Hearing that the Kwantung Army was more than 100,000 troops, Zhang Xueliang was a little nervous, he lit a cigarette and took a puff, and then asked Tan Hai, the chief of the guard, "Why are there so many more little devils at once?" ”

Tan Hai couldn't answer him, because he didn't know either. Yes, a few years ago, the Kwantung Army only had three divisions and tens of thousands of people, how did it develop to so many people all at once? What's more, in the past few years, Japan has been cowering in places like Lushun and Dalian, where did so many soldiers emerge all of a sudden?

Zhang Xueliang had to rethink. At present, there are more than 100,000 people stationed in the four group armies stationed in the northeast region, but the troops that can be mobilized under his command are the 11th, 16th, and 18th group armies, and the first group army does not belong to the Northeast Theater of Operations, and that unit is subordinate to the Central Ministry of National Defense.

But now the three armies have their own defensive areas, and it is the First Army that is at the forefront. The First Group Army had many generals and strong combat effectiveness, but it could not withstand the mass attack of the Kwantung Army.

Just thinking about it, Du Yuming, chief of the general staff of the Northeast Theater, walked in and said, "Commander, General Xue Boling is in a hurry, and now the main force of their troops is surrounded in Jin County." ”

Zhang Xueliang was shocked when he heard this, he hurriedly grabbed the telegram and said, "How did you do it?" A few days ago, the devil was still in Kanto Prefecture, why did he run to Jin County all of a sudden? ”

Du Yuming said after seeing it: "Xue Boling's troops have always been tasked with preventing the Japanese army in Kwantung Continent, but I didn't expect the Japanese to quietly increase their troops and suddenly attack, launch a fierce attack from Lushun and other places, and constantly shrink the battle line with the help of sea and air superiority, so they cut the First Army into three sections. ”

Realizing that it had been cut off, General Xue Boling commanded his troops to break through and converge, and finally converge at Jin County. Unexpectedly, the Japanese were not slow to move, and directly surrounded Jinxian, and now the ground situation is completely in the hands of the Japanese army, and the First Army can only rely on the Jinzhou Air Force to send supplies. ”

At the end, he also sighed: "I heard about this incident that day and immediately reported it, but it was just ......"

Zhang Xueliang frowned. He did not know the combat effectiveness of the First Group Army, which was a fully mechanized group army, and it had made great achievements since its establishment. Because it was a model army, almost all units in the country had officers from the First Group Army, and Xue Boling became a leading figure in the First Army faction.

But such a model army is now besieged by the Kwantung Army in King County, and it may be completely annihilated at any time.

Zhang Xue's conscience began to be a little jealous of the strength of the Kwantung Army.

"What is the situation of the 11th Army in Liaoyang now?" Zhang Xueliang couldn't wait to ask.

Liaoyang is a military stronghold and the gateway to Shenyang, Jinxian County was breached, and the next one must be Liaoyang. After the reorganization of the Northeast Army, it was stationed by the Eleventh Group Army, and now the First Army is surrounded in Jinxian, and the first to bear the brunt is the Eleventh Army in Liaoyang.

"Commander Gao Shuxun telegraphed that the 11th Army is now on its own to guard against a possible surprise attack by the Japanese army." Du Yuming said.

Zhang Xueliang pursed his lips, pondered for a moment and scolded loudly: "How did Gao Shuxun do it? The Kwantung Army has driven the First Army to King County, why don't they even let out a fart in the Eleventh Army? ”

Hearing that Zhang Xueliang was angry, Du Yuming walked up to him and said: "It's not that Commander Gao is unwilling to support, it's just that once the main force is transferred out of the Japanese army, it will go north." What's more, the unified dispatch of field troops is at the theater command, and I reported it on the day of the attack on the First Army......"

Du Yuming's meaning is very clear, the fault of this matter lies with Zhang Xueliang himself, not with Gao Shuxun of the Eleventh Army.

Zhang Xueliang naturally understood this meaning, he originally wanted to mobilize troops to encircle and attack the Japanese army, but he knew that the military conference had not yet been held, and the First Army had let the Kwantung Army surround it.

The speed of the Japanese was jaw-dropping, and it seemed that it was time for the necessary counterattack.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Xueliang waved his hand and said: "Telegraph to Gao Shuxun, let the Eleventh Army go to reinforce the First Army of Jinxian except for the troops left in Liaoyang." Also, telegraphed Xue Boling and told him to hold on, saying that the reinforcements would arrive soon, and that he wouldn't be eaten without a few fucking shots. Then let the air force units in Jinzhou bomb the Japanese troops on the periphery and seize air supremacy. ”

Du Yuming carefully recorded his orders in detail, and after Zhang Xueliang finished speaking, he snapped upright, turned around and walked out.

Xue Boling's entire First Army had been besieged in Jinxian for a day and a night, and he sent telegrams to the Northeast Theater Command and the Pre-War Command Office of the Ministry of National Defense, describing his situation in detail and requesting support.

In the midst of the rumbling cannons, Xue Boling personally wrote the contents of the telegram. After the telegram was written, he handed it to the staff officer next to him, and the chief of staff trotted to the confidential room.

Sitting in the command post temporarily built by the Jinxian County Government, Xue Boling was full of emotion. This is a private house, one of the best houses in the county, a typical Northeast house, the thick walls and green bricks show the solidity of this family, and the big kang inside and the piles of corn built up outside are vibrant performances.

The owner's surname is Yang, and he is an old man with a sixtieth birthday, who came here in the former Qing Dynasty and worked hard for half his life to buy these belongings, and the family was happy.

But this originally happy family ushered in the biggest tragedy of their lives yesterday: in the shelling of the Japanese army, a pair of twin grandsons and a daughter-in-law of Mr. Yang were injured by Japanese shells on the street, and they died in less than the second half of the afternoon.

After all, Master Yang is a person who has seen the world, and after hearing that the county government was bombed by the Japanese army and razed to the ground, he insisted on inviting Xue Boling and other commanders of the First Army to live in his house.

After Xue Boling heard about the tragedy in his family, he took off his hats and bowed to Master Yang with several officers from the military headquarters of the First Army.

Master Yang hurriedly came over and said, "I can't help it! General Xue, I won't tell you the truth, the old decay fought before the Qing Dynasty was outside the pass, I have seen Lao Maozi, and I have also seen the Japanese...... Regardless of whether it is the Great Qing Kingdom or Zhang Dashuai, we Chinese are all angry material, and until you drive out the Japanese, it can be regarded as raising eyebrows. ”

Xue Boling and his subordinates were both moved and ashamed after hearing this, and naturally there was no need to say much about being moved, but they were ashamed that their First Army had "returned" the land they had fought back a few years ago to the Japanese, and now that the large army was besieged in Jin County, it was difficult to say how they would fight next.

Looking back on the battle situation since the beginning of the week, Xue Boling had a deep sense of frustration at that time. Five days ago, he and his old subordinate Wu Zhichuan and others accompanied Sun Liren, who came to the exchange, to visit the troops' drills, Sun Liren was a general who came out of the First Army, and now he is the chief captain of the Songhu Armed Police Force, and he is also Xue Boling's more important subordinate, so this time he arrived, Xue Boling personally accompanied.

However, when I was visiting, I got the news of a surprise attack by the Japanese army!

To be honest, he was not very surprised, because the previous intelligence showed that the Japanese army had already prepared for this attack, but what he never expected was that the Japanese army had gathered more than four main divisions and 100,000 horses under their noses!

What he didn't expect even more was that the Kwantung Army, which had always attached only importance to the "Banzai Charge", actually reconfigured its main force into tank armored vehicles and suddenly launched an attack under the cluster of tank armor, which caught the First Army by surprise and caused heavy losses to its troops.

To Xue Boling's surprise, the Japanese offensive tactics were quite shrewd, and he divided and surrounded the First Army stationed in the three places, and besieged it with an absolute superiority of troops.

In less than a day, the three divisions of the main force of the First Army were completely cut off, and the Japanese gathered three encirclements to cut the First Army into three sections.

Obviously, the Japanese attack was well prepared. He immediately ordered Wu Zhichuan and others to lead their troops to break through and move closer to Jin County.

At this time, he did not ask for help from the Northeast Theater Command, because he felt that he could stabilize the situation as long as he brought his troops together.

He understands that only by bringing the First Army together can he truly exert the power of his fists!

The subordinates also quickly understood Xue Boling's intentions, so the two divisions that were surrounded on the left and right began to launch a breakthrough to move closer to Jin County, and after a day and a night of fighting, the various units of the First Army suffered heavy losses, but they still successfully broke through and converged in Jin County.

What people didn't expect was that when he repaired, the Japanese army surrounded Jinxian again.

The speed of the Japanese army's movements was surprising, and Xue Boling realized the seriousness of the problem, and he immediately appealed to the Northeast Theater Command for help, and at the same time gathered his troops and prepared for another battle.

Armored troops are not suitable for positional warfare, let alone the siege of the city defense war, Xue Boling is now in difficulty, the first army under his command is only more than 9,000 people, tanks, armored vehicles and all kinds of heavy ammunition have also suffered great losses, it can be said that the first army is not as good as half of the combat effectiveness in peacetime.

Facing an enemy several times his size, Xue Boling felt a deep sense of pressure.

Now most of his hopes are pinned on reinforcements, but he knows that even if the 11th Group Army stationed in Liaoyang pounces over, it may not be the opponent of the Japanese army, and the Japanese army's attack this time is too terrible!

If you forcibly break through at this time, it is a good choice to jump out of the encirclement and join the 11th Group Army, but this attack of the Japanese army is obviously of a retaliatory nature, not to mention that Jinxian is lost, the gateway of Liaoyang is wide open, and to the north is a horse Pingchuan.

What to do? What should I do? Xue Boling stared at the map in front of him and frowned, he let out a long sigh, and his face looked much older than before.

"Chief of the Guard!" Xue Boling put down his pencil and shouted.

"Yes! Commander, you call me? When the chief of the guard heard the shout, he hurriedly ran to the door and stood upright.

Xue Boling straightened his military uniform and said, "Accompany me to the front line." ”

The chief of the guard showed an embarrassed expression, he scratched his head and said: "Commander, now that the front line is exchanging fire, the Japanese can't help but shell and the troops are attacking......"

Xue Boling glanced at him and said, "I know!" Walk. ”

"Commander, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for you to go over like this......" said the chief of the guard.

Xue Boling glared at him: "Go!" ”