So Yamashita quickly knew that what Toyokawa Staff Officer said might be true...... There was indeed a regular army coming from the direction of Lushun, and it was most likely the Chinese army that was supposed to be on Iwo Jima. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Shan Xiayuan immediately made a phone call to the headquarters of the Third Front Army in Xinjing (Changchun).

"Your Excellency, General!" Yamashita reported: "We have been attacked by the enemy's elite troops, as far as we can guess...... The enemy landed from Lushun and went north along the railway and road, and half an hour ago he had already captured Yingkou, and now he should be in Haicheng! ”

"What?" The commander of the Third Front, General Naosaburo Okabe, was taken aback when he heard this, and then asked, "When did this happen?" How many enemies are there? What is the specific number? ”

"That ......" Yamashita replied with some embarrassment, "It's this morning, and it's not clear what the enemy's number and strength are ......."

"Bastard!" Okabe Naosaburo opened his mouth and scolded: "Luda and Yingkou have been captured by the enemy, and they don't even know who the opponent is!" ”

"Your Excellency, General!" Yamashita Wenyuan hurriedly explained: "The enemy is even stronger than expected, it is said that it is ...... 'Chinese Expeditionary Force', they attacked very quickly, and our radio unit was destroyed by them before they could report it!" ”

Objectively speaking, this fact cannot be blamed on the mountain...... Because this kind of thing is actually very common in this era of extremely backward communication equipment, especially when the enemy uses mechanized troops to advance rapidly.

If nothing else, take the Burma campaign...... The Japanese troops interspersed with the China-Burma highway were not mechanized troops, they still walked on two legs, but they chased hundreds of kilometers from Burma to China, and the top brass of the national army still knew nothing.

It wasn't until the American pilots of the Flying Tigers inadvertently saw the Japanese troops below running all the way in the air that they realized that something was wrong.

At this time, the Chinese army was still fully mechanized: tanks, armored vehicles, engineers, automobiles, artillery, etc., and even the air force was constantly sending supplies from the air......

This was planned by Zhang Chi early in the morning, and the troops at the forefront, such as the Second Regiment and the First Regiment.

On the one hand, these two regiments had to consume a lot of supplies, such as ammunition, fuel, food, etc., because they were attacking and advancing. On the other hand, as the 1st and 2nd regiments advanced forward, their supply lines became longer and longer, and supplies became more and more difficult.

And whether these two regiments have sufficient supplies is very crucial...... You must know that they are the troops that open the way in front, and the lack of supplies means that they cannot walk or even if they reach the destination, there is not enough ammunition to capture the target, so this "blitzkrieg" cannot be "flashed", in other words, it may affect the whole battle.

For this reason, Zhang Chi not only organized a powerful logistics convoy for the 1st and 2nd Regiments, but also carried supplies to the 1st and 2nd Regiments with as many as 300 vehicles, which were loaded with gasoline and ammunition.

However, this is not enough, there will inevitably be some unexpected situations on the battlefield, such as the battle is fighting to the point of white-hot ammunition, and the ammunition is consumed quickly, but the logistics and transportation cannot keep up for a while and a half, which may cause a fatal blow to the army, especially the long-distance raids such as the first and second regiments must be taken into account.

So, Zhang Chi specially transferred ten C47 transport planes from Iwo Jima.

The C47 is a good thing, and it has a lot of advantages, one of which is that the rear three-point layout of the landing gear is ideal for use in rough airports, the thick landing gear wheels can easily pass through potholes, and the higher engines and cockpit are not easy to be hit by the raised sand.

Because of this, the Chinese army could find an open field in Lushun and use a bulldozer for several hours...... An airfield for C47 take-off and landing was built.

Then, the supplies were transported to this airstrip one after another, and the C47 was like an "air truck" that took turns to airdrop the supplies to the first and second regiments that were at the forefront...... This also reduces the pressure on the logistics fleet to a considerable extent.

All this made the Chinese troops advance faster than expected, so that the Japanese army could obtain information in time and make countermeasures...... This is actually one of the purposes of "Blitzkrieg": to obtain as complete and detailed information as possible, while the enemy's intelligence is pitiful, so you can attack the enemy's weak points as you like.

Okabe Naosaburo thought about it and ordered: "You immediately order Haicheng and Anshan to do a good job of defense, and send reinforcements to Anshan, and I will transfer the 123rd Division to reinforce you!" ”

"Yes!" Shan Xia Yuan responded, and his hanging heart couldn't help but let go of a little.

Prior to this, he was also worried that Shenyang's troops were empty and could not withstand the enemy's attack...... The garrison of the 122nd Division in Shenyang originally consisted of only three infantry wings that were not fully manned, and the Matsumoto Wing had been sent by him to reinforce Lushun at this time, and at this time it was gone, so there were only two infantry wings left.

The two infantry wings were obviously unable to hold the huge Shenyang, and now they heard that Naosaburo Okabe said that they would send a division of troops to reinforce them...... And he was relieved.

But what Yamashita didn't know was that this was precisely the main reason for his rapid rout.

Then, after thinking about it with the staff officer, he sent a wing of infantry to Anshan.

This would have been fine...... Because according to common sense, the enemy will occupy Haicheng along the way and then reach Anshan, it will take time to occupy Haicheng, and it will take time to occupy Anshan, and Anshan is only more than 80 kilometers away from Shenyang, and it only takes about two hours for the troops to reach Anshan by train (note: this includes the time of loading, and the general speed of trains at that time was only more than 40 kilometers per hour).

So with such a calculation, the reinforcements will definitely reach Anshan before the enemy, so they can do a good job of defense.

Of course, Yamashita did not hope that this wing would be able to hold off the enemy...... If the enemy can easily capture Lushun and take Shenyang directly, it will not be something that a single wing can stop.

Shan Xia Yuanyuan only hoped that this wing could delay for a while, so that the 123rd Division would have time to rush to Shenyang and build a defense.

If the 123rd Division can successfully enter Shenyang, it is very likely that the battle line will be opened with Shenyang as the center and become a stalemate, and the stalemate is what Yamoto hopes for far away, because this means that the Japanese army has time to continuously gather forces and give full play to its superiority in strength.

(To be continued.) )