When he really saw Chiang Kai-shek, although Zhuo Fei, who had been prepared, couldn't help but be a little excited for a while, this is the living Chiang Kai-shek. There are no inseparable attendants, no idle people, etc., and there are only three people in Chiang Kai-shek's not very big study, the Chiang couple and Zhuo Fei. In the face of Chiang Kai-shek, Zhuo Fei did not dare to show the slightest slackness, although it was not as forcibly calm as when others first saw Chiang Kai-shek, but Zhuo Fei's sitting posture at the moment was like a veteran general in the army, and his waist was straight.

"It's just small talk, don't be so serious, you can relax a little." Chiang Kai-shek seemed to be very satisfied with Zhuo Fei's appearance, but in the national army, an officer of Zhuo Fei's age did not have the opportunity to see Chiang Kai-shek. "Madame came back last night and said that some of your analyses of the current world situation are very subtle, and that if I don't listen, I am afraid that I will lose this opportunity. I came to you today, firstly, as a guest, secondly, to commend your contribution to supporting the Anti-Japanese War, and finally, I would like to know what you said to your wife. ”

Chiang Kai-shek's words were concise and to the point, which was very in line with the characteristics of a soldier, which made Zhuo Fei secretly relieved, so that when he dealt with it, he didn't have to add useless words and phrases to the plain words. "Last night, my wife asked me, what did I and the umbrella company want when we came to China? I replied to Madame, I am here for the sake of the Chinese people, and at the same time for the Japanese who invaded China, and I want to drive the invaders out of China. ”

Chiang Kai-shek was in the command post at the airport last night, and he knew what Zhuo Fei and Song Meiling said, and he would hear Zhuo Fei's answer be very different from last night, so he couldn't help but glance at Zhuo Fei. Zhuo Fei, who saw Chiang Kai-shek's reaction in his eyes, smiled secretly in his heart, no one would have thought that he had already known that Chiang Kai-shek was hidden in the room next to the command post last night, and Chiang Kai-shek's reaction just now confirmed that the conclusion he had reached using the map system was correct.

"I heard that you had a meeting with Long Yun before you came here?" The two sides chatted for a while, Zhuo Fei gave Chiang Kai-shek the feeling that he was a slippery loach at all, and after chatting for a while, he couldn't come up with anything useful, and Chiang Kai-shek simply picked out the words.

"The chairman of the committee was very discerning, and my meeting with Long Yun was mainly to discuss the construction of a direct railway from Lashio in Myanmar to Kunming. At present, a large number of supplies ordered by our umbrella company from Europe are coming, and only by land transportation, these materials will not be shipped in a few months. Chairman Long Yun had already built a railway connecting Kunming and Wan Town, and we hit it off with each other, so we simply joined hands to build the railway from Kunming to Lashio, so that our supplies could be transported all the way from Yangon Port to Kunming by rail. ”

Zhuo Fei's words did not make Chiang Kai-shek happy, but he couldn't help frowning, "What about the road that Long Yun repaired?" If all the materials are on the railway, won't the highway be built in vain? Chiang Kai-shek's words made Zhuo Fei smile slightly, looked left and right, got up and took the map spread on another table, and then opened the map to explain the importance of the railway to the Chiang couple in detail.

"Chairman, please see, this is Lashio in Myanmar, and at present, all the materials of our umbrella company are shipped from Yangon Port, and the railway network lines that are too far from Myanmar will arrive in Mandalay first, and then change the line to use the railway to directly Lashio. After Lashio, they can only use trucks to transport them back to China by land, not to mention that using trucks will waste fuel, and it is a great waste of manpower, material resources and time to waste on the road. ”

"Of course, I don't mean that the highway will be abandoned, but a large number of merchants have moved south to escape the war. We could encourage the formation of private transport companies and allow them to participate in cases where government-controlled transport companies are running out of capacity. As a result, the railway and road are rushing to transport supplies at the same time, and it is believed that the various materials piled up in Yangon Port will be quickly transported back to the country. ”

Zhuo Fei's words made Chiang Kai-shek groan, carefully pondering what Zhuo Fei had just said, Chiang Kai-shek himself admitted that in this way, the speed of transportation of materials was indeed multiplied, but Chiang Kai-shek was worried about other aspects. "You told Madame that if Germany started a war in Europe again, the Japanese would take the opportunity to attack South Asia. Then how can you guarantee that the railway you built will not be used by the Japanese army to transport troops to attack the southwest? ”

Chiang Kai-shek's question did not make Zhuo Fei speechless, but instead stretched out his hand with a relaxed expression and pointed to the location of Ruili on the map and smiled, "This is Ruili, only a few dozen kilometers away from Wan Town, I did not place the Jews here to covet the scenery of Ruili." The Jews, who had just escaped death from the German Nazis and settled in China, would not sit idly by once the Japanese army attacked Burma and tried to use the railway to attack the southwest. ”

"At present, there are more than 100,000 Jews in Ruili, and I am still stationed in Germany to help more Jews who want to stay away from the war to settle in Ruili. According to the plan previously developed by our umbrella company, the total number of Jews gathered in Ruili must have exceeded 500,000 before the Japanese army attacked Burma. Our Umbrella Company has now selected young Jews from among them for daily military training, and as long as they are armed, the Umbrella Company can raise a Jewish force of more than 30,000 men at any time to help the Nationalist Government defend against the Japanese offensive from the Burmese border. ”

"30,000 troops?" Zhuo Fei's words at this moment made Chiang Kai-shek's eyes jump uncontrollably, according to the staffing of the national army, 30,000 people can be counted as three regular B infantry divisions. Xu Shi noticed the strangeness on Chiang Kai-shek's face at this moment, Zhuo Fei immediately came back to his senses, and said in his heart that Chiang Kai-shek should not think that he was holding on to foreign countries and wanting to be a warlord.

"Chairman, I'm afraid you have misunderstood what I mean." Zhuo Fei hurriedly explained to Chiang Kai-shek. "Our umbrella company was originally a mercenary company, and the employer paid us to hire us, and we helped the employer fight the war according to the employer's wishes. Mercenaries act only according to the wishes of their employers, never in politics or in post-war matters, and we only pay attention to the contracts we sign with our employers. ”

Zhuo Fei explained like this, and Chiang Kai-shek understood it, and the young man in front of him explained it like this, just to believe that he didn't have the intention of grabbing territory in the country. Thinking of this, Chiang Kai-shek couldn't help but rise, and then asked Zhuo Fei, "Since you can help fight the war by accepting the employment of your employer, then I hired you to fight the Japanese army as the chairman of the National Government, what do you think?" ”

Contrary to Chiang Kai-shek's expectations, when he heard him say this, Zhuo Fei didn't even think about it, so he nodded and agreed. "Chairman, I can accept your employment on behalf of the umbrella company, and if we can, we need to confirm the amount of retainer money you have hired us, and how far you need us to do it. Short-term fixed-target removal is not the same as long-term combat needs, and if you need me to advise you, I recommend that you choose the first type of employment. ”

Song Meiling, who had not spoken all this time, came to her senses, first gave Chiang Kai-shek a look, and then looked at Zhuo Fei, who had a calm face, "Xiao Zhuo, I want to know what you mean by short-term fixed-point target elimination and long-term cooperative operations." When I was in the United States, I heard about mercenaries, but I heard that mercenaries only recognize money and not people, and mercenaries do not have a very good reputation in Europe. ”

Regarding Song Meiling's inquiry, Zhuo Fei just laughed, and then patiently explained to the two, "Long-term cooperation in combat means that the Rui squad formed by our umbrella company enters the war zone and receives tasks from the commander of the national army to cooperate with the large army, and the remuneration for long-term tasks is calculated on a daily basis." It is much easier to clear short-term fixed-point targets, the national army only needs to provide us with the basic necessary information and target designation, and my people will help the national army to clear the target within a certain period of time, and the mercenary fee will be settled on a per-time basis. ”

"This sounds like a part-time job, and it is natural to work and get paid, and no one owes anyone." Zhuo Fei's explanation also piqued Chiang Kai-shek's interest. It's just that as the chairman of the National Government, he can't hire some irrelevant people to help the government fight like a landlord, and the bigwigs of other factions in the army will not agree.

"Darling, I think Xiao Zhuo's words have some truth, and those people under Xiao Zhuo don't look simple. Besides, this is a matter of being willing to fight and suffer, which is better than those moths in the national army who can't win the battle and still need government bonuses. Chiang Kai-shek hasn't reacted yet, Song Meiling is really interested, of course, there is some meaning in her words just now to continue to test Zhuo Fei.

"It's not too much trouble, I have a battle plan drawn up by the umbrella company here, and I would like to ask the chairman to take a look." Zhuo Fei took out a plan from the leather bag he was carrying and handed it to Chiang Kai-shek. "This is an advance plan of action, once the personnel are in place, three months later, the elite troops formed by our umbrella will go to the enemy-occupied areas of Hebei to fight the Japanese army, and it is our main task to attack key targets and cut off the supply lines of the Japanese army."

"Our idea was to first occupy a piece of territory in the enemy-occupied area of Hebei, and then use the arms captured from the Japanese army to train new recruits on the spot, and at the same time implement a cold gun and cold artillery plan against the Japanese army and the puppet army behind enemy lines, so as to contain a large number of Japanese troops. It is impossible for the Japanese to ignore the presence of resistance forces in the occupied areas, and they will certainly mobilize heavy troops to carry out encirclement and suppression tactics, and when the time comes, we can use the terrain to fight guerrilla warfare against the Japanese army, in short, we cannot let the Japanese troops in the enemy-occupied areas live comfortably. ”