Everyone was puzzled by what was the important thing that made the commander Umezu Mijiro so angry. When he circulated the telegram to the crowd, everyone screamed in anger.

"Yaga! The damned Shina man ...... at this time"

"What do the intelligence services do? Why did the enemy not even notice such a big action in advance? ”

"It's stupid! It's just stupid. ”

……

When most of the high-ranking generals in the conference room beat their chests and made accusations, Deputy Chief of Staff Ishihara Waner stepped forward, took the telegram and glanced at it, and immediately understood.

The telegram reads: "Last night, the enemy attacked from the Chahar line and crossed our lines. The enemy's offensive was fierce, and the vanguard had entered from Mongolia and crossed the Great Khingan Mountains. Our front line has been routed, and now the enemy is attacking in the direction of Mukden, and I ask for immediate support......"

Ishihara was also suddenly shocked in his heart, he didn't expect the Chinese to start fighting back. According to his estimates of the Chinese army, they simply did not have the ability to carry out a counteroffensive at this time. With their industrial level and military strength, it is quite good to be able to hold the existing land now, where is the ability to fight back?

What's more, the strength required for a counterattack on such a long front can be imagined, how can they transfer so many troops to the front line without being detected?

There are too many impossibilities, but the impossible just happened.

I just don't know if this time it's a trick or a real counterattack?

Ishihara pondered in confusion.

"Immediately ask the front-line troops to find out which army is the counterattacking China?" After Ishihara finished giving the order to the officers below, he turned around and walked to Umezu Mijiro and said, "Your Excellency Commander, you need to give an order. ”

Umezu Mijiro realized that he had just overreacted, and he calmed down a little and said, "The order to transfer troops to support Nanjing has been put on hold for the time being. Come, gentlemen, work hard, let's set up a temporary combat headquarters at once. ”

Soon, the latest battle situation was delivered to the command. After the situation on the front line, it was learned that it was not Lin Zuoda's troops who counterattacked this time, but Zhang Xueliang's troops repaired in Mongolia.

Although it was a defeated army that was once defeated by the Kwantung Army, after several years of repair, it has been replenished with a considerable number of troops and weapons and equipment, and their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.

However, Umezu Mijiro still disagreed, the Kwantung Army still has more than a dozen elite divisions and regiments, the northeast region is rich in resources, and the Japanese army has a complete logistics and transportation system here, so the enemy's attack can be easily coped with for them.

He pondered the map carefully and said, "Send the 1st Division, the 8th Division, the 11th Division, and the 57th Division to assemble here. ”

……

At this time, Zhang Xueliang, commander of the Northeast Front of the National Defense Forces, was walking out of the makeshift combat tent.

Overnight, the Northeast Front Army launched an operational plan codenamed "Attack," and overnight, under the cover of nearly 100 fighters of various types, hundreds of thousands of troops of the five group armies swept through the so-called Manchurian and Mongolian areas of the Japanese army with a devastating force.

Under the cover of artillery fire, a torrent of steel composed of armored vehicles and tanks increased their horsepower, and officers and soldiers wearing grass-green steel helmets and armed with Hanyang-style rifles slaughtered the Japanese positions.

Overnight, the night sky over the entire region of Manmeng was illuminated by rising flares, red tracer bullets intertwining back and forth. The sound of artillery fire, gunfire, fighting and the screams of Japanese soldiers was endless.

The defeated army fought again, and its courage was doubled. What these Northeast soldiers longed for day and night was to be able to fight back to their hometowns, and the shame and resentment that had accumulated for many years were finally released overnight.

Before the offensive began, all the units could not wait to gear up and be eager to try, and when the troops were transferred to the front line, in order not to be discovered by the Japanese army, all the troops were transferred and assembled overnight, and when the troops completely crossed the Great Khing'an Mountains, all the troops rushed forward with a roar.

There is a small formation in the Manchurian and Mongolian areas called Jiliu Town, which is an important stronghold of the Kwantung Army, although there is only one brigade of troops stationed, but the Japanese army has built a large number of fortifications on the front line here, and the reinforced concrete is wrapped with artillery and machine guns, and the defense is very perfect.

In charge of attacking the town was a mechanized infantry regiment under the 11th Army. In the middle of the night, the troops began to attack after a round of artillery bombardment, at which time the Japanese fortifications opened fire.

The infantry, who were attacking in concert with the tanks, suffered heavy casualties after encountering crossfire, and the first wave of attack was thwarted.

After the regiment commander Chen Zixue learned about this, he dropped the military hat on his head and replaced it with a steel helmet, and rushed to the artillery command post not far away with his *, the commander of this artillery regiment was his good brother for many years, and was responsible for the fire cover of this line.

Chen Zixue scolded in a Northeast accent: "Liang Youcai, what's wrong with your dog's day? How do you clear the devil's firepower point? An infantry battalion of Lao Tzu was almost there. ”

After hearing this, the artillery commander named Liang Youcai scolded: "Don't say anything, you ask the brothers to report the location, and then let the brothers in the back prepare." I promise to bury the little devils in the mound. ”

Immediately afterwards, the artillery regiment's * guns began to re-calibrate the target, and in more than an hour, they fired 1 base number of ammunition, and the intensive artillery fire smashed these Japanese fortifications.

Taking advantage of this effort, Chen Zixue immediately rushed over with the rest of the soldiers and took the town of Jiaoliu in one fell swoop, and the devil's brigade was almost completely annihilated.

In the field fortifications that had not yet been built, the infantry regiment captured two Japanese experts and a group of Japanese soldiers, as well as a large number of Chinese migrant workers working here.

Chen Zixue was also not polite, leaving two experts to transfer to the division headquarters, and the rest of the Japanese soldiers were picked up by him with bayonets on the spot.

However, when a soldier wanted to kill these migrant workers, he was slapped a few big mouths by this Chen Zixue.

The soldier was a little unconvinced, saying that these people were all working for the Japanese, and they should all be considered traitors, so why did they help them speak?

Chen Zixue kicked him again and scolded: "Dog's day! These people are our own ordinary people, and the Japanese are forcing you to repair things with guns, do you dare not come? The Japanese don't blame them for letting the territory occupy, blame us soldiers. Why are you embarrassed to say that people are traitors? ”

After scolding the soldier with a bit of a shaft, Chen Zixue left the migrant workers for a meal, and then sent them all home.

These migrant workers have been working here for many years, and their bodies have been as thin as bamboo poles, and their eyes are dull, and they all pounce on them like crazy people when they see the steamed steamed buns in the cooking class.

"Sir, I look forward to seeing you coming! It's kind of looking forward to bringing our own team back! "Hurry up and save my brother, he sent the Japanese to do the experiment." ……

Several people suddenly knelt down in front of Chen Zixue and complained of bitterness. It turned out that many of the Japanese were unable to survive the high-intensity labor and small amount of food they had to collect and arrest men to build fortifications. And once they couldn't hold on, the Japanese sent them to a secret base to conduct experiments, and among these kneeling people, their brothers had been sent to do experiments a few days ago.

"Where to go? Do you know what the experiment is? ”

"We all heard that we were going to send it to Nagazi in Harbin, saying that it was to pull people's stomachs apart, sir, can you save my brother......"

Chen Zixue realized the seriousness of this matter, and he immediately asked the words of these migrant workers to be recorded and reported immediately.

……

When counterattacking, such courage and perseverance, coupled with strong strength advantages and brand-new weapons and equipment, the Japanese army on the front line was naturally defeated in one fell swoop, and overnight, they pushed the entire front forward for hundreds of miles.

Now that the offensive has come to this point, and further forward is the next step to attack some important stronghold cities in the northeast, and the troops need to rest and recuperate to make the next attack.

At this time, the Japanese army had already begun to react, and soon after, they would mobilize a heavy army group to assemble here, which was exactly what Zhang Xueliang expected.

Being able to have a hearty decisive battle with the heavy army group of the Kwantung Army was something he couldn't look forward to. In the past, the strength of the Northeast Army under his command was not good, coupled with various concerns, he never dared to take the initiative to engage in a general battle with the Kwantung Army. Now that we have soldiers and guns, and the central government as support, we can naturally throw off our sleeves and do it boldly.

"What time is it?" Zhang Xueliang, who walked out of the tent, simply washed his face, and while wiping his face with a towel, he asked the guard next to him.

"Commander, it's a quarter past seven now." Joy returns.

Zhang Xueliang glanced at the sun that had just risen in the east and said, "So I've been asleep for nearly three hours, how is the advance of the front-line troops?" ”

"Advances are progressing as planned, but most of the troops have stopped attacking and are camping in place to rest." Hee Shun smiled. He continued: "Commander, I'm looking at this speed, and we will be able to spend the Chinese New Year again in the former Shuai's Mansion this year." ”

Zhang Xueliang smiled slightly and did not answer Xishun's words. He naturally wanted to do the same in his heart, but the strength of the Kwantung Army was still not to be underestimated, and more than a dozen powerful A divisions were not fancy. Now if you want to kill all these devils, it's not a fantasy, at least it's unrealistic.

Zhang Xueliang knew that Nanjing's return to military power was not for him to regain lost territory in the short term, and the current rework was largely for the purpose of relieving the siege of Nanjing.

"Send a telegram to Nanjing, saying that our army is proceeding according to the predetermined plan, and now we are waiting for the Japanese army to assemble." After Zhang Xueliang finished speaking, he put on his sunglasses and said, "Prepare the car, go to the front line and have a look." ”