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At the Xiaguan Pier in Nanjing, a river ship pulled into the pier with a long whistle. After the Japanese blocked the northern China Sea, in the spring of 1932, the Xiaguan Pier, like the Shanghai Beach Pier, became the most popular port under the Nanjing National Government.

A busy port, with goods and passengers coming and going from north to south.

Enter the port here. Now that the war in the north is tense, the entire terminal has become even busier. In addition to some speculative businessmen who are preparing to do business with Northeast Army Zhang Xueliang, a considerable number of passengers want to take the Jinpu Line Railway from Nanjing to Northeast China.

A passionate young man who joined the army.

"Give way, please give way..."

"Don't crowd, don't crowd, let the children pass first..."

As soon as the river ship docked, a bunch of coolies and rickshaw drivers gathered around it. Of course, there were also some business brokers from hotels and inns, crowding the originally small pier to the limit.[

Chai Chun and others went to the pier first, then packed up their only small suitcase, stepped steadily onto the gangplank, and prepared to disembark.

"careful"

The crowd was so crowded that a child in front of him was squeezed and he immediately broke free from his father's hand behind him and was about to fall into the water.

Sooner or later, Chai Chun's left foot suddenly stretched out, and his right foot was firmly fixed on the springboard. His movements were quick and steady, and he almost caught the child's clothes and dragged her up.

"Thank you, my benefactor, thank you, thank you."

Chai Chun smiled, signaled, and watched the two father and daughter go away. Judging from their clothes and the packages they carried, they should be so-called country people who came to Shanghai to find something to do. The child was only five or six years old, but he wanted to

Wandering on the beach with his father, struggling for the distant dream of food and clothing, it was really sad. He couldn't help but think of the southwest, where

There, not only did he go to school for free, but other children could also sit and study in spacious and bright classrooms when they reached their age. Compared with them, this child was almost the epitome of the tragic fate of rural children under the rule of the Nanjing "government".

Poor. "The old people rely on them and the young people teach them. All this will change one day."

"Really?"

As soon as Chai Chung finished speaking, a girl next to him who also carried a gift box looked at him with a smile. The girl was dressed in a typical female middle school student dress under the rule of the National Government, with a short student head and a small oval face.

His skin was fair and juicy, and he looked like he came from a better family. Just now she had seen Chai Chunli rescuing people on the shore, and now she heard something special about his words, and she couldn't help but become curious.

Chai Chun didn't reply. Although this girl was more beautiful than ordinary people, he was unwilling to touch her. Instead, he walked forward with the suitcase, hailed a rickshaw, and headed straight to the city.

"You're so rude." The girl stamped her foot, but she didn't expect to get a bad reception.

The next day, on the train bound for Tianjin on the Jinpu Line, Chai Chun sat in a simple train car. Compared with the trains he had taken in the southwest, even he, a child from a poor family, felt a little unfamiliar. In the southwest, although

The train is not luxurious, but overall it is much better than my own carriage.

Thinking of what the president said before, Chai Chun was filled with enthusiasm.

"...I have helped you many times, and I have no other ideas. I just want to see how far a person can go by relying on his own strength after giving him a chance or changing his destiny. To tell the truth, as long as I give an order,

Your future will definitely be much smoother than others. However, I can't do this. Just like back then, I already had a lot of money but didn't give you real money.

Just like silver, many things in this world have to be fought for by yourself. Moreover, in my position, it is almost impossible to give you any special care. What I can help you is to provide you with opportunities. Just like back then, I

When I met you in Kunming, I gave you a chance in despair. When your mother was wronged, I also helped you.

You are a very talented military person and you need to make your own way. I will give you two choices: go to Northeast China or go to Sichuan. Only these two places can give you the opportunity to display your talents.

You can regard me as the chief, your benefactor, or call me big brother. As long as you can contribute to this nation and achieve something, I will be proud of you."

"When I went to Northeast China, what the commander taught me was to be down-to-earth and be patriotic with practical actions. I will definitely use my own blood to defend this nation and contribute to its rejuvenation."

"Go ahead. As the most outstanding graduate of the Huaxia Military Academy, I have high hopes for you. As for your mother... no matter what happens to you in the future, even if you sacrifice your life for your ideals, I will guarantee that she will have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of her life.

.Go, men should strive for self-improvement and aspire to all directions. In troubled times, this is an opportunity for you young people. Whether it is to realize your ideals, to protect the nation, or to get ahead, this is an excellent opportunity.

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Chai Chun clenched his fists. He believed that he would be able to do it. These four years of military academy career had brought him a lot. Not only did he become the best infantry science student among this batch of graduates, but he also performed well in the final graduation actual combat simulation.

During the exercise, I received the certificate of first place for outstanding students personally issued by Principal Cai.

Before I knew it, the train had arrived in Tianjin. I got off the train and before leaving the station, I heard someone shouting from behind. Unexpectedly, it was the beautiful girl I had met at Xiaguan Pier.[

"What's the matter?" Perhaps it was the meeting again that made Chai Chun less cold.

"Why are you so cold? You also went to Jinzhou to join the army, right?" The girl saw that he always looked cool and refused to say anything. She couldn't help but want to tease this young man wearing a new style of tunic suit. "

Hee hee, I’m going to Jinzhou too.”

"Hello" Chai Chun still respected the passionate young man who dared to rush to Jinzhou when the war was about to begin.

"You speak so simply, haha. I'm scared to go to Jinzhou alone. How about you come with me?"

"Okay." Chai Chun nodded and agreed. What the girl said made sense.

"Stop being so cold, maybe I can save your life in the future."

Chai Chun smiled slightly. If you go to join the army, you will always have to go to the battlefield. Isn't this girl trying to curse someone to get into trouble? But he didn't care about her, just helped her pick up the box, and walked forward with rapid strides.

A few days later, Chai Chun finally arrived in Jinzhou with this curious baby. He also found out that the girl's name was Hang Xihu, which is a homonym for West Lake. She was actually the daughter of a medical family in Hangzhou and a girl studying.

I heard that the war in the Northeast was about to start again, so I and several classmates planned to go to the Northeast to join the army. As a result, the adults from several families ran to the dock and chased a few people back. Only Hang Xihu got on the boat earlier, and he was so bold.

I came to the Northeast and planned to become a medical soldier.

In her words, women cannot fight, but they can help men fight. With a family background, she must be qualified to be a medical soldier.

The two quickly joined the Northeast Army. Because Chai Chun was an outstanding graduate of the Huaxia Military Academy, he was naturally assigned to the instructor team, and together with other volunteer instructors from the Southwest Army, trained the Northeast Army recruits. Hang Xihu also successfully entered the medical field

team and became a member of Jinzhou Field Hospital.

It was already February 5th, and the smoke of war in Jinzhou was getting thicker and thicker.

With Jinzhou as the general forward, the entire defense line consists of three ridges. The forward is naturally Jinzhou, which is also the place for the battle. Rather, it is the center of the defense line, connecting Shanhaiguan and Jinzhou in the front. The entire defense line is constructed by the Northeast Army with reasonable fortifications.

They stationed heavy troops again and completely blocked the Liaoxi Corridor.

The Japanese army wanted to go south. Facing Zhang Xueliang's heavily guarded Ningjin Defense Line, they could not even simply bypass it. Unless they detoured through Inner Mongolia, otherwise, even if they detoured from the direction of Chaoyang-Rehe, they would be blocked by the Northeastern Army. It was heavily guarded.

The defense line was restricted by the relatively complex terrain in western Liaoning, which has been the dividing zone between the inner and outer passes since ancient times. Only by capturing Jinzhou and opening up the entire Ningjin defense line could the Japanese army successfully enter the Pingjin area.

Chai Chun came to the instructor training team for a few days. In addition to serving as the instructor company commander of a recruit company of the Northeast Army, he happened to catch up with a battlefield analysis meeting of the instructor team. Because there were many "volunteers" from the Southwest Army, plus

Outstanding students, instructors from other domestic military academies, and the entire instructor training team reached the size of a battalion. Naturally, this battlefield analysis meeting was held privately by the Southwest 'Volunteers'.

"...The Japanese army gathered heavy troops outside Jinzhou, obviously hoping to complete their victory in one battle. Although the strength of the three divisions does not seem to be much, don't forget that the Northeast Army stationed in Jinzhou along the Ningjin Defense Line only has 100,000 troops. Once

These 100,000 Northeastern troops cannot stop the Japanese troops of three divisions, so retreat will become inevitable."

At the analysis meeting, an older officer was doing a simple analysis. Chai Chun had just arrived. When it was his turn to speak, he did not speak. He had just arrived and had not fully understood the situation. He decided to listen to other people.

What do people say? He only learned from the people next to him that the officer's name was Wang Gongliang. It was said that he was the highest-ranking former active-duty officer in the Southwest who came to the Northeast.

"Although the Northeastern Army is a mixed bag of good and bad, is it possible to gather elite troops to carry out deep penetration and roundabouts against the enemy during positional warfare?" an instructor asked.

Wang Gongliang shook his head, raised his baton and gestured on the map behind him and said, "The tactic of large-scale penetration and roundabout is indeed effective in dealing with such formidable enemies, and it is also easy to form large corps like those in World War I.

The situation of surrounding a large corps. However, don’t forget, even if you don’t consider it,

The combat effectiveness of the Northeastern Army, without air superiority, even if it sends several divisions to make a detour, can only be discovered by the enemy's reconnaissance planes, and then calmly mobilize troops to block the attack, and finally be surrounded and annihilated by the superior Japanese army. The large armies of World War I were surrounded

It is unlikely that a large corps battle will occur in the Jinzhou area."

"So, the first hurdle of Ningjin's defense line is already in danger?"

The prince nodded brightly, "The worst thing about the Northeastern Army is the air force, but the Japanese army has concentrated a large number of fighter planes. On this point, the Northeastern Army is destined to suffer. This is one of the reasons why we focus on air defense facilities in building the defense line. But I heard that

Director Zhang sent it this time

A group of anti-aircraft artillery and volunteer artillery may be able to counterattack the Japanese bombing. In the past few months, the defense line in Jinzhou has been built very solidly. Whether it can be defended depends on only one thing, and that is

The fighting will of the Northeastern Army."

Wang Gongliang is the deputy captain of the instructor team and is responsible for managing the volunteer officers of the Southwest Army. At the same time, he has also been highly regarded by Zhang Xueliang. He will be included in combat meetings. Of course, this is also a kind of respect for the Southwest.

Before coming, Chai Chun had repeatedly discussed the upcoming war in Jinzhou with everyone at the military academy. Regarding this offensive and defensive battle, what everyone discussed most was how to hold the line of defense.[

Thinking of this, he asked, "Report, I have a question." "Uh? What's the new guy's name?" "Chai Chun, the 21st class of the Chinese Military Academy."

"Are you Chai Chun? The Chai Chun who had the first place in admissions and the first place in graduation. I'm a few years ahead of you, so I'm your senior. Tell me, what's your problem?" Wang Gongliang, the senior, was rather surprised.

I didn't expect that such an excellent army seedling would also come.

Chai Chun: "I think the Jinzhou area can be defended. The Japanese obviously can't wait any longer. They are afraid that if it takes longer, the entire Jinzhou area will be built into almost permanent fortifications.

Everyone has seen the recent weather. The entire Jinzhou is covered with ice and snow. However, the Japanese launched an attack at this time, apparently thinking that the Northeastern Army's low combat effectiveness could break through the defense line in one fell swoop.

I personally think that the biggest problem is not in Jinzhou, but in the pass. As we all know, the Japanese navy is very powerful, and the entire northern China is almost their own front yard. If the Japanese attack in Jinzhou is frustrated, then they will definitely launch a landing war

, outflank the Northeastern Army’s retreat from the sea, and counter-encircle the 200,000 Northeastern Army.”

"There are several divisions of the Northeastern Army stationed on the front line of Shanhaiguan. There are also a large number of Northeastern Army troops in Ningyuan, and the 18th Division of the Kuomintang is following behind. The Japanese army will not be so bold, right? I think they will still attack from the front.

.Supplemented by superior air force and artillery power, use elite army divisions to break through the Northeast Army's defense line."

Everyone expressed their opinions. Now the war is about to start, but there are many variables. The main reason is the resistance and combat effectiveness of the Northeast Army. Before the war started, the officers of the Southwest Army's training team were generally not optimistic. Wang Gongliang did not speak, and other instructors expressed their opinions.

, basically believed that the defensive line was not easy to defend, and sooner or later the Japanese army would break through with superior force and then move south. Wang Gongliang was a little more conservative, thinking that the details depended on the resistance will of the Northeast Army. After all, the defensive line is dead, but the people are alive.

Chai Chun: "I have an almost certain intuition that the Northeastern Army will not retreat without a fight in this battle, but will fight to the death in Jinzhou. Although I have only been here a few days, the atmosphere at the top and bottom of the Northeastern Army gave me a sense of
To be continued...