The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

But they couldn't hold out in the battle of Vladivostok, let alone an expedition to the Caucasus.

Before this, Jiang Cheng had heard from his Japanese lackey Matsushita Hideki that the number of Japanese troops heading to the Caucasus was about 3,000, and their equipment was mainly light weapons.

Before ordering Hai Rushong to encircle and suppress this unit, Jiang Cheng had hinted to him that after the Japanese retreated from Siberia, they seemed to have forgotten about this group of friendly troops that had marched straight in, and just left them alone in a foreign country.

Forget about supplies. I'm afraid I'll have to rob for food, drink, and other necessities.

They must have a bad relationship with the local people, and this can be taken advantage of if you use your brain.

The scouts sent out along the way were able to find their tracks and activities in the mountains of the Baikal region.

Obviously, they were also trying to occupy the mountain and become the king of the place, and seeing that the terrain was easy to defend but difficult to attack, after Hai Rushong's troops arrived nearby, they did not rush to attack, but instead sent scouts to monitor the area closely.

After all, a troop of more than 3,000 people living in the mountains will need supplies. By grasping their movements, we can find opportunities to attack.

However, to the veteran's surprise, it was not obvious whether this group of Kwantung Army had a good relationship with the local people, but they had an unusually good relationship with the Russians near Baikal.

The supplies were all exchanged with the Russians. Food, daily necessities, and even some guns and ammunition were all purchased from the Russians.

"So, these devils got food and weapons from the Russians, and then gave them to the White Army, letting them run to Mongolia to cause trouble... and then waited to take advantage of the opportunity, right?"

Hai Rushong burst out laughing when he learned of this.

Damn it, it looked like the Japanese were the ones causing trouble, but it was obvious that the Russians played the worst role.

The excess goods were sold, the money was taken, and it was their rebels who sent troops to Mongolia - and in the end they could use the excuse of suppressing bandits to really cause trouble for Mongolia.

"Master Jiang has instructed that we must fight the Japs to death, but we must show some mercy to the Russians."

Hai Rusong said to his subordinate Dai Wenjun, "Even though we all hate the Russians' borrowing a knife to kill someone, Master Jiang has given us orders, so we have to obey."

Don't look at the old saying that you should make friends far away and attack those near, but Jiang Cheng has no interest in offending two people at once... and it is obvious that there must be something fishy between the old Russians and the little Japanese;
If they join forces to attack the Northeast, it will be very disadvantageous for them.

Several of his men around him nodded repeatedly, but Haiming was the first to speak: "But Master Hai, since they have a good relationship, if we hear gunfire here and the Russians come out to help the Japs fight us, then... what can we do?"

"Besides, we are going to fight outside the country secretly - this is the Russian territory."

This is also what Hai Rushong is most worried about.

Jiang Cheng had previously held many traveling lectures at the Military Academy, teaching the officers below him a lot of military and political theories.

There is a sentence in it that Hai Rushong still remembers vividly: There are no eternal friends, only eternal interests.

"Well, driven by interests, it's not surprising that the Russians are targeting us, but if we cause trouble for them, isn't that a different story?"

Several officers looked at each other, none of them understood Hai Rushong's next move.

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That night, Hai Rushong ordered Li Fusheng to lead the sneak attack team and sneak up to the Japanese camp from the back mountain.

Without firing a single shot or attacking any Japanese soldiers, they set fire to the Japanese warehouse, and that night the entire mountaintop was half ablaze. Moreover, it was just the beginning of April, the weather was dry and the wind was howling...

A fire suddenly appeared, taking advantage of the wind, and burned half the sky red. When the fire was finally put out, Yuan Yizheng was so angry that he slapped the sergeant in charge of guarding and the soldiers below dozens of times, and then beat them with military sticks before he felt relieved.

Come to think of it, it has been almost two years since the end of 1919, and these devils have hardly fought any wars. They have been living a leisurely life by looting and doing business with the Russians.

My vigilance has been worn out a long time ago, so I will definitely learn my lesson this time.

However, it would be useless even if these unlucky guys were all killed. A lot of food was burned and they would soon be out of food. Minamoto Yoshi was planning to rob some more things and exchange them with the Russians.

Their targets have always been nearby villages and merchants passing by on the road.

But the nearby villages had been robbed and robbed by them, and there was almost nothing left to be squeezed out of them.

"Look, the Japs are really going far away—"

Hai Rushong held up the telescope and smiled slyly, "Come to think of it... They have been here for two years, and the surrounding area should have been razed to the ground by them a long time ago."

"If you want to steal something good, you can only go far away, haha."

Dai Wenjun lowered his voice and asked, "You mean... lure the tiger away from the mountain?"

Hai Rushong nodded silently, turned around and ordered him to take his brothers to attack their camp right now.

There weren't that many people left behind, and because Minamoto no Yoshimasa was planning to go directly to the Russians for a "trade" after stealing everything, he actually led the team himself.

Even with a frontal assault, Dai Wenjun didn't have to spend much effort to break through their gate.

But according to a detail in Hai Rushong's order, Dai Wenjun did not pursue the Japanese soldiers who fled in all directions, and even deliberately left a gap, allowing many Japanese soldiers to escape.

Although no one understood, they still followed the order.

"Quick, empty their armory right now!"

At Dai Wenjun's command, all the brothers rushed to the enemy's camp. As expected of Hai Rusong's years of rigorous training, their movements were swift and efficient, and they moved away everything that needed to be moved in a short while;

Dai Wenjun still felt unsatisfied, so he set fire to the camp again.

This is a lack of virtue. The houses built by the Japanese were made of local materials, and they cut wood from the mountains. Moreover, the Baikal region is mostly coniferous forests. The biggest characteristic of this kind of tree is that it contains oil and is very easy to catch fire.

It burned for two days and two nights, and the burned area covered half of the mountain. When Minamoto no Yoshimasa returned to his own camp, he was stunned by the sight of the scorched earth.

The Japs have always liked to kill people to vent their anger... In the past, they would go down the mountain to rob things, but they also believed that "there are code of conduct for thieves" and they rarely carried out massacres.

But this time it was different. They came down the mountain to vent their anger, and they killed anyone they saw.

The local Slavs were so cruel, and they were not easy to deal with... In the past, they were already furious when they robbed people, and now they really started killing people, so the local people naturally rose up to resist.

The fight between the two sides became more and more fierce, alarming the nearby Russian patrol team.

When the soldiers saw that it was their compatriots who were being bullied, they fired their guns to stop them without saying anything. Seeing that they could not stop it, they simply rolled up their sleeves and started fighting. (End of this chapter)