Although sending troops to Wuhan is a condition for the Kuomintang to occupy the northern part of the country, it is not an opportunity for the Kuomintang to reverse public opinion at home and abroad and its own image. However, cooperating with the Kuomintang, especially accepting the command of the Kuomintang, has deep concerns, after all, the Kuomintang and Chiang Kai-shek himself have a criminal record in this regard.

However, the Battle of Wuhan is related to the future of the Chinese nation's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. If Wuhan is lost, then the damage to the will and confidence of the Chinese people to resist the war will will undoubtedly be huge. Therefore, based on the fate of the nation, the future of the country and the needs of its own development, the central government ordered Han Yunhua to lead his troops to the south.

The Party Central Committee still believes in Han Yunhua's command ability, and he can turn a remnant that has almost been completely wiped out into a famous anti-Japanese lion at home and abroad, which is no longer a miracle that can be explained. Although Han Yunhua himself is also very confident in this southern expedition, he is very worried that the Kuomintang troops are playing yin behind, if that is the case, then the fate of his army is uncertain.

Therefore, Han Yunhua planned to talk to Chen Cheng or Chiang Kai-shek himself before going to the battlefield, and talked about the rear road, flanks, replenishment, and supplies of his army.

After listening to Han Yunhua's words, Hu Lian asked with some dissatisfaction: "Then what does Brigade Commander Han mean by meeting the basic requirements for the survival of your unit, and if your unit uses such an excuse to shirk the combat mission, how do we know?" ”

Han Yunhua didn't know Hu Lian, but he knew that the people who could follow Chen Cheng were definitely not unknown people, and those who often followed Chen Cheng were either the four King Kongs of the civil engineering department or the Thirteen Taibao, these people were all famous generals in the Kuomintang troops, which one was not a veteran of a hundred battles, and his words and eyes were very sharp.

"I wonder who this general is? I also hope to give Yunhua an introduction. Han Yunhua said politely.

Chen Cheng was about to introduce, but Hu Lian preemptively said: "Contemptible Hu Lian, I will introduce it to the old man." ”

Han Yunhua was very thoughtful, he still knew Hu Lian, one of the backbone officers of the Kuomintang Civil Engineering Department, graduated from the third phase of Huangpu, was a famous general on the battlefield of resistance against Japan, and was also one of the few Kuomintang officers who fled Taiwan after the war.

"It turned out to be Chief Hu, Yunhua will explain your question to everyone clearly, but I think this place is not a good place to talk now, can Yunhua be allowed to explain later?" Han Yunhua said without being arrogant or humble.

Chen Cheng said with a smile: "Yes, yes, we are rude, Commander Han's troops will go to the Xishan military camp to rest tonight, as for Commander Han and you, go back to my official residence with me, I have already ordered someone to set up a banquet at home to receive you from the wind, what do you think, Commander Han?" ”

Han Yunhua knew Chen Cheng's character, this Kuomintang bigwig was one of the few high-ranking Kuomintang officers that Han Yunhua admired, and Chen Cheng's credibility still made Han Yunhua very relieved. It can be said that Chen Cheng is like the lotus flower that stands out of the mud of the national government. His character and principles are rare even in **, and they are even more commendable in the troubled waters of the Kuomintang.

"Okay, Yunhua obeys the arrangement of resignation." Han Yunhua said with a smile.

Chen Cheng's mansion was very large, no different from the mansions of other high-ranking officials of the Kuomintang, but when he walked inside, he found that there was a big difference. The decoration of Chen Cheng's mansion is very simple, even the decorations such as calligraphy and painting and Western oil paintings that were prevalent during the Republic of China are rare, but there is a large oil painting of Chen Cheng himself directly opposite the hall.

Seeing Han Yunhua staring at this oil painting, Chen Cheng explained with a smile: "This was given to me by the chairman of the committee a year ago, and I don't know much about these things, and I don't care. It was placed in the study and took up space, so I simply placed it in the hall. Since Yunhua is from **, although some bad things have happened between the two sides because of political differences in the past, we have even engaged in an armed confrontation for ten years. But that's all an internal matter of our country, and whoever is right and who is wrong is an internal matter of our country. And now that the Japanese army has stepped in, the nature of the matter has changed, just like the two brothers who have made a move because of their differences and are fighting in their own homes, but at this time, an outsider breaks into the door and wants to rob the two brothers of their family heirlooms. Do you think the brothers can say yes? Even if you can't agree, then you can only partner to keep the heirloom first, and as for how to divide it, that's a matter for later. ”,

Han Yunhua understood the meaning of Chen Cheng's words, so he said: "The Kuomintang and the Communist Party are originally brothers of the same family, and the purpose of both parties is to build this troubled country into a strong country with a rich country and a strong people, rather than an ant struggling under the cracks of the great powers. As for what will happen in the future, we don't need to talk too much, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge, but now that the Oriental robbers have grabbed their house, then we have nothing to say, the guests have good wine, and the jackals have to take shotguns to greet. ”

The dishes at Chen Cheng's family banquet were not sumptuous, although there were more than a dozen plates of large and small, but they were all home-cooked dishes, not at all like the banquet of the state mansion to entertain guests. Han Yunhua understands very well, after all, from the video materials of later generations, Chen Cheng's subordinates, and some written materials, it can be seen that Chen Cheng, the commander-in-chief of the Wuhan Garrison General Headquarters, who is also the head of the General Political Department of the Military Commission, the chairman of Hubei Province, a member of the Aviation Committee, the chairman of the Central Training Commission, the secretary general of the Central Youth League of the Three People's Youth League, and the chief of education of the Central Training Corps, although he is in a high position, his savings are very small, because he is an honest official, so his life has always been very self-disciplined. The most famous incident that Han Yunhua knows about Chen Cheng's incorruptibility is in 1947, when the Kuomintang army was defeated again and again in the northeast battlefield. In this year, Chiang Kai-shek sent Chen Cheng to the Northeast Battlefield as the director of the Northeast Expedition, intending to seize the entire Northeast.

Chen Cheng suffered a defeat in the northeast, and the Kuomintang army lost its armor and suffered a great loss of vitality. At that time, public opinion in the Kuomintang unanimously condemned Chen Cheng's defeat, and some people even proposed that Chen Cheng should be "killed to thank the world." When he was forced to leave the Northeast, Chen Cheng was already poor and sick.

According to Chen Cheng's son, Chen Lu'an, later recalled: "When my father left the Northeast, he was relieved of all his duties. What problems did you face at that time? With no money, he is indeed a person with no savings. Where are you going to recuperate? As soon as he left the Northeast, a duodenal ulcer attack occurred and he had to be hospitalized, which was in Shanghai Jiangwan Hospital. Before the operation, "President" Chiang went to see him, and once the two of them sat down and talked for three hours. When a man is about to die, his words are good, and his father tells the truth about many things. This "president" can't listen to it, saying that many factors for failure have been planted there a long time ago. After my father had surgery in Jiangwan, he was thinking about where to go. Later, the "president" gave my father a little money to go to Taiwan to recuperate. ”

A top executive of the National Government has no money to see a doctor, which is almost impossible in an era when corrupt officials are rampant, but Chen Cheng did it, so Han Yunhua admires this senior general of the National Government very much.

In the middle of the banquet, Han Yunhua raised his glass and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Japanese invaders will not die in the heart of our clan, first there was the invasion of China in the First Sino-Japanese War, then the change in the Northeast, and then the autonomy of the five provinces in North China, until last year, the devils completely exposed their hypocritical minions and launched a full-scale war of aggression against China. Thinking that I am a dignified Han nation, with a history of 5,000 years, 40,000 compatriots were actually bullied by the Japanese slaves in the land of Oriental projectiles, and I am ashamed of my ancestors, and even more ashamed of thousands of people in the world. I think that the soldiers of our generation can't even defend their own motherland, the country has been opened again and again, the people have been slaughtered, and the land has been lost. In order to revitalize China, generations of Chinese sons and daughters have embarked on the road of no return, whether it is the former prime minister (Sun Yat-sen) or the ancestors of our party have resolutely embarked on the road of rejuvenation of the great nation, just as the former prime minister said: ** has not yet succeeded, comrades still need to work hard. I hope that the KMT and the CPC will cooperate sincerely to drive away foreign humiliation, restore China, and build China into a great country that is free, democratic, prosperous, and strong. ”

Han Yunhua's generous speech won the applause of everyone present, and Chen Cheng even praised loudly: "Commander Han is young and ambitious, with you and other national elites, how dare the Japanese invaders claim to be intimidating to our China, I believe that the Japanese army will be completely wiped out one day." ”

Han Yunhua said: "I also firmly believe that there will be such a day, thinking about what our country was like ten years ago, I think everyone has a better understanding than me, a hairy boy, warlords are divided and fighting, foreign forces are entangled with each other in China, and political parties are also attacking each other, and the whole country is in a miasma and the people are not happy, but now." Although we have lost a large part of our country, and although we have even fallen to Nanjing, we have learned unity, and the warlords and political parties have fully cooperated under the inspiration of the great national righteousness. Then, Han Yunhua paused and then spoke: "What I mean by meeting the necessary conditions for the survival of our troops is that we must ensure the safety of our rear roads and flanks, and not fall into the encirclement of our troops by the Japanese invaders. Second, it is necessary to meet the supply of ammunition, food, and medicine to our unit, and we must not restrict our unit from recruiting troops and replenishing personnel in Wuhan and the surrounding areas. Finally, all the items seized by our Ministry belong to the spoils of war of our Department, and the National Government cannot seize or confiscate anything from our Ministry for any reason. ”

Chen Cheng thought for a while and said: "The first condition I can promise you on behalf of the government, after all, it is our duty to protect the flanks and rear roads of our friends' army, and we can also supply ammunition and food for your department, but medicine cannot be solved for you, you also know that medicine is such a thing, and only a limited number of medicines can be produced in China, and the vast majority of medicines still need to be imported, and I hope Commander Han can forgive me." As for your ministry's request for local conscription in Wuhan, I have no right to accede to you, and I will convey your request to the chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, and I will give you an answer as soon as possible. Except for what you have seized, you can leave the rest of the things behind, and I can also promise you this condition. ”

Han Yunhua said: "Thank you for your resignation, with your words, I don't have to inflict heavy losses on the battlefield in Wuhan." ”

The meal, the guests and the host enjoyed themselves, and it did not disperse until more than ten o'clock in the evening.