Zhuang Jihua saw Chiang Kai-shek's appearance and knew that the number of enemies was too much, which frightened him, and hurriedly remedied: "The British territory is not as big as Guangdong, the population is not as large as Guangdong, 100,000 people is just an estimate I have to make, and it is the largest number that can be sent from Britain. ”

Saying that, he gave Director Zhou a look, and Director Zhou understood, and said pretending to think: "Cultural Revolution, it seems that you don't know much about Britain, at the beginning of the European War, Britain sent an expeditionary force to France was only 100,000 people, and France had to provide part of the logistics, so it can be seen that if you really want to send troops to Guangdong, 30,000 will be in the sky." ”

"Yes, yes, Director Zhou has studied in Europe and knows more about things in the UK, and the students' estimates are too outrageous. In fact, considering logistical and financial factors, this figure should be higher. Zhuang Jihua immediately climbed up the pole to reassure Chiang Kai-shek.

The two sang and harmonized, and gradually turned the number of British into 10,000, a number that made Chiang Kai-shek feel less terrible, and began to regain face for the gaffe just now.

"Whether he comes 10,000 or 100,000, there is nothing to fear, our workers and peasants, with the backing of Soviet Russia, will definitely be able to achieve victory." After Chiang Kai-shek sorted out his thoughts, he said: "However, in the Cultural Revolution, in addition to sending troops, what other conspiracy will Britain have?" ”

"The headmaster is right to remind that if the troops are not sent, the British will certainly turn their eyes to our interior, and there are two levels to this; One is within the revolutionary camp; The other is China's interior. But no matter what level it is, his method is nothing but bribery and agitation. Buying off the unstable elements within the revolutionary camp and agitating the warlords at home. Therefore, the students suggested that the next step was to rectify the interior, mainly the finances and the army. The details of this have been explained to the principal in the student's report. ”

"Hmm." Chiang Kai-shek nodded: "How is the affairs of the Sichuan army?" ”

Yu Peidi has stated that he will support the rectification of the Sichuan army. Other ,...," Zhuang Jihua hesitated when he said this, he looked at Chiang Kai-shek, and saw that Chiang Kai-shek was staring at him, as long as he said: "After the student is suspended, the work will be handed over to He Jinhan, and the current development, the student does not know." ”

"This can't work, He Jinhan doesn't know the situation of the Sichuan Army, his coming to take over will seriously affect the progress of the work, the work of the Sichuan Army is still in charge of you, you don't want to hide idle." Chiang Kai-shek said with a wrenched face.

Zhuang Jihua scolded in his heart that you did the job of stopping Lao Tzu, now come and I'm hiding,.

"Where is He Jinhan, I will greet him, although your position as the chief of the intelligence section has been temporarily suspended, you are still in charge of the specific work of the Sichuan Army. Jiang Xianyun is the same, the camp still has to care, don't think this is a holiday for you. Chiang Kai-shek said in a stern tone at the end. After the suspension, Jiang Xianyun continued to work in the Youth Army Association and the [***] organization, while Zhuang Jihua looked like he was enjoying the holiday, wandering around all day, and there was no one in the dormitory at all.

"Yes." Zhuang Jihua and Jiang Xianyun replied at the same time.

"Cultural Revolution, according to your estimation, when will the rectification of the Sichuan army begin?" Liao Zhongkai asked.

"After Shaji, the political situation is favorable to me, and the students think that they can speed up the progress, but when there is a showdown with Xiong Kewu, it is best to have a showdown in the name of the national political axe." Zhuang Jihua said.

"Well, that's going to be soon." If it weren't for the Shaki tragedy, the personnel of the national political axe would have been decided, and the rest would have been officially announced.

"There are steps in your report to rectify the Sichuan army, but have you thought about the way to rectify it?" Liao Zhongkai asked again.

"The students have thought that the rectification of the Sichuan army is mainly ideological rectification; In the initial stage, a working group should be dispatched to each regiment, and the members of the working group will be mainly composed of comrades who are good at ideological work, and after the ideological rectification of the soldiers is completed, some military cadres will be sent in, plus the cadres of the former Sichuan Army who have been retained, to form a new command system. "In the original plan, there was no plan for how to reorganize, because it was not known whether it could be reorganized peacefully, so Zhuang Jihua did not list this part in detail, but only mentioned it slightly.

"Task force? Do you have a specific candidate? Chiang Kai-shek asked after thinking about it.

"Nope." Zhuang Jihua replied immediately.

"No?" Zhuang Jihua's return surprised Liao Zhongkai: "Don't have any worries, say it boldly, and what you said is just a reference." ”

"No, that's not something students should worry about. However, according to the students' plan, the Sichuan army is mainly for ideological rectification, so the team members must be good at ideological work. Zhuang Jihua did not let go, but his hint was very clear, and Director Zhou was the best at political and ideological work in the Whampoa Military Academy.

Director Zhou secretly praised Zhuang Jihua for knowing how to hide clumsiness, but he said:

"It turns out that I was busy with this during the Cultural Revolution, and I said why there are so many articles criticizing Xiong Kewu in the newspaper these days. Well done, I think the Cultural Revolution is very good at ideological work. "Zhuang Jihua's work for the Sichuan Army was secretly arranged by Chiang Kai-shek and Liao Zhongkai, and if it wasn't for Chiang Kai-shek's proposal today, Director Zhou wouldn't know about it at all. However, their conversation and conjecture have already made Director Zhou understand the general course of the matter, and then think of the articles in the newspaper in the past two days criticizing Xiong Kewu's warlord thoughts, Director Zhou understands that it is only a matter of time before Xiong Kewu becomes compliant.

"Don't praise him, come on, the Cultural Revolution surname is too irritable, you praise him, he doesn't know what trouble will happen next time." Chiang Kai-shek criticized on his lips, but his face undoubtedly showed pity.

"Director Zhou is the person who is the best at ideological work in Huangpu, but unfortunately, the party army still needs to be expanded, and the party army is our foundation, so Director Zhou will not participate in this work. After thinking about it, Chiang Kai-shek said: "I have already decided in my heart the candidate for this task, and I will tell you when the time comes." Go back. ”

"Yes." Zhuang Jihua and Jiang Xianyun saluted the Big Three and turned to leave.

After the two of them went out, Chiang Kai-shek said to Liao Zhongkai and Director Zhou: "How about you give this task to the two of them when you see it?" ”

"I think so." Liao Zhongkai immediately agreed.

"Let them both team up." Director Zhou was a little surprised, he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Chiang Kai-shek's gourd. Zhuang Jihua has been in the limelight too much recently, and he even wants to fire Jiang Xianyun's gun when Sha Jishi, and Jiang Xianyun's military rank is one level lower, so it must be Zhuang Jihua as the main one, and it will be difficult for Jiang Xianyun to carry out his work.

"Well, Zhuang Jihua is wise, Jiang Xianyun is steady, let Zhuang Jihua be the captain, and Jiang Xianyun be the party representative to restrain Zhuang Jihua, don't make any more trouble." Chiang Kai-shek said so. Director Zhou couldn't find anything suspicious at all, so he agreed.

The aftermath of the Shaki incident has not been extinguished, but apart from the addition of two more cruising warships at the mouth of the Pearl River and a regiment of Scottish soldiers in skirts in Hong Kong, the British have shown their inwardness.

Borodin duly announced that the Soviet political axe would provide 50,000 rifles, 200 machine guns, 70 cannons, and corresponding ammunition to the Guangdong political axe, and that this batch of supplies had already been shipped in Vladivostok and would arrive in Guangzhou, and at the same time it was announced that the Soviet Union would provide economic aid of 3 million rubles to the Guangdong political axe to help the Guangdong political axe stabilize its finances, and the Soviet Federation of Trade Unions would also provide 500,000 rubles in aid to the provincial and Hong Kong general strike. After reading out a series of figures, Borodin added that the armament and funds would be prioritized for the expansion of the party army. This made Chiang Kai-shek overjoyed, but it also caused the eyes of other armies to blush.

In the end, the base camp decided to reject the British note with a tough attitude, and at the same time protested to the British political axe, demanding that the British political axe severely punish Shaki as the perpetrator, withdraw the warship, and compensate Shaki for the economic losses of the dead countrymen.

Chen Duxiu published an article in the new issue of New Youth, calling on young people to go to Guangdong to participate in the great war against imperialism and to fight for the national revolution and to win the national reading power.

A large number of enthusiastic young people flocked to Guangdong and Huangpu from North China, from Northwest China, from Southwest China, from East China, and from Central China.

The leaders of the Kuomintang suddenly discovered that the prestige of the Kuomintang among the domestic people was unprecedentedly high, and the ruling axe of Yanjing was notorious; Most people believe that the KMT should replace Yanjing as the ruling axe, and show strong confidence in this axe. The military and civilians of Hong Kong and the province have increased their confidence, and the Hong Kong strike has continued to expand, and by the end of June, all industries have been on strike, and at the same time, the Hong Kong Chinese Trading Company announced that in order to protest against the British side for creating the Shaji tragedy, the Hong Kong Merchants' Association will immediately strike the market.

Hong Kong is completely paralyzed.

The Provincial-Hong Kong Strike Committee was established in Guangzhou, and Su Zhaozheng was elected chairman of the strike committee. The strike committee issued an appeal for a blockade of Hong Kong and an end to the sale of rice, salt, cloth and other household goods to Hong Kong, an appeal that was quickly supported by the Guangdong political axe.

Liao Zhongkai wrote to the Central Committee at the right time, suggesting that a national political axe be formed immediately, and this proposal was approved by the majority of the Central Committee members.

Against this background, Zhuang Jihua's work on the Sichuan Army progressed more smoothly, and the endless discussions in the newspapers made the soldiers who were most concerned about politics feel that the Sichuan Army was about to rain, and the senior generals generally lost confidence. Zhuang Jihua's contacts with the generals of the Sichuan army were more frequent and smooth, Yu Peidi's attitude was more firm, and Zhang Chong hinted that as long as the "price" was right, he fully supported the reorganization, and Long Guang lost confidence, believing that it was much better for the troops to be handed over to the national political axe than to flow again. Xiong Kewu wanted to fight back but didn't get the point, he found himself in a strange circle, if he fought back, then the warlord's crime was implemented; If it is allowed to develop, the morale of the troops will inevitably collapse. He had an understanding of the ideological dynamics of the senior generals, and in order to prevent the betrayal of the senior cadres, he began to take measures to unite the middle and lower ranks; However, first, there was not much time left for him, and second, under the influence of the strong revolutionary atmosphere in Guangdong, the thinking of the troops had changed, and they were no longer as blindly loyal to him as before.

On 1 July, the establishment of the National Political Axe was announced, with Wang Jingwei serving as chairman of the National Political Axe and chairman of the Military Committee of the National Democratic Axe, Hu Hanmin as foreign minister, and Liao Zhongkai as finance minister. Chiang Kai-shek was promoted to a member of the Military Commission, after Wang, Hu, and Liao.

(To be continued)