Zheng Yi was not complacent because of the temporary advantage, let alone satisfied, and the reason why he was able to seize the opportunity in the first confrontation with the Central Commander or the Military Commander was somewhat lucky. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In time, as Dai Li's power gradually increases, and his experience and experience are gradually enriched, it will become very terrifying, and Zheng Yi will never be calm today.

At this moment, Dai Li didn't know what Zheng Yi was thinking with a relaxed face, and he still toasted with Zheng Yi with great interest, from visiting the arsenal under Zheng Yi's command to talking about advanced machinery and equipment, from the superb skills of the technicians to the successful test of the new light machine gun yesterday morning.

It can be seen that Dai Li is very envious of Zheng Yi's achievements, if Zhou Junruo and Yang Jicheng hadn't come over, the topic of the two would have gone further.

In the following days, in addition to talking privately with Yu Feipeng, Zheng Yi invited Dai Li, Zhou Junruo, and Yang Jicheng to a bar for a small gathering whenever he had time.

There is not much age difference between each other, and there are always many topics of common interest, which makes the whole five-day trip not boring.

It was not until the "Xingzhou" passenger ship arrived at its destination in Shanghai that the members of the military technical delegation needed to immediately transfer to the China Merchants passenger ship and rush back to Nanjing, that Zheng Yi and Dai Li said goodbye.

After returning to the villa on the east side of the racecourse in the French Concession, Zheng Yi was still carefully recalling the bits and pieces of getting along with Dai Li in the past few days, and after feeling that there should be no flaws, he slept peacefully with confidence, which shows how much Zheng Yi has scruples about Dai Li.

Fortunately, Dai Li did not find anything suspicious about Zheng Yi, and the suspicion and vigilance of Zheng Yi in his heart gradually faded as they continued to understand each other.

At the same time, after weighing the pros and cons repeatedly, Zheng Yi also made the decision to remain vigilant and wait and see what happens, as long as he was not threatened, he would not take the initiative to disturb the Hong Kong intelligence station that the KMT had just set up.

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The villa compound, which was under construction, did not affect Zheng Yi's sleep.

After resting for the night, Zheng Yi immediately got in touch with Feng Jingzhai, and while visiting the Jiangsu and Zhejiang chaebols who were about to carry out in-depth cooperation with Feng Jingzhai, he patiently waited for Xu Maofu, who rushed to Wuhan in advance to contact the Gui family, to send back the news.

Xu Maofu's trip to Wuhan was very hurried.

Since Zheng Yi had no memory of the time when the Jiang-Gui War broke out, he urgently dispatched Xu Maofu to Wuhan after receiving the news of the "Hunan case" and handed over confidential information such as the Huangpu Department had already made military preparations and President Jiang sent a special envoy to Yuben to invite Tang Shengzhi, the commander of the Hunan army, to Li Zongren, the commander of the Gui system.

Li Zongren was extremely shocked after receiving a large amount of confidential information handed over by Xu Maofu.

Out of trust in Zheng Yi and more importantly, for the sake of the future of the Gui family, Li Zongren immediately called Bai Chongxi in Beiping, telling Bai Chongxi to immediately investigate Tang Shengzhi's whereabouts, and suggesting that Bai Chongxi quietly transfer the 36th, 13th, and 37th armies stationed in the Beijing and Tianjin areas back to the Lianghu area as soon as possible.

At the same time, Li Zongren secretly telegraphed Huang Shaohong, the provincial chairman who had stayed behind in his hometown in Guizhou Province, to immediately closely monitor the five divisions of the Guangdong Army stationed in Zhaoqing, Shaoguan, and other places, and secretly dispatched two left-behind divisions north to the Hunan and Guizhou borders.

After Xu Maofu completed his mission, he immediately left Wuhan and quietly returned to Shanghai, where he joined Zheng Yi on the evening of March 9.

While the storm of public opinion condemning the "Hunan case" by the Nanjing government continued, President Chiang called on the Gui tycoons Li Zongren and Li Jishen to come to Beijing for consultations and resolve the contradictions between them by peaceful means.

In the face of boiling public opinion, Li Jishen, who had been deceived by the Chiang faction and the right wing of the Kuomintang in a joint effort, ignored Li Zongren's repeated dissuasion, and even left Guangzhou, his old nest where he had settled down, and rushed to Nanjing to negotiate with President Chiang in a friendly manner.

After repeated consideration, the frightened Li Zongren immediately telegraphed Bai Chongxi to abandon North China and quickly led all the armies under his command to Wuhan, and then sent a telegram to the whole country, saying that he would respond to the call of the commander-in-chief and go to Nanjing in the near future to discuss the solution of the "Hunan case."

After the news came out, the major newspapers across the country immediately reported it, and all walks of life cheered, praising both Jiang and Gui for the peaceful negotiation, but Zheng Yi felt extremely shocked, and could not imagine that Li Jishen and Li Zongren would make a stupid move at this time, giving away the great advantages that the Gui family has.

Things were as Zheng Yi expected.

After Li Jishen arrived in Nanjing, he was immediately put under house arrest by President Chiang, and in the name of the Central Political Conference, he announced the abolition of political branches throughout the country and the return of all rights to the Central Committee, and then announced that the Third National Congress of the Kuomintang would be held on 16 March to legally crack down on the Gui faction and Wang Jingwei's forces.

Since then, there has been no room for a peaceful resolution of the contradictions between Chiang and Gui, and war is about to break out in half of China.

Zheng Yi, who was in Shanghai, paid attention to the news of the Gui army every day, but he did not see any movement of the Gui army guarding Liangguang for a long time, and the three armies of Bai Chongxi stationed in Beiping did not make any movement, but Huang Shaohong, who stayed in the rear of Gui Province, rushed to Guangzhou in time and sent a telegram to the whole country with the generals under Li Jishen, demanding that the Nanjing government and President Jiang immediately release Li Jishen.

As everyone knows, more than half of the more than 10 generals of the Cantonese army who jointly telegraphed with Huang Shaohong have secretly accepted the conditions set by President Jiang and are intensively making military preparations for the expulsion of the Gui forces.

On 26 March, the Nanjing government issued an order to dismiss Li Zongren, Li Jishen, and Bai Chongxi, the three giants of the Gui faction, from their posts and investigate them.

The Chiang-Gui War officially broke out with the announcement of the order of the Nanjing government.

Zhu Depei, commander of the Yunnan Army, responded to President Chiang's call in a high-profile manner and ordered the two armies under his command to attack eastern Jiangxi from the west of Jiangxi, and the two armies of the Hunan Army stationed in the Pingjin area also telegraphed the whole country to break away from the Gui system and welcome back Tang Shengzhi, the commander of the Hunan Army, who had gone into the field a year earlier.

March 28, noon.

An urgent telegram from Hong Kong was sent to Zheng Yi, Zheng Yi was shocked after reading the content of the call, and then handed the secret telegram to Xu Maofu beside him:

"Katsura is finished! Li Delin is confused! At this time, he abandoned his army and fled back to Hong Kong...... At this point, even if I gave him two divisions of weapons and equipment, he would not be able to reverse the defeat. ”

After reading the telegram, Xu Maofu puzzled and put forward a possibility: "Could Li Delin be diverted to Guangzhou, and then fly back to Wuhan to command the army to fight?" ”

Zheng Yi waved his hand dejectedly: "No matter what he thinks, no matter what major changes he encounters, he should not leave his army, at this time, Lao Jiang's army has already arrived under the city of Wuhan, and the Gui family is powerless to return to the sky......."