The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

"Fuck it, it's already this late, why are you still doing this?"

Behind the Marshal followed his new advisor Honjo Shigeru, and Kikuchi Takeo followed closely behind.

Several guards scattered, followed by two aides... Yang Yuting let out a long sigh and then reported the battle situation on the front line one by one.

It was clear that the powerful King outside the Great Wall had a gloomy face, gritted his teeth and trembled.

Especially when he heard about the situation in the middle, his face turned greener. After a long while, he angrily slammed the table: "Damn Wu Xiucai, this is too much bullying, you must not lose face..."

"Regroup the troops, we are going to fight them to the death in Tianjin!"

Yang Yuting didn't dare to say anything.

Even if he didn't want to lose the battle anymore, he still wanted to use this last chance and stake all his current capital to fight Wu Peifu to the death.

But he was also very clear that with the Fengtian Army in its current miserable state of disarray, let alone a decisive battle, it was likely that even basic order could not be maintained.

He clenched his fists, but finally lowered his usual arrogant posture and looked at Honjo Shigeru for help.

The latter of course understood what he meant, and smiled and said, "Marshal Zhang, what you said is naturally a good plan... But judging from our current deployment and configuration of troops, it seems that it is not easy to win in this way."

"Why would you invest more? How about... making appropriate adjustments so that you can fight again in the future?"

This boy speaks fluent Chinese and is well versed in the traditional Chinese way of being thick-skinned and cunning. He knows the Marshal's temper very well, so he uses this method to comfort him.

Yang Yuting knew very well that before the war, unlike himself and the Marshal who were radical, Honjo Shigeru believed that all the conditions for entering the pass to fight were not met.

But after the war broke out, this guy changed into the uniform of the Fengtian Army and followed the Marshal into the pass with Kikuchi, in exchange for the great trust of this gentleman.

After hearing the "outsider's chanting", the Marshal's expression finally calmed down a little, allowing him to finish the rest of his words.

After receiving the instruction, Honjo Shigeru immediately smiled faintly and then expressed his thoughts one by one.

You have to know that this time the Fengtian Army entered the pass with more than 100,000 people. Even if they wanted to escape, it would take more than a day or two to complete the escape.

The only way back to Shanhaiguan is Luanzhou, which can serve as a gathering point for the great retreat.

But if the main force withdraws, there will only be one Beijing-Fengtian Railway, and order will inevitably be disrupted for a short period of time, as the defeated soldiers will definitely fill up the railway.

Under such circumstances, if Wu Peifu chased them all the way and bombed Shanhaiguan, they would be trapped in a jar and there would be nowhere for them to escape...

Therefore, a troop must be left at the front line of Luanzhou to block the pursuers and give the main force sufficient time to evacuate.

The Marshal immediately ordered Bai Haochen of Luanzhou to build fortifications and defensive positions on the river bank and outside the city to be in a fully defensive posture to deal with the pursuing Zhi army.

But even if they were well prepared, as soon as the retreat order was given, all the troops rushed to Luanzhou like crazy, and a unit on the east route actually fled to Tianjin Grain and Grass City, and was pinched on both sides by Zhang Xiyuan. The two brigades of the Fengtian Army did not fight back at all and surrendered immediately.

As more and more soldiers gathered in Luanzhou, the train's carrying capacity seemed very weak under such circumstances. Even Marshal Zhang, who was used to strong storms, had cold sweat on his face.

He knew very well that the army was already in disarray... If Luanzhou set up checkpoints to forcibly prevent the retreat of the defeated soldiers, these old soldiers, who had lost their morale and were frightened by the Zhi army and were eager to escape, would do anything to save their lives...

When that time comes, they will kill anyone who stands in their way. Even if Zhang Yuting stands in their way, they will still kill him and then run away on his dead body. Just when no one can think of a response, Jiang Cheng arrives from Jilin with his escort brigade!

"Brat?"

The Marshal rubbed his eyes in disbelief, and quickly went up to him and grabbed his broad shoulders, "Hey kid... you, how did you get here?"

Seeing his extremely anxious expression, it was obvious that the cry of "My son" came from a heartfelt emotion. He quickly hugged the Marshal's arm and said, "Master! How can we stay in the capital? When I heard about this, I quickly brought Xuecheng and Feng Yong here!"

As he said that, he turned around and asked someone to bring up a few boxes. Jiang Cheng motioned Feng Yong to continue, "General... This is Fei Lan's idea. He said that in order to stabilize the morale of the army, this is necessary--"

"He ordered someone to change the money into ten-yuan notes in advance, and let the soldiers whose names were called receive the money before getting on the bus."

Honjo Shigeru, who was following closely beside the Marshal, was stunned for a few seconds, then laughed out loud: "Haha, I didn't expect Commander Jiang to be an expert at attacking the heart."

Jiang Cheng looked at Yang Yuting, then at the Marshal, and immediately said with a smile: "Hey, I am in charge of the people below, and the Marshal is in charge of me!"

After saying this, he immediately said in a serious tone: "Master, order everyone to get on the car and retreat as soon as possible. Leave the defense of Luanzhou to me!"

Seeing the old fox's eyes gradually becoming more moved, he added: "Also, I will definitely bring Han Qing back to Fengtian safely!"

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In fact, the day after Zhang Xuecheng made the suggestion to Jiang Cheng, he ordered the escort brigade to get ready and set off.

He knew very well that although the Cold War lasted for nearly a whole year, the actual fighting lasted only about ten days before the Fengtian Army was chased away by Cao Saner and Wu Xiucai.

More than 100,000 people rushed to Shanhaiguan, and the pressure of retreat can be imagined.

In this situation, if we don't think of a solution, the retreat will most likely turn into an internal conflict, and I don't know how many people will be trampled to death.

So Jiang Cheng ordered someone to exchange the banknotes in advance and headed straight to Luanzhou...

Another reason why he planned to defend Luanzhou was because this was his territory. How could he feel at ease letting Bai Haochen guard this place alone?

Just as the evacuation platform gradually became calm and orderly because of the money paid, Jiang Cheng personally led Feng Yong and Zhang Xuecheng to start building fortifications in the outer city.

"Listen, all trenches must be reinforced again according to the previous rules - Wu Peifu will definitely attack with artillery first, and these wooden debris will be in trouble if they collapse."

Feng Yong loudly directed the soldiers to take shovels and rebuild the fortifications; while Zhang Xuecheng followed Jiang Cheng's instructions and rearranged the artillery formation outside the city.

Because they were in such a hurry, the escort brigade could not bring too many heavy weapons, so they could only use the existing conditions for defense.

Luanzhou, as Jiang Cheng's "bridgehead" in the interior, also has a number of heavy weapons, especially several close-in defense guns, which were just modified by his German team at the beginning of this year.

He hadn't seen its power yet, but it had one weakness: it consumed too much ammunition... The city's stockpile would be used up in two or three days at most.

"Only three days? Oh, you mean the saturation attack volume?"

After listening to Bai Haochen's report, Jiang Cheng nodded with a smile, "Actually, that's enough." (End of this chapter)