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Chapter 1493 Mutual Benefit and Reciprocity

Song Meiling was a little surprised by An Yi's sudden change of attitude, but then she was more grateful. She thought that An Yi agreed to help because www.biquge.info of her own face, so when she talked to An Yi alone, she knew everything and said everything.

The current situation in China seems to be bright, but in fact the situation is not optimistic.

Since the south-central part of Shandong has become the main battlefield of the Sino-Japanese confrontation, although no decisive battles have broken out between the two sides so far, small clashes have occurred all the time.

In the entire Huanghuai region, too many troops of the central army, local armies, and militia groups have been assembled, and they do not belong to the same military and political system unlike each other, and the supply of materials is extremely chaotic; incidents of commanders withholding military salaries and reselling grain and munitions, and grass-roots officers embezzling ink have occurred from time to time; the central government's military salaries, food, ammunition, and other material supplies have obviously been replenished in place, but the generals of those local armies have just opened their eyes and told nonsense, not that the central government has not pulled out a dime, and that their departments are living in a state of water and fire, and after the military and political departments have found out the situation, they will use factions and regions, estrangement from the central government, and other reasons, single-handedly provoked incidents, muddied the waters, and finally put on the big hat of "sabotaging the great cause of resistance against Japan and waiting for an opportunity to annex local armies", but it was buckled on the head of the central government.

Soldiers of the local army and militia groups, who had not been able to receive military salaries, food, and other materials for a long time, began to run rampant in the countryside and plundered on a large scale, causing military disasters to run rampant in the entire Huanghuai region and making the people's livelihood miserable. Many areas have been looted many times, and there is basically no food in the home, but the government needs to supply food, but the garrison still requires the peasants to pay the full land tax, and the farmers have to sell their farm animals, furniture, and even their farmland to meet the land levy, and many families have begun to eat tree bark, grass roots, livestock feed, and it is said that there are also human flesh.

In the end, they couldn't hold on anymore, and the people abandoned their homes and fled with their families.

Although most of these refugees were guided by the Anyi Group in an orderly manner, some of them flowed into the southwest and migrated to South China, and the other part was transported north into Mongolia through automobile convoys, which greatly enriched the population of Biansai, but the central government's desire to collect grain and purchase grain supplies nearby was in vain.

At present, southern Shandong, northern Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, northeastern Hubei and other places are unbearable to be harassed by chaotic soldiers, and there has been a large-scale wave of refugees, even in the cities, which has made it impossible for the central government to collect taxes and raise military funds in these areas.

Due to Japan's deliberate efforts, China's foreign trade routes are basically cut off at present, and only large-scale smuggling by government actions is carried out through the coastal areas of Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong. However, the southwest passage to the sea is all controlled by the An Jiajun, and the central government does not get the slightest benefit, which has aroused the dissatisfaction of the major political factions of the central government, but the An Yi group is strong and strong, and the central government has no way to take the ironclad southwest government, especially the An Jiajun, so it will send people to see if it can strive for a little benefit to ease the current rapidly tense financial order.

The so-called sky-high price, sitting on the ground to pay back, no one expected that Jiang Dingwen, who had a close relationship with An Yi, had just provoked the conversation, and An Yi got up and turned to leave, leaving no room for bargaining, which made the military and political officials who followed Song Meiling and his party to visit Xinjing feel very uncomfortable.

An Yi finally understood what was going on, and secretly rejoiced in his heart that he did not send the main force to get involved in the war in North China, but only fought with Lu Yixuan's partial division.

In this era, the Japanese army, in terms of the quality of individual soldiers, can be said to be the best in the world, and there is no one. Of course, if we include heavy firepower weapons such as tanks, artillery, and airplanes, the Japanese army, which has a weak industrial base, is naturally inferior to the armies of the United States, the Soviet Union, and Germany, but in terms of personal combat skills and fighting will, I am afraid that even the best German soldiers cannot be compared. The spirit of bushido, which Japan believes in, is not boasted of out of thin air, and it can burst out with a hundredfold combat effectiveness at a critical moment, which is absolutely not the same as that of Britain, France, and other armies that surrender when they see that the situation is not good, and they will not give up even if they fight to the last man.

Don't look at the An Jiajun entering Nanhua to fight, and the Fa *** team failed without much effort, thinking how great An Jiajun is, it is just compared to the Fa *** team that has too a clear mind and an extremely weak will to fight. After all, the French army was a colonial army, and it lacked the courage to sacrifice its own lives to defend the colony from top to bottom, so it was not surprising that there was a large-scale wave of surrender.

With the same number of troops, Gu Changfeng and Xia Jian led their troops into North China to fight, it may not be easy to break through the numerous defensive lines set up by the Japanese army in the central and southern parts of Shandong; after all, Japan has now expanded its army to 90 divisions, 80 independent mixed brigades, and 70 mixed brigades, plus local garrisons, the total strength has reached 4 million, and after the general mobilization for war, the strength of the army can even reach 6 million.

If we add the Korean army, the puppet Mongolian army, the puppet Manchu army, and the North China puppet army, the total number can reach 7 million to 8 million, and it is said that now Japan has begun to recruit and form troops in the Lanyin Islands, and has already organized two Lanyin honorary divisions, and the potential for war is rapidly expanding.

Fighting in North China, transporting from the southwest to the front line by water and rail, the Anjia Army did not have an advantage in terms of supply, and its strength and combat effectiveness were not in the upper hand. The reason why the Japanese side did not expand the war in China is probably also considered in this regard, so they changed the direction of their attack and easily took the Lanyin Islands, from the current point of view, the gains far exceeded the acquisition in China, the original noise in the army suddenly disappeared, and the rest was the sincere admiration for the wise eyes of the supreme commander of the army, Ishihara Waner.

An Yi thought about it carefully, and said very sincerely: "Master, this time I came to Nanhua, I think you must have also seen that the whole Nanhua is completely a big construction site, even the capital Xinjing, is also shrouded in dust from various construction sites, even if we take timely cleaning, sprinkling, covering plastic film and other ways to avoid dust, but the effect is not significant."

"As early as the beginning of the construction we have made a systematic plan, the future of Xinjing, the old city will not change, the new city office, finance, business and residential quarters, mainly concentrated in the west of the city and the north of the West Lake around the area, the future chairman palace, the national square, the national heroes monument, the national hall, the national memorial hall, the national museum and the military museum will also be built in this area. The industrial zone and various wholesale markets, mainly built in the southern part of the city, will expand the size of the city more than tenfold...... All of this has to rely on the industrial production of Syria, so under the current circumstances, it is unacceptable for me to hand over the three regions in southern Sichuan to the central government.

"However, I also feel the difficulties of the central government, after all, the suffering endured by the people of the motherland is also pierced in my heart like a knife...... In this way, I will provide a one-time interest-free loan of 100 million oceans to the central government to help the central government stabilize the financial order. With this money as a margin, the central government can issue at least one billion fiat currency. It is expected that the waterway of the Yangtze River will be dredged next month, and with the protection of the fortresses along the river, merchant ships from all over the world will be able to travel freely between Shanghai and the port cities of the Yangtze River, or it will not be long before these places can provide large taxes to the central government. I asked the geologists to look more in China, and once there was a harvest, the government would invest in mining minerals, and I would buy them all at a price 10% higher than the market price.

"Here I and my wife to the bottom, according to our expert estimates, Hunan Chenzhou persimmon Zhuyuan area, not only copper and silver, where the non-ferrous metal deposits are extremely rich, so far, our experts have found more than 100 kinds of minerals, but also at any time there are new discoveries, among them, experts after a year of repeated exploration, proved that the tungsten ore reserves, may occupy a quarter of the world's total reserves, if the central government spends a huge amount of money to develop, just this mine, The annual output is no less than 100 million oceans. Our geologists have also discovered huge reserves of wolframite deposits in Xihua Mountain, Daji Mountain, Yumei Mountain, Pangu Mountain and other places in southern Gansu, and the mining potential is extremely huge.

"In addition to China's specialty tungsten ore, our geologists have also discovered super-large gold deposits in the Dongchuang area of Henan, Jinlongshan in Shaanxi, and Yangshan at the junction of Sichuan and Gansu, with total reserves of nearly 1,000 tons; Nanyang in Henan and Jianghan in Hubei Province have found that the distribution of oil fields is organized, and if the exploitation is organized, not only the military and industrial oil can be alleviated immediately, but also the export of South China can earn foreign exchange; As long as the government can organize large-scale development, the profits earned will be enough to maintain military spending and all government expenditures! ”

The more Song Meiling listened, the more surprised she became, and finally her eyes widened, and she asked puzzledly: "Xiao Yi, since you already know that there are mineral deposits in these places, why do you still want to tell your wife?" If you have both money and equipment, if you invest in development yourself, won't you be able to make a lot of money? ”

An Yi was a little ashamed in his heart, but his face was righteous and awe-inspiring: "Master, in fact, the large-scale geological exploration of the whole country began as early as the end of the Great Wall War of Resistance in 33 years, when I was angry with the principal. Since last year, we have conducted a second review of some areas with key exploration value, and it was not until the beginning of this year that we reached first-hand conclusions. That's right, in fact, I originally wanted to make a lot of money and win the mining rights of the above areas alone, but when I heard that the principal was so difficult, if I, as a student, still cherish myself, and only think about my own selfish interests for the sake of the country and the nation, it would be too undeserved! ”

In fact, the main reason is that An Yi can't be distracted at all now, the development of Nanhua has involved too much of his energy, and with the arrival of spring, the temperature will rise, and the construction of Mongolia will also enter the high-speed channel. At that time, you will need to be distracted everywhere, and it will be very difficult to take care of the country.

Moreover, after spring, it is very likely that the Far Eastern Army will launch an attack on Kazakhstan and other five Central Asian countries to clear the enemy from the flank, and it is very likely that the Mongolian Military District will send a large army into Kazakhstan to cooperate with friendly forces, and then it will be necessary to share even more.

Rather than let those resources lie in the ground, it is better to be in this national crisis, by the government to organize manpower to carry out systematic development, anyway, now China's foreign trade route is basically cut off, even if the future of Shanghai commercial port restarts trade recovery, but as long as the purchase price given by themselves is high enough, all mineral products can only be sold to themselves, and then can greatly enrich Nanhua's strategic reserve warehouse.

Song Meiling shook An Yi's hand movingly: "Xiao Yi, thank you!" Recently, your principal has had trouble with food and lodging, and every day he thinks about where to raise funds to tide over the difficulties, and he loses his temper at every turn at home, and although he apologizes to me afterwards, it affects family harmony in the end. It's good now, the urgent need has been lifted, and you have pointed out the direction for the follow-up development, if your principal loses his temper inexplicably, I won't be polite to him anymore! Don't worry, Xiao Yi, I will keep an eye on all the money and projects for you, and never let the people below be extravagant and wasteful or even corrupt. ”

"Master, you have to pay attention to your body too!"

An Yi's eyes were slightly red, and his nose was sour: "I know that my wife has always been very good to me, and whatever is in the center will be in the center to turn around, and even quarrel with the principal because of this...... An Yi is now in the south of the country, unable to exert influence on the principal, I am worried that there will be a small malicious slander, although I don't want my wife to have a stalemate with the principal because of this, but it is related to the future of hundreds of millions of soldiers and civilians in my southwest and South China, everything still has to be spoken by my wife for An Yi.

"Master, no matter what happens in the future, the door of Nanhua will be open to my wife at any time, I am ready to build three villas by imitating Orange Lu, Xilu and Meilu by the West Lake in the east of the Chairman's Palace. That area will imitate the pattern of Zhongnanhai for construction, pay attention to the combination of eastern and western architectural styles, make full use of the opportunity of the great development, construction and circulation of South China, and lay the pattern of the city in one fell swoop, and there will be no blind tossing in the future. ”

Song Meiling solved the problem in her heart, and was in a happy mood: "Don't worry, in fact, your principal still cares about me, and he usually listens to what I say, after all, he also knows who is the best for him in this world." Thinking about the Xi'an Incident, only our mother and son ran up and down for him, busy everywhere, and he would understand that few of his so-called loyal subordinates could be trusted. ”

Speaking of this, Song Meiling was unwilling: "Your principal is too soft-hearted, Xue Bing and Junshan treat him like that, lest he not die in Xi'an, he did so many small actions in private, and in the end your principal forgave them, let them leave their posts and reflect for half a year, and then gave them heavy responsibilities, and now Junshan is the director of the Political Training Division of the Military Commission and a member of the Education Committee of the Officer Training Corps, and Xue Bing also serves as the director of education and director of the Political Department of the Changsha Army Military Academy." Every time I see them, I get angry, but I can't help it, your principal's care for your students in the first four phases of Huangpu is unimaginable to ordinary people. ”

An Yi nodded. This is where Chiang Kai-shek's unique leadership charm lies, and many people regard it as the benevolence of Song Xianggong, but it is undeniable that this is an important reason why he chose to rely on Chiang Kai-shek in the first place, after all, under Chiang Kai-shek, as long as the ability is outstanding, even if he makes a few mistakes, he can also have a chance to make a comeback.

Perhaps, it was this trust and connivance that led to the corruption and degeneration of some officials and generals of the Whampoa, Lu Da and Wuling factions, which were the three confidants of Chiang Kai-shek, but as far as the An Jiajun was concerned, it was a favorable opportunity to rise.

Note: Seeing that the discussion in the book review area was very intense, the Son of Heaven explained that during the war years, especially in a country newly incorporated into the territory of the Chinese nation, it was an inevitable choice for the party to command the gun. Democracy, republicanism, and the nationalization of the armed forces are understandable in times of peace, but in times of war, they are the harbingers of the country's demise.

Look at France, the nationalization of the army, *** taking turns in power, it seems to be very democratic, but the result everyone knows that from the time of Germany's blitzkrieg on Denmark to the final surrender, it only lasted more than two months; Look at the United States, until the eve of the Pearl Harbor incident, the bill to expand the army was rejected by Congress, and after entering the war, the US military learned how to fight a war in actual battles with Germany and Japan;

Look at the Soviet Union in the late eighties, it took the initiative to abandon the party's command of the gun, and in a country with many union republics, it held parliamentary elections, but lost the support of the army, and everything became a boat without roots and anchors, and the Soviet Union was disintegrated in the second year after the reform of the political system, and the speed of collapse was jaw-dropping;

Finally, if we look at Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia in the 70s and early 80s of the last century made great achievements in economic construction, and its national living standards have always been at the leading level in European countries. In the late eighties, the Communist Party of Yugoslavia carried out the reform of the political and economic system, implemented the first class, and took the initiative to give up the party's command gun, and in June 1991, Croatia and Slovenia took the lead in independence; In November 1991, Macedonia became independent; In April 1992, Bosnia and Herzegovina became independent; In 1993, with the support of Europe and the United States, Bosnia and Herzegovina launched an attack on Serbia and Montenegro, the last two member states of Yugoslavia, and at the same time provoked an armed conflict between the Albanian minority and the Serbs in Serbia and Montenegro. In June 2006, Montenegro and Serbia declared their independence, respectively, and Yugoslavia officially became a historical term. Yugoslavia was divided from 255,800 square kilometers of land at its peak into small countries, and nearly 10 million people died in the war, which is the most direct consequence of the nationalization of the army.

Even the United States and Britain passed legislation after entering the war, which determined the absolute dominance of the ruling party over the country and gave Roosevelt and Churchill control over the army. During the war years, only one voice could be heard, and if too much energy was entangled in internal political strife, everything would be over.

In the future, South China's territory will certainly not be limited to Annan, with the expansion of the country's territory and the increase of nationalities, all kinds of contradictions will appear, if there is no army in hand that can command and mobilize, the end of the Anyi group may not be as miserable as the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, the huge territory will fall apart in an instant, and all efforts will be in vain, is this what everyone wants to see?

Therefore, for a long period of time, when the Chinese do not have an absolute population advantage, it is very necessary to insist on one leader, one political party, one voice, and one army.