The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Chapter 479 Making trouble?

Upon hearing that it was their father-in-law, Jiang Cheng and Zhang Tingshu turned around at the same time and hurried towards the door.

But just as a few people came to greet them, Guo Maochen just raised his military cap and bowed slightly, then walked past Jiang Lanxuan, who was standing shoulder to shoulder with Zhang Zuoxiang, and left in a hurry.

"What a fellow! He just left without even saying hello. If you didn't know him, you would think he was the commander-in-chief of the three northeastern provinces!"

After all, Zhang Zuoxiang was his old leader at the Military Academy; he didn't expect that when he met him again, this guy was still so arrogant and looked down on others, and even if the assistant marshal had a good temper, he couldn't help it.

I really hope that he will always be arrogant. I secretly smiled in my heart and glanced at the arrogant man's receding back. Jiang Cheng immediately forced a smile and said, "Hey, Dad, you are... rushing here from Jiutai after you have recovered from your health?"

"We have been discussing about visiting you in the next day or two!"

The last time the Japanese blew up the railway in a surprise attack, Zhang Zuoxiang was injured in the head in the carriage and has been recuperating in Jiutai County near Jilin Prefecture.

"That's what I said, tell him to stop making trouble—"

Jiang Lanxuan took off his military cap and handed it to Yang Hong who was following closely behind him. Then he looked up at Li Shitou. Especially after noticing his military rank, he was slightly stunned.

Upon seeing his old boss, this straightforward officer immediately smiled frankly, came up to him and exchanged a few words.

Jiang Lanxuan just smiled, while Zhang Zuoxiang was helped into the room by He Yongqing and sat down. After taking a breath, he said, "Do you think it's okay for me not to come here?"

"Marshal Yu almost scolded us to death - why did you recruit those devils when you were doing this? Fortunately, the Marshal paid some money, and with the joint military action, there was no trouble."

Jiang Cheng knew that he would definitely bring this up, so he just smiled and evaded the question, then said, "The 30th Division, the vanguard of the northern advance, has been led by Commander Chao Liu to assemble in Hunchun... The Sendai Division of the Japanese Army has also been dispatched from Korea."

"Soon, with their navy landing in Vladivostok, they will advance all the way. Dad, will the 27th Division follow suit immediately?"

As part of the joint expedition by the Fengtian Army, Zhang Zuoxiang's troops would certainly be pulled in to provide assistance...but Jiang Cheng was really hard to say how big of a role they would play.

"Well, I came here today to discuss this matter with you."

Zhang Zuoxiang leaned on the sofa and said, "It just so happens that Ting Shu is here too, so I'll tell him what I think—"

"I've been thinking about it. The 27th Division came from Fengtian Province. After all, they are exhausted after traveling thousands of miles... Instead of doing that, it would be better to transfer troops from the Second Master of Heilongjiang Province to attack Vladivostok together with the main force."

His heart suddenly skipped a beat, and a hint of unnaturalness flashed across Jiang Cheng's dark pupils.

Good guy!
Is this what you mean or what the old fox means?

We had agreed before that Fengtian and Province would send troops together. Why did you suddenly change your general and assign Wu Junsheng to help when I, Jiang Cheng, had just sent out the main force?

Seeing that Jiang Lanxuan's expression was somewhat unnatural, he thought that his father must have known about it in advance and should be powerless to resist it.

You old fox, you want to play fishing with me, right?
Jiang Cheng felt extremely angry, and his eyes quickly turned unfriendly.

Zhang Zuoxiang also understood the situation clearly, and continued, "Mudanjiang, Hailin and other places are also strong in military strength at this time. If we join forces with the coalition forces, we will definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort, and..."

Zhang Tingshu couldn't listen any more: "Dad, just tell me clearly, how many people did my second uncle send?"

"Mudanjiang, Hailin...even if we add Ning'an and other places, how many brigades do we have in total?"

Jiang Lanxuan was slightly stunned.

To be honest, he was a little worried that his son would fall into his old habits again and offend his in-laws due to his impetuous behavior.

Unexpectedly, it was the second son of the Zhang family who made it clear, and what he said was very impolite -

Isn't this playing the good cop and the bad cop? Just as Jiang Lanxuan was silently pondering this, Zhang Zuo's temper flared up again: "What are you talking about? Even if it was General Yu and I who made the suggestion, wasn't it the higher-ups who gave the real order?"

"Since this is the order from above, why are you talking nonsense..."

Zhang Tingshu folded his elbows and fell into the chair, his tone suddenly became stern: "Dad, don't joke with us young guys. How many people does my second uncle have?"

Jiang Cheng had already started to take out cigarettes from his pocket, but as the top leader of Jilin, he remained quite restrained in front of his father and father-in-law.

However, Zhang Tingshu had already asked what he wanted to ask most, so there was no need for him to do anything unnecessary.

Showing a trace of fatigue, Jiang Cheng lowered his head and lit a cigarette, but after taking a long puff, he resumed his demeanor as a provincial governor and looked back coldly at Zhang Zuoxiang, who already looked a little embarrassed.

"What this means..."

Seeing Jiang Lanxuan also turned his inquiring gaze towards him, Zhang Zuoxiang still answered awkwardly: "At present, it is the vanguard... a brigade."

See, I knew it.

Jiang Cheng grinned and smiled silently.

"My goodness, there is only one brigade, that's too few!"

When everyone's expressions were not very happy, Li Shitou, who was always straightforward and stubborn, was the first to express his opinion.

Jiang Lanxuan looked up and glared at him, and he was so scared that he quickly lowered his head and shut up.

"While the words are blunt, they make sense. Shitou said exactly what I wanted to say."

It was already this situation, Jiang Cheng didn't think it was necessary to save face for anyone, "I'm afraid it's still the kind of two-regiment army with extremely poor equipment?"

"I know the garrison commander in Mudanjiang... Dad, you also know him, he was Uncle Cui's former deputy commander, Zhang Jiangqing."

This man was not convinced when he was under Cui Yinggui. When Jiang Cheng and Wu Junsheng were fighting bandits in Siping, he led his troops to avoid the battle because of political differences.

After Cui Yinggui was assassinated, his apprentice Wang Junshan soon surrendered to Jiang Cheng, while his original troops were incorporated by Zhang Jiangqing and stationed in Mudanjiang, a major military town in southern Heilongjiang Province.

"Second Master, you should know that he and Fei Lan have different political views, right?"

Zhang Tingshu was actually a bit aggressive. "He is really interesting. The troops were not given enough and the commander had a problem with our Feilan——"

"Were they sent to fight? I think they are here to cause trouble for Brother Chao Liu and Fei Lan!"

Zhang Zuoxiang was so angry at his ruthless second son that he slapped his thigh and said, "Tingshu, what are you talking about?"

"I have always said that this is the vanguard... deploying troops all at once on the border does not have much strategic significance, and once the logistics support cannot keep up, no matter how many troops there are,

Jiang Cheng could no longer hear what was said afterwards.

He was defending Wu Junsheng in all his words... In fact, he himself could see that his second brother had no interest in sending troops to Siberia.

"Dad, let's just get this straight."

Jiang Cheng pressed the half-smoked cigarette into the copper ashtray in front of him and asked directly, "What exactly does Shuai Ye mean?"

(End of this chapter)