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The Shenyang Airport of the Northeastern Army is located between Dongling and the South Canal, and is called Dongta Airport.

Dongta Airport is located in the southeast of Shenyang. Since it is blocked by the South Canal, if the Japanese army wanted to attack, they would have to bypass the south of Shenyang City in addition to forcibly crossing the canal.

A detour attack from the south of Shenyang City is obviously not in line with the Japanese army's original intention of a quick victory, and may also expose the target and encounter interception by the Shenyang defenders.

Therefore, Itagaki Seishiro chose the route of forcibly crossing the South Canal. In order to capture Dongta Airport in one fell swoop, Itagaki Seishiro mobilized 3,000 elite troops this time and equipped them with a large number of poison gas bombs.

Different from the attack on Shenyang in the afternoon, although Itagaki Seishiro mobilized more than 6,000 people to attack Shenyang, in addition to the artillery troops, they also had to divide their troops to feign attack on the other gates except the south gate. Therefore, the number of troops used for the frontal attack was only two to three thousand. people.

In attacking the East Tower Airport, Itagaki Seishiro could concentrate his troops in one place and launch an all-out assault, so three thousand elite troops were more than enough to attack the airport.

Taking advantage of the darkness, Itagaki Seishiro personally led his troops to the east bank of the South Canal. Looking at the calm river that was not too wide, Itagaki Seishiro ordered the troops to prepare to cross the river with a wave of his hand. Soon more than 3,000 Japanese troops began to get busy.

Dongta Airport has the natural danger of the South Canal, so the Dongta Airport garrison camp must make good use of it. This operational idea was already determined when the airport was built.

Therefore, the airport garrison battalion had already built field defense positions along the river. Before Itagaki Seishiro's troops arrived, Liu Jianguo had already led a group to the airport and quickly took over the airport's defense, including the riverside positions outside the airport. .

Although Itagaki Seishiro's troops were very careful and did not even use torches, it was not so easy for more than 3,000 people to repair their positions and prepare equipment for crossing the river in a concealed manner. Their whereabouts were soon discovered by the Northeastern Army sentries on the other side.

The sentry did not say anything, but quickly reported the information to Liu Jianguo.

Inside the airport, inside the temporary headquarters of the First Regiment.

Regiment leader Liu Jianguo was arranging combat missions for several battalion commanders, including the former commander of the airport garrison battalion. A soldier suddenly walked in quickly and reported to him: "Regiment seat, traces of Japanese troops were found on the other side of the river. They It seems that they are preparing to cross the river."

"Here he comes, order the artillery to bombard the other side immediately." Liu Jianguo said calmly.

"Yes!" The soldier saluted and took the order.

Liu Jianguo then ordered Gao Chu, the former commander of the 2nd Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 620th Regiment and the current commander of the 1st Battalion of the 1st Regiment, beside him: "Old Gao, you go back immediately. The 1st Battalion must be nailed to the West Bank for me like a nail. , As long as we survive tonight, our air force will be able to take off for bombing as soon as it gets light, and by then the little devil will be so fucking defeated that it will be too late to run away!"

"Yes!" Facing his old boss, Gao Chu sincerely admired him. Although he was the slowest to rise among the company commanders of the original 3rd Battalion, he had no complaints because his first battalion was from the original 3rd Battalion. Lao Ji, this group and even the most elite heroic troops in Shenyang City were the ones who annihilated more than 500 Japanese troops in Beida Camp last night and lifted the siege of Shenyang.

"Boom, boom, boom..." The muffled sound of a series of artillery shells rang out, and the eight Krupp 75 mountain guns deployed at the airport fired one after another. The shells turned into dazzling fireballs in the dark night and headed south. Flying quickly towards the east bank of the canal.

Looking at the artillery fire that suddenly fell from the sky, Seishiro Itagaki, who was waiting for the troops to repair their positions and prepare the equipment to cross the river, was shocked. After cursing a bastard, he lay on the ground in a panic.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom..." Just as he lay down, several artillery shells came as promised, crashed down hard, and a violent explosion occurred.

"Bagaya Road, despicable Chinese people, the artillery fires back immediately!" Itagaki Seishiro, whose face was covered with dust and dirt from the smoke, suddenly roared angrily.

However, his roar was drowned out by the violent explosions that sounded one after another. The other Japanese soldiers fled in panic, and no one heard his order at all, let alone executed it.

It wasn't until the second round of bombardment from the Northeastern Army had yet to arrive that the adjutant heard his roar, and then he ran over risking his life: "Sir, what are your instructions?"

"Order the artillery to fight back immediately, fight back!" Itagaki Seishiro was really angry. The majestic Imperial Army of Japan was repeatedly hit by artillery fire by the despicable and insignificant Northeastern Army. This was simply unacceptable to him.

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, the adjutant's face suddenly turned ugly, and he said awkwardly: "Sir, have you forgotten that our large-caliber mountain artillery and infantry artillery were destroyed by the Chinese, and the remaining artillery pieces were left in Sujiatun

It is ready to be used to attack Shenyang City, and we only carry 60mm mortars with the army."

"So what? The 60MM mortar group can still fight back, right?" Seishiro Itagaki said angrily without thinking.

At this moment, the second round of artillery fire from the Northeastern Army arrived as scheduled. This time the explosion was more serious than the first time, with fire and flying debris everywhere.

Itagaki Seishiro and the adjutant lowered their heads and hid. The adjutant explained: "Sir, it is not difficult to judge from the power and ballistics of the Chinese artillery fire that they are using the Krupp 75 field artillery group. Their artillery position has exceeded ours.

60 mortars have an effective range, so we can’t suppress them.”

"Bagaya Road!" Seishiro Itagaki immediately went berserk after hearing this, "Do you know that if this continues, we will not be able to capture the Dongta Airport before dawn, and once dawn, we will face the Northeast Army Air Force

Threat of air strikes, by then, the situation will be worse!"

"Sir, the top priority right now is to evacuate as soon as possible. The Chinese are already prepared. It will be difficult for us to capture Dongta Airport without strong artillery support." The adjutant suggested urgently.

"Retreat?" Itagaki Seishiro said with a gloomy face: "No, we cannot retreat, we must attack, notify the troops, move two kilometers south, and forcefully cross the river from somewhere."

"Move two kilometers south? Where the river is raging, isn't it impossible to cross the river?" the adjutant said.

"Bagaya Road, we can't cross the river here, so execute the order quickly." Seishiro Itagaki roared angrily at the top of his voice.

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At the same time, in order to cope with Itagaki Seishiro's surprise attack, Ishihara Kanji commanded the remaining thousands of Japanese troops to launch another attack on the south gate of Shenyang.

The officers and soldiers of the third regiment fought back under the command of regiment leader Wang Yicai, and fierce fighting began again.

Lushun, headquarters of the Japanese Kwantung Army.

Honjo Shige looked at the request for help message sent by Kanji Ishihara with a face full of surprise. Our own offensive troops failed one after another. This is incredible. The Northeastern Army in Shenyang City actually dared to resist?

Surprised, Shigeru Honjo quickly drafted an urgent message and gave it to the communications staff to quickly send it to the base camp in Tokyo.

In Honjo Shige's urgent message, in addition to requesting the War Department at the base camp to quickly send reinforcements to the Manchurian battlefield, he also requested additional artillery and air force units.

What a joke, the majestic Empire of Japan actually lost artillery suppression and air superiority while fighting the Northeastern Army. This was a shame for the Imperial Army of Japan. As the commander of the Kwantung Army, Honjo Shigeru absolutely couldn’t stand it. This situation cannot be allowed to continue to exist.

At the same time that Honzhuang Shige sent an urgent request for help telegram to the base camp, the city defense headquarters in Shenyang City.

Zhang Xinghan also received an urgent telegram from Zhang Xiaoliu from Peiping. He was slightly surprised, but Zhang Xinghan still opened the sealed telegram sent to him by Zhang Xiaoliu.

After unpacking the message, the content of the message is as follows: "My dear brother Han, I am shocked to hear that the Japanese invaders brazenly started a war last night. I am also shocked to hear that my dear brother led his soldiers to fight back at the critical moment and won a great victory. Han Qing I feel very relieved.

But now my dear brother wants to hold on to Shenyang City and fight to the death with the Japanese invaders. Although his loyalty is praiseworthy, it is actually inappropriate. Now, under the orders of the Nanjing Central Government, in order to prevent the situation from escalating and triggering an all-out war between China and Japan, I have ordered our officers and soldiers in the Northeast to Adopting an attitude of non-resistance, like a good brother who insists on staying in Shenyang, will certainly win over people's hearts, but it will put our country and our country at a disadvantage in terms of diplomacy.

Therefore, considering the overall strategic situation, Han Qing hoped that his wise brother could lead his troops to withdraw from Shenyang immediately, avoid making unnecessary sacrifices, and wait for the adjustment of the League of Nations.
Chapter completed!