Zhuang Jihua's hand that was tearing up the checkbook paused slightly, and then he quickly tore off the check and handed it to Liu Xiang, and then said: "Where else can it come from, it can only be the funds for the development of the southwest." ”

Liu Xiang stared at him and shook his head slightly: "I'll give you an answer later." ”

Zhuang Jihua knew that he didn't believe his words, and he didn't expect him to believe it like this, other people don't know Liu Xiang is very clear, in the past three years, the southwest development has smashed no more than 100 million yuan in Sichuan alone, the highway and railway transportation in Sichuan is convenient, cars can drive to any county, and the road construction team has now begun to build a highway to Hubei and Guizhou; In addition to transportation and education administrative offices, Liu Hangchen estimated that the total amount was close to 200 million oceans, and such a huge capital consumption has become more and more difficult to cover up with only the southwest development funds and donations from overseas Chinese. But Zhuang Jihua doesn't care, covering it up is not really to cover it up, but to have an excuse.

After sending Liu Xiang and them away, Zhuang Jihua found Li Zhilong and told him to immediately transport the weapons and ammunition equipped with the escort team to the escort team and hand them over to Hong Junqi, and build several large weapons depots.

"The location of the arsenal should be kept absolutely secret, let Hong Junqi find it, it is best to be near Fengjie, in a convenient place, do not repair it in the open air, and hollow out the mountain, so as to prevent the bombing of the army."

Li Zhilong nodded in agreement, he knew that Zhuang Jihua had begun to reserve materials for the war, he thought about it and said: "We should also reserve some gasoline and diesel, in the war, the coastal ports will be blocked by the army, and these materials will not be able to be transported in." ”

"Well, you're right, this matter will also be handed over to Hong Junqi, let him repair a few more oil depots." Zhuang Jihua said this, and couldn't help sighing: "In fact, it is impossible for the army to blockade us, you see, from the Qijiang River to the south, or from Panzhihua to the south, it will enter the western Yunnan region, and enter Myanmar through Dali, Baoshan, and Tengchong, and Yangon in Myanmar is a very good port; There is also a road from Chengdu to Qamdo through Ya'an, into Tibetan Province, and then from Lhasa to southern Tibet, into India, this road is absolutely safe, and the army can never block it. ”

Li Zhilong carefully looked at the map of China hanging on the wall, and couldn't help but high-five: "Then what are you waiting for, start construction, the two will be repaired together, let Li Anding supervise the construction of the highway into Yunnan, as for the highway into Tibet, let Ren Naiqiang go is probably the most appropriate." ”

Zhuang Jihua nodded and shook his head, Li Zhilong saw the unexpected factor in Tibetan Province, so he recommended Ren Naiqiang, but he still didn't see it, [***] Behind that kid was actually the British, but Zhuang Jihua still planned to give it a try.

Before Liu Xiang left, Liu Wenhui and Deng Xihou received a telegram from Zhuang Jihua, inviting them to come to Yucheng to discuss a major matter. On the one hand, when the Red passed through Xikang, it can be described as a long drive, except for the resolute resistance of Huili, almost no other strong resistance, so that Chiang Kai-shek was furious and gave Liu Wenhui the punishment of dismissal and retention, the reason is very simple, the Red Army walked more than 200 miles in Xikang in three days, this is ironclad evidence of ineffective combat, so Liu Wenhui now let alone Yucheng, even Chengdu did not dare to enter.

But he couldn't help but reply to Zhuang Jihua's telegram, his economic lifeline and the source of weapons were in his hands, so he sent Zhuang Jihua a telegram back, saying that Zhang Xu and the gangsters had the heart to plot against Xikang, and he couldn't leave Ya'an for the time being, so Zhuang Jihua was helpless. But Deng Xihou came without care.

"Hehe, with this train is fast, you see I only spent three days along the way, how long does it take to walk, half a month." Deng Xihou went to see Liu Xiang as soon as he arrived, at the end of the year, Liu Xiang did not leave, he participated in a financial settlement of Mei Yuntian's company, and also called his housekeeper Liu Hangchen from Chengdu, it seems that he is indeed short of money.

Liu Xiang hummed softly, he knew about Deng Xihou's visit to Yucheng, and he also asked for his opinion, he went to Zhuang Jihua, Zhuang Jihua just told him that he wanted to build a road into Tibet, and asked them to discuss, and then told him his idea of 1510, Liu Xiang was a little stupid after hearing it, enter the Tibet highway?

For thousands of years, there have been only rugged paths in Tibetan Province, and it takes a year to go back and forth from Xikang to Lhasa, not to mention the attitude of Lhasa and the British, let's just say that the mountains in Tibetan Province are all mountains of more than 4 or 5 kilometers high, some of which are covered with snow all year round, steep and difficult to walk, and in addition to the mountains, there are rivers, migrant workers, and food ....... Anyone with a modicum of brains knows that this is a crazy and difficult road.

Liu Xiang's attitude made Deng Xihou, who was originally happy, feel a little uncomfortable, he approached Liu Xiang and asked, "What, Fu Gong, is there anything difficult?" ”

"It's difficult, but it's not mine, it's you and my dad." Liu Xiang smiled bitterly and said: "Let's go, the Cultural Revolution is in the officer training corps, let's go to the base and wait for him, let him tell you." ”

Deng Xihou turned his head and couldn't touch his feet, and followed Liu Xiang to the base in a daze, he looked at Liu Xiang's expression, and felt that it didn't look like something dangerous, at least not like he was going to detain him in Yucheng.

"Fu Gong, you better give me some wind, you are like this, I am a little unsteady in my heart, you say it is a matter of the Zhuang Cultural Revolution, or a matter of Nanjing." Deng Xihou said in a joking tone.

"Does it make a difference?" Liu Xiang asked rhetorically with a smile.

"Hehe, don't you know the difference?" Deng Xihou stroked his beard and smiled slyly.

"Let's go, it's a matter of the Zhuang Cultural Revolution, but I'm afraid this matter is more difficult than the matter in Nanjing," Liu Xiang's tone was a little gloating and a little heavy: "I'm afraid you will be more willing to do what the chairman arranges." ”

Liu Xiang's tone made Deng Xihou feel a little creepy, and he forced a smile: "What is this, what does Zhuang Wenge want to do, he has always been easy to discuss." ”

"You were the account book of that year," the two of them arrived outside the train station while talking, Liu Xiang sighed and opened the car door to ask Deng Xihou to go first, his politeness made Deng Xihou a little uncomfortable, and stopped: "Fu Gong, you ask first, I am still your subordinate, don't dare to be." ”

"This is not a superior, this is a tribute to Brother Jin Kang, and a tribute to the arduous mission you are about to undertake." Liu Xiang said a little jokingly.

Deng Xihou stood there motionless, frowning and looking at Liu Xiang's smiling face: "Fu Gong, don't hang your appetite, say something in advance, and we'll leave after speaking." ”

Liu Xiang smiled and looked around, and shook his head: "Get in the car, the car said." ”

After finishing speaking, Liu Xiang got into the car, Deng Xihou looked left and right, hesitated, and finally got into the car, and asked eagerly before he sat down: "Tell me quickly, what is that Zhuang Cultural Revolution going to do, do a Shinto." ”

"He wants to build a road from Ya'an to Lhasa via Ganzi Qamdu."

Despite being mentally prepared, Liu Xiang's words still startled Deng Xihou, and he said bitterly for a long time: "Ge Laozi, is his head long, what are you doing on this road." ”

"Of course there is a reason, and the reason is very good, you can't mix it." Liu Xiang looked at Deng Xihou's appearance and smiled again, this crystal monkey has always been slippery, this time it depends on how Zhuang Jihua cleans him up and asks him to take on this task obediently.

After arriving at the base, Zhuang Jihua had already finished class, waiting for them at the gate of the base, and with him was Fu Chang Li Zhilong.

Deng Xihou's face was not so good when he saw Zhuang Jihua, and Zhuang Jihua knew that Liu Xiang might have told him something. However, Zhuang Jihua didn't want Deng Xihou to take over this task at all, in his opinion, the weakest in the Sichuan army were Liu Cunhou and Liu Wenhui, and the people eliminated in these two troops should be formed into an engineering unit, and this army should build this road.

However, Liu Wenhui didn't come, so he had to talk to Deng Xihou first, and the area around Ganzi Aba was his defense area, and he could learn about the situation through him.

But after Zhuang Jihua talked to Deng Xihou in detail about the reason for building the road, Deng Xihou was silent, he didn't expect that there would be such a big article behind this road.

"Cultural Revolution, according to your judgment, after the war, we will lose all the ports, and we can only make up for it through land transportation, so you have planned two roads, the Yunnan-Burma Highway and the Sichuan-Tibet Highway, since there is the Yunnan-Burma Highway, then why build the Sichuan-Tibet Highway?" Deng Xihou asked.

Zhuang Jihua was a little embarrassed, this topic was too big, he thought for a moment and decided to tell the truth: "Fu Gong may have the same doubts," Zhuang Jihua said from Liu Xiang first, Liu Xiang nodded, Zhuang Jihua said slowly: "The Sichuan-Tibet Highway is to prepare for the Yunnan-Burma Highway to be cut off, from India through the vast Tibetan Province Plateau Road Sichuan, far less fast than the Yunnan-Burma Highway, but the Yunnan-Burma Highway is not safe, why?" ”

Zhuang Jihua stood up and walked to the huge map and said: "This is related to the changes in the international situation after the outbreak of the war, hesitating the interests of the United States and Britain in China, so China said that the war is not destined to be fought by China alone, and the United States and Britain will interfere in this war, but the way of intervention is different, they will not send troops directly, I estimate that they will use trade sanctions." However, they will not give in, and it is their established national policy to invade China, and they have worked hard for nearly a hundred years, so they will never succumb to the pressure of Britain and the United States. ”

"Look at Europe again," Zhuang Jihua pointed to the map of Europe: "After the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, French Marshal Foucy once said that this was not a peace treaty, but a twenty-year armistice agreement; The old marshal was right, the Treaty of Versailles was spurned by the German people in Germany, the Germans were always ready for revenge, and Hitler began to revive his armaments after coming to power, so his contradictions with Britain and France were bound to intensify. Therefore, Ben would have chosen to form an alliance with Germany, which would contain Britain, France, and the United States so that they could annex China in the East. ”

Zhuang Jihua gave them a simple lesson in analyzing the international situation, and finally said: "Therefore, if the Yue army attacks the British colonies in the South Seas after the outbreak of the war in Europe, it will inevitably attack Burma to cut off China's transportation arteries, and the British army will definitely not hold on to Burma, they will abandon Burma, retreat to India, and then stalemate with Yuben, and then turn to Asia after they defeat Germany in Europe." At that time, the Sichuan-Tibet Highway was our only major artery leading to the outside world. ”

(To be continued)