The counteroffensive began in Zhuoxin City, located in the south-central region of Liaoning, after a week-long preparation. The 1st and 2nd Corps of the Northeast Field Army, plus the heavy artillery divisions directly under the Field Army, totaling 170,000 people, have all been secretly assembled in accordance with the requirements. At the same time, on the morning of the first day when the Third Route Army had just been assembled, Zuo Quan, chief of staff of the Northeast Field Army, escorted by a guard battalion, entered the temporary joint headquarters of the heavily guarded Third Route Army in Zhuoxin City, Fuxin City.

The arrival of the chief of staff not only heralded the beginning of the entire battle, but also indicated that the operational plan of the headquarters had reached the hands of the chief of staff. Sun Xingbang, the two commanders of the plateau, including Chen Guangrong, commander of the heavy artillery division. Three people, at the first time, rushed into the temporary headquarters.

"Chief of Staff, I've been looking forward to it for days, and I've finally got you............ Guard, quick, prepare breakfast for the chief of staff......" Seeing the chief of staff in front of him, Sun Xingbang spoke first.

"Huh? Commander Sun. If my guess is correct, what you are looking forward to is not me, the chief of staff, but the battle plan in my hand, let's make a long story short, notify the military commanders at and above the military level of the two corps, and immediately go to the conference room for a meeting to convey the latest operational order just issued by the field army headquarters. According to the time, the little devil has not much time left for us to prepare. Zuo Quan said with a smile on his face.

"Yes, Chief of Staff 0" The three men replied embarrassedly.

In the temporary conference room, glancing at the dozens of senior commanders in front of him, Chief of Staff Zuo Quan was the first to speak: "Commander Sun, Commander Gao, Division Commander Chen, before announcing the latest battle plan of the headquarters, I want to know whether the various units have been assembled and are ready to participate in the battle at any time?" ”

"Report to the Chief of Staff" The three corps of the First Corps and the units directly under it, totaling 80,000 people, have been assembled and are ready to fight at any time............

"Report to the Chief of Staff, the Second Corps is ready to go to battle at any time......"

"Report to the Chief of Staff, the three regiments of the heavy artillery division have been assembled and can go out at any time............"

After getting affirmative answers from the three people, Zuo Quan nodded with satisfaction. Immediately, he said to the people in front of him.

"Comrades, we have a total of two corps plus a heavy artillery division" with a total strength of an astonishing 170,000 men. Here, I am not afraid to tell you that in this strategic counteroffensive, the combat mission assigned to us by the headquarters for 170,000 people is to recover all areas in southern Liaoning from the hands of the Kwantung Army. ”

According to intelligence, "in the entire southern region of Liaoning, the Kwantung Army stationed a total of three independent field brigades, one field heavy artillery wing, one tank wing, as well as six garrison wings, and the old garrison brigade, with a total strength of more than 60,000 people. Coupled with a certain number of Manchurian troops, the total strength of the enemy we need to destroy in this strategic counteroffensive will reach a staggering 100,000. ”

"However, I believe that with the total strength of our two corps and the heavy artillery division of 170,000 people, there will be absolutely no problem in completely annihilating the Japanese puppet army of 100,000. So, I hope, the various combat units. Whether it's a newly formed recruit unit or a battle-hardened veteran unit. We must all remember that the commander-in-chief often admonishes us to "despise the enemy strategically and attach importance to the enemy tactically" and "finally" achieve the final victory of this counteroffensive. Is it all clear? Zuo Quan ordered with a serious face.

"Please rest assured that the chief of staff will ensure the completion of the task...... Zuo Quan's voice just fell, and dozens of commanders replied in unison.

"Very good, now, I will give you specific combat orders."

"The Second Army, the Third Army, the troops directly under the First Corps, and the First Regiment of the Heavy Artillery Division formed the Left Route Army, which was commanded by Comrade Sun Xingbang, commander of the First Corps. Starting from Zhuoxin, along the railway line, the attack on Yixian was advanced. Finally, the siege of Jinzhou was completed.

After the encirclement was completed, under the condition of reducing the casualties of the troops as much as possible, the Japanese defenders of Jinzhou launched an attack and recovered the entire Jinzhou city...... Then, taking advantage of the momentum, they attacked and successively annihilated all the Eastern Army troops in Nanpiao and Linghai. ”

"The Fifth Army, the Sixth Army, all the units directly under the Second Corps, and the Second Regiment of the Heavy Artillery Division form the Right Route Army, which is under the unified command of the Commander of the Second Corps, Gao Yuan. Starting from Zhuoxin, along the highway line, through Beipiao County, launched an attack on Chaoyang City. After the total annihilation of the Chaoyang garrison troops, the offensive was continued to advance and destroy the defenders of the Eastern Army in Jianping and Lingyuan. "The First Army and the Fourth Army, as the main forces of the two corps, were personally commanded by me, plus the three regiments of the heavy artillery division, bypassing Jinzhou and launching an attack directly on Hulukou. After that, the troops divided into two routes and launched attacks on Jianchang and Suizhong respectively. In addition, there is also an important role, that is, to coordinate the actions of the left and right armies...... How about it, do you have any objections to the battle plan of the headquarters......" Zuo Quan asked with a serious face.

"There is no ......" although, the only main force in his hands was withdrawn. However, thinking about the Japanese army he was facing, there was only a separate brigade of field infantry that lacked heavy weapons. The faces of the two corps commanders showed expressions of relief, and then they replied in the affirmative.

"Very good, if there is no objection, everyone will transfer to the time to prepare after they go back. At 10 o'clock this evening, the various units immediately began to move and set off for their own battlefields. At the same time, the divisions are in the battle *. It is necessary to ensure that the radio station is turned on 24 hours a day, and if there is any situation, it should be immediately reported to the former enemy's general headquarters. Now I order, disperse ......," Zuo Quan ordered decisively.

"Yes, Chief of Staff......"

Yixian County, a small county town less than 70 kilometers away from Zhuoxin City. Because it borders the base area of the Northeast Field Army, the number of garrisons has changed from a garrison brigade at the beginning to a garrison wing today, with more than 3,000 people.

However, it is said that it is a garrison wing, but because the Kwantung Army headquarters reorganized more than a dozen new divisions and regiments a few months ago and transferred a large number of heavy weapons, the entire garrison wing has heavy weapons and is lacking.

The entire garrison wing, all the heavy weapons combined, only six infantry guns and a dozen mortars, as for the ordinary field units have been equipped with squadron-level heavy machine guns, it is even more lacking. The entire garrison wing was only equipped with three squadrons of heavy machine guns, totaling eighteen tǐng heavy machine guns. Compared with the real field troops of the Kwantung Army, there is no comparable xìng at all.

Ever since the Northeast Field Army began to engage in a military confrontation with itself, the supreme commander of the Japanese army in Yixian County, the commander of the garrison wing, Ichiki Daichi, has never let go of his heart. Almost every day, he spent most of his time on the city walls urging his soldiers to strengthen the fortifications.

And just a few days ago, a telegram from the Kwantung Army Headquarters relaxed a lot of Ichiki Daisa's nervous heart. After all, as long as the war was already raging, his own garrison would undoubtedly become the first to be the first to be the Emperor's Tamami. And with this telegram asking the Kwantung Army to refrain as much as possible, so as not to cause the arrival of war, it indicates that in a short period of time, there will be no major war in Yixian, which it defends............

Because of the order of the Kwantung Army Headquarters, Ichiki Daisa, who was in a good mood, had just finished lunch and was about to go to the city gate to check the fortifications according to his usual habits, when a young staff officer rushed in front of him out of breath. Then, he said with a look of horror.

"Your Excellency, Wing Commander, something has happened. The forward positions reported that in front of the positions, a large number of Chinese troops appeared, and the total strength was about one regiment or so............"

"Nani's Northeast Field Army with a regiment or so, what do they want to do, do they want to rely on the strength of a regiment to take down the Yixian ...... we defended, no, the headquarters has just issued an order that it must not engage in a head-on exchange of fire with the Northeast Field Army, which will cause a large-scale battle. Immediately give an order to the garrison officer of the forward position, and the troops are extremely strong in holding their positions and prohibiting attacks, and vowing to live and die with the position............ Go and give the order......" After a brief shock, Ichiki Daisa hurriedly ordered.

"Ha Yi, Your Excellency Wing Commander...... " Looking at the combat staff officer who was leaving quickly, Ichiki Daisa's face immediately showed a trace of worry. Without any hesitation, he walked quickly towards the wing headquarters not far away.

"Chief of Staff, what's going on outside the city now?" Seeing the chief of staff who was looking forward to it in the headquarters, Ichiki Daisa hurriedly asked.

"Don't be happy...... I just received news from the forward troops that the troops of one regiment are only the vanguard of the Northeast Field Army, and behind them, there are about two more regiments of troops. If nothing else, the purpose of the Northeast Field Army must be to completely annihilate our entire garrison wing, and then, take Yixian" The chief of staff shook his head and replied helplessly.

"Yaga, cunning Shina. During this time, the Kwantung Army of our empire has tried to restrain itself as much as possible. Unexpectedly, they took the initiative to provoke a war and attack us. Bastard, Chief of Staff, immediately uploaded to my order, all the defending units of Yi County, immediately enter combat readiness. At the same time, all the defending troops, in the face of the attack of the Shina people, must hold their positions until the whole army is loyal to His Majesty the Emperor......" After a burst of angry scolding, Ichiki Daisa commanded to the chief of staff in front of him with a murderous face. "Ha Yi, Your Excellency Wing Commander......" Feeling the murderous aura emanating from the chief of staff, the chief of staff hurriedly agreed and replied decisively.

"Yo Xi, there's one more thing you need to do. Immediately after the Northeast Field Army launched its attack, it reported the news of the attack on Igi County to the Kwantung Army Headquarters through the radio, and requested operational guidance from the Kwantung Army Headquarters......"

In the temporary headquarters of the 4th Division of Dongye, which was less than 500 meters away from the forward position of the Japanese army in Yixian, Liu Chang, commander of the 10th Avant-garde Regiment of the Left Route Army, was standing in front of the division commander Zeng Jingfan, and according to the latest information just received by the underground party in the city, he reported on the specific defense situation of the Kwantung Army garrison wing in Yixian County.

"Division commander, according to the situation of the underground party in Yixian County, the Japanese army only deployed one squadron of troops in the entire forward position of Yixian County, and it was not equipped with any heavy weapons. In the first and second lines of defense, the Japanese deployed a brigade of troops, and the heavy weapons were mainly composed of a heavy machine gun squadron and a mortar squad. In the county seat of Yixian County, all the remaining units of the Japanese garrison wing were deployed, including a total of six infantry guns and a mortar squad directly under each infantry brigade, a total of six infantry guns, and a mortar squad with a total of four mortars."

"It seems that the current little devils, as the commander-in-chief said, have slowly declined. The artillery equipped with a garrison wing is not as good as a main regiment of our Northeast Field Army, which was something I did not dare to imagine before. Hearing the report of Regiment Commander Liu Chang in front of him, a thick smile immediately appeared on the face of Division Commander Zeng Jingfan. However, in a blink of an eye, the smile on Zeng Jingfan's face was "shrouded in seriousness." Immediately, after quickly glancing at all the regiment commanders in front of him, he said with a serious face.

"Comrades, compared with the line of the Japanese garrison wing in Yixian, we have an absolute advantage in both firepower and strength. Therefore, I ask that our Fourth Division "must give the follow-up troops the garrison wing of the Kwantung Army in Yixian County within one day to open a passage for attacking Jinzhou"

"Yes, division commander" After receiving a satisfactory answer from the commanders, Zeng Jingfan nodded with satisfaction, and then ordered.

"Now I order: The division belongs to the mountain artillery battalion, and the mountain artillery companies directly under each regiment immediately build artillery positions. I will give you only half an hour, and after half an hour, as the infantry demands, provide strong artillery cover. ”

"Yes, division commander...", the commander of the mountain artillery battalion replied cheerfully.

"Commander Liu" Your division, still as the forward regiment of our fourth division, broke through the forward position of the Japanese army within half an hour, and broke through the first line of defense of the Japanese army within two hours. Then "withdraw and rest, replenish ammunition, and be taken over by the 11th Regiment of Commander Li, and launch an attack on the second line of defense of the Japanese Army, Commander Li, for the second line of defense of the Japanese army, "I will also only give you two hours... After the soldiers arrived outside Yixian County, the 12th Regiment of Regiment Commander Tang immediately took over the 11th Regiment and launched an attack on the county seat of Yixian County. At the same time, the "10th and 11th Regiments" were in reserve, ready to participate in siege battles at any time......" division commander Zeng Jingfan decisively ordered.

"Yes, division commander only"

"In addition, during the entire offensive, the artillery must participate in the whole battle and provide effective artillery cover for the attacking troops. Finally, what I want to tell you is that this attack on Yixian, we not only have to complete it as an important task, but also an important factor, that is, to take this attack as a military training, is it clear? Zeng Jingfan finally ordered.

On the forward position less than two kilometers outside Yixian County, more than 100 little devils, under the command of the squadron leader, nested in the simple trenches, looking at the opposite side nervously, the specific movements of the Northeast Field Army ......, and then, when more than 100 little devils, holding the rifles in their hands, nervously begging the Northeast Field Army on the opposite side not to attack, a sharp sound of shells whistling reached their ears.

For a while, the faces of the entire infantry squadron and dozens of veterans who had participated in the battle immediately turned pale. Then, under the surprised gaze of the recruits around him, he desperately lay down in the low trench. Then, facing the recruits beside him, who still hadn't reacted, he exclaimed loudly.

"Baga, it's shelling, get down quickly, dodge the artillery fire""

"Boom, boom, boom......, boom" A dense burst of shell explosions sounded over the forward positions of the Japanese army. The mortar platoon directly under the three infantry battalions of the 10th Regiment, an artillery cluster composed of a total of nine mortars, began to shoot round after round of shells at the Japanese positions that were close at hand in front of them and had almost no defensive measures, like raindrops. Shrapnel was torn to pieces by the flying shrapnel in the headquarters of the Kwantung Army in Changchun, and the calm of the three eastern provinces for a few days relaxed the mood of General Umejiro Mitsu, who was nervous because of the outbreak of the Pacific War. After lunch, just when General Mitsu Meijiro, who had nothing to do, was ready to take a rest, a rush of footsteps quickly reached his ears. "Your Excellency Commander, something happened, Yixian County sent an urgent telegram, half an hour ago, the county seat of Yixian County was fiercely attacked by a division of the Northeast Field Army. So far, the forward positions of our army in Yixian County have been broken through. The Yixian garrison wing was putting up stubborn resistance with the help of the two lines of defense outside the city, and the captain of the Yimu wing asked for tactical guidance from the headquarters, "Seeing the commander in front of him, the chief of staff of Shaozo breathed a sigh of relief. Then, facing the commander in front of him, he said eagerly.

"Nani, Yixian is under attack" Quick, take me to the war room ......" As soon as the words of the staff officer Shaozuo fell, the face of General Mizu Meijiro turned pale. Then, facing the young staff officer in front of him, he ordered loudly.

"Hayi, Your Excellency Commander..."

The huge war room of the Kwantung Army Headquarters faced the huge combat sand table in front of him, after a few minutes of contemplation.

Senior General Umejiro Mitsu commanded very decisively to the chief of staff beside him.

"Chief of Staff, immediately send a telegram to the defending troops of Yixian County, ordering the troops to hold on and wait for help. In addition, a telegram was sent to the Sixth Independent Brigade of Jinzhou, requesting that the Sixth Independent Brigade immediately send reinforcements from two or more brigades to reinforce Yixian and repel the attacking troops of a division of the Northeast Field Army. However, all troops were required to prohibit any troops from going out of the city to pursue after repelling the attacking troops of the Northeast Field Army...... Two"

"Ha Yi, Your Excellency the Commander is wise, and he will go and give orders immediately."

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