February 10, 1941.

Hainan, Haikou.

At the port, there was a lot of people.

However, when the battleship "Kirishima" led the battleships "Hyuga", "Hosho", "Aoba", and "Kako" in front of the harbor with its huge hull with a displacement of more than 30,000 tons, the crowd suddenly quieted down, and then cried.

……

"We finally have a navy again."

On the innermost side of the port, under the protection of the layers of elite guards with loaded guns, a group of people standing on the pier put down their binoculars and couldn't help but sigh.

"It's not just a naval problem, how have we ever had a battleship before? Where has there ever been an aircraft carrier? Where has there ever been a heavy cruiser? Although the number is a little less, this strength is much stronger than before. ”

"It's just that 'Hyuga' is a little old......"

'Don't be nitpicky!' Although the Hyuga is old, its displacement is larger than that of the Kirishima. What's more, even if you are old? How could we in China ever have such a giant ship? Even when the Beiyang Naval Division's 'Zhenyuan' and 'Dingyuan' shocked East Asia, the displacement was only a few thousand tons. ”

"That is, if you are not convinced, you can get such a ship yourself. I'm not going to ask you to get a more powerful one, even if it's a destroyer. ”

……

"Jiansheng, I see that you haven't spoken, is there something on your mind?"

Listening to the chatter of a group of people around him, Li Zongren was more concerned about the mood of the old man...... Since the two met, he hadn't seen Bai Zhenxi smile.

"What can I think about?" Bai Zhenxi let out a long breath: "It's just a little depressed panic." War is becoming more and more different from what it used to be. ”

"yes." Li Zongren glanced at the fleet that was slowly passing through the strait, "Even warships can be captured." When I first heard it, I almost thought it was someone talking in a dream, even if it was confirmed later. I can't believe it...... It's appalling. ”

"You haven't heard anything more appalling." His eyes slipped over the body of the giant ship in front of him, and Bai Zhenxi remembered some of the words Qin Wei had said to him before, especially the scene where the kid was dangling in front of him with a pen...... In a week, six billion people can be killed! Is this true or false? But even if it's fake, I'm afraid it's only a limited amount of fake, right? With one weapon, those men can capture a fleet alive...... What kind of "nuclear" weapons that the Americans had begun to research that Qin Wei told him before that were indeed as powerful as they said? In an instant, you can wipe out a city? But what if you can't achieve this power? The fact that it is possible to wipe out all the personnel of a fleet in the blink of an eyelid is already terrifying. At least for now. Whoever masters this weapon, and who can produce it on a large scale, can gain a huge advantage on the battlefield and even directly decide the victory or defeat of both sides. Doesn't this mean that future wars will no longer depend on the level of command of the generals? The development of such a form of warfare is bound to make these old people less and less familiar with the battlefield. Otherwise. With Qin Wei's level, how can he be a first-class general? Not even a platoon commander is qualified.

"The Japanese were frightened this time." Li Zongren didn't hear Bai Zhenxi's heart. Looking at Bai Zhenxi, it seems that he still can't think about it. He continued: "Not to mention that the army is frightened, Anan Wei has a few troops that have just been gathered and disbanded in a hurry, and I heard that the navy is also too scared, and the fleet that originally took revenge on them has already set off, but they were called back in a hurry. Now their fleets have taken refuge back in the harbor and are still producing anti-aircraft artillery like crazy......"

"Can you not be afraid?" Bai Zhenxi sneered, "The reason why they can be so arrogant. Relying on the fact that the navy is stronger than ours. But now they can capture a fleet of them once and again, and if they come again, their family will probably be gone. And the navy is no more, and their army is like duckweed without roots. Sooner or later, it's going to be over. At that point, they'll be left to our slaughter! ”

"Lao Jiang is proud this time." Li Zongren bumped Bai Zhengxi's shoulder and snorted at Chiang Kai-shek, who was in high spirits in the center.

Of course he was proud. You can get a fleet for nothing, especially an aircraft carrier......" Bai Zhenxi snorted coldly, "This is tantamount to getting an airfield that can move freely for nothing." What are the Japanese most afraid of us now? Isn't it the Air Force? Such an aircraft carrier is at least worth destroying ten of their divisions. ”

"Ten divisions can't compare to Qin Wei's leg. Jiansheng, you have a good relationship with Qin Wei, do you think you can ......? Li Zongren asked in a low voice again.

"That kid is very ghostly." Bai Zhenxi glanced at Qin Wei, who was following Lao Jiang again, silent, like a wooden man, and shook his head slightly, "He won't get involved in our affairs." Especially now, just by virtue of the merits in his hands, even if he does not make meritorious contributions in the future, he will be in an invincible position, even if he makes Lao Jiang's opposite, Lao Jiang will at most relieve him of his authority, and he will never dare to hurt him at all...... Just like before, this kid negotiated with the Communist Party, ignoring Zhang Wenbai's previous efforts, and directly distributed a large part of Timoshenge's weapons to the Communist Party, making Lao Jiang half angry, and almost had to settle accounts with him. But now? Isn't it a promotion to a rank of general? After negotiating with the Communist Party, he went his way, and Lao Jiang didn't say anything unpleasant. ”

"With such a fleet to start, of course Lao Jiang is easy to speak. But it's a pity, if we can get Qin Wei's help, our Gui family will have great hope. Li Zongren sighed. What kind of human spirit is he? Of course, you can see what Qin Wei's position is. Even if you don't even want to see the struggle between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, how can you want to see the Kuomintang split again? can see that Qin Wei has made the credit that can always pull people's hearts to beat excitedly again and again, he really wants to pull people over...... At least now, it seems that a Qin Wei can't be compared to Lao Jiang's small half of Huangpu. This is not an exaggeration, you must know that Qin Wei is now holding the air force in one hand and the navy in the other...... Even if Chen Shaokuan and Chen Jiliang's gang dared not listen to Lao Jiang, they would never dare to play any demon moths with Qin Wei. I can't afford to mess with it! What if the bomb hadn't hit the Japanese on their heads, but on their heads, wouldn't it?

"Actually, you can also try to contact me first, but I can't, don't look at me as familiar with that kid, but I know that he has been guarding against me...... You'll have to find someone else to contact him. Bai Zhenxi knew Li Zongren's thoughts, but in fact, he himself wanted to expand the strength of the Gui family more than Li Zongren. can be his understanding of Qin Wei. Now is not the right time.

"Someone else?" Li Zongren was overjoyed. It's good to be able to get in touch, but he's afraid that he won't be able to get in touch: "Who is suitable?" I heard that Qin Wei has always had little contact with people, and most of the time he spends most of his time at home unless necessary......"

"I think, Ji Kuan should be able to!" Bai Zhenxi Road.

"Ji Kuan? But he is now the chairman of Zhejiang Province, what kind of cross-connection can he have with Qin Wei? Besides, he doesn't think the same way as we do. Li Zongren was stunned. Ji Kuan is Huang Shaohong, the second of the three giants of the original Gui family, who single-handedly established the new Gui system with Li Zongren and Bai Zhenxi. But later, the Xingui faction was repeatedly defeated in the war with Lao Chiang and suffered heavy losses, which made Huang Shaohong have the idea of making peace with Chiang Kai-shek. He thinks. The Xingui system has been engaged in for so many years, but the result is not good, and it will definitely not be able to compete with Chiang Kai-shek for the world. In this case, why not take this opportunity to take advantage of the influence of the Gui family. By his own means, go outside and mingle. You can definitely make a name for yourself. Or it can be of some indirect help to the Gui family. And Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi and others did not want to make it difficult for others, so they agreed to let him leave...... After that, Huang Shaohong left Guangxi and was sent here by Lao Jiang for a while, and there for a while, although there were times when he was reused. But I'm fed up with it. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Huang Shaohong was first sent by Lao Jiang to cooperate with Yan Xishan, mixed up as a deputy commander in the Second War Zone, and later was sent to Zhejiang as the provincial chairman. Outcome. Not long after he took office, he was reprimanded by Chiang Kai-shek in a telegram, in which Chiang Kai-shek accused Huang Shaohong of "poor performance and bad reputation" in Zhejiang, and asked him to do his own thing and "pay attention to it." This telegram made Huang Shaohong confused, and he could not think of offending the supreme commander in any way. At that moment, he drove to Wuhan and submitted his resignation to Chiang. Before he resigned from his post, Jiang's words made him suddenly: "Since you came back from the Shanxi campaign last year, you have said good things about the good military discipline of the Eighth Route Army, its good guerrilla warfare, its courage in fighting, how the Communist Party mobilized the masses and the people, and how the army and the people cooperated in the War of Resistance against Japan. Party departments at all levels, Huangpu officers, and local gentlemen were naturally not convinced when they heard this, and they wanted to gossip about you. As a result, Huang Shaohong finally understood why he would become "notorious", but he was also half angry...... The Communist Party is doing a good job, but it's not enough to praise two sentences? However, the chairman of Zhejiang Province still has to continue to work, so Huang Shaohong is still staying in Jinhua, Zhejiang.

"The more this is the case, the less it will attract the attention of others." Bai Zhenxi said in a deep voice: "Ji Kuan is trustworthy, and although he has created an arsenal and some militia groups in Zhejiang, Lao Jiang has been staring at it, and he must be busy in vain...... In that case, why not let him invite himself back to the Central Committee? ”

"Central office? Then we have to find him a good position......" Li Zongren thought about it, and also felt that Bai Zhengxi's proposal was good. Huang Shaohong is not an ordinary person after all, his relationship with them has always been there, and his status is high enough, and he came forward to win over Qin Wei, which is enough to show that he values Qin Wei. But if Huang Shaohong is allowed to return to the Central Committee to take up a post, it can't be an ordinary position, let alone an idle errand, otherwise not to mention Huang Shaohong himself, even they themselves will not be able to get by.

"What do you think of the post of Minister of Food?" Bai Zhenxi suddenly asked again: "This is a newly established department, which is extremely important, but it is not particularly important, it not only matches the status of Ji Kuan, but also does not make Lao Jiang wary." ”

"Minister of Food?" Li Zongren thought about it and nodded again. Of course, he knew about the newly formed department. Due to the frequent fighting, the national army was seriously short of military rations. Although there are occasional supplies of chickens, ducks, fish and eggs, after all, it has only developed for a year or two, and it can only be regarded as an occasional tooth sacrifice for everyone. Therefore, in order to solve this problem, in the middle of last year, the Nationalist Government set up a "National Grain Administration" directly under the Executive Yuan, which was organized by Lu Zuofu, who founded the Minsheng Company. In the autumn of 1938, Wuhan was lost, and a large number of people who retreated from Chongqing and nearly 100,000 tons of materials from the Qianchuan factory could not be transported away from Yichang, and were constantly bombed by Japanese planes. Lu Zuofu concentrated all the ships and most of the business personnel of the Minsheng Company, adopted sectional transportation, rushed to transport them day and night, and after 40 days of hard fighting, he finally rushed all the personnel and materials to Sichuan before the fall of Yichang. And this rush to run the eye, attention at home and abroad, and later known as China's 'Dunkirk'. However, despite the tremendous efforts made by Lu Zuofu and others, the situation of military food shortage has not changed. For this reason, the Executive Yuan decided to set up a higher-level Ministry of Grain, whose task was not only to investigate those who raised the price of rice during wartime, but also to list Sichuan, Hunan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Jiangxi as the five first-class grain bureaus in the country, and to exert all efforts to control them. In addition, in addition to giving incentives to the peasants who supply and transport military rations, the peasants are also forced to levy grain...... This position is indeed extremely important, but on the contrary, in this era when the military committee has full control over the overall situation, it is difficult for the Ministry of Grain, which only faces local grain requisition, to influence the situation like other departments, and it absolutely cannot arouse Lao Chiang's worries.

"I think so. I'll contact Ji Kuan when I get back. ”

"I have to tell Ji Kuan that this kid Qin Wei is very treacherous, so you have to guard against it......"

"I naturally know this, but with Ji Kuan's ability, it is difficult for him to come up with any tricks."

"It's good if he can turn over the tricks, but if he can't, he will flip the table......"

"......" (To be continued......)