The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

If the "plowing"-like shooting of planes in the sky and the almost complete fire coverage of ground artillery fire made this inexperienced commander feel his soul fly away, however, when the close combat began, the bloody smell that hit him in the face instantly brought his scattered spirit back to life.

"What are you still looking at? Run! Run..."

A scream that was almost desperate came from the mouth of this commander who was definitely in a state of panic.

The other officers and subordinates in the bunker suddenly came to their senses, hurriedly grabbed their weapons, and fled in the opposite direction of the fire line with horror on their faces.

When an army is attacking, or in a so-called "favorable situation", its overall quality cannot be seen at all;
When the war goes against the grain, especially in the current situation, the commander's level, reaction speed, and the soldiers' abilities will all be revealed to the public.

A good army, even if it encounters a battle failure and needs to evacuate, or faces an absolutely crushing offensive; the commander will often use his mobilization ability, and the team will form a formation of "breakout in front, rear guard" - to preserve as many of its own manpower as possible.

They were nothing like this disgraceful group of Zhi troops, who scattered like birds and beasts when faced with a frontal attack, screaming and abandoning their guns as they fled... They pushed and shoved each other as they ran backwards, leaving a trail of trampled straw sandals on the ground.

Looking at the Haipingchuan side, first the planes fired, then the artillery bombarded the ground... the cavalry and infantry advanced one after another.

Under his excellent command and that of officers at all levels, the neat formation brought out the maximum power of the troops.

Shouts of killing reached the sky, and the soldiers pointed their swords at the sky, each of them seemed to be possessed by the god of death. They were no match for the fleeing Zhi army, and blood and flesh flew everywhere they passed.

Although the commander of the Zhi army tried his best to escape with the cooperation of his personal soldiers, he was still captured alive by Qi Dazhu, the cavalry commander under Hai Pingchuan.

Qi Dazhu is a big man over eight feet tall, of mixed Mongolian and Han descent...his horsemanship and temperament are inherited from his Mongolian mother;
However, he inherited his father's courage and carefulness. He led the cavalry troops in a scattered pursuit and soon caught their escape trail. When he brought all the people back, Hai Pingchuan and his men had just finished the battle.

After the preliminary interrogation, the second-in-command of Jilin escorted the idiot back to Jinan Prefecture.

In fact, this Zhi army was not weak. Although the "Luoyang faction" headed by Wu Peifu had not yet formed its own system in 1919... Marshal Yu, who was arrogant and lofty in character, was quite strict in selecting his subordinates.

If you want to make a living under him, you must have some real skills. You must be an all-round talent who has graduated from a decent school, can read and write, and is proficient in military tactics.

In this era of extremely high illiteracy rate, the overall quality of the Zhi army generals was definitely the highest within the Beiyang clique...especially Wu Yushuai's subordinates, each of them was extremely capable.

But no matter how powerful a person is, he will not be able to withstand the absolute suppression of firepower.

Moreover, the Beiyang clique had been fighting low-intensity mobile warfare and guerrilla warfare since the beginning of their training at Xiaozhan. Faced with Jiang Cheng's mechanized warfare, which had already taken shape, they had no plan at all to counter it.

When the news of the annihilation of the vanguard troops reached back to Wu Peifu's central military tent, the Jade Marshal was greatly shocked.

According to his time calculation, the vanguard troops should not have arrived at the vicinity of Jinan city yet... How could it be?

No, could it be,

Wu Yushuai, with his hands on the sand table in front of him, suddenly realized that it was the Northeastern horse bandits who did not defend the city, but chose to open the city gates and rush straight towards his vanguard troops?

You know, this time he pulled out almost all the troops he could from Luoyang. According to reliable calculations, the number of troops he deployed was at least five or six times that of Jiang Cheng.

The goal was to uproot Jiang Cheng, Duan Zhigui, and that young master-like Zhang Hanqing...

Then he advanced to Jinan and used his elite troops to stabilize the situation in Shandong.

He was arrogant and didn't take the Anhui traitor Duan Zhigui and the bandits from outside the Great Wall seriously. He had only one goal, which was to take advantage of Feng Guozhang's serious illness to send troops to intervene in the situation in Shandong, so that everyone could see his strength and thus compete for the position of leader of the Zhili clique.

But he never expected that his vanguard troops would be... wiped out before they could even deploy their troops?

Thinking of this, Wu Peifu's body began to tremble slightly.

Although he himself was not from a military background in the true sense, he had been fighting for many years since he joined the Zhi army.

He had never encountered a situation like this before, where the lights were turned off the instant they met and there was not even a single aide who escaped!

"What kind of army is this that actually chose to take the initiative to attack and wipe out all my soldiers?"

Disbelief soon appeared in his eyes, but he did not dare to act rashly.

The food and grass were burned when the tiger was lured away from the mountain. The follow-up supplies have not arrived yet... When he sends out such a large number of troops, food and grass are a big problem.

He immediately called the platoon leader of the reconnaissance platoon and ordered him to search for traces and wounded soldiers along possible points of exchange of fire.

"Even if you have to catch them, you have to bring a few back to me!"

Because of his great annoyance, he issued a death order -

Even though he had suffered consecutive losses at the hands of Jiang Cheng, he firmly believed that this kid relied on tricks. He didn't believe that he could completely wipe out an army of about two thousand people from this land within a few hours.

Just when the commander of the Zhi army, known as the Jade Marshal, was like a gambler and was planning to continue sending reinforcements to Jinan.

The defenses of Hai Pingchuan and Guo Xipeng have more than doubled outwards towards Jinan.

During this period, telegrams from the capital in the name of the commander-in-chief continued to arrive in Jinan.

The righteous cause is basically the persuasion for peace, such as "stability should be maintained when foreign enemies invade" and "the forces among various parties in Shandong are complicated, so avoid fighting" and so on.

After roughly browsing through it, Jiang Cheng threw the pile of waste paper aside, sat upright on the wooden chair behind the desk, and listened to Hai Pingchuan's report.

It was pretty much as I thought... In front of the mechanized forces that had already begun to take shape, even a force of thousands could be easily destroyed.

This three-dimensional combat method that combines land and air is almost like a meat grinder.

This is because his scale is still small and there is no coordination between infantry and tanks. Otherwise, it would not be impossible to crush Wu Peifu under the torrent of steel.

Even if this battle fails to wake up the arrogant Wu Yushuai, it will probably wake up those vigilant Japanese soldiers.

Of course, this is also the reason why he did not deploy tanks now.

His industrialization level is still very low, and he still needs to continue cooperating with other countries - but he should not be too harsh when taking action.

"By now, if Mr. Wu is sensible enough, he should choose to withdraw his troops." (End of this chapter)