The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Just as General Yu was gathering his troops outside the city and planning to change the focus of the attack to a frontal assault, the Snow Fox agent that Jiang Cheng had sent out for reconnaissance also returned.

"Master Jiang, the main force of the Zhi army has retreated, but judging from the direction of their attack, from here, towards the riverside lane in the west of the city -"

The tall man named Wu Xiaofeng quickly reported, "The adjustment is very fast, and we expect another fierce attack in the second half of the night!"

Jiang Cheng's face immediately sank.

The outer edge of the river beach was originally where their armored forces were stationed, and the artillery array was also set up there.

Because there is a large open area there, with easy access to water, it is also suitable for stationing troops and taking advantage of tanks;

Wu Peifu was obviously very clear that even if he pulled out his main force, he would not be able to defeat the Fengtian Army's infantry and tank coordination... Therefore, the direction of their vanguard's attack was initially chosen to be in the south of the city where there were more residential houses.

"It must be the base camp that was attacked by tanks. It sent a message to Mr. Wu!"

After understanding the reason, Jiang Cheng's expression changed immediately. "Originally, there was an armored unit over there with strong firepower, so the Wu guy didn't dare to attack head-on. But now it's different..."

As the main road in Shanghai, there is a large open area over there. Assuming that the enemy troops are large in number and their battle line is wide and large enough, it will greatly increase the difficulty of city defense.

In particular, there are insufficient troops in the city, so they can only stay behind to guard key points. This is a nightmare for the current offensive and defensive comparison!

"Feilan, you must not refuse this time. Now that the Zhi army has not completely surrounded us, Feilan, you should hurry up..."

Seeing the uneasiness on his face, Feng Yong stood beside him and whispered a suggestion, but was immediately rejected by Jiang Cheng: "If I leave my brothers in Shanghai surrounded by heavy troops at this time, then I might as well not be the leader anymore!"

Realizing that the brothers around him seemed to want to persuade him, Jiang Cheng immediately said, "It's not time for us to withdraw yet... and if I, Jiang Cheng, really run away, how can I ignore my brothers?"

At this point, he laughed again in a low voice, "Don't worry, our reinforcements will be here soon!"

Reinforcements?

Hearing his words, everyone present, including Li Shitou, Feng Yong and others, were stunned.

Where did the reinforcements come from?
The Lu-He coalition forces were all defeated, so why would they risk a large-scale attack by the Zhi army to come to their rescue?

But if it wasn’t the Anhui Army, who else could it be?

Jiang Dengxuan led the armored forces out of Shanghai and headed straight for the Zhili Army's headquarters. Unless the battle could be won in seconds and they could turn around and rush back immediately, it would be impossible -

"Master Jiang!"

A signalman came back breathlessly to report, "The brothers at the observation post reported that the Zhi army has taken a detour and the main force is planning to attack."

The direction reported later was exactly what Jiang Cheng had thought: they had already figured out the defensive gaps.

"As expected of a famous general of the Zhi army, he was able to grasp the key points of the attack in one go."

On the contrary, at this time, Jiang Cheng was still able to remain calm and even sarcastically said, "Order the escort brigade to rush to the position immediately! I will see how arrogant this Wu guy is."

Knowing that no one could persuade this commander to withdraw to the fleet, Feng Yong could only shake his head and smile, then put on a more alert expression and followed him to the destination.

At this time, a large number of civilians began to flee like crazy from the shacks made of bamboo mats and straw curtains along the river bank... Although they were poor and destitute on weekdays, they were very sensitive to danger because they had lived at the bottom of society for a long time.

When the army in the outer city was about to attack, they were awakened one after another, and then the chaos caused by the escape happened.

"Don't panic, don't panic! Everyone can escape... There are brothers in the city guarding us, we..."

Seeing these people fleeing, they began to push and shove each other desperately, and some people even stepped on their shoes and fell down.

"Brothers, prepare to fight back and drive these damn Zhi troops back home!"

Yelling at the team following closely behind him, Jiang Cheng was the first to rush out of the city and jumped into the trench.

Seeing that their superiors were so fierce, the guards brigade following closely behind immediately followed, jumped into the trenches and dispersed their positions under the command of their officers.

People began to check their weapons and confirm the amount of ammunition - and the orderlies following behind carried up boxes of bullets and other supplies to distribute to these brave warriors who were about to go into battle.

In the pitch-black distance, one could hear the sound of approaching footsteps, and faint commands such as "charge" and "come on, me" could be heard.

Jiang Cheng cursed inwardly and immediately fired two flares at the heads of the people in front of him!
The green light that rose into the sky instantly illuminated the grass in front of the river beach... Everyone saw the horrifying scene.

The black mass of soldiers rushed up like a tide. The brothers with better eyesight could clearly see the reflections of bayonets, swords, and rifles.

Every soldier had a desperate fighting spirit on his face, as if they were about to rush into the trenches and fight to the death with the Fengtian Army soldiers!

"beat!"

Jiang Cheng roared at the machine gun position that had been set up in advance - the ammunition belt immediately rushed into the gun, and a dazzling light and fire exploded from the muzzle. The dense firepower network turned the Zhi army that was rushing in the front into a sieve.

Pretty!

Jiang Cheng couldn't help but cheer in his heart. After this battle... he had fully tested the strength of his own troops.

However, the disparity in numbers between the enemy and us was too great - no matter how powerful the firepower on the position was, it could not cover the entire front line;
Seeing that a team was attacking from the flank, Li Shitou jumped out of the trench and led dozens of brothers armed with submachine guns to charge forward.

Although this round of attack repelled the enemy's charge, the troops following closely behind rushed forward like crazy.

It was as if the highest commander on the opposite side knew very well that the number of soldiers defending the city was limited... As long as more people came up, they could trample the enemy to death!

Seeing more and more enemies rushing up, all the soldiers became extremely fierce, and almost everyone was ready for close combat.

But at this moment, a loud burst of gunfire came from behind the Zhi army camp in the distance!

The "reinforcements" that Jiang Cheng mentioned finally arrived.

This unit had more people than the main force of the Zhi Army. Although their firepower was much weaker than that of the Feng Army defending the city, because of their large numbers and the fact that they caught the Zhi Army off guard... the situation was turned around.

"Where did this team come from?"

Li Shitou, who had been planning to rush out and carve out a bloody escape route for his master before they were surrounded by heavy troops, was stunned by the scene before him. (End of this chapter)