heavy damage or even total annihilation on the two main Japanese army corps in the Kyushu Island area. ”

Wang Yizhe and Zhao Zhenfan looked at each other, and they were absolutely convinced of Zhang Xinghan's tactical command attainments, whether it was the original Battle of Shenyang, or the Battle of Tongliao and the later Battle of Changchun. They are all about winning more with less, and outnumbering the enemy.

His excellent tactical command and strategic vision are absolutely at the level of a master, which is enough to be included in the textbooks of major military academies.

But at the moment, Zhang Xinghan is not in Tianchuan. He was not the one in command at the front, and the situation was different now in Japan itself.

However, as subordinates, they still did what they should do. Zhao Zhenfan was the first to speak: "Boss, there is a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not." ”

Zhang Xinghan waved his hand without thinking and said, "Speak." ”

"Let's not mention that it was Xing Zhanqing who was on the front line in Tianchuan, not you. Even if you were to take command of the front line in person, I thought that if the Japanese chose to disperse and break through, it would be difficult for us to annihilate them all, and at most we could only annihilate half of their troops. Zhao Zhenfan said bluntly.

Zhang Xinghan nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, cast an approving look at Zhao Zhenfan, and said: "Guoping, your worries are justified, as you said, if the devils choose to disperse and break through, it is impossible for me to stop them all and annihilate them all if I go to the front line to command."

Unless we have 20,000 infantry plus three tank regiments.

But it's only if, what if we don't give the devils the option to disperse and break through? ”

"Oh? What does the total seat mean? I would like to hear about it! Zhao Zhenfan said curiously, Wang Yizhe and Wang Tiehan were also obviously curious, and nodded in agreement.

Zhang Xinghan glanced at the three of them, and said lightly: "Immediately send a telegram to Xing Zhanqing and Wang Longxiang, immediately withdraw the siege, and let the little devils retreat!" ”

"What? Withdraw the siege, let the Japanese retreat? The three of them were all taken aback, looking at each other, and Wang Yizhe asked puzzledly: "General seat, in this way, wouldn't the Japanese have a better chance of escaping smoothly?" ”

"That's right, as long as our army withdraws from the siege, the Japanese will definitely break through at night, and once they break out, they can quickly break into pieces and calmly withdraw, so that we won't even have half of the results of annihilating them." Zhao Zhenfan nodded.

Zhang Xinghan decided to teach them a good lesson, and said: "Three, our civilization for thousands of years is broad and profound, and the art of war is also the culmination of the wisdom of countless ancestors who have transcended mortals for thousands of years.

Once we withdraw from the siege, given the current situation of the enemy and us on Kyushu Island, the Japanese will not know why, and they will certainly not dare to divide their troops easily, lest they be suddenly attacked by our army and will not be able to protect themselves.

So they will definitely take advantage of the golden opportunity to make a quick retreat along the road towards their destination, Kurume.

Of course, there are no absolutes, and just in case, we also need to order Xing Zhanqing and Wang Longxiang to arrange for troops and small groups of attack troops to be deployed in batches on both sides of the highway to intimidate the Japanese army, so that they will not dare to retreat rashly before knowing the truth.

And the main forces followed the Japanese on their heels, and it was never a problem to follow up with the Japanese with the mobility of three hundred tanks.

In this way, we only need to wait until dawn for our air force reconnaissance planes to be dispatched, and there will be no longer any fear of the Japanese dividing their troops; in broad daylight, our tanks and ground pursuit units will carry out the most accurate pursuit of them under the guidance of the air force, and the air force fighters are by no means vegetarians.

In addition, at the same time, I immediately ordered all the divisions of our army gathered on Kitakyushu Island to immediately assemble all the tank regiments, baggage regiments, artillery regiments, and all military trucks and side three-wheeled motorcycles of the subordinate regiments, as long as they were on wheels.

Then with these transports carrying a large number of pursuing troops immediately set out south along the road, and by virtue of our superiority in maneuver, we would certainly be able to catch up with the retreating troops of the 6th and 18th divisions of the Japanese army before dark.

At that time, it will be a matter of course to annihilate them.

Of course, if the Japanese run too fast, our air force and Xing Zhanqing's tank pursuit troops will also have to knock them down at the right time to slow them down. ”

After listening to Zhang Xinghan's long explanation, Wang Yizhe and the three finally showed a sudden look on their faces and nodded one after another.

Seeing that everyone understood, Zhang Xinghan no longer wasted time and quickly ordered them to do so.

The three of them did not hesitate any longer, and left one after another, and soon conveyed the order.

For a time, more than 100,000 soldiers of the Northeast Frontier Army gathered on Kitakyushu Island began to mobilize.

In the dark night, countless military truck headlights shine a dazzling snow-white pillar of light, and the roar of the engine is endless, and the entire Kitakyushu Castle is bustling with activity.

Outside Tagawa Castle, in the temporary headquarters of the paratrooper brigade and tank troops.

Xing Zhanqingzheng and Wang Longxiang, who is known as the first jump of the Chinese nation's paratroopers, and several officers gathered in front of a military map to discuss the siege strategy.

Two flashlights were propped up from tree branches above them, and a dimly lit kerosene lamp was placed on the table.

With the help of flashlights and kerosene lamps, they were able to see the map clearly. "The art of war is cloudy, encircling three and one, our three tank regiments just surrounded Tianchuan City in the east, west and north directions, Captain Wang, your people are all ambushed at the south gate, right?" Xing Zhanqing asked, pointing to the map.

Wang Longxiang solemnly said: "Please rest assured, Chief Xing, all the 1,000 and 3 officers and soldiers of our brigade have entered the ambush position, as long as the little devils dare to go out of the city, we will definitely give them a head-on attack!" ”

"Very good, I have already contacted Commander Wang, a vanguard battalion of my 6th integrated division will arrive soon, and once they arrive, they can cooperate with you at any time to strengthen our blocking force." Xing Zhanqing nodded with satisfaction.

Suddenly, a communications soldier walked out of the telecommunications room next to him, saluted the two of them and said, "Sir, Commander-in-Chief Zhang is calling." ”

"Huh? The commander-in-chief called back? Bring it to me. Xing Zhanqing admired Zhang Xinghan from the bottom of his heart, and immediately stretched out his hand to ask for a message.

The communications soldier hurriedly handed him the message.

Xing Zhanqing took it and looked at it with joy, but the smile on his face quickly froze.

Seeing this, Wang Longxiang on the side couldn't help but ask: "Chief Xing, what did the commander-in-chief say in the telegram?" Is there something wrong? ”

"The commander-in-chief told us to withdraw the siege immediately." Xing Zhanqing said in a deep voice with a confused face.

"Huh?" Wang Longxiang was also taken aback, Xing Zhanqing had already reached out and handed him the message.

After taking the telegram and reading it, Wang Longxiang calmed down a little and asked, "Chief Xing, what do you say we should do?" Withdrawing the siege now is tantamount to letting the little devils go. ”

Xing Zhanqing was still relatively rational after all, and his absolute admiration for Zhang Xinghan made him absolutely convinced of Zhang Xinghan, and said word by word: "Execute the order, adjutant, immediately upload my order, and all regiments immediately withdraw from the siege ......!" (To be continued......)