As expected, several divisions of the Japanese army crossed the Liao River overnight on a snowy night and began to assemble to cross the river.

After the reconnaissance information was sent, Lei Hengfei convened a meeting of officers at and above the battalion level to make arrangements for the surprise attack

The meeting was held in a makeshift tent, and in addition to the battalion-level officers who were on guard and other duties, all the military commanders above the combat battalion level were present, and more than a dozen people packed the tents.

The meeting had limited time, so there was no time to talk nonsense, and after the roll call was reached, Chief of Staff Zheng Yongguo deployed straight to the point.

He looked at the large-scale map of the Liaohe River on the tent table, waved the baton in his hand and directly issued combat orders to the combat units at the regiment and battalion level, and the tent was very quiet, only Zheng Yongguo's voice and the sound of wind and snow whirring outside.

After the deployment, he asked people to repeat the predetermined location and time of entry, and only after verifying that it was correct, did he put away the command pole and said: "Brigade seat, do you see if there is anything to add?" ”

"Hmm!" After Lei Hengfei saw that Zheng Yongguo was almost deployed, he stood up from his seat, he glanced at the officers present and said: "Chief of Staff Zheng said very clearly just now, everyone remembers it, as for the military action, I won't say more." I have only one request: that the troops be in their assigned positions at the scheduled time and place. If there is a slight disadvantage, military law will be engaged! ”

When he said this, the wind outside blew even louder, Lei Hengfei put on the gloves on his hand, and said while wearing them: "Commander Lin has made a military order with the Ministry of National Defense, I have made a military order with Commander Lin, and you have made a military order with me!" I don't have to say much about the stakes, now everyone is on the time, my watch is 2:30, all right, we will attack at four o'clock, then look at the signal flare command, do you understand? ”

"Understood!" The generals said in unison.

"Disperse the meeting and quickly deploy to each other." After Lei Hengfei finished speaking, everyone began to get busy, and the officers in the room began to disperse.

Lei Hengfei asked the confidential secretaries to pack up all kinds of documents and maps on the table, and added that he would quickly dismantle the shed.

Chief of Staff Zheng Yongguo asked: Isn't there a temporary command post here? Lei Hengfei directly replied to him that this surprise attack focused on speed, and our command headquarters could not hold back, so the command post was set up on the car.

Zheng Yongguo said that the space inside the Huanghe jeep is too small to be used as a command post.

"Then just use the truck. Isn't there an extra car in the truck battalion? Let someone vacate one and move the command post to the truck compartment, so that I can get close to the battlefield and be mobile. ”

After speaking, without waiting for Zheng Yongguo to raise any objections, he raised the collar of the tweed coat he was wearing, and walked out of the tent with strong steps.

After a brief meeting, the units began to move, tanks, tanks, trucks, and jeeps all left the assembly positions in an orderly manner under the sound of human orders and gestures, and the military units began to march to the predetermined combat positions with battalions as the basic units. For a while, the sound of various motors was intertwined and resounded non-stop.

"Brigade seat, do you think the Japanese army will have discovered us if they do?" Zheng Yongguo caught up with Lei Hengfei and asked.

Lei Hengfei smiled: "If this old devil Itagaki can't find out, we'll see a ghost." It is almost impossible to move under the nose of the enemy without being detected, all we have to do is to hide our forces, and now Itagaki has hundreds of thousands of arrogant Kwantung Army in his hands, and he will not take us seriously. Besides, they can't figure it out, they don't know the exact strength of our troops, and reconnaissance on both sides is common in war, so you don't have to worry about that. ”

At four o'clock in the morning, the units had already entered their designated positions. Lei Hengfei raised his hand to look at his watch and gave the order to attack the Japanese troops.

Chirp tweet! Three flares flew into the air, and a fan-shaped formation of hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles of the 136 Brigade launched an assault dozens of kilometers away.

The sky was white, snowflakes rolled everywhere the army went, and the roaring sounds of machinery and motors were endless. The infantrymen rode in armoured vehicles or tanks to follow along.

When entering the Japanese assembly area, the infantry jumped out of the cart in a daze, and immediately formed a skirmish line after jumping out of the chariot, following the torrent of steel to rush together.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! …… The tanks stopped firing on the move, and the heavy fire and sudden attack quickly destroyed the simple Japanese defensive line, and the force rushed into the Japanese position like a torrent of steel, and the Japanese army, who was still preparing to set up camp, was suddenly in chaos.

The heavy machine guns and infantry on the armored vehicles immediately began to strafe, and the machine guns and screams of Tata Tata were incessant, and in less than half an hour, the Japanese brigade that had just crossed the Liao River was completely annihilated, and the defense line they had simply constructed was immediately torn open.

"What's the situation? Where is the firefight? Seishiro Itagaki, who was on the front line, heard the sound of gunfire coming from the south, and he raised his binoculars and immediately looked forward. The foggy snow obscured his vision, but he could still see the light and shadow of tracer bullets shuttling through the air not far away.

"Report to the commander, it's Ono's 3rd Mixed Brigade that has been attacked by the Shina army." Staff officer Watanabe said to Seishiro Itagaki after inquiring about the situation.

"Do you know the strength of the Chinese army?" Itagaki asked.

"It's not clear, but the equipment is mainly tanks and armored vehicles, and it should be the elite unit of the Chinese army, and the strength is estimated to be around a few thousand." Watanabe replied.

Itagaki Seishiro thought for a moment with a serious expression: "Telegraph to Ono-kun that his troops can postpone the assembly task for half a day, and must mobilize troops to clear the obstacles." In addition, the other troops were told to hurry up and cross the river, and all the troops should cross the Liao River before dawn to complete the assembly. ”

"Hayi!" Watanabe replied as soon as he leaned on his heels.

When Watanabe went down to deliver the order, Yamada Otozo, chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, who was standing on the side, asked with some puzzlement: "Itagaki-kun, if the Chinese army comes to attack, won't our army be subject to this?" Now that the troops are too concentrated, which is not conducive to the deployment and operation of the troops, why continue to order the crossing of the river? ”

Seishiro Itagaki smiled and said, "Don't worry, Yamada-kun didn't make such a decision because I was arrogant. Our army now has six divisions and more than 10 mixed brigades, with a total strength of nearly 200,000, and if the Chinese army wants to encircle and annihilate it, it must dispatch all the garrisons in Jinzhou and Suiyuan, but these troops cannot hide from our eyes, and it will take half a month to complete their assembly, and by that time our army has already left Jinzhou and completed its purpose. Also, if the Chinese army wants to bomb or shell with aircraft? In this weather situation, it is impossible for them to do it. ”

After saying that, Seishiro Itagaki smiled proudly, and Yamada Otozo also smiled reluctantly, in their opinion, a brigade or so of troops was not a concern at all, but they would not have thought that it was this rampaging armored torrent that almost reversed the course of the battle.

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When the battle under the biting cold wind in the northeast was going on, Kunming in Yunnan was still red and green. Huang Zheng landed at Kunming Airport on a military transport plane, and after getting off the plane, he got on a military jeep that came to pick up the station and drove towards the city of Kunming.

The jeep made a few turns in the city and then entered the gate where all the guards were standing, and when they entered, the guards saluted with guns, and the jeep drove in without slowing down at all.

"Sir, it's here." An officer in the front passenger came down and opened the door for Huang Zheng. Huang Zheng got out of the car, dragged the lapel national uniform on his body and walked in, and just walked a few steps when he heard a hearty laughter.

"Haha, where's my eldest nephew?"

Batu walked over with a smile, he was very burly, not tall but stocky, like a bucket, he had shaved hair that was close to a bald head, he was wearing a light yellow hunting suit, and an American M1911 pistol and pistol holster were hung from a wide cowhide armed belt around his waist. He walked with a whirring sound, like the wind.

"General Batuu!" Huang Zhengli saluted.

Batu waved his hand and smiled: "Don't be a general, why are we polite?" Walk, go into the house and say, say in the house! ”

As he spoke, he took Huang Zheng's hand and walked into the house. Before he could enter the house, he shouted for tea to be made in the house.

Sure enough, when I entered the house and sat down, the tea was already ready. A person walked in with tea, Huang Zheng took a cup, Batu smiled and said, "When you come to Yunnan, you always have to taste this Pu'er." In the past, when I first came, I always couldn't get used to drinking this thing, thinking that these things were not as strong as Ma * wine, but I really can't get rid of the habit of drinking, and now I don't feel comfortable without drinking for a day, haha! ”

Huang Zheng smiled, took out some of the things he brought from Nanjing, and said, "Uncle Batu, this is what my father and mother entrusted me to bring to you." ”

Batu opened the thing happily, and muttered in his mouth: "The commander is still the commander, he has never regarded old Batu as a ...... person."

As he spoke, Huang Zheng took out another letter from his pocket, and then solemnly handed it to Batu and said, "This is also what my father wants to give you, and he also instructed that I hope you must open it and take a look." ”

Batu hurriedly put down other things, took the handwritten letter from Huang Ke, and then immediately opened it to read. He read it very carefully, and he read a letter for several minutes.

After reading it, his face became solemn, he put the letter away and put it in his pocket and said, "The commander also told me before, I didn't expect him to send you over, which shows the commander's determination." To tell you the truth, the corruption on the Yunnan-Burma Road is outrageous, and these situations could not have been avoided, and I didn't think much about it, but I didn't expect someone to use this lifeline to transport opium......"

Batu didn't continue, he knew that he didn't need to say more, Huang Ke must have told Huang Zheng the basic situation before he came, presumably Huang Zheng was also prepared, but it was difficult to say to what extent.

"I understand, my father said before he came, I came here to listen to your arrangement, and I rely on you more here." Huang Zheng got up and said.