Chapter 655: The Great Northeast Strategy - The Successor of the Party-State

In the middle of the meeting, a major officer pushed the door in and whispered something into Madame Chiang's ear, but Madame Chiang nodded, as if she had agreed to something, and then the major hurried out of the conference room.

After the major left, Mrs. Jiang spoke: "Just now Major Wang reported to me that Minister Xu has gotten off the plane, and now he has arrived at the bottom of the mountain, saying that he is coming to attend the meeting, and I have agreed!" ”

"Brother Cichen is back, that's really the best!" He Yingqin said happily.

Soon the door of the conference room was opened, and Xu Yongchang, who was dressed in military uniform, strode in, and everyone hurriedly got up to greet him. Xu Yongchang not only held a high position in the national government, but more importantly, Xu Yongchang was open-minded and had all the virtues of a Chinese soldier in troubled times, so he had a high prestige in the army.

After sitting down again, Madame Jiang asked, "Minister Xu, did the matter go smoothly when you returned to Shanxi this time?" ”

"Madam, Yan Dashuai's aftermath is also going well, and now it's basically over, so I'm back!" Xu Yongchang replied.

"Minister Xu, Jin Suijun and Chen Feng" Mrs. Jiang won't say anything halfway through, but what does it mean, everyone here understands!

Xu Yongchang thought for a while and said: "The merger was proposed by Yang Aiyuan, Fu Zuoyi and others of the Jin Suijun, and I also voted in favor at that time!" ”

This kind of thing can't be hidden if you want to, and Xu Yongchang doesn't think there is anything to hide about this matter, the matter is already there. Since these bigwigs in Chongqing want to know the Tao, then he will tell them everything that knows the Tao, so that these people can understand the situation.

"Minister Xu, what does this mean, although the Jin Sui Army is Yan Dashuai's troops, it is still subordinate to the battle sequence of the National Revolutionary Army, and now that the Grand Marshal is gone, it should be sent by the party and the state to take over the Jin Sui Army, how can Chen Feng be allowed to enter Shanxi?" Madame asked dissatisfied.

Xu Yongchang smiled bitterly: "Madame doesn't know, welcoming Chen Feng into Shanxi certainly has the relationship with Miss Yan, and more importantly, Jin Suijun agreed to welcome Chen Feng into Shanxi. Even opposition from the top is useless. In the past two years, Chen Feng's subordinates have infiltrated the Jin Sui army very strongly. In addition, the Jin Suijun as a whole did not have much confidence in the party-state, so no one was willing to fall to the party-state. ”

"Minister Xu, you have a lot of contact with Chen Feng. What do you think of this person? Madame asked again.

"Although Chen Feng is young. It is said that he was still a standard gentleman before. But through this period of contact, I found that the rumors from the outside world are not credible at all. This person is very patriotic, and he is both military and political. Whether it is leading troops to fight or governing the territory, the most admirable thing is this person's strategic vision, looking at the thousands of generals in the party-state, none of them can be compared, and it is indeed no accident that the Saibei system can rise from the cracks in just 5 years. ”

Then Xu Yongchang continued: "In addition, the strength of the Eighth War Zone is also very different from the outside world, and the outside world believes that the strength of the Eighth War Zone is about one million, but in fact, it should be far beyond this scale!" ”

Chen Cheng asked in surprise, "Brother Cichen means that the total strength of the Eighth War Zone has exceeded one million?" ”

"Not more than a million, but far more than a million. According to Chen Feng's own briefing, the Eighth Theater has now begun to implement the establishment of a large corps, with military regions under the theater and integrated divisions under the military regions, with the total strength of each integrated division equivalent to one army, and each military region has three to five integrated divisions under its jurisdiction and a large number of directly subordinate technical and technical arms, with a total strength of more than 200,000 troops, and now there are more than eight military regions in the Eighth Theater, and with the Jinnan Military Region to be established soon, it is conservatively estimated that the total strength of the Eighth Theater will be more than 2 million. Xu Yongchang said.

"2 million!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this number, it was really surprising, it was only a few years, 4 or 5 years ago, who knew who Chen Feng was, and now this young man has 2 million troops, becoming a huge force second only to the national government.

"Minister Xu, you are not mistaken, there are really two million?" Madame asked in surprise.

"Mrs. Hui, this is just a conservative estimate, you must know that the Eighth Theater now not only has an army, but also an air force and a navy, the Air Force of the Eighth Theater is not only a first-class air force in Asia, even in the entire world is also a first-class elite, in order to avenge Yan Dashuai, on the day of Dashuai's funeral, Chen Feng dispatched 800 large bombers at one time to carry out all-round bombing of Tokyo and a large number of large cities in Japan, according to Japanese reports, The losses inflicted on Japan by that bombing were immeasurable, with more than 200,000 casualties alone. ”

According to Chen Feng, some time ago, a detachment of the Japanese army with a heavy cruiser as the flagship encountered a new warship under Chen Feng's department, and after several hours of hard fighting, the Japanese army was completely defeated, and all eight warships were damaged, of which two were sunk and two were captured, directly forcing the Japanese navy to abandon its strategic attempt to capture the Nanyang territory. It is no exaggeration to say that in terms of military affairs alone, Chen Feng's headquarters has far exceeded our expectations, and its strength may have surpassed that of the party-state, and even surpassed the Japanese army invading China. Xu Yongchang said loudly.

"It is indeed possible to surpass the party-state, but to surpass the Japanese, I am afraid that it is unlikely, right?" Bai Chongxi, Minister of Military Training, said with a frown.

"Nothing is impossible, everyone in the Kwantung Army knows that Japan's No. 1 strategic group is also the vanguard of the Japanese army's foreign aggression and expansion, and now our northeast region is controlled by this strategic group. But it is such a strategic group, which is now being defeated and retreated by Chen Feng's troops, and has basically lost control of the North Manchurian region. Xu Yongchang also said: "Now the Japanese army in Central China, South China, Burma and other places has launched a full-scale attack on the party-state, only the North China side is very quiet, which is inseparable from the deterrence of Chen Feng's department, Chen Feng's department is marching to the northeast at the same time, stationed hundreds of thousands of troops in the southern Hebei region, closely monitoring the Japanese North China Front, which makes the North China Front Army dare not make any changes. Although it is said that the strength of Chen Feng's division has not yet completely overwhelmed Japan, as far as the Chinese battlefield is concerned, the strength of Chen Feng's division has surpassed the Japanese army's Chinese Dispatch Army and Kwantung Army. ”

"Minister Xu, you have been in Shanxi for this time, you should not know much about what happened in Chongqing, don't hide it, Mr.'s situation is very bad, if Mr. really has three longs and two shorts, do you think Chen Feng will establish himself as the king?" Madame Jiang asked solemnly.

"I can't guarantee this, Chen Feng has this strength, but judging from the fact that he divided the power of Saibei Province into three and invited the party-state and Yan'an to participate in the politics of Saibei, it seems that Chen Feng does not have much ambition. If there is nothing wrong with the commission, I dare to guarantee that Chen Feng will not establish himself as the king, but now that the life and death of the commission are uncertain, I dare not jump to conclusions whether Chen Feng will replace him. Xu Yongchang said.

"If sir, really, what are we going to do?" Madame Jiang asked again, this time not just Xu Yongchang, but all the senior officers.

The first to answer Mrs. Jiang was Xu Yongchang, I saw him get up and look at everyone present, and then said loudly: "Madam, the essence of the Japanese army's assassination of the commission and Yan Dashuai and others this time is to mess up China, the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party to resist Japan has greatly dealt a blow to the arrogance of the Japanese army, coupled with the sudden rise of the Saibei system, the daily moving average obviously feels the threat of China, so it will use these three indiscriminate tricks regardless of the skin, if there is really something we don't want to see, Then I think all we can do is to deal with it calmly and not mess around! ”

"First of all, we can't mess up at the top, we can temporarily elect an acting president to take control of the situation, and then discuss the future of the country when the situation is stable. The second is that the army cannot be chaotic, and if the army is chaotic, then the problem will be serious, and it is very likely that even the most rearly foothold will be gone. The anti-Japanese united front must be maintained, as long as we survive the dangerous period and wait until Britain and the United States and other countries launch a counteroffensive against the Japanese army, then we will be safe! ”

He Yingqin also said: "What Minister Xu said is very reasonable, we can't mess up no matter what, and we must not let the Japanese conspiracy succeed." At this time, it is necessary to win the support of Yan'an and Chen Feng, as long as both of them support the party-state, then the Japanese can't defeat the party-state for a while! ”

"If Mr. really can't do it, then who should take over this acting president?" Madame Chiang raised another very sensitive and pointed question.

"It's a very poignant and sensitive question, but I can't help but ask it. Mr. Smith's life and death are uncertain now, Dr. Smith said, if Mr. can't wake up tonight, the possibility of waking up in the future is very small, the party-state is the work of Mr. in his life, I can't watch it be defeated by the Japanese, so who will take over as acting president still needs to make a decision as soon as possible! Mrs. Jiang said.

Everyone in the room was silent, the question was too sensitive, and no one knew how to answer.

"Actually, about the heir of the party-state, Mr. talked to me about this before the accident, maybe Mr. had a premonition at that time that the little devil was likely to assassinate him! At that time, the gentleman said that there were two people who were most suitable to replace him, but both of them had their own shortcomings! ”

Just as everyone was guessing who the two men the old man was talking about, a major hurriedly barged in and said loudly: "Madam, there is a situation with the headmaster, Mr. Smith told him to hurry over and take a look!" (To be continued......)