When Zhang Xinghan led his troops to Xingcheng, it was already evening.

At the same time, the regiment that escorted the prisoners from Chaoyang was also ordered to march west from Jinzhou to join the main force of the division.

At this point, the Northeast New Army's troops in Xingcheng already include five infantry regiments, two tank regiments, and two artillery regiments, totaling more than 25,000 people.

After a round of inspections and returning to the newly established headquarters, a communications soldier came out with a telegram in hand, stood up and saluted: "Commander, there's an urgent call from Wafangdian."

Zhang Xinghan put away his smile, quickly took the message, opened it and read it, his face suddenly became extremely solemn.

"Commander, what's wrong?" Liu Jianguo, who was accompanying him, asked when he saw this.

"The 2nd and 3rd Divisions suffered too many casualties and requested reinforcements." Zhang Xinghan replied thoughtfully and handed the message to Liu Jianguo.

Liu Jianguo took the message and read it quickly, his brows furrowed and his expression became solemn.

"Commander, it seems that the situation in Wafangdian is indeed not optimistic. After all, they are facing 100,000 Japanese troops.

Otherwise, the senior officers would not easily send a telegram asking for help." Liu Jianguo said, holding the telegram in his hand.

Zhang Xinghan nodded and walked towards the main room of the headquarters.

Liu Jianguo and Guo Zhong quickly followed.

Walking into the headquarters and in front of the map, Zhang Xinghan lit a cigarette, frowned at the map and began to think deeply.

Liu Jianguo cautiously walked to his right side, facing the map and said: "Commander, for the current plan, if reinforcements are to be mobilized, they can only be mobilized from Yingkou."

Zhang Xinghan did not express his position, and Liu Jianguo paused and continued: "We will definitely not be able to mobilize troops here, and it will be too late. However, outside Yingkou City, we still have two infantry divisions and a tank division.

The number of Japanese troops in Yingkou City should not exceed 30,000.

I would like to suggest that if we decide to send additional reinforcements to support Wafangdian, we can send one to half a division there."

Zhang Xinghan remained silent, and Liu Jianguo also wisely shut his mouth. As a subordinate, he had already said everything he needed to say. As for how to make a decision, it was entirely up to Zhang Xinghan.

After a long time, Zhang Xinghan relaxed his brows and said with a smile: "Yes."

"What's there?" Liu Jianguo asked curiously.

"An opportunity to completely defeat Marshal Zhang." Zhang Xinghan said with a smile.

"What opportunity?" Liu Jianguo was puzzled.

"Before I decided to come to Xingcheng, I had been thinking hard about how to give the Northeast Army a fatal blow and win in one battle. I would return to the division's Yingkou as soon as possible.

The emergency in Wafangdian gave me an inspiration." Zhang Xinghan paused and said: "Jianguo, please immediately notify Gao Chu in my name to lead the 9th Division to reinforce Wafangdian, and tell him to make a big noise and not to be afraid of exposing his whereabouts.

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"In addition, please send an order to all regiments in the city. The entire army will retreat to Jinzhou, and then to Yingkou!"

"Commander, what do you mean?" Liu Jianguo seemed to understand, but was not sure.

"Jianguo, think about it, if Zhang Xueliang knew that our Wafangdian defense line was in danger and was forced to send reinforcements from Yingkou, and we were forced to return to Yingkou to reinforce him, how would he react?" Zhang Xinghan asked.

"He will feel that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If he really has an affair with the Japanese, he will take advantage of the situation and command the troops to pursue us on a large scale, cooperate with the Japanese army in Yingkou internally and externally, and defeat us." Liu Jianguo said: "

But how can we let Zhang Xueliang know this news and believe it without being discovered?"

Zhang Xinghan said calmly: "It's not that it should happen, but it will definitely happen. I said that Zhang Xueliang must hate me to the core now. He wishes he could eat me alive."

If there is a crisis in our army, he will definitely seize the opportunity to attack us from both sides, defeat us and take revenge.

As for the information, we don’t need to provide it at all. We can’t hide it from the eyes and ears of the Japanese, and the Japanese will definitely inform Marshal Zhang.”

"Oh, Commander is so wise!" Liu Jianguo nodded in realization, and then asked: "Commander, where is the right place for us to set up an ambush?"

"Here!" Zhang Xing pointed at the map of the Han Dynasty.

"Jin County?" Liu Jianguo looked at the map and was surprised.

"Yes, it is Jin County. It is bordered by Liaodong Bay to the south and the remaining mountains of Songling Mountain to the north. It is located at the throat of the Western Liaoning Corridor. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.

The most critical thing is that it is located between the Liaohe River and the Daling River. Just imagine if the main force of the Northeast Army arrives in Jinxian, we will use our air force and ground armor to destroy all the bridges between the two rivers.

The Northeast Army will definitely be in chaos. If we use the air force and armored forces to launch a surprise attack on it, we will definitely win a complete victory! At that time, we can ask the young marshal to return to the pass." Zhang Xinghan said with a meaningful smile: "By the way, here you go.

Let’s wait until we get to Jinzhou to send the telegram from the high school, so that the performance can be more realistic.”

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After receiving Zhang Xinghan's order, Gao Chu immediately led the regiments of the 9th Independent Division to "cautiously" evacuate Yingkou one after another.

Okamura Neiji has always paid close attention to the movements of the Northeastern New Army outside the city.

In addition, both Gao Chu and Huang Xiansheng were very "cautious", so Okamura Neiji immediately received the news about the mobilization of the Northeastern New Army.

"Okamura-kun, now, can we immediately launch a counterattack against the Chinese?" Kentaro Kurotsuchi, the Japanese military headquarters in Yingkou City, was the first to ask after listening to the signal soldier's report to Okamura Neji.

"Well, the opportunity is basically ripe." Okamura Neji finished his words.

A Japanese communications lieutenant walked in hurriedly, suddenly put his feet back and stood at attention and saluted Okamura Neiji solemnly: "General, our army's agents in Jinzhou City have just sent urgent information."

"Oh? What information?" Okamura Neji asked eagerly.

"The Chinese Army in Jinzhou City has begun to evacuate eastward. The agents speculated that the Chinese Army probably wants to return to Yingkou to support Yingkou." Guizi Lieutenant replied.

"Evacuated? The information is accurate?" Okamura Neji's face suddenly changed when he heard this.

The Japanese lieutenant nodded seriously: "It's absolutely accurate, otherwise our agents would not risk their lives to send out this emergency telegram. The telegram said that the Chinese troops in the city also included those who had just withdrawn from the direction of Xingcheng tonight, and the total strength was

Twenty to thirty thousand people.

Now that everyone has evacuated Jinzhou, Jinzhou has almost become an empty city."

Kentaro Kurotsuchi, Taro Nakamura and others looked at each other, unable to tell whether they were worried or happy.

They now basically regard Okamura Neji as their backbone, so they all set their sights on him.

Okamura Neiji paced back and forth and pondered for a moment. Suddenly he asked again: "Lieutenant, are you sure that the caution is absolutely accurate?"

The Japanese lieutenant nodded again and said: "Yes, General."

"Yo Xi, this time, the opportunity for the imperial army to turn defeat into victory has really arrived." Neji Okamura immediately praised.

Kentaro Kurotsuchi looked at Nakashimamura inexplicably and asked, "Okamura-kun, why did you say this?"

Okamura Neiji happily pointed at the map and said to the two of them: "The situation of the two generals. Now the imperial army, Zhang Xinghan's Northeastern New Army and Zhang Xueliang's Northeastern Army, the three forces have all reached a fight to the death.

Fortunately, the Northeastern Army and the Northeastern New Army had a personal feud because of the Battle of Chaoyang. On another level, the Imperial Army had an extra ally, even if this ally was only temporary.

Whether we can turn defeat into victory now depends on this ally.

The two generals should know the power of the tanks and armored units of the New Northeast Army, especially in field battles, which are almost invincible to the imperial army.

Therefore, without this ally, and with only the 30,000 imperial troops in Yingkou City, I would not be 100% sure of defeating the Chinese army outside the city and winning this battle.

Even if you win by chance, you will definitely pay a heavy price. You may not be able to fight other battles, and it may not be helpful to the overall strategic situation.

But it is no longer the same now. Think about it, if we inform our allies of the true situation of the Northeast New Army being in emergency and being forced to evacuate from Jinzhou.

What will the hot-blooded young commander do?"

After saying the last sentence, Okamura Neji had a playful smile on his lips.

Nakashimamura reacted slightly faster than Kentaro Kurotsuchi, and suddenly realized: "What Okamura-kun means is, sit on a mountain and watch tigers fight?"

"It can be said that as long as Zhang Xueliang orders the troops to pursue, we can join forces with Zhang Xinghan to deal with Zhang Xinghan's Northeast New Army. Attack from both inside and outside. Zhang Xinghan, even with all his power, will be unable to save himself!

As long as Zhang Xinghan's Northeast New Army is dealt with, Zhang Xueliang will be much easier to deal with." Okamura Neiji said.

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In Suizhong County, the revengeful Marshal Zhang has led Yu Xuezhong and other follow-up troops to arrive here overnight.

As the pioneer, Zhang Zuoxiang was ordered to lead his troops to defeat the area near Xingcheng.

Zhang Xueliang had just sat down on the bed in the bedroom prepared for him by the orderly. After running around for most of the night, Marshal Zhang was very tired and planned to rest.

There was a rush of footsteps outside the bedroom.

Zhang Xueliang got up when he heard the sound. The person outside had already arrived at the door. Before he could knock on the door, he asked, "Who is it?"

"Young Marshal, it's me, Dazhang!" The anxious voice of the adjutant Chen Dazhang came from outside the door.

Zhang Xueliang opened the door immediately, and Chen Dazhang quickly stood up and saluted.

"Dazhang, what's the matter? You're so anxious." Zhang Xueliang nodded and asked.

"Young Marshal, this is secret information that the Chief of Staff has just received. He asked me to forward it to you immediately." Chen Dazhang took out a telegram marked top secret from the document bag he carried with him and handed it to Zhang Xueliang.

Zhang Xueliang took the message, turned around, opened it and read it. The steps he had just taken suddenly froze. After a long time, he turned around with an extremely excited expression and said to Chen Dazhang: "Dazhang, give it to Zhang Dazhang immediately in my name."

The deputy commander sent a message and ordered him to quickly send troops to explore the enemy's strength in Xingcheng and Jinzhou."

Just as Zhang Xueliang finished speaking, another signal soldier ran over quickly, saluted and reported: "Young Marshal, Deputy Marshal Zhang called, Xingcheng has been captured by our army. The message also reported that the Northeast New Army seems to have been captured."

Give up Jinzhou, the situation is still being verified!"

Zhang Xueliang's excitement was beyond words. Without any sleepiness, he picked up the military uniform and military cap he had just taken off and said: "Let's go, summon Yu Xuezhong, Rong Jin, and He Zhuguo to come to the meeting immediately. I have something important to announce."

.In addition, call Deputy Commander Zhang immediately and ask him to find out the specific situation in Jinzhou as soon as possible and report back immediately."

"Yes!" Chen Dazhang and the signal soldier stood up and responded at the same time.
To be continued...