Three years have passed, in addition to the smooth development of the Three Youth Leagues, the progress of grassroots party departments and social reform is also lower than expected, this time in Yunnan has arranged grain control, Feng Yi and the plan they reported is good, but how it is, we have to see again.

The news of Wang Mingzhang's martyrdom made him heartbroken, and he had a kind of complaint against Sun Zhen in his heart, he had obviously told him that he would first keep the troops, but he still let the troops suffer such serious losses, and the three armies of the 49th Group Army were smashed out by him with a lot of money, so he lost them, how could he not be heartbroken.

The greater disappointment was in the Sichuan Tank Factory, this tank factory is Soviet and Russian technology, the factory equipment has not yet arrived, the technical personnel sent by the Soviet side lack experience, and they are often rotated, and every time they are just familiar with it, they are transferred back to China, and the new arrivals have to be re-familiarized, for which he stayed in Zigong for a week, and held a joint meeting with the Soviet Russian advisers and the Chinese chief engineer, demanding that tanks must be produced in the first half of next year (1940). Secretly, he ordered the seizure of several key technologies of radar bazooka and penicillin, and forced Soviet Russia to provide equipment as soon as possible.

After learning that the British had protested, Gong Xiuhua reminded him that Chiang Kai-shek would definitely react and that he should take the initiative to call Chiang Kai-shek and explain in detail the reasons for his action, and he accepted this reminder.

What gave him a headache was the relationship with Gong Xiuhua, and the relationship between them in Panzhihua broke through the relationship between friends and superiors and subordinates, which made him feel deep self-blame when he saw Liu Yinshu's gentle smile again, so he escaped from inspecting the tank factory and inspecting the work in Yucheng after staying in Chengdu for a few days.

This time when he arrived in Yucheng, Zhuang Jihua did not make a noise, he quietly got off the train in the evening, and then quietly stayed in the guest house of the Southwest Development Team, and it was almost ten o'clock when Chiang Ching-kuo got the report. But even so, Chiang Ching-kuo still put down the work he was dealing with and rushed to the guest house.

To Zhuang Jihua, Jiang Jingguo is grateful, after Li Zhilong is stationed in Guiyang, Yucheng is basically handed over to Jiang Jingguo, this power is quite large, including Yucheng's municipal party affairs three youth league and all the projects under the Southwest Development Team, and without Li Zhilong in front, Jiang Jingguo suddenly has a feeling of power, and the entire Yucheng is in his control, but Jiang Jingguo knows that this is Zhuang Jihua secretly paved for him.

"Director Zhuang, when are you coming, don't let me know, I'll pick you up at the station." Chiang Ching-kuo expressed affection when he met.

"Hehe," Gong Xiuhua pursed his lips and said: "The rules of the Cultural Revolution are not to accept or send, and if Deputy Captain Jiang wants to do this, I am afraid that he will be criticized." ”

The moistened palace embroidery paintings exuded a charming style, which made Jiang Jingguo stunned before reacting, and he laughed and said: "No, no, I haven't forgotten that Director Zhuang is not a member of the Southwest Development Team now, and he should not be subject to this condition." ”

"I'm troublesome, pick it up, trouble others, and it's inconvenient for me." Zhuang Jihua lightly let Jiang Jingguo into the room, beckoned him to sit down, and asked Gong Xiuhua to pour tea for him, and then sat next to Jiang Jingguo.

"I don't have any other meaning to come back this time, I heard that Old Man Mei is back, I just came to see him, is he living in Xiaomei or Yuntian now?"

"He lives in Guanyinqiao, next to Mr. Jingjiang, and I visited him after he came back, and this is an admirable old man." Jiang Jingguo was a little emotional when he thought of visiting the old man.

"What's wrong?" Zhuang Jihua keenly felt that Jiang Jingguo's expression was different.

Jiang Jingguo smiled bitterly, Mr. Mei's trip to the northwest not only went to Xi'an but also went to Yan'an, Jiang Jingguo talked to him about Yan'an, Mr. Mei admired the situation in Yan'an very much, thinking that although it was poor, the spiritual outlook of the whole city was extraordinary, even Yucheng could not catch up, there was no women, there were no drugs, and the degree of public organization far exceeded that of Yucheng, and after talking about the advantages of Yan'an, he began to criticize Yucheng and think that Yucheng should learn from Yan'an.

Zhuang Jihua couldn't help but smile bitterly after hearing this, this old man Mei is really radical, I did such a thing in Yucheng, and the opposition attracted was like a tide, if you want to be like Yan'an, I am afraid that you will be drowned by the tide.

"During the Cultural Revolution, most of the institutions in the base camp began to move over, and many factories and citizens in Wuhan also moved over, is this Wuhan unable to hold on?" Chiang Ching-kuo finally asked.

Zhuang Jihua sighed slightly, motioned for him to take a saliva, and then said: "It is expected that Wuhan will not be able to hold it, strategically speaking, after the loss of Wuhan, the whole war will enter a new stage, and it will be difficult for the army to launch such a large-scale attack as the Battle of Wuhan because of its own difficulties, and we can get a chance to breathe." ”

Chiang Ching-kuo did not answer, he knew that he could not compare with Zhuang Jihua in strategy and tactics, so it was better to be a quiet listener. Zhuang Jihua glanced at him and continued: "From three or seven years to the present, the war has lasted for two years, and in the two years of the War of Resistance, we have wiped out nearly one million Japanese troops, paid a heavy price, and also exposed many problems, such as the organization of the army, the training of soldiers, the problem of tactics, the problem of command, and the problem of logistics supply, all of which must be summed up well. In addition to the fact that many of the habits of the old army were the cause of the defeat of the campaign, I thought that a new army should be created, which should be prepared for a strategic counteroffensive, and which should be given priority in equipment, and that the number of future commanders who would emerge from the two years should be between 300 and 500,000. ”

Jiang Jingguo's eyes gradually brightened when he listened, he knew that Zhuang Jihua was by no means an empty discussion, could he have meant...., he couldn't believe it, but Zhuang Jihua's subsequent words confirmed his conjecture.

"Jingguo, I want to give you this task, do you have confidence?" Zhuang Jihua stared at him.

"I..." Although there are conjectures, but when it really comes, Chiang Ching-kuo is still a little at a loss, he has never been involved in the military, let alone how to form a new army: "I don't know, I don't know where to start, how to choose officers, I don't know anything." ”

Looking at Jiang Jingguo, who was a little dazed, Zhuang Jihua sneered and laughed, and patted him lightly on the shoulder: "Don't worry, it's not difficult to form an army, if you want to train soldiers, choose generals first, so the key is to choose generals, and then choose soldiers with officers, you don't want to form 300,000 or 400,000 at once, first form 10,000, and then gradually expand, I know you don't understand military affairs, but you can grasp personnel, and then you just believe in the people you choose, let them go." ”

These ordinary employment rules can be summed up in a simple sentence, that is, do not use people who are suspicious, and do not doubt people; Of course, Chiang Ching-kuo understood this truth, but he still didn't know how to choose a general.

"Choose generals, I suggest that you choose from the generals who have made meritorious contributions in the past two years, and choose those who are not very high-ranked, lieutenant colonels, majors, major generals, and so on, and let them command this army. Of course, the supreme commander may have to be determined by the chairman, and in addition, it is not eclectic, regardless of his background, there are many generals in the miscellaneous army who can fight and dare to fight. ”

At this time, Jiang Jingguo had a bit of a spectrum in his heart, and he nodded slightly: "Okay, I'll try, if it doesn't work, you should replace it as soon as possible." ”

Zhuang Jihua shook his head and said: "You should have confidence in yourself, besides, you'd better write a plan and submit it to the chairman to get his consent." ”

Chiang Ching-kuo was silent at this time, he knew that if this plan was handed over to him to write, I am afraid that Chiang Kai-shek would not agree, even if he wanted to train him, he would not experiment with such a militaristic event.

"Cultural Revolution, I think you still write it, I know less about the army, you have commanded many troops, you know more about the shortcomings in the army, you understand the situation better, you write more convincingly." Jiang Jingguo said very sincerely.

Zhuang Jihua picked up the teacup and shook his head thoughtfully: "I have done something in Tibetan Province, the chairman of the committee is afraid that he is full of anger with me now, I am afraid that the plan I wrote will be difficult to enter the eyes of his old man, this plan has to be written by someone else, but unfortunately, General Baili, if he is here, he is the best candidate." ”

Jiang Jingguo was stunned, he did not expect Zhuang Jihua's reply to be like this, he also knew about the affairs of Tibetan Province, the Central Yue Bao and the Yuzhou Evening News both reported, but their reports were on the surface, more based on a nationalist position, against the British, support for the Chinese, Yuzhou Evening News even more naked support Zhuang Jihua, as long as he did everything seemed to be right, so the detailed situation is not clear to anyone.

"Cultural Revolution, I don't understand this, why did you provoke the Lhasa incident at this time? Isn't it even more difficult for us to deal with one person himself, and then an Englishman? Chiang Ching-kuo took the opportunity to ask.

"You are the same as them," Jiang Jingguo's face turned slightly red as soon as these words came out, but Zhuang Jihua didn't seem to see it, and said to himself: "I only see our difficulties, but I don't see their difficulties." In fact, now is the best time to solve the Tibetan provincial issue, and it is impossible for the British to send troops to Tibetan province now, so they can only solve it politically, and if they solve it politically, they will have to respect our rights, and everyone will negotiate on an equal footing, and they can also crack down on the pro-British elements in the local forces in Tibetan province, and then eradicate the Western [***] forces, and the Lhasa incident is not over yet, and it will continue to develop. ”

Zhuang Jihua's resolute tone made Jiang Jingguo gasp, and he was stunned for a while before coming back to his senses: "Cultural Revolution, what are you going to do next?" Incorporate the Tibetan army or reorganize the Lhasa political axe? Or both? ”

"Of course, it's both, the first is to reorganize the Tibetan army, without the support of the army, he also makes a fuss about reading power, dealing with a group of guys who support reading power, I don't plan to be soft on this." Zhuang Jihua's tone was flat but murderous, and he was not worried about Chiang Ching-kuo's report to Chiang Kai-shek: "Jingguo, it is our duty to maintain national unity, and it will also be supported by the people, so taking tough measures will not only not damage the prestige of the political axe, but will promote the prestige of the political axe." ”

"However, the British have already reacted, and if they respond with a tough one, how will the British explain it?" Chiang Ching-kuo was very puzzled.

"British?" Zhuang Jihua said contemptuously: "Don't worry about them, what qualifications do they have to interfere, this is our internal affair, and they have no right to interfere." ”

In the end, Zhuang Jihua waved his hand, as if to drive away the gossip in front of him: "Don't meddle in this matter, what about the plan, I will find someone else to write, but in the end it will fall on you to implement, you pay attention to the cadre candidates first, and once it is approved, you will start immediately." ”

(To be continued)