Warlords: Rising from the Northwest Border and Sweeping Across the Powers

After taking Yuancheng City, Su Zhengyang acted decisively and ordered the Western Army to march northward from Yuancheng to cut off the retreat route of the Fuso Kwantung Army in Hanbian City. At the same time, the Eastern Army of the Northern Expedition Corps led by Jiang Yanlin began to launch a general offensive from the front. Whether in terms of morale, situation, or other aspects, the Northern Expedition Corps now has an absolute upper hand.

On the Fuso Kwantung Army's defensive position on the south side of Kanbe City, loud charge horns sounded throughout the battlefield. A large number of Northeast Army soldiers excitedly rushed into the Kwantung Army's trench positions under the roar of artillery fire. As the troops led by Su Zhengyang in the rear put great pressure on them, Noda Tatsu had to allocate three divisions of troops to resist Su Zhengyang, while asking for help from the headquarters.

As a result, the defensive positions that had been built with countless efforts have now become their weak link due to insufficient garrison troops. In this situation, the high-spirited Northeast Army quickly broke through the fire blockade, rushed into the trenches, and started hand-to-hand combat with the Kwantung Army.

In a trench of the Kwantung Army position, a tall Northeastern man wearing a sky blue Northeastern Army uniform took off the extremely heavy and sharp sword behind him, looked at the Japanese devils who were raising their rifles to block with red eyes, shouted loudly, held the sword with both hands, and slashed the rifle in the devil's hand with such force that it broke into two pieces. The blade landed on the devil's crown, penetrating three inches into the bone, and brain matter and blood spurted out instantly.

"Brothers! Kill! Kill these little devils and avenge our brothers who sacrificed their lives in the Northeast Army!"

In the Northeast battlefield that lasted for several months, hundreds of thousands of Northeast Army soldiers died tragically at the hands of the Japanese Kwantung Army, leaving the surviving Northeast Army soldiers extremely hostile to Fuso. Northeastern people are straightforward and believe in being direct and quick to repay favors. When they saw the opportunity for revenge, everyone put in all their might and defeated the Japanese invaders.

On the north side of Hanbian City, Su Zhengyang divided his troops into two groups. One group, mainly composed of the First Army and the Six Towns of Northern Xinjiang, launched a fierce attack on Hanbian City. The other group, mainly composed of the Viking Division, blocked the reinforcements sent by the Japanese from the north.

In the three-day full-scale war, the Viking Division, under the command of Zhu Tanyin, killed the Kwantung Army in fear. With their own strength, they were able to block the passage of ten thousand and wipe out the two main Class A divisions of the Fuso Kwantung Army, making the Kwantung Army's front-line headquarters no longer dare to send large troops to support easily.

The reason why it took three days was that the First Army and the Six Towns of the Northern Frontier advanced steadily and gradually, undermining the will of the Fuso Army in Hanbian City while creating opportunities for the Viking Division to block and annihilate the Fuso Army's fresh forces as much as possible.

On the evening of the third day, Jiang Yanlin and Su Zhengyang personally came to the front line to boost morale. With the joint efforts of the two armies, the Northern Expedition Corps finally broke into the city and planted the Northern Frontier flag on the city wall of Hanbian City.

In the battle that lasted less than seven days, the Fuso Kwantung Army, with a total of five Class A divisions and three Class B divisions, nearly 200,000 troops, were defeated by the Northern Expedition Corps.

At this time, Jiang Yanlin was in high spirits. He finally vented his anger that the Northeast Army had been suppressed and beaten by the Fuso Army.

"Zhengyang, the victory of this battle is due to the great contribution of the Western Army led by you! In less than two days, we have taken down the tough nut of Yuancheng City, and the Fuso Army in Hanbian City has also been isolated and helpless, with no way to retreat! Brother Yang really did not make a mistake in choosing you. Having you as a son-in-law is really a great honor for the Yang family and the Northern Frontier government."

The high-ranking officers of the Northern Expedition Corps present were all delighted, and their eyes were filled with respect and admiration as they looked at Su Zhengyang.

Su Zhengyang did not take credit for himself, but said politely: "In my opinion, this battle is not the credit of me, Su Zhengyang, but the fruitful results achieved by the concerted efforts of 500,000 colleagues of the Northern Expedition Corps, who were not afraid of life and death. This battle has proved that the Fuso Kwantung Army is not invincible. We have broken their undefeated golden body from the front!"

"Next, we will rest for half a month, and then march north again. We will divide our troops into two groups, and take Xingzhou and Baizhou respectively. We will drive the Fuso Kwantung Army out of our Chinese territory completely! Let them pay the price for what they have done!"

The news that the Northern Expedition Corps had won a great victory and annihilated 200,000 enemies spread back to Beilong City. All major mainstream media and newspapers rushed to report it, and the whole country was celebrating. After all, for nearly a hundred years, China had been in a passive position of being beaten, being humble and enduring humiliation to the great powers. Now it was the first time in decades that China had taken the initiative to declare war and achieved such a resounding victory.

"Su Zhengyang, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition Army, is a ruthless general who deeply loves this land."

"The Northern Expedition Corps has won a great victory! Commander-in-Chief Su Zhengyang's commanding ability!"

"Su Zhengyang, a rising star of hope in China."

"The defeat of the 200,000 Fuso Kwantung Army, the road to the rise of China"

Newspaper headlines like these have once again won Su Zhengyang a large number of popular support throughout China. In terms of prestige, he has even surpassed Northern Frontier President Yang Jiakai, Southern Country President Huang Guangtai and others. People all praise Su Zhengyang as the representative of a new generation of patriotic generals and an invincible general.

What is even more exaggerated is that people spread the story that Su Zhengyang was the Wu Qu Star God who came down to earth from heaven to resist foreign aggression and lead the entire Chinese nation out of its predicament.

Although the First Army of the Northwest Revolutionary Army had achieved fruitful results in the Northeast battlefield before, the impact it brought was not as great as this time. After all, it was on the passive defense before, and this time, it was the Northern Frontier Government that took the initiative to launch a northern expedition.

At this time, Su Zhengyang, who was in Hanbian City, was sitting in his command room, starting to study the next specific strategic guidelines and the next specific goals of the Northern Expedition Corps.

In Liaodong City, Hakushu, at the Kwantung Army Headquarters, the then Commander-in-Chief of the Kwantung Army, Minamino Tojiro, initiated a high-level meeting of the headquarters. The faces of the Kwantung Army generals present were solemn, and the atmosphere was extremely heavy.

Minamino Tojiro's sharp gaze like a knife passed across the faces of the senior officers present. No one dared to look at the commander-in-chief who was known for his iron-blooded military management, and they were all silent.

"Who can tell me why our invincible army always suffers defeat when facing Su Zhengyang and his troops, bringing shame to the Fuso Empire, His Majesty the Emperor, and the entire Kwantung Army!"

At this time, Minamino Tojiro tried his best to suppress his emotions. Since the Kwantung Army occupied the two northeastern provinces, supported the remnants of Shuiqing, and established the puppet Manchukuo regime, it was the first time that it encountered such a great humiliation. An army of 200,000, a full 200,000,000 troops, could not even hold out for seven days. They were like chickens and dogs, and were all wiped out by Su Zhengyang.