Seeing Zhuang Jihua's expression, Zhang Xueliang was a little unhappy, just now he kept saying how many guns per month and how many machine guns per month, and when it was his turn to ask for something, there was no more, Zhang Xueliang said I see how you refuse.

"The principal can really have a problem, do you bring any money?" As soon as Zhuang Jihua opened his mouth, Zhang Xueliang frowned.

"Could it be that General Zhuang has to collect money to give it?" Zhang Xueliang asked coldly.

"Of course, how much is each gun, how much is each bullet, we clearly mark the price, even if the chairman comes." Zhuang Jihua was very serious, but Zhang Xueliang was very surprised, but Zhuang Jihua continued: "Actually, this warrant is useless. ”

"What did you say?" Zhang Xueliang was extremely surprised.

"Young marshal, you misunderstood, I must explain the reason for this." Zhuang Jihua shook his head and said, it seems that Chiang Kai-shek has deceived him in his heart, otherwise he would have wanted him to be the wronged leader.

"All the factories here are not state, they belong to the Sichuan Development Company, and I am only a shareholder of the Sichuan Development Company." Zhuang Jihua explained to Zhang Xueliang the reasons for the formation of the Sichuan Development Company, its mode of operation, and past transactions in one breath, and finally said: "So even if the chairman comes, he can't take the weapon empty-handed, unless all shareholders agree." ”

The more Zhang Xueliang listened, the more stupid he became, and finally said with some bitterness: "This is an arsenal." ”

"Actually, this is normal, Europe and the United States do this, the political axe places an order for a given money, the factory produces, and then the political axe buys it with money, the young marshal has traveled in Europe, so he naturally knows it." Zhuang Jihua said calmly.

Zhang Xueliang couldn't help but feel a surge of anger in his heart, this fire was not directed at Zhuang Jihua, but at Chiang Kai-shek, you know that I can't take it away like this, but let me show my ugliness, what does this mean. Zhang Xueliang suddenly thought that he didn't have no money, he was rich, didn't he just give three months of military salary, this brother is really good.

"In addition, even if you have money, I am very embarrassed now," Zhuang Jihua added: "I tell you the truth, there are too many weapons needed, and all the weapons in stock have been bought by our escort team, and this is not enough, we have recruited 35,000 new recruits, and the guns in stock are only less than 20,000, and there are more than 15,000 missing. ”

"But our Northeast Army is going to Shaanxi to suppress bandits, and if there are no weapons and ammunition, what can we talk about suppressing bandits!" Zhang Xueliang's surname came up, and he shouted impatiently with his hands behind his back, but a good education had not yet made him speak foully.

Zhuang Jihua silently looked at the slip in his hand, and Zhang Xueliang said helplessly after a while: "Okay, I'll pay for it, the chairman has just paid three months' salary, and there are several million, I..., how much can I buy for two million?" ”

Salary to buy weapons, Zhuang Jihua sighed in his heart, you must know that after the Northeast Army left his hometown, middle and lower-level officers and soldiers relied on that salary to support their families, Zhang Xueliang's move was undoubtedly to quench his thirst.

After the silence meeting, Zhuang Jihua shook his head lightly and said: "The officers and soldiers of the Northeast Army are already very bitter in the Guannei, and they still have to support their families with this salary, young marshal, I can't accept this kind of money." ”

Zhang Xueliang was sad for a while, the loss of the three eastern provinces made the Northeast Army quickly fall from a rich man to a beggar, and the treatment of the Northeast Army before 918 was the best in the whole [***] team, surpassing the Central Army, but now it is .......

"I understand what the chairman means," Zhuang Jihua sighed and hesitated, Zhang Xueliang looked at him a little strangely when he heard this, and didn't know what he meant, Zhuang Jihua explained: "What his old man means is to let me allocate money from the southwest development fund to buy weapons and ammunition." ”

"Funding for the development of the Southwest?" Zhang Xueliang was quite surprised, he had never thought about this problem.

"The funds for the development of the southwest do not come from the state, but from donations from overseas Chinese," Zhuang Jihua said calmly: "This is the funds raised by overseas Chinese to help the motherland resist the Japanese and use them to explore minerals and build roads and railways." They gave me the money and gave me full control. I can transfer part of this money to pay for the goods of the Northeast Army and sponsor the Northeast Army with two million. ”

Zhang Xueliang was emotionally moved when he heard this, but before he could speak, Zhuang Jihua added: "But we really don't have so many goods, I can give you up to 5,000 rifles, machine guns can give you more, mortars can also be more, bullets and grenades can be given according to your requirements, young marshal, please understand my difficulties." ”

Zhuang Jihua's sincerity made Zhang Xueliang a little moved, he didn't know how to express his gratitude to the Securities Regulatory Commission, and said for a long time: "Cultural Revolution, I have made a friend of yours, please feel free to speak if you have anything in the future." ”

"The young marshal is serious, I hope the young marshal will think twice in the future." Zhuang Jihua said meaningfully that in his opinion, this young marshal is a person with a surname in love, and in the movie he has seen about the Xi'an Incident, it is obviously impulsive to arrest Chiang Kai-shek, and then sending Chiang Kai-shek back to Nanjing is the result of impulse.

Zhang Xueliang obviously thought that Zhuang Jihua was talking about what he had just said about buying weapons with his military salary, so he laughed at himself and said: "I, Zhang Hanqing, am now penniless, a rat-like figure on the street, I can only wash away the shame of the past when I go to the battlefield, the Cultural Revolution, thank you for still looking up to me." ”

Just a few words just now, Zhang Xueliang saw that although Zhuang Jihua was a close student of Chiang Kai-shek, he was not exactly the same as a cronie like Chen Cheng, Chen Cheng obeyed Chiang Kai-shek's orders, but Zhuang Jihua did not, Chiang Kai-shek failed to completely control him, at least in Yucheng he could do things according to his own ideas.

With this exchange, the two were even more relaxed in the following interactions, Zhang Xueliang confirmed his initial judgment, Zhuang Jihua is a casual person on the outside and very strict on the inside, the military discipline in the barracks is strict, and the officers and soldiers who violate discipline will be severely punished, but there is no corporal punishment in these punishments. In the barracks, there are three lectures a day, no matter whether it is windy or rainy.

Zhuang Jihua also took time to accompany Zhang Xueliang to go around the factory, Zhang Xueliang looked at the artillery pieces coming down from the assembly line, and couldn't help but sigh with some emotion: "If we have a few more factories like this, why worry about saying that if we don't get rid of the gangsters, the gangsters will not be destroyed." ”

"Yes, it's a pity that our time is too short, the country has been in war for many years, external troubles and internal worries, and we have not been given time to carry out construction with peace of mind." Zhuang Jihua also sighed and said.

"Cultural Revolution, what do you think will be the result of this crackdown on bandits in northwest Sichuan?" Zhang Xueliang asked.

"In terms of strength comparison, we will definitely win, they are going in the wrong direction, they should go north, go to the deputy commander, and avoid the main force of our army in the south, they do not have the strength to confront the main force of our army head-on." Zhuang Jihua asserted that he did not know what caused Zhang Xueliang to finally decide to launch the Xi'an military admonition, and judging from the exchanges in the past two days, although he was dissatisfied with Chiang Kai-shek, he still believed that Chiang Kai-shek was the current well-deserved leader of China, and should support him and obey him.

According to Zhuang Jihua's meaning, the Red Army will eventually enter the northwest, but Zhang Xueliang is still full of confidence, in his opinion, the Red Army after a long march has low combat effectiveness, although in the recent battle of Laoshan 110 division commander He Lizhong was killed, but in his opinion, this is because of the negligence of the commander of the Northeast Army.

Zhuang Jihua glanced at him and knew that he didn't accept his reminder, so he didn't mention this topic anymore, Zhang Xueliang is a military topic after all, or can he not leave the army.

"Cultural Revolution, you trained this army so dedicatedly, did you want to show your skills on the battlefield in northwest Sichuan?" Zhang Xueliang asked, Zhang Xueliang is still relatively clear about Zhuang Jihua's talent, the Battle of Rehe actually played such a result after he left, which surprised him very much, which also made him understand to some extent that he could be defeated, and at the same time prompted him to make up his mind to quit drugs and cheer up.

"Huangpu classmates all know that I support the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and I will not fight the civil war between the two parties, and this unit is aimed at the army, and he will not go to the front line to suppress bandits." Zhuang Jihua did not hide his views and goals, even Chiang Kai-shek knew something, so why hide it.

"Do you say that once a full-scale war breaks out, we will be able to win?" Zhang Xueliang asked again, although he was willing to sacrifice, he also knew that the army was strong and China was weak, and he was not confident in recovering the three eastern provinces and winning the victory of the War of Resistance.

In fact, this is not Zhang Xueliang's problem alone, this is a problem for many people, at this time in China, young people are enthusiastic, looking for various ways to save the world, and the steady middle-aged and old people are generally pessimistic after comparing their strength; As a result, the elite class is confused, on the one hand, they are unwilling to give in step to the truth, and the national territory is lost one after another, but on the other hand, they feel that they cannot win, so they do not know where to go.

"Victory is certain, the key lies in how much we have to pay," Zhuang Jihua said: "Comparing the strength of China and the advantages and disadvantages of the two sides, as long as the war is protracted, victory will definitely be ours." ”

Later, Zhuang Jihua explained the advantages and disadvantages of the two sides to Zhang Xueliang in detail, and finally said in a conclusive tone: "What we have to do now is to delay the time for the outbreak of war, step up preparations for war, and if we don't fight within five years, we can block the Chinese army in the North China Plain, and if we don't fight for ten years, we will take the initiative to march to recover the three eastern provinces, and if we don't fight for 20 years, we can march into Tokyo." ”

Zhang Xueliang looked at the busy factory and nodded thoughtfully, yes, at this rate, in ten years, China will have enough strength to challenge the army, and the reason why it can't hit Tokyo in ten years is probably stuck in the navy.

Soon after Zhang Xueliang left, Li Zhilong and Mei Yuntian returned from Chengdu and Nanjing respectively, Li Zhilong told Zhuang Jihua that Chiang Kai-shek intended to nominate him as a member of the Central Committee, Zhuang Jihua immediately expressed his opposition, he sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek, saying: "When the student violated military discipline when he was young, although the principal did not pursue it, let after all, he was guilty of opposing the right, and he was suddenly promoted to the central government after returning to China for only four years. ”

According to the meeting of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang, the Fifth Plenary Session will be held in November, and the activities of selecting deputies from various localities have already begun, and the deputies from Yucheng are very troublesome, and Zhuang Jihua is undoubtedly the most qualified, but Zhuang Jihua insists on promoting Cheng Cheng, Lu Zuofu, and Yu Peidi, and the women's deputies simply elect Chen Qikun, and neither he nor the principal cadres of the southwest development are allowed to run for election.

Chiang Kai-shek had no choice but to give up after receiving the telegram and agreed to Zhuang Jihua's proposal, and at the same time, Zhuang Jihua was very relieved that he would not reach out to the central authorities. Soon after, Kong Xiangxi received an order from Chiang Kai-shek in Nanjing, asking him to set up a State Financial Administration, which was not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance but was directly under the leadership of the Executive Yuan, and its main responsibility was to coordinate the issuance of national currency and supervise wartime finance.

"It seems that Weng Wenhao still has a lot of influence on the chairman." Mei Yuntian couldn't help but be excited and happy after receiving the letter, and came to the base to tell Zhuang Jihua that he, Zhang Jingjiang, and Yu Qiaqing had joined forces to propose to Weng Wenhao to establish such a committee to avoid too much interference in the economy by power, which would lead to economic ruin.

Zhuang Jihua only smiled bitterly, he knew in his heart that if he hadn't pointed out Zhang Xueliang's military spending and refused the position of a member of the Central Committee, it would be difficult to say whether this order could come out.

At the beginning of November, the Red Army crossed Jiajin Mountain, and then conquered Baoxing, Tianquan, and Lushan; launched an attack on Mingshan and Qionglai; Liu Xiang mobilized the main force of the Sichuan Army and the Xue Yue Department of the Central Army, and set up a battlefield in the Baizhangguan area, a choke point that entered the western Sichuan Plain.

(To be continued)