Sun Du, An Enpu and Liu Zhengfu looked at each other, they didn't believe Zhuang Jihua's words very much, Zhuang Jihua did everything to drive Long Yun away, but let them, Long Yun's cronies, continue to lead the troops, isn't it a joke?

After a while, An Enpu said lightly: "Of course, it is the duty of our generation of soldiers to fight, but General Zhuang, since we want to unite to resist it, why do you still attack us in Yunnan and wipe out our strength, but what kind of resistance, isn't it ridiculous." ”

The corners of Liu Zhengfu's mouth showed mockery: "General Zhuang, I am in the north, and our Yunnan has nothing to do with Yueben, on the contrary, I want to ask, is this the chairman's strategy to first eliminate the communist bandits, but also to eliminate our local miscellaneous cards, is this so?" ”

Zhuang Jihua looked at them speechlessly, Liu Zhengfu was a little proud and a little indignant: "You keep protesting, but what you are doing is being in the same room, don't you think you are hypocritical?" Rather, it is simply admitted that it is going to destroy us, and I think that is more sincere. ”

Wu Ziniu and Lu Ruishan were so angry that their faces were flushed, and they were embarrassed, when the captives were still so domineering, they looked at Zhuang Jihua, as long as he gave him a look, they could immediately make this kid honest.

Zhuang Jihua frowned, he looked at Sun Du and An Enpu, their expressions were also mocking, Zhuang Jihua smiled and said leisurely: "General Liu, this incident was not provoked by me, and you were not captured in Yunnan. ”

This sentence made Liu Zhengfu speechless, and he only then remembered that they were in Huili, in Sichuan. Looking at Liu Zhengfu's stupid appearance, Zhuang Jihua said again: "Just now, General An thinks that your strength has been eliminated, and General Liu thinks that the central government wants to eliminate miscellaneous cards. In fact, these two statements themselves show one thing, that is, there is no country or center in your thoughts, and there is only Yunnan and Longyun in your thoughts, isn't that so? ”

Sun Du and An Enpu's faces changed, they didn't think about whether Zhuang Jihua was right or not, but thought that if they came to this conclusion, then Zhuang Jihua was likely to be cruel to them. Since the Republic of China, the bloody civil war in Yunnan far exceeds that of Sichuan, and the two sides of the Sichuan civil war can fight bloody battles in the morning and sit together in the afternoon to play mahjong; Yunnan is different, Gu Pinzhen and Luo Peijin died miserably, they were famous in the civil war of the Republic of China, and even the middle and lower-level officers in their troops did not let go, Jin Handing and Zhu De If they didn't run fast, they would only have a dead end, if Zhuang Jihua did the same, their results might be very bad.

"At the beginning of this war, I sent a telegram to Long Yun and asked him to stop, but he didn't listen, not only killed dozens of people in my escort team, but also kidnapped dozens of development team members, I asked him to release people, but he still didn't listen, I don't understand, what does the matter between you and Liu Wenhui have to do with my southwest development team? If I don't fight back, how can the Panzhihua project continue in the future, and if I don't fight back, can the staff of the development team still believe that I can protect them? Zhuang Jihua thought of the sacrificed guards and the abducted Professor Cao and others, and the anger in his heart was irrepressible.

Sun Du lamented in his heart, of course he knew that what Zhuang Jihua said was true, judging from the deployment of the escort team, it was not aimed at Yunnan at all, and he had repeatedly proposed to Long Yun before crossing the river, not to cross the river, not to clash with the southwest development team, but Long Yun just didn't listen, insisted on showing strength, now it's okay, the strength is shown, but the result is to prove that the Dian army is vulnerable.

Zhuang Jihua exhaled heavy turbidity, and then said solemnly: "I hope you stay, I hope you will really devote your useful bodies to the cause of the country and the nation, don't just consider Yunnan, consider the small circle of Longyun, and take a long-term view." ”

"What if we don't want to?" An Enpu asked defiantly.

"I won't force it, but I'll look down on you, because you'd rather have that rotten clique mentality than a bigger and brighter goal." Zhuang Jihua replied categorically: "After Long Yun leaves, Yunnan will be included in the scope of southwest development, Yunnan's social economy will be comprehensively reformed, and you will see a brand new Yunnan." ”

Having said that, Zhuang Jihua is not so optimistic in his heart, the key problem is that there are not enough cadres, the Yucheng Cadre School has been open for several years, but the total number of cadres trained is only more than 1,000 people, and it is not enough to meet the needs of Yucheng and Sichuan, if Yunnan is added, the shortage is probably even greater, and the dozens of hundreds of cadres are just a drop in the bucket for Yunnan.

After leaving the gate of the Huili Hotel, Wu Ziniu and Lu Ruishan's faces were very dissatisfied, and Lu Ruishan couldn't help but ask Zhuang Jihua: "Sir, why are you talking so much nonsense with them, killing a few, and seeing if they are honest." ”

After Zhuang Jihua listened, he grabbed the reins and turned his head to look at him, Lu Ruishan first met his gaze, and then slowly lowered his head, Zhuang Jihua asked calmly: "Wu Ziniu, do you think so too?" ”

Wu Ziniu shook his head: "It's not necessary to kill, the twisted melon is not sweet, if they want to, forget it, they don't need to think so much." ”

Lu Ruishan hurriedly echoed: "Yes, I mean the same thing, but Lao Lu can't speak." ”

Zhuang Jihua sighed softly, as soon as he came to his side, Wu Ziniu didn't want to use his brains more, in fact, he was a very smart person; As for Lu Ruishan, he is even more so, he doesn't want to think about things that are too complicated, it seems that they still need to exercise more.

Zhuang Jihua thought for a while and said: "Our current strength can take Yunnan, but what about after we take it?" Yunnan is mountainous and multi-ethnic, the people are strong, and they are relatively xenophobic, so in order to stabilize Yunnan as soon as possible, we must take the upper line and win over them, that is, they can help us stabilize the hearts and minds of the people in Yunnan. ”

Now the two understood, and Wu Ziniu asked thoughtfully: "What if they insist?" Then he explained: "What I mean is that if they don't, they will use their local influence to turn the people against us if they have the opportunity, and the consequences will be troublesome." ”

"So you want to kill?" Zhuang Jihua asked rhetorically, Wu Ziniu buckled the back of his head, and smiled a little embarrassedly, but Lu Ruishan said: "I think it's okay to kill people sometimes, I don't know anything about politics, but killing people is generally very good." ”

"Liwei can be done in another way." Zhuang Jihua smiled faintly, kicked the horse's belly lightly, and the horse immediately strode along the street to the east.

To the east is the office of the task force, where the team members who have withdrawn from outside the city have gathered, Zhuang Jihua has not seen them since he arrived in Huili, and today he can finally find time to see them.

Halfway through, a staff officer Pegasus arrived: "Report to the captain, a battle report came from the front line, this morning our army launched an attack, broke through the enemy's defense line, occupied Hongmendu, the enemy army was annihilated, and captured more than 11,000 people under the enemy generals Lu Daoyuan, Gong Shunbi, and Kang Zhixun." ”

"Okay, I got it." Zhuang Jihua smiled and nodded, and the staff officer continued: "The chairman of the committee called, Chief Du asked you to go back." ”

"Oh, what's the matter?" Zhuang Jihua frowned and asked, does Chiang Kai-shek want me to stop now?

"I don't know, but listening to Chief Du's tone, I'm a little anxious."

Zhuang Jihua reined in his horse and looked at the development team station not far ahead, and finally turned his horse's head and headed west, his headquarters was located in the iron sheet factory outside the city.

"Look at it, this kid Long Yun has become so fast."

As soon as Zhuang Jihua arrived, Du Yuming handed him the telegram. After receiving Chiang Kai-shek's telegram, Du Yuming felt very embarrassed, and it stands to reason that Long Yun had fully accepted their conditions, and there was no reason for this battle to continue, but to stop like this, it was not in line with their new strategic purpose, and what reason could be used to reply?

After Zhuang Jihua read it carefully, he thought about it silently, and suddenly figured it out: "Guangting, the principal has given us the green light." ”

Du Yuming looked at Zhuang Jihua puzzled, and the latter explained: "You see this is Long Yun's original text forwarded by the principal, and the principal didn't give a single word of opinion, which is very interesting, I guess, the principal means to let us deal with it ourselves; That is, if we have the intention of taking Yunnan, then the principal will cooperate with us. ”

Du Yuming took the telegram, and after reading it repeatedly, he was relieved, and when he raised his head, he saw a strange smile on the corner of Zhuang Jihua's mouth: "Guangting, do you want to be the emperor of the soil in Yunnan?" ”

"The Earth Emperor? What do you mean? Du Yuming was puzzled.

"You come to be the chairman of Yunnan Province and the commander of security, or the director of the Military Department, and then let Anding be the director of the Police Department, so you are not the emperor of Yunnan." Zhuang Jihua said with a straight face.

Du Yuming was stunned, he was the provincial chairman, this happiness came too suddenly, and his nerves were a little numb, and it took a while to ease up: "Go, don't make fun of me, who can do this provincial chairman except you?" Don't make me kid. ”

Zhuang Jihua looked at Du Yuming's flushed face, couldn't help laughing, and then said solemnly: "What is a provincial chairman, if it were me, I would use you, but the principal may not agree, after all, you and I are too qualified, and I can't leave Yucheng, but the commander of Yunnan Security must be yours." Guangting, your weakness is that you are not strong in politics, and you have almost zero experience in local administration, I want to transfer the monarch to assist you, what do you think? ”

After making sure that Zhuang Jihua was not joking, Du Yuming rubbed his forehead, this thing was too sudden, he was not prepared at all, he had followed Zhuang Jihua in Yucheng in the past few years, factories, reserves, and the army, everything was from scratch, this sense of achievement and pride made him very satisfied, and also made him deeply integrated into the development team, proud of this work, and now he wants to leave the development team, he is really reluctant, but he is in charge of the military of a province, this temptation is not ordinary.

"Cultural Revolution, this matter is too far, let's take down Yunnan first." Du Yuming said.

Zhuang Jihua nodded, turned his head to the staff officer standing aside, and said, "Call back to the chairman..." ”

As of 1 o'clock today, we have annihilated a total of 34,000 of the main force of the Yunnan army and captured 18 of the generals of the Yunnan army, including Sun Du, An Enpu, and Lu Daoyuan. Now in Yunnan, Longyun has almost no soldiers to defend, there are less than 10,000 people in Kunming, and Yunnan is only within the palm of his fingers. However, in order to avoid intensifying the conflict, it is best to give Long Yun a step in a proper way, such as transferring Long Yun to work in the central government, and at the same time asking the principal to prepare a list of political axes in Yunnan Province and select generals to be stationed in the army. The students recommended Du Yuming or seriously to serve as the commander of Yunnan security. In addition, in order to ensure the smooth reception of Yunnan, and in order to ensure that Yunnan can be quickly stabilized and developed after the receipt of Yunnan, so that it can become the rear of the Anti-Japanese War, the students suggested that Yunnan be included in the scope of work of the Southwest Development Team, and that the students be allowed to select some Yunnan generals to be retained, and the list will be presented separately. ”

The telegram was full of self-confidence, Chiang Kai-shek did not hide his joy after reading it, five years ago put a Zhuang Jihua to Sichuan, today's return is Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, in his mind, Sichuan has also been taken by Zhuang Jihua.

"The problem of Guangzhou, Guangzhou, and Guangxi has not been solved, but the problem of Yunnan is almost solved." Chiang Kai-shek waved a telegram and said to the generals attending the meeting: "Zhuang Wenge only used more than 20,000 people to annihilate the main force of more than 30,000 Yunnan army, Sun Du and other generals of the Yunnan army were captured, and the first battle was settled in Yunnan. ”

He Yingqin, Chen Cheng, and others present were greatly surprised, in their opinion, it was not difficult to take Yunnan, and the strength of the Yunnan army was far inferior to that of Liangguang, so it would be difficult to achieve such a smooth success.

"Congratulations to the commission, but the central government had better not express its position now, let Zhuang Wenge take Kunming as soon as possible, and don't give Long Yun a chance to breathe;" He Yingqin reminded: "Yunnan is mountainous and multi-ethnic, if Longyun insists on not surrendering and retreats to western or southern Yunnan, the war will be delayed, and things will not be easy to do." ”

"Jingzhi is right," Chiang Kai-shek nodded: "But they can't stabilize Yunnan in the shortest possible time by relying on the Cultural Revolution alone, and they must be ordered by the central government,"

Xiao Yisu hurriedly picked up a pen and recorded: "Long Yun, the former chairman of Yunnan Province and commander-in-chief of the Yunnan Army, was appointed as the vice president of the Military Senate. Speaking of this, Chiang Kai-shek paused, thought for a moment, and then said: "Send another telegram to appoint Li Liejun as chairman of Yunnan Province, and appoint Du Yuming, deputy head of the Southwest Development Team, as the commander of Yunnan Security. ”

As soon as this order came out, all the generals present were stunned, jealous and envious, mastering the military of a province, how many people have struggled for many years, even important generals such as He Yingqin and Chen Cheng have never been reused, but Zhuang Jihua has only been back to China for four years, but he has held the military and political affairs of the two provinces, and has become a star-level figure in the political arena of the Republic of China, and the future is limitless, and what is even more eye-catching is that even Du Yuming under him has benefited from this and controls the military of a province, which simply makes these veterans here a little unbearable.

So a rumor quietly rose in the Nanjing officialdom that Chiang Kai-shek wanted to train a successor not Kang Ze or He Jinhan, but Zhuang Cultural Revolution.

(To be continued)