Chapter 898: Breaking the Cocoon and Fluttering its Wings for Dominance (9)
Chapter 898 Breaking out of the cocoon and fluttering wings to achieve dominance (9)
An Yi's remarks to Chinese and foreign reporters in southern Sichuan caused an uproar the next day. As expected by many reporters, the entire Chinese political and military circles were shocked by it, which attracted strong attention from all domestic forces and European and American institutions in China.
People suddenly discovered that there was a huge contradiction and huge conflict of interest between An Yi, who was famous for his military exploits, the Nanjing central government and Chairman Chiang Kai-shek. This sharp contradiction and conflict of interest occurred in an incredible way.
When it was suddenly made public, why didn't all walks of life at home and abroad startle and ponder over it?
In the reception hall outside the office of the chairman of the Nanchang camp, Yang Yongtai, director and secretary-general of the camp office, was sitting on a large and comfortable sofa. A rare look of serious worry appeared on his usually calm face. He kept twisting his body,
He felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, his bloodshot eyes staring at the four different newspapers on the coffee table, as if he wanted to imprint every word on them deeply in his mind.
Yang Yongtai was very angry, but had no choice but to do anything. At ten o'clock in the morning, his assistant suddenly rushed into the office and handed him a stack of newspapers that had just been published that day.
Yang Yongtai gave the young assistant a blank look at first, blaming him for being so flustered, which was really out of character.
However, when Yang Yongtai saw clearly the first headline report of "Oriental News" above, he stood up suddenly, grabbed the newspaper with both hands quickly, knocked over the horn pen holder on the table, and scattered various pen holders on the floor.
He couldn't care less, complex expressions such as shock, anger, worry, fear, etc. appeared alternately on his face that always looked very graceful with a smile.
Yang Yongtai quickly read the more than 3,000 words of reports and comments, and flipped through several other mainstream newspapers one by one in a panic. He sat down slowly and slumped, lost in thought. His assistant frowned and whispered, blaming the Central Party Headquarters Investigation Bureau
The people from the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics of the Military Commission said that such a big thing happened at noon yesterday, but until now they have not received any report from the above two confidential intelligence departments.
Yang Yongtai waved his hand anxiously, signaling his assistant to leave. He knew very well why this happened.
The Party Investigation Bureau headed by Xu Enzeng, the cousin of the Chen brothers, was unable to gain a foothold in southern Sichuan for two years. Half of the dozen staff sent there were sentenced by the southern Sichuan government on various charges, and the remaining
They were either expelled or isolated. Only Liu Kun, a young man with firm beliefs and perseverance, was left. Only with the support of Yang Bin, deputy director of the Office of Appeasement and commander of the police force, was he able to stay in southern Sichuan and continue his hopeless work.
Party work.
Xu Enzeng was furious about this, but had no choice but to face the domineering An Yi and the good relationship between An Yi and the Chen brothers. Xu Enzeng could only give up infiltrating southern Sichuan and turn all his energy to the whole of China, which was on fire everywhere.
Turning to Shanghai, Peiping, Guangzhou and Tianjin, key areas related to the security of the party and the country.
Moreover, Yang Yongtai also heard that in An Yi's territory, no organization or individual can own a radio station. Otherwise, he will be severely punished and will need to send telegrams and make long-distance calls. He can only go to the postal company under the government's Civil Affairs Bureau to queue up. As for
Whether it will be the turn of reporters from the Central News Agency and the Republic of China Daily depends on whether the invisible intelligence department under An Yi is in a good mood.
As for Dai Li's military command bureau, not to mention, it is simply wearing the same pants as An Yi's Fourth Office of the General Staff Headquarters. There is no way or need to set up a secret stronghold on An Yi's territory.
The heavy door of the Chairman's office is still closed. At this moment, Chairman Chiang is still talking to Huang Yong, who has rushed back from Peiping, and Ge Jing'en, who was transferred from the position of acting principal of the Central Aviation School to replace An Yi as deputy chief of staff.
Party officials Chen Guofu and Xu Enzeng who came from Nanjing, as well as He Yaozu, director of the Second Department of the General Staff Headquarters, and others held a secret meeting. It seemed that this secret meeting involving the safety of North and South China would not end so soon.
Although Yang Yongtai was anxious, he could only wait patiently. He could only report every word of An Yi again and again, and repeatedly analyze An Yi's intentions and purposes, so that he could better report to Chiang Kai-shek and find out what was beneficial to him.
His own defense statement made Yang Yongtai worried.
What's more, he couldn't predict whether Chiang Kai-shek would break the cup again and get angry after learning the bad news. From following Chiang Kai-shek to now, Yang Yongtai only saw Chiang Kai-shek break the cup three times, two of which were related to An Yi.
It is estimated that another record will be added this time.
The sound of hurried footsteps at the door was heard. Yang Yongtai, who was confused, looked up and found that the short, loyal-looking Lieutenant General of the Ordnance Industry Administration, Yu Dawei, walked in accompanied by an attendant. He looked anxious.
He looked like he had something urgent to do and came to report to Chairman Chiang Kai-shek.
Yang Yongtai calmed down and stood up politely. He smiled and signaled to the attendants not to bother. He went to the low cabinet to make a cup of tea and brought it to Yu Dawei kindly: "Look at Brother Yu's hurried expression. Do you have any urgent military affairs to report to me?"
Commission submission?"
Yu Dawei took the tea cup without being polite. He put it down and pointed at the newspaper on the coffee table, shaking his head repeatedly: "To do something like this... Oh! Mr. Chang Qing, the situation I am facing is more than urgent. If you don't start to deal with it immediately,
Solved, in half a month's time there will be hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers in various bandit suppression battlefields, and I'm afraid they will have to fight with their swords on their backs."
Yang Yongtai was shocked and immediately realized something: "Brother Yu, what is going on? Is there something wrong with some of our arsenals?"
Yu Dawei smiled bitterly and said: "Sir, I'm afraid you don't know that starting from September last year, three high-quality gunpowders developed and produced by the Xiangxi Arsenal have gradually replaced the inferior gunpowder production of the Hanyang Factory, Jinling Factory, and Gongyi. As of early February this year, the Ordnance Industry Administration's
All four factories have stopped producing gunpowder. The required raw materials, including copper plates and lead bars of various types, are all imported from Hunan.
Xiangxi Ordnance Factory and its affiliated branches have been allocated. For more than half a year, the Xiangxi Arsenal Factory has been very generous. Every month, it supplies relevant raw materials to various factories according to the unified procurement plan of our Ordnance Industry Administration. There has not been a single delay, even in North China.
When the fighting is at its fiercest and the need for arms is at its most urgent, the Xiangxi Factory can also increase production to ensure supply.
"But an hour and a half ago, the Xiangxi Factory suddenly sent an urgent call, saying that the cumulative amount of arrears in payments owed to Xiangxi by various military factories has reached more than 9 million. They are unable to make ends meet, have difficulty in capital turnover, and can no longer guarantee the supply of raw materials. More
What is infuriating is that Brother Lu Zhi from Hanyang Factory also sent a telegram, saying that 1,500 tons of steel arrived from western Hunan late yesterday night.
The cargo ship suddenly left Hanyang Pier early this morning for unknown reasons. The more than 800 tons of gunpowder, copper materials, and mortar pipes on the ship were not unloaded. They left quietly without saying hello. I think something is wrong. I just
I have to go out and rush here to report to the committee, and I saw the newspaper published today. Alas... I won't say anything anymore, just follow the committee's decision."
Yang Yongtai's head suddenly felt as big as a bucket. In his anxiety, he could not care less about being polite: "Brother Yu, wait a minute, doesn't the Jiangnan Arsenal in old Nanchang have the most advanced technology and equipment? I remember that they were the first to produce several types of high-efficiency gunpowder.
It was done, and all the technical staff, including the factory director, were commended by the Military Commission for it! Why do you suddenly say it can’t be done now?”
"Alas, sir, you still haven't figured out the situation! General An was reluctant to sell the Jiangnan Factory to the Ordnance Industry Administration. Several important technical data were more valuable than the factory itself, but the central government and the Ministry of Finance did not
Repeatedly lowering the price and procrastinating, the result was that the transfer price of a large and well-established arsenal was very low. As a last resort, the gunpowder production workshop and equipment were withdrawn to Hunan.
Going west. At that time, due to the rapid expansion of the old Nanchang urban area, the population had exceeded 1.8 million. Everyone believed that it would be dangerous if the gunpowder branch factory on the bank of the Gan River in the southwest corner was not relocated. In addition, Xiangxi and Guizhou successively discovered
After establishing a large-scale mine, it became a matter of course to move the gunpowder factory to western Hunan for production. Moreover, the money purchased by the central government for the Jiangnan factory had not been paid in full at the time, so they had every right to do so.
"However, General An still gave him face. In addition to transferring the technical backbone he had trained, he also left more than a hundred experts from various departments to help for half a year. After our people gradually became familiar with it, they all evacuated to the Xiangxi factory. Until now
So far, no one has urged us
Settling the payment. In the past six months, due to financial constraints, several of our factories have had problems paying wages. Almost all raw materials are owed to the Xiangxi Factory and several smelters of the Jiangnan Group on credit. The total amount is as high as more than 14 million.
The bulk is all at the Xiangxi factory.
"Now the Xiangxi Factory has stopped supplying urgently needed raw materials to our factories due to financial constraints and unable to make ends meet. The inventory of each factory is only enough for half a month's consumption at most. If this problem is not solved as soon as possible, the production of most weapons and ammunition in each factory will
It has to stop.”
Yu Dawei patiently explained in detail that he thought it would be more beneficial to solve the problem by telling the chairman's first think tank and asking Yang Yongtai to pay attention to it.
Yang Yongtai was stunned for a moment: "So... isn't it true that each factory can produce gunpowder on its own? If we restart production, wouldn't we avoid being controlled by others?"
Yu Dawei shook his head repeatedly, his single eyelids constantly opening and closing in worry. He really didn't know how to explain to this talented and scheming chief strategist of the chairman of the committee. This strategist ranged from Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors to Socrates.
, Nietzsche, and Rousseau are all familiar, and he has also dabbled in economics and law, but he is extremely lacking in science and engineering knowledge. Talking to him about ballistics, the impact of gunpowder quality on weapons, and the pros and cons of manufacturing process equipment is simply to talk to him.
"What's wrong? Isn't it possible?"
Yang Yongtai saw the pain on Yu Dawei's face and asked again.
Yu Dawei slowly turned to Yang Yongtai and said with a wry smile: "It's not impossible. The original factory is still there. Although the factory buildings are a little dilapidated and some of them need to be repaired and renovated... However, the machinery and equipment have been abandoned for many days and have been renovated and put into production.
If so, we must first come up with a large amount of money, not only to carry out technical transformation of the old and backward equipment, but also to replenish a series of new equipment, and to reorganize the procurement of raw materials. There is only three to five months to think about everything.
I dare not think about it!”
Yang Yongtai was completely speechless. The resentment in his chest and abdomen expanded rapidly, almost rushing up his throat and reaching his brain. He stood up suddenly, then took a deep breath, stood blankly for a moment, and then sat down slowly, gritting his teeth.
Youyou spit out three words: "Vicious..."
Yu Dawei's eyes turned red and he looked directly at Yang Yongtai on the white wall opposite. He picked up the tea cup and took a big sip. He looked at the closed door of the chairman's office, lowered his head and sipped the tea carefully, and stopped talking.
"It's all chaos! It's all chaos! What are those idiots from the customs and tax police groups doing to seize Jiangnan Group's cargo ship when they have nothing to do? Are they just trying to survive? It's great now. I don't want to take care of it anymore. The Ministry of Military and Political Affairs can't complete the task.
This is the mission assigned by you."
Wang Wenxuan, Director of the Military Affairs Department of the Ministry of Military Affairs, walked in angrily, threw the folder in his hand on the coffee table with a "pop" sound, sat down opposite Yu Dawei and Yang Yongtai who was adjusting his mood, took out a cigarette and lit it,
He took a few deep puffs and exhaled a large puff of smoke.
Yu Dawei waved his hand to fan away the thick smoke. He frowned and asked with concern: "Brother Wang, what's wrong with you?"
Wang Wenxuan was full of anger and needed to vent his anger. Hearing this, he immediately poured out all the situation like spitting beans:
"Yesterday, the Ministry of Military Affairs just gave an order to Zhang Hongluan of the 44th Army of Western Hunan, requiring him to dispatch the 11th Aviation Brigade under his command to Nanchang Airport within three days. It will be temporarily under the joint command of our Aviation Administration Headquarters and the Bandit Suppression Headquarters.
He will return it after the communist army is wiped out, but his brother suddenly sent a call to the whole country at ten o'clock this morning, saying
The military and political ministries in western Hunan are no longer able to support the heavy military burden. They will follow the military and political reform system in southern Sichuan and reduce the number of troops by 20,000 to reduce the burden on the eight million people in western Hunan. They have also decided to transfer all the aircraft of the 11th Aviation Group. Those who are interested.
Please send someone a letter to contact... You two, what's going on? Could it be that you all..."
Yu Dawei was astonished and let out a long sigh. This Harvard PhD student, who had just returned from Germany for two and a half years to inspect military production and advanced technology last year, had known An Yi since they went to Germany for inspection, and they both had the same ideas and hobbies.
We have always trusted each other and have a good relationship with each other.
Furthermore, Yu Dawei and An Yi were familiar with the first four batches of more than 380 people sent to Germany to study military technology. Two of the best among them became Yu Dawei's right-hand assistants with An Yi's generous promise...
...But now, An Yi, who was forced to panic, seemed to no longer give face to anyone.
Yang Yongtai was even more shocked and worried than Yu Dawei. The negative impact he was most worried about and least willing to see finally broke his usual self-confidence that everything was under control, and one after another appeared in front of him.