"Wuwuwu..." A sharp whistle of troops gathering sounded in Suizhong County. The Northeast Army officers and soldiers scattered everywhere quickly assembled to the military camps in the city like frightened rabbits.

Soon, a main brigade of the Northeast Army, with a total of more than 8,000 people, all assembled amid the shouts and scoldings of their respective commanders.

Facing the "Japanese Kanto Army" that was close to Suizhong County, the Northeast Army, which received the order of Zhang Xueliang to retreat, did not dare to hesitate at all, and quickly led the troops out of Suizhong County and disappeared on the road leading to Shanhaiguan.

When he walked into the gate of Suizhong County, he saw that the streets were closed on both sides of the street, which was almost empty. Zhang Zongming, the commander of the 236th Regiment, took off his Kwantung Army uniform and changed into the Ninth Army uniform again.

Then, he ordered to his subordinates with excitement, "Send the order, all troops will change their clothes immediately. Show the best side of our Ninth Army to the people of Suizhong County..."

"Chief of Staff, please call the teacher immediately. My 236th Regiment lived up to expectations and successfully occupied Suizhong County..."

Sun Lianzhong replaced the pillars and successfully captured Suizhong and Lingyuan, completely blocking the Northeast Army's passage out of seclusion. Upon receiving this news, Li Guosheng subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

Because, by this time, the entire Liaoning Province had completely become the territory of the Ninth Army.

However, at this moment, a crisis that Li Guosheng did not expect appeared on the battlefield of Andong.

The Kwantung Army withdrew all troops in Liaoning, stationed in Fengcheng, and threatened the 4th Kwantung Army's 9th Army, and also received a retreat order. However, his order was not just about retreating.

After the battle to encircle and annihilate the First Division of the Kanto Army in Shinyizhou was launched, the Kanto Army Special High School sent the information about the empty troops of Andong to Major General Okamura Nishiji.

At the bold suggestion of Major General Okamura Yanji, the order of the Kanto Army's Fourth Brigade threatened Andong from the rear, directly became the 4th Brigade launched an attack on Andong, occupying Andong, and cutting off the only way for the Chinese team in North Korea to retreat.

As a brigade-level unit established in Liaoning Province, in order to better control its movements, the Special Forces Division deployed a team of special forces members to monitor his every move twenty-four hours a day.

Although the information about the 4th Kanto Army evacuating from Fengcheng and moving towards Andong reached Li Guosheng's ears as soon as possible, in Li Guosheng's view, the ultimate goal of the Kanto Army's withdrawal from the 4th Brigade was only one: to rescue the 1st Division of Shinyizhou, and even defend the Kanto Army General Headquarters.

Therefore, Li Guosheng did not distract much from the Fourth Brigade that was moving towards the Andong area.

However, just when Li Guosheng did not pay much attention to the Fourth Brigade, the Fourth Brigade gave Li Guosheng a fatal blow at a critical moment, almost causing the entire army of Zhang Zizhong who marched into North Korea.

The Fourth Brigade, carrying a heavy artillery corps, suddenly changed the direction of the marching and launched a fierce attack on Andong County with the heavy artillery corps as a cover...

When the news was spread to Li Guosheng's command center, Commander-in-Chief Li Guosheng, because the news came too suddenly, actually stopped all the work in his hands. He was stunned and stood there on the spot.

Then, when he thought of the series of bad effects that Anton might have brought to the entire battle situation after it was occupied by the Kanto Army, Li Guosheng's forehead was filled with beads of sweat for the first time because of fear. He asked anxiously to the deputy chief of staff in front of him.

"How many troops does Deputy Chief of Staff Xiong and Commander Zhang Zizhong have in Andong..."

"Reporting to the General Office, there is only one 241st Regiment in the regular garrison of Andong. In addition, in addition to the main force of the 241st Regiment with 3,000 people, there are also police forces and local troops with a total of 1,000 people in the garrison battalion..."

Li Guosheng asked in a deep voice: "In other words, our defenders in Anton have only 4,000 people... And the Fourth Brigade of the Kwantung Army, plus the heavy artillery corps assigned to them, had more than 10,000 people..."

"Yes, chief of staff..." Chief of Staff Xiong Shaowen affirmed...

Commander-in-chief Li Guosheng analyzed to himself: "Four thousand against 10,000 elite Japanese troops... In terms of heavy weapons, we only have one regiment-owned mountain artillery battalion, and the Japanese not only have a large number of mountain artillery, but also a large caliber heavy artillery of the regiment... No, the gap between the enemy and us is too big. If you rely solely on Andong's existing strength, at most one day, Andong County will fall..."

At this moment, Deputy Chief of Staff Xiong Shaowen reminded: "The chief officer, there is another thing you forgot... the Japanese did not have air support, but we have... As long as we can find a way to eat the Japanese heavy artillery wing, the pressure on the defenders will be much less, and the persistence will be longer..."

Li Guosheng disagreed with the thoughts of Deputy Chief of Staff Xiong Shaowen, which are the thoughts in most people.

You should know that the active officers at the level of the Colonel of the Kwantung Army are basically veterans who have experienced the Russo-Japanese War. In front of these veterans, there is absolutely only one chance to attack the opponent's artillery positions.

Li Guosheng believed that after experiencing the bloody battle outside Anshan City, all relevant Eastern Army units would put the air defense of the artillery positions first and would not give any chance to bomb their own artillery units by the Ninth Army.

After shook his head, he spoke: "We cannot place all hope on the Air Force. After all, the Japanese commander is not a fool. Therefore, we must think of a solution from ourselves..."

Speaking of this, Li Guosheng's eyes shifted to the map again.

After analyzing the latest comparison of enemy and us in the three northeastern provinces, he said to himself: "The closest to Andong is the two cities of Shinyiju and Benxi. The battle in Shinyiju has entered a temporary stalemate stage, and in addition, they have to take on the task of attracting Japanese escort fleets, so no matter what, they cannot be mobilized..."

Speaking of this, Li Guosheng's attention has been placed on the Shenyang position that was just occupied by the armored division. He asked Deputy Chief of Staff Xiong again: "Deputy Chief of Staff Xiong, if we dispatch an armored brigade and a completely transported infantry regiment by car, how long will it take to rush from Shenyang to Andong..."

After a simple measurement on the map, Xiong Shaowen replied: "The general seat. According to the map, the marching route from Shenyang to Andong is about 300 kilometers. The long-distance raid speed of our armored cluster is 30 kilometers per hour. As long as the troops carry enough fuel, they can reach the outside of Andong City within ten hours."

Li Guosheng quickly exuded a fierce murderous aura. He decisively ordered Xiong Shaowen in front of him: "Very good, since that's the case, let the Andong defenders last ten hours. Ten hours later, with the cooperation of Shenyang reinforcements, he used the powerful assault ability of the armored cluster to completely wipe out the Fourth Brigade of the Kwantung Army outside Anton City..."

Outside the city of Andong County, as the battle continued, an hour ago, it was still an empty ground. At this moment, hundreds of corpses in various postures had been abandoned by the Kwantung Army.

Under the counterattack of the powerful light infantry automatic and semi-automatic firepower, the Kwantung Army attacked Andong County for two consecutive squadron-scale attacks, all ended in failure. Watching half of the soldiers of the squadron fall on the attacking road again. The heart of the captain of the first brigade of the seventh regiment was even more painful than a knife cut.

After stopping the third squadron that was preparing to continue the attack, the captain of the brigade, Masada Zida, quickly walked towards the captain of the regiment not far away.

He asked to the captain who was also gloomy and said with pain: "Captain, the Chinese firepower is really too strong. Just from the front, we have deployed no less than twenty light and heavy machine guns. With such powerful firepower, if we continue to attack like this, the entire brigade will be broken outside Andong City..."

The Colonel Captain was also heartbroken, but after thinking of the brigade commander's murderous order, he sighed helplessly and asked coldly.

"If you don't attack like this, do you have any other way?"

When it comes to life and death of the entire brigade, facing the questioning of the brigade leader, Master Zitian is not afraid of offending the brigade leader.

To the corps captain, he suggested: "Architecture support, corps captain, our unit needs artillery support... If the machine gun firepower deployed by the opponent on the city wall cannot be destroyed or suppressed, our officers and soldiers will not be able to get close to the city wall at all..."

After a brief hesitation, facing the firm look of Major Zitian looking at him, the captain of the regiment nodded.

He ordered: "It is impossible to use the heavy artillery wing... The brigade commander has an order that in order to avoid the attacks of the Chinese Air Force, the heavy artillery wing must not be exposed in advance until dark, otherwise the military law will be carried out. However, I have also seen the intensity of the battle situation on the front line. The warriors fought very hard... In this way, I will hand over the mountain artillery squadron directly under the wing to you for command. I hope you will not let down the high expectations of the entire wing..."

Although mountain cannons are not as good as large caliber heavy cannons, they are artillery after all, and can play a certain role in suppressing the city wall defenders. A touch of emotion flashed quickly on Grandmaster Zitian's face, and he said gratefully to the colonel's regiment captain: "Thank you, the corps leader, for your support, Hu Zhi guarantees to complete the task..."

"Boom boom boom..." In the blink of an eye, the mountain artillery squadron's six mountain artillery pieces and the infantry artillery squadron's two infantry artillery squadrons directly under the brigade began to roar at the Andong city wall one kilometer away.

The hot shells, mixed with sharp whistling sounds, fell accurately on the city walls, rolling up huge fireballs.

Under the cover of infantry artillery and mountain artillery, all the mortars, grenade launchers and heavy machine guns equipped by the First Battalion moved forward quickly. A simple line of defense was built at a distance of 500 meters from the city wall.

Subsequently, dozens of mortars and grenade launchers also joined the firefight.

However, the arrogance of the Kwantung Army outside the city could only last for one or two minutes.

The artillery position had just opened fire, and several dive bombers that had been cruising over Anton were like eagles that discovered prey, quickly pounced on the ground.

The sharp whistling sound of the fighter's dive sounded, and several black bombs had already left the belly of the fighter's aircraft and, under the action of inertia, hit the Kwantung Army's artillery positions accurately.

A strong explosion sounded, and the six mountain cannons and two infantry cannons on the artillery position were instantly blown into a pile of scrap iron by an aviation bomb.

Six dive bombers, with two consecutive rounds of bombing, the two artillery positions deployed by the Kwantung Army outside the city were all turned into ruins.

"Damn the Japanese, see how arrogant you are. You have the ability to take out all your artillery. Let's see if your artillery is powerful or our plane is powerful..." Li Ruihua, the company commander of the 241st Regiment, who had just been attacked by the artillery, couldn't help but curse with hatred when he saw the Japanese artillery position outside the city that was devastatingly attacked by the Air Force.

Then, he asked to the deputy company commander beside him, "Old Wang, you are fine, don't let the Japanese shells bite..."

The deputy company commander, who was covered in dust, patted the dust on his body and replied to Li Ruihua: "Old Li, don't worry, the Japanese want to blow up my shells, but they have not yet developed the research..."

Li Ruihua nodded, raised his telescope, glanced at the situation of the Japanese army outside the city wall through the gap, and ordered to the deputy company commander: "The Japanese artillery positions have been destroyed. If nothing unexpected happens, they will definitely calm down for a while. In this way, you immediately count the casualties of the troops and send all the injured. In addition, notify the baggage squad and arrange ammunition for each squad..."

The 1st Company of the 241st Regiment, which was defending the front line of the city wall, took advantage of the Kwantung Army's attack and licked his wounds. The command center of the 241st Regiment in the city, the regiment commander Tang Guangrui, and the chief of staff Huang Zhenghua... all sat in the combat room with a serious expression, without saying a word.

At this moment, a communications officer walked over quickly and spoke to Tang Guangrui and others: "The Chief of Staff, a series of urgent electricity, and the Japanese outside the city began to shell the gun..."

The regiment commander Tang Guangrui's eyes lit up. He ordered: "Blacking, the Japanese are finally willing to use their heavy artillery. Then why are you still standing there? Contact the Air Force immediately to destroy their heavy artillery corps. Otherwise, in the battle tonight, our 241st Regiment will be suppressed by the Japanese's heavy artillery..."

The communications officer quickly shook his head and said, "The Japanese don't use heavy artillery,"

"A company just called and the Japanese artillery position had been destroyed by the air force. The Japanese heavy artillery still had not been exposed. In addition, after more than an hour of fighting, the company had lost more than 40 people..."

Hearing this, the solemn expression on the face of the group leader Tang Guangrui became deeper.

After sighing, he spoke to Huang Zhenghua, the chief of staff in front of him: "Old Huang, it seems that the Japanese on the other side are very cunning. Knowing that we have air support during the day, we will hide all the heavy artillery. Now it seems that there will be a fierce battle waiting for us tonight..."

"The fierce battle is certain..." Chief of Staff Huang Zhenghua affirmed.

Then, after sighing, he spoke: "Now I just hope that after a battle, our 241st Regiment can still leave some seeds..."

The regiment commander Tang Guangrui nodded deeply and said seriously to the combat staff in front of him: "Tell the first company commander that I will give him as much reinforcements as he wants except for reinforcements. But there is one thing, no matter how much the price it costs, the first company must guard me until six o'clock in the evening..."

“Yes, the group…”

When the commander of the 241st Regiment, Tang Guangrui, issued the order, the Fourth Brigade of the Kwantung Army had already launched the fourth attack on Andong County. Although the artillery fire just ended with the destruction of the artillery troops, the captain of the brigade, Zitian, who was responsible for the attack, believed that the two-minute artillery fire attack was enough to cause large-scale damage to the Chinese defenders in the city wall.

So, the remaining two infantry squadrons of the First Battalion, under the order of Major Zitian, all went to the battlefield.

The four hundred elite Japanese troops patted several loose scattered lines and slowly pressed towards the city wall under the cover of heavy machine guns behind them.

At this moment, the weapons and ammunition needed by the company commander of the company were also sent to the city wall by the logistics squad.

Although the entire first company lost one-third of its troops, the number of machine gun equipment not only did not decrease, but was more than doubled before the war.

As soon as the Japanese army launched an attack, twenty machine guns mounted on tripods were quickly sent to the gap in the city wall. Under the sun, the barrels emitting faint blue light slowly extended out of the gap under the control of the machine gunner. At the same time, a total of 250 bullet links were sent into the chamber by the bomb supplyer.

A crisp metal impact sounded, and twenty heavy machine guns were loaded with bullets, ready to shoot.

Of course, while twenty heavy machine guns were ready for combat, dozens of riflemen scattered among the heavy machine guns also began to prepare for the upcoming battle.

Magazines filled with bullets are placed in the most convenient position. Grenades are also placed next to them...

At this moment, the entire city wall was like a huge trap specifically devouring the lives of the Japanese, waiting for the arrival of the Japanese army.

Eight hundred meters... Six hundred meters... Five hundred meters...

Like the attack just now, the dozen heavy machine guns that the Japanese army attacked with the team were quickly mounted at a distance from the city wall. They lined up in a row and began to shoot out hot flames, hitting the edge of the city wall, causing bullets to fly across the edge of the city wall...

A company equipped with more advanced heavy machine guns will certainly not be beaten passively.

The Japanese heavy machine gun had just opened fire. Li Ruihua, the company commander who was responsible for commanding all heavy machine gunners, ordered loudly: "The first ten heavy machine gun groups will fire immediately to suppress and destroy the Japanese heavy machine gun positions. The last ten heavy machine gun groups will aim me at the Japanese offensive troops and shoot hard... the cannon platoon, and fire at the Japanese heavy machine gun positions..."

"Dadadada..." A series of chain saws roared on the city wall, and twenty full tongues of flames quickly rushed towards the Japanese heavy machine gun positions and attacking troops.

With the machine guns that were far more than twice the firing rate of the Type 92 heavy machine gun, the Japanese heavy machine gun positions were immediately hit by a rain of bullets. With the advantage of being condescending, the Japanese heavy machine gun players had nowhere to hide. A rain of bullets swept over, and the Japanese heavy machine gun positions would leave corpses and wounded ones on the ground.

In a blink of an eye, the Japanese army had to stop because of the losses of a large number of heavy machine gunners.

At this moment, the Japanese troops responsible for the attack began to be hit by the firepower of ten heavy machine guns.

Although the Japanese offensive troops were very scattered, a spear of hot bullets swept across and one or two unlucky Japanese soldiers. With the counterattack and shooting of ten heavy machine guns, the forward advance speed of the Japanese offensive troops did not slow down, but the price they paid was getting bigger and bigger.
Chapter completed!