The plane hovered over Beiping, the Beiping under the wings was clear in the warm sun, and the bright yellow Forbidden City was mysterious and spectacular Chiang Kai-shek asked the plane to lower the altitude in order to see the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties more clearly. /.qb5, c0М//

The traces of the war can be clearly seen even in the air, outside the city wall surrounding Beiping Gundam, Mentougou Daxing Tongzhou, there are collapsed Hengyu everywhere, crisscrossing trenches. Black smoke rises from several lonely chimneys, confessing that the city's production is still going on.

All this was still the result of the unfought battle, Chiang Kai-shek sighed softly, and from Beiping he could imagine Tianjin, and his mood became even heavier. Song Meiling seemed to sense his emotions, gently held his hand, and whispered that everything is okay in the city.

Hopkins and Weidemeyer were also on the plane, and their mood was very relaxed, even on the plane, they could clearly see that the sky was full of colorful flags around Nanyuan Airport, and the black heads of people covered the road from Nanyuan to the city.

Chiang Kai-shek's body had just stepped out of the cabin door, and before he could wave his hand, the crowd that had been waiting at the airport for a long time let out a tsunami-like cheer, which was so loud that Chiang Kai-shek was almost startled. Looking up, Zhuang Jihua, Tang Enbosun, Lian Zhong, Xiong Bin, Stilwell and other senior generals of the North China Theater and officials of the Beiping City Government were already standing below, while in the distance were a large group of people, rivers, and celebrities in Beiping, and in the distance was a neat phalanx.

got off the plane, Zhuang Jihua and Tang Enbo Stilwell led the way to salute Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Kai-shek swept away the worries just now, chatted with the generals with a smile on his face, Song Meiling accompanied him gently, and the officials who came with Chiang Kai-shek also got off the plane, when Zhuang Jihua shook hands with Hopkins, the eyes of the two were delivered.

Regarding the purpose of Hopkins's visit to China, "Chiang Kai-shek had already telegraphed to Zhuang Jihua, and it was precisely because of him that Zhuang Jihua designed a grand welcome ceremony today.

"Mr. Hopkins" welcomes to Beiping. Zhuang Jihua smiled.

Zhuang Jihua's smile was very gentle, Hopkins didn't feel the pressure at all, and he also smiled: "I've wanted to know the general for a long time, but unfortunately I haven't had the opportunity, and today I finally got my wish." Zhuang Jihua lightly nodded: "It's my reason, the military affairs are busy, and I don't have time to take care of them, but now it's okay, the Japanese are threatening us more and more, and we have a lot of time to discuss some things that are important to our future." Zhuang Jihua's casualness made Hopkins stunned, and without waiting for him to ask what important things to discuss, Zhuang Jihua walked to Wei Demai, in terms of military rank, Wei Demai is a three-star general, compared to the lieutenant general, Zhuang Jihua's military rank is higher than him, but he is the chief adviser of the Chinese theater, and his position is higher than Zhuang Jihua. Hopkins watched with interest what Zhuang Jihua did, he had long heard that the Chinese generals were very face-conscious.

Zhuang Jihua did not hesitate to salute Weidemeyer, and at the same time smiled, Hopkins felt that the smile was less polite than just now.

"General, congratulations on an unprecedented victory." Wei Demai was the first to speak, Zhuang Jihua smiled: "General, this is our common victory, oh, you don't know, General Li Mei is angry with me" He was already anxious to prepare to blow Hirohito into the ground. ”

Wei Demai laughed, Shandong Airport except for the three airports in Jiaodong, "most of the others were completed, and huge B29 bombers were stationed at the airport near Qingdao in Jinan, Li Mei proposed a bombing plan, first bombing Tokyo, with 11 Saki Heavy Industries as the target: followed by the bombing of Fukuoka, the target was the Yawata Iron Works here: the third target was the Yokosuka Combined Fleet Base.

In order to realize this plan, Li May asked the United States to add 80 B29s and 120 B25s to the existing 24 B29s, and Weidemeyer supported his plan, but Admiral King believed that it was not as good as taking off from Saipan to bomb Japan from Shandong, although the distance was very short, but the logistics were very long, and all the materials had to be transported from Yangon to Shandong, which needed to cross the whole of China, and it was better to take off from Saipan in general.

Marshall didn't want to increase China's power, so he agreed with Admiral Kim's opinion and compressed the plane that Li Mei asked for by half, and Li Mei simply didn't ask for it, and made up for it with a Chinese-made B17. By the time Tianjin was conquered, Li Mei had assembled a wide range of 600 heavy bombers, 1,400 Mustang fighters, and American soldiers chewing gum in Henan, Shandong.

As soon as the Battle of North China was over, Li Mei couldn't wait to start the operation, but Zhuang Jihua resolutely disagreed, and Zhuang Jihua asked him to wait another month so that he could be more logistically rich.

Zhuang Jihua's concern was that after the end of the Battle of North China, the theater of operations would face unprecedented pressure, and all kinds of materials would crowd the two railways of Tianjin, Puzhou, Pinghan, and Henan: and once the bombing of Japan was launched, it would be necessary to squeeze the already extremely tight transportation capacity.

What distressed Li Mei was that his command was assigned to the North China Theater Command, under the command of Zhuang Jihua.

However, Li Mei is not a person who is helpless, he bypassed Zhuang Jihua and protested directly to Wei Demai, but in this matter, Wei Demai supported Zhuang Jihua. Weidemeyer was not actually supporting Zhuang Jihua's plan, but believed that Li Mei should not bypass Zhuang Jihua, and that the American officials must obey the command of the Chinese generals.

Zhuang Jihua returned to Chiang Kai-shek's side, and everyone flocked to Chiang Kai-shek and Song Meiling to the expected Beiping celebrities, Chiang Kai-shek suddenly remembered something, turned his head and asked, "Why didn't you see Liangzhen?" Is it in Tangshan? ”

Zhuang Jihua was silent: "No, Liangzhen coughed up blood two days ago and almost fell into a coma, and was sent to the General Hospital of the War Zone for examination The result was acute tuberculosis, and he is currently being hospitalized in the General Hospital of the War Zone." Chiang Kai-shek stopped, turned his head to look at Zhuang Jihua, and asked with concern after a while: "Does it matter?" Do you want me to check it out? ”

Zhuang Jihua shook his head: "This disease is contaminated, principal, you can send someone to visit, it will be dangerous for you to go in person." ”

Song Meiling frowned slightly, she looked at Chiang Kai-shek and then at Zhuang Jihua, and smiled: "That's it, Cultural Revolution, I'm going to visit the wounded, and I'll take a look." ”

Zhuang Jihua hesitated, but he still made up for it with some concern: "Madame wants to visit, of course I can't stop it, but, madam, this disease is simply very contagious, and the theater command has also visited me and General Stilwell." ”

Tuberculosis was almost incurable before the advent of penicillin, especially acute tuberculosis, which was almost certain death. So Zhuang Jihua did not approve of Chiang Kai-shek's visit, but Chiang Kai-shek's reaction, and then Song Meiling's opening, he understood that Chiang Kai-shek was worried about whether Yu Ji was under house arrest or detention by him, and the so-called illness was just an excuse: so he could only agree.

Chiang Kai-shek's brows condensed a faint cloud, and Song Meiling smiled again and was still very gentle: "It's nothing, those doctors and nurses are different, and I will be hearted." ”

At this point, Zhuang Jihua no longer dissuaded, but Stilwell stood up and persuaded: "Madam, it's better to wait a few more days, I asked his attending doctor, Dr. Gregan, and it is more appropriate to visit him after a few days when his condition has eased." ”

Chiang Kai-shek looked at Stilwell with some surprise, and Zhuang Jihua immediately explained: "Liangzhen's condition is serious, and after Advisor Xu sent him here, I invited Dr. Gregan from the Shandong Military Hospital to be his attending doctor. ”

Hearing this, Chiang Kai-shek breathed a sigh of relief and felt very sorry in his heart. Yu Jishi suddenly fell ill, not only Zhuang Jihua was very embarrassed, but even Feng Yi, who had always been calm, was a little panicked. Yu Jishi's current position is very delicate, once he presents any accidents, it may cause Chiang Kai-shek to make a wrong judgment, resulting in an early attack on Zhuang Jihua, and then Zhuang Jihua will be passive. So Song Meiling proposed to visit, and Zhuang Jihua couldn't stop it anymore. Stilwell interjected this sentence and invisibly helped Zhuang Jihua's help, which made him feel emotional.

Song Meiling smiled faintly at Chiang Kai-shek: "It's okay, I often visit such patients, and I already have the strength to resist." ”

A danger was secretly resolved in this way, Chiang Kai-shek did nothing, turned his head and asked Tang Enbo: "Ember, which army is going to be reviewed today?" ”

"Chairman of the Narrative Committee" Tang Enbo's face was very serious: "It is an officer and soldier of the Honorary Sixth Division of the 13th Army of the 31st Group Army, commanded by the army commander Zhang Xuezhong. 、，

Tang Enbo obviously did not know Chiang Kai-shek's current complicated entanglement with Zhuang Jihua, but his answer reassured Chiang Kai-shek a lot. After the recovery of Pingjin, except for the 31st Group Army, the rest of the troops that originally outflanked Beiping all drove to Yidong, and Zhuang Jihua did not even let them enter the city.

However, the Northeast Army, the 51st Group Army, the New Eighth Army and the 112th Army also remained in Tongzhou, which was only a foot away from Beiping.

Zhuang Jihua reorganized the army, Tang Enbo also reorganized the army, the 31st Group Army was not all the Central Army, and one of the 85th Army and the 29th Army was not the Central Army, Tang Enbo broke them all up and reorganized: the Honorary Sixth Division was composed of wounded veterans of the 31st Group Army, and Shi Jue, deputy commander of the 13th Army, served as the division commander.

Chiang Kai-shek then met with the celebrities of Peking who were at the airport, including Situ Leiden and Liang Sicheng, as well as Jiang Menglin, the former president of Peking University, who had returned to Peking earlier.

"Friends, I and my wife are here today, but in fact, what we are here to welcome is the legal system of the Republic of China! Welcome to our victory! Beiping has been recovered, this is our great victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the founding of the country! This is very encouraging! But I still want to say that the victory of the War of Resistance is only a step on the road to our nation-building! The purpose of our war of resistance is not only to drive out the invaders! What is more important is to achieve the reunification of the country! National self-reliance and freedom! Build China with the Three People's Principles!

If we want to realize the Three People's Principles, we must unswervingly follow the path guided by the Father of the Nation, and there must be no wavering in the slightest! The Father of the Nation once told us......,......... "Chiang Kai-shek issued a long treatise, from the recovery of Peking to the founding of the country in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, to how to realize the Three People's Principles, and then to the road to the founding of the country indicated by Sun Yat-sen, and his speech was interrupted from time to time by the cheering crowd, which made Chiang Kai-shek particularly excited."

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