In mid-September, the Northeast has basically bid farewell to the hot weather, and the weather has gradually begun to become cooler.

Especially in the early morning, the dew is quite heavy.

At six o'clock in the morning, Zhang Xinghan handed over to Liu Jian, Wang Yicai and others the matters of cleaning the battlefield, tallying the results of the battle, and comforting the wounded soldiers.

Riding a war horse and leading several cavalrymen, he entered the city and bolted towards his house in the east of the city.

It was past six o'clock in Shenyang City and the night had bid farewell. The citizens, who had long been frightened by the noise of gunfire last night, walked out of their homes one after another as soon as the sky lit up.

After learning the exciting news that the city defense army had won a great victory and the Japanese army had been defeated, the citizens of the whole city fell into a revelry.

Zhang Xinghan led several cavalrymen and ran into the streets of Shenyang covered in blood, immediately attracting the attention of countless carnival citizens.

Seeing Zhang Xinghan, who was bleeding through his clothes, and several cavalry soldiers behind him, riding into the city, the people in the carnival became quiet one after another.

All eyes were directed at Zhang Xinghan and his group. The street was crowded with people. Zhang Xinghan was afraid of hurting the people, so he tightened his reins and slowed down.

Seeing this, the common people took the initiative to give way, and wherever Zhang Xinghan and his men went, they could move freely.

"Which army are they from? Why are they covered in blood?" A group of middle-aged people were discussing in a corner on both sides of the street.

"Did you see the leader? He is Zhang Xinghan, the acting commander of our Shenyang city defense army. It was he who led the city defense army in a fight with the little Japanese last night. He killed the little Japanese with blood flowing in the river and fled in a miserable defeat." The knowledgeable young student pointed at Zhang Xinghan who was riding by.

"How do you know?" Several middle-aged people turned to look at him.

"Several of our classmates have joined the city defense army. When we went to the labor force, we were lucky enough to meet Commander Zhang." The young student said quite proudly.

"Then this Commander Zhang is really young, and he's so fucking smart. He's going to fight a little Japanese with a real sword and a real gun." A middle-aged man looked at Zhang Xinghan in the distance with admiration and said.

"Yes, the young marshal has hundreds of thousands of troops who dare not fight against little Japan. Even the marshal was killed by the bomb." Another middle-aged man nodded and sighed.

"Well done, Commander Zhang! Well done to the city defense army! They are all great men!" the middle-aged man from before said loudly, waving his arms in excitement.

Seeing someone taking the lead, the other citizens, who had long wanted to say something, started shouting in unison.

At the end, the slogan was directly changed to "Long live Zhang Xinghan, long live the city defense army."

Zhang Xinghan was deeply moved when he heard the chorus of thousands of citizens shouting. He reined in his horse and turned his head, suddenly pulled out his sword that had drunk the blood of the Japanese invaders, and raised it suddenly.

The people who had been shouting in unison just now suddenly fell silent, and the silence on the scene could be heard.

Zhang Xinghan raised his sword, looked around, and then shouted loudly: "Please rest assured, all the people in the city! The sword is there, and the people are in the city! If the Japanese invaders dare to invade again, Zhang will use this sword in his hand." , cut off their heads. In a word, as long as I, Zhang Xinghan, and the city defense troops are here, Shenyang will be safe!"

After saying that, Zhang Xinghan skillfully put the sword back into its sheath, pulled the reins, and the war horse neighed, spread its hooves and ran towards the east of the city.

It wasn't until Zhang Xinghan ran away with several of his subordinates that the citizens at the scene came to their senses. They excitedly started to raise their arms and shout: "Long live Commander Zhang! Long live the city defense army!"

Amidst the cheers of the citizens, Zhang Xinghan and several of his men rushed outside the gate of his house.

At this time, the door of the Zhang family had opened, and Zhang Yuxi and Liu Liping, accompanied by Wang Ruoying, had heard the sound and came out.

Zhang Xinghan quickly got off his horse, knelt down and said, "Mom and Dad, I'm back."

"Okay, just come back." Zhang Yuxi said with a tearful smile.

Wang Ruoying quickly stepped forward to help Zhang Xinghan, looked at his blood-stained military uniform with distress, and asked with concern: "Are you injured?"

"No, these are the blood of little Japan." Zhang Xinghan said with a smile.

"Did you win this time?" Zhang's mother Liu Liping asked.

"Well, I completely defeated the Japanese Kwantung Army this time and gained a lot. Shenyang will be safe in a short time." Zhang Xinghan said.

"Okay, let's all go in quickly. Xinghan, go wash up and change your clothes." Zhang Yuxi wiped away her tears and waved.

"No, dad, I still have military duties to attend to, so I'll come home and make sure you guys are safe. After finishing the urgent military duties at hand, I'll come back and have dinner with you in the evening." Zhang Xinghan said, and was about to turn around.

"Hey, wait a minute." Wang Ruoying stopped him.

"What's the matter? Ruoying." Zhang Xinghan turned around and asked.

"How is my father doing?" Wang Ruoying asked.

"He should have arrived in Jinzhou now. Everything is fine. Don't worry about him." Zhang Xinghan thought for a moment.

"I'm leaving." Zhang Xinghan got on his horse and was about to leave.

"Xinghan, please pay attention to your safety." Zhang Yuxi and Liu Liping asked worriedly.

"Don't worry." Zhang Xinghan's voice came and the man was already galloping away.

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After returning to the city defense commander, Liu Jianguo and others had finished cleaning the battlefield and were all present.

"Commander is here!" Following the guard's loud shout, Liu Jianguo and others stood up one after another and cast their eyes towards the door in unison.

Zhang Xinghan hurriedly took a shower, changed into a clean military uniform, and strode in with his head held high.

"Everyone, please take a seat." Zhang Xinghan came in and waved to them.

After everyone sat down, Zhang Xinghan smoked a cigarette and asked: "Jianguo, what are the casualties of each regiment?"

"Commander, according to statistics, the losses of our city defense army are as follows. One regiment suffered the most casualties, with about 600 injured, more than 400 sacrificed, and more than half of the casualties.

The Second Regiment suffered 231 casualties and 412 wounded.

The casualties of the third regiment were slightly less, with 89 killed and 120 wounded. The cavalry company suffered 32 killed, and almost everyone else was wounded.

By the way, there is also the airport garrison, and their casualties are not small, with more than 200 casualties.

In this battle, our army lost a total of more than 900 people and injured more than 1,200 people. The number of casualties accounted for more than a quarter of our total army.

And among the more than 1,200 wounded soldiers, no more than half can fully recover and demobilize. In other words, we lost more than 1,500 people in this battle. Adding the previous casualties, the number is more than 2,000. That’s it.” Liu Jianguo counted.

"So many?" Zhang Xinghan couldn't help but feel his heart sink when he heard this. It seems that his weapons and equipment are still not advanced enough. Under such circumstances, the Japanese army can still cause such heavy casualties to his own troops.

If he could possess more advanced weapons and equipment, then such battle losses would definitely be improved.

Apart from anything else, if you equip all your cavalry with submachine guns, then in close combat, you can inflict a lot of damage on the Japanese army by just pulling the trigger.

If you had a sufficient number of tanks and armored vehicles, you might not need the cavalry and infantry to charge recklessly.

They just need to follow the armored troops to pick up the guala.

"By the way, two pilots of the aviation team also died unfortunately." Liu Jianguo suddenly added.

"What? How could someone in the aviation team die?" Zhang Xinghan didn't know at this time that last night, the old Japanese Seishiro Itagaki took a desperate risk and led a partial army to attack the airport again when the main force was defeated. He couldn't help but be shocked.

"Last night, after the main force of the regiment and the garrison battalion defeated the main force of the Japanese army and took advantage of the situation to launch a pursuit, another Japanese army took the opportunity to launch an attack on the positions of our regiment and battalion. The situation was extremely critical. Fortunately, Captain Gao Zhi led all the pilots to join the battle in time.

Only then did they temporarily block the Japanese attack.

But the Japanese were unwilling to fail and used poison gas bombs against our troops at the airport, and the two pilots unfortunately died as a result." Liu Jianguo said with a sad look on his face.

"Sigh." Zhang Xinghan also spoke with regret. As an A-level special forces soldier, no one knows better than him how much time and effort it takes to train a pilot.

Especially at this time, China is lagging behind in science and technology and lacking in human and material resources.

The cost of training two pilots is, to exaggerate, enough to train a company of infantry.

"Go ahead and give the order to bury all the brothers who died. The injured brothers must be rescued at all costs." After Zhang Xinghan gave the order, he waved his hand and said: "If you have nothing else to do, let's adjourn the meeting first and visit our injured soldiers more often to comfort and encourage the morale of the army.

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"Yes!" Liu Jianguo and others stood up at the same time and responded, then turned around and dispersed.

After everyone left, Liu Jianguo suddenly left and returned, saying to Zhang Xinghan: "Yingzuo, we have achieved such a great victory. Should we send a message to the Marshal or the Nanjing government to report the victory?"

Zhang Xinghan pondered for a while and said: "Well, thank you for reminding me. Although the young marshal has secretly broken with us now, the good news will still be sent out. The brothers should get the rewards they deserve and the praise of the people. In this way

Well, you immediately draft a telegram and send it directly to Chairman Chiang Kai-shek in Nanjing to report the victory."
Chapter completed!