The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

As Wu Junsheng's adjutant, Mo Qingzhou, who luckily survived in Huanggutun, later became the garrison commander of Qiqihar.

As for Han Jingming he mentioned, he is the chief of the Heilongjiang Provincial General Staff, which is equivalent to the head of the entire Heilongjiang Provincial civil service.

"Okay, today we're just going to hold a launch meeting so that everyone can understand what the future of Heilongjiang Province will be like."

Wu Taixun felt his face twitching a little - the words "occupying the magpie's nest" kept popping up in his mind.

Even though it was wrong for him to think this way about his brother, no matter how he looked at it, he felt that his position as the governor of Heilongjiang Province was going to be taken over by the other side in one go.

The meal was finished in silence as if it was gone in a whirlwind. Jiang Cheng, along with his civil servants, Wu Taixun and Ma Zhanshan, went upstairs and asked his brothers to find the largest reception room.

After sitting down, Wu Taixun winked at Ma Zhanshan repeatedly, and the latter quickly asked: "Feilan, we are all brothers, so let's not joke around-"

"You better tell me the truth. Why are you in such a hurry to make such a plan? Is there something serious happening in Fengtian?"

Jiang Cheng nodded seriously and said, "How should I answer this? There is a matter, but more importantly, we have to be on guard against the Japanese."

"For several years, they have increased their troops in Feng Province and Korea, and there are more warships cruising in the Sea of ​​Japan. The situation has become much more serious in the past few years. I have been thinking about it and want to improve the defense capabilities of Heilongjiang Province as soon as possible."

"Yes, that is, if something changes in the future, the entire Heilongjiang River can serve as a supply base for the frontline battlefield, continuously delivering ammunition and support to the battlefield."

Wu Taixun was shocked, but Ma Zhanshan didn't seem too surprised. Instead, he nodded meaningfully: "On this point, I agree with Feilan's approach..."

"I have caught many Japanese spies in Heihe and Hailun's hometown... These bastards used the excuse of conducting scientific surveys to sneak into the base and kept asking for secrets in the city."

"In addition, the provincial capital had previously uncovered a case in which a Japanese spy used the excuse of opening a shop to set up a secret radio station in the back room. After being caught, the person committed suicide in prison."

Wu Taixun looked at him in surprise and said, "Why didn't you tell me these things?"

Ma Zhanshan looked back at him speechlessly: Why didn't I say that? You spend every day with girls smoking, drinking, and gambling. You must have forgotten what I said.

Seeing the other party's helplessness, Jiang Cheng did not point it out: "Look, after all these signs, even though there are not as many devils in Heilongjiang as in Fengtian, it is just as unsafe—"

"These little Japanese will come to cause trouble for us sooner or later! Instead of that, it is better to prepare early."

Wu Taixun stopped talking.

It's preparation, but your brother brought so many people here, are you planning to sideline me or something?

In addition, even if our two companies have been cooperating before, you acted so quickly without consulting me - you simply don't take me seriously.

However, no matter how unhappy he was, he knew in his heart that Jiang Cheng was much stronger than him in both ability and strength... In addition, after his father's death, all matters inside and outside the family were handled by the Jiang family;

Without his assistance, his position as the commander-in-chief would have been taken away by Chang Huaiyin, who was sent by Yang Yuting: he owed Jiang Cheng too much, considering all the things that happened in the past years.

"I...will listen to you."

Finally, he made up his mind. The young governor of Heilongjiang Province said, "Tell me, what should we do?" When Mo Qingzhou and Han Jingming arrived, Jiang Cheng immediately asked them to report on the military and financial situation of Heilongjiang Province.

Wu Junsheng is good at cavalry. The most important organization in Heilongjiang Province is the cavalry unit, which has nearly 6,000 cavalrymen; including reserve cavalry and logistics, the number is about 15,000.

The number of standing troops is also around 20,000, distributed in various regions of Heilongjiang Province.

"The number of people, is there any water?"

After listening to the report, Jiang Cheng immediately looked back at Mo Qingzhou, "Do you have a list? Or is it a statistics based on the numbers reported by various places?"

The latter was speechless for a long while before he said with difficulty: "The list... the list has not been counted for many years. It is all reported by the chiefs in various places. There should be no problem!"

Seeing him hesitating, Jiang Cheng concluded that there was definitely a problem with the number of troops.

However, it is also a "common practice" these days. Officers at all levels will falsify the number of people, and then increase the number of salaries one level at a time to collect empty salaries... Some brigades even have two regiments, but they have the quota of four regiments.

Not to mention the withholding of military pay, the number of the standing army itself is a problem, which would be fatal if a war broke out.

"What do you mean there shouldn't be any problem? Didn't my father have any idea back then?"

Wu Taixun was furious when he heard this, and immediately said with a stern face, "You can't even count how many heads you have, and you're still a shitty leader!"

Mo Qingzhou was in a more difficult situation now: "Master, it's not that we don't want to give statistics. When the old master was here, the number was always inaccurate - and each of them is his confidant. We can't check it in detail even if we check it!"

The problems of the old Feng faction are deep-rooted... But if they can't even figure out something as small as this, there's no point in even thinking about making any plans.

"Han Zongyang, you and Lao Ma, work with Mo Qingzhou to count the number of soldiers... I will give you ten days to count the number of all the standing troops in Heilongjiang Province."

Jiang Cheng frowned and gave an order, "Tell the subordinates that no matter what happened in the past, the superiors only want an accurate number now - even if it doesn't match, you have to report it honestly; if anyone dares to cheat, I will shoot him!"

The three of them responded at the same time, and Jiang Cheng turned his gaze to Han Jingming... After all this, the Chief of Staff of Heilongjiang Province realized that this long-renowned Jilin Governor was absolutely decisive and he had to be careful in dealing with him.

With this in mind, he reported Heilongjiang Province's land, mining, population, commerce, various incomes, etc. one by one.

The more Jiang Cheng listened, the more upset he became: What on earth are the Wu family doing? Guarding such a precious piece of land, plus the income from the free trade zone in Manchuria and the inbound income from Fuyuan, how come their business is like this?

His heart sank, and he suddenly remembered that Cao Saner had tried to alienate Wu Junsheng. He said that his wealth was no less than that of the Marshal... It seemed that all the wealth had been collected by the Wu family.

"Well, it sounds like it's basically a tie."

Jiang Cheng glanced at Wu Taixun, who was getting more and more restless, and smiled awkwardly, "I never thought that Heilongjiang is such a poor government."

Knowing that his words were not without ridicule, Wu Taixun could not refute, so he could only smile bitterly and said yes, but Jiang Cheng said, "I have almost figured out the basic situation... Let's go, take me to your escort brigade to take a look!" (End of this chapter)