The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Chapter 218: Get the advantage and withdraw
"Oh, don't try to play tricks on me! Yesterday morning you asked Hai Pingchuan to leave the city and head towards Jinjia Village... Do you think I don't know?"

This annoying Guo Guizi didn't even give him any face and wanted to expose him in front of so many people.

He was right about the general direction. When he knew that Guo Guizi had set his sights on the special train used by the Japanese to transport supplies,

Jiang Cheng immediately asked Hai Pingchuan to go to Xiangshui Village and asked the villagers to contact brave and strong laborers to come to the far diagonal corner of their ambush point.

As soon as a fight breaks out here, rush up, take it and run!
However, Jiang Cheng had already made people aware of this beforehand: This is just following the bandits to take advantage of the Japanese, so you should know when to stop and not be greedy.

"Hey, Commander-in-Chief, let's talk about this matter! Are you going to fight or not?"

Jiang Cheng quickly changed the subject, showing a scoundrel smile, "I said, you pulled out two hundred of us, are you planning to let us watch the battle?"

Knowing that this brat would not admit it, Guo Maochen simply glared at him.

At this time, the battle between Japanese soldiers and bandits had reached a white-hot stage, with gunshots and explosions everywhere.

In terms of organizational ability and discipline, these Japanese soldiers were far superior to the bandits:

But there were too many bandits, and they seemed to be coming in an endless stream, clearly intending to surround and kill these Japanese troops here.

"Is it still necessary to do it?"

Seeing that the time was almost right, Guo Maochen glanced at his watch with a faint smile.

The strategy that Guo Maochen devised today was to "help" the Japanese fight these bandits, and then the Japanese would definitely capture one or two alive and take them back -

In this way, Goubangzi's insurance team and nearby militia will be exposed.

However, Jiang Cheng and Hai Pingchuan had just set up a "bomb" on the railway. The earth-shattering explosion alerted the Japanese soldiers and aroused their vigilance.

The Japanese railway protection troops active at various stations along the South Manchuria line will also receive reinforcement orders and come out in full force, rushing straight here.

"Okay, we've seen enough, it's time for us to go to Goubangzi."

Guo Maochen sneered a few times and quickly ordered everyone to mount their horses.

Led by the commander-in-chief, a group of cavalrymen headed towards Goubangzi County in the direction of the battle between the two sides.

Seeing the bright lights on the walls of the county town, I could see teams of people gathering.

They must have realized that the sneak attack had failed and were planning to gather at the battle location of the Manchurian Railway.

Haha, it seems that the entire northern Jinzhou is in chaos.

At Guo Maochen's command, the trainees quietly laid out the prepared gasoline barrels.

They were still using the "Flying Thunder" that Jiang Cheng had taught them: this time the ammunition had been improved, with more propulsion and a longer range.

But relatively speaking, its power is smaller than that of short-range shooting. However, the purpose of their attack this time is not to attack the city with flying thunder, but to use this thing to set fire to the city.

A series of bombardments followed one after another, and the ammunition flew straight towards the city;

Unexpectedly, two flying mines exploded in the air, and a large amount of sawdust, cotton yarn and other materials filled were ignited by the explosives and quickly blown away by the cold northwest wind.

You know, buildings in that era were still mainly made of wood, and when the "rain of fire" came, it caused many fires!

However, the matter was not over yet. Guo Maochen gave orders one after another, asking them to fire all the remaining ammunition.

Explosions and fires instantly caused chaos in the city.

"Get on the horses, everyone get on the horses!" They used mobile tactics. The purpose of today's attack was not to capture Goubangzi, but to further weaken the strength of the insurance team.

Seeing the city gate facing them wide open, a group of ferocious cavalrymen rushed towards them!

The pursuit began: the cavalrymen chasing after him from behind fired wildly all the way.

The number of cavalry drawn out by this heavy bombardment was more than twice their number... plus the firepower was so fierce that the bullets were almost hitting the cadets' scalps.

If it weren't for the rigorous training in horse riding and archery over the past six months, many of them would probably have been injured during the evacuation.

This is the first time that the cadets have sincerely expressed their gratitude for the months of training.

"Jiang Feilan, the old rules! You lead your team and attack according to the tactical deduction!"

Amid the whistling wind, Guo Maochen shouted orders at him.

"Yes!"

After responding loudly, Jiang Cheng whistled long with his right hand.

Hai Pingchuan's Huang Yongan and a dozen student soldiers broke out from the cavalry and rushed out in an oval formation. They charged and shot at the cavalry that were chasing them, as if they were risking their lives!
The cavalry troops that originally rushed out of the county town were extremely fast, and after all, they were local armed forces, so their organizational formation was relatively weak.

Jiang Cheng and his dozen or so cavalrymen cut into the enemy's ranks, firing their weapons and charging forward - just like a sharp arrow piercing through.

The camp was immediately cut off and divided by them. When Guo Maochen saw the situation, he led a large force and turned around to start a violent beating.

If the enemy had the advantage in numbers just now, now it was divided into two parts due to the "quick cut" tactics.

Guo Maochen led the entire army in a semi-encirclement state, charging and attacking together, leaving the cavalry without any resistance and forcing them to flee to the east.

"Don't chase!"

"Listen to me, don't chase them...if you chase them, you'll be fooled."

Guo Maochen held three boxes and fired two shots into the air, calling out to his trainees, "That's enough, stop fighting!"

"We have achieved our actual combat goal. We will regroup and retreat back to Jinzhou."

He brought more than 200 people out mainly for study tours: although every one of them will actually go to the battlefield in the future, the Military Academy is opening an officer corps this time;
To put it bluntly, it is to train talents to lead troops for the commander, and it is enough to fight with real weapons - it would not be worth it if there were a large number of casualties just because the place was not taken back.

"Aren't you going to fight now?"

Zhang Hanqing was a little anxious, "I didn't kill much..."

Guo Maochen glanced at him and said, "What did I teach you before? Fighting a war requires more than just fighting with real swords and guns!"

Jiang Cheng knew what he meant. Their goal had been achieved. Besides, they had gained enough benefits today. There was no strategic significance in continuing the fight.

"Retreat, everyone, retreat to Jinzhou!"

Just as Guo Maochen was counting the number of student soldiers and leading them to withdraw to Jinzhou, the Japanese troops near Goubangzi County had already started fighting with the local insurance team and nearby militia.

More and more Kwantung troops came to reinforce them, and the firepower also changed from the light weapons of the railway protection army to various heavy firepower -

The railway guards, who had suffered many losses, became anxious and even sent out several armored vehicles to march across the plain.

(End of this chapter)