At noon on December 19, the battle at the west gate of Chaoyang County was extremely fierce, shells were overwhelming, bricks and stones were flying, the city wall had already collapsed in the explosion of the bombshells of the old dive bombers, a large gap appeared on the black and swarthy city wall, more than a dozen tanks roared forward, and behind them, the soldiers of the Kuomintang army and the Jin army rushed to the gap like a tide.

The Japanese soldiers in the city rushed into the gap with artillery fire, and four or five machine guns accelerated on both sides of the gap, spewing out long strings of tongues of fire, hitting the oncoming tanks, only to make a clanging sound of metal colliding, and wipe off some paint. A few tanks were counted, the turret turned, and the twenty-millimeter cannon was aimed at the gap where the tongue of fire erupted, boom! Rumble! There were a few shellings, and several machine guns were suddenly dumbfounded.

Due to the suppression of the artillery by the Kuomintang air force, the Japanese fought very passively, and although the soldiers were still heroic, the disadvantage was very obvious. After the firing point of the gap was eliminated, the roar of the tank motor sounded again, and the soldiers behind also let out a shout and rushed towards the city wall.

Several more Japanese "stingers" rushed at the moving tanks with grenades on their backs, but they were quickly knocked down with submachine guns by the Kuomintang infantry who accompanied the tank attack. Seeing that the Kuomintang army was about to rush into the city, a 37-mm rapid-fire gun ambushed in the dilapidated buildings in the city suddenly opened fire, and with a boom, a No. 1 tank was hit on the spot, and the 37-mm shell easily penetrated the thin armor of the No. 1 tank, and there was a big explosion inside the tank! Seeing that the signs were not right, the remaining tanks hurriedly reversed and exited the gap in the city wall. At this moment, a group of Japanese soldiers appeared on the wall, rifle volleys, spraying a rain of bullets, more than a dozen grenades were thrown from the city, and puffs of smoke rose from the city.

The first wave of the offensive was frustrated, and Xu Yunfei quickly organized a second wave of offensives, and several daredevils were selected, each armed with a submachine gun, and a row of magazines and grenades hanging from his chest.

"Brothers, today's battle is a shameful battle for the First Division of our National Revolutionary Army! We must play the prestige of our first division, and let those who don't open their eyes see who is the first division in the world! Who is the first group in the world! This is the commander of the first infantry regiment, Fang Jing, this time the death squad is personally led by him, the commander of the regiment, he stood in front of the queue with a bowl of wine and shouted: "Brothers, this battle is related to the survival of our country, and those Japanese devils on the opposite side now occupy most of the northeast!" If we don't defeat them and regain the lost territory, they will use the resources and land of the Northeast to grow stronger day by day, and finally destroy our whole China! We must destroy them! Kill all these pirates! Kill all the pirates! Reclaim the mountains and rivers! "Kill them all!" Reclaim the mountains and rivers! "Kill all the pirates! Reclaim the mountains and rivers! ”

The roar was like thunder, shaking the heavens and the earth! Most of the current grassroots soldiers of the National Revolutionary Army have already received a six-year compulsory education with a large number of nationalist and militarist ideas, and they have long been indignant when they see that Northeast China is occupied by the Japanese army. At this time, Fang Jing was slightly instigated, and the whole thing was angry.

"Kill!" With a shout, several daredevils, guided by more than a dozen tanks, rushed to the city wall, and the sound of gunfire and explosions resounded throughout the battlefield. The battle near the gap became even more white, and both sides fought to the death.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble......

The Japanese artillerymen, who had been silent for a long time, finally couldn't bear to open fire to help the battle, and rows of smoke columns rose behind the charging middle people, blocking their retreat, but these daredevils never thought of retreating! Explosions, machine guns. The rifle fire was instantly torn apart by the powerful infantry charge, and the daredevils, at great cost, finally rushed to the top of the city, firmly controlling both ends of the gap, and the 37 guns that had destroyed several tanks in the gap were also shattered by a barrage of mortar shells. The armored cluster led by Xu Yunfei braved the constantly falling cannonballs and quickly passed through the gap to the depth of the city.

The Japanese army at the head of the city was no longer able to counterattack the squadron that had entered the city, so they could only slowly retreat into the city. Immediately, more fierce street battles began in Chaoyang City! However, under the overwhelming firepower advantage of the Kuomintang army, the battle for Chaoyang County did not last long.

"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it. ，… Mao ZD took the battle report that had just been sent and didn't expect it three times. In just half a day, he rushed into more than ten miles, attacked Chaoyang County, annihilated about 8,000 Japanese troops, and killed a captain of the Dazuo Wing, compressing the Japanese army to the south of Chaoyang County and the line of Phoenix Mountain, Qilin Mountain, and Daheishen, thus opening the passage from the east to the north. Although the road from the west was blocked by the Japanese army. However, it was possible to take a detour from the northeast, through a low hilly area, to the north of the Japanese army besieging Beipiao.

This should also reduce the pressure on the North Ticket on a certain journey?

Luo Yaoguo didn't have a word, he was studying there with the report submitted by Xu Yunfei, the commander of the armored group, the Japanese army seemed to be caught off guard at first, especially their 37mm guns did not perform well on the battlefield, they were either covered by artillery or destroyed by air raids, and finally the few remaining guns did not have much effect. It's just that during the assault on the county seat, more than a dozen tanks were destroyed by 37 guns. As for anti-tank weapons such as anti-tank grenades and anti-tank guns, there is not much effect, it seems that the Japanese have not yet learned to deal with the No. 1 tank, a new tank that is faster and more powerful, but what Luo Yaoguo saw was that the anti-tank weapons of the National Revolutionary Army were also lacking, and if they encountered an opponent with a large number of tanks, they were afraid that their performance would not be as good as the Japanese army.

In addition, although the use of tanks in siege and street fighting can reduce some infantry casualties, the loss of tanks is very serious, and more than 20 No. 1 tanks have been lost in Chaoyang City today. So much so that Xu Yunfei had to withdraw the tanks from the county, and finally simply handed over the task of attacking the city to the first division.

The report concludes by mentioning the backwardness of the means of communication, the lack of radio stations in tanks, the lack of radio stations in aircraft, and the fact that artillery advance observers can only communicate with the rear by telephone lines. Therefore, when the battle line changes rapidly, it is difficult for the air force and artillery to put firepower on key points in time, and there are even several accidental hits due to communication delays! Artillery shelled already occupied positions! It seems that it is urgent to equip all tanks and aircraft with radios, and to assign military shortwave radios to the battalion level.

"President, it seems that today's offensive has been completely successful, and by tomorrow at the latest, we will be able to expel the Japanese troops entrenched in the front line of Phoenix Mountain, Qilin Mountain, and Daheimeng, and completely open the road to Beipiao." Zhang Xueliang is happy.

"Marshal Luo, can you open the highway tomorrow?" Mao ZD put down the battle report in his hand and stared at Luo Yaoguo: "Beipiao has been in a hurry for us again and again!" If we go late, I'm afraid we'll be wiped out. ”

"I can't beat it tomorrow." Luo Yaoguo shook his head: "My tank can't go up the mountain,

Today, Fu Zuoyi commanded the Jin army to launch a tentative attack on Phoenix Mountain, which ended in a fiasco. The devil has at least one wing there, and there is also almost one wing in Qilin Mountain, and the deployment of the troops of the Great Black Mountain is ominous, but it should be difficult to fight. There is no urgency to fight this kind of mountainous land, so we can only gnaw slowly, or we and the Jin army will fight slowly. Mao ZD stood up and walked to the map table, looking down at the dense military map marked by the red and blue pen: "General Hanqing." He beckoned to Zhang Xueliang and summoned him to his side: "For today's plan, the only way to relieve the siege of Beipiao is to bypass from the northeast, can the Northeast Army still fight?" ”

"This" Zhang Xueliang glanced back at Luo Yaoguo, who didn't say a word, and now, Luo Yaoguo didn't seem to have any other way, just lowered his head and pretended not to hear.

"The four divisions of the Japanese on the southern front were pinned down by the attack of the 11th division of the Kuomintang, and there were three more divisions around Chaoyang, so that the most that remained in Beipiao was three divisions." Mao Ao carefully analyzed Zhang Xueliang: "These three divisions have been fighting bloody battles with the Eighth Route Army and the Seventeenth Route Army for ten days, and at least tens of thousands of people have been killed and wounded. Now there are at most 70,000 people, and there are 100,000 of your two armies combined! There are still 50,000 ...... in the North Ticket City We marched overnight, and arrived in Beipiao at noon tomorrow and Lou is afternoon, when the Kuomintang air force could come to support our army, and the chances of winning this battle were great.

"Eight squares! Eight squares! Ryokari shouted frantically in the headquarters: "Are Matsui and Watanabe still samurai of the Imperial Army!" I lost Chaoyang County in one day! There were more than 80,000 people in three divisions, and one Kuomintang division and two Jin army divisions were defeated by the Zhina people! These two idiots should be seppuku! Why don't they cut their stomachs yet? Are you afraid of pain? Hurry up and take a telegram and ask! The officers around him were silent, and no one dared to say more, because no one knew what to suggest. The entire battlefield in western Liaoning was a pot of porridge, and the four divisions under the command of Duomen Erlang on the southern front suffered from the powerful firepower of the Chinese army from the sea, land and air on the Jinzhou front, and although the defense line was not broken, the losses were very heavy! The siege around Beipiao continued, and the Eighth Route Army and the Seventeenth Route Army stubbornly resisted and fought to the death, and the battle reached a stalemate.

The three divisions on the Chaoyang battlefield were originally pinned on high hopes, and they did not completely annihilate the first division of the Kuomintang.

Why should it be hit hard? But as a result, in one day, the family was defeated, lost seven or eight thousand people, and lost Chaoyang County, so if the Kuomintang really mobilized ten divisions to the northeast, I am afraid that this war will really be lost?

After venting for a while, Ryotoshi gradually regained his composure, and today's battle between Matsui Ishine and Watanabe Yodotaro was indeed not fought well. However, there are also some objective reasons, such as the combat effectiveness of the armored forces in China exceeds the imagination, and an armored cluster is at least equivalent to the combat effectiveness of a division, so that the Kuomintang in China should be regarded as two divisions on the Chaoyang front, and in addition, after the Kuomintang Air Force succeeded in the raid on Jinzhou Airport this morning, the sky was completely controlled by them, and more than one dive bomber took turns to suppress the Japanese artillery on the Chaoyang front. But now it's getting dark!

"Order Matsui Ishine and Watanabe Yodotaro to organize a counteroffensive and counterattack Chaoyang County with the main force.

We must teach the First Division of the Kuomintang in China a lesson that will never be forgotten! ”

Chief of Staff Miyake Koji suddenly remembered something: "Your Excellency, after the Chinese Army took control of Chaoyang County, the road to Beipiao has been opened. If the Zhina Army makes a long detour to the northern line of the Loubeipiao siege army with a powerful part, and joins forces with the Zhina GCD army in Beipiao, it is entirely possible to break through successfully. It is recommended that the main force of the Chaoyang Combat Cluster be withdrawn to Beipiao, leaving only part of the troops to continue to control the road. ”

Ryokari shook his head after thinking about it: "The combat effectiveness of the GCD Army and the Northeast Army is not strong, and even if there are 150,000, they are not the opponents of the three imperial army divisions. The GCD army has been seriously weakened after this battle... When the time comes, we can let them evacuate with another blow, and our main trouble is still the Kuomintang army! Be sure to hit them hard tonight! "The sky is getting darker, the north wind has been blowing more and more violently since the afternoon, and now the snow has begun to fall outside, and the whole mountainous area of western Liaoning is covered with snow and mist, shrouding everything in the snow and dust, and the visibility is very low. To be honest, this is not a suitable weather for soldiers, and the temperature has dropped sharply, perhaps to minus 10s. The gunfire around Chaoyang County seemed to have subsided because of this bad weather, and the Kuomintang army had occupied the entire county and pressed the Japanese army to the Phoenix Mountain and Qilin Mountain positions on the south bank of the Daling River.

At this time, Luo Yaoguo had entered the newly recovered Chaoyang County, and the "three-person regiment" on the top of Xidabai Mountain had also been disbanded at this time, Mao ZD and Zhang Xueliang had moved their joint headquarters to Taipingfang Town at the foot of the mountain after arranging for the troops to make a detour overnight to relieve the siege of Beipiao, which is still under the control of the GCD Liaoxi Military Region, and the Manchurian Special Committee led by Liu Siqi also moved here.

Probably because he left the side of Zhang Xueliang, who likes to admonish soldiers, and this time for the Eighth Route Army,

The liberation of the Seventeenth Route Army can be regarded as complete, Luo Yaoguo no longer looks nervous and worried during the day, and his current state is even a little leisurely. At this time, he was discussing the latest battle situation with a vote of Kuomintang generals in a mansion in Chaoyang County.

"Fuwen, Commander An's telegram, today the 11th Division and the Japanese fought all day on the battlefield in western Liaoning, and the troop losses were not large, but the ammunition consumption was large, so he asked if he could stop the offensive and go on the defensive?" Natalie walked in with a telegram she had just received.

Luo Yaogu nodded: "Yes, let Sihua stop attacking, we can be regarded as worthy of GCD." Talimari turned and left.

Luo Yaoguo turned his head again and asked Fu Zuoyi: "Brother Yishan, are GCD and the Northeast Army out?" Fu Zuoyi smiled: "It's being pulled, our Jinyi Division is watching them, and it is led by Li Renchao and Feng Huanzhang." His face became solemn again: "Brother Fuwen, as soon as they leave with 100,000 people, we will have more than 60,000 people left here, and this devil has almost 70,000 ..............., will he attack tomorrow?" Luo Yaoguo looked back at Qiu Qingquan and Xu Yunfei: "Yu'an, Po Yu, what do you think?"

Qiu Qingquan and Xu Yunfei glanced at each other, now that the Japanese have shrunk to the mountain, this battle will not be easy to fight, and GCD has already made a detour to Beipiao. Qiu Qingquan sighed and shook his head: "The Japanese shouldn't stay in the mountainous areas of western Liaoxi for a long time, and when Zhongg rescues the besieged Eighth Route Army and the Seventeenth Route Army, they should almost retreat?" Xu Yunfei shrugged his shoulders: "Teacher, my tank can't go up the mountain, without these tanks, I'm afraid I can't beat 70,000 Japanese soldiers?" "Luo Yaoguoxin, this battle of western Liaoning was originally to give the North Manchurian Anti-Resistance Federation time to grow stronger, and now it seems that the goal has basically been achieved, so I will accept it when I see it.

"Then order all the troops to shrink around Chaoyang County, and let the Second Jin Division work hard tonight and go to the Chaoyang City Wall to set up defenses. Let the artillery group be transferred to the northwest of the county and stationed with the armored group. …，

Fu Zuoyi stood up and saluted: "The task of the vigil tonight will be handed over to our second division of Jin, our Jin army is good at defending the city, and the Japanese army will dare to come to sneak attack and keep beating them, and there will be no return!" Luo Yaoguo nodded noncommittally, and glanced at the goose feather snow that was drifting outside the window, should the Japanese come to sneak attack in such a ghost weather?

At this time, Luo Yaoguo and all the people in this room probably wouldn't have thought that a tragic battle was coming! In the Japanese army position on the south bank of the Daling River in Fenghuang Mountain, there were already 20,000 Japanese officers and soldiers who were ready to make all preparations before the attack in such bad weather! They chewed on the cold red bean rice balls that had been prepared in a hurry, and the telescope-like lunch boxes contained beef and dried fish, and like the squadron, the last meal of the Japanese army before the attack was unusually rich! Everyone was even given a little sake to keep them warm during this cold time.

Tonight's offensive was organized under the strict orders of the Kwantung Army Command, the purpose of which was to restore the military prestige of the Imperial Japanese Army on the one hand, and at the same time to break the myth of the invincibility of the Kuomintang Army!

This thing is really a bit unexpected, in this time and space, because the Kuomintang army is almost invincible, the Japanese have suffered losses under them one after another.

So much so that the Japanese army was somewhat timid about fighting the Kuomintang army going north.

They all felt that if they didn't lose the battle, they would win, and Matsui Ishine and Watanabe Yodotaro were also fighting under the domination of this mentality...... If such a "myth" is not dispelled, I am afraid that this war of aggression against China will not last long