42. Trip to Soviet Russia VIII
In the next few days, Chiang Kai-shek and Luo Yaoguo buried themselves in the villa full of wiretaps to revise the "Northwest Military Plan", anyway, the Soviets had known about this plan for a long time, so Chiang Kai-shek and Luo Yaoguo generously discussed the details of the plan next to the bugging.
"General Hucheng is a big believer in the Prime Minister, and he is still reluctant to accept Wu Peifu's appointment, so there should be no problem for him to support our Northwest Military Plan. After we returned, we asked Hu Weng (Yu Youren) to go to northern Shaanxi to contact General Hucheng. This draft is written by Chiang Kai-shek himself, and Luo Yaoguo made suggestions. Well, Chiang Kai-shek's handwriting is beautiful, Luo Yaoguo hasn't practiced much.
"Hmm." Chiang Kai-shek nodded and recorded it. Hearing the name Yang Hucheng, Lao Jiang always felt that something was not quite right, but he couldn't say what was wrong. However, this Yang Hucheng is now holding high the banner of the premier, and it should not be a problem to persuade him to cooperate with the Kuomintang. "General Hucheng is a swordsman and seems to have a good relationship with Xingmin (Fan Zhongxiu), can you let Xingmin lead his subordinates to northern Shaanxi?"
Luo Yaoguo pondered for a moment and replied: "General Xingmin's team suffered heavy losses in Jiangxi last time, and we didn't replenish it after we came back. It's not impossible, but it's important to find a way to clear up the doubts. Jiegong, the key to the success of this Northwest Plan is actually in Shanxi, and we must find a way to gain Yan Xishan's trust, as long as he is willing to sell weapons, ammunition, and grain to northern Shaanxi, then the plan will be half successful. ”
"Yan Baichuan has been closed to himself all these years, dedicated to the development of Shanxi for the benefit of Sangzi, and pursued the principle of non-interference in matters other than Shanxi, and it is impossible for us to get his support. However, under full secrecy, Yan Baichuan would still sell weapons, ammunition and food to northern Shaanxi, but everything was based on commerce. In addition, it depends on whether the GCD will make the movement too big. If Wu Peifu's vigilance is aroused, Luo Wu will definitely terminate trade with us as long as he threatens Yan Baichuan slightly. Chiang Kai-shek's understanding of the domestic military leaders is far greater than that of Luo Yaoguo, a reborn guest who does not know much about history.
"It is better to let General Yang Hucheng temporarily accept the appointment of Yanjing Political Axe, so that Luo Wu will not move northern Shaanxi for the time being, and a legal identity is also conducive to purchasing materials from Shanxi. Jiegong, do you think this is not feasible? ”
Chiang Kai-shek nodded slightly and said: "I think it is feasible, Cao Kun seems to be busy with being the president now, if Hucheng can make some fuss on this issue and contact a few Shaanxi parliamentarians for him, it is estimated that a northern Shaanxi town guard can always be taken down." "In fact, there is nothing for the town guard of northern Shaanxi to do, northern Shaanxi is sparsely populated, and it is very barren, and there is no oil and water at all, otherwise it is impossible to hold out with Yang Hucheng's human guns.
"Let the bearded man figure out a way, I heard that Cao Kun gave 5,000 oceans to each member of Congress to buy votes? Hehe, this Cao San fool is really a bit stupid, he didn't have to spend millions (in fact, it cost 13.5 million)? With this money, it is better to give it to officers and soldiers, isn't it just that this president is self-proclaimed? Luo Yaoguo shook his head happily when he said this, you said that this Cao Kun is really stupid, this kind of thing of bribery is known to China and abroad, and he doesn't know that it should be done secretly. If you choose the president like this, it is better to proclaim yourself and save trouble. Use the saved money to buy the hearts of the army, maybe Feng Christ will not have the Yanjing coup.
"Hahaha." Chiang Kai-shek was also amused by Luo Yaoguo, and he asked with a smile: "What about Fuwen, did you come back from studying in the United States?" Why don't you have any open cooking thoughts? How can a president be self-appointed? Even Cao Zhongshan didn't dare to think about it, how could you think of it? ”
Alas, in fact, the brains of many Chinese politicians in this era are a little confused, why can't they be self-proclaimed presidents? Didn't the emperor appoint himself for two thousand years? At that time, China was in such a strange situation, all the factions except Zhang Feng thought that they were a republic, but they were doing the work of feudal warlords, and the civil war was endless. What do ordinary people need? Is this inexplicable "open boil" for fighting the civil war needed? What the common people need most is peace and tranquility, uh, if they are mobilized by the GCD, they still want land, otherwise in the minds of these people, land should still be bought with money. In November 1922, Peng Pai took the land deed and gave it to the poor middle peasants, but the poor middle peasants did not dare to ask for it, probably because they mistakenly thought that Master Peng was mentally ill.
This is the current national condition in China, so now Mr. Zhongshan has openly announced the "discipline and administration" in Guangdong, and the people of Guangdong have not only not risen up to oppose it, but have sung praises to Mr. Zhongshan because of the free education and a stable society.
"Fuwen, you said that Cao Kun forced Li Yuanhong away this time and bribed the president, will it cause the opposition of the princes and attack him en masse?" Chiang Kai-shek seemed somewhat worried that a new round of large-scale civil war in China would break out early because of Cao Kun's actions.
Luo Yaoguo smiled and said: "Jiegong said that people are princes, as long as these princes don't step on their tails, they don't care if the president is surnamed Li or Cao, anyway, they won't listen to the president." In my opinion, Cao Kun's move is just condemned by the press and intellectuals. Oh, it seems that during this time, our Mr. Zhongshan's discipline has also begun to be criticized, it seems that Chen Jiongming is the leader? ”
"This is Cao Kun's strategy, use this to distract his attention, Chen Jiongming's gang has now defected to Yanjing Zhengaxe." Chiang Kai-shek still gritted his teeth when he said that Chen Jiongming, but Luo Yaoguo also knew that if he really wanted Lao Jiang to catch Chen Jiongming, he would definitely not be able to bear to harm him, Lao Jiang was such a barking dog that didn't bite much, of course, he was a little cruel to GCD.
Seeing that he was going to digress for thousands of miles, Luo Yaoguo hurriedly pulled the discussion back to the "Northwest Military Plan", and counted on this to deceive Lao Maozi's aid. "Jie Gong, it seems that it shouldn't be a problem to deceive a town guard envoy from Cao Kun, let the bearded man do it, it's really not okay to try Feng Christ's way, it seems that he is relatively poor now."
"Von Christ? Who is it? When Chiang Kai-shek heard this title for the first time, he didn't react for a while, not knowing that he was talking about Feng Yuxiang.
"It's Feng Yuxiang, didn't he take all the troops into Christianity?"
"Oh, it's Feng Huanzhang, Fuwen, don't you give people nicknames, do you know?" Chiang Kai-shek criticized Luo Yaoguo with a serious face, and at this time the old Jiang thought to himself: "This Luo Fuwen won't call the prime minister Sun Cannon behind his back, right?" ”
"Oh, I see." Luo Yaoguo saw that Lao Jiang's face was not good, and quickly changed the topic. "Jiegong, the key to the success of this Northwest military plan is Yang Hucheng and Yan Baichuan, and they should still give some sweetness to these two. Yang Hucheng: I think we can give him the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi, and the Northwest Military and Political Commission should recruit and form troops separately, and Yang Hucheng's troops cannot be moved. Yan Baichuan's purchase price of arms should be a little looser, we have to form tens of thousands of troops in northern Shaanxi, this can't be hidden from Yan Xishan, if you don't let him share a little profit, I'm afraid this matter will not succeed, and Shanxi's territory can't be moved anyway. ”
"Well, both the commander-in-chief of Shanxi and the provincial governor can give Yan Baichuan. Shanxi is the key to the military plan in the northwest, and it is also the second choice for the new army to get supplies; in case of any situation in Suiyuan, as long as Shanxi is present, the troops will be able to get weapons and ammunition, and if something goes wrong, they can also go to Shanxi to take refuge for a while and save their strength. Chiang Kai-shek nodded and added this one as well.
"Our newly formed army in the northwest will be named the New Army for the time being, and we should not add the name of revolution or the Kuomintang, so as not to arouse the vigilance of all sides. The new army should be modeled after the Soviet Red Army, and its establishment could be set as one corps, with three divisions and nine regiments under its jurisdiction, and one regiment each for artillery, engineering, baggage, and cavalry. Such an army has about 30,000 people, and at least 20,000 Type 38 rifles are needed, each 38 rifle is estimated to give Yan Baichuan fifty silver dollars, and 20,000 rifles cost one million. Each regiment of water-cooled machine guns is equipped with one company, counting the cavalry regiment needs a total of ten companies, plus 200 spare ones, one one needs 2,000 oceans, and 200 is 400,000. Bullets require 10 million rounds, at least 50 oceans per 1,000 rounds, and 600,000 oceans if they are more expensive. Each division has one battalion of mortars, and three divisions plus 100 spare guns, counting 10,000 rounds of artillery shells, it is estimated that there are no 1 million that cannot be handled. The mountain artillery is equipped with 24 pieces of a regiment, and there are imitations of the Meiji 41-year-style mountain artillery in Yan Xishan, which is probably expensive, and there are no 50,000 or 60,000 oceans Yan Laoxi will not sell 24 guns for 1.5 million, and he has to buy shells, 10,000 rounds are always needed, and each shell is at least two or three hundred, and two or three million. There are also hand grenades, and it costs almost 1 million to buy 100,000 grenades with wooden handles made in Jin, and finally 60,000 military uniforms, as well as armed belts, military boots and pistols for officers, cloth shoes for soldiers, lunch boxes, water bottles, etc., for a total of 500,000. ”
"Let's da, let's da, let's da" Chiang Kai-shek didn't know where to get an abacus and was settling accounts there, uh, he was the young master of the salt merchant, and he planned to do this kind of work. Lao Jiang calculated how much money it would cost after a while, he frowned and said, "I want 9 million oceans!" If it is a little more relaxed, it is estimated to be 10 million! Moreover, you also missed a hand-held machine gun, and in addition, Yang Hucheng can't be left alone, and I see that it will cost at least 12 or 3 million to buy arms and equipment for the troops. And then, there are 30,000 troops who are paid at least a year's salary, and five million is not enough. ”
"Thirteen million plus five million is eighteen million! Well, the war is really burning money! How much gold rubles did it cost? There's 1.2 million, right? After the defeat of Suiyuan, the Soviet Union should also prepare about 800,000 gold rubles of arms to receive troops. However, I estimate that the battle of Suiyuan should not be difficult to fight as long as the time is right, and the loss will not be large. After conquering Suiyuan, the army rested and expanded in Suiyuan, and it took three months to expand to 60,000 people in two armies, and then it was certain to march into Yanjing. After the continuous improvement and supplementation of the two stinkers, Luo Yaoguo and Chiang Kai-shek, this new northwestern military plan was finally delivered to Skryansky's desk three days later. Of course, this was also sent by the Cheka fighters, and Chiang Kai-shek did not submit the "Northwest Military Plan" to the Soviet Revolutionary Military Council until the fourth day, June 19, which had been translated by Qu Ming and Qu Ying.
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