Everyone present thought that the meeting was over, but Zhuang Jihua asked another question: "Principal, is the news that the Japanese army will attack Jizhong notified**.\"

He Yingqin and Lin Wei, who had just stood up, looked at him stunned, but Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng were a little puzzled, and Chiang Kai-shek frowned. Chen Cheng shook his head first: "Inform them what to do, just started a few battles, and now they will ask for benefits, and if there is no benefit, they will hide far away, and they will not listen to the orders of the central government, regardless of them." ”

"The rhetoric is right, there is no such obligation." Lin Wei also expressed his support, and he peeked at Chiang Kai-shek's expression: "Let the Japanese teach them a lesson, it is not possible to guerrilla without attacking, and we have to rely on our regular army to resist Japan." ”

Chen Cheng and Lin Wei are both members of the first negotiation team, and the two of them have repeatedly proposed to completely incorporate the command system of the Eighth Route Army into the first system, but they have been rejected by the Communist Party, but the Communist Party has come up with a plan to expand the Eighth Route Army, and after being rejected, they simply expanded it themselves, and the combat area was also separated from the second theater of operations.

"I suggest notifying them and telling Wang Ming the news, and this time we will provide it for free." Zhuang Jihua said quietly, as if he didn't see Chiang Kai-shek's increasingly dark face.

Hearing the word free, Chiang Kai-shek's anger that was about to be emitted was immediately suppressed, and he asked in a deep voice: "Why?" Tell me your reasoning. ”

Zhuang Jihua looked at the crowd and said slowly: "The Communist Party has a deep suspicion of us, which is very unfavorable to the cooperation between the two parties in the War of Resistance, but just like during the Northern Expedition, the Communist Party is also divided into two factions, one is the pro-united front faction represented by Wang Ming; The other faction is the independence defenders represented by Mao Zdong. Judging from the current situation, Mao Zdong occupies a leading position in the party, and if we can find a way to transfer Mao Zdong away, for example, to the Comintern of Soviet Russia, Wang Ming may come to power and become the leader of the Communist Party of China, which is undoubtedly the most beneficial to us. But Wang Ming is now at a disadvantage, and we must take some action to support Wang Ming, and the best way to support Wang Ming is to make his proposition correct in the eyes of their party, that is to say, his proposition that everything through the united front is correct. ”

Speaking of which, Chiang Kai-shek probably understood what Zhuang Jihua wanted to do, but in his opinion, this was undoubtedly whimsical, and the Communist Party would not be so stupid if Mao Z was transferred away.

"Secondly, if we are prepared, we will be able to hold back the Japanese army and share part of the Japanese army's strength, which will be beneficial to our frontal combat." Zhuang Jihua added.

The room fell silent, and everyone couldn't turn a corner, obviously providing benefits to the Communist Party, how could it become a blow to the Communist Party? He Yingqin looked at Zhuang Jihua with a strange look: "Cultural Revolution, your idea is a bit unbelievable, providing information once can make Wang Ming's status rise?" ”

"It will definitely not work once, it will have to be done many times, and in addition, some of Wang Ming's propositions or requirements can be satisfied, so that after two or three years, Wang Ming can challenge Mao Zdong in the party, whether he wins or not, it will be beneficial to us." Zhuang Jihua said calmly.

"Cultural Revolution, didn't you participate in the suppression of the Communist Party?" He Yingqin asked.

"There is no civil war now," Zhuang Jihua said: "The Communist Party is a political issue, not a military issue, I recently read an article, ** written about the united front, he said that help and concessions should be positive, not negative, in addition he also raised the issue of the leadership of the united front, I think he is right, with the spear of the other, the shield of the other, we can do the same." ”

Zhuang Jihua's attitude is very clear, as long as it is not a military action, he will support it. However, his reasons are also unacceptable, using Mao Zdong's theory to deal with the Communist Party is too crazy.

Zhuang Jihua smiled helplessly in his heart, he didn't know if this proposal could impress Chiang Kai-shek, if Chiang Kai-shek adopted it, he would be able to deal with the Communist Party in the future, and at the same time, he would also curb Chiang Kai-shek's idea of taking military action.

Chiang Kai-shek looked at Zhuang Jihua thoughtfully, and Zhuang Jihua had a glimmer of hope in his heart, but Chiang Kai-shek disappointed him as soon as he spoke.

"Cultural Revolution, you can inform them this time, it depends on the situation in the future, you can't take action in private without my permission." Chiang Kai-shek's expression was very serious, he was not sure whether Zhuang Jihua's method was feasible, but Zhuang Jihua was right about one thing, if Jizhong was prepared, he could consume the materials and troops of the Japanese army.

Zhuang Jihua also heard that Chiang Kai-shek's words contained a warning, he smiled bitterly in his heart, knowing that his intentions were seen through by Chiang Kai-shek, this principal didn't seem to be very shrewd about others, but when it came to **, it changed, and he really didn't know what to say.

Chen Cheng visited Wang Ming the next day and conveyed to him the information that the Japanese army would attack Jizhong, Wang Ming suddenly realized that Zhou Enlai and Li Kenong were doing mysteriously in the past two days, which made him a little angry, but he didn't have much to do, Li Kenong was not under his leadership, but he didn't plan to give up like this.

Back at the office, Wang Ming called Zhou Enlai and Li Kenong to his office, relayed Chen Cheng's report to them, and asked, "Did you already know this information?" ”

Zhou EN came to exchange glances with Li Kenong, and Zhou EN came to nod and said: "Yes, but we are still verifying this information, and we can't be sure of their authenticity." ”

Wang Ming looked at Zhou En with uncertain eyes, as if to confirm the truth of what he said, and then said slowly: "According to the organizational division of labor, I am not responsible for the intelligence work, but EN, I am the secretary of the Yangtze River Bureau, and I am responsible for the work of the entire Yangtze River Bureau, so such important information should at least be reported to me." ”

Zhou EN looked at Wang Ming's suppressed angry face, and he said calmly: "Comrade Wang Ming, this information we got from Xuzhou was provided to us by Zhuang Jihua, but there is no news about this through our channels, and we are verifying the authenticity of the information." ”

"When will we find out? Can you find out? "Wang Ming arrived and now is not the time for a showdown, Zhou EN's reason for coming is very appropriate, and at the same time, he is also euphemistically criticizing him, and he cannot rashly and unilaterally accept the information of the Kuomintang.

"Yes, but it will take time." Zhou EN said.

Out of Wang Ming's office, Li Kenong was about to go back to his office, but Zhou En came and took him around the crowd and walked into his office.

ZHOU ENLAI HAD DEEP DOUBTS IN HIS HEART, HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ZHUANG JIHUA MEANT? Why did they report to Chiang Kai-shek after Xuzhou informed them, and told them through Chen Cheng that they were afraid that they would not believe it? Or something else? More importantly, why Wang Ming? What are they trying to achieve?

This series of questions continued to pop up from Zhou Enlai's mind, and Zhou Enlai felt that there must be a conspiracy in it, and he pondered for a moment before saying: "Comrade K Nong, you must hurry up and contact Daofeng, as soon as you have something, you can only report it to me," Speaking of this, he paused and added: "In addition, we should pay attention to Chiang Kai-shek's recent movements, what new moves are there, I am worried that he is planning something again." ”

"Don't worry," Li Kenong said solemnly, "I've been staring at them." ”

Zhou EN looked at Li Kenong's back and sighed softly, he couldn't see through Chiang Kai-shek's move this time, but he could feel that there was a taste of Zhuang Jihua here, what he didn't understand was also here, why did Zhuang Jihua do this? Because you didn't promise Zhu D to be in a war zone last time? No, according to the intelligence feedback afterwards, Chiang Kai-shek did not really want Zhu D to hold such an important position.

Two days later, Li Kenong hurriedly walked into Zhou Enlai's office, where Zhou Enlai was talking to the editor of the current affairs section of Xinhua Daily.

After the editor left, Li Kenong immediately closed the door and said to Zhou EN: "It's called, Blade has been contacted." ”

"Is the information true?" Zhou EN unhurriedly lifted the water bottle and poured a glass of water for Li Kenong: "Drink saliva first." ”

Li Kenong hurriedly took out the telegram from his leather bag and put it on Zhou Enlai's table: "You can take a look at the telegram first, the blade can't be sure of the authenticity of this information." ”

Zhou Enlai was stunned, he didn't expect the situation to be like this at all, and Li Kenong said: "But he provided a clue that may help." ”

Zhou Enlai picked up the telegram, the telegram was long and detailed, not only including the recent troop transfers in the five theaters, but also the changes in Zhuang Jihua's thinking in recent years.

"What do you think?" Zhou Enlai was silent for a while, turned his head and asked Li Kenong.

"I think the intelligence may be true," Li Kenong said: "First of all, the Kuomintang decided to add three new armies to the First Theater, totaling 160,000 troops, and the Fifth Theater will redeploy the additional First Army and the 78th Army on the Henan-Anhui border, which shows that they are deploying troops according to this information." ”

"In addition, according to Dao Feng's reaction, twelve years ago, Zhuang Jihua sent spies to Japan, one of them was at the headquarters of the Japanese army in Shanghai, and the other had provided him with intelligence during the Great Wall War of Resistance, but this intelligence agent had not been contacted before this, but he also said that Wang Xiaoshan had been to Xuzhou some time ago, and then hurriedly went north, and it is estimated that there is news of this intelligence agent."

"Judging from the tone in the telegram, this intelligence officer is more important, Wang Xiaoshan is Zhuang Jihua's intelligence director, responsible for contacting these two important intelligence officers." Li Kenong said all his judgment in one breath, and then looked at Zhou En quietly, he knew that Zhou En came to know more about Zhuang Jihua more than ten years ago.

But he saw the always wise Zhou En Lai's eyes wandering, his expression was a little stunned, and he said a few words softly: "Eighteen Arhats, Eighteen Luhans." That's the Eighteen Arhats, how did I forget that. ”

Li Kenong did not answer, he knew that if necessary, Zhou En would tell him.

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