The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Jiang Cheng lowered his eyelids: Yes, before the Opium War, the great powers relied on this to erode China.

Tobacco farming is easier and simpler than grain farming, and the profits are much greater... so farmers are motivated to grow tobacco;
These tobacco dealers would take the tobacco back and make it into opium to sell, often making a profit of a hundred times more.

In addition, opium dens are often accompanied by "consumption" such as prostitution, wine and women, which makes the profit margin even greater.

Yes, if money comes easily, then naturally you need to have your own territory and insurance team...

Jiang Cheng immediately thought of the foreign drug dealers who were no different from warlords in modern times, and sneered twice: "Well, it seems that this is because I want to ban smoking, and these people are resentful!"

"So, you teamed up with the Japanese and planned to kill me?"

After saying this, he turned his gaze to Zhang Tingshu, who had a serious expression on his face, and asked, "Second brother, what do you think about this?"

The latter immediately let out a long sigh and said, "What can I say? Feilan, when you were banning smoking before... to be honest, I didn't really support it."

"After all, smoking opium is now a popular trend. Jilin has implemented a ban on smoking in the military, which is quite different from the mainstream.

"Others dare not say anything, but my second and fifth uncles, their own soldiers all smoke - even our commander sometimes smokes."

"But later, when I watched my brother fight against smoking in Changchun, his brothers often faced resistance and assassination... But from this, I found that many smokers recovered their health after quitting smoking; and those who had to sell cigarettes and their bodies were grateful to me,"

"I feel more and more that banning smoking is beneficial to development...so my brother and I, as well as Lao Sun and Han Zongyang, all firmly support banning smoking."

This mischievous young officer actually gave a long speech with such a serious expression, "Feilan, I didn't say anything! These bastards still want to make money from poisoning the country, no way... Especially since they are in cahoots with the Japanese, they must all be wiped out!"

After he made this statement, Han Ming also straightened up: "Master, I have nothing to say, I will do whatever you ask me to do!"

Feng Qing wiped his face fiercely: "That's right! I, I, I want to avenge Brother Ye!"

With everyone working together, Jiang Cheng felt that the smoking ban should not only be continued, but also promoted to the entire Jilin...

He couldn't control other places, but within his territory, he would need two to three months to kill all the tobacco dealers.

The farmland used to grow opium should be used to grow food or cash crops, and all the opium dens, big and small, should be closed down; all the practitioners should be reformed...

For those who refuse to change their ways, they will be executed as a warning to the public, etc. However,

He narrowed his eyes and suddenly stood up: "But this time is different - damn it, you have betrayed my brother Ye Hai, and I will not let any of them go!"

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That night, Jiang Cheng ordered Vasily to lead the White Russian Regiment to attack Wanshouzhuang, the stronghold of the tobacco dealers, according to the location revealed by Zhang Tingshu during the interrogation.

On the periphery, Bayin Agula led the Mongolian cavalry brigade, surrounding the entire village.

This place is not far from the Japanese military base... When Jilin Prefecture sent out a large number of troops, the Japanese were shocked, thinking that Jiang Cheng, the cruel and crazy warlord, was coming towards them, and the entire brigade quickly picked up their weapons and prepared for battle.

However, when they saw the Russians yelling "Ura" rushing towards Wanshou Village, they just breathed a sigh of relief but at the same time, their hair stood on end. They had never seen such brutal soldiers... No, these were not soldiers at all, they were simply a group of demons that came out from the underworld!
First they fired a round of mortars at the area, then they rushed into the village and hacked everyone they saw. There was blood and flesh flying everywhere, and even they, who had always considered themselves the "best imperial army in the world," were terrified.

"They called us on purpose."

As the Japanese soldiers crowded around the camp to watch, Minamoto Yoshi, who was standing at the front, clenched his fists and trembled slightly.

"What? That's impossible... They went straight to that China village without even looking at our camp."

The Japanese military commander stationed there was named Katayama Masahiro, a calm officer in his forties.

Minamoto Yoshimasa looked back at the bewildered face and couldn't help but sneer: "Katayama-kun, you have been leading the Kwantung Army for some years, why are you still so naive?"

In order to avenge his brother Minamoto no Yoshihei, he reported to the military commander Nagata Tetsuzan and rushed to the Northeast from the relatively safe Hiroshima military port.
I thought it would be easy to deal with this bastard, but I didn't expect that not only did he get two slaps in a row, but he also killed Yasuhara and was reprimanded by Governor Fukushima.

He came alone this time, not only planning to join forces with Katayama Mahiro to deal with Jiang Cheng, but also to invest in the tobacco dealers in Wanshouzhuang.

He was undoubtedly the mastermind of this assassination... Seeing Jiang Cheng's revenge, he naturally gritted his teeth: "Damn Jiang Cheng, I didn't expect it to be so hard to kill!"

Katayama Mahiro is not stupid either. Judging from the current situation and Minamoto Yoshimasa's tone and expression:
This group of vicious and demonic Ji troops wiped out Wanshou Village by uprooting it, which must have offended the commander-in-chief.

"Haha, you are such a joke - after all, he is the governor of a province in China, or in their words, a high-ranking official. How can it be so easy to kill him?"

"Besides... you probably don't know that before you came up with this idea, there were many stupid people who were planning to do this."

In fact, he certainly knew that the "idiots" he was talking about also included the younger brother of the man in front of him, but he just had to be sarcastic, "It goes without saying what the consequences will be, and it has caused heavy losses to the empire."

"Haha, if I were Governor Fukushima, even if they were still alive, I would order them to commit seppuku to the death against His Majesty the Emperor of the East!"

After saying this, Minamoto no Yoshimasa could still endure it, so he simply changed his name to Minamoto no Yoshikame from now on.

He turned around, raised his hand and slapped Katayama Mahiro hard: "Baka!"

"The warriors of the empire, facing these shameless and lowly leaders of China, chose to serve His Majesty and the military and clear them out of this territory that should belong to us!"

"And you, actually speaking these harsh words here... How is this any different from those cowardly conspirators in the General Staff?"

Even though his official position was not as high as Minamoto no Yoshimasataka, Katayama Mahiro was the highest official here and a battalion commander who wielded the Taisho sword.

Faced with the slap and such rude words, especially in front of so many subordinates, the middle-aged Japanese officer immediately flew into a rage: "Minamoto Yoshimasa, you idiot, you beast! What kind of military discipline and law can allow you to speak rudely to the commander of the Imperial Army and even use violence!?"

"I will report this to Commander Tanaka and Commander Fukushima—you,"

Before he could finish his words, Minamoto no Yoshimasa, who had already become almost mad with rage, pulled out his service pistol and immediately pressed it against Katayama Mahiro's forehead!

"Katayama-kun, what do you want to say?" (End of this chapter)