After the Japanese army was defeated, it retreated all the way back and directly withdrew to the front line of Tieling to build a defensive line to prevent the Eighth Route Army from moving south.The main force of the Seventh Column of the Eighth Route Army, after resting in place for a day, then moved south and arrived in the area north of Tieling.At the same time, the Eighth Route Army in western Liaoning was divided into two routes, one to attack Xinmin, and the other to continue to attack in the southeast direction from Fuxin.The Eighth Route Army's 500,000-strong army approached Shenyang, the largest industrial city in Northeast China, in three ways.The Japanese government and the opposition were shaken, and on the one hand, they strictly ordered the Kwantung Army to block the attack of the Eighth Route Army at all costs, and on the other hand, they drew troops from the country to support the Kwantung Army as soon as possible, and at the same time ordered the 19th and 20th Divisions of the DPRK to immediately rush to the northeast to support Liaoning.After a day of preparation, the Seventh Column immediately launched a fierce attack on the Japanese army in Tieling.In just one day, the Japanese defense line was successfully broken through by the Eighth Route Army, and the Japanese army was again routed, and continued south along the railway line to Shenyang.Li Guotao immediately ordered his troops to take advantage of the victory to pursue and once again annihilate more than 20,000 enemies, and the remnants of the Japanese army were less than 20,000 and fled back to Shenyang.Then Li Guotao ordered the new first division, the new second division, the armored division and other units, and turned to attack Fushun, at this time the Fushun garrison was empty, only the Japanese army a garrison wing guarded, after the Eighth Route Army surrounded Fushun, the puppet army and puppet police forces in the city, under the inspiration of the underground party, revolted in front of the battle, trying to open the city gate to meet the main force of the Eighth Route Army.Although it was bloodily suppressed by the Japanese army, the battle caused chaos in the city and also held back some Japanese troops.The main force of the Eighth Route Army seized the opportunity and immediately stormed Fushun City, breaking through the defense of Fushun City in just a few hours, and then completely annihilating the remnants of the enemy in the city and successfully recovering Fushun.After recovering Fushun, Li Guotao immediately ordered the main force to continue to advance southward and attack Benxi to clear the outlying strongholds of Shenyang.At the same time, the main force of the Eighth Route Army, which advanced eastward from Fuxin, was more than 200,000 people, connecting Montenegro and Liaozhong, and directly attacked Liaoyang and Anshan.At the same time, the main force of the Eighth Route Army of the other way, 200,000 people, and 60,000 Japanese troops fought a decisive battle in Xinmin, after three days of bloody battles, the Japanese army lost more than 30,000 people, and was forced to abandon Xinmin and retreat to Shenyang.In the headquarters of the Seventh Column of the Eighth Route Army, Li Guotao smoked a cigarette and looked at the sand table in front of him with a serious face, as if he was thinking about something.At this time, Ma Zhenguo hurriedly walked over, before the political commissar Lu rushed to Changchun from Qiqihar, responsible for commanding the troops in Changchun to continue to besiege Changchun, Ma Zhenguo also immediately went south, came to Liaoning to assist Li Guotao.At this time, Ma Zhenguo held a few telegrams in his hand, and said with a serious face: "Commander, I have several pieces of news here, including good news and bad news, do you want to hear the good news first, or listen to the bad news first" Li Guotao replied casually: "Then let's talk about the good news first" Ma Zhenguo smiled and said: "Fortunately, I just received the battle report from the front, the main force of our army has successfully recovered Benxi, and at the same time, the friendly forces have also successfully recovered Liaoyang and Anshan, so far the strongholds on the periphery of Shenyang have been completely cleared, Shenyang has fallen into the encirclement of 500,000 troops of our Eighth Route Army. ”"Hmm" Li Guotao nodded and said: "This is indeed good news, but at this time there are still about fifty or sixty thousand Japanese troops in Shenyang, although they are all defeated by some remnants, but the devil has reached the end of the road, and he will inevitably do a dying struggle, so if our army wants to recover Shenyang, it is inevitable that there will be a vicious battle" "Hmm" Ma Zhenguo nodded and said: "Actually, this is not the worst news, I have even worse news here."
According to the latest information, the 19th and 20th divisions of the Japanese army in North Korea have rushed to support, and they have now arrived in Dandong.In addition, the little devils urgently assembled the troops of two divisions in the country to quickly support the northeast, and at present, the little devils of these two divisions have landed in Lushun, and then they will take the train north. ”Li Guotao couldn't help frowning, and said with a serious face: "This is really not good news, do you have any instructions from the headquarters" "Yes" Ma Zhenguo nodded and said: "The headquarters of the Eighth Route Army has ordered my seventh column to build a defensive position in Benxi to block the 19th Division and the 20th Division, and it is best to defeat it in one fell swoop, or even completely annihilate this little devil." ”Li Guotao frowned and thought for a while and said: "This 19th Division and the 20th Division are both standing divisions of the Japanese army, and their combat effectiveness is not weak.But judging from the current strength of our seventh column, it is not a problem to eliminate the little devils of these two divisions.It's just the little devils of the two divisions that landed from Lushun" Ma Zhenguo replied with a smile: "The headquarters has ordered the ninth and tenth columns to gather 150,000 troops and build a defensive line along the way to block this little devil from going north, we don't have to worry about this for the time being, we just need to deal with the 19th and 20th divisions of the Japanese army with peace of mind.Moreover, according to news from North Korea, Koiso Kuniaki has launched an emergency in North Korea, conscripting North Koreans into the army and playing the slogan of defending North Korea. ”Li Guotao smiled and said: "If our army recovers the northeast, it will be able to directly threaten the Japanese army in Korea, how can the little devil not be in a hurry, but this is all a problem to be considered in the future, and the top priority now is to solve the little devils of the 19th and 20th divisions as soon as possible, if we can't completely solve the little devils of these two divisions, it will affect our entire battle situation." ”"Hmm" Ma Zhenguo nodded and said, "I have ordered all troops to build fortifications in Benxi, and prepare to block the little devils of these two divisions." ”Li Guotao frowned and thought for a while, and then said with a serious face: "This is not enough, order the new Fourth Division and the Cavalry Division to rush to Benxi to prepare for a decisive battle with the Japanese army." ”"Yes" Ma Zhenguo responded respectfully, turned around and ran to convey the order.At this time, the Seventh Column had already assembled the strength of the new First Division, the Second Division, and the Armored Division, and if we added the new Fourth Division and the Cavalry Division, which were about to rush to Benxi, it would be a total of five divisions, plus most of the artillery division and some logistical baggage troops, and the total strength of the troops in Benxi would exceed 130,000.aa2705221: