That night, more than 200,000 elite Qiao's army, except for the necessary vigilance troops.

They all drank and sang, and the party didn't end until late at night.

Speechless all night, the next day at noon, the soldiers of the Qiao family, who were full of wine and food, encouraged their comrades-in-arms and agreed that they would see each other alive.

resolutely shouldered the steel gun and embarked on the road out of the customs with a backpack on his back.

On the towering women's wall of Shanhaiguan, Qiao Anbang was surrounded by a large number of guards, holding binoculars and looking down at the soldiers of the Qiao family army who were setting off one after another.

"Brothers, I hope you can all come back alive, he said that you will see each other in wealth and wealth." Even though he knew it was impossible, Qiao Anbang still muttered to himself.

"Salute to our soldiers!" Qiao Anbang suddenly took the lead and shouted, and the whole person stood up and saluted in vain.

The officers and men of the guard brigade on the wall followed suit one after another, solemnly and solemnly.

…………………… In the Rehe Plain, a long steel dragon composed of hundreds of tanks, armored vehicles, and personnel carriers is galloping in the direction of the Horqin steppe.

Everywhere the convoy passed, it brought up a cloud of dust, which was not spectacular.

In an armored command vehicle in the center of the convoy, Zhang Xudong, commander of the Reading Armored Division, was closing his eyes and recuperating.

Zhang Yi, the current deputy commander and chief of staff of the armored division, drew something on a marching map.

"Xudong, take a look." After a long time, Zhang Yi suddenly reached Zhang Xudong with his arm.

"What?" Zhang Xudong opened his eyes and asked.

Zhang Yi pointed to the map and said: "In front of us is Chengde, the capital of Rehe Province, it is said that the army has abandoned the city, leaving only some puppet troops as cannon fodder to garrison, do you think we want to?" ”

"The task given to us by the general seat is to cross the Horqin and Hulunbuir grasslands, and copy the back road of the little devils, so don't delay our marching speed with these small fish and shrimp." Zhang Xudong said without thinking.

"I said you didn't understand what I meant, in order to build the Jinzhou defense line, I said that I didn't hesitate to give up even a city like Chengde, then you say, how many troops can they keep in Shenyang." Zhang Yi looked at Zhang Xudong pointedly.

"What do you mean?" Zhang Xudong was taken aback.

"Make a detour to raid Shenyang, once Shenyang is attacked, then the 200,000 troops on the Jinzhou front line are bound to be in chaos, and then our main force will take advantage of the situation to attack and will be able to defeat it in one fell swoop." Zhang Yi said ambitiously.

Zhang Xudong was stunned, and then shook his head and said: "No, no, this move is too risky, Shenyang is too close to Jinzhou, and there is a South Manchurian railway line crossing the link, if Shenyang is in an emergency, the army can take a train from the Jinzhou defense line to help in half a day." At that time, not only will it not have the effect of a surprise attack, but it will also delay the task assigned to us by the general seat, and the gains outweigh the losses. ”

"If the army dares to send troops back to aid Jinzhou, it will inevitably affect the stability of its Jinzhou defense line, which is conducive to the attack of our main force." Zhang Yidao.

"Moreover, our army is a mechanized armored force, and the mobile surname assault ability is extremely strong, even if the surprise attack on Shenyang fails, we can give full play to our mobile advantages, and we can transfer, and there is no danger." ”

"But, in this way, won't we delay the task given to us by the general seat?" Zhang Xudong said with some hesitation.

"Teacher, the boy was born in the world, when holding the immortal exploits of the three-foot Qingfeng, this life is not in vain, do you forget, the defense of Nanjing, the general seat relied on only 6,000 people, attacked Liyang, occupied Suzhou, three battles and three victories, and then conquered Songhu, and made such a great feat, and since then it has been famous in history.

Now we have 20,000 elite divisions, and all mechanized, tanks, artillery, everything, if the raid on Shenyang is successful, then the battle of the pass, the first merit is ours, then the world famous, triumphant, isn't it beautiful? Zhang Yi struck while the iron was hot and persuaded.

"Okay, fuck it, take a gamble!" Zhang Xudong is also young, and Zhang Yi's words have aroused his enthusiasm.

are all hot-blooded and good men, who doesn't want to make meritorious contributions, make immortal feats, and go down in history?

Zhang Yi thought, Zhang Xudong also thought.

So these two senior officers of the Qiao Family's army and the young Zhuang faction began an adventurous operation.

…………………… The first battle of Qiao's army, when Zhang Xudong and Zhang Yi decided to take the risk, had already started in Wanjia Town, Jinchuan Fort.

This is the forefront of the first line of defense of the Jinzhou defense line of the Kwantung Army, because the Pingshen Railway runs through the north and south.

Therefore, the geographical location of Wanjia Town is particularly important, and the army has built a large number of defensive positions with Wanjia Town and Liuzhou River as the center.

On the position, all kinds of light and dark fire points, and permanent machine-gun bunkers made of reinforced concrete are densely packed.

Various trenches and underpass roads crisscross the country, and a large number of minefields are arranged in front of the positions.

The first to attack Wanjia Town was the 13th Regiment of the Fifth Division (that is, the 1st Regiment of the original Fifth Division) of the Qiaojia Army.

The 13th Regiment, under the command of regiment commander Tian Jin, advanced with artillery and some tanks and fighting vehicles, and the infantry then advanced to the defensive position of the army in Wanjia Town.

Due to the well-prepared devils and the dense minefield in front of the formation, the attack of the 13th regiment did not go well.

The battle lasted until three o'clock in the afternoon, but there was still no breakthrough.

At this time, some bombers of the 1st Air Force Division and a regiment that had just been stationed at Tianjin Airport were ordered to rush to the frontline battlefield under the escort of a group of fighters.

Immediately, the defense line of Wanjia Town was bombarded indiscriminately.

At the same time, Jiang Jun, commander of the 5th Division, transferred the artillery regiment, self-propelled artillery regiment, and tank armored regiment directly under the division to the front line of Wanjiazhen.

In cooperation with the Air Force, it carried out repeated fire strikes covering the positions of the Japanese army.

The artillery units directly under Tian Jin's headquarters were not idle, and opened fire one after another.

For a time, hundreds of artillery pieces on the front line of Wanjia Town opened fire one after another, and fighters in the air continued to circle and bomb, dive and strafe.

The position of the army soon turned into a sea of fire, and when the air force returned and its own artillery fire began to extend.

Tian Jin, commander of the 13th Regiment, immediately ordered his troops to charge.

"Rush! Kill! Hundreds of officers and soldiers of the Qiao family held MP44 assault rifles and launched a tidal charge at the position of the army under the cover of machine guns.

However, when they were just halfway through, the almost ruined position of the army suddenly burst into gunfire, and a dense rain of bullets suddenly roared down.

The fighters who rushed to the front kept getting shot and falling to the ground.

It turned out that most of the fortifications of the Yue army were made of reinforced concrete, which was extremely strong, and the bombardment of its own air force and artillery units seemed ferocious, but in fact it did not cause much damage to the army.

This is also the cunning and shrewdness of Yoshio Shinozuka, who knows that the Qiao family army now occupies an absolute superiority in ground artillery and air firepower.

Therefore, when building the Jinzhou defense line, he did not hesitate to spend countless manpower and material resources to reinforce all the bunker fortifications with reinforced concrete iron plates.

(To be continued)