Two days later, faced with the same question from Chiang Kai-shek, Zhuang Jihua's answer was to plan and attack the west.

Zhuang Jihua explained his plan in detail: "First of all, he gathered troops and materials to the Dongjiang River with great fanfare, sent a small force to harass the territory of Fujian, and forced Sun Chuanfang to choose between transferring troops to the south, risking the loss of Zhejiang, and the Yongfu ship; After the momentum was created, the Generalissimo's Office came forward to demand that Fujian return the Yongfu ship and release the captured personnel. At the same time, the main force secretly moved in the direction of Wuhua and Xingning, and after Yang Ximin's rebellion was exposed, he immediately returned to Guangzhou to extinguish the rebellion with lightning speed. ”

"Although Sun Chuanfang can't command Yangshuzhuang, but Yangshuzhuang's fleet is stationed in Fujian after all, and it is inextricably linked with Fujian, without touching Sun Chuanfang's fundamental interests, Sun Chuanfang can tolerate Yangshuzhuang obeying Duan Qirui's orders and using Fujian to do something to disturb Guangdong, but if this kind of disturbance reaches the level of triggering a war between Fujian and Guangdong, especially when the pressure of the Feng system is increasing, is Sun Chuanfang still willing? I think the conclusion is yes, so he will inevitably force Yang Shuzhuang to make some kind of conciliatory gesture, such as releasing the Yongfu ship and the captives, which will also achieve our goal. ”

Zhuang Jihua wondered whether Chiang Kai-shek had a plan to deal with it before he met Chiang Kai-shek, otherwise why did Chiang Kai-shek rush to Shantou two days later, when the Meixian Youth Army would fight with the Sun Wenist Society, Chiang Kai-shek rushed back to Meixian almost immediately after learning of the situation.

Sure enough, after listening to his analysis, Chiang Kai-shek smiled with satisfaction, Zhuang Jihua's countermeasures were very close to what he thought. Seeing Chiang Kai-shek's smile, Zhuang Jihua felt that he had guessed correctly. He said tentatively:

"This is a little bit of a student's opinion for the principal's reference."

"You can think of this, it's already very unexpected to me, the Cultural Revolution, you have lived up to my expectations, but I still have to test you, how to put pressure on Fujian? How? Zhuang Jihua's performance was beyond his expectations, and in his heart he became more and more satisfied with Zhuang Jihua. When receiving Zhuang Jihua's telegram, Zhuang Jihua only put forward an analysis of the incident, but did not provide a coping strategy.

"The students thought that they could launch a small-scale attack in the direction of Yongding and Longyan, and that they could go out of Songbai Pass and test in the direction of Xiazhai in the south." Zhuang Jihua really didn't think about what to do, so he thought about it for a while before proposing a plan.

"Well, what if our attack is thwarted? You must know that the enemy in this area not only has Zhou Yinren's troops, but also Hong Zhaolin's troops, and the enemy army is strong. Chiang Kai-shek quietly rejected Zhuang Jihua's suggestion.

Zhuang Jihua admitted that Chiang Kai-shek was right, bowed his head and said: "Then the only way to attack is to go up from the Jiaoling Dam." ”

Chiang Kai-shek shook his head slightly: "It's still too bad, don't just think about your own strength, you must know that once our troops are sent out, no matter how many, Duan Qirui will achieve his goal." ”

Hearing Chiang Kai-shek's words, Zhuang Jihua suddenly thought of the United States and the Soviet Union in the previous life, and the two sides basically did not fight directly, but fought through agents; It seems that Chiang Kai-shek wanted to exert pressure on Sun Chuanfang through other forces, Zhuang Jihua's brain was running rapidly, thinking about what forces could be borrowed, and after measuring the forces around him, he remembered the Fujian People's Army that Xu Chongzhi had mentioned.

"Does the principal mean to use the power of the Fujian People's Army?" Zhuang Jihua asked.

Chiang Kai-shek nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, we sent troops to Fujian, the scale is not easy to control, it is better to say if we win, if we lose, it will fuel the ambitions of Zhou Yin and Chen Jiongming." Supporting the People's Army will not only win over a group of people who support us, but will also give the other side the illusion that the People's Army is our forerunner, and this will also achieve the goal of threatening Fujian. ”

It can't help but say that Chiang Kai-shek's countermeasure is more clever, killing two birds with one stone, or even killing three birds with one stone, but Zhuang Jihua immediately thought of why Chiang Kai-shek wanted to say this to him, wanting to show his cleverness in front of him? Zhuang Jihua was skeptical, but he said a classic line in an admiring tone: "The principal is wise." ”

Chiang Kai-shek felt a little proud in his heart, indeed, he said this to Zhuang Jihua just to show off in front of Zhuang Jihua, but this idea was not entirely his, but the result of everyone's discussion. After receiving Zhuang Jihua's analysis, he convened his subordinates to discuss, and the meeting agreed with Zhuang Jihua's judgment, but there were disagreements on how many troops to send to Fujian, no matter how much was inappropriate, and finally Director Zhou suggested that he could think of a way to the Fujian People's Army, this suggestion opened everyone's minds, and after some discussion, there was such a plan to get the best of both worlds.

However, in general, Chiang Kai-shek was very satisfied with Zhuang Jihua's work, not only found Xu Chongzhi's weaknesses, but also handled Xu's work smoothly, and handled such emergencies very properly.

However, Zhuang Jihua saw a hidden danger from this matter, that is, there was a lack of information, if it were not for the newspaper report, he would not have been able to find Sun Chuanfang's information, and extended to Jiangxi, Wuhan, and the north in the future, there was no lack of timely information; The entire intelligence system has not yet been established, at least not in the colonel, and judging by the Yongfu incident, the Generalissimo's Office also does not have a professional intelligence system, and the establishment of an intelligence system is a top priority in the long run.

Zhuang Jihua thought of this, his face was a little anxious, and Chiang Kai-shek immediately noticed: "Cultural Revolution, what are you thinking?" ”

"The students are thinking about the affairs of the intelligence department, the Yongfu ship incident once again reminds the important surname of intelligence, the basis of the students' inferences this time is based on the news in the newspaper, there is no definite information, especially about Sun Chuanfang, the principal, must immediately start to establish an intelligence system in Jiangnan."

"Well, yes, do you have any specific ideas?" Chiang Kai-shek agreed with Zhuang Jihua's view.

"The key is people, people who can enter the upper echelons of Zhejiang. But the students don't know much about this area, and although they have ideas, they have nowhere to use them. ”

"Don't rush, take your time." Chiang Kai-shek also felt that this problem was not easy to solve, and he was also thinking about it, and he wanted to ask for the opinion of a person, but this person was still in Shanghai.

"Don't be in a hurry, the principal handed over such a heavy figure to me, if I can't do it well, wouldn't I be ashamed of my trust in the principal. It would be nice if Junshan was here, at least he knew more people than I did. Zhuang Jihua patted Chiang Kai-shek's ass.

"Ha, you're pleading for He Jinhan for a long time." Chiang Kai-shek smiled: "Okay, I'll transfer him to you as an assistant, and you can also make meritorious service to atone for your crimes." ”

"Yes, thank you, Headmaster." Chiang Kai-shek thought that Zhuang Jihua took into account his friendship with He Jinhan at this time, so he pleaded for He Jinhan, but in fact, Zhuang Jihua wanted He Jinhan to come, but there was a deeper reason.

The robbery of the Yongfu caused shock to the Generalissimo's Office, and Hu Hanmin issued a telegram demanding that Yanjing Duan Qirui order Yangshuzhuang to return the robbed warship and personnel and equipment in order to maintain the anti-direct alliance advocated by the former prime minister. However, Xu Chongzhi and Chiang Kai-shek, who were in the Dongjiang River, murderously telegraphed to Zhou Yinren, the overseer of Fujian, to immediately return all the equipment and personnel that had been robbed, otherwise the Eastern Expeditionary Army would come to Fujian on its own to retrieve it.

At the end of April, Xu Chongzhi convened Song Yuanyuan and Zhang Zhen of the Fujian People's Army in Shantou to convene a meeting of the Fujian-Guangdong Revolutionary Army Alliance.

After the meeting, Xu Chongzhi proposed to Acting Generalissimo Hu Hanmin that the first divisions of the Yunnan Army, the Gui Army, the Hunan Army, and the Guangdong Army be transferred to the Dongjiang River, and at the same time an additional 1 million yuan in military expenses and 3 million yuan in various ammunition expenditures. At the same time, Fang Shengtao was appointed commander-in-chief of the Fujian army, and Song Yuanyuan's department was in southern Fujian, and Zhang Zhen's department was in northwest Fujian to strengthen its activities. The 2nd Division of the Guangdong Army defeated the Fujian army in Dapu, Lai Shihuang's department, and Wang Ruozhou's brigade Chen Bing Baisong Pass, ready to attack Fujian at any time.

The war clouds on the Fujian-Guangdong border were thick, and the Cantonese army was pressing, and Zhou Yinren sent telegrams to Hangzhou several times a day, urging Sun Chuanfang to transfer the two divisions of the Fujian army transferred to Hangzhou back to Fujian; After Sun Chuanfang received the telegram, he couldn't help but scold Zhou Yinren for not knowing what was going on, and Zhejiang was facing more and more pressure from the Feng department, so he transferred troops back to Fujian? Joke, transferred back, what should Zhejiang do? The three Fujian can't catch up with Zhejiang.

But as a last resort, Fujian can't lose it. Sun Chuanfang was a little worried, since the defeat of Wu Dashuai, the power of the direct line has become more and more weak, I thought that after abandoning Qi Xieyuan, the Feng family should be satisfied, although a peace agreement was signed with them, but is the agreement of this year useful? He abided by the agreement and withdrew from Shanghai, but the Feng army did not move at all, and it seems that the Feng army has no intention of stopping, and must reorganize and fight.

What Sun Chuanfang didn't understand was that, judging from the news obtained earlier, Guangzhou's purpose was only to eliminate Chen Jiongming and recover the Dongjiang River; There was no intention of taking advantage of the victory to attack Fujian, and now things began to change, and it was all damn sea chips, so he sent a telegram to Zhou Yinren, asking him to tell Yang Shuzhuang to return the Yongfu ship to Guangdong, otherwise let them leave Fujian; In addition, tell Chen Jiongming to let his army restrain himself, now is not the time to cause trouble.

After Zhou Yinren received the telegram, he did not dare to disobey Sun Chuanfang's order, but he did not have the strength to control Yangshuzhuang in Xiamen and Chen Jiongming on the Fujian-Guangdong border.

In a room at the Queen's Hotel in Hong Kong, Duan Qirui's representative, Li Yanguo, was smoking a cigar and said in a smug tone:

"Commander Yang, the ruling is very thoughtful for you, now there is only the Dian Gui Army left around Guangzhou, as long as the two of you raise the banner of righteousness in Guangzhou, you will definitely succeed." Then he lowered his voice and said: "The ruling government agreed, and afterwards appointed Commander Yang as the military superintendent of Guangdong; Commander Liu is the Military Affairs Supervisor of Guangxi and the Governor of Guangxi. Commander Yang doesn't have any doubts now. ”

Yang Ximin touched the two whiskers on his lips, his eyes were full of contempt, and he said in a disdainful tone: "There is no problem with raising the flag, there is no need to make such a big noise, I have 30,000 male troops in hand, hum, Generalissimo's Mansion, I admit that he is the Generalissimo's Mansion, Lao Tzu does not admit that it is a ball." Brother Li, you and I can trust you, and I can trust Duan Zhengzhi, but what about Tang Dashuai? If he doesn't admit it, won't I be busy? ”

Li Yanguo didn't care about Yang Ximin's rudeness, he had been among the warlords all these years, and he already knew the surnames of these warlords very well. However, he did not agree with Yang Ximin's arrogance, and the strength of the armed forces controlled by the Generalissimo's Office was not weak, especially the Whampoa School Army; It is said that this is a new army, which was built by Sun Su Russia's army building method, and no one looked at this army before the war, but what is surprising is that it was this army that defeated the Chen Jiajun who had been in the south of the Lingnan for eight years, and when he met Chen Jiongming in Xiamen, he also saw Hong Zhaolin. Although Hong Zhaolin was still so arrogant, he was keenly aware of his loss, and his subordinates were still terrified at the mention of the student army.

As for Yang Ximin's contempt for Duan Qirui, he disapproves. It seems that Yang Ximin is also a martial artist, and he doesn't understand the mysteries of politics at all, and he is not enough to achieve great things. Thinking of this, there was a slight trace of contempt on his face, but he immediately realized that something was wrong, and quickly took out a puff of cigar, covering his expression with a swirling smoke: "If the commander doesn't believe it, Commander Tang's representative will arrive tomorrow, and Commander Yang can ask him face to face." ”

"Okay, as long as Tang Shuai doesn't object, this deal is done."

"But Commander Liu didn't come, what does he mean?" Li Yanguo flicked the cigar on the ashtray, he liked to do this action, which he learned from the former president Xu Shichang, but he always felt as if something was missing, and he never had the bearing of others.

"Brother, don't worry, Commander Liu and I are brothers in a pair of pants, my words are his words, and his words are also my words."

"That's good, but Commander Yang, the requirements of the competition, you see...?"

"It's nothing, Dongjiang is his, just give it back to him, I only want Guangzhou, Xijiang, and Beijiang; As long as the ministers are in Guangxi, he doesn't want an inch of territory in Guangdong. ”

"Okay," Li Yanguo put down his cigar, opened the wine kitchen, took out a bottle of red wine, pried the cork, poured half a glass into the two glasses, and then picked up a glass: "Commander Yang, I wish you success in advance." ”

Ding, the two cups touched together, Li Yanguo's heart was full of joy, but he didn't expect this trip to Hong Kong to be so smooth; As long as Yang Ximin starts an incident in Guangzhou, whether it succeeds or not, his first task will be completed.

All that's left is to go to Guangzhou and see this reddened city.

(To be continued)