The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

"These foreign powers rely on our vast market and abundant products—"

"But you know clearly that if we leave them, we can't even make bullets! In the late Qing Dynasty, Zhang Zhidong and Li Hongzhang launched the Westernization Movement. Wasn't it because they thought that no one could have it as well as we have it?"

Jiang Cheng straightforwardly told Wu Junsheng his blueprint, such as developing industry, industrializing Jilin, achieving self-sufficiency in weapons, etc.

However, he also deliberately concealed some important details, but emphasized the importance of Vladivostok, Harbin and the entire railway.

Wu Junsheng still stared at Jiang Cheng without saying anything.

He knew very well that the young warlord in front of him was no longer someone who only cared about the benefits that were right under his nose.

We need to rely on Jilin, with the big port of Vladivostok behind us, to open up the entire trade network——

In this era when all major powers have banned the export of weapons and equipment, Wu Junsheng knew very well what it would mean if he could really get such a route.

"You bastard, you suddenly told me all this just to make Youquan and I withdraw from Harbin so that you can develop well, right?"

Wu Junsheng threw his cigarette box back, leaned forward slightly, and showed a very shrewd and meaningful smile on his face, "I know exactly what you are up to!"

"But once I withdraw from Harbin...won't my road be blocked?"

Jiang Cheng understood.

The "road" he mentioned refers to the trade developed by taking advantage of Harbin's unique strategic significance and convenient transportation, especially the opium business.

"I understand what you mean, sir."

Jiang Cheng smiled calmly, "Then what I am going to say next is the main topic——"

"Let's talk about future development, shall we?"

…………

Just when Jiang Cheng ordered a city-wide search for Wu Chifang's whereabouts, this beautiful young lady was awakened by bursts of screams.

Her head hurt, and her eyes were blurry from time to time.

As she regained consciousness, the boyish Miss Wu gasped.

She remembered: Today, she was walking along Central Avenue with the girl, and saw a woman in very fashionable clothes standing outside a clothing store and smiling at her.

Especially the sleek fox fur cape, which made Wu Chifang, who always liked fur, particularly jealous. She quickly pulled her maid Huisheng into the house...

The memories that followed were a little fuzzy. She vaguely remembered someone giving her a very beautiful fur coat, and then she became tired and remembered nothing.

"I'm-"

He propped himself up and rubbed his eyes to get up. The darkness around him made Wu Chifang look pale. It was clearly a secret room whose location was difficult to identify.

Moreover, screams continued to be heard from outside the half-open iron gate.

It was a woman's voice...

Ah, it’s Huisheng!
Wu Chifang immediately covered her mouth in horror: from the shrill cries of "Don't touch me", "Please", "It hurts", she could clearly understand what was happening to her.

She shrank back unconsciously, but just as she was shocked, a woman's voice suddenly came from the dark corner:

"Ms. Wu, are you awake?"

Low, gloomy... It sounded like sharp nails scratching back and forth on frosted glass. Wu Chifang suddenly turned cold and turned her eyes away. She then adapted to the darkness and saw a thin figure.

Western men's clothing and a gray hiking hat.

Although she couldn't see what the other person looked like, she could tell from the tone of her voice that she was an arrogant and graceful young woman.

“You, who are you!?”

Wu Chifang couldn't help but clench her fists, curl up slightly, and grit her teeth and said, "Since you know my identity, you must also know who my father and brother are, right?"

"Bring me here, I won't be afraid..."

Before she could finish, the woman burst into laughter.

He immediately walked towards her and grabbed her beautiful Roman curls. Ignoring Wu Chifang's screams, he dragged her towards the door.

The door opened with a bang, and with the help of the incandescent light from the opposite room, Wu Chifang instantly saw Huisheng being pinned to the ground by several naked men, doing terrible things to them.

Seeing that she avoided his gaze in pain, the woman dragged her back to the room and threw her to the ground.

"I think Miss Wu, who is pure and innocent, should be as popular among men as your female companion, right?"

As the woman spoke these words, Wu Chifang fell to the ground, dizzy and in pain, holding up his body and breathing heavily.

The ground was very damp, and there was a strong stench and smell of blood. Tears welled up in Wu Chifang's eyes, but deep in her mind was the heroic spirit of the tall and handsome cadet in her youth who had fought with his brothers.

"You, what do you want to do?"

Wu Chifang raised his wrist and wiped his face fiercely, "I understand, do you want to kill me - or, do you want those men to treat me the same way?"

She turned around stubbornly and glared at the woman. She knew very well that with this woman's viciousness, even if she showed weakness or begged for mercy, it would only arouse her desire to "play".

She took herself to see Huisheng's miserable condition, simply to scare her and then make her obey her orders.

Instead of doing this, it would be better to negotiate the terms with her while she still has patience.

Maybe, I can save myself and Huisheng’s life!
"Ms. Wu, I don't care what you are thinking now. I have to tell you clearly that you have to cooperate now."

The woman slowly approached her, "Otherwise we will do something that you, your family and friends don't want to see, right?"

Wu Chifang gritted his teeth and tried to comfort her with words like "As long as the green mountains remain, there will be life." "Okay, go ahead,"

"I, I will cooperate with you - and please, please let my girl go!"

…………

The entire day was spent, and when the curfew began at dusk, the guard brigade had not even seen the shadow of Wu Chifang.

Seeing the Russian-style city, where power was cut off one by one, one area after another, Wu Junsheng began to feel anxious.
"How come there is no news at all? Feilan, what are your people doing? A goose leaves traces when it passes by, so we must catch some traces, right?"

Jiang Cheng rolled his eyes at him.

How dare you say that to me?
My daughter was lost on Central Street, but instead of arranging guards to look for her, she rushed to me and threatened to kill herself, yelling and making a fuss—

In the time you've wasted, the Japanese have enough time to transport her out of the city and take her anywhere they want to go.

"You're asking me? I'm not a fortune teller who can calculate the almanac with ease. You..." (End of this chapter)