The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Chapter 324 Exploring the truth
Just when Jiang Cheng ordered Siping and the surrounding troops to assemble secretly, Marshal Zhang suddenly wrote a letter, using his identity as the Inspector General of the Three Northeastern Provinces to impeach Jilin Governor Meng Enyuan for crimes such as "financial disorder and collusion with foreign enemies".

After Feng Huafu and Lao Duan received the document, they reviewed it and discussed it, and then jointly issued a telegram ordering Meng Enyuan to resign, and informed his troops to immediately move back to the capital.

As soon as this order was issued, the entire three northeastern provinces were in an uproar.

First there was Zhang Yuting, the governor of Feng Province, and then there was Bao Guiqing, the governor of Heilongjiang Province. Meng Enyuan was forced to resign after receiving the telegram from the capital.

However, his nephew Gao Shibin was a tough advocate of war. He joined forces with the local bandit Lu Yonggui to declare Jilin's independence and formed the "Jilin Anti-Rebellion Army" to actively prepare for war.

Marshal Zhang received an order from the capital and issued a statement to attack Meng Enyuan in the name of "destroying the republic."

When the Jilin army gathered towards the important military location of Kuanchengzi, the Japanese troops stationed near the railway station negotiated with Zhang and Meng separately, repeatedly demanding that the military action should not spread to the vicinity of the railway station.

War is imminent.

On the second day after the meeting, Masao Okawa was introduced by Machino and rushed to the Liaoyuan County Front Army Command in a hurry.

Jiang Cheng was discussing rear-line supplies with Wu Junsheng and Zhang Zuoxiang who had just gathered here. When they heard that the Japanese were coming, the three of them quickly exchanged glances.

Zhang Zuoxiang frowned and asked, "What are the devils doing here?"

Wu Junsheng looked at Jiang Cheng meaningfully, and then said to Zhang Zuoxiang: "I want to ask your precious son-in-law. Two months ago, he and a Japanese from some tree drove away the devils in Zhengjiatun."

"They even re-divided the territory - the Japanese must be thinking of some benefit, so they came to pay us New Year's greetings, right?"

What he said was true, but Jiang Cheng felt heartbroken when he heard it.

Damn your territory and all that, I helped you get it back... No matter whether I temporarily took advantage of the Japanese, I still shared the benefits with you.

"Brother, I don't like what you said..."

How smart is Zhang Zuoxiang? He immediately frowned, "It turns out that the Japanese were recruited by my Feilan."

Wu Junsheng's eyes rolled and he laughed: "I don't like what you said even more——"

"But come to think of it, is it really like that? The mother-in-law likes her son-in-law more and more, so why is your father-in-law like this too? I mean... is it because your Xiaoxue got Feilan pregnant with a son?"

Not long after returning to Siping from the interior, Zhang Tingxue fell ill for a few days. Later, a check-up revealed that she was pregnant.

But when he said this in public, even Jiang Cheng's face was hot: "Second Master, what are you talking about? I don't like to listen to it anymore!"

Wu Junsheng put his hands on his hips and laughed: "Why don't you want to hear that... What, it's not your child? You are such a capable boy, you are so young and you can do this!"

What do you mean? Are you implying that your pen has no ink, and that you only have Taexun and Chifang at this age?
Jiang Cheng glared at him but didn't say anything. He quickly changed the subject and said, "Come on, Second Master, please forgive me!"

Zhang Zuoxiang also waved his hand: "That's right, this is going too far! Are you going to meet the little devil outside or not?"

"I think the war is imminent, so we'd better not meet again - God knows who these little devils are on their side."

Jiang Cheng rolled his eyes and said, "That's true and not true... I think we should leave the Japs alone for now. Let's talk about our own business first!"

As they talked, they continued to discuss logistics, military affairs such as troop advancement and reconnaissance direction... Okawa and Machino were arranged by his chief of staff Sun Zhengnan to go to the small warehouse next to the central army tent. It was already the end of the twelfth month, and even in broad daylight, the temperature had dropped to more than ten degrees below zero.

Compared with the relatively warm big tent with a burning fire, the small warehouse was only used to store the officers' daily necessities. It had only one layer of thin felt, and even the ink bottle would freeze and burst.

Both devils came from Hiroshima, a city with a warm climate. After a while, they began to cry and snot, not caring about the dignity of the "Great Japanese Empire". They kept rubbing their hands and stamping their feet... In their hearts, they cursed these impolite and unscrupulous Fengtian Army soldiers thousands of times.

Okawa lost his patience early on and threatened to quarrel with Jiang Cheng; but Machino repeatedly advised him to "put the overall situation first";
However, no matter how big the overall situation is, it cannot withstand the severe cold. When he was scolding Jiang Wu and others and was about to take his guards to break into the central army tent, Ye Hai, the guard beside Jiang Cheng, ran over breathlessly and said that Commander Jiang wanted to see them.

As soon as he entered the separate tent, a warm breath hit him in the face. The gold-rimmed glasses on Okawa's face suddenly misted up. The alternating hot and cold temperatures made him sneeze loudly.

"Oh Mr. Okawa, are you catching a cold?"

Jiang Cheng pretended to be surprised, and hurriedly trotted over to greet him, acting in a sarcastic and courteous manner, "Please take a seat, please take a seat. You said that the conditions at my front-line headquarters are so poor that we can't even get some hot soup or hot water. Come on, Ye Hai, quickly find a way to get something hot!"

Machino frowned and interrupted him: "No need. Mr. Jiang, we came here today because of the battle in Kuanchengzi."

Without waiting for Jiang Cheng to refute, he immediately continued, "You don't have to rush to deny it... Considering the formation of your troops and the direction of the assembly of Mr. Meng's troops, combined with the maximum strategic significance,"

"Your first battle will definitely be against the Ji army here."

Ha ha.

These devils are really smart. They actually guessed my intention?
But if you think about it carefully, there is nothing strange about it.

Kuanchengzi was heavily guarded, a major transportation route, and an important pass to resist the Fengtian Army's attack on Jilin Prefecture...

Both sides are fighting the "first battle" with great determination, where else can they go if not here?

"Mr. Machino, didn't you and I already have an agreement that we would only cooperate and never interfere in each other's military affairs?"

Leng Leng turned back and sat down, his tone was not so polite, Jiang Cheng even crossed his legs, "Your stations and checkpoints, even the private checkpoints on the highway, I, Jiang Cheng, have turned a blind eye to it, right?"

"But it was the commander-in-chief's order to wipe out the Ji army... Your extending such a long hand seems to violate our previous agreement, right?"

Machino was unhappy, but Okawa rushed to say: "Mr. Jiang, do you think it is our Great Japan that is participating in your military operations?"

Jiang Cheng deliberately raised his chin: "Well, what else?"

He was forcing the Japanese to speak frankly - in this tense situation, whoever takes the initiative will lose the opportunity.

When it comes to playing tricks, the Japanese are still not smart enough.

Dachuan suddenly said arrogantly: "It's the military."

"Mr. Jiang, you probably don't know yet, but the military has secretly ordered our soldiers at Kuanchengzi Station to intervene militarily if necessary!"

really!

(End of this chapter)