After the recovery of Beiping, Chiang Kai-shek did not go to Beiping for a long time to inspect, which has begun to arouse the expectations of the outside world, although there is everything, but some people have already mentioned the relationship between Chiang Kai-shek and Zhuang Jihua, among which the British journalist is the most daring, and has begun to openly talk about the political disagreement between Chiang Kai-shek and Zhuang Jihua. \\。 qΒ⑤、ｃｏｍ

Yang Yongtai glanced at Song Meiling unobtrusively, Song Meiling immediately understood this hint, and she smiled slightly: "Mr. Changqing is right, let Hopkins go to North China to have a look." ”

Chen Bui snickered in his heart, Yang Yongtai now values more and more, and believes in Zhuang Jihua more and more, and when he encounters difficulties, he tries his best to ask for Zhuang Jihua's opinion, and now it is clear that the princes present can't come up with any good ideas, so Yang Yongtai sent the idea to Zhuang Jihua.

Chiang Kai-shek's expression was calm, the reason why he did not go to Beiping, in addition to the Hopkins matter, the election of the sixteen counties in Chongqing also involved a lot of his energy, although this was only a county-level election, but the significance for the future was extraordinary. The Kuomintang has a strong foundation in these 16 counties, and all of the 10 counties that have completed the election so far are Kuomintang people, and the remaining six counties are also far ahead in the public opinion inquiry.

There is an obvious situation in this election, the elected county magistrates are all from the Southwest Development Team, and they are all very old, only in their thirties, which also made Chiang Kai-shek understand the profound strength of the Southwest Development Team in the 16 counties around Chongqing.

The election was positively welcomed and highly praised by the media and political forces at home and abroad, and although the political forces of various factions in China lost, they still vigorously praised it, except for Xinhua Daily, which is still criticizing.

On the one hand, Xinhua Ribao accused the Kuomintang of ostracizing and that this kind of election was an incomplete puppet puppet leader, and on the other hand, it demanded that the party department should be further uprooted, that the party department should no longer exist as a government agency, that the party-state must divide the meal, that the party should no longer interfere in state affairs, that the state's finances must also be sorted out, and that the salaries of the party headquarters can only be paid by the party, not by the state finance.

The Kuomintang did not respond to Xinhua Daily's accusation, and only the Democratic League responded to the chalk leaders, but under the backdrop of the great victory in North China, it failed to cause much turmoil, but this storm always existed, although it was slight, but it did not stop. Chen Cheng was a little uneasy, but he couldn't argue with Yang Yongtai's proposal, Beiping was restored, the Pingjin refugees who went south from Beiping were preparing to return, the southwest business community was organizing groups to go north, looking for business opportunities, and even the students of the Southwest Associated School were excited to prepare to move the school, but Chiang Kai-shek never faced, which was absolutely inappropriate.

"Okay, give Hopkins a call and tell him that I'm going to Peking the day after tomorrow, and ask him to go with me."

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Hopkins did not stay in a hotel, but at the U.S. Embassy, and when Soong called Hotline, he was talking to Gauss and Weidemeyer about the Chinese battlefield and the current political situation in China.

When Gauss's secretary told him about Chiang Kai-shek's invitation, Hopkins bowed his head in agreement, crossed his legs and a glass of wine in his hand, and Weidemeyer and Gauss sat across from him. As the United States attaches more and more importance to its relationship with China, the staff of the embassy in China has also increased, and the original embassy has become cramped, and last year it was moved to the newly built embassy in Datianwan, Lianglukou.

The embassy is more spacious and imposing than the original building, divided into two parts, the front and the back are the work area, which has five buildings and three bungalows, and the work area is two six-storey buildings.

"To Beiping?" Hopkins's tone was a little playful, he stared at the red wine in the wine glass, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "General Weidemeyer, in your judgment, there is a conflict between China and Soviet Russia in Menggu, is there any possibility for China to win?" ”

This is a difficult problem, from the current point of view, China and the Soviet Union have won great victories on the battlefield, but it is clear that the victory of Soviet Russia is not easy, the European battlefield is far beyond Asia in terms of scale and intensity, and Germany's military machine is far stronger than Japan; However, the main military force of Soviet Russia is in Europe, tens of thousands of kilometers away from Menggu Battlefield, while China is otherwise, the most elite force is in North China, which can support the Mengu battlefield at any time.

"Difficult, at present, China's army in Menggu only has four integrated armies, and the rest of the armies are unintegrated armies, the situation of the Soviet army is not very clear, but I don't estimate that it is not the elite army of the Soviet army, but," Weidemeyer hesitated and still bowed: "I am still optimistic about the Soviet army, the logistics of the squadron are too poor, and their shells are less than two bases." ”

Hopkins didn't ask again, he sipped some red wine, seemed to hesitate about a decision in his heart, and after a while, he looked up at Weidemeyer: "If, I if, our transport planes temporarily stop transporting for the Chinese, will it have an important impact on the situation at the front?" ”

Wei Demaier shook his head in shock, as the chief adviser of the Chinese theater, he knew very well the importance of these hundreds of transport planes controlled by the US Air Force to China, just now he Soviet Russia was far away from Meng, but in fact China's transportation line is also far away, from the Indian Ocean to Saiwaimengu; Soviet Russia also has a Trans-Siberian Railway, but China's railways are intermittent, many areas need trucks, and even manpower and animal power to transport, the Battle of North China, China brought five or six million manpower to transport materials, which is evident.

"Mr. Hopkins, this must not be done, as it would provoke a fierce reaction from Chiang Kai-shek," Weidemeyer warned.

Gauss also disagreed: "Mr. Hopkins, we are mediating the Sino-Soviet contradictions, not taking over the Sino-Soviet contradictions, Soviet Russia is important to us, China is equally important to us, from a long-term point of view, China is more important to us, after the war we need China to help us maintain peace in Asia, and Soviet Russia cannot do this." ”

Hopkins didn't expect his proposal to be rejected unanimously by the two, and the satisfaction he won at the Huangshan Villa in the afternoon was a little less, but he didn't take it to heart, on the contrary, he smiled and said nothing. Gauss stood up and pushed the window open to let the fresh air of the night sky blow in. "Mr. Hopkins, I am actually very optimistic about the growth of the situation in China," Gauss returned and picked up the wine bottle and poured it for Hopkins and Weidemeyer, and then said: "The recent elections in the sixteen counties around Chongqing have gone very smoothly, and I have observed the whole process on the orders of the State Council, and I should recognize that this election is fair, although flawed, but it is a progress worth looking forward to, you must know that this ancient country has never had such an election in two thousand years." ”

"So Chiang Kai-shek is really ready to promote the mochal?" Hopkins used to hate Chiang Kai-shek the most was his **, he was a staunch liberal, although pro-Soviet, but also disliked Stalin's **, but he agreed with Roosevelt's established strategy of uniting Soviet Russia to defeat Germany.

Gauss thought for a while: "The door has been opened a crack, and it can't be closed, and from the information I have obtained, there are many people in the Kuomintang who support the promotion of the chalk in China, the most important of which is General Zhuang Jihua, the current commander of the North China Theater, and this election is actually promoted by him behind the scenes." ”

"Oh," Hopkins' eyes flashed, he had known this man for a long time, but he had never seen him, "the president has a good impression of him, and thinks that he is an outstanding person in China, and he should be able to meet him in North China this time." ”

"Oh, Mr. Hopkins, it's important to deal with him, General Stilwell has a lot of nails in his hands." Weidemeyer laughed. Zhuang Jihua has always been a controversial figure in the US military advisory group, with many supporters and vetoers, and even in North China, the disagreement of the advisory group is equally large.

Supporters believe that Zhuang Jihua is the best general in the squadron, resourceful, brave and good at fighting, and an excellent leader; The vetoers believed that this man was stubborn and rigid, and his attitude was reckless, and he had no choice but to agree, and that the victory in North China depended more on absolute superiority in military strength and firepower.

"According to our intelligence, Zhuang is a man of deep national sentiment," Weidemeyer added, adding: "Anything that touches China's interests is met with a tough response from him." ”

Hopkins smiled, he didn't care, he was very sure in his heart, China now has too many tools to ask the United States, and China can't afford not to make concessions, even if Zhuang Jihua is shrewd and tough, he has to bow his head in front of the situation.

"In addition, according to our intelligence, his position on the political map of China is very delicate, and he has contacts with all political forces, and it seems that all political forces are fighting for him," said Gauss, pausing and looking at Hopkins: "It seems that he is also being fought for." ”

"Oh," Hopkins' eyes flickered, a little shocked, and a little surprised, "Really? Could it be that Chiang Kai-shek is just looking at it? Isn't it possible? ”

Gauss smiled slightly: "Although Zhuang is his student, there is a political disagreement between them, which is not news in the government, and Zhuang has also publicly hinted that he supports the cooperation of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party." I am afraid that it was because of this that they saw this, so their liaison director in the North China Theater had always been his classmate, and the Eighth Route Army army led by another of his classmates also fought under his command. ”

Weidemeyer didn't interject, he just smiled faintly, Gauss's was almost an open secret in Chongqing, but Hopkins was more interested, he was as curious at the moment as a woman who liked to inquire about the hidden si. "So is it possible for the CCP to cooperate after the war?"

This question made Gauss and Weidemeyer embarrassed, although Hopkins was not their direct boss, but Roosevelt's red man, Roosevelt trusted him very much, in the past Moscow defense war, the State Department and the embassy in the Soviet Union both judged that the Soviet army could not hold Moscow, only Hopkins firmly believed that the Soviet army could hold Moscow, and in the end he proved to be right.

It was with this experience that Roosevelt sent Hopkins out when there were difficulties in the following wars, and Hopkins always completed the task successfully.

"This is very poor judgment, the Kuomintang demanded to abandon the self-reliant government and army, but Yan'an demanded that the government first carry out political reforms, and the two sides were very disagreeable, and if this disagreement could not be bridged, it would be difficult for China to ensure peace after the war." Gauss explained.

"Isn't the National Government carrying out political reforms? Aren't elections going on in the 16 counties around Chongqing? What else is there to dislike about Yan'an? ”

"The point is that this election will be excluded because the government has asked Yan'an to abandon the secret party membership system, which Yan'an refuses." Gauss explained.

"I see."

Hopkins took a sip of wine, saying that the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were China's chronic diseases, and if the issue of the two parties was not resolved, Roosevelt's expectations for China would probably be disappointed.

"However, no matter what, after this war, China may not be the same China." Gauss muttered to himself.

A day later, Hopkins flew to Beiping with Chiang Kai-shek's husband Fu and a large number of Chinese officials, and when the plane arrived in Beiping, Chiang Kai-shek did not let the plane land directly at Nanyuan Airport, but circled the sky over Beiping three times

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