Zhuang Jihua was very aggrieved and irritable, time was already very tight, but the things to be done were only half completed, but there were still people pestering and delaying his time.

"Cultural Revolution, don't get excited, sit down," Liu Xiang got up and pulled Zhuang Jihua back to his seat, and then poured him a cup of tea in person: "I asked a sentence back then, if someone asks you to deal with us, what should you do, your answer is that no one will deal with us, but now it's not the same as before, your brother has a heavy army, if this happens again, what do you do?" ”

"There is no such thing, you are suspicious," Zhuang Jihua said categorically: "Not now, and there will not be in the future." ”

Without waiting for Liu Xiang and them to speak, Zhuang Jihua changed his tone: "Since everyone has put the problem on the table, I also have a few questions I want to ask you. ”

The room was quiet again, no one answered this question, Zhuang Jihua's shrewdness they had already understood, it was better to pretend not to hear it than to say that the lie was exposed on the spot.

"Consolidation, there are all kinds of excuses for delay; rent and interest reductions, covert resistance; The reserves are better, barely usable; Ladies and gentlemen, war is not far from us, what are we going to do with it? Can passion alone win this war? Zhuang Jihua asked.

The room was still quiet, Zhuang Jihua's anger was still not smooth, his voice roared in the room, and the words that came out of his mouth were spicy and piercing, scolding everyone in the room and lowering their heads.

Mei Yuntian saw that this was not good, and he hurriedly stopped Zhuang Jihua: "Cultural Revolution, sit down first, the generals do have difficulties, don't you often say empathy, think about it from their standpoint." ”

Then he said to Liu Xiang and others: "Fu Gong, General Jin Kang, generals, the Cultural Revolution is a little out of shape today, I understand him, if he wasn't really anxious, he would never be so out of shape, please understand." ”

Liu Xiang looked left and right, and smiled a little embarrassedly, that smile was similar to crying, the entire group of heroes in Sichuan was reprimanded and ridiculed by Zhuang Jihua, but no one dared to start the idea, at most they wanted to refute two sentences, but no one had Zhuang Jihua's eloquence, so they simply didn't say anything.

However, these chiefs don't speak, it doesn't mean that the staff below don't speak, Fu Chang can't suppress the fire for a long time, but Liu Xiang didn't move, so he didn't come out, and now he sees clearly that Liu Xiang can't make any statements, so he decided to come forward to save face for the heroes in Sichuan.

"Mr. Mei, it seems that if General Zhuang gets angry there next time, he will come here to get angry, is this a high-level meeting in central Sichuan, or is it General Zhuang's punching bag?" Fu Chang asked coldly.

Mei Yuntian was slightly stunned: "Brother Zhenwu, how did you say this." ”

As soon as General Zhuang arrived, he pointed at this and accused that, as if he was a perfect person. Suppressing people with the big hat of resistance, as if we don't support him, we don't resist, as if he is the representative of resistance, as if we don't resist. Fu Chang's face turned red, and his chest kept rising and falling.

Zhuang Jihua said coldly: "You can't just look at people ....... ”

Mei Yuntian stretched out his hand to stop his words, turned his head to Fu Chang and said: "I thought that the Cultural Revolution was qualified to do this, besides, Brother Zhenwu, whether to resist or not, it depends on the action, you can't just say it and don't practice." Let's talk about the reorganization of the army, as far as I know, the Cultural Revolution fulfilled its promise; There was a promise to reduce rent and interest at the beginning, but what happened to the result. You may think that this matter has nothing to do with the resistance, but in fact it is related, and this relationship has been said a lot before, and I believe you already have some understanding, so I don't need to repeat it. ”

"Now what I'm going to say is, why is the Cultural Revolution qualified to do this? He and I returned to China with him, the purpose of our return to China was to resist the war, the Cultural Revolution had an agreement with the chairman, he only went externally and not internally, so unless you forced him to be anxious, he would not fight a civil war, whether it was to suppress the Communist Party or cut the feudal domain. Mei Yuntian said.

Fu Chang was slightly stunned, not only was he stunned along with the others, Zhuang Jihua actually had an appointment with Chiang Kai-shek, and he dared to explicitly refuse to participate in the suppression of bandits, which couldn't help but make them re-examine the relationship between Zhuang Jihua and Chiang Kai-shek.

Fu Chang was about to speak, Liu Xiang raised his hand to stop him, he said to Mei Yuntian: "Shaoqing, a huge amount of money has been invested in the development of the southwest, and these funds are all out of your hands, you and the Cultural Revolution both said that overseas Chinese donated, but I heard a legend that said that these money are the property of the Cultural Revolution, is this true?" ”

Zhuang Jihua was stunned, how did this news come out, isn't this to put him on the cusp, if Chiang Kai-shek thought that he came out, he would put his face there.

This news Liu Xiang also publicized it in public for the first time, except for Deng Xihou, everyone else was a little stupid. They all have an account in their hearts about how much money they have spent on the development of the southwest, and it is unimaginable if such a large amount of money is made by individuals.

"Rumors stop at the wise, Fu Gong." Zhuang Jihua said.

Mei Yuntian looked at Zhuang Jihua and stopped, and finally sighed and sat down, his actions were too obvious, Liu Xiang suddenly understood that the rumor was true, which made him shocked and relieved, he quickly positioned Zhuang Jihua between idealism and realism, plus Mei Yuntian's words just now, he could already determine Zhuang Jihua's fundamental purpose. In addition to him, there are also Deng Xihou, Yang Sen, Li Jiayu, Liu Wenhui and others, I am afraid that only Luo Zezhou, who has thick lines, has not realized it.

"Ashamed, ashamed, Cultural Revolution, what do you say we should do next." Liu Xiang's words were supported by Deng Xihou and Yang Sen.

Zhuang Jihua sighed and said: "Now we still have time, first of all, we will reorganize the army, and strive to reorganize the army of 200,000 within half a year, and secondly, we will reduce rent and interest, rent and interest reduction is a measure to unite people's hearts, and all those who try to sabotage the rent and interest reduction will be severely punished; The third is to improve the reserve force, and it is necessary to conduct a drill for the recruitment of reserve forces to discover problems. ”

"Cultural Revolution, it is said that you are an expert in military training, and a guard team can defeat Long Yun, it can be seen that your military training is indeed worthy of its reputation, I have a lazy idea," Yang Sen said: "I want to pull the troops back from Guizhou, pull them to Yucheng and hand them over to you for reorganization, and by the way, I will also learn two tricks." ”

Zhuang Jihua saw Yang Sen's honest face, and after pondering for a moment, he said: "Brother Zihui, if you are telling the truth, I am willing to do it for you, and I promise never to place a person in your troops." ”

"It doesn't matter if you are uneasy, you Zhuang Cultural Revolution can break the family and become a country, and I, Yang Zihui, am not a soft egg, as you said, as long as the company is in the company, everything is there." Yang Sen said nonchalantly.

"Okay, since you Yang Zihui have this kind of arrogance, then I can't hide it, Cultural Revolution, I'll give you a teacher, if it's not enough, add more, as long as you're not tired." Deng Xihou also became generous.

Then it was out of control, Li Jiayu and Luo Zezhou wanted the whole army to come over, Tian Songyao and Liu Wenhui wanted to transfer a main division, and Liu Xiang wanted to simply hand over the two divisions, including the model division, to Zhuang Jihua for retraining, and they were not afraid that Zhuang Jihua would be tired.

"You believe me, I am grateful," Zhuang Jihua finally stood up and said, he is now deeply gratified, Liu Xiang did not disappoint him: "I make a promise here for half a year, but after Liu Xiang has trained well, all the troops will return to the back formation." ”

Liu Xiang waved his hand: "The Cultural Revolution, the sword is given to the hero, the steel knife is only a sharp weapon in the hands of a capable master, the Cultural Revolution, I mean, this group of troops formed a group army, with you as the commander-in-chief." ”

"Me?" Zhuang Jihua was too surprised, this is one-third of Sichuan's troops, and they are really willing to do it.

"Yes, I can trust you." Liu Xiang bit the word you to death, and Zhuang Jihua certainly understood what he meant.

"Cultural Revolution, I can trust you too," Deng Xihou stood up and walked in front of him: "Today I don't tell lies, and I don't play tricks; I can't trust anyone else, and you're the only one here. ”

"But." Zhuang Jihua was willing to accept it in his heart, but he was a little embarrassed to look at Yang Sen and Li Jiayu, these two people had the same military rank as him, but their qualifications were much deeper than him.

"Cultural Revolution, I see it like this," Liu Xiang saw Zhuang Jihua's concerns: "Organize into two group armies, Yang Zihui commands one group army, you command one group army, and then Brother Jin Kang organizes another group army, each group army has three armies, 120,000 to 130,000 people." ”

"Fu Gong is a good idea," Zhuang Jihua immediately reciprocated: "This commander-in-chief is naturally Fu Gong, but, Fu Gong, when the time comes to go to the battlefield, you can't go, you have to stay in Sichuan and watch this mess." ”

Before Liu Xiang understood, Zhang Sike immediately stood up and said: "Yes, Fu Gong stayed in Sichuan, watched the company, and kept the logistics." ”

"In addition, each army should train a instructor, who is only responsible for training recruits, and does not need to go out to fight at any time."

As soon as these words came out, the last trace of doubts of Liu Xiang, Deng Xihou and others was also dispelled, the instructor is to keep the number of each army, with this instructor, no matter how big the loss on the front line is, it will not be revoked, Zhuang Jihua's proposal is completely for their good. Subsequently, the various departments transferred troops, Yang Sen, Li Jiayu, and Luo Zezhou were the whole army, and the others clearly said that the main force was transferred, but Zhuang Jihua made a difference, he did not want Liu Wenhui's Chen Guangzao division, but named Liu Yuantang Brigade, and would rather expand Liu Yuantang's brigade, he told Liu Wenhui that the Sichuan-Tibet Highway is likely to cause a reaction from the Tibetan Province, and his main force must be ready to enter Tibet Province by force, so its troops cannot be transferred more, and this reason made Liu Wenhui reluctantly accept.

In the end, Deng Xihou's department transferred two main divisions, Tian Songyao's department transferred two main divisions, and Liu Xiang transferred three main divisions, including the model division, and each division was equipped with a large number of officers, and the surplus officers would leave after three months, and then the rest of the departments began to be reorganized.

This was an ambitious plan, according to which the entire Sichuan army would be reorganized before the start of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression to form an elite division of more than 350,000 well-equipped and well-trained troops.

Zhuang Jihua was deeply encouraged by the performance of Liu Xiang and others, and in the next few days he discussed the details with the Sichuan army group heroes, and the deputy commander of the group army he served as the deputy commander was Sun Zhen, the deputy commander of Tian Songyao, and the chief of staff was Fu Chang, who was recommended by Liu Xiang.

The troops that joined included Wang Mingzhang's division and Sun Zhen's 124th division under Tian Songyao's division, Chen Dingxun's division under Deng Xihou's division, Liu Wenhui's Liu Yuantang brigade, and Liu Xiang's division of Guo Xunqi, Chen Wanren's division, and Rao Guohua's division.

Liu Xiang played tricks on his mind, these three divisions were drawn from his three armies, and the damage to the three armies was not great, and at the same time, he could also take this opportunity to lay a good foundation for the next reorganization of the three armies.

Since Yang Sen's garrison was now in northern Qianbei, the troop transfer had to be approved by Chiang Kai-shek, so Zhuang Jihua simply telegraphed Chiang Kai-shek the entire reorganization plan and steps. Chiang Kai-shek was deeply surprised after receiving the telegram, he did not expect Zhuang Jihua to turn around and complete the reorganization of the Sichuan army, and seeing that Zhuang Jihua's posture was a horizontal one, he must reorganize hundreds of thousands of troops before the start of the Anti-Japanese War, which made him happy and worried. I am glad that Sichuan is finally under the actual control of Zhuang Jihua, and I am worried about how to suppress Zhuang Jihua's fighting spirit, and he does not want to start a war with Yue Ben before he solves the Communist Party.

So he sent Lin Wei to Chengdu to explain his arrangements to Zhuang Jihua, Liu Xiang and the Sichuan generals, Lin Wei told Zhuang Jihua that Chiang Kai-shek agreed to his reorganization plan, but warned him not to despise Liu Xiang, and not to make a big deal about it, while provoking himself that the current strategy of the central government was to delay the outbreak of the Sino-Chinese war. However, Zhuang Jihua was more concerned about when Chiang Kai-shek would go to Xi'an.

"The chairman of the committee is going to Xi'an, and when Zhang Hanqing flew to Luoyang last month to celebrate the chairman's birthday, he persuaded the chairman to join forces to resist the protests, but the chairman refused, and I think Zhang Xueliang is very disappointed." Lin Wei said.

Zhuang Jihua thought silently and said: "Zhang Shaoshuai's suggestion is good, I think we can start negotiations with the Communist Party first, which will help stabilize the situation in the northwest." ”

Lin Wei knew what Zhuang Jihua was saying about help, and it was basically an open secret that Zhang Xueliang's Northeast Army and Yang Hucheng's Northwest Army were actually in a state of armistice with the Communist Party in the northwest. In addition, the dissatisfaction with the Nanjing political axe in the Northeast Army also became more and more intense, and after the loss of the Northeast, the Northeast Army's treatment in all aspects declined sharply, and they were not interested in suppressing the Communist Party at all, and only longed to return to their hometown. If the Nanjing political axe negotiates with the Communist Party, it can resolve this discontent within the Northeast Army.

Lin Wei looked left and right and whispered: "Lifu is negotiating with the [***] representative in Shanghai, but the gap between the two sides is too big, and there will be no result for the time being." Speaking of this, he raised his voice slightly and said: "Hu Zongnan is launching an offensive in Ningnan, and he will soon be able to drive [***] back to northern Shaanxi." ”

Zhuang Jihua thought for a moment and said: "Brother Weiwen, please tell Shoushan, don't be greedy." ”

Zhuang Jihua only vaguely felt that Hu Zongnan's attack would not bear fruit, otherwise it would be difficult for the Communist Party in northern Shaanxi to survive this winter.

Lin Wei was obviously stunned, he didn't understand why Zhuang Jihua was not optimistic about Hu Zongnan's attack, and after thinking about it, he immediately thought that this was a competition between the two fastest-rising students of Chiang Kai-shek, and he smiled faintly and didn't take it to heart.

But Zhuang Jihua's subsequent request made him stunned.

"Brother Weiwen, the new director of the provincial party department sent by Lifu is a guy who can only be an official and can't do things, I want to change him, but Lifu didn't give a reply, can you help me think of a way to let Lifu get this bastard away."

(To be continued)