Just after the Spring Festival, the smell of spring is faintly smelled in the air, and the cold of spring forces people to wear thicker winter clothes, and the early green shoots reveal a little green on the bare tree trunks. The mist of the mountain town shrouded the city over the city, and small boats shuttled in the smoke waves. Chaotianmen Wharf is still busy, all kinds of ships are crowded with wharves, and even in such cold weather, the porters are sweating profusely.

The same as the busyness of Chaotianmen Wharf is the Caiyuanba Railway Station, which is crowded with people inside and outside the station, the first batch of recruits are waiting for the train after the holiday, and the relatives who sent off the soldiers gather in the square and wave to the relatives in the queue. Passengers who had just gotten off the bus gathered at the bus stop outside the station with their luggage, and the roadside stall owners shouted loudly, hoping to attract the attention of these hungry passengers.

But on the other side of the station, a sedan was parked, picked up the officials in suits or tunics, and walked away. The flow of passengers who got off the train gradually dissipated, and two more people walked out of the station, the leader was wearing a black niche coat, with thick eyebrows and heavy eyes, worried, holding a brown briefcase tightly in his hand, and when he arrived at the car, the young man in the suit in front of the car took a step forward and pulled the car door.

"Director Chen, Mr. Wang is you." The young man in the suit said respectfully.

Chen Gongbo hummed softly, sat in the car without saying a word, closed the door in his suit, detoured to the other side, sat in the passenger seat, the car started slowly, and Chen Gongbo looked at the recruit team on the side of the square.

"This is the recruit who went there?"

"Oh, I came from various counties, and it is said that I am going to Henan, but I don't know where I am going." The suit turned his head and replied.

Chen Gongbo didn't say anything anymore, Wang Jingwei had summoned him to Yucheng several times, but he kept shirking and didn't come, Wang Jingwei specially sent Zeng Zhongming to Chengdu to ask him to come back before the holiday, and he agreed to come back after the holiday. The reason why this is so is that he guessed what Wang Jingwei asked him to come back for, and he was against it, but he knew that Wang Jingwei was in favor, even if he could convince Wang Jingwei, it was impossible to convince Chen Bijun, so he kept dodging.

"How's the situation in Yucheng?"

After the car drove out of the train station, Chen Gongbo asked the suit in front of him again, and the suit turned his head and said: "It's okay, after the loss of Nanchang, there were two air raids, but the loss was not large, and we shot down more than a dozen planes." ”

The loss of Nanchang happened before the holiday, after the loss of Wuhan, both sides of the Chinese side focused on Nanchang, Xue Yue completely destroyed the Nanxun line in Nanchang, and the roads near Nanchang were all destroyed, but Xue Yue still left a road, this road is to the south of Nanchang, Xue Yue's original intention was to use this road to reinforce the Nanchang defenders.

Unexpectedly, the existence of this road was detected by Okamura Ningji, who mobilized six divisions and regiments to lure the enemy head-on with two divisions, and the main four divisions bypassed Nanchang under the cover of 200 tanks, launched an attack from the south, conquered Nanchang in one fell swoop, and at the same time inflicted heavy damage on the 32nd Group Army of the 19th Group Army.

However, at the same time as the loss of Nanchang, the Chinese [***] team won a battle north of the Yangtze River, and the five divisions of the Yue Army attacked Zaoyang in Suixian County north of the Yangtze River, and Li Zongren mobilized the 33rd Group Army and the 101st Army, Qiu Qingquan's column (the remnants of the Fifth Group Army), and the Third Group Army, and adopted the tactics of luring the enemy into depth, first giving up Suixian, and when the Yue army attacked Zaoyang, the 101st Army and Qiu Qingquan's column launched a counteroffensive in the northeast of Zaoyang, and the 33rd Group Army counterattacked in the southwest of Zaoyang, known as the great victory with jujube.

After the great victory in Suizao, the situation on the battlefield was stabilized, and both sides were exhausted and invariably stopped large-scale military operations. After the loss of Wuhan, all 76 remaining planes of the air force were withdrawn to the southwest, and the arrival of these planes finally solved the regret that there were no planes over the southwest, and it was these planes that became the biggest weapon to protect Yucheng.

"Director Chen, how is Chengdu? The newspaper said that a few days ago, the plane also attacked Chengdu, did it cause heavy losses? The suit felt that the atmosphere was a little dull, so he deliberately looked for a topic.

"It's nothing, the loss is not big, but it scared Chairman Deng, he still fought a war, and Chengdu is also overhauling the air-raid shelter." Chen Gongbo's secretary said with a smile.

The police station launched an investigation, and finally determined that it was the bodyguard who killed the police, and the driver who ran the red light, Kong Lingjun was only fined 10,000 yuan, plus the police's funeral expenses and pension of 100,000 yuan.

The most shocking thing is that Kong Lingjun has not yet been dealt with, and Chiang Kai-shek's punishment of Zhuang Jihua came down first, removing him as chairman of Sichuan Province and replacing him with Deng Xihou.

For Deng Xihou's appointment, only the generals of Liu Xiang's system among the local forces in Sichuan raised a few objections, but they were quickly drowned out by the support of Zhang Sike, Deng Hanxiang, Pan Wenhua, Tang Shizun and other bigwigs of the 21st Army. Deng Xihou was also interested, and after taking office, he announced that the policies formulated by Liu Xiang and Zhuang Jihua and the personnel appointed would not be changed, and he would only bring a secretary and adjutant to take office.

Of course, the reason for removing Chairman Zhuang Jihua is very high-sounding, but it is not a secret to the top management. Chen Gongbo is far away in Chengdu, and he is not clear about these inside stories in Yucheng, he is just sighing that Zhuang Jihua's time in Chengdu is too short, and the contact between the two sides is too little.

In the six months since Zhuang Jihua governed Sichuan, Sichuan began to control materials, and carried out rent and interest reductions in a more in-depth manner, and the reserve service was more perfect, and now even Xikang and other areas have established reserve forces. Food controls have begun to bear fruit, price increases have stopped, and the shortage of goods in the market has eased. After the fall of Wuhan, a large number of refugees entered Sichuan, and most of the laborers were absorbed by the major factories and Guizhou development, and some of the other factories that moved into Sichuan were absorbed.

"The schools in Yucheng have started to charge tuition, how do the local people react?" The secretary looked at the students on both sides of the road with interest.

"There is no response, this is something that cannot be helped, the political axe is financially tight, and it can no longer broadcast as before, and huge amounts of money are invested in education." The suit sighed, and there was some embarrassment between his words.

Although the war lasted for two years and many refugees fled to Sichuan and settled in the 16 counties of Yucheng, they also enjoyed free education, but the free education in Yucheng has been implemented. However, a large number of schools from outside Sichuan moved into Sichuan, and with the large number of students entering Sichuan, the education budget soared, and it was no longer possible to sustain it, so after a large amount of publicity, the free education in Yucheng was stopped.

Even if part of the tuition fees are supplemented, but the education funds are still difficult, the internal relocation of schools and students from the educational conditions and living conditions are several poor, Zhuang Jihua still got a batch of funds from the southwest development team, and mobilized the business community to donate to the school, wasted all the efforts, and finally resettled all the schools.

When Chiang Kai-shek dismissed Zhuang Jihua as chairman of the province, he also made a special call to Chiang Kai-shek to express his opposition, but Chiang Kai-shek was still very polite to him, and called back that Zhuang Jihua would be appointed full-time director of the southwest camp and develop Guizhou and Yunnan as soon as possible.

The secretary and the suit then talked about material control, and within half a year, the material control expanded from simple food to all daily necessities, including gasoline, diesel, tires, rubber and other civilian materials. Corresponding to this is the rampant black market buying.

For so many years, as Wang Jingwei's earliest follower and most important assistant, he knew very well that Wang Jingwei had not forgotten the Zhongshan ship of the year over the years, before the Zhongshan ship, Wang Jingwei was the first person in the Kuomintang, and Chiang Kai-shek was second; After the Zhongshan ship, Chiang Kai-shek was the first, and Wang Jingwei was the second; The feud between Wang and Jiang has been buried since then, and even if there is a temporary cooperation in the middle, it is a disagreement between face and heart. Wang Ching-wei always wanted to regain this first place and oust Chiang Kai-shek. In 918, Chiang Kai-shek made peace, and he fought the main battle; Now that Chiang Kai-shek is in charge, he will make peace; With the help of his own power, he was ousted from power.

In a trance, the car had arrived at Wang Jingwei's residence in Liziba, Chen Gongbo got out of the car, and Wang Jingwei was already standing in front of the foyer with a smile to greet him.

Chen Gongbo walked over quickly, Wang Jingwei reached out and grabbed his arm, and said affectionately: "Come into the house, come into the house, it's cold in Chongqing these days." ”

As soon as he entered the house, a warm heat came to his face, Chen Bijun also came over with a smile, personally reached out to help him take off his coat and hang it on the hanger, and then said with a smile: "Gongbo, even if you should come back before the holiday, I didn't expect you to be so busy, Zeng Zhongming came back and told me that you are even dealing with business during meal time, alas, you should also pay attention to your body, don't get tired." ”

Chen Gongbo also sighed, owed on the sofa, adjusted his seat, and said after feeling more comfortable: "Alas, yes, material control, school students, refugee relief, people are anxious, the war is getting closer and closer, and there are more and more refugees. ”

"It seems that the official of the public museum is not easy to be," Chen Bijun took the tea tray from the servant's hand, put a cup each for Wang Jingwei and Chen Gongbo, and held the remaining cup for himself, and said with a smile: "Yucheng's life is not easy now, everything is in charge of death, and there is not even much tea. ”

Chen Gongbo said, this is coming, sighed slightly and said: "This is not enough, the purpose of material control is to make everyone not hungry, when this system was first implemented, I participated in the design, so I know very well, the material is so little, the army wants, the people's lives also want, I think this move can alleviate the shortage of materials, is a great good governance." ”

(To be continued)