October 3, 1941 was definitely an unforgettable day for the Japanese army, because from this day on, the nightmare of the Japanese army began.

The Kwantung Army is not stupid, during this period of time, the Eighth Theater of Operations was transferred so frequently, and the three major generals Yamada B had already judged that the target of Chen Feng's department was the Kwantung Army, so he spared no effort to enhance the strength of the Kwantung Army, not only asking for help from home, transferring a large number of reinforcements, but also transferring the elite of three and a half divisions from the Korean Peninsula, and also ordering the puppet Manchukuo National Defense Force to immediately expand its troops, expanding from 150,000 to 250,000 in a short period of time, and from 250,000 to 300,000. Now the Kwantung Army, in terms of troops, is already the largest since its formation.

After several major battles, the Kwantung Army already knew the gap between them and Chen Feng's department in terms of weapons and equipment, so Yamada Otozo directly applied to the base camp for the establishment of 2 tank divisions, and added the number of an aviation group.

The base camp of the Japanese army also knew the strength of Chen Feng's department, and also knew the gap between the Kwantung Army and Chen Feng's department. Although the south was fighting against the United States and Britain and other countries, Japan still spared no effort to increase the strength of the Kwantung Army, and in just three months, it sent all the weapons, equipment, and personnel requested by General Yamada Otozo to the northeast.

Now it is not only Chen Feng's troops eyeing the Japanese army, but the Kwantung Army is also ready to move against Chen Feng's troops, and the Kwantung Army, with an army of more than one million, is not only the largest strategic group of the Japanese army, but also the unit with the largest number of mechanized troops. Its combat effectiveness far exceeded that of several other strategic groups of the Japanese army.

On October 3, the mobile corps with the highest degree of mechanization in the 8th Theater launched an attack on the Japanese 8th Division stationed in Tongliao, and at the same time, Chen Feng's troops also attacked Kailu, Naiman and other banner counties around Tongliao.

The Mobile Corps of the Eighth Theater is the most powerful mechanized unit in Chen Feng's hands, and the entire corps has four infantry divisions that have completed mechanized transformation, and their combat effectiveness is very strong, although the strength is only 150,000, but in Chen Feng's view, it is not a problem to deal with the 300,000 Japanese army.

Therefore, Chen Feng transferred the mobile corps to take the lead, and he wanted to use the mobile corps' powerful mobility and offensive capabilities to give the Japanese army a disadvantage, and directly disrupt the strategic deployment of the Japanese army.

Xinhua Town, a small town 35 kilometers west of Kailu City. This is the only way to Chifeng. Although it is not a military and commercial town. However, because this is the closest town between the Japanese army and Chen Feng's headquarters, if the Eighth Theater wants to launch an attack on the Japanese army in Tongliao, this is the only way to go, so the Japanese army stationed an infantry squadron and an infantry regiment of the puppet army here.

Oct. 3 at nine a.m. The Japanese troops stationed in Xinhua Town were still conducting routine inspections of the people entering and leaving the town at the roadblocks outside the town as before. Suddenly, there was a billowing of smoke and dust from the west side of the town. Looking around, I saw that not far away, an army composed entirely of chariots was rapidly rushing towards Xinhua Town.

The Japanese troops defending the city also reacted quickly, and soon learned that they had encountered an attack. The alarm was immediately sounded, and suddenly a shrill alarm sounded in the town, and the Japanese puppet soldiers who were in the barracks, canteens, or comfort stations heard the alarm and quickly ran out with their guns and gathered in front of the house of the garrison commander, Captain Ono.

A minute earlier, Captain Ono had received a call from the defenders at the town gate - the Shina people were attacking, and then the call was interrupted by a violent explosion from the opposite side.

After knowing what had happened to the road, Captain Ono ordered the telegraph operator to send a report to the high-ranking Dasa of Kailu County, and at the same time ordered the defenders to reinforce the west gate.

But unfortunately, before the reinforcements arrived at the West Gate, the half of the infantry squad stationed at the West Gate was defeated, and the chariot troops of the Zhina drove into Xinhua Town, and at 9:21, Xinhua Town was lost.

At the same time, Kunduling Town and Yihe Tara Town to the north of Kailu, Heilongba Town and Qinghe Sumu Town to the south; The towns of Huatugula, Aobaosumu, and Liaohe north of Tongliao were also attacked by Chen Feng's troops. The mobile corps of the Eighth Theater did not have any reservations this time, and the whole army carried out a large-scale in-depth advance in three directions, crushing the Japanese puppet army that could be defeated in front of it, and ignoring those that could not be defeated, and then striving to tear apart the enemy's depth in the shortest possible time and encircle the Japanese puppet army in the southeast of Sui.

Although the Fifth Wing of the Japanese Army, the 17th Wing and the 31st Wing of Tongliao, the New First Division and the New Second Division of the Puppet Cavalry, and other units were also very tenacious, but under the assault of the mechanized troops of the Eighth Theater, the Japanese troops in the Tongliao area were quickly divided and surrounded, and in just one day, the vanguard of the Eighth Theater penetrated deep into the town of Jiaogan in the hinterland of Tongliao.

This Jiaogan town is a small town 80 kilometers east of Tongliao City, not very famous, the population is only more than 2,000 people, less than a larger village in the south, but it is not very far from Tongliao and Shuangliao in the northeast, the geographical location is very important, the Japanese army originally stationed an infantry squad and a cavalry battalion of the puppet army here, but under the surprise attack of the mobile corps of the eighth theater, this small stronghold of the Japanese army did not hold out for even half an hour, and was wiped out.

At this point, more than 50,000 people from the 8th Division of the Japanese Army, the 38th Brigade of the mixed army, the new 1st Division, the 2nd Division, the 1st Infantry Division, and the 3rd Infantry Division of the puppet army were divided into 5 cities in Tongliao, but there were 150,000 elites under Chen Feng's command around them.

The attack of the mobile corps was too sharp, and the speed at which it did not give the Japanese any reaction was all a mechanized assault, although because these places were all Chinese cities, Chen Feng's division did not use bomber groups to open the way, but the advance of the ground forces completely copied the blitzkrieg of the German army.

Of course, compared with the German Army, Chen Feng's mechanized troops are more powerful and advance faster.

Lieutenant General Honda Masasai, the commander of the Eighth Division of the Japanese garrison headquarters in the Tongliao area, was also stunned, although he was already very careful, after receiving a warning from the Kwantung Army Headquarters to strictly guard against the surprise attack of Chen Feng's department, Lieutenant General Honda Masasai also ordered the troops to be on more alert, and also sent reconnaissance planes to conduct aerial reconnaissance every once in a while.

However, Honda Masashi is also very good, this person's more than 30 years of military experience is not blown, and he has a lot of combat experience, and he also cooperated with Itagaki Seishiro's Fifth Division to participate in the battles of Nankou, Pingxingguan and Xinkou, which can be said to be a great achievement. Despite the sudden attack, he did not panic at all, so as to order all units to take strict precautions, and on the one hand send a telegram to the headquarters of the Third Army of the Kwantung Army requesting operational guidance.

Honda Masako learned from all aspects of intelligence that although the Chinese army advanced very fast this time, the losses caused to the Imperial Japanese Army were not large, and the more than 55,000 troops of the Tongliao garrison army lost less than 10,000 people, all of which were garrison troops from various towns and towns, and they were mainly composed of the Imperial Army, which only lost 5 infantry squadrons, and the total strength was less than 1,000 people.

Moreover, the Chinese troops are mainly mechanized troops, and the assault force is strong, but the siege strength is average. Coupled with the preparation of yellow chrysanthemum camphor oil, the fortifications of the main cities in Tongliao have been rebuilt and reinforced, and in the case of Tongliao City, two peripheral positions have been built outside the east and west gates, these positions are bunkers and semi-bunker-type pillbox groups, there are a large number of permanent firepower points, as long as the imperial army does not take the initiative to attack, it seems difficult for the people of China to capture these cities in a short time. Even if it is breached, it will pay extremely heavy casualties.

Honda Masako didn't expect that Li Bin and the others didn't care about the army under his command at all, and did not immediately attack them after the army surrounded them, but only left a small number of troops to be stationed on the periphery, and the main force continued to rush towards Shuangliao, a major town in the south.

The tactics of the Eighth Theater of Operations made the Japanese army quite puzzled, the Chinese army was going to do that, and they did not turn back to destroy the Eighth Division, but rushed towards Shuangliao, were they not afraid that the main forces of the Eighth Theater and the Third Army of the Kwantung Army would attack them from east to west?

Of course, the Japanese army does not understand the trick, and the advance tactic is a tactic jointly formulated by Li Bin and Wang Jiming and reported to Chen Feng for approval, and this tactic is about speed and time, to break through the strategic depth of the Japanese army in the shortest possible time, and then completely tear up its strategic deployment, disrupting the Japanese army's defense plan.

Once the Japanese army's defensive plan is disrupted, then the opportunity for Chen Feng's department will come, under the assault of the mechanized troops, as long as one point is broken, then the entire line will be broken, and the whole surface will also collapse, although it is dangerous to do so, but in the face of mechanized troops, this threat is actually nothing, not to mention whether the Japanese Eighth Division and those puppet armies with combat effectiveness below 2 can threaten the mobile corps.

Even if the only remaining 45,000-odd puppet army can really pose a fatal threat to the mobile corps, but so what, in the face of the powerful mobility of the mobile corps, these are all scum, can they run if they can't be defeated, anyway, with the mobility of the Japanese army, they can't catch up with the mobile corps at all. Moreover, Li Bin and others did not think that the Japanese army could really pose a mortal threat to the mobile corps, on the other hand, as long as the reinforcements of the Eighth Division were defeated, just one division and one brigade plus a few puppet army divisions would be just a small dish on the plate of the mobile corps, which could be eaten at any time. (To be continued......)