As he spoke, a convoy appeared at the end of the field, the number of which was still invisible, but the speed was not low, and the dust rolled up formed a yellow puffy cloud in the air, and then it was driven by the wind to drift north. \\。

When Xu Zuyi heard this, he sighed a little emotionally, the biggest difference between Zhuang Jihua and other Kuomintang generals is that he attaches great importance to political work, from the Fifth Theater to the North China Theater, Xu Zuyi has always served as the chief of staff, and the commanders have changed from Li Zongren to Zhuang Jihua to Jiang Dingwen and then back to Li Zongren and Zhuang Jihua, the command style is different, Zhuang Jihua is the most bold and cautious, but the biggest difference between him and others is that he attaches importance to political work.

He has always personally grasped the political work of the Fifth Theater, and the army has participated in post-war reconstruction on a large scale, participated in disaster relief, and even used army rations to provide disaster relief, and sent troops to support social reforms, and so on, all of which were initiated by him; after becoming the commander of the theater, he established the theater political work school and trained a number of political work cadres. After Li Zhilong became director of the political department of the theater, he paid more close attention to political work.

Li Zhilong transferred a number of political work cadres from the Three Youth League and the Southwest Cadre School, sent them directly to the company, recruited Kuomintang members and members of the Three Youth League among the soldiers, and formed a Kuomintang organization in the army. The 49th Group Army, the 1st Group Army, the 50th Group Army, the 52nd Group Army, and the 51st Group Army have established party organizations at the company level and have formed comprehensive control over the army.

"The purpose of political work is to let the soldiers know what they are fighting for," Zhuang Jihua didn't seem to see the approaching convoy, and still said loudly, as if he was saying to He Xiwu, and also seemed to be talking to other officers: "Comparing the civil war and the war of resistance, we can see that in the war of resistance, the soldiers' spirit of sacrifice is stronger and the will to fight is more tenacious, this is because they know what they are fighting for and why they sacrifice." ”

The reason why Zhuang Jihua spoke so loudly was that with the intensification of political work, some old-school officers in the headquarters were very uncomfortable with this, and some people were secretly talking about it, and some even thought that he was using this to develop his own forces and attack other factions.

He Xiwu took two deep breaths and stabilized his mood before he replied solemnly: "Yes, Commander, I must work hard at my humble position." ”

At this time, the convoy was almost there, the Star-Spangled Banner on the front of the car was already clearly visible, He Xiwu knew that he should leave, he saluted Zhuang Jihua, turned around and stood aside.

The car stopped at the gate of the courtyard, Stilwell got out of the car first, the rear door opened, and a man with a tall figure, a thin face, and gray hair got out of the car, and Zhuang Jihua stepped forward.

"Mr. Stuart, welcome to Dexian County, and congratulations on your permanent freedom from danger."

Situ Leiden held Zhuang Jihua's hand with some doubts, he knew that Zhuang Jihua's move was against traditional Chinese etiquette, in traditional Chinese etiquette, higher positions are generally more reserved, and Stilwell should first accept himself to him.

"I'm Zhuang Jihua, a student who has admired you for a long time." Zhuang Jihua added respectfully.

"General Zhuang is too modest, although I am imprisoned, I have also heard about the general's tiger might." Stuart Leiden is a true China expert, and knows China better than Stilwell: "I am very grateful to your army for their rescue, without your victory, we are still in danger. ”

Zhuang Jihua laughed: "The elimination of Japanese imperialism is our common goal, Mr. Situ Leiden, in essence, I am engaged in destruction and killing, and you are engaged in construction, in my opinion, this is a more difficult and noble work. ”

Stilwell laughed and shook his head in disagreement: "Zhuang, no, no, as a soldier, I must oppose your point of view, the work of a soldier is the same as that of a surgeon, digging out the unhealthy body in human society, so that human society can develop healthily." ”

"Well, I feel a little better when I say that." Zhuang Jihua nodded solemnly at Stilwell, and several people laughed almost at the same time.

Zhuang Jihua then introduced several key officials of the headquarters to Situ Leiden, and many people accompanied him, mainly journalists and local officials. Among these people, there was also a middle-aged man in a cyan suit, he did not lean forward, but stood quietly aside, looking at Zhuang Jihua and Situ Leiden.

Before the war, Xu Zuyi had served in Beiping for a long time, and he had met Situ Leiden a few times, and he was considered an acquaintance, and the two chatted a few more words, Zhuang Jihua turned his head and saw the middle-aged man, so he walked over.

"Professor Liang, I thought you had gone to Tongzhou."

The middle-aged man is Liang Sicheng, a professor at Southwest Associated University, Liang Sicheng went to the North China Theater last year, and was not invited by Zhuang Jihua, but took the initiative to find the Lu family courtyard and asked to meet Zhuang Jihua. Zhuang Jihua received him, and to Zhuang Jihua's great surprise, Liang Sicheng brought a map, which detailed the places of interest inside and outside Beiping City, and asked Zhuang Jihua to order that heavy weapons should not be used when attacking these places.

The staff officers of the Operations Division, who were responsible for specifying the battle plan, were very disgusted by Liang Sicheng's request, because it would lead to a significant increase in casualties and seriously delay the course of the battle. For this reason, Liang Sicheng and He Wei Shangguanjun and others had a fierce argument, which left a deep impression on Zhuang Jihua, and finally Zhuang Jihua decided to accept Liang Sicheng's opinion, and for this purpose the theater headquarters issued a specially made map to the troops responsible for attacking Beiping, which marked all the ancient buildings that were not allowed to use heavy weapons, and this map was down to the company level.

After the recovery of the surroundings of Beiping, Liang Sicheng ran around the place, checked the damage to the ancient buildings in various places, and drafted a draft of restoration, there were many ancient buildings in the Tongzhou area, and the battle in Tongzhou was also fierce, so Zhuang Jihua thought that he went to Tongzhou.

"The work in Tongzhou has ended," Liang Sicheng said calmly: "There is no major problem with what can be repaired, and what cannot be repaired does not need to be repaired at all." ”

Zhuang Jihua heard the slight dissatisfaction in his words, and he sighed softly: "Professor Liang, the war, there must be destruction, we can only try our best to keep it, even this, the soldiers have paid the price of blood." ”

Liang Sicheng pursed his mouth and said calmly: "General Zhuang, you misunderstood, I'm not blaming anyone, and I'm not qualified to blame anyone, we are all trying our best to protect human civilization." ”

Zhuang Jihua agreed in silence, and after chatting a few words at the door, Zhuang Jihua spoke to reporters: "Today we are here to welcome President Situ Leiden, why should we welcome him? Mr. Stuart is an old friend of ours, who has devoted his life to the cause of education in China and has cultivated a large number of talents for China, which is short of talents. What is even more valuable is that he always supported the cause of the Chinese people to resist the enemy, regarded the cause of the Chinese people as his own, and during the Japanese occupation, he made full use of his special status to protect and support the anti-enemy activities of the students of Peiping, and Yenching University became a strong base against the Japanese invading army.

In the cultural inheritance of our nation, there is a lack of a spirit, what spirit? It is the spirit of democracy, we are accustomed to either/or, and we are accustomed to suppressing or eliminating dissenting opinions, and since the May Fourth Movement, scientific democracy has been spread in China, but for various reasons, this slogan still stays on the slogan.

In his long-term educational and social activities, Mr. Stuart has always held high the banner of equality, freedom and democracy, and he not only practiced it, but also passed on this idea to all the students of Yan University, who became the seeds of China's practice of scientific democracy.

Mr. Stuart has become a symbol, a symbol of democracy and freedom, a symbol of resistance to barbarism and brutality, a symbol of indomitable will.

We welcome Mr. Stuart Leiden, who is an eternal friend of our nation, who transcends politics and partisanship, and who will forever be etched in the memory of our nation over time! ”

Zhuang Jihua's speech received very warm applause, Weber Charles Mei Youlan applauded particularly warmly, Situ Lei stepped forward to give a reply, Xu Zuyi looked at Zhuang Jihua thoughtfully, he had found that Zhuang Jihua's attitude towards scholars was very respectful, but in this welcome speech, Zhuang Jihua deliberately added scientific democracy, which made him feel as if there was an ulterior motive.

Could it be that Zhuang Jihua is expressing his attitude towards post-war domestic politics? Xu Zuyi thought in his heart, and turned his gaze to Wen Qiang, the head of the North China Region of the Military Command, and Zhu Ruoyu, the head of the Military Judge Advocate General's Office, both of whom were in the welcoming crowd, but their reactions showed that they didn't seem to hear the meaning.

"Tomorrow Chongqing will definitely report this speech in full, I don't know what will happen." Xu Zuyi sighed softly in his heart, just this moment of distraction, Situ Leiden's speech has ended, Situ Leiden's speech is mainly thanks, thanks to the National Government and the North China Theater for their reception, congratulations to the Chinese people on their great victory.

After Situ Leiden finished speaking, the brief welcome ceremony was over, and Zhuang Jihua did not leave time for the reporters to ask questions, but turned around and invited Situ Leiden, Liang Sicheng, and Stilwell to the headquarters. The officers of the headquarters also dispersed, and the reporters remained at the entrance of the headquarters, except for Webb and Mei Youlan who entered the headquarters.

In the small guest house of the headquarters, a table of food had already been put on the table, and after Situ Leiden sat down, he found that there seemed to be a lot of dishes on the table, but there were really not many varieties, three meat dishes, and the others were vegetarian dishes.

Zhuang Jihua picked up the wine next to him and said with a smile: "Mr. Stuart Leiden, Professor Liang, this bottle of wine is the Belinzhe red wine that General Stilwell lost to me a few years ago, and we eliminated him today." ”

Stilwell looked at the bottle of red wine in a daze, when he was in Xuzhou, Zhuang Jihua made a bet with him that the Japanese army would definitely go south. He had forgotten about this matter, but when he was in Myanmar, Zhuang Jihua asked him for a bet, but he had to pay the amount, but he didn't expect Zhuang Jihua to keep this bottle of wine until now.

He stretched out his hand and took it, took it in his hand and looked at it, as if he didn't believe it: "Zhuang, you are still kept, I thought you had already been destroyed." ”

"There's no chance," Zhuang Jihua said with a smile: "It's not easy to win the general once, I originally planned to open it again when Japan surrendered, and today I welcome Mr. Situ Leiden, even if I celebrate the victory in advance." ”

Xu Zuyi took the wine from Stilwell's hand again, and he was the only one who accompanied him in the theater command, and Feng Wei generally did not come forward on this occasion, and after looking at it for a while, he asked: "General Stilwell, I used to listen to French red wine, I don't know what is the difference between this American red wine and French red wine?" ”

"Each has its own merits, and it should be said that French red wine has a longer history." Stilwell didn't really understand that drinking was just a hobby.

"If you want to say that red wine is still the best red wine in France," Liang Sicheng took over, he is a family scholar, his father Liang Qichao is a famous Chinese scholar, he himself graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, studied at Harvard, studied in Europe, and has a deep understanding of Eastern and Western cultures.

"But this wine is also a good wine in the United States, and the Belinger Winery was established in 1876, and it has been brewing for nearly 100 years, and it is considered a first-class red wine among American red wines."

Zhuang Jihua took it from Liang Sicheng's hand, poured it for everyone, and then raised his glass and said: "When you are happy, you need to have wine, and today I found this bottle of red wine over and over again, come, and congratulate Principal Situ Leiden on his safe escape." ”

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