In the south bank area of Yucheng, the sun is high in the sky, and there is a slight cool breeze blowing in the air, and the weather looks very good, but such good weather may not bring people a good mood.

In the Yunxiu Tower, Chiang Kai-shek's face became more and more ugly as he looked at the newspaper in his hand, his fists clenched, and his eyes shot with anger.

Chiang Ching-kuo handed a cup of coffee to Chiang Kai-shek, but Chiang Kai-shek waved his hand, calmed down his anger, and then said to Chiang Ching-kuo: "Jing'er, go and see if Yunong is here, usually he comes as soon as I look for him, why hasn't he come here at this time today?" ”

Chiang Ching-kuo put the coffee in his hand on the table in front of Chiang Kai-shek and said, "Father, it has only been ten minutes now, and it will take twenty minutes for Mr. Dai to come from his residence at the earliest, and Mr. Dai should already be on his way now." ”

Chiang Kai-shek was stunned for a moment, raised his hand to look at the Rolex watch on his wrist, and sighed: "It seems that my heart is disturbed." Then wait a little longer. ”

Jiang Jingguo comforted: "Father, I have also read today's newspaper, in fact, there is no need for my father to be distracted by such remarks. This Zhang Dongbei is just a brigade commander in the Eighth Route Army, and when he says this, the people of the whole country will not pay attention to it at all, but will make the people feel that he is arrogant and difficult to achieve great things. And for such an open-mouthed person, people will only laugh at what he said. Therefore, my father does not have to worry about some of Zhang Dongbei's remarks at all. ”

Chiang Kai-shek waved his hand and said: "Jing'er, you are wrong, if this was in the past, of course my father would not pay attention to such remarks, but now the situation in the country is very different from before, as this Zhang Northeast said, our troops are indeed unsatisfactory in resisting the invasion of the army, since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, we have lost too many important towns in a row, relative to our situation, [***] but all the way to the bamboo, recovering a lot of lost territory, Now it has recovered such an important metropolis as Xuzhou. Not only that, but this Zhang Dongbei actually killed Matsui Shigen and Tojo Hideki one after another in just a few months, which made [***]'s reputation reach an unprecedented height. Although I don't leave the house all day, I can also guess a rough idea of the current situation outside, Jing'er, tell me honestly, is there more and more people outside now who are beginning to support [***]? ”

Jiang Jingguo looked at his father, hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded: "Father, I also know that these things can't be hidden from you." There are indeed a lot of people who are on the side of [***] now. However, my father, although some of them began to oppose [***], most of the people in the whole country still believe in our government. What's more, the Eighth Route Army of [***] is now under the command of our government, and no matter how outstanding the achievements of the Eighth Route Army are, in the end, it will not all be attributed to the leadership of my father? ”

Chiang Kai-shek laughed at himself and said: "Jing'er, how can you have such a simple idea, do you think that [***] is really at my disposal?" Now our relationship with [***] is a cooperative relationship, not a relationship between superiors and subordinates, how can [***] obey me, and how can they let me get the merits they have made. We just give up the civil war now and fight together. We don't need to be informed of our actions, and all of [***] actions are never reported to us. Take this time to capture Xuzhou and liberate Xinqiao, we didn't get any news in advance. Moreover, I also heard that before the Eighth Route Army captured Xinqiao, the Eighth Route Army actually divided its troops into separate routes and attacked Nanjing, Wuhu and other places where the heavy troops of the Yue army were stationed. Jing'er, do you think it is reasonable for the Eighth Route Army, as part of the Chinese Revolutionary Army, to do this? ”

Chiang Ching-kuo said: "Of course it's unreasonable. ”

Chiang Kai-shek nodded and said, "It's really unreasonable." So the only explanation is that they didn't think of themselves as my subordinates from the beginning, but just that everyone as Chinese cooperated together to resist the enemy in the face of foreign invasion. It's just that before Zhang Dongbei appeared, this cooperative relationship was not so obvious, because [***] could not compete with the Yue army in terms of numbers and weapons and equipment, and at that time, the burden of being responsible for resisting Yue fell on our team. At that time, even when we were defeated by the army to implement a strategic retreat, the people would still pin their hopes on us, but since the appearance of this Zhang Dongbei, all the situation began to change, [***] became extremely powerful in an instant, and the countless cities lost before were recovered by [***] in a short period of time. And these are in the eyes of the people of the whole country, and what they see is that we are constantly losing our territory, and [***] is constantly recovering our lost land. In this situation, in fact, the people have already lost confidence in us. Now at this moment, it is already on the cusp for us, but this Zhang Dongbei said these words at this time, and unceremoniously said that this Zhang Dongbei wanted to put us to death and could never turn over. All we can do now is to do everything we can to prove ourselves and restore the trust of the people in us. However, now that the army is gaining momentum, our army has been defeated in several theaters in succession, and its morale has been extremely low. ”

After listening to Chiang Kai-shek's words, Chiang Ching-kuo seemed to suddenly understand something in his heart, and exclaimed: "Father, do you want to summon Mr. Dai here this time to ......?"

Chiang Kai-shek said coldly: "Yes, the reason why we are in such a passive situation now can be said to be completely caused by Zhang Dongbei alone. And this Zhang Dongbei not only has no sense of guilt for his actions, but what is even more odious is that he actually said such disrespectful words to our government in the face of many reporters, which is simply ill-intentioned and disturbs the hearts of our army. ”

Jiang Jingguo hesitated: "But my father, if we deal with Zhang Dongbei at this time, once the news leaks, then we may really lose the support of the people." ”

Chiang Kai-shek said: "Of course I know this, so I didn't publicly arrest Zhang Dongbei, and this operation needs to be secretly operated." Only three people will know the reason for this operation, including you, and it belongs to Secret Order No. 1, and even the personnel who carry out this secret order will disappear from this world after the mission is over. ”

Jiang Jingguo said: "But my father, it is now an extraordinary period of resistance, and our removal of Zhang Dongbei at this time is a big loss for the great cause of resistance." Father, don't you think about it carefully? ”

Chiang Kai-shek said coldly: "Jing'er, you remember, as a superior, you must not have the kindness of a woman. Resistance is a difficult task that requires the joint efforts of all the military and civilians in China, and it is not something that he can accomplish alone. Therefore, the absence of him and Zhang Dongbei will not have any impact on Kang Yue, but if we keep him, we will definitely have endless trouble. Rather than keeping a person who is insignificant to the situation of the war, it is better to eliminate a person who poses a great threat to his existence. Jing'er, you have to remember that if we don't kill Zhang Dongbei, then one day, we will no longer be able to sit in this position because of this person. If we can no longer sit in this position, then what's the point of us protesting, let's make a wedding dress for [***]? ”

Jiang Jingguo nodded and said, "Father, the child has been taught." The child will remember his father's teachings. At the same time, please rest assured that I will restore the trust of the people in the government once again. ”

Just then, there was a whistle from downstairs. Chiang Kai-shek looked at his watch and said, "It seems that the rain farmer has arrived, Jing'er, you and you go down together to meet the rain farmer." ”

Chiang Ching-kuo answered, and then followed Chiang Kai-shek downstairs.