The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Even though Cao Kun calls himself "Cao the Fool", he is actually a very meticulous and meticulous person.

In response to Hai Pingchuan's request, the old man showed an attitude of leisure and ease. He shook the hem of his robe and invited his son-in-law and his colleagues to sit down first:
"Haha, Pingchuan, you came here in such a hurry, and your words were unclear. If you really want to help, I have to understand the inside and outside of this matter, right?"

Cao Kun smiled and pulled him to sit down. He asked the maid to serve tea and snacks, and slowly took out his pipe.

Damn, is this old guy planning to take the money and not do the job?

Huang Yongan's eyes suddenly widened, and he wanted to say something several times but was stopped by Hai Pingchuan's eyes.

This old guy is such a bastard - just now, I have clearly explained the whole situation clearly.

Now he has been pretending to be stupid. It is obvious that he is not confused. He probably still wants to use this opportunity to create some tangible benefits for himself.

What a stupid old bastard...

Hai Pingchuan cursed in his heart, but had to put on a gentle smile on the surface.

He knew very well that the Harbin team, led by Jiang Cheng, had already torn apart the relationship with the Japanese.

The other side was willing to sit down and negotiate with them only because of their tanks and artillery, and the fact that they had the entire Northeast at their backs.

Therefore, the Japs were not absolutely sure of winning.

Otherwise, given their character, they would have already assembled a large army to break through Ji'an and attack Jilin.

"Haha, actually, the current situation is not that complicated... To put it bluntly, it's just that the Kwantung Army infiltrated Harbin and forced the governor of Jilin into a corner."

Hai Pingchuan glanced at Huang Yongan, then smiled calmly and said, "Of course, Jilin has also sent me a message, and I can't let you do it for nothing."

Upon hearing this, Cao Kun burst into laughter: "My dear son-in-law, what you said really touched my heart!"

"Given your relationship with Fei Lan, how can I just sit there and watch? But as a son-in-law, going to the capital for 'activities' always requires funds, and, tsk tsk,"

It turns out he was waiting for me here.

Hai Pingchuan smiled coldly in his heart, and immediately stated that Jiang Cheng would bear all the expenses for this trip to Beiyang.

In addition, as a reward to his father-in-law, Jilin will give Cao Kun 500,000 silver dollars in cash as a "thank you money".

"Ah, Pingchuan, what you said is very rude! I have been talking to you. You and Feilan are brothers. It is only natural for you to help."

Having said this, Cao Kun pretended to be magnanimous and smiled.

But he quickly turned his body slightly, and put on a profound and greedy smile, "By the way, my dear son-in-law, you don't need the 500,000 yuan in cash."

"I've always heard that you in Jilin bought a lot of good stuff from foreigners... There's something called a 'tank' that's pretty good. How about talking to Feilan and have them send two of them over to me by rail?"

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Coming out of Cao Mansion in Baoding, Huang Yongan could no longer hold back his anger and started cursing as soon as he got in the car: "Pingchuan, this old bastard is going too far, isn't he?"

"He's just a complete scoundrel who won't give up until he sees the rabbit! He's actually asking us to use tanks..."

Hai Pingchuanhe hugged his elbows, lowered his eyebrows and laughed contemptuously: "Now in the Beiyang, everyone is like this?" "Without some benefits, who can help? Especially since there was a war in Jilin: just in the capital, I don't know how many people are planning to bite our Lord Jiang to death!"

Huang Yongan also had a serious expression on his face: "Yes, Pingchuan, let's not talk about others, just Wu Ziyu from Baoding... I heard that when he just started fighting with the Japanese, he was so happy in his own house."

Hai Pingchuan leaned back heavily on his chair and said, "Since you can't defeat our Ji Army face to face, aren't you planning to fight back from the outside?"

"In my opinion, Mr. Jiang and the Japanese will definitely not reach an agreement... But neither the devils in Fengtian Province nor the Korean garrison have made any moves."

"They are waiting for the capital's reaction. After the conflict, it will be a time of crisis... If the capital fails to unite with the Northeast against the enemy, the entire Jiang family will probably become a victim of this battle."

Hai Pingchuan knew very well that Jiang Cheng had joined the game with his own body, betting that the Northeast and Beiyang would be on his side:
If they win, the devils will certainly hand over the South Manchuria Railway;

But what if you lose?

Hai Pingchuan didn't even dare to think about it.

"Notify Haochen in Luanzhou and have him gather his troops and prepare for battle... As for us, it seems we need to create some trouble to distract their attention."

Only in this way can the capital truly realize that if the Japanese invaders in the Northeast are left alone, they will sooner or later become a serious threat.

The only way out is to support the Northeast’s anti-Japanese war.

……

Just as Jiang Cheng and Hai Pingchuan had expected, the negotiations ended in a bad way.

All the Japanese residents in Harbin were driven out, and the railway guards from the South Manchuria Railway to Siping were driven out of the country by tanks.

In addition, the negotiating representative Kitami Yuko was killed in front of all Japanese personnel, which made these Japanese people feel unprecedented humiliation.

It's more than humiliation. It's a great shame!
Have they ever suffered any injustice in this land since the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895?

They are the only ones who have the right to bully China, how can these inferior nations have the right to resist?
Especially when they heard that the one leading the resistance on the other side was a bastard who was only twenty years old, these Japanese pirates who called themselves the "Imperial Army" were all furious and beat their chests and stamped their feet.

A voice quickly spread in the Japanese cabinet, led by the radical representatives of the Army Department, Nagata Tetsuzan and Tanaka Giichi:

They advocated an immediate declaration of all-out war, and to use bloody and brutal means to kill their way from Ji'an all the way to Jilin Prefecture, and then destroy Harbin!
Capture Jiang Cheng alive, and those bastards who dared to defy the empire, and slaughter them all in front of everyone.

Of course, this argument has won the support of many people... Although Japan in 1920 had not yet completely embarked on the path of fascism, its ambition for external expansion has never stopped.

However, the cabinet headed by Prime Minister Hara Takashi believed that the current domestic economy of Japan might not be able to support the huge military expenditure for the war against China.
Moreover, sending troops to northern Siberia for combat would be extremely costly and would be a severe blow to Japan's fragile economy and productivity.

Moreover, Hara Jing believed that once troops were sent from Ji'an to Jilin, the Northeast would launch a full-scale counterattack... The capital would also take action, and the forces of various countries after the end of the European war might also interfere in the war.

It is easy to send troops, but it may be difficult to end it.

Jiang Cheng had already guessed the arguments on the Japanese side.

He was well aware that this Japanese cabinet, which came from a "commoner background", was a relatively moderate "reformist".

In addition, after the battle on the South Manchuria Railway, Jiang Cheng saw more clearly the seemingly arrogant "paper tiger" nature of the Japanese. (End of this chapter)