Chapter 75: Tianjin has three treasures
As for Liao Chengbing and the others, they are all guys who are devoted to following me and doing things for me.
He is so audacious that he only wishes for the world to be in chaos!
The other two companies were unable to follow him to deal with Liu Chenghuo. Their resentful eyes along the way made him look like an abandoned woman even from a distance of eight feet.
When causing chaos in Taiyuan City and capturing Yan Xishan, he worked harder than anyone else.
Zhou Xiaoshan felt that he needed to have them transform into an anti-traitor group formed by Ji Shiwuyubu, specifically to assassinate those traitors who were beginning to show their talents.
The special forces battalion drove to the outskirts of Tianjin and did not enter the city.
In the southern suburbs of the city, there is a beautiful fishing village. The special forces battalion was stationed there after giving some money to the locals. These soldiers did not harm anyone, and the locals, who were a little , quickly became familiar with the Sichuan soldiers.
Zhou Xiaoshan only drove a truck into the city.
Deputy Battalion Commander Liao Chengbing was left behind to take charge of the troops and the radio station. Although Zhou Xiaoshan took Qin Lie, a country bumpkin from Deputy Division Commander Qin's family who had never been out of Sichuan, to visit Tianjin City, the special forces battalion still had three signalmen who could communicate with the 66th Division.
Not only Qin Lie, but also Zhang Zhenhe, Li Chun, Chang Desheng, Zheng Chunhua, Zhao Ziyun, and Luo Jiaxiang went with him.
When Zhou Xiaoshan arrived in Tianjin, he had a lot of things to do. When he was in Taiyuan, he went to Commander Yan's residence with a letter written by Liu Xiangnanjiang. His officer's certificate was still in Tianjin. He had to get the officer's certificate of adjutant Liu Xiang in Tianjin, and then visit Fan Xudong, so that he could report to Marshal Liu. This was the first priority that Feng Tiankui had repeatedly reminded him of.
During this era, Tianjin's position in China's economy was no less than that of Shanghai, and its trade volume accounted for one-third of the country's total trade volume. This era was also the heyday of Tianjin, when it was the second largest commercial city in China and the largest financial and trade center in the north.
There are small houses built in the concession, banks everywhere, and foreign companies everywhere. The unique urban landscape that combines Chinese and Western styles and the past and the present is very prosperous.
In addition to Zhou Xiaoshan, he brought out this group of country bumpkins, and they were so numerous on the big truck that they were dazzled!
The happy time was only short-lived. The office-like institution stationed by the Sichuan Army in Tianjin was a foreign company. They obtained the officer's certificate, Liu Xiang's handwritten letter to Fan Xudong, and the truck of the special forces battalion, and went straight to the Yongli Soda Factory in Tanggu.
Tianjin has three treasures, Yongli, Nankai and Ta Kung Pao. It is better to have one person in Yongli than to have ten acres of land at home.
At this time, one can imagine the status of Yongli Soda Factory in the hearts of Tianjin people!
But Fan Xudong has been driven crazy recently because the Japanese have been knocking on his door every other day to discuss joint ventures and technology transfers.
When the British launched a price war with him and dumped refined salt at low prices, Fan Xudong had no choice but to use Mitsubishi Corporation's presence in the Japanese market to leverage its power. Now the Japanese are clinging to him like a dog-skin plaster. After the fall of the three northeastern provinces, he has never met the Japanese.
He had to hide, and he hid in the countryside of Tianjin.
His technical team also hated the Japanese. Unless there was something important going on, they were all in Nanjing, arranging the construction of the sulfuric acid plant. Everything was reported to the outside world by a manager named Chen Hong, who was responsible for receiving and meeting visiting merchants.
Chen Hong was a little angry when he received Zhou Xiaoshan's visiting card. How come this Sichuan warlord is like a Japanese dog-skin plaster that can't be shaken off? Mr. Fan has instructed him many times, but he just won't meet him. Now he heard the news that Mr. Fan has returned to Tianjin from somewhere, but he is still shamelessly coming to the factory!
There are many waiting rooms in Yongli Soda Factory, after all, it has to receive customers from all walks of life!
But Zhou Xiaoshan didn't expect that this group of people would be placed in the same room with the Japanese.
It was just a handwritten letter. Fan Xudong was not asked to do anything. He was a little confused as to why this happened. He and Chang Desheng, Zheng Chunhua and others were waiting in the waiting room as obediently as a quail.
But the tree wants to be still, but the wind does not stop!
Ever since they entered the reception room, several Japanese people in kimonos started whispering to each other. They spoke Japanese, and no one, including Zhou Xiaoshan, could understand a single one!
"Baga, we, the Mitsubishi Corporation of the Great Japanese Empire, were once friends of your President Fan, and we had business cooperation together. Mr. Iwasaki Koichiro, his father, was a classmate of Mr. Fan. Mr. Iwasaki came with sincerity. How could you arrange us and these lowly Chinese soldiers in the same reception room! This is not only an insult to our Mitsubishi Corporation, but also an insult to our Great Japanese Empire!"
A few Japanese people finally couldn't bear it anymore. Their translator angrily yelled , as if he was really insulted!
No one from the Yongli Soda Factory was here to receive guests. Zhou Xiaoshan watched these Japanese people yelling hysterically in the room as if he was watching a play.
"Xiaoshan, what's going on?"
Zhou Xiaoshan sneered!
"Isn't it obvious? A bastard warlord, a bandit, a Japanese, he is also a bandit. There is nothing wrong with putting bandits together!"
Chang Desheng and Zheng Chunlai's faces turned green.
This precious alkali factory in Tianjin can really go to great lengths to insult people!
This is a terrible idea.
"Is there anything so insulting?"
Li Chun and Zhang Zhenhe were both indignant, but Zhou Xiaoshan's expression forced them to suppress their unhappiness!
But the Japanese nearby refused to accept. The translator and a Japanese who understood Chinese kept whispering with others, translating Zhou Xiaoshan's words to others. The leading Japanese man angrily took out his gun!
"idiot!"
The soldiers under Zhou Xiaoshan were completely delighted. When it comes to using guns, we are professionals.
He took out pistols, box guns, and Yan Laoxi's Thompson.
"You bunch of damned Chinese pigs, lowly bastards, how dare you compare with Mr. Iwasaki! Mr. Iwasaki is a prominent family of our Great Japanese Empire."
"I still feel dirty being with you guys, this house is more disgusting than a pigsty!"
In a conference room of more than 20 square meters, the Sichuan Army and the Japanese in military uniforms began to confront each other clearly!
The Japanese fired warning shots!
The soldiers of the special forces battalion, fearing that the world would not be in chaos, also fired into the air, creating many holes in the roof, from which dust fell.
The camp commander is right.
If you don't agree, just fight. In troubled times, only those who are not afraid of death deserve to live.
Hitting the roof is no big deal , just shoot back if you have the guts.
All the people at the Yongli Soda Factory were alarmed at once!
A few receptionists poked their heads out to take a look, and then ran over faster than rabbits. Chen Hong, who was notified, was a little dumbfounded, but he still came in!
"I am Chen Hong, the account manager of Yongli Soda Factory. I am responsible for receiving all visitors to the factory. May I ask Adjutant Zhou, Mr. Iwasaki Koichiro, since you are a guest at Yongli Soda Factory, why are you firing here?"
Zhou Xiaoshan raised the corner of his mouth and tried to explain. Fan Xudong was so arrogant that gunshots were heard in the factory, but he still hadn't come out!
"Look, look, look, they started it first!"
The Japanese translator squatted in front of his master and listened for a long time before standing in front of Chen Hong!
"Manager Chen, our Mr. Iwasaki wants to ask you, Mitsubishi came here with sincerity to seek cooperation. When the British were dumping at low prices, we had cooperation before. You put our Mitsubishi Corporation and these soldiers together, likening them to robbers. Please give me an explanation!"
"Who said that? I have never said such a thing. Wynn will never treat guests from afar in such a humiliating way."
