Looking at Zhuang Jihua's wandering and a bit of a ruffian, Liu Xiang was very dismissive of Fu Chang's anger, the current Zhuang Jihua is not the Zhuang Jihua of the previous two years, not to mention the Sichuan Development Company and the Yucheng regime he controls, the Central Army alone has Xue Yue's tens of thousands of troops in the hinterland of Sichuan, and he still has 50,000 horses in his hands, so he is not afraid of anyone's threat at all.

However, Liu Xiang also believes in Zhuang Jihua's words, he really can't take out so much ammunition now, and the major factions of the Sichuan Development Company have sent people in, but they are all working under Mei Yuntian, and no one can enter the base, but this is enough, and it is completely possible to calculate the amount of output and inventory every month. After Liu Xiang arrived in Yucheng, he contacted his people and got the current inventory, but after thinking about it, he still asked Zhuang Jihua according to the original plan.

"Cultural Revolution, I have no opinion on the expansion of the escort team, after all, now your scope of activities is larger, and the area of development is also larger, but there is no need to expand to 50,000 people at once, and you originally had 15,000 people, and the expansion of 5,000 is enough, and the expansion of 35,000 at once is too much, besides, there are still us in Sichuan, to be honest, who dares to move the development company in Sichuan now, and who does not support the development of the southwest!" Liu Xiang's somewhat honest face showed a little excitement.

Indeed, Zhuang Jihua admitted that Liu Xiang was right, according to ordinary thinking, the escort force could not be expanded at all, and the total output value of the Sichuan Development Company this year had not yet been determined, but Mei Yuntian roughly estimated that it could reach 110 million, and the profit was close to 50 million, which has exceeded the annual financial revenue of Sichuan in the past.

However, Zhuang Jihua's purpose in forming an escort team is not to protect the Sichuan Development Company, so he must expand, 50,000 people is not enough, and next year it will be expanded to 100,000 people, and the arsenal must also be expanded, especially ammunition, and this ammunition crisis has reminded the senior management of the development team that the consumption of ammunition on the battlefield in the future is endless, so the expansion of the ammunition factory has been listed as the top priority for the next year, and three new ones will be built at once, and the production capacity of the current factory will be doubled.

"During the Cultural Revolution, the communist bandits have fled to the Tibetan areas in northwest Sichuan," Liu Xiang said. ”

Zhuang Jihua did not agree with this, Feng Yi had already sent information, in view of the great losses, the various units of the Sichuan army had secretly decided not to attack the Tibetan area, the Tibetan area lacked medical treatment and medicine, and there was a shortage of food, so they could only fend for themselves there, and there was no need to consume their strength, as long as they held the pass of Baizhang Pass and did not let them go south.

Liu Xiang is actually worried that there are now more than 50,000 people under Xue Yue's department and 50,000 people under Zhuang Jihua's department in Sichuan, a total of 100,000 people, but he can't twist the various forces in Sichuan Province into a rope to confront him, on the contrary, Yang Sen, Li Jiayu, and Luo Zezhou have obviously leaned towards the central government, Deng Xihou and Tian Songyao are wavering, which makes Liu Xiang worried, if they agree, then his provincial chairman and commander-in-chief will not be guaranteed, and he even thinks that if Chiang Kai-shek replaces him with Zhuang Jihua, I'm afraid that all the departments of the Sichuan army will support it, because in the past few years of getting along, they have found that this person is still very fair, he will play tricks before, but after that, he will do things clearly, even if you want to bleed and contribute, you will also calculate the accounts in a clear place.

Zhuang Jihua didn't understand Liu Xiang's psychology, he just shook his head slightly and said: "The Red Army in Tibet will not go south again, they will leave there and go north soon." The officers and men of the Sichuan army have worked hard this time, so it is better to rest first, and then march to the Tibetan area, and it is also very difficult to transfer food and ammunition, so it is better to build roads first, improve transportation, and then march. ”

Zhang Sike avoided the question of why Zhuang Jihua was expanded, and he thought that this was the core issue, from which we could get a glimpse of Chiang Kai-shek's attitude towards Sichuan, so he slowly opened his mouth and forced it up: "Cultural Revolution, I still don't understand why such a large-scale expansion is necessary, so urgent, does the chairman have any tasks?" ”

Zhuang Jihua shook his head, he thought about it for a while and said: "Brother Si Ke is too worried, the principal didn't give me any task, if I have a task, I will only do a good job in the development of the southwest," and then he turned to Liu Xiang and Fu Chang and said: "Fu Gong, really my brother, from a certain point of view, we are tied together." ”

Liu Xiang and the others looked at each other in some surprise, not knowing what he meant by being tied together, Fu Chang and Zhang Sike exchanged a look, Fu Chang smiled coldly: "You are a protégé of the Son of Heaven, we people in the mountains and wilderness dare to climb high." ”

"Brother Zhenwu, you are not from the mountains and wilderness, you should be regarded as a person from the sea," Zhuang Jihua said mockingly: "As for why you say this, it will be clear in a few years." ”

"In a few years? How many years have passed? Last time I said three years later, tell us, what is the result? Fu Chang didn't seem to care about Zhuang Jihua's sarcasm, but pushed it further.

"Yes, I can tell you now, in fact, the news revealed in the newspaper during this period of time is enough," Zhuang Jihua said calmly: "The whole purpose of the development of the southwest is to prepare for the all-out resistance against the Japanese, and the expansion of the escort force is the same, not for anyone, but to prepare a new army for the war of resistance, and its size is not 50,000, but 100,000." According to my prediction, China said that a full-scale war would break out in three to five years, so I must start organizing and training a new army now, Fu Gong is the one who leads the troops, of course, I know that it takes at least three months for a soldier to be transformed into a soldier, and it takes at least one year for a unit to form combat effectiveness, of course, if it only fights at home, half a year is enough; But the army is different, they are well-equipped and well-trained, and only a strictly trained unit can reduce casualties and achieve victory. I have never thought of participating in the civil war, and the only purpose of our coming here is to prepare for the war of resistance. ”

Liu Xiang and the others looked at Zhuang Jihua who was a little excited at the end in a daze, this result was actually what they expected, but the basis for Zhuang Jihua's proposal was that a war would break out within three years, and it would be a full-scale war, which made it a little difficult for them to accept.

As far as Sichuan is concerned, North China is still quite far away, and the actions of the Yue army in North China will not affect Sichuan at all for the time being, so they are not concerned enough about the situation outside Sichuan, and they lack long-term strategic analysis.

"It's a pity that none of you will hand over the troops to me for reorganization, so I can only start from scratch, less than 1,000 Whampoa students, to be incorporated into the army of 100,000 people, and some of them will stay in the rear to engage in military station and reserve work. I can only start little by little, training non-commissioned officers on my own. Zhuang Jihua sat down in his chair as he spoke, feeling tired, if there was a group of mature officers, he could save a lot of time.

Liu Xiang didn't pay attention to Zhuang Jihua's words, he carefully sorted out what Zhuang Jihua had done in the past few years, and felt that Zhuang Jihua was not lying, whether it was the factory or the reserve building, rent reduction and interest reduction, they were all preparing for a long-term war.

After understanding Zhuang Jihua's intentions, Fu Chang and Zhang Sike's attitudes also eased, and a burst of emotion surged in their hearts, Zhuang Jihua continued: "To be honest, in the future war, the Sichuan army is bound to go out of Sichuan to participate in the War of Resistance, but..., in my point of view, the training quality and tactical level of the Sichuan army cannot meet the requirements of the War of Resistance, they are relatively low, and the casualties in the future war will inevitably be extremely heavy," Zhuang Jihua's expression was a little painful: "I know this result, so I have been meeting your requirements, I hope to improve your equipment, but ,...,I can't change it, everyone has selfish intentions, everyone wants to keep their power and interests, completely unaware that a catastrophe is coming, countless soldiers will be corpses all over the field, and blood will stain the entire Yangtze River and the whole of China red. I can't help it, Sichuan has 300,000 troops, and Chuankang has a population of 60 million, which can provide at least 3 million soldiers, which is a powerful base to defeat Yuben. It's a pity that only the sixteen counties of Yucheng have established reserves now, and other places are plausible, so how can we get it in the future. ”

Looking at Zhuang Jihua's somewhat sad expression, the three of them were a little speechless, they knew what Zhuang Jihua meant, the reserves, rent and interest reductions implemented in other parts of Sichuan were all devoured, and they did not achieve the same effect as Yucheng at all, the training of reservists was very small, and village militias had not yet been established in most areas, and there were very few town military service centers.

"Cultural Revolution, can the war really start in three years?" After a long time, Liu Xiang asked carefully, he still couldn't believe that a full-scale war would break out within three years.

"I hope that we can't fight, and the later we fight, the more beneficial it will be," Zhuang Jihua said: "But the current situation is that the people who are planning the autonomy of eastern Hebei and the autonomy of North China are going to achieve their goals according to the way they do things, and if they can't do it internally, they will use force, and the central government cannot retreat at all. Can the whole country accept such an outcome? Even the principal would not dare to take such a risk, otherwise the Whampoa department would likely split. ”

"Can we win? There are only three years left for the development of the southwest, and the preparations for war and military industry are very inadequate, and can we exterminate the Communist Party within three years? Zhang Sike's face was heavy, his mind was very fast, and he had already thought a lot, the war was together, Nanjing was in a very vulnerable position, what would Nanjing Political Axe do? Will it move west to Wuhan or Yucheng and Xi'an? He immediately concluded that it could only be Yucheng, and Chiang Kai-shek sent Zhuang Jihua to Sichuan to build Yucheng, and I am afraid that he also had this thought.

"Many people have asked me this question, and my answer has always been that we can win," Zhuang Jihua reluctantly analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of the Chinese language, and then said: "The war of resistance is not a short-term war, and its combat methods are completely different from the content of the domestic war. As for the Communist Party, I don't think it can be, and the future war of resistance will be a war of resistance with the cooperation of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. ”

"I'm shocked," Liu Xiang thought quickly during this time, and he felt that there were still a few issues that needed to be clarified.

(To be continued)