Chapter 183: Hangzhou Dinner
On the evening of the 17th, Chen Jingyun officially set foot on the land of Hangzhou, and it was also the first time to set foot on the land of Zhejiang. It has been half a year since the Nationalist Army occupied Zhejiang, and it was the first time for him Chen Jingyun to come.
In fact, Chen Jingyun is a very peaceful person, after the Xinhai Uprising, he has been staying in Fuzhou, basically never moved anywhere, and the farthest place he went to was to inspect the Mawei shipyard in the suburbs of Fuzhou, and most of the time he stayed in Fuzhou City, and he also stayed in the Governor's Mansion. This is mainly because it is not convenient for him to travel, first of all, one is security, now the whole country does not know how many people want Chen Jingyun's surname, especially in the north, Chen Jingyun's guards have prevented more than ten assassinations, most of them are assassins who have been arrested or killed without even seeing Chen Jingyun's figure, and a few or two may be able to look at Chen Jingyun from a distance, but basically they can't get close. Although there have been no problems before, no one can guarantee that there will be no problems in the future, and there are too many people concerned about Chen Jingyun's security issues, not only his own relationship, but also many military and political dignitaries in the national army system are concerned about Chen Jingyun's security issues, so that Chen Jingyun's personal guard has swelled from more than 100 people in a company at the beginning to more than 300 and nearly 400 people now.
This guard is also Chen Jingyun's personal guard, which is used to carry out regular security work, and Chen Jingyun has to bring the guard division when he goes out, for example, this time he came to Zhejiang, Chen Jingyun brought the guard division, and there was a regiment that came with the ship, and the regiment of the other two guard divisions was not enough to ship by sea, so they could only rush over by land at night, but the two regiments under the leadership of Lin Chengkun had already begun to go north before Chen Jingyun set off from Fuzhou, although the time was a little delayed, but it should not be too big.
After ensuring safety, Chen Jingyun and a group of high-ranking generals of the Nationalist Army got off the American cruiser Angelina, and in order to avoid suspicion, the American consul in Fuzhou did not disembark together, but waited. Based on Chen Jingyun's important surname and Faller's excellent work in Fuzhou, it is reported that the United States has already intended to make him the next US minister to China.
After getting off the boat, Chen Jingyun saw Ma Cheng, Chen Weihua, Lin Zhaomin and others, these people have been leading troops all the year round, and when Chen Jingyun wants to see them, he can only wait for them to return to Fuzhou to report on their work.
Everyone didn't stay at the dock for long, and soon everyone got into the car, and then entered the city of Hangzhou under the escort of the guards and guard divisions, and went straight to the mansion prepared by Ma Cheng and others for Chen Jingyun.
In fact, it is said to be a mansion, but in fact it is a headquarters, this time Chen Jingyun came to Hangzhou in addition to bringing the guards and guard divisions, but he brought the entire national army headquarters over, in order to allow the headquarters to command the troops in Zhejiang nearby and prepare for the war in Zhejiang and southern Jiangsu.
This is also why the situation in northern Zhejiang and southern Jiangsu was so tense, when the Beiyang Army set up the second army for Feng Guozhang to be the commander, Chen Jingyun still did not set up a first-level command organization in Zhejiang, that is because Chen Jingyun did not plan to set up a military-level command organization in Zhejiang to command the war in Zhejiang and Jiangsu, he planned to directly let the headquarters to control the war in Zhejiang and southern Jiangsu.
The possible outbreak of war in northern Zhejiang and southern Jiangsu was a major matter related to the survival of the national army, and he could not be at ease about handing it over to a temporarily established military-level organization to command.
Ma Cheng and others are looking for a mansion is not small, it was a Western-style villa built by a wealthy businessman surnamed Zhou in Hangzhou, and then the wealthy businessman surnamed Zhou went bankrupt and put it up for sale, it was originally the vice minister of finance Zhuang Nan to live, but after hearing that Chen Jingyun was coming to Hangzhou, he immediately contributed to this mansion, so the original Zhou Mansion became Chen's Mansion. It's just that although this villa is not small, it is more than enough to live for a family, but it is not big enough to be used as Chen Jingyun's residence and headquarters.
There was no choice but to follow the example of Fuzhou, and after setting up the conference room of the headquarters in the mansion, the offices of the departments and departments under the headquarters were moved to the next residence.
After arriving at the place, Chen Jingyun walked down and looked at the house in front of him, and felt that he was quite satisfied, the original Governor's Mansion was a typical Chinese-style courtyard, and the atmosphere was atmospheric, but for Chen Jingyun's aesthetics, it was always a little too traditional, relatively speaking, Western-style villas were more in line with his aesthetics.
Chen Jingyun, Ma Cheng, Lin Zhaomin, Feng Qin, and a group of senior Nationalist Army officials and generals entered the mansion, and then the rest of the headquarters went to the nearby prepared office space.
After walking down all the way, after arriving at the mansion and sitting down, the time was almost up, and everyone had just chatted for a while, and the prepared dinner party began.
And this time the dinner was in accordance with Chen Jingyun's previous instructions, it was a buffet situation, one was because there were many people, and the other was because Chen Jingyun wanted to let everyone relax and say goodbye, don't always be nervous with a straight face, and third, you can also talk after eating and drinking.
So when this dinner was going on, the atmosphere was not as tense as at the beginning, Ma Cheng and Chen Weihua and a few other people also came to Chen Jingyun from time to time to toast or something, Chen Jingyun's alcohol consumption is not high, but it's okay, Yu Feng, the secretary on the side, is holding a bottle of boiled water next to him, anyway, the wine glass poured into the glass is white and transparent, if you don't drink it, it's hard to notice that it's not wine but water.
After such a dinner was over, the time was almost nine o'clock, and the guests began to go back one after another, but this time, Chen Jingyun called Chen Weihua, the first division, Ma Cheng, and Lin Zhaomin, the seventh division, to ask questions in the study.
"When I came here before, Feng Qin said that you were ready, and now that I'm here, I'm going to go down to the army tomorrow to see with my own eyes, and you won't make a mistake when the time comes!" Chen Jingyun's words can be regarded as reminding them that his visit to Zhejiang is superficial, and he also knows that his troops are not so invincible iron army or the like, the national army is just a very ordinary army, and it also has some problems of ordinary armies, which Chen Jingyun knows but cannot eliminate in a short time, so he can only avoid it as much as possible. And tomorrow's inspection will not be the only one, but with a large number of people, including a large group of high-ranking generals of the national army, but if the inspected troops make a mistake, even if he is unwilling, he will have to punish the relevant personnel at that time.
And these people are all generals who follow him, and they are all people who know the roots, remind them in advance, take out what should be shown, and hide what should not be seen by others, so as not to embarrass everyone if something goes wrong at that time. Anyway, Chen Jingyun doesn't like to encounter any sudden problems during the inspection, and then he has to be angry, deal with relevant personnel, etc., he prefers to inspect the intact and then deal with these problems in private, and try to avoid the expansion of the impact.
In the face of Chen Jingyun's tips and warnings, Lin Zhaomin, Ma Cheng and Chen Weihua did not dare to be ambiguous, and immediately said: "Commander, rest assured, we will not lose the commander's face!" ”
Chen Jingyun nodded before changing the topic and said, "How are all the troops preparing now!" Especially Ma Cheng, your second division, if there is a problem in Nanjing, the second division will have to go up first, and the relevant combat preparations will be fine! ”
Ma Chengdao: "Commander, rest assured, the Second Division has been making relevant operational preparations a month ago, and now the Second Division can conduct operations at any time!" ”
Chen Jingyun nodded after hearing this: "Okay!" Then he turned to look at Chen Weihua: "What about the first division, when the time comes, the first division will go to Shanghai, the situation there is complicated, and the task is not easy!" ”
Chen Weihua said: "The first division has already completed the relevant preparations, and it has already conducted many exercises on how to capture Shanghai, and it will ensure that the task will be completed on time!" ”
Chen Jingyun said: "That's good, and the Seventh Division must also be ready to reinforce the front line at any time!" ”
Lin Zhaomin said: "Commander, rest assured, the Seventh Division has completed the relevant training work, and although its combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the Second Division and the First Division for the time being, it is still capable of frontal combat!" ”
Chen Jingyun said: "I believe this, by the way, you will also go to meet Feng Qin, Yuan Fang and Liang Xunqin later, and tell them some of the situation in Zhejiang and southern Jiangsu, so that they will not go to you to ask again!" ”
Immediately, the three of them said in unison: "Understood! ”
After sending these three people away, Chen Jingyun did not rest, but specially met Jiang Zunyun again, speaking of which, this is the first time Chen Jingyun and Jiang Zunyun have met, this time Jiang Fangzhen and Chen Yi are accompanying Chen Jingyun.
"Brother Jiang, you look much younger than I thought!" Chen Jingyun said with a smile, and Jiang Zunwei replied with the same smile: "Commander, you are boasting about yourself, and you are older than me!" ”
Chen Jingyun laughed when he heard this: "Hearing you say this, it seems that this is indeed the case." I, you, and Cai Yi, Yan Xishan in Shanxi are not big, but the people in our national army are not very old, young, and energetic!! ”
This is mainly because most of the generals of the southern warlords are from the students who have studied abroad and the students who have graduated from primary schools and middle schools in various armies, and most of these people are in their twenties and early thirties.
The advantages of being young and young also have disadvantages, young and energetic, open-minded, easy to accept new affairs, but the relative experience is not enough, and the encounter with people is not stable enough, etc., this kind of thing has advantages and disadvantages, and it is not good to generalize.
After some polite words, Chen Jingyun asked about some affairs in Zhejiang.