In less than two minutes, a sudden whistling of artillery shells roared past everyone's heads. Then, under the gaze of everyone on the battlefield, they smashed hard on the scene where guns and cannons were still ringing.

The shell exploded, and the hot flames and air waves generated by the explosion quickly swept around with the bullet point as the center. Everything is within the range of shell killing, whether it is the soldiers of the enemy and us, or the Japanese chariots that are still showing off their power on the battlefield. They are all shrouded in flames and smoke at the first time.

Soldiers, ripped off by the fire, air waves, and countless artillery shells, turned from a living person to a pile of yearlings. Then, under the push of the air waves, they threw high into the air, and together with the black smoke produced by the explosion of the artillery shells, they traveled in mid-air with a black mushroom cloud with red stars.

In the first round, hundreds of shells quickly formed hundreds of black mushroom clouds of different sizes over the battlefield.

Faced with the sudden artillery fire, the officers and soldiers of both sides of the enemy and us who were fighting on the scene were shocked. For a moment, they were stunned on the spot, watching the fireball sweep towards him.

After hundreds of shells were easily taken away at least 500 officers and soldiers on the battlefield, the shocked soldiers from both sides finally reacted.

Unexpectedly, the Chinese commander was so cruel and even the Japanese commander who was bombarded by his own people, of course he did not want to see the thousands of elite soldiers under his command who died in this artillery attack and buried the Chinese team he had just destroyed. What's more, there were only more than 50 chariots left in the entire division on the battlefield. In any case, these heavy weapons of attack could not be destroyed by artillery fire.

The first round of shell explosions had just ended. The horn for the Japanese army to retreat began to sound on the battlefield.

The officers and soldiers of the 242nd Regiment, who quickly reacted from the shock, understood the ultimate purpose of the shelling immediately after a brief shock.

Seeing the Japanese army quickly leaving the battlefield and preparing to retreat and get rid of this shelling, roars filled with farewell, quickly began to ring on the battlefield: "Brothers, kill one enough, kill two and earn one. For the sake of sacrifice, the Japanese will be dragged on the battlefield no matter what. There are so many Japanese who are buried with us, so we will not lose. They will fight back. Stop the Japanese and kill..."

"Kill..." A loud roar came out from the remaining hundreds of officers and soldiers of the 242nd Regiment. Hundreds of officers and soldiers who were already in their own situation. Without any hesitation, he rushed towards the Japanese army who were preparing to retreat regardless of the slightest hesitation.

The 242nd Regiment's nearly suicide attack did not hide it from Zhang Zizhong's eyes. Seeing hundreds of lives disappearing on the battlefield, although Zhang Zizhong's heart was even more painful than a knife. However, the 242nd Regiment's actions strengthened his determination to keep all the Japanese troops involved in the night attack tonight on the battlefield.

He clenched his fists and continued to order: "I ordered the artillery group to gather and immediately draw a heavy artillery regiment to use artillery shells to shoot a fire barrier on the way of the Japanese army's retreat. Tonight, I will use artillery shells to keep all these Japanese devils on the battlefield."

After giving the order, Zhang Zizhong quickly glanced at the watch on his arm and said, "From the time point, there is still an hour left. It will turn bright. Order the artillery cluster. Without my order, the artillery fire attack cannot be stopped."

Then, he ordered the commander Zhu Shengda, who was standing beside him and also had a solemn face, "Teacher Zhu, order the 231st Regiment to assemble to the battlefield immediately. Once it dawns, immediately launch an attack and eliminate the remaining Japanese enemies on the battlefield."

In an hour, tens of thousands of artillery shells came down, even though the Japanese army's bodies were all cast out of steel. Faced with such fierce and continuous artillery fire, coupled with no trenches at all, the battlefield was unobstructed, the result was imagined.

More than 50 chariots of the Japanese chariot corps that participated in the night attack were all blown into scrap iron by heavy artillery shells. The second Japanese infantry corps of the Japanese army had more than 3,000 elite Japanese troops survived by chance. Without exception, the remaining Japanese troops either turned into a body with incomplete limbs or a pile of minced meat.

The sound of artillery stopped, and thousands of officers and soldiers of the 231st Regiment quickly entered the battlefield where the broken limbs and broken arms were everywhere and the corpses of soldiers from both sides of the enemy and us were completely covered with the smell of blood.

Several consecutive crisp gunfires sounded from the battlefield, and the battlefield that had been hustle and bustle for several hours was completely quiet. Commander-in-chief Zhang Zizhong raised his telescope and looked at the battlefield where the smoke had not completely disappeared again. He sighed and said, "The battle is finally over... Chief of Staff, you will immediately count the casualties of the troops. An hour later, I will personally report the situation of the battle to the chief officer and ask for punishment..."

"Yes, the division seat..." Chief of Staff Gao Weichang followed the order.

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Sun Lianzhong's troops occupied Lingyuan and Suizhong, cut off the only passage for Zhang Xueliang's Northeast Army to leave the customs, and ensure that the Ninth Army was worried. The navy and air force jointly attacked, eliminating the Japanese escort fleet at the mouth of the Yalu River, and capturing the three Japanese field divisions that had just gone abroad and had not even set foot on the land of China and North Korea.

Faced with these two achievements that completely resolved the worries of the entire Northeast War, Li Guosheng, the commander-in-chief of the Ninth Army who had moved into Shenyang City, was in a good mood.

Under the care of confidential secretary Li Mengjie, I rarely sleep peacefully.

When he woke up and saw Li Mengjie beside him looking at him with joy, Li Guosheng's face suddenly showed an embarrassing expression. At the same time, a passionate scene last night slowly appeared in Li Guosheng's mind.

Li Guosheng is in a good mood and faces the three northeastern provinces that are almost obtained, he rarely indulges once.

He took out the good wine that Zhang Xueliang hid in his mansion and stopped drunk with Li Mengjie. As the saying goes, he used alcohol to enhance his courage and rationality. Facing Li Mengjie's friendship with him, because of the long-term impact of the monogamy system in later generations on himself, what Li Guosheng could do was to refuse as much as possible.

However, after being influenced by alcohol, facing Li Mengjie's gaze at him, Li Guosheng was finally intoxicated and became involuntarily...

Because of years of military training, Li Guosheng, who fought all night long, did not feel any fatigue. Seeing Li Mengjie looking at him, touching Li Mengjie's smooth back with a embarrassed expression, Li Guosheng could only speak, "Mengjie, I'm sorry... it's me too..."

A slender and white little hand quickly pulled out of the quilt and blocked Li Guosheng's mouth as soon as possible.

Then, he spoke to Li Guosheng almost begged and said, "Don't talk. I voluntarily did everything last night... Don't worry. I don't ask for any title, I just want to be with you... If it weren't for you, I might have become a corpse, and I wouldn't even see my parents before I died. I beg you, don't let me leave you, okay..."

All along, what Li Guosheng saw from Li Mengjie was strength. Now, he finally saw the weak side of the other party. How could Li Guosheng be cruel in his heart? Besides, for such a beautiful woman who has worked with him for a long time, she has fallen in love with him over time and says she doesn't like the other party. It is definitely fake.

Holding Li Mengjie tightly, Li Guosheng said with a firm look on his face: "What are you saying? How could I let you leave? Don't worry. I actually followed me, I will definitely give you a title. When the war is over, I will definitely propose marriage to your parents in person, and in Shenyang City, I will marry you home in a glorious manner..."

Just as the two hugged each other tightly and felt each other's throbbing and body temperature, a burst of rapid footsteps from the door disturbed Li Guosheng's good things.

Before Li Guosheng could speak, Deputy Chief of Staff Xiong Shaowen's slightly anxious voice had already come from the door.

"Master, Xinyiju battlefield emergency report... was sent by Commander Zhang personally, and you need to make a decision immediately..."

After looking at Li Mengjie with a flushed face in her arms, Li Guosheng couldn't help but smile bitterly on his face, and complained: "It's really not the time to come..."

After saying that, he said helplessly to Li Mengjie, who was blushing because of his shyness, "Don't get up today. In a while, I will personally send you some chicken soup to you and make up for it... I'll go to work first. Deputy Chief Xiong is so anxious. Something must have happened to the front line? Have a good rest..."

After saying that, Li Mengjie, who was about to get up, directly pressed down on her arms and shouted to the door: "I'll go to the war room right away, you go to the war room first..."

In the huge combat room of the former Northeast Army, after reading the self-punishment telegram sent by Zhang Zizhong, Li Guosheng's face was shrouded in gloom. After a brief contemplation, he asked Xiong Shaowen: "Deputy Chief of Staff Xiong, what do you think about this matter..."

Although the Ninth Army is a whole, factional disputes are also inevitable.

Among all the combat troops under the Ninth Army, they are obviously divided into three factions.

Of course, it goes without saying that you are completely obedient to your own faction.

As for the remaining two factions, various struggles and confrontations have never been interrupted since the establishment of the Ninth Army. However, because these confrontations did not affect the overall situation of the Ninth Army, Li Guosheng did not pay attention to it for the time being.

One was the local faction headed by Wang Guoli and others, and from the beginning, he followed Li Guosheng to conquer the world. As for the other, it was the former Northwest Army, headed by Sun Lianzhong and others, as surrendered generals on the battlefield, and directly because of Li Guosheng's trust.

Faced with the appointment of Li Guosheng's trust in Sun Lianzhong and others, Wang Guoli and others who followed Li Guosheng to conquer the world, there was no dissatisfaction on the surface. However, in their hearts, there was always a little bit of a knot and dissatisfaction. After all, the other party was just a surrendered general. As soon as he came up, he actually had the same status as himself...

Faced with these high-ranking generals of the former Northwest Army, Wang Guoli and others did not do anything out of the ordinary on the surface. However, in secret, they were always looking for the problems of these surrendered generals. I hope that the military laws committed by these former Northwest Army generals in the army would gradually weaken their strength within the Ninth Army.

Deputy Chief of Staff Xiong Shaowen, as a senior general in the veteran faction, is very much a part of it.

Now that I suddenly encountered such a good opportunity to attack Zhang Zizhong, Deputy Chief of Staff Xiong Shaowen would certainly not let it go.

Facing Li Guosheng's gaze at him, Xiong Shaowen quickly sorted out the ideas in his mind and spoke: "Master, I lost an infantry regiment at one time, and this infantry regiment disappeared on the battlefield as a whole. I can say with certainty that there has never been such a big loss since the establishment of the Ninth Army."

"In order to strictly uphold the military discipline of the troops and to convince the soldiers, we will give the officers and soldiers of the 242nd Regiment who died. I think: We must deal with this matter seriously. We must punish the person in charge of this matter, and even send it to the military court..."

Seeing that Li Guosheng, who was still silent in front of him and had no change in his face, Deputy Chief of Staff Xiong Shaowen continued to instigate: "General, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that Commander Zhang Zizhong actually ordered the artillery to fire at our own people..."

"With the situation where our officers and soldiers were still on the battlefield, we blatantly ordered the artillery to fire. This was simply a massacre of our officers and soldiers..."

Li Guosheng did not immediately give a conclusion about the opinions of Deputy Chief of Staff Xiong Shaowen. Instead, he asked Xiong Shaowen with a meaningful look on his face: "Deputy Chief of Staff Xiong, if you were the commander-in-chief of the battlefield, what would you do when you face such a situation?"

"Send troops immediately to reinforce the battlefield and rescue the 242nd Regiment from the encirclement?" Deputy Chief of Staff Xiong Shaowen answered without thinking.

Li Guosheng smiled and continued to ask back: "Send troops to reinforce? So do you think, under the circumstances, how many troops do we need to send to rescue the 242nd Regiment, which was caught in the melee? Don't forget that there are at least fifty Japanese chariots on the battlefield."

"this……"

Faced with this problem, Xiong Shaowen, who was still confident and full of righteous indignation, suddenly fell into deep thought.

After two minutes of analysis, he spoke: "A infantry regiment is drawn and a tank battalion reinforces the battlefield, which is enough to rescue the 242nd Regiment. As for the casualties of the troops, because it was night, and the enemy and us were fighting together, our firepower advantage could not be exerted. After a bloody battle, the two infantry regiments would have to pay at least 3,000 casualties."

"The three thousand casualties are exactly one regiment. What about the results of the three thousand casualties?" Li Guosheng did not stop, looked at Deputy Chief of Staff Xiong Shaowen and continued to ask.

This time, Xiong Shaowen did not answer immediately. After a five-minute analysis, he replied: "General, because the Japanese night attack troops are equipped with a large number of tanks. Under the cover of tanks, at least half of the Japanese troops can withdraw from the battlefield smoothly."

A sneer quickly appeared on Li Guosheng's face, and asked Xiong Shaowen in front of him in a deep voice: "In other words, if you pay the price of 3,000 people, you can only wipe out less than 2,000 Japanese troops."

Seeing Xiong Shaowen nodding without comment, Li Guosheng raised the telegram in his hand and continued to speak: "Very good, this is your conclusion. Now, I order you to read this telegram carefully again, without any other prejudice, and analyze it carefully, whether it is your tactic or Commander Zhang's tactic."

After saying that, he handed the electric board back to Chief of Staff Xiong Shaowen.

At the same price of losses, the tactics of Commander Zhang Zizhong can wipe out more than 3,000 Japanese infantry corps and eat the Japanese chariot corps. And he can eat 2,000 Japanese soldiers, thanks for his own thanks. Which one is better or worse, a discerning person can tell at a glance.

Seeing Li Guosheng's sharp gaze at him, Deputy Chief of Staff Xiong Shaowen's face suddenly turned red.

He spoke with regretful expression on Li Guosheng: "Master, I am wrong, I shouldn't have taken prejudice against Commander Zhang..."

"Forget..."

Li Guosheng waved his hand helplessly. He spoke to Deputy Chief of Staff Xiong Shaowen with a look of regret: "I originally thought that after the war in Northeast China is over, I will ask you to go to the main division below to train and prepare for the promotion to the commander of the main division in the future. Now it seems that you are still not mature enough..."

"Don't forget that although Commander Zhang Zizhong is a surrendered general, he is a senior officer of my Ninth Army at this moment. He is a senior officer of my Ninth Army. He is still your chief. I don't care how you fight or what faction you divide into. But there is one thing I can't tolerate, that is, to relate the battle to the future of my Ninth Army..."

"I won't say much if you want it. You will be in the headquarters for another year. During this year, I will keep paying attention to your status. I hope you understand your wèizhi. As the deputy chief of staff of the General Command of the Ninth Army, you should not participate in some struggles. I believe that as long as you can do this, with your military talent, you will have a day to make a name for yourself sooner or later. When you sleep in the Ninth Army, sooner or later, you, Xiong Shaowen, will have your foothold..."

Deputy Chief of Staff Xiong Shaowen's face was suddenly covered with deep regret.

Then, facing Li Guosheng's lesson, he sincerely promised: "Please rest assured, I will definitely live up to your trust in the future..."

What Li Guosheng didn't expect was that it was because of his words today that he had successfully created a future hero of the Ninth Army, and he was a hero who was completely sincere to him...

After this little episode that concerns the future of Deputy Chief of Staff Xiong Shaowen, the face of Deputy Chief of Staff Xiong Shaowen quickly returned to seriousness.

He continued to ask Li Guosheng: "Then... Chief, how should we respond to Teacher Zhang's self-pledge telegram..."

After a brief contemplation, Li Guosheng decisively ordered: "Zhang Zizhong, the commander of the 81st Division of the Ninth Army, suffered the destruction of the 242nd Regiment and the Second Battalion of the Tank Regiment due to underestimation of the enemy. According to the military laws of the Ninth Army, the position of commander of the 81st Division of the Ninth Army was specially removed from the position of commander of the 81st Division of the Ninth Army, and after the battle ended, specific punishments were carried out..."

Speaking of this, Li Guosheng changed his words and continued to speak: "But Zhang Zizhong, the commander of the 81st Division of the Ninth Army, was able to attack decisively after the 242nd Regiment was surrounded by heavy Japanese troops, and at a small cost, he wiped out a Japanese infantry corps and a chariot corps, causing the battle situation in Xinyizhou to develop in a more favorable direction for our army. In order to ensure the smooth progress of the battle situation in Xinyizhou, Major General Zhang Zizhong was specially appointed as the acting division commander of the 81st Division, and continued to command all our combat troops on the battlefield of Xinyizhou, eliminate the Japanese First Division, and make meritorious contributions..."

"Just follow these contents and call Zhang Zizhong immediately. At the same time, he told Zhang Zizhong that the Logistics Department would send them another 50,000 shells within five hours. During the decisive battle, don't stingy with shells. If the enemy can be solved with shells, use shells to solve the problem and reduce the casualties of the troops as much as possible..."
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