"To live or to die, that's the question; Hamlet's lonely palace ponders against the night sky. /。 qВ５、cOm/

This does not seem to be a problem to the Chinese, and two thousand years ago, Confucius, the founder of Chinese Confucian culture, pointed out the answer to the Chinese.

Standing in front of the magnificent Confucian Temple, I was extremely shocked in my heart, the sound of cannons in the distance faintly came, but here is still quiet, lingering cigarette smoke on the main hall, thousands of people inside and outside the "holy city" Qufu, come to this Chinese holy temple in an endless stream, silently pray to their saints.

For a long time, I have been deeply proud of the long tradition of the British Empire, but standing in front of these two thousand civilizations, I have to admit that the British Empire may be powerful, but the culture of the Chinese is more profound, and the inheritance of two thousand civilizations has been deeply rooted in the minds of people in this land, whether they are literate or not, whether they know where Britain is and where the United States is.

War is gradually approaching this holy city, and many Chinese cities from Shandong to Huainan have been turned into military fortresses, with the exception of Qufu, which has no fortifications, and it is clear that the Chinese do not want their holy city to be harmed in any way.

It seems that it is easy for the Japanese to break into the city, but it is difficult for the Japanese to get out of the city.

From the Lugou Bridge Incident to the present day, the Japanese found that although they were still advancing, their steps were getting more and more difficult. At the time of the Lugou Bridge Incident, the Japanese army in North China only had more than 100,000 people, but they were able to drive straight in, go south to capture Shijiazhuang, and attack Zhangjiakou and Taiyuan in the west, and then in the Songhu War, 300,000 Japanese troops fought hard for three months before breaking through the defense line of the squadron, but suffered the first real defeat under the city of Nanjing, the Battle of Jinpu Road began in June last year, 400,000 Japanese troops marched north and south, and the Japanese seemed to think that it would be another pleasant march, but they soon found that the road in China became bumpy, full of traps and the guns of the resisters, in ** The team dealt them a heavy blow in Linyi and Jining, more than 100,000 troops were annihilated, and two lieutenant generals were killed. Four months later, the Japanese concentrated 600,000 troops to attack Xuzhou again, and after nearly a month, despite heavy casualties, they could not see the walls of Xuzhou.

Just a year ago, when the Chinese general Zhuang Jihua announced his abandonment of Nanjing, he painted a slogan outside the headquarters of Nanjing: "When the Japanese enter Nanjing, they will not advance or retreat when they enter Nanjing."

The Japanese have to concentrate more troops every time they attack, and they have to pay a greater price for every step forward, this time the battle of Xuzhou, the Japanese army concentrated 600,000 troops, what about the next battle of Wuhan? How many troops were the Japanese going to concentrate? How many troops are there in Japan?

The wind blows quietly, but there is a hint of warmth in the cold, the harsh winter is about to pass, and spring is coming.

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The Times reporter Charles's article did not make Chiang Kai-shek's mood much easier, the battle in Xuzhou became bigger and bigger, expanding from one theater to two theaters, and the number of troops participating in the battle increased from 600,000 to 900,000 or 1 million, almost all the essence of the squadron was encased, and the battle situation improved for a time, but there was never a fundamental chance of victory.

Zhuang Jihua transferred two more divisions, Xu Zuyi threw these two divisions into the two wings of Juancheng, and Zhong Bin commanded the troops in the city to launch a counterattack. The Japanese army was once heavily defeated, and the Japanese troops who entered Juancheng were driven out of Juancheng, and the entire city was completely in the hands of our army.

After all, Honma Masaharu is the star of Japan's famous generals, and immediately made a decision and strictly ordered the defenders of Juancheng to defend to the death, on the other hand, the troops on the east and west lines of Juancheng were quickly contracted, the entire defense line was shortened, and a circular area with Dongkou as the core was formed.

The offensive and defensive battle, which lasted for more than half a month, suffered heavy losses, with nearly 70,000 men in two and a half divisions and nearly half of the troops, and all the heavy weapons of the 24th Division were destroyed and all the heavy artillery of the 27th Division and 105 was abandoned during the hasty retreat. can only rely on the tenacity of the soldiers, and hold on the banks of the Yellow River.

North of the Yellow River, after the 21st Army occupied Puyang, the four divisions that went south were all caught in the encirclement of the squadron, but this encirclement was unreliable, the Japanese reinforcements 41st Division, 37th Division, 35th Division, 101st Division, and the 22nd Group Army, which was making every effort to storm the periphery defense, and the 23rd Army commanded by Pan Wenhua could no longer support the attacks of the two Japanese divisions, and frequently complained to Li Zongren, and the 21st Army in Puyang was entangled by the 35th Division and the 101st Division, and was already too busy to take care of itself.

Faced with such a situation, Li Zongren could only transfer the Eighth Army, which had been transferred to prepare for the siege of Zhongdao, to the front line of Huaxian County to support the 23rd Army, and strictly ordered Xue Yue not to be afraid of sacrifice, strengthen the attack, and be sure to defeat the 36th Division and the 17th Division north of the Yellow River.

As the war intensified, danger and victory were intertwined, Chiang Kai-shek summoned Chiang Baili, Chen Cheng, Lin Wei, and Cui Kefu, an adviser to the Soviet Russian Military Advisory Group, several times to discuss, but no one could come up with a strategy to make the war situation clear as soon as possible.

But at this meeting, Han Deqin, chairman of Jiangsu Province, reported that the New Fourth Army attacked the Soviet Union and China, and the Sixth Brigade of Jiangsu Security was defeated, losing 800 men, which made Chiang Kai-shek upset and frightened.

After the start of the Anti-Japanese War, the main force fought bloody battles on the frontal battlefield, attracting most of the main forces of the Japanese army, and the emptiness behind the enemy in North China was all occupied by the Eighth Route Army, and now there is also a GCD figure in Shandong, and there is intelligence that the 115th Division, the main force of the Eighth Route Army in southern Hebei, has an attempt to advance eastward, if the GCD is allowed to gain a foothold in Jiangsu and connect with the GCD in Shandong, it will be endless. In order to eliminate this trouble, Chiang Kai-shek secretly ordered Han Deqin to send troops from the front to eliminate the GCD guerrillas who entered Jiangsu, even if they could not be eliminated, they must be driven out of Jiangsu, and they must not be allowed to gain a foothold in Jiangsu.

But now Chiang Kai-shek did not have the energy to think about how to deal with the problem of the Communist Party, and the most important problem now was the war around Xuzhou, as long as he won this war, he could take a breath, and the Communist Party would not be a problem.

Chiang Kai-shek rubbed his temples, relaxed his somewhat sour thoughts, but put down his hand and picked up another document, he couldn't help but feel troubled again, the report was from Chongqing, it had been a few days, and Chiang Kai-shek had never figured out what to do.

After Chiang Ching-kuo went to Chongqing to serve as deputy head of the Southwest Development Team and secretary general of the general branch of the Chongqing Three Youth League, he joined forces with Li Zhilong to crack down on smuggling on the black market in Chongqing.

In addition to the Seven Star Company, the government officials who moved to Chongqing began to show their discomfort with Chongqing's water and soil after a short period of surprise.

One of the symptoms of maladaptation is the cumbersome rules and regulations, Chongqing has many rules and regulations, from health to travel and accommodation, no matter where you go, you have to apply for documents to prove your identity;

The second symptom of maladaptation is the strict management, which makes them feel that their authority is seriously offended, as a dignified government official and a small street office director can come to his house to talk about things.

Soon after the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression began, the Chongqing Municipal Political Council adopted a wartime ration system, which strictly stipulated the amount of rice, salt, meat, and cloth per month for each person, and the invoice for everything, and the amount of money to buy for each sample.

The fourth symptom of maladaptation is strict news management, and if they want to publish articles or apply to newspapers and publications, they will never be approved, and even if they do, they will not be able to raise high threshold fees.

All kinds of things made these celebrities and government officials very angry, thinking that this was **, suppressing**, and violating the prime minister's three righteousness, the biggest crime of which was the false name of the three righteousness, and the reality of GC doctrine. So they joined forces to propose to Chiang Kai-shek to abolish the Southwest Development Team, improve politics, abolish the laws and regulations that suppressed the people, and improve the people's livelihood.

Chiang Kai-shek had already received several copies of this kind of protest, the first few of which were submitted by individuals, and this one was the largest in scale and the largest in scope, both inside and outside the party, and what made Chiang Kai-shek unable to see was whether Wang Ching-wei had intervened in it.

"It's really hard." Chiang Kai-shek sighed in his heart, he knew very well that Chongqing's rules and regulations had been implemented for a long time, and no one complained before, but now it has become anti-** and anti-people's livelihood, it is almost anti-national, and it has become an opposition to the three **righteousness. However, Chiang Kai-shek could not help but notice the political forces represented by these people, including those of the reorganization faction, former members of the Third Party, veterans of the Xishan Conference faction, celebrities, and professors who moved south, and this was a force that he could not ignore.

But Chiang Kai-shek could not just give in, Zhuang Jihua had reminded him before, these rules and regulations are to ensure that the development policy is implemented in Chongqing, to ensure that the people's will is an important strategy, absolutely can not be abolished, and in order to prevent it from being easily abolished, Zhuang Jihua also designed an insurance, that is, the Chongqing Political Council, all systems are promulgated in the name of the Chongqing Political Council, to abolish must also be approved by the Council, without the approval of the Council, even Chiang Kai-shek's order cannot be done.

"What's wrong? Is that uncomfortable? Song Meiling came in with a glass of boiling water, and when she saw Chiang Kai-shek's appearance, she thought he was unwell.

"Well, nothing." Chiang Kai-shek handed the folder to Song Meiling, Song Meiling took it and looked at it, and frowned, but soon she had an idea: "I can talk to the eldest sister about the Seven Star Company, let her let go, and the rest, I thought it was better not to move for the time being, these people don't know the cost of firewood, rice, oil and salt, don't care about them." ”

"I don't want to care." Chiang Kai-shek smiled bitterly, Song Meiling said that he didn't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt were expensive, and the war had been fought for a year and a half, and the importance of the southwest had been undoubtedly highlighted.

"Is there anyone still forcing the palace?" Song Meiling's words are speaking for Zhuang Jihua, in the Xi'an incident, she owes Zhuang Jihua too much favor, and she has always remembered this feeling. As soon as I looked at the document, I knew that this time the situation was very big, and Chiang Kai-shek might not be able to withstand it, so she wanted to help.

"Isn't that what it is?" Chiang Kai-shek pointed to the documents in her hand, so many people signed, menacing, and there was a tendency to not give up until the goal was achieved.

"What did Jingguo say?" Song Meiling asked from a different angle, she was determined to help Zhuang Jihua with this favor.

"He said very interestingly in the letter," Chiang Kai-shek showed a smile at the corner of his mouth, this is the first time Song Meiling took the initiative to ask Jiang Jingguo, after Jiang Jingguo returned to China, Song Meiling was hindered by the identity of the reception, but between them because of the question of Chiang Ching-kuo's biological mother, there is still a layer of estrangement, after Chiang Ching-kuo left, Song Meiling never took the initiative to ask about Chiang Ching-kuo's condition, or what he had to say, today's words made Chiang Kai-shek feel a little relieved, indicating that Song Meiling still cares about him.

"Jingguo said that this is a brine platter, public opinion control is like Soviet Russia, economic development is like the United States, and social management is like Germany; Generally speaking, the form is socialism, but in fact it is capitalism, and it is wrapped in a shell of three meanings. ”

Song Meiling couldn't help but be happy when she heard this, although Jiang Jingguo's analogy was not very appropriate, it was very revealing. Song Meiling said with a smile: "The Cultural Revolution went south and north, except for Soviet Russia, the United States and Germany know each other very well, which is easy to say, but I really don't know how he learned about Soviet Russia, I'm afraid he learned it from Germany." ”

"Maybe." Chiang Kai-shek did not delve into it, Zhuang Jihua had never been to Soviet Russia, it is impossible to understand Soviet Russia, to say that the control of public opinion should be learned from Germany, as for the Soviet Russia he mentioned before, I am afraid that it was to hide people's eyes, the Blue Coat Society at that time was making trouble, and he did not want to be entangled with them.

"It's better for me to be strict, I used to be too lax," Song Meiling's slender fingers tapped on the document: "Chongqing's construction is so successful, isn't it the result of strict management." Over the years, I have tolerated this and that, but in the end, they are not the same as us, it is better to be stricter. ”

Song Meiling's words made Chiang Kai-shek feel empowered, yes, over the years, he has tolerated the reorganization faction, the Gui faction, Feng Yuxiang, Zhang Xueliang, the veterans' complacency, and their **, but what did he get in the end? Nothing.

"You're right..."Before Chiang Kai-shek's words fell, Lin Wei hurriedly came in, he saw Song Meiling stopping again, standing by the door, Chiang Kai-shek stopped the topic and asked: "Weiwen, is there anything urgent?" ”

"Yes, chairman," Lin Wei replied, "Commander Li Delin of the First Theater reported that the Japanese Nakajima troops crossing the Yellow River suddenly appeared in Sui County, and Shangqiu may fall. ”

Chiang Kai-shek's face suddenly turned white, and he muttered for a long time before asking: "He..., how did he get to Sui County, why did he report it now?" ”

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