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Chapter 4 Breaking the Cocoon and Flapping Wings to Dominate the Industry (5)

Heavy rains in the Yangtze River basin for a week have begun to show signs of major floods. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

As early as a week ago, the South Sichuan Radio Station, which was the largest in China in terms of scale and equipment during this period, informed the whole country of the deteriorating water situation in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River at 12 noon and 6 p.m. every day, and reminded the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River to prepare for flood prevention and flood control in advance.

Major newspapers across the country, including the Central Daily, have published the voices of Chinese and foreign experts from the Syrian Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, predicting that large-scale floods are likely to break out in the Yangtze River basin.

Two days ago, the South Sichuan Radio Station even canceled all literary and artistic radio programs, continuously reported on the water situation in the three rivers, and in a rare and serious tone, reported the rapidly rising water levels of the Jinsha River and the Minjiang River, announced the suspension of navigation in the sections of the rivers above Chongqing, and mobilized the military and civilians in all parts of southern Sichuan to unconditionally obey the commands of governments at all levels, and work with one heart and one mind to defeat the flood.

Among them, the news that more than 30 villages and towns along the three rivers were flooded by the sharp rise of the Minjiang River finally triggered a huge panic in the provinces and cities in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River after being reported in detail by the South Sichuan Radio Station, which covered most of China's signals, and nine out of ten Minjiang floods in history affected the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

On 13 June, the "Oriental News" and the "Declaration" published the full text of a special reporter's interview with General An Yi, director of the Sichuan-Hunan-Yunnan-Guizhou Border Region Pacification Office -- On the morning of 12 June, General An Yi, who "is recovering and has not yet recovered," led water conservancy and geological experts from three universities in Syria, a medical detachment of the medical college, and a marine police brigade of the garrison force, to Gubai Town, the most severely affected town in the middle reaches of the Minjiang River, to direct the flood fight. The 9,000 officers and men of the two brigades of the garrison headquarters under the leadership of the Pacification Office, and more than 13,000 veterans who have retired from the army and joined the major industrial and commercial enterprises, together with more than 50,000 people from various localities, are fighting on the front line of flood control along the 30-kilometer river. Seven battalions of engineers from the engineering sections of the garrisons and noncommissioned officer schools in various parts of southern Sichuan rushed to the areas where the disaster was most severe. An Yi did not praise the government and army under his leadership, but said sadly to reporters: Because of the backwardness of science and technology and the lack of qualified personnel, the Pacification Office has not yet had a professional team engaged in meteorological research, and it is unable to predict meteorological changes that could have been grasped in advance.

This is An Yi's second public appearance after "resigning due to illness", which has attracted the attention of the whole people, especially the people in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and all walks of life are full of admiration for General An Yi's moving feelings of "going to the front line of disaster relief with illness and feeling guilty for the affected people", and many local newspapers even shouted out "How happy General An Yi would be if he became our parent official".

Out of admiration and trust in An Yi, after the content of the interview was published, the water situation of the Yangtze River was highly valued by the government and people along the river.

The first to make a quick response was Jiangxi Provincial Chairman Xiong Shihui, a veteran general known for his erudition and steadiness, and after exchanging telegrams with An Yi and Lao Shoudao who went to Syria three times in one day to read "Sun Tzu's," he resolutely ordered the Jiujiang and Hukou areas to enter a state of alert; with the full support of the Jiangnan clique, it took only half a day to collect 200,000 sacks and hand them over to the Jiangxi security forces, and soon 10,000 officers and men rushed to Jiujiang and Hukou to build flood control embankments in advance with tens of thousands of people organized by the local government.

At noon on 16 July, only an hour after the completion of the Jiujiang and Hukou flood control levees, the news that Hong Feng had arrived in Hankou and had washed away and flooded 17 villages and towns on both sides of the strait reached Nanchang.

Xiong Shihui had not yet calmed down, and Chiang Kai-shek's phone call came suddenly. Xiong Shihui did not dare to slack off, and immediately after putting down the phone, he rushed to the Changbei Wharf in the rain and, together with Chiang Kai-shek and many senior military and political officials of the Central Committee, boarded the warship of the Poyang Lake Marine Police Division, and rushed to the mouth of the lake to inspect the water situation under the escort of four large and small patrol boats.

Chiang Kai-shek, wearing a military raincoat, stood tall in the bow of the ship, looking at the undulating surface of the vast lake in the misty rain that enveloped everything, and the commander of the Marine Police Division, Lu Guang, stood half a step behind Chiang Kai-shek's side, constantly answering Chiang Kai-shek's inquiries about the water level of Poyang Lake and the water situation of the Yangtze River.

After listening to Cheng Chengguang's concise answer, Chiang Kai-shek's cold face looked much better, and only reluctantly entered the command cabin under the repeated requests of Cheng Chengguang, Wang Shihe, Yang Yongtai, and others.

"Did An Yi reply to the telegram?"

Chiang Kai-shek put down the dry glass and asked in a low voice.

Deng Wenyi replied respectfully: "I have returned, more than 70,000 people have been affected in the middle and lower reaches of the Minjiang River, more than 1,500 houses have collapsed, more than 370 people have died, and more than 500 people are missing. After the telegram, Senior Brother An supplemented the report that Liu Wenhui and Deng Xihou's troops had stopped attacking each other because of the sharp rise in the water level in the upper reaches of the Minjiang River, and that two divisions on each side, totaling more than 40,000 officers and men, were distributed along the line from Leshan to Wutongqiao and confronted each other across the river. ”

Chiang Kai-shek took a glass of water handed by Wang Shihe, took a sip, and asked again: "That's all?" ”

"That's all ......"

Deng Wenyi lowered his head and sighed secretly, An Yi is no longer the original Senior Brother An who is full of spring breeze and responds to requests, replying to the principal's telegram, there is no unique but incomparably detailed content in the past, but what to ask and answer, concise and to the point, and cherish words like gold.

The three-hundred-ton gunboat cleaved the waves on the murky lake, moving fast, the hull rose and fell in the waves, quite bumpy, Chiang Kai-shek sat in the neat and narrow command cabin, without the slightest discomfort, waved his hand to let the entourage find a place to sit on their own. When a group of military and political officials saw that half of the instrument panel and wireless communication equipment were occupied in this place, and the remaining space could only seat four people, they all said goodbye and left, turned behind the command cabin, and went to the relatively wide bilge to take shelter from the rain and rest.

Chiang Kai-shek watched everyone leave, leaving Xiong Shihui and Yang Yongtai behind, carefully inquired about the situation of the Jiujiang flood control embankment, nodded with satisfaction and stopped talking, lowered his head to read the top-secret documents on the small desk in front of him, and seemed to have focused on it, but his heart was extremely complicated.

An Yi hung up his crown until now, and did not take the initiative to send a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek, every time Chiang Kai-shek called to inquire, An Yi would reply to the telegram, but the content of the reply was very small, which was completely irresponsible, but it made Chiang Kai-shek unable to grasp the handle of reprimand. For example, Chiang Kai-shek asked An Yi for his opinion on the military arrangements in North China, and An Yi politely asked him to ask the two generals, Xu Tingyao and Yin Jinan; Chiang Kai-shek asked when the five-year development program for southern Sichuan would be delivered? An Yi replied that it is under discussion, and there will be a resolution at the end of the year at the earliest; Chiang Kai-shek asked when he would send troops to cooperate with Liu Xiang's troops to encircle and suppress the Red Bandits of the Huang Han Army, which had grown to more than 7,000 people. An Yi replied that it could only be planned when the disarmament and resettlement work was completed......

A series of lukewarm and purely official responses made Chiang Kai-shek painfully realize that An Yi, a student who had always trusted him, was getting farther and farther away from him, and had reached the edge of being uncontrollable.

Chiang Kai-shek knew very well that the reason why An Yi became like this was that in addition to being greatly dissatisfied with the compromise attitude of the Sino-Japanese peace talks, there was another important reason: An Yi could no longer bear the long-term efforts that could not be properly recognized, so he was no longer willing to swallow his anger and maintain the status quo.

Chiang Kai-shek is not unaware of the impact of An Yi's departure, in the complex struggle and the embarrassing situation of internal and external difficulties, Chiang Kai-shek has never been worried that An Yi will become his "enemy", whether it is from An Yi's character or current strength, An Yi will not lose his mind, because Chiang Kai-shek understands that his student is a complete nationalist, a staunch patriot who regards the interests of the country and the nation more important than his life, Such a person will absolutely not take risks regardless of the overall situation and for the sake of his own selfish anger and do the foolish act of supporting the army and supporting the armed forces to divide the country.

It is precisely because of Chiang Kai-shek's accurate grasp of An Yi's ideals and beliefs that he has never taken An Yi's "reckless move" to heart, thinking that at most it will be over when he is out of breath.

However, starting in June, with An Yi's series of performances and Chiang Kai-shek's deeper understanding of An Yi's group, Chiang Kai-shek suddenly realized that the problem might have exceeded his expectations. Through the timely and comprehensive analysis report of Yang Yongtai, a confidant and think tank, and through the anger and anxiety of the Central Party Department and its Investigation Bureau on the issue of party building in southern Sichuan, especially after learning that Jiang Yunshan, a great Confucian of Bashu who had been in seclusion for several years and had a high reputation in the national intellectual and legal circles, came out of the mountain to assist An Yi, Chiang Kai-shek realized that the situation was beyond his control, and An Yi, who had matured rapidly by retreating into advance, was no longer the trump card in his hands that could control freely and have a huge deterrent effect on any opponent.

Before, Chiang Kai-shek did not care too much about the development of the Jiangnan Group, but thought that the better the development of the Jiangnan Group controlled by his general An Yi, the greater the help to himself, in the face of crises over the years, the Jiangnan Group played a huge role in helping Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalist Government to resolve and alleviate the crisis, and also fully proved this, the rapid growth and rapid development of the Jiangnan Group in the field of science and technology, industrial and commercial foundation, but also fully proved the wisdom and progress of the central government headed by Chiang Kai-shek, In order to promote the development of the entire national economy and alleviate the economic crisis of the entire country, it has made indelible contributions.

But now, with An Yi's step-by-step departure, Chiang Kai-shek suddenly discovered that the Jiangnan Group, which has quietly controlled 80 percent of the mining industry in Jiangxi Province, 85 percent of the country's radio and communication products, 90 percent of the country's iron and steel smelting industry, 70 percent of all high-quality industrial products, and 100 percent of the country's automobile industry, has become a huge business empire that can influence the country's political situation. Only then did we have the An Jiajun Army, which was proud of its weapons and equipment, and the rapid expansion of the military strength of the An Yi clique; if we did not resolutely carry out rapid and effective containment, a situation would be formed, and in time, it would have a tremendous impact on Chiang Kai-shek's position, and it would have a subversive threat and sabotage to the great cause to which Chiang Kai-shek devoted his whole life and the political party that had developed and strengthened single-handedly.

The heavy rain outside the cabin was majestic, and the 300-ton gunboat was like a small flat boat in the haze that enveloped the heavens and the earth, approaching the growing waves of the river mouth, forcing the warship to slow down again, and the dense huge raindrops knocked on the outer wall of the iron-gray steel cabin, making a dull whine in the heavy wind that set off the rain curtain.

Chiang Kai-shek slowly put down the documents in his hand, as slowly as if he had put down an object as heavy as a thousand pounds, and his grim and somewhat dull face showed a more and more clear look of perseverance.

Xiong Shihui only felt that his heart was beating faster, from entering the cabin to the present, he has been worried about the secret report in Chiang Kai-shek's hand that took Yang Yongtai three months to write, he was very reluctant to Chiang Kai-shek to implement the series of plans on the secret report, although Xiong Shihui and Yang Yongtai, Wu Tiecheng, Zhang Qun and others are the same leaders of the Department of Political Science, with the same interests and the same ideas and pursuits, but he is very reluctant to see Chiang Kai-shek to "punish" the An Yi Group, Xiong Shihui's intuition told him, It's definitely a lose-lose situation.

Yang Yongtai, who had been sitting silently on the side, opened his eyes at the right time, met Chiang Kai-shek's shining eyes that seemed to be burning with flames, nodded slightly, and whispered a sentence:

"I think it's time to ......"