Chapter 13 Gunshots at the Lugou Bridge

The sunshine incense burner produces purple smoke, and the waterfall hangs in front of the waterfall, and the flying stream goes straight down 3,000 feet, and it is suspected that the Milky Way falls for nine days.

For thousands of years, Lushan has been told a variety of stories. Tao Yuanming wrote down the well-known "Peach Blossom Spring" here, and Wang Anshi of the Song Dynasty also left it, "When you return home, you will be Fangchen with a smile, so that you can be the master of the famous mountain." Encounter the five lakes and take advantage of the beautiful sentences of the spring in the splendid valley.

Lushan has a rich history and culture, and when it came to the Republic of China, Lushan once became the summer capital of the Republic of China. Various countries have built villas and banks here, so that this place is full of the taste of this combination of Chinese and Western.

Lushan is not only beautiful, but also the best choice for summer vacation in the south.

During the Xi'an Incident, Liu Yuan's elite troops transferred to the central government were trained here, and after the Xi'an Incident, Liu Yuan continued to train here, and helped Chiang Kai-shek participate in political affairs at other times, and it was three or three years in a flash.

Liu Yuan stayed under Chiang Kai-shek for three or four years, and even Chiang Kai-shek forgot that Liu Yuan was the Marquis of the Southwest. And Liu Yuan also did his best, spending a lot of time helping Chiang Kai-shek train troops.

In the past three or three years, he helped Chiang Kai-shek to carry out a huge number of training tasks, summoned outstanding party members, section members, officers, education, and transportation from all over the country, and organized an unprecedented number of training administrations.

Liu Yuan's three years in the Central Committee are known as the three years of running, and Liu Yuan relied on the model of the Southwest Special Economic Zone to help Chiang Kai-shek carry out a series of reforms in military affairs, party affairs, and government affairs. The central economy is spurring at a rate of 20 percent a year.

Of course, Liu Yuan is not a stingy and authoritarian person, every reform, does not have his own dictatorship, the chief must be Chiang Kai-shek, He Yingqin, Yang Yongtai also served as the chief of education and training many times. So no one is jealous of Liu Yuan.

Of course, for Chiang Kai-shek's indulgence of Liu Yuan, many people think that Chiang Kai-shek did not repay Liu Yuan's political investment in the Xi'an Incident. Everyone sighed that Liu Yuan's life was good, and a Xi'an incident changed him to a prime minister. Although He Yingqin and Chen Cheng all seem to be on top, and Liu Yuan respects them very much, their status in the party and their rights were thrown off by Liu Yuan early.

Batches of honest and efficient civil servants graduated from the Southwest University of Political Science and Law and the Southwest Civil Servant Training Institute, and they were dispatched in large numbers to the grassroots level in Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Hunan, and other places to further carry out reforms in the areas controlled by the central government.

Just when everyone was preparing to impeach Liu Yuan, Liu Yuan threw all the rights to He Yingqin, Yang Yongtai and others, and took root in the Lushan Officer Training Corps. Most of these officers are officers with academic qualifications in the army, top scores, and some university reserve officers, and of course most of these reserve officers are students of the Southwestern Special Administrative Region. Liu Yuan practiced with Chiang Kai-shek and personally taught them military knowledge.

In the blink of an eye, in July, the sound of artillery in Wanping City once again stopped the rapid development of the Republic of China. On 7 July, Dai Li, with the intelligence of the Military Intelligence Bureau, went to Chiang Kai-shek's official residence and handed over the news of the Lugou Bridge to Liu Yuan.

Liu Yuan's training troops were purely closed, and these days, even Li An could not get close to Liu Yuan, so when the Lugou Bridge Incident occurred, Chiang Kai-shek did not take it seriously at all.

Because there is still some distance from the outbreak of the war according to Liu Yuan's budget, and the party-state is upright and the party and government reform tells the development period, the country is developing rapidly, not to mention Chiang Kai-shek, even Liu Yuan does not want to fight.

And just some time ago, the Japanese had been creating friction for a long time, and this time the Japanese said that during military training, a soldier was missing, and Chiang Kai-shek did not take it seriously. Therefore, it was clear that Tong Lingge was negotiating with Japan, but on July 8, the Military Intelligence Bureau sent information again, which made Chiang Kai-shek angry. Because the Japanese army attacked the Lugou Bridge again, it was repulsed by the 29th Army, and the 29th Army also suffered unfilial losses.

The 29th Army consisted of a part of the Northeast Army and the remnants of the Northwest Army, and Chiang Kai-shek deliberately took Song Zheyuan, who was able to fight well, from Liu Yuan, and Song Zheyuan took away the most elite team under Liu Yuan, the Tiger Division.

The sudden attack of the Japanese did not achieve any effect, but was personally commanded by Song Zheyuan to carry out a fierce counterattack, and the Japanese retreated to Fengtai in embarrassment.

Immediately, the Japanese sent a telegram, demanding that the Chinese troops withdraw from Wanping first, and then Japan withdraw from Fengtai, and that Wanping should be selected by the Japanese to maintain law and order, but it was absolutely not allowed to be the 29th Army.

Chiang Kai-shek remembered Liu Yuan's previous instructions to him, and summoned Liu Yuan, He Yingqin, Chen Cheng, Zhang Zhizhong, Chen Lifu and others to a meeting overnight.

"At present, the 29th Army still controls the Lugou Bridge, but the Japanese have no intention of giving up, the so-called agreement is just to paralyze us, this time most of the Japanese are going to wrestle with me, unless we give them North China, otherwise they may not be able to give up this time." Chiang Kai-shek's military advisor Yang Yongtai said with a sigh.

"Damn little Japan, can't you let us live a good life for two days? We haven't fought for a few years, and they have to compete with us again. Compared with He Yingqin, Chen Cheng was more bloody and scolded.

"Do you want us to send more troops to North China, and send some of the elite soldiers we have trained?" Lin Wei suggested.

He Yingqin waved his hand and asked, "What is the reflection of the Japanese Foreign Ministry?" ”

Wang Chonghui shook his head and said, "On the day of the incident, we protested in disguised form and asked them to immediately stop their aggression against China, but they did not give us any reply. ”

"It seems that the Japanese themselves have not figured out whether to send troops or not, I think we should not easily increase our troops, so as not to further expand the scale of the war, you must know that even if a war breaks out in another five years, we may not be afraid of them." He Yingqin spoke.

Liu Yuan's eyes widened, and he stood up and was about to spray with He Yingqin, but was pulled by Dai Li, "Senior, don't worry, see what the principal says." ”

Dai Li held a cup of Tieguanyin in his hand, and he didn't mean to drink it at all, "Chen Cheng, let's talk about our family." ”

"Yes, Chairman." Chen Cheng has always been respectful, "At present, the Central Committee has successively reorganized 80 divisions, and Member Liu Yuan has also reorganized 15 divisions, among which the progress of the Central Committee's reorganization of troops is very slow, and most of the equipment is only equipped with light weapons, and many artillery and trucks have not yet been put in place, but the 15 divisions reorganized by General Liu Yuan are fully equipped and have the ability to fight, but if we wait for a year, we can equip 40 German divisions." ”

Chiang Kai-shek nodded and said, "Do the equipment of the remaining forty divisions have to be procured from Germany?" I've heard that Germany has been very nervous about war preparedness lately, and I'm afraid that our money will be wasted. ”

"It's not such a chairman, most of the weapons of our German armament division are purchased in the Southwestern Special Zone, and only a small part of the artillery is imported from Germany." Chen Cheng glanced at Liu Yuan enviously, no matter when, rich people are treated well.

"Oh, the southwest is already so powerful, what is the quality of their equipment, it won't be on the same level as Hanyang." Yang Yongtai asked curiously, saying that since Liu Yuan worked in the central government, Yang Yongtai relaxed his observation of Xi'an and devoted himself wholeheartedly to the construction of the central government.

"The engineers of the arsenal are Germans, and many weapons are produced by Liu Yuan and are to be exported to Germany, and the German Military Procurement Department is very recognized by the weapons of the Southwest Arsenal, especially the sniper rifles, anti-tank weapons, semi-automatic rifles, sapper shovels, steel helmets, and military coats produced by us are very popular with the Germans because of their cheap prices and exquisite quality." Chen Cheng reported his work very seriously, and he was more familiar with the appearance of the southwest than Liu Yuan.

"Bastard, we don't have any weapons to take advantage of ourselves, you actually sold to the Germans, the Germans can't produce anything, you bastard." Chiang Kai-shek pointed at Liu Yuan and began to scold the street.

Liu Yuan's face darkened, and just about to answer, Chen Cheng hurriedly stopped Chiang Kai-shek and said, "Chairman of the committee, this is not the case, the southwest and Germany are in a cooperative relationship, we are responsible for the production of primary weapons, but high-end weapons cannot be produced, and Germany does not know why the demand for weapons is too great, and primary weapons are often limited to resources and manpower and cannot be produced, so they adopt the method of cooperation with the southwest."

We exchanged our rifles for the motors of many aircraft, the cannon steel of the 105 guns, and the industrial machine tools, if it weren't for the rapid progress of the arsenal in the southwest.

However, our comrades of the Central Military Commission are still very dissatisfied with Liu Yuan's refusal to provide us with anti-tank weapons, armored vehicles, and trucks. ”

Chen Cheng looked at Liu Yuan aggrievedly like a little daughter-in-law, and the anger on Chiang Kai-shek's face disappeared, replaced by a smile that was the same.

"Blame me, I'm embarrassed for you again, but Liu Yuan, you guy seems to be a little too stingy, I heard that you have produced a lot of cars, why don't you provide them after equipping Sun Liren with them?"

Liu Yuan secretly scolded in his heart, how could the total output be equipped in the hands of the Central Army? Do we in the Southwest Special Administrative Region use broadswords to equip them?

"That is, I heard that Liu Yuan's equipment is very scarce? Many of the things that were eliminated from Yan Xishan's hands were sold to the Red Party, but our Central Army did not, which is too hateful. He Yingqin also joked on the side.

"It's not like this, there are a lot of weapons that need to be kept secret, but everyone knows that Dai Li's secrecy work has not been perfect, such as you." Liu Yuan walked next to the stenographer beside Chiang Kai-shek and patted Shen Anna on the shoulder, Comrade Shen Anna, who has been lurking for so long, is not tired.

"I don't know what you're talking about?" Shen Anna saw Liu Yuan's scrutinizing eyes and said calmly.

"The time when Xue Yuebing besieged Su Yu, if it weren't for you, I think he should have been wiped out. Poor headmaster, his old man values you so much, but you don't want to repay you. Liu Yuan shook his head and said.

Shen Anna's face was very ugly, she couldn't calm down at this moment, her face was unusually pale, "Commissioner Liu Yuan, you are really a wise person, I am so cautious, but I didn't expect it to leak, but even if I die, your Kuomintang will inevitably perish." After speaking, a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth and he lay on the ground.

Chiang Kai-shek stared and didn't reflect for a long time, but Dai Li took the lead and ordered someone to drag Shen Anna's body away.

"Senior, you're getting softer, you should know that she has poison in her mouth." Dai Li said with a wry smile.

"There is going to be a war soon, don't make the relationship too stiff." After Liu Yuan finished speaking, he continued to Chiang Kai-shek, "Headmaster, you see that the staff around you have agents of the Red Party, if a large number of weapons are shipped to you, I think the Japanese will know the Tao of the Republic of China the next day, which is not a good thing for us, and you need to know that the production of the Southwest Arsenal of the Road is really limited, and it is impossible to equip all the troops of China, but the 300,000 elite troops in the southwest have completed the redress. There are still some troops who need to wait a few days. ”

Chiang Kai-shek was panting because of what Shen Anna had just done, but he still waved his hand and asked Chen Cheng to continue.

The Southwest Special Administrative Region has provided the central government with 105,120 howitzers for a total of 50 units every month, but it is only for money, and they also provide the central government with 80 million rounds of ammunition, 800,000 mortars, and 150,000 grenades every month. Of course, these also cost money.

Chen Cheng was in charge of military affairs, and he told Chiang Kai-shek and everyone present the data in detail and in detail. Let everyone have a bottom in their hearts, these numbers sound like a lot, but they are a lot less when it comes to the troops.

After listening to these data, Chiang Kai-shek was in a very good mood, but he didn't expect the Southwest Special Economic Zone to make such a big move quietly, which is much stronger than Jingguo. There is an industrial base in the southwest, and I have the information to fight this battle, but Liu Yuan, I can warn you, if you let me know that you sell equipment to Yan Xishan and the Red Party, the southwest arsenal will be nationalized immediately. ”