These days in the interview near Shangqiu, Ye Xifei's mood is getting heavier and heavier, that commander is using strong means to get the Chinese to organize, once the country is organized, even if he is poor and backward, but its deep meaning is still incomparable.

The war has been nearly two years old, but there is no end in sight; On the contrary, several major defeats have mobilized the enthusiasm of the Chinese for the war of resistance. Countless people volunteered to join the flood of resistance, and the warlords and gangsters who were expected to cooperate with the imperial army are now fighting against them.

"The conquest of China cannot be done by armies alone."

Ye Sufei now feels more and more that the correct surname for this remark is true, what do these soldiers know besides being able to hold guns? Ye Sufei glanced at Gu Ben, who was annoyed that he would stay here for ten days.

"Just tell us he'll be there, and we'll find a way to get rid of him." Guben waved his arms and shouted, "Can't you even do this after so many years behind enemy lines?" These people from us are determined to give everything for the empire, and we will definitely be able to get rid of him, please. ”

Looking at the somewhat excited Gu Ben, Ye Sufei was a little helpless, these people always thought that with faith they could achieve everything, it was a joke.

Ye Sufei was about to refute with a cold face, when the Chinese man came in again, holding an envelope in his hand.

"Miss Xu, someone asked me to give you this letter."

The envelope said to be handed over to Miss Xu, and Ye Sufei took it calmly, but her eyes were staring at the man: "How did you come?" ”

"There was a knock on the door, and when I opened it, I didn't see anyone, but I saw this on the ground." The man's expression was still wooden, and after he finished speaking, he turned around and left, without dragging his feet in the slightest.

Ye Xifei looked at his back, she became interested in this Chinese, this is really a magical country, there are such characters in such a poor and remote place, and they are willing to live in the next place.

After his back disappeared, Ye Sufei opened the envelope, and there was only a short line on it: "Go to Chengguan Town tomorrow and return in the evening." What made Ye Sufei pay attention was the white chrysanthemum.

"Now there is an opportunity, the target is going to Chengguan Town tomorrow, it is estimated that he will stay there for a whole day, according to the order, I will provide intelligence support, do not participate in specific operations, and the rest is your business. Remember, you only have one chance to make a move, and if you're not completely sure, it's best not to make a move. Ye Sufei's tone was very stern, she hoped that this Gumoto Saburo had better be cautious, the commander of the theater, there were not thousands of guards around him, but hundreds.

"Understood." Gu Ben was very excited, and hurriedly took out the map to study, Ye Sufei took two steps, and returned: "Gu Benjun, Chengguan Town is the defense area of the 47th Army of the Sichuan Army, you had better not do it in the town, Shangfeng means that it is best to do it on the way back, and if the opportunity is not good, don't do it, you can wait for the next opportunity." ”

"Hey, understood." In his opinion, intelligence work is always auxiliary work, and the final solution to the problem still depends on a brave man like him.

Who is Ye Sufei, how could Gu Ben's psychological activities hide from him, but she didn't expose him, since she had already said hello, it would be nonsense to say more, she didn't say anything, turned around and left.

"Wait," Guben called to her, "where are our weapons?" We are not here with heavy weapons, and your Excellency must provide us with machine guns, explosives, and grenades. ”

Ye Sufei turned around and looked at it coldly, and after a while, he said sarcastically: "Gu Benjun, are you planning to use these people to capture Shangqiu?" ”

Gu Ben was stunned for a while, and it took a while to react. He was a little angry and raised his hand: "Your Excellency, without these things, it would be impossible for us to kill General Zhina." ”

"Don't you have confidence?" Ye Sufei continued to sarcastically, Gu Ben's face turned red, and he shouted very angrily: "What time is it now!" You say such things! Are you still worthy of being the emperor's samurai? ”

"You don't seem to have to judge this, don't think that you are the only ones who are dying studying abroad, and we are also bleeding and sacrificing." Ye Sufei's tone became colder and colder.

Gu Ben understood why Ye Sufei was angry, and repeatedly stimulated him, he said apologetically: "Please forgive me, I was too reckless just now." But I am a military man, and if I receive an order, it must be done, and your order is to support me, so you must provide me with weapons. ”

"There will be weapons, but if you ask for so much, I don't know, someone will bring them to you tonight." Ye Sufei said lightly, the weapons have been prepared a long time ago, these weapons were not made by Ye Sufei, but by Bai Chrysanthemum, so she didn't know the number and type.

Zhuang Jihua is going to Chengguan Town, after Liu Xiang died of illness, not only caused fluctuations in Wuhan, Sichuan, but also caused great fluctuations among the generals of the Sichuan Army on the front line, Deng Xihou Yang Sen Fu Changsun Zhen all sent him telegrams, asking for his opinions, but his answers were ambiguous, which made them a little anxious, they connected in private, in the name of Liu Xiang, in the 47th Army Defense District Chengguan Town, Li Jiayu's headquarters to ask Zhuang Jihua to discuss.

The memorial service is just a name, but the scene still has to be gone. Zhuang Jihua delivered a speech at the venue, speaking highly of Liu Xiang's outstanding contributions to the development of the southwest and the war of resistance, and asked the officers and men of the whole army to continue to carry forward Liu Xiang's legacy .......

In the afternoon, Li Jiayu accompanied Zhuang Jihua for a walk in the backyard of the military headquarters, Zhuang Jihua asked about the situation of the troops, and Li Jiayu's big family made him feel more at ease.

The 47th Army lost as many as 20,000 men in this battle, of whom nearly 10,000 were killed, but the reinforcements from Sichuan had already replenished these vacancies and were now stepping up training to turn these recruits into veterans in a short period of time. However, what made Li Jiayu a little unwilling was that the ammunition had not been replenished, and no one was satisfied with the lost weapons.

"His brother-in-law, you know the output of the Sichuan Development Company, when the Lugou Bridge Incident, we could only meet 500,000 people, and now almost two years have passed, and they have exerted their strength to eat milk in the field, and it has increased to 700,000 people, which is already a great progress, according to his estimates, in another three years, the output can be doubled, that is, 1.5 million people." Zhuang Jihua calmly analyzed to Li Jiayu.

"Look at it, now a few group armies, as far as we come out of Sichuan are well equipped, Sun Lianzhong and Sun Tongxuan looked at your equipment, their eyes were red, this time they made a great contribution, I promised to equip them with a division, and the Central Army also wanted, that little thing in Yucheng is definitely not enough, not only you, but also the 49th Group Army, his brother, understand."

Li Jiayu smiled bitterly, he knew that Zhuang Jihua was telling the truth, Sun Zhen also made the same complaint, the news he got from Fu Chang, Lan Yundong 101st Division is not as good as Sun Zhen, after all, Sun Zhen has added sixty percent, and Lan Yundong has added less than fifty percent.

In this regard, this group of Sichuan army generals admired Zhuang Jihua very much, after each war, the 49th Group Army was the last to complete the supplement, and indeed as Zhuang Jihua said, Sun Lianzhong and Sun Tongxuan They have more or less asked them in private, why their equipment is better than the Central Army, after the theater commendation meeting, Zhuang Jihua publicly announced that the Second and Third Group Army will be reorganized into a division and equipped with Yucheng weapons.

"Brother Qi, how is the rent and interest reduction in this area?" Zhuang Jihua seems to ask casually, but Li Jiayu will never be so casual, in fact, the Sichuan generals did not dare to underestimate the rent reduction and interest reduction, when the rent and interest reduction were implemented in Yucheng, Zhuang Jihua's toughness and tyranny, they all saw and heard it with their own eyes and ears, so they did not dare to slack off, Deng Xihou even did it himself.

"We have set up several working groups, and the captains are all trained in Chongqing." Li Jiayu said with a smile: "Don't worry, commander, we have also distributed one-fifth of the military rations to help the refugees." ”

The two of them walked while talking, and soon Deng Xihou Yang Sen and Fu Chang also followed, Zhuang Jihua turned his head to look, and then pointed to a small pavilion not far in front: "Let's go there and talk, brother Xiang, ask someone to move a few chairs." ”

Not long after arriving in the pavilion, not only Deng Xihou and others came, but even Pan Wenhua and Tang Shizun, who were circling outside, also arrived, and the small pavilion was crowded with a group of generals for a while.

"Commander, Chairman Liu has passed away, and I don't know who the central government will send to take over the post of chairman of Sichuan Province." Deng Xihou asked first.

"I don't know," Zhuang Jihua put away his smile and replied solemnly: "So far, the chairman has not asked for my opinion. Speaking of this, his voice changed: "Brother Jin Kang, what do you think?" ”

"Commander,...。" As soon as Deng Xihou spoke, Zhuang Jihua raised his hand to stop: "Today we are a gathering of friends, regardless of official positions." Brother Jin Kang, you are a senior, and it is already offensive for me to call my brother. ”

Deng Xihou laughed: "Okay, then I will call you the Cultural Revolution, the Cultural Revolution, according to your judgment, how will the central government deal with the position of provincial chairman?" ”

Zhuang Jihua thought for a while and said: "Actually, we are speculating, I don't know what the chairman thinks, but I think what you think is the main thing, if you have any ideas, you should put them forward to the chairman as soon as possible." ”

Deng Xihou was slightly stunned, he was originally a very intelligent person, and after a little thought, he understood that Zhuang Jihua didn't want to tell the truth, who knows if anyone in the middle secretly defected to Chiang Kai-shek, don't let him say it kindly, but he will be sold in the future.

"Our idea is simple, we want to use Sichuan people." Yang Sen said indifferently: "Actually, as far as my original intention is concerned, I support you as the provincial chairman, Brother Zijin, it's not good to say, your twenty-first army, the people's hearts are not aligned, and anyone is in trouble." ”

This is to the point, don't look at the strength of the 21st soldiers, but only Liu Xiang can maintain the whole army, and others have their own contradictions in private, such as Tang Shizun and Wang Lingji are incompatible, Pan Wenhua and Tang Shizun and Wang Lingji also keep their distance, and there are also some small grievances between other Zhang Sike, Qiao Yifu, Fu Chang, Deng Hanxiang and others, Liu Xiang is okay, he can completely suppress it, Liu Xiang is not there, these contradictions will break out at some point.

"Hehe, hehe," Tang Shizun laughed twice: "Zihui, if the chairman of this province doesn't let you do it, you would have wanted to sit anyway." ”

"I'll sit," Yang Sen rolled his eyes and said unceremoniously, "I'm going to sit firm, I'll sit down." ”

"Okay, don't do a war of words," Deng Xihou frowned slightly, a little annoyed in his heart, when has this happened, he said impatiently: "I see you, burning your eyebrows, and still talking about things that don't make sense here, if your 21st Army agrees to let Zihui sit, I have no opinion." ”

Zhuang Jihua couldn't help but be secretly happy in his heart, this Deng Xihou still persuaded people, but he couldn't help but get angry. Fu Chang obviously also heard Deng Xihou's grievances, and he hurriedly persuaded: "I said bosses, what do you think, can you talk about it." ”

"I think the candidate for the chairman of this province is still your 21st army, but no matter who is the chairman of the province, everyone's interests must be protected, and the Sichuan Development Company cannot move." Sun Zhen said slowly at this time, saying that Sun Zhen should be regarded as Tian Songyao's family and his deputy, so he stood on the same position as Deng Xihou.

"Brother Zijin, are you willing to be the chairman of this province, if you want to be, you must ensure everyone's interests." Li Jiayu also expressed his attitude at this time: "If you can do it, I am responsible for persuading everyone to support you." ”

"Pull it down," Tang Shizun shook his head disdainfully: "When I went out of Sichuan, I swore as the father and elder of Sichuan that I would not destroy the Japanese slaves and not return them, and now the Japanese slaves are still there, I will go back alone, I can't see anyone with this face, the chairman of this province should let others sit, and I will fight devils in front." ”

"Okay, Brother Zijin, if you do what you say, you are worthy of the heroes of Sichuan." Zhuang Jihua stretched out his thumb.

Tang Shizun touched some of the heads that had almost finished losing their hair, and said with a smile: "Cultural Revolution, if you want to be the chairman of Sichuan Province, I raise my hands in favor." ”

"I," Zhuang Jihua pointed to his nose and shook his head: "I have the same idea as you, fighting devils first, and the others are second." ”

"Alas," Deng Xihou sighed heavily, he also had this idea, after Liu Xiang's death, various forces in Sichuan were entangled, and no one could suppress anyone, thinking about it left and right, and found that Zhuang Jihua was actually the most suitable candidate, the most acceptable candidate for all parties, so he made up his mind to persuade him to take up this position.

But Zhuang Jihua himself knew that Chiang Kai-shek would not let him take this position, at least not at present, and he was probably his last choice, and the one between them was the Sichuan Development Company.

"Cultural Revolution, don't you really want to think about it anymore?" Fu Chang interjected unexpectedly, his face was a little gloomy, and at the same time he quickly exchanged glances with Pan Wenhua.

"The front line needs me more." Zhuang Jihua didn't dare to let go, and his expression was very calm: "As far as I know, Wuhan has been very lively recently, and the chairman must also have a headache." ”

Everyone looked up at him, and suddenly they all laughed in unison. They knew that Zhuang Jihua was far from being so detached, and he was actually paying attention to the competition for the chairman of Sichuan Province, and he definitely didn't want to get involved for some reason for the time being.

As he was talking, Gong Xiuhua suddenly came over, and Yang Sen raised his voice to greet him: "Miss Gong, look at your happy appearance, what is the good news, is it Wuhan or Chongqing." ”

"Commander Yang, I didn't guess right this time, it's from the book," Gong Xiuhua said with a smile: "I just received the news that the guard has resigned, and the reason for the public announcement is physical reasons." ”

"Oh." The crowd in the pavilion paused slightly, and then burst into laughter.

"This kid should have stepped down a long time ago." Yang Sen slapped his thigh, stood up and said loudly: "Dog, what did you say about destroying China in three months, and now it's been two years, like this, haha!" ”

"Haha, why didn't this kid Hirohito resign? It's time for him to make a condemnation! Li Jiayu also shouted loudly.

"Now the guards are making a fuss, damn it, call them crazy again! Dog! Sun Zhen scolded fiercely, but his face was full of smiles.

"That's it, that's it! He said that he should be punished! Even the most stable Deng Xihou laughed and said: "When you hit Tokyo, Lao Tzu will also sit on the dragon chair for two days!" ”

"Poof!" Fu Chang squirted out a mouthful of water: "You! Monkeys sit on the country! It's a little unpretty! ”

"Haha!" There was another burst of laughter, Deng Xihou stood up and grimaced: "Lao Tzu is the crown of the monkey!" Let's take a look! ”

The crowd was full of joy, and the atmosphere was very cheerful.

"What else do I do?" Zhuang Jihua still remained calm, he was anxiously calculating in his heart, saying that the meaning of his move was just to change the general, or did he have other purposes?

Gong Xiuhua shook his head: "Not yet." ”

The intelligence in Shanghai and Beiping was that the Syrian army was resting and recuperating, and a large number of new recruits were transferred from the Japanese army to supplement the Syrian army units that had suffered heavy casualties, and the Syrian troops in the rear were in a hurry, frequently attacked, and the guerrillas in various places were unprecedentedly active.

"Let's go, let's go, have a couple of drinks." Tang Shizun stood up and greeted: "Brother Qi, you have a bar here, so you didn't buy it right away." ”

"Absolutely." Li Jiayu also stood up: "However, you are not allowed to drink alcohol in the military department, and you can only drink if you want to drink." ”

"Then don't go quickly." Sun Zhen also stood up: "Cultural Revolution, are you going?" ”

"I'm not going," Zhuang Jihua shook his head with a smile: "I'll go back later, there are still a lot of things in the headquarters." ”

"I'm not going either," Deng Xihou also smiled: "You guys go." ”

Then Fu Chang also said no, Zhuang Jihua understood, don't think that this group of people are happy, in fact, they are making room for Deng Xihou and Fu Chang, so that they can exchange opinions with Zhuang Jihua in private. No wonder they can kill in this troubled world, called a prince.

There were so many people missing all of a sudden, and the space in the small pavilion suddenly became a lot larger, and Li Jiayu's guards cleaned up the small pavilion, served them tea again, and then quietly retreated.

After no one left and right, Deng Xihou slowly spoke: "Cultural Revolution, you tell me the truth, what do you think." ”

Zhuang Jihua looked at him, then at Fu Chang, and nodded slightly: "Okay, I'll tell you two." According to the information I have received, the chairman of the committee is indeed hesitant, and the reason why he is hesitant is because of the Sichuan Development Company. ”

(To be continued)