In the afternoon of the same day, Zhong Yi quietly left Changde.

However, Zhong Yi did not go directly to Yinjiang, because before he left, his immediate boss Yu Liangzhen sent an urgent telegram, asking him to go to Changsha to wait for him for a few days, and then go to Zhejiang together.

In this regard, Zhong Yi naturally has no opinion, it is a good thing to be able to deal with Yu Liangzhen in advance, and it is also conducive to the development of work after coming to Yinjiang in the future.

Zhong Yi took a truck from the Changsha Military Service Department, which was originally to transport supplementary troops to Changde, and took Zhong Yi back to Changsha by the way.

It was less than 200 kilometers from Changde to Changsha, but due to the poor road conditions, Zhong Yi's truck drove for more than eight hours until two o'clock in the morning the next day.

There was also an unpleasant interlude in between.

The officers and men of the Changsha Garrison Division even regarded them as Japanese spies who were exploring the way and interrogated them for half an hour or two.

It was not easy to enter Changsha City, and Zhong Yi found that the officers and soldiers of the garrison division in the city were also facing the enemy.

Zhong Yi even smelled the strong smell of gasoline, and it was obvious that the officers and soldiers of the garrison division were already preparing to set fire.

Seeing this scene, Zhong Yi's brows tightened suddenly, because he suddenly remembered the Wenxi fire!

Because it was two o'clock in the morning, all the hostels and hotels in the city were closed, so Zhong Yi could only deal with it for one night in the rest room of the military service department.

Fortunately, at this time, it was already early October, and although the weather had turned cooler, it was not cold, but there were many fewer mosquitoes, so I slept well.

The next day, Zhong Yi went to visit Orange Island and Yuelu Mountain, and visited Yuelu Academy.

Zhong Yi has read ***'s "Qinyuan Spring Changsha", and he was very impressed by one of the sentences "Orange Island, see the mountains red all over, and the forests are dyed", but when he really climbed the Orange Island, he only saw the blue-gray Yuelu Mountain, and there was no such thing as ten thousand mountains being red and the forests were dyed.

It was not until the third day that Zhong Yi went to visit Zhang Zhizhong, chairman of Hunan Province.

There are few Kuomintang generals that Zhong Yi really admires, and Zhang Zhizhong is one of them.

So this time he passed through Changsha, and he had to visit Zhang Zhizhong no matter what.

At the Provincial Office, Zhong Yi met Zhang Zhizhong, a real Huangpu tiger general.

Xue Yue is known as the god of anti-Japanese war, but in fact, Zhang Zhizhong's military talent is not under him at all, and even surpasses it, but it is a pity that due to too many restrictions in the Battle of Songhu, he can't show his skills at all, so that he was despised by Principal Chang, and he was transferred to Hunan as a civil official.

Zhong Yi found that General Zhang Zhizhong was thinner than he imagined, and his complexion was not very good.

It can be seen that he was not very happy in his tenure as chairman of Hunan Province.

But this is completely reasonable, Zhang Zhizhong is a military general, you let him be the provincial chairman, isn't this forcing Zhang Fei to embroider, can he be happy?

When Zhong Yi observed Zhang Zhizhong, Zhang Zhizhong was also quietly observing Zhong Yi.

For the name Zhong Yi, Zhang Zhizhong can really be said to be thunderous, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a rising star of the party-state, this point, as long as you look at the previous battles he has commanded, you can draw conclusions!

If someone else is replaced, can he use half a battalion of troops to block the four and a half divisions of the Japanese army in Jinshan for two days and nights?

If someone else is replaced, can the 100,000 officers and men of the Nanjing Garrison have completely lost their will to resist, and then awaken their fighting spirit through hard work?

If someone else is replaced, can he use the strength of ten brigades to shake the five divisions of the Japanese army and defend Wuhan for a long time?

If nothing else, these three battles alone are enough to make Zhong Yi proud of all his peers in the party-state, including him.

Zhang Zhizhong had long heard that Zhong Yi was very young, but when he really met, he had a deeper understanding of the word "young".

Zhong Yi is really young, and he completely retains the kind of vigorous spirit unique to young talents!

Looking at the vigorous Zhong Yi, Zhang Zhizhong couldn't help but feel a little sentimental, although he was only in his forties, it was the best age in a man's life, and it was also the easiest age to make achievements, but he had to waste his time in the post of a civil official.

However, Zhang Zhizhong quickly retracted his thoughts, wondering what happened to me today, why did I get sad and sad?

At that moment, Zhang Zhizhong said to Zhong Yi: "Brother Ziren, please allow me to call you brother, I have heard about you, with your military talent, it is really condescending to arrange you to Yinjiang, but for you personally, this is a good experience, and when you get to Yinjiang, you will know that this place is really a workout!" ”

Zhong Yi heard what Zhang Zhizhong was saying, so he asked, "There seems to be an unfinished meaning in Chairman Zhang's words?" ”

Zhang Zhizhong smiled and waved his hand, and said, "Don't ask, you will naturally understand when you get to Yinjiang." ”

"Thank you Chairman Zhang for your teachings, and the younger generations will remember." Zhong Yi solemnly thanked him, because the two of them had only just met, and Zhang Zhizhong was willing to make such a sincere suggestion, which shows his personality.

It would be a pity that such a Whampoa Tiger General with good character and strong ability would be buried.

The ancients reciprocated the peach, Zhang Zhizhong was so interesting, Zhong Yi no longer hesitated.

At that moment, Zhong Yi said solemnly: "Chairman Zhang, is Changsha preparing a scorched earth policy?" ”

This is not a secret, Zhang Zhizhong immediately nodded and said: "Yes, the command has already issued an order, in fact, not only our Changsha, but every city in China that may be attacked by the Japanese invaders has been prepared for scorched earth, to borrow a sentence from President Chang, it is better to burn the city to scorched earth than to leave any materials for the Japanese invaders!" ”

Zhong Yi said: "Of course, the scorched earth policy is very necessary, but if you are afraid, you are afraid, the city has been burned down before the Japanese invaders arrive!" ”

"The city has burned down before the Japanese invaders?" Zhang Zhizhong's eyes froze, and he asked in a deep voice, "Ziren, did you find any problems?" ”

"Yes." Zhong Yi nodded and said, "The day before yesterday, when I took the truck of the Military Service Department to Changsha, it was already two o'clock in the morning, and I was mistaken by the officers and soldiers of the garrison division for the Japanese army's spies, and I made things difficult in every way. ”

"What? Is there such a thing? Zhang Zhizhong's face immediately fell.

Zhong Yi said with a straight face: "Chairman Zhang, it is a good policy to resist the strong with the weak and the scorched earth policy, but when it is implemented, it must be cautious, especially not to delegate the power of arson to the front-line troops!" You'd better discuss it with the commander of the Changsha garrison, General Yuyi, and then issue an order that no one is allowed to set fire without a joint edict from the two of you! ”

"I'll think about it." Zhang Zhizhong nodded with a serious expression, and said, "Ziren, thank you." ”

"No, you don't." Zhong Yi knew that Zhang Zhizhong really listened, so of course he smiled with relief.

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