I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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Relying on military or literary alone is not enough, we must complement each other with civil and military. For the four southwestern provinces, Chiang Kai-shek will definitely use force, and the target is on Liu Wenhui in Xikang, because beating him is justifiable and well-known as a teacher.

The Guangxi Army, the Sichuan Army, and the Dian Army all fought against the Japanese, and they were all troops who had meritorious service in the war against Japan. Against the central government”, there will naturally be no pressure from public opinion in the fight.

Liu Wenhui has always had a tough attitude towards Chiang Kai-shek. His Xikang Province implemented the countermeasure of "opening the door economically, half-opening the door politically, and closing the door militarily" to the National Government, which made Chiang Kai-shek quite angry. After the Sino-Japanese war, Chiang Kai-shek mobilized Liu Wenhui's troops to leave Kang Participating in the Anti-Japanese War (Chiang Kai-shek also wanted to use knives to kill people and weaken Liu Wenhui's military strength with the help of the Japanese), Liu Wenhui evaded in every possible way, only donated 50 yuan, and the rest was gone. funds (Although Jiang Weiguo also produces and sells drugs, they are sold to foreigners, and Liu Wenhui’s opium is sold to locals). In addition, although Liu Wenhui paid attention to education when he ran Xikang, he paid taxes to the people of Xikang in 1939. The tax was received in 1997 (this is slightly "better" than Liu Cunhou, one of the old warlords of the Sichuan Army, who received the tax in 2050 in one breath). It's still "hanging the people and cracking down on crimes."

How to beat Liu Wenhui?Jiang Weiguo's solution was to send paratroopers to attack by airborne. Because Xikang Province "hidden" behind Sichuan Province, Liu Wenhui must think that the Central Army will attack his Xikang after Sichuan is resolved, and the Central Army has not completely calmed down Sichuan. Using the "flying soldiers" to leap over Sichuan to attack Xikang will definitely catch Liu Wenhui by surprise. At the same time, it can also kill chickens and monkeys, and use Liu Wenhui's end to deter some unwilling Sichuan warlords and Long Yun in Yunnan.

As a result, the Battle of Ya'an broke out.

Liu Wenhui's 24th Army mainly has three divisions under its jurisdiction, namely the 3th, 136th, and 137th Divisions. At this time, the 138th Division was stationed in Kangding, and the 137th and 136th Divisions were stationed in Ya'an. The total strength of the two divisions was about 138 Ten thousand, a large number, but poorly equipped.

When the huge transport fleet of the National Army appeared in the sky over Ya'an, the whole city was in chaos and the crowds were in chaos. After all, Ya'an is a remote city in southwest China, so almost everyone in the area has never seen a plane, and they don't even know what a plane is. When "so many flying iron birds" appeared all of a sudden, the locals had to be terrified, and some people even knelt down and kowtowed, burning incense and praying for "the divine bird in the sky".

Immediately afterwards, the fleet launched an airdrop, and more than 3000 paratroopers parachuted into the city like fairies covering the sky and covering the sun.

After airdropping the paratroopers, the planes did not leave immediately, but hovered over the city repeatedly, intimidating and intimidating the officers and soldiers of Liu Wenhui's troops in the city, showing off the powerful force of the Central Army.

Ordinary people were terrified, and the officers and soldiers of Liu Wenhui's troops stationed here were also terrified. Liu Wenhui himself, Chief of Staff of the 24th Army Wu Peiying (also Liu Wenhui's son-in-law), Chen Guangzao, commander of the 136th Division, and Tang Ying, commander of the 138th Division, were senior generals after all. I still had some insight, and immediately understood that this was an air force transport plane and air force paratroopers of the Central Army. Although they were not frightened, they were also frightened, and then Qiqi was stunned and at a loss.

After landing, the paratroopers attacked fiercely like tigers entering a herd of sheep. When they met Liu Wenhui’s officers and soldiers, they immediately shouted: "We are the Central Army! Do you dare to fight the Central Army? They are the rebels! The large troops of the Central Army are coming soon." Yes! Do you want to be shot? Surrender immediately! Surrender without killing!"

The officers and soldiers of Liu Wenhui's department who had no fighting spirit raised their hands and surrendered one after another, and a few paratroopers captured hundreds of officers and soldiers of Liu's department.

Some officers and soldiers of the Liu Department resisted in a daze, mainly the subordinates of Tang Ying, the commander of the 138th Division who was loyal to Liu Wenhui, but they were not opponents of the paratroopers at all. The paratroopers were beaten to death, and the paratroopers armed with submachine guns strafed the officers and soldiers of the Liu Department with only Hanyang-made or even matchlock guns in their hands, and the opponent was completely unable to parry.

In the melee, Tang Ying personally supervised the battle, but was shot dead by a sniper in the paratroopers, and the 138th Division scattered.

"We are the Central Army! If you shoot at us, you are the rebels! Fight if you want! We will accompany you to the end! The Central Army is coming soon!..." On the battlefield, the paratroopers shouted without fear , crushing the opponent with momentum.

"Participants..." Chen Guangzao, the commander of the 136th Division, looked at Wu Peiying, the chief of staff, in a panic. "Are you really fighting? If you really fight them, we will be rebels!"

Wu Peiying sighed for a long time: "Surrender! There is no point in fighting!" He knew well that if he persisted to the end, there would be no good results at all. The so-called "Southwest Incident" was actually not planned by the four southwest provinces. Really start a war with the Central Army, because if you do that, you will definitely lose first, and second, you will lose your reputation. The so-called "million army" is just coercion. Army and Sichuan Army were at the front, and it was a very serious matter for the local army to take the initiative to shoot at the Central Army, and indeed it became a rebel army. Needless to say the consequences of shooting, Wu Peiying was completely unprepared for this. In addition, he believed what the paratroopers said that "the Central Army's large troops will come soon", so he had no fighting spirit, so he ordered all to surrender.

The Battle of Ya'an ended within an hour. The 24th Army Chief of Staff Wu Peiying, the 136th Division Commander Chen Guangzao and other high-level generals led the 136th Division and the 138th Division to surrender to the paratroopers. In this battle, the National Army Paratrooper Brigade suffered more than 80 casualties More than 400 people were killed or injured by officers and soldiers of the Liu Department. It was a clean victory.

When the Battle of Ya'an broke out, Liu Wenhui panicked and ordered Wu Peiying to command the 136th and 137th divisions in Ya'an to resist, and he took the independent regiment (equivalent to his guards) to flee to Kangding in a hurry, preparing for the final plan, but he Unexpectedly, when he fled to Kangding, he was greeted by Liu Yuantang, the commander of the 137th Division.

Liu Yuantang had already been bought by Chiang Kai-shek with a lot of money before the war. After the Ya'an Battle broke out, Liu Yuantang immediately sent a telegram to the whole country in Kangding to "support unity and submit to the central government", and captured Liu Wenhui who had thrown himself into the trap.

In just one day, Liu Wenhui's separatist forces in Xikang Province were disintegrated, and the national government successfully recovered Xikang Province.

Afterwards, Liu Wenhui was sentenced to life imprisonment for multiple crimes including "disobeying the central government's orders, attempting to split the country, undermining national unity, planting and selling opium, collecting and withholding state taxes without authorization, embezzling national defense funds, and harming the people."

Liu Wenhui's "chicken" was killed, which greatly frightened Deng Xihou, Pan Wenhua and other powerful figures in the Sichuan army who were still in Sichuan, as well as Long Yun who was far away in Kunming.

Although Long Yun continued to send telegrams to Deng Xihou and Pan Wenhua, "Sichuan and Yunnan are dying, Sichuan Province is in trouble, and Yunnan Province will naturally provide full assistance to realize the unity of Sichuan and Yunnan for self-survival", Deng Xihou and Pan Wenhua have been disheartened and have announced " Remove the military handle and return to the central government."

Chiang Kai-shek took Sichuan without firing a single shot, and the 21-year history of Sichuan's warlords came to an end.

After successfully stabilizing Guangxi and taking Xikang and Sichuan, Chiang Kai-shek was so proud that he immediately attacked Yunnan while rectifying Sichuan and Kang.

In mid-July, the four armies of the Central Army aggressively pressed down on Yunnan, forming a momentum of overwhelming Mount Tai.

In extreme anger, pain, and panic, Long Yun, the chairman of Yunnan Province and the leader of the Yunnan faction, kept sending telegrams to Li Zongren who was nearby, asking for "the two provinces of Guangxi and Yunnan to unite for self-protection", and bitterly said to Li Zongren that "Chuankang It has been lost, Yunnan is gone, and the southwestern land is only Guangxi, which is alone and surrounded by the Central Army, land and sea. Chiang Kai-shek wins Sichuan and looks at Yunnan, and if he wins Yunnan, he must look at Guangxi. At that time, Guangxi will be alone. How can we resist? Why not unite with Yunnan to resist ?” In order to impress Li Zongren, Long Yun promised to give one-third of Yunnan’s fiscal revenue to Guangxi in the future; while sending telegrams to Chiang Kai-shek to “seek peace”, he hoped that Yunnan could follow Guangxi’s example and establish a “Yunnan Autonomous Province” so that Yunnan could gain Treatment in Guangxi.

Although Li Zongren sympathized with Long Yun's telegram, he was already prepared to be "alone and lonely in Guangxi", so he declined Long Yun's request; as for Chiang Kai-shek, he had no reason to let Long Yun go. "There are only two roads in Yunnan, one is to solve it peacefully like Sichuan, and the other is to solve it by force like Xikang." At the same time, the national army bombers repeatedly "bombed" Kunming. The leaflets, in addition to those voted for the soldiers and civilians in Yunnan, also voted for Long Yun himself. It was written by Huang Yucheng, a veteran of the military circles from Yunnan. The anti-Japanese war has been praised by the whole country, showing the blood and loyalty of our sons in Yunnan. Now, the overall situation of national reunification is unstoppable. Once the war breaks out, the great rivers and mountains in Yunnan will be turned into scorched earth, and thousands of loyal and good people will be ruined. Zhou Gong is a native of Yunnan , The heart of love for Yunnan is unmatched by others, how can you bear to sit and watch Yunnan suffer from military disasters and wars?..."

After reading this leaflet, Long Yun was silent for a long time, and finally sighed: "Forget it! Forget it! I hope Yunnan will be better in Lao Jiang's hands than mine!" He also chose to give up resistance, because he knew that resistance is It is futile and useless, and it will hurt the people of Yunnan.

On July 7, the central army marched into Yunnan, announcing the end of the history of Yunnan's warlords, and the central military orders and government orders were unblocked in Yunnan from then on.

Because Long Yun complied with the overall situation at a critical time, Chiang Kai-shek gave him relatively generous treatment afterwards, appointed him as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Ninth Military Region, and gave him a reward of 30 yuan. Although Long Yun lost the throne of "King of Yunnan", But rich clothes and good food.

Within half a month, all the local warlords in the three provinces of Xikang, Sichuan, and Yunnan were eradicated, and the national government officially recovered the three provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, and Kangxi, gaining more than 120 million square kilometers of land, more than 300 million people, and rich resources.

In the entire Southwest, only the Gui Clan in Guangxi is left, and in the whole of China, there are only five warlords left in the Gui Clan, Ma Jiajun, Sheng Shicai, Qiaobashan, and Tibet.

The national government's substantive unified action across the country has achieved unprecedented results. North China, East China, Central China, Southwest China, most of South China (except Guangxi, which belongs to South China), and some parts of Northwest China (Shaanxi) have been substantively given by the National Government. sex control.

Chapter 420 Pacifying the Southwest (3)

Chiang Kai-shek put down the four provinces of Guangxi, Sichuan, Kangxi and Yunnan with little effort (Guangxi is not counted as being pacified, but he did not "disturb" the three provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Kangxi when Chiang Kai-shek pacified them, and since then he has embarked on a road of euthanasia, which can also be regarded as For Chiang’s victory), Jiang Weiguo is a well-deserved number one hero. It is reasonable to award him the Blue Sky and White Sun Medal and promote him to lieutenant general. Big, you can't get too many medals, and you can't jump too fast in military rank, so Jiang Weiguo became an "unsung hero" again, but he didn't care. The throne was given to him, the huge corps of the Nanjing Army was also given to him, and Chiang Kai-shek's absolute trust was also given to him. Compared with these, things like medals and military ranks are just clouds.

Among the affordable things, apart from money, Chiang Kai-shek gave everything to Jiang Weiguo (because Chiang Kai-shek himself was poor and had no money to give to Jiang Weiguo), and Jiang Weiguo was very content.

After the four southwestern provinces were pacified, Chiang Kai-shek was very busy. He wanted to completely digest these four provinces (Chiang Kai-shek's "digestion" of the three provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Kangxi is two different things), mainly the army and personnel. The Guangxi army remained in its original state, and the Sichuan army (including the Xikang army) and the Yunnan army began to be dismembered, disintegrated, and dissolved by him. After all, the army is the most important. Without the army, the warlord power would naturally cease to exist; The top military and political leaders in the three provinces of Kangdian and Yunnan must have been greatly mobilized, changed, and replaced.

The chairman of Guangxi Province is naturally Huang Shaohong, one of the three heroes of the Guangxi family. As for the three provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Kangxi, in order to appease the old warlord forces in the three provinces, Chiang Kai-shek appointed Deng Xihou, who is very prestigious in Sichuan, loves the people, and is honest and fair, as the new chairman of the Sichuan Provincial Government ( Definitely will not give the army to Deng Xihou, Deng Xihou completely transferred to the political circle, completely out of politics, the vice chairman is Chiang Kai-shek's confidant Zhang Qun), appointed Long Yun to continue to serve as the chairman of the Yunnan Provincial Government, and concurrently as the deputy commander of the Ninth Military Region (same as Deng Xihou Similarly, neither has military power, and both positions are nominal. The vice chairman of the Yunnan Provincial Government is also a confidant of Chiang Kai-shek), Wang Lingji was appointed as the new chairman of the Xikang Provincial Government (without military power), and Pan Wenhua was appointed as the new mayor of Chongqing City (without military power) military power).

For a time, the three provinces of Sichuan, Kangxi and Yunnan were "happy".

Except for Liu Wenhui, basically everyone has been "safely resettled".

In terms of army formation, according to the agreement between Chiang Kai-shek and Li Zongren, the Guangxi Army will continue to maintain the establishment of two group armies (the 2th and 11st group armies). Each group army has three armies under its jurisdiction, and each army has three divisions under its jurisdiction. , the regular army of the Gui Army has a total of 21 divisions (three regiments, one division has more than 3 troops), the scale is not small, and the total strength is more than 3. In addition, Li Zongren will continue to maintain the Guangxi militia system, so that the Gui Army has more than 18 reserves Soldiers, Chiang Kai-shek turned a blind eye to this; the Sichuan Army has 20 group armies, the Xikang Provincial Army has 10 army, and the Yunnan Army has 4 armies. For these troops, Chiang Kai-shek will definitely abolish them all. After all, they are all local The continued existence of the army makes him uneasy.

However, disbanding hundreds of thousands of troops is very troublesome and complicated. It affects the jobs of too many people, and they are all smashed at once. It is not only a heavy burden, but also a lot of troubles.

On this major event, Jiang Weiguo activated his "super-era wisdom" to advise Chiang Kai-shek and adopted a very safe plan. For the original hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Sichuan Army (including the Xikang Army) and the Yunnan Army, Jiang Weiguo came up with the arrangement. The placement plan is as follows:

First, checks are carried out. Those who are too old or too young, who are thin or injured, and who are the only child in the family are all forced to leave the army, and those who do not want to continue to serve in the army will be discharged from the army; The annual military salary (the grade of the central army) is used as the retirement fee, and subsequent welfare subsidies are provided at the same time. For example, those who choose to go home to farm, if there is not enough land at home, the land can be allocated in the next land reform movement. Those who choose to be workers, the central government They will open a technical school to teach and learn artisan skills, and they can also pass the exam to join the police force after retiring from the army. After all, too many soldiers do not know how to make a living except fighting. Forcing them to leave the army is tantamount to letting them lose money. With no jobs and no way out, they must learn a craft;

Second, after the first step of demobilization, the remaining soldiers who are willing to continue serving as soldiers and who are physically fit (many of them are veterans with actual combat experience) will all be dispersed and added to the Central Army to complete The comprehensive integration of the Central Army and the local army (Jiang Weiguo used his power for personal gain in the process to get tens of thousands of "best quality" elite veterans to fill his Nanjing Army);

Third, after the demobilization in the first and second steps, there are still hundreds of thousands of soldiers who are "not of high quality" but "qualified" and want to continue serving in the army. to accommodate these soldiers.

The so-called "labor brigade" is the militarized "worker-peasant brigade" that belongs to the army. It is divided into agricultural brigade, industrial brigade, transportation brigade, etc., while receiving militarized training, they also participate in productive labor, such as planting farmland, construction projects, repairs, etc. Lu and others, these soldiers get their salaries on the one hand, and on the other hand they can also get their wages. Although they are more difficult and tiring, their remuneration is also relatively generous (equivalent to using these redundant soldiers as militarized migrant workers. In fact, These "labor brigades" also acted as regular army reserve units; the reason why they were called "brigades" rather than "divisions" or "regiments" was that the divisions were too large, which could easily breed local army forces again, and the regiments were too small.

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Jiang Weiguo's above-mentioned countermeasures are very humane and gentle, which is equivalent to a professional system, allowing those soldiers to gradually withdraw from the military and giving them a way to survive. The resistance is naturally lighter than cutting them off In fact, Jiang Weiguo's deployment plan was very popular after it was put out, and a large number of Sichuan and Yunnan troops praised "Second Young Master is really kind".

The above-mentioned countermeasures are aimed at the vast number of grassroots officers and soldiers of the Sichuan Army and the Yunnan Army. For middle and high-level officers and generals, Jiang Weiguo also came up with a very safe plan. After political training, he transferred to the political field, applied for entrepreneurial expenses, started a business, opened a factory, transferred to the business world, entered the military academy for training, continued to serve in the regular army, and was transferred to work in the labor brigade...etc. Putting everyone in a good place, and getting them settled is also a good thing that is beneficial to the country and society. If they are directly expelled from the army, all kinds of troubles will definitely occur.

The original outstanding generals of the Sichuan Army and the Yunnan Army can naturally continue to command troops in the National Army. Of course, they are no longer the troops of their hometown.

This large-scale reorganization of the Sichuan Army (including the Xikang Provincial Army) and the Yunnan Army lasted for more than three months, involving more than 70 personnel. In the end, about half of them were discharged, and more than 35 remained in the national army. 10,000+ were dispersed into the National Army (Central Army), and another 30 were reorganized into 20 labor brigades (8 in Sichuan, 2 in Yunnan, and [-] in Xikang).

In fact, this large-scale reorganization of the Sichuan Army and the Yunnan Army was part of the "Army Reorganization" carried out by the National Army at the same time. Not only the Sichuan Army and the Yunnan Army were involved, but also the remnants of the original Song Zheyuan Army, the remnants of the Han Fuju Army, The remnants of Yan Xishan's army, the remnants of Chen Jitang's army, and many other local warlord troops that have been eliminated successively (the Gui army has accepted a half-reorganization), basically wiped out the remaining local army factions in the Kuomintang-controlled area. The "labor brigade" established by Jiang Weiguo "Actually, there are 50 in total, and 20 are elsewhere.

After this large-scale reorganization and reorganization, the "Sichuan Army" and "Dian Army" in the strict sense no longer exist. The army, or reorganized into a labor force, was completely melted away. After that, the Chinese army in Sichuan, Xikang, and Yunnan became the central army, and in order to prevent the reproduction of local army forces, the soldiers in the central army were all mixed , The soldiers of each division, each brigade, even each regiment, and each battalion come from different regions in different provinces and regions.

Of course, the Central Army will recruit troops from Sichuan, Xikang, and Yunnan, but they will all be mixed, and there will be no situation where officers and soldiers of an army come from the same place (including the Nanjing Army).

In the original history, on May 1947, 5 (after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War and the beginning of the Civil War between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party), the famous "Zhongshan Mausoleum Crying Mausoleum Incident" occurred in Nanjing. More than 5 senior officers of the national army (many of them were generals) collectively went to the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum I went to Mr. Sun Yat-sen to cry in the spirit of heaven, crying about their miserable situation of being abandoned by the country after they were born and died for the country, neglected, hungry and cold.

Why did this happen?Because at the end of the Anti-Japanese War, the national army had a total of more than 800 million people. After the war, Chiang Kai-shek carried out large-scale disarmament (many people said that Chiang Kai-shek’s move was a major mistake, because the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party was about to break out, and the national army actually wanted to disarm. In fact, Chiang Kai-shek It was also due to helplessness, because the country was impoverished during the eight-year war of resistance, and the national government could not afford to support so many soldiers), which led to a large number of soldiers being forcibly discharged. Most of them had no other specialties except fighting. The finances were tight, they were not given too much retirement pay, and they were not properly arranged, so that they basically fell into poverty after leaving the army, especially the disabled soldiers, and it was even more difficult to make a living, so they felt unfair and wronged, Therefore, they cried to the father of the nation, and many people felt resentment because of this, and a saying spread: "This road will not work, go to vote for Mao xx, no one wants here, and report to Yan'an!" Undoubtedly, Jiang Weiguo met at this time The problem encountered is the same as what Chiang Kai-shek encountered after the end of the Anti-Japanese War in the original history, and it cannot be underestimated, let alone ignored.

In addition to settling down the active-duty soldiers of the Sichuan Army and the Yunnan Army, Jiang Weiguo did not forget those disabled officers and soldiers of the Sichuan Army and the Yunnan Army who gave their lives to defend their homes and the country.

Under the efforts of Jiang Weiguo, the Sichuan Army (including the Xikang Provincial Army), the Dian Army, and the Guangxi Army, like the Nanjing Army, the entire Central Army, and the entire Chinese army, built the Cemetery of the Loyalty, the Monument to the Loyalty, the Memorial Hall of the Loyalty, and the Shrine of the Loyalty. The remains of the Sichuan Army, Yunnan Army, and Guangxi Army who died in battle were buried safely, and their relatives and families were generously provided for. Vocational and technical schools were opened for disabled soldiers to teach them life skills, and loyalty schools were opened for loyal children to provide free education.

Chiang Kai-shek failed to handle this matter well, while Jiang Weiguo handled it well, not because Chiang Kai-shek was not as smart as Chiang Wei-guo, but because Chiang Wei-guo had one thing that Chiang Kai-shek did not have: money.

It's not that Chiang Kai-shek doesn't want to deal with this major event, but he is extremely financially stressed, and he can't do anything if he wants to deal with it. Jiang Weiguo is different. Although he is also short of funds, he has financial resources. He organizes the Sichuan Army and the Sichuan Army. The dead officers and soldiers of the Gui army, the disabled officers and soldiers, and the relatives of the loyal families asked Jiang Weiguo to bleed again and again. It cost a total of more than 7000 million US dollars, but he did not feel sad because he did it with a pious and respectful attitude. Because he knows that this is what those local army officers and soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country and disabled for the country deserve. They are worthy of the country on the battlefield, and the country must also be worthy of them. They bleed and then cry.

It is worth mentioning that Jiang Weiguo did not send the money directly to the chiefs of the local army, but specially sent people door-to-door to deliver the money. First, he could ensure that he would not be embezzled by corruption, and second, he could buy local people’s hearts. , to establish the kindness of the state government (the logic is ready-made: for example, the Guijun, Jiang Weiguo gave Li Zongren the money to compensate the Guijun, and then Li Zongren distributed the money. The officers and soldiers of the Guijun must be grateful to Li Zongren and not Jiang Weiguo. It's definitely not worthwhile to use it for favors.

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Jiang Weiguo not only spent more than 7000 million U.S. dollars in the Southwest, but a total of two more than 7000 million U.S. dollars, because he also wanted to invest in the "Southwest Development".

The five provinces of Sichuan, Kangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi in the southwest (Guangxi actually belong to South China) are all treasures rich in resources, and now they have been returned to the central government (Guangxi's attitude towards the central government at this time is "military semi-independence, political obedience, and comprehensive economy cooperation"), it is natural to develop, manage, build and develop well.

At Jiang Weiguo’s request, coupled with Jiang Weiguo’s successful precedent in North China, Chiang Kai-shek approved Jiang Weiguo’s vigorous land reform in Sichuan, Xikang, Yunnan, and Guizhou (it should be noted that land reform has not yet been carried out in East China, Central China, and South China. Because these three areas are the traditional power bases of the Nationalist Government and the Kuomintang, and involve the vital interests of too many big bureaucrats within the Nationalist Government and the Kuomintang, the implementation of land reform in these three areas will encounter great resistance. The forces of important officials are all distributed in East China, Central China, and South China. The large tracts of land they occupy are basically concentrated in East China, Central China, and South China. It is impractical to carry out land reform comprehensively and at the same time, and it needs to be carried out step by step.

At present, there are only two places where the land reform is carried out nationwide. One is the six provinces and one city in North China of Jiang Weiguo, and the other is the four provinces of Sichuan, Kangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou in the southwest. The former was wiped out by the Japanese during the war and is already "clean". The latter was originally the private territory of local warlords, but after being "mopped up" by the central army, it has become a "clean place", so land reform can be carried out without much resistance; except for North China and Southwest China, in Thanks to Jiang Weiguo's efforts, Guangdong, Fujian, Shaanxi and other provinces and regions that were less heavily involved by the Kuomintang bureaucracy of the Nationalist Government also gradually launched land reform.

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In addition to land reform, mining, building factories, running businesses, and building roads...in the five provinces of Sichuan, Kangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, naturally "one cannot be missing". Sichuan has abundant reserves of metals and natural gas (titanium reserves are the largest in the country) , No. 82 in the world, accounting for [-]% of the world's total reserves), Yunnan and Guangxi are very rich in non-ferrous metals, Yunnan's tobacco and Yunnan Baiyao are well-known throughout the country, and Yunnan and Guangxi's tourism resources are also very rich, Guizhou's coal, Rare earth, aluminum ore, phosphate rock... are also among the best in the country.

Chiang Kai-shek won the Southwest, Jiang Weiguo is the number one hero, Jiang Weiguo will not reach out to the four provinces in the Southwest with Chiang Kai-shek, but his big companies and large enterprises are naturally close to the water, and they will rush to the Southwest before the many bureaucrats of the Nationalist Government and the Kuomintang. Then it monopolized the Southwest, and basically controlled the Southwest economically (in fact, Jiang Weiguo had great influence in East China, Central China, South China, Northwest China, etc. He did not use the military to control it, but used the economy to control it.

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While Jiang Weiguo was busy in Wuhan, Chongqing, Chengdu, and Kunming, something happened in the north, and it was a major event.

As early as the beginning of July, the Maritime Statistics Bureau spied on an important piece of information: the Soviet army was transporting ordnance, supplies, and personnel to its troops stationed in the Far East non-stop, day and night, and the transportation volume of the Siberia Railway was three times that of the previous one, and With each passing day, it is obvious that the high-level Soviet army is seizing the time to strengthen the Far East troops.

The senior officials of the Wuhan National Army and the Nanjing Army attach great importance to this. Although the Soviet Union aided China during the Sino-Japanese War, everyone knows that the Soviet Union is by no means China’s friend. The Soviet Union and its predecessor, the Russian Empire, are China’s giants. The hidden danger is the feuding enemy who slaughtered a large number of Chinese civilians, occupied a large amount of China's land, and plundered a large amount of China's wealth. The damage and threat to China are no less than or even surpassed by Japan. Therefore, the Soviet army suddenly and vigorously strengthened the Far East. The upper echelons are deeply vigilant and uneasy.

After repeated analysis and speculation, the high-level national army believes that the Soviet army’s move has the following five possibilities:

First, the Soviet Army only wanted to strengthen its defenses. After all, China and Japan have negotiated a truce. This is an open matter. China and Japan will no longer fight. It has already been known by the Soviet authorities, so the Soviet authorities feel that they are on their backs. China and Japan are threats to the Soviet Union's Far East. Originally, the hatred between China and Japan is irreconcilable. China and Japan actually shook hands and even turned enemies into friends. This special situation greatly increased the threat to the rear of the Soviet Far East. The Soviet army had to strengthen its strength and defend;

Second, the Soviet army intends to take the initiative to attack, and the target is China;

Third, the Soviet army intends to take the initiative to attack, and the target is Japan;

Fourth, the Soviet army intends to take the initiative to attack, and the targets are China and Japan, which have been secretly allied;

Fifth, the Soviet army intends to take the initiative to attack, the target is China, and they colluded with the Japanese to jointly invade China.

After studying the five possibilities, the high-level national army believes that the first possibility is the highest, the third possibility is second, and the second, fourth, and fifth possibilities are not high.

Because, in the second case, the Soviet Union is blatantly invading China. Not only is it an unknown force, but it is also doomed to fail. The Sino-Japanese War has proved that China is not a soft persimmon, and now there is Germany (or Japan) behind it. Support, in addition, Although the Soviet Union borders China in an all-round way, the core of the Soviet Union is to fight a large-scale war of aggression in Eastern Europe and the Far East. Invading China is very dangerous. Naturally, they will not go to war with China and Japan at the same time in the Far East. I believe that the Soviet authorities have already sensed the possibility of a possible alliance between China and Japan. The Sino-Japanese alliance is one of the things that the Soviet authorities are most afraid of. If China and Japan do not actually United, but the Soviet Union attacked China and Japan at the same time. Wouldn't it force China and Japan to unite against the Soviet Union?Although Stalin was cruel and cruel, he was very shrewd. He would not do such a stupid thing; It is certain that this possibility is unlikely because there is no evidence that the Japanese are planning to invade China again and that they are collaborating with the Soviet Union to invade China. The Japanese are transferring arms and weapons to China in accordance with the Sino-Japanese agreement. The number of Japanese troops in Northeast China and North Korea has not increased, and there is no new Japanese army division in Japan. It cannot be ruled out that the Japanese are setting up suspicious positions and want to catch China by surprise (if the Soviet Union and Japan form an alliance, the Soviet Union and Japan may agree that the Soviet Army will be the first Launching an attack, the Japanese army temporarily stood still to confuse and paralyze the Chinese side. When the Soviet Union and China started a war, the Japanese army quickly formed troops and went to the Chinese battlefield). , Germany will completely abandon Japan and aid China, and the war will become a Sino-German joint confrontation with the Soviet Union and Japan. Considering from the perspective of Japan's interests, the Japanese will not be worth the loss if they do so. What's more, the Japanese also hate the Soviets, so it is difficult to do This happened.

After repeated research, the high-ranking members of the National Army believe that there are basically only two possibilities for the Soviets to do this:

First, the Soviets only wanted to strengthen the military forces in the Far East for defense;

Second, the Soviets wanted to attack the Japanese.