The marching distance between Panshan County and Yingkou County is about 150 miles.

Zhang Xinghan led his troops to set off around 3:30 in the afternoon. By 7 pm, they had arrived at the west bank of the Daliao River and were crossing the river, very close to Yingkou.

On the sea about five nautical miles away from Yingkou, dozens of Japanese ships, large and small, have stopped, but of course they have not turned off.

Although five nautical miles is far away, it's not that the Japanese don't want to get close, it's that they have to beware of possible artillery threats from the Northeastern New Army.

Although the power of the 150mm caliber artillery cannot be compared with their naval guns, if it really takes a few shots, the consequences will be disastrous.

Surrounded by dozens of warships, batches of rubber boats and small landing craft have been launched and prepared.

These are the ships used by the Japanese army to receive the evacuation of port troops. There are more than 200 ships of various sizes, and they can transport up to 1,500 to 200 people at a time.

According to the number of Japanese troops in Yingkou, excluding the troops blocking the rear, they only needed ten to fifteen times to pick up all the troops on board the ship.

A half-hour session would take at least five hours.

Therefore, when the Navy reported this situation to Okamura Neiji, Okamura Neiji, who was already preparing to evacuate, immediately shook his head and said: "No, five hours is too long. The Navy must send a large landing ship to assist the imperial army in retreating.

Coupled with various small ships, at least 3,000 to 4,000 imperial troops must be evacuated at one time, and all evacuation operations must be completed within two to three hours."

As soon as Okamura Neiji finished speaking, dozens of Japanese warships on the sea began shelling.

The deafening sound of shelling suddenly sounded, breaking the quiet night sky.

Outside the city, on a certain position of the Northeast New Army Tank Division, a sudden muffled sound came from the direction of the sea.

Alarming the sentries on duty, they turned around and looked towards the source of the sound, and were shocked to find dazzling crimson fireballs piercing the night sky and flying rapidly towards them.

The expressions of the sentries on the alert changed greatly, and they hurriedly shouted at the top of their lungs: "Not good. There is an enemy situation, and the Japanese are shelling, shelling!"

It was too late, dozens of large-caliber naval gun shells had already roared down.

Suddenly there was a violent explosion that shook the earth. In the dark night, the big explosions were as bright as fireworks, and scarlet flames soared into the sky, reaching a height of more than ten meters.

1st Division Headquarters.

Jiang Baili and Huang Xiansheng, who were having dinner, were startled by the violent explosion.

The two of them ran out of the headquarters one after another. Looking at the fire shooting into the sky in the distance, Jiang Baili's expression changed drastically: "It's bad. It must be the little devil who wants to break out."

Huang Xiansheng was also very flustered and said: "Chief of Staff, I will take someone to see for myself right now."

"Brother Alarm Bell, don't be anxious. This should be the Japanese naval gunfire. It seems that the Japanese are planning to break out by sea. Their bombardment will continue for a while, and we can't mess up our position.

In this case, I will immediately send electricity to the commander and ask him to speed up the march and come as soon as possible. You sit down and command the regiments to move closer to the south of the city immediately. If the Japanese want to evacuate by sea, they will definitely evacuate from the south of the city."

"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away." Huang Xian nodded and responded.

"Also, the tank division is in the south of the city. In order to prevent them from causing chaos, brother Alarm Bell, don't forget to contact them." Jiang Baili did not forget to ask.

"Yes, I understand." Huang Xiansheng nodded again.

The two then left separately.

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On the west bank of the Daliao River, the 4th and 10th Divisions are crossing the river one after another.

The violent explosion in Yingkou City vaguely reached Zhang Xinghan's ears.

"Jianguo, what do you hear this sound like?" Zhang Xinghan stopped smoking and asked.

When Liu Jianguo heard this, he quickly listened and his expression changed drastically: "Commander, it sounds like artillery shelling."

"Yeah, that sounds like it to me." Zhang Xinghan nodded.

As soon as he finished speaking, Guo Zhong hurried over with a piece of telegram in hand.

"Commander, the Chief of Staff just sent an urgent message. The Japanese naval fleet suddenly appeared and launched an artillery attack on our military position in Yingkou.

The chief of staff said that the Japanese might have to flee by sea and asked us to rush to Yingkou as soon as possible to support the battle." Guo Zhong stood up and saluted.

Zhang Xinghan's expression changed slightly and he asked: "How far have the troops crossed?"

"Two regiments have already crossed the river and are gathering." Guo Zhong replied.

Zhang Xinghan immediately turned to Liu Jianguo and said: "Jianguo, you stay and command the troops to continue crossing the river. I will lead two regiments to Yingkou first to stop the Japanese army!"

"Commander, how about I lead the team?" Liu Jianguo said with concern.

"Okay, this time we not only have to jointly command the divisions, but I have to do it." Zhang Xinghan waved his hand.

Liu Jianguo no longer insisted and nodded: "Yes, Commander, take care."

Zhang Xinghan nodded, waved to Guo Zhong and said: "Zhongzi, bring the guard camp, let's go!"

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In the south of Yingkou City, there were fires and smoke everywhere. Unfortunately, some No. 4 tanks were bombarded by Japanese naval guns and turned into piles of scrap metal. They were still on fire at this moment.

Because Jiang Baili and Huang Xiansheng were not afraid of danger and responded promptly, the tank division deployed in the south of the city suffered certain losses.

But there was no chaos. They started moving under the command of their respective officers and quickly evacuated the Japanese bombing area.

At the same time, he was full of anger and prepared to intercept the Japanese troops leaving the city.

At this moment, a group of Japanese troops suddenly came out from the north of the city, because most of the troops in the north of the city were moving closer to the south of the city.

A small number of security forces were caught off guard and were defeated by the Japanese army.

"Come on, the teacher's seat is in trouble. A Japanese army suddenly came out from the north gate. Our surrounding troops at the north gate have been defeated."

At the First Division headquarters, a second lieutenant officer ran in with a panicked look.

"North of the city?" Jiang Baili was slightly surprised when he heard this.

"Senzuo, could this be a Japanese plan to invade the east and attack the west?" Huang Xian asked.

Jiang Baili nodded and said: "It's very possible."

"Then what should we do?" Huang Xiansheng asked.

"Regardless of whether the Japanese are attacking in the east or in the west, we cannot allow them to successfully break through. We must mobilize troops to drive the Japanese troops at the north gate back into the city.

Otherwise, with them holding back, it will be difficult for our army to fully prevent the Japanese army from breaking out from the south of the city." Jiang Baili said.

"Then I'll send the second regiment over immediately." Huang Xian said.

"Okay, but we must pay attention to the Japs in the east of the city, in case they repeat their old tricks and attack from the east of the city." Jiang Bailitou said.

Huang Xiansheng gave an order, and the second regiment, which was moving from the east of the city to the south of the city, immediately turned around and fought back to the north of the city.

At this moment, the Japanese naval guns suddenly stopped shelling the south of the city, turned their guns, and aimed at the east of the city, including the headquarters of the First Division.

A series of violent explosions were heard in the east of the city, and the flames soared into the sky, almost turning half the sky red.

"Boom!" A violent explosion sounded not far from the 1st Division Headquarters. The huge explosion shock wave shook the command headquarters and dust crumbs fell.

Huang Xiansheng shook his head, vomited and cursed: "Damn, this little devil's naval gun is really powerful."

General Jiang Baili took off his hat and patted it with his hand, saying: "That's natural. The Japanese navy is known as the best in Asia and the third in the world, so its strength is naturally extraordinary."

"It will be great when we can have a navy of this size." Huang Xiansheng said with emotion.

"Yes." Jiang Baili also nodded his head with some longing, and said with emotion: "Brother Alarm Bell, you should have heard of the Tanaka Memorial, right?"

"I've heard that the Tanaka Memorial seems to say that if Japan wants to conquer China, it must first conquer Manchuria and Mongolia, which are our four provinces outside the customs, right?" Huang Xiansheng said.

"Only if you want to conquer China, you must first conquer Manchuria and Mongolia. If you want to conquer the world, you must first conquer my country. If China can be completely conquered by our country, then other peoples in other countries, such as Central Asia Minor and India and Southeast Asia, will fear and respect me. But by surrendering to me, the world will know that East Asia is our country’s East Asia and will never dare to invade me.

This is the main content of Tanaka's memorial. The meaning is very clear, and it is enough to show the ambition of the Japanese." Jiang Baili said this meaningfully and paused: "And Jiang also has an ambition and opinion related to the survival and development of the Chinese nation."

"Oh? I would like to hear the details." Huang Xiansheng said curiously.

“The Japanese want to conquer China to compete with the world, in order to achieve their ambition to expand their national living space, dominate Asia and even the world.

And if we, the Chinese nation, want to re-emerge as a powerful nation, we must first eliminate our most serious enemy, Japan.

The Japanese are an extremely ambitious nation, and their unique geographical environment forces them to continuously expand outward to obtain greater living space.

Mainland China and the Korean Peninsula are the best primary targets for their expansion.

If China wants to rise and rejuvenate China, it must eliminate the Japanese, a serious threat, not to mention annihilating them all, but at least completely defeat them militarily.

They will lose their ability to spy on our Chinese nation, and to achieve this strategic goal, we must have our own powerful navy."

"Well, what you say makes sense, and you are far-sighted. You can discuss these words with our Commander-in-Chief. I think the Commander-in-Chief will definitely be interested." Huang Xiansheng said in deep agreement.

"Of course, these words are just out of the moment. You need to know that China is still an agricultural country, and there is a huge gap in comprehensive strength with Japan, an industrial country. It is not easy to build a navy that can rival Japan."

Jiang Baili said helplessly.

"Don't be discouraged. When the September 18th Incident broke out, we didn't expect that the Northeast battlefield would be like this, right? So, everything is possible." Huang Xiansheng is very optimistic. He actually believes in Zhang Xinghan.

Jiang Baili bowed his head and said with emotion: "The Commander-in-Chief is a genius, and he is an outstanding figure that we have only seen in China for a century. With such soldiers, the Northeast is very lucky, the country is very lucky, and the Chinese nation is very lucky!"

At this moment, another staff officer hurriedly ran in and saluted: "Seat down, sit down, master, the Japanese have begun to break out and attack from the south gate." (To be continued... ps: There are two more chapters,
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