The fierce gunfire in Liaoyuan City continued, and the resistance of the Japanese army was also very tenacious, which Chang Jingwu and Zhang Tingshu had long been mentally prepared for. Anyway, when Zhang Tingshu gave the order, he did not stipulate a time limit, but he just said that he should hurry up, but he wanted to control the number of casualties in the troops and not too large.

Zhang Tingshu also understood that his 41st Division was a newly formed division, and the combat experience and individual quality of the soldiers naturally could not be compared with the veteran team such as the Fifth Division commanded by Chang Jingwu, and the reason why Hu Lian let his 41st Division and the Fifth Division attack Liaoyuan together is to use Liaoyuan City as a whetstone, as for how to sharpen the knife, it depends on Zhang Tingshu's ability.

After comprehending the meaning of Chang Jingwu, an alumnus, Zhang Tingshu was not reckless, anyway, he took out the kung fu of killing chickens and using a knife. Su Haicheng's Fifth Division was a master of art and boldness, and divided the troops into small units to form a net to encircle the Japanese army, while Zhang Tingshu concentrated the troops, divided the regiment into three main attack directions, surrounded his own attack area, and slowly advanced towards Liaoyuan City.

Zhang Tingshu commanded three regiments to take turns as battalions to advance toward the center of Liaoyuan like a grinding plate, which not only achieved the purpose of training, but also allowed the troops to take turns to rest. Each battalion fought for eight hours, no matter how much the results were, when the time came, I would withdraw them, the results didn't matter what the results were, anyway, it was a 24-hour non-stop attack, so that the little devils would not be able to live in peace.

Don't say it, Zhang Tingshu's three-shift method is really effective, and the Japanese puppet army defending the city was blinded by such a unique and novel tactic. Originally, according to past experience when it was dark, when both the offensive and defensive sides were tired, they would tacitly stop and rest, and wait for dawn to fight again, which is also an unwritten rule, after all, it is not the twenty-first world of the future generations, and the night vision equipment of individual soldiers is flying all over the sky.

But this Zhang Tingshu played a new trick, and as soon as it was dark, the artillery units behind him began to fire flares into the sky. Didn't you forbid me to attack the city with heavy artillery, then I would have no problem firing flares. As a result, the flares lit up the sky all night, and the attack of Zhang Tingshu's 41st Division did not stop, and the sound of gunfire and fighting became a ring. The Japanese are also annoyed, I don't believe that you can still sleep, so I will spend time with you to the end.

The battle has been fought for three days, and the gunfire has been ringing for three days, and more than half of Liaoyuan City has fallen into the hands of the Chinese army. In the three days of fighting, the Japanese puppet army of more than 30,000 people had suffered nearly 20,000 casualties, and the remaining 10,000 people retreated to the area of the downtown building in Liaoyuan. Now that the 5th and 41st Divisions have surrounded them, it is only a matter of time.

In an inconspicuous courtyard in Liaoyuan, Zhang Tingshu and Chang Jingwu had already merged the two division headquarters into one, which also facilitated unified command. Although Wang Yizhe did not say who was the commander-in-chief of the siege before leaving, Zhang Tingshu consciously put himself in the position of deputy.

Although the commander of the Heilongjiang Group Army has reiterated on many occasions that there is no such thing as arguing about seniority here in Heilongjiang, it has always been the capable who are on the top and the mediocre on the bottom. However, everyone knows that in fact, the army itself is the most serious collective in the world, and Zhang Tingshu was originally the chief of staff of Chang Jingwu, and he was a newcomer who had only formed the army for less than half a year. What's more, he also heard such a rumor, among the combat units of the fifty or sixty infantry divisions of the Heilongjiang Group Army, although Chang Jingwu Qiren cannot be said to be a mediocre talent, his talent can only be regarded as a medium level among so many division commanders of the Heilongjiang Group Army, but why would Wang Yizhe hand over to him the command of the Fifth Division, a unit that is considered a veteran powerhouse in the Heilongjiang Group Army? Without him, be faithful!

It can be said that Chang Jingwu's loyalty to Wang Yizhe is counted among so many military commanders of the Heilongjiang Group Army, otherwise there are not no people who are more talented than Chang Jingwu, but they can only command a newly formed division-level unit or serve as the commander of a local garrison force, and this is the secret.

However, although Chang Jingwu's talent is not too prominent, this person is very bold and generous, and he often helps his colleagues on weekdays, and has an easy-going personality, so his reputation among colleagues is very good. Just like the battle of Liaoyuan City this time, although Zhang Tingshu made it clear that he was the leader of the horse, he did not act arbitrarily, and Zhang Tingshu discussed it before issuing the order, which can be regarded as giving Zhang Tingshu enough face.

Chang Jingwu and Zhang Tingshu in the headquarters were sitting together to discuss the next military action, Chang Jingwu pointed to the offensive renderings drawn by the staff officers and said with a smile: "Zhang Tingshu, the little devil can't grow a rabbit's tail this time, you see that now the Japanese army has begun to requisition a lot of people from their 'Township Reclamation Regiment' to help defend the city." In my opinion, we only need to attack for two more days, and it is only a matter of time before this Japanese army is destroyed. ”

Zhang Tingshu nodded, "The reason is good, but we also have to prevent the little devil from jumping off the wall in a hurry, you must know that there are many of our ordinary people in the control area of the little devil." "Humph!" Chang Jingwu slapped the table, "If the little devil really dares to do this kind of thing, we have caught tens of thousands of people from the Japanese 'Reclamation Regiment', and it is not good-looking, and the gun in Lao Tzu's hand will also kill!" ”

After listening to Chang Jingwu's murderous words, Zhang Tingshu couldn't help nodding secretly in his heart, it is worthy of following Wang Yizhe to kill a few people back and forth from the Siberian battlefield, although he has an easy-going personality on weekdays, he is brave and tenacious in battle, and he is full of murderous spirit!

Just when the Fifth Division and the 41st Division attacked Liaoyuan, Su Haicheng also commanded six infantry divisions and an armored division with a total of 130,000 troops to follow the pace of the Japanese retreat to Jinzhou City.

In charge of Jinzhou's defense was Lieutenant General Ryosuke Isoya, the deputy chief of the General Staff of the Kwantung Army, who had suffered a great loss in Vladivostok, and this time he had learned his lesson, and a week earlier he had ordered five divisions in Jinzhou and hundreds of thousands of civilians in Jinzhou to repair the earth on the outskirts of Jinzhou.

Under the pressure of the Japanese army's bayonets and guns, hundreds of thousands of Jinzhou civilians surrounded Jinzhou with barbed wire, anti-tank trenches, and trenches in a week.

At the strong request of Ryosuke Isoya, Umezu Mijiro transferred all the more than 200 anti-tank guns and more than 100 antiaircraft guns, including antiaircraft guns ranging from 20 mm to 75 mm, in the Kwantung Army, except for the few defensive lines in Jilin Province to defend Vladivostok, and built a solid defensive line with a radius of more than 30 kilometers around Jinzhou. In short, Ryosuke Isoya's purpose was to build Jinzhou into a solid turtle shell, which was bound to allow Hu Lian's 41st Group Army to fold its wings here.

Moreover, Isoya Ryosuke did not contain the nearly 300,000 Japanese troops who had been defeated from the Tongliao front, but put them all on the train and sent them all to Mukden. Ryosuke Isoya believed that if the 300,000 newly defeated Japanese troops were allowed to stay in Jinzhou, it would only lead to a decline in the morale of the Jinzhou defenders, and it would be better to let them go to Mukden to rest and recuperate, and they would be a new force again in less than half a month.

In an inconspicuous observation post on the outskirts of Jinzhou, Su Haicheng was taking several staff officers from the headquarters to observe the defense line on the periphery of Jinzhou. When Su Haicheng read it carefully, his brows were tightly locked, and he sighed for a long time, "Brother You Qing, you see that the Japanese fortifications are built like turtle shells, and even if our heavy artillery wants to knock them open, it will take a lot of effort!" ”

Huang Jianfeng, who was on the side, shook his head, "Not only that, according to the intelligence department, the Japanese army also specially transferred a heavy artillery brigade this time, and a total of more than 300 heavy artillery pieces were deployed on the periphery of Jinzhou. It is said that there are also heavy howitzers of the Meiji 45 type 244 mm caliber in it, and the number of artillery alone is almost the same as ours in terms of the number of Japanese troops, which is a hard bone. If we pounce forward, it's hard to say whether we can take Jinzhou, and even if we do, I'm afraid the troops will suffer more than half of the casualties....."

Huang Jianfeng didn't say the latter words, but Su Haicheng also heard the meaning of Huang Jianfeng's words, if it was really a hundred thousand casualties before Jinzhou was defeated, Wang Yizhe was afraid that he would have to eat the two of them raw. Both of them also knew that Wang Yizhe and Jiang Qiang's death standards on the battlefield in Shandong were according to Wang Yizhe's temper, Wang Yizhe was not allowed to have casualties in the war, but it was absolutely not allowed to fill in the names of people. If all the elites of the Heilongjiang Group Army were lost here, even if Jinzhou was barely captured, Umezu Mijiro would definitely order the follow-up troops to continue to counterattack, and then not only Jinzhou could not be defended, but even Liaoyuan and Tongliao could not be guaranteed.

Su Haicheng paced a few laps in a row and then raised his head suddenly, and said with a firm gaze: "The ground forces attack and lose too much, then we will use air power to knock open this turtle shell, I don't believe it, this turtle shell of Ryosuke Isoya is really an iron king who can't break iron!" ”

Jiang Baili, the Theater Command of the Harbin Group Army in Heilongjiang Province, took a telegram and handed it to Wang Yizhe, "Wang Yizhe, this is a plan jointly sent by Su Haicheng and Huang Jianfeng to attack Jinzhou, can you see what the problem is?" Wang Yizhe put down the document in his hand, took the telegram and read it carefully, and shook his head a little depressedly, "The Japanese have made up their minds to defend this time, you see, Jinzhou is about to turn into a turtle shell." Even if the 41st Army captured Jinzhou, the casualties were definitely indispensable, and the best result was more than half of the casualties! ”

"That's why Su Haicheng asked us to send additional heavy bombers to bomb the outer defense line of Jinzhou!" Jiang Baili smiled slightly, "The Japanese have a problem for Su Haicheng and them!" Wang Yizhe smiled coldly, "Hmph, there has never been an impenetrable line of defense in the world, just like the Maginot Line, it's not ....." "Maginot Line?" Jiang Baili asked in surprise: "That's the strongest defense line in the world, don't you take it seriously Wang Yizhe?" ”

"Ugh!" Wang Yizhe knew that he had leaked his mouth, the Maginot Line that had just been built the year before last was the pride of the whole French, but it was still broken by the Germans, and his mouth almost leaked the heavenly opportunity: "No, I said, even a strong defense line like Maginot can be breached, not to mention the defense line composed of broken copper and iron that Little Japan has only repaired for less than ten days." ”

"Hehe, Wang Yizhe, you are really ambitious, you don't even pay attention to the Maginot Line." Jiang Baili just smiled faintly, but when Wang Yizhe said it when he was young and vigorous, he didn't take Wang Yizhe's words to heart. "Since the Japanese built Jinzhou into a turtle shell, then let's break him, didn't Gao Zhihang always complain that several heavy bomber brigades under him were about to lose their jobs? Let them move tomorrow! "In the end, it was our Wang Yizhe who made the final decision and agreed to Su Haicheng's attack plan.

The first and second lines of defense were guarded by the puppet army of three divisions of the puppet Manchukuo, the third to the fifth defense line was guarded by three divisions of the Japanese army, and the remaining two divisions were stationed in Jinzhou City, or as a mobile force responsible for reinforcements.

As soon as the sky was dark, the sound of a buzzing engine came from the sky outside Jinzhou, which became louder and louder, and soon alarmed all the Japanese troops on the defensive line. "Airplanes, planes of the people of China! Hurry up! The commander of the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery position pointed to the sky and howled.

Immediately on the position, a burst of ".....knock knock knock" cannon sound rang out, hundreds of antiaircraft artillery opened fire en masse, and bursts of black smoke and fire floated from the sky, the situation was quite spectacular, but the heavy bombers that came to bomb this time carried out high-altitude bombing, and the planes flew at an altitude of 10,000 meters, and these antiaircraft guns of the Japanese army could only be bold below. The task requirements of the heavy bomber group are also very simple, as long as the bombs are not dropped into the city of Jinzhou, as for the 30-kilometer-wide defense line built by the Japanese army, they can bomb it however they want.

A bomber group composed of hundreds of B17 'Flying Fortresses' and more than 100 Flying Eagle 4 'Liberator' heavy bombers flew over Jinzhou, and in this way, one bombshell after another fell on the heads of the Japanese puppet army with their arrival. Since they were all heavy bombers, they were also carrying heavy aerial bombs

And because the flight distance is also very close, the plane can be fully loaded or even reduced fuel for loading bombs, let's say, unlike the bombing of Japan, the 500 kg of high-explosive bombs they carried this time are considered small, and some bombers even carry 1,000 or even 2,000 kg of heavy aerial bombs.

For a time, the Japanese positions were blown up to the ground, and many Japanese soldiers on the positions were shocked to death by the shock wave of the bombshells. In many places, a bombshell went down, and immediately a large crater of more than 100 meters wide and several meters deep appeared, and after the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery was hit, dozens or even hundreds of people were blown up without a trace by the strong explosive force of the bomb.

"Moxi Moxi, I'm Matsui United, our defensive line was heavily bombed by Shina aircraft, we were heavily bombed by Shina planes, the wing suffered heavy losses, ask for tactical guidance, ask for tactical guidance!" "Moxi Moxi, I'm the Jinzhou City Command, what do you say? Heavy losses from bombing? Mossi Moxi.... Damn the phone line was blown up! ”

For a while, Isoya Ryosuke's headquarters was in a mess, and there were calls for help from various defense lines, and the officers in the command headquarters were so anxious that Isoya Ryosuke, who was still asleep, was also urgently called up by his subordinates, and in the face of this sudden bombing, Isoya Ryosuke, who was originally full of confidence to turn Jinzhou into the grave of his opponent, and his subordinates were dumbfounded. The opponent's high-altitude bombing has turned all the plans that were prepared into waste paper.

In the command headquarters, Ryosuke Isoya was roaring loudly: "How can this be, isn't our anti-aircraft artillery useless at all?" "Your Excellency Lieutenant General, our largest caliber antiaircraft artillery is only 75 millimeters, and the heavy bombers of the Chinese people are bombing at an altitude of nearly 10,000 meters, and our antiaircraft artillery can't hit them at all." A staff officer reported bitterly.

After listening to the staff officer's report, Isoya Ryosuke didn't have any good options, so he ordered the troops to retreat for fear that the enemy on the opposite side would take the opportunity to occupy his position, and if he didn't retreat, he could only be a live target in the same place, which would stump Ryosuke Isoya.

Fortunately, the bomber group came and went quickly and suddenly, and half an hour later, after the bombs were tilted, the bombers flew away with a swagger, leaving only a desolate position for the Japanese troops.

In desperation, Ryosuke Isoya had no choice but to report the problem to the Kwantung Army Command, and let the commander Umezu Mijiro solve it. When Umezu Mijiro and Ishihara received the telegram from Ryosuke Isoya asking for help, there was no good solution, and your anti-aircraft artillery couldn't even rub people's skins, what else could you do.

Seeing the bitterness on Ishihara's face, Umezu Mijiro comforted: "Ishihara-kun, the supplementary fighters we transferred from the mainland will arrive soon, and the fighters of the two flying regiments sent by the North China Dispatch Army will also arrive this afternoon, I believe we will soon be able to regain the initiative in the sky." ”

Ishihara sighed softly, "What can we do if we come, the Empire's fighter can obviously not be as good as the Zhina fighter, and it is only barely supported when it comes, and now the only thing we can count on is that the new fighter promised by the base camp will arrive as soon as possible." "By the way, Tojo-kun is going to return to China today to report on his work, aren't you going to send him off?" Seeing that Ishihara was in a bad mood, Umezu Mijiro quickly changed the topic.

Since Hideki Tojo commanded 500,000 Japanese troops and suffered a great defeat on the front line of Tongliao Shomu, the base camp that was angry and embarrassed sent a telegram, asking him to return to Tokyo immediately to report on his work, and the post of chief of general staff of the Kwantung Army was replaced by Deputy Chief of Staff Ishihara Wanji, and today is the day when Hideki Tojo returns to Japan.

Ishihara sighed, "If we don't see each other, our views on the strategic policy of the empire are fundamentally different, and if we meet, maybe it's another quarrel, so it's better not to see each other!" Umezu Mijiro frowned and said suspiciously, "Ishihara-kun, I found that your attitude towards Shina has changed a little recently, which is a very dangerous omen." ”

Ishihara smiled bitterly, "Umezu-kun, it's not that my attitude has changed, it's that reality forces me to change. Well, Umezu-kun, let me ask you, do you think that our Great Japanese Empire alone can really defeat the United States, Britain, Germany, and Soviet Russia and dominate the world? "This ....." Umezu Mijiro hesitated a little, although the Japanese are arrogant, but they are not arrogant enough to imagine that they can occupy the whole world with more than 70 million people and millions of troops in Japan alone, otherwise it is not called arrogance, but brain damage.

Although Tanaka said in his compromise, he wanted to dominate the world, but it was just an idea, and even a little sane Japanese knew how unrealistic it was to realize it. Umezu Mijiro was no exception, and in his heart he thought that it would be good for Japan to occupy China and dominate Asia, but as for occupying the whole world? Please, I'm just a soldier, not a fantasist!

But now that he saw that Ishihara's attitude towards Huaxia had gradually changed, he had to remind this friend. Ishihara continued: "It turns out that I, like you, am full of confidence in the conquest of China, believing that at most one year's efforts can complete the de facto occupation through self-government, division, encroachment, and so on, so that our Japanese Empire will have a territory ten or dozens of times wider than the mainland. But now I find that I am wrong, through the rise of General Tang Juwu in Shanghai in the past few years, it has been shown that the hope of our great Japanese empire to occupy China has become more and more slim, Umezu-kun, have you not found that now we are struggling to even keep Manchuria? ”

Umezu Mijiro just listened and didn't say anything: "Because Ishihara Waner is telling the truth." "I've been thinking about a question all this time, Umezu-kun, why do you say that the people of China and us have now become mortal enemies? Do we and the people of China have to have a country fall to solve the problem? "Then I thought, is it possible for us to join forces with the Chinese people to fight for expansion?" By the time Ishihara said this, Umezu Mijiro had opened his mouth so wide that he could stuff a jī egg.

When he said this, Ishihara's face suddenly showed a fanatical expression: "Our empire has a powerful navy and sophisticated technology, and the people of China have vast strategic depth and abundant human and mineral resources, if we can join forces, we can join forces to challenge those Caucasian people and establish a new order in the world together!" ”

Umezu Mijiro shook his head and sighed, "You're crazy, you must be crazy!" Ishihara-kun, do you think we can still get along with the Shina people now? Now our two countries are mortal enemies! Ishihara also sighed after listening to Umezu Mijiro's words, and said like a deflated ball: "Yes, it's too late to say this, our two countries can't live in peace anymore, unless one of them is willing to be a vassal of the other, but is this possible?" Looking at the clear sky outside the window, Ishihara's mood at this time was unprecedentedly bad!