The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

This move will obviously not be adopted, and their superior rulers are even happy to see this kind of internal strife - after all, the more fierce the fighting is, the more stable their power will naturally be.

This move obviously caused another uproar, and the inflamed General Staff launched a more high-profile attack on the Army Ministry.

Under pressure from many parties, military elder Aritomo Yamagata finally chose to express his position in front of the cabinet:
At present, the dispatch of the Northern Expeditionary Army has been met with resentment from various countries, and they called on Tanaka Giichi to consider the long-term and choose to withdraw all troops from Siberia.

Even their own people chose to make such a statement. Tanaka Giichi knew very well that the Army Department would not be able to withstand the pressure.

If I keep insisting, there will be disagreements among them.

Therefore, in mid-October of that year, he submitted a proposal for troop withdrawal to the cabinet, and withdrew troops from Baikal at the end of the month; in November of the same year, he withdrew troops from Khabarovsk.

At this point, the plan of these greedy invaders to further control the Far East and China by sending troops to Siberia through armed intervention was officially declared bankrupt.

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November in Northeast China is already the dead of winter, and the cold wind has frozen the entire capital of Jilin into a huge block of ice.

With the news of the Japanese troops' withdrawal from Siberia, Jiang Cheng went to Jilin Second Hospital to visit Jiang Dengxuan.

Previously, the Japanese used chlorine gas bombs to attack the Jilin army. He inhaled too much and climbed high to observe and command the troops, causing damage to his respiratory tract and lungs. He has been recovering from the illness until now.

After reading the good news in the headlines in the newspaper, Jiang Dengxuan's face flushed with joy, and he excitedly shook his boss's hand: "Feilan! Thank you for bringing such good news--"

"I, I have been worried recently that after I fell ill, no one would be in charge of the 30th Division, which would delay... ahem, ahem, delay your entire battle!"

Seeing him coughing again, Jiang Cheng smiled a little apologetically, comforting him while taking a pillow and placing it behind him: "The doctor said that you are much better now--"

"But looking at what I've seen today, I'm afraid you still need to take good care of yourself! Brother Chao Liu, don't worry about military affairs. Let Jinghui stay with you... There are people to handle all the big and small matters at home, from top to bottom in the 30th Division! You should just focus on recuperating now."

In fact, in 1919, chlorine poisoning was considered an incurable disease - Jiang Dengxuan was attacked by the front-line troops, and there were many casualties;

Jiang Cheng knew that the burns to the respiratory tract could be recovered, but his brother Chao Liu's lung damage was probably irreversible due to excessive inhalation... From then on, he would have symptoms of chronic coughing and shortness of breath.

"I really didn't expect that these devils were so evil that they could use poison gas to attack."

Jiang Cheng took a deep breath and said, "I have contacted the Americans and ordered a batch of gas masks."

The design concept was proposed by him, and the specific design drawings were produced by his Guanghan University Military Products Research Institute.

The structure is almost the same as the gas masks widely used during World War II, with activated carbon, latex, glass masks, etc.

"This thing will definitely be useful in the future, and once it can be mass-produced, I plan to sell it to various European countries!"

Jiang Dengxuan lowered his eyebrows, shook his head and smiled: "Our commander-in-chief is really a nobody. He can link everything to business..."

"But then again, after fighting so many battles in a row, although we have driven a large number of Japanese invaders away from Jilin, and now have the strength to negotiate the deep-water port of Vladivostok, the military expenditure is not small!"

Jiang Cheng nodded.

Since three years ago, he has been fighting almost non-stop... In addition to various imports, building factories and roads, investing in schools and hospitals to resettle immigrants, etc., his money has been spent like water. Now his most profitable project is still penicillin, in addition to coal and timber that are exported to all over the world... In addition, he asked Hai Huixin to trade stocks with Yu Fengzhi.

"Brother Chao Liu, I came to see you today because I have something to talk to you about."

Seeing that he was in a good mood at the moment, Jiang Cheng planned to say everything he needed to say, "I've been thinking about it, and I think your body is not suitable for continuing to lead the troops——"

Seeing the other party's eyebrows twitching, Jiang Cheng raised a hand to stop him from speaking and continued, "Harbin. I want you to go to Harbin and be the chief executive for me!"

Jiang Dengxuan's pupils suddenly contracted.

Harbin belonged to Jilin during the Republic of China period, and the capital of Heilongjiang Province was Qiqihar.

After Jiang Cheng and Wu Junsheng were appointed to two different places, the Marshal actually left them a trick:
He gave the right to garrison Harbin to Wu Junsheng’s son Wu Taixun—so that up to now, this place has become a buffer zone between the two provinces;

As the real manager of Jilin, Jiang Cheng has never appointed an administrative chief for Harbin, but has acquiesced to Wu Taixun's control over the place.

Because he wanted to drive away the foreign enemies, Jiang Cheng couldn't cause any more trouble with Wu Junsheng, the Marshal's good brother... After all, from Tang Yulin to Zhang Jinghui, he had killed too many people.

While fighting the Japanese in a battle of wits and courage, he needed Wu Junsheng to be stable and not cause trouble.

Therefore, the powers of Heilongjiang and Jilin overlapped in Harbin, and Jiang Cheng once allowed Harbin's jurisdiction; Zhang Xuecheng's smuggling of opium to Wu Taixun was proof of his weakening power there.

But things are different now. General Jiang has already driven away the foreign enemies and is about to start reorganizing his business and further developing industry.

"Now I have driven away most of the disobedient and troublesome devils - I am also negotiating with the Russians about the Vladivostok area and the deep-water port there,"

"I can't live without my own people in Harbin! I need someone smart, capable and competent to manage the entire area."

At this point, Jiang Cheng raised his hand and held the other person's shoulder, "Except for your sixth brother, I can't find another person!"

Jiang Dengxuan was shocked, his eyes clearly caught in a huge storm.

"I...I understand!"

He straightened up and said, "I have nothing to say - thank you Feilan for your trust. I, I, ahem, I promise to complete the task!"

Jiang Cheng narrowed his eyes slightly, but his bright smile hinted at some unknown meaning.

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On January 1920, 1, when the news arrived that the Jilin Military Governor's Office had appointed Jiang Dengxuan as the garrison commander of Harbin, the Wu father and son instantly became nervous.

The old man immediately called the commander's mansion and angrily cursed: "Hey, Commander Yu, what does this little bastard mean?"

"My son has been in charge of Harbin for many years, and everyone has accepted this attitude. He suddenly issued such an appointment letter. Is he targeting my son and me?"

"I'm leaving this message here. I've received your order from UMC, but we won't execute it!" (End of this chapter)