In the early morning of December 17, a layer of ru-white mist floated in the valley, and the mountains in the distance appeared in the fog, and the distant cannon sound was faint, drifting with the first rays of winter dawn. The road to Chaoyang County became busy again, with teams of tanks, trucks, armored vehicles, carriages, artillery, and heavily armed infantry pouring into the basin where Chaoyang County was located along the winding mountain road.

A convoy of more than a dozen armored cars and trucks crossed the frozen Daling River and stepped onto the land on the north bank, heading for the place where the artillery was fired. Shaking his head lightly from time to time, he was really not satisfied with the terrain in front of him. This basin surrounded by mountains is not a battlefield that tanks can wield at all, but this problem is not something that one of his tank battalion commanders should consider, his task is to command more than 60 ten-ton No. 1 tanks and another tank battalion commanded by Xie Jinyuan to form an assault group, break through the Japanese defense line, and rush into Chaoyang County, to disrupt the Japanese army, and the task is completed.

This was a military operation with more than 200,000 participants, and Zhang Zhonglin's 201nd Tank Battalion and Xie Jinyuan's 202nd Tank Battalion were the blades and spears of this powerful striking force!

Zhang Zhonglin was a little high-spirited at this time, to be honest, he couldn't figure out why the tanks that were supposed to be used for the spearhead of the attack appeared on this battlefield in the end? But fortunately, in the end, he was only late, instead of missing the whole battle, so he had to watch the "friendly forces" beat Japan to the point that his nose and face were swollen and then captured Chaoyang.

"Lingfu, this basin is too much, the mobility of the tank can't be waved, this battle only needs to cover the infantry to break through the Japanese defensive position, and then rush to Chaoyang County. Remember to occupy Chaoyang County and don't let the GCD people crowd in! A funny-looking young lieutenant colonel with a pair of eyes and a big nose sat side by side with Zhang Zhonglin in the back of the armored car, nagging him all the way about the focus of the combat mission.

Zhang Zhongci waved his hand a little impatiently: "I'm Hu Boyu, Senior Staff Officer Hu, I'm not a three-year-old child anymore, how to fight this battle I will see the order myself, and besides, just this broken terrain can let my tank rush there?" ”

This young man named Hu Boyu is the famous Hu Lian in history, Boyu is his character, and now he is the chief of the operations section of the Second Light Division of the National Revolutionary Army. Like Zhang Lingfu, who is still named Zhang Zhonglin, he graduated from the fourth phase of Whampoa and the third phase of Lu University, and his current military rank is also lieutenant colonel. Although they are not as good as Lin Yurong, a classmate of the fourth phase of Feihuang Tengda, they are all promising Kuomintang elites.

Hu Lian glanced at the mountains on all sides, and smiled: "Yes, this time you don't have to worry about running around in a tank." Then he took out an envelope from his pocket and handed it to Zhang Zhonglin: "This is an order directly given by the General Staff, with the handwritten signature of the auxiliary commander, and after this battle, a detailed report will be written to describe the performance of the No. 1 tank on the battlefield." Zhang Zhonglin glanced at the envelope, and then threw it back to Hu Lian: "It's too early for me to give this now, I don't plan to come back alive in this battle"...

Hu Lian smiled: "Zhang Lingfu always talks this time...... Don't look at these big iron bumps, they're invulnerable! What does Japan fight with? ”

"Intelligence, the Japanese have 37mm rapid-fire guns, and our tank skin is too thin, but we can't prevent it." Zhang Zhonglin raised the telescope again and began to observe the terrain.

"37 guns? There are twelve guns in a division, and I don't know what will be left after the plane is bombed for a few rounds when it is bombarded by artillery? "Hu Lian looks indifferent from the 37 guns, anyway, he is a staff officer, and it is not his turn to go to the front line in the war. He lowered his voice again and moved closer to Zhang Zhonglin: "Listen to the plan above... Drop the two umbrella light armorers to the northeast, and then there may be a big battle! Zhang Zhonglin didn't say a word after hearing this, put down the binoculars, put his arms around his chest, and held his chin with his right hand to ponder for a while before nodding slowly: "The convoy transporting the wounded of the GCD and the Northeast Army in the past two days has filled the entire road. The first time this time, the Central G and the Northeast Army suffered heavy losses! Our Principal Jiang's wrist is ......" Hu Lian sneered: "That's why we will fight a big battle!" If they are not weakened, who will bring down this Northeast? In my opinion, Principal Luo also has a part in this matter, and the two of them have a black face and a white face. "How many people are left in GCD?"

At this time, in the conference room of the Joint Command on Yalu Island, Luo Yaoguo was sitting opposite Chiang Kai-shek, who had just returned from the front. Lao Jiang spread out a pile of newspapers in front of him, and this worst villain in all of China was counting with his fingers on his face as if he had succeeded in his calculations!

"And 1230,000." Chiang Kai-shek sighed, the battles on the Chaoyang and Beipiao fronts in the past two days were extremely fierce, and the Fourth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army, and the Seventeenth Route Army of the Central G all suffered heavy losses, but Feng Yuxiang's Third Route Army was at the same speed as the first division of the Kuomintang and the first and second divisions of the Jin Army.

"How many are there on the Chaoyang Front?" Luo Yaoguo lowered his head and stared at the map on the table, which was densely marked with various numbers and arrow pointers. In Liaoxi, it is even more dense to the extreme, and it seems that a decisive battle of the main force is inevitable, and the force of GCD is indispensable to win this war.

"There are still 75,600 GCD, 35,000 in the Northeast Army, 35,000 in the two divisions of the Jin Army, 25,000 in our first division, and more than 1,000 people in two tank battalions. On the Chaoyang front, we still have a total of 170,000 troops of various Chinese factions, we have 134 cannons, the Jin army has 72 guns, the Northeast Army has 108 guns, and the GCD also has 48 guns, a total of 362 guns, but the GCD and the Northeast Army may not have many shells. ”

Chiang Kai-shek stayed at the front for a few days, but he had a thorough understanding of the situation of the Northeast Army and the GCD.

Luo Yaoguo took a red and blue bell pen and recorded the data reported by Chiang Kai-shek in the blank space on the map one by one, and then smiled: "It seems that the first battle of Chaoyang is still a little certain, according to intelligence, the Japanese are the seventh, eleventh, and nineteenth divisions there, equipped with more than three cannons, including 36 150 mm caliber heavy artillery and 36 37 mm rapid-fire guns, which have just been transported from Japan."

Chiang Kai-shek picked up this map full of drawings and turned it upside down as if he couldn't see it, and sneered: "There is no problem in defeating the Japanese devils, the question is whether Liaoxi can be obtained after the battle?" How to appease the GCD and the Northeast Army after they get it, so that they can give us time to gain a foothold. Luo Yaoguo nodded noncommittally, Lao Jiang did a beautiful bad thing this time, and made both GCD and the Northeast Army miserable! And there's nothing left but gcd

And the Northeast Army will not give up on this, this Liaoxi was originally the territory of the Northeast Army, and g

CD also regards Liaoxi as a throat in and out of the Northeast. If all the territory of Liaoxi is controlled by the Kuomintang after the Battle of Liaoxi, I am afraid that the contradictions between the three parties will be further reduced, and it is very likely that there will be another civil war!

"Can you return the mountainous area of western Liaoxi to GC" Luo Yaoguo tested it.

Hearing this question, Chiang Kai-shek couldn't help but sneer: "Brother Fuwen, don't worry about these things, I already have a full arrangement, and the custody of the mountainous areas of western Liaoning can finally be returned to us!" Now what we have to consider is whether we can recapture the Northeast with this base area in western Liaoning and the port of Huludao! Remember to keep the Northeast firmly in our hands, at least Jilin Province and Liaoning Province! Luo Yaoguo looked at Chiang Kai-shek and said lightly: "Jiegong, just one Japanese, how can we defeat it." But the problem is that the GCD and the Northeast Army are in the west, and the Japanese are in the east, if they ..............." Chiang Kai-shek slowly stood up and looked at Luo Yaoguo seriously: "No matter what, no matter how much we fight with GCD, everyone will always Chinese!" Although both we and the GCD are using the Japanese to weaken each other, it is taboo to join forces with the Japanese. Whoever wants to do it will stink, and it will be easy to destroy it. This kind of thing, Zhong G won't do it, although they GCD people are inexperienced, they are not stupid, these people are very difficult! At the same time, on the front line of the rising sun, in a ruined temple at the foot of Daxibai Mountain. There is also a deep talk about the future and destiny of the Northeast.

"Four road armies, 200,000 people! After less than three months, there are now less than 130,000 left! Among them, the Eighth and Seventeenth Route Armies have also replenished a few stubbles, and the real essence loss is even worse. What a profound lesson, a profound lesson! ”

Mao ZD knocked on the tattered table, and sighed as he knocked: "How is the exhibition of the party organization in Comrade S Qi's western Liaoning base area?" Is it possible to continue the struggle despite the temporary withdrawal of our party's armed forces? ”

Liu Siqi, who had just come out of the mountains, looked a little haggard, although the fall of the Liaoxi base area this time did not have much to do with him, but seeing so many comrades sacrificed and the party's cause suffered a major setback, it was always a bad feeling in his heart. Hearing Mao Zd's question, he nodded: "President, don't worry, our comrades in the western Liaoning base area are ready to persist in guerrilla warfare for a long time and fight Japanese imperialism to the end!" Even if you fight to the last man, you can ........."

Mao ZD hurriedly waved his hand: "It's not with the Japanese, it's with the Kuomintang!" The Japanese are afraid that the tail of a rabbit will not grow. ”

"What? Kuomintang! Can they drive the Japanese out? Liu Sqi looked suspicious.

Mao ZD nodded, and calculated it for Liu Sqi with the title of the magazine: "During this time, the Japanese were busy fighting with us to the death, but they didn't know that they had given the Kuomintang a foothold in Huludao and the opportunity to grow stronger in the North Manchurian Anti-Japanese Exhibition!" The Kuomintang has the port of Huludao, and it is not a big problem to support the 2300,000 troops in the western Liaoxi operation, and it should not be a problem for the North Manchurian Anti-Japanese Alliance to support the 300,000 troops with the savings of the Northeast Army for many years. They echoed each other from afar from the south and the north, and the Japanese could not stay in the northeast. ”

"Then we ......" Liu Siqi looked grim.

Mao Zd shook his head and sneered: "Of course, we have to fight to the end, but this western Liaoning may be occupied by the Kuomintang for a short time, and the special committee of western Liaoning must be prepared to work hard." When he was discussing, he heard a rush of footsteps outside, and then Liu Bcheng, chief of staff of the Eighth Route Army, shouted a report, and then walked in with a pile of documents: "President, Secretary Liu, Zhang Xueliang, Li Jishen and Tie Zuoyi, the three generals, have drawn up a battle plan, let me bring it to you for approval." Then he gently placed a stack of documents in front of Mao ZD and Liu SQI.

Mao ZD glared, and stared blankly at the battle plan that was piled up even more mountainous: "Who drew up such a large pile?" Liu Bcheng smiled bitterly: "The specific ones are all drawn up by the staff officers of the First Division of the Kuomintang, and these Kuomintang staff officers are all taught by the Germans, and it is also a set of Germans to fight, and what is important is to be accurate." There are strict rules on when to fire, how many shells to use against what targets, when to bomb, when to charge tanks, and when to attack infantry! At that moment, Mao ZD waved his hand: "I won't look at it, Comrade Bocheng, just pick up the key points and follow me." What tasks did they assign to our Third Route Army and Fourth Route Army? ”

Liu Bcheng took the map from another table, spread it out on the table, took out a red and blue bell pen, and drew two red lines on the map on the northern edge of the mountainous area of western Liaoning: "President, the plan formulated by these staff officers of the Kuomintang army... The specific arrangement is that the Fifth Route Army of the Northeast Army and our Fourth Route Army will form a force from the mountainous area south of Chaoyang County to the back of the Japanese army and threaten the retreat of the Japanese army: our Third Route Army will be outflanked from the north flank, which is also a threat to the retreat of the Japanese army. The Kuomintang army and the Jin army were responsible for attacking the Japanese army in the center, they would use heavy artillery and aircraft to blow up a bloody road, and then use tanks as the lead to sweep the entire Chaoyang Basin, forcing the Japanese army into the mountains. When the time comes, the Japanese army will be threatened in the rear, and it will naturally retreat. ”

"Oh, then who is going to recover Chaoyang City? Is it going to be collected by the Kuomintang army? ”

Mao Wa asked.

Liu Bcheng took a breath and nodded a little embarrassed. At present, the Eighth Route Army and the Seventeenth Route Army of Zhongg are besieged by the Japanese army in Beipiao County, and if the siege is not lifted as soon as possible, the final result will be the annihilation of the whole army! So now is not the time to discuss the gains and losses of Chaoyang County with the Kuomintang.

Mao ZD smiled bitterly at Liu SQI beside him, took out a cigarette from his pocket and took a puff: "See?" Chaoyang County hasn't been beaten down yet, and they are busy picking peaches! But we have a request for them now, and we have to hold our noses and recognize it.

Comrade S Qi, we must make arrangements for our underground work in western Liaoning as soon as possible. In order to organize and arm the poor and middle peasants in western Liaoning and fight the Kuomintang to the end, we must try to maintain the democratic political power at the township level in most of the mountainous areas of western Liaoning, and we must not allow the Kuomintang political power to be established in the townships and towns, so that they can really gain a firm foothold in western Liaoning. ”

"Yuan, do you know what you're doing?"

After Chiang Kai-shek finished arranging the conspiracy to harm GCD, he found an excuse to fly back to Wuhan and threw a mess directly to Luo Yaoguo, including this battle plan for counterattacking Chaoyang, and led the formulation of this plan... It is Major General Qiu Qingquan, chief of staff of the First Division of the National Revolutionary Army, and now he is standing in front of Luo Yaoguo with an impeccable military posture.

"The Japanese army has ten divisions in western Liaoning! In addition to the three Eighth Route Army, which were used to besiege Beipiao,

In addition to the 17th Route Army, there were as many as seven divisions. Now we must use two divisions of our National Revolutionary Army to attack seven divisions of the Japanese army! Isn't it crazy? Qiu Qingquan replied very seriously: "After repeated arguments by the students and the staff officers of the First Division Headquarters, they believe that this battle plan... It's completely doable. Although we had only one infantry division on the Northern Front, we had two tank battalions that could be used as sharp knives, and as many as 145,000 friendly troops to fight with us. On the Southern Front, the 11th Division was only responsible for diting the offensive, and we could also call in forty-eight 210-mm heavy howitzers from the 2nd Heavy Artillery Brigade. In addition, the 1st Mountain Brigade, which has also arrived in Huludao, and the 1st Cavalry Brigade has also arrived one after another, and the 1st Division of the Youth Army can cooperate with the operation, and it is believed that the offensive on the southern front will firmly contain the four divisions of the Japanese army. "Brother Sihua, what do you think? , Luo Yaoguo turned around and asked An Sihua on the side, the part of this battle plan about the containment attack on the southern front is now in An Sihua's hands, and he has read it several times.

"It's okay, the southern front is handed over to me to command, there is absolutely no problem. It's just that who will command the northern front? With so many troops divided into three sides and not subordinate to each other, this kind of operation is the most troublesome. Qiu Qingquan snapped upright, and looked at Luo Yaoguo with a respectful military salute: "The student hopes that the teacher can come forward to the front line to supervise the battle, and now that Principal Jiang has returned to Wuhan, the only one who can command the decisive battle of Chaoyang is you, the teacher." ”

Luo Yaoguo glared at him, and then said lightly: "Where is the former enemy headquarters located?" Security is not safe? Whose troops are in charge of guarding? Qiu Qingquan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and only after a while: "The advance headquarters is located on the top of Xidabai Mountain, and the guards are the guard troops sent by the three parties, and we sent out a company of the guard battalion of the first division headquarters. ”

"Okay, I'll go and be a bodhisattva for these staff officers!" Although Luo Yaoguo's face was angry, he was very relieved in his heart. The military quality of these Kuomintang elites who have passed through Huangpu and Lu Da and have rich experience in troops and actual combat is indeed very different from that of their previous lives, and not only the plans drawn up are perfect, but they also have a proactive offensive spirit, and the latter is particularly rare!!