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Chapter 53 The First Shot of the War of Resistance

Under the mediation of the League of Nations, the Japanese army and Zhang Xueliang reached a reconciliation, and Zhang Xueliang withdrew from the Northeast. The Kwantung Army dispatched three divisions to fully occupy Liaoning, Jilin provinces, and most of Heilongjiang. But soon, the Japanese's true colors of bullying and fearing the strong were revealed, and Japan withdrew.

They defeated the League of Nations and launched an all-out attack on Heilongjiang.

"We are not afraid of opponents who are like tigers, but we are afraid of teammates who are like pigs." What is even more annoying is that the troops of the former Northeastern Army who did not withdraw from the Northeast surrendered one after another and became the first batch of puppet troops since the entire Anti-Japanese War. They also followed suit and attacked Heilongjiang. Nearly.

Among the 300,000 Northeastern Army, except for Li Du, Ding Chao, Feng Zhanhai and a few other

Except for the slight resistance of the troops, most of them either surrendered to the Japanese invaders and served as puppet troops, or collapsed into bandits. The anti-Japanese volunteer army, composed of the Northeast Army's defeated troops, local armed forces, bandits, etc., only persisted for more than a year, and was divided under the Japanese attack.

By the end of 1932, it had basically disappeared.

130,000 Northeastern troops surrendered to the Japanese army. What a shame. A large part of the army leaders, such as Yu Zhishan, Zhang Haipeng, Xi Qia, Ji Sheng, some of them were opponents of Zhang Xueliang, and some were simply Manchu restoration fanatics.

They were still members of the Manchu and Qing royal family, and they had long been in cahoots with the Japanese. Under the Japanese's invitation, they surrendered.

Soon all the more than 10,000 provincial defense troops in Liaoning surrendered. In Jilin, Xiqia personally ordered the troops not to resist and to escape. A few days later, they openly surrendered to the Japanese invaders. Under his leadership, half of the troops in Jilin surrendered to the enemy, and part of the troops in Heilongjiang also surrendered.

, such as Taoliao garrison envoy Zhang Haipeng's cavalry 4 regiments, about 4,000 people.

In fact, from the time when Zhang Zuolin raised the troops to the time when it was incorporated after the Xi'an Incident, the Northeastern Army had almost never fought a truly victorious battle in its thirty-year history.

In the face of many opponents, the Northeastern Army almost never ended in a disastrous defeat. It only relied on the air force and artillery that were rarely seen in the Republic of China to defeat some very weak opponents.

Being strong on the outside but hard on the inside, bullying the weak and fearing the tough, and not daring to fight in the face of strong enemies have been firmly carved into the bones of the Northeast Army and penetrated into their souls. The "Middle East Road Incident" in 2019 once again demonstrated to the world that the Northeast Army bullies the weak and fears the tough.

The essence of. In Hailar, Soviet planes just dropped a few bombs

, the Northeast government agencies and troops stationed in Hailar retreated hastily, leaving the city to the Soviet army for occupation without bloodshed; in Fujin, the Northeast Army also collapsed without a fight, causing the Soviet army to easily occupy Fujin County. Xiao Zhang did not dare

Those who resisted the Kwantung Army were probably afraid of being beaten by the Soviet Union, and were they also timid and cowardly to begin with?

The few Northeastern troops who stayed in the Northeast to continue the war of resistance after September 18 were the pride of the Northeastern Army. When the Japanese army attacked Heilongjiang Province, Ma Zhanshan, the acting chairman of Heilongjiang Province, publicly called on his troops to resist. Chiang Kai-shek sent a message to commend and encourage Ma Zhanshan, saying, "We have taken

The means of self-defense are legitimate. Fortunately, thanks to the command of the deacon (referring to Ma Zhanshan), all the soldiers served bravely, and they were able to defeat the stubborn enemy and preserve the territory. Yu Dian heard about it and was extremely angry." Chiang Kai-shek telegraphed Ma Zhanshan and formally appointed Ma Zhanshan as the commander of Heilongjiang Province.

Provincial Chairman.

Ma Zhanshan immediately joined forces with Li Du, Ding Chao, Feng Zhanhai from Jilin and Su Bingwen from Hailar to form the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces for National Salvation and Anti-Japanese War. The general headquarters was set up in Harbin and he appointed himself the commander-in-chief. Ma Zhanshan also ordered all counties to organize volunteer armies and concentrated them in the counties in eastern Heilongjiang for joint operations.

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After Zhang Haipeng, the garrison commander of Taonan in Heilongjiang Province of the Northeast Army, surrendered to the enemy, he sent three regiments to attack Qiqihar on the order of the Japanese army. On October 16, they were repulsed by the Heilongjiang Provincial Defense Force at the Nenjiang Bridge. The defenders blew up the 1st and 2nd sections of the Nenjiang Railway Bridge.

, Bridge No. 5, to prevent the Japanese and puppet troops from attacking. On October 26, the Kwantung Army occupied the main towns along the Sitao Railway. On November 4

, the Nenjiang detachment of the Kwantung Army attacked the defenders north of the Nenjiang Bridge. Ma Zhanshan, acting chairman of the Heilongjiang Provincial Government and acting deputy commander-in-chief of the Northeast Frontier Defense Force stationed in Jiangsu, commanded 3 brigades and 5 regiments with a total of more than 16,000 people in a tenacious resistance. The battle lasted until November 18.

Finally, due to lack of strength, they abandoned the provincial capital Qiqihar and withdrew to Keshan and Hailun. On November 19, the Japanese army captured Qiqihar.

On January 31, Li Du, the garrison envoy of Yilan and the commander of the 24th Brigade, led the Jilin Self-Defense Army to defend Harbin. After five days of fierce fighting, the Self-Defense Army abandoned their helmets and armor, was defeated, and retreated to Bin County. On February 5, the Japanese army

Capture Harbin.

After more than five months of fighting, he was finally forced to retreat into the Soviet Union on December 7 because he was alone and without support and suffered heavy casualties. After that, he returned to China via Europe. Because Zhang Xueliang repeatedly insisted on the "non-resistance policy", he was forced to retreat to the Soviet Union on December 7.

In less than half a year, 1 million square kilometers of land in the three northeastern provinces was occupied by the Japanese army.

The well-known Jiangqiao Anti-Japanese War was the first large-scale resistance of the Chinese Communist Party against the Japanese invaders despite Zhang Xueliang's policy of non-resistance. Ma Zhanshan's rise in the anti-Japanese war was highly praised by people across the country, and newspapers across the country reported Jiangqiao with big headlines

Anti-Japanese War. All over the country

The local people took the initiative to organize condolence groups and support groups, and donated money and materials to support the Anti-Japanese War in Heilongjiang Province. Young students in Shanghai, Harbin and other places voted to join the army, organized the "Anti-Japanese Aid Group for Horses" and joined the anti-Japanese team. The cigarette factory also produced the "Mazhanshan Brand"

"cigarette.

Although Feng Quan led his troops to severely inflict heavy losses on the Japanese Kwantung Army, they did so in the name of the "bearded fire unicorn" and belonged to the civil war against Japan. The Nenjiang Bridge War of Resistance (i.e., the Jiangqiao War of Resistance) was the first shot of the government's armed forces against the Japanese invaders.

It received high praise and support from the entire Chinese people and inspired the Chinese people's patriotic enthusiasm.

There is a poem praising: There is a famous man in the Northeast named Ma Zhanshan. He bravely fought for the national calamity, and his love is stronger than gold. He has resisted the Japanese for more than ten years and wiped out tens of thousands of enemies. He is willing to borrow the power of Ling Yun to keep the country safe. He is called the "anti-Japanese hero" by the world.

", "The first shot of the Anti-Japanese War". He also earned the nickname "Napoleon of the East" among Japanese officers and soldiers.

At this time, Feng Quan had no heavy weapons, few men and horses, and no one knew how to use the heavy artillery collected. Most of them were given to Chiang Kai-shek, and the rest were given to Ma Zhanshan. After the Kwantung Army was destroyed by Feng Quan, another military vehicle was destroyed.

, the Kwantung Army was not as arrogant as it was at the beginning. They sent planes back and forth for reconnaissance every time they marched. Although they managed to shoot down a few low-flying planes, they never had a chance again.

Feng Quan had no choice but to break them into parts. The target was too big for them all to work together, and hundreds of troops were sent to various places to carry out guerrilla operations. The harvest was not small, and it caused more than 00 casualties to the Kwantung Army. The Japanese army's logistics force recruited Feng Quan's friends.

After the attack, he also became very cautious. Every time he took action, he followed the frontline troops closely and never fell far behind them.

The Japanese army was now like a hedgehog, and Feng Quan felt that he had no idea what to do, so he had to gather his men and move into the deep mountains and forests to wait and fight again.

"Damn it! If I had a powerful artillery force, why would you be so aggressive? It seems that you are going to develop artillery."

The establishment of artillery cannot be completed in a short period of time, but it cannot make the Kwantung Army so proud. Soon an evil idea came into Feng Quan's mind. "Haha, when this seamless plan of mine is completed, the Kwantung Army will definitely be crushed.
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