Chiang Kai-shek was not in the office, Qian Dajun directly led Zhuang Jihua to the edge of the grove behind Meilu, and on the lawn at the edge of the forest, Chiang Kai-shek and the three of them were sitting together.

After seeing Zhuang Jihua coming, Chiang Kai-shek immediately pointed to a chair next to him and asked him to sit down, Zhuang Jihua also thanked him politely and sat down. Then Chiang Kai-shek introduced him to the three people around him, Chen Bui, Chen Weilei, Yang Yongtai, Yang Changqing, Lin Wei, Lin Weiwen. As soon as Zhuang Jihua saw this posture, he understood that Chiang Kai-shek had taken great pains to find him today.

After a few pleasantries, Chiang Kai-shek began to pull the topic into the main topic: "Cultural Revolution, do you agree to fund the German Ordnance Army?" ”

Zhuang Jihua looked at Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Kai-shek was holding a glass of boiled water in both hands, and the expression on his face was very gentle, but Zhuang Jihua knew that if this question was not answered well, the consequences would be very serious.

"Yes, Headmaster." Zhuang Jihua nodded and said, seeing that Chiang Kai-shek didn't say anything, he went on to explain: "This suggestion was put forward by me to Chief Instructor He, and I have three considerations, one of which is that the battle on the Great Wall is not over, and the army will never give up if it does not capture the entire territory of Rehe and the Great Wall, so we must prepare for the next battle from now on, and improving the equipment of the troops is the first step in preparation." During my time in Beiping, I have a certain understanding of the equipment of each army, to be honest, in addition to the 87th Division, the best equipment is probably Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army, such equipment to fight, can only rely on the heroism and fearlessness of the soldiers, this Great Wall War of Resistance casualties are so large, and the equipment is too poor. ”

Zhuang Jihua said this and glanced at Yang Yongtai, but Yang Yongtai did not move at all, Zhuang Jihua swallowed and continued: "The second reason is that you can take this opportunity to carry out the primary reorganization of the 29th Army, the 32nd Army, and the 35th Army, the 29th Army is the original Northwest Army troops, the 32nd Army and the 35th Army are from the Jin Army system, they are all miscellaneous cards, and the central force has never been able to penetrate into them, but it is different to reorganize into the German Armament Army, and the reorganization into the German Armament Army is not just as simple as changing the weapons. The more important thing is how to make the weapons effective, the tactical organization of the soldiers, and so on, and these are impossible for them to do on their own, and they can't do it, the 87th Division was trained under the guidance of German advisers for three years before it formed combat effectiveness, so it was necessary to draw personnel from the 87th Division and the 88th Division to form a task force to join these units, and at the same time, the commanders at all levels of the integrated units had to be gathered together for retraining, and German advisers would give them lessons. ”

"Third, after the end of the Central Plains War, several large warlords were scattered, but a large number of troops were left, and they formed a miscellaneous problem in the army, how to deal with these troops made the central government very difficult, not all of them were dismissed, and they were secretly resisted by the reorganization into the national army, they were worried about losing their troops, so let's show them. The reorganization of these three armies into the German armament army is to tell all the miscellaneous cards that the central government does not want to eliminate the miscellaneous cards, but to reorganize the miscellaneous cards and make them into a national army. ”

The three reasons that Zhuang Jihua came up with were upright and straightforward, completely for the sake of Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Kai-shek nodded secretly in his heart after hearing this, especially the second of them, if the 29th Army and the 32nd Army can be successfully transformed, then the reorganization is feasible.

"Tell me about it?" Chiang Kai-shek looked up and asked the three people beside him.

Chen Bui, who had a thin face, smiled and said: "I don't know much about the situation, and I'm not good at military affairs, so let's listen to the opinions of Brother Wei Wen and Brother Chang Qing." ”

In fact, Chen Bui didn't know, but he knew better that Yang Yongtai was against this matter, and planned to use it to frustrate Zhuang Jihua's spirit, and at the same time take the opportunity to break into Yucheng and control the development of the southwest. But if you support Yang Yongtai, then you will invisibly have a grudge with the Blue Coat Society and the CC system. He is not Yang Yongtai, Yang Yongtai has the Department of Political Science behind him to support him, and he Chen Bui has nothing to do with him, so he simply finds an excuse to avoid it.

Lin Wei is different, he knows in his heart that Yang Yongtai seems to be unlucky, today Chiang Kai-shek is asking Zhuang Jihua to confront him in court, and Chen Bui's arrival is already very revealing.

"I think the Cultural Revolution is right, with these three major benefits, it is completely possible to reorganize, the only question is, is it too much to reorganize the four armies at once, can it be carried out in phases and batches?"

"General Lin is right, it should be carried out in phases and batches, my suggestion is too rough." Zhuang Jihua said apologetically.

"Cultural Revolution, you can call me Weiwen, but this plan is difficult to implement, and the central government must have an overall plan." Lin Wei said and nodded towards Zhuang Jihua.

"General of the Cultural Revolution, do you think Song Zheyuan will agree to such a reorganization of the troops?" Yang Yongtai's face was a little gloomy, he didn't expect Zhuang Jihua to find such three reasons, when he heard these three reasons, he knew that he lost, Chiang Kai-shek would definitely be attracted and adopted, so what he had to do was to try not to lose too ugly.

"I don't know," Zhuang Jihua shook his head and said: "Instructor He has not heard back since he reported it, and it is not good for us to talk to them about this matter before we get the clear consent of the central government, not to mention that after General Secter arrived in Beiping, I went to accompany him." ”

said it very tactfully, but it didn't save Yang Yongtai face at all, his subtext is that if you don't stop it, I'm afraid I have already persuaded Song Zheyuan. But Yang Yongtai couldn't refute what he said, he couldn't say, you should talk to Song Zheyuan and them first, but if Chiang Kai-shek didn't approve it in the end, he couldn't let him be this wicked person.

Yang Yongtai was choked up immediately, but Chiang Kai-shek came forward to relieve him, and Chiang Kai-shek smiled and asked, "Do you think they will agree?" ”

Zhuang Jihua thought about it and said: "It's hard to say, these people are all old rivers and lakes, the benefits are wanted, and if they are a little disadvantaged, they will hide far away, it depends on how to talk about it, but there is one point that the principal must be accurate, and the moral equipment and the reorganization are matching." ”

"Yes, you can try it." Chen Bui finally spoke, he had already seen that Chiang Kai-shek would accept this suggestion.

"Changqing, what other comments do you have?" Chiang Kai-shek asked Yang Yongtai gently.

"Nothing else, but I doubt that we can achieve our goal," Yang Yongtai said, "I heard that Song Zheyuan was very gentle on his subordinates, and his prestige in the 29th Army was very high, and it was doubtful whether their people could lean toward the central government." ”

"In the past, the reorganization of the Sichuan Army mainly relied on political workers, and this time it was the same, whether they could be pulled over or not depended on the political workers. In the reorganization training, it is necessary not only to conduct military training but also to conduct political training. Zhuang Jihua did not refute Yang Yongtai, but added the loopholes in his own proposal.

Zhuang Jihua's attitude made Chiang Kai-shek very satisfied, and he felt that there was no need to discuss this matter anymore: "This matter is decided, each army will first reorganize a division, and the way is what I just said, Changqing, Weiwen, you go down and make a plan." ”

Lin Wei and Yang Yongtai agreed at the same time, but the mentality of the two was completely different, Yang Yongtai was full of disappointment, he felt that he might not stay by Chiang Kai-shek's side for a long time, and Chiang Kai-shek brought Chen Bui to prepare for him. Today was supposed to be his last chance, but he failed.

"How's that going with General Seckert? Did he agree to accept our offer? Chiang Kai-shek asked about the second thing.

Everything today seemed warm, Zhuang Jihua was casual, and he was really a little uncomfortable, he simply stood up and said: "His old man has actually agreed, but this kind of thing does not have the consent of the German political axe, he will not really accept it, but he promised to exert influence on the German political axe and let them agree to him as the general adviser." Saying that, Zhuang Jihua suddenly smiled: "Principal, this old guy is actually quite similar to you, when he first came into contact, he was just serious and scary, and he will find out after a few more contacts, in fact, he is also quite easy to deal with." ”

Lin Wei and the three of them were stunned, how did this Zhuang Jihua speak, but Chiang Kai-shek was not angry, but showed a smile: "What are you thinking about Zhuang Cultural Revolution again?" I'm not easy to deal with. ”

"Headmaster, is this a compliment on you? But I suggest that you send a letter to Hitler and tell me about the importance of Seckert's appointment as general adviser to Sino-German relations, and I think that will be the case. Saying that, Zhuang Jihua took out a letter and handed it to Chiang Kai-shek: "The student has drafted one for you, can you see if it is appropriate?" ”

Chiang Kai-shek took it and looked at it, Zhuang Jihua's letter was very calm, and he didn't see much compliment, but only reviewed the friendship between the two countries, and expressed the hope that the tree of friendship between the two countries would continue to be evergreen after Hitler led Germany, and then began to talk about the current world situation, and then led to the impact of Sino-German cooperation on the current world pattern, the important surname to break the monopoly of Britain and France on the world, and the benefits that the two countries can obtain in economic exchanges, and at the same time hinted that China could not choose Germany and instead cooperate with Britain and France. Quanxin's tone was neither humble nor arrogant, and he discussed Sino-German relations with Hitler in a completely equal manner.

Chiang Kai-shek read it and handed it to Chen Bui, who read it before handing it to Yang Yongtai and Lin Wei, and when everyone had read it, Chiang Kai-shek asked: "You have had dealings with Hitler in Germany, can you tell me what kind of person he is?" ”

Zhuang Jihua deliberately thought about it before saying: "Hitler has a strong sense of mission and conceit, thinking that he is the savior of Germany, but he was born at the bottom of society, and was called a street ruffian by the British and French newspapers, and the Prussian aristocratic group headed by German President Hindenburg looked down on him, and appointing him as chancellor was just the result of no other choice." The Nazi Party is the party of the people at the bottom of German society, and the reason why he can become the largest party in Germany has a lot to do with Germany's economic predicament, a large number of German enterprises went bankrupt in the economic crisis, and the Nazi Party put forward a lot of policies to attract unemployed workers, which attracted a large number of party members, and finally became the largest party in Parliament, but in this way, Hindenburg made him wait for half a year. Therefore, after Hitler came to power, he had to establish his prestige and solve economic problems, according to the goals he put forward in his book "Mein Kampf", he would speed up the development of the military industrial complex by rearmament, and then guide the economy out of the predicament, so opening the Chinese market is of the same importance to him, to the German [***] team and the German economy. However, the problem lies in the book, and he also attaches great importance to the book, and his idea is to use the book to contain Britain and Soviet Russia. That's why they don't agree to General Seckert accepting the appointment of the general counsel. With the handwritten letter from the Chancellor, and the persuasion of Goering and Seckert himself, I think Hitler would have agreed quickly. But without this letter, things could have dragged on for a while. ”

Lin Wei has been observing Zhuang Jihua, he found that Zhuang Jihua is not leaking when he speaks and does things, from the beginning of the conversation to the present, two things, almost at the beginning of each thing, he blocked your way to attack, so that you had to follow him, with this discovery, he began to believe what He Jinhan told him, if Zhuang Jihua comes to you, you better stay away, this sentence is not nonsense.

Chiang Kai-shek was silent for a while, and he was still hesitating, because the matter of sending the letter itself was a sign of weakness, and he did not want to leave any words in the future. Yang Yongtai spoke at this time.

"Cultural Revolution, aren't you friends with Hitler? How about writing him a letter in your name? ”

"No," Zhuang Jihua immediately shook his head and said: "Hitler's surname is tough and tenacious, he belongs to the kind of person who hits the south wall and does not look back, he will not easily agree because we are friends." If the rector could write him a letter in his capacity as head of state, it would make him feel our sincerity. It will be helpful for all kinds of things in the future. ”

"Well, put me here first, and I'll think about it later." Chiang Kai-shek said that in fact, he wanted to seek Soong Meiling's opinion again, and now he has to seek Soong Meiling's opinion on many foreign affairs with Europe and the United States.

Later, Zhuang Jihua handed over the "Army Sorting Out Opinion" written by Seckert to Chiang Kai-shek, but this time Chiang Kai-shek did not read it immediately, nor did he ask anything, but put it aside.

"Do you know about the bandits in Sichuan?" Chiang Kai-shek asked.

"I saw it in the newspaper, and the details are not clear." Zhuang Jihua replied that the report did not elaborate on the details of the failure, so he did not know what to do.

"Although Liu Xiang failed, he still refused to allow the Central Army to enter Sichuan, but proposed to the Central Committee for 8 million military expenses." Chiang Kai-shek couldn't help but get angry when he talked about it.

Zhuang Jihua thought about it and said, "It's nothing, give him these eight million." ”

At this time, even Lin Wei couldn't help but object: "How can this work, even if you don't agree with the Central Army to enter Sichuan, you must agree to the staff group to enter Sichuan, otherwise this fund can't be given." ”

Chiang Kai-shek's face was dark, he didn't expect Zhuang Jihua's opinion to be like this. Chen Bui was a little puzzled: "Cultural Revolution, tell me your reasons." ”

"I also don't agree, not only should the staff group enter Sichuan, but also prepare to build a camp to suppress bandits in Yucheng." Yang Yongtai said calmly that he had been defeated today, and this time he wanted to save a little face from the chief master.

Zhuang Jihua shrugged his shoulders and said: "We will pay 8 million for the military, and they will send people to fight, so it is still a good deal for us." Moreover, I think that Liu Xiang's talent is not as good as Wushan and Qianqian, and the Sichuan army cannot defeat the Red Army, so we will wait for another year at most, and then Liu Xiang will invite us in. ”

Although it was concluded that Jiang Xianyun had an accident, the news had not been confirmed after all, and Zhuang Jihua still counted him as a living person. Chiang Kai-shek was stunned, but he didn't expect Zhuang Jihua's judgment to be based on this.

Yang Yongtai rushed ahead of Chiang Kai-shek and said: "No, the strength of the communist bandits will be stronger after defeating the Sichuan army, and we will have to invest more troops and money to destroy them, so we can't sit back and watch the Sichuan army fail." ”

"Chang Qing has a point," Chen Bui said, "If the Sichuan army fails, Sichuan may become the second Jiangxi, and it will be more difficult for us to encircle and suppress it in the future." Moreover, now that the threat of the saying himself in the north has not been eliminated, don't you also say that the army may provoke a new dispute at any time, and at that time in the face of the two Soviet districts, what will the political axe use to resist foreign humiliation. ”

"Suppressing [***] is still three points military and seven points political," Chiang Kai-shek made a decision: "Cultural Revolution, what you did in Yucheng is very good, reform society, eliminate the source of chaos, this is the way to win the suppression of bandits." Changqing, you draw up a plan for the camp in Yucheng and leave it to me. ”

Zhuang Jihua is a little stupid, according to the situation in Jiangxi and Hubei, the power of the bandit camp is greater than the local political axe, Yucheng established the bandit camp, so what about the southwest development?

"Wait for the principal," Zhuang Jihua hurriedly asked: "The bandit suppression camp and the southwest development team are both located in Yucheng, so who listens to whom?" ”

"The suppression of bandits is the greatest, and the development of the southwest should naturally listen to the bandits." Yang Yongtai couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart and rushed out.

Unexpectedly, Zhuang Jihua didn't buy it at all, and shook his head like a rattle: "That's not good, absolutely not, the development of the southwest must be read." ”

"Otherwise, you will serve as the director of the Yucheng Bandit Suppression Battalion." Chiang Kai-shek coldly blocked Zhuang Jihua's retreat, and before Yang Yongtai had time to express his opinion, Chiang Kai-shek's next sentence made him fall into an ice cave: "Or I will let Mr. Changqing be the director of the camp." ”

(To be continued)