The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

His wife Yu Fengzhi's words instantly brought Zhang Hanqing back to his senses.

He turned his head slightly to look at her, and the face as pale as paper immediately disappeared from his sight.

"Hmm... this is really strange. Isn't this the anti-Japanese hero you've always admired? How come he's here this time?"

Listening to her husband's words, which were not without some teasing, Yu Fengzhi sighed softly and said, "That's right - if I were to say who I'm most optimistic about, it's actually you, Hanqing."

"People are always a little different. For example, Hanqing, you are uniting forces from all sides, while Feilan is working on industrial interests... In fact, if you two work together, you can both play to your strengths, right?"

Zhang Hanqing nodded, but after just half a minute, he quickly sighed and shook his head.

"Big sister, you don't have to comfort me all the time--"

His expression was a little more bitter. "I admit that I trusted my subordinates too much and misjudged the situation in the Northeast this time... But, but now the road has become like this, how can I, what can I do?"

With Yu Fengzhi's intelligence, how could she not understand what he meant?
Rong Zhen, Wang Yizhe and others were afraid of fighting, and also had some intention of preserving their strength, which led to the issuance of a "non-resistance" order. Now Beidaying and Fengtian, and even the entire Fengtian Province, have almost completely fallen into the hands of the Japanese.

As the chief commander, he must take full responsibility!

But now, if he easily overturned the previous order, regardless of his face, he, a commander who was not good at commanding troops outside the Great Wall, would find it difficult to move a single soldier.

"I know."

Yu Fengzhi stepped forward and shook his hand vigorously. "At this time, you, the commander-in-chief, must not act rashly—"

"Besides, the situation outside the Great Wall is already like this, why not report it to Nanjing first? Also, even if you don't lift the 'no resistance' order, I think you can acquiesce to some arming and self-defense?"

"For example, given the current situation in Jilin, can we allow the Jilin army to counterattack on its own?"

Zhang Hanqing stared at his wife intently.

Even she still holds out hope for the support of the "South"... In fact, up to now in the Central Plains, Zhang Hanqing can't see the way forward at all.

Almost every superior and every brother he could mobilize were in Shanhaiguan. Even if he fought back to the Northeast at this time, he was afraid that he would not be able to dispatch troops to eliminate the increasing number of Kwantung troops in Fengtian.

I don't want to go down this path to the end.

But this was the only way left for him to take.

"I see."

He looked back at her and finally understood why his father had chosen this wife for him.

"Thank you."

For the first time after being married for many years, he sincerely thanked his wife for her company.

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When Sun Zhengnan received the reply from Beijing, he took a glance at it and a look of helplessness, contempt, and a somewhat relieved smile appeared on his face.

"Master Jiang, please take a look. Does this approval allow us to fight or not?"

Turning around and quickly walking towards Jiang Cheng who was frowning beside the sand table, Sun Zhengnan handed the telegram to him with both hands, "From what I see, it's really a bit ambiguous!"

Jiang Cheng slowly withdrew his gaze.

"Let me see."

He said lightly, then lowered his eyes and quickly glanced over: The content was very simple, just two lines in total. But as his chief of staff said, the content was ambiguous and impossible to figure out.

"He also wants face."

Jiang Cheng took a deep breath. "He previously approved the non-resistance. If he expresses something else now, does he have no face as the chief commander? He didn't say non-resistance, he just agreed to let us fight."

Sun Zhengnan nodded thoughtfully, but soon looked puzzled: "Master Jiang, I still don't understand why you care so much about his opinion?"

Jiang Cheng was stunned.

Looking at the other party's eyes, he was filled with endless incomprehension - he understood that, not to mention the three Rehe provinces and the Heilongjiang Province of Mongolia, the Jilin Army alone was much stronger than the Fengtian Army.

"You think that now that we have strong troops and advanced equipment, we can break away from the Northeast Army and fight the devils alone, right?"

Turning his eyes to the current sand table, Jiang Cheng slowly raised his hand and pointed to the locations where the small white plaster flags were inserted, "Protracted war, understand?"

"How long can we fight the devils without the support of the whole society? You know better than me what the war is about. It's about money, steel... and in the later stages, it's about the lives of people!"

"Look at the distribution of the Kwantung Army. In addition, Ting Shu is also in a tough battle at sea—"

Sun Zhengnan stopped talking.

After this quick victory in Jilin, not only the entire Jilin army, but also the people of Heilongjiang Province and other places, fell into an inexplicable pride.

Even some soldiers in the cook squad thought that the Japanese were nothing to be afraid of.

But Jiang Cheng, who came from the 21st century, knew this very well. If the Japanese could win quickly, there would be no -year war of resistance.

Whether it is the pessimistic theory that Japan is invincible, or the quick victory theory that Japan can be defeated in no time... both are equally unacceptable.

This can be explained by an article written by a great man, "On Protracted War."

"The Japanese have not yet revealed their true strength."

It was as if he was speaking to the sand table in front of him, "We must do everything we can to force out all the power of China!"

Jiang Cheng was right. On the second day after the Japanese army was defeated in the battle of Siping, the Japanese emperor was furious. He issued an order to severely reprimand the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, Uehara Yusaku, and also reprimanded Shang Yu Mingcheng, who was the main force in the attack on Siping.

Several Japanese leaders felt aggrieved: everyone knew how difficult it was to fight in Jilin.

How many warriors of the Empire had suffered losses in this bastard before? Now they wanted to win Siping quickly... and then attack Jilin. How difficult it was, only by fighting in person could one understand.

"Your Majesty the Emperor is so wise, he should understand how difficult this battle is!"

After being reprimanded by his superior, Shang Yumingcheng was so angry that he was shaking all over.

Not only is his equipment more advanced than theirs, but more importantly, this bastard Jiang Cheng is using so-called negotiations to delay time with them.

Now the life and death of Youshan Jun and Kaiyuan’s garrison are unknown, and the troops that attacked them at night were probably arranged by Jiang Cheng.

"Kamiyu-kun, the empire needs you to advance the war as quickly as possible."

Uehara Yusaku's voice was cold, revealing a hint of indomitable will, "Listen, the General Staff Headquarters made great contributions in planning the Liutiaohu Incident and advancing the battle situation in Beidaying and Fengtian..."

"You fought hard against a small city like Siping, but failed to defeat it and caused heavy losses to the imperial army. You were chased and defeated all the way. This is unacceptable."

Just as Shang Yumingcheng was about to argue, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army opposite him gave a cold order: "I will only give you ten days. You must take Siping and complete the advance to Jilin——" (End of this chapter)