The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

The main Japanese army that attacked Jinan Prefecture was the ace unit, the 18th Division, stationed in Qingdao.

This unit was the main attacking force in the Shandong-German War, the later Russo-Japanese War, and the war to seize the right to stay in Qingdao after the end of World War I.

After 1916, they were stationed in the port of Jiaozhou Peninsula for a long time: the number of troops stationed at its peak was close to .

Jiang Cheng was very clear about the strength of this Japanese army. According to battle reports, they were equipped with hundreds of heavy artillery and aircraft, and in terms of comprehensive combat effectiveness, they were close to the 17 Class A divisions.

Now, the reason why they were able to gain an advantage in a short period of time and repel their frontal attack was that
On the one hand, before entering the Great Wall, the Japanese focused all their attention on the Chinese army on the war inside the Great Wall:

This bunch of warlords were fighting all over the Central Plains, but they didn't even look at them;
On the other hand, no matter whether it was Nanjing or the capital, several groups of people said in unison: Stop fighting, we want to negotiate!

The Japanese were caught off guard and were obviously not used to this three-dimensional and heavy firepower style of attack.

But Jiang Cheng could clearly see that even though the Japs' frontal offensive was suppressed, they showed extremely strong combat qualities and began to fight and retreat at the same time... Some opened the way in front, some covered the rear, and their formation was not at all disordered.

"Pass on my order. The air force squadron will continue to strafe in the direction the Japanese are evacuating. Let Goldman Sachs take all the tanks and drive all the surrounding enemies to the periphery!"

Having the communications platoon pass on the message, Jiang Cheng continued in a stern voice, "The rest of the troops, follow me into the city and catch the turtle in the jar!"

Twenty minutes later, Jiang Cheng, Sun Jiunian, Hai Rushong and Jin Yanxi each led their troops into the city and eliminated the Japanese troops that had already entered Jinan in three directions.

In fact, when the war broke out outside the city, some Japanese troops received calls for help from outside the city and began to flee in batches.

However, the communication facilities were not that advanced these days, and some Japanese soldiers had no idea what was happening outside the city... They continued to follow their superiors' orders:
Annihilate the Jinan garrison and massacre all Chinese civilians.

The city of Jinan was almost a scorched earth, and blood flowed like a river under the ruins. Many civilians were stabbed with bayonets and their intestines were pierced.

Some women were stripped and beaten to death, and even babies were thrown to death or smashed to death.

Jiang Cheng felt his eyes burning and his temples throbbing - over the years, under Hai Pingchuan's diligent governance, Shandong has become one of the most prosperous regions in the Central Plains;

Every household had surplus food, and the industrial and handicraft industries were also considerable... But in just a few days, these hateful Japanese turned this place into a hell on earth covered in war, fire, and blood.

"Fuck them, beat them up if you see them! Don't let any of them go!"

Jiang Cheng roared.

This time when he came to Shandong for reinforcement, he asked Changchun to allocate 10,000 Type 22 submachine guns. In addition to the Jilin Army's re-equipment, the more than 2,000 people from Sun Jiunian who came to Jinan Prefecture were also equipped with submachine guns.

They were trained in the use of submachine guns on a daily basis, but they had not yet reached the advanced level where everyone had to change their equipment.

The Japanese troops that entered the city had the upper hand due to the persistent resistance of the Lu army, but due to the street fighting, the troops were completely dispersed.

Faced with fully armed reinforcements with absolutely superior weapons, they immediately showed signs of fatigue and were almost beaten all the way.

"Stone, stone!"

While fighting, Jiang Cheng shouted at the commander of his escort brigade, "Hurry up, send someone to find Pingchuan and Lao Huang!"

"Damn it, I haven't heard from them in a long time. I really..."

boom!
Just as he finished saying this, a loud explosion erupted in the inn opposite - it was obvious that the Japs knew they were no match for them, so they used a few melon grenades to finish off their own side.

"hateful!"

Li Shitou, who was covered in dust and debris, shook his head, spat on the ground and cursed, "They came to our territory and killed people wantonly, and they actually died in such a quick way!"

Jiang Cheng also gritted his teeth, but his heart was palpitating - he had a very ominous premonition along the way. There were two times when he even wanted to send a telegram to ask Hai Pingchuan and Huang Yongan to lead the troops to break out quickly.

"Master Jiang, Master Jiang!"

Just as they were anxiously searching, Jin Yanxi came running over, panting, "We found Yongan... He suffered some minor injuries, but he's basically fine!"

Hearing this news, Jiang Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, and Jin Yanxi continued to report: "I heard from him that Pingchuan last contacted him near the City God Temple--"

Without waiting for the other party to finish speaking, Jiang Cheng roughly recalled the location of the City God Temple in Jinan Prefecture, and immediately led his brothers to rush there quickly.

As a traditional Chinese building, the City God Temple in Jinan is quite spacious, and the gate is very similar to the government offices in the Ming and Qing dynasties.
At this moment, corpses were scattered all around this ancient building, many of which were almost disintegrated, with blood and flesh everywhere.

The aftermath of the war and smoke had not yet faded, but there was a dead silence.

"plain!"

Jiang Cheng shouted his good brother's name.

No one answered.

"Master Jiang, you, please be careful——"

Seeing Jiang Cheng rushing in, Li Shitou hurriedly stopped him, "The Japanese are very evil. What if there are a few who are not dead yet and they dig mines to fight you to death? What will you do?"

"Go, the rest of you go up there and explore the way!"

After saying that, he gave an order to his brothers on both sides, and the soldiers picked up their bayonets and rushed in.

Jiang Cheng looked anxious. After waiting for a few minutes and seeing that no one came out and didn't hear any unusual noises, he couldn't help but walk in quickly.

Stepping over the rivers of blood, Jiang Cheng looked up and saw the deputy commander of the Guard Brigade, Ding Nian, and several of his brothers, standing at the gate of the main hall, looking at a loss.

"What happened?"

Jiang Cheng was startled, and suddenly a great shock surged in his heart. He quickened his pace and was about to rush into the main hall, but was stopped by Ding Nian: "Master, Master - please don't."

Seeing him like this, Jiang Cheng became even more anxious and angry, and rarely turned against his men: "Get out of here! Otherwise, I will collapse——"

"plain?"

As his peripheral vision swept to the throne in the main hall, Jiang Cheng felt that the whole world suddenly went dark:

The scene in front of him, which was about three feet square, seemed to be illuminated by some bright light that came from nowhere.

It is Haipingchuan.

With one hand he was supporting the table with scattered incense, candles and offerings, his body, which was in a shirt, was almost full of blood holes...but the blurred flesh and blood and the remains of his body were still holding on firmly and had not fallen down.

"plain!"

Jiang Cheng almost cried out of exhaustion, and tears suddenly burst out of his eyes; this was the first time he lost his composure in front of so many people, and when he rushed to his brother, he was already crying.

"Pingchuan - brother, my brother,"

"I deserve to die, I deserve to die - damn it, I, I'm late, I'm late!" (End of this chapter)