"Xu Chongzhi tried to use the great alliance of the Guangdong army as a call to incorporate the rest of Chen Jiongming's troops, but this move invisibly led to the rise of contradictions within the Guangdong army, and now the Guangdong officers in the Guangdong army took advantage of this to suppress the officers from other provinces, the specific way is to expand the army, military salaries, and equipment are tilted towards the troops of Guangdong officers, resulting in serious dissatisfaction among officers from other provinces; If Xu Chongzhi does not change his course, this dissatisfaction will increase rapidly over time, and the battle between the two factions of officers will become more intense. Although there are few officers from other provinces in the Xu Division, several of the main representatives are at the brigade and regiment level, and they are the people who actually control the troops, and Tan Shuqing and Wei Lihuang are their representatives. The students suggested that the work of the Xu Department should start with these two people. ”

Zhuang Jihua returned to the hostel that night, recalling the details on the wine table, Tan Shuqing deliberately flattered him, and even did not hesitate to reduce the status of the major general, and his words had a certain hint. Zhuang Jihua understood exactly what he meant, and he wanted to get on Chiang Kai-shek's ship by himself.

"Tan Shuqing, as an officer from other provinces and the commander of the Second Division of the Guangdong Army, was not affected much, but according to the students' observations, his surname was hesitant but he had a strong view of the overall situation, and he was worried about the development of the current situation, and he felt sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox; Its intention to find a backer is more resolute, and if the principal deliberately woos him, his person will inevitably be used by the principal. ”

Contrary to Tan Shuqing, Wei Lihuang never said anything about the internal affairs of the Guangdong Army, he didn't mention it, and Zhuang Jihua didn't open this topic, just chatted about the Eastern Expedition and the Prime Minister's Northern Expedition that year; In the end, it was Tan Shuqing who helped him, and after praising him, when talking about the internal affairs of the Guangdong army, Zhuang Jihua and Wei Lihuang were very careful not to speak, but Fang Jing and the other three battalion commanders showed grievances, and after the wine was hot, there was no door on the mouth, Wei Lihuang immediately stopped them, and the three of them obediently kept silent, but this was enough.

"Wei Lihuang is the person who has been hit the hardest at present, his surname is strong and decisive, he is a good general in the Guangdong army, with high military achievements and high prestige among his subordinates, and it is precisely because of this that he has become the primary target of xenophobic people in the army. However, he does not love money, nor is he lustful, so he cannot be bribed by ordinary means, and when he talks to him and mentions the prime minister, his grief is overflowing. Therefore, whether the weakness of the students seems to be the worship of the prime minister remains to be further observed. ”

Zhuang Jihua handed over the report to Chiang Kai-shek the next day, Chiang Kai-shek thought about it while reading it, nominally he is still the chief of staff of the Guangdong army, but he pays much less attention to the affairs of the Guangdong army, but he understands some basic information, the Guangdong army is not an iron plate, Xu Chongzhi's control over the Guangdong army is limited, for example, Li Jishen in Xijiang is nominally Xu Chongzhi's subordinate, but Xu Chongzhi generally can't transfer him at all.

Wei Lihuang He knows, this person was born in the army, brave and good at fighting, surnamed upright, he was Sun Yat-sen's guard, and the two had contact when he was by Sun Yat-sen's side. At that time, this Wei Lihuang had asked him to intercede with Sun Yat-sen, to go to the army to lead the troops, he had criticized him at the beginning, and later returned to Fenghua, when Chen Jiongming rebelled, he rushed to the Yongfeng ship to go to the shipwreck, he had already gone to Xu Chongzhi's troops.

Tan Shuqing is a smart person in his impression, and he is also an old man in the Guangdong army, from the company commander, battalion commander, to the current brigade commander, this person also has a set of wars, although he does not have Wei Lihuang's bravery, but he is more sleek than Wei Lihuang, wins, and wins battles; defeat, a battle that cannot be won; When Chen Jiongming rebelled, his position was quite firm, and he followed Xu Chongzhi to Jiangxi to Fujian, and then returned to Guangzhou. Even if he shared hardships and hardships, serving as a brigade commander in the second division of Xu Chongzhi's lineage, he should also be regarded as a lineage, but he didn't expect that he was also shaken now, which greatly increased Chiang Kai-shek's confidence. Don't look at Chiang Kai-shek's words, in fact, he is not sure how to deal with Xu Chongzhi, and now even Xu Chongzhi's descendants have begun to be dissatisfied with him, and Chiang Kai-shek's confidence has increased a lot.

From this point of view, Xu Chongzhi's recent advocacy of the great alliance of the Guangdong army was a failure for him, and it is difficult to say whether Chen Jiongming's remnants will really listen to him, because his own troops were the first to become chaotic.

After thinking clearly, Chiang Kai-shek said to Zhuang Jihua: "Okay, continue to associate with them, but you have to be careful not to fall into any tricks." ”

"Yes. Headmaster, students have one more request. ”

"Say it." Chiang Kai-shek was not surprised.

"I want someone, Fan Hanjie has already gone to Guangzhou, and I still need to send a contact person, and at the same time, a special telegram should be arranged within the military academy. Also, the liaison office should not only have one student, but should send two soldiers to the students. Zhuang Jihua said in the end, with a little complaint in his tone, and Chiang Kai-shek couldn't help laughing after hearing it.

"You can send out the contact person, I will notify Wang Bailing at the military academy and let him arrange it, you are the liaison director, and the personnel list is set by you."

"Yes." Zhuang Jihua agreed cleanly.

Turning around, he took out a list from his pocket and handed it to Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang Kai-shek took it and saw that there were the names of four people: Wang Xiaoshan, the contact person, and Wu Ziniu, Hua Chun, and Zhao Hanjie, the personnel of the liaison office.

"These people are the subordinates of the students when they were in the Seventh Company, and the students did not dare to transfer their classmates in the military academy, so they had to choose among the soldiers of the Seventh Company, and the students could guarantee that they were just simple soldiers." Zhuang Jihua then explained to Chiang Kai-shek.

"Hmm." Chiang Kai-shek nodded, very satisfied with Zhuang Jihua's caution, took a pen to approve it, and then called Yu Jishi, and asked him to send it to Meixian immediately, so that these people could come to Shantou to obey Zhuang Jihua's dispatch.

"There is also the second phase of students who are about to graduate, and the students want to choose a few of them to enrich the intelligence department, and the students want to see their resumes, and if there is a suitable one, they will be placed in the name of the assignment now, so that the traces are small and not easy to attract attention."

When Chiang Kai-shek heard this, he immediately realized that this was a good idea, and Zhuang Jihua was planting intelligence agents within the various armies. This method is easy to succeed, because at this time the graduates of the military academy are not assigned, and after the students graduate, the students come from where they return to that province, as for whether they can join the army or not, it depends on themselves. The Whampoa Academy Army can't accommodate so many graduates now, so it's understandable to divide some of them out, and if you take this opportunity to install some intelligence officers...

Chiang Kai-shek immediately agreed: "Okay, I will ask Wang Bailing to send the resumes of the military academy students to Shantou and hand them over to you, and you will appoint the people. ”

Finally, Zhuang Jihua took out the check and put it on the table: "Principal, the check Wei Lihuang confiscated." ”

"You stay." Chiang Kai-shek didn't even glance at the check.

"I'll stay!?" Zhuang Jihua felt inappropriate.

Seeing Zhuang Jihua's appearance, Chiang Kai-shek showed a smile: "Keep it, I won't give you another amount of money in the future, and your salary for dealing with them is not enough." ”

Zhuang Jihua suddenly realized, and then he felt that he had suffered a loss, the five hundred oceans included the liaison office's service expenses, rent, communication expenses, etc., and he didn't know if it was enough.

"Headmaster, it's been a month." Zhuang Jihua asked tentatively.

"That's a month, three months." Seeing Zhuang Jihua's appearance, Chiang Kai-shek was amused in his heart, but his face was very serious.

"Oh, yes." Zhuang Jihua's mood fell suddenly. His mood fell, and Chiang Kai-shek's mood rose.

"During the Cultural Revolution, our school army was about to be expanded, and it was going to be organized into a brigade." Chiang Kai-shek said with some pride: "Three regiments, 5,000 people." ”

"Oh, that's good news." Zhuang Jihua said that the eight regiments had nothing to do with him, and he had to show a happy look on his face.

"Yes, thanks to Political Commissar Liao, if he hadn't worked hard, I don't know when the school army would have expanded."

"The classmates all say that the political commissar is the mother of our Huangpu, and without him, there would be no Huangpu." Chiang Kai-shek had also heard of this, but the last half of the sentence was added by Zhuang Jihua.

"It seems that justice is in the hearts of the people, the mother of Huangpu, Political Commissar Liao deserves it, without him there would be no Huangpu." Chiang Kai-shek nodded yes when he heard this, which made Zhuang Jihua a little surprised, and then he understood that since Liao Zhongkai is the mother of Whampoa, then of course he Chiang Kai-shek is the father of Whampoa.

Wang Xiaoshan and the four of them came to Shantou two days after Chiang Kai-shek left, and the four of them were very happy to see him, especially Zhao Hanjie, after Zhuang Jihua left, he still stayed in the third battalion headquarters, Hu Zongnan seemed to know that Zhuang Jihua was going to take him away sooner or later, and did not arrange any special work for him, but asked him to be an assistant to the clerk of the battalion headquarters, Zhao Hanjie was not very literate, and he did a very awkward job. Seeing that he was uncomfortable, the clerk taught him to read and write every day, and before he could read a few, a telegram from Zhuang Jihua transferred him to Shantou again.

Wu Ziniu and Wang Xiaoshan are nothing special about going to Shantou, but Hua Chun is very happy, at least they don't have to train every day.

Zhuang Jihua arranged for Wu Ziniu to serve as a guard, Zhao Hanjie to do the reception, and Huachun to be literate and do the clerical work. Then let the three of them go to the room to clean up, and take Wang Xiaoshan to the office by themselves.

In Zhuang Jihua's view, the liaison officer must first of all have excellent psychological quality, be calm and not panicked, and be bold and careful. With these two items, and what he understands, only one Wang Xiaoshan, a veteran with ten years of military experience, has trained more than ordinary people in life and death.

In the office, he didn't know how to open his mouth to Wang Xiaoshan and explain the task, after all, this kind of thing was very dangerous, even more dangerous than on the battlefield. However, Wang Xiaoshan saw his difficulties, and first spoke: "Battalion commander, if there is anything, you can tell me, even if I go up the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire, I will not be ambiguous." ”

Zhuang Jihua was a little surprised when he heard this: "Why? ”

"You are a good sir, you have not forgotten your brothers, I can rest assured that you are following." Wang Xiaoshan said very calmly.

Zhuang Jihua sighed in his heart, he didn't do anything, he didn't expect..., he was silent and said: "This task is dangerous and dangerous, if it is done well, the danger is not great." ”

Wang Xiaoshan didn't say anything, just listened to him quietly.

"Do you understand the current situation in Guangzhou?" Zhuang Jihua asked, seeing Wang Xiaoshan shaking his head. He told him that the Dian Gui army might be going to rebel, and then said: "We have sent an intelligence officer into the Yunnan Gui army, and your task is to act as his liaison and transfer the information he has collected to the contacts in the Whampoa Military Academy. ”

"The brutality of this mission is that you have to keep the informant safe at all times, and you may even have to sacrifice your own life to protect him if necessary. Do you understand? ”

"Understand, I can die, he can't." Wang Xiaoshan said calmly.

Zhuang Jihua nodded heavily.

"When am I leaving?" Wang Xiaoshan asked.

"Tomorrow." Zhuang Jihua's heart softened, and he postponed the time by a day: "Remember, your job is top secret, in addition to me, there are two people in the military academy who know your identity, and they don't know the identity of the intelligence officer." You must not disclose it to outsiders under any circumstances. ”

"Yes."

The next day, Hua Chun didn't see Wang Xiaoshan doing something strange, and when he met Zhuang Jihua, he asked, Zhuang Jihua lightly told him that Wang Xiaoshan had another task and was not from the liaison office.

Hua Chun still had to ask, but Wu Ziniu grabbed him. When Wu Ziniu was assigned work yesterday, he found that there were only three people working on it, and Wang Xiaoshan did not live with them after coming out of the office, and he guessed that Wang Xiaoshan might not be with them at that time.

(To be continued)