The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Since there is no shortage of money, Jiang Cheng is more concerned about other costs besides monetary costs——

"Okay, I won't read your report carefully. I'll just follow your instructions."

After saying this, Jiang Cheng took out a pen from his chest pocket and signed "Agree" and his name at the end of the document with great precision.

Unexpectedly, such a big thing could be finalized so easily. Han Yanchao was a little shocked.

But he straightened his chest and said, "Master Jiang, I really appreciate your trust! From today on, until the entire steel plant is relocated, I will definitely stay in the factory without leaving!"

After laughing and praising him for a few times, Jiang Cheng stood up and personally took him out of the door.

There were still quite a few people waiting in line for an interview at this time. Almost all of them had major matters that they could not handle, so they came directly to him.

In the past few days, through the introduction of Fernando, a salesman from France's Renault company, sales personnel from two cement plants also arrived in the Northeast.

Although in 1888 at the end of the Qing Dynasty, Li Hongzhang urged Tang Tingshu, general manager of the Kaiping Mining Bureau, to supervise the cement factory.

Soon, after Tang Tingshu's fundraising, planning and design, and other matters such as the founding charter, he reported them to Li Hongzhang.

Soon, my country had its first cement plant—but the cement plant was not smooth from its commissioning to operation;
Moreover, even if we worked overtime and at full capacity, the output and quality could not be improved...So during the Republic of China period, cement was also dependent on imports and was called: cement.

For the entire industrial chain, cement is an important and indispensable material.

The next step will inevitably be to increase the purchase volume. In addition, Jiang Cheng also wants to talk to the two sales staff to see if he can buy some production equipment from them.

However, when the British heard what Jiang Cheng meant, they became a little wary.

After all, for them... Northeast China is a competitive raw material production area and a good product dumping site. How can they sell production equipment to Northeast China?
The first round of negotiations ended with the British merchants' refusal.

Of course, Jiang Cheng was not surprised. He had never heard of any deal being concluded in one go.

Moreover, laying out production lines is tantamount to a counter-measure for the original buyers, so it is not surprising that they have such a reaction.

With the opening of the Vladivostok import route, goods ordered by Jilin began to flow in continuously, especially gasoline and diesel, and inventories increased by orders of magnitude.

Just when Jilin's development was slowly getting on track, Zhang Zuoxiang, who had gone to Fengtian to report the situation, returned.

"Dad, why did it take you two months to come back?"

As soon as he sat down in the living room, his daughter Zhang Tingxue came up to him affectionately, helped massage his shoulders, and said with a tone of complaint, "Are you so busy? Shilan made the 100-day wine, and you were not here."

Zhang Zuoxiang still loved his daughters very much. He raised his hand and gently patted the back of her hand. He smiled and said, "The Marshal's Mansion arranged an official business, so I went to the capital."

At this point, Zhang Tingxue was stunned. Just as she was about to ask more, she heard her father ask back, "Where's Feilan? I sent him a telegram on the way back... We had arranged to meet today, so where is he?"

Knowing that his father must be in such a hurry because of something important, Zhang Tingxue quickly stood up and called the servants in the mansion to find Jiang Cheng, while saying to his father, "Dad, don't worry - Feilan has been meeting with merchants from various countries recently."

Zhang Zuoxiang slapped his thigh anxiously: "Hey, why are we still seeing this person and that person? What's important and what's not important now!"

Seeing that he was really anxious, Zhang Tingxue was about to ask more questions when she heard Jiang Cheng's voice from the other side of the living room, and then saw him and Yan Ziwen walking side by side towards this side. "Hey, Dad, my third brother-in-law and I were just talking about when you would be home, and now,"

Jiang Cheng was coming over with a big smile on his face, but Zhang Zuoxiang stood up and said, "Come on, both of you, sit down first! I have something urgent to do—"

As he spoke, he walked forward, pulled his two sons-in-law one by one and sat them down, while he anxiously told them about his meeting with the Marshal, the negotiations at the customs, etc.

Originally, they were going to report the "results" of the military training, and to arrange the re-assignment of Zhang Xuecheng's work, the arrangement of the first batch of graduates of Guanghan University, the preparation of Jilin Military Academy, etc.

Unexpectedly, after reading the documents submitted, the Marshal did not pay any attention to them, but instead dragged him to a meeting.

It turns out that the situation on the Mongolian border has been uneasy since the end of April this year.

Jiang Cheng and his men all knew about this. Even when Fengtian held a celebration banquet, Jiang Lanxuan, the top leader of Rehe, hurriedly said goodbye because he had gathered the White Army and the Mongolian Army, which not only caused trouble in Chahar and other places, but also had a confrontation with his Rehe garrison.

Although it has not escalated into a hot war so far, the atmosphere in Rehe has always been tense.

"On the sixth day of last month, the White Army general Enqintu led more than 5,000 people to attack Mongolia and surrounded Kulun on three sides—"

Zhang Zuoxiang continued, "After receiving the intelligence report from Kulun, Xu Shichang immediately ordered the garrison troops in Zhangjiakou to go to the rescue."

Jiang Cheng was quite surprised: "Zhangjiakou? Chahar sent troops?"

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, three provinces "disappeared": Suiyuan, Chahar and Rehe. Zhangjiakou, which belongs to Hebei, was located in Chahar during the Republic of China period.

"Yes, but Zou Fen's troops guarding Zhangjiakou are not many, and the weather is getting colder, and the weapons and supplies can't keep up. It is very difficult to cross the desert to rescue."

"So Zou Fen could only send a small group of troops with better mobility."

At this time, Jiang Cheng had already roughly distributed the situation in his mind and quickly constructed a map in his brain. After hearing what he said, Jiang Cheng frowned and said, "A small force? That's just a drop in the bucket..."

"We have the White Russian Regiment in our Jilin Army, and everyone knows its combat effectiveness."

Zhang Zuoxiang also nodded and said, "You are right. As soon as Zou Fen's reinforcements arrived in Kulun, they were surrounded by the local garrison. With no supplies of food, fodder, ammunition, etc., Kulun was eventually lost."

"This Siqin declared autonomy in the name of orthodoxy, and after resting for more than half a month, it continued to provoke Chahar and Rehe."

Finally, it came.

Jiang Cheng raised his right hand and put his fist against it, falling into deep thought.

After the Zhi-An War, the Anhui Army was beaten to a complete defeat and could no longer be relied upon.

Xu Shichang sent a joint telegram, asking Cao Kun and Zhang Yuting to send their main forces to the expedition.

But anyone with a discerning eye could see clearly that Siqin was coming with great force, and after such a battle, she would certainly continue to fight;
In addition, there were many rebels in Mongolia who were dissatisfied with the Beiyang government. They were very powerful when they united together. (End of this chapter)