Do you know that the Yellow River in the world, dozens of bends, dozens of bends in Buzhou, "down,: boats? A dozen rods on a dozen boats? ”

Zhuang Jihua's fingers tapped gently on the car window with the rhythm, and he has been in the northwest for more than a month, and he often hears this kind of ballad with a loess flavor and a sense of vicissitudes, but every time he hears it, he has a sense of familiarity.

After walking around the northwest for more than a month, he had an idea of the land. He had never been to the northwest before this, and he only learned from various reports about the situation in the northwest that this was an extremely poor area in most areas, and although the Hetao Plain was rich, it was still far inferior to the northwest region compared to Jiang Xi.

Unlike Jiang Xi, the folk customs here are extremely strong. The way the army handled affairs in the local area was also completely different from that south of the Yangtze River, and in this short month, he witnessed a brawl caused by a simple water source.

The whole village of the two villages went out to fight by the stream, the men rushed in front, the women followed, the old people and children all went into battle, and the scene was magnificent. It surprised people like Zhuang Jihua who are used to seeing big scenes. The military situation in the entire northwest made Zhuang Jihua basically satisfied. Fu Zuoyi's department, which occupies the Hetao Plain, is reorganizing the army, and Fu Zuoyi's department is the main force of the Eighth Theater, and the combat effectiveness of the troops ranks among the top three in the northwest, but the biggest problem of this department is that the equipment is very poor, the infantry weapons are mainly made in Hanyang or Jin, there are not a few artillery, and the military salary has never been paid enough. On the one hand, Fu Zuoyi overhauled water conservancy in the area under his jurisdiction and implemented rent and interest reduction; On the other hand, it has vigorously reorganized the army and set up several military schools with the army. The reorganization of middle- and lower-ranking officers in turn, the reorganization and reorganization of the troops, and the substantial increase in combat effectiveness.

In addition to Fu Zuoyi's department, he was also impressed by another army in the northwest, that is, the Hui troops in the northwest. Ma Hongyi's 17th Army was composed of Hui people from Qinghai and Gansu, but like most Kuomintang troops, this group army was composed of Ma Bufang from Qinghai and Ma Hongyi from Gansu. The greatest fighting power of this Muslim army does not come from their horses and swords, but from faith. All the Hui people believe in Islam, and each regiment has a Ah Xun, and every time they go to war, Ah Shun has to go out with the army to boost morale in the army, so the soldiers are not afraid of death.

The biggest problem for the troops in the northwest is still equipment, except for the south of Huzong. The rest of the troops were poorly equipped. Like the Hui troops, the equipment is mainly made in Hanyang, and even the Jin are very few, and even the bullets are not enough, mainly relying on war horses and sabers.

Every time Zhuang Jihua met, the generals were complaining to him about weapons, Zhuang Jihua could only tell them that it would take time to wait for a comprehensive solution to the weapons and equipment, and his wife bought equipment from 100 factories in the United States, and the development of Guizhou has entered a stage of rapid development, as long as he waits for another year, domestic equipment can be sent to the northwest.

After returning from the Hetao front, Zhuang Jihua didn't care about anything anymore, and played and listened to Hu Zongnan all day long in Xi'an. Either he went to Hu Zongnan's troops and didn't care about anything, just reunited with Li Tiejun and a group of classmates, just like a holiday.

Zhuang Jihua also met an unexpected person in Xi'an, that is, Xuanxia's father. After the fall of Wuhan, the liaison office in the Fifth Theater was abolished. Xuanxia's father was transferred back to Yan'an and entered Kang Da to study. Graduated last year. He was sent to Xi'an as the deputy director of the office.

Xuanxia's father brought another surprise to Zhuang Jihua, and he formally invited Zhuang Jihua to visit Yan'an. This invitation made Zhuang Jihua a little embarrassed. Everything that happened in Chongqing. Zhang Jingjiang will inform him in time. Although mentally prepared, Gong Xiuhua was still very worried. Because it would shake the confidence of Zhuang Jihua's followers in him.

On the contrary, Li Zhilong didn't care. In Li Zhilong's view, Zhuang Jihua mainly relies on a common ideal to bring these followers together, as long as this ideal is not shattered, they will not leave, and those who leave. More speculators.

Zhuang Jihua did not reply to Xuanxia's father, and after thinking about it for a few days, he decided to accept Xuanxia's father's invitation. However, he didn't let Li Zhilong go with him, and Li Zhilong himself didn't want to go, so he asked for an introduction and went to Kenanpo under the pretext of visiting Yan Xishan, the commander of the Second Theater of Operations. Zhuang Jihua and Gong Xiuhua, accompanied by Xuanxia's father, went to Yan'an together.

In northern Shaanxi in early autumn, there are bare mountains, yellow surfaces, and winds blowing from the north. Bring the yellow sand and the desolate and simple singing.

Xuanxia's father sat in a car in the back. The Central Committee's decision to invite Zhuang Jihua to Yan'an was the result of careful consideration, and the Central Committee held that Zhuang Jihua and Chiang Kai-shek were different, and judging from his previous views, he advocated maintaining the anti-Japanese united front, had a close relationship with the democrats, and was a democrat within the Kuomintang. Historically, he has never participated in the war against the Communist Party, he has a good impression of our party, and he has also provided great help to our party.

"We should put the anti-Japanese united front work on Chiang Kai-shek's side. The thick Hunan dialect sounded in his ears, and Zhuang Jihua has been dealing with him for almost 20 years, especially in the experience of the Fifth War Zone, Xuanxia's father is more and more aware of the complexity of this person, he can donate thousands of guns to the New Fourth Army without care, but he can also indifferently encourage the Kuomintang Army to attack the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army.

In the study of Kang Da. He thought about what kind of people Zhuang Jihua should belong to, or the class in today's China, and after thinking about it for a long time, he still classified him as a petty bourgeoisie, although he is now a tall man, but he is still a petty bourgeoisie in essence.

What are the gains and losses of inviting Zhuang Jihua to Yan'an this time, he really can't see clearly.

"Cultural Revolution, can you see the anal murderer when you go to Yan'an this time. Gong Xiuhua asked as he broke the calm in the car.

"I don't know". Zhuang Jihua's eyes were still on the field outside the window, and he replied casually: "It's best to see him, he is the actual leader, understand his thoughts, and persuade him to ensure domestic peace after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War." ”

"If the industrial base in the southwest can be completed," Gong Xiuhua sighed and said, "The strength of the Kuomintang will be multiplied, and your teacher will probably not agree with them to keep the army and the regime, I'm afraid." Difficult to preserve

"Then you're despising them too much". Zhuang Jihua understood the meaning of the palace embroidery painting, there was a strong industrial base, there was an army trained by the Anti-Japanese War, and Chiang Kai-shek would not allow Yan'an to keep the army. Yan'an will not be allowed to maintain its current state of independence, and it will not be easy to submit, a civil war will break out, and it will be wiped out: "Look at the current distribution of base areas, Yicha Theater, Rehe, Shandong, Shanxi, Shandong Shanxi is still counted." Chahar and Rehe have a great effect, close to Mongolia, ** can get assistance from Soviet Russia, so once the war starts, it is difficult to say whether the victory or defeat will be achieved, and once the war lasts for more than a year, the defeat of the Kuomintang is more likely.

"Will the Kuomintang fail?" Wu Ziniu, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was a little unconvinced, he looked back at Zhuang Jihua, his expression was very surprised, Zhuang Jihua adjusted his sitting posture, and said lightly: "Victory or defeat in a war is never just a comparison of military strength, but more about politics and economy. What happened in Chongqing illustrates. The demand for democratic politics will intensify. I estimate that after the war there will be a **, and ** will use this as a call to unite all democratic parties. Get the initiative politically. Economically, after the eight-year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the country's economy was in difficulty, and without more than ten years of recovery, the national finances could not be better, so once the war broke out and the economic and political pressure was doubled, the national government would not necessarily win

Zhuang Jihua didn't dare to say it to death. He already clearly felt his influence on history growing. Let's not talk about the battle in Burma. Let's talk about the industrial base of Chuiqing. The development of the southwest lasted for ten years, even if there were five years of construction at the same time. But the benefits are also staggering. From the short, this piece of industry in the southwest. The weapons and equipment urgently needed by the army have been solved, and the equipment of the troops has been improved. Able to fight face-to-face with the Japanese army. But on a deeper level, the meaning is even more extraordinary.

In total, more than a million people have benefited from the military industry and the industries that extend from it. They work for these factories and receive wages. It not only solves the problem of employment, but also drives the prosperity of the market. Relieved of economic pressure?

More importantly, Zhuang Jihua's success made Chiang Kai-shek pay more attention to industry, so in the negotiations in the United States, Soong Meiling's thirst for industrial equipment exceeded the thirst for munitions, and all 500 million US dollars were purchased for industrial equipment.

Large-scale industrial construction has expanded the cities, and urbanization has absorbed the surplus labor force in the rural areas. As a result, the contradictions in the rural areas are no longer so intense, the overall contradictions in society have declined, the society has become more stable than before, and the support of ordinary people for the government has increased.

Of course, there are still weaknesses in this, and even some weaknesses are fatal. First of all, all this is not stable, and there is a lack of guarantees, for example, rent and interest reductions are imposed by administrative orders, and once government control is weakened, the landlords will definitely rebound, and the contradictions in the countryside will rise again. Second, the whole system operates under a larger system, and this larger system can destroy the lower system at any time, and the only way to get Chongqing out of this danger is to let this larger system implement the same system as Chongqing.

Zhuang Jihua had a strong feeling in his heart that the giant who single-handedly changed modern China would definitely meet him. Otherwise, it would be meaningless to invite him to Yan'an.

Gong Xiuhua didn't think so much, and when Zhuang Jihua decided to go to Yan'an, she expressed her opposition

The convoy rolled up a long yellow dragon and drove towards Yan'an.

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