The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Don't be fooled by his fleet's impressive appearance and how arrogant it seems when it is lined up on the ocean. However, he will definitely lose if he really fights the Japanese.

The dreadnought and Hindenburg had powerful firepower, but they didn't have many shells - especially the stolen German fleet, which actually had even less firepower.

In November 1918, as part of an armistice, German warships were ordered to hand over to the Allied Powers, led by Britain;

At the end of the month, various warships, including 9 battleships and 5 battlecruisers, set out from the German naval port and were detained at the British port of Scapa Flow in Orkney the next day.

Many captains and crew members who refused to disembark agreed that warships were the motherland's mobile territory and they would rather sink them than hand over these precious things to Britain in accordance with the Treaty of Versailles.

In June of the following year, when the order to sabotage the ships was just issued, Zhang Tingshu, under the instructions of Jiang Cheng's secret telegram, contacted the port managers and the German army, and secretly towed away the warships in the name of "scrap iron".

You profited and I profited, but no one mentioned it anymore.

But because of this, there was little ammunition and supplies on the ship. It was also because Zhang Tingshu relied on his own connections to replenish the ship with food and water before they were able to sail back to the vicinity of Vladivostok.

"Signal the naval port... We are going home!"

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When Zhang Tingshu and his party slowly walked down from the diving board, Jiang Cheng, who was no longer young, and Zhang Tinglan ran over and hugged this good brother who had studied with them for many years.

"You little bastard! Over the years, you haven't received many letters. No one knows what you've been busy with in the UK..."

Zhang Tinglan, who was always taciturn, hugged her brother tightly and took another burst of photos. "If you don't want to come back, then don't come back for the rest of your life!"

During these few years since I left, my brother has grown taller, and his shoulders have become two times wider. He has clearly become a strong man.

"Ha! If I don't want to come back, then I won't come back. I was thinking, now I have such a fleet, I can go to Southeast Asia, Mexico, anywhere, land there, and become a mountain king, haha."

Although he looked much more mature, Zhang Tingshu still had the heart of a naughty boy. "But then again, I haven't written to my family very often--"

"But you ask our Master Jiang, haha. This guy sends me telegrams every few days, asking me to do this and that! Damn, studying in the UK is even more tiring than when I was leading troops in the Northeast..."

What he meant by busy was that Jiang Cheng asked him to pick up military surplus, build warships, find various talents, etc. in Europe according to the timeline.

Zhang Tinglan looked puzzled, but just as he turned his slightly questioning gaze away, Jiang Cheng stepped forward and punched him in the chest: "Tsk tsk, stop kidding! Did you put everything in order when I asked you to do it?"

Zhang Tingshu curled his lips and looked around at the welcoming team of staff members who came to greet him: "Damn it, your brother was reluctant to come back to welcome us - and now he's asking for benefits without any benefit?"

Jiang Cheng said confidently: "Then who made me the leader? If you don't listen to me, who else should you listen to?"

Zhang Tingshu shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I knew you were that kind of person. Okay, how dare I not do it for you?"

As he said this, he turned around and gave a few instructions to his subordinate Wang Ziyu, who immediately ran towards the springboard:
At this time, Zhang Tinglan and the others looked even more strange. Then they saw the people walking down the gangplank. In addition to the crew and soldiers, there were more men and women carrying large suitcases and looking like foreigners. "Is this... Germans!?"

Even Duan Congbin was speechless for a while, but he had studied in Russia after all, so he immediately recognized these people. They were blond, blue-eyed, and white-skinned... The men were tall and strong, and the women had long legs and extremely tall figures;
Their cheeks are vertical, as if they had been cut by a knife, and almost everyone has a straight nose.

"Haha, Yuanhe really has a lot of experience."

Unexpectedly, he could still recognize them. Jiang Cheng raised his eyebrows and laughed softly, "Yes, I asked my second brother to invite them back!"

Zhang Tinglan was just about to ask, "Why did you hire a bunch of Germans? Aren't those you took in before enough?" Jiang Cheng hugged Zhang Tingshu and said with a grin, "He did a good job. Brother, I have prepared wine for you a long time ago. We must get drunk today."

He gave instructions to properly settle these people and let them rest first. Two days later, they would be sent back to the resettlement point in Harbin by a special train. Jiang Cheng laughed and got on the train with these brothers from the fleet and returned to the city.

The banquet was naturally lively and sumptuous, and full of festive atmosphere - especially since his fleet scared the Combined Fleet away with just a few shots, which made Jiang Cheng extremely proud.

The banquet lasted for a whole day and night. Zhang Tingshu reported all the treasures he brought back to Jiang Cheng.

In addition to the German ships that were not sunk, there were two British dreadnoughts and two French armed cruisers.

"Although there are many ships, there are not many ammunition...especially shells."

Zhang Tingshu sat down on the sofa in his office and said helplessly, "After the Paris Peace Conference, people were clamoring for disarmament everywhere, and wanted to abolish the "military power" of Germany and Austria-Hungary... I did save all the ships, but many of the guns were dismantled, and most of the shells were taken away."

"If the Combined Fleet had really tried to fight me to death that day - hey, we wouldn't have been able to defeat them! Fortunately, the German Hindenburg was so fierce that it blew up a circle and scared the devils to death."

Jiang Cheng had thought of this a long time ago: otherwise, he would not have hurriedly asked the Russians to run back for supplies;
What if the Japanese fought to the death, the Russians would have to go around and counterattack - Zhang Tingshu had gone to great lengths to get these precious treasures back, but they were all sunk by the Japanese, which was not good.

"Fortunately, these devils ran away before they knew our situation..."

Jiang Cheng was not afraid, but still felt fortunate, "Good brother, you have worked so hard along the way..."

Zhang Tingshu did not take credit for it: "What's the point of saying it's hard work? In addition to the shortage of ammunition and the dismantling of some artillery, some warships also need to be repaired and renovated."

"Also, I need people - apart from anything else, the dreadnought can carry 900 people at full capacity. I calculated and calculated, and it's not even enough for half of them!"

Jiang Cheng immediately said seriously: "We are all brothers, so I won't say polite words. Second brother, I have planned to build our own navy in Jilin with these warships."

"As for the crew, I have asked Xuecheng to train more than 3,700 people. I will assign them all to you... Don't try to save face with me. If you are not suitable, shoot them down and return them immediately. I will give you more!"

"Of course, the commander-in-chief of the navy must be you, Zhang Tingshu!" (End of this chapter)