Bai Chongxi was stunned for a moment, stretched out his hand to take the telegram, but his eyes were staring at Zhuang Jihua, Zhuang Jihua was slightly wrinkled, and seemed to be thinking about why Chiang Kai-shek wanted Bai Chongxi to return to Chongqing at this time. \\。 qΒ(5) and com telegrams were very simple, just one sentence, ordering Bai Chongxi to leave for Chongqing immediately.

Bai Chongxi slowly put the telegram away, Xu Zuyi reacted first, and he tentatively asked if there was something wrong with Xinjiang. Zhuang Jihua and Bai Chongxi glanced at each other, and suddenly had a sense of surprise. Yes, at present, the place where the state is fighting in addition to North China is Xinjiang, the Jiangnan Theater and the Jianghuai Theater are relatively calm, Xue Yue has heavy troops, and Nishio Shouzao has transferred more than a dozen divisions to the north, the troops are empty, and the people are panicking, Xue Yue does not bully him, and Nishio Shouzao will be thankful; Although Guan Linzheng's strength is slightly worse, it still has nearly 300,000, and the entire theater is vigorously reorganizing the army.

Guan Linzheng followed Zhuang Jihua's example and reorganized the miscellaneous troops in the Jianghuai Theater, but his strength was insufficient, and the new 12th Army was not in his hands, so he could only disrupt the miscellaneous troops, carry out mixed formation, and expand the 92nd Army of Li Xianzhou, a classmate of Huangpu, to increase the number of the Central Army.

Thinking about it, only in Xinjiang, when there was a big incident in the Xinjiang rebellion, Chiang Kai-shek could transfer Bai Chongxi back in such a hurry. And more importantly, Chen Cheng is still in Chongqing.

"Xinjiang!" Nose Chongxi muttered and repeated, Hu Zongnan sent troops to Ili earlier, I'm afraid the result has already come out.

"It seems so" Zhuang Jihua nodded in agreement, Bai Chongxi also nodded, turned back to his adjutant and shouted: "Call back, I will take the nearest plane, fly back to Chongqing, and contact the Air Force." ”

The adjutant turned around and went out" Bai Chongxi was silent and asked Zhuang Jihua again: "Wencao" What do you think about Xinjiang? ”

With Bai Chongxi's arrogance, he can ask each other like this" shows that he values Zhuang Jihua, Zhuang Jihua did not shirk, and replied without thinking about it: "The problem in Xinjiang is mainly the lack of troops, as soon as the army arrives, the rebellion will naturally be quelled, and the problem now is that the army is distributed on the battlefield of resistance against Japan" However, this situation ended after the end of the Battle of North China, Jian Gong, the first problem in Xinjiang now is stability, stabilize the rebellion in the north, control the southern Xinjiang and Hami regions, use the air force to provide logistical support for the encircled troops, and control the Dilan Railway. ”

Bai Chongxi didn't speak, he didn't have any fixed opinion on how to quell the rebellion in Xinjiang, the difference between him and Zhuang Jihua was that Zhuang Jihua had Liu Wenhui to send the situation in Xinjiang at any time, and he knew more about Xinjiang, but Bai Chongxi didn't, he didn't know what kind of situation the rebellion in Xinjiang had developed.

"Jian Gong, the whole country is a game of chess, and the Xinjiang issue is supported by Soviet Russia behind the rebels, but Stalin does not dare to openly support it now, which gives us the opportunity to "as long as we resolutely put down the rebellion, we will take the opportunity to uproot the rebel forces in Xinjiang." He pulled Bai Chongxi aside and whispered: "Xinjiang is different from the mainland, and counterinsurgency is mainly based on killing, so there is no need to be polite. In addition, it was suggested that the chairman of the NPC National Committee should take advantage of this opportunity to close all Russian consulates in Xinjiang and "restrict them from leaving the country within 24 hours." ”

Bai Chongxi looked at Zhuang Jihua in surprise, Zhuang Jihua has always given the impression of being very gentle, and when dealing with various domestic contradictions, he rarely takes tough measures, collects Chongqing and sets Yunnan, except for the casualties on the battlefield, there is no other bloodshed. But now it is unambiguously to kill, and outside the words, it is killing, and the meaning of this word killing is too rich.

Seeing Bai Chongxi's brows frowning slightly, Zhuang Jihua sighed softly: "Jian Gong is compassionate, but the root of the rebellion in Xinjiang is in Soviet Russia, Soviet Russia beats national contradictions, and the rebels demand independence and split our country, which is absolutely unacceptable to us. ”

Bai Chongxi looked up at Zhuang Jihua, his eyes behind the lenses were full of suspicion, as if asking why, Zhuang Jihua had to add again: , Suddenly, post-war reconstruction, such as GC. Issue. ”

Zhuang Jihua said that he was silent when he said this, Bai Chongxi had already understood, Zhuang Jihua once talked about that the internal problems of China after the war were mainly post-war reconstruction and GC. The decisive battle in North China will produce tens of millions of refugees, and refugees of this scale will no longer be able to adopt the refugee resettlement methods of Hubei, Henan, and Shandong, and the state finance will inevitably invest a lot of money; after the end of the war, there will still be a large number of people who have retreated to the southwest with the government, and they will also have to return home, which will incur a lot of expenses, as well as industry, and so on, and so on, and the national government will face great difficulties. If anything happens in Xinjiang at this time, things will be really difficult to clean up.

Bai Chongxi made another judgment in his heart, Zhuang Jihua has always been pro-communist, but now it seems that below the pro-communist party is an unrelenting confrontation, but his methods are softer, but in fact they are tougher.

Seeing that Bai Chongxi had already understood, Zhuang Jihua sighed in his heart, Stilwell and Brian saw the two of them come back, knowing that they had reached a consensus on some things, but the two didn't want to say anything on the Xinjiang issue, Weidemeyer had instructions, the Xinjiang issue involved Soviet Russia, and the United States did not express its position for the time being.

"General Stilwell, General Blaine, see it, this is the difference between us and your country" Zhuang Jihua looked at Stilwell solemnly, and said solemnly: "In Burma, we met the British, and now we meet the Russians, they all want to benefit from our poor country, we have enemies in the front, and there are enemies in the back."

Stilwell was silent, there was an obvious shadow of Soviet Russia behind the Xinjiang rebellion, and he was very dissatisfied with Soviet Russia, if you have the strength, why not go to the battlefield against Japan, but put a common enemy and come to deal with the allies, regardless of whether this will affect the overall situation of the war against Japan.

"General Zhuang, regarding the rebellion in Xinjiang, I can only tell you that I personally support your country." Stilwell was equally solemn.

"Thank you very much." Zhuang Jihua's expression was neither salty nor light: "For a long time, the West has regarded our country as a piece of cake that can be cut at will, without any regard for our ideas, and even less will take care of our interests. In Burma, Churchill wanted to sacrifice our ** team: now, Stalin provoked a rebellion in Xinjiang, the purpose was only for the sake of Méng and the Northeast" but they all miscalculated. Our people thank President Roosevelt "He was the first Western president to treat our people as equals." ”

Stilwell and Brian listened to Zhuang Jihua talking here, Brian was a little embarrassed, and Weidmaier's evaluation of Stilwell was that "I didn't pay attention to the requirements of the Chinese people, and Zhuang Jihua scolded him in front of Stilwell." But when he peeked at Stilwell, he saw that he was nodding in agreement, and Brian couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Bai Chongxi left Dexian by plane in the evening, and as soon as he landed at Coral Dam Airport, he was taken to the Huangshan villa, and stepped into Chiang Kai-shek's study.

Chiang Kai-shek was still very polite to Bai Chongxi, and when he came in, he also got up to greet him, and He Yingqin, Chen Cheng, Lin Wei, and Chen Bui in the study naturally stood up in the same way.

After a few words of greeting, Chiang Kai-shek asked about the situation in North China, and when it came to the Battle of North China, Bai Chongxi couldn't help but be excited. Very good" Chairman, unprecedented victory! An unprecedented victory! ”

Chiang Kai-shek, He Yingqin, Chen Cheng, Lin Wei, and Chen Bui suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and the atmosphere in the study was a little relaxed, Zhuang Jihua presided over the Fifth War Zone, and Chiang Kai-shek could only give Zhuang Jihua any orders, "Give orders to others, and Zhuang Jihua will unceremoniously cancel his orders."

The progress of the Battle of North China was reported to Chongqing every two days, so Chiang Kai-shek still knew most of the situation, but the situation in the last two days was not clear.

"The battle situation is progressing very quickly, and it is also very good, Song Xilian surrounded Hebian Zhengsan, Fan Hanjie surrounded Yousue Jingsan and Gu Shoufu" Wei Lihuang and Peng Dehuai are pursuing Jimu Zhenyi, Lan Yundong is attacking Tangshan" Du Yuming surrounded Tianjin, Tang Enbo surrounded Beiping, and the situation of the chairman was very good. ”

Chiang Kai-shek, who had been tightening his face, smiled slightly, and the atmosphere in the study became a little lively, He Yingqin asked: "How long will it take to completely annihilate the Japanese army?" ”

Bai Chongxi smiled: "Three days, at most three days, Liu Anqi will completely annihilate the 10th Division, and the commander of the captured division, Shichuan Jiro, within two days, the three divisions of the last essence will be completely annihilated." The New Eighth Army and the Kou Army were rushing to the Longquan Mountain area, and as soon as they arrived, they would launch a general attack on the riverside Zhengsan. Chairman, three days, within three days, the news of victory will come. ”

"North China dispatched troops, thousands of troops, this battle, even if it can't be completely annihilated, it must be annihilated 300,000." Lin Wei excitedly calculated: "This is an unprecedented victory, after this battle, the Japanese army no longer has the strength to attack." ”

"Yes!" Chen Bui also rubbed his hands and exclaimed, the decisive battle in North China is related to the fate of the country and the nation, everyone in the rear is paying attention to this decisive battle, the map hanging in the spiritual fortress, there are thousands of people anxiously waiting for the latest battle report every day, and every victory makes Chongqing fall into joy.

"With this victory, it's easy to say anything." Chen Cheng sighed, he felt a sense of relief.

The political atmosphere in Chongqing was not calm with the victory of the war, Hu Zongnan sent troops to quell the rebellion, but suffered a crushing defeat, the pre-seventh division and the PS division were almost completely wiped out, two divisions and four regiments, only a few hundred people fled back to Dihua, their defeat affected the morale of the Ellingbuck defenders, Du Defu, the deputy commander of the pre-seven divisions, decided to break through, this decision was canceled by Hu Zongnan in time, Hu Zongnan used more than ten planes to airdrop ammunition and food to the Ellingbuck defenders, after getting this batch of ammunition and food, the Ellingbuck defenders barely supported.

The situation in Yining was not the most dangerous, the situation in the Ahsan area was extremely dangerous, the reinforcements of the Qiao Division and the Xinma Division to Chenghua also failed, the troops suffered heavy losses in the process of retreating from Qitai, the Chenghua defenders were completely isolated, and two more regiments of the Su Méng Army entered the Ahsan area and launched a siege on Chenghua.

With the failure of the counterinsurgency, Soviet Russia began to gradually stand in the foreground, Pan Youxin in Chongqing publicly announced the Soviet Russian wanted warrant, in the wanted warrant, Soviet Russia has three brigades of infantry, a cavalry regiment, a tank regiment, and an air force brigade defected, and it is estimated that they will enter the territory of China. However, Pan Youxin issued a statement on behalf of the Soviet and Russian governments, hoping that the Chinese government could negotiate with the Xinjiang rebels and peacefully resolve the Xinjiang incident.

After the Soviet Russian statement was issued, ** cautiously expressed its support, believing that the current anti-Japanese resistance is the first place, and a negotiation strategy can be adopted for the Xinjiang incident. But as soon as he expressed his position, Zhang Jingjiang made a statement before the Democratic League and other intermediate groups, saying that the rebellion in Xinjiang is not an ethnic contradiction, but an armed rebellion held with the support of foreign forces by separatists in Xinjiang who are trying to split China. National sovereignty, territorial integrity, non-negotiable! There is no negotiation in Xinjiang, only counterinsurgency!

After Zhang Jingjiang's statement, Bang Yanda issued a statement on behalf of the newly established Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party in support of the Nationalist Government's armed suppression of the rebellion in Xinjiang.

This time, however, Chiang Kai-shek showed a relatively clever political approach, and the Nationalist Government never expressed its position, nor did it suppress it, allowing a political group to express its attitude. After Pan Youxin's statement, social groups in Chongqing were outraged, young students took to the streets again to protest in front of the Soviet and Russian embassies, the Chongqing Federation of Trade Unions issued a statement in support of the government's counterinsurgency, and the Fù Women's Federation launched a fundraising campaign, and Chongqing citizens responded and donated generously.

"The situation in Xinjiang is complicated, and Hu Zongnan's experience is not ......." Chiang Kai-shek gave a brief introduction to the counterinsurgency, and finally said: "Jiansheng, please come back, I just want you to go to Xinjiang and serve as the commander-in-chief of the Xinjiang counterinsurgency." ”

Bai Chongxi didn't expect Chiang Kai-shek to make this request, he felt a little embarrassed, common sense said, he was willing to go, but he is now the representative of the Gui Department in the Central Committee, he is leaving, who will protect the interests of the Gui Department?

Chiang Kai-shek seemed to see Bai Chongxi's embarrassment, and he added: "In view of the current development of the war situation, the base camp has decided to abolish the Tianshui camp, and Delin will return to the base camp as the deputy minister of national defense. ”

Bai Chongxi was relieved at this time, he was about to nod his head and agree, but the words changed again: "Chairman, it's okay for me to go to Xinjiang, but, chairman, the troops in Xinjiang are mainly the Central Army and Ma Jiajun, I ask Hu Zongnan and Ma Bufang to be deputy commanders, all the troops in Xinjiang are under my control, if the chairman has any orders, please give them to me directly." ”

"It's nature." Chiang Kai-shek agreed.

Chiang Kai-shek agreed so happily, so that Bai Chongxi was a little puzzled, suddenly he remembered Zhuang Jihua's parting words, and couldn't help but scold in his heart, obviously, Zhuang Jihua and Chiang Kai-shek are related, Zhuang Jihua proposed a counterinsurgency strategy based on killing, this strategy must have been reported to Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Kai-shek chose him to be the butcher, after the counterinsurgency is over, he has been dissatisfied in Xinjiang, naturally can not continue to stay in Xinjiang.

But now that the words have been spoken, he can't take them back. Chiang Kai-shek asked again: "Jiansheng, how do you plan to quell the rebellion in Xinjiang?" ”

Bai Chongxi endured a sullen breath, thought for a while, and said: "Since the chairman asked, I will tell you that I don't know much about the situation, so I can only say a general strategy, and the detailed strategy may not be proposed until Xinjiang." ”

Chiang Kai-shek nodded: "It's natural. ”

"The reason why I failed in the early stage was because of the rush to send troops when the troops were insufficient, after I arrived in Xinjiang, I first defended to stabilize the southern Xinjiang and Hami regions, and after the end of the Pingjin Battle, I transferred some troops from the North China front to Xinjiang, how much? Two armies, 100,000 men. Before they arrived, the besieged areas were supported by the air force, and after the build-up of troops was completed, troops were sent to quell the rebellion. ”@。

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