Chapter 129: Collapse (17)

In the early morning of October 6, Zhang Zuolin at the head of Changchun City looked at the approaching Japanese army in the distance with a tragic look. After escaping to Changchun, Zhang Zuolin brought four or five thousand people. There were still more than 3,000 people defending the city. gathered these seven or eight thousand people, and finally gained a foothold in Changchun.

At this time, the temperature was already very low, Zhang Zuolin let out a sigh of white air, and looked up at the clear sky again. It would be nice if it could snow heavily now, and the heavy snow in the northeast could pile up more than half a person's height, and in that case, Japan would not be able to attack Changchun.

Looking back at the subordinates at the head of the city, most of them were defeated soldiers in Fengtian, Zhang Zuolin asked his personal guards to collect these fleeing guys like lost dogs as much as possible along the way. Although the number of these guys is not small, not many people carry guns, although they still follow Zhang Zuolin to Changchun in desperation, but Changchun does not have many weapons in stock. Zhang Zuolin did not dare to issue valuable rifles to these defeated soldiers. Except for the subordinates of Wang Yongjiang's garrison headquarters who carried rifles, many others were just empty-handed at the head of the city.

Zhang Zuolin saw that many people had already turned pale with fright and trembled before the Japanese army arrived in the city. If there is any further alarm, they will dare to flee if they are afraid. In fact, Zhang Zuolin was also afraid of death in his heart, he also secretly killed some Japanese when he was young, but it was a secret killing. The Japanese must not be allowed to know, and if the Japanese do, they will avenge the Japanese who were killed. This is also the fundamental reason why Zhang Zuolin and the Northeast Army did not dare to start a war with Japan, and Japan will never show mercy to those who stand on the side of their enemies. The Russo-Japanese War proved this, as the Japanese paid a huge price to conquer the fortress of Arthur, but in the end they still conquered the fortress of Arthur. And Zhang Zuolin and his Northeast Army simply did not have the courage to stand up as an enemy of Japan. Whenever there is a possibility of escaping, they will definitely choose to flee.

But Zhang Zuolin now doesn't even have the courage to escape, and he struggled to climb to the position of Fengtian Overseer, became the "King of the Northeast", and let him run back to Liaoxi to be a bandit, Zhang Zuolin is unwilling to die.

"Handsome! Let's open fire! Wang Yongjiang, who was beside Zhang Zuolin, said in a low voice.

"This ......, wait!" Zhang Zuolin pretended to be calm and said. After firing at the Japanese, it meant officially announcing to the Japanese that Zhang Zuolin openly stood on the enemy side of the Japanese. It is precisely because he knows the undying attitude of the Japanese devils towards the enemy that Zhang Zuolin absolutely does not dare to be the enemy of Japan.

"Handsome! Can't wait any longer! Wang Yongjiang's voice was anxious with a hint of threat, "If you don't fire again, it's really too late!" ”

Zhang Zuolin was fighting fiercely in his heart at this time, and when he heard Wang Yongjiang's voice, there was a taste of reprimand, Zhang Zuolin was annoyed and angry, and couldn't help scolding: "!" You literati know what a fart! ”

Wang Yongjiang's face was difficult to look at, he was indeed a rare literati under Zhang Zuolin. Wang Yongjiang was well-read when he was young, and he was able to learn well. He is quick-witted and good at medicine, and during his service in the Liaoyang police, he was deeply appreciated by Yuan Jinkai. The early years of the Republic of China. When Wang Yongjiang was the director of the Fengtian Provincial Taxation Bureau, he first met Zhang Zuolin. Because Zhang was born in a reckless background, he only studied in a private school for three years, and he didn't take Wang Yongjiang seriously. Wang Yongjiang, who was pretentious, was unhappy in his heart, and it was not easy to attack. Later, due to the financial disorder in Northeast China and the lack of financial revenue in the early days of Zhang Zuolin's administration, the Japanese used gold bills, banknotes and bills to compete for the market. Zhang Zuolin was very angry, began to recruit talents, and said to his subordinates: "Whoever in my generation has the ability to govern the country and the country, I will use it with a high salary!" Yuan Jinkai took the opportunity to recommend Wang Yongjiang. Zhang Zuolin was jealous of his domineering and reluctant to use it. Yuan Jinkai said; "Minyuan got ahead when he was young, and was praised by the people of Jinzhou as 'Erlu Shuangding', and even the Governor of Xiliang praised him as 'the first person to run the police in the province', and this person can be entrusted with important tasks!"

Wang Yongjiang served as a senior adviser to the Fengtian Provincial Military Supervision Bureau, and soon became the provincial police commissioner and director of the Fengtian Police Department, which won Zhang Zuolin's trust.

This time the Japanese attacked Mukden, and Wang Yongjiang was the only commander of the Northeast Army who was able to organize troops to counterattack. On the way to escort Zhang Zuolin's escape, Wang Yongjiang's subordinates were also the only ones who maintained the establishment. Now seeing that the Japanese are advancing step by step, and Zhang Zuolin, who is known as the beginning of the war, does not even dare to do artillery bombardment, Wang Yongjiang's disappointment is beyond measure. It dawned on him that he had really found the wrong person for his allegiance.

However, Zhang Zuolin is Zhang Zuolin after all, and after a moment of gaffe, he also understood that Wang Yongjiang's words were not wrong, and the surrounding Northeast officers and soldiers were nervous to death one by one. Not only did Zhang Zuolin know that the Japanese would absolutely fight to the death when they retaliated against the enemy, but these soldiers of the Northeast Army naturally also knew. If the Japanese were forced to the city, without even firing a few shots, these Northeast troops would dare to scatter and flee like those Northeast troops guarding Fengtian.

"Shoot in front of the city." Zhang Zuolin shouted, and after shouting, he added, "Don't hit too far!" ”

Wang Yongjiang is angry in his heart! To scare the Japanese, he didn't dare to hurt the Japanese, what did Zhang Zuolin want to do.

After a while, the artillery positions in the city finally opened fire alone. The shell crossed the city wall and blew a small crater in the ground more than 50 meters outside the city.

However, the Japanese troops in the distance seemed to be frightened by this cannon, and their speed of movement slowed down significantly. After a while, the Japanese army actually stopped first, and it didn't take long for the Japanese army to start retreating.

The Northeast Army at the head of Changchun City looked at the changes in the Japanese army in amazement, "What are the Japanese going to do?" Such whispers continued to spread among the Northeast Army.

"Could it be that the Japanese are going to make something new?" A considerable number of people think that the Japanese are going to make some kind of ruthless move.

Until the Japanese army completely disappeared from the field of vision of the Northeast Army at the head of Changchun City and from the field of vision of the telescope, the head of Changchun City was still very quiet, and no one dared to believe what was happening in front of them. Until someone suddenly shouted, "Zhang Dashuai scared the Japanese away with one shot!" Then there was a thunderous roar of joy from all over the city!

"Zhang Dashuai scared the Japanese away with one shot!" "Zhang Dashuai scared away the Japanese with one shot!!"

"Long live Zhang Dashuai!" "Long live Zhang Dashuai!!"

All kinds of excited shouts revealed the heartfelt thoughts of the Northeast Army from top to bottom - finally there was no need to fight with the Japanese!

Zhang Zuolin also laughed excitedly, hearing all kinds of horses that began to become a little absurd, Zhang Zuolin smiled even more happily. In fact, he didn't really believe these, and he was able to be an enemy of the Japanese without being open, which was the thing that made Zhang Zuolin the happiest.

Wang Yongjiang stared at the outside of the city without saying a word, and naturally he could not believe in such absurd nonsense as "Zhang Dashuai scared the Japanese away with one shot", and he did not participate in this kind of foolish celebration of "the aftermath of the catastrophe."

"What happened that the Japanese had to retreat in such a hurry?" Wang Yongjiang was very puzzled by this.

"Dashuai, let's quickly send someone to find out the news." Wang Yongjiang said to Zhang Zuolin in a low voice.

Zhang Zuolin smiled and nodded again and again, "Hehe, okay, send someone to investigate immediately!" ”

It was the 19th Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Korea that attacked Changchun, and they did not think that Changchun would be able to stop the pace of the Japanese army at all, and after stabilizing the situation in Mukden, the 19th Division set out for Changchun. But just as the offensive preparations began, the herald from Mukden brought an order from the headquarters to rush back to Mukden immediately. The commander of the 19th Division was puzzled, and he was about to attack Changchun, but Zhang Zuolin was so frightened that he only dared to fire a cannon demonstratively, but at this time he ordered him to stop caring about Changchun and rush back to Fengtian immediately.

"What's wrong?!" The commander of the 19th Division asked sharply.

The herald didn't dare to speak loudly, he leaned in front of the commander of the 19th Division and whispered: "The 20th Division has been completely annihilated, and now Mukden is completely empty. ”

"You're not kidding, are you?" The commander of the Nineteenth Division glared at the herald and asked. This news can only be described as comical to the division commander, the Northeast Army is about to collapse in front of the Japanese army, and the People's Party is also Chinese, how can it happen that a division of the Japanese army was completely wiped out by the People's Party?

However, there was no problem with the seal or signature on the official document brought by the herald. The headquarters ordered the 19th Division to immediately abandon Changchun and rush back to Mukden, which was definitely not a joke by anyone trying to play tricks on the division commander.

Stared viciously at Changchun, who was about to get it, for a while, and the commander of the 19th Division gave the order to retreat with great indignation.

This is not a joke, the 20th Division of the Japanese Army received the news that its own wing was under siege and immediately set out to help. Since the commander of the Japanese army described in his request for help that he had prepared a five-lane trench defense system, he was sure to hold out for two days. Therefore, the 20th Division saw this as a good opportunity to deal a heavy blow to the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army with both internal and external forces.

Since both sides were in the field, there was simply no possibility of carrying large-caliber artillery. Five trenches in one wing, enough to withstand several times the enemy siege. Although there was once a division in Shandong that was destroyed. However, the Japanese side believes that this is because the Japanese army hastily entered the area controlled by the People's Party and underestimated the enemy. However, Northeast China was almost half of Japan's home field, and the 20th Division did not think that the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, as a guest army, could have the same combat capability as Shandong.

As a result, the 20th Division was flanked by two divisions of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army. The battle lasted only one day from beginning to end, and the division commander was shot and killed by the attacking Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army at the division headquarters. Before he died, he didn't even have time to burn the military flag of the division.

Although the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army did not have a plan to encircle the point and send reinforcements, it was very unexpectedly able to encircle the points and send reinforcements.

"Commander Mu, what should I do next? Do you want to attack Shenyang? The chief of staff said excitedly. Before the reorganization, he was also deeply concerned about how high the combat effectiveness could be maintained. Now the chief of staff has full confidence in the combat effectiveness of the troops.

"What can you do if you take down Shenyang?" Mu Husan asked calmly.

"If you take down Shenyang, you will block the border between China and North Korea!" Faced with Mu Husan's question, the chief of staff subconsciously recounted the initial battle plan.

"That's not going to work, the basis of that plan is that Japan is not prepared to march into Tohoku. Now the situation has changed. Mu Husan replied.

"If the plan changes, what do we do next?" The chief of staff asked.

"Commander Pu once told us one thing: when the Central Military Commission talked about the plan to march into the northeast, Chairman Chen Ke said that if the Japanese Manchurian Railway members caught one and shot the other, one or two people would definitely be wronged. If one is shot one by one, the half that is not shot will definitely slip through the net. Now the Manchurian Railway is the eyes and ears of Japan in Tohoku. Now that the Japanese have entered Tohoku, it is necessary to gouge out their eyes and ears. Mu Husan's tone sounded relaxed, but there was an indescribable murderous aura.