The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

It was him, Marshal Zhang, the Beiyang clique——

Or their opposite, the Japanese.

In fact, there is not much difference between the Western powers and the Japanese devils:

The West wants to drain China of its resources and cheap labor, turning it into a low-end sweatshop and a dumping ground for its products;
Japan is even more outrageous. It simply wants to colonize China, enslave China, and even wants to conquer China!

But to put it bluntly, they are all invaders... However, there are also conflicts among the invaders. Jiang Cheng can certainly make a big fuss about this and drive the Japanese out of the Middle East Road.

When they appeared at the meeting place on the top floor, Jiang Dengxuan and his staff all stood up to greet them.

The Japanese side was obviously a little shocked, but they all pretended not to care.

Jiang Cheng didn't even take this group of devils seriously. He just gave a vague glance to his "long-time partner" Okawa Masao, then turned around and smiled gently at the American ambassador George, and sat down with him and Yang Yuting.

But it was not without ripples... The leader, Yusaku Uehara, noticed that there were several Westerners with similar physical characteristics following Jiang Cheng. His face suddenly darkened and he turned his eyes to his two consuls.

It was obvious that he wanted to curse. Jiang Cheng knew in his heart: no matter which one of them, none of them wanted to let the Western powers such as Britain, France and the United States intervene.

After all, once they are allowed to interfere, even if they don't interfere, at least they will get a share of the spoils.

Given the Japanese' greed, they would like to swallow up the Northeast in one gulp and gnaw until nothing is left. How could they allow such a thing to happen?
They were unhappy, but Jiang Cheng, their opponent, was secretly happy.

So, facing their slightly suspicious, unhappy and wary looks, Jiang Cheng slowly and methodically led his "foreign friends" to their seats while communicating with them in fluent English.

These Japanese leaders had basically received Western ideas and education, so I could almost understand what they were talking about:

They are all about the current political situation in Northeast China, especially Jilin and Harbin, and the focus of the current confrontation between China and Japan.

Since he was the one speaking, he must be on his side - he clearly used the Japanese as evidence of a conspiracy in Harbin, killing Miss Wu and premeditated and executed them many times, including the assassination of the highest commanders of Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces, Jiang Dengxuan and his wife, etc.

As the highest commander of this negotiation meeting, Uehara Yusaku immediately expressed his dissatisfaction: "General Jiang, your current behavior can be described as a saying in your country, 'the wicked are the first to complain', which is really appropriate!"

"First, you are well aware that Harbin is the most important transportation hub on the China-Eastern Railway... You interrupted railway transportation without informing us and imposed martial law for three consecutive days,"

"This is a disregard for the free trade of our Great Japanese Empire, and it has also seriously affected the production, life and economic operations of our Japanese expatriates!"

He said this in Japanese... Jiang Cheng actually understood it completely;
But he, who was sitting in the first seat, acted lazy and indifferent, and raised his chin arrogantly at the translator standing beside him, indicating that he should translate all the speeches.

During this period, Jiang Cheng was looking at these Japanese representatives——

In addition to the chief Uehara Yusaku, below them were the Japanese consul in Harbin Yuichi Yasuda, the consul in Fengtian Masao Okawa, and below them... there was also a man and a woman.

The man was obviously Komatsu Harukage, and as for the woman with a charming figure and appearance, she was the one mentioned by the unlucky guy who was caught... Kitami Yuko?
Thinking of this, Jiang Cheng's pupils shrank slightly.

After the translator finished speaking, Jiang Cheng revealed a sarcastic smile and leaned his vest heavily on the high-back chair: "Haha, you really deserve to be the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army! Commander Uehara is really a cultured person... A rough man like Jiang can never compare to him." "But having said that, are you a little stressed?"

Ignoring his expression as he opened his mouth to express his opinion, Jiang Cheng continued with a mocking look on his face, "Since you are here to negotiate, shouldn't you introduce the participants to each other first?"

"Why - you are teaching Jiang a lesson instead?"

These words were too deliberate. The senior officials of the Fengtian Army, who had always presented themselves as "rough and uncouth" to the outside world, actually started with Zhang Xuecheng, Jin Yanxi and others, and laughed at them.

On the contrary, this smile greatly stimulated Uehara Yusaku and others.

You have to know that the Japanese have been arrogant and domineering since the Russo-Japanese War, whether it is against Korea, Russia or China...

In particular, these high-ranking Japanese officials who had never dealt with Jiang Cheng seriously regarded the Chinese as an inferior race.

Sparks flew in Uehara Yusaku's eyes. He thought it was insulting enough to sit at the same table with these barbarians. He didn't expect that they would dare to be so disrespectful in their tone and expression.

However, just before he exploded, Okawa Masao immediately stretched out his right hand and gently stroked his shoulder.

As if he hadn't noticed the displeased looks his colleagues gave him, Okawa Masao began to introduce the participants one by one.

As expected, one of the couple was Haruki Komatsu; the other woman was not Yuko Kitami as he had guessed, but Nakamura Natsu...

Seeing her holding a pen and paper and writing furiously, maybe she is just a clerk.

Of course, after the Japanese side introduced themselves, Jiang Cheng also began to introduce them: not to mention the senior officials within the Jilin Army, he also asked Jiang Dengxuan to introduce Yang Yuting and these "foreign friends".

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Xiaosong Chunjing immediately said unhappily: "General Jiang, since we are meeting about the conflict in Harbin and the South Manchuria Railway——"

"Why did you invite unrelated foreigners? This doesn't seem to be beneficial to our friendly consultations, right?"

Yang Yuting quickly expressed his opinion: "Oh, this is not what Governor Jiang meant, but the joint opinion of my Fengtian General Staff Headquarters and the Marshal's Office--"

"After all, some unpleasant things happened in the Northeast. Whether it's Harbin or the entire Middle East Railway, it doesn't just involve the interests of China and Japan."

“Especially friends from countries like Britain, France, and the United States, as cooperation in Jilin and the entire Northeast strengthens, we will of course invite stakeholders to come and discuss the situation together.”

Uehara Yusaku sneered, "I have some knowledge of Jiang's style of doing things before... Since he is a man who is resolute and speaks his mind, I will speak as well."

"You have disregarded the premise of cooperation and friendship, harmed our overseas Chinese, and driven the legally stationed troops on the South Manchuria Railway to Ji'an to confront them. This is tantamount to an act of war!"

"At present, I have reported to the Ministry of the Army and other high-level officials. If Jilin and Northeast China do not give a reasonable explanation, we will..." (End of this chapter)