The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Jiang Cheng punched the military map in front of him, "Shi Tou, you are responsible for this matter!"

If we can destroy the enemy's airport and leave them without air support during the siege, we can severely damage the 18th Division of the Japanese Army around Jinan Prefecture!

"Yes! Master Jiang, I will go back and make a battle plan, then select good players to go to the airport!"

Immediately standing at attention and saluting, Li Shitou trotted out of the command center of Jinan Prefecture.

Jiang Cheng turned around and looked around at the generals - in addition to Jin Yanxi and Sun Jiunian, Huang Yongan, who was slightly injured, was also standing in the middle;
In addition, all the officers above the regimental level who were still remaining in Jinan Prefecture were also here...The list of these people had been presented to Jiang Cheng before, but he just couldn't match the numbers.

He breathed a meaningful sigh of relief, and he could clearly see the frustration on the officers' faces.

Not only did Hai Pingchuan, the highest official of Jinan Prefecture, die, but the Jinan garrison was almost reduced to a remnant in this offensive and defensive battle...

Huang Yongan just reported the results of the report. The entire Jinan Prefecture garrison, including those who were still able to breathe, only had about one regiment left.

Jiang Cheng brought 4,000 infantrymen, 45 tanks, 16 heavy artillery pieces and other weapons.

There was very little equipment left in the city, and the number of shells left was the smallest, which could probably support a few rounds of salvos... Various ammunition should be able to last for three days;

Now, the most scarce thing is gasoline: before the Japanese army launched the general attack on Jinan City, they sent a suicide squad with air support to blow up the two oil depots in the city.

Although the materials were rescued and the fire was put out, the loss of fuel was still extremely heavy.

"While the Japanese army is still gathering its troops, we must rush to the storage depot in Tai'an County and grab back all the gasoline, equipment and ammunition."

Huang Yongan said to Jiang Cheng, "At the beginning, according to your order, Pingchuan ordered the construction of a secret base in Tai'an, backed by Mount Tai. In addition to gasoline, weapons and ammunition, there are also a lot of food and medical supplies."

Digging deep holes and storing up grain has always been the core strategy that Jiang Cheng has proposed for Haipingchuan.

Especially in North China, which later became the main war zone, whoever had more strategic materials would have an advantage on the battlefield.

"Yongan, you'll have to make the trip for me."

Jiang Cheng stepped forward and looked at him solemnly, "You are also very clear about the current situation in Jinan City--"

Huang Yongan immediately straightened his back: "Please rest assured, Mr. Jiang, I, Huang Yongan, will get this batch of supplies back even if I die!"

Jiang Cheng put his hands on his shoulders: "Don't talk nonsense... Remember, you must return safely."

After saying this, the two of them stood at attention and saluted at the same time. The entire command center was immediately surrounded by an unprecedented sense of solemnity.

As Huang Yongan left, Jiang Cheng looked around at everyone and said loudly: "Brothers, I know exactly how you feel right now—"

"Not only Pingchuan died, but also many brothers we personally brought up, trained, and spent time with every day, all died in this battle!"

"How can it be possible if I say that everyone is not upset? But brothers, think about it, why did they die?"

"The Japanese came to our own territory and committed murder, arson and all kinds of evil. Not only in Jinan City, but in the entire Shandong area, almost no grass grows wherever they pass -"

"In this situation, if we soldiers don't stand up, who will? Besides, the Japs killed so many of our brothers and stabbed Pingchuan to death. How can I, Jiang Cheng, not avenge such an irreconcilable hatred?" Everyone was quickly infected by his speech, and almost everyone's eyes were burning with ignited anger.

Led by Jin Yanxi, everyone present raised their arms and shouted: "Kill the devils and avenge our brothers! Kill the devils and drive them out of our territory!"

"Shandong is ours. Kill the devils, kill, kill!"

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Late at night, when the Japanese troops along the Zibo line had just begun to gather, three green flares suddenly rose in the direction of the outer city of Jinan.

Just as the green light was about to go out, the artillery array set up in Jinan suddenly lit up with a dazzling red and yellow light.

The roar of heavy artillery poured down like an avalanche, quickly sweeping over the devil's gathering area.

Under the cover of artillery fire, twelve tanks and two regiments of troops rushed over and instantly engaged in a battle with the Japanese in the dark.

Of course, this battle that seemed like a frontal assault was actually a feint.

The Japanese did not know why the Jinan defenders had the courage to take the initiative to attack under such circumstances:
They wanted to attract the attention of all the surrounding Japanese troops and "open an opening" for Li Shitou to go and blow up the military airport.

Jiang Cheng deliberately selected two battalion commanders who knew Japanese to cooperate with Li Shitou's assault team to fight together... and they also changed into the uniforms of the Kwantung Army, pretending to be "friendly forces", and swaggered towards the airport before attacking.

At this moment, flares from the Japanese side were flying in disorder. Although their troops were large in number, they seemed a little weak under the cover of heavy tanks.

As it approached with a rumbling roar, the air was filled with a suffocating smell of oil. The Japanese soldiers were startled when they saw this big iron guy.

During the day they were killed one after another by the cooperating soldiers under the cover of this thing... Even if there were one or two lucky ones, or brave warriors loyal to His Majesty the Emperor who could rush up and throw two melon grenades at it, it was just like tickling it.

But the officer was yelling behind him, "The warriors of the empire are going to attack," "Don't be scared by the enemy," and so on.

The soldiers still rushed forward, but the moment they rushed out of the trenches, they were either mowed down by the machine guns on the tanks, or shot to death by the soldiers advancing in coordination with infantry and tanks.

The encirclement of Jinan was torn open in the blink of an eye. The assault team led by Li Shitou quickly crouched down and ran forward on the flank coordinated by infantry and tanks.

Multiple anti-infantry barbed wire fences had already been set up around the area, but they were all destroyed by the steel pliers prepared in advance... This team was quickly "sent out" of the encirclement.

"I think this feint is about to turn into a frontal attack—"

Jiang Cheng, who was in the distance, was looking towards the horizon with a telescope: the dense firepower made the place almost as bright as day. The Japs were obviously not used to this kind of fighting style, and in panic they could only shoot randomly, especially the team rushing in the front, who were so chaotic that they couldn't even fire a single shot.

"Master, it's time to retreat. The Japanese planes may be approaching soon..."

Jin Yanxi quickly reminded, "The enemy's infantry is no match for our infantry-tank coordination, but our infantry-tank coordination cannot hit the planes in the sky."

Jiang Cheng is very clear about this.

The reason why he wanted to destroy the airport and set the front battlefield near Jinan was based on this consideration. (End of this chapter)