After adjutant Liang Bi sat in the co-pilot's seat, the car started, Ye Changgui and a few guards sat in a car behind him, followed by the rest of the people crowded into a truck, and the convoy slowly drove up Dajia Street and went straight to the Deming Hotel in the French Concession, where the temporary office of the Fourth Route Army in Hankou is now located.

The car and driver were provided by the Hankou Garrison Headquarters, so after getting into the car, Song Zhewu and Lin Wei just looked at each other and didn't make a sound.

When I arrived at the Deming Hotel, Wang Xinggang, the person in charge of the office, had already waited downstairs with people. Lin Wei said that there was still something to deal with, and he would pick up Song Zhewu before the dinner, and then go back.

Seeing Lin Wei's car go away, Song Zhewu walked into the hotel under the guidance of Wang Xinggang. On the way, he glanced at the special combat team members who were waiting for Ye Changgui to arrange the guards, and felt that something seemed wrong, but after a closer look, he didn't find any difference, so he had to follow Wang Xinggang upstairs. When passing by the bar of the hotel, Song Zhewu suddenly remembered that something was wrong there, and stopped and asked Liang Bi, who was following him: "Where did Secretary Li go?" ”

Liang Bi was also at a loss, and hurriedly ran to find Ye Changgui. Soon Ye Changgui ran with Liang Bi, and Ye Changgui told Song Zhewu that Li Rujuan and Ji Ganqing were taken away by Madame Jiang, and Madame Jiang sent someone to tell the commander, "Don't worry." ”

Song Zhewu was a little dumbfounded, this is because Mrs. Jiang recognized that his relationship with Li Rujuan is extraordinary, although he and Li Rujuan have a good impression of each other, but they haven't made up their minds yet? If this is not combined with Li Rujuan in the future, will he not be considered a merry man? This is simply a chaotic mandarin duck spectrum.

Seeing Song Zhewu's strange expression, Ye Changgui also felt that there was something wrong with this, but he couldn't help it, at that time, Song Zhewu was talking with Chiang Kai-shek and Han Fuyu there, not to mention that Song Meiling spoke, even Li Rujuan and Ye Changgui didn't dare to care, who knows what will happen in the future, he Ye Changgui doesn't want to offend his commander's future wife.

Song Zhewu knew that it was irretrievable now, and it was useless to be anxious, not to mention that Li Rujuan was also very good, not only was she beautiful, but she also studied and received a new type of higher education. So he instructed Wang Xinggang: "Xinggang, when you get to your land, why don't you hurry up and prepare lunch for us, and my brothers and I haven't eaten yet?" ”

Song Zhewu washed up briefly, and then hurried to eat, he was very curious to know how he arranged Wang Xinggang's work in Hankou. After eating a bowl of rice, Wang Xinggang, who was about to add rice to him, stopped him and asked him to introduce the situation.

"Now more than 8,000 recruits have been recruited among the refugees, and according to the instructions of the commander, those whose families are willing to go to Hebei with us will be given a settling-in allowance of 30 oceans for the time being, and 50 oceans for those who are not willing to go. The vast majority of the families of these more than 8,000 people are willing to go with us, and the total number is more than 30,000; More than 2,000 Wuhan citizens also participated in our Fourth Route Army, including 308 students enrolled in National Wuchang University, National Wuchang University of Commerce, Hubei Provincial Medical University, Hubei Provincial University of Liberal Arts and other schools. It's just that the mechanics asked by the commander are only 5 people now, and they are all young people who have not started a family. Wang Xing came as soon as he opened his mouth, obviously knowing a lot about these situations.

There are two main reasons why Song Zhewu is willing to bring his family members to Hebei this time to recruit soldiers: One is that it is inevitable that soldiers will be injured during the war, and if their families are ordinary citizens who have a fixed residence and a living source, they will be better off and their lives can still be settled. But these refugees are different, those who can serve as soldiers are the strong laborers of the family, not to mention the death of children, brothers, and husbands, even if they live a normal life without them, it is difficult to maintain. When they leave, they can't support it for long just by relying on the settling-in fee of dozens of oceans. Moreover, these refugees have no permanent place to live, and their military salaries cannot be sent back. Moreover, once these soldiers are discharged from the army after more than a decade or leave the army with minor disabilities, they are bound to return to reunite with their families. Song Zhewu is not sure whether the Anti-Japanese War will last for 8 years because of his appearance, and he must be prepared, and these people can also train reserves at that time.

Educated student Song Zhewu is even more needed, these people are very useful, not to mention that he will open many factories for the Anti-Japanese War in the future, but many technical arms in the future will also need a large number of educated people. Even if his current plane wants to fly, it is by no means something that an illiterate peasant can do.

As for the mechanic, he needs it more. Although he is not in a hurry at the moment, he will soon need it greatly. Next year, the Central Plains War will break out, and then he will seize the territory he needs, and once he has the territory, he will start to build the industrial system he dreams of and produce the weapons and equipment needed for the war of resistance. These factories will not be small workshops, nor are they simple enterprises with low technical requirements such as yarn mills and flour mills, but some modern large enterprises with world standards, which are destined to have many qualified skilled workers. What China lacks most now is skilled workers, especially in the hinterland.

"What is the reason why the mechanics are reluctant to come? Is it because the wages are low, or is it something else? Song Zhewu asked.

"The monthly income of the general technician here is about two yuan, and the senior technician is generally 5 yuan. We gave 5 and 10 pieces. The low wage is one thing, mainly because although the income of these people here is low, their income is guaranteed, and their families are all in Wuhan, so they are not willing to leave their families and careers to go to Hebei, especially when it comes to going to Laiyuan to drill a ravine. Wang Xinggang said helplessly.

"In this way, you hurry up and recruit people again, this time only recruit senior technicians, and the monthly salary is 30 oceans." Song Zhewu said with a frown.

Wang Xinggang hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Commander, our Ordnance Department has enough personnel now, and your factories don't need many people, why do you have to recruit so many technicians?" It's better to save money and recruit a few more soldiers. ”

Song Zhewu knew that Wang Xinggang didn't understand, but he couldn't explain to him now, so he thought about it and said with a smile: "Xinggang, our team is getting bigger and bigger, and the cost is getting more and more, it's not enough to rely on my existing factories, we still need a lot of factories." If you want to build a factory, you have to have workers, especially skilled workers, otherwise who will drive the machines? Since they are not willing to come, we will train and train ourselves, and if you want to recruit senior technicians, we want them to be teachers, and we will go back to Hebei to gather some literate young people to be apprentices for them. In addition, you are trying to find a few engineers, as long as they go to Hebei, the monthly salary can be given to 100 to 200 oceans, and more is fine, you decide for yourself. ”

Although Wang Xinggang still didn't understand, he had to nod and agree. After thinking about it, he said: "I have received a telegram from Chief of Staff Xiao that the work in Wuhan will be completed the day after tomorrow, and the personnel and materials must be evacuated as soon as possible. These newly recruited soldiers and their families, as well as the medicines and supplies that we have procured one after another, need to be transported as soon as possible. Chief of Staff Xiao had already told Liu Zhi before leaving, and Liu Zhi was full of promises at that time, but now he just won't give it. I went to the garrison headquarters twice, and their people just said that they were collecting wagons and asked us to wait. I sent people to the station to see that there were already a lot of wagons there, and according to the people at the station, these wagons were for the Fourth Route Army. I don't know why it just doesn't give it to us? There is another thing, that is, the mayor Liu Wendao asked us to wait for a few days in the Six Nations Foreign Merchants Racecourse. ”

Liu Wendao was reluctant to leave the Fourth Route Army, because he was afraid that Liu Zhi's people would be greedy for ink after they took over, and it seems that the Kuomintang officials were not corrupt as later textbooks said, and this Liu Wendao was a good official. But all his people must leave as soon as possible, and it is easy to misunderstand if they stay any longer, not to mention, in his memory, Feng Yuxiang is going to prepare to fight with Lao Jiang, and he will soon blow up the railway east of Luoyang, and if he doesn't leave, it will be difficult for his people and materials to go back. But since he had prepared the wagon for him and didn't give it to him right away, he didn't understand. Don't you want him to go back to Hebei, that's not good, Hebei he must go back, and he has to find an opportunity to be older tonight Jiang said.

"I'll do these two things, but you have to prepare for evacuation the day after tomorrow." Song Zhewu also wanted to explain some details to Wang Xinggang, and Adjutant Liang Bi came in to report: "Chief of Staff He Yingqin is visiting, and Brigade Commander Ye is accompanying him in the reception room. ”

Liang Bi's words startled Song Zhewu, what did He Yingqin do? I have nothing to do with him! Although he thought so in his heart, he still left Wang Xinggang and hurriedly followed Liang Bi to the reception room on the first floor.

Song Zhewu participated in the discussion of He Yingqin for a period of time in the website forum of his previous life, and in order to make a weighty post, he also carefully consulted and studied a lot of He Yingqin's information. He found that He Yingqin was not as useless as later generations evaluated him, and was even said to be a well-known pro-faction. Because He Yingqin graduated from the Yueben Non-commissioned Officer School, he was far from being comparable to an ordinary military school like the Zhenwu Army School where Chiang Kai-shek studied. After returning to China, he served in a number of military academies and engaged in the training of military talents, the most famous of which was, of course, his post as deputy chief instructor of the Whampoa Military Academy. Therefore, he has always cherished and cared for capable and accomplished military talents. For example, Du Yuming, who later served as the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Suppression, was of great help.

If He Yingqin is useless, how can he become the No. 2 person in the Whampoa Department after Chiang Kai-shek, and how can he be Chiang Kai-shek's military assistant in the Kuomintang for a long time, and even the nominal No. 2 military leader. And how could Stilwell become the "nanny" of the Chinese Army?

In his opinion, it is more appropriate to say that He Yingqin should be a "fearful faction"; He Yingqin has gone to Yueben twice to study military affairs, and after returning to China, he has held important positions in the high-level for many years, and he has a very good understanding of the economic situation of the two countries, and China is lagging behind in any aspect of the two countries and the two armies. Whether it is the state of the economy, the level of scientific and technological and industrial development, or the armament of the army. It is not only He Yingqin who thinks that China is at war and that China has absolutely no possibility of victory, but there are also many people in the top echelons of the Kuomintang who have such ideas, and the biggest official positions are Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Ching-wei, otherwise it would be impossible to explain Chiang Kai-shek's telegram ordering Zhang Xueliang not to resist on September 18. What's more, he also assassinated He Yingqin twice.

(To be continued)