The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

They tried to hug the other person incoherently, but when their hands just touched the body, which had already begun to stiffen, fell down with a loud thud. The strong muffled sound seemed to strike everyone's heart.

Li Shitou also burst into tears and hurried forward to hug the crazy Jiang Cheng: "Master Jiang, Master Jiang! You have to take care of yourself - Pingchuan is gone, we have to avenge him."

"You, you have to hold on! Listen to the stone, don't rush yourself, just hit the stone!"

How could Jiang Cheng, who was extremely heartbroken, listen any more? Only by crying loudly could he vent the pain in his heart.

After shouting until his throat was hoarse, Jiang Cheng finally gasped and focused his mind. His pitch-black pupils had already turned red, and his body was shaking constantly due to the hatred that was gradually surging.

In addition to the Japanese devils, his heart was filled with growing hatred for these old warlords.

Fighting a civil war, fighting for land, food, and women, each one was more ferocious than the other, and facing foreign invasion... especially these bastards, why did they all become cowards?
It's not enough that you are a coward, but you also want to drag me into being a coward with you!

Staring at Hai Pingchuan's blood-stained face, Jiang Cheng clenched his fists tightly: Damn it, if it weren't for the Jingfeng Railway and Shanhaiguan that delayed his reinforcement time, how could Pingchuan...

Wait.

When his thoughts turned to this point, Jiang Cheng suddenly felt that something was wrong.

You know, the Marshal had decided to withdraw his troops from the interior based on the advice of Zhang Hanqing and himself... Why did they want to tear up the railway?
According to Sun Jiunian, the damaged section of the Jingfeng Railway was about ten meters long - the sleepers and rails were discarded in a trench not far away, which was obviously man-made damage.

Since they were all going to withdraw to the border, wouldn't destroying the railway be a hindrance? You know, there were nearly 30,000 Fengtian troops in the capital alone, plus Langfang, Wanping and other places...

It wouldn't be the case that the entire Fengtian Army had to rely on their big legs to rush to Fengtian, right?

Previously, Jiang Cheng's full attention was focused on the war in Jinan Prefecture, and he didn't pay attention to these details at all.

Now that I think about it, I'm afraid this matter may be a big problem.

While he was thinking, the main hall of the City God Temple was dead silent. But just when Jiang Cheng ordered his brothers to carefully collect Hai Pingchuan's body, everyone suddenly heard a cry.

The sound of a baby crying.

Jiang Cheng turned around suddenly and immediately noticed that under the table where Hai Pingchuan died, there was a baby about a few months old crying.

Everyone looked at each other. Li Shitou stepped forward and picked up the child. Jiang Cheng noticed that the child was not only wrapped in swaddling clothes, but also in Hai Pingchuan's military uniform jacket.

No wonder he was only wearing a shirt. Was he protecting the people under his rule at the last moment?

Jiang Cheng suddenly felt his eyes burning again, and he choked up as he said, "This child's parents should have died here—"

"Since Pingchuan was protecting him until the last moment... then I will take care of him from now on."

After saying this, Jiang Cheng slowly raised his head and stared at the statue of the City God opposite him.

In Chinese tradition, the City God is a deity that protects an area... and at this moment, his brother seemed to be the deity that had descended to earth.

"Next, leave it to me."

He held the child in his arms and spoke in a firmer tone than ever before.

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The Jilin army suddenly attacked the Japanese army attacking Jinan, causing an uproar everywhere.

Telegrams were sent to Jinan Prefecture like snowflakes, and most of the warlords condemned Jiang Cheng's behavior: the reason was that the peace talks were already progressing, and attacking the Japanese at this moment would only create unnecessary trouble and would easily escalate the situation.

Another group of people said, the Japanese have already stepped on our heads and shit on us, and you are still dreaming of peace talks. Are you going to wait for them to occupy the land of Qi and Lu and then defeat us one by one?
Jiang Chengli ignored these telegrams, but sent a telegram to the whole country: first, he stated that Shandong is the Chinese territory of Confucius and Mencius, and the Japanese are invaders.

In addition, they not only committed bloody crimes in Jinan, but also burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of atrocities along the way, causing the entire Shandong Province to be engulfed in war. Countless people were displaced and even entire families were killed.

Then he repeatedly stated that as a Chinese soldier, he should take the world as his responsibility, defend the territory and not give up an inch of land, and vowed to eliminate all invaders.

Finally, he called on people with lofty ideals from all over the country to come to Shandong to reinforce and fight the Japanese together.

"Master Jiang, we got the news that Xin Shuai was the first to respond and is coming to Shandong for reinforcements!"

Li Shitou came forward to report, and Jiang Cheng nodded heavily: "The Japanese in the city have been almost wiped out. How is the restoration of the city defense and the construction of fortifications going?"

Jin Yanxi was in charge of this matter. He immediately stepped forward to report: "When the people of Jinan heard that we came from outside the Great Wall to rescue them, they all stepped forward on their own initiative. Men, women, young and old, as long as they were still breathing, all came out to help--"

"The progress is very fast. It is expected that all construction and repairs will be completed in two days at most!"

Jiang Cheng nodded with satisfaction and asked about the situation of the air force and armored forces.

All fourteen fighter planes have returned to refuel and carry out maintenance on the spot; the tanks that were chasing the Japanese escape have also returned. It is reported that under the joint air attack, they have wiped out more than half of the enemy forces attacking Jinan.

"If the refueling truck hadn't caught up, I would have chased them all the way into the sea!"

Sun Jiunian said in a loud and angry voice, "The damn devils are beasts. They killed all those people along the way!"

"There should be no one left. Just flatten them all."

Jiang Cheng wanted it more than he did, but he also knew that now was not the time to act on impulse.

Because of the long journey, and in order to bring more reinforcements, he chose to travel light...

In other words, even if the soldiers carry all the weapons, they are only equipped with a basic amount of ammunition and supplies.

If we keep chasing the Japanese and our supplies are used up, it will be hard to say what will happen.

"Has communication with Jilin Prefecture been restored?"

Jiang Cheng loudly asked the person in charge of the communications company, "After recovery, immediately confirm the arrival of supplies and follow-up reinforcements!"

The person opposite immediately stood at attention and saluted, then trotted out the door.

"Master Jiang, the scouts who were sent out have also reported: the Japanese have begun to regroup in the direction of Qingzhou."

"They rely on railways and roads to deploy troops in large numbers - it's obvious that they want to encircle Jinan before reinforcements arrive!"

Jin Yanxi reported quickly, "And the Japanese reconnaissance planes have also been dispatched. An hour ago, our close-in defense guns just shot down one—"

"I think they will probably send out planes too!"

Jiang Cheng nodded.

On the outskirts of Qingdao, the Japanese army built a military airport with a large number of aircraft.

"While the Japanese army has not yet assembled, we will send a battalion to destroy the Japanese airport!" (End of this chapter)