The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

"No, no... What kind of status am I in? Is it still your turn to see me off, Mr. Jiang?"

Duan Zhigui looked at Jiang Cheng with a look of certainty, and confirmed in his heart that he was not joking.

But who is on the other side?
Wu Peifu, the most powerful general under Cao Kun of the Zhi Army!
What is this for? Isn't it just Chunchun asking him to die?

You are so good, Jiang Cheng. You got my daughter, and now you are going to kill her?
Just as he was getting angry, he heard the young commander say, "Send this telegram. Once the battle starts on the front line, you must run back with your men as fast as you can!"

"Bring back as many people as you can!"

Duan Zhigui understood instantly——

Before he could say anything, Jiang Cheng immediately turned his gaze to Hai Pingchuan and Guo Xipeng and ordered them sternly: "You two take out everything you need to take."

"Strike hard along the left and right wings of the Zhi army, encircle and annihilate this unit with a pincer attack."

"Also, Mao Chen..."

When Guo Songling heard Jiang Cheng calling him, he was slightly startled: Oh, there is something about me?

"Mao Chen, I'm worried about this place."

Jiang Cheng turned around neatly and faced the huge map of the Central Plains nailed to the wall.

"You and I, as well as the various forces active in Shandong and the warlords from all over the country who have their eyes on this place, must know that this battle is a decisive battle between us and Wu Peifu!"

Guo Songling immediately understood: "I understand Feilan... You mean, you are worried that someone will take advantage of our decisive battle and come to Shandong to take advantage of us, right?"

"Okay! I'll take my brothers out of the city right now and guard the backcourt for you... Hahaha, it seems that you, Jiang Feilan, are also afraid that someone will steal your tail?"

Hearing the sarcasm in his words, Jiang Cheng shook his head and curled his lips: Damn, who isn't afraid of having their ass stolen?
But after all, he was still needed, so Jiang Cheng was still polite: "Then I will leave the backcourt of Jinan to you and Lao Huang——"

After saying this, Jiang Cheng turned to the generals again and ordered in an unprecedented serious tone:
"And Jinan will be guarded by me and Shitou!"

"Let's go, brothers!"

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At the end of May, the temperature in Shandong has gradually risen, especially the drought that has continued to this day, causing the plains to be engulfed by waves of heat in the twilight.

The army, large enough to break a river with a single whip... was advancing rapidly, the earth was shaking, and large numbers of black crows were circling in the sky, as if welcoming and cheering for an impending bloodthirsty feast.

kill!

The series of intense battles and increasingly tight logistical supplies made every soldier in the Zhi army, from top to bottom, extremely angry.

There was blood and hatred in everyone's eyes. Good thoughts were dead. There was only one thought left in their hearts: kill, kill!

As soon as they started to attack Jinan, they encountered Duan Zhigui's vanguard.

A burst of random explosions and gunfire caused these angry Zhi troops to rush out!
Everyone rushed out like ghosts and wolves, intending to crush this arrogant army to death.

But I dare not say anything else about Duan Zhigui, but when it comes to escaping and saving his life, he is absolutely top-notch.

Compared with the group of scattered birds and beasts that Hai Pingchuan had faced before, Duan Zhigui's escape formation was not chaotic at all.

Seeing this group of people running away so neatly, the astute Wu Peifu immediately judged that this was just a feint attack.

He immediately ordered no one to pursue, and ordered all troops to realign their formations and continue to advance toward Jinan City along the established plan. But soon after the order was issued, everyone heard a strange noise.

The moonlight has not yet risen, but the sun has completely sunk into the horizon.

At the junction of sky and earth in the sight, one can clearly see a faint white light shrouded in mist, and the strange sound is coming from there.

Buzz, buzz, buzz...

It sounded like the movement of some kind of engine, but not like any they knew of.

Just as everyone was shocked, every pair of eyes saw what it was:
Several "big wings" with dazzling light were approaching in the sky. In the blink of an eye, countless dazzling lights exploded under those steel wings!
Along with those scorching flashes, a large number of bullets flew out like flying meteors, creating a dense fire network in front of everyone's eyes!

"Hide, hide!"

Someone in the crowd who reacted quickly yelled loudly, but it was too late -

What is the speed of an airplane? What is the speed of a machine gun?

Besides, they were on the Shandong plain, where could they hide?
The exclamations soon turned into screams one after another. Because they were preparing for an attack, the Zhi army's formation was quite dense. This round of attack by these two planes not only caused considerable casualties to them, but also instantly disrupted their formation.

It’s over. I’m afraid we have been led into an encirclement by the feint attacking troops!

Marshal Yu, who had just realized what was happening, was shouting to retreat - the plane that had been flying by not only circled back, but Hai Pingchuan and Guo Xipeng's artillery also opened fire almost at the same time!

Explosions were everywhere, people and horses were thrown to the ground...

In the distance, Jiang Cheng, who was observing the battle situation through a telescope, smiled with a hint of "as expected".

"Haha, how was it? Pingchuan and Lao Guo, the fight was pretty good, right?"

Jiang Cheng put down the telescope and walked back from the observation post while handing the things to Li Shitou who was following closely behind him - there were more than a dozen fully armed guards on their left and right.

"Master Jiang, I see what you said. Of course, the fight was beautiful, but..."

After looking at Jiang Cheng, Li Shitou swallowed the second half of his sentence.

"What's wrong, Shitou? You always talk like a machine gun, but you never hesitate, right?"

Jiang Cheng glanced at the other person with a playful look.

"Hehe, it's because of this machine gun-like mouth that always causes trouble that I'm thinking of reining in my behavior, haha."

After hearing the words "Say, this is an order", Li Shitou stuck out his tongue and added, "Master, I also think that the two brothers are doing a good job."

"But this consumption is too great! Let's not talk about other things for now. Just the fuel consumption of that plane flying in the sky is this much... plus artillery, ammunition, bullets, etc., tsk tsk."

Jiang Cheng looked at him in astonishment, then burst into laughter and said, "Shitou, Shitou, now you understand why you are not welcomed in Rehe and Xinmin, right?"

"You are really not giving face to the superiors by saying this, are you?"

Looking back at his embarrassment, Jiang Cheng immediately patted his shoulder gently and said, "It's not a courtesy, but I have to admit that you hit the point."

"It is said that a cannon shot is worth a ton of gold - these planes, cannons, and our tanks are the biggest money-eaters in military spending!"

"But think about it, isn't money what we lack most now?" (End of this chapter)