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Section 45: Moving the Capital (1)

"What sound is outside? Why is it so noisy?" Zhuang Jihua asked softly. Each word touched the wound on his chest and caused a whole lot of pain. However, the two days he woke up were too quiet, which made him a little uncomfortable.

"The commander-in-chief is back, and Wuhan citizens gather to welcome him." The nurse Xiaomm, wearing a white nurse uniform, whispered. The cheers of more than 100,000 people were yelling at the tsunami and thunderously could not be stopped by thin blinds. This wounded was amazing. She had never seen such a big wounded man. The one who escorted him was a colonel and two lieutenant colonels. Moreover, since he entered this hospital, there have been endless people coming to the hospital. In the past, these big people could only watch from a distance in newspapers or mass gatherings, and were regarded as the leader of the revolution that swept the entire China.

After seeing him, these leaders undoubtedly had to find the dean. The chief physician asked him about his injuries and begged them to do their best to heal him. It took a few days later that she realized that he was the hero of Niu Xing's victory.

Zhuang Jihua didn't say anything after hearing this. The few words just now had already put him in a lot of effort. He didn't know that he was now a famous hero in the country.

Niu Xing's victory is famous nationwide. After the war, newspapers such as Wuhan, Guangzhou, Changsha, and Shanghai introduced a series of articles. Three thousand soldiers were bloody for 12 days, annihilated nearly 10,000 enemies, and arrived in Nanchang. Wuhan's "Republic of China Daily" also introduced the commander Zhuang Jihua with the title "Huangpu Kuangxiong, National Elite". The reason why he was a commander was that Chiang Kai-shek ordered that Wang Bailing and Miao Bin were not allowed to be mentioned in the propaganda. Wang Bailing is still unknown. Miao Bin returned to the headquarters after the war.

Jieshi was arrested before he could see him and sent him to the military court; so the commander of the first division seemed to have become Zhuang Jihua. With these overwhelming propaganda, Zhuang Jihua became a hero, and the First Division also became the most attractive unit in the Northern Expedition Army. In Wuhan, Nanchang, and Changsha, countless young people asked to go to the First Division. When Dai Anlan fought back, he shouted "For the New China, move forward!" and became the most fashionable and exciting slogan on the street.

What's more, the excited literary and artistic workers adapted the Niu Xing War into a drama and performed it in major theaters, but the result was that the scenes were full. After the news that Zhuang Jihua was sent to Wuhan for treatment came out, almost social groups came to visit the hospital every day, but they were all blocked by Jiang Xianyun and Song Xilian using the excuse that the wounded needed to rest.

That day, Jiang Xianyun rushed to Niuxing to convey Chiang Kai-shek's orders, Hu Zongnan believed that there were too few guards in a squad, so he asked Song Xilian to lead the 7th Company to escort along the way. Song Yunfei, who was only slightly injured, certainly would not leave Zhuang Jihua's side. At the same time, Yu Chengwan was also sent to Wuhan. Just yesterday, Wu Ziniu also rushed back from Jiangxi.

After Wu Ziniu returned home to take revenge, he began to chase the troops. He chased from Changsha to Yueyang, and from Yueyang to Tongcheng. When Zhuang Jihua was in Niuxing's bloody battle, he chased Zhangshu and chased into Nanchang after the war. After seeing Xue Yue, he realized that Zhuang Jihua was sent to Hankou, so he turned around and chased him back to Wuhan.

Seeing Zhuang Jihua on the hospital bed, Wu Ziniu was in great pain. He regretted that he should not go back to take revenge, thinking that such a thing would not happen if he stayed by Zhuang Jihua. Zhuang Jihua said a few words to comfort him, and then he was sweating all over. Song Yunfei hurriedly pulled Wu Ziniu out of the ward.

After conquering Nanchang, Sun Chuanfang suffered heavy losses and needed to re-mobilize his forces and deployment. Although the Northern Expedition Army won consecutive battles, it was also very tired. However, it also needed rest. Therefore, the battlefield in Jiangxi was temporarily calm. Chiang Kai-shek decided to use this period to return to Wuhan for inspection and solve some problems.

The rapid development of the Northern Expedition has dealt a heavy blow to the Beiyang Group and also brought many new problems to the revolutionary camp, the most important of which is the distribution of interests.

Tang Shengzhi regarded the two lakes as his own territory, and he was eager to include Hubei. Therefore, after Hankou, Hanyang, he proposed to the central government to serve as the chairman of Hubei Province, and at the same time, he proposed to expand the troops into three armies. Tan Yankai handed over these requests to Chiang Kai-shek. In the past, Chiang Kai-shek might have agreed to Tang Shengzhi's request. But now, the situation has changed.

At this moment, Chiang Kai-shek was not Chiang Kai-shek who left the city of Wuhan in shame more than a month ago, but Chiang Kai-shek, who was supported by the great victory of Nanchang and had the glorious achievements of the First Army.

At the mass gathering, Chiang Kai-shek declared that the revolution was to defeat all warlords and eliminate the soil for warlords. He asked all soldiers to learn from the First Division, dare to sacrifice and sacrifice; he accuses some people of degenerating and deteriorating, and there is a possibility of becoming a new warlord.

This made Tang Shengzhi very dissatisfied. So he wanted to convince Chen Keyu to take concerted action with him, but Chen Keyu had his own ideas.

The Fourth Army's Northern Expedition troops were formed by Zhang Fakushi and Chen Mingshu Divisions. Strictly speaking, neither of these two troops were Li Jishen's direct troops. Both troops were the foundation of the first division of the old Guangdong Army. Li Jishen sent them out to drive them out of Guangdong. Therefore, he also faced the problem of finding a piece of land. Therefore, he could not support Tang Shengzhi on the issue of Hubei.

"Meng Xiao, the commander-in-chief's words are not specifically directed to you. Don't take it to your heart." Chen Keyu persuaded Tang Shengzhi with the idea of ​​calming things, but in fact he was secretly proud. Now, the Hubei army is in addition to the Eighth Army, the other ones are the Fourth Army and the Tenth Army, and there are also some miscellaneous troops, such as He Long, Xia Douyin, etc., but these forces cannot be compared with the Fourth and Eighth Army. Therefore, if Chiang Kai-shek does not hand over Hubei to Tang Shengzhi, he will hand over to the Fourth Army, and only they have the ability to firmly sit in the provincial chairman.

Tang Shengzhi looked at Chiang Kai-shek who was giving a speech on the stage in anger. Although Chiang Kai-shek swept away the bad luck of the past, he still looked down on him. The 60,000 people of the Eighth Army were his confidence.

After the mass gathering, Wuhan generals surrounded Chiang Kai-shek and returned to the headquarters. On that day, Chiang Kai-shek did not talk to them about any serious matters, but instead made them take the excuse of travel fatigue and ask them to come to the headquarters to discuss the next day.

After everyone left, Chiang Kai-shek quietly took Wang Shihe and several other guards into an inconspicuous car and left the side door. "Commander-in-Chief." In the courtyard of the inpatient department, Jiang Xianyun first discovered Wang Shihe who got out of the car. He immediately understood who was in the car. He immediately threw down his cigarette and came forward.

"Wushan, how was the Cultural Revolution?" Chiang Kai-shek asked before he stood firm after getting off the car.

"It's still very unstable, but the doctor said that as long as there is no inflammation, there will be no danger." Jiang Xianyun replied that there was no effective anti-inflammatory drug in that era, and penicillin would have to wait for more than ten years before it was released. Most of the injured died of complications after surgery, the most terrible of which was infection and inflammation.

Chiang Kai-shek walked in with a calm face. Several guards stared at the surroundings with vigilant eyes, all of the gun holsters were open. As long as there was a slight movement, they could quickly draw their guns and escort Chiang Kai-shek to a safe place.

The young nurse was still taking Zhuang Jihua's temperature in the ward. This was the job she had to do every day, but at this moment, two soldiers dressed in a dress quickly walked in and looked at her, and Wu Ziniu sat opposite him. Wu Ziniu stood up. He looked at the two of them vigilantly, and reached out to his waist: "Who are you? What are you going to do?"

Unexpectedly, the two men quickly drew their guns and pointed them at Wu Ziniu. Wu Ziniu looked at the black muzzle nervously, and then looked at Zhuang Jihua on the hospital bed, sweating coldly.

"Don't be reckless!" Jiang Xianyun then entered the door and hurriedly stopped: "This is the adjutant of the Cultural Revolution, Lieutenant Wu Ziniu." Then he asked Wu Ziniu: "Where is Yun Fei?"

"He went to take the medicine. Who are you?" Wu Ziniu still looked at the guards vigilantly. The two guards took their guns into their arms when they heard Jiang Xianyun's words.

Before Jiang Xianyun could answer, Chiang Kai-shek came in. Wu Ziniu immediately understood their identity, and he immediately saluted Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang Kai-shek nodded casually, and then looked at Zhuang Jihua on the bed.

"Cultural Revolution, Cultural Revolution." Chiang Kai-shek called in a low voice. Zhuang Jihua slowly opened his eyes and saw that it was Chiang Kai-shek. There was a little gratitude in his eyes. He moved for a moment, and the severe pain made him unable to help but snort.

"Don't move, be careful of the wound." The nurse hurriedly stopped him, and then said to Chiang Kai-shek dissatisfiedly: "He can't move now, nor can he talk much. You are the same," then blamed Jiang Xianyun: "Didn't you tell you not to let irrelevant people come in? He can't meet guests now. What's going on?"

Chiang Kai-shek was stunned. The nurse was so powerful. He looked at the nurse at a glance. She looked at her not beautiful, but she was very pretty. There was a touch of sea under the white nurse's hat. Her round almond eyes were emitting a hint of anger, her face was slightly red, and she stared at Jiang Xianyun with a righteous anger. The latter was embarrassed and wanted to argue. She opened her mouth but said nothing in the end.

Chiang Kai-shek smiled knowingly: "I am not an irrelevant person, I am their teacher."

"I don't know that you are an official, but you can't pretend to be someone else's teacher. His teacher is the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition Army and the principal of the Whampoa Military Academy." The nurse did not believe that the person in front of him was the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition Army. Chiang Kai-shek came in a hurry. He had no military rank and was exhausted and looked a little haggard.

"Principal," Zhuang Jihua said softly. When the nurse heard Zhuang Jihua's voice, she glared at her almond eyes and was about to scold her. She suddenly reacted: "Are you really their teacher? Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Expedition Army?"

There was a hint of surprise in his voice. This accident made Chiang Kai-shek very satisfied. He joked with a rare slightest: "It's like a fake one."

"Cultural Revolution, don't talk. Doctors should listen to what they say. If you don't let you say too much, then don't say it. To be honest, you are injured. I am anxious but I have no choice but to ask the doctor to be more careful." Chiang Kai-shek pulled over the chair in front of the bed and sat on the head of Zhuang Jihua's bed and said warmly.

"Don't worry about the troops. The injured soldiers of the First Division are recuperating in Nanchang. I've seen them. They recovered well. In the Cultural Revolution, your battle brought about the prestige of our party and army and destroyed Sun Chuanfang's morale. Now the First Division is amazing. The Military Committee of the National Government awarded the title of Tiger Ben. Young people from all over the country signed up to join the First Division. More than 800 students from the fourth phase of Huangpu asked to enter the First Division to serve. The First Division will soon recover." Chiang Kai-shek said as he looked at Zhuang Jihua's expression. Seeing Zhuang Jihua's expression flashing, he seemed to have something to say, so he lowered his head and leaned closer.

"The surviving soldiers were Wei Bao, and they were the main ones, and they were sent to the military academy." Zhuang Jihua said these words incredibly difficult, almost one word at a time.

"I understand, I understand, don't worry, don't worry, I will arrange it." Chiang Kai-shek nodded repeatedly: "I know it's difficult for you to speak, but I still have something to ask you. Sun Yuanliang said that he retreated westward and searched for fighter jets on the Nanxun line was your order. And you wrote a letter to him, but he lost the letter. I want to ask if he was arranged by him? If there was no, he would shake his head."

Zhuang Jihua nodded in difficulty, and Chiang Kai-shek calmed for a moment and asked, "Who will the first division give to you during your injury?"

"Xue...," Zhuang Jihua said softly. Chiang Kai-shek understood. Suddenly, Zhuang Jihua said again: "Sun... go."

Chiang Kai-shek was stunned and asked immediately: "What do you mean is to let Xue Yue serve as the acting commander and transfer Sun Yuanliang away?"

Zhuang Jihua nodded again.

"Why?" Chiang Kai-shek asked strangely.

"Private..." Zhuang Jihua said two words.

Chiang Kai-shek understood that although Zhuang Jihua gave Sun Yuanliang the letter, if he didn't give that letter, Sun Yuanliang would retreat westward. However, with that letter, Sun Yuanliang would not retreat too far, but would instead wander on the Nanxun line, because the danger of this kind of movement itself is not great.

"I understand. You can rest assured to recover from your injuries. After you are discharged from the hospital, I will hand over a full-fledged first division to you." Chiang Kai-shek stood up and said to Zhuang Jihua.

Then he said to Wu Ziniu: "If you have any needs, go to the military department to get it. If they don't have one, go to the National Government to get it, and say it was what I said." "Thank you for your care in the commander-in-chief!" Wu Ziniu was very happy.

Chiang Kai-shek turned his head and said to Jiang Xianyun with a smile: "Wushan, if you want to stay here, do you still have to go to Nanchang with me."

Jiang Xianyun looked a little embarrassed, but he quickly raised his chest and replied: "I want to get out of the army. The commander-in-chief gave me a regiment and a battalion."
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