"Volunteers?" Fu Zuoyi muttered two sentences silently, and then looked at Zhuang Jihua meaningfully and said, "They are now very close to Feng Yuxiang. ”

Zhuang Jihua nodded to admit that he was right, but he was more confident in the determination of the volunteers: "General Feng held high the banner of resistance, and he should naturally support the resistance, not to mention that the volunteers fought all the way from the northeast, and they were still able to persist in fighting against the enemy under extremely harsh conditions, not to mention that now with the support of the political axe, I believe they will not fear the enemy and retreat." ”

Fu Zuoyi didn't say anything anymore, turned his head to Huang Shaohong and said, "I don't know when the staff will go to Guyuan?" I would like to go with Senza. ”

Zhuang Jihua knew in his heart that Fu Zuoyi was not very confident in the combat deployment, and wanted to discuss with Sun Dianying how to cooperate with each other. However, his move Zhuang Jihua is unwanted, this time Chadong counterattack, the biggest difficulty is to coordinate operations, the volunteers behind the enemy, Sun Dianying's 41st Army, Fu Zuoyi's 7th Army, Gubeikou front of the 17th Army, the 87th Division many troops are distributed in the west from Guyuan, east to Lengkou nearly 1,000 miles of battlefield, how to coordinate operations is the biggest difficulty, and participating in the war [***] only the division headquarters or even only the military headquarters have a radio station, and the volunteer army has no radio at all, completely relying on manpower to communicate. Zhuang Jihua originally wanted to equip them with a radio station, but He Yingqin said that he would not agree to anything, because it was impossible to make up more than a dozen sets of passwords in such a short period of time, and giving the ready-made passwords would have the possibility of leaking secrets.

Hearing Fu Zuoyi's words, of course Huang Shaohong would not refuse, he immediately said: "The military situation is like fire, and I have to leave today." Speaking of this, he sighed: "I wanted to go to Guyuan after meeting Feng Huanzhang, but I didn't expect him to go to Zhangbei, so I had to go to Zhangbei first and then go to Guyuan, I don't know if Brother Yisheng is willing." ”

"Oh, when did Mr. Feng go to Zhangbei?" Fu Zuoyi was a little surprised: "I saw him yesterday morning. ”

"It might be afternoon." Zhuang Jihua smiled mockingly: "Chief of Staff Huang, General Fu, you must explain to Sun Dianying clearly after you meet him, their combat methods are not exactly the same as those of the Seventh Army Corps, and the troops that go deep behind the enemy must hold on behind the enemy and cannot be withdrawn until the peace treaty is signed." ”

"Peace treaty?" Fu Zuoyi was a little incomprehensible, he glared at Zhuang Jihua and said: "If you want to sign a treaty, then why do you have to counterattack and sacrifice the lives of soldiers in vain." ”

Zhuang Jihua was silent for a while before saying, "Resist? Reconquest of lost territory, we all think, but, General Fu, can we do it with our current strength? Zhuang Jihua didn't wait for Fu Zuoyi to answer and continued: "Obviously not, it's not that we don't have determination, but we don't have the strength, look at the equipment of our troops, look at your General Fu is going to attack, the order of the central government is not as good as Yan Xishan's order, it is not the time for a full-scale war, and the real purpose of this counteroffensive is to gain time to prepare for war." In order to prepare for war and win the war, we need at least ten years of peace to develop our heavy industry, but if this counteroffensive fails, and Yue himself easily crosses the Great Wall and threatens Beiping, then within five years, he himself will attack Pingjin, and then we will have to plunge into a full-scale war without adequate preparation, and our losses will be very large. ”

Zhuang Jihua's words contained criticism of Fu Zuoyi, but Fu Zuoyi was speechless for this criticism, but Chen Bingqian was silent for a while and then asked: "According to what you say, we will eventually lose the three eastern provinces and Rehe." ”

Zhuang Jihua thought for a while and said: "This question or similar questions have also been asked to me, it seems that I want to write an article to answer this question, and I will definitely ask the general to correct it when the time comes." He paused, as if he had made up his mind, before saying: "I can tell you one thing, the central government has a unified plan for confrontation, and the development of the southwest is an important part of it, and what we need to do now is to try to gain time to prepare for the war." ”

The strategic purpose of the development of the southwest is still a secret, and even high-ranking officials like Huang Shaohong do not know the details of his contents, and they were very touched by Zhuang Jihua's unveiling of the veil today.

"To tell the truth, as a soldier, I can't defend national security, and I can't even prepare for war in a righteous and bright way, which makes me feel very ashamed, but I can't help but bear it when I think of national interests," Zhuang Jihua said sadly, "Han Gaozu has the siege of white horses, and he endured three generations of monarchs, and only then did Emperor Wu seal the wolf; Li Shimin had the Weishui Alliance, and he was a vassal Turk for 12 years before and after, and only then did he have the glory of the Heavenly Khan; It is easy to be angry at the crown, but it is very difficult to endure humiliation and burden, but we must endure it now, who makes us weaker than others, only by enduring this breath first and continuing to strength, we can completely defeat Xiao Yueben, not only to take back the three eastern provinces, but also Taiwan, the Penghu Islands, and all the Chinese territories lost since the end of the Qing Dynasty. ”

"We have been fighting around the country all these years, but we have never thought that the world has changed greatly," Zhuang Jihua suddenly had a layer of enlightenment, these years around the earth has gone around, and has a deeper understanding of the impact of the Great Depression, countries have taken different measures in order to get rid of the Great Depression, which led to the collapse of the world pattern established after World War I: "A new round of world hegemony has begun again, if we can't wake up immediately and make solid preparations, even if we defeat the world, the country will suffer greater losses, Suffer the same humiliation as the Paris Peace Conference. ”

Huang Shaohong and Fu Zuoyi were shocked, they didn't understand most of Zhuang Jihua's words, but there was one sentence that they understood, and they suffered the same shame as the Paris Peace Conference; What kind of shame is that, he paid for his life during the war, but was betrayed after the war, and he left a mark of shame in China's modern history.

"Cultural Revolution, what do you mean by that?" Huang Shaohong was surprised and puzzled, at least for the time being, the world situation is still only a little turbulent in East Asia, and Europe and the United States are still calm.

"Ten years, you can see ten years at most." Zhuang Jihua sighed softly and said, what a good opportunity this is, it's a pity.

Looking at Zhuang Jihua's sad expression, Huang Shaohong and Fu Zuoyi hesitated, neither daring to believe nor disbelieving. However, Chen Bingqian and Yuan Qingzeng were a little unimpressed.

"General Zhuang is alarmist." Yuan Qing once said.

"It's not alarmist, in the past, the French marshal said that the Peace of Versailles was not peace, but a 20-year truce, which is too right," Zhuang Jihua said lightly: "In the past 20 years, the situation in Europe has begun to emerge, and a new world war is taking shape, and General Yuan can take a slow look." ”

"A new world war? Where did the Cultural Revolution begin? Huang Shaohong asked, in the mainstream consciousness of the country, Britain and France are still one of the most powerful countries in the world, and the cooperation between Britain and France in the League of Nations is also very good, and the world situation is still stable.

Zhuang Jihua did not answer, and now I am afraid that only he, a man of foresight, understands the serious impact of Hitler's coming to power on the world situation, and there are no more than 10 years left for peace.

Huang Shaohong and Fu Zuoyi went to Zhangbei together, Zhuang Jihua sent the two of them away and then walked around Zhangjiakou City, Zhangjiakou is not big, municipal construction can not catch up with Yucheng, dusty streets on sunny days, muddy roads on rainy days; The market is often filled with caravans of camels running outside the mouth, and these camels move leisurely through the streets with a crisp jingle sound. If you want to change the time, Zhuang Jihua will definitely calm down and appreciate this city with a lot of foreign flavor, but not now, the volunteer army is an important part of his plan, and only if he feels that the logistics are really threatened, he will really draw troops from the front line of the Great Wall.

"Sir, where are we going?" Wu Ziniu has been by Zhuang Jihua's side, his eyes are rolling around, and the few guards behind him are faintly scattered around.

"Garrison Headquarters," Zhuang Jihua said calmly, "Go find Tong Linge." ”

The garrison headquarters is in the flag school field in the north of Zhangjiakou City, which was originally the camp of the former Qing Chahar Banner Battalion, and after the Republic of China, the flag camp was disbanded, and it became the camp of the Chahar garrison, and later became the station of the Northwest Frontier Army organized by Xu Shuzheng.

"General Zhuang, I have heard of the name for a long time, why did the general come here today?" To say that the soldier is refreshing to speak, as soon as he entered the headquarters and didn't sit down, Tong Linge asked directly, he didn't seem to be surprised by Zhuang Jihua's arrival.

"Ask the general about the situation of the volunteers, and borrow dozens of horses from the general by the way," Zhuang Jihua said with a smile: "Of course, it is best to have a car." ”

Tong Linge was stunned for a moment and quickly returned to normal: "Needless to say, General Zhuang is here to recruit the volunteers, don't you know anything about their situation before you come?" ”

"I know a little bit, but I don't know a little bit about it, like where are they now? Of course, I can inquire, but it will take a lot of time and delay the military situation, so it is better to ask the general directly. Zhuang Jihua was not weak in momentum, and he sat on the chair as soon as he finished speaking.

"Ask me? But I don't know. Tong Linge turned around and sat opposite Zhuang Jihua.

"Mr. Feng is recruiting troops in Zhangjiakou, doesn't General Tong know?" Zhuang Jihua's demeanor has always been tepid, but the words available are very sharp.

"Of course I do." Tong Linge didn't seem to take Zhuang Jihua in his eyes at all, and he said in a slightly mocking tone: "Mr. Feng is my old chief, of course I won't betray him." ”

"How can this be talked about betrayal, following Mr. Feng is resistance, isn't following the national political axe not resistance? So what is General Song Zheyuan doing at Xifengkou? Acting? Zhuang Jihua sneered, but his words caused the officers and soldiers of the 29th Army next to him to look at each other angrily.

(To be continued)