The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Moreover, the two "Dreadnought" ships ordered by Zhang Tingshu have secretly sailed out of the British port with the cooperation of British businessman Johnson and Duchess Wen Lina, and will arrive in Vladivostok at the beginning of next month at the latest.

You have to know that since the comprehensive arms embargo on China after 1919, no matter which armed forces in China, it is difficult to obtain imported weapons.

Including Marshal Zhang... Although he built arsenals and gunpowder factories in various places in Fengtian Province with the coordination and help of Japanese such as Kikuchi, weapons that focused on firepower still had to rely on smuggling from Japan.

In this era of being "choked" in all aspects, his Jilin is not only able to mass-produce infantry weapons and some field artillery, etc., but even has started development in the navy and air force.

Not to mention in the Northeast, even in the whole of China, it is considered a unique one - if this trend continues, in another five or eight years, the Jilin Army will be able to complete the complete iteration and update of its equipment and become a fully modernized armed force...

"What are you thinking about, kid?"

Sun Liechen's words interrupted his thoughts. Jiang Cheng was startled and turned his gaze back abruptly: he then noticed that the Sixth Uncle was smiling at him awkwardly and sticking his mouth towards Marshal Zhang.

"Um, handsome, I'm listening to that,"

As soon as he said this, the man on the other side smacked his lips and blew his beard and glared at him: "What the hell are you listening to! What are you thinking when I'm talking to you——"

Jiang Cheng pouted and joked about missing his wife and children, which made all the senior officials of the Fengtian Army present laugh. The Marshal looked even more disdainful: "Oh, you still miss your wife and children - I think you want to get into a woman's crotch, right?"

This caused another round of laughter. Shou Yi, who had been standing beside him the whole time, patted him lightly in annoyance: "Master, look at what you are saying... our Fengzhi girl and Xinyu are still here! Haha, Master was just joking!"

"Feilan, I am praising you and Xiao Xu for a good job. The Mongolia issue has been resolved, and the railway construction is also on the agenda—"

After her hint, Jiang Cheng understood: it turned out that the old fox was worried about this.

To the Fengtian clique, Xu Shuzheng was definitely considered a dissenter. In the eyes of the Marshal, it was definitely more important to guard against him than to use him… He must not be left alone on the border, and one must also be careful about whether he would get too close to the Russians.

Most likely, it was Yang Yuting who was trying to deceive me and him again.

Jiang Cheng lowered his eyes and smiled: "I asked Yucheng to report the railway matter before, I know about it!"

"Now the line from Harbin to Siping is fully connected, and there are lines from Siping to Zhengjiatun and Xinmin - I plan to extend these two roads to Chita, and build another road directly to Kulun."

"In addition, we want to move our industry back... After all, as you know, there are still a large number of Kwantung Army outside Ji'an - these little Japanese are still eyeing our piece of meat in Northeast China."

When this matter was mentioned, everyone's expression turned grim, including Shou Yi, who was in high spirits.

Although in 1921, the Fengtian warlords headed by Zhang Yuting were still a pro-Japanese force - but they cooperated, and everyone knew what the Japanese were up to;

Especially during this expedition to Mongolia, the Japanese had already begun to plan a counterattack... This made the Marshal more cautious in his recent negotiations with Japan.

"That's true... But why would the Japanese help us build factories and make arms? Aren't they just trying to get some benefits from our Northeast?"

Raising his right hand and tapping the table in front of him a few times, the Marshal said softly, "In my opinion, we in the Northeast have to build the railway ourselves this time--"

"I've been thinking about it. I'm always worried about handing Mongolia over to Xu Shuzheng. It's such a critical position, and it has to be one of our own... But Xu Shuzheng has made such a great contribution, it's not my style not to reward him!" "So, you have to make the final decision on all matters concerning Mongolia. Let Xu Shuzheng gain experience for a year or so, and then give him a formal appointment!"

The next best thing? Actually, it's not bad.

Jiang Cheng's eyes rolled and he immediately smiled: "Master, do you think highly of me? Well, if you think highly of me, I will definitely take care of you. From now on, Feilan will run between Jilin and Kulun - but from now on, "

Having said that, he reached out and grabbed Duan Xinyu's hand, patting it a few times in a pretentious manner, "I'm thinking about my wife and children now, Mr. Shuai and all the uncles, please don't laugh at me!"

After he finished speaking, everyone burst into laughter. Shou Yi covered half of his mouth with a handkerchief and laughed so hard that he was shaking with laughter. The Marshal pointed at his nose and laughed, muttering to himself, "Look at what you have become".

But when the smile ended, Wu Junsheng was the first to speak: "Let's talk about something serious——"

"Marshal Yu, the news from Langfang Wanping and other places is that Wu Ziyu used the excuse of changing guards to ask us to withdraw from the railway line. In addition, Hai Pingchuan reported from Jinan Prefecture that a group of cargo ships that were about to arrive were blocked by the Zhi army and could not be unloaded at the port near Shandong."

"Now, merchant ships can only consider Yingkou and Andong to go north... Let's not talk about whether these two ports can accommodate such large merchant ships. Shandong's goods are being unloaded in Fengtian. How can the goods be transported to Shandong?"

"Go south by train? That's too expensive!"

Jiang Cheng didn't say a word the whole time.

In fact, this has happened more than once.

After Yuan Shikai's death in 1916, Duan Qirui took control of the capital and imported a large amount of foreign arms and equipment. The navy was considered the strongest in China.

Since the Zhili clique took control of the capital, warships have been chasing merchant ships every now and then... and even forced them to stop and forcibly rob goods like pirates;

Just like last month, a merchant ship loaded with timber sailing out of Vladivostok was forced to stop by the Zhi army, resulting in a considerable loss of timber.

"This matter needs to be resolved as soon as possible—"

As Hai Pingchuan's brother, Jiang Cheng immediately expressed his opinion, "Before, the assistant commander also negotiated with the Zhi army and the capital on our behalf. But the capital responded that you hijacked six planes in Langfang and even the two searchlights at the airport."

Before Jiang Cheng finished speaking, Sun Liechen glared at him and said, "Don't talk nonsense! This plane incident has nothing to do with me. It's, cough... cough,"

He just turned his gaze towards the Marshal to say that it was his instruction, but he immediately looked away and laughed, "It's me, it's me! Let's just say that this Zhi army is really interesting. The six planes have not been delivered yet. Besides, it's not like I didn't pay!"

"As for those two lights, they are clearly unrepairable, so why are they still being brought up for discussion?"

Jiang Cheng looked at them coldly, somewhat speechless.

Since the implementation of the arms embargo on China, everyone has had a hard time, and it is extremely difficult to get equipment now; and since the beginning of this year, the major powers have dragged Japan into an additional agreement to ban aid to the Chinese navy, clearly blocking the road to equipment. (End of this chapter)