The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

With a cigarette in his mouth, he turned his head slightly and looked at the other person indifferently.

What does that mean... What the hell does it mean: Let me see the way forward?

Without any response, Jiang Cheng turned his face away expressionlessly, took out a match and rubbed it against the edge of his military boots.

Warm flames flickered in his cold pupils. In the cold and silent front hall of the Marshal's Mansion, the Jilin Governor took two puffs and lit the cigarette.

You really can't pay much attention to this kind of person.

Clearly realizing that Jiang Cheng didn't want to respond to the hidden meaning in his words, Yang Yuting simply turned around and sat down opposite him.

He winked at the adjutant Lin Feng who was following closely behind him, and the latter immediately stood at attention and brought up the prepared things.

"Feilan, I know you like to smoke... Two friends came from Shanghai and gave me this."

Yang Yuting smiled and handed over a box of foreign cigars, "I can be considered to be offering flowers to Buddha--"

Jiang Cheng raised his eyebrows slightly, slowly lowered his eyes, and stared at the box silently.

The finest cigars were placed in an exquisite wooden box... He smiled faintly and said, "What do you mean?"

This is really new. Previously, Guo Songling, who was a very stingy person, gave him something; now the stingy Yang Yuting also gave him a cigar - especially since this was not a cheap one.

"Fei Lan has been in Jilin Prefecture for many years, and there is a trade zone, so he must be used to seeing good things."

Seeing him accept the things, Yang Yuting continued calmly, "Since the passing of Marshal, I think you can see that the situation outside the Great Wall has become more complicated day by day."

The conversation went on and on, and Jiang Cheng became a little annoyed. He interrupted him lazily, "Come on, there's no one here. If you have anything to say... just say it directly."

"Since the situation is complicated, you and I should not waste time and focus on the serious matters."

Not impatient with his attitude, Yang Yuting looked around, took a deep breath and leaned heavily on the sofa: "Han Qing just took over the position. Is his biggest worry the same as the handsome man back then?"

Holding a cigarette, Jiang Cheng's eyes were calm, and he quoted his old man's words: "There are too many Liu Bangs in Fengtian City."

Yang Yuting immediately got to the point: "Whether this is Liu Bang or not is not something that can be decided by the insiders."

"Is it Liu Bang or Xiang Yu? Isn't it up to the lord to decide?"

Isn't what he meant to say that whether one is rebellious or has the intention to seize power is all decided by the master?
"Yes, some people rebel even though they don't want to—"

Jiang Cheng looked at him coldly, and even smiled awkwardly, "There were ancient people before us, and there must be new people after us."

Yang Yuting also sneered: "Yes, there must be some newcomers... Especially when they are evenly matched, and it is somewhat detrimental to the interests of the lord, right?"

"If the two Liu Bangs fight each other to the point of bloodshed, and King Zhuang of Chu becomes a little more powerful, wouldn't it be Chu that rules the world?"

Evenly matched?

May I ask how you, Yang Yuting, have the guts to think that you can be on par with me, Jiang Cheng?
Everyone in the world knows whether you are Liu Bang, but Han Qing and I are definitely not substitute identities. Jiang Cheng slammed the box of cigars he had been playing with for a long time on the coffee table in front of him and extinguished the cigarette in his hand.

"My life is a life of suffering, and I can't get used to smoking such good things."

He stood up, straightened his uniform and took his military cap, "Oh, right... it's still quite cold today, but the kang is warmer. We've lived outside the Great Wall for so many years, so we should know what's going on!"

After saying this, Jiang Cheng saw Yang Yuting's murderous eyes and went straight to the venue.

Haha, just for a box of imported cigars, you want to win me, Jiang Cheng, over to be your pawn, right?
That’s right, if you and I join forces, we can definitely change the world - but even if we don’t mention what happened to Guo Songling back then, Pingchuan’s death is just around the corner, how can I go along with someone like you?
After parting with Yang Yuting on bad terms, Jiang Cheng was not in a hurry to return to Jilin Prefecture.

With the change of flag, the Japanese obviously felt unprecedented pressure and began to make small moves in various places outside the Great Wall.

With the Marshal and Wu Datoutou killed, it will be impossible for Zhang Hanqing to cooperate with the Japanese again, and the situation in various places will soon turn into confrontation.

What he has to do now is to try every possible means to stabilize this young man and make him never offend the Japanese. It would be better if he continues the old marshal's policy of fooling the Japanese and just fools them.

Although it sounds good, it is actually difficult to implement.

This young master got into trouble within two days... But it wasn't entirely his fault.

Because Jiang Cheng and others took the initiative to support him, the young master did not treat him unfairly. On the fourth day after the change of flag, he announced that Jiang Cheng would become the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Army and would handle all major and minor military affairs on his behalf.

This move did not cause much sensation. The Jiang family had been very popular for many years, especially after the second Zhi-Feng Rebellion. His leadership of the Northeast Army this time was also what everyone expected.

Jiang Cheng suggested to him that he should use the allocated military funds to replace all the light weapons of the entire Northeast Army.

The distribution of Type 22 submachine guns and training must be completed within two years at the earliest.

Having already witnessed the power of this gun, and some of the guards of the escort brigade were equipped with this gun and performed well in many battles, Zhang Hanqing naturally showed great interest in this matter and gave him a note to ask him to allocate military funds.

Unexpectedly, the manpower sent out was rejected... In the past two years, the Marshal's funds have been deposited in the Japanese Specie Bank to earn interest;

However, now that I’m in a hurry to withdraw it, these damn guys actually claim that the treasury is temporarily short of money, so it can only be withdrawn in batches, and there is a monthly limit -

The civil servant who went to work for Jiang Cheng came back to report that he had roughly calculated that if the military funds were to be withdrawn according to the so-called "upper limit" set by the Japanese, it would take at least ten years to complete the replacement of submachine guns.

Ten years, it's already been 28 years! Jiang Cheng knew what the Northeast would be like in ten years.

He immediately became furious, but then he calmed down and thought: These bastard devils probably want to take advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble.

After a brief thought, Jiang Cheng went straight to find Zhang Tinglan - he had now been transferred from Changchun to work as a supervisor in the General Staff Headquarters;
It would be best to let him, who has a calm personality, handle this matter.

But who would have thought that Zhang Tinglan was turned away when she went to negotiate with the Bank of China, and when she came back and met Zhang Hanqing, she told him about the matter.

On the same day, the newly appointed warlord issued an order, and the guard brigade was mobilized to arrest several bank managers, and said that if the full amount was not released within three days, they would not be allowed to leave.

This really stirred up a hornet's nest. The Japanese forces in Fengtian almost all came out in force, crowding the office hall. (End of this chapter)