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Soon, the inquiry telegram sent by the front-line command to the 4th Division received a reply.

"Frontline Command, Commander Zhang, our troops have successfully taken over the cities of Panjin and Yingkou and eliminated the local security forces."

“Our department is conducting a cleanup in the city.”

Commander Zhang was happy to hear this, as it seemed that there were not many Japanese soldiers in this direction.

After discussing with everyone, he sent a telegram to the 4th Division.

"After the cleanup, one regiment will be stationed there, and the rest will return to support the Third Division."

When the commander of the 4th Division saw the order, he understood that something must have happened in Anshan, so they were needed to provide support.

He quickly ordered the 1st Regiment to be stationed in Yingkou and the 2nd Regiment in Panjin, and asked them to arrange reconnaissance personnel to conduct a careful reconnaissance of the surroundings to avoid being ambushed by the enemy.

If you find that a large number of enemies are attacking and you cannot hold on, ask for support quickly. There are large troops nearby who can arrive within two hours.

The rest of their troops quickly gathered and headed towards Anshan. Since they were a mechanized force, they arrived an hour later.

At this moment, the Third Division faced a force twice as large as that of the Japanese, but it still held on, relying on its firepower advantage to withstand the Japanese's frenzied attacks.

The Japanese were helpless. The two sides fired five rounds of artillery fire and the infantry charged five times, but they just couldn't break through the enemy's defense, even though they had more people.

"Baga, this is the former Northeast Army. How come their fighting power has become so strong?"

At the 20th Division headquarters, the division commander started cursing after receiving the report from the front line.

They knew that the 15th and 16th Divisions had been defeated in their confrontation with the Sixth Army. The intelligence agencies had already informed them that this was the original Northeast Army.

I thought he was defeated and that the fight would be much easier now, but why hasn't he been so strong in a few years?

The commander of the 21st Division sent an urgent telegram at this time.

"We have discovered that the enemy has reinforcements, and the size of the reinforcements is about a division."

"Don't hesitate. We will use our superior forces to directly deal with their entire division. As long as we get close to them and their artillery can't fire, then our chance will come."

"Although we are responsible for guarding Anshan, defense is useless. We need to attack and beat the enemy so that they dare not move forward. Otherwise, no matter how many people come, it will be useless."

After reading the telegram, he quickly ordered the operator to call back.

"Okay, then let's act together. We will launch a collective artillery attack in twenty minutes. After the bombardment, we will charge forward with the armored forces as the vanguard."

"Although our armored forces are not as powerful as theirs, they can still help the infantry block some bullets."

After he replied, the other party soon sent a telegram expressing their agreement.

In this way, the two division commanders privately formulated an offensive plan and did not follow the order given to them by the Kwantung Army Headquarters to defend and hold instead of attacking.

This is also the strategic vision of the two division commanders. They believe that only offense is the best defense, and they have to attack even if their people are not as good as the opponent.

Because previous experience tells them that the outcome is the same whether you defend or attack. If you attack, you can still cause some damage to the opponent, while defending will only allow your own people to be killed slowly.

They were indeed right. After all, the 3rd and 4th Divisions were mainly defensive, using their superior firepower to slowly consume their soldiers and equipment.

Anyway, they have plenty of artillery shells. Wars nowadays are not like before. In the past, they had to consider what to do if they ran out of artillery shells. Now there is no need for that, as there are plenty of logistics.

This drove the soldiers and commanders on the front line crazy. They had never thought that they would have such an opportunity to fight such a good battle. So what else was there to consider? As long as they could kill the Japanese, they would just fire as hard as they could.

Just 20 minutes later, the two commanders looked unhappy.

The forward observation post just responded that the enemy is gathering in large numbers and rushing towards them.

"It looks like the enemy is going to launch a charge. Why are these devils different from before? They are so reckless in their charge." said a company commander at the front-line observation post.

"Captain, the Japanese must be getting angry. If we continue to fight like this, their division will be wiped out in three to five days."

"You're right. It seems they don't want to die slowly like this." The company commander said sarcastically.

"Then report to the headquarters immediately. The Japanese are charging so fast, we have to make contact with them too."

After listening to this, the company commander nodded and then sent the message to the headquarters.

The two division commanders also quickly determined that the enemy wanted to use their superior forces to put pressure on them and force them to retreat, or to engage them directly, making it impossible for their superior firepower to be used.

"Report to the enemy headquarters immediately. We may be in contact with the enemy. We must hold on to this place as much as possible and not let the enemy regain the position."

After the two division commanders sent the message, they immediately organized their personnel to start defense and counterattack.

"Immediately notify the tank battalion to get ready, notify the BM-13 rocket battalion to get ready, and notify the artillery battalion to get ready."

"All infantry regiments are prepared to engage the enemy in close combat."

The two division commanders gave orders and they were ready for battle.

The front-line command had received their message and responded to them quickly.

"You can make your own decisions based on the battlefield situation. Air support will arrive in 20 minutes. I hope you don't get mixed up with the enemy, otherwise it will be very troublesome for air support."

"You must hold out for at least half an hour and avoid being approached by the enemy, so that air support can proceed smoothly."

After the telegram was sent, they followed the latest news closely.

In the headquarters of the 3rd and 4th Divisions, the two division commanders were very excited after seeing the reply letter, because with air support, their chances of winning would be at least half as good.

"Issued again the order to keep the enemy away for half an hour, and to keep a distance of at least 2 kilometers from the enemy to ensure that there will be no accidental casualties during the air strike."

Tank battalion commander Wang Bin was looking ahead with a smile at this moment, because they had just received a message from the command center through the radio that if they could hold on for half an hour, they would have air support.

All firepower units also received the message.

At this time, the Japanese charged very quickly and were within the artillery range in less than 10 minutes.

At the same time, the Japanese artillery began to fire continuously to cover the charge of their armored and infantry regiments.

The artillery positions opened fire in counterattack at the same time. The artillery battle between the two sides lasted for 10 minutes, and the 3rd and 4th Divisions stopped the heavy artillery bombardment.

Because the infantry regiment and the armored regiment were already a little close, it was difficult for their artillery to reach such a close distance, so the BM-13 rocket launcher began to show its power.

A division had 36 rocket launchers, 72 of which were firing in two different directions. The powerful coverage area brought a heavy price to the advancing Japanese, but it could only relieve the situation for three to five minutes.

When the smoke cleared, the outpost could still see the advancing Japanese.

"Damn, what a bunch of reckless guys! Send a message to the tank battalion immediately. It's time for them to go up."

At such a close distance, only the tank battalion's artillery could launch a counterattack, and the Japanese artillery also stopped, because they knew they could not fight anymore as it was too close.

In this way, a tank battle broke out between the two sides. The tank battalion attacked quickly, using its own superior speed and strong firepower to quickly rush towards the enemy, and bombarded their tanks and Japanese infantry.