Chapter 42: Balancing Public and Private Interests

Ouyang Yun spoke, Jiang Shuren sat down, and glanced at Bai Chongxi from time to time, obviously angry in his heart. Bai Chongxi also knew that there were many people who had offended what he said just now, so he happened to borrow the steps to go down at this time, raised his glass at the moment, and compared a distant touch with Ouyang Yun, and the two of them drank it all.

Although Ouyang Yun deliberately created an atmosphere, because Bai Chongxi and Jiang Shuren came to such a show, the two sides of the banquet finally broke up unhappily.

Ouyang Yun waited to go to the United States, and after the meal, he invited Bai Chongxi and his party into the conference room to discuss the issue of sending troops. If it weren't for the lack of time, he would have held an enlarged meeting to delay the time, but now, he can only make a quick decision.

To get straight to the point, Ouyang Yun directly expressed his decision, and would use these two divisions to replace the three divisions of the 57th Army to Guangzhou to supplement Zhang Zizhong's troops.

Bai Chongxi's face became unnatural when he heard this, he looked at Zhang Kexia and Su Zhijie, and his expression was complicated. Jiang Shuren's whole play just now, whether intentional or unintentional, is good for Ouyang Yun - look, there are so many people who oppose it in the army, but I still took out two divisions, is it interesting enough? He pondered for a while and said, "I'm afraid that the military council won't be able to pass this, right?" ”

"Chief Bai, that's your business, after all, you have already given us a promise!" Ouyang Yun smiled lightly and said: "Please also forgive us, the Changping Incident, we are indeed afraid of losses, no matter how you say it, the 57th Army and the Xuebing Army were born from the original 29th Army, and handed over to General Zhang Zizhong, I can rest assured." Mr. Bai, didn't you just say that you wanted to talk to me about a game? This business is successfully completed, how about we hurry up and kill the next game? The next time I have this opportunity, I don't know when it will be! ”

Bai Chongxi once hinted that he had something to do with Ouyang Yun alone, and the latter was also an opportunity to create solitude at his request.

Bai Chongxi heard the sound and knew what he meant, and pretended to be helpless and said, "Okay." ”

Ouyang Yun asked Ji Xingwen to be in charge of entertaining the others, and took Bai Chongxi to his study.

After entering the study and closing the door, Bai Chongxi's expression relaxed a lot, he found a chair to sit down, and said without hesitation: "Brother Ouyang, the reason why you are doing this is because you have the care of Brother Xinchen, right?" This Zhang Xinchen is very calculating, hehe, I don't know if Jiang Dao is really moving, he can't eat it. ”

There were no idle people waiting for him, Ouyang Yun didn't shy away from saying anything, and said: "I don't know what kind of idea someone Jiang Dao has in mind, anyway, he hasn't been watching our student army for a day or two." This can be seen not only by you and me, but also by those with long eyes. Hmph, he thinks that if he grasps the national righteousness, he will control everything, but I don't buy this account. Brother Bai, I treat you as a friend, and I'm not afraid to tell you. The two divisions we went out of Guangdong this time, one is our former military lineage, and the other is the mountain division I just formed, which is composed of bandits on Bawang Mountain, these people are unruly, Jiang really wants to do something to tear his face, but he is afraid that he will bring humiliation on himself. At that point, it won't be my responsibility. Brother Bai, I won't say much about what happened to your army in Nanjing this time, through this, do you still have illusions about some people? ”

The Battle of Nanjing is an eternal pain in Bai Chongxi's heart, the main force of 50,000 living dragons and tigers, it will be gone in a few days, and he feels unbearable pain in his heart every time he thinks about it. He waved his hand and said, "The fantasy has long been gone, otherwise I wouldn't have tossed Jiang over and over again, but it's a pity that every time I fall short." Hey, if Little Japan had not invaded China, we would still have a chance, but now, for the sake of future generations, we can only firmly stand on the side of the central system. Do we still want to engage in a nest fight at this time, so that little Japan can reap the benefits? ”

Ouyang Yun nodded and said, "That's exactly what I think, so I endure it again and again." However, there are some things that I can endure, but there are some things that I will never endure. One general has achieved ten thousand bones, and the most successful one is the one who has achieved it - this is unfair, the reason why our student army can develop and grow to today's scale is that the key is to pay attention to everyone, so let alone two divisions, it is a big soldier, and I will never give up if I can not give up. Brother Bai, what are your plans for the future, you and Commander Li, you won't just be content with the status quo and let Guangxi go free, right? Or, just hand it over? ”

Bai Chongxi asked him to meet in private, and what he did was the future of Guangxi, and when he heard this, his eyes were scorching, and he said: "Brother Ouyang, what you said can be said about the heart of being an elder brother." To tell you the truth, I came to Guangdong this time for another purpose, which is to get assistance from your army to rearmament, and I hope that my brother will give me the help he can! ”

"It's easy to say, the two Guangxi have been dependent on each other since ancient times, and they should help each other and spend time together, but I don't know how to do it, about the reconstruction of Guangxi's armaments, my brother has a specific plan?"

The requests made by Bai Chongxi, the "......," are all related to people, one is military talent, and the other is technical talent. Presumably, he had also done his homework before, and the current finances of the Zhilu Dao Soldier Army were also quite tight, so he didn't mention this aspect at all.

Ouyang Yun readily agreed, and came up with a specific implementation plan. The first is to deploy relevant personnel from the active army and equip the Gui Army with the basic officer corps of three divisions, and then to help the Gui Department completely transform the existing three arsenals and train relevant technical personnel until they can produce completely independently. Then, the long-term plan is to set aside at least 15 training places for the Gui Department in each officer training class.

He was only halfway through this arrangement, and Bai Chongxi's face was already full of joy. Originally, he was worried that Ouyang Yun would prevaricate himself, just give a little sweetness as if he was calling Huazi, but now after listening to such a detailed and feasible plan deployment, he knows that the Daoist people really do it as a thing, so for the current Gui family, it is a charcoal in the snow! Reciprocated, he said in an emotional tone at the moment: "Brother Ouyang, I really thank you." Your army treats our army so well, but how can we repay it! ”

Ouyang Yun smiled and waved his hand: "Brother Bai's words are wrong, do you have to repay us for helping you?" This will be mentioned later. ”

The more he said this, the more Bai Chongxi felt that this matter was inappropriateβ€”as far as he knew, this student army was never the master of loss. Ouyang Yun may really be out of righteousness, and he just wants to help the Gui family stabilize and have many allies, but the Xuebing Army is no longer his word, and he has offended Jiang Shuren very much today, this person is in charge of the government affairs and finances of the Xuebing Military Government, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will not have other thoughts - for the sake of the long term, he thinks that it is better to take advantage of this kind of cheapness. I remembered that last year, a businessman from Guangzhou went to Guangxi to seek the development of non-ferrous metals, and at that time Delin refused, perhaps, this is a gift that can be obtained. So he said: "Our Guangxi land is barren, industry and commerce are not developed, speaking of which, the only thing that can be used is the mineral deposits buried in the ground. I heard that because of industrial needs, the student army has a great demand for non-ferrous metals, so if we let you mine the non-ferrous metals in Guangxi, we will be regarded as the reward for this batch of assistance from your army. Brother Ouyang, what do you think? ”

Ouyang Yun thought for a while and said with a smile: "Since Brother Jiansheng insists, then, I can only be respectful and obey my fate." Well, the relevant procedures, please go through the relevant procedures for us as soon as possible. Hehe, Brother Jiansheng, speaking of which, you have also helped us a lot, I went to the United States this time, I want to talk to the President of the United States about cooperation in this regard, and now with your commitment, there is no need to whisper to other Americans in this matter! ”

Guangxi is one of the top ten non-ferrous metal producing areas in China at that time and space, rich in more than ten kinds of non-ferrous metals, among which arsenic, antimony, tungsten, manganese, and aluminum are the necessary raw materials for the military industry and the electronics industry, and the industrial value is extremely high. Among them, arsenic, antimony, manganese and aluminum are urgently needed by the Cadet Army.

Guangxi's strategic geographical location is also very important relative to Guangdong, and its western proximity to Vietnam is a barrier to the west of Guangdong. In the long run, Ouyang Yun naturally hopes that Guangxi will always be firmly in the hands of Li and Bai, so even if Bai Chongxi's request is excessive, starting from the overall situation, he will act generously to help stabilize the situation in Guangxi.

After the Xuebing Army entered Guangdong, some businessmen wanted to go to Guangxi to mine non-ferrous metals, but they never got the approval of the Gui military government. Ouyang Yun was crooked, and by the way, he solved the resource problem that plagued the development and growth of the military industry and the electronics industry, which could be regarded as a good retribution, but it gave him a lot of surprises.

The private meeting with Bai Chongxi ended happily, and Ouyang Yun mentioned the few obviously unsociable people around him in passing. In this regard, Bai Chongxi was also helpless: "Dai Li's people are responsible for monitoring me and Zhang Kexia." Hehe, it's just a clown jumping off the beam, so you don't need to worry too much. ”

Ouyang Yun saw that as he had guessed, his face was impassive, and he secretly called Chang Gen over to give him some advice, telling him that once these people had out-of-character actions in Guangzhou, then they would be eradicated mercilessly.

That night, Ouyang Yun set up a private banquet to invite Bai Chongxi, Zhang Kexia, Su Zhijie and others, Bai Chongxi achieved expectations because of both public and private considerations, and his mood was relaxed.

Ouyang Yunzhi said that he was creating an opportunity for Zhang Kexia and Su Zhijie, and said sincerely: "Chief Bai is really a second person!" The character is good, and the wine is not bad. Chief of Staff Zhang, Commander Su, let's continue. ”

Zhang and Su smiled and nodded. Zhang Kexia picked up a glass of wine and stood up and said to Guo Da and Huang Haifu: "Accept the love of Commander-in-Chief Ouyang, Master Guo and Master Huang, Kexia borrows flowers to offer Buddha, I salute you two with a glass!" With that, he drank it all.

Guo Da's first division and Huang Haifu's mountain division were named by Ouyang Yun to go to Xuzhou, Guo and Huang had already been taken care of, and they didn't dare to slack off, so they stood up and said in unison: "Chief of Staff Zhang is polite!" Then they drained the glass together.

Ouyang Yun and the other three sat down, poured wine for them personally, and said: "The strategic location of Xuzhou is too important, the Japanese are bound to win this time, and it will definitely take a long time." This battle should be fought smartly, not to hold Xuzhou as the ultimate goal, but to try to consume the vitality of the Japanese army, use time and space to offset the advantages of the Japanese army, accumulate small victories into big victories, and gain time and experience for subsequent resistance. Guo Da, Huang Haifu, when you arrived in Xuzhou, you only listened to the orders of Commander Zhang. Remember, no matter what happens, you have to keep him safe. I don't care about the rest. ”

Guo Da and Huang Haifu glanced at each other, stood up, saluted, and said, "Please rest assured, commander-in-chief, we promise to complete the task." ”

"Sit down, I toast you, and I wish you a successful start-Chief of Staff Zhang, as far as the current situation in Xuzhou is concerned, you tell us about it-"

"Good ......"