Under the crossfire of ninety tanks and one hundred and eighty mg34 general-purpose machine guns, the chaotic Japanese army fell in pieces like wheat.

Behind the tank group, more than 5,000 infantrymen from two motorized infantry regiments followed in time. Thousands of rifles and hundreds of machine guns poured bullets on the Japanese soldiers' heads like water.

The bombardment from grenades and mortars made the enemy's situation even worse.

There is absolutely no suspense in such a battle. This is not the era of cold weapons. It is naturally impossible for the Japanese to stage a last-ditch battle and turn defeat into victory.

Surrounded on three sides by nearly a hundred tanks, thousands of cavalry, and more than 5,000 infantry, they faced a dense rain of hundreds of thousands of bullets every minute.

Thousands of Japanese soldiers fell as fast as straw under the blade of a combine harvester.

What's more, there are more than a dozen Chinese fighter jets in the sky that are constantly swooping, sweeping, and bombing.

Massacre, this is a complete massacre battle.

Half an hour later, this massacre battle came to an end as the last remaining Japanese soldiers fell.

Within a few miles of the entire north bank, there were corpses of Japanese soldiers everywhere. There was no blood everywhere, because under the severe low temperature, after the Japanese soldiers were shot, the hot blood would not flow out much because the blood outside the wound would freeze.

ice and stopped.

Some of the blasted ice in the river has begun to re-form with a thin layer of ice.

The corpses of the Japanese floating above were also slowly frozen.

Zhang Xinghan stood on the tank and looked around expressionlessly at the battlefield filled with Japanese corpses.

At this moment, there was no disturbance in his heart, as if only a few thousand pigs had died.

It's not that Zhang Xinghan is cold-blooded, but that no Chinese son or daughter with blood and conscience will have the slightest mercy or kindness towards the Japanese invaders.

At the end of the massacre-style battle just now, the frightened Japanese army dropped their guns and knelt down begging for surrender.

There is no doubt that the only answer they received was a dense rain of machine gun bullets.

"Xinghan, according to the Air Force reconnaissance report, the remaining two divisions of the Japanese Army should have arrived in Ningcheng County by now." Wang Yizhe, commander of the 1st Motorized Infantry Division, walked over in military uniform.

"I should have known by now that the main force of the 8th Division was attacked." Zhang Xinghan said thoughtfully.

"Well, you should know." Wang Yizhe nodded.

"Uncle Wang, please pass on the order. The troops will immediately return to Chifeng, cross the river from Yuanbaoshan, march eastward, and then go south along the Laoha River and go straight to Ningcheng!" Zhang Xinghan said.

"We want to attack Ningcheng? The Japanese army has two divisions in Ningcheng. If they can't hold on, won't it be difficult to attack by force?" Wang Yizhe said.

"If the enemy cannot get out, we will bypass Ningcheng and advance directly to Chengde. We are not afraid that the little devil will not come out." Zhang Xinghan said confidently.

"Well, I'll do it right away." Wang Yizhe nodded, turned and left.

……………Ningcheng County, Zhang Xinghan and Wang Yizhe’s expectations were right. The 4th Division and the 7th Division had already learned that the main force of the 8th Division had been attacked, and in less than an hour,

News that the entire army was wiped out within a short period of time.

Frightened into a cold sweat, the commander of the 4th Division, Nobuyuki Abe, and the 7th Division, Taro Nakagawa, quickly ordered the troops to stop advancing and stationed in Ningcheng County.

In Ningcheng County, inside the temporary headquarters of the 4th Division.

Abe Nobuyuki said in shock: "Nakagawa-kun, we have all been fooled. China surrounded Chifeng but did not attack. The purpose is to lure us to reinforce, so that they can ambush us in the middle."

Taro Nakagawa nodded with deep understanding: "Yes, Mr. Abe is right, but should we just give up and support Chifeng? You must know that the headquarters of the 8th Division is in Chifeng City, and Commander Muto Nobuyoshi is...

We are strictly ordered to provide immediate relief."

"We have to report the actual situation in Rehe clearly to Commander Muto. I think he will make correct judgments and instructions. As for Nakamura Takajun and his division headquarters, we can only express our condolences. His Majesty the Yao Emperor will

Bless them." Nobuyuki Abe said solemnly.

……………………Jinzhou, headquarters of the Kwantung Army, the Japanese invading army.

When Chief of Staff Hashimoto Toranosuke received the message from Nobuyuki Abe, he was so shocked that he could almost put a duck egg in his mouth.

In panic, he quickly walked into Muto Nobuyoshi's office, suddenly closed his feet and saluted and reported: "Your Excellency, General, we have just received an urgent telegram from the 4th Division from Rehe."

"Read it!" Muto Nobuyoshi raised his head and waved his hands.

"The 8th Division's encirclement in Chifeng was a cunning conspiracy. China was encircled and did not attack. Instead, it set up heavy troops to ambush the main force of the 8th Division in the middle of the road as it rushed back to support Chifeng. As a result, the two main regiments of the 8th Division were completely annihilated.

In order to prevent being attacked by China's armored assault troops, our department and the friendly forces of the 7th Division have decided to stop the march towards Chifeng, Nobuyuki Abe, commander of the 4th Division," Hashimoto Toranosuke said quickly.

"What?" Muto Xinyi stood up suddenly in shock, slapped the table and roared angrily: "Baga Ya Road, a bunch of losers!"

"General, please calm down. It's not that the Imperial Army is incompetent, but that the armored assault force of the China Army is simply too powerful. By the time of the Battle of Tongliao, their size had at least doubled, and they were calculated and unprepared.

With the timely support of the Air Force, the Imperial Army was attacked from both sides, its retreat was blocked, and it lacked effective anti-tank weapons. It is not surprising that it failed." Hashimoto Toranosuke comforted.

He was really afraid that the old officer, who was already over sixty years old, would drive Hexi to see the Great God Yaozhao in a fit of anger.

Muto Nobuyoshi's mouth couldn't help twitching, his fists were clenched tightly, and he said angrily: "Zhang Xinghan mobilized such a heavy force to enter Rehe, and there must not be many troops left in his Tongliao base area. Orders No. 2, 6, 10.14, etc.

The divisions must seize the opportunity to capture Tongliao. Each division will attack with all its strength regardless of whether it is a main attack or a feint attack. If you are the first to capture Tongliao, I will give you a grand award from His Majesty Emperor Ming Yao!"

"Hai." Hashimoto Toranosuke lowered his head and responded, then raised his head and asked: "But, General, what about Chifeng County? The 8th Division Headquarters and the 5th Infantry Regiment are still trapped in it."

Muto Nobuyoshi pondered for a moment and said: "Give General Nakamura Kotaro a power and ask him to find a way to break out of the encirclement at night. If he cannot break out, ask him to show the integrity of an emperor and be loyal to His Majesty the Yao Emperor!"

Hashimoto Toranosuke's expression froze, then he suddenly lowered his head in response, turned around and left.

……………………Chifeng County, 8th Division Headquarters.

Kogi Muraki walked up to Nakamura Kotaro with the message he had just received with a somewhat miserable expression. He even forgot to salute and said: "General, Commander Nobuyoshi Muto is calling."

"Huh?" Nakamura Kotaro raised his head and looked at Kogi Muraki, feeling a hint of ominousness in his expression.

He reached out to take the telegram, opened it and read it over. Nakamura Kotaro's expression changed again and again. He suddenly tore the telegram into pieces with his hands, clenched it tightly into fists, breathed rapidly and said with twitching mouth corners: "Order the 5th Regiment, Division

Directly under the command of each unit, fight with jade!"

"General, the 17th Infantry Regiment has an urgent call!" At this time, another Japanese Army communications lieutenant hurriedly walked in.

"Read it!" Nakamura Kotaro ordered through gritted teeth.

"Our unit has got rid of the entanglement of Sun Dianying's unit of the Chinese Army. We will arrive in Chifeng this evening. We have learned about the destruction of the 31st and 32nd Infantry Regiments. Now the main force of the Chinese Army outside Chifeng City has moved south to Ningcheng. We have learned

decide

It is scheduled to attack the Chinese army outside the west gate at 12 o'clock in the morning tonight. The general can lead the troops in the city to respond, take the opportunity to break out and evacuate Chifeng, and then make plans. The commander of the 17th Infantry Regiment, Iteng Shisanlang, sent a message." Communications Lieutenant

Read quickly.

Nakamura Kotaro and Xiaoyi Muraki both brightened up when they heard this. Xiaoyi Muraki even said a little excitedly: "General, we still have hope, we haven't reached the last moment yet!"

"Yes." Kotaro Nakamura nodded with deep understanding and said, "Inform the departments of the 5th Regiment and Division Headquarters to make preparations, and call back to the Anden Regiment to agree on a time."

"Hai." Xiaoyoshi Muraki and the communications lieutenant suddenly lowered their heads and responded, then turned and left.

……………………North of Ningcheng County, south bank of Laoha River.

Zhang Xinghan has already led a tank regiment, a cavalry regiment and two motorized infantry divisions to arrive here.

As he expected, the scouts learned that all the Japanese troops had retreated into the county town.

"Commander, what should we do? Attack the city?" Armored Brigade Commander Li Zhenyuan asked.

"It's O, the division commander, who just happened to kill the devils from these two divisions at once." Liu Jianguo, deputy commander of the 1st Motorized Infantry Division, said.

Zhang Xinghan pondered for a moment and said to everyone's surprise: "Order, the troops immediately bypass Ningcheng and advance towards Chengde."

………………Ningcheng County.

Nobuyuki Abe and Taro Nakagawa were pacing back and forth anxiously in the headquarters.

Just when they were getting tired of waiting, a Japanese cavalry officer walked into the headquarters quickly.

After saluting Erru, he said: "Report to your Excellency, General, that Chinaru did not attack the city, but ran towards the southeast."

"What? Southeast direction?" Nobuyuki Abe heard this and quickly turned around and walked to the map. When he looked at the map, his face suddenly turned pale, "Is China going to attack Chengde?"

"Abe-kun, what should we do?" Taro Nakagawa was also sweating on his forehead.

"Chengde is the provincial capital of Rehe. The imperial army has just captured it. If we sit back and ignore it, we will probably lose it again!" Nobu Abe paced back and forth as anxiously as ants on a hot pot, and suddenly stopped and said: "

Send a message to Commander Muto, yes, and ask him to make a decision!"
Chapter completed!