Devil's Army

Song Zhipeng sent a pigeon to inform Leng Feng: "Commander Ling Qilong has resigned and returned home. The position of commander of the Kwantung Army is temporarily vacant."

Leng Feng remembered that the person who succeeded Ling Qilong in history was Nan Jiro, who was a cavalryman. He would take office at the end of December 1934. In this way, the Kwantung Army would have no commander-in-chief for the next two months. There would be no way to send troops to wipe them out.

The plan of the navy commander Yamamoto and the North China Front Army's major general Hattori to jointly encircle and annihilate the devil troops was also aborted due to Ling Qilong's resignation.

Colonel Murata of Jinzhou Port never gave up the idea of ​​destroying the Huludao Devil Force Navy.

After he took office as the supreme commander of the Jinzhou Navy, he had not made any achievements. Instead, the devil's forces captured a heavy cruiser and sank a destroyer.

He is the senior Japanese naval general who is most enthusiastic about the joint efforts of the navy and the army to annihilate the devil's forces.

He sent naval reconnaissance planes to Huludao to investigate and look for opportunities to fight. If the joint action failed, he would also attack Huludao himself.

The anti-aircraft gun company 260 next to the mm coastal defense gun quickly discovered the Japanese plane and quickly prepared for battle. They also asked the soldiers to report to Captain Hu.

Fox in the naval command room heard the soldier's report and quickly used a binoculars to observe the Japanese plane.

He found that it was the Japanese Navy's E7K2 Type 260 naval reconnaissance aircraft. He immediately ordered the soldiers to notify the 460mm and mm coastal defense artillery positions to strengthen camouflage and cover to prevent being detected by the Japanese reconnaissance aircraft.

At the same time, he ordered the third anti-aircraft artillery company next to the 260mm coastal defense gun to do a good job of camouflage and not to attack the Japanese reconnaissance plane.

Leng Feng and Hui Lang, who had returned to the tribe, had learned from Secretary Li's intelligence network that the Kwantung Army in Fengtian, the Japanese navy in Jinzhou, and the North China Front Army in Rehe were storing strategic materials and mobilizing troops. They guessed that the Japanese might attack his base from three sides, with navy and army. They had ordered to be vigilant, and the arsenal was also working in three shifts to produce strategic materials.

Song Zhipeng's intelligence eliminated the threat from the Fengtian Kwantung Army.

Now, Fox Wolf's intelligence made Leng Feng feel that the Japanese navy in Jinzhou might act alone and invade Huludao.

In order to avoid the embarrassing situation of fighting on three fronts, Leng Feng decided to launch the Jinzhou Campaign.

Now Leng Feng can only mobilize the newly established 9th Brigade, the 10th Brigade and the Mobile Brigade. The other brigades have their own defense areas.

However, Leng Feng also considered that the Japanese in Jinzhou had been guarding them strictly, and he didn't know how strong the three newly formed brigades were. He decided to let the eight old brigades take on the tough tasks.

Leng Feng ordered the 9th Brigade to exchange guard with the 1st Brigade, and the 1st Brigade immediately rushed to the east of Jinzhou, preparing to capture the Liangjiashan position, a strategic fortress between Jinzhou and Fengtian.

In order to prevent the enemy troops in Fengtian from reinforcing Jinzhou, Leng Feng also ordered the 10th Brigade to exchange positions with the 3rd Brigade stationed outside Chaoyang County. The 3rd Brigade rushed to the west of Fengtian to block the reinforcements from Fengtian at any time.

In order to eliminate the enemy's vitality in Jinzhou City, Gray Wolf formulated a strategy of surrounding Liangjia Mountain and attacking the reinforcements.

The brigade's large-scale mobilization was soon discovered by the Japanese scouts in Jinzhou.

Upon hearing the scout's report, Division Commander Sakamoto immediately arranged for a reconnaissance plane to come over to learn about the situation, and at the same time asked for help from the Fengtian Army Headquarters.

After Commander Ling Kuilong left his post, the headquarters was temporarily taken over by one of his chiefs of staff.

He immediately convened a combat meeting to discuss a countermeasure.

The officers present at the meeting were surprisingly unanimous in their opinion on sending troops to aid Jinzhou. They all believed that after the devil troops took Jinzhou, the next target would be Fengtian.

The Korean divisions were eager to join the battle, but the chief of staff thought their combat effectiveness needed to be improved and wanted to keep them in the city to maintain law and order. However, the other Japanese commanders with stronger combat effectiveness all lowered their heads and did not dare to ask for battle.

They have almost all fought against the devil's army, but have never won a complete victory.

After the Japanese reconnaissance plane flew away, the First Brigade left the First Regiment to continue to encircle Liangjia Mountain, while the Second and Third Regiments moved towards the east gate of Jinzhou, waiting for an opportunity to eliminate the Japanese reinforcements in Jinzhou.

The Third Brigade deliberately chose to march at night. When approaching the destination, Li Guozhu left the first regiment as a reserve force, and the second and third regiments were ambushed on the left and right sides of the road in front of Liangjia Mountain, quietly waiting for the arrival of the Fengtian reinforcements.

Seeing that the war conference was unsuccessful, the chief of staff agreed to the Korean division's preparation for rescue and ordered the Seto Battalion to follow up and reinforce the Korean division at any time.

In order to increase the breakthrough capability of the Korean division, the Chief of Staff also arranged a heavy artillery squadron to follow the Seto Battalion to provide strong artillery support to the troops breaking through the positions of the devil troops when necessary.

In order to speed up the breakthrough, Division Commander Park Zhengchang asked the Chief of Staff for tank support.

Although the chief of staff was worried about the Devil's unit's shoulder-fired artillery, he still agreed to Commander Park's request.

The next morning, the Second and Third Regiments of the First Brigade were already in ambush. The commander of the First Brigade ordered to fire at Liangjia Mountain.

One after another, 150mm howitzer shells whizzed up Liangjia Mountain.

Dust and smoke billowed from Liangjia Mountain, and the sound of bombing continued.

Almost all the Japanese surface positions on Liangjia Mountain were plowed by the 150st Brigade's mm howitzers.