Shunroku Hata took the message with a sullen face, and when he looked away, his extremely gloomy face suddenly turned livid, and his brows were even more tightly knitted.

Noda Cuckoo asked curiously: "General, what did Commander Muto say?"

Shunroku Hata did not answer, but directly handed the message to Noda Cuckoo.

Noda Cuckoo took the telegram and took a quick look at it, and his expression suddenly changed drastically.

Suppressing his excitement, Noda Cuckoo asked: "General, what should we do? Do we follow the order to organize an evacuation?"

Shunroku Hata looked up at Noda Cuckoo with a solemn expression. He looked at him and his heart went crazy. Then he said: "Noda-kun, you and I have been working together for a while. Please tell me your opinion. What do you think about Shenyang? Can you continue to hold on?"

"Speak from your heart without any psychological burden."

A trace of confusion flashed in Noda Cuckoo's eyes, and finally he had the courage to say: "Reporting to the general, I believe that what Commander Muto said in the message is reasonable. We did lose the Shenyang battle."

After saying that, Noda Cuckoo lowered his head, not daring to look at Hata Shunroku's gloomy and scary face and eyes.

But I never thought that Toshiro Hata would make a surprising statement: "Then retreat."

Noda Cuckoo looked up at Hata Shunroku to make sure he didn't seem to be joking.

Just then, he suddenly lowered his head and said, "Hai!" He turned around and walked away quickly with his saber in hand.

In the north of the city, in the first-line trenches of the 2nd Division of the Japanese Army, Alice and Irene were finally found, and were eventually taken away from the first-line trenches on the grounds of safety.

Before leaving, Erin and Alice took as many precious photos as possible. Because the soldiers in some photos were likely to die in the next moment.

These photos may even become the only images they have left in the world.

Peking Camp. When Alice and Irene were brought back to their starting point, the attack base on the front line of the Northeastern New Army.

They found that the security at the base seemed to be much stronger than before they left.

Soon, several military vehicles drove into the base from behind.

The few people who got off the car immediately made Alice's eyes light up. She turned around and said to Irene in confusion: "Irene, look who is coming."

Eileen followed what Alice wanted and saw Zhang Xinghan getting out of the car surrounded by a group of officers. He walked towards the military tent of the division headquarters of the ** 2nd Division.

"Zhang Xinghan, he has also come to the front line." Eileen was a little surprised, "As a commander-in-chief, why is he here too? Isn't he afraid of danger?"

Alice said to herself with a smile on her face: "Perhaps this is where his charm lies. As far as I know, in previous battles, this commander-in-chief led his troops to fight deep behind enemy lines more than once. Moreover, A brilliant victory every time.”

"This time it is not considered as going deep behind enemy lines. His troops have already taken the initiative and completely suppressed the Japanese army. At most, this can be considered as visiting the front enemy command post in person."

"Alice, have you fallen in love with him?" Eileen said suddenly.

Alice blushed a little and patted her gently. She said coquettishly: "Irene, what did you say?"

"Oh my God, you didn't know that your affectionate look just now was like a young girl in puberty!" Erin teased with a smile.

"Please, Zhang is already married. So it's impossible for me to like him." Alice pretended to be calm to hide her guilty conscience.

"Marriage? This is not a problem. Don't all Chinese men like three wives and four concubines? As long as you are willing and he is willing, the two of you can be together." Irene said with a deliberate smile.

"Eileen, are you willing to share your lover with others?" Alice asked directly.

"If I have someone I like, I am willing to give everything for him. As long as he is happy, I can share him with other women." Eileen said seriously.

"Oh, my God, you must be crazy." Alice felt a little dizzy. She had to say that the somewhat straightforward colleague in front of her had a somewhat different ideological concept from her who was born into a noble family and received a strict education. .

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At the division headquarters of the 2nd Independent Division, all the division commanders from the front line of the Northeast New Army except Huang Xiansheng have arrived.

Zhang Xinghan waved his hands towards them and motioned them to sit down. He put his hands on the conference table and looked around the crowd, saying: "Brothers, my colleagues, the victory in the Battle of Shenyang is imminent. Soon we will be able to capture Shenyang and then regain the entire South Manchuria area. So in the coming battle, I hope you will cooperate sincerely and fight with all your strength!"

"Commander, please rest assured, we will go all out to shed the last drop of blood for the country and the nation!" Du Ting, commander of the 10th Independent Division, took the lead in expressing his stance.

Zhang Xinghan nodded with satisfaction and said: "Now the battle of Shenyang has reached the most critical moment. I went to the front line to supervise the battle in person, just to inspire all the soldiers in the army to fight the enemy bravely. I will immediately inform all divisions in my name who will be the first. If you capture Shenyang City, you will be rewarded with a thousand yuan, and your military rank will be promoted to three levels in a row!"

Suddenly, Shen Xingye walked in with a hurried look, walked straight to Zhang Xinghan, and whispered in his ear: "Commander, according to the report of my agents lurking in Shenyang City, the Japanese in the city are concentrating their forces to the east of the city, with unknown intentions. ."

"Huh?" Zhang Xinghan's expression changed slightly after hearing this, and then he said: "Monitor closely and report at any time."

"Yes!" Shen Xingye saluted and turned to leave.

"Commander, what's wrong?" Jiang Baili, who was sitting under Zhang Xinghan, asked.

"The Japanese in Shenyang City are gathering troops toward the east of the city, with unknown intentions." Zhang Xinghan said.

"East of the city?" Jiang Baili stood up after hearing this and walked towards the map.

Zhang Xinghan stood up, and upon seeing this, Zhao Zhenfan, Wang Yizhe and others also stood up and followed Zhang Xinghan to the map.

Staring at the map, Jiang Baili mused: "Commander, the northeast of Shenyang City is Dongshan Zuizi, and the east of the city is the ruins of the Dongta Airport. Are the little Japs planning to break out from the east of the city?"

"It's not impossible. Now Dongshanzuizi has been controlled by our army, but Dongta Airport is still in the hands of the Japanese. If they really break out from the east gate, it will be a bit troublesome." Zhang Xinghan nodded and said with a frown.

Due to terrain restrictions, the main forces of the Northeastern New Army were indeed deployed in the north and southwest of the city. Only two regiments of the **10th Division occupied Dongshanzuizi.

And the south of the city is still in the hands of the Japanese army. If the Japanese army really breaks through from the east of the city, it is hard to say whether the two regiments of the Northeast New Army can withstand it.

"Commander, Dongshan Zuizi is guarding the main road along the river. It will never be easy for the Japanese to break through our army's blockade and interception. My two regiments can definitely support them until reinforcements arrive," said Du Ting, commander of the 10th Independent Division.

Zhang Xinghan fell into deep thought without comment. Jiang Baili explained: "Commander Du, you don't know something. If the Japanese army really plans to break out from the east of the city, they will definitely make thorough preparations, such as containing and preventing our reinforcements from reinforcing Dongshanzuizi. Once the reinforcements are blocked,

, then the strength of the two regiments may not be able to stop the Japanese army from breaking through with all their strength. So we still have to make a foolproof strategy."

Zhang Xinghan pondered for a long time, then stepped forward and looked at the map, and finally said: "If the Japanese really break through from the east of the city, then after the two regiments of the 10th Division try their best to stop them, there is no need to fight to the death to let them go."

"Commander, if you let the kid go like this, won't all our previous efforts be in vain?" Chu, the commander of the Independent 9th Division, said anxiously.

Zhang Xinghan smiled and waved his hand, indicating that he should not be anxious, and said: "If one hundred thousand Japanese troops really fight to the death in Shenyang City and engage in street fighting with us in a war of attrition, then it is really not that easy to swallow.

On the other hand, if the Japanese leave the city defense and do not have the houses and buildings in the city as bunkers, they will directly face the crushing attack of our tank regiments from each division.

In contrast, I would rather fight the Japanese in wild encounters than in urban assaults.

Moreover, I think none of you here want to blow up such a thousand-year-old city into ruins, right?"

Everyone nodded, and Zhao Zhenfan said: "Commander, once the Japanese break out, it is an important question whether we can stop them in time, otherwise they may really slip away."

"There is no need to worry about this. The hundreds of miles long Hun River Basin has become the best natural barrier to intercept the Japanese army. Now, all the bridges on the Hun River from Shenyang to Fushun have been destroyed by our air force.

The Japanese troops who broke out of the encirclement were severely lacking in river-crossing equipment and would never dare or be able to forcibly cross the river halfway. Therefore, their target must be Fushun County.

Only by capturing Fushun could they bypass the Hun River via Sarhu and retreat to the southeast.

Therefore, as long as we hold Fushun, the Japanese army will be unable to escape." Zhang Xinghan said calmly.

"Hold Fushun?" Wang Yizhe and Zhao Zhenfan's eyes lit up, and then they said with concern: "Commander, the main force of Huang Jingzhong's 1st Independent Division is fighting the Japanese army at Sujiatun and Lighthouse. There should not be many troops left in Fushun, right?

Can it withstand the Japanese onslaught?"

"Therefore, the two infantry regiments of the Independent 10th Division stationed in Dongshanzuizi should immediately withdraw from the battle after inflicting a certain blow on the enemy's breakout troops. They should use the mobility advantage of our motorized infantry regiment to rush to Fushun and cooperate with Huang Xiansheng's troops to defend it.

Fushun City, block the Japanese breakout troops, and after we have eaten up all the remaining Japanese troops in Shenyang, we can then concentrate our absolutely superior forces to encircle and annihilate the Japanese troops and Fushun City." Zhang Xinghan explained the deployment.

Everyone nodded in agreement, Zhang Xinghan paused, and immediately made arrangements: "Now that the battlefield situation is clear to everyone, I will order the independent 2nd Division, 4th Division, 3rd Division, and 9th Division.

Together with the 10th Division, they continued to attack Shenyang City overnight, not giving the Japanese any chance to breathe!

Remember, there is no need to save artillery shells, use our firepower advantage to bombard me hard and kill the Japanese troops as much as possible."

"Yes!" Wang Yizhe, Zhao Zhenfan, Liu Jianguo and others stood up and responded in unison, and immediately took the order and left.

That night, the four heavy artillery brigades of the Northeastern New Army plus the artillery regiments directly under the five divisions, a powerful artillery group consisting of a total of 13 heavy artillery regiments, began to continuously bombard Shenyang City.

In the dark night, rounds of artillery shells flew through the sky with flames, as magnificent as meteors. After falling into the city, there were explosions, and the huge firelight was as dazzling as fireworks.

In the fire, some buildings were instantly destroyed, and the Japanese soldiers hiding inside disappeared in an instant.

In the center of the city, the Japanese military headquarters.

Most of the headquarters staff and communications staff are burning all the documents that cannot be taken away, and the entire headquarters is busy.

In the war room, Shunroku Hata was still sitting with his forehead straight as he did during the day. At this time, Chief of Staff Noda Cuckoo walked in heavily with a saber in his arm.

"General, the vehicles are ready, and the breakout troops are all ready, and it's time to start." Noda Cuckoo bowed respectfully and said.

Shunroku Hata took a cigarette from his pocket, lit it and took two puffs, then said meaningfully: "Noda-kun, lead your troops to break out. In order to protect the Liaodong Peninsula, the last base in Manchuria will be preserved for the imperial army for the future." As a springboard for counterattack, you must bring these troops back to Dalian as much as possible."

Noda Cuckoo felt an ominous premonition in his heart and asked hurriedly: "General, what about you?"

Shunroku Hata smoked a cigarette and said calmly: "I will stay and lead 50,000 imperial warriors to fight Zhang Xinghan to the death!"

"No, General, you can't stay. You are an outstanding senior general. The empire still needs you. The Chinese have a saying that if you keep the green hills, you will not have to worry about having no firewood. General, there is no need for you to do unnecessary things. Sacrifice." Noda Cuckoo was very anxious and quickly advised him.

"A useless sacrifice?" Shunroku Hata smiled bitterly and said: "In the Battle of Shenyang, we will lose at least 150,000 troops, 150,000, nearly seven divisions. As their commander, I have an unshirkable responsibility. The only thing I can do now is to serve His Majesty the Emperor together with them."

"But...General..." Noda Fuki wanted to persuade him again, but Shunroku Hata suddenly interrupted him with a loud roar: "That's enough, there's nothing more. Listen, you must complete the 60,000 troops." Take it back to Dalian, this is an order, execute it immediately!"

Noda Cuckoo had no choice but to lower his head suddenly and said sadly: "Hai, General, please take care!"

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At this time, the Northeastern New Army infantry outside the city had begun charging again. In order to avoid being shelled, almost all the Japanese city defense troops had withdrawn into the city.

The attacking troops easily broke through the Shenyang city defenses and invaded the city from two directions.

However, the attacking troops who entered the city did not go deep for long before they encountered a strong blockade by the Japanese army.

A fierce street fight broke out between the two sides in the city. At the same time, fierce fighting broke out again on the Japanese position outside the south gate.

In order to cover the breakout of their retreating troops, the Japanese troops at the South Gate even launched a counterattack against the 3rd Independent Division of the Northeastern New Army.

At the same time, 60,000 Japanese troops began to break out and evacuate eastward along the river from the east gate of Shenyang and Dongta Airport.

After blocking the attack for a while, the two regiments of the Independent 10th Division quickly withdrew and headed toward Fushun in military trucks.
Chapter completed!