Amid the roar of the steam engine, the train was galloping south. More than ten cars were slacking off more flatbed trailers. The top was loaded with tanks and armored vehicles, as well as some field artillery and ammunition. In order to drag these heavy car wagons, the train had two locomotives, one was pulled in front and the other was pushed in back.

Bu Runxian was sitting in the last cavalry of the train, beside him was his staff and adjutant. They were conducting careful research on a map and discussing a few words from time to time.

The train was mainly loaded with members of the brigade department of the Ministry of Runxian, as well as some armored combat vehicles and pikes. They had just arrived south from Xiongyue City in the north, and their destination was Dalian in the south. They were not the vanguard troops or the rear guard troops. But they were the command center of the armored troops.

Speaking of which, Bu Rune still has some opinions on this transfer.

Originally, according to the original tactical arrangement, Gao Runxian should have commanded his Independent Armored Brigade to advance east from Xiongyue City, cross the hilly areas in the central part of the Liaodong Peninsula, and attacked the Japanese army in Dagushan with the East Road Column coming from the east, but his Independent Armored Brigade had not even had time to assemble. After the command of the former enemy commander Wu Luzhen, he had to lead the Independent Armored Brigade to Dalian and Lushun.

Although this military mobilization was a forced action by the front-line command, in the view of Junyou, it was a bit difficult to transfer armored troops with good mobility to attack military fortresses. Although he also understood that since the Japanese army in Dagushan was entrenched in the mountainous areas, the armored troops could not use their mobile advantages, but compared to attacking the fortresses, armored troops seemed to be more suitable for field battles.

However, for the sake of overall strategic situation, Jun Runxian led the armored troops to go south immediately. His brigade headquarters had advanced dozens of miles deep into the hilly area when he received the order to transfer South. So his brigade headquarters was a little slower. When the Poison Forward troops were approaching Pulandian, the brigade headquarters of the Independent Armored Brigade had just arrived at the railway line, and then hurriedly loaded the vehicle and set off. After a long journey of a morning, he finally approached Pulandian.

Pulandian is located south of Fuzhou and north of Jinzhou. It is located on the coastline on both sides of the Liaodong Peninsula, one in the west and one in the east, respectively. The Japanese "rental land" Kanto Prefecture is also based on the straight line between Pulandian and Xiziwo. To the north is "the "rental land". It can be said that only by crossing Pulandian can you truly step into the rented land in Kanto Prefecture.

Just a few minutes ago, Bang Runbi got the commander's notice and said he had arrived at Caolandian. So he found a map and discussed tactics with the staff members. He was very calm along the way and basically had no war ruins. It seemed that the Japanese army had already retreated to Dalian and Lushun was deserted.

Bu Runjue was also told that after walking a few miles forward, the train had to stop because a railway bridge in front was destroyed by the Japanese army and had to wait for the engineers to complete emergency repairs before they could continue to move forward.

Soon, the train slowed down and finally stopped. The Bu Runyu found out that it was now located just north of Changdian, and had passed Pulandian. From the map, they had indeed stepped onto the boundary of "Kanto Prefecture". A bay could be seen on the right side of the train, which was Pulandian Bay.

As we walked over, the train had never stopped because of the damage to the bridge. That is, the railway bridge in Xiongyue City was destroyed by the Japanese army. However, the engineering army completed the repairs in just one day. Now, when we were about to reach Dalian, we saw a railway bridge destroyed by the Japanese army. This shows that the Japanese army obviously regarded this place as a front line.

In fact, as soon as Huo Zhuo stopped, Gao Runyu and his staff heard the sound of guns and cannons coming from afar. It was from the south. The sound of guns and cannons was very fierce, and perhaps the battle was in full swing.

Burunxian took the staff out of the carriage. Standing by the river, they looked south, but apart from some black smoke on the horizon, they could not see anything else. However, they saw some ruts run over by armored vehicles on the river beach, including both track marks of tanks and wheel marks of armored vehicles. It was obviously left by the van troops. They did not wait for the bridge to be repaired, but directly crossed the river and started fighting. On the river bank, there were several armored vehicles that threw cobalt, which were also left by the van troops.

The river is not deep, it only reaches the thighs of people. Armored vehicles can be completely rigged, and infantry can pass through, but artillery is a little more troublesome. The ammunition on the shell car must be found.

Burunjue looked at the sky and was covered with haze. A heavy rain seemed to be accumulating and had to race against time. Otherwise, once the heavy rain fell and the river water rose, it would probably be difficult to cross the river.

"Send the order! All armored combat vehicles and infantry get out of the car, and we wade across the river, and the artillery shells are sent by armored vehicles. No matter what, we can't wait here."

Bu Runxian immediately issued an order. While the staff was sending the order, he looked at the railway bridge that was destroyed by the Japanese army. The bridge was completely destroyed and it was impossible to completely repair it in one or two days. Moreover, the commander of the van army obviously held the same view as him. After the troops arrived at the river, they also chose to get off the train to fight. As for the trains that the transport troops came over, they also rushed back to Pulandian. In fact, Bu Runqi. The dispatch room of the station at the Shipeng Station told the commander that the news of the Yangmei Ba Bridge was destroyed by the Japanese army. The reason why the commander insisted on driving the train to the river was mainly to transport the troops to the place close to the front line as much as possible. Military operations were scrambled every time. This was also what Ji Yushuang, the South Road Column, emphasized in particular. Now, Commander Ji is commanding the battle on the other side of the river.

Soon, all the troops on the train got off the train, and the infantry troops crossed the river first, and the armored troops were divided into two parts. Tanks and infantry crossed the river together, establishing defensive positions on the other side of the river. The "yellow dog" armored vehicles and armored cars were temporarily left on the north bank of the river so that the artillery could load shells on the vehicles.

Burune didn't stay by the river for long. Soon he took a tank and crossed the river. When he arrived on the other side of the river, the call company had already contacted Xunling Buer in front of him. On the phone, Gao Runbi finally heard Ji Yushuang's voice.

"Braft Commander Gao, you are here just in time. I will order you. I will immediately command an armored team to make a detour to the east and wait for the staff I sent to arrive. You can leave. Remember to cut off the Japanese army's retreat and wipe out the Japanese army."

Ji Yushuang was just there and issued an offensive order without saying a word. It was Gao Runxian's favorite roundabout encirclement. This order made all the officers and soldiers of the armored troops excited. They knew that the opportunity to make contributions came again, and it depends on how the Ministry Runchang arranged the attack.

Burune Elixuan convened a meeting of staff to discuss tactical arrangements. Twenty minutes later, several staff members arrived from the headquarters in armored cars and brought several maps. The possible deployment of Japanese troops had been marked on the map. Referring to the map, Burune and his staff quickly completed the tactical arrangements. The rest depends on the performance of the officers and soldiers.

Zou Runzhuo divided the assault troops into two teams. The first team consisted of twenty tanks, twenty armored cars, and twenty armored cars. He was responsible for exploring the way forward, and the second team consisted of twenty tanks and twenty armored cars. He was responsible for the rear of the hall, one in front and one behind, several kilometers apart. In order to cover the assault of the armored troops, there were also two infantry battalions and corresponding logistics support troops to be dispatched, which was almost all the power that Gao Runxian could use.

After leaving the attack position, the armored assault force first advanced southeastward, then turned around and moved southwestward, and advanced all the way. He had almost no decent resistance. The Japanese commander obviously placed the main force in the front direction of the Changdian, and he was as contemptuous as ever about the defense of the flanks.

Burunjue seized the negligence of the Japanese commander. He commanded the troops to assault all the way. He usually defeated a small number of enemy troops he encountered, but did not pursue them, but rushed straight to the rear of the enemy's main force.

This tactical detour was very beautiful. Two hours later, Bu Runyu led the armored assault troops to occupy Shihe Town in the south of Changdian, cut off the traffic of the South Manchuria railway, and cut off the enemy's backbone. After a brief rest, Bu Runyu immediately directed the troops to assault northward, attacked Ji Yushuang's troops from the north and south, defeated the enemy in Changdian in one fell swoop, wiped out more than 5,000 Japanese troops, and cleared the obstacles on the road to the south.

In Changdian Town, Gao Runzhuo and Ji Yushuang met successfully and immediately established a forward base in Changdian, using the seized Japanese supplies to strengthen the defense line, and at the same time, they shot telegrams to urge the follow-up troops to arrive faster.

Changdian is the gateway to Jinzhou. The news of Changdian's loss strongly aggravated the Japanese army in Jinzhou. So in the afternoon of the same day, the Japanese army's counterattack in the direction of Jinzhou immediately began.

The commander of the Japanese army to counterattack was Akiyama Yoko. In order to regain Changdian in one fell swoop, Akiyama Yoko mobilized nearly 10,000 troops, almost hollowed out the Jinzhou defenders, and transferred all the field artillery that could be used to the front line. In order to cover the troops' operations, the Japanese army even dispatched a train. This was not an ordinary train, but it was actually a "surrogate armored train." Steel plates were embedded on both sides of the locomotive, and sandbags were piled up in the silenced carriages, which provided better protection for the train. However, because it was an alternative armored train, the firepower was very weak and the mobility was not strong.

The Japanese counterattack troops attacked north along the South Manchuria Railway line, and were in full force and were divided into two columns, one from the railway to attack Changdian, and the other from the east, trying to encircle the rear route of the Zhong** team from the flank.

Faced with the Japanese attack, Ji Yushuang responded calmly and divided the troops into two units, one under his command. He defended the Changdian position and the other led by Bu Runjing. He assaulted eastward and gave the Japanese troops an anti-encirclement.

The Second World War officially started before nightfall. Under the personal command of the division commander Akiyama Yogu, the Japanese army attacked the front position of Changdian in an extremely crazy manner. They charged several times, but under the tenacious blockade of the Chinese team, the Japanese army was unable to break through the Changdian defense line. The Japanese army that deviated northeast was also hit by the armored team and had to retreat south. However, they were pursued by Chinese armored soldiers and suffered heavy losses, and Jinzhou was also threatened.
Chapter completed!