Chiang Kai-shek was very satisfied that Zhuang Jihua was able to make such an arrangement in such a short period of time, and after arriving at the headquarters, Chiang Kai-shek did not convene a plenary meeting, but only called in the heads of several departments for a brief meeting, in which Chiang Kai-shek clearly told the generals that he would only stay in Dexian for a day or two.

"This great victory has inspired all the military and the people, greatly increased the prestige of our country, and the Japanese have been frightened, and the war has been fought so far, and the final victory is beyond doubt, on this basis, our focus should be turned to the country, to promote the program of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and to achieve the goal of unifying the government and military orders."

Chiang Kai-shek said and looked at the generals attending the meeting, almost all the heads of various departments of the theater command were there, and even Feng Yi, a senior staff member, was sitting behind the conference table, but from the information he obtained, three people were not there, Li Zhilong, director of the Political Department, Xiao Zhenying, and Lan Jiang, Gao Shen.

Zhuang Jihua's explanation is that Li Zhilong inspected the work of helping refugees in Huailai, Zhangjiakou and other places, and Lanjiang organized support in Henan, Shandong, especially to collect grain, and there may be some surplus grain in Henan, Shandong last year's bumper grain harvest; Xiao Zhenying was supervising war readiness in eastern Hebei, and Chiang Kai-shek did not say anything about this.

The Battle of North China, the First World War to recover the Chaharre River in Hebei and Inner Mongolia, the four provinces and regions, there were many post-war affairs, Zhuang Jihua's main energy was still on the army, the army needed to be replenished, some troops needed to be reorganized, and Pingjin had to be captured, and he attached great importance to post-war reconstruction, so it was impossible for him not to pay attention to these.

On the other hand, it was precisely his actions that won the support of the people for the political axe, for example, in this battle, the front detachment from the bank of the Yangtze River to the front line in North China can be seen everywhere, according to foreign reporters, the total number of people in the front line is as high as six or seven million, which was impossible to imagine before.

"After the social reforms, the people's support for us is unprecedentedly high, and the political axe is confident that it can solve all kinds of problems in the country," Chiang Kai-shek said with great confidence: "We are a very vicious enemy, and if we can destroy them, we will be able to defeat any enemy and complete our revolution!" ”

Zhuang Jihua listened and looked at Lin Wei, who was sitting opposite, from the time he received the telegram, he was guessing Chiang Kai-shek's intentions, under normal circumstances, Chiang Kai-shek would come to the war zone to inspect after all the wars, but this time it was different, the war was really not over, Pingjin had not yet been conquered, and the victory was not yet complete, not to mention, in addition to North China, the rebellion in Xinjiang Province was intensifying, and the army was attacking northern Jiangsu, so it was not the best time to come over now.

Lin Wei knew that Zhuang Jihua was staring at him, but he pretended not to see it, as a person next to Chiang Kai-shek, he knew some taboos, the ministers of the DPRK and China befriended the border generals, which was a taboo in all dynasties, and once it was discovered, the end would be miserable.

"Cultural Revolution," Zhuang Jihua, who was listening attentively, turned his head to look at Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Kai-shek looked at him gently: "Don't be too anxious about the attack on Pingjin, and then move when you are ready, especially Beiping, which is the ancient capital of the Three Dynasties and has a population of millions. ”

Zhuang Jihua stood up and replied loudly: "Please rest assured, the chairman, the humble post must be planned." ”

"You sit, sit down, sit down," Chiang Kai-shek beckoned Zhuang Jihua to sit down, but he himself stood up, left his own actions, and paced slowly around the conference table: "The prime minister's lifelong belief is to build a unified and powerful country, but the Xinhai Revolution has been thirty years, but the national reunification has never been realized, now we have an unprecedented opportunity, the prestige of the political axe is unprecedentedly high, and the people's support for us is also unprecedented, which is the best foundation for the realization of the War of Resistance and the founding of the country, of course, we must also face up to the difficulties we face, The rebellion in Xinjiang Province, the GCD problem, the factional problem within the party, these problems must be solved one by one. ”

Zhuang Jihua clearly felt that Chiang Kai-shek had shown strong self-confidence this time, perhaps because of the victory in the war, or perhaps because of the rise in international prestige, and he had confidence in solving these problems.

After the meeting, Chiang Kai-shek left him behind, and Zhuang Jihua reported to him separately the current situation facing the theater, the great victory in North China, the annihilation of 360,000 enemies, except for Nakajima Kangjian with more than 10,000 people who escaped from the fortress, the rest of the troops were all annihilated, and the rest of the troops were all annihilated, and the 400,000 troops were no longer able to recover the 400,000 troops with extremely equipment.

However, the losses in the North China Theater were also extremely serious, with more than 300,000 casualties among the troops participating in the theater, of which as many as 200,000 were killed, nearly 100,000 were seriously wounded, and more than 100,000 were lightly wounded.

After the recovery of North China, the Chaharre River in Hebei Province, young and middle-aged people from all over the country enthusiastically joined the army, and 160,000 young people joined the army in the eastern Hebei region alone.

The recruits enlisted in the army for training, but the equipment was not available, and they had to be trained with the weapons and equipment of the martyrs.

"Cultural Revolution, can North China send troops?" Chiang Kai-shek asked after listening to the report.

"What does the headmaster mean?" Zhuang Jihua didn't seem to understand, and doubts surged up on his face.

"The army's attack in northern Jiangsu proved that the Jianghuai theater was weak in troops, so I decided to increase troops to the Jianghuai theater, and transferred two armies from the Jiangnan theater and one army from the North China theater, can you transfer this army here?" Chiang Kai-shek's eyes were fixed on him.

"Yes, absolutely." Zhuang Jihua agreed: "I just don't know what kind of army the principal wants to transfer, the combat effectiveness of each unit varies, there are units with strong combat effectiveness such as the New 12th Army, the 74th Army, the 71st Army, and the 72nd Army, as well as troops with poor combat effectiveness such as the 108th Army, the 19th Army, and the New 14th Army." ”

"Which troop do you want to transfer?" Chiang Kai-shek asked with interest.

"It goes without asking, who doesn't want to leave behind troops with strong combat effectiveness." Zhuang Jihua said with a smile.

Chiang Kai-shek also smiled, of course he knew Zhuang Jihua's habits, this is a person who is trying to increase the combat effectiveness of the troops, after the battle of Zhangmutou, he detained the capture of the two regiments, and then handed over the rest after picking it himself, which directly led to the machine gun of the seventh company being directly equipped with the squad, if he didn't stop it, he might have made a machine gun faction.

Chen Cheng looked at Chiang Kai-shek, he didn't understand Chiang Kai-shek's attitude today, Chiang Kai-shek was too polite today, completely different from the past.

"Chief Chen thinks it's better to transfer that unit?" Zhuang Jihua threw the ball to Chen Cheng.

Lin Wei was full of doubts, and he couldn't understand it, the pair of teachers and students didn't know what dumb riddles they were playing, Chiang Kai-shek was very polite, and Zhuang Jihua was also very polite. But what's behind this politeness? Is it trust or suspicion?

"That's it, the new 12th Army, this is the unit trained by Guan Linzheng." Chen Cheng took the overall situation into consideration, and this proposal seemed reasonable, but just now Zhuang Jihua said that the new 12th Army is a unit with strong combat effectiveness, and he hopes to stay.

Zhuang Jihua was silent for a while, and then nodded categorically: "Okay, just the new 12th Army, the whole army will go south and join the Jianghuai Theater." ”

Chiang Kai-shek nodded, this matter was decided, Zhuang Jihua looked a little embarrassed, but he was secretly laughing in his heart, Chen Cheng fell for him. Chiang Kai-shek then asked: "The generals of the Northeast Army have proposed to participate in the battle to recover the Northeast, hoping to be transferred to North China, what does Lin Mi think?" ”

Lin Wei's mood suddenly became nervous, this question is not easy to answer, and the slightest carelessness will leave endless troubles. Zhuang Jihua frowned, he was a little embarrassed: "The Northeast Army participated in the battle to recover the Northeast, a good thing is a good thing, this morale must be beyond imagination, but the principal just said that the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the founding of the country, the whole army of the Northeast Army returned to the Northeast, if there is a resurgence, then there will be endless troubles, I think it is better to forget it." ”

Zhuang Jihua's tone had a hint of regret, and he seemed to be very sorry for not being able to use the Northeast Army, Chen Cheng was happy in his heart, and Lin Wei breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, this answer can be described as perfect.

Chiang Kai-shek fell into deep thought, but what he thought in his heart was the words of the generals of the Northeast Army, 'If you leave the military after the war, you will have no regrets', and there are very few local forces who are willing to hand over the army, and the generals of the Northeast Army are willing to take this in exchange for participating in the battle of counterattacking the Northeast, which is too beneficial to the country, and it is a pity to give up like this.

"Cultural Revolution, look at these telegrams." Chiang Kai-shek signaled and asked Xiao Zanyu to take out a telegram from his purse and hand it to Zhuang Jihua.

After Zhuang Jihua read it one by one, he put the telegram on the table, of course he saw the mystery in it, he didn't expect Yu Xuezhong and them to invest so much, when Lan Jiang came back to report that Yu Xuezhong and they agreed to his plan, he was quite happy, but obviously he underestimated Chiang Kai-shek's vigilance, but Yu Xuezhong did not, but put a heavy bet, so that Chiang Kai-shek had a feeling of chicken ribs.

"Headmaster," Zhuang Jihua said solemnly after thinking about it, "I have a question, since they are willing to leave the military, then why do they have to be after the war?" Isn't it possible now? ”

Chiang Kai-shek Lin Wei and Chen Cheng were stunned, they hadn't thought about this problem, Chiang Kai-shek nodded frequently after thinking about it a little, Chen Cheng's eyes wandered, Lin Wei smiled in his heart, this Zhuang Jihua has a lot of ghost ideas, and he has not shipped yet, so he wants others to pay for it.

"That's a solution," Chen Cheng is much more tactful now: "But are they willing?" ”

Zhuang Jihua didn't answer, Lin Wei spoke: "Ask, ask them before making a decision." ”

Chiang Kai-shek felt that it was inappropriate, this was too naked, once it was spread, the political axe would be disgraced, he thought about it and said: "Cultural Revolution, you have rectified the Sichuan Army, the Northwest Army, and the Northeast Army again." They were told that if they really wanted to participate in the battle to recover the Northeast, the Northeast Army must accept reorganization and change equipment. ”

After speaking, Chiang Kai-shek leaned back: "Shandong and northern Jiangsu are all important areas of political axes, and it is inappropriate to let some local troops go by all, it is very inappropriate, after the Cultural Revolution and the 51st Army are transferred, you plan to transfer that force to replace it." ”

Zhuang Jihua smiled bitterly and said: "The situation in Jiaodong is complicated, the combat effectiveness of the 51st Army is weak, once something happens, it will be too late for our army to rush to help, otherwise, the 74th Army is very strong in combat effectiveness, and Wang Yaowu is from Shandong, so he will transfer the 74th Army to Jiaodong to replace the 51st Army." Headmaster, do you think this will work? ”

(To be continued)