The four wings of the Quartet wanted to evacuate when they received the order to retreat from the division headquarters. However, the Northeast Army has already been ruthless to swallow this Japanese army, so naturally it will not give them a chance to escape.

With three times the number of troops, the Japanese army was under unprecedented pressure. It's impossible to get out of it all. For this reason, the four wings could only ruthlessly leave more than half of the troops desperately to block the fight to get a chance to escape.

By the time the battlefield had died down, the corpses of the Japanese soldiers had been cleaned up from the battlefield in all directions reached 8,000. This was the largest loss of the Japanese army since the start of Operation Wolf Pack.

In the face of Haicheng's tight defense, the soldiers of the Northeast Army could only give up the opportunity to make a move. Then a quick evacuation. The Japanese did not pursue, and did not have the strength to pursue it. Four wings were disabled at once, and the total strength of the Japanese army was only more than 28,000 people, including three or four thousand wounded. It can be said that the Japanese army has been wounded under the blow of the Northeast Army.

Haicheng, the headquarters of the Japanese army.

"Yaga! A bunch of rice buckets! Lieutenant General Shibagoro angrily threw the statistics in his hand to the ground. The four wings were severely damaged at the same time, less than 7,000 troops of more than 15,000 people returned, and 8,000 troops were killed or fell into the hands of the Northeast Army.

"Your Excellency Division Commander, the first thing we have to do now is to get out of here, if we are still nesting here, we will only become the target of the Chinese army. If there were a few more such attacks, the 1st Division would really be finished. The chief of staff, Major General Hanzo Yamanashi, said in a loud voice.

"Damn! Damn it! Lieutenant General Shibagoro gasped violently, and his heart only felt suppressed by a volcano that could erupt at any moment.

"Have you figured out the situation of the people in China?" Lieutenant General Shiba Goro said in a deep voice.

"According to the reports of the four wings, the Chinese have gathered almost 40,000 men in all directions, and the strength of the Chinese army in each direction is more than three times that of ours. Coupled with the assistance of heavy artillery units, this is also the reason why the four wings did not hold out for long before they collapsed. Major General Hanzo Yamanashi said.

"I see! Let the troops defending the city step up their time and be on alert, properly accommodate the wounded, and let the troops recuperate and ensure their combat effectiveness at any time. Lieutenant General Shibagoro seemed to have made up his mind.

With the order of the division headquarters of the 1st Division, the entire Haicheng became tense in an all-round way, and the soldiers did not sleep in the camp tents, but gritted their teeth in the cold trenches and persisted. There is no way, seeing the four miserable wings, who still has the heart to sleep. Although the Japanese army was heavily guarded, the morale of the soldiers was still dealt a heavy blow, and a dull atmosphere of imminent annihilation filled the entire 1st Division.

Headquarters of the South-Eastern Military District.

The atmosphere in the entire command headquarters was extremely festive. A smile spread across the face of every combat staff officer. Especially the political commissar Qian Zhuangfei, a young face has already smiled like a flower.

"Commander, this is a big victory! With the loss of more than 1,000 people, the enemy killed 8,000 people, and if this continues, it will not take a few battles for the Japanese army to die! ”

"It's really good in terms of results, but it also leaks a lot of problems. Although the troops pressed on all fronts at the beginning, they did not fight resolutely. During this period of time, the troops were always sneak attacking, which had weakened the courage of the soldiers in their hearts a lot, coupled with the extensive use of automatic firepower, which increased the dependence of the soldiers on automatic firepower, which may not be a good thing in the long run. Zhen Zhen's face could still remain calm. After all, this battle was planned by him, and he had already expected the result. It can be said that this result is very satisfactory to others, but it is still flawed for Zhenzhen. Triple the strength of the troops, and the advantage of firepower, the troops did not completely annihilate the enemy, in addition to the relatively timely retreat order of the Japanese army, and the weakening of the attack power of the Northeast Army.

"Commander, you can't be too harsh, you know, there are still many officers and soldiers in our army a few months ago were still ordinary people with hoes, although they have undergone strict training in the army, but after all, they are not regular, and the time is limited, and it is very good that the whole war can be fought like this. Besides, these four brigades are all late brigades, and our ace 6th Brigade and 12th Brigade have not yet been put into it! If these two ace brigades play tonight, the imp will definitely not be able to escape with one wing. Qian Zhuangfei comforted. In his opinion, the performance of the Northeast Army can already be called perfect.

Zhen Zhen shook his head, not saying anything.

"Commander, it's past midnight now. Do you continue to send troops to harass the Japanese army? Qian Zhuangfei asked.

"No need, let the soldiers rest and rest tonight!" Zhen Zhen said.

"Not really? Will giving up at this time restore the vitality of the Japanese army, this is the result of our continuous harassment during this time, if we give up, wouldn't it be a waste of all our previous efforts. Qian Zhuangfei didn't understand Zhenzhen's thoughts.

"After two days of continuous fighting, especially the great victory of the two nights of night raids, the Japanese army was reduced to about 25,000 men. In this case, the commander of the Japanese army was thinking not about the defense, but about breaking through. If they stay any longer, they will be wiped out. Zhen Zhen said with a smile.

"Breakout? Commander, are you going to ambush them on the road? Qian Zhuangfei's face showed excitement.

"Yes, we won't attack tonight. As for the Japanese army, I think that after the sudden defeat of the Japanese army just now, the Japanese soldiers will not dare to rest at all, so stopping the attack tonight will only tilt the advantage of the enemy and us in our favor. Zhen Zhen carefully analyzed.

"Makes sense!" Qian Zhuangfei said.

"And if we don't attack, the Japanese army will definitely think that we are recuperating and waiting for a general offensive tomorrow, after all, the current superiority of the enemy and our forces has further expanded, and it is normal for the Japanese army to have a sense of crisis. At this time, as long as the commander of the Japanese army is not a fool, he will definitely choose to evacuate this place. Haicheng has no city walls, so it can be said that there are loopholes everywhere. Now they don't have any advantage, and the Japanese are not at ease to fight a decisive battle here, so it is certain that they will evacuate. It's just that we can't figure out the direction of their evacuation yet. Said the Ponderor.

"At present, the Japanese army is closest to Yingkou, and the possibility of the Japanese army withdrawing to Yingkou is the greatest. Moreover, the headquarters of the Japanese First Army is also located in Yingkou, and there is also a Third Fleet in the town, and security is also guaranteed. ”

"Not necessarily, the intelligence came from the assassination that the remnants of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army, which originally received the 1st Division, suddenly turned eastward, and the target was Lushun on the Liaodong Peninsula. I think that since the 10th Division went to Lushun, it is very likely that the 1st Division will also flee towards Lushun, after all, in the northeast, the more concentrated their forces are, the safer they are. The more Zhen Zhen said, the more he felt that this was the case, and he began to think about how to eliminate them all on the way to the Japanese army.

It was just dawn, and the Japanese did not care about the hoarfrost on their clothes, and all the cavalry of a wing withdrew as scouts. The cavalry chose to lurk after knowing that the Northeast Army had a lot of automatic firepower and suffered some hardships, otherwise it is unknown whether there is a cavalry formation now. When the cavalry first entered the northeast, it was attacked by a small group of troops in the northeast. As long as these small units were armed with light machine guns, the cavalry would always suffer heavy losses, and over time, the cavalry would be reduced to reconnaissance troops.

Thundered!

The range of the Japanese scouts reached a radius of three kilometers. Under the cover of cavalry, the Japanese infantry was drawn, and only two wings of the 1st Division had not suffered losses, so in this operation, one of the two wings took the lead and the other guarded the tail. This was also in response to the attack of the Northeast Army.

By the time the sun's First Brigade shone on the northeastern land, Haicheng had become an empty city. The Japanese did not set fires, because the light and smoke would have delivered information to the Northeast Army.

The Japanese advance was unexpectedly fast, and the scouts did their best, but although the cavalry was highly mobile as scouts, it was really difficult to spread out in the hilly terrain, and they could not reconnoiter thoroughly on many hills. This gave the Northeast Army a chance.

Boom!

Several shells fired from a hilly hill landed accurately in the center of the advancing Japanese troops. Cause a wail of a piece. The sudden sound of mortar startled the advancing Japanese troops. The troops at the front quickly rushed in the direction of the artillery fire. But by the time they arrived, it was already empty.

The Japanese forces did not even bother to stop this sudden attack, and it can be said that they did not pay any attention to it, and still maintained their fastest speed. They know that if they stop, they will suffer huge losses.

Hulu Valley, the most dangerous terrain on the way for the Japanese army to advance. It was also the terrain that the Japanese army was most worried about. The whole gourd valley is wide in front and narrow in the back, and it is densely covered with strange stones, which is a natural defense point, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Today, a force in the Hulu Valley has already established a defensive position, and the hoarfrost on the soldiers shows that they have been here for a long time.

The Northeast Army did not cover it up, because it was the 12th Brigade of the Northeast Army that defended this place, and it was one of the two trump cards of the Southern Military Region of the Northeast Army. Therefore, the position of the Northeast Army was discovered by the Japanese reconnaissance unit at the first time, and the Japanese reconnaissance unit reported the blocking position of the Northeast Army to the division headquarters at the first time.

When Lieutenant General Shibagoro received this order, especially when he saw the complete fortifications of the Northeast Army, he knew that his withdrawal had been anticipated by the enemy generals. If a decision is not made sooner, I am afraid that the entire 1st Division may be destroyed.

"Order the troops, break through the forward positions at any cost." Lieutenant General Shibagoro ordered loudly. The blockade of the Northeast Army in front cast a thick shadow on Lieutenant General Shibagoro's heart. He understood that the Northeast Army was already on guard, and the only chance for the 1st Division was to break through the solid defensive line in front of him as quickly as possible.

(To be continued)