The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Seeing his men nodding one after another, Jiang Cheng continued, "Haha... Under such circumstances, the Japanese army actually attempted to open a second battlefield in the Far East: they even extended their hands to the Caucasus region."

"But we have to act quickly - unlike the bitterly cold Siberia, the slightly richer Caucasus region will easily allow the Japanese to develop a 'fight to support war' strategy once the expedition is successful."

Sun Zhengnan understood it completely: "I understand - now we are sending troops to Siberia, and we want to fight a quick battle!"

Vasily of the White Russian Regiment also said immediately: "The White Army and guerrillas in Siberia are in agreement with us in attacking the Japanese army—"

"Under the attack of Jiang Dengxuan, Guo Xipeng and others, we will definitely take back the port soon!"

Seeing these Maozi subordinates also join the tactical discussion, Jiang Cheng's expression became more excited: "After such a big setback, the Japanese will definitely try every possible way to retaliate."

"The Japanese on the border of the Chinese Super League will certainly rush out in full force... But the Yalu River is our natural barrier. Even if the Japanese really start a full-scale war with us, relying on the weather and terrain, we will soon enter a strategic stalemate with them-"

His words immediately made the officers present extremely excited.

After the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese became a cancer in the three northeastern provinces. Relying on railways, cities, roads... and various infiltrations, the Northeast was full of garrisons, expatriates and spies.

In this battle, their Master Jiang was clearly fighting against this enemy whose appetite was growing and whose combat power was getting stronger!

Apart from anything else, once this battle is won, all foreign enemies in Jilin will be driven out.

In addition, taking over the Vladivostok region means that they also have their own power in the Far East...

Even those officers who did not understand strategy understood that their Lord Jiang was planning to commit himself and the entire Jilin province to the game, betting on stable development for at least the next ten years!

A Northeast without foreign enemies, without interference, and no longer in need of being coveted and plundered!
"You give the order."

Sun Zhengnan felt his hair stand on end. "Master Jiang, you don't have to doubt——"

"This battle will determine the fate of Northeast China and even the Central Plains in the future!"

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When Jiang Dengxuan led the entire army and appeared in the Siberia region as a "friendly force", the Japanese scouts and sentries were stunned.

This... is this to deliver supplies to them who are short of food?

What a joke!
Telegrams were sent to the Japanese Northern Expeditionary Army Headquarters like snowflakes, and Tanaka Yoshiichi was completely dumbfounded.

However, the second piece of news that made him even more "stupid" appeared -

The US troops stationed ten kilometers away from the port did not even fart and withdrew completely within one day!

What news did you get?

They quickly sent a telegram to Graves to confirm the news - the reply they received was: the military intervention in the Far East had successfully achieved its goal, President Wilson had ordered through Congress to terminate all military funding approvals for the northern expeditionary force, and the troops withdrew immediately after receiving the order.

When Giichi Tanaka received the news that the American troops had fled, his mind immediately exploded;

However, Fukushima Yasumasa asked guiltily whether he should ask the Fengtian Army what they were doing there.
Maybe they really sent them supplies and helped them fight the Russians. Facing such a naive colleague, Tanaka Yoshiichi felt as if Amaterasu had collapsed.

What?
Do you still need to ask?!
After slapping him several times, the almost crazy commander of the Northern Expeditionary Army jumped up and down and shouted at the entire army to prepare for war.

While the battle was unfolding in Siberia, large numbers of civilians appeared in many places on the China-North Korea border in Jilin, clearing roads and building fortifications.

It can be seen that these are typical trench systems.

In addition to the turrets with machine guns, there are also firing points surrounded by sandbags.

The trenches were roughly divided into three sections, each of which was several hundred meters long and connected by communication trenches.

The most forward section is called the "front trench" and is the focus of defense;

The second section that follows is called the "support trenches" and the third section is the "reserve trenches".

The surface of all the trenches was built in a serrated shape, with two or three deep corners every ten meters - this design could minimize the impact of the shock caused by the explosion of the artillery line on the trenches, and at the same time prevent the enemy troops rushing up the trenches from directly shooting at the soldiers in the trenches.

The sandbags piled on the edge of the trench are also bulletproof equipment; and in order to prevent the trench from collapsing, there are wooden stakes to support key areas.

In addition to these, the trenches also have mudguards for sheltering from rain and draining water, tunnels for storing bullets and ammunition, and so on.

Such a large fortification aroused the suspicion of the Japanese army when it was first built.

Not only those on the Sino-North Korean border were suspicious, but even the Japanese consultant Machino Takema in Changchun was dumbfounded.

He had just heard the news and was still in the land of tenderness... In the past two years, Jiang Cheng had given him many "yellow croakers" of all sizes.
Not only did they make him more inclined towards the Jilin governor in terms of policies and speech, but they also eroded his will and vigilance day by day.

After learning the news from the Jilin border, no matter how stupid he was, he understood that this iron-handed commander-in-chief had already intended to start a war.

After crawling out of the beautiful woman's bed, he didn't even bother to put on his shoes. He ran to the phone panting and called the Jilin Governor's Mansion.

The news we got was that the military governor was currently in Hunchun suppressing the opium bandits.

After receiving a tip-off that a large amount of opium was smuggled into the country from the border area, the emperor was furious and wanted to personally wipe out this gang of bandits.

Hearing this reason, Machino Takema was so angry that he wanted to curse:
It has been more than a year since the ban on smoking was implemented. All the big and small tobacco dealers, tobacco shops, and even the grassroots tobacco farmers and smokers in Jilin have disappeared. Those who should be arrested should be arrested or executed... Who the hell is still looking for trouble to send cigarettes to Jilin? Can't business in Heilongjiang and Fengtian be done?

Knowing clearly that the Governor-General's Office was evading the issue, Machino Takema quickly dressed and prepared to go out, intending to quickly contact the spy organization in Changchun and send the news back to the country as soon as possible.

However, all his actions came into Zhang Tinglan's sight.

When Jiang Cheng was preparing for a two-front war, special agents were sent to the capital, Changchun, all cities and counties large and small throughout Jilin, all Japanese settlements, shops, factories, etc. to keep watch day and night to prevent these people from making any tricks.

Of course, as soon as the unfortunate fellow ran onto the street, the Snow Fox agents pinned him down, knocked him unconscious with fierce looks on their faces, threw him into a car, and sent him directly to Zhang Tinglan. (End of this chapter)