The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Chapter 467: Fighting off the Japs
"Captain Yang, what are you doing!?"

When his subordinate Liu Zhenhai discovered his intention, he immediately shot away the box gun that was aimed at his temple.

"Dunhua City cannot be defended. So many people died at once... I really feel ashamed of Mr. Jiang's trust. I,"

But before he could finish his words, he heard an extremely strange "whoosh" sound suddenly coming from the chaotic sound of gunfire.

It sounded like something heavy was passing overhead, but it was coming at a tremendous speed.

Yang Hongyi, Liu Zhenhai and the guards surrounding them all realized what it was, and hurriedly shouted "Hide" and hid in corners, bunkers or behind sandbags.

However, no matter how fast they reacted, the explosion and heat wave caused by the shells hitting the ground still gave everyone a huge shock.

Yang Hongyi held his breath, but just as the force weakened a little, he suddenly realized: the shell was not aimed at them!
Seeing that the arc was clearly calibrated and hit the attacking devils, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "It's reinforcements!"

"Our reinforcements have finally arrived!"

As if to confirm his words, the next round of artillery fire corrected the coordinates and smashed towards the Japanese troops rushing towards the city gate.

There was continuous gunfire and people and horses were thrown to the ground.

Yang Hongyi loosened his grip and suddenly realized that the shells were fired from outside the city, which made him more certain that reinforcements from the Jilin Army had arrived.

He turned around and immediately yelled at his subordinates to gather the troops and start a counterattack, but the city was already in chaos. Except for Liu Zhenhai and a few personal guards, the Japanese had already fled when they broke through the city gate.

Yang Hongyi was extremely angry but there was nothing he could do. However, as the artillery fire stopped, the charge signal from outside the city was clearly heard.

"Forget about them, let's charge!"

Yang Hongyi shouted, raised his box gun and jumped out of the bunker first, fighting with the Japanese soldiers who were just standing up from the explosion and stumbling to pick up the Type 38 rifle from the ground.

Since the defending generals were so fierce, Liu Zhenhai and his guards had no reason to retreat. They picked up their weapons and rushed forward.

Fortunately, Jiang Dengxuan led the most powerful White Russian regiment under Jiang Cheng. Under the leadership of the regiment commander Vasily, they rushed forward with sabers raised.

Coupled with the waves of "Ula Ula" roars, it makes people feel as if they have seen a Siberian devil.

The outcome of the battle was decided when the general offensive was launched.

Although the Kwantung Army's combat effectiveness was not weak, they were far behind the White Russian Regiment in both combat quality and physical fitness. In the blink of an eye, the Japanese army that broke through the city of Dunhua was dispersed, and the remaining troops had no choice but to flee.

Seeing that the group of White Russians, who were blood-thirsty, were planning to chase the fleeing Japanese, Jiang Dengxuan hurriedly ordered Vasily not to chase the enemy.

At this time, Yang Hongyi, covered in blood, rushed out of the door panting and led his troops. Seeing that it was Jiang Dengxuan, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Super Six! It turns out that you are here..."

"The damn devils actually set their sights on Dunhua and attacked without a second thought!"

After cursing the Japs, he gave Jiang Dengxuan a general account of the situation in the city, which shocked the reinforcement commander who had come from afar.

On the one hand, it was because of the audacity of the Japs, but on the other hand, he was also shocked by the poor quality of the defenders of Dunhua City.

"Master Yang, your soldiers..."

Jiang Dengxuan looked at the soldiers holding guns behind him and felt a little embarrassed... Including Liu Zhenhai, there were only about ten people in total.

"You don't have to save face for me. I feel so bored myself!" Yang Hongyi spat on the ground angrily.

He was originally the garrison commander of Suihua and was under the command of Bao Guiqing. Later, when the armies of Fengtian and Heilongjiang provinces clashed, a man named Bao detained him. When he was rescued, there were only Liu Zhenhai and some personal guards with him.

Later, Jiang Cheng began to reorganize the entire army in Jilin. Yang Hongyi was appointed as the garrison commander of Dunhua and took over the entire corps there.

"They get scared when they are attacked, and run away when they are attacked... Not only that, the troops in Dunhua also falsely reported the number of troops. There are more than 550 people in the establishment, but the actual roll call is less than half. I am also the same."

Before Yang Hongyi could finish his words, Jiang Dengxuan turned his face away.

Even though he was the newly appointed superior by the governor and was Yang Hongyi's immediate superior, the official appointment had not yet been made, so Jiang Dengxuan swallowed back what he wanted to say.

But he endured it again and again, took a deep breath, and forced his tone to sound less ferocious: "Master Yang, if this is the case, why can't you report the actual situation?"

Yang Hongyi was at a loss for words, but still said awkwardly: "I-actually there are too many problems found, I, I reported them all!"

Jiang Dengxuan was stunned for a moment: "What? The General Staff has no news at all."

Yang Hongyi was simply stunned: "Impossible! As soon as I found out about the issue of ghost employees in Dunhua, I immediately reported it to the General Staff. The telegram was sent on the same day."

This is a big problem.

If Yang Hongyi had sent the telegram that day, even if Jiang Cheng didn't know, Sun Zhengnan would definitely know... But before setting off, the General Staff had no questions about Dunhua.

However, Yang Hongyi then mentioned more problems. The lack of personnel is a small matter. The establishment is there. At worst, the worst that can happen is that all the soldiers can be recruited and then trained.

But the Dunhua garrison had more problems. The armory was almost empty, and it was said that all the items had been sold off and embezzled by officers at all levels.

Officers at all levels smoked, gambled, and played with women. The troops were a mob...

The most annoying thing is that some officers were still lending money at high interest rates and had committed murders in the city.

The General Staff had no idea about this.

Jiang Dengxuan stood at the foot of the city gate tower, staring at Yang Hongyi in a daze. It took him a long time due to lack of oxygen to remember that the higher-ups knew nothing about these things.

"The telegram must have been intercepted."

Jiang Dengxuan gnashed his teeth and said, "Or maybe no one sent it out at all!"

Thinking of this, he suddenly straightened his body, "Oh no! Everyone in Dunhua must have been bribed by the Japanese!"

Yang Hongyi was also distracted for a while, and then he realized the problem: "What is going on here?"

Jiang Dengxuan then thought of something else: "Master Yang Si, did you send a telegram to the General Staff, saying that Guo Maochen attacked Yanji?"

As expected, Yang Hongyi almost jumped up when he heard this: "When? Why haven't I heard any news?"

"Is Guo Maochen nearby? How come I didn't know he was going to attack Yanji? I..."

Jiang Dengxuan slapped his thigh and said, "Oh no, we've fallen into a trap! The damn Japanese devils actually used this trick to stage a self-written and self-directed show to trick the Jilin Prefecture's army out!"

(End of this chapter)