The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

This low roar scolded him, but Zhang Xuecheng did not give up. Instead, he became even more furious and continued to attack.

"If they don't agree to 'peace talks', as the commander-in-chief, do you have to kneel down before your Japanese masters and beg for mercy? Do you want them to be a little gentler when they punish you?"

Damn it, after the Russo-Japanese War, these little devils continued to expand their army to the Northeast in various ways, and they provoked us in various ways more than once or twice...

"That's right. So many people have died. The common people under our rule have been terribly harmed by the Japanese. We, the grown men with guns, dare not even fight the Japanese. We might as well throw down our guns and go and get close to the Japanese!"

Xu Houcheng was also furious, especially when he saw Duan Zhigui getting more and more angry, he shouted loudly, "I have been with Master Jiang for almost a year, and he taught us that the soldiers took the supplies from the people, and they came from the people, so we should defend our country!"

This barrage of words simply stunned Duan Zhigui. The old man's face turned pale and blue. After a long while, he clapped his hands in frustration and sneered, "Good, good, good!"

"I, Duan Zhigui, have truly experienced the military discipline of the Jilin Army. General Jiang has taken good care of you. You are all righteous and awe-inspiring. Are you learning from Liu Bei? You drag the common people into the war?"

"Okay, Jiang Feilan loves his people like his own children and educates his subordinates. He is awesome!"

"But now, everyone should use your brains to think about it. If you really can't tolerate these things for the time being, how about starting a full-scale war, or using this as an excuse to continue to control Jilin?"

In fact, Zhang Tinglan also has this concern.

He has a calm personality and is always conservative. His father, Zhang Zuoxiang, has repeatedly taught him:

The Marshal said that the Japanese, with the support of their powerful navy and Korea, have basically established a firm foothold in the Northeast.

If we really want to confront them head-on, it’s hard to say whether we can win or not. First of all, the capital will not allow it... Take this incident for example, didn’t Jiang Cheng repeatedly infringe on Japan’s interests and was ambushed one after another?
The current dilemma has not been resolved yet, so there is really no need for them to continue causing trouble.

However, while Zhang Tinglan was still thinking, Zhang Xuecheng said again: "Stop talking bullshit! I'm going to fight. I don't believe that the Japanese can come up with any more shady tricks because of what happened today."

Since the Marshal's nephew had spoken, Duan Zhigui had nothing to say.

At this time, Zhang Tinglan's troops had finished cleaning up the battlefield outside the city and had begun to retreat towards Changchun one after another.

Of course, he had to go back quickly... He had to report the current situation to his master Jiang.

Killing so many devils in one go would definitely cause trouble - and most of the blame would be put directly on the Jilin Army;
Jingcheng just took action against Jiang Cheng, will he also take action against Shuai Ye?

Just as he was rushing back to Changchun, Li Shitou's troops were about to arrive.

The two reports arrived at Jilin Prefecture almost at the same time.

"We found the person. He is in the county town and nothing happened to him—"

After receiving the report, Sun Zhengnan went straight to the Governor's Mansion. Jiang Cheng was staying at Hai Huixin's place. When he heard the report, he got up in his pajamas.

Seeing that he looked sleepy, Jiang Cheng waved his hand to signal him to sit down opposite him: "Let's talk about the important things. It seems that you are exhausted these past two days."

After reporting the situation, Jiang Cheng laughed awkwardly: "Oh! Look, look, we always wanted to keep a low profile, but we didn't expect that Governor Duan has not even taken office yet and he has already made a name for himself!"

"Do you think he would be willing to leave Jilin after seeing our tanks and cannons?" Sun Zhengnan was also confused.

Wasn't it you, the commander-in-chief, who gave the order to let Zhang Tinglan "practice" with these devils? Why is it that...

"I haven't even told him about our Mongolian cavalry and White Russian regiments yet. If I show him all my assets, won't the old man be so happy?"

Jiang Cheng laughed for a while, but soon calmed down, "Okay, let's not tease this guy anymore--"

"Look, the information reported by Tinglan and Xuecheng is the same. Duan Zhigui didn't make any move at all."

"Obviously, he was very scared when he saw the devils. He must have known that I was fired by Beijing United Electronics because I fought the devils face to face."

"If that's the case, then it's easy for us to talk... He's afraid that we'll fight the Japs, so we'll fight them. Not only that, we'll fight them big time! We'll have to let this old guy take all the blame."

Sun Zhengnan immediately understood what he meant: "Sir, then the next step is to join forces with the higher-ups and sue Duan Zhigui for undermining regional stability?"

Jiang Cheng laughed loudly: "Hey, I didn't say anything - these are all the Japanese's own business... I am just a poor guy who is about to be forced to step down, how can I have the authority to care about this matter?"

The two smiled at each other, but in fact they didn't take the Japanese seriously at all.

After several rounds of training, Jiang Cheng became more determined. He decided to take advantage of the fact that the Japanese had no time to visit Northeast China after World War I and develop industry in Jilin.

And with the opening of the seaport, his progress clearly entered the fast lane.

There is no need to rush into this matter with Duan Zhigui, but we must seize every opportunity to suppress him.

The Japanese have suffered so much right now, so sending this scapegoat directly is clearly a strategy that kills two birds with one stone.

At this time, Minamoto no Yoshimasa was under investigation by his superiors.

He was shot in the right arm, and Nobumoto Anno, who had gone out of Jinzhou with him and fought to the death in Jiutai, was unfortunately hit in the head by a stray bullet during the breakout and died instantly.

Only one-third of the troops fled hastily back to the Huludao base camp. Minamoto no Yoshimasa was also questioned by his military superior Tanaka Giichi who was in Siberia, and was almost forced to commit seppuku on the spot facing Higashikata.

Minamoto no Yoshimasa was extremely embarrassed this time - in fact, most of the control over Huludao was in the hands of the military, but Anno Nobumoto was actually under the management of the General Staff.

Tanaka Yoshiichi arranged him to be a staff officer in Yasuno's army, hoping to make a contribution in Jinzhou.
Unexpectedly, not only did we suffer two setbacks in a row, but the battalion commander also died and the troops were almost completely destroyed. What should we do?
After Tanaka Yoshiichi and Fukushima Yasumasa scolded him repeatedly, they could only protect him reluctantly... They had to protect him, right? This kid got into trouble right after taking office. Doesn't it mean that these two superiors are incompetent and appointed the wrong person?
So now, even if it makes me very unhappy, I have to do everything I can to protect him.

But the Japs are the Japs, and it is absolutely impossible for me to take the blame.

They could only try their best to blame the Northeast for the problem.

For example, Jiang Cheng. (End of this chapter)