When Hunchun's Jilin army retreated, the remaining army was less than 50,000, and half of the army was lost, so it only held out for three days, even without the addition of the Japanese and Korean legions, they could not hold out for long.

Katsura Taro telegraphed to the Chinese Imperial Government and Zhang Zuolin that he would let the army stop attacking and compensate for the losses of Jilin, so Zhang Zuolin thought that the Japanese army would really stop attacking and stopped reinforcing Hunchun, and when he learned that Katsura Taro had fallen and the army would attack as always, it was too late for him to send troops to reinforce him.

Not only Hunchun retreated, but almost the entire defense line on the Jilin border was broken by the Japanese army, and the Jilin defenders in Suifenhe, Hutou Town, Raohe and other places retreated one after another, and the defense line collapsed!

It is not that the number and weapons and equipment of the Jilin army are inferior to those of the Japanese army, but that their combat experience is not as good as that of the Japanese army, and the strength of individual soldiers is not the opponent of the Japanese army, and Japan's compulsory military service system is still very powerful. Many of the Jilin army are recruits, after all, Zhang Zuolin was only a division when the Manchu Qing Dynasty collapsed, and more soldiers were recruited before and after the establishment of the Chinese Empire, and Zhang Zuolin did not have enough instructors to train these soldiers at all, and only after he defected to Qin Yu did he have enough instructors to train recruits. Recruits who have been trained for less than a year can go anywhere, without the help of the Empire, they simply cannot stop the Japanese attack, and there is a high probability that they will collapse at the touch of a button.

Hunchun re-entered Jilin City not long ago, Zhang Zuolin's current old bottom is there, Hunchun was broken by the Japanese army after Zhang Zuolin was very uneasy, although he has confidence in his army, but now they have been beaten off guard, has fallen behind.

He knew that Japan would never give up and would probably continue to increase its troops in Jilin, so it was impossible for his army to resist the Japanese army, but he couldn't go yet, and once he left, there would be no room to turn over, and even the empire would look down on him.

Under pressure, Zhang Zuolin first asked Fengtian and Heilongjiang for help, but neither Zhao Erxun nor Xu Lanzhou replied, which made him scold the two for violating the original agreement. He then sent a telegram to the Empire asking for help, hoping that the Empire would be able to mobilize the troops of the Liaohe River into Jilin to resist the Japanese army. And the reply given by the empire is to let them support for half a month, and after half a month, a large number of reinforcements will arrive.

Almost all of the Jilin Army, which was originally located on the border of Fengtian Province and Heilongjiang Province, was transferred to the front line of the battle against the Japanese army, and Zhang Zuolin set up heavy troops to guard Yanbian, Mudanjiang, Jixi, Tonghua and other places, and a large amount of material resources were continuously transported to these places.

When he learned that Japan was continuing to attack, Zhang Zuolin immediately sealed the Japanese Manchuria Railway in Jilin, and asked the soldiers to blow up all the Manchuria Railways that entered Jilin Province from Mukden Province to prevent Japan from independently mixing the Lutong Guò Manchurian Railway in Lushun from entering Jilin.

Zhao Erxun knew when Jilin had just been attacked by the Japanese army, because the Zongshe Party had already received the news, and then asked them to hurry up and prepare for the restoration of the country. He didn't pay attention to Zhang Zuolin's request, nor did he give any reason, even the people in Fengtian Province called for him to support.

Fengtian Province is now managed by Zhao Erxun on the surface, but in fact, Prince Su of the Zongshe Party is secretly controlling the real power, and he is just a puppet. Since the Manchu royal family completely announced that he would fade out, he had begun to die, but he was accused by Prince Su and could not get out.

As for Xu Lanzhou in Heilongjiang, he had already made a decision to defect to the Japanese, because he believed that the Chinese Empire would simply not be able to fight with Japan and Russia at the same time, and the northeast would inevitably fall into the hands of Japan. He didn't want to fight with Japan, one was because his strength was not the opponent of the Japanese army, and the other was that he would definitely suffer heavy losses after fighting the Japanese army, and even if he entered the Chinese Empire in the future, he would inevitably be transferred to the Shimizu Department or directly hidden, so he felt that it was more in his interests to take refuge in Japan.

No, Japan's person in charge in Heilongjiang found Xu Lanzhou and wooed him to defect to Japan and turn to attack Jilin, which was weak in defense. Xu Lanzhou agreed to defect to Japan, but Japan must guarantee the autonomy of Heilongjiang after the war, not interfere too much in the affairs of Heilongjiang, and allow the Japanese to garrison Heilongjiang with the number of one division. After thinking about it, the Japanese government temporarily agreed to Xu Lanzhou's request and urged him to send troops to Jilin as soon as possible.

The Imperial Chinese government had sent a telegram to the provinces of Mukden and Heilongjiang, asking them to support Jilin and warning them to keep their distance from the Japanese. At the same time, he also asked Zhao Erxun to open the passage for the Wehrmacht to rush to Jilin, and bluntly told him that the next goal after the Japanese attack on Jilin was Mukden, otherwise he would bear the consequences.

How could Prince Su secretly let the Wehrmath enter Mukden, he even asked the members of the Zongshe Party to restrain his actions in order not to give the Wehrmath a reason to enter Mukden, and asked Zhao Erxun to say that he would send troops to support Jilin's anti-Japanese event, but it will take some time to prepare for it.

The inaction of Fengtian and Heilongjiang provinces made the people of the whole country very angry, they knew that this was fooling them, you still have to prepare for such an urgent matter, how long will you prepare?

In addition, the Imperial Daily directly reported on the restoration of the Zongsha Party in Mukden, and the Imperial Intelligence Department had already grasped the information of the Zongsha Party, but it was only not exposed in order to maintain the temporary stability of the Northeast, and now is the time.

The Imperial Daily used a large amount of information and evidence to point out that Mukden Province was actually under the covert control of the Zongshe Party, which was founded by Prince Su and tried to revive the Manchu Dynasty, and that the Zongshe Party was supported by Japan, so they were unmoved by the Japanese invasion of Jilin. The agreement between Japan and the Zongsha Party, which wanted to establish a new Manchu state in the northeast and tried to divide the territory of the empire, was also exposed, which was unforgivable.

Prince Su's restoration activities were revealed to the world, causing public outrage, and at this time, they finally knew that Mukden was like this, and they demanded a direct attack on Mukden Province to destroy the Zongshe Party.

That night, there was a civil strife in the allied forces of the three eastern provinces on the east bank of the Liao River, and Zhang Zuolin's army in Jilin carried out a sneak attack on the Fengtian army, and the sleeping Fengtian army was killed one after another. The armies of the three provinces are not harmonious, so they are naturally divided into three large military camps, Jilin is stationed in the front, Fengtian is second, and Heilongjiang is the last, after all, Zhang Zuolin is the strongest in the three eastern provinces, so it is in the front.

The number of troops stationed in Jilin on the east bank of the Liao River was originally more than the other two armies, and it was a sneak attack in the middle of the night, so the Fengtian army was wiped out. The Heilongjiang army at the back was at a loss when they reacted, because they didn't know what to do, Xu Lanzhou had just surrendered to Japan and had not sued his own army, so they didn't advance or retreat.

The Jilin army that killed Mukden did not attack the army of Heilongjiang, and their person in charge directly took a few guards to negotiate with the Heilongjiang army, demanding that they surrender and join the national defense army, and the Jilin army has already joined the national defense army. The Heilongjiang army was unwilling to surrender because they could not be the master, and they wanted to withdraw to Heilongjiang.

"Our army in Jilin has long joined the Wehrmacht under the leadership of the Great Marshal, and you will also join the Wehrmacht after the Northeast War between the Empire and Japan, because we are all Chinese, and only the Wehrmacht can resist the Japanese army."

"Hehe, what about our brothers who join the Wehrmacht? Scrambled reprogramming? Will the empire recognize us? I can't call the shots about this. ”

"Rescheduling is a must, but the Empire will keep the number for you, and if you like, the Empire will give you a new number. We are the same as you, the empire that does not want to join will give them a salary to retire, you also know, the salary of the Wehrmacht is very high, don't you see that those who joined the Northwest Army are living very well? We don't want to fight with you, and Mukden are all Japanese-backed separatists, and they are innocent of death! ”

"We will not betray Governor Xu, we will not fight with you, and you will not attack us, we will withdraw to Heilongjiang. As for joining the Wehrmacht, let's talk about it after telling the governor, there will still be a chance in the future. ”

"Oh no, we are surrounded, the Wehrmacht is surrounded by us!" A Heilongjiang soldier rushed into the camp and shouted.

As soon as the soldiers finished shouting, many officers in Heilongjiang quickly took out their guns and pointed them at the person in charge of the Jilin army, while the person in charge of the Jilin army sat there calmly, as if this had nothing to do with him.

"I killed you, how dare you lie to Lao Tzu!"

"Your grandma, you're stalling for time, don't you think we dare to kill you?"

“……”

The officers of Heilongjiang were very angry, because they had been deceived and were now surrounded by the Wehrmacht, and there was no way out.

"If I go to war with you, will you be able to hide? Do you think I'm lying to you? I'm doing it for your own good, otherwise you wouldn't be here to negotiate with me right now. ”

After listening, all the Heilongjiang officers put down their guns, yes, Japan has entered the Northeast, the situation in the Northeast has been broken, they also have to choose a camp, after all, the Wehrmacht is much closer than the Japanese army, after all, they are Chinese! Now they had to accept the reality and decisively chose to join the Defence Force, and they also changed from a local army to a national army.

By the time the two armies were negotiating, the Wehrmacht had already crossed the Liao River, and they went directly around the rear to surround the army at Heilongjiang. In the face of the powerful Wehrmacht, the Heilongjiang Army chose to join the Wehrmacht, and the Wehrmacht promised to keep their establishment for the time being and reorganize it after the war.

The number of Wehrmacht troops who surrendered to the Heilongjiang army instantly rose to 500,000, and they rushed towards Fengtian City all the way. Mukden was the first stop for the Wehrmacht to recover Northeast China, and then completely destroyed the Japanese Manchuria Railway in Northeast China, so that the Japanese army could not enter the interior of Northeast China through the Guò Manchurian Railway.