The armored assault regiment was invincible after driving across the river, and under the blazing summer sun, there was nothing to bother Li Yinpei except for mechanical failures caused by the high speed and hot weather. In the bumpy command car, he leaned out of the command tower and continued to use his telescope to find the nine-story ancient tower on Longshou Mountain, two miles away from the east side of Tieling County.

The armored corps is advancing, and the cavalry corps sent by Lieutenant General Lian Nian Kamfu, commander of the Second Army Corps of the Russian Far East Army, is also marching towards Tieling County under the scorching sun, and the more than 10,000 cavalry seems to be as sharp as the armored corps, but if they want to gallop on the flat field, they naturally can't escape the eyes of the ghost bombers in the sky. The cavalry corps had just rushed out of the woods not far before they were entangled in ghosts, and there was no need to bomb, it was enough for the planes to pull to a low altitude and drive the horses with the roar of the engines while strafing them with machine guns. After more than ten minutes, the horse rebellion turned the entire cavalry corps into scattered sand, and the brave Cossacks had to take refuge in the woods not far away.

At 2:43 p.m., Li Yinpei, who had rushed to the front, finally saw the Xunfu Gate on the south side of Tieling County, and also saw the Russian infantry on the tower of the county town who were guarding in danger and were very hasty -- these infantry had been ordered to garrison the moat under the city, but the smoke and dust were billowing from the south, and there were bombers overhead, and the soldiers all fled into the county seat, and only some dared to look at these steel monsters on the city wall.

"Get around! Behind the notification, bypass. Li Yinpei ordered, and with his order, the command car, which was still one kilometer away from the county seat, turned a small corner. Walk around the city from a kilometer west of the county seat. The command vehicle took the lead, and the vehicles behind followed suit. An iron dragon immediately surrounded the county town in half a circle and headed for the north of the city.

The county seat was the headquarters of the 7th Division of the garrison Russian army. The Chai River Bridge of the Dongqing Railway at the back of the city was the focus of the division's garrison, and seeing that the Chinese were driving monsters to seize the railway bridge, the Russian army division in the Guandi Temple in the city Andreyevich ignored the god of death flying in the sky, and asked the remaining artillery in the name of God and the tsar to fire at these devil chariots.

The Russian troops stationed in the county town were ravaged by bombers once before, and the Russian troops with no air defense awareness were blown up on their backs, just because there were many buildings in the county, and most of the Russian artillery and command officers escaped by chance. Now that the division commander had given the order of God and the Tsar, the extremely pious gray cattle below immediately aimed their guns at the Iron Legion outside the city. With the command of the commander of gun. The cannon after pulling the hair shook violently, and with their extremely resentful shells, it was fired at the armored brigade that was galloping outside the city.

"Boom... ......A dozen or so shells fell on the outside of the city, and this round was completely empty, and only the four shots of shrapnel harvested the lives of the infantry carried on the outside of the chariot.

As soon as the artillery in the city rang out, the fierce ghosts in the sky galloped again, and the machine guns continued to strafe the guns with the barrels exposed, and some of them dived directly regardless of the height. The terrible screams of the planes caused God and the Tsar to disappear immediately, and the Russians, who had been bombed once, fled in all directions before the bombs fell.

Li Yinpei was taken aback by the sudden shelling, but fortunately did not see the loss of his own chariot. I put my mind at ease. The Chaihe Bridge of the Dongqing Railway was already in sight, and he didn't want to turn the locomotive at all to avoid the shells or capture the county first, for a lightly armored light chariot, the only thing that could guarantee survival was speed.

A few "bangs......". Several other wolf chariots moving side by side have begun to shoot at the Russian troops in the trench at the southern end of the railway bridge, and the special 37mm 21 times diameter chariot gun is too small, but its effective range is 2,000 meters. Although the shells were inaccurate during the march, more than a dozen shells exploded near the trench. Machine gun bullets rained down even more. Just as the front row of chariots was about to accelerate over the trench and onto the railway bridge, a white flag was raised from the trench.

"Get out of the way! Put the gun down! Get out of the way! Put the gun down! "Don't wait for the order of the brigade commander Li Yinpei. Ding Zhaojia, the commander of the first tank battalion who was ordered to assault Kaiyuan, used the radio to warn those Russian troops who asked to surrender not to block the way, he used the Russian language he learned temporarily, although the accent was not correct, but it was extremely effective, dozens of Mao Zi soldiers who had just climbed out of the trench, after hearing the words, saw the chariot without slowing down, and immediately jumped back into the trench like a ghost, and the speeding chariot swept over the trench one by one, and they should rush to the other side of the Chai River in the fastest time to establish a beachhead, ensure the safety of the entire railway bridge, and protect the sappers to build the bridge. They were going to break open the plains before dark, and speed was critical.

The armored cluster was outside the city, the 7th Division of the Russian Far Eastern Army was in the city, at the beginning, the division Andreyevich still wanted to hold the city, but seeing that the enemy army quickly built a bridge over the Chai River, and saw the cavalry army rolling in from the south and the dense artillery outside the city, he knew that the general situation had gone, and he hurriedly sent people to contact the surrender.

Wang Shiqian was still thinking of fighting a battle with the Russians before dark and completely occupying the county seat, but at this time, the self-propelled guns of the armored division had already been erected, but he didn't expect the Russian Maozi to be so intimidated and come to ask for surrender before the artillery was fired. Looking at the Russian military representative and the Chinese general with low eyebrows, he said domineeringly: "Our army will treat prisoners of war well in accordance with the provisions of the Geneva Treaty, except for those who deliberately kill civilians in violation of the laws of war during the war." ”

Wang Shiqian's exception made the Russian officers hesitate, knowing that they had been treated as VIPs when they surrendered to Japan ten years earlier. The Russians hesitated, and Li Yinpei next to him frightened: "If you don't agree, please go back, don't delay our attack." ”

As soon as the Chinese said about the attack, the Russian representative panicked, and he hurriedly asked for a few minutes to inform and consider. Seeing this, Wang Shiqian said: "Tell the commander in the city, if you don't line up to go out of the city and surrender in thirty minutes, we will start shelling." However, at that time, our army would not accept surrender. Please go back and think about it! ”

Thirty minutes was an ultimatum, the Russians bowed and immediately rode into the city, and seventeen minutes later, the Russians went out of the city under a white flag and surrendered. Seeing this, Li Yinpei said disdainfully: "It's really a bunch of straw bales, no wonder Japan was able to win back then!" ”

"I can't say that if I don't have so many incomprehensible weapons. They might be able to show that they are better. Wang Shiqian corrected. He is familiar with the Russian army, for them. He very much agrees with Mr.'s evaluation of the Russian army: the lower the class, the braver, and the more upper, the more cowardly. "Who did you let go over there?" Wang Shiqian finished talking about the Russian army. I thought of Kaiyuan.

"Ding Zhaojia. He had more than eighty combat vehicles, a battalion of self-propelled 75 field guns, and infantry, and it was not a problem to take Kaiyuan. Li Yinpei said. If only the bombers could follow. ”

"You think it's beautiful, people also drink oil, don't go back to refuel after flying for hours!" Wang Shiqian and Qin Guoyong of the Air Force have known each other for several months, and the performance of the dive bomber is completely clear. It looked powerful, but it was actually more delicate than a chariot.

"It's okay if you don't have a plane, we can take Kaiyuan down ourselves." Li Yinpei couldn't hold his face after being taught a lesson by his teacher. Lift the chariot hat only annoys the head.

However, at this time, Wang Shiqian had no time to pay attention to him, more than 10,000 prisoners of war had to be received, the seal of the encirclement had to be reinforced, and the battlefield situation and results had to be reported, and these things suddenly kept him busy. With the surrender of the Russian prisoners, a telegram was sent to the headquarters of the 6th Army to occupy Tieling. The commander, Lieutenant General Li Liezu, was no longer silent in the morning, and after eating a few bowls of noodles in succession, he saw this good news, and he asked the adjutant to go and let the man room make another bowl.

"What we have to do now is to prevent the Russian Maozi from building a bridge over the Liao River." He slapped the fan and tapped the telegram over and over again.

"Today is June 15. It is not so simple to build a bridge without being discovered, and besides, the river is not small now, and where bridges can be built can be known, even with your eyes closed. I don't believe that the theater command would not consider that they would cross the river. Fifty-five divisions in the Northeast. Thirty-five divisions were drawn, and the remaining twenty divisions were more than enough to deal with the Japanese. I don't believe that with the current appearance of the Russian army, thirty-five divisions will not be able to cure them. Chief of Staff Tao Maozhen said. He is very confident in the total annihilation of these 200,000 Russian troops.

It is not said that what the chief of staff said is justified or unreasonable. Before the next bowl of noodles was eaten, Li Liezu said: "This problem should be bothered by your old classmates." We've done what we're going to do. Communications Officer. Immediately forward the telegram to the Theater Command, remembering to indicate that one part of the 1st Panzer Division had already advanced to Kaiyuan. He said and suddenly smiled: "This Wang Shiqian." If you have more fuel, I'm afraid you will have to drive the chariot to Siping. ”

"Yes! Sir. The communications officer wished that the more good news the better, and the trembling salute went out at the moment.

Half an hour later, the good news of the Panzer Division's occupation of Tieling was placed in front of Qi Qingyuan, and he was not surprised that Andreyevich surrendered to the Japanese army with his brigade during the Battle of Mukden, Japan-Russia. Although he surrendered, because the responsibility for the defeat was mainly on the commander-in-chief of the Russian army, Kuropatkin, he was promoted after the war, but he didn't expect that he surrendered to the Japanese army last time, and this time he surrendered himself.

"What about the Japanese, it seems that they also want to join in the fun." Putting down Li Liezu's telegram, Qi Qingyuan thought about the activity report of the Japanese army in the morning, and couldn't help but laugh.

"The situation is unknown for the time being, but there is a big move anyway. They should be worried that we will go all out against the Russian army after we defeat them, or simply ignore them and directly drop dozens of divisions into the pass. Huang Fujin said: "In fact, the Japanese army is still too small, if the Russian army is really defeated by us, they will know that this battle will be defeated." ”

"I'm not afraid that they will take the opportunity to attack, but I am afraid that they will suddenly transfer all their troops into the pass. The sea route is much more convenient than the land route, and now they have 16 reserve divisions outside the Guan, and it is completely possible to draw another seven to eight divisions to land in Gyeonggi. Qi Qingyuan judged. If these 100,000 people get to the Kannai......"

"If this is the case, the disparity in the number of troops in North China will be too great, do you want to send a telegram immediately to inform the General Staff and Mr." Huang Fujin was also thinking about this problem, but the actions of the Japanese army without air supremacy have always been secretive, and he has never found evidence.

"You can mention it in the telegram." Qi Qingyuan nodded. "But remember to state that this is just a guess and there is no direct evidence yet. It is better for the troops outside the pass to wait for the surrender of the Russian army before being transferred back to the pass. ”

"I see." Huang Fujin can fully understand what Qi Qingyuan means, the Northeast Theater seems to have a lot of soldiers, but the encirclement and annihilation battle is not so easy to fight. Of course, it would be nice if all the generals of the Russian army were like Andreevich who surrendered.

The moon rises before the sun has completely set, and as the red sun in the west goes out little by little, the bright moonlight suddenly sprinkles all over the streets and alleys of the capital. Shine into every courtyard. The war has been going on for seven months, and I have watched as the Japanese army's attacks on the capital have been thwarted again and again by the revival army. People no longer have the panic at the beginning of the war, but listen to the drama and live their lives in the city with peace of mind.

The life of the people is as plain as water. If we have to say that the war has brought them any changes, then the routine militia training every month, the fact that all major businesses must use their household registration books to buy grain and coal, and the patrol soldiers everywhere after the curfew at 8:30 p.m. are the most direct manifestations of the war. But the more it is controlled, the more people feel at ease, at least in a panic, they can feel that the imperial court is urging this qiē, as long as the imperial court is still urging, then the Japanese will never be able to get in.

In the days when the soldiers came outside the city, I don't know when, all kinds of stories of the former Ming Dynasty began to be compiled into dramas and frequently staged by major teams. The common people and officials were bored and often went to the scene after dinner, so the major opera troupes sang until 8 o'clock in the evening, and the business was more prosperous than before the war. Although the Prime Minister's Office is lenient, the gongs and drums of the outside singing opera can still come in, and Yang Rui shakes his head very much at this time, this colorful entertainment is really a good way to stabilize people's hearts and maintain law and order.

When Yang Rui smiled, Bei Shoutong in front of him was still talking about the next strategic decision: after the Russian army is settled, 20 divisions will be transferred to the northeast to enter the pass, and the remaining 35 divisions will launch a general attack on the Japanese army in the northeast. After defeating the Japanese army on the front line of Andong, it will take advantage of the situation to break through to Korea, and at the same time, the 1st Marine Division will also land in Taiwan in the interval between typhoons, and the Japanese army near Gyeonggi will be the last to be wiped out, when the decisive battle is launched. The sea route has long been cut off, and the only thing to worry about in the face of this remnant army is that they flee into the city of Tianjin. It was a no-go area for the Baath Army.

"Let's talk about Taiwan." Yang Rui interjected in the interval between Bei Shoutong's words. "When are you going to cross the sea and fight? Are merchant ships ready? ”

"It's all ready, and the date is set for the end of this month and the beginning of next month. The main thing is that we can't tell when the Russian army outside the gate will surrender. The war in Taiwan and the war in Northeast China and Gyeonggi must be coordinated only after the war against Russia is over. Only then can we draw troops from outside the border into the customs. Pei Shoutong explained. Once the submarine and torpedo machine were exposed, I and I were very worried that the Japanese army, who knew that there was no way back, would strike a decisive blow, and at this time the troops in the pass had not yet returned to help, and if the Japanese attacked to the death, maybe they would ......, maybe they could really hit the outskirts of Beijing. ”

"Hit the outskirts of Beijing, hehe." Yang Rui laughed, "I still hope they can break into the capital." In this way, you can just cut some Japanese soldiers in the Temple of Heaven to pay tribute. ”

Yang Rui had some crazy effects that startled Bei Shoutong, and he hurriedly said: "Sir, if the Japanese army really hits the outskirts of Beijing, people can hide, but the cultural relics and monuments in the city will suffer, and Mr. Taiyan will ...... at that time."

"Okay, let's not talk about that." Yang Rui calmed down. Every time he talked about the Japanese army, he was always violent in his heart, but no matter whether he wanted to consider the post-war Sino-Japanese relations or not, he could not kill all the Japanese. This can't help but remind him of a movie in later generations, when the devils have done everything they can, they surrender; When the surviving civilians killed the Japanese soldiers in revenge, they were executed for homicide. Although the movie is ridiculous, the reality is more absurd than the movie.

"Ahem... Cough! Yang Rui tried his best to break free from the movie, and then said: "The tank is okay, the plane is not so easy to hide, and the battlefield is not far from Shenyang, maybe those foreign reporters and ministers saw the plane." Therefore, do not take Japan lightly, as only the weather is suitable on the Taiwan side, it is better to start it immediately. War cannot be waged when we are all ready, and with the preparations we have made before, timing is more important than appropriate! ”

"I understand what he means, but what worries me the most is that the Japanese in Gyeonggi will charge to the death. The 300,000 Japanese troops, if they really die together, it will still bring great trouble. Pei Shoutong said. At present, the capital is the weakest in terms of troops, but as soon as the battle of annihilation on the periphery of the border is over, the situation will change immediately.

"The problem is, the matter of encircling and annihilating the Russian army will not reach the ears of the Japanese in a few days, right?" Yang Rui emphasized: "Once the news of the total annihilation of the Russian army comes out, with the nature of the Japanese will only be decisive and impactful, it is unrealistic for us to wait for the complete end of the battle against Russia outside the border, even if the Russian army surrenders tomorrow, it will take more than ten days for the troops to enter the customs." ”

After Yang Rui finished speaking, his judgment suddenly became a little hot, Bei Shoutong is qualified to be a staff officer, but it is still very lacking in decision, but it is understandable to think that he is a staff officer rather than a commander.

"Sir, if that's the case, then I'm afraid the five divisions we transferred from outside the gate will not be able to catch up." Bei Shou is the same way.

"If you can't catch up, the Praetorian Guards will be dispatched, and the militia and patrol police in the capital can also be dispatched, and I will prepare another gun." Yang Rui put his hands behind his back and said very decisively. He smelled the smell of the Japanese blows to the death, and he could conclude that their attack would be in the next few days.

"Sir......" Bei Shoutong was very panicked when he heard that Yang Rui was going to go into battle in person. If something really happens to him, he is a sinner for the ages! "Sir, maybe the affairs of the Russian army can be concealed for a few days, so that the troops outside the gate ......"

"Although I can't be sure, I don't think it has much to do with concealment, and if the news of the complete defeat of the Russian army had not been received, the Japanese might have been prepared for a long time; If news of a crushing defeat of the Russian army is received, then they will immediately launch an offensive. This is the last chance for the Japanese, if they lose this battle, will they still have any hope of victory when the troops outside the Kansai come back to help? Yang Rui looked at Bei Shoutong and asked rhetorically. If there is really a way, it is to send people to publicize the news that our army's offensive has failed and the Russian army has won a great victory, but is this possible? ”

"Sir, the General Staff has such a plan." Pei Shoutong finally remembered a previous plan to be invalidated. "We can stage a big retreat outside Shenyang, and then have a few American reporters ...... the news of our defeat."

"Even if you have a plan, you can use it for a few days." Yang Rui saw that he was concerned and chaotic, so he didn't blame, but just asked with a smile: "Our army was defeated and retreated outside Shenyang, but the Russian army always needs some news, right?" Communication can't be smooth, right? I think that your trick will be seen through by the Japanese in a day at most, and it will have the opposite effect: once they find out that something is wrong, they will judge that we are hiding the information, and they will deduce the actual situation in advance. As now, if we don't release any news about the battle on the other side of Tieling, or simply say that we have won a small victory and the Russian army has been repulsed, the Japanese will still think that we and the Russian army are fighting to the death, and it will be difficult to distinguish the winner of the war for a while. ”

"Yes! Or the gentleman is thoughtful. Bei Shoutong's brain was also confused, he wiped his sweat vigorously and said: "In the war against Taiwan, the nearest landing day is the day after tomorrow, and once the day after tomorrow passes, it will be as short as three days or as long as five days, and there will be a typhoon." ”

"Is this the judgment of the meteorological department?" Time was so tight, and Yang Rui's brows furrowed.

"Not exactly, but also the judgment of the old local fishermen." Bei Shoutong said: "I have to wait for the typhoon to pass, I am afraid that there will be no landing opportunity until the end of this month and the beginning of next month." ”

"It's too late at the end of the month." Yang Rui shook his head and said. "How is Zheng Rui's 1st Marine Division, has it reached its position?"

"It's already in position, and if the merchant ship orders it right away, it can get to the position before the attack." Bei Shou is the same way.

"Where is the aircraft carrier test ship?" Yang Rui nodded and then asked about the test aircraft carrier, although he didn't know what it could do, but he always felt more sure that it was there.

"It is already close to the coast of the Philippines, and it can be reached in the Taiwan Strait within two days." Bei Shou is the same way. Sensing that Yang Rui seemed to be about to order the execution of the final part of the Wanli plan, a shiver suddenly broke down his spine in the stuffy room. It's really going to start the plan, then as far south as Guangdong, as far north as North Korea, at sea, underwater, sky, land, thousands of kilometers of fronts will be a magnificent war, such a magnificent epic, only let his whole person melt into it, unable to extricate himself. (To be continued......)