There are more than 400 troops led by Inuichiro Oshima, more than half of them are transport teams, responsible for logistics, and the rest are combatants, they are all well-trained, and even many of them have experienced the test of the Russo-Japanese War, and they are full of elite troops.

In fact, before they acted, Zhuang River and Donggang were still in the hands of the rebels, and Oshima thought that it was just a simple luck mission, so he was extremely relaxed, but just when he was about to approach Zhuang River, he got the news that this place had been recaptured by the Feng army.

After Oshima got the news, he was extremely angry, the originally planned haode communication line was cut off, with the virtue of the rebels, no one knows how long they can hold out, if the rebels are finished, the Japanese will have one less good dog, and they will also lose the excuse to use force against Mukden.

Isn't their banner to protect overseas Chinese, but the rebellion has been eliminated, how can they protect overseas Chinese! This operation was a carefully planned operation by the Japanese Kwantung Army, which was originally an interlocking nirvana, but now it was broken by the Feng army, how could Oshima not be angry.

He commanded his soldiers to keep rushing towards Zhuanghe after all, trying to rush over, at this time Ma Zhanshan was not ambiguous, while directing the soldiers to block the front, and then divided a hundred cavalry, running back and forth on the flank, restraining the energy of the Japanese.

"Old Ma, do you think the Japanese will shoot?" Wu Kaijie asked quietly.

Ma Zhanshan shook his head and said: "I don't know, but Commander Zhang has already sent news, so that when we are competing, we must not be cowardly, and we can only deal with the Japanese with toughness against toughness, and the only bottom line is not to shoot." ”

Zhang Tinglan also repeatedly scrutinized the attitude of the Japanese, and although Japan has always coveted the three eastern provinces, it is not those fanatical soldiers who are now dominating Japan's policy. Rather, it is some relatively rational politicians, who are more inclined to control China by economic means, and they also care more about the attitude of the great powers, and will not ignore it like the military.

World War I was a precious opportunity for Japan's development, and once the use of force against China, triggering a large-scale war, or the United States and Britain and other countries imposing economic sanctions on Japan, this would be something that the Japanese economy could not afford.

Therefore, during World War I, although Japan proposed the 21 Articles, it was more of a threat. They didn't want to fight. Seeing through Japan's point, Zhang Tinglan already made a judgment that most of the operations this time were led by the Kwantung Army and were not authorized by China.

Therefore, Zhang Tinglan was sure that the Kwantung Army did not have the courage to go to war, and at most it was just a deterrent by force. However, in the face of this deterrence of force. If you back down, you'll be soft. Let the Japanese see the flaw. They may not be able to turn deterrence into a real battle, and Japan must know that Japan has always had a tradition of subduing the enemy, so they cannot rest easy.

At this time, Oshima led the soldiers to approach to about five hundred meters, only one step away from the red line drawn by Ma Zhanshan, and Oshima looked at the morale of the Feng army, and the color of his face kept changing. In the end, he stopped, and confronted Ma Zhanshan's troops.

Seeing this scene, Ma Zhanshan and Wu Kaijie both breathed a sigh of relief, the facts were indeed as Zhang Tinglan's judgment. The upper echelons of the Japanese Kwantung Army also did not make up their minds to start a war, and they had not yet rampant to the point before the September 18 incident.

Such a big thing as starting a war must be authorized by the country, and they originally hoped that the rebels would be disrupted by the whole of southern Liaoning, and the chaos would become a pot of porridge, and the Chinese army would not be able to clean it up. Naturally, the country could not stop them from sending troops, and now the rebels in Zhuanghe and Donggang have all been wiped out in a blink of an eye, and there is no chaos at all, and they do not dare to take risks.

Moreover, there is another point that has attracted the attention of the Japanese, that is, the combat effectiveness of the Feng army, which can be quelled so quickly, shows that the combat effectiveness of the Feng army is not weak, and it is very unwise to rush into war without finding out the situation.

Just as Oshima led his army to approach Zhuanghe, he received two telegrams from the Japanese Kwantung Army one after another, asking them to just hold each other for the time being and not to fire the first shot.

"Old Ma, Captain Zhang has guessed the thoughts of the Japanese, and now he is afraid of beating wolves with hemp sticks."

"That's right, the more times like this, the more you can't be afraid, take out the momentum of the Northeast masters!"

Ma Zhanshan galloped back and forth, commanding his subordinates, tightening the defense, and not giving the Japanese a loophole, at this time Oshima carefully observed the situation of the Feng army, wanting to see the reality of the other party.

Although Shangfeng didn't let him shoot the first shot, Oshima still had a trace of ambition in his heart, and it was not wrong not to shoot, but it was hard to guarantee that he would not miss the gun, and if this situation occurred, he could not insult the dignity of Japan.

Inuichiro Oshima, who came from the Russo-Japanese War, was ambitious and desperate for war. He is constantly looking for loopholes in the Feng army, if this army is really vulnerable, he will definitely not let go of this opportunity, he must make a decisive move, like his predecessors, make meritorious achievements, and expand the territory for the empire.

However, Oshima regretted that there was no slack in the Feng army on the opposite side, the guards were very tight, and the shadow of artillery could be faintly seen on the city wall, it seemed that the other party was not badly prepared, so he had to temporarily press the commotion and wait for the opportunity.

The two armies continued to fight each other like this, and the news also spread to the University of Travel, and the current Japanese Kwantung Governor Nakamura Jue was also restless, originally he designed a very haode killing move, the Revolutionary Party, the Zongshe Party made a rebellion in southern Liaoning, Fang Wendong rebelled from the inside, and then Feng Delin was contained on the flank.

Interlocking, without a trace of loopholes, he was extremely satisfied with his plan, but when it was implemented, Nakamura Satoru suddenly found that the situation did not develop as he imagined, the Zongshe Party did not succeed, and the Revolutionary Party did not make a move, but became a transport brigade, leaving so much equipment to the Feng army.

After Nakamura got the news, he immediately scolded, whether these guys are helping themselves or helping the Feng army, why did they act as the transport brigade of the Feng army!

Now that the cards in his hand are Xia Wendong, Nakamura Satoru pinned all his hopes on him, and completely counted on him to disrupt Liaonan.

However, Nakamura Jue didn't know that Fang Wendong at this time also encountered an unprecedented predicament, and after Zhang Tinglan received the support of Xue Jintang, he launched a fierce attack on Fengcheng, and under the cover of artillery and machine guns, the Feng army rushed to Fengcheng like a tide.

Xue Jintang can indeed be called a tiger general, commanding three charges in a row. Almost all the outlying fortifications of Fengcheng were destroyed, and although his men also paid more than 300 casualties, Xue Jintang still had high morale.

"Commander Zhang, as long as you work harder, you will break Fengcheng, why do you want us to withdraw our troops?"

"Commander Xue, the brothers are also very tired, let us take the rest, you take the men and horses to block the other intersections to prevent the rebels from escaping."

The contact time is not long. But Xue Jintang also knew that Zhang Tinglan was a very powerful person, and his calmness and calmness far surpassed his peers. The fact that the other party was able to quickly break through Donggang and rush to Fengcheng in a hurry shows that the combat effectiveness is not weak. He was also very curious about how the young commander attacked the city, and wanted to see what he was good at.

At this time, Fengjun was almost rested. Young people's bodies recover quickly. Although I had been on the road for nearly three days, I was refreshed after resting.

Zhang Tinglan commanded the artillery to focus the attack on the southern city, where the city wall was in the worst condition, and the Feng army was still open with artillery, and now Zhang Tinglan still had six Japanese 41-style mountain guns in his hands. Four Krupp 75-mm mountain guns, ten guns aimed at the walls of Fengcheng, and the shells carried huge energy and smashed into the city walls.

For a time bricks splattered. The dust was in the air, and the rebels guarding the walls were also affected, and many of them lost their lives in the shelling.

Fang Wendong was also angry at this time, he hurriedly commanded his artillery to return fire, and the Japanese also provided him with some 41-type mountain guns, and now they were all pulled to the city and launched a confrontation with the Feng army.

However, the artillery of the rebels was obviously not as well trained as the Feng army, and although they had a condescending advantage, the accuracy of the artillery was too poor, and the trouble caused to the Feng army was limited.

On the contrary, the artillery in the city was taken care of by the Feng army, and one after another shells smashed over, and in an instant, a city wall was completely cracked, and then collapsed. In the era of cold weapons, a city wall was a natural hazard, but in the era of hot weapons, the protection that the city wall could provide was not great. However, the scene of the city walls shattering and the smoke and dust in the sky was still very shocking, and the confidence of the rebels also cracked.

Fang Wendong was already red-eyed, he had no way to retreat, only to fight to the death, so Fang Wendong asked his guards to form a law enforcement team, and at the same time took out boxes of silver dollars and opium, and put them in front of these rebels, as long as they fought bravely, they could be rewarded, and if they retreated, they would wait to lose their heads.

After seeing these things, the morale of the rebels finally recovered, and they began to launch a counterattack against the Feng army, and the two sides fought to the death around the gap in the city wall. Xue Jintang was also secretly observing the battle of the Feng army at this time, and he gradually saw a trace of the doorway.

These Feng troops did not adopt a dense formation, but formed combat groups, and the members of each group cooperated with each other and advanced alternately. Every three or five groups were covered by a machine gun, and the dense bullets kept the rebels headless, and with the advantage of firepower, the speed of the Feng's advance was very astonishing, and casualties were kept to a minimum.

The distance between the two armies is getting closer and closer, and at this time, the quality advantage of the Feng army is even more prominent, with accurate marksmanship and tacit cooperation. Moreover, the Feng army is not afraid of white-knuckle warfare at all, they are like an efficient harvesting machine, constantly devouring the lives of the rebels.

Seeing this, Xue Jintang couldn't help but give a thumbs up to this army, they were indeed well-trained elite soldiers, and it seemed that the hope of breaking Fengcheng was on them.

The fierce battle in Fengcheng continued, and the situation outside Zhuanghe City changed a little, Ma Zhanshan and the Japanese held each other for longer and longer, and the fighting spirit of the Feng army was also weakening, these people were Wu Junsheng's troops after all, and the banditry on their bodies was still very serious, and they could confront the Japanese for so long, all relying on a bloody bravery.

After a long time, they were inevitably tired, and the tight defense line was also loosened, and some soldiers simply took a nap on the position, and Oshima finally showed a sneer on his face, these soldiers were not the opponents of the Japanese Kwantung Army after all.

He drew his saber and was about to wave the army, directing the Japanese army forward, and if the Feng army dared to stop, he was ready to open fire, such an army was not at all an opponent of the Kwantung Army, and still overestimated them.

Just when Oshima was proud in his heart, suddenly there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves from the direction of the Zhuang River, and a black and oppressive horse team appeared in the distance, and more than a dozen cannons appeared behind these horse teams, each cannon was pulled by six war horses, and the muzzle of the black hole pointed directly at Oshima them.

These new reinforcements had a fierce aura from the inside out, obviously stronger than those soldiers in Zhuanghe, and better equipped, in addition to a large number of artillery, there were more machine guns in the back, as if they were armed parades, walking in front of Oshima.

Every time he saw a piece of equipment, Oshima's heart couldn't help but tighten, these equipment were all Japanese standard equipment, the rebels who were originally given to the Zongsha Party and the Revolutionary Party have now become trophies of the Feng army, Oshima's facial features are distorted, and his fists are clenched to death. (To be continued......)