The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Chapter 145 Losing both arms and soldiers

In fact, Jiang Cheng had already considered all of these possible battle situations before they entered the pass:

They smuggled equipment away from Qinhuangdao. Once the capital found out, it would definitely send a large force to attack Shanhaiguan.

At this time, there would be little point in Hai Pingchuan staying there except for getting beaten and losing soldiers.

So before the action, Jiang Cheng had thought it through. Once the main force moved out from Luanzhou, Hai Pingchuan would immediately withdraw from Shanhaiguan, leaving the Zhi army with an empty pass to guard.

But relative to the situation of both sides: the Fengtian Army led by Jiang Cheng began to shift from dividing its forces to concentrating them; while the Zhili Army that attacked was dispersing its forces from concentrating them.

Shanhaiguan must be guarded, and troops must be dispatched to patrol along the route...

The more dispersed they are, the easier it will be for Jiang Cheng, who has the advantage of concentration, to surround and annihilate them!
If you want to win by outnumbering others, you must try every possible means to cut and divide the enemy's forces, and then gather all your strength to attack these divided forces.

The watching continues.

The cavalry had no advantage in the mountains, and the light cavalry had no heavy weapons. They were ambushed by bandits, so it was even more difficult for them to fight back.

"Sir, shall we go up and fight?"

Seeing that the battle between the two sides had entered a white-hot stage, even Han Ming couldn't help but feel itchy.

"Why are you so anxious? The fish hasn't taken the bait yet!"

Jiang Cheng, who had been observing through a telescope, said softly, "Our Pingchuan Bodhisattva has given all the precious grains that were intended to help the disaster victims to the bandits. If we can't catch any big fish, isn't it a waste?"

"Your grandmother, you are still mocking me, right..."

Hai Pingchuan was so angry that he pushed him.

But almost as he finished speaking, he heard a series of muffled popping sounds in the distance.

"Is it a steel cannon?"

The small artillery during the Republic of China period was jokingly called "small steel cannon" or "steel cannon".

This thing is powerful and easy to carry, and has always been highly praised.

There was a shocking explosion, and the entire mountain road was lit up with dazzling explosions...

Even though they were still some distance away from the battle group, Jiang Cheng and his officers and soldiers still felt a rolling heat wave and air current!

"My goodness... they don't care if there are any of their own people in there?"

The second thief, Cai Yuanming, had just led his men to set up the gasoline barrels when he was stunned by the continuous artillery fire.

Apparently, the group of soldiers who rushed to Shanhaiguan discovered the battle here, and thought they had discovered the Fengtian Army that had "stolen" their equipment. Without caring about anything else, they used the small cannons they brought with them to cover the entire area with firepower.

While we were still sighing, the second round came over there... The bandits and pursuers on the mountain road had no way to escape. They were like ants in a big pot, suffering heavy casualties and screaming in pain.

"Come on!"

After the third round of artillery fire, the group of soldiers who came from Shanhaiguan started charging.

On the pitch-black mountain road, shouts of killing were heard everywhere. The unlucky people who were dazed by the explosions were left with no choice but to be slaughtered. Waves of pig-like screams could be heard continuously.

"Brothers, have you had your meal?"

Jiang Cheng stuffed the last piece of meat pie into his mouth. It was made from foreign canned food mixed with fine grains and baked. His mouth was full of oil when he took a bite.

"Everyone, prepare your cold weapons and charge into Shanhaiguan in one go..."

"We should go home!"

While the chaotic fighting in the mountains was still going on, Jiang Cheng commanded Cai Yuanming's "Flying Thunder Artillery" to open fire.

Compared with the small cannon, the flying thunder has a larger caliber, and its power and lethality are of course more powerful.

The group of Zhi troops that broke out of Shanhaiguan thought that their sneak attack was successful and were enjoying the battle, but they didn't expect that they would also become the ones attacked.

There was another round of heavy bombing on the narrow mountain road. The heat waves even set the trees on fire. The Zhi army, who were fighting fiercely, were instantly blown into the sky.

"Brothers, follow me to slaughter pigs!" The soldiers, who had been full and could no longer contain their excitement, rushed out madly at Jiang Cheng's roar. Every bayonet and machete was sharp, and the entire charge line was filled with indiscriminate killing.

The Zhi army, whose souls had long been blown away by the artillery fire, could only scream and flee for their lives. Hai Pingchuan, as fierce as Zhang Fei, led his men to chase after them.

The front half of the team was slaughtering pigs and sheep, while the back half was carrying a large amount of baggage, which was full of various new weapons.

The battle to enter the pass turned out like this, even Jiang Cheng himself was so happy.

"Why are you running? Fight..."

"Give it to me,"

I didn't expect that in such a sneak attack that would cause so much trouble, there would be a supervision team following behind - the leading officer roared and urged his men to fight, but the soldiers, who had already been scared out of their wits by the flying thunder, didn't care about him so much and even turned their guns around to kill him.

This kind of indiscriminate fighting scene is actually not surprising in this chaotic and absurd era.

The quality of the soldiers under the warlords in various places was just so-so. They mostly took the money to charge forward, and then went back to exchange the money for alcohol and opium. They were rotten to the core from top to bottom.

Especially since they are not regular troops from the capital, and their skills are even worse. When they are being chased to death, they still don't care about whether you are a superior or not. If you hinder my escape, I will beat you too.

The chaotic battle continued. The Fengtian Army chased them for twenty or thirty miles and wiped them out.

Cai Yuanming asked his cavalrymen to pick up things along the way, such as small cannons, rifle bullets, etc. They picked up whatever was thrown away. When they ran all the way back to Shanhaiguan, the war horses had become a team of mules, with equipment hanging all over their bodies.

"Are you here to make a fortune?"

Seeing him picking up things regardless of age, weakness, or illness, Jiang Cheng was speechless, "This guy is hindering our escape!"

"I'm about to leave the border and go home. I have to get more belongings for our Daping Village, haha!"

The second thief is the second thief, and his thoughts are more cunning than Jiang Cheng.

When they fought their way to Shanhaiguan, this group of ferocious soldiers almost all rushed out as soon as they discovered that the battle had begun.

There was not even half a battalion of troops in the entire checkpoint. When they saw this large group of soldiers, the only deputy battalion commander guarding the city wall pretended to fire a few shots and then turned around and ran away.

"quick!"

Jiang Cheng turned around and yelled to the soldiers, "Go through quickly! Follow Staff Officer Gao to the train station!"

The train has been waiting, and they can load the train and leave as soon as they get back.

Besides, he has almost succeeded in getting out of the pass. Now even if Mr. Wu comes to chase him personally, he will not be able to get a gun back.

Watching his men marching at a rapid speed, Jiang Cheng suddenly thought of the fan in later generations with the words "Never Forget the Shame of Wu" written on it.

Jiang Cheng rolled his eyes and became playful.

"Give me some paper and pen."

…………

Early in the morning, Wu Peifu led a large number of pursuers and chased them up madly along the mountain road.

In fact, the tragic scenes along the way made the future Jade Marshal realize that even if he chased to Shanhaiguan, he would not be able to change anything.

But he was unwilling to give up and personally led his troops to rush there overnight. Many soldiers even died in the whole day and night.

"Master Yu, there's no one left, no one is left!"

The vanguard troops have turned back from Shanhaiguan, looking unhappy.

"how?"

Seeing that his subordinate seemed to be hesitant to speak, he frowned and asked.

But it would have been better if he hadn’t asked. Once he asked, he almost got mad to death—

The men handed over a few pieces of paper with the following words written on them:

Yu Lang's clever plan brought peace to the world, but he lost both arms and soldiers!
(End of this chapter)