Outside Nakatsu Castle.

Xing Zhanqing led three tank regiments to arrive like a storm. Although the Japanese troops in the city had learned the news before their arrival, Xingqiao was only a hundred or two hundred miles away from Zhongjin.

Xing Zhanqing led his tank troops to march at full speed along the road, and it took only a few hours for them to appear aggressively outside Zhongjin City.

The rapid appearance of the Northeastern Border Guards caught the Japanese soldiers and civilians in Zhongjin City off guard. Just a few hours were not enough to build and dig anti-tank trenches and other defenses outside the city to block the advance of the tank corps.

Therefore, the Japanese outside the city fled back to the city in droves before Xing Zhanqing's troops opened fire.

Just kidding, facing such a powerful force of tanks and chariots, isn't it just asking for death to stay outside the vast city? The only right choice is to return to the city and defend the city wall. Even this wall may not be able to withstand the Chinese artillery fire.

bombardment.

"Captain Xing, this little devil can run very fast!" A regiment commander approached Xing Zhanqing and said, "What do you think? Should we launch an attack immediately and implement the three-guang policy again?"

Xing Zhanqing put down the telescope in his hand and said in a deep voice: "The fuel ammunition we carry is limited. If we continue to attack forcefully like this, at most we will have to return to Kitakyushu Island to replenish ammunition after we capture Nakatsu Castle.

So this battle cannot be fought like this, we must use limited ammunition and fuel to achieve the greatest results."

"The biggest result? I'd like to hear the details." The leader said curiously.

"It's very simple..." Xing Zhanqing waved his hand and motioned to the orderlies on the side to take the march map, spread it on the ground and called to the other two regiment leaders: "Look, this is Zhongjin, and from now on, more than sixty kilometers to the southeast is Usa

, eastward from Usa is the Kunisaki Peninsula, where the Japanese built large shipyards and other industrial facilities.”

"Commander Xing means to bypass Nakatsu and Usa and directly attack the Kunisaki Peninsula?" a commander suddenly realized.

"That's right. The Kunisaki Peninsula is not only an important shipbuilding base for the Japanese, but also an important large city on the east coast. If this place is besieged, the Japanese troops defending the city will inevitably ask for help from the Japanese troops in the surrounding areas, and we will ambush halfway.

, unexpectedly sniped and killed the Japanese reinforcements and eliminated their effective forces to the maximum extent, achieving the purpose of expanding the results of the battle!" Xing Zhanqing said.

The two regiment commanders nodded lightly one after another. After Xing Zhanqing finished speaking, he stood up and said to them: "Captain Wu and Commander Liu, the three of us will divide our troops. Once the Kunidong Peninsula is attacked, it is not only the Nakatsu who may come to help."

It is very likely that the defenders, as well as the Japanese from Oita and Beppu areas, will come out of the city to come for reinforcements.

There are three of you and I, I will lead a feint attack on the Kunidong Peninsula, and you will set up ambushes at Ming Port and Usa, the only roads leading to the Kunidong Peninsula, and try to annihilate them all in one fell swoop!"

"Understood!" Captains Wu and Liu responded loudly at the same time.

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On the north shore of the Kanmon Strait, groups of heavily armed Japanese troops meandered from the road race. The long marching lines were like long winding dragons.

Due to the indiscriminate bombing of roads, railways and important bridges along the coast of Honshu Island across the Kanmon Strait by the Northeast Frontier Force Air Force, Japanese reinforcements arriving from various parts of Honshu Island were forced to get off their vehicles and rush to the Shimonoseki area on foot.

The first ones to arrive were the Japanese troops located in the Ube and Sanyo areas. Their strength was about two infantry regiments. Behind them, there were more Japanese troops marching towards this direction.

South bank of Kanmon Strait. Northeastern border guard position.

Commander-in-Chief Wang Tiehan, who personally brought his guards and adjutants to the front for inspection, was standing in the bunker holding a telescope to peek at the situation on the other side.

Suddenly there was a rush of footsteps behind him, and a communications soldier suddenly stood up and saluted: "Report to the commander, there is an urgent call from the headquarters."

Wang Tiehan turned around and said, "Oh? What are the instructions from the Commander-in-Chief?"

"The message was sent by Chiang Kai-shek's Chief of General Staff. The message stated that the Commander-in-Chief has boarded the ship with the second batch of landing parties and that he will personally direct our operations.

The commander ordered us to withstand the Japanese attack and at the same time be prepared to respond!" said the communications soldier.

Wang Tiehan was slightly startled, nodded and waved his hands: "Okay, I understand."

At this moment, an adjutant in charge of observation suddenly said: "Commander, look, the Japanese troops on the other side have reinforcements coming."

Wang Tiehan turned around, picked up the telescope and looked at it and said: "Inform all the artillery regiments to fire on the Japanese troops in Xiaguan immediately, and hit the damn little devils hard."

"Yes!" the adjutant quickly stood up and responded, then turned around and took the order to leave.

Not long after, six 105 howitzers from three howitzer regiments deployed on the south bank of the Kanmon Strait roared one after another.

The shells dragged blazing tail flames and piercing screams through arcs in the air, slamming towards the Japanese troop assembly area on the other side.

Soon there was an earth-shattering explosion on the other side, and balls of scarlet flames rose from the ground, billowing black smoke into the sky.

Some are even tens of meters high.

The Japanese regiment that had just arrived was suddenly bombarded before they had time to rest. Amidst the monstrous fire and gunpowder smoke, everyone suddenly ran around in panic.

"Damn the Chinese, where are our artillery, fight back immediately, fight back!" A Japanese colonel roared angrily in the light of the fire.

"Captain, our heavy artillery brigade is still on its way, but because the railway in the central and southern parts of Honshu Island was seriously damaged by Chinese fighter planes, the heavy artillery brigade is temporarily unable to get through." A Japanese adjutant said.

He replied with a panicked expression.

"Baga, damn it! Then quickly send electricity to the navy and ask for assistance from the navy's gun group!" The Japanese colonel gritted his teeth and said: "We must not show weakness to the Chinese people on the other side, and we must resolutely fight back."

"Yes!" The adjutant hurriedly accepted the order and left, but the shelling on the other side had not yet ended, so he left again and returned.

"Youjing-kun, how are you? Have you contacted the navy?" The Japanese commander who was hiding under a bunker raised his head and asked anxiously.

The Japanese adjutant shook his head with a sad face and said: "Captain, I just called the emergency headquarters to request naval reinforcements, but it said that all the main forces of the navy have been transferred to sea to participate in the blockade and blocking of the main landing of the China Army.

However, the headquarters has promised that it will find a way to mobilize a few warships and gunboats to provide us with artillery reinforcements as much as possible! But I’m afraid we won’t be able to arrive until tomorrow.”

The Japanese colonel said in great disappointment: "What about the aviation force? Where is our aviation force?"

"The main force of the land-based and sea-based aviation forces have all been mobilized to participate in the battle to block the main force of the China Army. The remaining aviation forces have to shoulder the air defense mission of Tokyo and other important military areas. The Chinese air force is rampant and is a threat to our homeland.

Big!" said the adjutant.

"Damn it!" The Japanese colonel punched the sandbag hard. The damn Chinese actually forced the Imperial Japanese Army to the point where they could only passively be beaten without being able to fight back.

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On the vast sea, the navy fleet of the Northeast Frontier Defense Force is riding the wind and waves and moving rapidly towards Kyushu Island.

Hundreds of large and small warships and transport ships were covered with red flags fluttering in the wind. Under the sunlight, it was particularly dazzling.

It turns out that when the Northeast Navy was first established, there were only three battleships with a displacement of about 30,000 tons and ten cruisers of the 5,000-ton class.

However, after two years of development, the Northeast Navy now has ten battleships. In addition to the original three, the subsequent seven are medium and large battleships with a displacement of more than 50,000 tons.

One of them, with a displacement of nearly 70,000 tons, was named by Zhang Xinghan after the Han national hero Huo Qubing.

This time Zhang Xinghan even chose Huo Qubing as his flagship and headquarters.

In addition to battleships, the number of cruisers has also increased from the original ten to an astonishing more than eighty, including more than thirty heavy cruisers with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons.

The remaining destroyers, transport aircraft, and supply ships are no less than 300 large and small, and their performance is absolutely ahead of the ships of the current Japanese Navy's combined fleet.

The only regret is that due to time constraints, Zhang Xinghan did not have time to form a mother formation battle group, but this is a matter of time. Once Kyushu Island is captured and the initial purpose of containing Japan's restoration of national power and military power is achieved, the aircraft carrier force will be formed.

The time is ripe.

Because this battle is bound to cause great losses to the Japanese navy and army, and for Zhang Xinghan, these losses can be exchanged for weapons and equipment, warships and warships.

Although there is no aircraft carrier, Zhang Xinghan has a powerful underwater submarine force that is more flexible and cost-effective than aircraft carriers in naval battles.

This underwater dragon force with advanced equipment has made great achievements and has become a nightmare in the hearts of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet.

In a large conference hall on the battleship Huo Qubing, more than a dozen senior officers from the Northeast Border Guard gathered.

They were discussing the military situation and conducting deductions around the map. As the commander-in-chief, Zhang Xinghan was sitting at the front, smoking a cigarette and admiring the deductions of his subordinates.

Suddenly, a communications soldier wearing a navy uniform strode up to Zhang Xinghan and saluted: "Report to the main office, a call from Jiaolong. An enemy naval patrol and warning ship has been spotted seventy nautical miles ahead."

"Oh?" Zhang Xinghan stood up in vain after hearing this, and a group of senior officers also stopped discussing the deduction.

Zhang Xinghan looked at the map, took a puff of cigarette, raised his head and said to the crowd: "Everyone, the war is about to begin. The exercise is over. Everyone will return to their posts immediately and go all out to defeat the Japanese invaders and promote our country's prestige. At this time, I also wish to thank all of you colleagues.

Cooperate sincerely and fight to the end for the country and the nation!"
Chapter completed!