"The chairman of the committee has long had a clear training to suppress bandits, three points military, seven points political; On the surface, the failure of the bandits in northern Sichuan was a tactical failure, but the chairman of the committee believed that the root cause was still a political failure, and the Zhang Xu bandits (since the death of Jiang Xianyun was confirmed, this name was changed to Zhang Xu) fled from Hubei, Henan, and Anhui, forming a rogue bandit, why they were able to gain a foothold in northern Sichuan in a short period of time and quickly achieve development and growth, this is the failure of politics, and the political failure is mainly manifested in the people's lack of support or opposition, the failure of civil affairs in Sichuan, and the general opposition between the local political axe and the common people; Another reason for the failure of the crackdown on bandits was the failure of tactics; in Jiangxi, the chairman's new tactics have already achieved great success, and Ruijin, the old nest of the Jiangxi communist bandits, has already pointed out that it is possible to go down, and the recovery of the bandit areas has reached 70 percent, and the reason for this is that the chairman of the committee has implemented the tactics of steadily and ruthlessly attacking, building blockhouses and roads, and gradually advancing...."He Guoguang read out a summary of the reasons for the defeat of the Sichuan army wholesaled by Chiang Kai-shek, and finally proposed:

To this end, the chairman of the committee decided to carry out the rectification of the generals of the Sichuan Army in phases and batches, to participate in the Lushan Officer Training Corps, to set up an officer training regiment in Yucheng to reorganize officers below the regimental level, to appoint Lieutenant General Zhuang Jihua as the head of the Officer Training Corps, to appoint Army Major General Sun Yuanliang as the deputy regiment commander, to appoint the Army Lieutenant General Zheng Zheng as the chief instructor, to appoint the Army Lieutenant General Zhuang Jihua as the chief instructor, and to appoint the tactical instructors Du Yuming and Situ Fei 、......。."

"Ordered the establishment of a political training regiment in Geyue Mountain, Yucheng, responsible for the phased training of county magistrates in Sichuan, and appointed Yang Yongtai, director of the Yucheng camp, as the head of the training regiment, Feng Yi as the director of training, and instructors Li Zhilong and Teng Jie ......."

After He Guoguang finished reading the order, he looked at the Sichuan Heroes who were sitting around him, and then said: "The chairman's order has been read, let's talk about it." ”

"Humble and completely obey the orders of the chairman." Liu Xiang was the first to say: "I immediately handed over the list of the first batch of trainees to General Zhuang and Mr. Yang. ”

"Within three days, I reported the list of the first batch of trainees to General Zhuang." Deng Xihou then replied.

This was communicated yesterday, and Chiang Kai-shek, after receiving Liu Xiang's request to resign as commander-in-chief of the Sichuan Army, made adjustments in the shortest possible time, and He Guoguang and Zhuang Jihua separately persuaded Liu Xiang, Deng Xihou, and others to complete the whole matter overnight.

Zhuang Jihua admired Chiang Kai-shek's speed and flexibility, especially the political training class, which must have been made by Yang Yongtai, a master of conspiracy, no wonder he did not care about Liu Xiang's refusal to cede the provincial chairman, it turned out that he had long estimated that Liu Xiang would not be able to give up the provincial chairman, and he had already prepared countermeasures.

"Gao Ming, leaving these county magistrates below, the chairman instructed a lonely person, and Liu Xiang still fell into the trap." Zhuang Jihua thought in his heart.

He Guoguang said happily: "Ladies and gentlemen, Jiangxi has made great progress in suppressing bandits, [***] recovered more than 20 counties, and only eight counties such as Xingguo and Ruijin are left for the communist bandits. After the Central Army exterminated the Jiangxi Communists, it will definitely enter Sichuan in a big way to exterminate the Northern Sichuan Communists. ”

He Guoguang's words warned Liu Xiang that the main force of the Central Army was about to free up his hands, and if he didn't work hard, it would be difficult to say what would happen in the future. Liu Xiang was silent, but Zhuang Jihua's mind was ignited, he knew some history, he understood that it was impossible for the Jiangxi Red Army to be exterminated in this way, and the Long March seemed to be about to begin, but where did they enter Sichuan? He only has snow-capped mountains and meadows in his memory, but which is the snow-capped mountain? What is the meadow? He didn't know that there was only one place in his mind that could be accurately identified - Luding Bridge.

After that, Zhuang Jihua had no thoughts, Luding Bridge, these three words firmly occupied his mind, he was thinking repeatedly, when would they hit Luding, when would they fly to capture Luding Bridge, how did they get to Sichuan? Zhuang Jihua didn't know, he didn't figure it out until he left Chengdu, no matter what he was, he couldn't change history with the Zhongshan Ship, 412, and Tanggu Agreement, and he could change history with Luding Bridge? Zhuang Jihua couldn't believe it.

In general, the trip to Chengdu was not bad, Yang Yongtai still had to stay in Chengdu to discuss the matter of the political training class with He Guoguang, but Zhuang Jihua was in a hurry to return to Chongqing, and under the pretext of preparing for the officer training corps, he left ahead of schedule.

Zeng Guangqing sent him to Shilipu, and when he was about to break up, he asked: "I heard that the principal handed over Li Anding to you, how do you plan to place him?" ”

"He hasn't arrived when I leave," Zhuang Jihua said lazily: "Go back, he should have arrived, the principal has something to say, let him go to the mine, so let him go to Panzhihua to grind the surname, it's not bad to avoid the limelight, and I'll intercede with the principal again after a while and transfer him back." He is a talented person, and his ambition is not small. Zhuang Jihua stopped here when he said this, his eyes looked at the distance and his thoughts flew away, the classmates he made friends with back then were all dragons among people, none of them were given for nothing, Panzhihua is such a complicated place, he went not to cause trouble for me, and said after a long time: "That's it, you can go back too, be careful." ”

Zeng Guangqing obviously didn't think deeply about the meaning of Zhuang Jihua's cautious sentence, he nodded indiscriminately and got out of the car, watching Zhuang Jihua's car go away.

Zhuang Jihua did not take the completed Chengdu-Chongqing Avenue, but took a detour to inspect the Chengdu-Chongqing Railway construction site, the Baishuao Tunnel, the Jiangxi River Railway Bridge, the Tuojiang Bridge, and the Erlongdong Tunnel. The people of Sichuan have been looking forward to this railway for too long, looking forward to it too hard, and people from all over the line have participated in the construction of the railway, as long as they say that they need it on the railway, they can take anything, they need sleepers, cut their own trees, and carry their own coffins; If there are not enough tools, bring all the iron drills, shovels, hoes, and baskets at home; Zhuang Jihua received a report that there were 100,000 migrant workers building on the railway, but he came down all the way and found that there were more than 100,000, plus logistics, I am afraid that there were 200,000.

"Look, this is our people, our people." At the construction site of Cypress Pass, Zhuang Jihua looked at the ragged migrant workers and said to the palace embroidery painting with emotion, these migrant workers do not have a decent clothing, all the materials are carried to the construction site on their shoulders, and the excavation in the tunnel is carried by hammer and iron drill, and when they walk out of the tunnel, they can only see a pair of eyes, covered with dust; The meal was a bowl of white rice and pickles, but they were so satisfied. The power of the people is endless, looking at the scene in front of him, Zhuang Jihua's mind flashed such a sentence, and now he has to admit that this sentence makes sense, a great man is a great man, and he is probably the first person to understand this power.

"Something has to be done for them, not just for them to sacrifice." Zhuang Jihua's eyes were a little moist.

Gong Xiuhua understood that he was talking about rent reduction and interest reduction, and she Zhuang Jihua Zhuang Jihua said softly with a firm face: "It's the first time I've seen you feel like this." ”

"Didn't you pay your wages?" Wu Ziniu muttered softly beside him.

"Yes, they won't do it if they don't get paid." Lu Ruishan agreed, and in their opinion, since they were paid, it was justified.

"It's not a matter of wages," Zhuang Jihua looked at them abruptly, and his tone became very stern: "Ziniu, Ruishan, you must remember that money cannot represent all fairness, look at them, if it is just for wages, will they do this?" The tunnel collapsed, the squibs were removed, and seventeen people died, but they didn't complain, and we didn't give a pension, but can the pension buy lives? Can it soothe the pain of losing a loved one? Seventeen people did not die at once, but the workers did not refuse to re-enter the cave, did not ask for an increase in wages, you see, their faces, their smiles, were completely different from pure employment. Speaking of this, Zhuang Jihua's tone became more and more stern: "Tell me, under what circumstances is the old man willing to take out the coffin?" Will the peasants give up their land? Only out of sincerity, out of their strong desire to build a railway. ”

In the previous life, Zhuang Jihua also thought so, sweeping employees out of the house, he thought that he was given severance pay and a few months more salary, which was enough; But now he doesn't see it that way, without the hard work of employees, can there be the development of the company? A few dollars can put all their offerings over?

Wu Ziniu and Lu Ruishan looked at Zhuang Jihua's face, secretly stuck out their tongues, quietly took two steps back, and avoided to the side. Gong Xiuhua nodded and said, "You're right, this kind of passion can't be brought by wages. She asked in a tone of voice and with some doubts: "I don't understand why you want to make such a big concession to Deng Xihou and them in Chengdu, which is a lot of money." ”

Zhuang Jihua understood the meaning of the palace embroidery painting, and she was actually asking him, wouldn't it be better to improve the lives of migrant workers if such a large sum of money was directly invested in the railway.

"This is a last resort," Zhuang Jihua said in a slightly lower voice: "Do you know the development of the southwest, if according to the plan, the development of the southwest is completed, it is estimated that there are more than 200 factories and dozens of mines, you tell me how much economic benefits it will produce, will no one be blushing?" Even if only one-third is completed, there will be sixty or seventy factories and more than a dozen mines, and the annual output value will be as high as one billion oceans. Once the war broke out, the national government moved west to Chongqing, and the eastern economy all collapsed, such a huge economy, I am afraid that the high-ranking officials and nobles will attack him, even the chairman of the committee will never let it go, so I must catch Deng Xihou and them, that is, unite them against those nobles. In this way, it is possible to ensure that these factories can continue to operate and produce materials for the war of resistance and will not be destroyed by corruption. ”

Gong Xiuhua suddenly understood that Zhuang Jihua took the company's approach to solve the Sichuan problem, which seemed to be in order not to use the sword, but in fact, the most fundamental reason was to avoid being controlled by the national political axe in the future. In this way, it seems that he does not believe in Chiang Kai-shek at all, at least he does not believe that Chiang Kai-shek will always trust him like this, so he deliberately uses the company to tie the powerful faction in Sichuan to his chariot, and once he turns against Chiang Kai-shek in the future, he still has a bargaining chip in his hand.

After Gong Xiuhua figured this out, she felt a sense of relief for no reason, she didn't have the slightest good impression of Chiang Kai-shek, and she didn't have a good impression of the national political axe, she was willing to come to Sichuan with Zhuang Jihua, on the one hand, she believed in Zhuang Jihua, and on the other hand, she really had nowhere to go. But Zhuang Jihua has been by his side for so long, the more she understands him, the more she agrees with him and supports him, and she has also secretly analyzed and planned for Zhuang Jihua, but today she found out that her analysis and planning are not at all a grade compared with Zhuang Jihua's foresight, if she sees what can happen in a year, Zhuang Jihua has seen it at least ten years later.

Back in Yucheng, Li Anding had indeed arrived, and after Dai Li's people handed him over to Li Zhilong and Tang Zong, Li Zhilong was released from his detention, and when Zhuang Jihua saw him, he was still in good spirits.

"What's wrong with Yucheng? What are those students doing on the street? After Zhuang Jihua greeted Li Anding, he turned his head and asked Li Zhilong and Tang Zong. After entering Yucheng, Zhuang Jihua found that many students on the street were holding tape measures, saws, scissors and other tools, in the bustling commercial places, on both sides of the traffic arteries, from time to time to pull pedestrians theory, he also saw a few students take off the high heels of a fashionably dressed woman and smash them, and the police not far away actually turned a blind eye, which made him feel very strange.

Li Zhilong and they looked at each other, and at the same time showed a wry smile, Li Zhilong sighed, took out a pile of newspapers and put them in front of Zhuang Jihua and said, "You will understand after reading these newspapers." ”

Zhuang Jihua quickly flipped through these newspapers and understood in a few minutes that Yucheng seemed to have entered the "Cultural Revolution" ahead of schedule, which was similar to the Cultural Revolution in the mouths of his parents in his previous life.

It turned out that Yucheng vigorously promoted the New Life Movement, and the grassroots cadres were too effective, and their lives should be artistic, so the cadres of a street organized the masses to carry out poetry recitals, and after being reported by newspapers, the wind of poetry recitals blew all over the cities and villages in the shortest possible time; Later, some people proposed that the poetry recital could not represent art, and that poetry should be advocated, so the old peasants who could not read big characters also began to compose poems, and a style of poetry spread in the Yucheng area, and factory workers and rural farmers began to compose poems one after another, and the works had a strong local flavor; The workers and peasants walked in front, and the students began to sit still, and the students of Yucheng University took the lead in proposing the standards for the organization and militarization of life, including the height of high heels, the sharpness of the tips of leather shoes, and the height of the slits of the cheongsam.

"The New Life Movement was formulated by the principal, and they are under such a banner, and we don't know whether to take care of it, and it will damage the positive surname of the masses, no matter what, it doesn't seem right." Li Zhilong saw that after Zhuang Jihua saw most of it, he felt that he had grasped part of the situation, so he spoke.

"Don't care, the students' intentions are good," Teng Jie firmly supported: "Although it is a bit of an overkill, it is not enough to shake the society, whether it is the poetry competition or the standard of living, this movement has penetrated into all levels of society, and the promotion of the movement is obvious and powerful." ”

"Tang Zong, what do you say? I don't think the police care, what do you think" Zhuang Jihua saw that Tang Zong didn't speak and called his name.

"I'm also in a dilemma," Tang Zong said bitterly: "It is a crime to damage other people's property casually, and you should take care of it as a policeman; But the students are responding to the principal's call, which is true, overkill is inevitable, and I am in a dilemma. ”

Zhuang Jihua was silent for a moment and said, "Then don't care, let's take a look first, but, Teng Jie, you write an article and tell the students not to hurt other people's bodies, don't overdo it." ”

"Yes." Teng Jie agreed.

"Good news, the Cultural Revolution, great news," Mei Yuntian hurried in from outside, waving a telegraph in his hand.

"Well-informed, Shaoqing, what good news makes you happy like this." Zhuang Jihua asked with a smile.

"I didn't know you came back until I came here," Mei Yuntian explained and handed the telegram to Zhuang Jihua: "William? Boeing Ken sold his shares. ”

Zhuang Jihua jumped up at once, and before he could speak, Mei Youlan rushed in with a red face, and when she saw Zhuang Jihua, she cried out: "Big brother, you don't care about those students, Tang Zong, what are you doing with those policemen?" ”

Zhuang Jihua couldn't help but be happy when she saw Mei Youlan's appearance, the heels of Mei Youlan's beautiful high heels were sawed off in half, the front of the shoes was sawed open and turned into sandals, and the skirt was renewed by the well-wisher, the skirt that originally reached the knee is now up to the calf, and the hair is also straightened by the well-wisher.

"You're still laughing, you..., you're not good people, you're all bullying me....woo." Mei Youlan saw Zhuang Jihua's appearance, and then saw the smile on Li Zhilong's Teng Jie's face, and the grievances came up immediately, and two lines of tears flowed down the white face, Li Zhilong and they immediately turned their faces to the side, tense tightly, and forced to hold back the smile.

"Okay, okay, I'll take care of it, little sister, go home first, let my sister-in-law change it for you, I'll give you a breath, secretary palace, send my little sister home." Zhuang Jihua hurriedly called Gong Xiuhua and helped Mei Youlan away, the news brought by Mei Yuntian was too important.

Zhuang Jihua coaxed here, Gong Xiuhua comforted over there, the two easily sent Mei Youlan away, and after Zhuang Jihua returned to the office, Mei Yuntian also said: "Cultural Revolution, isn't this not quite right, the New Life Movement shouldn't be like this." ”

"Let's not talk about the new life, let's talk about William? Why did that old Boeing thing change its mind? Zhuang Jihua interrupted him and asked anxiously. When he was still in the United States, he asked William? Boeing offered to buy the shares of United Aircraft and Air Transport Company (i.e., Boeing), and the other shareholders agreed. Boeing just disagreed, leaving Zhuang Jihua with nothing to do.

In the early thirties, Boeing was not just a pure aircraft manufacturing company, he also included air transportation, accounting for more than 50% of the market share of air transportation in the United States, and more importantly, in the Great Depression, Boeing received an order from the United States Department of Defense, which allowed him to avoid collapse in the Great Depression and survive the Great Depression with better finances. That's why he has the strength to refuse Zhuang Jihua's offer.

In June this year, the United States announced the split of United Aircraft and Air Transport Corporation into three companies: United Aircraft Corporation (now United Technologies Corporation), Boeing Aircraft Company, United Airlines, and William Aircraft Corporation. Boeing was hit and, disheartened, agreed to sell its shares. Mei Yuntian spoke quickly, but Li Zhilong and the others were in the clouds, not knowing what they said: "The old man called and asked who bought the company?" How much is the quote? ”

"Needless to say, Boeing Aircraft Company, let the old man set the price, but you must buy it." Zhuang Jihua almost laughed out loud, the American political axe really helped, a few years later, the war broke out, and Boeing was a gold mine. B-29, Super Flying Fortress, Xiao Yueben, you just wait for grandpa.

Zhuang Jihua laughed like a fool, almost drooling, Li Zhilong couldn't help but remind him: "Cultural Revolution, what's wrong with you?" What's going on with this Boeing? ”

Zhuang Jihua felt that he was a little out of shape, and he hurriedly restrained his smile and said seriously: "Boeing is the largest aircraft manufacturing company in the United States, with this company, our own aircraft manufacturing plant can be established soon, and more importantly, they have a mature design team, with them, our aircraft manufacturing industry can be accelerated by ten years." ”

So it turned out, Mei Yuntian immediately turned around and sent a report to Mr. Mei, Zhuang Jihua immediately told them the decision made in Chengdu, and asked Teng Jie to establish a party affairs training school as soon as possible, and Li Zhilong went to build a political training school, and called Du Yuming to find him and ask him to establish a military training school.

"Give it to Hong Junqi, I'm really too busy," Du Yuming said embarrassedly: "The recruits are not over yet, and now there are only more than 8,000 people, the Cultural Revolution, our stall is not too big, we can recruit 20,000 people at a time, and there are not enough non-commissioned officers." ”

Zhuang Jihua fell, there are more than 7,000 people in the escort team, isn't it enough to bring three with one, Du Yuming seemed to know his thoughts, and explained: "There are more than 6,700 people in the escort team, but only 3,000 of them have only been in the escort team for a year, and there are 3,600 escorts sent abroad, and now there are only 3,100 people left, and some of these people have decided to transfer to civil affairs and logistics, Hong Junqi has put forward a request of 1,200 people to me, you can tell me.... ”

Zhuang Jihua smiled bitterly, he was also facing the situation that Chiang Kai-shek faced when he expanded Whampoa, he pondered for a moment and said: "Then cut the part, according to 12,000 recruits, to ensure that there are two or three veterans in each squad." Hong Junqi can give four hundred people first, and let him overcome the rest by himself. ”

(To be continued)