That night, because Qiao Anbang ordered a suspension of the offensive, the Jinzhou battlefield fell into a rare calm.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Zhangwu County.

At this moment, the county seat of Zhangwu has completely entered a state of sleep, and the people in the city have basically fallen asleep.

Only the devils and puppet soldiers on duty were standing guard at the head of Simen City, on the plain less than five miles away from Zhangwu County.

Hundreds of armored vehicles, tanks and personnel carriers full of soldiers turned off their headlights and were marching around the city in the direction of Shenyang.

In an armored command vehicle, Zhang Xudong was smoking a cigarette with some anxiety, while Zhang Yi, deputy division commander and chief of staff, was looking at a map.

"Chief of Staff, I don't know what happened to the Jinzhou front." Zhang Xudong smoked his flue with some concern.

"Heh, division, there is a general seat on the Jinzhou front line that sits in Shanhaiguan and is personally commanded, and our army has an absolute advantage, what else do you have to worry about?" Zhang Yi said with a smile.

"It's not that I'm worried, it's just that so many comrades who have been born and died, and who have come together with bullets and bullets are fighting side by side, but I am leading the troops to go deep alone, and it is a little lonely." Zhang Xudong said.

"Hehe, I don't think you're lonely, you lack confidence in this adventure, right?" Zhang Yi smiled and said, "What's wrong with fighting alone?" Winning in the face of adversity is the only way to better demonstrate our command level. ”

"I naturally understand all this, in fact, I just sigh." Zhang Xudong extinguished the cigarette butt, looked at the vast night outside the car, and said, "Where is it now?" How long does it take to get to Shenyang? ”

"It should be over Zhangwu, according to the marching route we predetermined in advance, with our marching speed, we can reach Shenyang in four hours at most." Zhang Yidao.

"For four hours, I'll squint first and recharge my energy. You look at the dots. After speaking, Zhang Xudong leaned back in his seat and closed his eyes.

Zhang Yi nodded and continued to look down at the map.

Three and a half hours later, the armored car suddenly stopped, and Zhang Yi pushed Zhang Xudong, who was asleep, and said, "Master, teacher, wake up." ”

"Huh?" Zhang Xudong woke up and asked, "What's wrong?" Arrived in Shenyang? ”

"Well, we are now on the outskirts of Shenyang, and we are less than five kilometers away from Shenyang City." Zhang Yi nodded and said, "It's time to deploy a battle plan." ”

"The attack on Shenyang City is aimed at an attack, there is nothing to deploy, and the armored infantry regiment will be the main attack, and the tank regiment, self-propelled artillery regiment, and air defense regiment will be responsible for covering, and strive to fight down." Zhang Xudong said the battle plan that he had already thought of in his heart.

After several expansions, Zhang Xudong's Reading Armored Division has more than 20,000 troops, two tank regiments, a large number of Leopard tanks and Tiger tanks, and an air defense regiment, and a large number of 88mm anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns consigned in armored trucks.

One self-propelled artillery regiment with 120mm cannons.

In addition, it also has a reinforced armored infantry regiment with a strength of more than 4,000 troops, equipped with a large number of armored personnel carriers, motorcycles and other mechanized transport equipment.

The division headquarters and the guard company directly under it are also fully mechanized, equipped with more than a dozen Leopard tanks and a number of armored vehicles.

Equipped with a large number of Tiger and Leopard tanks, Zhang Xudong's armored force has always been regarded as a strategic mobile force by Qiao Anbang.

From this dispatch of the armored division for a thousand-mile detour, it can be seen how high Qiao Anbang's expectations are for this army.

In fact, such a force is second to none in China, in all of Asia, and even in the world.

Not only is it equipped with two of the most powerful tanks in the world, but it also has a formidable artillery unit that will daunt any opponent.

Coupled with its excellent mobility advantages, it deserves to be an armored force that can be proud of the world.

"Shizuo is right, whether we can strike a blow and capture Shenyang City, it depends on whether we can launch a surprise attack while the enemy is unprepared, once the army is prepared, it will not be so easy to capture Shenyang City, after all, our advantage is not this kind of urban assault, but mobile assault operations." Zhang Yi nodded in agreement.

"Alright, order the troops, act immediately, and tell the armored infantry regiment that whether they can perform a miracle or not depends on their performance tonight." Zhang Xudong waved his hand.

"Well, I'll go." After Zhang Yi finished speaking, he pulled the car door and walked down.

…………………… After about 20 minutes, more than 4,000 officers and men of the armored infantry regiment of the Reading Armored Division were finally ready for battle.

At the same time, the anti-aircraft guns and cannons of the self-propelled artillery regiment, the anti-aircraft guns of the air defense regiment were aimed at the southern gate of Shenyang City.

The two tank regiments were even more divided into different routes, except for one road that left to cover the armored infantry regiment to launch a frontal attack from the south gate, the rest of the roads were all suspicious soldiers, used to feint and attack, in order to cope with the attack of the armored infantry regiment.

The commander of the armored infantry regiment is named Zhao Ze, and he can also be regarded as a veteran of the Qiao family's army.

As early as the Battle of Nanjing, he and his cousin Zhao Gengyuan led the Sichuan army to join Qiao Anbang's security regiment.

Later, Zhao Gengyuan died in Shanghai, and Zhao Ze followed Qiao Anbang back to the base area in northern Anhui.

Later, Zhang Xudong's armored battalion was expanded, and he and a group of veterans were transferred to serve in the armored regiment, and they have been serving until now.

Although the armored infantry regiment is only a regiment-level unit, everyone knows that they are directly subordinate troops, and once they are expanded in the future, the armored infantry regiment will definitely be expanded to the level of integrated divisions.

Zhao Ze will also be promoted to division commander.

However, Zhao Ze has always been low-key, although he has made many military exploits, he has never made publicity, which is also one of the reasons why Qiao Anbang values him and appoints him as the commander of the armored infantry regiment.

is more, out of remembrance and debt to Zhao Gengyuan.

After all, Zhao Gengyuan was a tiger general who followed him in the early days, fought bravely, and served the country wholeheartedly, if he didn't die, he would definitely be the commander of the top ten integrated divisions.

Zhao Ze, with an MP44 assault rifle in his hand, stood on the compartment of a tracked armored car and drove past the assembled queue.

Then he stopped in the middle, glanced at his subordinates with a torch of light, and said in a deep voice: "Brothers, the front is Shenyang City, and the division seat said, whether our armored division can create a miracle and make immortal feats, all in tonight's battle, all in the performance of our armored infantry regiment tonight!" ”

"Please rest assured, we will definitely take Shenyang City and capture Hideki Tojo alive!" A battalion commander immediately said.

"That's right, take Shenyang City and capture Hideki Tojo alive." The other officers and soldiers echoed in unison.

Zhao Ze nodded with satisfaction, and at this time, the artillerymen began to shell, and the deafening cannon sound rang out one after another, and the scorching firelight pierced the night sky like meteors, smashing towards Shenyang City, which was miles away.

(To be continued)