Soon after Chiang Kai-shek left, Zhuang Jihua also left Liuzhou, and before leaving, he called Zhao Hanjie to cancel the Guangxi combat mission and instead assemble the whole team in Kunming.

The political struggle within the Kuomintang rarely used physical extermination, and Xiang Hu Hanmin and Li Jishen were successively placed under house arrest by Chiang Kai-shek, but Chiang Kai-shek just did not dare to kill him. As a veteran of Xinhai, the relationship between Li Liejun and Wang Jingwei is neither good nor bad, but he respects Wang Jingwei very much, but he never expected that Wang Jingwei would actually do this kind of thing, during the whole meeting, Li Liejun was worried, he was not in good health, and he was ill for a long time, although he was named the chairman of the province, the actual affairs were handled by Feng Yi, stimulated by this, and even a little incoherent, one would say that he would go to Hanoi to persuade Wang Jingwei to come back, and then he would say that he must have been deceived by Chen Bijun, which made Zhuang Jihua cry and laugh.

Compared with Li Liejun, Feng Wei took a clear stand, suggesting that Wang Jingwei should be severely punished, and it was best to expel him from the party, except for Hu Ying, who knew Wang Jingwei among the local forces in Yunnan, others had only heard of this person, so they talked about it mercilessly, in recent years, the soldiers of the Yunnan army have fought bloody battles outside, and Yucheng in Nanjing, Xuzhou, and Yucheng have their achievements, and the image of the Yunnan army has been greatly changed in the eyes of the Yunnan people, and the people's support has been high, and the War of Resistance has become their unanimous consensus.

"Director Zhuang, I don't care what others do, whoever wants to betray the country and seek peace, I want to defeat him!" Yang Jie, the director of education of the Kunming branch of the Central Military Academy, was unceremonious, the planner of the Nanchang Campaign during the Northern Expedition was an old acquaintance with Zhuang Jihua, but he left a bad impression on Zhuang Jihua, he asked to go to the front several times, but Chiang Kai-shek refused, Zhuang Jihua did not intend to let him lead the troops, at this moment his momentum was very strong, and he was angry.

Subsequently, Lu Chongren, Hu Ying, Li Peitian, and others also expressed their opinions one after another, suggesting that a telegram be sent to the Central Committee, demanding that Wang Jingwei be expelled from the party, that he be removed from all posts, and that he be wanted throughout the country.

The meeting lasted until the evening, and not long after Zhuang Jihua went to bed, he received an urgent telegram from Guiyang, informing Long Yun that he had sneaked back to Yunnan, and the telegram also specifically noted that the news came from the West.

In Zhuang Jihua's secret system, the West is the code name for GCD, and Friends is the code name for the third party. This news did not attract Zhuang Jihua's attention at first, he casually looked at the message and put it down.

"What's the matter?" Gong Xiuhua saw Zhuang Jihua sitting on a chair, so he got up and brought him a cup of boiling water, and now as long as she is not in Chengdu, she and Zhuang Jihua will stay and fly.

"It's not a big deal, Long Yun is back, it's a little strange." Zhuang Jihua's tone was suspicious, and he seemed to be unable to make up his mind.

"He, how could Lao Jiang let him come back?" Gong Xiuhua is also a little strange, Zhuang Jihua shook his head, and Gong Xiuhua said suspiciously: "Didn't you sneak back?" ”

These words made Zhuang Jihua excited, and he sneaked back, so it was worth playing, and after thinking about it, he grabbed the phone and dialed Shen Qiaonian, the head of the Yunnan Station of the Military Command.

"Stationmaster Shen, excuse me, is there anything unusual in southern Yunnan?" To Zhuang Jihua's surprise, Shen Qiaonian didn't let him wait, and immediately connected.

Shen Qiaonian's voice was slightly tired: "No abnormalities found, Director Zhuang." ”

"You haven't slept so late?" Zhuang Jihua greeted very casually, the rules of the military command are very strict, members are not allowed to prostitute or gamble, and there is only one punishment for corruption, death; Therefore, Zhuang Jihua was a little strange that Shen Qiaonian hadn't slept so late.

"Director Dai has an order and is holding an emergency meeting." Shen Qiaonian didn't hide it, but he didn't say anything specific, but Zhuang Jihua understood that it must be related to Wang Jingwei.

"I will also give you a task, closely monitor southern Yunnan, and if there is an army movement, report to me immediately at any time." Zhuang Jihua's tone suddenly became stern, and Shen Qiaonian didn't know what to do, but he still agreed.

Later, Zhuang Jihua sent a telegram to the commissioner of the Southern Yunnan Administration and the director of the Party Department, and also ordered them to closely monitor the southern Yunnan army, and report the slightest change immediately.

Putting down the phone, Zhuang Jihua thought for a moment and called Ran Ruiju of the Yunnan Garrison Command and Su Ze, the instructor of the 60th Army, and asked them to come over immediately.

Gong Xiuhua heard his serious tone, and continued to call on the phone, all of them were concerned about southern Yunnan, and his heart was also raised, and he hurriedly changed into his military uniform, Zhuang Jihua was a little distressed in the past, and gently wrapped his thin waist: "You better rest, it's not a big deal, it's just a precaution." ”

"Are you worried about Long Yun?" Gong Xiuhua stopped moving, leaned into his arms, and let his hand caress his skin.

Zhuang Jihua gently sniffed the faint fragrance, and his tone was as relaxed as possible: "Well, Long Yun, this person, his strength is a little small, he is obsessed with the first war back then, he always wants to recapture Yunnan, and he has contacts with GCD and Director Deng, and I am afraid that the contact with Wang Jingwei is also indispensable, if he takes risks at this time, it may bring unexpected trouble." ”

"Maybe you shouldn't have handed over southern Yunnan to Long Shenwu in the first place, or Li Anding is right, you should cut the grass and eradicate the roots." Gong Xiuhua frowned and said, when Zhuang Jihua appointed Long Shenwu as the commander of the southern Yunnan garrison, Li Anding objected, thinking that it was too lenient for the Long brothers and would definitely cause trouble in the future. It's just that Zhuang Jihua thought that stabilizing Yunnan was a top priority and didn't listen to him.

"You have a good rest, I'll go back as soon as I go, it's no big deal." Zhuang Jihua sighed, let go of her, pulled her over and kissed her smooth forehead gently, then pushed open the door and left.

This time he didn't call Wu Ziniu, he called the guards outside, and waited in the front living room, and after a while, Ran Ruiju and Su Ze arrived one after another, obviously they all got up from the bed in a hurry, although after tidying up, the eyes of both of them were tired.

"Ruiju, what's the situation with the troops?" Zhuang Jihua asked.

"The situation is very good, the troops are now full and are stepping up training." Ran Ruiju was a little puzzled, and hurriedly called him over, so he asked this question, no, his answer just now was too broad.

Sure enough, Zhuang Jihua frowned, and he hurriedly explained: "There are now 18,000 instructors of the 58th Army, who have been trained for four months, and all 20,000 instructors of the 60th Army have also been trained for four months, and the reason why there are 2,000 more is that they are on the border of Yunnan and Guizhou, and some Guizhou people have come here to serve as soldiers. In terms of weapons, all of them are real soldiers and guns. It's just that there is not enough heavy weapons, there is only one rocket launcher per company, and the number of ammunition is insufficient. ”

For example, the instructors of the 58th Army are mainly distributed in central Yunnan and Yunnan, and the instructors of the 60th Army are distributed in northern Yunnan and eastern Yunnan, which is mainly due to the fact that northern Yunnan is a Yi inhabited area, and the 58th Army is not allowed to recruit troops here, in order to reduce the Yi color of Longyun Luhan's troops.

Since the main thing is to train recruits, then the ammunition is not equipped according to the operational needs, and the front-line ammunition is insufficient, and the logistics department mainly guarantees the operational needs of the front, but even so, in the eyes of veterans like Hu Ying, this kind of training intensity is already very high, and the original recruit training has no live-fire training at all.

"What about the county security corps?" Zhuang Jihua's brows still did not loosen.

When Yunnan's military cadres were deployed, Zhuang Jihua was all selected from the Southwest Development Team and the Old Dian Army, and Ran Ruiju was a leader who had been retrained in the Southwest Development Team's Military Academy, and he also had a good understanding of the following situation.

"The supplementary tasks we undertake are the whole army, and the front-line armies are relatively satisfied with our replenishment, so the tasks assigned to us are also relatively heavy, and the security regiments in each county are also full, and the equipment of the security regiments is relatively poor, with only one light machine gun and one heavy machine gun in one battalion, and two mortars in the regiment." Ran Ruiju replied.

To be honest, this is still equipment that only existed after the construction of the arsenal in Yunnan. The security regiments in Yunnan have also been reorganized, just like the ongoing reorganization in Guizhou. This reorganization was presided over by Li Anding, his means is the coexistence of toughness and conspiracy, most of the reorganized security regiments have been added to the troops, the current security regiment is two-thirds of the newcomers, the county commanders have hardly moved, but the officers below have all been replaced.

In the past three years, the number of bandits in Yunnan has dropped by a large margin, and the number of criminals in various localities has also decreased considerably, and public order has noticeably improved.

"What's going on in southern Yunnan?" Zhuang Jihua was somewhat sure in his heart.

Ran Ruiju understood now that Zhuang Jihua was worried about the old Yunnan army, especially Long Yun's two sons, he thought about it, but Zhuang Jihua asked directly: "How is the equipment and training of the troops in the southern Yunnan garrison area?" ”

"The Southern Yunnan Garrison is Long Yun's original guard force, with a total strength of 5,600 people, and it is a strengthened brigade establishment, Long Shenwu himself studied in France, and there is still a set in leading and training troops, the combat effectiveness of the Southern Yunnan Garrison is very strong, and the equipment is relatively good, and the equipment of the Guard Corps is the best in the old Yunnan Army," Ran Ruiju said thoughtfully: "Last year, you ordered to strengthen the equipment of the Southern Yunnan Garrison and the Western Yunnan Border Police Corps, and only at the end of last year did you equip the Southern Yunnan Garrison with 105 howitzers and 12 guns, After the Spring Festival, I went to southern Yunnan to inspect the work, and went to 20 companies, and the morale of the troops was very high, the enthusiasm for training was also very high, and the supervision of the dragon rope was very strict. In addition, there are 12 counties under the southern Yunnan garrison area, and there are 12 security regiments, each with 1,360 people, with a total strength of 16,300 people, and these security regiments are under the jurisdiction of the southern Yunnan garrison command. ”

When it came to more than 10,000 people, Ran Rui raised his vest and broke out in a cold sweat, no wonder Zhuang Jihua wanted to ask specifically, the power controlled by Long Shenwu was almost comparable to Long Yun's original Yunnan army, once this force made chaos in southern Yunnan, the consequences would be unimaginable.

He looked at Zhuang Jihua with a little weakness, but Zhuang Jihua did not blame him, strengthening southern Yunnan was to say that after he occupied Vietnam, southern Yunnan would not be in a hurry and could keep the enemy out of the country.

Ran Ruiju paused, saw that Zhuang Jihua did not speak, and then introduced Long Chengwen's instructor of the Second Brigade: "The total strength of the Second Brigade is 5,400 people, and the three regiment commanders below are all from the old Dian Army, but two of them, Hu Xiaobing and Liao Kai, were wounded on the front line and returned, Hu Xiaobing lost an arm in the Battle of Guangde, and Liao Kai lost an eye and half of his intestines in the Battle of the First Jinpu Road. ”

What Ran Ruiju meant by introducing these two people was that he didn't think that Long Shenzu had the ability to launch a rebellion, Zhuang Jihua understood the meaning of his words, thought about it and shook his head: "Yang Yunxin, what do you think of him?" ”

Ran Ruiju understood that Zhuang Jihua was asking about Yang Yunxin's political attitude, not his history: "This person's position is still firm, but he still has feelings for Long Yun." ”

Zhuang Jihua was still quite satisfied with Ran Ruiju's answer, he turned his head and asked Su Ze: "How much time does it take to assemble all the instructors into battle?" ”

"The whole division is distributed in northern and eastern Yunnan, and there is only one brigade in Kunming, and it will take three days for the whole division to be concentrated." Su Ze replied.

"Gather the troops immediately," Zhuang Jihua immediately ordered, Su Ze and Ran Ruiju were shocked, this is preparing for battle, who is the target? Old Dian Army?

"There are two situations, what you know is that Wang Jingwei left Hanoi, and what you don't know is that Long Yun returned to Yunnan, and he returned secretly." Zhuang Jihua said solemnly: "Wang Jingwei is from Kunming to Hanoi, how can he successfully board the train to Hanoi, during this period no one reported to the central government, is there anyone in Kunming to help him, who is helping him?" Why did Long Yun return to Yunnan at this time, or did he return secretly, why did he take this way, and did he have any contact with Wang Jingwei? These are questions worth pondering, I am not afraid of rebellion, but in order to reduce the losses, we must take precautions. ”

"The Kunming garrison is also ready for battle immediately," Zhuang Jihua then said to Ran Ruiju: "Tomorrow, as soon as the morning dawns, you will call Yang Yunxin and Long Shenzu to the garrison headquarters, and then don't let them return to the army, understand." ”

Ran Ruiju understood what Zhuang Jihua meant, this was to put the two under house arrest, and once Long Shenwu rebelled in southern Yunnan, this move eliminated his internal response.

"The 1st Brigade of the 58th Army Instructor is in Chengjiang, the brigade commander is Wan Baobang, who was originally a subordinate of An Enpu, and the 3rd Brigade is in Anning, and the brigade commander is Yang Binglin, do you want to inform them to come back too." Ran Ruiju asked, he wanted to control all three people, completely solve the 58th Army Instructor, and completely eliminate the hidden danger of rebellion.

Zhuang Jihua hesitated, and finally shook his head: "Don't, if you do this, the action will be too big, and it will cause everyone in the generals of the Yunnan Army to endanger themselves." ”

"Understood." Ran Ruiju stood up to say goodbye, and Su Ze also stood up at the same time to say goodbye.

The next day, Zhuang Jihua got up early, and after breakfast, he invited Hu Ying, a veteran of the Yunnan army, to come to the court, facing Zhuang Jihua, who was smiling and unusually polite, Hu Ying seemed to be worried.

(To be continued)