At present, Guangzhou makes Xiong Kewu a little familiar and a little unfamiliar, the same as more than ten years ago, there are many gambling stalls in smoke houses, and there are prostitutes all over the streets; What is different is that colorful revolutionary slogans are plastered all over the streets, and large banners can be seen everywhere, all of which read "Down with imperialism". From time to time on the streets, he could meet young people who were giving speeches to the citizens, either wearing Mao suits or soldiers wearing red streamers, and this strong revolutionary atmosphere was something he had not seen in the Kuomintang for decades.

"Look at the newspaper, read the newspaper, the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce proposed a way to deal with the aftermath of the May Day tragedy, [***] issued a letter to the people, the Central Committee of the Kuomintang issued a declaration on the current situation, and the legation rejected the Yanjing political axe to protest ,...。" The newsboy hawking along the street attracted Zhuang Jihua's attention, and for Zhuang Jihua, he did not realize that the Shanghai incident would develop to such a point, and this history was almost a blank slate in his poor historical memory, so he immediately stopped the newsboy and bought a newspaper.

"Give me a copy too." Xiong Kewu said in a low voice, and then Yu Peidi, Yu Jitang, Zhang Chong and others also bought one each. The newsboy handed them the newspaper neatly, and then shouted down the street: "Look at the newspaper, read the newspaper, see the latest news..." Citizens watching the march on the side of the road surrounded the newsboys, and the citizens who bought the newspapers stopped one after another, eager to learn about the latest reports on it.

Zhuang Jihua quickly read the contents of the newspaper, which not only reported the 13 measures for dealing with the aftermath handed out by the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce, but also reported the support for the Shanghai incident in various places, Nanjing, Yanjing, Hangzhou, Zhenjiang, Wuhan, Tianjin, Jiujiang broke out one after another.

Pedestrians on the side of the road shook their heads as they watched, all of them looking indignant. As a military leader, Xiong Kewu did not bring emotions to his face like those citizens, he read the report very calmly, and the generals of the Sichuan army around him were also silent, and it took a long time to hear Yu Peidi's sigh.

"Alas, after so many years of revolution, the country is still so cowardly, and I am ashamed of my countrymen." When the two brothers participated in the Huanghuagang Uprising, the situation of the elder brother charging with an explosive basket on his chest seems to be vivid, the blood of the beginning has been worn away in these years of war, and today's situation seems to awaken the memory that remains in the depths of the heart.

Xiong Kewu's heart was a little unimpressed by this kind of mass movement, and it was the same during the Second Revolution, when many people marched in the streets, and what was the result? Yuan Shikai has not been able to deal with the past, and it is even more difficult for foreigners. However, he noticed that Zhuang Jihua was not as angry as the others, but looked thoughtfully at the crowd on the street.

"Are there a lot of parades like this in Guangzhou? Major Chong. Xiong Kewu asked as if he didn't care. Zhuang Jihua replied casually: "There were not many before, but there should be a lot recently, and the impact of things in Shanghai is too great." Zhuang Jihua had already faintly felt that the trip to Lianshan had made him miss the opportunity, a very important opportunity, but he hadn't figured out what it was.

Xiong Kewu was a little surprised by Zhuang Jihua's reaction, and even more surprised by his calmness, in his opinion, the Whampoa Military Academy was a military academy funded by Soviet Russia, and Chiang Kai-shek was a red general, and his henchman should naturally be that kind of hot-blooded young man, but he didn't expect him to be so calm.

"What does Xiong Gong think of the May Day tragedy?" Zhuang Jihua asked, at this time the parade had gradually ended, Zhuang Jihua saw Li Zhilong and Pan Huiqin, he waved to them, this action looked like responding to the slogan of the marcher, but Li Zhilong Pan Huiqin knew that it was to greet them, and the two raised the flags in their hands and waved them in this direction.

"Do you know a lot of friends?" Xiong Kewu did not answer Zhuang Jihua's words, but was interested in Zhuang Jihua's acquaintances.

"My social circle is not wide, mainly classmates from Whampoa and other military academies, as well as acquaintances I met during the Eastern Crusade, and I am not friends." Zhuang Jihua honestly said, indeed, after Zhuang Jihua came to this world, his main activities were limited to the Whampoa Military Academy, and participating in the preparation for the establishment of the Young Military Representative Association made his social circle expand, but the study at the Whampoa Military Academy was very heavy, which took up most of his time, and later faded out of the Youth Army Association, and the contact with most of his classmates in other schools was broken, and in order to avoid party disputes, he consciously hid in the army, and his social circle was even smaller. However, he is a little helpless because his friends are all political enthusiasts, and this parade has been exposed, so it seems that there are quite a lot of acquaintances.

"Xiong Gong is a senior in the military world, and the junior still wants to ask for advice if he has a question, and please give me some advice." Zhuang Jihua asked politely.

"Don't dare to point; The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, with young people like you, I can't accept old age. Xiong Kewu said half-truthfully, this time in Guangzhou in the end, Zhuang Jihua won, Xiong Kewu remembered this, his heart was as hot as eating a piece of old ginger.

"Xiong Gong doesn't need to be polite, the juniors are really asking for advice." Zhuang Jihua knew what Xiong Kewu was referring to, so his tone was more respectful. Seeing that Xiong Kewu did not sincerely refuse, he asked: "The May Day Massacre was caused by the British and Yue himself, and has nothing to do with other powers. And can the Beiyang political axe do a good job of negotiations? ”

Zhuang Jihua's question once again made Xiong Kewu look at him with admiration, and with Xiong Kewu's political experience, he knew that Zhuang Jihua meant whether he could split the unity of the current powers and reduce the possibility of interference by the powers. The latter question shows that Zhuang Jihua has realized that in order to solve the problem, he must rely on the political axe, and he can have such sober thinking under the excitement of the people, it is not simple, it is not simple. Xiong Kewu secretly praised in his heart, he didn't expect such a character to appear in Huangpu, it seems that the future development of Huangpu Military Academy is unlimited.

"Whether or not the actions of the great powers can be dismantled, I do not know, but it is still possible if the focus of the attack can be on the British and himself. However, the Beiyang political axe is definitely not good, and sending a few notes is already the limit of what Duan Qirui can do. If it is guided by the Beiyang political axe, it is estimated that there will be no result in the end, if it is good, it will not be done, and if it is bad, it is difficult to say. ”

Zhuang Jihua secretly praised in his heart, Jiang is still old and spicy, he is based on the experience of his previous life, there seems to be no large-scale armed invasion during this period of time in his previous life, which means that this incident has been solved, but he doesn't know how to solve it, he can only rely on some relevant information to infer it; But Xiong Kewu immediately judged the final outcome based on experience, and he was still very tender compared to him.

"Even if my mission is over after I send Xiong Gong to the Pearl River Hotel, I don't know what other requirements Xiong Gong has, I will tell Mr. Liao that I will solve it as soon as possible."

"Nothing else, I hope to meet Mr. Liao and Mr. Hu as soon as possible, as well as Mr. Wang." Of course, what Xiong Kewu wants is military salaries and equipment, but these are useless to Zhuang Jihua, so he can only talk to Hu Hanmin and Liao Zhongkai. As for the other requirements, they are nothing more than things in life, which they can handle, and Xiong Kewu does not want to let the young man in front of him look down on him.

The garrison headquarters set up the Eight Banners Hall of the former Yunnan Army General Headquarters, and after placing Xiong Kewu and his party, Zhuang Jihua returned to the Eight Banners Hall, and he did not go to the Central Party Headquarters to find Liao Zhongkai, but reported to Chiang Kai-shek first.

"The Sichuan army is currently in great difficulty, the soldiers have not received their salaries for almost a year, and they can't even eat enough before they arrive in Guangzhou; And the troops are desperately short of ammunition, as far as the current point of view is that Xiong Kewu played a bet on both sides some time ago, and whoever wins will deal with whom, so as to reserve a way out for the troops, and he is not really united with Chen Jiongming and Yang Ximin. Zhuang Jihua reported to Chiang Kai-shek in Chiang Kai-shek's office.

"Are you so sure?" Chiang Kai-shek asked quietly.

"It's certain that they don't have the capital." Zhuang Jihua said with confidence.

Chiang Kai-shek shook his head and expressed his disapproval of his judgment: "Cultural Revolution, you are wrong, when the Yunnan Gui army went east to Guangzhou, it was not the same lack of pay and ammunition, but as a result, Chen Jiongming was still driven away and occupied Guangzhou alone." ”

Zhuang Jihua understood what Chiang Kai-shek meant, and the troops in a desperate situation might concurrently have greater combat effectiveness in order to survive.

"Don't underestimate Xiong Kewu's Sichuan army, this army is very combative, don't you often say that the role of a veteran is more than ten recruits, Xiong Kewu's army has a large proportion of veterans, many people have been with him since the Xinhai years, he has been fighting in Sichuan for so many years, he was driven out of Sichuan mainly because of the light enemy, thinking that Liu Xiang had been killed, but I didn't expect Liu Xiang to be defeated and not die, and finally turned the tables." Chiang Kai-shek went on to say that although there were many things in the past two days, he still took the time to understand the reason for Xiong Kewu's defeat in Sichuan.

"Yes, the student was negligent." Zhuang Jihua did not argue, admitting that he looked down on the Sichuan army a little. However, he still did not think that the Sichuan army would be a great threat, mainly because of the current political environment in Guangdong, the victory of the Eastern Expedition and the victory of the counterinsurgency, so that the base camp has established a certain prestige, especially the reputation of the party army for good war, which is enough to deter the princes of all walks of life in Guangdong.

"Guangdong is not very peaceful, what is the difference between having a Yunnan Gui Army and not having a Yunnan Gui Army." Chiang Kai-shek suddenly said thoughtlessly, his expression looking a little anxious. Zhuang Jihua immediately guessed that Chiang Kai-shek was expressing his dissatisfaction with the Cantonese army, but he didn't answer, he was waiting for Chiang Kai-shek's questioning.

Chiang Kai-shek's office was that of Yang Ximin, the former commander of the Yunnan Army, and the office was beautifully decorated, with leather sofas, large desks, nanmu wood, and beautiful scarlet Persian carpets on the floor. Chiang Kai-shek obviously had no intention of letting Zhuang Jihua leave, he turned around the house twice, and saw that Zhuang Jihua was still standing there upright, so he said lightly: "You sit." ”

After another while, Chiang Kai-shek asked, "You just came back, but I still want to ask you what you think of the current situation?" ”

"Report to the principal, I know a little, but....not comprehensive, the students are worried....," Speaking of this, Zhuang Jihua raised his eyes to look at Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Kai-shek waved his hand with a dull face and said, "It doesn't matter, you talk about it." ”

"The students thought that the British shot well and at the right time." As soon as Zhuang Jihua opened his mouth, Chiang Kai-shek was a little confused.

"The incident has happened, and now the people of the whole country are waiting, watching, and seeing how to solve this incident, but to solve this incident, students must rely on political axes, and social groups alone will not work; But will the Beiyang political axe people solve this problem? If the national political axe can be established as soon as possible at this time, then the people of the whole country will pin their hopes on the national political axe, and if the new political axe can contribute to this matter, then the prestige of the new political axe can be established quickly, and the Beiyang political axe will be abandoned by the people of the whole country. Zhuang Jihua said so much first, in fact, he felt that this was a good opportunity to make a big article, but he hadn't figured out how to do this article. However, there is one point that this article will deal with the military, the relations between the two parties, finances, and even the Youth Army Association and the Sun Society, the trade unions and the peasant associations, and so on, which can involve all the political groups in Guangdong at present. But how to do it, he didn't think about it, there were too many clues, one by one, all intertwined.

The courtyard suddenly became lively, Chiang Kai-shek and Zhuang Jihua walked to the window to take a look, it turned out that the officers who participated in the parade had returned, He Jinhan and Chen Geng were arguing passionately about something, their emotions were a little excited, and their voices were inevitably a little loud. Chiang Kai-shek snorted heavily and scolded: "Niang Xipi, what kind of system." ”

Zhuang Jihua hurriedly pushed open the window, he was about to speak, but saw the star officer of the headquarters come out to stop everyone's argument, Zhuang Jihua also quietly closed the window, but He Jinhan and Chen Geng had already seen him and the gloomy Chiang Kai-shek next to him, so the officers in the courtyard quietly went back to the office.

"If they continue to be tough, will the British attack Canton?" Although Zhuang Jihua said a lot of political benefits, Chiang Kai-shek did not mention a word about the military issues that Chiang Kai-shek was most concerned about, so Chiang Kai-shek had to ask directly. Guangzhou is too close to Hong Kong, and there is a Shamian concession in Guangzhou, although there are not many British troops in the two places, but no one can guarantee that the British will not send troops from other places.

In fact, Zhuang Jihua did not think about this problem, but Zhuang Jihua can be sure that the British have not sent regular troops to China since the Republic of China, let alone completely occupied a city.

"The student thought it wouldn't." Zhuang Jihua said with a look of thinking and coming to a conclusion: "Guangzhou is not Shanghai, Shanghai is related to the interests of all countries, and Guangzhou has no interests except for the interests of the British, so if you want to send troops, only Britain will send troops alone, but how many people can Britain send?" 10,000 or 20,000, can the occupation of Guangzhou end the movement? I'm afraid not, this is a popular struggle, not a political axe, the occupation of Guangzhou does not mean the end of the matter, but will give us a chance to hit him, now he is hiding at sea, we can hardly fight him, if he goes ashore, who will win and who will lose is not certain. ”

The more Zhuang Jihua spoke, the more confident he became, he stood up and walked around the house: "Although the great powers act in unison, this kind of action should be reserved, it is estimated that it should be limited to the concession, beyond the concession, the great powers will not cooperate with the British, we just need to limit the action outside the concession, and only carry out peaceful protests based on strikes and strikes in the concession, and carry out an armed blockade outside the concession, change the army into civilian clothes, block the concession materials, completely expel British goods, and focus directly on Britain, Then our hopes of winning can be estimated to increase by 30%. In addition, we can take the opportunity to reorganize the ...... of the army. ”

Saying this, Zhuang Jihua stopped, and a spark suddenly crossed his mind, and he began to grasp the clue of the big article he was thinking about just now.

Chiang Kai-shek saw that Zhuang Jihua suddenly stopped, and was about to ask, but when he saw where Zhuang Jihua was standing, he twisted his eyebrows and thought, he wanted to ask him what he was thinking, and then gave up, but got up and quietly returned to the office, the thick carpet covered his footsteps, and Zhuang Jihua, who was thinking, did not realize that Chiang Kai-shek had left the sofa.

Wende Building is an inconspicuous three-storey building, this small building is no different from other buildings in Guangzhou, the only difference is that there are many people who come to this building, and the identity is also very complicated, there are military officers wearing riding boots, barefoot peasants are in and out here. However, those who know the inside story know that this is the location of the Guangdong District Party Committee, and although there is no sign, it is the only place for public activities in the country.

After the march, Huang Mingcheng returned to the district party committee, and before the march, Deng Zhongxia informed him that Chen Yannian, the secretary of the district party committee, would call them for a meeting after the march. Soon after the Battle of Zhangmutou, he left the Zhangmutou Federation of Trade Unions and was transferred to the Workers' Movement Committee of the Guangdong District Committee.

Huang Mingcheng hurriedly walked up to the second floor and pushed open Chen Yannian's office, there were already six people in the office, Huang Mingcheng knew him at a glance, in addition to Chen Yannian, secretary general of the district party committee, Deng Zhongxia, secretary general of the Federation of Trade Unions, Su Zhaozheng, chairman of the Hong Kong Seamen's Union, Yang Yin and Shi Bu in the Workers' Movement Committee, and Feng Jupo in the Federation of Trade Unions. Chen Yannian was still in a hurry, and the people waiting next to him didn't speak. Huang Mingcheng hurriedly entered the house, apologized and moved a stool to sit down, in fact, everyone knew what he did today, and no one blamed him.

Hearing Huang Mingcheng's voice, he looked up, and then hurriedly wrote a few strokes before putting down the pen and standing up. He was wearing a faded white shirt and white shorts underneath, and his exposed muscles showed off his muscular physique, thanks to the intense labor of his youth in the factory.

"Everyone is here, now for the meeting." After Chen Yannian finished speaking, he glanced at the people in the room with a sharp gaze: "As you may already know, the bourgeoisie in Shanghai is trying to compromise with the imperialists, but the workers do not agree, we must take action to deal a more direct blow to the British imperialists, to support the actions of the Shanghai workers more directly, and to strengthen the confidence of the people of the whole country." Where is the point of attack? Hong Kong. ”

(To be continued)