Japan's concession in China's Kanto Prefecture is located at the southernmost end of China's Liaodong Peninsula, including Jinzhou, Lushun and Dalian, which is an extremely important place.

There was a map on the combat table, but no officer went to see it. When an officer first arrived in Kanto Prefecture to serve, he would travel around Kanto Prefecture, which was not big under the leadership of his senior officers, and be familiar with his own jurisdiction.

Kanto Prefecture has 3,500 square kilometers, and the terrain is roughly like a chicken leg. The thick 'thigh' position is the administrative district of the Jinzhou Civil Affairs Office. The relatively thick calves are the administrative districts of the Lushun Civil Affairs Office and the Dalian Civil Affairs Office.

The thinner joint between the thighs and the calves is the Jinzhou Isthmus. To the east of the Jinzhou Isthmus is Dalian Bay located in the Yellow Sea, and to the west is Jinzhou Bay located in the Bohai Sea. The isthmus is 5 kilometers wide and is the gateway to Dalian, the Lushun, which is truly unmissable in Kanto.

During the Russo-Japanese War, the Isthmus of Jinzhou successfully blocked the Japanese army, and the key position of the Lushun Fortress forced the Japanese army attacking Lushun to charge with meat bullets, with more than 10,000 casualties.

After the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese army strengthened the Lushun Fortress. Faced with the fierce attack of the Northeast Army, it was indeed a feasible choice to concentrate troops in the Isthmus of Jinzhou and the Lushun Fortress for defense.

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However, doing so means that the Kwantung Army had to give up its peripheral defense. The Kwantung Army was divided into two types of troops, part of which was a garrison force, responsible for guarding the forts of various fortresses. When the Northeast Army began to attack Kwantung Prefecture, these troops either quickly reinforced to the frontline fortress or were on duty in the fortress.

The two brigades are mobile units, which can leave the fortress to carry out combat, or enter the fortress to carry out defense operations with the garrison troops.

The captain of the second wing of the Kwantung Army's First Brigade, Manchukuo Niujima, stood up and said, "Report to the commander, the subordinates are willing to lead the troops to attack the enemy's siege artillery troops."

The Japanese speak very ventral, especially high-sounding. Generally speaking, the so-called "counterattack" refers to the troops helping troops in the northern part of Jinzhou to defend. However, this time it is different. Niujima Manakasa knew very well that as long as He Rui broke the border line north of the Jinzhou Civil Affairs Bureau, the siege artillery troops could be moved to the Jinzhou Isthmus defense line to continue attacking.

Although the Jinzhou Isthmus is narrow, only 5 kilometers wide, it is very conducive to defense. This also means that the attacking side can also easily defend against the Kwantung Army's raids. Use siege cannons to continue attacking. Once the Jinzhou Isthmus is broken through, the Kwantung Army can only rely on the Lushun Fortress to implement defense.

If He Rui's siege artillery troops were destroyed, the Northeast Army had no navy and could only go to the Isthmus of Jinzhou. Even if He Rui had 100,000 troops, he could not break through. The Kwantung Army could wait until the reinforcements arrived in Kwantung Prefecture.

If you are passively beaten and proactively counterattack, you will definitely be counterattacked by He Rui's troops. If the counterattack fails, the Northeast Army's siege cannon will not be destroyed, and the defensive power of the Lushun Fortress will be weakened, which will greatly increase the chances of the Northeast Army's victory.

This is a dilemma. Manakasato Niujima has made his own decision. Even if he gets up and asks for battle at this time, it will indeed lose the face of the brigade commander. However, once the Northeast Army conquered Kanto Prefecture, the brigade commander will not only lose face, but also the heads of the entire brigade officers and soldiers.

Akijima Manakasa also had more than one person's thoughts, and several other young regiment captains stood up one after another to show that they were willing to attack.

The hotel managers knew that they could not delay at this time. After only one hour of the war, the Northeast Army had destroyed a periphery fortress in Kanto Prefecture. The Northeast Army would never be satisfied with this. Perhaps the next periphery fortress was shaky and even broken.

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The two brigade commanders couldn't care about their face and stood up and said, "I am willing to lead my troops to fight back."

If possible, Lieutenant General Kawahisa would not want to make such a decision. After all, the opponent was He Rui, the smartest and capable student he had ever met in the army for many years. He Rui would never let the Kwantung Army succeed so easily, and he might even set up an ambush and be ready to attack the Kwantung Army.

But Lieutenant General Kawahisa nodded, stood up and said, "Then, the First Brigade will attack."

The commander of the Saito Brigade of the First Brigade was ordered to stand attentively and salute, and then led his subordinates to strode out of the combat command room.

Lieutenant General Kawaho Kawasaki ordered the commander of the brigade of the Second Brigade, who also stood up, and said, "You go to the Isthmus of Jinzhou. If the First Brigade makes progress, follow up on the attack. If they encounter setbacks, go to rescue and help them retreat."

The commander of the second brigade Gujo's brigade immediately saluted and led his subordinates to leave. The combat room suddenly became empty from crowds. Just as Lieutenant General Kawaka was looking at his pocket watch, Chief of Staff Major General Fukuhara Kazuya asked, "Commander, is this a little too aggressive?"

"Sending only one wing is undoubtedly to let them die." Lieutenant General Kawahiro Kawasaki answered.

"The enemy...the Chinese army is by no means an opponent of the Imperial Japanese Army!" Major General Fukuhara Kaya expressed his judgment.

Lieutenant General Kawahisa did not answer. As the president of the Japanese Army University, he once warned his students in class not to underestimate any enemy. If the Kanto Army, which is already at a disadvantage, is undoubtedly stupid. In fact, the Lieutenant General has already agreed that the Kanto Prefecture border defense line is afraid that it will not be able to defend. Although Kanto Prefecture is only 3,500 square kilometers, it is dozens of kilometers to depart from Lushun to the border. The train will take more than an hour to drive at full speed.

The troops must board the bus urgently at this time, and it will take time to board the bus. It takes at least two and a half hours to arrive at the front line.

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Lieutenant General Kawaho knew very well that the bombs installed by the plane could not stop an army from advancing. Doesn’t He Rui know that the plane was useless? He Rui still sent planes to bomb, just to delay the reinforcements of Lushun’s troops. Perhaps four hours later, the First Brigade arrived at the northern defense line in Jinzhou, and the defense line had been broken by He Rui.

The commander of the First Brigade, Saito, went straight to the train station, arrived at the entrance of the station, turned around and ordered to the adjutant: "Let's set up a temporary hotel command center here."

After saying that, the commander of the Saito Brigade had already strode into the station. The moment he saw the platform, the commander of the Saito Brigade was stunned. He saw that the platform and the near the platform were filled with officers and soldiers. Seeing the commander of the brigade, the officers came forward to salute, and asked impatiently: "Brigade Commander, are you going to join the war?"

The commander of the Saito Brigade did not answer immediately, but turned to look at the captain of the Ushima Co., Ltd. Nishima immediately replied: "Report that the personnel of this corps received the order to assemble and asked where to assemble. The magistrate asked them to gather at the station."

Since the troops have gathered, the commander of the Saito Brigade is not going to say anything more. Write down this in advance and settle the accounts after the battle is over.

Turning to the officers and soldiers, the leader of the Saito Brigade asked loudly, "You guys, do you know where we are going?"

"Go and beat the Chinese!" the officers replied loudly.

The commander of the Saito Brigade glanced over his subordinates. In his subordinates' expressions, he saw the enthusiasm for seeking war. No officer showed a look of fear, but the officers were angry because they were ambushed by the Northeast Army.

"Everyone, get on the car!" The leader of the Saito Brigade shouted: "Annihilate the Northeast Army!"

The Japanese army had lined up at this time and the train had arrived slowly. The Japanese army quickly got on the train based on their respective units. Rescue was like putting out fires, and some of the car wores were convertible freight truck wores. The captain of the Niushima Man regiment commanded the soldiers to carry the mountain cannons, mortars, machine guns, artillery shells and bullets from the arrived wing artillery squadron into the convertible freight truck wores.

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The commander of the Saito Brigade must command the troops directly under the brigade and prepare to wait for the next train. He called Ushima Man in front of him, "Ushima Jun, no matter what, you have to persist until the brigade arrives!"

"Yes!" Niushima's tone was full of perseverance.

"The martial arts fortune lasts for a long time!" Even though the commander of the Saito Brigade was angry, he still wished his subordinates who were brave enough to move forward.

"I wish the brigade commander a long-lasting military fortune!" Niu Daoman replied immediately.

The leader of the Saito Brigade patted Maki Niushima on the shoulder and said, "Get on the bus."

The phone ringing rang, and Lieutenant General Kawahiko answered the phone. After hearing a few words, he turned his head, held the microphone, and said happily: "Your Excellency, all the members of the Second Regiment of the First Brigade have set off!"

Lieutenant General Kawai opened his pocket watch again, and it was 11:5. The officers of the First Brigade left here for more than half an hour and set off a wing. This speed made Lieutenant General Kawai feel a little expectant. Maybe the second wing can really catch up with the battle? As long as you arrive at a wing, it will be helpful to the battle situation.

If there were still Northeast Army aircraft in the sky of Lushun at this time, even if bombs were dropped, they would have achieved many results. However, as Lieutenant General Kawahoka said, the Northeast Army bombing was just to delay the Kanto Army's movement speed. Since the aircraft's range was only more than 400 kilometers, it flew from northern Jinzhou to Lushun, and the air stagnation time was very short, so the plane could only throw bombs and leave.

The bravery of the Japanese army made them seize the bombing gap of the Northeast Air Force and took the train to go straight to the front line.

Of course, He Rui knew that the bombing effect would never be good. When the General Staff made plans, he only thought of beating rabbits. He was not more than he was less. At this time, the main force of the 13th Army of the Northeast Army did not take any opportunity, but adopted extremely orthodox tactics and concentrated firepower to destroy all the Japanese fortresses.

The second fortress was hit by four 255 armor-piercing bombs one after another, which contained hundreds of kilograms of strong explosives. Even the thick reinforced concrete building was blown up from the inside in a series of violent explosions.

In fact, when the third armor-piercing bomb exploded, the soldiers in the fortress were shocked even if they were not killed. Just like the previous one was broken, the Northeast Army was completely unhindered from the inside of the fortress when it rushed into the ruins of the fortress. Instead, the Japanese troops deployed defenses on positions outside the fortress recovered from the huge impact and immediately rushed into the ruins of the fortress.

The Northeast Army, which had taken the lead in occupying the ruins of the fortress, waited for it and made full use of the terrain to fight back. The Japanese troops who bravely counterattacked were directly defeated by the Northeast Army, who were invisible, in the trenches leading to the fortress.

The First Army that attacked the Lushun Fortress had two armies under its jurisdiction and an artillery brigade that lacked three artillery companies. The artillery company went to participate in the operation to wipe out the Japanese troops stationed in the Northeast and took away 100mm artillery guns. The 100mm artillery guns were completely useless when facing the fortress.

The commander of the Fourth Division of the 13th Army had almost pushed his command post to the front line and occupied the ruins of two fortresses. The Japanese garrison troops located in the middle need to be cleared out as soon as possible.

At 11:19 am on October 7, the infantry of the Chinese and Japanese armies finally began to fight head-on.

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