Chapter 13: Persuasion
From the telegram sent by Vivian, he learned that Chiang Kai-shek seemed to be stimulated by something, and once again dispatched nearly 500,000 troops of the Nationalist Army south into Burma, and took the initiative to ask for the whole training of the protective umbrella, Zhuo Fei knew that Chiang Kai-shek was thinking about really rectifying the Nationalist army. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć Zhuo Fei, who had already arrived in Daejeon, had to change the speed and direction of his march again, and it was urgent to return to Burma to meet Chiang Kai-shek, and Zhuo Fei was worried that Chiang Kai-shek's quick success would trigger a joint counterattack by factions in the national army.
Zhuo Fei's worries were not unfounded, Chiang Kai-shek had been imprisoned in Xi'an, although the military action led by Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng, who detained Chiang Kai-shek, was under the banner of calling for the cessation of the civil war and the joint resistance against Japan, but in a sense, this was an act of a local military faction challenging the central government. After the abdication of the Manchu Dynasty, China entered the era of warlord secession, and after the Kuomintang became the central party, the warlord faction could not be completely resolved. Although some of these warlords are equally patriotic and can even lay down their lives for the country, the existence of warlord factions is a danger to the unity and development of the country.
Chinese foreign war layman, civil war insider, this is the unchanging law of ancient history, throughout China's thousands of years of historical development, no dynasty can continue for thousands of years, overthrow the previous dynasty is often the military general with military power. Zhuo Fei had formulated an army reorganization plan early on for the bad habits of the warlord factions in the national army, and Chiang Kai-shek, who got this army reorganization plan at that time, was worried that it would cause a backlash and chaos in the army.
Chiang Kai-shek's move to place the army in Burma was on the one hand to use the name of the umbrella to silence the faction leaders in the army, and on the other hand, it was also to be able to catch the British boat, because the British would pay for the reorganization of the army. The British paid for the weapons and equipment and the necessary help from the umbrella, while the Chinese only needed to provide troops, and in this chain of interests, the umbrella sold weapons and equipment, and the Chinese government received the reconstruction funds provided by the umbrella.
Chiang Kai-shek once again sent troops south to Burma, in order to take the opportunity to share the cost of this part of the army to the British, Zhuo Fei, who was far away on the Korean Peninsula, instructed Vivian ---- not to support or oppose it. The Nationalist army once again sent troops south to Burma, which caught the Chinese communists by surprise, and the intelligence showed that Chiang Kai-shek's move was to catch up with the British, but the Chinese communists vaguely felt that there were other reasons for this.
Like Chiang Kai-shek, when they learned that Zhuo Fei went north to the Korean Peninsula, the CCP was also puzzled, and they couldn't figure out why Zhuo Fei went north to the Korean Peninsula at this time. The confrontation situation in China was temporarily silenced by Chiang Kai-shek's redeployment of troops, but neither the Kuomintang nor the CCP relaxed their efforts to win over other factions in the country, and at the same time secretly guarded against the dynamics of their opponents.
Zhuo Fei took Zhuo Yan back to Burma, it was a week later, during this period, Zhuo Fei used the radio to communicate with Chiang Kai-shek, and learned that Chiang Kai-shek insisted on meeting him, so Zhuo Fei hurried to return to Burma. "I said, are you too worried about the old man, the Japanese have just withdrawn, and the CCP will definitely not rashly challenge the civil war, and those military leaders under your command should also know this truth." As soon as he got off the plane, Zhuo Fei was sent to Chiang Kai-shek's temporary residence by a jeep that had been waiting for a long time.
Zhuo Fei's ridicule made Chiang Kai-shek's mood that had already calmed down instantly turn bad, and he pointed at Zhuo Fei with a discouraged face and said, "What I'm afraid of now is them, fortunately, the commanders of the new army are all from Huangpu, if the new army is also involved in these things, maybe this will be a long time ago in the country." Seeing that Chiang Kai-shek's words were serious, Zhuo Fei straightened his face and replaced the guards in the residence with his own guards.
Chiang Kai-shek didn't care that Zhuo Fei changed the guards in his residence, and if Zhuo Fei wanted to be unfavorable to himself, he didn't need to use this trick at all. Zhuo Fei not only changed the guards, but also deliberately asked Zhuo Yan to personally guard the door, and arranged for Vivian to accompany Song Meiling, who came with him, and after arranging these trivial matters, Zhuo Fei sat down again to discuss things with Chiang Kai-shek. "I think your old man just can't finish up, according to me, you just live with me, it will be regarded as a vacation, don't care which of them beats whom."
This is not the first time Zhuo Fei has mentioned this, as early as when the umbrella was transferred to the Ruili base, Zhuo Fei once suggested to Chiang Kai-shek to give up everything and go to Australia to recuperate, but Chiang Kai-shek couldn't let go of the good situation of many years of operation for a while. Now that the Japanese have taken the initiative to withdraw their troops, and the country is in ruins, Chiang Kai-shek is even more unwilling to easily let go of everything in his hands. persuaded Chiang Kai-shek to disarm and return to the field, only Zhuo Fei dared to say this, and Chiang Kai-shek also knew that Zhuo Fei was thinking about himself when he said this.
Sure enough, Chiang Kai-shek was not angry with Zhuo Fei's words just now, but he also showed a disdain for those words, Chiang Kai-shek was disdainful of Zhuo Fei's words just now, and Zhuo Fei also secretly despised Chiang Kai-shek's dilemma at the moment. "I'm ready to do something about Japan." Zhuo Fei immediately changed the topic, and successfully diverted Chiang Kai-shek's attention and attention with the topic of attacking the Japanese mainland, "Now wait for the Australian batch of bombers to be refitted, as long as the time is ripe, maybe we will start at the end of the month." ā
"Going to do it at the end of the month? Wouldn't it be too rushed? How sure are you that after the Japanese withdrew, they amassed a large number of troops on their homeland? Chiang Kai-shek's face showed a look of worry, he knew that Zhuo Fei's idea of attacking the Japanese mainland was not a day or two, but he never expected that Zhuo Fei was actually ready to do it at the end of the month.
"The Japanese have been dragging their feet, and after they confirmed that we were not building airfields on the coast, they accelerated the transfer of troops to the American continent. The latest information I just received a few days ago is that the Japanese army has gathered more than 12 divisions and regiments to prepare for fighting on the American continent, and all the Japanese troops in these 12 divisions are subordinate to the Kwantung Army. In order to transport these elite troops to the Americas, the Japanese also hired a large number of ships from South American countries. ā
Zhuo Fei took out a document and handed it to Chiang Kai-shek, "This is the latest high-speed torpedo developed by our umbrella weapons laboratory, this torpedo is the fastest surface attack weapon in the world today, whether it is a Japanese warship or an ordinary ship, it is impossible to avoid this high-speed torpedo attack in battle." The Americans have not yet taken the Philippines, but they have successfully transferred a submarine force from the mainland, and I plan to join forces with this US submarine force to implement a sea blockade of the Japanese mainland. ā
"Blockade the open sea of the Japanese mainland?" Like the staff officers under Zhuo Fei, Chiang Kai-shek immediately showed a strange expression. Japan's naval power is not only capable of dominating the whole of Asia, but also ranks very high in the world, and the Americans' Pacific Fleet was either defeated by the Japanese Combined Fleet. Chiang Kai-shek knew exactly what the size of the so-called temporary fleet under the umbrella was, and Chiang Kai-shek felt that Zhuo Fei was whimsical at all.
Xu was aware of the smile hidden in Chiang Kai-shek's eyes, and Zhuo Fei explained, "Before I returned from Incheon, the Americans had united the remnants of the British, Dutch, and French maritime forces to form a combined fleet, ready to encircle and suppress the Japanese Combined Fleet, and the high-speed torpedoes provided by our umbrella would also be unveiled at that time. In the last melee in the English Channel, the Japanese Combined Fleet had already suffered heavy losses, and if the Japanese Navy suffered another heavy blow this time, our blockade of the waters off the Japanese mainland would have been much smoother. ā
The information hidden in Zhuo Fei's words, Chiang Kai-shek also heard it for the first time, and learned that the US government had reorganized a fleet and actively looked for the Japanese navy for a decisive battle. "Yes, if there is no threat from the Japanese Combined Fleet, it will be much easier to blockade the waters off the Japanese mainland, after all, the number and tonnage of the existing ships in the Japanese mainland are much smaller."
Zhuo Fei said these things just to divert Chiang Kai-shek's attention, and he only said the good aspects, but did not mention the sharpness and scale of the German submarine force, once the German submarine force also participated in the naval battle thousands of miles away, it is really impossible to say who will win and who will lose. "I plan to use the navy to block the external passages of the Japanese mainland, and then mobilize a large number of servant troops to attack the islands outside Japan, once we take these islands and build permanent fortifications and airfields, we will have the opportunity and passage to attack the Japanese mainland at any time."
"Naturally, the Japanese will not sit idly by, but we are not the only ones besieging the Japanese mainland, and if we have the upper hand, MacArthur, who commands the Philippine operation, will definitely draw his US-Australian forces into the war. Don't look at the fact that the Japanese have a large number of troops on their own soil, but we have a reserve source of the entire Southeast Asian country, and we can continuously recruit indigenous servant troops to land on the Japanese mainland to fight, and it will not be our troops that will be consumed anyway. ā
"Borrowing a knife to kill people also happened to complete your indigenous cleansing plan by the way, killing two birds with one stone, this is a good idea." Zhuo Fei's plan seemed a little vicious, but Chiang Kai-shek did not blame Zhuo Fei, because the indigenous eradication plan was also a plan made by Zhuo Fei early on, for the sake of China's expansion and the survival of future generations, Chiang Kai-shek, as the supreme leader of the Nationalist Government, really couldn't find a reason to reprimand Zhuo Fei.