The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

"Damn it, he can't beat Jiang Cheng, he can't beat Xiao Liuzi, and he can't even beat my son-in-law Pingchuan. How can he say these things?"

Angrily throwing the stack of "rough paper" in his hand onto the table beside him, Cao Kun walked back and forth in the study with his hands clasped behind his back. Several staff members standing in a row there were all silent.

"Third Master, you have to make a decision quickly - the latest news from Jinan Prefecture is that Wu Ziyu has assembled his entire army and launched a general attack towards Jinan!"

Cao Kun slammed his fist on the table, and was so angry that veins on his forehead bulged: "Damn it, it's already this time! He actually wants to launch a general attack, he thinks..."

He had just finished speaking when he suddenly noticed that his confidant on the other side had a different look on his face.

He immediately shut up, and Cao Kun frowned and looked over coldly: "What's the matter?"

The confidant looked around and nervously stepped forward to hand over the thick document he had prepared: "Third Master, this is... part of the war report sent back by the Japanese. You should take a look first!"

Battle report?

What's so good about this...

Besides, aren’t the situations at the firefight points the same?
However, when Cao Kun really lowered his head to read these detailed battle reports, his ears suddenly buzzed and he was stunned.

"What is written on this?!"

Even he himself was a little overwhelmed when listening to his own voice: What the hell is going on with the Fengtian Army?
"what is this?"

Cao Kun flipped the paper over, pointed at the lines of words on it and asked viciously, "Tell me, what is this thing that flies in the sky and shoots down?"

He didn't understand what the Japanese were describing, what the so-called "airplane" was.

In his opinion, this iron bird flying across the sky was already magical, and this weird thing actually had a "machine gun position" with a huge range and power...

This was completely beyond the understanding of Cao Kun and his staff.

"Third Master, I heard from the Japanese that this thing called an airplane was designed and produced by the Germans. Even they are not very clear about the specific model and parameters."

The confidant who submitted the battle report quickly said, "This time Jiang Cheng went through the pass to support Duan Zhigui, and he only dispatched two planes..."

"But it caused great damage to Ziyu's team. The formation was smashed to pieces the moment it was deployed. When they tried to reorganize, the main force of the Fengtian Army adopted their usual tactics:"

"First, use heavy artillery to bombard the battlefield indiscriminately, and then charge with cavalry and infantry in coordination—"

At this point, he seemed to have thought of something and continued, "By the way, Third Master, the Japanese also gave me one of these things."

As he spoke, he took out another photo from his jacket pocket.

If Jiang Cheng or any general of his Jilin Army were here, they would definitely shout out at these photos: Isn’t this our tank?
However, Cao Kun and others looked at each other in confusion after seeing this blurry photo, but they soon noticed some clues.

"How powerful is this thing?"

Cao Kun's expression became more serious than ever before. "Alright, no matter who it is, contact Pingchuan immediately. I want to see him, right away!"

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The battle ended with the Fengtian Army led by Jiang Cheng winning a great victory. But unlike what everyone thought, even Cao Kun believed that Jiang Cheng would chase his favorite general and beat him to death, annihilating his main force in Shandong, and making it impossible for the Luoyang Army to make a comeback...

However, the two teams of Hai Pingchuan and Guo Xipeng seemed to have suddenly lost their temper, and they used the tactic of "leaving a gap in the encirclement", and let Wu Peifu's main force go.

In the Jinan headquarters, Guo Songling said to Jiang Cheng, who was staring at the map with his elbows folded, "In fact, you should seize this good opportunity--"

"Now that the large army has entered the country, we should try every possible means to achieve more strategic goals."

Jiang Cheng retracted his gaze and smiled indifferently, pretending to be profound: "Maochen, what is the strategic purpose you mentioned?"

"The situation in Jinan and its surrounding areas has stabilized... Even the Japanese on the coast dare not go out; plus the capital's appointment of Pingchuan as the garrison commander of Jinan and the governor of Shandong is a foregone conclusion,"

"We got what we were supposed to get, and we also got what we weren't supposed to get."

Guo Songling's unpleasant arrogant expression reappeared: "I understand... The Jilin Army entered the pass to grab territory, and they don't care about the situation in the Central Plains or the safety of the Chinese nation!"

Jiang Cheng's eyes lit up, but then he showed a mocking smile: "It seems that in your eyes, Maochen, I, Jiang Feilan, am no different from those warlords in Beiyang, right?"

"Seize the land, the money, the women... and even rip off the land to make myself fat, right?"

As if angered by these obviously sarcastic words, Guo Songling turned around and stared at Jiang Cheng face to face: "Let me ask you, why are you doing construction in Jilin?"

"Why are you banning smoking? Also, why are you buying large quantities of advanced weapons and equipment, developing water resources, reclaiming fertile land, building roads, and building schools and hospitals... and you're using policies that benefit the people to win over people's hearts, what are all these for!?"

Instead, he got angry. The calmer and more arrogant Jiang Cheng was, the more mocking his tone was: "I'm a warlord, the kind who robs money, land, and women."

As soon as he finished speaking, the other party turned around and grabbed his collar——

Almost at the same time, all the guards at the command center drew their weapons.

"Guo, you better be respectful and be careful,"

Before Li Shitou finished speaking, Jiang Cheng raised his hand slightly to stop him from speaking and signaled everyone to calm down.

With a sneer on his lips, Jiang Cheng slowly withdrew his hand and deftly pushed his hands away: "Mao Chen, of course I understand what you mean——"

"Han Qing said that you are a person with ideals in your heart... You want to achieve great things, right? You want to drive out foreign enemies, right?"

"Looking at those arrogant devils in the Russo-Japanese War, you want to crush them one by one on the land of China, right?"

At this point, he raised his hand and pushed Guo Songling on the chest, raised his chin and sneered, "Rely on what? Just rely on your recklessness?"

Guo Songling gritted his teeth and said, "You know that these are all righteousness and ideals, why... Besides, once you kill Wu Ziyu this time, the Zhi army will definitely be afraid... One battle can bring at least five years of peace to Shandong, why don't you do it?"

"You let him escape. How can Wu swallow this? In two or three years, he will surely make a comeback in Luoyang. By then... the whole of Shandong will never have peace again!"

Facing the looks of everyone in the command center, some of whom were stunned, some were thoughtful, and some seemed to agree with him, Jiang Cheng's smile became even more intense.

Looking around at the generals, he said word by word: "What, you think so too?" (End of this chapter)