Jinzhou is in danger, and Panshan County is now the only way for the army to retreat along the coastline of Bohai Bay.

Originally, Liang Yiyu's special operations brigade had already completed the airborne landing on Jinzhou and was preparing to try a surprise attack on Jinzhou.

Qiao Anbang's order was reached, and without the slightest hesitation, Liang Yilu immediately led the special operations brigade to parachute into Panshan County at full speed.

Before they arrived, the tank regiment that had come all the way from Shenyang had already taken advantage of the situation to capture Panshan County.

After the special operations brigade arrived at a rapid pace, Liang Yilu hurriedly commanded the troops to rush to repair the fortifications, and at the same time sent additional reconnaissance troops to monitor the movement and distance of the troops.

In order to delay the speed of the retreat of the troops and buy more time for the special operations brigade to prepare.

Qiao Anbang specially ordered the 1st Air Division to bypass the Jinzhou front line and carry out unscrupulous bombardment against the main force of the 100,000 troops who were preparing to retreat.

In the afternoon of the same day, the reinforcements from the Siping direction of the Yue Army had arrived in Shenyang along the railway line, but they were defeated by the main force of the armored division that had been waiting for a long time.

More than 2,000 troops suffered heavy casualties under the terrifying assault of the armored division, and almost all of them were wiped out.

Only a few people fled back to Siping in embarrassment.

The armored division occupied Jinzhou to the death, so that Yoshio Shinozuka decisively gave up the idea of recapturing Jinzhou.

Jinzhou Liuzhou River frontline battlefield.

More than 70,000 Yue troops were left here as outcasts, and they fought a bloody battle to the death with the 200,000 Qiao family army.

Qiao's army occupied absolute strength, artillery fire, and air superiority, and launched fierce attacks again and again on the defense line of the Liuzhou River of the Yue Army.

Due to the fact that the army fought to the death and did not retreat, the fierce fighting between the two sides continued from day to night, and the battle was extremely fierce.

The entire Liuzhou River, which is not very wide, is full of corpses of sacrificed soldiers on both sides, and the blood almost stains the entire Liuzhou River.

In the Liuzhou River battlefield, after a long battle, Qiao Anbang urgently dispatched more than 100 fighters of the 1st Division and 2nd Regiment to quickly fly north from Jinan, Qingdao and other places to support.

After refueling at Pingjin Airport, these fighters joined the bombing and strafing of the Liuzhou River battlefield.

So far, Qiao Jiajun has more than 200 fighters of all kinds in the Pingjin area.

It is possible to carry out almost non-stop rotational bombing and strafing of the positions of the opposing troops.

The air force went all out, and the artillery fire on the ground was even more intense.

From day to night, a powerful artillery group composed of seven or eight artillery regiments directly under the Qiao Family Army had already poured tens of thousands of shells on the positions of the Yue Army.

The total weight has exceeded 20,000 tons, and the entire defense line of the Liuzhou River has been almost flattened, and there is fire and smoke everywhere.

By midnight, most of the 70,000 Yue troops had been killed and wounded, and the defense line of the Liuzhou River was finally broken through by Qiao's army.

The few remnants of the army insisted on resisting until they were killed in battle, and most of them tried to evacuate to Jinzhou along the railway and highway.

However, the tank and armored regiments directly under the divisions of the Qiao family's army, which were already almost crazy, were much faster than the army.

They assaulted all the way, roared forward, and soon caught up with the remnants of the army.

After a scuffle, the army finally collapsed, and the tank regiments did not care about chasing and killing, so they were ordered by Qiao Anbang to quickly cross Jinzhou and chase in the direction of Panshan County.

Their target was not the remnants of these Yue troops, but the main force of the hundreds of thousands of Yue troops who had fled Jinzhou.

As for these defeated troops who have been scattered and crippled, they have their own rear main forces to clean them up.

…………………… At the same time, Qiao Anbang ambitiously led 300,000 Qiao's army to the north, and had basically established the victory.

The Yucheng Political Axe Army in the south also came to Ji Xun, the fifth station area commanded by Xue Yue, Bai Chongxi and others, and the joint forces of the ninth station area of the third theater.

After more than 10 days of bloody battles, most of the Songhu defenders were finally wiped out, and the Oriental Pearl City, which had been embraced by the motherland for nearly two years, was restored.

Although Shanghai was recovered, [***] also paid a heavy price.

In particular, in the battle for the urban area of Shanghai, because [***] did not have air supremacy and sea supremacy, the troops of the Ninth District, which was responsible for the main attack, suffered great losses in these battles.

The tragic situation of the battle and the sacrifices of the people are not far behind the Battle of Songhu that year.

After the liberation of Shanghai, Chairman Chiang immediately announced in a high-profile manner that the capital would be returned to Nanjing.

For a time, there was an uproar overseas, and there was excitement at home.

Chairman Chiang's prestige was once again raised, of course, because of the deliberate actions of certain newspaper organizations.

The news that Qiao Anbang led 300,000 elites out of the Northern Expedition was far less than the propaganda of Nanjing's political axe [***] to recover Shanghai.

The eyes and attention of almost all the people were drawn to the battle of Shanghai, with the exception of most of the cities in the north, of course.

…………………… A series of news such as the successive victories on the Chinese battlefield and the successive defeats of the Kwantung Army, the most elite of the Yue Army, were accurately transmitted to the hands of the current US President Roosevelt.

Roosevelt's political axe has always been a clear view of the Chinese battlefield.

While maintaining friendly contacts with Chairman Chiang's Nationalist Axe, they secretly promised to support China's resistance.

However, behind the scenes, they are unscrupulous in exporting a large number of strategic materials such as steel and oil.

Again, if China wants to rise and become stronger, it must not count on foreign powers, they will not watch a strong China grow up under their noses.

Whether it is the Americans, the British, or the French, they all know that the existence of a strong and complete China is not in their interests in China.

It will cause them unimaginable threats and losses.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that China's authorities must always follow in the footsteps of the United States, and to put it mildly, they must be lackeys for the United States.

It has completely become a de facto vassal state of the United States, similar to that of Korea and Canada in later generations.

Therefore, when it was learned that the Chinese National Revolutionary Army, under the command and leadership of Chairman Chiang and Qiao Anbang, was overwhelmed and won victories one after another.

Seeing that he was about to be completely expelled from Chinese mainland and the Korean Peninsula.

Roosevelt and his staff could not sit still, and after some thoughtful discussion, Roosevelt made a decision.

Immediately increase the export of Yueben and relax the quota restrictions on Yueben's exports, and it is best to let Yue himself fight with the Chinese for another three or two years.

It not only restrained the rise of China's troubled times, but also continued to consume the national and military strength of the capital.

Thus the Americans reaped the benefits.

This was true not only of the Americans, but also of the British and French, who quickly followed suit after the decision of the American political axe.

………………………… 6. With the strong support of European and American countries, I am almost at the end of my rope, as if I have grabbed a life-saving straw in drowning.

It is said that the domestic industrial base, military industrial base, and industrial chain are mature and sound, and once there is a steady supply of sufficient steel, oil and other strategic materials.

The manufacturing capacity of this book is still quite amazing, a month.

As long as he is given another one to two months, he will be able to make a new batch of weapons and ammunition.

Arm the country's millions of new conscripts into the army.

Reorganize powerful army units.

In addition to the expansion of the army, Ishihara, the current prime minister, spent a high price to import a full set of American-style equipment production lines from the United States.

These include Garand semi-automatic rifles, American-style howitzers, and large-caliber heavy artillery that were used on a large scale by Qiao's army.

Ishihara believed that as long as the existing weapons and equipment of the Great Empire were comprehensively upgraded.

With the super fighting consciousness and courage of the Imperial Army, it is said that the Empire will be able to recapture the occupied areas once again.

However, just when Ishihara was in a big way, he was in a hurry to rectify various domestic affairs in the country.

An extremely unfortunate news reached him.

Yoshio Shinozuka claimed to be able to hold the Jinzhou defense line for at least three months, but it was all broken through in less than three days.

One-third of the 200,000 officers and men of the imperial army deployed on the Jinzhou defense line were completely annihilated, and the remaining 100,000 horses were retreating in a hurry towards the peninsula.

Even Shenyang was conquered by the squadron, and as the commander of the Kwantung Army, the whereabouts of Hideki Tojo are unknown.

And, to make matters worse, Yoshio Shinozuka had learned that a Qiao family army had already blocked their retreat in Panshan County.

Ishihara immediately spread out the map and found the county seat of Panshan on the map.

After frowning and pondering for a long time, Ishihara immediately said to Itagaki Seishiro: "Itagaki-kun, you immediately go and inform the Ministry of the Navy, and ask them to immediately send a naval fleet to Bohai Bay to pick up the evacuation of Shinozuka Yoshio's headquarters, and no matter how bad it is, we must help them break through the mountain defense line of the Shina people and let them withdraw smoothly to the Korean Peninsula." ”

"You must know that the main forces of the hundreds of thousands of imperial troops in the hands of Yoshio Shinozuka are all well-trained elite divisions.

If they can safely withdraw to their homeland, the combat effectiveness of our million recruits will immediately increase qualitatively. Ishihara explained deliberately.

"I naturally know this, but Ishihara-kun, the naval fleet suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Qingdao, will they agree to take the risk?" Itagaki Seishiro said with some concern, "Whether they want it or not, this matter is related to the life and death of the empire's hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and it is also related to the future of this empire. Ishihara's eyes were murderous.

"Well, I'll do it right away." Seishiro Itagaki nodded hurriedly and turned around quickly.

………………………………………………… With the lessons of the Battle of Qingdao, the Combined Fleet of the Navy, naturally, did not agree to take another risk.

But in the end, he chose to succumb to Ishihara's silver might, so the Saimoto Navy sent a mixed fleet with dozens of advanced ships.

From the sea, he quickly drove to Bohai Bay, preparing to rush to Panshan County to provide support to Shinozuka Yoshio's department.

…………………… Shanhaiguan Qiaojia Army Headquarters.

Yali walked into Qiao Anbang's bedroom with the message in her hand and reported to him: "Boss, according to the joint decipherment of my intelligence department, I got an earth-shattering news by chance. ”

"Huh? What news deserves to be described as such? Qiao Anbang asked with interest as he looked at Yali's beautiful face.

"The Combined Fleet of the Navy is currently sending a mixed fleet to Bohai Bay, ready to support Yoshio Shinozuka to break through our Panshan defense line." Yali said.

"Combined Naval Fleet?" Qiao Anbang said: "Last time in Qingdao, let the devil's navy slip away quickly and didn't suffer any major losses, this time he didn't know whether he was alive or dead, so it's no wonder that I, Qiao, am ruthless." ”

After saying this, Qiao Anbang continued: "Immediately send a telegram to the First Fleet of the Navy, and ask the submarine forces to immediately dispatch all of them to prepare to intercept and kill this mixed fleet. ”

"Yes." Yali stood up with a bang, and after saluting, she turned around and left.

………………………… At the Qingdao Military Port, after receiving Qiao Anbang's order, the sailors of the submarine unit of the Navy's First Fleet, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately cheered excitedly.

Under the leadership of their respective captains, they walked into the submarine.

It didn't take long for more than 20 U-boats to start sailing out of Qingdao Military Port one after another.

Not long after the military port, the U-boats accelerated one after another, and marched towards the direction of Bohai Bay against the water.

………………………… 6 At the same time, the Panshan defensive line, the positions of the special operations brigade.

Liang Yilu, commander of the Special Operations Brigade, and his guards were inspecting the forward defense line and bunkers that had been temporarily excavated and built.

Everywhere Liang Yilu went, the officers and men stopped their work one after another and stood up to salute.

Liang Yiyu quickly returned the salute, and after inspecting the circle, he just wanted to return to his brigade headquarters.

At this time, a tracked armored vehicle came from a distance, and stopped abruptly not far in front of Liang Yilu.

A second lieutenant reconnaissance platoon commander hurriedly jumped out of the car, ran quickly to Liang Yiyu, and saluted: "Brigade seat, the forward of the army is less than ten kilometers away from the defense line of our brigade. ”

"Oh? How many devils are there? Liang Yiyu asked without the slightest panic.

"There are probably 10,000 people, and there are also a certain number of tanks and armored vehicles, it seems that the devil has long known about our existence, and intends to break through our army's defense line as soon as possible, open the gap, and escape." Second Lieutenant Reconnaissance Platoon Commander said.

"Hmph, if they want to be beautiful, and if they want to pass through Panshan, they have to ask me first if the assault rifles in the hands of more than 5,000 soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade are willing."; Liang Yilu snorted awe-inspiringly.

waved his hand to the second lieutenant platoon commander: "Okay, you go down first." ”

The second lieutenant platoon commander saluted again, then turned around and got into the car and left.

Looking at the armored car that was gradually moving away, Liang Yilu pondered for a moment, then suddenly turned his head and shouted: "Adjutant, pass on my order, the whole brigade is ready to sacrifice and martyrdom, and resolutely fight to the last moment, without an order, you must not let the devil pass through a single soldier!" ”

"Yes!" An attendant adjutant hurriedly stepped forward to respond.

"Send an urgent telegram to the headquarters again, requesting the air force to provide uninterrupted air support to ensure that the Panshan defense line is not lost."

…………………… After a rapid march that lasted for nearly a day and a night, Yoshio Shinozuka's more than 100,000 main forces finally arrived at Panshan one after another.

At this time, the main force of Qiao's army was still in Jinzhou, but the tank units directly under each division were chasing after the devil at a rapid pace.

At the last moment, the army mobilized powerful firepower and personnel at any cost to launch a fierce attack on the Panshan defense line of the special operations brigade.

However, due to the strong air fire support of the special operations brigade and its own equipment superiority, its combat effectiveness is strong.

Several onslaughts by the Japanese army ended in failure.

As soon as they entered the coastal waters, dozens of warships that had rushed to the Bohai Bay to provide support were attacked by an unknown number of submarines.

They are, naturally, the U-boat forces of Joan Bang.

Over the years, the Chinese navy has never been taken into account, especially now, the Chinese navy has long been wiped out by the invincible combined fleet of the Imperial Navy.

The only thing that can make the Yue Ben Navy jealous is the powerful air threat of the Qiao family army after approaching the shore.

Therefore, the mixed fleet of the Navy, from the captain commander to the privates, did not expect that there would be submarine forces intercepting and killing them halfway.

When one torpedo after another hit the warships that were caught off guard, the commander of the warships even thought that they had run aground on the reef.

Under the blow of the wolf pack tactics of the U-boat force, the naval reinforcements of the Yue Army lost two light cruisers and one frigate in just 30 minutes.

The mixed fleet of the Chinese army, which suffered a big loss, only then remembered to turn around and run away, and did not take the orders of the superiors seriously.

Taking advantage of the situation, the U-boat force pursued and again severely damaged two ships, and then sank them.

There is no hope for naval reinforcements, due to the lack of air supremacy, coupled with the strong combat power of the special operations brigade and the excellent armament.

It took Shinozuka Yoshio half a day to think that he could defeat the special operations brigade.

At this time, the steel torrent formed by seven or eight tank regiments finally caught up.

A torrent of steel composed of thousands of Four, Tiger, and Leopard tanks suddenly broke through the defensive positions temporarily constructed by the Japanese army.

The Special Operations Brigade and the Tank Regiment of the Panzer Division took advantage of the situation to attack, and the Air Force also bombed with all its might.

Soon, the main reorganized divisions of Qiao's army also arrived in time, and a tragic melee began.

Nearly 400,000 troops on both sides waged a bloody battle to the death in the Panshan area.

The assault group composed of thousands of tanks and armored vehicles of the Qiao family army swept through the hundreds of thousands of troops with an unrivaled force.

Scattered and scattered them, it was difficult to take care of them.

The divisions of Qiao's army took advantage of the situation to attack fiercely, and the fierce battle continued until the evening, and the more than 100,000 soldiers suffered two-thirds of the casualties, and the rest finally could not bear it and began to flee.

The various units of the Qiao family army immediately launched a pursuit without stopping, and at this point, the 200,000 elites of the Kwantung Army had disintegrated and disappeared.

When Qiao Anbang received the good news from the front, he couldn't help but sigh: "Okay, from now on, there will be no more fighting outside Shanhaiguan, and I can finally free up my hands to deal with polar bears." ”

In addition to the excitement, Qiao Anbang immediately ordered all divisions to divide their troops to pursue the remnants of the Kwantung Army, and at the same time quickly marched to the major and medium-sized cities in the three eastern provinces, so as to recover the entire territory of the three eastern provinces as soon as possible.

Ten days later, all the units of Qiao's army occupied all parts of the three eastern provinces, and less than 50,000 of the 300,000 Kwantung troops had fled to the Korean Peninsula.

After resting for half a month, Qiao Anbang mobilized two reorganized divisions and, with the support of the air force, crossed the Yalu River and officially marched into the Korean Peninsula.

(To be continued)