The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Chapter 486 The snipe and the clam fight
Zhang Xuecheng was stunned: "So...what do you mean?"

Now that things have come to this, how can the Jilin army just stop its offensive against Siberia?

With such a huge initial investment, plus the military funding support from Jiang Dengxuan's Corps and Zhang Hanqing's troops, if we fail to achieve any strategic goals or gain some advantages from this battle, wouldn't it be a waste of military funds?
Judging from the reports from the front line, the actual control of the Vladivostok region is almost entirely in the hands of the United States and Japan.

Ports, cities, and several transportation hubs were all divided between the United States and Japan.
The territory occupied by the Jilin Army was only in the Northeast, part of the area originally occupied by the Japanese invaders; from this it can be seen that their input and gain were not proportional at all!

Military funds were wasted, brothers died...if no benefits were gained, wouldn't that be a huge loss?
"Having fought to this point, even if we don't withdraw our troops and continue to invest in Siberia, how much benefit can we really gain?"

Jiang Cheng folded his arms and shook his head, smiling, "Brother Xuecheng, don't forget that winter is almost here in Siberia!"

Zhang Xuecheng blinked: That's true. Winter comes early outside the Great Wall... As for the Siberian region, the temperature will drop below freezing after October.

A few years later, Sandezi suffered a great loss because of the severe cold, and if they continued to "invest", the price they paid would be much greater than it is now.

"Japan and the United States have intertwined interests. We are caught in the middle and will not only not gain any benefits, but we may become a rat in a bellows, suffering from both sides."

Jiang Cheng smiled, turned around and went straight to the phone to answer the call.

After chatting with Yang Yuting for about twenty minutes, Jiang Cheng calmly told him that he would abide by any decision of the Marshal's Mansion.

"Feilan, I, did I hear you correctly... Are you really planning to withdraw troops from Siberia? Right now?"

Zhang Xuecheng looked skeptical, “Brother Chaoliu and my brother fought so smoothly!”

Jiang Cheng smiled and nodded: "Well, this is the order of the handsome man... Can I not listen to our handsome man?"

"Come on, didn't I just say that even if we keep fighting, we won't gain any advantage."

After a few words, Jiang Cheng sent him away to do his own thing and asked Ye Hai to call Zhang Tingshu over.

"Brother, it's almost time... convey my order to the front line. All Beishangji troops are ready to retreat!"

Knowing that Zhang Tingshu would jump up immediately after he said this, Jiang Cheng immediately raised his hand to stop him from saying anything further, and added, "It's the Marshal's Mansion's intention, we can't disobey openly."

"Besides, Siberia will enter winter in just over a month. We won't be able to gain much advantage in such a severe cold weather. It's much better for us to withdraw our fists and grab the benefits that we deserve."

"As for the Vladivostok region, let the Japanese and Americans fight it out first!"

Zhang Tingshu was stunned for a few seconds: "What do you mean?"

Jiang Cheng slammed his fist into his palm: "What else is there to not understand... Han Qing's escort brigade retreated, and Brother Chao Liu retained some of the garrison troops; we should gather our troops and go to seize Hunchun and the Tumen River's outlet to the sea!"

As Jiang Cheng expected, the United States and Japan started fighting each other over interests.

Although he said he was worried about the cold wind in Siberia, Jiang Cheng was actually thinking about the First World War which ended in November 1918.

The defeat of Germany and Austria-Hungary made Japan's faith in the Allied Powers invalid.

Under this premise, the changes in the situation in Siberia and Europe, as well as the political compromise of the Japanese cabinet, suppressed the military headed by Tanaka Giichi and formulated more radical troop deployment plans. The United States would suddenly withdraw its troops in 1920, and the Japanese would lose all support both internally and externally, and would definitely not be able to withstand Vladivostok.

Prior to this, in order to launch a full-scale war against Siberia, they had almost emptied Hunchun and most of the Japanese garrison in Jilin were also mobilized.

With the defense so weak, I'd better grab it if I can!
On the day the telegram was delivered to Jiang Dengxuan's corps, Zhang Hanqing chose to retreat.

He didn't want to fight in this battle in the first place, but Jiang Cheng and Zhang Tingshu provoked Guo Maochen from both sides, so he had no choice but to follow.

Unlike all the battles he had fought before, the Russian garrison in Vladivostok was simply too fierce.

Unlike Jiang Dengxuan, he did not belong to Jilin, so why should he work hard for Jiang Cheng? Many brothers died and he spent so much effort. In the end, even if Vladivostok was taken down, it would probably still be the territory of his Jiang family. What was the point of the escort brigade?
Even though Guo Maochen had another battle with him over the withdrawal of troops, the young marshal still ordered a retreat in anger.

Jiang Dengxuan was different. Although they retreated, under the instruction of his immediate superior, he only allowed the wounded and sick to form a team and follow the escort brigade to withdraw.

He personally led the rest of the troops to "settle down" and marked out an area, laying the foundation and building barracks...

This has made the Japanese very angry. They joined forces with your Jilin Army to cause trouble, but not only have you withdrawn your main forces, but you are also "settling down" the remaining troops. Why are you completely uninterested in fighting on the front line?

He was furious and asked Jiang Cheng, the highest commander of the Jilin Army, but Jiang Cheng looked innocent and pushed all the blame to the Marshal's Mansion and the capital.

It was said that the commander-in-chief had issued a death order to "withdraw troops", and the capital also required them to abide by the coalition's "limited troop deployment" plan and not continue to move north.

When the Japanese heard this, they almost smashed the phone on the spot.

Damn it, I’ve never seen you guys be so obedient to Jingcheng. If you don’t want to fight, just say so. Why are you talking about complying with the plan?
But the troops withdrew in the blink of an eye, and they could not force the remaining "war-fearing" troops to charge forward. Even if the Japanese were angry, they could only curse the Chinese as idiots and still had to rely on themselves.

However, on the day when the escort brigade retreated to Siping, Hai Pingchuan led the main force out of Tumen and headed towards Hunchun.

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Twilight Quadruple.

The nights in Hunchun in early September are cold enough for people to wear cotton clothes.

Especially these Japanese soldiers from Hiroshima are much more afraid of the cold than ordinary people.

A short sergeant holding a piece of straw paper staggered towards the grassy area far from the artillery tower.

I stole an old man's chicken tonight and ate it until my stomach was full and my mouth was full of oil. But as soon as night fell, a cold wind blew and my stomach started to churn.

Just as he untied his belt and was about to squat down and relieve himself, the unfortunate guy felt something approaching.

They didn't even think it was a human. After all, the area near Hunchun was under the influence of the Great Japanese Empire. Even if the bandits were bolder, they wouldn't dare to attack them.

Just as he was panicking and grabbing his trousers to pull out his gun to shoot the beast, a cold iron weapon reached out to him with a neat movement and cut his artery in the blink of an eye!
(End of this chapter)