Liu Xiang was silent for a while and said: "The army can also continue to attack India, can it cut off this road?" ”

"No, you see," Zhuang Jihua made a circle on the world map, which stretched east to the Mariana Islands, south to the Solomon Islands, north to the Sino-Soviet border, and west to Burma. Liu Xiang and Deng Xihou immediately understood what Zhuang Jihua meant: "It is only a small island country, such a large area is already the limit of their strength, and more importantly, Britain must keep India, otherwise as long as they leave, they will never come back." ”

Liu Xiang is completely impressed today, how many people can make such a long-term prediction of the war in China today, from the domestic situation to the surrounding situation, and then to the changes in the international situation, and then what to do? At least he Liu Xiang can't do it, and neither can these people around him.

And Fu Chang's feelings are even deeper, he only now understands that Yu Peidi's words are by no means to increase Zhuang Jihua's momentum, such observation, they are not strange at all, not wronged at all.

Deng Xihou was shocked before he felt that Zhuang Jihua had been looking at him, he looked at Liu Xiang, his eyes were very helpless, and then looked at Fu Chang and Li Zhilong, Fu Chang's face was silent, Li Zhilong's face was solemn, both of them stared at him, Deng Xihou remembered to deal with those barren mountains, his scalp was numb, he pretended to be solemn and said: "Cultural Revolution, should you let me build this road, I can't, there is no problem with leading troops to fight, and the matter of building the road is still left to the experts of your development team." ”

"There must be experts to carry out road construction, but experts can only build roads, and the situation in Tibetan areas is complicated," Zhuang Jihua paused and said: "Fu Gong, General Jin Kang, now I need someone who is familiar with Tibetan areas and can provide security protection for the road construction team." ”

"I..." As soon as Liu Xiang spoke, Deng Xihou interrupted him: "I see Liu Ziqianxing, he has been in Xikang for many years, knows the Tibetan area well, the strength of the 24th Army is strong, and he has recently purchased a large amount of ammunition, and his power has recovered significantly, I think it is him." ”

Deng Xihou laughed twice after speaking, but said in his heart that the old classmate was sorry, so he had to pull you to the top cylinder.

Liu Xiang and Fu Chang exchanged glances, Fu Chang frowned and said: "Cultural Revolution, this road is not trivial, what will be the reaction of Lhasa, will they agree?" Will the chairman of the committee agree? ”

"What Zhenwu said is exactly what I am worried about, and I am in favor of building this road, but," Liu Xiang said solemnly: "Cultural Revolution, I went back yesterday and thought about it for a long time, there are too many problems. Many places on this road are sparsely populated, and a large number of migrant workers are needed to build the road, where do the migrant workers come from, and where do the road construction tools and materials come from? What about future maintenance? Still have a financial problem? The Cultural Revolution is still cautious. ”

Before Zhuang Jihua could speak, Li Zhilong said: "What Fu Gong said is not a problem, we have a solution, and the real question is probably whether Lhasa agrees." ”

"Why do you want their consent?" Zhuang Jihua was suddenly a little excited, and he said loudly: "This is to build a road on our land, and it is an order from the central government, what qualifications does the local government axe in Tibetan Province have to oppose it?" Piss me off, Lao Tzu grabbed [***] bastard and brought it to the exhibition. ”

"Cultural Revolution, don't talk angry, let's report to the chairman first, there is a representative of the Central Committee in Lhasa, let him dredge it up and strive to get the support of [***]." Deng Xihou persuaded that he believed that Zhuang Jihua did not know the situation in Tibetan Province.

After the Xinhai Revolution, the British had been acting as the protectors of Tibetan Province, and with their support, the Kashag authorities in Tibetan Province had resisted recognizing the central political axe until 1931, when the 13th [***] Lama and the Panchen Lama sent representatives to Nanjing to recognize Tibetan Province as part of China, but due to the intervention of the British, the relationship between the central political axe and the local authorities in Tibetan Province was still very loose, and the pro-British forces were very strong among the high-ranking figures in Tibetan Province, and these people fantasized about relying on the British to achieve Western [***] independence.

After Deng Xihou finished introducing him, Zhuang Jihua's feeling in his heart became even stronger, and he rushed to the British, and Lao Tzu also built this road.

He looked at them coldly and said categorically: "This scourge must be eradicated, this road must be repaired, I will go to the chairman and say, General Jin Kang, the Sichuan-Tibet Highway is a strategic highway, which will not only play an important role in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, but also strengthen the central government's control over Tibetan Province. ”

Speaking of this, Zhuang Jihua paused: "But how to repair, who to send to repair, to carry the situation after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, General Jin Kang, the 28th Army is brave and good at fighting, and it will definitely be inevitable when going out of the Sichuan War of Resistance, so I mean to ask General Liu Wenhui to preside over this project, I wanted to have a good talk with him today, but unfortunately he didn't come, in a short time, it is impossible for me to leave Yucheng, General Jin Kang, I want to ask you to do his work with Fu Gong and take on this arduous mission." ”

Although he was not allowed to build this road, Deng Xihou felt a little more relaxed, but when he thought of the situation in Tibetan Province, he couldn't help but be a little worried: "Liu Ziqian's troops are going to build roads?" Will he be willing? There are also 24 th Army, as far as I know, there are only more than 10,000 people, how many troops must be transferred to be enough, so as not to delay the construction period? ”

Zhuang Jihua pursed his lips and said: "This involves another issue, that is, the reorganization of the Sichuan army. With the current level of tactical capability and equipment of the Sichuan army, it is impossible to cope with the Japanese army, so it is necessary to reorganize the Sichuan army, and I suggest that the 300,000 Sichuan army be reorganized into 250,000, and the 50,000 eliminated troops should be formed into engineering troops to specialize in road traffic construction. ”

Deng Xihou couldn't help frowning, he looked at Liu Xiang and Fu Chang, saw that their expressions were unmoving, knowing that they must have known in advance, he couldn't help but complain a little in his heart, why didn't he talk to him in advance, could it be that they agreed to this proposal, Deng Xihou Uxinzhong raised a trace of vigilance, he laughed dryly and said twice: "Fu Gong is the commander-in-chief of the Sichuan Army, and the 21st Army is the head of all the armies of the Sichuan Army, I don't know what Fu Gong's opinion is....?" ”

Liu Xiang clasped his head and said: "I just don't know what to do, the Cultural Revolution is right, with the current equipment and tactical capabilities of the Sichuan army, it will definitely suffer heavy losses on the battlefield of resistance, but although I am the commander-in-chief of the Sichuan army, this commander-in-chief is a disguise, and other things are okay, but I don't dare to make my own decisions about such things as the whole army, so I want to hear your opinion." ”

Li Zhilong was a little angry in his heart, admitting everything, but he didn't want to reorganize the army, there was only one reason behind it, there were soldiers to have everything, he was about to stand up with his eyes, but Zhuang Jihua coughed in time to attract everyone's attention to him: "Fu Gong is right, it is impossible for him not to listen to the opinions of the armies on such a thing, so I will first make a statement, the reorganized troops will be compared with the German armament division to give priority to equipment, not reorganized, unfortunately, the arsenal is built for the Anti-Japanese War, so the priority is to meet the reorganized troops for the Anti-Japanese War." ”

This is Zhuang Jihua's killer plan, he thought about it for two days before he came up with such a method, Liu Xiang and Deng Xihou were stunned, the equipment produced by the arsenal is getting better and better, and it can completely replace foreign imports, and more importantly, Zhuang Jihua controlled Yucheng, which is equivalent to cutting off the arms import channel of all parties in Sichuan, if he is unwilling, don't want to go ashore in Yucheng.

Liu Xiang felt that he couldn't stop talking, he frowned and said: "Cultural Revolution, I have no opinion on the reorganization of the troops, but the way of reorganization is worth exploring, the combat effectiveness of the various units of the Sichuan Army is uneven, some units are generally strong in combat effectiveness, and some are generally weak in combat effectiveness, just like the quantitative index you originally formulated, the equal proportion of the reorganization is unfair to the troops with strong combat effectiveness, and not in equal proportion, who wants?" ”

Deng Xihou also said: "Fu Gong is right, besides, time, time is very important now, the time for the reorganization of the troops cannot be delayed for too long, according to your prediction, the war may break out within three years, so the reorganization must be completed quickly, this is a little difficult, you must know that many troops are still confronting the communist bandits on the front line, and the intensity of the reorganization will cause the troops to mutiny." ”

Zhuang Jihua nodded: "I understand, my idea is to pick out those opium ghosts first, those who smoke opium can't fight, do you estimate, how many such people are there?" Then pick out the soldiers over forty years old, although the veterans are valuable, but when they are forty years old, they should be allowed to rest. There should be 10,000 people in this way, and the rest, I mean the 20th Army, the 21st Army, the 28th Army, the 29th Army, and the Sichuan Frontier Army, each take out a division to reorganize, with a total number of 15,000 people, and it must be full, I want to send people to point out the formation, and then the soldiers who were eliminated in the process of reorganization, you are responsible for recovering them, but how much to recover, you have to send more, to ensure that this division has 15,000 people, I think we can complete the reorganization of these divisions in half a year, and then we will reorganize the next batch of troops, Fu Gong has a number there, and the last person to be eliminated will enter the engineering army. ”

As soon as Zhuang Jihua's words fell, Fu Chang shook his head lightly, this method is too easy to deal with, and it will not achieve the purpose of reorganizing and reducing the troops, for example, I originally had 30,000 people, take 15,000 to reorganize, and eliminate 3,000, then I'll pick 3,000 from the remaining 15,000 to you; When I was reorganized again, I only had 15,000 people left, and if I eliminated 4,000, and now I have no replacement in my hands, it stands to reason that I should reduce it by 4,000, but slowly, I can recruit another 4,000 new soldiers and send them to you, so that when the reorganization is completed, the troops will not only not be reduced, but will increase by 4,000 people, and become 34,000 men.

Fu Chang wanted to see how Zhuang Jihua solved this problem, so he brought this problem forward, Liu Xiang and Deng Xihou looked at each other and smiled bitterly, Zhuang Jihua was also stunned, this plan actually had such a big loophole, which was beyond his expectations.

It seems that it is difficult to have both, Zhuang Jihua had to smile bitterly: "There are policies at the top, and countermeasures at the bottom; Since ancient times, I have been very protective of your interests, as for how to reorganize, Fu Gong, General Jin Kang, you two are the leaders of the powerful faction in Sichuan, and please discuss a plan. ”

(To be continued)