"What's the noise outside, why is it so noisy?" Zhuang Jihua asked softly, every word caused a whole pain to the wound on his chest, but the two days he woke up were too quiet, which made him a little unaccustomed.

"The commander-in-chief is back, and the citizens of Wuhan have gathered to welcome him." Nurse Xiao mm, who was wearing a white nurse's uniform, whispered that the cheers of more than 100,000 people like a tsunami could not be blocked by thin shutters. This wounded man is terrible, she has never seen such a big wounded, and he was escorted by a colonel, two lieutenant colonels. And since he was stationed in this hospital, there has been an endless stream of bigwigs who had previously been able to watch from afar in the newspapers or at mass meetings, and were regarded as the leaders of the revolution that swept across China.

After seeing him, these leaders undoubtedly went to the dean and the chief physician to inquire about his injuries, and begged them to do their best to heal him, and a few days later she learned that he was the hero of the great victory.

Zhuang Jihua didn't speak after hearing this, the few words just now had already made him use a lot of strength, he didn't know that he was now a hero who was famous all over the country.

After the war, Wuhan, Guangzhou, Changsha, Shanghai and other newspapers introduced one after another, three thousand lonely soldiers were bloodied for 12 days, nearly 10,000 enemies were annihilated, and arrived in Nanchang, Wuhan's "Republic of China Newspaper" even introduced the division commander Zhuang Jihua with the title of "Huangpu Arrogant, National Elite", the reason why he was the division commander, was that Chiang Kai-shek ordered that Wang Bailing and Miao Bin should not be mentioned in the propaganda, Wang Bailing still does not know what happened, Miao Bin returned to the General Headquarters after the war, Chiang Kai-shek did not see him at all and was arrested and sent to the military court; So the commander of the first division seems to have become Zhuang Jihua. With these overwhelming propaganda, Zhuang Jihua became a hero, and the First Division also became the most attractive unit in the Northern Expeditionary Army. "Become the hippest and most exciting slogan on the street.

What's more, excited literary and artistic workers adapted the Niu Xing Battle into a drama and staged it in major theaters, and the result was that the venue was full. After the news of Zhuang Jihua's treatment in Wuhan broke, almost every day social groups came to visit the hospital, but all of them were blocked by Jiang Xianyun and Song Xilian on the pretext that the wounded needed to recuperate.

After Jiang Xianyun rushed to Niu Xing that day to convey Chiang Kai-shek's order, Hu Zongnan thought that there were too few guards in a class, so he asked Song Xilian to lead the Seventh Company to escort along the way, and Song Yunfei, who was only slightly injured, would of course not leave Zhuang Jihua's side, and Yu Chengwan was also sent to Wuhan at the same time, and just yesterday Wu Ziniu also rushed back from Jiangxi.

After Wu Ziniu went home to take revenge, he began to chase the troops, from Changsha to Yueyang, and from Yueyang to Tongcheng, Zhuang Jihua in the bloody battle of Niuxing, he chased to Zhangshu, after the war chased into Nanchang, after seeing Xue Yue, only to know that Zhuang Jihua was sent to Hankou, so he reflexively chased back to Wuhan.

Seeing Zhuang Jihua on the hospital bed, Wu Ziniu was in great pain, he regretted that he shouldn't go back to take revenge, thinking that there would be no such thing if he stayed by Zhuang Jihua's side, Zhuang Jihua said two words of comfort to him, and he sweated in pain, Song Yunfei hurriedly pulled Wu Ziniu out of the ward.

After conquering Nanchang, Sun Chuanfang suffered heavy losses and needed to remobilize forces and deploy, although the Northern Expeditionary Army was also very tired and also needed to rest, so the Jiangxi battlefield was temporarily calm, and Chiang Kai-shek decided to use this time to return to Wuhan to inspect and solve some problems.

The rapid development of the Northern Expedition dealt a heavy blow to the Beiyang clique and also brought many new problems to the revolutionary camp, the most important of which was the distribution of interests.

Tang Shengzhi regarded the two lakes as his own territory, and he was anxious to encompass Hubei, so after Hanyang and Hankou were taken, he proposed to the central government that he should be the chairman of Hubei Province, and at the same time proposed to expand the army into three armies. Tan Yankai forwarded these demands to Chiang Kai-shek, who might have agreed to Tang Shengzhi's request before, but now, the situation has changed.

Chiang Kai-shek at this moment is not the Chiang Kai-shek who left Wuhan more than a month ago, but the Chiang Kai-shek who took advantage of the momentum of the great victory in Nanchang and was backed by the brilliant achievements of the First Army.

At the mass rally, Chiang Kai-shek declared that the revolution was to defeat all warlords and eliminate the soil for the existence of warlords, and demanded that all soldiers should learn from the First Division, dare to sacrifice, and have the courage to sacrifice; Accuse certain people of degenerating and having the potential to become new warlords.

Tang Shengzhi was very dissatisfied with these words, so he wanted to persuade Chen Keyu to act in concert with him, but Chen Keyu had his own ideas.

The Northern Expedition of the Fourth Army was formed by Zhang Fakui's division and Chen Mingshu's division, these two troops are not strictly speaking, Li Jishen's descendant troops, these two troops are the foundation of the first division of the old Guangdong Army, Li Jishen sent them out with the intention of driving them out of Guangdong, so he also faced the problem of finding a piece of territory, so it was impossible for him to support Tang Shengzhi on the issue of Hubei.

"Meng Xiao, the commander-in-chief's words don't refer specifically to you, don't take it to heart." Chen Keyu persuaded Tang Shengzhi with the idea of calming things down, in fact, he was secretly proud in his heart, in addition to the Eighth Army, the current army in Hubei is the Fourth Army and the Tenth Army, and there are also some miscellaneous troops, such as He Long, Xia Douyin, etc., but these forces cannot be compared with the Fourth and Eighth Armies at all. Therefore, if Chiang Kai-shek did not hand over Hubei to Tang Shengzhi, he would hand it over to the Fourth Army, and only they had the ability to sit firmly as the chairman of this province.

Tang Shengzhi looked indignantly at Chiang Kai-shek, who was giving a speech on the stage, although Chiang Kai-shek swept away the bad luck of the past, he still looked down on him, and the 60,000 people of the Eighth Army were his confidence.

After the mass rally, the Wuhan generals surrounded Chiang Kai-shek and returned to Xingyuan, and Chiang Kai-shek did not discuss anything serious with them that day, but asked them to come to Xingyuan for talks the next day under the pretext of fatigue from the journey.

After everyone left, Chiang Kai-shek quietly took Wang Shihe and a few other guards into an inconspicuous car and left through the side door.

"Commander-in-Chief." Jiang Xianyun, who was smoking in the small courtyard of the inpatient department, first found Wang Shihe getting out of the car, and he immediately understood who was in the car, and he immediately threw down his cigarette to meet him.

"Wushan, how is the Cultural Revolution?" Chiang Kai-shek asked before he could stand still after getting out of the car.

"It's still very unstable, but the doctor said that as long as it doesn't get inflamed, it's not dangerous." Jiang Xianyun replied that there were no effective anti-inflammatory drugs in that era, and penicillin would have to wait for more than ten years before it came out, and most of the wounded died of complications after surgery, the most terrible of which was infection and inflammation.

Chiang Kai-shek walked in with a calm face, several guards watched the surroundings vigilantly, the holsters were all open, as long as there was the slightest movement, they could quickly draw their guns and escort Chiang Kai-shek to a safe place.

The little nurse was still taking Zhuang Jihua's temperature in the ward, which was her daily job, but at this time, two people dressed as soldiers walked into the door quickly, looked at her, and Wu Ziniu sitting opposite. Wu Ziniu stood up, looked at the two of them vigilantly, and stretched out his hand to his waist: "Who are you?" What to do? ”

Who knew that the two people quickly pulled out their guns and pointed them at Wu Ziniu, Wu Ziniu looked nervously at the muzzle of the black hole, and then looked at Zhuang Jihua on the hospital bed, cold sweat flowing.

"Don't be reckless!" Jiang Xianyun then entered the door and hurriedly stopped: "This is the adjutant of the Cultural Revolution, Lieutenant Wu Ziniu." Then he asked Wu Ziniu: "What about Yunfei?" ”

"He took the medicine, who are you?" Wu Ziniu still looked at the guards vigilantly, and the two guards put their guns into their arms after hearing Jiang Xianyun's words.

Before Jiang Xianyun could answer, Chiang Kai-shek came in, Wu Ziniu immediately understood their identities, and he immediately saluted Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Kai-shek nodded casually, and then looked at Zhuang Jihua on the bed.

"Cultural Revolution, Cultural Revolution." Chiang Kai-shek called in a low voice, Zhuang Jihua slowly opened his eyes, and when he saw that it was Chiang Kai-shek, his eyes showed a little gratitude, he moved, and the severe pain made him can't help but snort softly.

"Don't move, be careful of the wound." The nurse hurriedly stopped him, and then said to Chiang Kai-shek dissatisfied: "He can't move now, and he can't talk much, and you are really a person," and then reproached Jiang Xianyun: "Didn't I tell you, don't let irrelevant people in, he can't see guests now, what's the matter with you." ”

Chiang Kai-shek was stunned, this nurse is so powerful, he only then paid attention to this nurse, she is not beautiful, but she is very delicate, there is a touch of Liuhai under the white nurse's hat, a pair of round apricot eyes are revealing a trace of anger, her little face is slightly red, and she is staring at Jiang Xianyun with a righteous hum. The latter was embarrassed and wanted to argue, but opened his mouth but finally said nothing.

Chiang Kai-shek smiled knowingly: "I'm not an irrelevant person, I'm their teacher." ”

"Nonsense, I know that you are an official, but you can't pretend to be someone else's teacher, his teacher is the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expeditionary Army and the principal of the Whampoa Military Academy." The nurse didn't believe that the man in front of her was the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expeditionary Army. Chiang Kai-shek came in a hurry, without a military rank on his body, and he looked a little haggard.

"Principal," Zhuang Jihua said in a low voice, the nurse heard Zhuang Jihua's voice, and her apricot eyes glared and she was about to open her mouth to reprimand, and suddenly reacted: "Are you really their teacher?" Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Expeditionary Army? ”

There was a hint of surprise in his voice, and this accident made Chiang Kai-shek very satisfied, and he made a rare joke: "It's like a fake." ”

"Cultural Revolution, don't speak, listen to the doctor's words, don't let you say more; To tell you the truth, you are injured, I am anxious but there is nothing I can do but ask the doctor to pay more attention. Chiang Kai-shek pulled the chair in front of the bed, sat at the head of Zhuang Jihua's bed, and said warmly.

"Don't worry about the troops, the wounded soldiers of the first division are recuperating in Nanchang, I have gone to see them, and they are recovering well; During the Cultural Revolution, your battle played the prestige of our party and army and defeated Sun Chuanfang's morale; Now the First Division is remarkable, the Military Committee of the National Political Axe has conferred the title of Tiger Ben, young people from all over the country have signed up to join the First Division, and more than 800 students in the fourth phase of Huangpu have asked to serve in the First Division. The 1st Division will soon recover. Chiang Kai-shek said and looked at Zhuang Jihua's expression, and saw Zhuang Jihua's expression flashing, as if he had something to say, so he lowered his head and approached.

"The surviving soldiers are Kui Bao, take them as the main thing, and send them to the military academy." These words Zhuang Jihua said with great difficulty, almost one word at a time.

"I understand, I understand, don't worry, you don't worry, I'll arrange it." Chiang Kai-shek nodded again and again: "I know it's hard for you to speak, but I still have something to ask you, Sun Yuanliang said that he retreated to the west, and it was you who ordered him to look for fighters on the Nanxun line, and you wrote a letter to him, but he lost the letter, I want to ask if his action was arranged by you?" If you have it, you will nod your head, and if you don't, you will shake your head. ”

Zhuang Jihua nodded with difficulty, and Chiang Kai-shek pondered for a moment and asked, "During your recovery from injury, who will the first division hand over?" ”

"Xue...," Zhuang Jihua said softly, Chiang Kai-shek understood, and suddenly Zhuang Jihua said: "Sun... Walk. ”

Chiang Kai-shek was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "You mean to let Xue Yue serve as the acting division commander and transfer Sun Yuanliang?" ”

Zhuang Jihua nodded again.

"Why?" Chiang Kai-shek asked strangely.

"Selfishness." Zhuang Jihua said two words.

Chiang Kai-shek fully understood that although Zhuang Jihua gave Sun Yuanliang that letter, if he didn't give that letter, Sun Yuanliang would also retreat westward, but with that letter, Sun Yuanliang would not retreat too far, but would swim on the Nanxun line, because the danger of this kind of swimming itself is not great.

"I understand, you can recuperate with peace of mind, and when you are discharged from the hospital, I will hand over a fully staffed first division to you." Chiang Kai-shek stood up and said to Zhuang Jihua.

Then he said to Wu Ziniu: "If you need anything, go to the quartermaster department to get it, but if they don't have it, they will go to the national political axe to get it, and they will say that I said it." ”

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, for your attention!" Wu Ziniu was very happy in his heart.

Chiang Kai-shek turned his head and said to Jiang Xianyun with a smile in his eyes: "Wushan, do you want to stay here or go to Nanchang with me." ”

Jiang Xianyun looked a little embarrassed, but quickly replied: "I want to get out of the troops, and the commander-in-chief can give me a regiment or a battalion." ”

Unexpectedly, Chiang Kai-shek shook his head and said categorically: "No," as soon as Chiang Kai-shek's words came out, Jiang Xianyun's expression was a little depressed, Chiang Kai-shek understood his thoughts, so he explained: "Don't think about it, it's not because of anything else, I already regret being injured in the Cultural Revolution, I can't let you take such a risk again, you are not a hundred enemies, a thousand enemies, ten thousand enemies, but a hundred thousand enemies, the country's talents, and it will take a long time to rely on you in the future." ”

(To be continued)