As soon as Chiang Kai-shek finished speaking, the others who were fishing at ease put down their fishing rods and focused their eyes on Liu Yuan and Chiang Kai-shek.

Everyone has seen Liu Yuan's strategic vision, and they are also aware of Liu Yuan's judgment of the overall situation and his ability to command large corps, so it is natural to regard Liu Yuan as the savior of the party-state.

"The ambitions of the Japanese army are not small." After Liu Yuan finished speaking, he looked at everyone's puzzled eyes, and Song Meiling took out the map from Chiang Kai-shek's briefcase in a timely manner.

Liu Yuan took the map and looked at it, including Chiang Kai-shek, all of them sat around Liu Yuan in the middle, and all the unqualified characters were taken away by the soldiers.

Liu Yuan pointed to the fishing rod and said, "You can see this fishing rod, although it is strong, we can easily break it, but what if the two are combined?" ”

Liu Yuan answered Chiang Kai-shek's question questioningly, and He Yingqin was the first to respond, "Are you saying that the Japanese army will continue to move north and open up the north-south communication line?" ”

Liu Yuan glanced at He Yingqin approvingly, he still has a strategic vision as an instructor, but he is too afraid of the Japanese.

"The Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing, the Japanese army has found that we are not as weak as imagined, if we continue to attack to the west, the first thing is to attack from the back, and there is our strategic rear supply, which is definitely a huge pressure on them, and the Japanese army at this stage does not have such a strong force, so their offensive direction is only north.

As long as the lifeline between the north and the south is opened, the Japanese are like holding two fishing rods in their hands, and it is impossible to break them easily, so the next step for the Japanese army must be to continue to go north.

And if I were Japan's chief of staff, I would also open up the north-south communication line, and the next step would be to continue southward and seize Southeast Asia, where Japan's resources are too poor, and he needs to seize the oil and rubber there as strategic materials, and at the same time achieve the purpose of isolating China and forcing China to surrender. ”

After Liu Yuan finished speaking, Chiang Kai-shek thought for a while, and then looked at Jiang Baili, who was full of white hair, and Jiang Baili did not speak.

"What do you think, old headmaster?" Chiang Kai-shek asked seriously.

"The strategic vision of the auxiliary country is indeed getting stronger and stronger," Jiang Baili glanced at Liu Yuan appreciatively and said, "If I were the commander of Japan, I would also feel how huge China is, and what I need to do next is definitely not to continue to do large-scale operations, but to try to cut off China's ties with the outside world, and at the same time strengthen my own strength to force China to surrender to Japan." However, there is also a disadvantage in doing so, that is, offending Britain and France and other powers. However, Britain and France are also taking care of themselves, and this does seem like an opportunity for Japan. ”

Chiang Kai-shek glanced at Xue Yue, Xue Yue nodded, and said, "I personally commanded the troops to fight, and I threw off the auxiliary country a few streets, but when it comes to strategy, I am definitely inferior to him, and I also agree with his opinion that the Japanese army will go north with all its might." ”

Chiang Kai-shek nodded, and then said to Liu Yuan, "Fuguo, the war in the Third Theater is over, and I intend to make you the commander of the Fifth Theater, what do you think." Chiang Kai-shek looked at Liu Yuan tentatively.

A trace of dissatisfaction flashed in He Yingqin's eyes, but Liu Yuan did not agree immediately, but mentioned another matter, "Principal, I often lead troops outside, and I don't have so much time to lead the work of the General Staff, I hope that the Central Committee can take back the position of Chief of Staff." "Liu Yuan's peach is very cleverly thrown, if he really goes to the Fifth War Zone, then it will be too far away from the central government, and it is really inappropriate to be the chief of staff.

Moreover, he gave up the position of chief of staff at this time, no matter who became the chief of staff, he would have to sell him a face, and on his way to the commander of the Fifth Theater, there would not be so many people who were restrained.

Jiang Fangzhen looked at Liu Yuan in surprise, this young man gave himself too many surprises today, and he was able to give up Fang as a husband.

Bai Chongxi's face was a little unkind, the commander of the Fifth Theater was originally Chiang Kai-shek's, and the deputy commander was indeed Li Zongren, Liu Yuan was on the top, so didn't it mean that Li Zongren wanted to listen to Liu Yuan's words, it was a ridiculous thing in the world.

Seeing Bai Chongxi's dissatisfied expression, Huang Shaohong shook his head at Bai Chongxi and signaled him not to be impulsive.

"Fuguo, who do you think is better for this position?" Chiang Kai-shek looked at everyone present, and there was a lot of dissatisfaction in his heart, so that they had no ability to fight when they were fighting, and when they heard that there were seats to sit, they were very excited one by one.

"This is the principal's business, and Fuguo doesn't dare to say more." Liu Yuan lowered his head and said implicitly.

Chiang Kai-shek was very satisfied, and said to Liu Yuan, "Okay, I will handle this matter properly, and you can go to the third war zone with peace of mind." After finishing speaking, Chiang Kai-shek glanced at He Yingqin, and most of this position was going to fall on He Yingqin.

He Yingqin didn't expect that Liu Yuan would give up this position to himself at this time, so he took the initiative to show favor and said, "General Li Zongren is also in the Fifth War Zone, and his qualifications are relatively old, will the relationship between the auxiliary country and him be difficult to handle, it is better to transfer General Li Zongren back to the Central Committee." ”

Bai Chongxi glared at Li Zongren, thinking to himself that you started to meddle before you became the chief of staff, what the fuck are you.

Bai Chongxi just wanted to say something, but Chiang Kai-shek opened his mouth and said, "The Fifth War Zone involves a relatively wide territory, and the pressure is also very high, and there are two senior members of the party-state, and I am also much relieved." ”

Chiang Kai-shek was naturally unwilling to let Liu Yuan be alone, the mountain was high and the emperor was far away, and hundreds of thousands of troops were under the command of Liu Yuan alone, and Chiang Kai-shek could not sleep well.

Liu Yuan said to Bai Chongxi, "When Bai Gong turns around, he must say a few kind words in front of Li Gong, I, Liu Yuan, am not here to grab credit, I am suffering." Liu Yuan looked at Bai Chongxi like an angry little daughter-in-law, and made Bai Chongxi laugh with a stiff face.

At this time, Bai Chongxi remembered that the war in the north was not as good as he imagined, but a mess, if Liu Yuan went to the north, maybe the stagnant water would be revitalized, which might be a good thing.

"After the two battles, you Liu Yuan went from lieutenant general to general, which proves that your performance has been recognized by the people, and I hope you will make persistent efforts and continue to serve the country." Bai Chongxi patted Liu Yuan on the shoulder, his big boss is gone, will his life as the deputy chief of staff be better? Bai Chongxi has been thinking.

Chiang Kai-shek was in a good mood, and when he saw Bai Chongxi's reluctant appearance, he quipped, "It is said that when men work together for a long time, they will have feelings similar to that of husband and wife, I heard that the young people in the first phase of Whampoa said that this is called a ji, you two will not ......" Chiang Kai-shek's smile was very naughty, and everyone looked at the two chiefs of staff curiously.

"Don't be joking, the principal doesn't want to joke, but the white prince likes General Li Zongren." After speaking, he stood up and was about to leave, but was stopped by Bai Chongxi, Bai Chongxi was very feminine, and looked at Liu Yuan with a wicked smile, "Fuguo, you will follow me." ”

"Okay, no kidding, Fuguo, you can take your 35th Army and 33rd Army with you, but I heard that your losses are very large, and you need to rest many times." Although Chiang Kai-shek was reluctant, he still returned the meat to Liu Yuan.

Liu Yuan thought about it, it was definitely not too late at this time, it might be eaten by Chiang Kai-shek if it was too late, so he said, "Until July, I think this time is enough." ”