The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Chapter 306 Steel Plant Site Selection
I had originally discussed with Meng Enyuan and Du Haisheng that we should first kill that stubborn bastard who always went against the Imperial Army.

Then they found that it was impossible to kill...

Relying on brute force, he only took care of a few miners from Liufangzi.

The conditions of the fully armed team in the mining area are becoming increasingly harsh because of the fortification and clearing of the surrounding counties and villages.

Later, the road leading out of the mining area was blown up, and the baggage train going to build the road and transport supplies was ambushed.

The more he thought about these things, the crazier Minamoto Yoshihei became.

After all, he was a chosen one who graduated from a prestigious university. Minamoto Yoshihei always thought highly of himself:
I have always looked down on this inferior race with no formal education... Especially the information reported by the military investigation shows that this kid not only did not go to school properly,
He is good at eating, drinking, whoring, gambling and smoking - in the words of the Chinese, he is a playboy.

However, it was this dude who had caused him so much harm, both overtly and covertly, from the suppression of bandits at the beginning of the year to the attack on his baggage train now.

"Damn China."

At this time, Minamoto no Yoshihei, who was drunk, had red eyes, which scared the Japanese waiter in the pub and the beaten geisha so much that they huddled in the corner. They did not breathe a sigh of relief until these armed soldiers left.

"Someone, take me to the Kwantung Military Governor's Office!"

As soon as he rushed into the office in Zhengjiatun, the Japanese suddenly yelled at his men.

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"Tell me, how many bullets did you swallow in one go?"

After saying this, Jiang Cheng saw Cai Yuanming's surprised face turn around, and then he threw the red pencil in his hand onto the map spread out in front of him.
"What are you afraid of? There's no one else in the room. I told you why you're so nervous. I didn't tell you to hand the things back!"

Three full days had passed since the surprise attack on the baggage train, and the Liufangzi front had remained unusually quiet.

He did not take the initiative to look for Cai Yuanming. Of course, the second thief was busy training the soldiers who had just joined his team, so they naturally did not talk in private.

"Jiang Feilan, what do you mean by this?"

Cai Yuanming turned the tables and said, "Oh, this is what I am like in your eyes, embezzling weapons?"

Jiang Cheng laughed out loud and slammed his head against the back of the chair: "Why, second brother, are you still pretending to be nice to me?"

"When I asked you to sneak attack the Japanese's baggage train, what did you say to Pingchuan? They have plenty of food and drink, but no guns or ammunition."

Cai Yuanming was hit by his finger and panicked: "Alright, alright! I knew I couldn't hide it from you. I took the stuff, about forty Type 38 rifles, and matching bullets and grenades!"

"Why, you're not going to ask your brother for it back?"

After hearing this, Jiang Cheng laughed out loud: "Damn it, in your eyes, am I such a stingy person?"

"There are only more than 40 guns in total. Even if you give me thousands of grenades... will I be able to appreciate it?"

Jiang Cheng laughed and stood up again, "Alright, alright, we are brothers, why would we care about that?"

"It's also because Pingchuan and I were careless... We only thought about letting you lead the troops, but didn't catch up with the supplies, right?"

After saying that, he made the decision and gave him 200 more guns, and told him to just let him know if he needed a gun in the future.

Cai Yuanming quickly turned from nervousness to joy, and ran away, thanking him profusely;
Jiang Cheng took out a cigarette box and was about to light it when Hai Huixin and Yang Yucheng came out from behind the bookshelf.

One of them stepped forward and snatched the cigarette and glared at him, while the other one said softly, "Feilan, I don't think this is a good idea."

"Yuanming secretly seized the batch of guns and didn't report it. Not only did you not say anything, but you also rewarded him?"

Jiang Cheng picked up the pencil, looked up at his lover who was pretending to be angry and holding a cigarette, and then he set his eyes on the top student who returned from China with gold-rimmed glasses: "If the water is too clear, there will be no fish... Everything is too clear, it must be like my uncle Hai, oh!"

When she heard her father mentioned, Hai Huixin pouted and tapped his shoulder lightly: "Just talk about the matter, why mention my father?"

"But what Fei Lan said is, if you really care about everything, who would be willing to follow you in the future?"

Grinning at her, Jiang Cheng continued, "It's settled... Yucheng, let's get down to business!"

The military action was over, and the area around Siping entered a brief period of peace again;

Officers such as Hai Pingchuan and Cai Yuanming wanted to bring the newly recruited officers and soldiers under their command and train them as new troops.

He was unable to handle all these tasks and could only rely on the brothers who had come with him to do them.

Because during this precious period of peace, he had to do research and development.

The homemade bomb workshop in Xiyingchang has moved north, but these are far from enough to determine the outcome of the war.

Now that we have our own territory, development is a must.

Know some geographical knowledge: Liufangzi Coal Mine is an open-pit mine. To put it bluntly, it can produce coal without digging a vertical shaft.

This type of ore not only has stable combustion and high quality, but should also have fairly rich associated minerals.

For example, kaolinite, refractory clay, bauxite, graphite, anhydrite, etc.; and according to the previous sneak attacks on the Japanese expedition teams,

Jiang Cheng also learned that there were quite rich iron and copper mines in Liufangzi and even near Siping.

What this means is self-evident.

"You, are planning to build a steel plant?!"

After listening to Jiang Cheng's description, Yang Yucheng took a deep breath.

"What's the matter, do you think it can't be done?"

Facing his boss's questioning, Yang Yucheng quickly waved his hand and said, "Feilan, look at what you said--"

"I'm not worried about not being able to build a steel plant. This kind of steelmaking technology is not difficult. We have coal mines and refractory clay. If we have one or two years, we will definitely be able to make steel."

“But it’s easy to build a factory, but it’s not easy to choose a location!”

Jiang Cheng smiled and pointed at the circle that had been drawn on the map in front of him. "To the west of the Liufangzi Coal Mine, there is water, roads, and several villages where we can recruit workers... We have the right time, right place, and right people!"

Yang Yucheng was pessimistic: "That's what I said, but harmony among people is not just about recruiting people. The Japanese and the Jilin Army have not been eliminated yet. If we rashly build a steel plant, who will we be helping in the end?"

Jiang Cheng laughed out loud: "So that's what you're worried about!"

"Didn't we agree on this when we graduated from the Military Academy? From now on, the literary side will be yours, and you won't have anything to do with the martial side."

"Rebuilding Siping and the steel mill are what you care about. Don't worry about anything else."

Although he didn't know how he would arrange his chess pieces next, Yang Yucheng still had considerable trust in him.

Handing him the pencils and other things, Jiang Cheng stood up, took Hai Huixin's hand and walked out. Sun Zhengnan was walking towards them with a few clerks holding a stack of drawings. When he saw that he was about to leave, he hurriedly asked where he was going.

(End of this chapter)