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Liao Jianchu's new Sixth Army has decent combat effectiveness, with American equipment and extensive training.

But they couldn't withstand continuous fighting and attacks.

What's more, Zhang Dabiao's column was indeed very powerful. It fought fiercely against the Japanese Type A Division and received a large number of Japanese and Soviet weapons.

On the other side, the New First Army and the Gao Qing troops fought again, and the enemies were extremely jealous of each other when they met.

The outcome of the encounter between the two sides was one-sided, because the real main force of the New First Army, the 38th Division, was not there and was still resting in Fengtian.

The remaining two divisions were simply not at the level of the ace main force. Facing the charge of the column with even less combat effectiveness, the battle line collapsed rapidly.

The five major columns launched an all-out counterattack, and the fighting power they unleashed was extremely powerful, causing the main force of the National Army advancing northward to suffer repeated defeats.

The battlefield was in a mess, with wounded soldiers everywhere and lost weapons and ordnance everywhere.

After a wave of counterattacks that forced back the Kuomintang troops, Ding Wei began to arrange for the troops to withdraw in succession, clean up the battlefield and evacuate the Siping area.

The battle situation is like a roller coaster, and no one knows what the outcome will be until the very end.

Liao Jianchu wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at the retreating main force of the enemy. He actually felt a sense of relief. He was exhausted from dealing with the offensive.

The combat effectiveness of Ding Wei's field column needs to be re-evaluated. It is not the absolute main force and cannot compete.

Those who could be pulled to the Northeast region had to be at least elite troops. After continuous fighting, all the main forces suffered casualties.

The casualties in the Siping attack and defense battle were the heaviest, and his New Sixth Army conservatively estimated that it lost 7,000 to 8,000 main combat personnel.

A division has only three main regiments, which is equivalent to wiping out an entire division.

The New First Army's casualties were still over 7,000 to 8,000, and both divisions were seriously injured.

If this is the case for the two main ace forces, the combat effectiveness of the rest of the armies has been greatly reduced. Only the commanders of each army know this.

The most brilliant one was Chen Mingren, who relied on the remnants of the 88th Division and the third-rate troops in the city and managed to defend the city.

More than 1.8 people were killed in the battle, and the team made great contributions in defending the city.

Just half a month ago, Niang Xipi wrote in her diary to scold me for not knowing how to command, but today I won the victory in defending the city.

He was immediately commended, saying that Chen led his comrades through life and death, served the Party and the country with loyalty and bravery, and carried forward the Whampoa spirit, which should be learned by all the armies.

It was God's blessing that saved Siping from danger.

What era is this? You still believe in God. You’ve made your head spin.

The war came to an end with the Manchurian Democratic Alliance Army's voluntary retreat.

Ding Wei stared at the densely packed reward list in front of him. The blocking battle involved three columns of troops, and the rewards were really huge.

[Siping Blocking Battle, rewards: 9 Soviet La-50 fighters, 50 American Mustang fighters, 152 Soviet 30mm howitzers, 122 108mm howitzers, 155 American 30mm howitzers, 105 American 108mm howitzers, and 180 million artillery shells of various types.]

[Rewards: 300 cars, 200 trucks, 1300 military motorcycles. 50 BT fast tanks, 97 Type 50 tanks, 24 American Sherman tanks, 34 T24 tanks. ]

【150毫米迫击炮20门，120毫米迫击炮60门，107毫米化学迫击炮120门，81毫米迫击炮300门，60毫米迫击炮1200门，各类迫击炮弹300万枚。】

[3 bolt-action rifles of various types, 8000 SVT semi-automatic rifles, 5000 PPSh submachine guns, 3 M2000 submachine guns, 2000 rotary/American light machine guns, 800 Guoliunov heavy machine guns. 1.2 million rounds of various ammunition]

[300 bazookas and 3 rounds of ammunition.]

[6000 military medical treatment kits, 600 boxes of various emergency medicines]

[A blueprint of the SKS semi-automatic rifle. ]

Some other combat supplies.

Ding Wei bit his tongue and it hurt a little. He was not dreaming. He was keenly aware of the first few words of the reward: Siping Blocking Battle.

Reached the battle level and obtained a large amount of reward materials.

It took off smoothly.

There are 500 large-caliber artillery pieces and more than 2000 small-caliber mortars, bazookas and the like.

Ha, ha ha, ha ha ha.

Such a huge amount of combat supplies immediately gave him the idea of ​​overwhelming everyone.

This has already taken off.

The troops suffered some losses and retreated to the base area for rest and recuperation. At this time, the advantage of having a base area was reflected.

The surrendered Kuomintang soldiers, militia, guerrillas, etc. can be directly promoted and added to the field troops.

The combat losses can be made up in one night, and a large number of prisoners can be incorporated into the army after being educated.

The Nationalist army suffered heavy losses. From the very beginning, they had no intention of reorganizing the security forces and looked down on the so-called third-rate troops. Repeated battles resulted in their elite main forces becoming fewer and fewer.

What should we do when the main force is severely damaged and there is no reserve force to replenish it?

We can only conscript young men.

How much combat effectiveness can a young man have? The combat effectiveness of the security group is third-rate, but it is still a formal unit after all.

The able-bodied men were drafted into the battlefield, and it was a high-intensity battlefield in the Northeast, where they could only survive for a few days.

There were two atmospheres in Fengtian City. One was that Liao Jianchu and others had suffered a loss at the hands of Ding Wei's column and were severely suppressed by firepower.

The troops were dizzy from the explosions from large-caliber howitzers and suffered heavy casualties.

The other is the complacent Chen Mingren who has won the battle, like a proud white swan.

Not only did he win commendation, but he also received the Blue Sky and White Sun Medal, which represents military honor.

He held on to Siping and escaped safely from the encirclement of multiple columns. This record was definitely worth bragging about for Chen Mingren.

As the war progresses, his honor will only become more dazzling.

There won’t be many National Army generals who can take advantage of Brother Biao in the future.

Each unit took stock of the casualties, and even Chen Mingren had to lower his noble head.

His 87th and 88th Divisions were almost wiped out. Even though he managed to capture Siping, there were few veterans of the 71st Army left in his troops.

Other troops also suffered losses. The New First Army and the New Sixth Army suffered casualties, and the main force was seriously injured.

Du Yiqi naturally became the target of everyone's exclusion. Among the several army commanders in the Northeast, 80% of them disliked him.

The 60th and 93rd Armies of the Yunnan Army were quite dissatisfied with him because of the Yunnan Incident and privately called him "stinky old Shan".

When the 71st Army first entered the Northeast, it split the 88th Division into three regiments to cooperate with Liao Jianchu. The angry division commander Hu Jiayi quit on the spot.

He was so good that he directly replaced his fellow villager Han Zengdong as the division commander. Chen Mingren also had a way to deal with it. He directly ordered several regiment commanders to skip Division Commander Han.

There were a total of seven armies: Shi Jue, Sun Fumin, Chen Mingren, the 60th Army and the 93rd Army all had conflicts with him and were filled with various discords.

Having achieved this, let alone his ability to command troops, his means of balancing the forces are almost zero.

The only ones who could obey his orders were the 52nd Army and Liao Jianchu, who had cooperated with him on the battlefield of the Expeditionary Force.

Therefore, in the entire Northeast battlefield, the five armies were basically in the defensive stage, and the ones actually used for attack were the 52nd Army and the New Sixth Army. When these two troops were almost exhausted, Du Yiqi's good days were over.