The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

But ever since Lao Guo’s “electricity generation” spread across China, the psychological pressure faced by Zhang Hanqing is undoubtedly the greatest.

Having almost not had a good sleep until now, with the strong support of his good brothers, Zhang Hanqing, who was feeling tired, no longer had the energy to think about these things. He nodded silently to Jiang Cheng and went back to his car to rest.

"Feilan, I've always wanted to ask you, why did you..."

Finally, he got a chance to talk to him. Feng Yong grabbed him and said, "I always feel that Yang Yuting has said a lot about you in front of Mr. Shuai."

After being transferred from the Jilin Army to Fengtian, Jiang Cheng knew that he was now the chief of the Fengtian Army's Air Force.

Gold will shine wherever it goes... He is already preparing for college.

"Why don't you just say it directly? Yang Yuting didn't let me, Jiang Cheng, off at all when he was talking to Shuai Ye. What a good shit."

The frontline commander smiled wickedly, "I know what you want to say. You think I'm always serving as a pawn for the Marshal, right?"

With the current war of attrition, everyone believed that the Jilin Army and Jiang Cheng would most likely choose to sit on the sidelines and watch like Wu Junsheng... waiting for the Fengtian Army to sort out its own "house affairs".

Because only in this way seems to be the best choice for a warlord.

"If the Marshal can't defeat Guo Guizi, what if he goes to the Japanese and exchanges some of Fengtian's interests for capital?"

Jiang Cheng looked back at him dimly, "Or, if the original civil war between the Fengtian Army was seized by other warlords in the interior, or the Japanese, would the Northeast have a chance to turn things around?"

"Besides, my father is carrying Feng Yuxiang in Rehe. How can I just stand by and watch?"

After saying this, Jiang Cheng raised his hand and patted Feng Yong on the shoulder, quickly turning the topic to his family affairs. "By the way, Brother Feng, has Third Uncle gotten better recently? I heard that he always complained of heart pain before. I asked Duan Congbin to contact an overseas doctor. Is he getting better?"

Feng Yong didn't understand his intention this time, but he didn't continue the topic and instead talked about the situation at home. Jiang Cheng told him to go to bed early and went back to the carriage immediately.

Before the troops set out to Jinzhou, a heavy snowfall, rare in a century, hit the entire Fengtian Province.

Overnight, the entire western Liaoning region was covered in snow three feet deep, and even the fully armed Fengtian-Jilin coalition forces were thrown into a state of disarray.

Before setting off, Jiang Cheng issued an order for a large-scale evacuation of Lianshan in the name of the Marshal.

Not a single soldier or civilian would be left in the entire Lianshan... But before everyone withdrew, Jiang Cheng had two special orders.

Firstly, no supplies were allowed to be left behind, and everything from food to clothing and livestock had to be taken away;
The second order was that all houses, fortifications, and facilities on the positions must be lit. If there was no light, firewood must be used, or bonfires must be made with resources that could not be taken away.

Anyway, in a word, it must be highlighted.

All of this was predicted by Jiang Cheng. In the original history, because of the heavy snow, the Fengtian Army almost ordered a fire to burn down Lianshan...

But the defending general Wang Zhiyou strongly opposed it, saying that there were nearly 20,000 soldiers and civilians here, and if they set fire to stop Guo’s army, the losses would far outweigh the benefits.

So the method of setting fire was finally abandoned, but the consequence was the complete collapse of the entire line. Guo's troops marched straight into Jinzhou and defeated it.

Jiang Cheng knew very well that with the fighting power of the Guo Guizi, even if Lianshan was a strong pass, they would have to fight a fierce battle if they wanted to hold it.

And the most fatal thing is that although the terrain is dangerous, this danger is for both sides. For Guo Jun, it is not easy for them to attack Lianshan, but it is also not easy for the Fengji coalition to defend here.

The high terrain means that it will be very difficult to send reinforcements and deliver ammunition and supplies... Especially under such climatic conditions, even if we defeat them, we will suffer heavy losses.

Therefore, Jiang Cheng came up with the strategy of "luring the snake out of its hole".

After getting off the train in Jinzhou, Jiang Cheng immediately ordered the Jilin army and the local garrison to quickly unload the close-in defense guns and other equipment they brought, build trenches and renovate fortifications, and complete all of them within two days.

Sun Zhengnan and Li Shitou saluted and immediately led the escort brigade and the engineering regiment to the last few carriages of the train.

At this time, Feng Yong ran out of the car and caught up with him, panting: "Feilan, the report from Harbin is that Brother Chao Liu has been coughing and wheezing recently, and has been on sick leave - he didn't come here."

Jiang Cheng breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, nothing happened… If I had really come south to persuade this Guizi Guo, I would have been shot dead by this guy who had completely turned against me.

"That's good, let him recover well."

Just as he finished speaking, Zhang Hanqing rushed over. It had snowed heavily overnight and the temperature had dropped to freezing point. His nose and cheeks were red from the cold. He hurriedly asked, "In this weather, even if Lianshan is in a hurry to retreat, how fast can we go?"

Jiang Cheng looked back at him and smiled, then said seriously: "We can't defend Lianshan - there are too many civilians, and the local garrison is not strong enough."

As he said this, he led the officers quickly to the other direction of the platform, where Liu Runchuan and several of his confidants had been waiting to greet him early in the morning.

Jiang Cheng continued as he walked, "Besides, this heavy snow caused the temperature to drop sharply. Once the Bohai Sea freezes over, Guo Songling will definitely bypass our front line of defense on the ice..."

"By then, the entire Lianshan will be surrounded like an isolated island. Whether we fight or retreat, we will lose the initiative!"

After saying these words, Zhang Hanqing, who was walking side by side with him, took a breath unconsciously.

At this time, Liu Runchuan led his brothers to meet him, shook hands with him and said, "I've been waiting for you to come!"

"Oh, Master Jiang, it's a good thing you woke us up... otherwise this Guo Guizi,"

But when he was halfway through his words, he seemed to be startled by Zhang Hanqing's eyes and quickly chose to shut up.

The entire country outside the Great Wall knew about the relationship between Zhang and Guo, and Guo Songling published "Yang Dian", the main content of which was:
Because there were too many villains around Lao Zhang, Guo Songling wanted to purge the court and support Xiao Zhang to come to power and reorganize the Northeast.

Therefore, this Northeast heir faced the problem that every crown prince in history had to face:
This is actually the overlap and conflict between the old and new regimes.

Similarly, for these ministers and generals, it was unclear whether to go into battle or not, and facing this issue was truly embarrassing.

As if he had anticipated these people's thoughts, Zhang Hanqing simply chose to speed up his pace and quickly left the station with his Fengtian Army subordinates and headed for the Jinzhou Command Headquarters.

Jiang Cheng looked at Liu Runchuan who looked anxious and said, "Don't say anything else. Let's fight this battle well first."

At this time, the snow outside the Great Wall was getting heavier and heavier, but logically speaking, it should be cold if the snow melted, but the snow in western Liaoning caused the temperature to drop by more than ten degrees. (End of this chapter)