The office fell silent, even if all the people present were Chiang Kai-shek's cronies and high-ranking political officials, but it was still difficult to make such a decision, and Chiang Kai-shek was a little unhappy when he saw that no one agreed.

"Whatever you are worried about, say what you are worried about." Chiang Kai-shek glanced at everyone coldly, and the temperature in the room suddenly dropped by a few degrees, and the chill of early spring immediately hit.

Chen Cheng looked left and right, and felt that since it was a military solution, then he should express his position: "At present, the New Fourth Army is developing rapidly in southern Anhui, southern Jiangsu, and northern Jiangsu, and these areas are developing rapidly, and the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui is about 10,000 people, Maoshan area is about 5,000 people, central Anhui is about 6,000 people, Zhejiang and Fujian border areas are about 8,000 people, Chen Su Department in northern Jiangsu is about 7,000 people, and there are about 10,000 people in the rest of the places, of which our army is in the advantageous range is southern Anhui, and after the arrival of the other 47th Army, the strength of our army in northern Jiangsu will far exceed Chen Su. And Maoshan is lonely behind the enemy, and in this vicinity, the strength of the New Fourth Army is stronger than ours. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Cheng glanced up at Chiang Kai-shek, and saw that he had no expression, so he continued: "Once our army moves against the New Fourth Army in Jiangnan, the GCD will definitely carry out a counterattack in North China, and Shanxi, Hebei, and Shandong must also make preparations in advance, the most dangerous aspect is Shanxi, among which the northeast of Jin is the most, in this area, we have six regiments of the Jin Army's Yan Xishan Division, and the Eighth Route Army has more than ten regiments, as well as the anti-Japanese death squad, this army, GCD has about two-thirds, and we have one-third. ”

The situation he introduced did not ease everyone, and the [***] caused by the complete rupture of the GCD has not been counted, even militarily, it will not take advantage, and in other diplomatic terms, Soviet Russia will definitely respond, and the aid and the Dilan railway under construction will definitely end up in nothing.

Bai Chongxi took Chen Cheng's words: "The Yue army must also consider Yue himself's reaction, if we mobilize a large force to deal with GCD and take the opportunity to launch an attack, we can't face the enemy on both sides." ”

His words were more tactful, and actually revealed his true thoughts, disapproving of the complete rupture with the GCD now, the battle of Guinan commanded by Bai Chongxi was completely victorious, although it did not completely annihilate the Yue army, and also forced the Yue army to withdraw from Guangxi, and the whole army retreated to Vietnam, and was sent out by the French political axe, but Chiang Kai-shek did not know why, in addition to transferring the Fifth Army, he still ordered the rest of the troops participating in the Battle of Guinan to stay on the Sino-Vietnamese border, and at the same time ordered them to build fortifications on the spot, and transferred An Enpu from the 49th Group Army to serve as the commander of the new 12th Army, Garrisoned in southern Yunnan, the headquarters was reorganized from the southern Yunnan garrison, the instructors of the 58th Army and the Yunnan Security Regiment, with a total strength of 50,000 troops, and was also equipped with a tank regiment, equipped with tanks produced by the Yunnan Tank Factory.

The only reason why these two troops remained on the Sino-Vietnamese border was to resist the attack from Vietnam, but after the defeat of France, there were only a small number of French troops in Vietnam, let alone attack, even if it could not be defended, then the only explanation was that Chiang Kai-shek thought that France would form an alliance with Yue himself and attack with the Yue army, but now there is no sign of this.

"The chairman's decision is wise," after a moment of hesitation, Chen Lifu stood up and expressed his support: "In the past few years, we have fought with each other in the front, but the GCD has developed in the back, and in just three years, it has expanded tenfold, how can it be achieved in the long run, it must be dealt with decisively, and I don't think that the GCD dares to break down completely, Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningbo are its leaders, and they are besieged by my 300,000 troops, if they want to break, then simply end their heads in one fell swoop." ”

Chen Lifu's attitude was very intense, but Chen Bui and Lin Wei shook their heads slightly almost at the same time, and they almost unanimously thought in their hearts that Chen Lifu had thought about the problem simply. The actions of the two were seen by Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Kai-shek asked: "Tell me what opinions you have, and explain the benefits and disadvantages clearly, Wei Lei, Weiwen, what do you think?" ”

"This is a dilemma, if it is aimed at the New Fourth Army, then we must consider the reaction of the Eighth Route Army in North China, I think Lifu may think about things simply, Mao Zdong will never sit back and watch the New Fourth Army be wiped out." Lin Wei replied.

"I'm not good at the military, but I ask the chairman to carefully consider whether the current domestic situation allows for a military strike on GCD." Chen Bui said it very tactfully, he did not use the word civil war, but this is actually a civil war, and civil war is not allowed politically.

"If you want to defend against the counterattack of the Eighth Route Army in North China, you must draw troops from the First Theater and the Fifth Theater, as well as the Ninth Theater," He Yingqin added, these three forces are the most abundant, especially the last two, almost the most warlike elite soldiers are in these two theaters: "At least 300,000 people from three group armies will be transferred into the Taihang Mountains, and how to solve the logistics and food after the three group armies enter the Taihang Mountains, it is impossible to solve the problem at all. Withdraw from the area occupied after the Battle of Huangqiao and return it to [***], otherwise they will resolutely start a war and drive Chen Su out of northern Jiangsu. ”

He Yingqin grasped Chiang Kai-shek's psychology and knew that he was obsessed with the defeat of Northern Jiangsu and must find this field, but he explained his attitude that a complete rupture would not work, at least not in North China.

Chiang Kai-shek nodded slightly, at least He Yingqin's suggestion this time was very much in line with his heart, he knew that the Eighth Route Army in North China had an advantage, otherwise Zhu Huaibing would not have been defeated so badly.

"If it is northern Jiangsu, then the Shandong Eighth Route Army will definitely make some moves," Chen Cheng added: "There will also be a move by the New Fourth Army retreating to eastern Henan, and Li Xianzhou and Yu Xuezhong should be ordered to step up their precautions. ”

Chiang Kai-shek snorted coldly when he heard this, the 59th Army is the Northeast Army, after the Xi'an Incident, there are a group of people in the Northeast Army, who have always been pro-communist, especially the group of young Zhuang officers, they are dissatisfied with the detention of Zhang Xueliang, and after the Xi'an Incident, the central government has been adopting a suppression policy against the Northeast Army, which has caused them to be more dissatisfied, and as a result, the pro-communist forces in the army have increased even more, "This problem is handed over to Dai Li and Xu Enzeng to solve, but since this is the case, the 59th Army is unreliable, so that Pang Bingxun's department and the 59th Army will change guards, in addition, After the 47th Army arrived in northern Jiangsu, Zhou Zhe changed guards with them. Chiang Kai-shek said calmly that he believed that with the combat effectiveness of the 47th Army, it would be more than enough to deal with Chen Su's troops in northern Jiangsu.

However, what made him feel strange was Yang Yongtai's attitude, since the meeting began, Yang Yongtai never said a word, just listened silently, this is not like Yang Yongtai he knows.

"Changqing, what do you think?" Chiang Kai-shek still retained his respect.

"Chairman of the committee, I think Jing Zhi is right, at present, we can't comprehensively [***], it is better to negotiate first, force Chen Su in northern Jiangsu to withdraw from the occupied area, and then make a military solution if it doesn't work." Yang Yongtai said slowly: "However, first of all, we must be prepared in public opinion, otherwise once the war starts, we will be very passive." ”

"Chang Qing said well," Chiang Kai-shek was a little excited, so he ignored the worry in Yang Yongtai's eyes, and he looked at everyone with a majestic gaze: "Negotiate with them first, and at the same time prepare public opinion, and in addition, military deployment has also begun, respectfully, immediately telegraphed Gu Zhutong and Huang Shaohong to draft a battle plan, and also telegraphed Teng Jie not to leave Jiangsu for the time being." ”

Teng Jie's order to transfer to Shaanxi has been issued, but because Jiangsu is behind the enemy, he has not yet moved, Chen Cheng heard this order, a complicated light flashed in his eyes, Chen Lifu glanced at him quietly, Chen Cheng exchanged glances with him, and then tacitly looked away.

"Chairman, I have an idea," Yang Yongtai said hesitantly, and Chiang Kai-shek turned his head to look at him in surprise: "Is there any problem?" ”

"I want to recommend a person, Zhuang Wenge," Chen Lifu heard this, his face turned white, he knew what Yang Yongtai recommended Zhuang Jihua to do, and sure enough, Yang Yongtai continued: "I suggest that Zhuang Wenge replace Minister Chen and preside over the negotiations with [***]." ”

Chen Lifu was almost so angry that he was in charge, and he had been presiding over the negotiations with [***], during which there were two times Chen Cheng, that was because he wanted to talk about military issues, but Yang Yongtai was not finished, and he didn't seem to see Chen Lifu's face, and still said: "Our negotiations with [***] have not been smooth, and there have been some dark losses, only the Cultural Revolution confronted them in Zaoyang, and they did not suffer politically or militarily, in addition..." ”

Yang Yongtai didn't say anything more after this, but everyone here understood what was behind this other. Zhuang Jihua has always claimed that he is not external to the inside, if he is allowed to negotiate with GCD, it is equivalent to forcing him to openly stand on the opposite side of GCD, in addition, Zhuang Jihua has always supported the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, if he learns that the two parties are about to break up, then he will not try his best to save, I am afraid that he will be able to reap the maximum benefits without using swords and soldiers.

"Well, you're right, let the Cultural Revolution go, Lifu, you concentrate on the propaganda link." Realizing so many benefits, especially forcing Zhuang Jihua to the opposite side of GCD, Chiang Kai-shek felt that the substitution was worth a thousand dollars, and immediately decided to replace him.

Chen Lifu glared at Yang Yongtai fiercely, Chiang Kai-shek had made up his mind, and arguing that it would be useless to provoke his unhappiness, and more importantly, he clearly knew that if Zhuang Jihua made it public [***], it would be to fulfill Chiang Kai-shek's wish for more than ten years, and this decision would not be pulled back even if nine oxen pulled it.

When the meeting ended, Lin Wei walked to Yang Yongtai's side and whispered: "One stone and several carvings, Mr. Changqing's sword is not old, admire and admire." ”

After speaking, he smiled slightly, and without waiting for him to answer, he turned and left.

Yang Yongtai smiled bitterly at his back, shook his head slightly, and then slowly boarded the car and left the Huangshan Mansion, Chen Cheng Chen Lifu stood in front of the car, looking at the dust rolled up by Yang Yongtai's car, and scolded almost at the same time: "Old immortal thing." ”

Chen Lifu glanced at Chen Cheng and walked over slowly, Chen Cheng opened the car door without saying a word, Chen Lifu boarded his car, and the two left in the same car.

Chen Bui caught up with Lin Wei in a few steps: "Brother Weiwen, what does Yang Changqing mean by this?" Why do you have to bring the Cultural Revolution in, don't you think he is not busy enough? ”

Lin Wei looked left and right, and saw that there was no one left and right, so he whispered: "Brother Wei Lei, you are a gentleman, where do you know those Taos in Yang Changqing's stomach." Yang Changqing was against the chairman's decision, but he knew that he could not change the chairman's decision, and there was only one person in the party who could change this decision, Zhuang Wenge, so he chose a plan with the least danger to support, and then pushed out the Cultural Revolution and asked him to change this decision. ”

As he spoke, he looked around again, and saw that the others were still quite far away, and then continued: "Secondly, it is to take revenge on Chen Lifu, and finally to get closer to Zhuang Wenge, this is not what killing three birds with one stone." ”

After Lin Wei finished speaking, he looked at Chen Bui, who suddenly came to his senses, and sighed slightly in his heart, Chen Bui is a square person, does not form a party and does not accept bribes, his life is simple and simple, he is talented, and his pen is like a flower, but when it comes to political struggle experience, ten Chen Bui can't catch up with one Yang Yongtai.

Chen Bui's next sentence made him cry and laugh even more.

"Alas, it's good to save this situation, if you really want to fight, it's hard to say what the outcome will be."

Lin Wei shook his head lightly, this nerd, who didn't know the result of the fight just now is difficult to say, He Yingqin Chen Cheng Bai Chongxi said a lot of military affairs, the purpose is to tell Chiang Kai-shek that it can be fought, but be cautious, Chen Lifu just wants to redeem the points lost in the Xi'an Incident, in addition, I am afraid that he is also dissatisfied with Zhuang Jihua's interference in southwest party affairs, and wants to regain the dominance of southwest party affairs.

Thinking of this, Lin Wei couldn't help but think of Zhuang Jihua again, this Zhuang Jihua also made him incomprehensible, Chiang Kai-shek took away his military power and material disposal rights, but he just forgot it, and he didn't seem to be the slightest dissatisfied, you must know that so many arsenals were built by his personal property, and now they are unconditionally given to Chiang Kai-shek, and now in addition to the development of Guizhou, he went to eastern Sichuan to supervise the construction of tank factories and rocket artillery factories, are these two factories so important? He had to supervise it himself.

Since the agreement was reached with Soviet Russia last year, Zhuang Jihua has reversed the practice of not personally managing the progress, strictly supervising the progress of the two factories, and ignoring Hong Junqi's complaints, insisting on handing over the 200 trucks from the new factory to Hu Zongnan, and asking Hu Zongnan to send troops to protect them, and transport them from the border of Xinjiang Province to Sichuan.

Perhaps the Soviet Union and Russia are also in a hurry to ask for aircraft technology, the Soviet Union and Russia provided the equipment very quickly, most of the equipment has arrived, and the Soviet and Russian technicians are also very dedicated, and the equipment will be installed and debugged as soon as it arrives, not as before, and the equipment must wait until it is ready to start installation.

However, Lin Wei is in favor of Zhuang Jihua replacing Chen Lifu to preside over the negotiations, at least Yang Yongtai is right, only Zhuang Jihua did not suffer in the negotiations with GCD, but what he is not sure about is whether he will accept this errand that is obviously used as a gunman, Lin Wei knows that if Zhuang Jihua wants to refuse, Chiang Kai-shek still has no way to take him.

(To be continued)