Chapter 46 The Chairman’s Thoughts

Zhang Xuewu knew that the so-called political alliances and norms actually did not have any effective promises or any norms. There was no love for no reason in this world, nor did he hate for no reason. Therefore, Zhang Xuewu was slightly alert to the olive branch sent by Song Ziwen. Why did Song Ziwen recruit himself? Some of the questions he asked about Zhang Xueliang in the car before were not testing his political views and tendencies for Chiang Kai-shek? Perhaps it was a few casual words?

Zhang Xuewu is a little regretful of his idiotic behavior in the car before. What he said just now seems very thorough and sharp, but in fact he is just a bunch of nonsense. He is holding the Northeast Frontier Defense Forces' salary and Zhang Xueliang's cousin, and he actually slandered him like this behind his back. Who did he become in the eyes of others? He will lose more and lose more and more!

After entering the official residence, Chiang Kai-shek and Zhang Zhizhong had already entered the seat. Song Ziwen sat in the right hand position he was used to, while Zhang Xuewu sat at the end. Chiang Kai-shek nodded with satisfaction and said, "Today Wen Bai submitted a summary about the war during Shanghai. I think this summary is very good! It has extremely high value for national defense construction! Especially building a permanent national defense line between Nanjing and Shanghai, which is very necessary."

Lao Jiang looked at Zhang Zhizhong who was eager to try and said with a smile: "I know Wen Bai must have wanted to volunteer, but I'll leave this matter to others! Wen Bai, you still have the heavy responsibility."

When Zhang Xuewu heard that Chiang Kai-shek wanted to hand over the defense line to others to supervise the construction rather than Zhang Zhizhong, he knew that this would most likely repeat the mistakes of the "Wu Fu Line" in history.

Lao Jiang glanced at Zhang Zhizhong, who was slightly disappointed, and then looked at Zhang Xuewu: "According to Wenbai, many of these suggestions were proposed by Chengwen, which made me very happy! You are all soldiers, and you young people should be accustomed to looking at problems with strategic eyes, dare to innovate, and accept new things! I feel very comforted!"

Song Ziwen smiled with a red wine glass beside him and said, "But Chairman must not forget that there are still a bunch of old men who hold the decision-making power!"

Lao Jiang was slightly displeased. He even regretted asking this brother-in-law to have lunch when his wife was away. However, Lao Jiang also knew that what Song Ziwen said was the truth. The Executive Yuan was always ridiculed by the outside world as a nursing home conference. Entanglement with those old antiques was a headache for Lao Jiang. So Lao Jiang thoughtfully forced Wang Zhaoming to submit and used his identity as the chairman of the Military Commission to monopolize military and political power, and bypassed the Executive Yuan, which was otherwise annoying.

However, Chiang Kai-shek was smart because he did not abolish any of the institutions and functions of the Executive Yuan, making the Executive Yuan a professional culprit. Wang Zhaoming saw this clearly and was forced to go abroad. This time, Wang Zhaoming secretly returned to China in order to secretly meet with the Japanese in Shanghai as a non-government.

Although Lao Jiang was very unhappy, he still smiled and looked at Song Ziwen and said, "I am not an old stubborn person who is not as good as the past. The world is changing, and people's minds change, and they should change as well!"

Lao Jiang turned to Zhang Xuewu and said, "I found you here today. Actually, I want to tell you that I have been on the phone with Hanqing. After the Japanese captured Jinzhou, they were aggressive. One part of the 10th Division even approached the Shanhaiguan line. Out of the arrangement of military deployment and the national armed forces reorganization plan, Xiong Bin, the Senate Director of the Ministry of Military Affairs, has rushed to Tianjin. The Jin army, the Guangxi Army, the Sichuan Army, the Northeast Army, and the Northwest Army all selected a powerful unit. After the assessment of the Ministry of Military Affairs, the pilot reorganization will be carried out according to the A case of the German Military Advisory Group. Your new mixed first brigade is the pilot force of the Northeast Frontier Defense Forces."

As soon as Chiang finished speaking, Zhang Zhizhong and Song Ziwen's faces changed at the same time. Zhang Zhizhong frowned and said, "Chairman, except for the Northeast Army, how did Yan Xishan, Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, Liu Xiang and Feng Yuxiang react? Didn't they jointly boycott the German military advisory group before and formulate a reorganization plan for the central government? Why did they agree again?"

Lao Jiang smiled slightly and said, "I don't mean Jingzhou, I only have Chengwen Department. Even if those people agree, will they send their elite troops to reorganize? It's impossible. Li Zongren trained a group of troops in Guilin, all of which were trained according to the standards of non-commissioned officers, and said to the outside world that eight regiments were called eight regiments. In fact, once these eight regiments were expanded, thirty regiments could be raised. Such troops will be handed over to the central government? I am afraid that when Chengwen's troops become an army, they will make a lot of noise. Since they are unwilling to send elite soldiers and generals, they can only be sorry for them. The Ministry of Military Affairs will be very strict in this assessment, and those who fail will be returned."

When Song Ziwen heard it from the side, he realized that Chiang Kai-shek had such a good plan, taking both inner and face into consideration between advance and retreat. Everyone except Zhang Hanqing might have lost their inner and face.

Zhang Xuewu, who was shocked and stunned, also understood Lao Chiang's profound intention. Lao Chiang is worthy of being annexed. This move is a killer move. Although he took the initiative to surrender, Zhang Xueliang also intends to hand over the new first mixed brigade to the central government in order to make Zhang Xuewu gain a foothold.

When Zhang Xuewu left Peking to study in Nanjing, Zhang Xueliang had already instructed him that since he decided to take this step, don’t worry too much. Say what should be said, scold what should be scolded, and don’t take into account his face! Now it seems that Zhang Xueliang has already expected Chiang Kai-shek’s move. Not only does he not need to be grateful to Zhang Xueliang for his gift, but he also took a moral first, putting it in Yan Xishan, Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, Liu Xiang, Feng Yuxiang and others once the troops sent by Yan Xishan, Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, Liu Xiang, Feng Yuxiang were openly sent back by the Ministry of Military Affairs, saying that he was useless in food and wages and had no combat effectiveness, which would inevitably cause an uproar.

This uproar will be manipulated by the central government's public opinion orientation and directly target all the princes who are respectful. Therefore, it is difficult for all the princes to advance. The difficulty is to give up their elite troops in vain, and it is even more difficult for those who retreat. It will be condemned and condemned by national public opinion. Regardless of success or failure, it will contribute to Chiang Kai-shek's reorganization plan.

Zhang Xuewu took a deep breath of air conditioning. His simple investment caused so many disputes? This is something that I can't imagine. I'm afraid that he will be sold, so where can I still count the money happily!

Zhang Xuewu was a little ashamed at this moment. Some books, films and TV dramas in later generations deliberately carried out the so-called demonization. Both the Japanese devils and the Kuomintang reactionaries had basically zero IQs. Now it seems that there are no ordinary people who can leave their names in this surging era?

Looking at Song Ziwen beside him, Zhang Xuewu made a decision that he thought was extremely correct, that is, to choose an opportunity to explain his choice to Song Ziwen, because the "January 28" incident in Shanghai was ultimately resolved with Chinese concessions. From Song Ziwen's performance today, we can see that Song Ziwen has a lot of dissatisfaction with Chiang Kai-shek, and seems to recognize the serious threat from Japan?

In history, Song Ziwen ignored Chiang Kai-shek's established policy of "restoring the country first" and repeatedly demanded anti-Japanese and national salvation. He flew to Peking several times to meet with Zhang Xueliang and Tang Yulin, and vigorously promoted Japan's crime of aggression internationally. In order to deal with the emergencies in North China, he secretly negotiated with Qian Zongze, director of the Longhai Railway Bureau, prepared more than 30 trains and concentrated in Haizhou. He wanted to transport all the tax police regiment to Zhengzhou at a critical moment and was ready to go to Peking to fight the enemy.
Chapter completed!