The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Even the Imperial Army on the railway was forced to retreat to Japanese-controlled Korea.

But they did not dare to make any moves, after all, they were not the only forces entrenched in the Northeast.
Jiang Cheng also brought in countries such as Britain, France and the United States to cooperate, calling it "free trade"... Especially in the middle of this year, with the recovery of the entire territory of Mongolia, members of the Special High Section active in the Northeast reported that they had also begun cooperation with the Red Soviet Union.

"Nagata-kun, what you mean is that this White Russian pirate group... is related to Jiang Cheng?"

Hara Takashi was quite surprised, "But what is the connection between them?"

Nagata Tetsuzan sneered twice, glanced at the pale-faced Takeshita Isamu, and continued, "Before, the Combined Fleet conducted a so-called exercise at sea, blocking the waterways to Vladislavok and the Tumen River."

"For this reason, not only did the Northeast and the consulate protest, but even European and American merchants expressed dissatisfaction, saying that we were hindering trade. And at that time, didn't this fleet already appear?"

At this time, Tanaka Giichi, who had not expressed his opinion, immediately spoke up: "Takeshita-kun, your fleet has been fighting continuously, consuming a large amount of military expenditures of the empire and losing many warships, but you haven't figured out who started it?"

This……

I didn’t expect that after the Army Department failed to defend Qingdao, these two senior officials suddenly turned their attention to the Navy?

What does this have to do with me? And please let your army figure it out!
Whether it's sending troops north to Siberia or advancing to Shandong, can your Army Department accomplish any of it without the support of our Navy?
I see, but next time you should let the Army Department swim across the sea!
But no matter how dissatisfied he was in his heart, this senior naval officer could not utter these retorts.

"Vladislav has always had representatives from Jilin. In fact, nearly half of the goods imported each year are transported to Jilin by rail."

Seeing that the unfortunate fellow was speechless, Nagata Tetsuzan smiled calmly and immediately made a pious expression to Hirohito, "The Special High Section has a report that the Red Army and the Soviet Union have begun a deeper level of cooperation with the Northeast."

"We have reason to believe that Jiang Cheng is behind this navy!"

There was an uproar.

Developing the navy in Northeast China?

As an island country with geopolitical significance, these devils are very aware of the importance of the navy.

If there is a fleet in the Northeast that can compete with them, it would be a fantasy for them to control China and continue to pursue their interests!

"Is this - is the news reliable?"

Hirohito was shocked and quickly gnashed his teeth. "If this is true, we must strike the Chinese military port in Vladislavl at all costs and completely eliminate any budding fleet development!"

Hara Takashi was even more embarrassed: "Your Highness, that is true...but the combined fleet was damaged by the escort of European and American merchant ships during this exercise, and this Russian fleet also caused sabotage, which damaged many warships--"

"According to the report of the Shipping Bureau, it will take three to five years to recover to the pre-war level... and the finance ministers have reported one by one that the empire's economy can no longer afford the budget for the '88 Fleet'!" The chief of the General Staff, Kenji Shioda, also sneered: "Tanaka-kun is really a warmongerer! In order to get into the cabinet, he proposed the Northward Expedition, which required huge military expenditures. The benefits he got back in more than two years are less than half of the military expenditures;"

"This time the Army Department once again proposed to go to Vladislav... Hehe, regardless of whether you can avenge the previous humiliation, how are we going to solve the problem of military expenditure?"

This is a harsh statement: it seems as if every single person in the Army Department is planning to gain promotion by gaining military merits through fighting wars, and they don't care at all whether the country can afford to maintain a fleet.

The furious Nagata Tetsuzan was about to curse back, but Tanaka Giichi at the side pulled him back with the smallest movement and slowly turned his gaze to Hirohito: "Your Highness, we have already said what we should say--"

"Now this fleet with Jiang Cheng's shadow behind it has attacked Qingdao to relieve the pressure on Jinan and Tai'an. We have seen their strength and explosiveness... If we can't destroy this fleet in a short period of time, there will be endless troubles in the future!"

In fact, how could the prince who was in charge of the power not know about this?
But as Hara Takashi said, the country can no longer afford to maintain a fleet, let alone repair the damaged warships in a short period of time... and sending a fleet to Vladislavl is tantamount to declaring war on the Red Soviet Union. If it happens again - can they win?
"Your Highness, you don't have to worry about this matter at all... In addition to proposing to the United Nations General Assembly to continue to strictly implement the arms embargo on China and curb China's development, we can also continue to support Zhang Yuting."

Seeing through the anxiety of the superiors, Kenji Shiota brought out the agent of their General Staff Headquarters, "We supported him to become the king outside the Great Wall. We have secured the rights and interests of Liaoning from the Northeast. In the future, we can continue to guarantee the acquisition of raw materials and the dumping of products—"

"And now that the Central Plains is confronting him, we can support him in defeating Cao Kun and make him the agent of the Central Plains... In this way, will we still be worried about our people and fleet?"

According to his speech, he was supporting the Marshal to continue to gain benefits from the Northeast... But let's not talk about the old fox who has always been ruthless and has always taken advantage of others. He only knows how to deceive the Japanese into investing money and rarely lets them return the money;

Even if Kenji Shioda's plan really succeeds, relying on plundering an agricultural country's resources and dumping products to make money back is a long and unreliable process.

But this guy's speech obviously reached a wonderful compromise between the conservative Hara Takashi and the radical Tanaka Nagayama, which made Hirohito immediately smile with satisfaction and agree to this suggestion.

Just as the Japanese troops sent troops to Jinan and Tai'an were forced to retreat because the port was stolen, the time advanced to November 11th.

A vicious murder occurred at Tokyo Station in Japan: Japanese cabinet organizer, Prime Minister Hara Takashi was stabbed in the chest by a young man armed with a dagger.

The tip of the knife pierced the right lung and went straight to the heart. This "civilian prime minister" in his sixties eventually died of excessive blood loss.

He was the first incumbent prime minister to be assassinated since the establishment of the Japanese cabinet system in 1885.

When the news reached Northeast China, Jiang Cheng had just finished a business negotiation in Shuangchengzi and was taking a nap in the private room of the military train.

"Haha, I knew that this conservative must be sacrificed to the gods."

Jiang Cheng opened his eyes a little and showed a slightly sarcastic smile, "The Japanese really retreated - our old Ivan did a good job!"

Looking back at his boss who looked lazy, Sun Zhengnan showed admiration: "Master Jiang, I still don't understand how you know that the Japanese dare not come to attack Vladivostok?" (End of this chapter)