Age of Rebirth

"What do you think?" Feng Jiwu frowned and said, "Adventure! There are only tens of thousands of soldiers in hand, and the mechanized troops are quick to move. They ran in front of the main force of the retreating Kwantung Army. Hundreds of thousands of little devils, you said it was dangerous." Is it not dangerous? If you make trouble, you will be surrounded! Tens of thousands of people are surrounded by hundreds of thousands of little devils.

"Commander, how do we send a telegram to Commander Battelle?" Zhang Hansheng asked in embarrassment.

Feng Jiwu shook his head, thought for a while and said: "Return the telegram like this, Commander Battelle, I know all about the telegram, but I think that with your current strength, the pursuit speed is too fast, and there is a danger of being surrounded by the Kwantung Army. You slow down the pursuit speed, advance steadily, and wait for the follow-up troops to arrive, at least, you shouldn’t be too far away from the main force! Send it out immediately, if it’s too late, Battelle won’t start the chase yet!”

Zhang Hansheng promised, and was about to leave when he was stopped by Feng Jiwu, "Wait!" He rolled his eyes a few times and said, "In the telegram, add these few words, I have already included the content of your telegram." , Truthfully forwarded to the division, in addition, I suggest that you can intercept and kill a part of the retreating Kwantung Army troops!"

"Commander, what do you mean?" Zhang Hansheng asked suspiciously.

Feng Jiwu smiled and said: "Battelle now has tanks, artillery and infantry in his hands. It is impossible to intercept all the retreating little devils, but it is still possible to intercept them all the way. It will not be a disadvantage. , In this way, it can also reduce the pressure on the blocking troops, don't worry, I will mention the name of the division commander, he will not dare to take risks!"

"Also, report the situation of our corps' attack and the current position of the forward troops to the Commander Hantie of the Marine Corps in detail, so that he can grasp the following battlefield situation. Be prepared to avoid complaining, hahaha! This man, I’m afraid he’s about to vomit blood now?”

Zhang Hansheng understood it, and had to praise the commander's cunning for placing an armored group with powerful firepower and not chasing quickly.It is also a waste, the pursuit is too deep, and there is a danger of falling into the anti-encirclement of 10,000+ Kwantung Army troops.But catching up with a part of the Kwantung Army troops is completely sure, with the name of the division commander under the pressure, Battelle fought smoothly.Nor will it be rash.The best of both worlds!

Zhang Hansheng hurried to send a telegram. Feng Jiwu looked at his luminous watch. His thoughts were no longer on the immediate battlefield of this unsuspecting pursuit battle. The battle to break through the Kwantung Army's Daling River defense line had been going on for nearly four hours. Time, at least so far, seems to be going well.Taking down Linghai City is tantamount to being on the road to Fengtian.There is no longer any obstacle that can stop the troops from pursuing!

The Kwantung Army troops on the front line of the Daling River were almost wiped out. The news will soon be known to the Kwantung Army's top command. It is conceivable that the next Kwantung Army will inevitably speed up its retreat. In this way, the pressure can be all It's on Han Tie's troops who are blocking the attack. Han Tie is going to fight a tough battle, he thought to himself.

Feng Jiwu made a good estimate. Lieutenant General Gu Cang, the commander who set up the headquarters of the Ninth Army in Santaizi, north of Linghai, received bad news one after another in less than an hour after he gave the order to counterattack across the board. The troops were shelled by the artillery group of the Independent Division. Countless shells, as if they had eyes, blew up the Kwantung Army troops. I don’t know where the artillery of the Independent Division came from so many shells?

The troops who blocked the hole suffered heavy casualties and had to retreat hastily. Then, they received telegrams from several division heads on the front line. The content of the telegrams, without exception, said, "The troops have basically lost their combat effectiveness now. In the face of the fierce artillery fire from the independent division and the assault of the armored group, the defensive front is in a state of being divided, the communication between the division headquarters and the subordinate troops is interrupted, and the troops are in a situation of fighting on their own, unable to form effective resistance at all!"

Among these telegrams, there is no telegram from Lieutenant General Watanabe, the head of the No.18 Division. Lieutenant General Watanabe has already known the ending, and Watanabe must have broken the jade. The key areas, Lieutenant General Watanabe and the No.18 Division, were hard to escape. In the end, it was the telegram that Ling Haicheng fell in less than two hours, which gave Lieutenant General Granary the final blow.

Even in Sandaizi, tens of kilometers away from Linghai, the sound of guns and cannons could be heard. The straight-eyed Lieutenant General of the Barn realized that the general situation was over and the Ninth Army was completely over. The intention of dedicating oneself has nothing to do with the integrity of the soldiers, but out of practical considerations. If you are unable to turn the tide of the battle, even if you try your best, what can you do?

Lieutenant General Grann, who is by no means crazy, sent a telegram to the commander-in-chief Umezu Yoshijiro, telling his superior that the Dalinghe front line had all fallen, and that the Ninth Army had lost all casualties. After the news, he brought the army headquarters A group of officers, Sa Yazi, ran in the direction of Fengtian. Less than an hour after Lieutenant General Battelle escaped from Santaizi in the barn, Battelle's armored group rumbled and crushed Santaizi. Survive!

After receiving a telegram from the commander of the Ninth Army, Lieutenant General Gu Cang, in the office of the headquarters of the Kwantung Army in Fengtian, General Umezu Yoshijiro, who was so anxious, suddenly had cold hands and feet and felt dizzy for a while. He never imagined that with a force of more than 9 people , strengthened several field artillery regiments, and firmly defended the first line of defense of the reinforced concrete fortification with the natural barrier of Daling River. It fell apart in less than five hours!

The most terrible thing is that more than 9 people of the Ninth Army lost all of them within four hours. According to the estimation of General Umezu Yoshijiro, the Ninth Army of the Daling River Defense Line could at least block the independent division The troops attacked for more than five days, and within five days, the troops on the second and third lines of defense had already withdrawn to the front line of Fengtian and completed their defensive deployment.

Relying on the cities of Fengtian and other places, with hundreds of thousands of troops in hand, they can still deal with that Chinese devil Tang Qiuli for a period of time, waiting for the echo of his memorial to His Majesty the Emperor. There is also a regulation for fighting or retreating. Willing to give up Manchuria and increase troops again, so there may not be no chance of a comeback!

However, the disastrous defeat of the Ninth Army and the loss of the Dalinghe defense line disrupted his overall plan. The troops withdrawn from the Liaoxi Corridor area have not yet entered Fengtian, and more are still on the way. According to the breakthrough plan of the independent division troops Speed, next, is the fast pursuit!

Turning to defense on the spot, the hundreds of thousands of independent divisions on the defense line of the Liaodong Peninsula are waiting for what to do. They lost the air supremacy and blocked the enemy in the wild. Don't even think about it. Cold sweat dripped down, "What kind of offensive firepower, I have more than 9 Kwantung Army soldiers, relying on the Daling River natural barrier and reinforced concrete fortifications, can't even defend for a few hours?" He whispered to himself almost dreamily.

The chief of staff, Lieutenant General Matsuda, flashed into the commander-in-chief's office like a ghost, and when he saw General Umezu Yoshijiro, who was in a daze, he immediately shrank into a ball, "Commander-in-chief, after receiving the information, the independent division in the direction of the Liaodong Peninsula is heading to Panshan Advance to the Beining line to attack, the intention is very obvious, intercept our troops withdrawing from the Liaoxi Corridor!" He said in a heavy tone.

General Umezu Yoshijiro raised his head slowly, his eyes were blank, and after a long time, Fang said: "Matsuda-kun, the situation in the western Liaoning area has deteriorated, and the Ninth Army has lost too quickly. You should immediately order the troops to speed up the retreat. At the same time, Fengtian, Cities in Xinjing, Harbin and other places have entered a state of combat readiness, and the troops in the direction of Ximan are ordered to retreat immediately, and the assembly points are in the direction of Xinjing and Harbin!"

"The Ximan imperial army is now alone. The independent divisions chasing from the west of Liaoning, as long as the troops are divided, it is an interception situation. In the telegram, it is necessary to clearly tell the commanders at all levels that they must use the fastest speed retreat!"

"Okay, Commander-in-Chief, I will pass on your order right away!" Chief of Staff Matsuda said quietly, and after he walked out of the office, he sighed inwardly, "It's late, the Kwantung Army troops in the Ximan area, that China devil Tang Qiu Li won't let it go, I'm afraid, it's too late to withdraw now!"

On the battlefield in western Liaoning, Battelle's first assault armor group was the forerunner, followed by the Niangziguan Garrison Corps with hundreds of thousands of troops, divided into three groups, in the dark night, chasing the retreating Kwantung Army like a torrent, The striker's arrow was getting closer and closer to the retreating Kwantung Army troops.

Indeed, as Feng Jiwu said, Han Tie was about to run and vomit blood. The eleven brigades of 10,000+ troops left the northern part of the Liaodong Peninsula after withdrawing from the battlefield in the northern part of the Liaodong Peninsula. And Beining area rushed over, along the way, tanks, artillery vehicles, trucks, and countless infantry rushing, the road leading to Panshan to Beining was full.

And the troops did not conceal the direction of the march at all, just one word "fast!" fortifications.

However, the situation in the western Liaoning battlefield changed suddenly. The Kwantung Army began to retreat across the board. It no longer concealed its purpose as before, but retreated with great fanfare. Moreover, the speed of retreat was still very fast. In this way, the time left for the Hantie troops was only About seven or eight hours.

A series of orders reached the brigades, just one sentence, "speed up the march!" 10,000+ people marched, the scene was grand, and each brigade gathered all the motor vehicles, carried different troops, and rushed to the blocking location in front of the brigade .

Where the troops passed by, even the Manchurian troops in some small counties and villages were too late to clean up, but there was no need to fight, these Manchurian soldiers had already run away, which saved a lot of energy.

After running wildly all night, in the eastern sky, just when there was a trace of white belly, Han Tie received a report that Panshan County was in front of him.

(to be continued) (to be continued...)