The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

However, when this joint telegram came out, not only was the entire capital in uproar, but all the warlords, big and small, in the interior were stunned...

For a moment, everyone stared in astonishment: Duan Zhigui...who is he?
Oh, I remember now. He was the old fool who was appointed by the capital to be the governor of Jilin.

Especially in the capital, officials of all ranks were stunned:

Because the actual controllers at that time were the Zhili clique, everyone from Feng Guozhang to Cao Kun, and even the famous Marshal Wu Peifu, were dumbfounded!

This Duan Zhigui was obviously from the Anhui clique. They had originally placed him in Jilin to take advantage of the conflict between Anhui and Fengtian to muddy the waters... so that they could naturally insert their forces into the Northeast.

But later, Zhang Yuting and Jiang Feilan not only joined forces to resolve the conflict, but also eliminated some disobedient staff within their forces.

Feng Guozhang then came up with another plan, which was to let the Fengtian Army go to Shandong together to pretend to "intervene with force" in order to gain benefits at the Paris Peace Conference.

However, Zhang Yuting had no idea. Duan Zhigui, who had long been regarded as a discarded pawn, made a comeback from outside the Great Wall and headed southward to Shandong.

At this time, Zheng Shiqi, the governor of Shandong, was overwhelmed by the war that stretched on the Jiaozhou Peninsula.

First the Germans came, and then the Japanese came. The two groups fought a battle in Qingdao... The Japanese lost and ran away.

But later during the European War, Suzuki Hideki took advantage of the tense war situation and had no time to look east, and successively took control of several important military towns and ports on the Jiaozhou Peninsula.

When Zheng Shiqi heard that the visitor was Duan Zhigui, he was stunned for a moment but then sent a telegram to his base in Luanzhou.

After all, Zheng Shiqi also belongs to the Anhui faction... Even if there are any conflicts between the two, it is just a matter between factions.

Duan Zhigui didn't even have the chance to read the telegram when he received it. Vasily snatched it from him and sent it to the command center in Jinzhou as quickly as possible.

"Why don't I have a deep impression of this Zheng Shiqi..."

Jiang Cheng scratched his chin and asked Zhang Tinglan hesitantly.

Although he was very familiar with the generals of the Republic of China due to his status, he still had certain blind spots in his knowledge.

This person named Zheng is undoubtedly his blind spot in knowledge... He has never heard of him at all.

"He also belongs to the Anhui clique, and when my troops were marching south, he fought with me and Duan Zhigui in the Hunan battlefield."

Sun Liechen answered quickly.

With Jiang Cheng's support, he quickly secured the territory of Jinzhou... This Sixth Uncle was grateful to Jiang Cheng from the bottom of his heart.
So while Duan Zhigui was leading the White Russian Regiment south, he would come here to report in every day to see if he could help in any way.

Jiang Cheng scratched his chin, which had a few stubbles on it. "I see... No wonder the telegram kept talking about fellow disciples' friendship and avoiding conflict."

Sun Liechen nodded silently, but Zhang Tinglan frowned and said, "This kind of thing is not easy to handle."

Liu Runchuan on the side also nodded in agreement: "Yes, Feilan, judging from the current situation, if Duan Zhigui attacks Shandong along the line, it will inevitably cause a counterattack from the entire Anhui faction..."

"Although the White Russians have a large number of people, they have to travel thousands of miles to attack Shandong. It is easy for them to be trapped in a situation where their rear supply is cut off."

When he got to this point, Jiang Cheng laughed first: "Yes! That's why I sent the White Russian Regiment to attack!"

what! ?

Everyone in the entire command center stared at each other in astonishment.

Rushing to attack Shandong, they were separated by the Zhili clique, Anhui clique, Baoding clique, and Luoyang clique.

There was no need to think about supplies. The warlords of Zhili alone had directly blocked the main transportation route between Shanhaiguan and Luanzhou. No matter which army it was, it would be extremely difficult to get supplies. Jiang Cheng was very clear about this, so he sent the White Russian regiment.

You know, this group of people were robbing and looting in Heilongjiang Province, and were chased all the way to Jilin by Wu Junsheng. After settling down in Jilin, they started to stir up trouble in Jiang Cheng's territory.

What supplies do they have?
There is not even a penny of supplies... How can we fight and survive?
Guerrillas—we had no guns or cannons, but the enemy made them for us.

Each man had a horse, a gun and a grenade launcher on his back, and only three days' worth of dry food. He was still able to carve out a place for himself with his strong fighting power.

If it weren't for Jiang Cheng's policy of scorching the walls and clearing the countryside, how could they have suffered such a huge setback?
Places like Shandong have a much warmer climate than the Northeast and are relatively prosperous...more suitable for them to wage guerrilla warfare.

Before setting off, Jiang Cheng deliberately issued Vasily "Ten Prohibitions" -

But they were given a rule that prohibited them from looting. Jiang Cheng even instructed his White Russian commander to rob any landlords or wealthy gentry he met.

"what do you mean?"

Zhang Tinglan understood it all at once.

Having dealt with these brutal Maozi before... Jiang Cheng managed them well by strict discipline and high salaries and benefits;

But once you enter the country, the situation is different——

Who can control them?

Are Duan Zhigui uncle and nephew?

Impossible. Vasily had a big fight with Duan Zhigui over tactical issues on the second day after arriving in Fengtian.
Once these alien races enter the pass, just imagining their unbridled, unbridled display is enough to make one's hair stand on end.

"Will this anger the capital?"

After roughly understanding the details of the situation, Sun Liechen was quite worried: "What if... Feng Guozhang uses this as an excuse?"

Zhang Tinglan just opened his mouth, but Jiang Cheng on the side said first: "Whether it will succeed or not, let's see the first battle around Jinan first!"

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Jiang Cheng was not willing to say anything too confidently and too early - mainly because at the moment, he was not sure whether the strategic goal could be achieved.

Given the current situation in Shandong, the Shandong governor is not worth mentioning at all.

Not to mention Vasily, even if little Ivan led a team of soldiers, he could drive him out of Jinan City and beat him to a pulp.

He is now worried about two major variables:
Marshal Wu Peifu in Luoyang, and the Japanese devils on the Jiaozhou Peninsula.

Yes.

Judging from the current military intervention and the corrupt Beiyang government, it is basically nonsense for them to want to take back the entire Shandong province.

But if we take Jinan Prefecture, we will have a chance to fight against the devils.

The most important thing is that at the critical moment of the Zhi-An decisive battle, if they occupied Shandong in advance, they could ensure that in the future first Zhi-Feng war, the entire Fengtian Army would not suffer a major setback.

Moreover...if Jiang Cheng wants to take over Shandong, he has set his sights on the steel mills in Jinan.

It is said that the German steel technology dominated the world before the end of World War II. After they occupied Qingdao, they invested in building a modern steel plant in Shandong. (End of this chapter)