"Oh!?" Wang Xiaoshan looked at Tang Zong with some surprise, Tang Zong was about to speak, when he heard a crisp sound from over there, "Niang Xipi" Tang Zong sighed slightly: "You have been outside this month, I don't know the situation, Anan Weiji suddenly launched an attack on the Fifth War Zone, Li Zongren made a mistake in dealing with it, .\"

"General Zhang Zizhong died?" Wang Xiaoshan was very shocked, Zhang Zizhong was the commander of the group army, five years after the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the highest position of Chinese generals killed in battle was the military rank, and Zhang Zizhong was the highest general who died in battle.

"How is this battle fought? There are hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers in the five war zones, how can this be? "Wang Xiaoshan is very puzzled, the Fifth Theater and the Ninth Theater are the strongest in each theater, the Fifth Theater has the 49th Group Army of Lan Yuandong, the 50th Group Army of Du Yuming, the 36th Group Army of Song Xiya, the 2nd Group Army of Sun Lianzhong, in addition to Sun Lianzhong's 2nd Group Army, the remaining three group armies are all reorganized troops, well-equipped, and their combat effectiveness is among the best in the national army, and the 11th Army of Anan Weijia has less than 200,000 people, half of which have to face the Ninth Theater, and the maximum number of people that can be mobilized is not more than 80,000, how can it be attacked, The circumstances of the death of the commander of the army group.

"Who knows." Tang Zong sighed again, when the Fifth War Zone was in the hands of Zhuang Jihua, the salty wind on all sides was salty, and the Japanese army was defeated several times, but now ,...- 0 Tang Zong and Wang Xiaoshan were relatively speechless, and Tang Zong muttered for a long time: "Nothing has gone well recently, which is enough to upset the chairman." ”

"What's the matter, the whole army has gone wrong again?" Wang Xiaoshan asked: The biggest advantage of being in the chamberlain is that they know everything, especially their group, and the intelligence from all over the country must be gathered here, and they will summarize it and hand it over to Chiang Kai-shek.

"But isn't it, Stilwell reorganized the 103rd Army into the New 1st Army and the New 6th Army, abolished the number of the 103rd Army, two armies, 80,000 people, 30,000 people, Stilwell asked these 30,000 people to be in place within a month, the British also came out to find trouble, the Sino-British highway and American aid materials, things are in a mess.

Outside the window, Song Meiling took a few plums and walked slowly into Chiang Kai-shek's office, Tang Zong breathed a sigh of relief, Song Meiling entered, this is the only person who can calm Chiang Kai-shek from his anger.

Soong Meiling returned from the United States two months ago, and her visit to the United States was an unprecedented success: "Won a large amount of foreign aid for the Nationalist Government, except for 500 million US dollars! In addition to more U.S. aid supplies, the greater gain was to get Roosevelt to agree with China's proposed strategy and avoid China from having greater autonomy in the war. "Brother Xiaoshan, I guess Captain Zhuang will be back soon" Tang Zong turned his head to Wang Xiaoshan, Wang Xiaoshan looked puzzled, Tang Zong didn't explain, just smiled faintly.

"With Chen Guofu here, I'm afraid the commander won't be so easy to come back." Wang Xiaoshan saw that Tang Zong refused to speak, so he asked intentionally, and Tang Zong sneered: "Brother Xiaoshan, Madam is back, Chen Guofu can't stop it." ”

But Wang Xiaoshan doesn't think so, although Song Meiling's return will help improve Zhuang Jihua's situation, but the fundamental reason why Chiang Kai-shek attacked Zhuang Jihua this time is that he is afraid of Zhuang Jihua's forces, and even Song Meiling may not be able to resolve this fundamental problem.

But Tang Zong was so confident in his judgment that he picked up Wang Xiaoshan's report and prepared to hand it over to Chiang Kai-shek, and outside his office, he met Lin Wei, who had returned from Kunming and continued to serve as the first director of Chiang Kai-shek's chamberlain's chamberlain and secretary general of the Military Commission's secretariat.

"I don't have time right now, if it's something important, I'll wait." Lin Wei is kind, Chiang Kai-shek's current mood is very unsettled, if it is not good news, I am afraid that it will provoke him to be angry again.

Tang Zong nodded, indicating that he understood, but he still asked, "Is it still a matter of the Fifth War Zone?" ”

Lin Wei sighed: "No, Chen Cixiu is in Mianzhu to reorganize the tank unit, and the American adviser is very dissatisfied with his reorganized training, thinking that he does not understand tanks and trains the tank unit as infantry."

"Isn't that Xu Tingyao training?" Tang Zong was a little puzzled, Xu Tingyao once led a delegation to Germany, France and the Soviet Union to inspect the military, and after returning to China, he wrote a theory on mechanized armaments, proposing the formation of mechanized troops, claiming to be the person who knows the most about mechanized troops in China.

After the tank factory began to produce tanks, Chiang Kai-shek did not put these tanks into battle, but kept them all, intending to imitate the experience of Zhenzhou and form several mechanized units.

Tang Zong snorted softly in his nostrils: "It's Americans again, these Americans always think they're amazing, I think only Senior Mercury can suppress them." "The Americans are asking for a replacement, or they will be in charge of the reorganization." Lin Wei showed a hint of a smile: "This Stilwell always likes to do something. "What does it mean to be seated?" "The reorganization power will definitely not be given to them" Lin Wei said: "Stilwell wants to get this power in his hands, and the mechanized army is afraid that it will be surnamed Mei in the future, and the commission is reconsidering the candidates." ”

After finishing speaking, a meaningful smile appeared on his face, Tang Zong looked at him, and also smiled for a while: "It seems that Deputy Chief of Staff Zhuang should come back." ”

Lin Wei smiled and didn't say anything, Tang Zong is an umbrella who understands people, looking at the generals of the Kuomintang army, in addition to Xu Tingyao, Zhuang Jihua knows more about armored soldiers, he studied tank combat with the now world-famous Guderian in Germany, and tried his hand at Zaoyang, and annihilated 50,000 enemies, who else is more suitable than him.

But things are not absolute, Chen Cheng is absolutely unwilling to let Zhuang Jihua get this position, and things may change. Lin Wei took out a document in his office, returned to Chiang Kai-shek's office, and when he entered the door, he heard Chen Cheng saying: "..."My opinion is not to change people, the former expeditionary force will be replaced, and the mechanized army will be replaced. ”

When Chiang Kai-shek saw Lin Wei coming in, his eyes turned to him, and Lin Wei opened his mouth and said: "I have checked, and now there are 700 tanks, 900 armored vehicles, and 200 self-propelled guns in Mianzhu, which is enough to reorganize an armored group army. ”

Xu Tingyao's design was modeled after the German tank division, with four platoons in one company, four companies in one battalion, two battalions in one regiment, 82 tanks in each battalion, two tank regiments in one division, 174 tanks in each regiment, one armored reconnaissance battalion, one armored communications battalion, one anti-tank battalion, one self-propelled artillery battalion, plus an engineer battalion, a maintenance battalion, a baggage regiment and four infantry battalions. The division had 364 tanks, 132 tracked armored vehicles, and 64 self-propelled guns, including one regiment each of Zhao tanks and Ding Jiao tanks.

The four tank factories are capable of producing about 1,400 tanks of various types every year, but it is not only in Mianzhu that has formed tank units, some of which have already been transferred to the Fifth Group, and some of which have been transferred to the northwest and assigned to the Eighth Theater, with Hu Zongnan in charge of forming two tank brigades. The tank brigade is a battalion formation, with three tank battalions, other reconnaissance companies, engineer companies, etc.

Chiang Kai-shek nodded, this number was similar to what he remembered, but he didn't expect Lin Wei to add: "In addition, the logistics department also seals one hundred and ten Sherman tanks, which were sent to China before the closure of the Yunnan-Burma Highway, and in the past six months, another two hundred and seventy tanks have left the factory, if these tanks are also included, another tank division can be formed." ”

"Another one, Stilwell is happy." Chiang Kai-shek snorted coldly: "Weiwen, see if we want to change people." ”

"Wen Cui used to say that Stilwell was self-righteous, and I think this is true," Lin Wei immediately replied: "He wants to control our army, so his purpose of constantly provoking personnel disputes is here, so I am also against substitution." ”

Hearing Lin Wei's support for him, Chen Cheng nodded slightly at him, but He Yingqin said with some concern: "Stilwell holds the right to distribute US aid materials, if we don't react at all, will the distribution of materials in the future..."

"I think Jingzhi's concerns are reasonable" Song Meiling, who had been listening calmly, said: "Stilson is a close confidant of Marshall, and President Roosevelt trusts Marshall very much, so we can't completely ignore Stilwell, I think we can meet his request this time, but I want to explain that this is the last time."

Chiang Kai-shek sank, and Stilwell's blatant interference in the personnel arrangements of the Chinese government made him feel very humiliated, and he was unwilling to submit in his heart. Song Meiling stood up: "Da Ling, after the situation in the Middle East is stabilized, Roosevelt is planning to meet with Churchill to discuss the war and post-war issues, Kong Xiangxi said that Roosevelt intends to invite us to participate in this meeting, Da Ling, this is an opportunity "must not be given up."

Both Kong Xiangxi and Hu Shi sent reports on this meeting, and Roosevelt intended to invite him to attend, which made him very satisfied, and this was not only an affirmation of him but also an affirmation of China, and China's international status would be greatly enhanced as a result, and he could not miss it. "Madame is right," Chiang Kai-shek said strongly, "then change someone." ”

"I think Zhuang Cultural Revolution is okay" Song Meiling said again: "You forget, General Seckert once said that Wencao studied tank combat with Guderian in Germany, and no one is more suitable than him." ”

Song Meiling said this, Nikko glanced at Chen Cheng intentionally or unintentionally, she rarely interfered in military affairs like this, at most she helped people intercede, and she rarely participated in such a major decision. Chiang Kai-shek glanced at her with some puzzlement, but Song Meiling still maintained an elegant smile, but her eyes were firm.

A few days ago, Yang Yongtai took advantage of the opportunity of coming to Huangshan to meet Chiang Kai-shek and specifically talked with Soong Meiling about the issue of Zhuang Jihua, and he reminded Soong Meiling that Zhuang Jihua represented a large number of people, and in the development of southwest China in the past 10 years, he successfully integrated the local forces in the southwest, united a large number of democratic personages around him, and had great influence in the military and economic circles.

Song Meiling completely understood what Yang Yongtai did not say explicitly, he could not suppress Zhuang Jihua, he could not be pressed now, he had to be responsible for his followers, if Chiang Kai-shek really provoked him, he was fully capable of fighting back. Soong Meiling thought twice and decided to accept Yang Yongtai's suggestion and persuade Chiang Kai-shek to reactivate Zhuang Jihua.

Why Zhuang Jihua was secretly surrendered by Mingsheng, the reason Song Meiling quickly figured it out, she was a little dissatisfied with the plot of Chen Cheng and Chen Lifu's brothers, these two factions took repeated actions against Zhuang Jihua, but Zhuang Jihua obviously had no intention of fighting with them. But with Song Meiling's understanding of Zhuang Jihua, his avoidance is actually forbearance, but there is a limit to this forbearance, once it exceeds this limit, his counterattack will be very sharp.

Chiang Kai-shek hesitated for a while, Chen Cheng was anxious, but seeing Song Meiling's attitude, he couldn't open his mouth to oppose it, and it was not a wise choice to oppose Song Meiling's opinion. "That's it" After Chen Cheng heard Chiang Kai-shek's words, his heart kept sinking, and Chiang Kai-shek said slowly: "The Cultural Revolution has been in Xi'an for a long time, and the affairs in the northwest should be dealt with." ”

After saying this, Chiang Kai-shek turned to He Yingqin and said: "Tell Li Delin that General Zhang Zizhong's conjoined body must be snatched back, and that army will be snatched back, and the reward will be 100,000 yuan, and the commander will be promoted by one level."

"Yes." He Yingqin felt some emotion in his heart, Li Zongren had a reputation for being good at fighting among the generals of the national army, but he didn't expect such a big mistake this time, the southern city defended by Zhang Zizhong was suddenly poisoned by the Japanese army, Li Zongren did not reinforce in time, nor did he order the troops to retreat in time, but instead ordered the troops to counterattack "Zhang Zizhong personally led a regiment to cross the river to counterattack, fell into the encirclement of the Japanese army, and finally died in battle.

"Has the 49th Army arrived?" Chiang Kai-shek also asked, the 49th Group was deployed in the Laohekou area and placed under the command of the Military Commission, and after the Japanese army launched the attack, Li Zongren urgently telegraphed the Military Commission "to request that the 49th Group Army be assigned to the Fifth Theater of Operations to participate in the counterattack, and Chiang Kai-shek immediately agreed, but the 49th Group Army was hundreds of miles away from the battlefield, and it would take four or five days for the Group Army to walk from receiving the order to the time it arrived at the battlefield."

"Lan Yundong personally led the avant-garde troops to Sanligang in the southwest of Suixian, but Lan Yundong reported that the Japanese army showed signs of evacuation." He Yingqin said: "Commander Xue Yue has ordered an offensive in northern Hunan to contain Anan Weiji's troops in northern Xiangbei. ”

"The Fifth War Zone was attacked this time, and the Military Commission should send an investigation team to investigate, what caused them to be attacked?" Chiang Kai-shek's expression was grim, the goal of the Japanese army's surprise attack was very clear, it was to attack the 33rd Group Army stationed in the Suixian area, the 33rd Group Army suffered heavy losses, and the Japanese attack was so accurate, there must be a reason. "I'll arrange it when I get back." He Yingqin said: "After the person is selected, should he be handed over to the commission to see?" ”“。 m; And so be it. After saying that, he returned to the chair behind his desk. Lin Wei, He Yingqin and Chen Cheng understood that it was time to leave. Out of the door, Chen Cheng looked up to the sky and sighed: "Stilwell has succeeded again, I'm afraid things will be more difficult in the future."

"Resignation, don't worry, as soon as Zhuang Wencao comes, I'm afraid it's time for Stilwell to have a headache." A Yingqin said with a smile, he is very happy today, the reason why Chen Cheng does not want Zhuang Jihua to come out to train the army is very clear, he knows very well that once Zhuang Jihua turns his hand, Chen Cheng's life will be sad.

What is surprising is that Zhuang Jihua did not accept it, he called back from Xi'an, he should continue to let Xu Tingyao train the troops, and should not agree to Stilwell's request.

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