In contrast to the war clouds in Wuhan, Chengdu officialdom was full of ease, and after Liu Wenhui led the 24th Army into Tibet, he went to Lhasa with Wu Zhongxin in Changdu. Perhaps sensing the strong will of the central government, the Kashag government did not dare to mobilize troops to intercept it, but instead sent representatives to meet Wu Zhongxin in Nyingchi.

Wu Zhongxin was already on fire, he was already dissatisfied with the construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Highway now, isn't it good to put the materials needed to build the road into the battlefield of the Anti-Japanese War? He had to throw himself into this barren land, not to mention the bloody conflict, and he was very worried about whether he would be able to complete the task assigned by the central government when he went to Lhasa.

Wu Zhongxin's task was not only to participate in the enthronement ceremony, but also to assert sovereignty and liaise with local nobles to strengthen the ties between Lhasa and the central government.

However, after Nyingchi met the Kashag representative, he immediately felt that his previous worries were probably unnecessary, and the attitude of the Kashag representative was very respectful, which was completely unexpected by him, but Liu Wenhui told him that without the soldiers he brought, the attitude of this representative would probably not be lost.

Liu Wenhui always kept in touch with Chengdu with a high-power radio station, and he was very clear about the situation, and Zhuang Jihua said very clearly in the telegram that the 24 th Army must be prepared to garrison Lhasa, and the upper echelons of Tibetan Province can be co-opted, but the Tibetan army must accept the reorganization and be weakened in the process of reorganization. So Liu Wenhui is very sure in his heart, he knows what is going to happen, and he is also preparing to create incidents to make these things happen.

The first thing to solve when entering Lhasa was the British, Liu Wenhui was not in a hurry to advance to Lhasa, he had to wait for the follow-up troops, but the enthronement ceremony could not be delayed, Wu Zhongxin insisted on rushing to Lhasa as soon as possible, Liu Wenhui could not resist him, so he had to take the vanguard group to Lhasa with him, and at the same time urged the follow-up troops to speed up their actions. But when they reached Nagqu, a telegram from Chengdu caught up with him, telling him to stop at Gongbu Jiangda and let Wu Zhongxin go to Lhasa alone, and that he had to wait for the arrival of the whole army of the 24th Army before going to Lhasa, and at the same time told him that the southwest camp was forming a new army, and Xiang Chuanyi was also forming a new division in Xikang, and the Ministry of Military Affairs had approved the number of the new 96th division.

Zhuang Jihua was indeed forming a new division in Sichuan, as the telegram said, and after the 24th Army of the Sichuan Army entered Tibet, almost all of the Sichuan troops were transferred out of Sichuan, and all that remained were instructors to train new soldiers.

After the Sichuan army left Sichuan, the central army began to enter Sichuan one after another, and Liu Zhi was appointed as the commander of the Yucheng garrison, but even so, the entire southwest was still empty, which made Zhuang Jihua a little worried, especially when he was a little worried about the prospect of the battle of Wuhan, so he set his mind to train a new army as a strategic reserve.

Soon after returning to Sichuan, he proposed to the Ministry of Military Affairs that a group of officers and experienced sergeants would be transferred back in the name of forming a southwest camp, and He Yingqin helped him persuade Chiang Kai-shek to give him the name of the 112th Army.

However, Zhuang Jihua, the commander of this army, did not think about it, Li Zhilong wanted to be the commander of this army, but was resolutely rejected by Zhuang Jihua, in his mind Li Zhilong is no longer a professional soldier, but a political cadre. In addition to the selection of army commanders, there is another problem that also plagues him: weapons and equipment are relatively difficult, and now he can no longer buy weapons from the Sichuan Development Company at will as before, and weapons and equipment can only be carried out in open ways, but the first thing that the logistics department must satisfy is the Wuhan operation.

Zeng Kuoqing's face was dark, looking at the bustling Chengdu with some emotion, he had not stepped out of Yunnan for two years, but he really had a hand in political work, Yunnan Three Youth League was praised for its excellent organization and rapid development, he thought that such achievements could make Chiang Kai-shek reactivate, but he did not expect that Chiang Kai-shek had always ignored it, and when he was discouraged, he received an order to serve as the director of the political department of the southwest camp.

Stepping into Zhuang Jihua's office, Zeng Kuoqing saw a middle-aged officer with the rank of colonel standing opposite Zhuang Jihua, Zhuang Jihua was talking to him, and when he saw Zeng Kuoqing coming in, Zhuang Jihua stopped the topic and greeted Zeng Kuoqing.

"Brother Enlargement, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't expect you to arrive today." Zhuang Jihua walked over enthusiastically, and introduced the colonel to him without waiting for Zeng to open his mouth: "This is Huang Botao, the chief of operations of the southwest battalion. ”

Huang Botao was transferred by name by Zhuang Jihua, which surprised those old subordinates in the Fifth War Zone, and also surprised He Yingqin, even if Zhuang Jihua wanted Lan Yundong, Du Yuming or something, He Yingqin would not be surprised, but he just named Huang Botao, this is neither from Huangpu nor from the ragtag army of the old subordinates of the Southwest Development Team, and the future of such a person in the army is not bright.

I'm afraid Huang Botao himself was a little surprised by this result, so when he stood in front of Zhuang Jihua, he was still a little restrained, he had very little contact with Zhuang Jihua before, he was transferred from the Jicha War Zone to the Fifth War Zone, although I heard that Zhuang Jihua also sent him there, but it didn't take long for Zhuang Jihua to be transferred away, and there was no communication.

After Jiang Dingwen became the commander of the Fifth Theater, there were two people who were relatively unlucky, one was him, and the other was Chen Mingren, Chen Mingren was because he had old grudges with Jiang Dingwen, he was because he was born in a miscellaneous position, Jiang Dingwen replaced him with his cronies, and soon changed his job and was in charge of public training, which made him extremely depressed. Now Zhuang Jihua has transferred him to the Southwest Battalion as the chief of operations, which is tantamount to saving his military career.

"Director Zeng." Huang Botao saluted Zeng Guangqing, Zeng Guangqing returned the salute a little unnaturally, and the long-term work of the Three Youth League made him a little rusty with military etiquette.

"Okay," Zhuang Jihua saw that the two of them were a little unnatural, so he smiled and said, "Sit down, you two have just arrived, Brother Enlargement, have you explained everything in Yunnan?" ”

Zeng Guangqing nodded, he was ordered by the street earlier than Huang Botao, but the things at hand were more complicated, and the handover took some time, but Huang Botao was very simple, he couldn't wait to leave the Fifth War Zone, and it only took one day to explain the matter after receiving the order, and the two of them rushed to Chengdu together.

"Brother Enlargement, you won't stay in Chengdu for long, your main job is in Guizhou," Zhuang Jihua went straight to the point as soon as he opened his mouth, not caring about anything at all: "The Southwest Xingying has decided to develop Guizhou in imitation of the Yucheng model, so you go to Guizhou to guide the work in the name of the director of the Political Department of the Southwest Xingying, and the officials of the provincial political axe can make requests to me, and the local commissioner and below have the right to directly appoint and dismiss, and the provincial party department is under your direct leadership." ”

Zeng Guangqing was in a trance, and suddenly he had such a lot of power, which was really unbearable, he paused and asked: "Cultural Revolution, am I going alone?" ”

"Of course not, Luo Shahe, the former secretary general of the Yucheng Party Department, and Xiao Sanmu, the former chairman of the Yucheng Trade Union, have all been transferred, and a group of backbones have also been transferred from various districts and counties in Yucheng and the work team, and they are temporarily serving in the Political Department of the Southwest Xingying." Zhuang Jihua said quietly.

But Zeng Guangqing understood that these people are cadre reserves, if anyone doesn't open their eyes, just replace them with these people, he nodded slightly to show that he understood, but then asked: "Cultural Revolution, have you talked to Wu Dingchang, what is his opinion?" ”

Wu Dingchang, chairman of Guizhou Province, was a literati, once served as the director of Ta Kung Pao, joined the Resources Committee after the Great Wall, served as a member of the Finance Committee, Minister of Industry and other positions, and served as the chairman of Guizhou Province after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, and has governed Guizhou for two years.

Zhuang Jihua is not worried about Wu Dingchang, although he is also a member of the Resources Committee, but he does not have much to deal with, but some of the policies implemented by Wu Dingchang in Guizhou have moved from Chongqing, and Guizhou has always been under the jurisdiction of the Southwest Pacification Office, Zhuang Jihua began to pay attention to Guizhou after acquiring Yunnan, and some of the students of the cadre school are also from Guizhou, and a small number of them have been sent back to Guizhou. After he went to the battlefield, Li Zhilong also insisted on infiltrating Guizhou during the period when he presided over the development of the southwest, and he also made a lot of gains in Guizhou, which is also one of the reasons why he and Zhang Jingjiang strongly advocated the development of Guizhou to replace the Chongqing-Guizhou Railway.

"You go first, Mr. Yan has led a group of experts to go over first, you go to Guiyang to make peace with them, Mr. Yan is responsible for directing experts to select the site of the mine, the equipment has been shipped in the United States, Yucheng has also produced a batch, we plan to build 16 factories from now to the first half of next year, half of which will be built in Guizhou, and 38 factories will be expanded, so that we will be able to reach the scale of one million people next year, with this scale, we can carry out a local counteroffensive against myself." Zhuang Jihua quietly watched Zeng Guangqing.

"The main content of Guizhou's work is the same as the development of the southwest, the most important thing is to organize the whole society, they have done a part, but it is not enough, especially in the countryside, the development of peasant associations is very slow, and Guizhou is different from Sichuan, much poorer than Sichuan, even the landlords are not very rich, in addition, Guizhou is mountainous, there are many bandits, and we must be careful in implementing policies, I have ordered Zhao Hanjie to lead three special detachments over to strictly suppress bandits."

Zeng Guangqing smiled bitterly in his heart, he understood it, Zhuang Jihua is the same as before, things have been planned, he just comes to do things according to the plan, and you can do the rest.

"Teacher Yan also went," Zeng Guangqing said: "Since this is the case, then it will be fine, the Cultural Revolution, I will not bother you." ”

After saying that, he stood up and wanted to leave, Zhuang Jihua immediately stood up, walked to the door with him, and said after standing still: "When I came home to eat in the evening, Yin Shu made soup." ”

Zeng Kuoqing smiled and nodded in agreement, but Zeng Kuoqing is not without a home in Chengdu, his parents live in Chengdu, his family was poor and destitute at that time, and later made a fortune, so he bought a house in Chengdu and brought his parents and siblings from the countryside to Chengdu for support.

Huang Botao stood aside a little embarrassed, he was a person who was not good at words, he had few friends, he was transferred from this unit to another unit, he was all miscellaneous there, and he was excluded there, and he was very envious of this casual and intimate classmate relationship between them.

(To be continued)