The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

The Japanese attack almost broke through the entire Qinhuangdao line of defense... As a result, the defense pressure in Huludao, Yingkou and other places suddenly increased due to the fall of the surrounding areas:
Once the Japanese troops land in Qinhuangdao and go directly northward along the railway, they will threaten Huludao and even Jinzhou in succession.

Moreover, if Huludao cannot hold out, all the pressure from land and sea will be exerted on Yingkou and Jinzhou. By then, the entire Fengtian will be captured by the Japanese army.

Jiang Lanxuan, who was in charge of work in Fengtian, immediately sent troops to reinforce -

But Jiang Cheng knew very well that this battle was extraordinary, because most of the advantages of the Jilin army might not be able to be brought into play.

Historically, the Liaoxi Corridor has always been a battleground for military strategists;
For example, the Battle of Ningyuan and the Battle of Songjin in the late Ming Dynasty, and the Liaoshen Campaign, the first of the three major battles, were all fought around this narrow passage connecting Northeast China and North China.

In these battles, the defenders usually took advantage of the narrow terrain of the corridor to set up fortifications, such as Shanhaiguan, Ningyuan, Jinzhou and other fortresses.

The narrow terrain limits the deployment of large-scale troops, especially the mobility of cavalry and mechanized forces, and is suitable for defensive and blocking battles.

Mountains and coastlines can serve as natural barriers, while the passages in between are suitable for setting up passes and fortresses, creating a situation that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

In addition, many battles in history have shown that controlling key strongholds such as Shanhaiguan and Jinzhou can effectively block the enemy's entry and exit into Northeast China and North China. Therefore, the corridor is suitable for protracted warfare and wars of attrition, using the terrain advantage to carry out step-by-step resistance.

The terrible thing is that this time it is probably the Japanese who are fighting the defensive battle, while they are the ones who are going to attack.

Once the Japanese establish three major strongholds in Shanhaiguan, Ningyuan and Jinzhou in the Liaoxi Corridor and form a defense system, they will use narrow passages to limit the mobility of armored forces and increase the difficulty of deploying artillery arrays and attacking.

In addition, Liaodong Bay is now full of Japanese warships. As the defenders, the Japanese will inevitably take advantage of the narrow terrain and the characteristics of the mountains and the sea, making it a natural "war funnel"...

"Once we attempt to reinforce the Liaoxi Corridor, the Japs will definitely build a multi-layered defense line to drag us into a consumption--"

Jiang Cheng leaned his hands on the edge of the sand table, staring at the formation from Bohai Bay to Liaodong Bay, and the entire Liaoxi Corridor to Jinzhou.

Sun Zhengnan's expression was also heavy: "The combined fleet has come out in full force this time, and coupled with the reports from the Korean division's scouts... the Japanese troops in Daejeon and Busan have also begun to gather. I'm afraid their target is Sinuiju."

Once the Japanese army successfully breaks through the defense line of the Korean division, Dandong will be just beyond Sinuiju...

Jiang Cheng clenched his fists little by little: the Northeast was under too much pressure because it was too close to the main body of Japan, and with the Korean Peninsula as a "stepping stone".

"Notify everyone along the Liaoxi Corridor to retreat to the vicinity of Jinzhou - the corps will assemble near Langfang!"

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On a night when the mountain was blocked by heavy snow, a man on horseback and wearing a fox-skin hat galloped wildly on Tashan Mountain and rushed into the bandit camp.

"The Second in Command is back!"

The bandit holding a submachine gun on the top of the city wall shouted, and then the man dismounted and rushed into the hall covered in snow.

"Brother, Fourth Brother! The Japanese are heading towards Tashan. It looks like they are preparing an ambush."

The man's name was Yang Xiao, and he was the second in command of the Tashan Changdao Village. The weather in March had warmed up a bit, but a sudden heavy snow froze the roads in Tashan that had not yet thawed. The Liaoxi Corridor, which stretched for nearly 200 kilometers, was bordered by the Yanshan Mountains and Songling Mountains to the west. Deep in the dense forest of Tashan was a village where bandits gathered.

"The damn Japanese are here to cause trouble in Northeast China again!"

The big boss Xu Jingbin smashed the wine bowl, glared at Yang Xiao fiercely and said, "Brothers had escaped from the vicinity of Jinzhou before, and their families and properties were all destroyed by the devils. Now they are coming here."

If Jiang Cheng were here, he would definitely recognize the boss in front of him.

This Xu Jingbin was his classmate at the Northeast Military Academy... Because his family had no life-saving connections, he had no place to stay after graduation. He wanted to go north to join Jiang Cheng, but his mother in Jinzhou suddenly fell ill.

It took almost three years to take care of her serious illness and handle her funeral.

Jiang Cheng had already been the governor of Jilin, and it would have been extremely difficult to ask for a meeting with him. Xu Jingbin simply joined the army in Jinzhou...but the garrison commander at that time was still Zhang Jinghui.

Having followed the wrong person and losing his official position because of the Duan Zhigui incident, Xu Jingbin was so angry that he simply returned to his hometown to farm.

After a few years of living in peace and contentment, the Japanese invaders came again... On the way to escape, his wife was hit by a stray bullet and his son got lost.

Although he was born in a military academy, he could not save his wife and children. Under such a blow, Xu Jingbin took up the banner and gathered these displaced men, and became the king of the mountain among these mountains.

Apart from the reason of living, what everyone wants most is to seek revenge on the devils!
"Immediately notify the brothers nearby, as well as the village that has been in contact with us. We must teach these devils a lesson!"

Two days later, hundreds of people gathered in front of the Changdao Mountain Stronghold: in addition to the bandits from the nearby strongholds, there were also the "non-resistance" who had not had time to run back to the interior, the defeated soldiers of the Northeast Army carrying Hanyang-made guns on their backs, the Mongolian horsemen with sabers, the Taoists carrying earth mines, and the miners wrapped in sheepskin coats.

Everyone stared at Xu Jingbin and Yang Xiao with fiery eyes. The latter informed everyone of the scouts' investigation and spread a map of the Japanese army's distribution on the altar, his fingertips running across the rolling hills:
"This ridge is so narrow that there's not even room for two horses. It's just the right size to prepare a coffin for the devils!"

That night at the mountain pass, the brothers lay in a snow cave. In order to hide in the snow and not be noticed, each person's gun barrel was wrapped with white cloth.

"Boss, the Japanese are coming from the mountain road. There are quite a few of them, but from what we can see, they don't look like they are here to fight."

The scout reported in a low voice, roughly explaining the situation, and Xu Jingbin understood it instantly.

Obviously, the returning Japanese army came from Liaodong Bay. After landing, they would definitely worry about the reinforcements from the interior returning to defend... So they would definitely try every means to strangle the Liaoxi Corridor and cut off the connection between Northeast China and North China.

Xu Jingbin narrowed his eyes: "The damn Japanese must have come up the mountain to build fortifications!"

Everyone was shocked. If they were to defend the Northeast Army here, no matter how many of them came, they would be beaten back.

It was difficult to walk in such a rugged mountain range, and the trail was cold and slippery, so it didn't take many Japanese invaders to make the retreating Northeast Army suffer greatly.

"But...will they come back?"

In the dead silence of the forest behind me, a voice as thin as a mosquito's buzz suddenly sounded. (End of this chapter)