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Chapter 949 Doing something and not doing something

Four days later, Song Ziwen, Chen Lifu, and Zhang Zhizhong flew back to Nanjing, but Kong Xiangxi flew to Nanchang and then turned to Lushan and presented a thick pile of reports to Chiang Kai-shek. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

It was late at night, but Chiang Kai-shek couldn't sleep, and An Yi was not ordered to come back to help him, which was both expected and unexpected by Chiang Kai-shek.

The reason why it is said is expected is because An Yi is now the number one warlord leader with strong strength and heavy troops, with 100,000 soldiers under his command, and he is no longer the young man who was straightforward and optimistic and obedient to him in Chiang Kai-shek's mind.

An Yi, who has faintly become a representative figure of the local separatist warlords, will naturally not do those things that have lost his value, there are not enough interests to make him excited, he will not return to the central government, return to Chiang Kai-shek, these examples abound in Feng Yuxiang, Yan Xishan and others, not to mention that An Yi's current status is not below Yan Xishan, and his reputation is thousands of times better than Yan Xishan.

To Chiang Kai-shek's surprise, An Yi commissioned Kong Xiangxi to submit as many as five research reports to him, the chairman of the NPC National Committee, namely, "Analysis and Countermeasures of the Sino-Burmese Border Crisis," "The Military Rank System in Need of Urgent Reform," "Compilation and Research on the Combat Examples of the Sino-Chinese War," "On the Advantages and Disadvantages of the Training System," and "Prospects for Sino-Japanese Relations."

Among them, the two reports of "Analysis and Countermeasures of the Sino-Burmese Border Crisis" and "The Military Rank System in Need of Urgent Reform" have been applauded by Chiang Kai-shek several times, and they can't put it down, which just hit the biggest worry and helplessness in Chiang Kai-shek's heart, and An Yi's exposition on the Sino-Burmese border crisis is detailed and incisive, pointing directly at the British, who are still faltering by the economic crisis, through the statistical list of the trade volume of countries around the world in the past three years, and the comparison of Britain's share of world trade in the past three years declining year by year. Chiang Kai-shek, who was still a little vague, could see at a glance the strong rise of the United States' national strength and the rapid development of the German economy in the cracks.

This report was by far the most detailed and evidence-based political report, which could not be provided to Chiang Kai-shek by any general of the Kuomintang Central Committee, the Senate, the Military Commission, and the so-called theorists of international relations.

Politically, the U.S. government will handle Sino-British relations in a flexible diplomatic manner, and if necessary, secretly discuss issues with the U.S. government on Sino-British relations, and the U.S. government will even take the initiative to mediate for this purpose based on its own interests in China and its alliance with the British government, and finally reach a compromise between all parties; Militarily, he asked Chiang Kai-shek and the central authorities to trust and rely on the local forces in the southwest, conform to the will of the people, and teach the British colonialists a hard lesson about their weak military strength but also extremely arrogant and arrogant, so as to not only establish a huge popular reputation for the central government, but also to deter the Japanese militarists who were ready to move in North China through a resolute and hard-line attitude and partial military victories.

The second "Military Rank System in Need of Urgent Reform" hit the nail on the head and hit Chiang Kai-shek's heart.

At the premier's commemorative week in the previous paragraph, Chiang Kai-shek, in the face of hundreds of generals and colonels of the Central Army, bitterly denounced the current chaotic state of warlord separatism in the country, denounced many shortcomings and loopholes in army building and management, and shouted: "Compared with the great powers, our Kuomintang army has a particularly weak combat effectiveness and a large number of generals, and there are too many generals...... There is a world wonder of as many as fifteen generals in a division"; The fact that Ma Jiyuan, the 12-year-old son of the northwest warlord Ma Bufang, was appointed chief of staff of the Colonel and Chief of Staff of the Garrison Headquarters of the Northern and Southern Border Regions of Qinghai Province and that he was approved by the Military Affairs Department of the Central Military Commission has become a laughing stock in Chinese and foreign military circles.

An Yi did not discuss anything else in this report, but made a comparative analysis of the current "Rank List of Army Officers and Soldiers" promulgated by the Kuomintang Central Government in April 31, combined with the military rank system of the German ** team and the US ** team, and solemnly demanded that Chiang Kai-shek and the Central Military Commission eliminate all interference in terms of legal principles and implementation methods, and forcefully unify the military rank system throughout the country.

In the 110,000 troops of the An Family Army, there are only 36 officers above the rank level of major generals, and all of them have been submitted to the Central Military Commission for the record, which is one-third less than the 30,000 regular army generals in charge of the three main divisions of the Central Army today, and the time limit for the promotion of first-class generals of the army under An Yi's command is very strict, and starting from the beginning of this year, in addition to outstanding military merits, all officers must serve at their own level for three yearsCompared with the current military rank system implemented by the Central Army, it is more stringent, and it is ten times and a hundred times stronger than the chaotic local armies in the country, which arouses strong resonance and great attention from Chiang Kai-shek, and he quickly has a clearer plan after reading it.

The other three reports were also very professional, more papers than reports, and they were accompanied by a letter of recommendation written by Zhang Zhizhong, director of education of the Central Military Academy, to Chiang Kai-shek, imploring Chiang Kai-shek to make these three reports a supplementary textbook for the Central Military Academy's advanced training course for generals.

Chiang Kai-shek hurriedly flipped through it, and was extremely impressed, but also worried about the strength of the An Jiajun.

Chiang Kai-shek knew that An Yi dared to present these three reports, not only because he had already guessed the negative reaction of Chiang Kai-shek and the central government, but also faintly revealed a tough and confident high posture, and he was not worried that Chiang Kai-shek and the central government would use all kinds of means to weaken and suppress his army.

This made Chiang Kai-shek even more headache and helpless, and Chiang Kai-shek clearly realized that An Yi showed him a clear political attitude in this way:

1. An Yi and his army still obey the leadership of the Central Committee in the overall situation, and respect the position of the supreme commander of Chiang Kai-shek's squadron; 2. An Yi and his army have become relatively independent in substance, and although they ostensibly follow the same set of the Kuomintang Central Government and the Central Military Commission, in fact, like Yan Xishan, Li Zongren, Chen Jitang, and others, they only obey the leadership militarily and do their own thing in the political, economic, cultural, educational, and public fields, and do not take the cowardly and incompetent Kuomintang Central Committee seriously at all.

Chiang Kai-shek was deeply disappointed by this, but there was nothing he could do, because of the strength of Wang Ching-wei's faction and the various criticisms of the major opposition parties throughout the country, Chiang Kai-shek needed time to build up momentum, by ceding the government's administrative power in exchange for a more favorable political environment and development time, and let the power-hungry Wang Ching-wei act as a shield, so as to alleviate the tremendous pressure that he had to bear in the political field of being poor and in vain.

An Yi skillfully took advantage of this, with incredible speed and a series of large-scale efforts, to build and develop southern Sichuan, not only taking advantage of the chaos to expand the territory, forcefully intervening in the military and political fields of Sichuan, Guizhou, Hunan, and Yunnan, but also forming an alliance with the surrounding forces to share interests, under the banner of the Three People's Principles, and then carrying the banner of "revitalizing national industry and commerce" and "developing the people's livelihood for the benefit of one party", and its huge investment in construction projects and rapid achievements have been widely praised by all walks of life across the country. In addition to the envy of the people in the provinces, they are also full of resentment against their own government.

In this regard, the Nanjing Government, including Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Ching-wei, had no choice but to support the construction of southern Sichuan against their will, conform to the will of the people, praise An Yi's tremendous achievements, and even steal An Yi's achievements by stealing beams and pillars, saying that they had made extraordinary achievements under the wise leadership and strong support of the Kuomintang Central Committee, but also endured An Yi's ingenious coercion in all aspects. In the long run, it will become more and more difficult to subdue An Yi and take back the ruling power of the southwestern provinces.

Chiang Kai-shek thought about a series of reports from An Yi, and finally decided to call Kong Xiangxi to talk, so as to save Kong Xiangxi more trouble after returning to Nanjing tomorrow.

Soon Kong Xiangxi arrived, Chiang Kai-shek waved off the secretary and attendant officer, talked with Kong Xiangxi alone, and asked a very unhappy word:

"Yongzhi, a few of you deigned to go to southern Sichuan this time, I already gave An Yi a lot of face, and sent four seniors to do the work, I had only done it to Yan Baichuan, Feng Huanzhang, and Zhang Hanqing before, why didn't he An Yi know the mystery, why did he still not want to come to see me? What exactly does he want to do? ”

Kong Xiangxi smiled slightly: "My goddaughter is about to give birth in the next few days, An Yi felt deeply guilty about the previous child and Chu'er, so he decided to stay with Chu'er to accompany her, and fulfill the duties of a father and husband, hehe...... Although this is just an excuse, it is not far-fetched at all, and it makes sense! ”

"! He An Yi started the Northern Expedition to the War of Resistance in North China, when did he see his children grow up? What's more, now that the disaster is full of people, An Yi, who keeps saying that he takes the interests of the country and the nation as his lifelong goal, will all the people ignore it because of the birth of his son? Chiang Kai-shek was very unhappy.

Kong Xiangxi knew Chiang Kai-shek's temper well, smiled again, and said calmly: "It's not that he doesn't care, didn't he send Yang Bin and Xia Jian to Nanchang to be responsible for disaster relief?" Yang Bin and Xia Jian were originally the commanders of Jiangxi Province and Jiangxi, respectively, and they were responsible for national and local disaster relief affairs many times during their tenure. He is very experienced in the resettlement and triage of disaster victims, and with the strong support of Mr. Lao and Mr. Zhou, the general manager of Jiangnan Group, it is not a big problem for An Yi to come. ”

Chiang Kai-shek already knew that Yang Bin and Xia Jian had rushed to Nanchang and were holding an emergency meeting with Xiong Shihui and others to discuss together, and he also believed that they would soon come up with effective methods to relieve the pressure on Nanchang, but the victims from all over the country were still pouring into the Nanchang area, and the security forces of the local governments set up cards to intercept them had little effect, and Chiang Kai-shek had to pay special attention to them.