The rebirth of the Republic of China

Now that Du Yuming got into the car, Liu Sheng had no choice but to go back and sit in the co-pilot, chatting, and the group of them soon arrived at the newly opened restaurant that Du Yuming mentioned.

This is a typical Sichuan restaurant. Although there are some home-cooked dishes inside, the taste is very authentic. Under Du Yuming's introduction, Lu Yihua was not polite. He and Liu Sheng each ordered a few dishes and two bottles of wine.

After drinking for three rounds, Du Yuming finally mentioned the purpose of this time: "Jing An, there is something I don't know whether I should say or not."

Lu Yihua was mentally prepared, so he asked, "Is it about the Soviet Union?"

"I didn't dare to open my mouth when the principal said it. What's the point of bringing it up now?" Du Yuming sighed, "I said another thing."

Lu Yihua looked at him, and Du Yuming said: "You took the blame and resigned after taking over as the deputy commander of the No. 30th Fourth Army, but that was just a resignation from the military. After all, you are also the deputy commander of the No. Don't plan to take care of it?"

After taking over as the commander of the 34th Army, Hu Shoushan wantonly recruited other troops and placed his cronies loyal to him, which was very eye-catching.

Lu Yihua has always been tired of this kind of thing. Hearing what Du Yuming said, he didn't change his expression, but he continued: "Shoushan has his own means, and I was recommended by him. Besides, Shoushan has the chairman's order, even if I want to stop it , but what position can we use?”

Then again, even though Lu Yihua and Hu Shoushan had a good relationship in Whampoa, when it comes to power issues, it doesn't matter how good their relationship is.Lu Yihua knew in his heart that if Hu Shoushan hadn't wanted to arrest his troops, this deputy commander would never have fallen on him. One must know that the seniority of the First Army Commander Tao is far above him.

After the Battle of Wuhan, the National Government conducted a large-scale reward and punishment, and set up Tianshui camp in Xishan, responsible for the anti-Japanese military forces north of the Yangtze River and to North China and Northwest China.The director of the Tianshui camp was replaced by Cheng Qian, the former commander of the first war zone.At the same time, the tenth war zone was abolished, and Jiang Dingwen was appointed as the chairman of the Shaanxi Provincial Government.

Next, Hu Shoushan, who was first responsible for the fall of Wuhan, was not only not punished, but under the cover of Generalissimo Chiang, he was transferred to be the acting commander-in-chief of the No. 30 Fourth Army, and performed the duties of the commander-in-chief.Chairman Jiang originally wanted Hu Shoushan to be the commander-in-chief. However, under the persuasion of others, he was inevitably criticized and took a step back. The nominal commander-in-chief was concurrently held by Jiang Dingwen. However, within a few days, Hu Shoushan In addition to the word "agent".

Afterwards, Hu Shoushan, who had newly gained power, actively expanded his influence, relying on the favor of his headmaster, and unscrupulously devoured other troops. The most notable example is Tao Zhiyue mentioned by Lu Yihua just now.However, Tao Zhiyue was the commander of the 76th Army. Although the commanders of the Eighth Division and the No.20 Fourth Division under his jurisdiction were from the Hunan system, they were extremely loyal to the chairman of the committee. In the end, he failed to gain the trust of the chairman and was replaced by Hu Shoushan.

In this life, Du Yuming introduced Tao Zhiyue as a close friend, so he was naturally very concerned about his affairs. Now that he was able to find Lu Yihua, it was because of the face of Hu Shoushan who usually bought Lu Yihua, and wanted him to help.

It's just that Lu Yihua resigned at the time to avoid suspicion. He didn't have time to hide from these things, so how could he bump into them again?

Of course, besides not wanting to care about it, Lu Yihua is really helpless.

At the beginning when Hu Shoushan recommended him as the deputy commander, he meant to win him over. After all, no matter how good the relationship is, you have to be on the same front to be at ease. However, Lu Yihua has no intention of participating in these factions. under the guise of resigning.Because of this, he was scolded by Principal Jiang at the beginning, but it was worth it if he could achieve his goal.

Lu Yihua's 71st Army is the general strategic reserve of the Military Commission, directly under the Military Commission's dispatch.After he took over as the deputy commander-in-chief of the No.30 Fourth Army, although the 71st Army was attached to the No.30 Fourth Army due to his relationship, it did not directly belong to the army's battle order.Therefore, although Hu Shoushan, the commander-in-chief of the group army, has temporary supervision and training power, he has no command power.

But even so, Hu Shoushan finally mobilized Lu Yihua's troops.As soon as Lu Yihua left, he intervened in the military affairs of the 71st Army. He grandly transferred Zhong Bin, the commander of the No. 71 Eighth Division under the 80st Army, to the director of the first branch school, and appointed an education director named Yang from the seventh branch school. No.80 Eighth Division Commander.

Although Lu Yihua didn't feel well at the time, he still didn't move.

Because he voluntarily resigned from the military, and held the title of deputy commander but gave up the authority of the deputy commander-in-chief. After Hu Shoushan was in power, he was not bad for the 71st Army.Except for Zhong Bin, Hu Shoushan basically didn't move other positions.If it wasn't for the fact that the Director of Education at the end made too many jokes, causing those subordinates to call and complain to him while he was on vacation, Lu Yihua would definitely have endured until the vacation was over.

Really disturbed, Lu Yihua could only call Hu Shoushan.On the phone, Hu Shoushan could be heard to be very embarrassed, and he chatted with Lu Yihua all over the world, and he didn't say until he hung up the phone that he would transfer the director of education and let Lu Yihua take over on his own.

It was also for this reason that Du Yuming felt that it might be useful to intercede with Lu Yihua, but he did not expect to find the wrong direction. He said unwillingly: "Is there no other way?"

Lu Yihua shook his head: "Shoushan has made up his mind this time, and he has the principal's support. Naturally, we can't shake it."

Although Du Yuming came to Lu Yihua with great hopes, he didn't expect this result. He sighed: "After you left last year, the 76th Army was assigned to the 34th Army. Commander Li reversed. You also know that the first army is Hu Shoushan’s old army. How could Zhiyue not understand what this means? He took over on the day he received the appointment. He didn’t bring any of them, so he called me and told me to think of a way to see if I could keep some more people, but what can I do?”

What Du Yuming said was sad, and Lu Yihua could only sigh. He had naturally heard about that big change of blood.

Even if the troops of the same lineage cannot escape this fate, other troops will naturally have to face "reform".

In the past two years, Liu Sheng has seen too much power struggle among the various factions of the Kuomintang, but he still feels chilled.Watching Du Yuming leave after saying goodbye to Lu Yihua, Liu Sheng returned to the back seat and sat down after being signaled by Lu Yihua. After a long silence, he couldn't help but sighed: "Is it too much for Commander Hu to do this? Support, he has offended too many people."

Hu Shoushan and Lu Yihua have a good personal relationship. Liu Sheng is not the impulsive young man he was back then. Naturally, when thinking about things, he will not only think about the good or the bad. This sentence is really just a feeling, and it does not mean who is right and who is wrong. .

Lu Yihua turned to look at him, and said with a smile, "No matter how many people you offend, Shoushan has to do this."

Seeing that Liu Sheng didn't quite understand, Lu Yihua explained: "After leaving Whampoa, most of our classmates in the first class were promoted. After gaining military merits, their official careers were much wider than others. But Shoushan, who was favored by the principal, But he has been at the bottom all the time, and although he was promoted quickly, this experience also made him obsessed with power. Besides, do you think about the troops that Shoushan recruited at the beginning?"

Liu Sheng thought for a while, then said hesitantly: "Most are troops stationed in Shaanxi and Gansu, and some are from western Henan—" At this point, Liu Sheng stopped talking, a little in disbelief, "You mean... ..."

"This is what the principal means. Have I ever said that the training of the 71st Army was originally in the area from Lingbao to Tongguan in western Henan?" Having said that, Lu Yihua smiled, "I left because I was afraid that it would be involved here. , My proposition has always been the united front against foreign humiliation, the issue of sovereignty is resolved, and then I can do whatever I want, and it is not impossible for me to fight the Communist Party, but at this time, I really don’t want to have anything to do with it.”

"In addition to the military expansion, Commander Hu also has the seventh branch school and the fourth regiment of the Zhangan. Government officials and security regiment cadres from the three provinces of Gansu, Ningxia, and Qinghai are going to the Northwest Cadre Training Group for training in turn." Speaking of this, Liu Sheng took a deep breath, "—You mean, the No.30 Fourth Army was raised by the Chairman to deal with it?"

No wonder Liu Sheng was surprised. These things were actually not difficult to guess, but at this time, after all, they were still fighting against Japan, and starting a civil war would definitely be despised by the people of the country, so he didn't think about it at all.

Lu Yihua said: "Shoushan talked with me on the phone before, but you were not there at the time, and what you said was the principal's order to him."

However, even so, Hu Shoushan's behavior of rejecting non-confidant officers and expanding military power was still too much.

Liu Sheng opened his mouth, and a sentence lingered on his tongue for a long time, hesitating for a long time, until the car stopped at Lu Yihua's mansion, he asked before entering the door: "Nowadays the faction competition is serious, what will you do in the future?" Intend?"

Lu Yihua paused as he entered the door, looked back at Liu Sheng who was standing by the car door, raised his eyebrows, and asked, "What do you want me to do?"

Without answering Lu Yihua's rhetorical question, Liu Sheng looked at him silently.

The Anti-Japanese War was a national war, and the people of the country all had the best hopes for it, but this kind of hope could not make the ruling class pay everything for it.It's rare for Lu Yihua to feel tired. He has other plans, so what if he doesn't?Is it still like the last life, because a soldier has been obeying orders and died again in the end?

He has the principles and pride of a soldier, but he is not stupid.

His principal has changed a lot. As the supreme commander of the national army, he has not been able to distinguish between rewards and punishments. It carried out all kinds of slander, slander and attacks.

At the same time, the non-directed troops in the Kuomintang also suffered from unequal treatment and were wiped out under the guise of the War of Resistance.Even if some of these miscellaneous troops were disadvantaged in the war of resistance or even colluded with the enemy and puppets, this kind of eradication similar to uprooting is too chilling.

At the beginning, although his headmaster showed no mercy to "outsiders", at least he treated his direct descendants from Huangpu sincerely.Now, perhaps because he was able to see clearly when he stepped out of the circle during vacation, Lu Yihua suddenly discovered that among the direct descendants of Huangpu, his headmaster had already given up. In the hands of a few people he favored.

And the few people he trusted quickly formed a new faction. Lu Yihua alone had heard of many incidents of resentment and commotion due to unequal promotions.

Lu Yihua misses the early days in Huangpu. At that time, these people had no rights in their hands. They all believed in the Three Principles of the People. Even though the environment was difficult, they survived and determined to serve the country through revolution.Now that the situation is getting better, it can't stand the test. In the final analysis, apart from policy mistakes, it also depends on the upward and downward effects.

Putting away the messy thoughts in his heart, Lu Yihua looked at Liu Sheng for a long time, and then suddenly smiled: "I told my father before my vacation that the world is not stable, and it is really difficult to do serious business in China. The assets of the Lu family It has already started to move abroad three years ago."

Lu Yihua did not say the rest, but these have already made Liu Sheng understand his thoughts—what he wants to do after the war is over.