Section 5 Battle Clouds Gather VIII
In the past few years, Mei Yuntian has been a master of capital operation, and he is also accounting for the funds of each plan, and he is supervising the use of funds, and this economic plan is no exception, so he knows very well how to mobilize funds. Prices continue to rise, the fiat currency has depreciated sharply, and the exchange rate between the US dollar and the fiat currency has also risen, and 10 million US dollars can be exchanged for more than 100 million fiat currency, doubling the depreciation, and the depreciation will reach this range in two years, which is also the largest in the world.
After the Munich Agreement, Hitler swore to guarantee the reading power of Czechoslovakia, but in March this year he sent troops to annex Czechoslovakia, and at the same time made territorial claims to Poland, Britain and France immediately issued a warning, Chamberlain clearly announced that if Germany invaded Poland, Britain and France would fight to maintain Polish reading, and Europe was suddenly clouded with war clouds.
"Cultural Revolution, Hitler will really do it? If Britain and France had joined forces with Soviet Russia and attacked Germany on both sides, wouldn't the situation of the last great war be repeated? Li Zhilong asked with some suspicion.
"If I were Hitler, I would solve this problem diplomatically." Zhuang Jihua did not express it directly, but used inducement.
"That is, if there is some agreement between the Soviet Union and Germany, it means that the door to war in Europe has been opened." Mei Yuntian sighed a little.
"Then we're going to have a hard time." Zhang Jingjiang's tone was still relatively light, and his vicissitudes of life seemed to penetrate the misty night.
Li Zhilong and Mei Yuntian were stunned for a moment, and then immediately understood that if Britain and France wanted to deal with Germany, they would inevitably make concessions to Japan in Asia, and even Soviet Russia would do the same, and China would definitely be the object of their sacrifice.
", these short-sighted bunnies." Li Zhilong was a little depressed.
"There is no savior in this world," Zhuang Jihua said lightly: "Inform Li Anding to import more rubber, gasoline, and diesel, which are not available in China." ”
Li Anding is now in full charge of the work in western Yunnan, the party department, intelligence, as well as the western Yunnan import and export company and the transportation company, in three years to firmly control western Yunnan, he is also a secret soldier of Zhuang Jihua, all think that Zhuang Jihua's funds and strength are concentrated in Chongqing, in fact, he has another force in western Yunnan.
But Li Anding is different from Li Zhilong, Li Anding's ambition is greater than Li Zhilong, and more often, Zhuang Jihua uses him as a subordinate, only telling him how to execute, and rarely analyzing the reasons.
"By the way, how is the Panzhihua project going?" Zhuang Jihua asked.
"It's going well, the foundation there is too weak, in almost six years, more than a dozen bridges have been built, roads in western Yunnan have been opened, eight auxiliary factories and mines have been built, as well as hydropower stations, and now the steel plant has been built, Ren Naiqiang's report shows that steel will be produced in 42 years at the latest."
Zhuang Jihua nodded, this speed had exceeded his expectations, and his thoughts turned around, with a trace of worry: "If Britain and France block the Yunnan-Burma Highway and the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway, how will the equipment be transported in?" This must be estimated. ”
"That's a problem." Li Zhilong muttered, but he didn't have anything to do, this matter could only be solved through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and they couldn't help it.
"Can we let the United States exert some pressure?" Mei Yuntian put forward an idea.
"That's a good idea, let the chairman worry about it, we need to have a certain amount of equipment in advance, I don't think the lockdown will last too long." Zhuang Jihua frowned and said: "It's best not to owe anyone a favor in this matter." ”
"Yes," Zhang Jingjiang agreed: "The United States will not sit idly by and watch us be defeated by the United States, and once Britain and France are defeated, the desire of the United States to go south will become stronger and stronger, and the greater the chance of conflict with Britain and the United States, so that a new world war has broken out, and we have both opportunities and dangers, and the opportunities outweigh the dangers." ”
Zhang Jingjiang's words concluded this issue, and the topic immediately turned to matters related to Yucheng, which has always been the case between them, and in the seemingly relaxed conversation and laughter, many important things were decided, such as in this conversation, the disembarkation of the Chongqing-Guizhou Railway has been decided.
"The GCD side is now resentful, and they have always been crushed by us here, so I guess they want to use this way to impact it." When it comes to GCD, Li Zhilong feels a little bitter in his heart, which is also a scar in his heart.
Zhuang Jihua nodded slightly, agreeing with his judgment: "For their strategy, it is still the same, control, monitoring, and so that you know it in your heart, but if you don't take action, you can restrict their development through social organization, and it is useless to simply arrest them, and they will be notorious." ”
"Cultural Revolution, in this regard, you are smarter than the chairman." Zhang Jingjiang leaned lazily on the back of the chair, his eyes showed disdain, Chiang Kai-shek was still using the method of suppressing the Communist Party for ten years, but now the conditions have changed, even if you want to suppress the other party, you should also take political measures, in fact, GCD also leaves a lot of flaws that can be attacked.
"If the two parties are of the same mind, I can be kicked out three years early." Zhuang Jihua sighed softly after speaking, everyone understood that this was an almost impossible task, and the prejudice between the two parties was too deep.
Everyone fell silent, quietly listening to the river lapping on the shore; Except for Mei Yuntian, they have all experienced that period of passion and blood, Huangpu Fengyun, iron-blooded Northern Expedition, bloody Qing Party, everything is like yesterday.
"Zaitian, Director Deng, what are they doing now?" Zhuang Jihua broke the silence, remembering the tacit understanding he had formed with Deng Yanda and them, and he didn't know how far their actions had been.
"Soon after you left, Director Deng went to Wuhan, Chen Mingshu went to Guizhou, and Teacher Yan proposed to the chairman of the committee to resign from the post of the Central Military Academy and serve as the deputy director of the Southwest Pacification Office." Li Zhilong replied.
Zhuang Jihua nodded slightly, knowing that they had already begun to act: "What is the principal's reaction?" ”
"Not yet." Li Zhilong said that he knew that Zhuang Jihua planned to join forces with Deng Yanda, but he did not know how far he planned to connect.
Mei Yuntian knew some inside stories, and Zhuang Jihua transferred some money to Deng Yanda through him. And Zhang Jingjiang obviously didn't know Zhuang Jihua's plan, he frowned slightly, he didn't like Deng Yanda very much, thinking that this person was too radical: "Cultural Revolution, are you going to join forces with Deng Yanda?" ”
Zhuang Jihua had no intention of concealing it, he nodded: "My idea is to support a force, a third force outside the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and my focus is on maintaining domestic peace after the war and after the end of the Anti-Japanese War." ”
Zhang Jingjiang obviously frowned, and then frowned slightly: "Can you control them?" ”
"It's not a matter of control," Zhuang Jihua's tone was very calm, this decision was not consulted with them, it was he who acted independently, which was likely to cause controversy in his camp, take this opportunity to pick it out and win the approval of the core people in these groups: "It's cooperation, now it seems that the power of GCD will be greatly developed in the war, and after the war, it will definitely not bow down to the principal, and the principal is used to suppressing people with force, and the conflict is bound to break out, if there is a third force at this time, the middle is balanced, The likelihood of a civil war would be greatly reduced. ”
"You're going to conclude that he's going to start a civil war? With such a big loss in the Anti-Japanese War, will he still provoke a civil war? Zhang Jingjiang's brows furrowed even deeper, and he was a little unconvinced.
"I don't want to believe it either," Zhuang Jihua smiled bitterly in the dark, "But judging by the principal's surname Xi, I think he is likely to take such an action." With GCD's strength in North China alone, he can't accept it, and GCD won't hand over the territory it has already acquired. ”
Zhang Jingjiang thought for a moment, and finally nodded slightly, expressing his agreement with his judgment, Li Zhilong needless to say, Mei Yuntian is a little disgusted with the regime of the national political axe because of Kong Xiangxi, thinking that these tumors will collapse sooner or later if the national political axe is not eliminated.
Looking at their appearance, Zhuang Jihua breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he thought that they would express a fierce opinion, but he didn't expect it to be passed so easily.
"In Tian, you have to gradually delegate power to Chiang Ching-kuo, and in addition, I plan to hold a military cadre training class in Chengdu, and you will send some students over, and also tell Teacher Yan about this decision, if he has any requirements, he can meet them." Zhuang Jihua's words obviously tell everyone that he is seriously Deng Yanda's person.
This time, not only Li Zhilong, but even Zhang Jingjiang also expressed puzzlement, Zhuang Jihua explained: "There are two reasons, one is that if you want Jiang Jingguo and Kong Xiangxi to fight in the ring, you must give him more power; Second, it was not by chance that the principal put Jingguo in Yucheng, with the aim of finally gaining the dominance of the Southwest Development Team; If we insist on holding power, we will first clash with Chiang Ching-kuo, and then with the principal; Of course, it is not that you give him all the power at once, gradually transition, in three to four years, transfer power to him, and at the same time gradually influence him and win him over. ”
"Looks like you've seen that, and I don't need to remind you anymore." Zhang Jingjiang agreed: "The chairman of the committee knows very well that the Cultural Revolution will not hand over the Southwest Development Team to any other forces in the party, but can only hand it over to him, and Chiang Ching-kuo is his representative; Of course, this is also a step for him to weaken the power of the Cultural Revolution, and this is also the consequence of the three victories of the Cultural Revolution, which is too dazzling, and if it continues to develop like this, it will threaten his position. ”
"But if you lose the Southwest Development Team, what will you do in the future?" Mei Yuntian was puzzled: "How will you gain a foothold in the future?" ”
"Actually, it's nothing, the purpose of the original southwest development is to resist the Japanese, as long as it is used to resist the Japanese, we will not have any losses. As for us," Zhuang Jihua smiled indifferently: "Of course there is a place to go." ”
"There?" Mei Yuntian asked curiously.
Zhuang Jihua smiled: "Look at the Northeast, although it is cold, the place is actually good." ”
"Northeast?" The three of them were all shocked, from southwest to northeast, which was a bit too unbelievable.
(To be continued)