Chiang Kai-shek did not accept Hu Zhiyong's kindness and moved the government agencies back to Sichuan. But he did not expect that the frontline officers, seeing that defeat was imminent, actually embezzled military pay, resold supplies, and were reluctant to distribute the few bullets they had!
The Northern Bureau began to cross the river, and the Yangtze River defense line disappeared in an instant. Nanjing was occupied and Wuhan was lost. In an instant, Sichuan was under siege from two sides. Chiang Kai-shek had to arrive in Taiwan in advance and left the mess to Li Zongren.
"Report, several cargo ships want to approach the Taiwan Strait!"
Yinlong received the call and ordered without hesitation: "Dispatch the navy to detain goods and expel personnel!"
"What about the cargo ship?"
"Confiscated!" Yinlong shouted coldly: "Warn them, if they dare to attack here, they will be killed on the spot!"
"yes!"
Yinlong has been on guard for a long time. He has deployed four speedboat brigades in Ryukyu, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and Taiping Island to monitor all movements on the sea day and night. Aircrafts in the sky are no exception. If they dare to land on the island privately, they will be targeted by missiles.
Shoot it down!
The United States no longer dares to do arms business with the Kuomintang. They have already lost ten shipments of goods and three transport planes. Chiang Kai-shek scolded his mother in Taipei, but he did not dare to question Hu Zhiyong in any language.
"Father, accept his conditions!" Jiang Jingguo and Jiang Weiguo looked at their old and depressed father and begged in a low voice.
"Mother Xipi, it was Hu Zhiyong who brought down the National Government!" Chiang Kai-shek cursed fiercely. He would never ask the Third Young Master of the Hu family.
Life in Taiwan is not easy either. Many troops have been transferred, but there is no replacement. Although they have not yet run out of ammunition and food, they are still living like a year. Looking at the newly opened supermarkets, he asked in surprise: "
Who is so grand?"
"Tianhuaguo's supermarket does not do wholesale, but only retails." Jiang Weiguo has been here for a long time and knows these things.
"Huh, aren't you afraid that I will use them for military supplies?" Chiang Kai-shek was depressed. There were so many people from the Kingdom of Heaven in his territory. Even if they were aborigines, they were also members of the National Party.
"It's not these supermarkets. I'm afraid the people have risen up in rebellion long ago." Jiang Weiguo also wanted to persuade his father. He hoped that he would accept Hu Zhiyong's conditions.
"I have the southwest, northwest and Sichuan, and there is still a chance to counterattack!" Although there are two million troops left, as long as they have ammunition replenished, they can counterattack immediately!
"There is no hope!" Jiang Jingguo sighed: "Sichuan's troops fled, many of them collapsed, and some of them have defected to the Northern Bureau!"
Chiang Kai-shek almost fell down: "Where did you get this news?"
"Radio station!" Jiang Jingguo said calmly: "Tianhua's Tiantai News report is very credible. Father does not need to question it."
"Li Zongren disappoints me so much!" Lao Jiang sat down angrily and whispered: "Quickly transport the gold and silver foreign exchange reserves in the treasury!"
"Yes, father,"
Gulangyu Island is located in the southwest of Xiamen Island, across the sea from Xiamen City. The island covers an area of 1.87 square kilometers, and there are buildings of different colors. Just when a cargo ship was about to start that night, it was suddenly attacked by a group of people with different identities.
Attack by unknown persons.
"Ship, ship, they took the gold on the ship!" Chiang Ching-kuo's adjutant wailed, looking at the ship that swaggered away after succeeding.
"Damn it, is it worth just this little thing? Is it worth your screams of crying for your father and mother?" The people on the boat ridiculed the Kuomintang officials and left humming a ditty.
"What?" Lao Jiang finally heard the bad news.
"More than three million taels of gold, 15.2 million silver dollars, 15.37 million U.S. dollars, jewelry and a large amount of foreign exchange, with a total value of about 500 million U.S. dollars. My adjutant led the people to load the ship and was about to set off, when they unexpectedly launched a sneak attack!"
Jiang Jingguo wiped his hands with cold sweat. The things he had finally transported to the beach were stolen by others.
"The military and government funds that are urgently needed to be paid include the military and government fees that were owed before June, which is equivalent to about 50 million yuan in silver dollars. We have hereby invited Director Yan and Controller Pang to invite the managers of various agencies to conduct a detailed review of all the currently difficult matters.
Matters that cannot be handled or cannot be handled will be suspended or postponed respectively.
The local government agencies, personnel and other funds whose situation has changed have been stopped or reduced respectively. After actual verification and reduction, a total of 26 million silver dollars are still needed to cope with it.
It is estimated that the military and political expenses for July that need to be paid in the first half of July will cost more than 20 million silver dollars, so in the next few days, 50 million silver dollars must be raised to prepare for the payment."
Xu Kan's mourning voice made Lao Jiang furious. He raised his civilized stick and shouted: "Get out, get out of here!"
Jiang Jingguo signaled Xu Kan to retreat and whispered: "Father, calm down."
"Shoot all those who escorted the gold!" Chiang Kai-shek shouted through gritted teeth.
"My adjutant committed suicide when he realized that he had neglected his duties, and the others have already fled. We can't kill him again if he comes back with a report!" Jiang Jingguo knew that this would cause chaos in the military morale.
"Report, Sichuan has been conquered, and the national army has retreated to Yunnan!"
"Go, don't come here to report the funeral again!" Old Jiang was already annoyed and waved his hand for everyone to leave quickly.
"Two years ahead of schedule!" In Phoenix City, Hu Zhiyong heard about the fall of Sichuan and counted the time in surprise. It is only the autumn of 1947. Has history changed again?
Hu Zhiyong was very happy about this change. The great French man Napoleon once said: "There are three elements in war. The first is money, the second is money, and the third is money." These words are truly Napoleon's heartfelt words,
This proves that the war is superficially about fighting for military strength, but in fact it is about fighting for financial strength.
The mercenaries took away the Kuomintang's gold reserves and accelerated its destruction. Of course, the military still relies on strength and weapons, and it also requires skilled commanders.
In order to give Chiang Kai-shek some face, Hu Zhiyong ordered that all future military personnel who are willing to go to Taiwan be sent there. Those who are unwilling to go can return to their hometowns. The South is already completely under the control of the Northern Bureau, and he will not send these people to Mongolia again.
In Myitkyina, Myanmar, hundreds of thousands of people have settled there. After thinking about it, Hu Zhiyong said: "Keep these people here and wait and see what the situation is."
Vice Chairman Zhou sent an invitation message, but Hu Zhiyong did not go, but sent Yinlong Island to Peking. Before leaving, Hu Zhiyong confessed: "Tell Vice Chairman Zhou that the millions of people in Mongolia and the Far East can be sent back to them at any time."
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"yes!"
Hu Zhiyong wrote a long letter. He first raised the issues of Hong Kong and Shanghai and wanted to hand them back. He hoped that the Northern Bureau would consider not attacking Taiwan for the time being, so as to give both parties a chance to reflect.
Regarding the navy, Hu Zhiyong will give the country two aircraft carrier fleets at the appropriate time. From now on, he will open up the supply of all supplies. He handed the letter to Yinlong to take away, and took a breath and said: "I hope we will not follow the old path of history.
Let China rise!"
Hu Zhiyong believes that with sufficient supplies, technology and commodities, the new government will never be as difficult as in the past. Regarding corruption, he can only smile bitterly. History is still history, and it is not that easy to eliminate corrupt officials!
"I must comfort Lao Jiang!" Hu Zhiyong was thinking about this issue when the guard walked in and whispered: "Master, Mr. Jiang Jingguo is here to visit."
"Quick, let him in!" Hu Zhiyong rarely greets people, but he treats every guest politely.
"Third Young Master, I'm here to ask for help." Jiang Jingguo walked in and spoke without sitting down.
"Haha, whatever you ask for is welcome!" Hu Zhiyong asked him to sit down and asked what he wanted to drink. Huofeng brought over the coffee and recharged it, and then the two of them started to get into the topic.
"I need a lot of food and materials, and I also need you to lend me some money." Jiang Jingguo was very straightforward, without any roundabout sentences.
"Is four hundred million Tianhua Yuan enough?" Hu Zhiyong asked with a smile.
"Where's the interest?" Jiang Jingguo's heart suddenly sank with joy. Lending him so much was not a high-interest loan.
"You don't even have to pay back the principal with interest!" Hu Zhiyong laughed happily.
"Give it to me for free?" Jiang Jingguo was stunned. He did not expect Hu Zhiyong to be like this.
"In addition, I will give you another billion pounds of grain." Hu Zhiyong had already made a plan and said calmly.
"It really surprises me!" Jiang Jingguo laughed loudly: "We seemed to owe you a lot in the past."
"Write it off!" Hu Zhiyong waved his hand, indicating that he would not ask for the previous loan again.
"Write it off in one stroke?" Jiang Jingguo simply didn't believe it: "You really don't want more than two billion?"
"Hahahaha!" Hu Zhiyong laughed heartily, and then said sternly to Chiang Ching-kuo: "I hope you can rectify official corruption, reorganize the army, and develop your own industry and agriculture. I will stop them from attacking Taiwan in the Northern Bureau, but you can't have any illusions.
To counterattack the mainland."
Chiang Ching-kuo understood what Hu Zhiyong meant, and said with gratitude in his understanding: "I will definitely learn from you and build Taiwan well!"
"That's right!" Hu Zhiyong pointed at Phoenix City and said: "This is less than two thousand square kilometers, but it is the richest and most developed place. How can you rule the world if you don't rule one place!"
"I came here just to visit and learn from the experience." Jiang Jingguo said modestly.
"We should learn from the experience here!" Hu Zhiyong said proudly: "Do you know why I organized the National Party? It is to make the 450 million Chinese people understand that the Chinese nation is united and jointly resists any invasion of our land.
enemy!"
Chiang Ching-kuo nodded. Although his father was defeated and retreated to Taiwan, he still kept in mind the comfort of the mainland. The Kuomintang had many problems, and the father and son often discussed them together these days.
The two of them talked about it until nightfall, when Hu Zhiyong hosted a banquet for Jiang Ching-kuo. After dinner, Hu Zhiyong invited him to take a walk in Phoenix City. Looking at the brightly lit streets and the bustling crowds, neither of them said a word.
"It is much more prosperous than Shanghai!" Jiang Jingguo once took a rough look at it during the day, and now he is even more convinced that there is no place where the people are richer than here!
"I hope China and Taiwan can be like Phoenix City!" Hu Zhiyong said softly, pointing to a teahouse and said: "Let's go, I will take you to see the beauties!"
"Look at the beautiful woman?" Jiang Jingguo was stunned and thought to himself: "Isn't he a romantic young master?"