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The telegram was sent by Lu Kaiming of Hong Kong, saying that the Japanese navy had blockaded the waters off Fujian, risked offending the European and American countries, and carried out strict inspections of all passing ships. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

For the sake of prudence, the Nanhua Company could only allow eight freighters laden with rice to temporarily stop in Hong Kong, and Lu Kaiming was urgently discussing countermeasures with Zhou Chongan and Ou Yaoting, striving for the British government to come forward to solve the problem as soon as possible, because these eight freighters were all registered in Hong Kong and Sin Chew, and they were flying the British flag, and it was estimated that the British government, which had already sent an infantry regiment to Tianjin, would come forward to help, but I am afraid it would take a while to solve the problem.

Another content of Lu Kaiming's report is: In accordance with Zhou Chong'an's instructions, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble in the waters off Fujian, the South China Company was entrusted to handle on its behalf the 24 fighter planes that arrived in Hong Kong from the United States within three days. Lu Kaiming had already telegraphed to Zhou Chong'an, but at least 15 days would be before he could complete the relevant formalities and documents, and after unloading the fighter plane, he would fly directly from Hong Kong Airport to Xiangxi or Nannin

The helpless An Yi called Lu Kaiming and Zhou Chongan back successively, and really appeased him. Then I could only endure the anxiety in my heart, sit down and think quietly about this sudden problem.

An Yi has always been haunted by the Xiamen concession occupied by Japan for decades and the Gulangyu public concession occupied by foreign powers, and he is not dissatisfied or disappointed with the Kuomintang central government.

Since its establishment to the present, the Nanjing government has been helpless against the concession in Fujian, and the Japanese navy has already established a naval base in Xiamen, and over the past few years has committed such heinous crimes as ramming and sinking Chinese merchant ships and fishing boats, brutally massacring coastal civilians on the pretext of exterminating anti-Japanese armed forces and protecting the interests of the Japanese bridge people, and so on. I wonder how the European and American countries, which are constantly putting pressure on Japan in order to protect their interests in North China, will react?

After thinking about it carefully, An Yi felt that it was probably a tough response from the Japanese military to the pressure exerted by the European and American powers, or that the Japanese military wanted to seek political or other concessions from the European and American powers through this kind of behavior that did not hesitate to undermine multilateral relations.

Less than 24 hours after Kaplan's visit to An Yi, the French minister, the British consul, the American consul, and the military attache in China, with whom An Yi had a good relationship and were familiar with each other, sent sincere greetings and telegrams to An Yi for the first time.

In the face of the attitude of the great powers, An Yi was extremely annoyed, but he had nowhere to vent, and he called back one by one to thank him. Immediately rushed to the Tangshan Headquarters in Beiping, and summoned Zhao Rui, Zhan Dao, Liu Qing and Yin Jinan, who had just arrived to report, and other confidant generals to discuss nervously.

Due to the continuous months of war, An Yi provided a large amount of grain for the armies in North China, and there was not much grain left in the strategic reserve warehouses in the rear. Not to mention, if the food is not effectively replenished within 20 days, then not only will the soldiers on the front line of the Great Wall be hungry, but the food supply in old Nanchang and the surrounding areas will also have problems with all kinds of grain reserves, not to mention that the great northwest, northern Jiangsu, and northern Anhui have not yet come out of the natural disaster.

As for southern Sichuan, due to the implementation of hybrid rice. Grain production has increased substantially, and the war-ready warehouses are full, but they are not afraid of starvation. However, "the grain in the south has to be sold to northern Sichuan and southern Shaanxi, where the Kuomintang and the Communist Party are in a mess." Otherwise, the chaos in northern Sichuan and southern Shaanxi will inevitably have a huge impact on the construction of southern Sichuan; Moreover, the 10,000 brothers and more than 100,000 immigrants who were quietly dispatched to the five towns in southern Yunnan had to eat, and for such a long time they had all relied on Zhu Peide to quietly allocate food to support them, and at least they could not take a breath until after the summer harvest, so the grain in southern Sichuan must be returned to Zhu Peide, otherwise I am afraid that Zhu Peide's life will not be easy.

Based on the above situation, it is simply impossible to transfer grain from southern Sichuan to northern China.

The only thing that makes An Yi and his brothers happy is that the unimpeded freight fleet flying the flags of the United States, Germany, Belgium and other countries can now enter and exit the Yangtze River estuary normally.

Everything was in front of you, and the room was very quiet

An Yi frowned and thought quietly, and Yin Jinan, Zhao Rui, Liu Qing, and Zhan Zhi next to him all showed worried looks. They are all good at analyzing the situation of friends and enemies and planning wars, but when it comes to politics and conspiracy, it is much worse, in this regard, An Yi's sense of awareness and judgment are far superior to them

More than ten minutes later, Yin Jinan suggested in a low voice: "It's better for the eldest brother to send a special Nanchang, let Uncle Dao and Zhou Busheng work hard, come here to Wei to be swollen, in addition to the food problem, I'm afraid there are many problems that need to be solved, big brother, you have been away from the rear for more than three months, I'm afraid Mr. Zhou and Uncle Dao also have a lot of things to decide for you." ”

An Yi raised his head and ordered: "In this way, just call Brother Yang Cheng with him, let him take a plane to Nanchang first, and then come over with Uncle Dao and them." ”

Liu Qing took the order and left, Zhao Rui said with some worry: "My subordinates originally wanted to take 6 roads if the waterway could not be passed, but now the two Guangxi are not under the control of the central government, and the southern railway is fragmented. If it is shipped to "South or Xiangxi", it can barely be unloaded from the port of Qinzhou, which was leased and expanded by Li Delin. After all, our two business has been getting better and better in the past six months, after several mines in the northwest of Guangxi, several small and medium-sized smelters built by us have also been put into operation, with the help of German friends and our technicians, the quality of the tin and zinc produced is good, and it has been sold to us "South Enterprise, the original grudge between each other has gradually disappeared, and the cooperation is quite pleasant, and Gui Jun has benefited a lot. Presumably, as long as the commander asks for help, Li Delin, Bai Jiansheng and others will not fail to give this face, but if they go ashore from Qinzhou, the transportation time will be at least a month, and the cost will increase significantly

An Yi nodded: "Senior brother said so." I have an idea, ask the principal to come forward, telegraph to Chen Jitang in Guangdong, we will unload the goods at Guangzhou Port, and ask him to give priority to the transfer of trains to Shaoguan. ensure safety along the way; Then he called General Xiong Shihui, and the Jiangnan Group used a convoy to transport grain from northern Guangdong to the wharf in the upper reaches of the Gan River. Let him send troops to ensure the safety of the convoy. We use cargo ships to transfer the Hankou and Pukou terminals, and then transfer them to Langfang or Baoding, and I don't believe that there are so many prongs. What will go wrong, the money is to spend a little more, but in order to drive the Japanese out of the south of the Great Wall, Lao Tzu is willing to spend more money."

Zhao Rui sighed: "It's a pity that far water can't quench the thirst of the near, even if the food security is transported to the wharf in the upper reaches of the Ganjiang River, and then transported to the front line in North China several times, it will take at least one and a half to two at the same time." Our current food can only survive at most: for ten days, without food, the morale of the army will definitely fluctuate. How can you still fight?.

"At this time, I can't manage so much, no matter how difficult it is, I have to do it! In addition, Uncle Rang Dao instructed Jiangxi to garrison the provincial and municipal halls to fully cooperate with the offices of our army to purchase grain from Lianghu and North China at high prices. Businessmen seek profit. We will satisfy their wishes this time, and I don't believe that these bastards do not want to try to rip out the grain stocks of those unscrupulous businessmen and landlords who have hoarded strange things.

As long as it lasts for a half time, the grain from the south can be transported to the north.

An Yi thought about it for a while, and said helplessly: "Now it can only be like this, that is, those people are suffering, and the food is rising, I don't know how many people can't afford to eat."

Zhao Rui comforted: "At this time of year, it is a threshold of green and yellow, and the common people are only ready to deal with it, and the objects we are trying to find a way are those landlords and businessmen, which should not have much impact on people's livelihood." In addition, if we think of a way to buy a few batches of cattle and sheep from Shanxi controlled by Yan Xishan and the Guiyu area controlled by Feng Huanzhang, it will not only enrich the grain reserves, but also solve the problem of the difficulty of the troops in eating meat, which can be regarded as a way. ”

After the generals finished discussing, they immediately took action, and in order to fill their stomachs and fight a good battle, they drove all the Japanese troops to the area north of the Great Wall, and no matter how hard it was, they had to grit their teeth and persevere.

However, in the next three days?. In addition to Yan Xishan's call back to express strong support. Other responses were deeply disappointing to An Yi and his brothers:

Chen Jitang didn't buy Chiang Kai-shek's account at all, and Chiang Kai-shek didn't dare to let An Yi's grain go ashore in Guangzhou, otherwise it would be more than worth the loss if it was regarded as "central arrears" by the Guangdong army, even if it could be taken back in the end. I don't know how long it will take; Feng Huanzhang's reply was very polite, telling An Yi that due to the snowstorm last winter, a large number of livestock froze to death, and the herdsmen outside the customs had no cattle and sheep to sell, and now the grassland has just turned into snow, and the cattle and sheep left by the herdsmen have all been thin into skin and bones, even if they are bought at a high price, they can't cut a few taels of meat, and finally gently suggested that An Yi should go to Chairman Jiang to find a way.

At this time, An Yi was completely out of line, and when he was about to grit his teeth and move all parts of North China to continue to raise the price of grain requisition to ensure that the soldiers would not go hungry, the sudden change in the battlefield on the Eastern Front and the sudden arrival of the central government delegation suddenly made An Yi's overall plan a mess.