The night was as dark as ink, and outside the Beida camp, one could not see even one's fingers.

On the South Manchuria Railway about 700 to 800 meters away from Beidaying, Lieutenant Kawashima finally arrived with the main force of the squadron and met with a dozen Japanese from the Liutiao Lake task force responsible for sabotaging the railway.

{Your Excellency, Squadron Leader, we have completed the mission as arranged, what should we do now?} The Japanese second lieutenant of the task force came up and asked Lieutenant Kawashima.

{Immediately launch a surprise attack on Beida Camp and capture Beida Camp!} Lieutenant Kawashima said with a serious expression.

{Attack the Peking Camp? But sir, most of the ammunition we carry are blank ammunition specially used for exercises? And we only have one squadron.} Lieutenant Japanese was obviously a little surprised, and looked at Lieutenant Kawashima in astonishment.

It turned out that in order to prevent the leakage of intelligence, Kawashima only announced to the soldiers that they were going to conduct an exercise when leaving the barracks, so the soldiers carried blank ammunition specifically for the exercise.

Moreover, even the Japanese second lieutenant who was responsible for blowing up the railway only believed that the purpose of blowing up the railway was to create friction and blame it on the squadron in order to achieve some political or diplomatic purpose.

The Beida Battalion, which had tens of thousands of Chinese Northeastern troops, launched an attack.

{Yes, attack Beida Camp! Fujimori-kun, have you forgotten that the Imperial Japanese Army is invincible? Without bullets, we can still defeat the weak and incompetent China people with bayonets! Moreover, our reinforcements will soon arrive

We can make it!} Lieutenant Kawashima scolded Second Lieutenant Fujimori in a stern voice.

Then he waved his command sword in the direction of Beida Camp: {Attack!!!}

{Hai!} The Japanese soldiers, including Fujimori, bowed their heads in response, and immediately carrying Sanba Gaigai with bayonets in their hands, they rushed towards the north camp like a tide.

Soon, under the cover of the dark night, Lieutenant Kawashima led more than 150 Japanese troops from the 3rd Squadron and entered the south gate of Beida Camp, which was the grove in front of the vegetable field outside Zhang Xinghan's 3rd Battalion defense area.

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In the grove, Lieutenant Kawashima ordered the troops to temporarily stop advancing, and he took out his binoculars and looked forward. In the dark night, the lights of the Beida Camp had already been turned off, and Lieutenant Kawashima saw pitch black.

But just to be sure, Lieutenant Kawashima still observed with his telescope for a long time like he was blind, and made sure that all the Northeastern troops in the Beida camp had fallen asleep.

Lieutenant Kawashima waved his sword and led more than 150 of his subordinates to rush out of the woods. They wanted to quickly approach the wall of Beida Camp, rush into the camp, and launch a sneak attack with lightning speed to attack the camp.

The Northeastern Army was caught off guard.

However, when Lieutenant Kawashima and more than a hundred imperial warriors under his command, full of lofty ambitions, great pride, and no hesitation, they just rushed into the cabbage field cultivated by the 3rd Battalion outside the woods.

An accident happened.

{Boom! Boom! Boom!} Several explosions sounded in vain, and a dazzling scarlet fire suddenly appeared. Lieutenant Kawashima and six or seven Japanese soldiers who rushed at the front were suddenly blown to pieces and fell into a pool of blood.

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The remaining Japanese soldiers were frightened by the sudden turn of events and immediately stopped advancing. In panic, Second Lieutenant Fujimori, the leader of the first team, and several of his subordinates quickly stepped forward to lift Lieutenant Kawashima, who was beaten to a bloody pulp, and then evacuated.

Retreating to the woods, Second Lieutenant Fujimori shouted with a sad expression: {Your Excellency, Squadron Leader, Your Excellency, Squadron Leader, are you okay?}

At this time, Lieutenant Kawashima was hit in the abdomen and crotch by the debris generated by the explosion. Dark red blood could not stop pouring out from the wound. The whole person was already dying and on his deathbed.

{Fuji, Fujimori-kun, the Chinese people are extremely cunning, you, you must help me avenge and kill all the hateful Chinese people.} Lieutenant Kawashima said in a difficult and broken tone.

{Hai, I can do it, I will do it even if I am in a humble position.} Seeing the life of the officer he had been with day and night hanging in the balance, Second Lieutenant Fujimori was heartbroken and choked up and nodded repeatedly.

{But, unfortunately, I can no longer see the magnificent scenery of Mount Fuji and the blooming cherry blossoms...} Lieutenant Kawashima muttered to himself with a distracted look. Before he finished speaking, he tilted his head.

Just give up.

Lieutenant Fujimori placed Lieutenant Kawashima's body on the ground, picked up the lieutenant's command sword from Lieutenant Kawashima's hand, stood up with a solemn expression, and raised the sword vigorously: { Warriors of the Empire, avenge your Excellency the squadron leader,

Kill Gaga!}

{Kill!} More than 140 Japanese soldiers who were also grieving immediately roared, picked up their rifles and charged forward again, completely ignoring the possibility of minefields ahead.

At the same time, in the Beida Camp, the officers and soldiers of the 7th Brigade of each regiment and battalion who had been resting were awakened by the explosion just now, and the sentries sounded the alarm one after another.

In the 7th Brigade Headquarters, the 7th Brigade Chief of Staff Zhao Zhenfan, who was the only one left behind at Beida Camp, was awakened. After asking about the situation and learning that there was a Japanese attack, he went straight to the communications company without getting dressed.

Since Wang Yizhe attended the banquet with his daughter during the day and did not return home until after ten o'clock in the evening after the banquet, he was not at Beida Camp at this time, but at home in Fengtian City.

Therefore, Zhao Zhenfan made a direct call to Rong Zhen, who was then the Lieutenant General Chief of Staff of the Northeast Frontier Force Commander's Office. Just like in history, Chief of Staff Rong received an urgent call from Zhao Zhenfan.

After thinking for a while, he said to Zhao Zhenfan: {The young marshal has made arrangements earlier. If the Japanese army provokes, in order to avoid the situation from escalating and triggering a war, the bullets will be stored in the warehouse to avoid conflict with them.}

Zhao Zhenfan, who was on the other end of the phone, was very anxious after hearing this and asked: {Sir Rong, what if the Japanese captured Beida Camp? Are the nearly 10,000 elite soldiers of our 7th Brigade going to be captured without mercy and become prisoners of the enemy?}

{This...} Rong Zhen on the other end of the phone pondered for a moment and continued: {You immediately send an order to the troops. If the Japanese army attacks, the troops will evacuate Beida Camp and retreat to Dongshan Zuizi to stand by. I will report the situation to the Marshal immediately.

Yes, that’s it.}

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Zhenfan angrily punched the table next to the phone, {Damn, you are so fucking useless! Ouch!}

While Zhao Zhenfan was arranging his troops to prepare for retreat as ordered, on the battlefield of the 3rd Battalion defense area.

After suffering nearly half of their casualties, the Japanese troops led by Second Lieutenant Fujimori finally rushed through the cabbage field filled with mines and grenades and rushed to the trench outside the south gate of Beida Camp.

Since the South Gate Suspension Bridge had already been retracted, the Japanese army had to cross the trench if they wanted to rush into Beida Camp. The trench was three meters wide and one meter deep. Although there was no water in it, the three-meter-long trench could not carry a load of dozens of kilograms, and

The Japanese soldiers with short legs could jump over it.

Just when Second Lieutenant Fujimori ordered the troops to find a way to pass through with red eyes, hundreds of Northeastern Army soldiers suddenly stood up on the originally silent wall. The muzzles of hundreds of light and heavy weapons were all aimed at Second Lieutenant Fujimori and his soldiers.

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{Little Japan, I've been waiting for a long time!} On the wall about two meters high, Zhang Xinghan held a Hanyang-made weapon and shouted: {Fire!}

After saying that, he took the lead and pulled the trigger. The Hanyang-made rifle in his hand suddenly made a crisp sound, and a 7.92 rifle bullet roared out of the muzzle like a small meteor and went straight to a Japanese soldier outside the trench.

{Pfft!} The bullet accurately hit the target, and a fluffy mass of blood burst out from the Japs head, and then he fell down.

Before Zhang Xinghan's gunfire fell, hundreds of other officers and soldiers of the 3rd Battalion also opened fire. Suddenly, there was a loud gunshot at the south gate of Beidaying. Amidst the dense rain of bullets, the remaining sixty or seventy Japanese had no time to fight back.

They were thrown to the ground one after another.

Zhang Xinghan led the third battalion to engage in a fierce battle with the Japanese army at the south gate of Beida Camp, while other troops in the camp were frightened. After receiving the retreat order from Chief of Staff Zhao Zhenfan, the 619th Regiment and the 621st Regiment began to evacuate first.

Due to the resistance of Zhang Xinghan's 3rd Battalion at the south gate, the Japanese army failed to rush into the Beida Camp as historically possible, so Zhao Zhenfan's order to retreat was successfully conveyed to Wang Tiehan, the commander of the 620th Regiment, and after receiving the order to retreat.

Wang Tiehan didn't know what to do. After learning that Zhang Xinghan and his 3rd Battalion were at war with the Japanese army, he sent a messenger to inform Zhang Xinghan and his 3rd Battalion to continue blocking the attack to cover the evacuation of the main force. After that, he took the regiment headquarters and the troops directly under him.

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While evacuating, Wang Tiehan thought about Zhang Xinghan bringing deputy battalion commander Liu Jianguo to the regiment headquarters during the day, and was extremely frightened.

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The war broke out in Beidaying, and at the same time as guns and cannons fired, inside the Zhang family's house at the east gate of Fengtian City.

Zhang Yuxi and his wife Liu Liping got out of the car and walked into the living room of their home with Xiao Lizi, who was delivering Zhang Xinghan's message. After entering the hall, Zhang Yuxi asked his wife to order the servants to prepare meals for Xiao Lizi, and at the same time asked Xiao Lizi to sit down.

After sitting down, Zhang Yuxi opened Zhang Xinghan's family letter and asked with a smile as he opened it: {Xiao Lizi, where is your hometown?}

{Reporting to Mr. Zhang, the humble family is from Tieling.} Xiao Lizi quickly and respectfully answered.

At this time, Zhang Yuxi, who had already opened the letter from home, was shocked by the content of the letter. The content of the letter from home was as follows:

Dad, Mom, when you read this letter from home, you may have already gotten into trouble with the enemy. The Japanese are determined to invade our three eastern provinces. It’s not just a day or two since they bombed the commander-in-chief to death.

Zhang Zuolin can see it.

I remember that when I was young in Xinghan, my father and mother often taught me that I should study hard and serve the country and do great things when I grow up.

Today, the Japanese aggressors are spying on our territory, plotting to launch a war, and trying to occupy our three rich eastern provinces by force. As a national soldier, I should lead my soldiers to fight back and defend Fengtian and the Northeast.

However, bullets have no eyes, and life and death in battle are unpredictable. Ru'er unfortunately died in the battle. I hope the two elders will not be sad, because he fought for the country and the nation, and it would be an honor to die!

The only regret is that the two elders have raised Xinghan for many years, but Xinghan was unable to repay the favor, let alone fulfill his filial piety for the two elders and support him until his death.

Fortunately, I still have a younger brother, Xinghua, who is young and smart, has a kind character, and respects and loves his two elders. If Xinghan unfortunately dies in battle, he will definitely be able to fulfill his filial piety for his son. In this way, his heart will not be worried, and he can go all out to fight against the national calamity.

Be loyal to your country!

Order, Xiao Lizi, a communications soldier sent by your son, has been following your son for many years and is very loyal. He thinks that he is the only seedling of three generations and cannot bear to destroy his family. I specially order him to stay in my house after delivering the message without returning it.

If your son is defeated and dies for his country, his father and his mother should leave Fengtian as soon as possible and evacuate to the pass with the retreating troops. As for Little Lizi, his father can take him with him when he evacuates Fengtian. This trip to the pass is dangerous and unpredictable. One more guard will mean more safety.

A guarantee.

Since ancient times, it is difficult to have both loyalty and filial piety. I hope my parents will forgive me. The unfilial son prospered in the Han Dynasty and cried out to his parents. It was the evening of September 17, 20th year of the Republic of China.

After Zhang Yuxi finished reading this tearful letter from home, she sat on the chair as if frozen, her hands began to tremble, and the letter from home fell to the ground.

PS: The chapter I just posted was crowded together due to the speed mode of the 360 ​​browser, and I forgot to switch to the compatibility mode. I just found out that I deleted it and re-uploaded it, and the content is the same.
Chapter completed!