The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

"Oh, everyone is here! You have worked so hard on the journey... Come on, come in and sit down—"

This descendant of a famous general has always been good at dealing with people. She is the head of the Marshal's Mansion like Hai Huixin. She is even more smiling when facing these Fengtian Army high-ranking officials. "Oh, this Xinyu is really getting more and more beautiful!"

"Besides, she's already a mother, but how come her figure is still like that of a young girl? It's really enviable—"

She came up and held Duan Xinyu's hand. Seeing that several guards were following closely, all holding large and small bags of gifts, she led them inside while pretending to be angry and said, "We are all family, why are you always so polite?"

Jiang Cheng laughed and said, "We are one family, so I brought gifts to visit you! If Fifth Aunt dislikes it, I won't bring anything in the future."

Everyone burst into laughter at what he said, and then they walked in and sat down, watching Yu Fengzhi and a few maids enter the villa through the small side door and serve them exquisite tea, snacks and pastries.

"It's really hot today. Mr. Shuai has gone to the embassy and said he won't be back until the afternoon. It's a rare occasion for us to get together. Why don't you cool off a little and play a few rounds of cards with us women later?"

play cards?

What a joke! I was called all the way from Jilin Prefecture to Fengtian just to play mahjong with the old marshal’s wives?
Thinking about the recent pile of official business in Jilin and the production lines that had just been obtained from Europe, Jiang Cheng felt a little anxious.

"Okay, let's team up and make a killing out of Fei Lan - haha, I heard that this guy is making a fortune by selling food, furs and other things to the Russians! We have to make him bleed hard."

Sun Liechen drank the chrysanthemum herbal tea in front of him and immediately smiled until his eyes became slits.

Ji Jinchun also laughed: "That's what I mean. How can you become successful by yourself? You have to help us uncles and aunts!"

Seeing that Wu Junsheng was about to speak, Jiang Cheng immediately made a bitter face and said, "Oh my god, you spent so much time calling me all the way from Jilin Prefecture to set a trap for me and hold a Hongmen Banquet? This costs money, let's..."

But before he finished speaking, everyone heard that familiar voice from behind: "Fuck it, you said this is the Hongmen Banquet, then who the hell is Liu Bang and who is Xiang Yu?"

Upon hearing this, the high-ranking officials of the Fengtian Army all restrained their expressions, and suddenly jumped up and turned around as if springs had grown under their buttocks. They stood straight and saluted to greet their supreme commander.

As if he was very satisfied with everyone's humble attitude, the Marshal restrained his expression a little, waved to everyone to sit down, and then walked naturally to the end of the long table and sat down.

But he clearly had no intention of "letting go" of Jiang Cheng, and immediately asked again: "Damn it, I was just asking you a question? Why don't you dare to say it... Who is Liu Bang and who is Xiang Yu?"

Damn it, didn’t I tell you that the old man won’t be back until the afternoon?
This guy hadn't even sat down to relax when he was attacked - he pretended to look at Shou Yi with a wronged face, and the latter quickly smiled and stepped forward: "Fei Lan was just joking with us, there's nothing Liu Bang or Xiang Yu about it!"

"Master, is it hot outside? Lai Fengzhi, hurry up and bring two bottles of orange soda to your father."

Listening to the old man muttering some curse words, Jiang Cheng instantly understood that the old man must have been angry with the Japanese -

Looking at the timeline again, it was just when the conflict between Zhili and Fengtian over "unequal distribution of spoils" was getting deeper and deeper, so it was certain that he was in a bad mood. Thinking of this, Jiang Cheng quickly stood up and took the bottle of cold soda from Yu Fengzhi, lowered his brows and filled the cup in front of the Marshal, while carefully saying:

"My words just now were not very clear, so please don't take it seriously. But when it comes to Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, the ones in the capital are more appropriate."

After hearing these words, several senior executives turned their shocked eyes to Jiang Cheng, but the Marshal seemed not to understand or hear them at all, and picked up the glass of still bubbling soda as if nothing had happened.

One mouthful, two mouthfuls... He gulped down the drink, then burped for a long time. He looked around at his old buddies who dared not even breathe, and then he seemed to have thought of something:
"Why are you all looking at me? Come on, Fengzhi, give me a few more bottles - what's the point of me drinking alone?"

The atmosphere was still tense, and no one had the heart to drink... Sun Liechen, who was really hot-tempered, was the first to say, "General Yu, don't hide it from us!"

"The assistant minister came back from the meeting in Beijing on your behalf and told me a lot of things! The people in Beijing are really bad. They asked me to help drive out Old Duan and consolidate their power. But not only did they not guarantee my interests, but they also forced me to hand over the Shandong Railway."

The cunning Wu Junsheng didn't say anything, but when Ji Jinchun heard Sun Liechen speak, he immediately said, "That's not good - if the road to Shandong is cut off, won't we lose contact with Pingchuan in the future?"

"If they really have bad intentions, wouldn't they just want to oppress Pingchuan? I've heard that Luoyang wants to seize Shandong territory from Pingchuan..."

"General Yu, who is Liu Bang and who is Xiang Yu? Isn't it obvious?"

Jiang Cheng didn't say anything, and Wu Junsheng also expressed his opinion.

Compared with the two people who are straightforward, Wu Dashetou can be described as cunning and crafty. He will never say much unless it absolutely hurts his interests.

Looking down at the commander-in-chief sitting on the high-back chair, Jiang Cheng chose to speak: "Jin Yunpeng is not someone who can just take care of things... and the capital is currently almost entirely in the hands of the Zhi army,"

"We really want to get the original things back, but I'm afraid it won't be easy. Master, I'm not saying too much, Cao San'er and Wu Xiucai are getting more and more outrageous!"

After he finished speaking, the Marshal suddenly raised his head and looked back at him: "Can you go back and sit down to talk first? You stand, I am more tired than you."

Jiang Cheng knew that he had touched upon the most crucial point of the matter… and so the increasingly sharp conflict of interests between the Zhili and Fengtian factions became the main contradiction facing the Marshal.
No matter how powerful he is, how much assets he has, or how strong his "wings" are, he is ultimately still a member of the Fengtian Army.

It seems that the time is right for him to take back Mongolia and unite with Britain and the United States... Cao and Wu have obviously bought themselves at least two years of development time.

He slowly sat down in his seat. Especially recently, Duan Congbin, under his instruction, was secretly meeting with the remnants of the White Russian Army.

After the Soviets officially entered, many White Army warships fled. Once these were bought back, a few merchant ships along the Tumen River were converted into warships by installing guns and cannons produced or imported by the Soviets, and a navy could be quickly formed. (End of this chapter)