●"What?" Junroku, Hashimoto Toranosuke and others heard this and the military expressions changed drastically.

"What did you say? Guanjiabao was captured by the Chinese?" Junliu grabbed the collar of the communications soldier and roared in disbelief: "What happened? How did the Chinese pass through the Liaohe Bridge?"

"General, the Chinese did not cross the Liaohe River from the Liaohe River Bridge. They probably crossed the Liaohe River from other places." The communications soldier lowered his head and replied.

"Bagaya Road." Junliu pushed the signal soldier away and said angrily: "Guanjiapu must be recaptured. We must not let the Chinese destroy the Liaohe Bridge."

"Junjun, now that Guanjiabao has been captured by the Chinese, the Liaohe Bridge may not be preserved." Hashimoto Toranosuke said with a solemn expression.

Hashimoto Toranosuke hit the mark. As soon as he finished speaking, another communications soldier hurried in and said without even saluting: "Your Excellency, the Guanjiabao Liao River Bridge has been destroyed by the China Army's blasts."

Junliu's face was gloomy and terrifying, and the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily.

Hashimoto Toranosuke suggested: "Toshijun, the most urgent task now is to retake Guanjiabao from the Xinmin organization and rush to repair the Liaohe River Bridge."

"Order the Xinmin garrison commander to immediately mobilize troops, recapture Guanjiapu at all costs, and open up the connection between Xinmin and Shenyang." Junliu gritted his teeth.

"General, not only do we need to mobilize troops from Xinmin to counterattack, but it is also best to send another army from Shenyang. Only then can a two-sided attack be effective!" Noda Cugu suggested.

Tieling.

"Commander, there is a call from Li Zhenyuan. Guanjiabao has been captured and the Liaohe Bridge has been blown up." Li Guocai saluted Zhang Xinghan with a message in his hand.

"Well, very good, call back to Li Zhenyuan and defend Guanjiapu at all costs. At the same time, send another message to Wang Yizhe and order him to launch an attack on Xinmin City immediately. The Air Force will fully cooperate with their actions." Zhang Xinghan nodded happily and ordered.

"Yes, Commander!" Li Guocai stood up and responded.

After Li Guocai left, Zhang Xinghan said to Liu Jianguo, Zhao Zhenfan and Du Ting: "You immediately command the 2nd and 10th divisions to launch a fierce attack on the Japanese defense line in Shenyang to contain the Japanese army in Shenyang and cooperate with the West Route Army to attack Xinmin.

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**The 4th Division is responsible for Beida Camp, and the 2nd and 10th Divisions bypass Beida Camp respectively and are responsible for launching attacks to Dongshanzuizi in the east of Shenyang City and in the west of the city!"

"Yes!" The three of them responded at the same time, and immediately took the order and left.

Zhangwu County, Northeast New Army West Route Army Headquarters.

A communications staff officer held a telegram and saluted Wang Yizhe and Gao Chu: "Commander-in-Chief Zhang urgently telegraphed

"Read it!" Wang Yizhe raised his hand to signal.

"Today, Guanjiapu, a strategic location between Xinmin and Shenyang, has been cut off by our army and the Liaohe River Bridge has been destroyed. The opportunity has arisen to encircle and annihilate the enemies of Xinmin. I have specially ordered all units of the West Route Army to immediately attack Xinmin City to completely annihilate the Japanese troops here.

, don’t let anyone slip through the net, the Air Force will do its best to provide you with air support! Zhang Xinghan, commander-in-chief of the Northeast New Army, January 23, 22nd year of the Republic of China.

"The communications officer read quickly.

Wang Yizhe and the commander of the 9th Division, Gao Chu, looked at each other and said with their foreheads: "Call back to the Commander-in-Chief, we will resolutely implement the orders from the headquarters."

The communications staff officer saluted, turned around and took the order.

After the communications staff officer left, Wang Yizhe and Gao Chu looked at each other, nodded, and immediately picked up the phone to contact the frontline regiments.

"I am Wang Yizhe, attack immediately."

In the early morning of that morning, a heavy artillery brigade of the West Route Army and two divisions' direct artillery regiments totaled four artillery regiments. Nearly two hundred howitzers began to fire fiercely at the field defense positions of the New Civil Guard Army.

Not long after, dozens of bombers from the pilot divisions taking off from Tongliao, Changchun and Jilin arrived one after another under the cover of twenty combat aircraft.

Cooperating with the ground artillery troops, they violently bombarded the Japanese positions outside Xinmin City.

The entire city outside Xinmin was instantly engulfed in a sea of ​​flames.

At the same time, on the plain northeast of Xinmin City, two tank divisions of the Northeastern New Army were engaged in fierce exchanges of fire with nearly 10,000 Japanese troops.

These more than 10,000 Japanese troops were drawn from Xinmin City for the purpose of retaking Guanjiapu.

However, they had just left the city when they were discovered by the armored group army's scouts. Li Zhenyuan immediately commanded two tank divisions with 600 tanks and armored vehicles to use their mobility and assault capabilities.

Attacked head on and launched a surprise charge towards the Japanese army.

The area covered by 600 tanks is more than two kilometers wide, and thousands of vehicle-mounted machine guns fire more than hundreds of thousands of dense bullets every minute. From this, you can imagine how dense and terrifying this kind of firepower is.

Four hundred tank guns caused extremely heavy casualties to the Japanese counterattack troops.

As the strategic ground mobile force of the Northeast New Army, the combat effectiveness of the Armored Group is unquestionable. They have demonstrated their value with their performance.

This further proves their combat effectiveness.

The two sides fought for less than an hour, and the three fully formed Japanese troops suffered heavy casualties and were all routed back.

Li Zhenyuan led the armored troops to pursue the enemy to the east and north gates of Xinmin before giving up.

Along the way, the Japanese were killed and injured, and corpses lay everywhere.

In such an open wilderness, the Japanese army, which lacked a large number of effective anti-tank weapons, were like lambs to be slaughtered in front of 600 tanks and armored vehicles, with no power to fight back.

Especially since the two sides are still in a state of encounter.

The New People's Army lost thousands of troops, but could not even see the shadow of Guanjiabao. The defensive front was hit by an unprecedented fierce attack by the Northeastern New Army.

The position was plowed several times by artillery shells and aerial bombs, and the large number of carefully constructed permanent defenses were almost completely destroyed.

Especially after conventional shelling and bombing, Wang Yizhe ordered the artillery units to use incendiary bombs, which caused extremely heavy casualties to the Japanese.

On the first day alone, the Japanese troops of the New People's Republic of China suffered over 10,000 casualties.

This was not without reason. The counterattack troops that first left the city were attacked head-on by two tank divisions, and almost the entire army was wiped out.

The Japanese troops in frontal defense were completely destroyed by the combined attack of aviation and ground artillery fire from the Northeastern New Army.

After losing the cover of fortifications, the Japanese army's casualty rate increased sharply due to subsequent bombing and incendiary bomb attacks by the Northeastern New Army.

In the final analysis, Shenyang and Xinmin are not dangerous places with high mountains. The Japanese army was stationed in the Songliao Plain and could not build tunnel fortifications like the People's Liberation Army did in Shangganling.

It is even more impossible to turn the battle between Shenyang and Xinmin into Ban Island.

After all, no matter how strong the Japanese defenses in the plains were, they could not withstand the devastating bombing of tens of thousands of tons of aerial bombs and artillery shells.

Moreover, the Japanese also lack air superiority compared to Saipan.

A large number of fortifications were lost, and the Japanese defense line outside the city was in danger under the constant air raids and bombings by the air force and artillery.

By the evening of that day, Xinmin garrison commander and current commander of the Sixth Division, Kashii Kohei, and his staff had begun to discuss abandoning their positions outside the city, holding on to the city walls, and engaging in street fighting with the Northeastern New Army.

After all, the losses would be too great if they continued to stand outside the city. Without air superiority and solid defenses, the imperial army was almost a living target for the artillery and air force of the New Northeast Army.

However, Junroku and Hashimoto Toranosuke, who were in Shenyang, firmly disagreed with them giving up their field positions outside the city.

Because they also knew that once the defense line outside the city was abandoned, the imperial army would be completely passive in the battle of Xinmin City.

Therefore, Shunroku strictly ordered Kashii Kohei to continue to persist, and at the same time, taking advantage of the fact that the threat of the Northeast New Army Air Force no longer existed at night, he mobilized heavy troops from Fushun, Sujiatun and Dingtao and began to cross the river overnight to counterattack Guanjiapu.

In an attempt to re-open the connection between the Japanese army in Shenyang and Xinmin City, as long as the two places are connected, the Japanese army can continue to hold on.

Shenyang and Xinmin were at loggerheads. Once Xinmin fell, Shenyang would not be able to hold on for long.

It was night, on the frontal battlefield between Shenyang and Xinmin, the Northeast New Army's day-long battle had just come to a halt.

Three thousand officers and soldiers of the Northeast New Army on the defensive position of the Liaohe River in Guanjiabao had just had dinner and were guarding the position in strict formation.

During the day, there were tank divisions blocking the front and the air force threatening the other side of the Liao River. The Japanese army simply could not get through. The officers and soldiers of this infantry regiment had nothing to fight and had already had a good rest for the day.

At this time, the physical and mental strength of the officers and soldiers were restored to their best condition.

On the river, a cool breeze blew, making people shiver involuntarily.

This infantry regiment is affiliated to the 10th Division of the Northeastern New Army. It is designated Regiment 1. The regiment leader is Gao Chu, the commander of the 10th Division. A veteran named Ge Quanwu was brought out by the old 3rd Battalion.

Since there are two tank divisions deployed on the periphery in the southwest, the main defense direction of Ge Quanwu's regiment is across the Liaohe River.

He deployed the first battalion along the river bank, and all the machine gun and artillery units directly under the regiment were assigned to the first battalion to defend the river. The cavalry reconnaissance company was responsible for patrolling and guarding along the river bank.

The second battalion was deployed for defense facing the southwest, while the third battalion was kept in reserve.

The Liaohe River is 100 to 200 meters wide at its widest point and only tens of meters narrow at its narrowest point.

The river surface at the Liaohe River Bridge in Guanjiabao is about 70 meters wide.

The forward position of Ge Quanwu Regiment is less than 200 meters away from the river bank, which ensures that the river bank and the river surface are within the effective coverage range of their light and heavy firepower.

With such a close distance, if the Japanese army crossed the river on the other side, it would be impossible to hide the guard post of the Gequan Military Regiment.

However, the Japanese army obviously would not be so stupid as to cross the river on the other side of Guanjiabao.

They chose to cross the river in the upstream section three kilometers north of Guanjiabao.

However, as soon as the Japanese army crossed less than one group, they were discovered by two patrolling cavalrymen from a reconnaissance company.

The cavalry opened fire and quickly fired signal flares into the night sky.

ps: I'm sorry, brothers. After writing the fifth update last night, I was told that my parents-in-law need to prepare paper to tie up the sedan chair and banners. This is the custom of my hometown.

So I was forced to give up and continue typing, and my father still had a knife on his body. I had to run for these things, and I owe you five chapters to update.

The cremation was just done today, and the funeral will be officially held tomorrow. Our whole family is going to go. We expect to be back in the afternoon. Then we will work hard to write. I will make up for everyone’s five updates before the 31st, and guarantee that it will not be less than five updates.

It's raining heavily outside, there's lightning and thunder, and there's a power outage at home. I wrote and uploaded this chapter using my laptop and wireless network card. The fan doesn't work and it's almost too hot. That's it. If a call comes later, at least I can still

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