A train of the South Manchurian Railroad Corporation was running between the white mountains and black water. Although this was the land of the Chinese, all the resources along the railway belonged to the Japanese.
Or rather, it was snatched by the Japanese.
Originally, Russia had forced the Manchu government to agree to their road construction request. The resources along the railway were used to pay for the road construction.
It wasn't easy for the Russians to build the railway and even tried to turn the northeast into a yellow Russian territory. Unfortunately, Britain, France, and other countries were unwilling to see Russia expand further and hoped to contain Russia.
It was because of this that England, France, and the other countries supported the East Ocean Empire, allowing the East Ocean Empire to win the war against Russia.
After winning the war, the East Ocean Empire obtained the railway in the southern part of the northeast. This section of the railway was also known as the South Manchurian railway. The railway to the north was Zhongdong Road.
"What a rich and beautiful land! Lowly Chinese people were not worthy of occupying this land. Only the great Japanese Empire and the great Yamato people had the right to occupy this land! Soon, these lands would become the Dongying Empire's!”
On the train, Consul Lin Quanzhu looked at the passing scenery outside the window and said to himself.
In this era, the Japanese Empire's pride had skyrocketed due to their continuous victories in foreign wars. Even though the Dongying Empire's industry was relatively weak among the many superpowers, it was still a huge problem. However, this didn't stop them from claiming to be the strongest country in the world. In fact, they even dreamed of making the East Ocean Empire the master of the entire world.
There were also countless Japanese who thought of themselves as elites and were fighting for this.
Assistant Consul Lin Quan was naturally one of them.
"The 17th division will definitely not let this matter rest. Even if they are extremely dissatisfied, they will still send out a portion of their troops. If he could get Meng Enyuan to participate in the battle again, there shouldn't be any problems this time.”Lin Quanzhu thought to himself.
Meng Enyuan was originally the Guardian of Ji Province. After Zhang Xiluan resigned from his position as the General of Zhenan, Big Head Yuan was also unwilling to see someone monopolize the three northeastern provinces. Therefore, he appointed Meng Enyuan as the Governor of Ji Province in an attempt to contain Feng Linge, the Fengtian Governor.
The current Ji Province was not the Ji Province of the future. The territory of Ji Province was much larger now. The entire east of Songhua River belonged to Ji Province. Among the three northeastern provinces, Ji Province lagged behind Fengtian Province in terms of economy, population, and industry. However, it still had a population of tens of millions. It was the second-ranked province and was much better than the third-ranked Black Province.
When Meng Enyuan served as the Protector of Ji Province, he had formed several infantry brigades and a cavalry brigade, with a total of 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers, in addition to the 23rd Infantry Division of the Beiyang Army.
In the entire northeast, this kind of strength was already quite good.
After the train stopped at Spring City Station, Lin Quanzhu went straight to the Military Governor's Office of Ji Province.
Meng Enyuan had also received the news long ago and was already waiting at the entrance to welcome them.
Although in the northeast, these military overseers belonged to a vassal. However, they were all extremely polite to the Japanese. They knew very well that they couldn't afford to offend these Japanese. Or rather, the Japanese were too powerful in the northeast. They were so powerful that they couldn't stand tall in front of the Japanese.
"Consul, please forgive me for not welcoming you!”Meng Enyuan smiled.
"Overseer, you are too polite. Oh right, I haven't congratulated you on your promotion yet.”Consul Lin Quan said with a smile.
"Consul, you must be joking. What's there to congratulate? It's all the President's appreciation.”
After a brief exchange of greetings, Lin Quanzhu was invited to Meng Enyuan's study.
"Overseer, what do you think of the current battle between Zhang and Feng in Fengtian?”Lin Quanzhu asked directly.
Meng Enyuan thought for a moment, then said,""Without a doubt, this is a fierce battle! Zhang Yuting was very strong, but Feng Linge was more experienced and his own strength was not weak. This time, he was actually able to squeeze out Zhang Yuting and was appointed as Fengtian Military Governor by the Grand President. His strength was also not to be underestimated. However, in terms of military strength, Feng Linge was probably inferior to Zhang Yuting.”
Lin Quanzhu nodded and continued,""Perhaps you don't know yet, but the empire has already expressed its support for Zhang Yuting.”
"What is it? In that case, wouldn't Zhang Yuting win for sure?”Meng Enyuan looked envious.
He envied Zhang Yuting's good luck to be valued by the Japanese. With the support of the Japanese, wouldn't their future soar? At that time, his strength would definitely expand further.
This made Meng Enyuan wish he could replace him.
As for whether this would betray the country and the interests of the nation, Meng Enyuan would scoff at it.
Not everyone could be a traitor. One had to have the ability!
Lin Quanzhu shook his head. In the Battle of Liaozhong that had just ended, Zhang Yuting suffered a crushing defeat and lost almost all of his main forces. Feng Linge won."
"This is absolutely impossible!" Meng Enyuan had a look of disbelief on his face. It was obvious that he did not believe that such a thing would happen.
"Overseer, I have no reason to lie to you. I think you'll find out soon enough. Moreover, I can tell you very seriously that during the Battle of Liaozhong, the Empire sent out six railway garrison teams to participate in the battle. However, they were all wiped out.”Lin Quanzhu continued.
Meng Enyuan instantly looked as if he had seen a ghost. He had never expected Feng Linge to have such formidable strength.
At the same time, they began to guess Lin Quanzhu's intentions.
"Overseer, the lips are gone, the teeth are cold. Once Feng Linge took down Fengtian, with his strength, he would definitely plot against Ji Province. Can the Military Governor resist Feng Linge's attack?”Lin Quan asked.
"That's naturally impossible." Meng Enyuan shook his head.”
Meng Enyuan knew his own strength. He knew that he couldn't even defeat Zhang Yuting, let alone defeat Zhang Yuting, who had teamed up with the Japanese.
If someone else had told him about this, Meng Enyuan would have thought it was a fantasy. However, since Consul Lin had said it himself, there shouldn't be any problems.
This made Meng Enyuan very worried. He was worried that Feng Linge would make a move on Ji Province after dealing with Zhang Yuting and monopolizing Fengtian Province. If that was the case, how could his small army resist?
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