Just when the infantry operator who received Li He's order was busy teaching Miss Guo, who had made up her mind to join the army, how to use a submachine gun, the battle situation in Tongliao City had undergone further changes with the successive investment of the anti-coalition forces. The first entry of artillery into the battle accelerated the advance of the divisions a lot.

By 11 o'clock in the morning, the Anti-Japanese Federation had successively captured some tactical points in Tongliao City, such as the power plant, Lao Ye Temple, Yuantong Temple, Nanbei Market, Xinkai Hutong, the Puppet Manchurian Police Station, the Tongliao National High School, the Women's Industrial School, and the Puppet Manchurian Central Bank, and divided the remnants of the Japanese defenders into three major parts: the puppet Manchurian county government, the Dongtailong burning pot, and the enemy in front of Li He.

According to the current situation, there is basically no big problem in completely taking Tongliao County by tomorrow at the latest. The county seat of Kailu was fully captured at around 10 o'clock. As long as the remnants of the enemy army in Tongliao County are resolved, then the battle of Tongliao, which has been going on for more than half a month, will be completely over, and the two major battlefields of Tongliao and Linxi will be connected into one.

But just when Wang Jun on the battlefield in Tongliao County was gearing up to give the final blow to the Japanese army in the city, the situation of the battle changed dramatically because of the sudden arrival of Japanese reinforcements. Although only some of these Japanese reinforcements arrived in Tongliao City, the Japanese troops who were struggling to support them in the city were able to return to the sun.

After all, compared with fighting alone, the arrival of reinforcements, even if the number is small, but the impact on morale is not ordinarily large. Moreover, after the arrival of Japanese reinforcements, the balance of the living forces of the enemy and us in the city also changed considerably. The original absolute superiority of the Anti-Japanese Federation in strength has dropped a lot all of a sudden.

Faced with the emerging enemy situation, Chen Hanzhang had to adjust his deployment. A battalion of the infantry regiment of the armored brigade, an armored reconnaissance company, and a company of the guard battalion directly under the column that had completed the encirclement and annihilation of the enemy forces between Tongliao and Kailu and were replenishing fuel and preparing to move south according to the plan were thrown into the battle for Tongliao County as quickly as possible.

Even a battalion that escorted Wang Guangyu to replenish Chen Hanzhang's ammunition and supplies was detained by Chen Hanzhang as soon as he got off the car and thrown into the battlefield of the county seat. Behind them, among the more than 200 puppet Manchu prisoners who had completed screening and mobilization, they were also in good health, and they were also issued weapons and ammunition, ready to be incorporated into the troops and put into the battlefield at any time.

At the same time, one armored brigade armored and one infantry reconnaissance company in the last reserve of the column, two companies of the reconnaissance battalion directly under the third division, a reconnaissance company directly under the cavalry brigade, and one tank company under the armored brigade were dispatched to clear their own deep running everywhere, and even the Japanese reinforcements who were in danger of the safety of the field hospital.

Originally, with the gradual collapse of the resistance of the Japanese army, most of the area had gradually calmed down in Tongliao County. As new troops from both sides entered the battlefield, a dense burst of gunfire rang out again. And outside Tongliao City, which had been completely calmed down, intermittent gunshots also sounded.

Regarding Chen Hanzhang's detention of a battalion of materials that he escorted, Wang Guangyu understood very well. The reason is very simple, the lack of troops has also happened to him, Wang Guangyu. However, fortunately, after solving the main force of the 23rd Division, his straight-line contact with the rear has been opened up, and he can obtain troop replenishment.

Therefore, after receiving Chen Hanzhang's request for help, which was actually a disguised request, Wang Guangyu was very generous not only did not recover this battalion, but also transferred two more battalions to Chen Hanzhang from his own small reserves, making up a regiment. Plus two battalions of 100-mm artillery, a battalion of 107 rocket artillery and a battalion of field artillery, as well as a battalion of cavalry.

And took the initiative to ask Chen Hanzhang to send those puppet Manchu prisoners to him, and after screening them from his side, he selected a group of supplementary soldiers. His side is close to the advance army composed of the elites of the two major military regions in Guannai, and he can't borrow anything else, but the number of political workers is very sufficient.

Chen Hanzhang sent the prisoners and laborers of the puppet Manchu army, and the screening could be completed in a short time. Replenishing as many troops as possible can also effectively solve the problem of insufficient troops in both departments. As for the laborers, although they could not be trained into qualified soldiers in a short time, after all, they had a relatively stable rear there.

If sent to him, Chen Hanzhang can march and fight without such a big burden. The headquarters of Chen Hanzhang's next operation has not yet been determined, and if there is still an interspersed task, these tens of thousands of laborers can only be left behind. At the same time, the amount of materials on his side is more sufficient than that of Chen Hanzhang's side. Transporting labor to him can also save time and capacity for transshipment.

Regarding Wang Guangyu's idea that he actually wanted to get a piece of the pie from this group of puppet Manchu prisoners, Chen Hanzhang happily agreed. Under the circumstance that the Japanese army's two divisions and regiments were pressed by the troops, they allocated themselves a full number of formed regiments, as well as some artillery and cavalry, which is not a small favor.

Besides, the number of these puppet Manchu prisoners together is not small, and they can't digest it on their own side. There are not enough political workers on his side, and he cannot fully screen them in a short period of time. Without screening, it is impossible to replenish the troops. Rather than this, it is better to send it to him for screening first, and everyone will be half of them, and everyone will be happy.

As for Chen Hanzhang, he wants to focus all his energy on the changes in the battle situation, and now he doesn't have much time to argue with Wang Guangyu on this trivial matter. If you have that spare time, you might as well think about how to deal with the changes in the battle situation. What's more, the new enemy situation this time is not only for yourself, but even for the troops below is also a test.

The reason why the Japanese reinforcements were able to bypass Chen Hanzhang's picket in Shuangliao, Horqin's left flank rear banner, and Kulun banner this time not only suddenly appeared in Tongliao County, but even some of them ran to the rear of the 18th Division, because the troops they dispatched were somewhat special. Neither armored troops, nor cavalry, nor infantry, but paratroopers who appeared for the first time in the Northeast Theater.

Despite the current situation in Tongliao, Chen Hanzhang thinks that he is already a certainty, not to mention that a small group of reinforcements cannot change the situation at all. Even if the Fifth Division was dispatched with the whole army, according to the current development of the battle situation, by the time it reached the Tongliao line, the bones of the 14th Division would have been cold long ago.

But now, after all, it is facing a new class of troops that has never been encountered before, and how to deal with it needs to be carefully considered. Prior to this battle, the headquarters had issued a small number of tactics used by the Japanese army in the battle of Zhongtiao Mountain. Commanders at all levels were reminded that they must pay attention to guarding against Japanese paratroopers during operations.

In order to remind commanders at all levels to pay attention to the new branch of the Japanese army, which has not shown up since the transfer to the northeast. The headquarters also issued several examples of German paratroopers in the European theater that the Soviet side had obtained, as well as a plan for fighting paratroopers that No. 1 had personally formulated.

But because the Japanese paratroopers had not participated in the war before, Chen Hanzhang was also a little careless. He put more energy on the Japanese troops along the Zhongchang Railway in the east and the Fifth Division in the south, and even the Japanese troops in Mukden, and never thought that the first appearance of the Japanese paratroopers would fall on his head.

At about 2 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, Japanese planes that had not appeared since the Battle of Tongliao began, suddenly came to the Tongliao battlefield in large numbers. It's just that what these planes dropped was not bombs, nor was it a supplement for the Japanese army, but a real heavily armed person.

Nearly 80 Japanese transport planes and bombers entered the sky over Tongliao from the direction of Shuangliao in three batches. Although the antiaircraft artillery under Chen Hanzhang's unit reacted very quickly, they were ready for battle after receiving a report from the Shuangliao side. With heavy anti-aircraft artillery fire and anti-aircraft machine-gun fire, they shot down eleven transport planes and bombers carrying paratroopers flying at an altitude of 1,500 meters along the way.

However, because the anti-aircraft guns under Chen Hanzhang's command were all 23-mm small-caliber anti-aircraft guns and 14-mm anti-aircraft machine guns. Although the rate of fire is fast, the range is not too high. In addition, Japanese planes had never appeared on the battlefield before, and most of the units below the division level, and even some of the anti-aircraft weapons of the divisional anti-aircraft artillery units, were pulled to the front line to participate in the battle as ground support firepower.

And although since the start of the Tongliao operation, there has been no Japanese aviation on the top of the head. But just because it doesn't show up doesn't mean you don't have to be prepared. The Tongliao battlefield is not just a Tongliao county. There are also ammunition and material hoarding points in the territory of the central banner of the left wing of Horqin, the Kailu battlefield, the artillery cluster directly north of Tongliao County, and the air defense needs of the troops going south.

Therefore, in addition to the antiaircraft artillery regiment under Chen Hanzhang's headquarters, there are also certain mobile units. Most of the anti-aircraft artillery units were scattered throughout the battlefield in company formations. The deployment is also very scattered, and it is not easy to centralize it in the short term.

Although they received a report from the Shuangliao side in advance, the only antiaircraft artillery unit that had time to participate in the battle was a double 23-mm antiaircraft artillery battery of the 18th Division's antiaircraft artillery battalion, which was originally deployed along the road from Shuangliao to Tongliao. The column was directly subordinate to the 37th anti-aircraft artillery regiment and the 57th anti-aircraft artillery regiment, and one platoon of the 14-mm anti-aircraft machine gun company of the 54th regiment.

and two twin 23-mm anti-aircraft gun platoons of the 18th Division deployed around Tongliao County, a temporary anti-aircraft artillery company composed of two captured Japanese 13-mm anti-aircraft machine guns, a Type 98 20-mm anti-aircraft machine gun, and a Type 88 75 antiaircraft gun, and a two-14 antiaircraft machine gun platoon.

Moreover, these anti-aircraft artillery units deployed around the entire Tongliao County are themselves scattered. Therefore, although the anti-aircraft firepower was extremely ferocious because of the equipment factor, the number of Japanese planes shot down was not large, and it did not make the Japanese army give up the attempt to drop the air.

After the eleven that were shot down, the remaining sixty-two bombers and transport planes dropped more than 700 paratroopers in the entire area south of the Xiliao River, with Tongliao County as the core. However, under the interference of anti-aircraft artillery fire, only a little more than half of them were parachuted into the county town of Tongliao.

In the process of landing, a considerable part of them were killed and injured by ground fire. However, although the total number of Japanese troops who landed safely in Tongliao County was only a little more than 300, and because of the parachute landing, the landing area was scattered everywhere inside and outside Tongliao County, but the impact on the war situation should not be underestimated. It was not just a simple matter of increasing the strength of the Japanese defenders, but also reinvigorating the defenders, who had been quite sluggish.

It was important that new Japanese units arrived, delaying the end of the battle. The most important thing is that it has had a great impact on the entire battle situation. What's more, at present, the Japanese paratroopers who have not yet figured out the reinforcement of Tongliao this time, only these are in front of them, and there is still a follow-up second echelon.

If there is a second echelon, then these new enemy situations that may appear at any time will involve Chen Hanzhang's overall troop deployment adjustment. At the same time, if these paratroopers are only a prelude to the Kwantung Army's launch of a full-scale counterattack, and their appearance indicates the beginning of the Japanese army's all-out counterattack on the Tongliao front, then it will even involve Chen Hanzhang's deployment in the next battle.