Isoroku Yamamoto in the Seto Inland Sea was concerned about the ice-made battleships, which were also navy, but Chen Shaokuan, the former Minister of the Navy in Yangon, was thinking about the 'Iquan' fleet. This is the name given by the Straits Times to Li Kongrong www.biquge.info's description of the naval fleet. 'Iquan' is a Dutch word meaning 'Yiguan', i.e. Zheng Zhilong. For Europeans, whether it is Zheng Yiguan or Zheng Zhilong, they don't know each other, but 'Iquan' is familiar, as long as you know a little about the history of East Asia in the second half of the 17th century, 'Iquan' and his fleet are incomprehensible, and Li Kongrong, therefore, was called 'Iquan· Lee', he depicted the fleet of two megaton battleships, also known as the 'Iquan' fleet.

Since 1937, there has been a tacit understanding among the top brass of the Navy on the reconstruction: the Pining Sea going to sea to break diplomatic relations is an idle move, and of course there is also the meaning of keeping one of the two best light cruisers, but after the Battle of Jiangyin, this idle move is no longer an idle move. Chen Jiliang's departure to the sea, Chen Shaokuan's resignation, and the Navy's deployment of various ...... were all aimed at cooperating with the Navy offices in the United States and reducing the resistance to the rebuilding of the fleet. Everything went very well, but as soon as Chen Jiliang died, the situation got a little out of control.

Lin Xianxin has always advocated independence and self-determination, and did not buy Chang Kaishen's account, and everyone disagreed with this before, but the New York bloody case made the Navy see Chang Kaishen's true thoughts: as long as you don't have the surname 'party', as long as you don't be loyal to the party-state, no matter how strong you are, no matter whether you are upside down or not, no matter how bad the situation of the Anti-Japanese War is, you are not allowed to appear, and you will be suppressed with all your strength if you want to appear.

Whether it is from the level of the Anti-Japanese War, or from the standpoint of the navy and its officers and men, it is impossible to give up rebuilding the fleet and hand over the money to Chongqing, so there is no other way but to completely turn the other face with Chongqing. Li Kongrong's speech in Singapore was not his idea alone, but the thoughts of all the officers and men of the former navy. In Hong Kong he only emphasized the importance of the navy, but in Singapore he finally made clear the position of the navy: the rebuilt navy is not part of the Nationalist government's 'Iquan' fleet.

Whether it is the Navy of the Republic of China or the 'Iquan' fleet is not a problem for most people in the Navy, anyway, if they fight the Japanese, why bother with each other. However, this is a choice that weighs more than a thousand catties for Chen Shaokuan, and he doesn't like Chang Kaishen and the people, but he doesn't dare to say that the navy has nothing to do with the Republic of China, isn't this treason?

"Minister ......" Chen Shaokuan was in the hotel room holding the Sin Chew Daily a few days ago and pondering, Colonel Lin Yuanquan and Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Yingcong suddenly appeared at the door, and behind the two were President Lin Sen, who was going to the United States this time.

"Oh!" Chen Shaokuan was taken aback, and immediately put down the newspaper and walked quickly to the door. "Why is the chairman here?"

"Can't I come?" Lin Sen smiled kindly, and walked into the room, he also had a newspaper in his hand, it was Nanyang Siang Pao, also a few days ago. "Shaokuan, you have also read the newspaper." Lin Sen asked when he saw the newspaper on the table.

"Yes, I did." Chen Shaokuan walked to the table and helped Linsen sit down, and said yes but was silent.

"This Li Hansheng is a talent!" Lin Sen was not angry, but praised. "He is in the navy, but he knows a lot about the army, and everyone in the 88th Armored Army said that he instructed Du Guangting in Germany, I didn't believe it, but now I believe it. The counteroffensive strategy he talked about is not very detailed in the navy, but the army's is very clear, talent, really talent. ”

"Yes, Chairman. It's just that people are still young, and they are too angry. Zhou Yingcong also stood, he also read the newspaper, Li Kongrong positioned the navy as the 'Iquan' fleet, he didn't object too much, his position can be changed.

"It's a little angry." In Chen Shaokuan's embarrassed smile, Lin Sen nodded. "Chongqing has indeed done too much, but the thunder and rain are all the party's favor. The chairman of the committee must have been deceived, otherwise he would not have made such a decision. In any case, the navy is the navy of the party-state and the navy of the Republic of China. Parents beat their children because they love their children, and grievances are grievances, but it's not right to run out of the house in a fit of anger to stand on their own. ”

"Of course not." Lin Yuanquan immediately spoke. "The party-state is the parents, we are the children, how can there be children in the world who do not recognize the truth of their parents, this is a great rebellion."

"This ......" Chen Shaokuan glanced at Lin Yuanquan, this time he also went to the United States, not only to accompany Lin Sen, but also to get a half-official position in the new navy, at least the captain of an aircraft carrier. Ay! Chen Shaokuan sighed, "Originally, if Ji Liang was here, this kind of thing would not have happened, but now that Ji Liang is gone, Xiang Xin is also injured, and Xiang Jin is now in charge of New York." He has some opinions on both the army and Chongqing. ”

"Then transfer him away." Lin Yuanquan came up with an idea, and even thought about who would take over after Lin Guogeng was transferred.

"I can't leave." Chen Shaokuan talked about it, he was telling the truth. "The navy over there in New York was prepared in the name of the Xinzhong Defense Company, and the Xinzhong Company was completely controlled by Li Hansheng, except for the submarine, everything else was under the name of the Xinzhong Company."

"Shaokuan, is that really the case?" Lin Yuanquan was surprised when he heard it, and Lin Sen was also surprised, he thought that the Admiralty was in charge of New York and was secretly in charge of the reconstruction, but he didn't expect it to be the Xinzhong Company controlled by Li Kongrong.

"That's true." Chen Shaokuan's expression was solemn, "Previously, Ji Liang and Xiang Xin were in charge, and Han Sheng just came up with the idea to take the direction, but now Ji Liang is gone, Xiang Xin is hospitalized again, and Han Sheng and Xiang Jin are responsible for everything over there." ”

“…… How can this be? Lin Sen was moved, he slapped his hand on the table, one after another. Isn't this lawlessness? Also, Li Hansheng said that no party members are allowed in the navy, so did everyone quit the party? ”

"This ......," the matter of quitting the party started very early, and Chen Shaokuan really didn't know how to explain it to Lin Sen.

"I quit the party very early, and I heard the rumors." Lin Yuanquan interjected. "If you don't quit the party, you can't join the new navy, as it seems."

"Hey, confused!!" Lin Sen was heartbroken, his white beard flew wildly, and his crutches also knocked on the ground. "How can you quit the party?! Without the people, there would be no Republic of China, and the sacrifices of countless martyrs have brought us a happy life today, and only then have we overthrown the enslavement of the Manchus, you don't cherish it, this is forgetting your roots!! ”

Lin Sen is really angry, treason is not important, but treason is fatal, no wonder Chairman Chang wants to be heavy-handed, and he can't tolerate traitors in his eyes. "Shaokuan, you have to take this responsibility, and you can't let Li Hansheng and Lin Xiangjin take everyone down the crooked road."

"I ......," Chen Shaokuan smiled bitterly, "Chairman, I'm nothing, they may not listen to me." ”

"Then I'll send a telegram to the chairman of the committee immediately, and then organize the Admiralty, you are still the minister, so it's all right." Lin Sen looked up at Chen Shaokuan, hoping to see him promise immediately.

"Chairman, of course it's good to be able to form the Admiralty again, but ......" Zhou Yingcong was full of joy when he heard that the Admiralty would be reorganized, but he was very worried that Chang Kaishen would not agree.

"But what?" Lin Sen looked at Chen Shaokuan's face from his face.

"Is the Admiralty the Admiralty of the Navy?" Zhou Yingcong said, "It's okay for everyone to join the Kuomintang, but what if the Admiralty is stuffed with some other people coming in and making the Navy a miasma?" ”

"The surname of the army is 'party', not 'private'. Could this navy be Fujianese? Is it Li Hansheng alone?! Lin Sen struck his crutches again. The Navy is led by the Chairman of the Standing Committee and belongs to the 470,000,000 people! Lin Sen got up after he finished speaking, and he said, "I'll go and send a telegram to the Standing Chairman now." I'm going to send a telegram to the Standing Chairman now. ”

Lin Sen took Lin Yuanquan away angrily, leaving only Chen Shaokuan and Zhou Yingcong in the room, the two looked at each other and smiled, and no longer spoke.

*

"Darlene, you're going to have an idea about the Navy." At the same time, the official residence of Huangshan in Chongqing. Song Meiling, who only got up at noon, came to Chang Kaishen's office after putting on makeup. The matter of negotiating with the navy was proposed by Soong Ziwen, and the New York murder and the Hong Kong assassination put the national government in an extremely passive situation. There are some pan-blue newspapers in the JoongAng Daily that have been refuting these conspiracy theories, but there is a lot of slowdown within the national government.

"What are you going to think?" Chang Kaishen looked tired. He has been hit hard for a month: the 88th Army held Nanning, but the Vietnam-Guizhou road was still cut off, and the 88th Army's lost equipment was not immediately replenished by the Soviet Union. It is said that the Soviets and Japan have ceased war outside the Guan, and as soon as the Soviets and Japan cease the war, the Sino-Soviet plan to jointly attack Japan will come to naught.

The second piece of bad news is Rokuro Takano. Ms. Maria, who had returned to Europe directly from Manila, had called to say that Mr. Takano would be sending someone else to contact her. What Mr. Takano, this is Lee Kong-young. If Li Kongrong refused to provide information on the Japanese army because of his hatred of the national government, the future country. The army will become very passive.

The best bad news is still the navy, Lee Kongrong claimed in Singapore that the navy is just a navy, similar to Zheng Zhilong's fleet (Zheng Zhilong who does not recruit security and does not surrender to Qing). He is showing the bottom line of the navy: there is no subordinate relationship with the government, only cooperative relations. This kind of condition cannot be agreed, and once it is agreed, all factions in the country will follow the steps of the navy and set up their own doors one by one and sit on the ground as kings. Even if they all fought the Japanese, by the end of the war, the country still could not be reunified, and the central government decree could not be implemented as ....... Chang Kaishen was thinking about other things in his mind, and Song Meiling didn't hear what he said at all.

"Darlene ......" Seeing that her husband was distracted, Song Meiling sat down and held one of his hands in her hand.

"Hmm." Chang Kaishen also held her hand and patted it. "If the navy does not believe in the Three People's Principles, it is better not to have a navy."

"But ......" Song Meiling hurriedly said, but she was interrupted by her husband after only saying two words.

"During the Anti-Japanese War, the country was chaotic, and many people wanted to take advantage of the situation, and the same was true of the Communist Party and the Navy. There can be no compromise with these people. There will only be one country in a country, there will only be one party in a political party, and there will only be one army in the army. Without this, the premier's great cause of nation-building and the salvation of the Three People's Principles will not be realized. Chang Kaishen has aged a lot in recent years, and at this time, he spoke very slowly because of tiredness, but he said every word clearly, and the persistence revealed in his words made Song Meiling almost give up arguing.

"I'm afraid that the Navy and the Communist Party will join forces." Song Meiling was silent for a long time, and only said such a sentence in the end.

"I know, I know." What his wife said was completely reasonable, and Chang Kaishen nodded.

"Can't we cooperate first, and then think of other ways when we cooperate?" Song Meiling finally said what she thought. "We can even unite with the Communist Party, and they have always wanted to overthrow us. According to Li Hansheng's meaning, the navy does not want to occupy land as the king at all, he only wants sea power in East Asia, and he does not conflict with us at all. ”

Song Meiling said that Chang Kaishen was a little shaken, and when she saw this, she said again: "Darlene, Mrs. Jensen asked me about Li Hansheng yesterday, and she loves to listen to Xu Peipei's records very much. She said why couldn't such a brave officer be pardoned for his crimes? I said that Li Hansheng stole the German submarine, and that the government could not pardon him for the sake of friendship with Germany. Then she told me that in the eyes of most Americans, Li Hansheng's behavior was beyond reproach, that China had paid for the submarines, and that Germany had defaulted on the two submarines in order to launch a war of aggression, and that the Americans considered him a hero......"

Song Meiling talked eloquently, mainly talking about the American people's opinion of Li Kongrong, she knew her husband's temper, and only by bringing out the United States could he change his mind. At the end of the words, she added: "Li Hansheng also said something in Hong Kong...... and he asked at the time: If the US Congress approves aid to China tomorrow, where will these aid materials come ashore? ”

"Aid to China?" Chang Kaishen's body shook, and his stubborn head turned around. "Did he ask Ziwen?"

"Yes." Song Meiling nodded, "Ziwen replied at that time: Of course, it was from Yangon. He laughed, and he said it couldn't be. Next year is a presidential election year in the United States, and it is impossible for Roosevelt to make a decision to aid China or Europe in an election year, which will cause him to lose the election. Only a re-election in the late 1940 election with Roosevelt could pass the aid bill, but the Japanese would soon move south to occupy Burma, and no supplies could be brought in after the loss of Rangoon. ”

"That's what he said?" Chang Kaishen stood up suddenly, so that his steps staggered a little. He walked to the map and looked at the land in the South Seas, his eyes fell on Myanmar, and his expression was extremely serious.

"Yes. He also said that if the port of Yangon was lost, not a single drop of gasoline would be brought in, and the raw materials for ammunition would not be brought in. And our tungsten sand and bristles can't be shipped. There were so many consequences of losing Yangon that Soong Meiling couldn't remember at all, and she concluded: "Li Hansheng judged that the loss of Yangon's southwest would only get weaker and weaker, and even if Japan was defeated, the government would only rule the southwest and not the whole country." ”

"He's blackmailing the party-state!" Chang Kaishen retracted his gaze and sighed meaningfully.