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Chapter 1204: Seize the opportunity and take the first step

The accidental discovery of two rich gold mines was a pure surprise for An Yi, although it was not enough to improve China's weak industrial base today, but it was enough to give China more confidence in the future war of resistance. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info That night, An Yi did not attend the emergency meeting of the Yunnan Provincial Government, and stayed at the Zhu Mansion on the shore of Cui Lake to talk secretly with Zhan Huanqi, Zhu Shigui and other generals all night.

Early the next morning, An Yi left Kunming by special plane, flew to Syria, flew over more than 450 kilometers in an hour and a half, arrived at Minjiang Airport, returned home and met his wife and children lively, threw himself on the comfortable big bed, and soon fell asleep.

When An Yi woke up, it was already evening, and the city of Xufu outside the window was already brightly lit.

Under the gentle service of the two beloved wives, An Yi washed his clothes and went downstairs to eat hungry, Lao Shoudao, Jiang Yunshan, Qi Shengqing, Dong Fuchuan, Shen Fengdao and others were already sitting around the dining table and drank wine first.

Seeing An Yi coming down, only Dong Zechuan stood up to greet him, but he was pressed to the seat by An Yi, who was hurrying up, and said nothing to let Dong Fuchuan, who had worked hard and conscientiously, salute.

Lao Shoudao put down his chopsticks and frowned at An Yi, who was sitting opposite: "It looks quite energetic." ”

"That's it!"

An Yile stood up, raised the wine glass and toasted everyone, drank and then put down the wine glass, and sighed comfortably: "It's still good at home!" ”

Jiang Yunshan asked with a smile: "I haven't seen you for many days, the commander is in good spirits, and he is respectable and congratulatory!" ”

Everyone laughed, and Lao Shoudao said unhurriedly: "The blind cat hit the dead mouse, so he was right." ”

"Huh? How do you say this? Old Man Qi asked curiously.

Dong Fuchuan laughed: "Uncle Dao means that it is difficult for Commissar Jiang to grow up, but his popularity has skyrocketed, and the commander, as the first hero of King Qin, naturally benefits a lot." Recently, there have been rumors that Chairman Chiang, who is highly anticipated by the public, will make a big effort to clean up and put things in order after the Spring Festival, and that the great military and political power will inevitably fall into the hands of Chairman Chiang. ”

Everyone nodded frequently, and Old Man Qi said uneasily: "I'm afraid that within ten days, Wang Zhaoming, who has recovered from recuperation in Europe, will arrive in Shanghai, and the power of the party and government will probably fall into the hands of this person again, and Chairman Jiang still has to take into account the constraints." ”

Everyone echoed again, An Yi put down his chopsticks in surprise, glanced around the dining table, and asked with some confusion: "Why do I think you are like singing?" ”

Everyone couldn't help laughing, Lao Shoudao couldn't help laughing, and deliberately put on a straight face:

"Boy, do you think it's funny? Don't think that with a little cleverness, you can be proud of your achievements, you can make Chairman Jiang suspicious, and your trust in you will be more and more useful, and you will return to a situation where you will not rise or fall, the so-called real power, the so-called Qinwang's merits, are just fleeting clouds and smoke, otherwise where did the Yunnan-Burma demarcation dispute come from? If it weren't for your Uncle De's clever arrangement, how much would you gain from your trip to Yunnan? How can you ensure the vested interests of southern Yunnan and the security of foreign trade?

"Don't think that you are shrewd, everyone is a fool, Chairman Jiang promoted you because of the tiger and wolf division of the 17th Army in North China, which can be called the mainstay of the important place, because of the solid backing of southern Sichuan, southern Yunnan, Xiangxi you Uncle Luan, Qianxi Shizhen brother and hundreds of thousands of soldiers, so that Chairman Jiang They are deeply jealous but helpless, because all the heroes in central Sichuan and the northwest army need you to contain them, to put it bluntly, it is because tens of millions of soldiers and civilians in southern Sichuan, southern Yunnan, Xiangxi, Qianxi and Yunnan are united and united, otherwise, Just your little cleverness, huh! ”

Everyone laughed again, An Yi shook his head and stood up, picked up the wine glass, and raised it high: "Uncle, I salute your old man, isn't it okay?" Why don't you just sleep lazily, starting tomorrow, I'll patrol all over the place, and I should be conscientious, right? ”

"That's pretty much it."

Lao Shoudao picked up the cup and drank it, and couldn't help but show a relieved smile, which made everyone laugh.

After a long absence, the natural interest is high, you come and I are staggered, the ladies and children at the table on the side also come to toast and talk from time to time, the whole hall bursts of laughter, and they are happy, Aunt Ma and Wu Ma sighed repeatedly, saying that the family has not been so lively for a long time.

When the wine was half-drunk, Jiang Yunshan said worriedly: "Since the beginning of the year, Vientiane in the southwest of our country has been thriving, but many crises outside the southwest have also gradually emerged, not to mention the situation in North China, not to mention the subtle compromise between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, only judging from the following many events, this year's national fortune may be difficult:

"First of all, the anti-Japanese voices from all walks of life across the country are getting louder and louder, and if Chairman Chiang does not make a clear statement, regroup, put aside grievances and unite with the outside world, it is estimated that the whole country will still be scattered and complained; Secondly, according to the analysis of the aftermath decree of the Executive Yuan and *** a few days ago, the Northwest Bureau suddenly became tense and in crisis, and it was inevitable that the disaster would be avoidable; Thirdly, Wang Zhaoming's return is also the arrival of a crisis, with many factions in the central government, and infighting is likely to intensify. Commander, what do you think about this? ”

An Yi didn't expect that as soon as he came back, Gao Shen Thinker would give himself so many problems, pondered for a moment, and replied solemnly:

"The domestic contradictions are indeed as Mr. said, and I can't do anything about it, what I am concerned about at present is the imminent all-out war between China and Japan, and any previous partial victory or insistence on the whole front will surely disappear in the flames of war, and the top priority at the moment is that all kinds of preparations in southern Sichuan, southern Yunnan, western Hunan, western Guizhou, and Yunnan will be accelerated in an all-round way at once, and everything will be done around the needs of the war, which is also the fundamental reason why I resigned from my post in North China and quickly returned under the pretext of vacation. Today's people are all from their own families, I don't have anything to hide, I have taken arbitrary measures in response to the Xi'an incident, I didn't have time to explain to you in detail before, I still ask for forgiveness, take this opportunity, I will come one by one. ”

An Yi paused for a moment and explained carefully: "To be honest, I have different views on the Xi'an incident, even if it is a bad thing, it is also a good thing, at least, let the whole people suddenly wake up, see the crisis, see the current political situation and general trend of our country, and also see the hope of stopping the civil war and unanimously resisting Japan." To put it mildly, the reason why the 16th Division and all units of our army were secretly ordered to forcibly occupy the capital in the face of the world's condemnation was purely a precautionary measure, and even if there was no great deterrent formed by our Anjia army, Chairman Chiang would eventually turn evil into good fortune and there would be no danger, and this should be seen from the preceding and backward of the change, especially from the attitude of the Soviet Government and the Third International. ”

After everyone was stunned, they suddenly felt that An Yi was reasonable, and Dong Fuchuan asked An Yi suspiciously, since he knew this, he still waved his army into Beijing strongly, isn't it a speculative behavior? An Yi replied "yes" with peace of mind, which immediately provoked a burst of laughter and caused everyone to think deeply.

Seeing that some people were still pondering, An Yi no longer explained, but talked about the entire situation in the southwest: "In the second half of last year, the various departments of the Sichuan Army were greatly weakened by the central government, and Chairman Jiang took advantage of the grievances and grievances within the Sichuan Army to successfully reorganize the various departments of the Sichuan Army, and nearly 400,000 Sichuan troops were reduced to 200,000, and the remaining 200,000 were nearly half of the security forces with low combat effectiveness and extremely poor equipment. Liu Wenhui, Fan Shaozeng, and Wang Jiling have established a relationship of mutual trust and mutual assistance with our army, otherwise, we will definitely become traitors criticized by the military and people in central Sichuan. The smooth transition of good things, we have not suffered any damage, and the people's hearts and minds have been collected in the earthquake relief work, which is more or less comforting, otherwise I, the commander, would be to blame! ”

Everyone nodded frequently, deeply agreed.

An Yi continued: "Although the Xi'an incident was successfully resolved, the settlement of accounts after the autumn is inevitable and will come soon, and the chairman of the committee has been in full swing but quietly purging the careerists and speculators in the central government, but the outside world cannot see it.

"I'm not worried about these, what I'm worried about is just as Mr. Jiang just said, the northwest is going to be chaotic, first of all, the leaderless Northeast Army will be in chaos, and secondly, the fragmented Yang Hucheng Seventeenth Route Army will also be in chaos, the Central Army has been slowly surrounded from the east, west, and north, and the south is guarded by our two divisions, even if it is not as active as the Central Army's departments, in essence, it is equivalent to sealing the retreat of the Shaanxi armies, and within two months, the situation in Shaanxi will be clear. I estimate that the Northeast Army and the Northwest Army will be divided into pieces and will go into decline.

"Therefore, we must firmly occupy the Hanzhong and southern Shaanxi regions, and quickly expand the Hanzhong airport to prepare for the upcoming big war. According to Chairman Chiang's decision, Brother Yang Bin will be transferred out of our Second Route Army to serve as the director of the Hanzhong Battalion that has been established. This is an important decision to take precautions, and I hope that everyone can understand and support it, if nothing else, but for our country. ”

Everyone was very surprised, and they were as calm as Lao Shoudao and thought deeply, and soon understood what An Yi was trying to express.

Lao Shoudao asked with a solemn expression: "As soon as Yang Bin leaves, who will govern southern Yunnan?" Why don't you call Jinan quickly and ask him to return to China soon? ”

An Yi shook his head: "I guess not, Ji Nan will graduate in the middle of the year, and the gain of coming back at this time is not worth the loss, and in view of the good cooperative relationship between Ji Nan and Ambassador to Germany Cheng Tianfang, as well as the good friendship established by Ji Nan and the German and business circles, it is proposed that Ji Nan take the post of military attache in Germany that has been missing, and the chairman of the committee will personally do my work." Considering that it would be beneficial for us to stay in Germany after the south, I finally agreed. ”

Exclamations rang out one after another, and everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a while.

Old Man Qi, who had a deep friendship with Yin Jinan's old father-in-law, Duan Huaicheng, praised: "Good! Ji Nan, this child is steady and meticulous, and he can take on this big responsibility, and he is supported by the old man! Presumably his old father-in-law will be proud of this, haha! ”

"So, who will be arranged in southern Yunnan to take over?" Jiang Yunshan is obviously supportive.

An Yi smiled bitterly: "I don't know, everyone should think of a way, there is still half a month to consider the candidate, but before that, we still have important things to do." Tomorrow, in the name of the commander-in-chief of the Second Route Army, I will summon the generals of Xiangxi, Qianxi and our army to come back for a meeting, announce the decision of ***, and issue a letter of appointment to Chairman Jiang to Brother Shi Zhen. Secondly, within three days, the annual meeting of the Pacification Office will be convened, and tasks will be quickly arranged, and industrial enterprises and various constructions will be accelerated in an all-round way. ”

Everyone nodded frequently, knowing that the grim moment was coming, and their expressions were awe-inspiring for a while.