The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

But strong equipment does not necessarily mean strong strength or strong combat effectiveness——

Although ordinary bearded thieves and some short-sighted armed forces could never defeat him... Jiang Cheng was really worried that the Japanese might do something shady.

The Japanese suffered heavy losses in many battles in Jilin; plus, Jiang Cheng just recently defeated a Japanese battalion in Jinzhou and killed a lot of Japanese soldiers in one breath, so they will definitely wait for an opportunity to retaliate.

"If we ambush that unfortunate fellow, the capital will have a reason to find fault with us."

Seeing Jiang Cheng's solemn expression, Hai Pingchuan immediately stood up and said, "I'll go find him now."

Jiang Cheng waved his hand: "You can't go. Xiaoying is going to give birth in the next two days. If I send you away at this time, she will hate me for the rest of her life!"

Seeing the helpless looks on his brothers' faces, Zhang Tingshu was about to take over the job, but Jiang Cheng turned around and called Li Shitou.

Zhang Tingshu could not leave either, as he and Sun Zhengnan were almost entirely responsible for the government affairs of Hunchun;

He also planned to discuss the situation in the previous game with him in the next one or two days. After all, this was the most important thing at the moment.

Li Shitou has a quick-tempered personality, so he is the most suitable candidate.

He was arranged to leave immediately. Jiang Cheng asked his wives to go back to their rooms to rest, and called Zhang Tingshu and Sun Zhengnan to go to the study to discuss recent developments.

Just as Jiang Cheng thought, after taking over the seaport, the port's trade and throughput increased greatly.

Previously, coal mines, timber, copper and iron ore from Liufangzi and other places were exported in large quantities, and Jilin’s fiscal revenue surged in a short period of time.

"The last batch of tanks and oil that Fernan contacted has been loaded and unloaded at the port, and all arrived at Jilin Prefecture the day before yesterday—"

Sun Zhengnan was no longer as calm as usual. The favorable development prospects of Jilin made him very excited when he reported. "According to your instructions, the factory will work overtime to complete all the installation tasks before the Chinese New Year!"

Jiang Cheng was delighted:

Not only did he get almost all the French tanks that were supposed to be sold to the Japanese, he also purchased a large number of European weapons through the arms dealer.

In addition, he also bought the production line in the Sudetenland...

You know, during World War II, Germany was able to fight so smoothly on the entire battlefield because it annexed this region, which had the "Arsenal of Europe".

He bought the production line, and with the geological and mineral resources of the Northeast, plus the industrial infrastructure he had built over the past year, he could quickly complete the industrialization and modernization of the military!

What would we be afraid of at that time? Whether the Japanese emperor was there or not, we would have to ask the opinion of the great governor Jiang.

Seeing that the situation was developing according to the grand blueprint he had drawn up, Jiang Cheng could no longer hide his smile.

However, today is destined to be a good day, and the so-called blessing that comes in pairs is about to be overturned——

A telegram came from Shanghai, and Yan Ziwen reported: The first batch of penicillin has been launched in Europe with the assistance of the Green Gang.

Within just six days of its launch, the first batch of 300 penicillins were sold out...

According to the staff who reported the case, there was another interesting detail: on the day penicillin was first introduced, no one dared to use this new drug - but a rich man was dying of pneumonia, so he gave him an injection as a last resort.

Unexpectedly, this injection was really effective, so almost on the same day, all the medicines were sold out: Now several foreign companies are asking him for penicillin... As long as the price does not increase, they will take as much as they can. Jiang Cheng is even happier now: in July this year, all the pharmaceutical factories in Siping upgraded their production lines to those in the United States.

Moreover, the raw materials and production of penicillin are not difficult. The key is that in the era when antibiotics were just introduced, the unit measurement was still relatively low.

On the one hand, this can reduce the chance of allergies. On the other hand, the most difficult step of penicillin purification can be directly skipped.

Therefore, the output of Siping Pharmaceutical Factory is very high; and even though the drugs had not been distributed before, Jiang Cheng ordered three shifts to work overtime to rush the production of drugs, and no matter how much was produced... Jilin's fiscal revenue would cover it.

Now, it is time to clear out these objective inventories in large quantities.

If nothing else, just relying on penicillin, he could expand two heavy mixed brigades - equipped with cannons, tanks and motorcycles.

But now, Jiang Cheng’s eyes are no longer on the army, but the navy.

After the Paris Peace Conference, a comprehensive embargo on China was about to begin.

After taking control of the seaport, he had planned to build a merchant fleet entirely of his own;
But at the same time, if he does not have a regular army, no matter how many resources, medicines and supplies he has...his merchant fleet is just delivering meat to the old pirates.

After telling his two brothers about his idea, Li Shitou had already arrived. Jiang Cheng assigned them the task of finding Zhang Xuecheng, but as soon as Li Shitou left... Huang Yongan, who had just been promoted to the Jilin Police Headquarters, walked in.

His 136th Brigade has been fully transformed into an armed police force, responsible for public security in Jilin Prefecture and its surrounding areas.

Moreover, he also has the largest patrol battalion in Jilin.

"Master Jiang, we found Xuecheng's traces—"

Huang Yongan reported directly as soon as he entered the room, "The patrol battalion reported that they were fighting the Japanese near Changchun!"

After these words were spoken, the people present were not only terrified, but they all jumped up, especially Hai Pingchuan: "What the hell? How can he fight with the Japs..."

In fact, it was Jiang Cheng's idea to force Duan Zhigui to "ride a horse".

The weather in Northeast China in mid-October is already very cold, and it gets colder the further north you go - Liaoning is okay, but after passing Siping and heading towards Jilin Prefecture, it is really freezing cold.

Duan Zhigui came from the capital. In October, people in the capital could still wear short and light clothes, but he put on a thin layer to ride a horse. He would have been frozen into a human popsicle all the way to Jilin Prefecture...

But to put it simply, Jiang Cheng intended to make him suffer, not to kill him.

"Why would they provoke the devils? Besides, the devils in Changchun are not..."

Zhang Tingshu immediately realized something was wrong. "Feilan, after Suzuki Hiroshi's 'committed suicide', wasn't the current governor Ueno Akiwa recommended by our Japanese consultant Machino?"

In fact, Jiang Cheng was also puzzled by this matter——

The person recommended by Machino was from the General Staff, who was supposed to be his ally.

How come now... you can fight with Xuecheng?
"No matter what, hurry up and inform Shitou, and ask him to rush to Changchun for reinforcement and support!"

Jiang Cheng immediately stood up and walked to the phone, "I'll call my eldest brother too. He's close by and can check out what's going on..." (End of this chapter)