At 4:50 in the morning, the Linghe Iron Bridge broke apart in a series of earth-shattering explosions. The entire 30-meter bridge between the first and second piers in the eastern section was blown away. The middle part of the bridge was completely destroyed at almost the same time.
In the thick smoke and dazzling firelight, debris and sleeper fragments shot up all over the sky, making a sharp whistling sound. The heavy and curved rails rose high, and then hit the frozen river hard, breaking the ice.
The cracks were crisscrossed, and under the pressure of the shock wave, they made sharp friction sounds and frightening breaking sounds. The faces of the more than 30 suicide squad members on the ice changed drastically, and they were extremely frightened. They no longer thought about shooting the Japanese troops to the west.
There was no time to find the bodies of the more than ten brothers who carried out the detonation mission. With a desperate call, they desperately fled to the south bank for their lives.
On the road two kilometers north of the Linghe Iron Bridge, a huge explosion came from the direction of the iron bridge, which frightened the brigade leader Nakamura Yinjie. He hurriedly ordered the truck to stop...opened the cold door, stood on the pedal and looked south
, the flames soaring into the sky turned dark red in the thick smoke. His heart also fell into the ice cave. However, a trace of luck left in his heart soon cheered him up, and shouted to the Japanese soldiers who had stopped to watch.
Howling hysterically like a wild wolf: "Speed up, move forward."
Eight kilometers east of the Linghe Iron Bridge, the fighting has stopped, and the torches illuminate the messy railway line. The surviving engineers are working hard to repair the railway, and more than a hundred corpses are concentrated on the wide snow on the left side of the road.
Waiting on the ground for processing.
At this time, a huge explosion came from the direction of the iron bridge, awakening the Japanese commander Bunji Sato and many other officers. The furious Sato Bunji urgently ordered his two brigades to leave the train, run forward, and quickly reported the situation to the division.
.However, the two brigades had just assembled and had not started yet. Violent gunfire rang out across the wide and dangerous glacier. The dense rain of bullets once again disrupted the assembled Japanese army formations. Seventy-eight more engineers who were sweating profusely on the railway fell instantly.
People, several mortar shells roared in, and the railway that was about to be repaired was once again bombed beyond recognition.
Sato Bunji, who was hiding on the other side of the train, was shocked and angry. While he ordered the two brigades to counterattack with all their strength and defeat the attacking enemy as quickly as possible, he also sent orders to the other two brigades. Without stopping, the two brigades rushed to the west iron bridge at full speed.
The officers strictly carried out Sato Bunji's order. The well-trained Japanese troops quickly lined up in neat ranks amidst the roaring sounds of gunfire and advanced westward. The two remaining infantry groups quickly opened the battle line eastward.
Light and heavy machine guns, numerous grenade launchers, and mortars began a fierce counterattack. One of the squadrons of Japanese troops, personally led by Shangguan, rushed down the riverbed to the east and bravely stepped onto the creaking ice-covered river, trying to
Attack the attackers on the other side.
Lu Yanqing, who was on the high ground on the south bank, ordered the entire retreat before the Japanese army launched a full-scale counterattack. After running one kilometer, the reconnaissance team came to report and found that the Japanese army risked their lives to cross the river and attempted to encircle them from the east.
Lu Yanqing, who was bold and careful, had a thought in his heart, and immediately called up the cannon battery officer. Together with him, he took the only remaining Sanyin mortar with him, returned to the battlefield like flying, and hurriedly set up the cannon on the high ground more than 700 meters away from the river.
After a tense period of busy work, three artillery shells were fired, one of which landed accurately on the white ice. The explosion of fire illuminated the Japanese troops who were cautiously advancing dozens of meters away.
Without waiting for Lu Yanqing's instructions, the cannon battery officer loudly ordered to correct the shooting at Zhu Yuan. In less than half a minute, three artillery shells flew out again and accurately landed in the middle of the Japanese army. They exploded loudly and knocked out the Japanese army who were struggling to cross the river.
He was beaten until he screamed and hurriedly lay down.
Two more rounds of artillery shells struck; the frozen river beneath the Japanese army began to shake, and the harsh sound of the ice cracking and squeezing became thicker and louder. The Japanese squadron leader who led the team was frightened and decisively ordered a retreat.
The frightened Japanese soldiers ignored their formation and climbed up from the slippery ice and ran back. The overburdened frozen river surface finally cracked in large areas, and dozens of Japanese soldiers wearing heavy cotton coats came to pick them up.
Sliding into the biting river water, there were splashing sounds, harsh crashes of ice, desperate screams and calls for help. Only half of a squadron of more than 160 Japanese soldiers escaped.
The Japanese commander on the railway, with his eyes split open, directed artillery fire to strike hard at the attackers on the other side. The high ground where the attackers were sitting was blown up into red light, thick smoke billowed, and the sky was full of snow and fog.
In the blink of an eye, the top of the mountain was flattened by a burst of shells by two meters, but Lu Yanqing had already led the brothers who were in the way of the attack and fled to the south two miles away.
5:20 a.m. Japanese Army Headquarters in Yixian County.
After listening to a series of urgent reports from An Lai at the front, the division commander Nishi Yi calmed down. Under the worried gazes of the generals, he slowly walked to the large map, looked closely at Katana, and shouted in a deep voice: Mr. Xiaolin
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"Hiyi!"
Chief of Staff Colonel Kakutaro Kobayashi strode to Nishiyi's side.
Nishi Yiichi is still staring at the picture: "After analyzing what happened overnight, what do you think, Kobayashi-kun?"
Taro Hayashikaku hesitated for a moment and answered truthfully: "It can only be described as unexpected! Let's make a comprehensive analysis based on the current situation. The resistance forces in the entire Chaoyang area are not scattered as we thought before, nor are they the total number of armed forces in only three places reported by the military department.
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It is a powerful enemy with the reputation of "Gao Jingtong". If the Seventh Independent Mixed Brigade still surrounds Feng Zhanhai's department, my subordinates judge that there are no less than 25,000 enemies in the Chaoyang area. Otherwise, the current result would not be possible.
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"Well, not bad!"
Nishiyi turned around and looked into Kobayashi Kakutaro's eyes: "The enemy has such a close plan and such accurate actions, what can you think of? After receiving the news that the Linghe Iron Bridge was bombed, Beipiao City was once again violently attacked.
After the news, I have been thinking about a question. Among the local armed forces in Northeast China, who has such outstanding command capabilities? Which armed force has such powerful and accurate strike capabilities? Is it Yang Jiuxiao? Or is he still surrounded in the Dahei Mountains?
Feng Zhanhai? No, no, neither. Now I very much doubt that the Northeast Army may secretly send a command team into the western Liaoning area. Only in this way can we explain why the anti-Japanese armed forces fighting independently can be united as a whole, and why they
He was able to launch a large-scale attack on three of my units almost at the same time, and he was able to make smart decisions and take advantage of the situation.
Taro Hayashikaku sighed with admiration: "My subordinates also have this hazy feeling, and the general woke them up with a word!"
"So, how should we deal with it next?" Xiyi asked, shaking his head.
Taro Hayashikaku puffed up his chest. Just as he was about to make a suggestion, the head of the intelligence section came in a hurry: "General, there is a call from Colonel Sato of the Chaoyang 32nd Regiment. Ten minutes ago, they suffered a large-scale enemy attack. The enemy fired at our military camp in the city from three directions.
There are dense mortar shells. Preliminary analysis shows that the enemy has no less than forty medium-caliber mortars, and all of them fire advanced high-explosive bombs. The 32nd Regiment rushed to fight and suffered extremely heavy losses. Please give me guidance, general!"
"Report, Colonel Sato has sent an urgent message again!" Gabu's communications staff officer came in a hurry and handed over the urgent message with both hands stretched out.
Taro Hayashikaku grabbed the emergency cable and hurriedly read it. When he raised his head, his face had turned pale: "General, Mr. Sato is in danger. The twin towers in the south of Chaoyang City have been completely captured. Our army is well-equipped with more than 5,000 regular soldiers with powerful firepower.
Under the fierce attack of the troops, the positions were lost one after another. Since the regiment's artillery team was still on the train behind, all the troops stationed in Chaoyang were infantry, and the total of the garrison garrison of the 7th Independent Brigade originally stationed was less than 4,000 officers and soldiers. Therefore,
Our army is unable to withstand the enemy's powerful firepower attack. Mr. Sato said that he would rather be broken into pieces than to preserve the dignity of our Japanese army."
"What? Regular troops? When did regular troops appear in the western Liaoning region?" Xi Yi grabbed the emergency call and looked extremely shocked.
Lin replied in a low voice: "Maybe the situation is really urgent, and Sato-kun failed to state the specific situation of the enemy in the emergency report, but judging from Sato-kun's resolute character and his bravery in many years of fighting, this sudden appearance of a powerful enemy is by no means ordinary."
, General, my subordinates suspect that the Northeast Army may have secretly left the border and entered western Liaoning."
Nishiyi walked back and forth twice: "Order Mr. Sato to withdraw from Chaoyang to preserve strength; order General Lin Maoqing of the 16th Brigade to urge the 17th Regiment to give up the rescue of Beipiao and go west as quickly as possible to meet the 32nd Regiment.
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"Hi Yi!" Nishiyi lives in his own chief of staff.
"Hiyi!"
Taro Hayashikaku signaled his subordinates to go ahead and carry it out. He walked up to Nishiyi and stood up straight.
Xi Yiyi raised his index finger and kept tapping: Mr. Xiaolin, I think that the overall situation in western Liaoning has far exceeded the military's prediction. The number of enemy troops, equipment, combat effectiveness, etc. are no longer what they used to be, and they have not yet been clarified.
Before receiving the intelligence, the various departments of our division should postpone the attack on Lingyuan to oppress Chengde, but should shrink the various departments and coordinate with each other. Now it seems that with the strength of my division alone, it is difficult to bear the heavy responsibility of attacking on the Western Front. If we advance rashly, we will
It is very likely that they will be surrounded and annihilated by heavy enemy troops, or defeated one by one, which will affect the strategic attacks of the other four divisions in the middle and east routes. It is just that the enemy troops may gather in western Liaoning and hold back our divisions and then divide their forces to advance eastward. Our middle division
The regiment's flank and rear will be greatly affected, and the entire huge southward offensive plan "is likely to be frustrated as a result."
"General, you are right! My subordinates will rush to Jinzhou immediately and personally advise the commander. Xiaolin understood Nishi Yiichi's intention very well.
Xi Yiyi nodded with satisfaction: "I will order General Lin Maoqing to lead his troops to recover Beipiao and temporarily serve as the frontline headquarters of our division. When you get to the headquarters, you can explain this emergency situation. Just explain this point.
But, I believe the headquarters knows how to deal with the 7th Independent Mixed Brigade.
"Understood! I obey my orders!"
At 6:30 in the morning, Peking Mountain Building Headquarters.
Gu Changfeng and Yang Jiuxiao's troops jointly conquered Chaoyang, and achieved good news of annihilating more than 700 enemies and seizing a large number of guns and ammunition, which made the command hall burst into joy and joy.
Zhao Rui excitedly suggested that An Yi immediately submit this good news to Chairman Chiang and the Military Commission to boost morale and spirit.
However, An Yi shook his head, objected, and personally called the young marshal to report the victory. Then he ordered the brothers to postpone their happiness and walked to the map. He raised his baton and poured cold water on the brothers.