The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

"But the situation outside the Great Wall changes rapidly. In addition to internal conflicts, there are also diplomatic issues between countries... and we cannot judge it based on the gains and losses of a short period of time."

Jiang Cheng waved his hand and smiled, then said, "The camp must advance to Mongolia before tomorrow, so everyone should hurry up and do their own things!"

The generals responded and trotted out of the tent quickly.

Jiang Cheng took a deep breath, his face was so gloomy that it seemed like water was dripping from it. He turned around and stared coldly at Li Shitou: "You are so embarrassing. Why do you always speak without thinking?"

"Also, I asked you to control your mouth, but how come even your subordinates started to talk nonsense? What do you mean by making wedding clothes for others... Damn, even my own personal soldiers, Jiang Cheng, started to talk nonsense in the general's mansion, how can this be tolerated!?"

"Why, do you still have the right to comment on the various decisions of the Marshal's Office? This military reorganization has not happened to you, right?!"

The series of scoldings made Li Shitou lower his head immediately and stammer, not daring to reply.

"I understand what you mean. Many brothers have died and countless military expenses have been spent, but we still cannot explore Suiyuan and Chahar... If we want to take back Mongolia now, we have to bet more capital."

Seeing him so nervous, Jiang Cheng let out a long sigh and softened his tone a little, "Alright! Be sure to watch your mouths, brothers—"

After saying these words, he stepped forward and hit him on the calf and told him to get out. Then he turned around, put his hands on his waist and looked at his brothers who were packing their luggage outside the tent in a daze.

If Jiang Cheng didn't understand the historical process of later generations, he would probably be very disappointed.

The time had advanced to mid-March 1921. As expected, the reason why the Marshal did not send troops to Mongolia at that moment was not only because he was afraid of losing troops and being afraid that the Japanese would take the opportunity to cause trouble, but also for another very important reason: something happened inside the Great Wall.

To be more specific, it is the capital city.

As the dispute between Zhi and Anhui finally came to an end, the old fox who would not wait for profit would of course want to take out more benefits -

But the fact is that the Zhili clique used him to the fullest, but did not think of "settling" with him in any way... So starting from 1921, a protracted confrontation and struggle broke out between the Zhili and Fengtian cliques, and in 1922, a large-scale conflict finally broke out between the two sides.

Jiang Cheng had not wanted to participate in the first Zhi-Feng War from the beginning: the Marshal was on the march, and he could not stay at home like Wu Junsheng;
Go with them, how much will you invest? Whether you win or not, it will not only be of no benefit to Jilin's current development, even to its future development, but it will even bring some trouble.

After all, the Japanese are currently actively supporting the Marshal. If they really win the battle and take over the capital, the Japanese will definitely want to share the spoils...

By that time, all time threads will be advanced. His Jilin industrialization has just started, and he will need at least ten years!

Using Mongolia to "trip up" is the best option...Besides, Chahar and Suiyuan, one is Sun Liechen, the other is Ji Jinchun, both of whom have close relations with him, so why should he be afraid of confrontation between factions?
Thinking of this, Jiang Cheng calmed down.

The entire army continued to advance rapidly while clearing out the White Army along the line.

There was constant news coming from Kulun. With the arrival of Jiang Dengxuan, the supply shortage at the front was slightly relieved.

With the opening of the railway, supplies from Manzhouli were continuously sent to Mongolia.

The siege turned into defense and counterattack. When Jiang Cheng's entire army arrived in Kulun, Xu Shuzheng and others went out of the city to welcome them. This city, which had been repeatedly bombarded by artillery fire, became lively because of the people's welcome.

Jiang Cheng and his party were somewhat stunned, but he quickly smiled and said, "Xiao Xu, it seems that you have a good reputation here! The common people are quite supportive of you."

Xu Shuzheng smiled modestly: "This is all because of your unique vision, Mr. Jiang. You let the Mongolian Cavalry Regiment attack as well... With them here, and our Jilin Army has always been people-oriented and never harasses the civilians, it also helps rescue people and repair houses and so on. The local people naturally support them." These concepts were subtly influenced by Jiang Cheng over the years. Coupled with the military reorganization presided over by Feng Yong and the development of the Jilin Military Academy, the current Jilin Army has long been reborn and has the shadow of modern soldiers.

"You take credit, and I appreciate that."

Jiang Cheng patted him on the shoulder, and quickly entered the government hall of Kulun with his staff. He looked around at the generals and said, "But you are all great!"

"We fought against foreign enemies and recovered our homeland. Everyone is a great hero. In addition to the Marshal's Office commending everyone for their contributions, I, Jiang Cheng, will also receive a reward."

"Once this war is settled, we will reward everyone well."

After hearing this, everyone was beaming with joy, but Jiang Cheng quickly turned serious and asked Jiang Dengxuan to bring up the sorted battle reports and other things.

After a long journey and days of fierce fighting, this beloved general, whose lungs were damaged by the Japanese poison gas, looked pale and weak.

Jiang Cheng looked at him and quickly asked him to sit down first, while he quickly glanced through the pile of papers.

"There are dozens of tanks equipped with heavy artillery. Wow..."

He muttered to himself, and his heart darkened unconsciously.

No wonder the Jilin army sent out all its elite troops and turned a straightforward battle into a difficult offensive and defensive one. It turned out that the Russians had put all their capital at the stake!

You have to know that this was 1921. Unlike the old powers that had completed the industrial revolution first, the Russians' industrialization development was relatively late and they were relatively weak. They had only about a hundred tanks in the country, and this time, they had sixty or seventy of them.

"And the number of people entering the country, according to our rough estimate, is close to 20,000, all of them are fully armed elites... Of course, there is another very important reason why Shu Zheng fought so fiercely-"

Jiang Dengxuan's words suddenly became heavy when he reached this point, "Master Jiang, we have met an old friend."

"It's the Japanese!"

When he said this last sentence, everyone was stunned, especially Wang Junshan who actually stood up: "What!? The Japanese... where did these bastards come from?"

"I haven't heard of any place where they landed. They couldn't have flown here, could they?"

Jiang Dengxuan was about to speak when a cough interrupted his words, and Pan Sheng immediately replied: "Don't forget, when the Japanese invaders sent troops to Siberia, some of them went straight to the Caucasus region--"

"I think these devils didn't go that far, but settled down on the Mongolian-Soviet border."

Xu Shuzheng nodded and said, "Yes, Enqin's invasion and occupation of Kulun was actually supported by the Japanese."

"A few days ago, the Russian tank troops attacked Kulun. When we were cleaning up the battlefield outside the city, we found some unusual corpses."

"Although the uniforms are of Russian origin, their body shapes and appearances are all Asian." (End of this chapter)