After the convoy drove into Xinhua Gate, Zhuang Jihua and Tang Enbo finally breathed a sigh of relief, and when the two stood in front of Chiang Kai-shek, they were still sweating profusely.

"Headmaster, don't scare us like this in the future, okay, my heart is carried along the way." Chiang Kai-shek laughed, looked around, he reached out and took off his cloak, Xiao Zanyu hurriedly came over to pick it up, Chiang Kai-shek turned to look at Chen Bui Chen Cheng who came over: "Isn't this okay."

Cultural Revolution, you dare to negotiate with Okamura Ningji in front of the two armies, what do I have on a trip to Beiping City. Zhuang Jihua shook his head again and again: "Principal, this can't be compared, I am fully prepared to meet with Okamura Ningji, Okamura is my hostage, besides, can I compare with you." ”

Chen Cheng also seemed to have palpitations, he reluctantly smiled and persuaded: "Chairman, this time I am in favor of the Cultural Revolution, this time I beat the devil by surprise, there can be no next time." Chiang Kai-shek smiled a little proudly, but did not insist, Hopkins also came over at this time, he looked at the surrounding golden palace, and couldn't help but exclaim: "This is the Forbidden City!" Fierce god, I heard that he is three hundred years old. Song Meiling smiled and shook her head: "It's five hundred years, and the trees in this palace are about 1 in the early years of the Ming Dynasty."

It was built around 400 years ago, and it has a history of 500 years. Hopkins was even more excited, Stuart and Stilwell looked at each other and smiled, Hopkins looked like this was not a surprise to them, most Americans who entered the Forbidden City for the first time were shocked by the rich history of this ancient imperial city.

"Mr. Stuart, Mr. Stitch, let's accompany Mr. Hopkins and General Weidemeyer to have a look, and I haven't been to Peking many times." Song Meiling proposed with a smile, and Hopkins and Weidemeyer immediately agreed, after all, Weidemeyer was a soldier, although he was very excited, he could still control his emotions, not like Hopkins.

No one objected to Soong Meiling's proposal, Hopkins and the others walked along the palace road to the Forbidden City with great interest, and after Chiang Kai-shek made a brief speech to the officers of the North China Theater who followed him, he let everyone disperse, leaving only Zhuang Jihua, Tang Enbo, Chen Bui, Chen Cheng and a few others who walked slowly along the lake, chatting as they walked.

After walking a distance, Zhuang Jihua invited Chiang Kai-shek to rest in the small pavilion by the lake, where several chairs had already been arranged, and everyone sat down at will, at this time the sun was shining, and a group of white-headed cranes were sparkling on the lake, and the willow branches on both sides of the bank swayed gently in the wind.

After a few more small talks, Chiang Kai-shek quickly turned the subject to his concerns.

"Cultural Revolution, you already know the intention of Hopkins, do we accept their demands or refuse?" Chiang Kai-shek took the cup and drank it. Shui drank a little bit of wine at the city gate just now, although it was only a little bit, but he didn't drink for a long time, and his body's reaction was still relatively strong, and he felt slightly better after a few sips of water.

After receiving the telegram two days ago, Zhuang Jihua has been thinking about this problem for two days, he has been tossing and turning, but he has never come up with the best of both worlds, and finally he discussed a risky way with Feng Yi.

"Roosevelt wants us to make concessions to Soviet Russia, and we can't accept this request, and we must make it clear to Roosevelt about this," Zhuang Jihua said after deliberation: "This may affect our issuance of bonds in the United States, but can we overcome this difficulty?" I think it's okay, we don't issue bonds in the United States, but we can issue bonds at home and sell them abroad, and we have a large number of overseas Chinese in the United States and Australia, and the Treasury can estimate how much money we can raise. ”

Zhuang Jihua's proposal disappointed Chiang Kai-shek a little, he kept rubbing the water cup in his hand sternly, Chen Bui and Chen Cheng frowned deeply, Zhuang Jihua's suggestion was obviously beyond their expectations.

"This kind of income may not be able to meet our requirements," Zhuang Jihua continued, "so we also need to issue bonds in China, which is called victory bonds, and tell my people that the country is in trouble, and all the people need to unite as one to tide over the difficulties." ”

"However, during the Cultural Revolution," Chen Bui said, "the state has issued bonds several times, and it is difficult for the private sector to gather more funds. "Since the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, the Ministry of Finance has issued bonds several times and raised nearly one billion fiat currency, and it is difficult to raise more funds from the private sector.

Zhuang Jihua shook his head: "From the year before last to the present, we have recovered the two lakes, Anhui, most of Jiangsu, the whole of North China, as well as Shanxi, especially North China, which is a rich land. "If we refuse so strongly, will it affect US aid and the Cultural Revolution, this must be carefully weighed." Chen Cheng also disagreed, and the starting point of his consideration was more the military situation.

Zhuang Jihua smiled at him, but this was what he didn't care about the most: "From the logistical point of view, our most difficult thing is food, the war has been fought so far, the scale has been much smaller, and the ammunition we produce ourselves can meet the needs." ”

At this point, he paused slightly, and said in an accentuated tone: "And, I don't think, Roosevelt was going to take advantage of Stalin's fire." ”

When Chiang Kai-shek heard this, his spirits lifted slightly, and he asked repeatedly: "Why?" Why? What is your basis? …，

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Zhuang Jihua looked at the bald crane on the lake, thought about it and said slowly: "I think that Roosevelt sent Hopkins to visit China and the Soviet Union in order to mediate the contradictions between China and the Soviet Union and maintain the unity between the allies. ”

"You mean to say that let's quit Méng Gu is not what Roosevelt meant?" Chiang Kai-shek couldn't help but lift his spirits, put the cup in his hand on the table, leaned forward slightly, and stared at Zhuang Jihua tightly.

Zhuang Jihua hesitated, nodded and shook his head, looking very hesitant: "It's hard to say now, you can try it, but from the analysis of the current and post-war situation, Roosevelt should not fully fall to Stalin." ”

Saying that, Zhuang Jihua withdrew his gaze from the lake and looked at Chiang Kai-shek: "In Roosevelt's plan, after the war, Europe was jointly controlled by the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union, and the situation in Asia was much more complicated.

If there is distrust between China and the United States, or even a complete rupture of relations, because of this storm, it is more important that this is because of the reasons between China and the Soviet Union, this kind of practice is not in the interests of the United States, and with Roosevelt's shrewdness, he should not choose such a approach, on the contrary, I think his best approach is to profit from the left and right. ”

Zhuang Jihua was a little distressed that this time he couldn't see Roosevelt's card routine, and he couldn't figure out whether it was Roosevelt's meaning or Hopkins' meaning, but there was a basic judgment that Americans would not run to save the world for no reason, and that was Ultraman and Superman's business.

What was Roosevelt thinking? In the only European theater, the landing of Allied forces in France was imminent, and Roosevelt needed Soviet Russia to cooperate in the eastern theater, but this alone was not enough for Roosevelt to spend such a large capital. If it is to maintain unity among the allies, and China does not agree, there is no way to talk about this unity.

"Now that the United States has made a request after all," this was what made Chen Cheng feel embarrassed, and he hesitated to suggest: "Do we temporarily give in and withdraw the army of Méng to the area of Saiyindarshan and Sirwut, so that we can also shorten our logistics line." Chiang Kai-shek was noncommittal after hearing this, turned his head and looked at Zhuang Jihua with an inquiring gaze, Zhuang Jihua thought for a while and said: "Chief Chen's suggestion is feasible, but this is not our temporary concession" Speaking of this, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and his body suddenly leaned forward: "Headmaster, I have a risky plan." "Oh, then you" Chiang Kai-shek was a little dissatisfied with Chen Cheng's suggestion, the army only occupied the two provinces of Méng, although the number of these two provinces is relatively large, but still not half of the Méng ancients, according to the Tehran Conference, after the war to vote on the future of Méng, the "China" country does not have an advantage, and if it retreats, the disadvantage will be even more obvious.

"We continue the offensive, let Li Shouxin openly surrender to us, and let our army front directly contact the Soviet army." Zhuang Jihua's suggestion made Chen Cheng a little frightened, now the relationship between the two countries is already in jeopardy, Hu Zongnan's misfire on the ancient border of Méng in northern Xinjiang has happened from time to time, and the high-level leaders of the two countries have tacitly suppressed the matter without revealing it to the public.

Now Zhuang Jihua is actually proposing to abandon the strategy of some time ago, directly take over Li Shouxin's defense area, and let the army of Zheng Méng have direct contact with the Soviet army, so that the slightest carelessness will lead to a large-scale Wulou conflict.

Everyone knew the risks of this move, and there was silence in the 1 small pavilion, and Chen Bui carefully broke the silence: "Isn't this too risky." ”

Zhuang Jihua sighed: "So this is a risky plan." When we came into contact with the Soviet army, the initiative was in the hands of the Soviet army, and it was up to Stalin to make his choice. The conscriptive army must be prepared for an armed conflict with the Soviet army, and the construction of air force airfields in the Rehe and Suiyuan areas must be strengthened, and in the event of a conflict, the air force must immediately provide air support to the conscriptive army. ”

"For this reason, we must adjust the current deployment of the army, I suggest that the Fifth Army be immediately transferred to the north of Rehe, and form a northern front with the 49th Group Army, and the students suggest that Fan Hanjie should be the commander-in-chief, and the front of the Dongshan Customs will be Jidong, and the New Eighth Army and the 112th Army will take over the defense line of the Fifth Army. The 29th Army under the 31st Group Army went out to the Suiyuan area, ready to reinforce and recruit here at any time, Zhuang Jihua smiled at Chiang Kai-shek: "After the 29th Army arrives in Suiyuan, it can solve the difficulty of our army's insufficient troops in Suiyuan, and if there is any accident, it can be supported nearby." Chiang Kai-shek looked at Zhuang Jihua thoughtfully, still a little hesitant in his heart, Zhuang Jihua then spoke: "There is also Hopkins's side, we can delay, drag it until the beginning of July, when the Xinjiang counterinsurgency should be almost over, let Shoushan gather troops in northern Xinjiang, make a gesture of attacking Ménggu, and then it depends on Stalin's choice." As he was talking, the figures of Song Meiling and Hopkins and his party appeared by the lake, and they also walked along the shore of the lake to this side, looking from a distance, Hopkins looked very happy, waving a pair of long arms from time to time. @。

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