Hot, dry. There is almost no wind in the air and middle, only the strong chewing of nitrate, mixed with a slight smell of gasoline.

The railroad had long since been blown beyond recognition by explosives, and even the roadbed had been blown into sections. Sleepers and rails are scattered on both sides of the roadbed. Occasionally, a heavy cart fell crookedly between the messes, and a wounded and undead horse fell near the heavy cart

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In the distance, the gunfire and artillery continued, but it didn't sound as intense as it had been in the morning.

This is the Qingniwa Railway Station, and if it weren't for a sign for the railway station found in the ruins, no one would believe that this was once a railway station when the Japanese army retreated. The entire railway station was bombed into ruins, in fact, before the Japanese retreated, the railway station had been reduced to rubble under the artillery fire and aircraft bombardment of the squadron, and all the Japanese did was destroy it more completely.

The Japanese had no choice but to retreat, because by the morning the right flank had already been broken through by Chinese armored forces. At the same time, a Chinese infantry unit from the left flank had broken through to the flank of the Japanese line, if not to retreat. All the Japanese troops at the Qingniwa railway station will be under siege.

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The Japanese retreated to the southwest, and the infantry of the squadron also followed closely behind to attack the Qingniwa railway station, and carried out the necessary pursuit of the retreating Japanese troops, although they were not completely annihilated. But at least the Japanese army gave up the plan to hold on layer by layer, ran south along the railway line, and retreated to the defense line of Kiba Fort.

After confirming that the Japanese army was not luring the enemy deeper. The armored units of the Chinese Army continued to march to the south. And when passing by the ruined Qingniwa railway station, the headquarters of the armored unit Runxian saw a scene on both sides of the railway line.

To the surprise of Bu Run-up, the Japanese retreat seemed to be in an orderly manner, and did not seem to have been a hasty retreat, as can be seen from the bombed-out railroad and the abandoned damaged plug-in cars. The carts were almost empty, and when the Japanese retreated, they took everything that could be taken from the heavy trucks, even the rigging of the horses, which showed that the Japanese were ready to retreat.

This can also be understood, after all, a Chinese infantry unit has landed on the coast not far south of Fort Kiba, attacking the Japanese defense line of Fort Kiba from the flank and rear, but when the Japanese army established the defensive line, the defense line on the southern flank was very contemptuous, and as a result, the defense line was urgent, and it was tight everywhere, and the Japanese commander could only order to transfer troops from the direction of Lushun and Dalian to reinforce Fort Kiba, and attack the squadron that landed on the southern flank of Fort Kiba.

In this way, the Japanese troops defending Qingnijia Railway Station became weak, and they saw that they could not hold the defensive line, so they quickly abandoned their positions. Quickly retreat to the Kiba fort line.

When the Japanese retreated, they even blew up all the wells around the Qingnizhu railway station, and because of this, when Zou Runxian commanded the armored troops to break into the railway station, he now had a hard time finding a water source to cool the overheated motive of tanks and armored vehicles.

As a last resort. It was only ordered to rest near the train station. At the same time, people were sent to find water sources, and they had to wait for the rear to bring in much-needed fuel and ammunition.

"Smack!"

A crisp gunshot rang out, and a seriously wounded and mourning Japanese war horse was shot in the head and died quickly, neighing miserably.

Bu Yunjail lifted the still smoking pistol, closed the safety, then put the pistol back in its holster, glanced at the Japanese horse that had fallen at his feet, swept his gaze, and moved to the empty heavy wagon.

Walk to the car. Gao Runshang looked at the car, but did not find any information that could indicate the unit to which the number belonged, and only found a little bean cake residue in the corner. This may be the fodder for the Japanese army's war horses. Judging by this detail. The Japanese army may not be short of fodder and food, the Japanese army is now short of arms and ammunition, and the Japanese prisoners of war also confessed to this.

However, Gao Rundang was still a little skeptical, because judging from the battle in the morning, the Japanese artillery fire was still very fierce, if it were not for the sappers who very skillfully dug a tunnel, so as to penetrate from the ground into the vicinity of the anti-tank trench and blow it up a few slopes, the armored troops would not have broken through the right flank of the Japanese defense so quickly. Then advance deep into the Japanese line.

After the battle at the Qingniwa Railway Station, the Ministry finally realized that the tactics of the armored forces were not yet complete and needed to be further improved, and now they were bullying the Japanese army because they did not have enough anti-aircraft guns, so they could only trap the armored troops, but could not effectively annihilate them. Only then did he successfully break through the Japanese defense line, and Gao Runzhen was very vigilant about this, in his opinion, perhaps this Sino-Japanese war would bring enlightenment to the military powers. Let these military powers exhibit countertactics that are specialized in countering armored assault tactics, then, as an armored commander, Gao Rundi has the responsibility to explore better armored tactics.

Standing beside this heavy truck abandoned by the Japanese army. Gao Runji held the bean cake residue and thought about tactics, until a whistle sounded, he turned his head to look north.

A mile away, an armored train stopped on the tracks. The railroad tracks in front of the four have not yet been repaired, and the armored train can only wait there

Several officers got off the armored train. Walk in the direction of the train station and wait until they get closer. The enemy was recognized by the department, and the leader was Ji Yushuang, the former enemy commander of the Lushun Dalian Campaign, and the others were all senior officers of the General Staff.

The Ministry of Prison hurriedly greeted him, and then reported the reason why the armored forces had stopped, and although the motivation for cooling was one of the reasons, waiting for the supply of fuel and ammunition was also an important reason.

"Our ministry is now waiting for fuel and ammunition. As for the problem of the motor cooling water, it is also being solved, and some people have been sent to dig for wells. Now there is a well that has been destroyed by the Japanese army and is barely functional. ”

Speaking of this, Gao Runzhen stopped. glanced at the monsoon frost, and now the other party was frowning.

Monsoon Frost is indeed a little anxious right now. Although it only took one day to take the Qingniwa Railway Station. But considering that the General Staff gave him only five days to complete the task of conquering the fortress of Arthur, then the remaining four days must be rushed. How to advance and how to attack, this must be carefully calculated and decisively implemented.

"I just got the news that the Japanese army in Dalian has withdrawn south along the coastline, Dalian has been defeated without a fight, and now the infantry has established an offensive position in Kibabao, but the defense line of Kiba Fort is stronger than the defense line here at the Qingniwa Railway Station, and the depth is greater, and it is difficult to break through with traditional tactics from the front."

The monsoon frost groaned for a moment. Then he turned his head and asked a staff officer.

"Did the chemical troops in the rear catch up?" Demon Mist. Did you ship it? ”

The staff officer nodded. said: "The chemical troops are on standby in Golden State," Demon Mist. It was also shipped, but it was worried that Jinzhou was too close to Dalian Bay. It was possible to be shelled by Japanese ships, therefore, all the "demon fog." They are now stored in a secluded location north of Golden State, but they are close to the railroad and ready to be transported to the front line for battle if ordered to do so. ”

Monsoon Yushuang was silent, and then led the staff officers on a "Yellow Dog" armored car. He went to inspect the front line of Fort Kiba in the south, and Gao Runjiao, as his bodyguard, led several armored cars to follow him and drive south along the railway line.

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In less than an hour, Monsoon Yushuang and Bu Runfu and others arrived at the front line of Fort Kiba, at this time. Shelling is being carried out by both warring parties, and from time to time shells fly overhead.

Monsoon frost climbs a hill. Standing on the top of the hill and looking at the front line through binoculars, he was shocked by the criss-crossing trenches and communication trenches of the Japanese army, so he made up his mind.

"Immediately report to the Commander-in-Chief Hall with a special password, and ask the president to approve the use of the "demon fog"

"Yes!"

A staff officer hurriedly ran down the hill and ran towards the wireless telegraph station at the front.

The others were all solemn, only Bu Runjiao was a little dazed, he obviously didn't know what the "demon fog" Ji Yushuang was talking about, but he didn't inquire.

"Ladies and gentlemen, perhaps we will be here to witness the terrifying power of a new weapon, and as for what history will say about this weapon and our decisions in the future, it is not up to us to influence."

Ji Yushuang sighed, the staff officers somewhat understood his thoughts, only Gao Runjiao was still at a loss. But guess from the strange name of "Demon Mist". This weapon is only afraid to be insidious.

Since it was insidious, he was still out of sight, and the Ministry immediately asked for instructions to return to the Qingniwa Railway Station and rectify the troops.

After receiving Ji Yushuang's approval, Gao Runjiao hurriedly rushed back to the Qingniwa Railway Station with an armored car, and continued to send telegrams to the logistics department, urging fuel and ammunition.

In the afternoon, the train carrying fuel and ammunition finally arrived at the Qingniwa railway station, and by this time, the engineering troops had also built a section of the railway.

Not only fuel and ammunition for armored units were unloaded from the train, but also a batch of steel canisters. There were skulls painted on them, as did the ammunition boxes of some of the heavy mortar shells that were brought with the truck. In addition to this, there are some strange masks that look somewhat like pig faces.

The chemical corps unit mentioned by Ji Yushuang was escorting this batch of "special ammunition", because it was too peculiar in its clothing, and it also wore that kind of pig-faced mask on its face, which aroused the strong curiosity of the armored troops, and even the commander of the unit couldn't help but ask the commander of the unit about the origin of these "special ammunition". It's just that the other party is tight-lipped.

Since it was a "highly secret" Gao Rundi, he immediately dispelled the idea of getting to the bottom of it, and according to Ji Yushuang's order, he lent this chemical unit some trucks so that they could transport these "special weapons" to the front line of Fort Kiba.

Seeing the convoy go away, Bu Runjing suddenly felt a sense of loss in his heart, because now, in Ji Yushuang's mind, those "special weapons" seemed to be more important than armored troops, and Ji Yushuang seemed to have pinned his hopes for breaking through the Japanese defense line at Kiba Fort on these "special weapons".