The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

At this time, roars were heard outside the city one after another, cold rain began to fall from the gloomy sky, and the temperature was dropping rapidly.

Ye Yiming wiped the snow water off his face and continued to command the battle.

After two days and one night of fighting, he had sent people to find out that the number of the devils was not that large.
And he knew very well that the battle was probably just beginning… because the Japanese army must have been well prepared to launch an attack when they were outnumbered.

Moreover, from a global perspective, Fengtian Province had previously implemented a policy of non-resistance, but later counterattacked under the leadership of Jiang Cheng, and the Japanese army suffered a lot.

It's sweet at first but bitter later, how can the devil let it go?
They gained nothing in the Northeast, so they were bound to move their evil ideas to other places.

There was an explosion in the distance, and Ye Yiming discovered that the Japanese army had begun to attack the city under the cover of grenade launchers.

"Prepare the grenades!" Ye Yiming shouted, "Wait until they get closer before throwing them!"

The defenders on the city wall took out grenades one after another... The officer tightly grasped the wooden-handled grenade in his hand, feeling the cold metal shell.

Thinking about himself currently fighting alone in Luanzhou, Ye Yiming recalled in his mind the times when he studied with Yang Yuting and Jiang Dengxuan, and served their respective masters after returning to China.

At this time, Yang Yuting was no longer alive, Jiang Dengxuan was being promoted outside the Great Wall... and himself,
"Oh, I'm afraid I'll die here today, right?"

Ye Yiming shook his head and smiled, then suddenly roared at the top of the city wall, "Throw it away!"

Countless wooden-handled grenades with their fuses pulled out poured down, drawing arcs in the bitter rain and cold wind.

Explosions continued, mixed with screams from the Japanese soldiers. But soon, the second group of Japanese soldiers rushed up.

This bunch of little Japanese...why do they seem like they can never be defeated?

Ye Yiming felt increasingly cold in his heart. The call for help from Luanzhou was like a stone falling on the sea, just like the previous call for help from Shanhaiguan. No one responded at all.

And he...will he continue to persevere?

Apart from the Northeastern Army, even the local defenders have all run away. Is there any point in him guarding such a city?
Shaking his head to drive away this meaningless and even somewhat decadent thought, the passionate officer continued to lead his brothers in the counterattack. The siege lasted for a full two hours.

Even he, the commander, was slightly injured, his military cap was missing and his uniform was stained with blood.

There were corpses everywhere under the city wall, but through the telescope, Ye Yiming could still see that there were still a steady stream of enemies gathering in the distance.

Could it be... because Shanhaiguan was breached, Japanese reinforcements arrived?
He felt a chill in his heart, and a sense of tragic ominousness suddenly surged in his heart, but at this moment, he heard hurried footsteps behind him.

Ye Yiming turned around and saw that it was the messenger from the brigade.

"Commander, our superiors have ordered us to abandon the city and retreat to the vicinity of Qinhuangdao!"

"what?"

Ye Yiming was so shocked that if the messenger had not handed him the telegram as evidence, he would have even suspected that he had heard it wrongly.

The city hasn't been lost yet, are we going to abandon it now?

Ye Yiming clenched his teeth and trembled all over, while his adjutant immediately added: "According to the order of the division headquarters, the entire Liaoxi Corridor is probably filled with Japanese troops rushing over, and there are also their armored vehicles on the railway..."

"And it is said that there are planes coming here from the northeast. If we don't leave now, it may be too late!"

With his fists clenched tightly, Ye Yiming looked towards the Japanese troops still gathering in the distance, and then looked around at his wounded comrades.

He knew that both the messenger and his adjutant were telling the truth. But his duty as a soldier made him abandon a city that he had defended for three days. He was extremely unwilling to do so!

"Sure enough, this disaster will only come to low-lying places!"

Looking up at the cold rain that was getting heavier and heavier, he smiled bitterly.

Under Jiang Cheng's leadership, the Northeast must have entered the stage of turning from defense to offense;
Since these little Japanese can't defeat the well-equipped Jilin army, won't they turn to the interior of the country?
"Retreat...where else can we retreat to!"

Having said that, the commander took a deep breath and ordered his brothers to retreat.

"Notify them to take turns to provide cover and retreat to the second line of defense! Yuncheng, you lead the machine gun group and go first! The rest of you will follow me to cover the rear..."

"The troops will gather at the riverbank outside the city and march towards Qinhuangdao according to the divisional command!"

Ye Yiming's troops eventually abandoned the city and evacuated - the city gates were wide open at that time, and the troops evacuated quickly and orderly, carrying whatever supplies they could take away.

Ye Yiming, who was sitting upright in the military vehicle, was almost soaked by the rain. He took the towel handed to him by his adjutant and wiped his face vigorously. He was still shaking with anger.

"You're all still preparing... to conserve your strength, right?"

This scholarly returning officer cursed for the first time. After cursing again and again, he said, "We have been guarding for three days and sent out countless telegrams for help. Has anyone responded?"

"The city has been lost, the territory has been lost, we can only run! What is this? This is shameful!"

"Asshole, I don't know what the Northeastern Army is doing, and what about the Northwestern Army and the Jin Army - there are more than 100,000 troops nearby, are they all watching the show!?"

"Shame on you, shame on you!"

Think about those brothers who died in the Battle of Luanzhou. They were in a hurry to evacuate and didn’t even have time to take their bodies away or bury them... Once the Japanese invaders enter the city, the bodies of our brothers will be lost and the people will be massacred!

The root of all this is that all the nearby troops either fled or stood by and watched!

Jiang Feilan, are you satisfied now! ?

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In early November, the smoke of war on the Shanhaiguan front had not yet dissipated, and the artillery group of the Japanese Hiroshima Division had already advanced into the Gyeonggi area in a semi-encirclement.

Each salvo turned the land like a plow. The reconnaissance planes in the sky kept patrolling and calibrating the coordinates for the field artillery regiment.

The Japanese army was advancing, but the South was still thinking about stabilizing the country first, telling the North not to rush. They were uniting various countries and trying every possible way to mediate a truce.

But aerial bombs were continuously dropping, including incendiary bombs that hit the ground and rolled in flames. Even the moat was turned into a boiling pot, with large groups of dead fish swam in the water.

"Damn it! Why are you still thinking about mediation? Mediation!"

Zhang Hanqing, the highest officer at the time, was so angry that he almost overturned the table. Bad news came one after another:
After breaking into Luanzhou City, the Japanese army began a frenzied bloody massacre, raping and looting and committing all kinds of atrocities along the way. The people in the city and the surrounding areas suffered greatly.

Soon after, terrible news came from various places along the Shandong coast: the Combined Fleet had been unable to capture the Tumen River for a long time, so it turned around and went downstream to attack Yantai and other places!

If the Japanese were allowed to land, the consequences would be disastrous.

Thinking of this, the northern governor was even more confused. (End of this chapter)