The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

But if the offense and defense are reversed and the attack is turned into an encirclement, these people will really fight to the death.

Carter clearly did not give up and kept asking questions around this - of course Jiang Cheng also understood that it was normal for capital to worry about assets, especially the safety of investments.

"How about this? I order my best troops, Dai Wenjun's troops stationed in Siping, to be ready to respond at any time."

Jiang Cheng immediately said, "This unit was originally the former unit of my father-in-law Hai Rusong. After he and my eldest brother Zhang Tinglan went to Mongolia, they handed over their elite troops to his confidant Dai Wenjun."

"This unit can be regarded as the most mobile and powerful one...If they can no longer resist inside the Great Wall, they will immediately take the railway south to Shanhaiguan."

"I will definitely guard the gate for the Northeast!"

After hearing his assurance, Carter smiled with satisfaction.

It seems that in order to deal with them, some blood must be shed to prove the authenticity.

Jiang Cheng was very disdainful and soon asked him when the next batch of equipment would arrive, saying that his scientific research team was incredibly strong.

In addition to the continuous stream of graduating students, there are also Europeans who come to the Northeast because of unrest in their own countries.

A large number of these people are experts in various professions, but they are currently suffering from insufficient equipment and are unable to fully demonstrate their abilities.

"The equipment should arrive soon. With the escort fleet... and without the Japanese fleet causing trouble, the safety and timeliness of shipping can still be guaranteed."

Hearing Jiang Cheng mention business, Carter quickly replied, "By the way, Mr. Wu from your company contacted me before and said that he also planned to purchase some fuel."

As expected, Wu Junsheng is good at changing with the times... When I was purchasing some armed equipment before, he made a request to me, saying that he was willing to increase the price by 20% and purchase some foreign equipment from Jiang Cheng.

In fact, Jiang Cheng had no interest in earning the price difference, but for now, he should maintain a good relationship with Heilongjiang Province.

"Why, is this difficult to do?"

She gestured to him again, "Heilongjiang's demand for gasoline should be much smaller than ours in Jilin."

After all, they don’t have tanks or airplanes, which are “fuel-guzzling giants”. At most, they have military vehicles and trucks, and private cars of the rich.

However, Carter answered him embarrassedly that the amount of gasoline Wu Junsheng bought from him was not small, and half of it had to be transported by him to ports such as Qinhuangdao and Yuhang.

interesting.

Did this Wu Datou know that Carter had connections at Mobil Oil, so he wanted to make some money from the price difference?
But as soon as his thought came to this, Jiang Cheng suddenly realized that it might not be that simple.

I remember that after the first Zhi-Feng war, the defeated Marshal Zhang was forced to step down by the capital, and the person who was appointed as the Fengtian governor was Wu Datouzi.

Later, the old fellow ran to the Marshal, knelt down and cried, and repeatedly stated that he was only willing to obey the Marshal... Now it seems that Wu Junsheng is probably not as simple as he seems.

Yes, there are so many Fengtian Army generals, and there are many factions. Why did Cao Saner and Wu Xiucai choose him?
While thinking, Jiang Cheng suddenly noticed that the American next to him had a strange expression, as if he was hesitating about whether he had said something wrong.

He smiled and said, "If it's difficult, then don't force yourself to do this business; but if there is a business demand, doing business with our Mr. Wu, isn't it a mutually beneficial thing?" After he finished speaking, Carter said that transporting oil to the Northeast was not a problem... but transporting large quantities of gasoline to ports outside the Northeast might attract international doubts.

"I understand... It's about that piece of paper. So doesn't that mean you, a capable person, need to solve it?"

Jiang Cheng just flattered him, and then changed the subject lightly and happily, "By the way, Carter, after much thought, I'm planning to hire you as an American teacher in my Governor's Mansion. Are you interested?"

I had heard before that Carter had some kind of family relationship with Rockefeller; letting him start as a low-level salesman was probably the oil tycoon's idea.

But the other party's lowering of his status does not mean that others can look down on him... Jiang Cheng plans to use the Marshal's trick to establish an effective "deep bond" with the other party.

"Don't worry, I will not pay you with silver dollars, but with gold."

Jiang Cheng blinked mysteriously, said an amount that the other party could not refuse, and then shook hands with him vigorously.

Just as Jilin, under the leadership of Jiang Cheng, was conducting more in-depth cooperation with the United States, a large number of Fengtian troops had already entered the pass; and Cao Kun and Wu Peifu on the Zhili army side had also completed their military deployment.

The confrontation between the two sides began, and it was another round of "telegraph pre-war" of the war between the warlords. The two sides cursed at each other and exposed each other's shortcomings:

Wu Xiucai seized on Lao Zhang's background as a "security team" and "beard" and called him a thief who stole the country.

Old Zhang compared Wu Xiucai to An Lushan, the leader of the Anshi Rebellion, saying that he was "unacceptable to heaven and earth, and hated by both gods and humans."

After rounds of insults and dirty tricks, time quickly moved forward to April 4. The Marshal gave the order to launch a general offensive. The Fengtian Army, which had been holding back its anger for a long time, launched a fierce attack on the defending Zhi Army.

After crossing Shanhaiguan, the flat terrain allowed the Fengtian Army to stretch its battle line particularly long... The general offensive was divided into three routes. Except for Ji Jinchun in the middle, the fighting on the left and right routes was particularly fierce.

Moreover, due to the disparity in numbers and equipment, the Zhi army was almost suppressed.

Even though Wu Peifu had assembled nearly 100,000 men, one-third of them had to guard Haipingchuan in Shandong and could not march to the front line at all.

On the other hand, the Fengtian Army had as many as 120,000 troops able to enter the pass to participate in the war, almost twice as many as the Zhili Army; coupled with the artillery and light and heavy machine guns of both sides, Langfang and other places were quickly conquered one after another.

But then again, although the Zhi Army was suppressed all the way, its manpower was better than that of the Feng Army. They had been trained for a long time and were experienced in many battles. They were calm and composed in the battles, so the Feng Army, which had the advantage, could not completely defeat its opponent.

The war gradually became stalemate, which gave Wu Peifu the opportunity to turn the tide;
In early May, Feng Yuxiang, who had fought his way out of Tongguan, arrived in Luoyang. Marshal Yu confidently handed over the defense of the Luoyang and Zhengzhou areas to him, and told him to be careful of Hai Pingchuan from Shandong from attacking the front line.

He himself led his main force and showed his ferocious face to the ferocious Fengtian Army.

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"Feilan, a telegram was sent back from the front. I heard that my brother has also gone to the front."

Zhang Xuecheng's voice on the phone was a little impatient, "You said my uncle and brother are on the front line, and I am staying in the rear to be your head of the hall. Is this appropriate?" (End of this chapter)