Chiang Kai-shek took office as the aftermath supervisor of Chaomei Eight Counties, and planned to open a branch of Whampoa in Chaozhou, but the second phase of the Eastern Crusade of the army was too late in their studies and needed to re-study, and Chiang Kai-shek considered that he might not stay in Whampoa for much time in the future, but he was unwilling to let go of the military academy, so it was convenient to set up a branch in Chaozhou to control Whampoa.

Therefore, after he returned to Guangzhou this time, he negotiated with Liao Zhongkai about the Chaoshan branch, and in the future, the cadet company of the military academy will carry out the education of enlisted students in Chaozhou, and then return to Huangpu after completion, and the internship of graduates will also be carried out in the school army in Chaozhou.

The first thing Zhuang Jihua Liaison Office did when it opened was to prepare food and lodging for the cadet company, gendarmerie company, and instructors who came this time.

On this day, Zhuang Jihua was waiting at the wharf early in the morning for the Yongfu ship, and these military academy personnel were all transported by the Yongfu ship; He was accompanied by a major surnamed Lin from the Quartermaster Department of the Guangdong Army, and the Yongfu ship not only carried Whampoa students, but also a batch of military salaries and weapons and equipment.

The Yongfu ship still couldn't see the shadow, and there was nothing to do left and right, Zhuang Jihua and Major Lin chatted casually. Hearing that the Yongfu ship still has 50,000 oceans and a batch of Soviet-made weapons this time, Zhuang Jihua smiled.

"This Commander of the Guards shouldn't come to you again, the last time I saw you, it was he who made a fuss about military salaries at the headquarters."

Major Lin sighed and said with a wry smile: "I'm afraid that if I return it, this money has already gone somewhere, and there is no him." ”

Zhuang Jihua was looking up into the distance, and when he heard this, he withdrew his gaze and turned his head to look at Major Lin: "What?" And without him, man, this is a bit of a bully, and I can't stand it anymore as an outsider. ”

"Brother, you don't understand, I know he helped you in Zhangmutou, you speak for him, but what can I do, it's all set from above." Major Lin said helplessly, took out a cigarette from his pocket after speaking, and took out a cigarette from it and put it in his mouth, he knew that Zhuang Jihua didn't smoke, so he didn't say anything polite to Zhuang Jihua.

"You go to the peak to bully honest people, this will make the soldiers chill." Zhuang Jihua said half-truthfully that the more he said good things for Wei Lihuang in this semi-public, the more no one doubted his purpose; Of course, Zhuang Jihua didn't just say good things for Wei Lihuang, he complimented almost everyone and presided over "justice" for everyone, but he just stayed on his lips.

There is a famous saying in the West that if you want to hide a leaf, the best way is to hide it in the woods; If you want to hide a grain of sand, it's best to hide it on the beach. Zhuang Jihua was merciful everywhere, but as a result, he was ruthless everywhere, leaving only a seed in the hearts of those who had a heart, waiting for it to blossom and sprout.

"Soldiers' hearts? What I want is a chill for the soldiers. Major Lin said meaningfully.

"Huh? What do you mean? Zhuang Jihua pretended to be puzzled and asked. Major Lin just smiled, flicked the ashes of his cigarette, turned around and looked into the distance.

This wharf is a military wharf, and civilian ships do not dare to dock here, but the warships that originally docked here have all retreated to Fujian with Chen Jiongming, and the wharf is empty and quiet, only the occasional seagulls flying by make a chirp, and there is the sound of waves crashing on the shore.

In addition to Zhuang Jihua and Lin Shaoxue, there was also a company of Cantonese soldiers waiting outside. As time went on, the people on the dock became more and more impatient.

"Brother, when is it?"

"It's almost ten o'clock." Zhuang Jihua raised his hand to look at the watch in his hand.

"Why haven't you arrived yet, shouldn't you not come today?" Major Lin asked with some suspicion.

"No, the telegram the day before yesterday said that it would arrive this morning, and I even got in touch with lunch in the dormitory." Zhuang Jihua also felt puzzled, and took out the telegram on his body to take a look, yes, the date is today.

Major Lin impatiently scratched: "Damn, this broken warship shouldn't sink halfway." What do the idiots of the Navy Department know besides smuggling. ”

"Warship smuggling??" Zhuang Jihua was already a little surprised, and what was even more surprising was that this Major Lin actually knew: "How do you know? ”

"I have a fellow villager, who is in the navy, he told me. He said that all warships in the navy are involved in smuggling, and that they are open in the navy, and that they have a role in the whole world, and that those naval officers are rich from this. ”

Zhuang Jihua was not only stunned when he heard this, although he had a lot of mental preparations for the strange appearance of this world, but the smuggling of warships, and large-scale smuggling, made him a little difficult to accept for a while.

"Brother, you are young, you have never seen warship smuggling, when the Yongfu ship arrives, you can watch it." When Major Lin saw Zhuang Jihua's appearance, he felt some sympathy in his heart, what these Whampoa students didn't say when they fought in the war was that they were too simple, and they didn't seem to have anything else except their enthusiasm.

Zhuang Jihua was silent, just silently looking into the distance, he only hoped that the smuggling of the Yongfu ship would not be discovered by the juniors of the Cadet Company.

After a while, an officer wearing a navy uniform with the rank of second lieutenant hurriedly came over, Zhuang Jihua saw the anxious look on his face, and his heart chuckled, something happened, and three words immediately popped up in his mind.

"I received a telegram from the Yongfu ship, which encountered a Shanghai ship outside the port, and is now forced to sail to Xiamen."

Although Zhuang Jihua didn't understand, he also knew that something had happened to the Yongfu ship, so he said calmly: "Don't worry, make it clear, forced to sail to Xiamen?" What do you mean? ”

"I think I've been captured." The second lieutenant said with a breath.

"Captured? How could you be captured? We didn't hear the sound of the cannon," Major Lin asked with some excitement, he didn't hear a single cannon, and he was captured. Zhuang Jihua was also a little puzzled, they waited here for a few hours.

Zhuang Jihua frowned and asked, "What's going on with the sea chip?" Zhuang Jihua was also very anxious, but he was still trying to stay calm, and at the same time quickly calculated the impact of this matter.

"The two commanders may not know that the Hai Chip is an armored cruiser with three 150mm main guns on board and more than a dozen other guns; The Yongfu is an armored transport ship, and there are no guns on the ship at all, only a few machine guns, which cannot be fought at all. Even if you run, you can't beat others, the speed of the sea chip ship can reach 19 knots, and the Yongfu ship...."The second lieutenant explained when he saw that the two of them didn't understand why the Yongfu ship was captured without hearing the sound of the cannons.

Zhuang Jihua now understood that the battle at sea did not look at the number of people, but only the caliber of the cannon and the speed of the ship, and he immediately interrupted the second lieutenant's words and asked: "What else did the Yongfu ship say?" ”

"Nope."

"Did you report it to the Navy Bureau?"

"It's reported, the Yongfu ship must have also reported to Guangzhou."

"Where is Commander Xu?" Zhuang Jihua then asked.

"Not yet." The ensign wiped the sweat from his face.

"You go back immediately and report to Commander Xu on the phone, Brother Lin, let's go back." After Zhuang Jihua finished speaking, he walked out of the dock, and Major Lin was stunned, so he followed Zhuang Jihua out.

When Zhuang Jihua and the others hurried back to the Lin family ancestral hall, Xu Chongzhi had already received the news, and the convener with a gloomy face discussed countermeasures, the atmosphere in the headquarters was tense, and the officers who came and went were no longer as relaxed and arrogant as they used to be.

After Major Lin reported to Xu Chongzhi, Xu Chongzhi didn't say anything but waved his hand irritably to let him step down, he was not responsible for this matter. Zhuang Jihua did not leave, but stayed in the conference room, he wanted to know what decision Xu Chongzhi would make, and then report to Chiang Kai-shek, after all, there were more than 100 people in the Whampoa Military Academy, and Chiang Kai-shek didn't know how to be anxious after he knew it.

Xu Chongzhi saw that Zhuang Jihua was not leaving, but was standing there waiting for his order, so he said, "Major Zhuang, you can sit down and listen to it." He knew the reason why Zhuang Jihua stayed, of course, if he wanted to drive Zhuang Jihua out, it was okay; But he didn't want to do it, partly because of Chiang Kai-shek, and partly because he admired the young man.

Zhuang Jihua has entered his sight since the Battle of Zhangmutou, and later he has learned some things about Zhuang Jihua one after another, just like Chiang Kai-shek has inextricable connections with his subordinates, and there are many instructors in Whampoa who have a relationship with him, and some things cannot be hidden at all, so he admires him even more.

"Go on." Xu Chongzhi looked at the people in the room gloomily.

Zhuang Jihua knew that on his way back, they had already begun to discuss.

There were not many people in the conference room, mainly six or seven people, including Xu Ji, the new commander of the Fourth Division, and the chief of the operations section. Zhuang Jihua listened to the meeting and knew that their opinions were mainly two: marching into Fujian to threaten the Fujian overseer Zhou Yinren and forcing him to return the Yongfu ship and the personnel and materials on the ship; Contact Hong Zhaolin and the rest of Chen Jiongming's department and ask them to come forward to match.

Zhuang Jihua calculated in his heart, simply looking at these two strategies are good, but they are both unstable. For the first strategy, what if Zhou Yinren does not compromise? And why did Zhou Yinren do this, Zhuang Jihua thought further, Zhou Yinren is Sun Chuanfang's subordinate, if Zhou Yinren did this, it must have been instructed by Sun Chuanfang, so why did Sun Chuanfang do this? Could it be that Sun Chuanfang wants to provoke the Fujian-Guangdong War? No, Zhuang Jihua almost immediately denied it.

He quickly thought of the news he got from the newspaper during this time, Sun Chuanfang and Feng signed a contract of non-aggression, demarcating Shanghai as an area where troops will never be garrisoned and military organs are set up, Sun Jun withdrew from Shanghai, but Feng did not withdraw his troops in accordance with the agreement, for which Sun Chuanfang accused Feng of not keeping the contract, and at the same time accused Feng of continuously transferring troops into Jiangnan and undermining the stability of Jiangnan. It should be said that Sun Chuanfang was under a lot of pressure from the Feng department, and then provoked the Fujian-Guangdong War at this time? Sun Chuanfang wouldn't be so stupid. Zhuang Jihua therefore concluded that it was not provoked by Zhou Yinren.

So who provoked it? Navy Commander Poplar Village? Why did he provoke this incident? It is impossible for Zhou Yinren to command him, so it is Chen Jiongming; Chen Jiongming can't command Yangshuzhuang, only Yanjing can command Yangshuzhuang.

After the word Yanjing popped into Zhuang Jihua's mind, Zhuang Jihua's mind was cheerful, yes, this must have been done by Yanjing, but why Yanjing did this, there is only one explanation, Yanjing wants Guangdong to attack Fujian.

The conference room was quiet, this is Xu Chongzhi's habit of meetings, everyone can talk about their own opinions, for Xu Chongzhi to analyze and consider, Xu Chongzhi sometimes makes decisions on the spot, sometimes not. Everyone was waiting for Xu Chongzhi's decision, but Xu Chongzhi ignored everyone's eyes, and he heard the analysis and suggestions of the staff, but he thought that this was not enough, the old man had already smelled a trace of conspiracy, but he hadn't figured out what the enemy's purpose was, and this purpose was still hiding behind layers of fog, and if he couldn't see it clearly, he would rather do nothing.

"Big brother, what should I do? You have something to say. Xu Ji was a little impatient, Fujian was currently empty of troops, and Zhang Zhen and other people's troops operating in northern Fujian had sent representatives to express their agreement to obey the command of the Guangdong army and were willing to assist the Guangdong army in attacking Fujian. Therefore, in Xu Ji's view, as long as he attacks, there should be no problem in taking half of Fujian.

Xu Chongzhi glared at Xu Ji, and when the words came to his lips, he suddenly changed his words.

"Major Zhuang, I often hear your principal and political commissar mention you, you can tell me what to do."

Xu Ji didn't expect Xu Chongzhi to suddenly ask Zhuang Jihua to come, he snorted a little angrily, and expressed his dissatisfaction without concealment. In his opinion, Zhuang Jihua is just a small major, Mao has not yet grown up, and the people present have fought more battles than he has walked, what ideas can he have.

Zhuang Jihua ignored Xu Ji's attitude, but stood up and was about to go to the front, Xu Chongzhi waved his hand to signal him to sit down, and said in his position. Zhuang Jihua's actions added a little contempt to everyone's hearts.

"I think it's a conspiracy."

After Zhuang Jihua spoke, Xu Ji couldn't help but sigh and interjected unceremoniously: "This is not strange, everyone knows it." Zhuang Jihua nodded disappreciatively and said, "Master Xu is right, but since it is a conspiracy, then there is a purpose, what is their purpose?" ”

Xu Ji was speechless for a while, and the section chief of the Operations Section interjected: "Naturally, it is to intercept the materials on the Yongfu ship and equip the remnants of Chen Jiongming. ”

"Then he won't not know, this will definitely cause a reaction from our army, and even cause our army to attack Fujian."

"The main force of the Fujian army still remained in Zhejiang and did not return to Fujian, and our army attacked Fujian and could easily take Fuzhou." Xu Ji interjected, he didn't notice that Xu Chongzhi's face was getting more and more ugly.

Although Zhuang Jihua only said two words, it had already resonated with Xu Chongzhi, and he was impatient with Xu Ji's repeated interruptions of Zhuang Jihua's words.

"Then it's even more puzzling, don't Zhou Yinren know about this situation?" Zhuang Jihua has figured it out now, and he is still conducting this discussion in the way he was in the third battalion.

"Well,...., if you have something to say, just say it, don't look like..."

"Shut up, what do you say about the Cultural Revolution like this?" Xu Chongzhi interrupted Xu Ji's words angrily, and then said to Zhuang Jihua: "Cultural Revolution, say all your thoughts, don't swallow and spit out, you dare to fight a battle like Zhangmutou, what else is there to worry about, I am in charge of everything." ”

Zhuang Jihua noticed that Xu Chongzhi's name for himself had changed, no longer Major Zhuang, but a more affectionate name for himself.

"Thank you, Commander, the humble opinion is that this is Duan Qirui Xiangzhuang sword dance, which is intended in Guangzhou." Zhuang Jihua stopped going around the bend, and threw out his conclusion first, shocking everyone in the conference room.

"In the Yongfu incident, I think that we must focus on the strategy of the whole of Guangdong in order to see the whole picture of the whole incident, to analyze the enemy's purpose, and the countermeasures that our army should take." Zhuang Jihua talked eloquently according to his own ideas.

"First of all, I would like to ask you to think about it, is it a coincidence or premeditated when the Yongfu ship meets the Shanghai preparation ship? If it's the latter, then who gave them the intelligence? ”

"Zhou Yinren can't command Yangshuzhuang, even Sun Chuanfang; So on whose order did Yangshuzhuang send the Haichou ship to Shantou? Chen Jiongming? ”

"Fujian is short of troops, if this move triggers our army to attack Fujian, then what kind of situation will it become?"

Zhuang Jihua pulled the cocoon and threw out one question after another, these problems are not actually unexpected, but no one has considered these problems together.

"Let's consider this question first, who does Yangshuzhuang listen to? Chen Jiongming? Chen Jiongming was defeated very badly in our army's Eastern Crusade, and it was impossible for Yangshuzhuang to take the fire for him, so he thought that he could only be Duan Qirui, and it could not be anyone else, so what was Duan Qirui's purpose in doing this? On the one hand, Fujian is empty, and on the other hand, it provokes our army, so my conclusion is that Duan Qirui wants our army to attack Fujian, so what kind of situation will our army form when it attacks Fujian? An obvious conclusion is that it is impossible for Sun Chuanfang to storm Fujian, and if our army attacks Fujian, then Sun Chuanfang will inevitably transfer back a large number of troops from Zhejiang to fight for Fujian with our army. At that time, the current strength of our Eastern Expeditionary Army was not enough, so it was necessary to increase troops from Guangzhou, and if the Yunnan Gui Army refused to participate in the war, then it could only transfer troops from Beijiang and Xijiang, so that only the Yunnan Gui Army would be left in Guangzhou. ”

After Zhuang Jihua threw out this conclusion, Xu Chongzhi somewhat understood, Liao Zhongkai and Hu Hanmin had sent him telegrams, telling him that the Yunnan Gui army was showing signs of instability, and he almost immediately concluded that the Yunnan Gui army would definitely not participate in the war, and the Generalissimo's Mansion could only transfer Tan Yankai and Zhu Peide from Beijiang.

"Let's go back and talk about the Yongfu ship encountering the Shanghai warship, is it a coincidence or a premeditated one? Humble positions tend to the latter. As far as the humble officials know, the Yongfu ship went to sea in the early morning and is scheduled to arrive this morning, so if the Haiqiao ship wants to intercept the Yongfu ship, it must also go to sea last night in order to intercept the Yongfu ship just outside the port. This detail was suddenly thought of by Zhuang Jihua. At the speed of the Yongfu ship, it takes three or four hours to travel from Guangzhou to Shantou, so the Yongfu ship must depart at night, which just explains why the Navy Bureau did not send escort warships, because this was a secret delivery.

"So the robbery of the Yongfu was the result of someone leaking secrets to the enemy." Zhuang Jihua said that he was more and more sure of his analysis here, and his tone became more and more affirmative.

"Based on a comprehensive analysis of these articles, I believe that this is Duan Qirui's intention to lead our army to attack Fujian and provide an opportunity for someone to act in Guangzhou."

After Zhuang Jihua finished speaking, the conference room was quiet again, almost everyone agreed with Zhuang Jihua's analysis, most of the questions raised by Zhuang Jihua, these people have taken into account, the difference between them and Zhuang Jihua is that one looks at the problem from the overall situation, and the other is only entangled in the local area.

Xu Ji no longer thought about the problem of fighting and walking at this time, he frowned and asked, "Sound east and west, Guangzhou?" Who? Yang Ximin? ”

"It can only be him, and only he has the strength." Section Chief Guan added.

"It should be him," Xu Chongzhi spoke at this time: "Brother Dai Shuai and Brother Zhong Kai have already telegraphed to inform me that Yang Ximin has signs of instability, and Zhao Chengliang's troops of the Yunnan army have been transferred back to Guangzhou from Shaoguan. ”

After finishing speaking, Xu Chongzhi turned his head and asked Zhuang Jihua: "Cultural Revolution, how do you think we should deal with it?" ”

"Just revise what you have just proposed." Zhuang Jihua did not completely deny the suggestions put forward by everyone just now, which made everyone present breathe a little relieved, and finally did not completely lose face......

But this was just his idea, Xu Chongzhi had no intention of letting him go.

"How do you change it?"

Zhuang Jihua was a little embarrassed, he felt that he was too sharp today, and it would be detrimental to his future work to arouse Xu Chongzhi's vigilance.

"The lowly position believes that how to deal with this matter involves the overall situation, and the lowly position has not yet considered it." Zhuang Jihua decided to show weakness, since he knew the other party's purpose, Xu Chongzhi could not be fooled again, not to mention Chiang Kai-shek.

(To be continued)