Jin Zhao nodded with satisfaction and said, "Tell them not to rush to make any achievements, to focus on development, to develop the Taiwanese people as the top priority, if there is no support from the local people, they are rootless duckweed, will not be able to last long, this should be learned from the Red Party!" ”

Xu Wenqiang listened carefully and secretly remembered Jin Zhao's words in his heart. Jin Zhao was talking energetically, when he was suddenly interrupted by a knock on the door, Zheng Fugui walked in and reported, "The main seat! Guests will arrive soon! ”

Jin Zhao then remembered that he had to receive an important guest today, and explained a few words to Xu Wenqiang, then picked up the military hat on the hanger, buttoned it on his head, and carefully sorted out the military uniform in the mirror, and then followed Zheng Fugui out of the office with satisfaction.

Outside the headquarters of the Seventh Route Army in Fuzhou City, Jin Zhao led a large group of senior generals of the Fujian Army to stand quietly at the door, obviously some important people were visiting, because there were really not many people in the country who could let Jin Zhao take the initiative to go out to greet him. After a while, three black cars drove over slowly, and when the second car stopped at the entrance of the headquarters, Liu Heding took the initiative to greet him and opened the door himself.

A thin middle-aged officer wearing a lieutenant general's uniform got out of the car, and Jin Zhao snapped and saluted to the visitor, "The juniors have not learned Jin Zhao to salute General Jiang!" ”

The person who came returned the military salute with a serious face, and said loudly, "Commander-in-Chief Jin, Jiang Baili, senior adviser of the Military Commission!" Not long ago, Lao Jiang ordered Jiang Baili to be a special envoy to visit Germany, Italy and other countries to inspect the military. Jiang Baili was going to go to Europe by boat via Hong Kong, and after Jin Zhao got the news, he specially invited Jiang Baili to Fujian to have a look. For this later recognized master of the art of war of the Republic of China, the first general of the Republic of China, Jin Zhao has long heard of his famous name, so this time he specially invited Jiang Baili to Fujian to inspect and represent the guests!

After the ceremony, Jiang Baili smiled and quipped, "Commander-in-Chief Jin is old!" In terms of rank, you are a second-class general, and I am only a lieutenant general! In terms of position, you are the deputy commander-in-chief of the theater and the commander-in-chief of the group army, who has hundreds of thousands of troops. And me! Just a nominal consultant. Right, I should be saluting you? After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Lao Chiang increased the number of second-class generals, one of which was given to Commander-in-Chief Zhu of the Eighth Route Army, and the other was given to Jin Zhao. (I have the impression that shortly after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Military Council increased the number of second-class generals, but I can't remember who these two places were given!) ）

Jin Zhao put down his hand and said with a smile, "General Jiang's words are not right, when the general was powerful, the kid was still wearing open crotch pants!" I don't dare to be presumptuous in front of my predecessors, not to mention that there are many generals' students in my Fujian army, such as this General Liu Heding standing beside you, if I dare to be rude to you, they will have to tear me up when I turn around! (It is said that the legendary story of Jiang Baili Weizhen's book is purely apocryphal, I don't know if it is true or not.) ）

"Hahaha!" Jin Zhao's words caused everyone to laugh, and then Liu Heding gave a military salute to Jiang Baili solemnly, "Hello principal!" Liu Heding graduated from the third phase of Baoding Military Academy, and Lao Jiang, Bai Chongxi, Zhang Zhizhong, Cai Tingkai and others were classmates at the same time. In fact, strictly speaking, these people are not Jiang Baili's students, because Jiang Baili only served as the principal for less than a year from 1912 to 1913, and the second and third phases were all enrolled in 1914, that is to say, only the first phase of students, such as Tang Shengzhi, Jiang Guangnai, Yang Aiyuan, Li Pinxian, Sun Zhen, Sun Chu and others, can be regarded as Jiang Baili's students. But who made Jiang Baili too famous, so even if it was Liu Heding, who later entered the Baoding Military Academy, he had to respectfully call the principal when he saw Jiang Baili.

Li Hansoul and Situ Fei and other Baoding military academy students walked forward together, saluted Jiang Baili respectfully, and said loudly, "Hello principal!" "Li Hansoul and Situ Fei are both students of the sixth phase of Baoding Military Academy, but Situ Fei dropped out halfway and did not graduate.

Jiang Baili replied with a serious military salute, and then greeted everyone with a smile. In fact, it was not the first time that Jiang Baili had come to Fujian, so although these people could not be regarded as his students, they had all met, and Jin Zhao hurriedly invited Jiang Baili into his headquarters.

The reception room was immediately crowded with people, Jin Zhao smiled and said to Jiang Baili, "The younger generation has recently read the general's "Theory of National Defense" and benefited a lot, but the younger generation is dull, and some places are not very clear. ”

Jiang Baili said with a smile, "When did Meng Bo become so good at talking, this is not like you!" The last time I came, if you were so sensible, I wouldn't have been fooled by you! ”

Jin Zhao couldn't help but blush, and said with a smile, "The general is very smart, how can I hide my little tricks from you!" "Before Jiang Baili came to Fujian, he was ordered by Lao Jiang to inspect the strength of the whole [***]. Jiang Baili tirelessly traveled all over the country and inspected in detail the military strength of the powerful factions in all parts of the country at that time. When Jiang Baili came to Fujian, Jin Zhao had just taken charge of Fujian Province, and for the purpose of hiding his strength, Jin Zhao received Jiang Baili very politely at that time, and sent someone to accompany Jiang Baili around Fujian. But the result was that Jiang Baili didn't see anything he wanted to see, so naturally he couldn't assess the true strength of Fujian.

Jiang Baili shook his head and said, "I knew that you deliberately hid your strength, but I didn't expect Fujian to have such a strong strength. In just over three years, you have been able to achieve so much, and to be honest, I am both shocked and curious! How do you do that? ”

"Huh! It's just a fluke! Now the all-out war of resistance has broken out! Many people in China are very pessimistic, believing that the War of Resistance will be lost! However, as early as the beginning of this year, the general put forward the remark in the "On National Defense" that the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression would be won, and I wonder why the general was so confident that China would win? "Jin Zhao naturally can't tell Jiang Baili about his hanging, and even if he does, he may not believe it, because it's too appalling." Jin Zhao just dealt with it casually, and then quickly diverted the topic.

As soon as he heard Jin Zhao talk about business, Jiang Baili immediately became serious and said, "Although this seems to be powerful, it also has its Achilles' heel. Now our main enemy is Yuben, as long as we grasp these Achilles heels of Yuben, it will not be difficult to defeat Yuben! ”