After the traditional Chinese Spring Festival passed, the raging snowstorm finally stopped, and the sky, which had been silent for most of the month, began to be lively again, and the troops on the ground could once again see the Chinese and Japanese warplanes chasing and fighting in the sky.

The fighters on both sides, which had been resting for more than half a month, were chasing and whistling in the sky, and the troops on the ground were not idle, and the sound of guns and artillery resounded throughout Jinzhou City.

The day before yesterday, Su Tong formed the 42nd Group Army with five newly formed infantry divisions and one artillery division and sent them to Jinzhou. He also formally appointed Lieutenant General Luo Zhuoying, former chief of staff of the 41 st Group Army, as commander of the 42 nd Group Army.

Speaking of the number of the 42nd Group Army, when Su Tong reported it at the beginning, the chairman of the committee originally did not plan to give it, and in the face of Su Tong's increasingly aggressive situation, how could the chairman be willing to increase the number of the opponent. But later, Yang Yongtai, then secretary general of the central government, offered advice to the chairman of the committee: "Even if we don't give them a number, their strength will not be reduced by half a point, but Su Tong has always had a good face, and he doesn't want to let himself have the impression of supporting the army and expanding the army privately in front of the people, so he sent a telegram to the central government. ”

The chairman of the committee asked with a calm face: "Then what do you say?" ”

Yang Yongtai said with a smile: "In fact, the number given by the central government is only a superficial thing for those warlords who support their own troops, and we should give them the number instead of hiding it, but we can't give it in vain." Isn't Chahar so rich now, let's tell him clearly, you can get the number you want, but you have to exchange the equipment, and we can give the number they requested, but the Chahar side wants to exchange the equipment of an infantry division.

The chairman hesitated for a moment and said: "This is not very good, if people know that the dignified central government is competing to exchange potatoes for equipment, where will the central government's face go?" ”

Yang Yongtai was anxious, and hurriedly said: "Chairman, how much is face worth?" Now our troops are running out of equipment everywhere. We can exchange a false name for a division's equipment, and we make a lot of money in this business. ”

The chairman of the committee hesitated for a while and then stomped his feet, "Okay, for the sake of the great cause of the Anti-Japanese War, I will shame someone today." ”

At this time, there were also voices of opposition within the Chahar army and government, and some people thought that the Chahar government's current strength was enough to compete with the national government, and it was completely self-reliant, so why should it give the equipment of a division to a future opponent for the sake of an empty title?

However, after discussion between Su Tong and Jiang Baili and others, it was believed that since the Chahar provinces still held the title of the Seventh War Zone, they should give the Nationalist Government a little face, and not let the Nationalist Government lose face.

And now we are fighting with the Kwantung Army, the reason why the North China Dispatch Army and the Central China Dispatch Army behind us did not come over to intervene in the war in the three eastern provinces is because there is still the Central Army in front of us, if the Central Army collapses, our trouble will be a big deal, and then the Japanese will be able to use all their strength to deal with Chahar, and we will not be as easy to deal with as it is now.

In this way, in the Ministry of Military Affairs of the central government, there is another group army number. After the number was in hand, Su Tong was also very trustworthy, and the equipment of an infantry division was quickly handed over to the hands of the Nationalist Government Army, and both sides were happy to get what they wanted.

After the 42nd Army arrived at the city of Jinzhou, the supreme commander of Jinzhou, Ryosuke Akutani, immediately felt the pressure increase. In less than two days, the 41st and 42nd Group Armies launched continuous and uninterrupted attacks, and with the cooperation of aircraft and heavy artillery, they captured two lines of defense in two days, and now only the last line of defense was left on the periphery of Jinzhou City.

If this line of defense is also breached, then Jinzhou will become an isolated city, and then the fall of Jinzhou will only be a matter of time. As a result, the telegrams sent by Ryosuke Alum Valley to Mukden asking for more troops flew one after another like snowflakes.

In the city defense headquarters in Jinzhou, Alum Valley Ryosuke held the telegram just sent back by the Kwantung Army Headquarters in his hand, and his heart was as cold as the weather outside the house.

Looking at the telegram in his hand with the joint signature of Umezu Mijiro and Ishihara Waner, Ryosuke Alum Tani was dumbfounded, overcoming difficulties and creating another miracle? They think that the miracle is the cabbage on the street, so that it is readily available, if the strange signs of the cabbage can appear at any time, it is not a miracle.

"Commander Umezu and Chief of Staff Ishihara, do you really want to abandon Jinzhou?" Ryosuke Alum Valley smiled silently in his heart.

After losing his troops in the last attempted attack on Vladivostok, General Ryosuke Alumya asked the headquarters to send him to the division to be the commander of the division, but Umezu Mijiro refused. Soon he was appointed as the defensive commander of Jinzhou, commanding five divisions to defend Jinzhou, the gateway to Fengtian, who knew that this time he was still defeated and retreated by the Seventh War Zone, which made Ryosuke Alum Valley feel a sense of powerlessness in his heart. And around Ryosuke Alumya, more than a dozen staff officers were surrounding him, waiting for him to give orders.

"Your Excellency Alum Valley!" A combat staff officer couldn't help but feel a wave of resentment in his heart when he saw Ryosuke Alum Tanaya holding the telegram, and complained: "What are Commander Umezu and Chief of Staff Ishihara going to do? Is it just a matter of letting Jinzhou go? You must know that if Jinzhou loses Fengtian, it will be difficult to protect! ”

Ryosuke Alum Valley shook his head and smiled bitterly: "You can't say that Jinzhou is Jinzhou, no matter how important he is, he can't be compared with Fengtian, if I were Commander Umezu, I wouldn't have pressed all my troops to Jinzhou." ”

"But at least we should send a few more divisions or replenish the troops we have lost in recent times, you must know that two of our five defensive divisions have already suffered more than half of the casualties, do they really just treat us as outcasts?" The staff officer asked with some sadness.

"Crackle!" Two crisp slaps sounded, and Ryosuke Alum Tani turned around and slapped the staff officer twice.

"Baga, He, Dazuo, you are not a real soldier." Ryosuke Alum Tanya glared at the staff officer angrily: "What do you mean by an abandoned son?" When we have given our lives to His Majesty the Emperor from the beginning of putting on this uniform, and we are ready to sacrifice at any time for the great cause of His Majesty, and now is the time to test us, how can you walk such pessimistic remarks? You drop real military men yet! ”

"Hey! Thank you for reminding me that I must always keep my humble duties in mind! "River, Dazuo hurriedly bowed his head and bowed ninety degrees to Ryosuke Alum Valley.

"Yes." After venting, Ryosuke Alum Valley seemed to feel a lot more relaxed, and after his mood became better, he also cheered up and comforted these subordinates, "You don't have to worry, Jinzhou City has been built into a strong fortress by us, and with the hundreds of thousands of people in Jinzhou City as hostages, they will definitely not dare to use heavy artillery when attacking the city." We have no problem holding out in Jinzhou for three months, and when our recruits are trained after three months, the reinforcements will climb to Jinzhou. ”

"Hai, Cabinet is wise!" The staff officers bowed collectively.

Ryosuke Alum Gu thought for a moment and then said: "But now there is an urgent problem in front of us, that is, our passage to the outside world may be cut off by the Shina people at any time, so we must store weapons and ammunition in Jinzhou that can support us for three months before the passage is cut off, otherwise it is an empty word to stick to Jinzhou." ”

Speaking of this, Alum Valley Liansuke's gaze shifted to the river, Dazuo's face looked at it for a long time, and after seeing the river, Dazuo was overjoyed in his heart before he said slowly: "River, Dazuo, I will leave the matter of ensuring the smooth transportation channel between Jinzhou and Fengtian, I hope you will not live up to my expectations of you." ”

"Hello!" River, Dazuo knew that this was an opportunity for Ryosuke Alum Valley to make meritorious atonements for himself, so he gave himself such a relatively simple and easy opportunity to make meritorious contributions, so he was still grateful to Ryosuke Alum Valley for his arrangement.

"Well, you should go to the Axis Heavy Force to report! Remember, although I have been prepared for the cutting off of the transportation line by the Chinese people, this transportation line must not be interrupted until enough supplies are rushed, do you understand? Looking at the river, Ryosuke Osakutani shouted sharply.

"Haiyi, I will definitely get enough supplies for our troops." River, Osa bowed deeply and immediately turned around and went out"

When the weather cleared, the transportation route from Jinzhou to Mukden was also opened, and the thick snow on the road had been cleared by the Japanese forcibly recruited by the people, and from time to time there were long convoys and mules and horses going back and forth on this road.

It is not an exaggeration to call this road now the lifeline of Jinzhou, and the snowstorm for more than half a month has made the supplies of the Japanese troops stationed in Jinzhou a little nervous, and now as soon as the weather clears, they will immediately start to rush supplies from Mukden.

At this time, near these roads, there was an ambush of a group of men and horses dressed in snow-colored camouflage uniforms, and the snow-white cloak on their bodies blended them harmoniously with the surrounding scenery, and it was impossible to detect their traces without walking into their side.

They are the Dragon's Tooth Brigade that has just been ordered to rush back from Siberia, and the one who is observing the enemy situation is the captain Liu Weiming. Taking his eyes off the binoculars, Liu Weiming turned his head to the blue dragon beside him and said, "You immediately send a signal to the others, let them immediately move closer to us, our business is about to open today."