It had been a full day and night since the September 18th Incident. Zhang Hanqing, who had finally reacted, was restless in his Beiping residence. He did not expect the situation to develop to this point. The Japanese not only had the courage to attack, but also had a big appetite. With less than a division of troops, they had swallowed up the two provinces of JiLin and Fengtian.
When he received the news from Fengtian, he did not expect this outcome at all. Therefore, the 'non-resistance order' was issued to the various departments of the Northeast Army, causing the front line to collapse without fighting. The Japanese army marched straight into Fengtian.
Fortunately, his sworn brother, Feng Yong, stood up at the critical moment and took over the command of all the troops in Fengtian. He also led them to wipe out the 29th regiment of the Japanese Kwantung Army, which prevented Fengtian from falling.
Zhang Hanqing's heart was actually very contradictory. In the general direction of the war against Japan, he had suffered a tragic defeat in the battle of Zhongdong Road. He did not think that the Northeast Army could deal with the Japanese who could even defeat the Russians. Therefore, this left a shadow in his innate senses that he would not resist.
Especially after the change of flag, the Northeast had to listen to the instructions of the Nanjing government on many major issues." Resisting foreign aggression must first stabilize the domestic situation " was a national policy personally drafted by Old Jiang. Compared to the war against Japan, the national government was more concerned with eliminating the Red Party. This led to the ridiculous order of " no resistance."
He, Zhang Xiaoliu, had been able to take over the position of the number one figure in Northeast China under such a dangerous situation. How could he be an idiot? He did not resist just to prevent Japan from finding an excuse to start a war. He did not expect that the other party would force him to give this order precisely because they wanted to make a move.
Until now, Zhang Hanqing still had no intention of abandoning the Northeast. If the Northeast Marshal lost his own nest, what else could he do? His father's coffin would definitely not be able to hold him down.
At this moment, the Nanjing government sent a message of encouragement." You are indeed a hero to the country. It is rare for you to give up your personal honor and disgrace for the sake of our people. At this time of national crisis, I hope that you will stand up and clean up the mountains and rivers. Zhongzheng's speech!"
Zhang Hanqing's heart instantly turned cold. Old Jiang was no different from me. Neither of us believed that the Wei Nation had any chance of winning a large-scale war with Japan, so we let things develop. However, in order to give the people an explanation, we had to pretend to be determined to fight, so we sent our Northeast Army to fight.
Regardless of whether you succeed or fail, it will be your Northeast Army's business. If you win, the entire hall will cheer. If you lose, everyone will point fingers at you.
In the end, Zhang Hanqing chose to conserve his strength. He did not have the courage to fight like Zhang Zuolin. Decades of comfortable life had worn out his last bit of vigor. When he heard that his sworn brother Feng Yong was fighting in Fengtian, he did not immediately give the order to support him. This was enough to explain everything.
"Young Marshal! At the front line of the JiLin army, our army had completely retreated. The 29th regiment stationed in Zhengjiatun and the 3rd regiment stationed in TongLiao had all retreated to Rehe. Only Zhang Tingshu was still guarding Jin County.”The adjutant hurriedly ran in to report.
"Yes! I know!" Zhang Hanqing said lightly, then waved his hand, indicating for his subordinates to draft a message. After thinking about it, he decided to call Feng Yong and urge him to guard Fengtian and not let the Japanese advance.
The significance of Fengtian to the Northeast was Nanjing. As long as Fengtian was not lost, the 30 million Northeast compatriots and the patriots of the country could not do anything to Zhang Hanqing. Moreover, he had a reason to pat his chest and say loudly, My sworn brothers are fighting in Fengtian, how can this be called not resisting?
Although he didn't think that half of the northeast had already fallen, there was no point in defending Fengtian, this isolated city. However, Zhang Hanqing understood that he needed Fengtian to exist, and he also needed Feng Yong to hold his ground. Only then could he eliminate all rumors.
A few minutes later, the draft of the order was completed. Zhang Hanqing immediately shouted at Wei outside the door,"Men!"
"Young Marshal! Do you have any instructions?"
"Immediately hand this message to the communications department and have them send it to Fengtian as soon as possible. It must be handed over to Commander Feng.”Zhang Hanqing instructed the attendant with a serious expression.
"Yes, sir!" After the attendant received the message, he saluted and immediately left the young marshal's office.
After the adjutant left, Zhang Hanqing slowly stood up and looked at the battle map in front of him. His expression was solemn, and no one knew what he was thinking. The danger of the northeast was not the enemy, but the enemy. Zhang Xiaoliu was destined to let Feng Yong down this time. It was not that he did not dare to give the order to resist the Japanese, but the situation forced him not to.
" When the flowers bloom next year, Hanqing, I'll personally send you a handful of peonies.'
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