Zhuang Jihua didn't care about Chiang Kai-shek's anger, in his opinion, the situation was very dangerous at the moment, if Chiang Kai-shek was desperate to track down the main messenger, the entire Whampoa system would inevitably fall into danger: "The principal was assassinated, and the students were also deeply angry, but after careful consideration, the students thought that we did not have the strength to investigate this incident at present. Zhuang Jihua accentuated his tone when he said the word strength.

"We don't know how deeply the senior generals of the Cantonese army are involved, if they directly instigated, then we are going to fight against the entire Cantonese army, we don't have that strength at the moment, on the contrary, we don't investigate this matter, then some people will think that the purpose of warning the principal has been achieved, and the follow-up means may be temporarily abandoned, so we have gained time. Three months, only three months, two months is fine, as long as the reorganization of the Sichuan army is completed, we will have enough strength to confront the entire Guangdong army, and," said this, Zhuang Jihua looked at Chiang Kai-shek: "Other work is also more certain." We are ready to rectify the tax in the name of the national political axe, and then the Cantonese army will have to accept it, and if it does not, it will have to accept it. ”

Zhuang Jihua's words made everyone fall into contemplation, they smelled a trace of danger from Zhuang Jihua's words, and noticed what they ignored, they only saw Liang Hongkai and ignored Xu Chongzhi.

Xu Chongzhi is the commander-in-chief of the Guangdong army, Liang Hongkai is his subordinate, he knows Yang Jinlong's behavior, whether it is his instruction, if it is his instruction..., Chiang Kai-shek did not dare to think about it anymore. The Guangdong army is now claimed to be 100,000, and the actual strength is more than 60,000, plus the remnants of Chen Jiongming in Dongjiang, the number of troops under the command of Xu Chongzhi has reached 80,000, and the party army has only more than 10,000 people, and the gap in strength is too great. Chiang Kai-shek also understood the other work that Zhuang Jihua said, and the rebellion against Wei Lihuang and Tan Shuqing had not yet succeeded.

Seeing Chiang Kai-shek's face turn cloudy, Zhuang Jihua sent out the final blow: "It has been more than three hours since the assassination of the principal, has Commander Xu ever called or any other way to express condolences to the principal." What about Liang Hongkai? ”

Chiang Kai-shek's dark clouds leaned back in his high-backed chair with a dejected face. Zhang Zhizhong, He Yingqin, Director Zhou and others also understood, and the emptiness in the room suddenly became heavy.

"You mean Xu Chongzhi is going to deal with me?" Chiang Kai-shek asked in a hoarse and heavy voice.

"I can't be sure, Commander Xu is a person with no ambitions," Zhuang Jihua unequivocally concluded to Xu Chongzhi, but no one objected to this conclusion at the moment: "I prefer that Commander Xu didn't know about this in advance, but he hasn't expressed his position so far, which means that he is also under pressure from within the Guangdong army and is in a dilemma." Therefore, the attitude of our army is of paramount importance, and if we take a step back, Xu Chongzhi will have reason to suppress the opponents in the Cantonese army, and on the contrary, he may be forced to oppose our army. Liang Hongkai is the same. ”

"On what basis do you make such a judgment?" He Yingqin asked, although he began to tend to agree with Zhuang Jihua's judgment, but he was still not sure, this fact was too big, and the slightest mistake would be a catastrophe.

"All coups must be followed by military action, and the assassination of the principal is the same," Zhuang Jihua said calmly and sternly. But everyone can see that there is no sign of large-scale mobilization of the Guangdong army until now, which shows that Xu Chongzhi and Liang Hongkai are hesitating. ”

Politics is mutual, the garrison headquarters is brightly lit, and all units of the Guangdong army will not sit back and wait, and no one will be captured. It makes no sense to only catch a small role like Yang Jinlong; However, once Yang Jinlong is traced, the risk of large-scale armed conflict increases significantly. Knowing this, Chiang Kai-shek naturally knew what to do.

"Commander Liang?" Chiang Kai-shek grabbed the phone and called Liang Hongkai, and heard the other party's affirmative reply: "I am Chiang Kai-shek, my car was attacked by the local garrison Yang Jinlong in Dongpolou this afternoon, three comrades were killed, and only one platoon commander escaped, I want you to investigate and give me an answer tomorrow." ”

When Chiang Kai-shek put down the phone, Zhuang Jihua said: "Principal, in the future, your safety and security work should be more meticulous, and the driving route should be changed at any time, and it is best to make a temporary decision, and the route taken every day should not be repeated, and try not to appear in public as much as possible." ”

"Hmm." Chiang Kai-shek nodded in acceptance.

"The same goes for party representatives, the number of party representatives should be increased, and their appearance in public should be minimized." Zhuang Jihua said to Liao Zhongkai again.

"How can I do that, I have to go to the trade union every day, and the peasant union will hold a meeting, no, no." Liao Zhongkai shook his head and said, "If that's the case, how can I still work, no, absolutely not." ”

Zhuang Jihua was a little anxious, he never remembered how Liao Zhongkai died, in his memory, when he was on the Zhongshan ship, he didn't seem to mention Liao Zhongkai, so he died at that time, but when did the Zhongshan ship happen? Could Liao Zhongkai have died in an assassination?

Zhuang Jihua repeatedly persuaded him, Director Zhou, Chiang Kai-shek and Zhang Zhizhong also persuaded each other, but Liao Zhongkai resolutely refused: "If you are afraid of assassination, you will not revolutionize?" No, if they want to kill me, they can't prevent it, as long as you control the army, I'll be safe. ”

Liang Hongkai put down the phone, wiped the sweat from his forehead, let out a long sigh of relief, and then looked at the dozen or so officers in the room: "Okay, it's okay." Then he pointed at Yang Jinlong and scolded: "Yang Jinlong, you have to do this kind of fucking thing in the future, say hello first, don't let Lao Tzu wipe your ass." ”

The officers looked at each other, not knowing what they said on the phone, which made Liang Hongkai both relieved and angry.

"Commander, whose phone is it?" The chief of staff asked.

"Who else, Chiang Kai-shek." Liang Hongkai said angrily.

The officers were shocked, they didn't expect Chiang Kai-shek to call Liang Hongkai at this time, according to their assumptions, Chiang Kai-shek should transfer troops to attack.

"What did he say?" The chief of staff asked again: After Yang Jinlong came to report the attack on Chiang Kai-shek's car in the afternoon, the military headquarters was shrouded in tension, and the officers demanded a preemptive strike and could not sit idly by. After Liang Hongkai reported the situation to Xu Chongzhi, Xu Chongzhi first scolded them, and finally ordered them to be loose on the outside and tight on the inside, waiting for orders.

"He asked me to look into the matter and report back to him." Liang Hongkai said that since the matter was handed over to him for investigation, it showed that Chiang Kai-shek did not want to make a big move, and the previous nervousness was just a false alarm.

"Then the big thing will be small, and the small thing will be small." The chief of staff also let out a long breath, these young officers, they only know that there are more Cantonese soldiers than the party army, but if they really want to fight, it is difficult to say who will win and who will lose. Although the Guangdong army is too scattered, Guangzhou, Dongguan, Foshan, and the Dongjiang River are everywhere, there is no absolute advantage in the city of Guangzhou, and the party and soldiers are few but the combat effectiveness is very strong, once the stalemate starts, the attitude of the Dian army and the Hunan army is very important, but after all, their own side is assassinated in front, and the reason is untenable, and the main thing is that the Hunan army and the Yunnan army have long been interested in Guangzhou's taxes, and if they can drive the Guangdong army out of Guangzhou, they will definitely be willing.

"So what." Liang Hongkai was noncommittal, then stood up and said loudly to the officers in the room: "This time people have given face, who is messing around in the future, carrying out these actions behind my back, no one needs to check, I will shoot him first, do you hear clearly." ”

"Yes." The crowd replied in unison. Liang Hongkai waved his hand to let them go quickly, and before they took two steps, the chief of staff stopped everyone again.

"Commander, it's better to be cautious and don't lift the state of combat readiness for the time being."

Liang Hongkai nodded and said, "You can arrange it." Then he picked up the phone: "Pick up Commander Xu's house." ”

The next day, the sun was still shining brightly in Guangzhou City, the citizens were still going out at the rhythm of the day, the streets were still full of traffic, and the shops were still open as usual, not realizing at all that Guangzhou had passed by the war yesterday, in fact, if you pay a little attention, you can still find some clues, although the soldiers on the street look relaxed, but there are still many of them, but the official records of the various political axe organs are sparse, and it is not until noon that many people hurry from their homes.

Lin Shuwei hurriedly walked into a villa-style courtyard on Mailan Street in Dongshan District, the villa is an English-style building, with a circle of wooden fences around the periphery, and there are vigorous calligraphy on the arched main entrance: comfort house, there is a small lawn in the fence and the main entrance of the villa, and a path is paved by bluestone in the middle, and there are several white orchids planted in the lawn. There are several tall crape myrtle trees in front of the small building, the dense leaves block the strong sunlight, and the courtyard is full of greenery in the summer, so that people can step into the courtyard and have a cool feeling.

Lin Shuwei didn't care about the coolness of the courtyard, stepped across the small courtyard in a few steps, and rang the doorbell hard at the door, and soon someone opened the door, and Lin Shuwei flashed in.

"It's over, Chiang Kai-shek didn't move." Lin Shuwei shouted as soon as he entered the door.

Hearing his words, several people who were playing mahjong in the living room couldn't help but stand up.

"What do you say, Chiang Kai-shek didn't move? He didn't track it down? Zhu Zhuowen shouted in disbelief.

"Master Lin, you drink saliva first and speak slowly." Lin Zhimian hurriedly poured a cup of tea for Lin Shuwei, Lin Shuwei took a sip and drank it dry, took a breath before saying: "Chiang Kai-shek asked Liang Hongkai to investigate this matter, and Liang Hongkai put the responsibility on the company commander stationed in Dongpolou. ”

"Chiang Kai-shek accepted?" Zhu Zhuowen asked in disbelief.

Lin Shuwei nodded: "Damn, we have worked in vain, Chiang Kai-shek only asked for Yang Jinlong's troops to be transferred out of Guangzhou City, and Commander Liang has no reason to object, we have already lifted our combat readiness." The party troops also began to return to their camps outside the city. ”

Everyone couldn't help but sit down in their chairs, they didn't expect that this plan, which seemed to be going to fail, would end silently like this.

After a long time, Lin Zhimian reluctantly smiled and said: "This time Chiang Kai-shek is lucky, everyone, don't be discouraged, we have nothing to lose, and there will be a chance in the future." ”

"Bang" Zhu Zhuowen angrily threw the cup in his hand to the ground, and in the collision with the floor, the teacup made a crisp sound and fell apart.

Wu Chaoshu, who had been watching coldly, felt a chill seeping from the top of his head to the soles of his feet, looking at the people left and right, he couldn't help but scold in his heart that he was still dreaming in vain, Chiang Kai-shek will never give you a chance in the future. However, as far as he is concerned, he is not in favor of the assassination of Chiang Kai-shek, in his opinion, although Chiang Kai-shek's rectification of taxes is righteous and awe-inspiring, in fact, it is to find military funds for his party army, if Xu Chongzhi gives a little to Chiang Kai-shek, it may not be able to pull Chiang Kai-shek over, but it is a pity that the Cantonese army has not pulled out a dime, and actually came up with such a risky plan, Chiang Kai-shek now let them go, and he knows that he will not settle accounts after the autumn. Thinking of this, Wu Chaoshu decided to come to comfort them less in the future and keep his distance from them.

When everyone was disappointed and depressed, Zhuang Jihua was pulling Liao Zhongkai to laugh wildly in Wang Jingwei's office, because Wang Jingwei had just told him the news: Guangdong Customs had announced a closure.

(To be continued)