Seeing Zhuang Jihua wandering and a little rascal, Liu Xiang disagreed with Fu Chang's anger. Zhuang Jihua is not Zhuang Jihua two years ago. Not to mention the Sichuan Development Company and Chongqing regime he controlled, the Central Army alone had Xue Yue's tens of thousands of troops in the hinterland of Sichuan, and he had 50,000 troops in his hands, so he was not afraid of any threat.

However, Liu Xiang believed Zhuang Jihua's words. He really couldn't come up with so much ammunition now. All major factions of Sichuan Development Company sent people in, but they all worked under Mei Yuntian, and no one could enter the base. But this was enough. It was enough to calculate the monthly output and inventory. After Liu Xiang arrived in Chongqing, he contacted his people and got the current inventory. However, after considering it, he still asked Zhuang Jihua for the original plan.

"I have no objection to the expansion of the guard team in the Cultural Revolution. After all, your scope of activities is large and the development area is large, but there is no need to expand to 50,000 people at once. Moreover, you used to have 15,000 people, and it is enough to expand 5,000. There are too many expansions in 35,000. Besides, we are still in Sichuan. To be honest, whoever dares to move a development company in Sichuan now will not support the development of the southwest!" Liu Xiang's somewhat honest face showed a little excitement.

Indeed, Zhuang Jihua admitted that Liu Xiang was right. According to ordinary ideas, the guards could not be expanded at all. The total output value of Sichuan Development Company this year has not been determined. However, Mei Yuntian roughly estimates that it can reach 110 million yuan, and its profit is close to 50 million yuan, which has exceeded the previous fiscal revenue of Sichuan throughout the year. Such a large number can already drive all warlords from Sichuan to work together to protect the company.

However, the purpose of Zhuang Jihua's establishment of a guard team was not to protect Sichuan development company, so he had to expand it. 50,000 people was not enough. Next year, it will be expanded to 100,000 people. The arsenal must be expanded, especially ammunition. This ammunition crisis has already reminded the senior management of the development team. In the future, the ammunition consumption on the battlefield of the Anti-Japanese War will be endless, so the expansion of the ammunition factory has been listed as the most important thing in the next year. Three new companies will be built at once, and the production capacity of the current factory will be doubled.

"Cultural Revolution. At present, the Communist bandits fled to the Tibetan area in northwest Sichuan," said Liu Xiang: "They are currently struggling with people and horses, but they have few ammunition. As long as we work harder, we will definitely see the Communist bandits being wiped out in the Tibetan area."

Zhuang Jihua did not agree with this. Feng Gui had already sent information. In view of the great losses, the Sichuan Army units had secretly decided not to attack the Tibetan area. The Tibetan area was short of doctors and medicine and food shortages. They could only survive on their own and no longer need to consume their strength. They just need to guard the Baizhang Pass, and not allow them to go south.

Liu Xiang is actually worried that Sichuan now has more than 50,000 people under Xue Yue's army and 50,000 people under Zhuang Jihua's army, a total of 100,000 people under Sichuan. However, he cannot unite the forces in Sichuan Province into one rope to fight against each other. On the contrary, Yang Sen, Li Jiayu, and Luo Zezhou have already obviously tended toward the central government. Deng Xihou and Tian Songyao were swaying, which made Liu Xiang worry. If they agreed unanimously, the chairman and commander-in-chief of the province would be in danger. He even believed that if Chiang Kai-shek used Zhuang Jihua to replace him, he would probably support him, because in the past few years of getting along, they found that this person was still very fair. He would have tricked before, but then he clearly did things. Even if you were to bleed, he would have to settle the account in the clear place.

Zhuang Jihua didn't understand Liu Xiang's psychology. He just shook his head slightly and said, "The Red Army in the Tibetan area will not go south anymore. They will leave there soon. The Sichuan Army soldiers have made great efforts this time, so they should take a break first and then march into the Tibetan area. It is also difficult to transport food and ammunition. It is better to build roads first and improve traffic. Then march."

Zhang Sike avoided Zhuang Jihua's question of why the expansion was, and he thought that this was the core issue. From this question, we can see Chiang Kai-shek's attitude towards Sichuan, so he slowly spoke up: "I still don't understand why the expansion was so large. Is it because of this urgent task for the Chairman?"

Zhuang Jihua shook his head, and after thinking about it, he said, "Brother Sike is too worried. The principal did not give me any tasks. If he wants to have a task, he will only do the southwest development well." Then he turned to Liu Xiang and Fu Chang and said, "Mr. Fu, brother Zhenwu, from a certain perspective, we are tied together."

Liu Xiang and the others looked at each other in surprise. They didn't know what he meant when tied together. Fu Chang and Zhang Sike exchanged glances. Fu Chang smiled coldly: "You are the disciple of the emperor. How dare we climb high?"

"Brother Zhenwu, you are not a person from the mountains and fields. You should be considered a person from the officialdom." Zhuang Jihua said sarcastically: "As for why you say this, it will be clear in a few years."

"How many years will it take? How many years will it take? Last time I told us three years later. What will be the result?" Fu Chang seemed to not care about Zhuang Jihua's sarcasm, and instead went further and forced him to go over.

"Yes. I can tell you now. In fact, it is enough to disclose the news in the newspaper during this period." Zhuang Jihua said calmly: "The entire purpose of the Southwest Development Zone is to target Japan. Preparing for the comprehensive anti-Japanese war. The same is true for the expansion of the guards. It is not targeting anyone. It is to prepare a new army for the war. The scale of other places is not 50,000. But 100,000. According to our predictions, the Sino-Japanese War will break out within three to five years. So I must start training the new army now. Mr. Fu is the person who leads the troops. Of course, it takes at least three months to transform a soldier into a soldier. A soldier will be transformed into a soldier. At least one year to form combat effectiveness. Of course, only in the domestic combat field, half a year is enough; but the Japanese army is different. They are well-equipped and well-trained. Only after strict training, the troops can reduce casualties and win. Mr. Fu is not targeting anyone. I never thought of participating in the civil war. The only purpose of our coming here is to prepare for the anti-Japanese war."

Liu Xiang and the other two looked at Zhuang Jihua in a daze and were excited at the end. This result was actually as they expected. However, the basis for Zhuang Jihua's proposal was that a war broke out within three years, and it was a total war. This made them a little difficult for them to accept.

For Sichuan, North China is quite far away. The Japanese army's actions in North China have not yet affected Sichuan at all. Therefore, they do not care enough about the situation outside Sichuan. They lack long-term strategic analysis.

"It's a pity that you don't want to hand over the troops to me to reorganize them, so I can only start from the beginning. Less than a thousand Huangpu classmates will be assigned to the 100,000 troops, and some of them will be left behind to engage in military stations and reserve work. I can only start bit by bit and train sergeants by myself." Zhuang Jihua said as he sat on the chair, feeling a little tired. If there were a group of mature officers, he could save him a lot of time.

Liu Xiang did not pay attention to Zhuang Jihua's words. He carefully sorted out Zhuang Jihua's actions in recent years and felt that Zhuang Jihua did not tell any lies. Whether it was the factory built or the reserve, rent reduction was all for the long-term war.

After understanding Zhuang Jihua's intentions, Fu Chang and Zhang Sike's attitudes also eased, and a burst of emotion surged in their hearts. Zhuang Jihua continued: "To be honest, in the future, the Sichuan Army will inevitably go out to Sichuan to participate in the War of Resistance, but... From my perspective, the training quality and tactical level of the Sichuan Army cannot meet the requirements of the Anti-Japanese War, and are relatively low. The casualties in the future war will inevitably be extremely heavy." Zhuang Jihua's expression was a little painful: "I know this result, so I have been meeting your requirements, hoping to improve you.

Our equipment, but... I can't change it. Everyone has selfishness. Everyone wants to keep their power and interests. They don't know that the disaster is coming. Countless soldiers are corpses all over the field, and blood will dye the entire Yangtze River and China red. I have no choice. Sichuan has 300,000 troops and Sichuan Kang has a population of 60 million. It can provide at least three million soldiers. It is a powerful base to defeat Japan. Unfortunately, only the sixteen counties in Chongqing have established reserves, and other places are specious. What will happen if this continues in the future?"

Looking at Zhuang Jihua's sad expression, the three of them were speechless. They knew what Zhuang Jihua meant. The reserves implemented in other places in Sichuan were all swallowed up in a hurry, and they did not achieve the effect of Chongqing at all. There were very few trainings for reserve personnel, and village militia teams had not been established in most areas, and there were very few town military service stations.

"Cultural Revolution, can the three-year war really start?" Liu Xiangcai asked carefully after a long time. He still couldn't believe that a full-scale war would break out within three years.

"I hope that the fight cannot be fought. The later the fight will be more beneficial to us," Zhuang Jihua said. "But the current situation is that Japan is instigating the autonomy of Hebei and North China. According to Japan's way of doing things, they must achieve their goals. If China does not work, they will use force, and the central government cannot retreat at all. Once Pingjin is lost, Yan Xishan, Shanxi and Han Fuqu in Shandong will be shaken. It is very likely that the north of the Yellow River will be lost without a fight. Who can bear this responsibility? Can the people across the country accept such a result? Even if the principal dares to take such risks, otherwise the Huangpu Group may be divided."

"Can we win? The southwest development has only been three years, and the military preparations are not sufficient. And can we wipe out the Communist Party within three years?" Zhang Sike's face was heavy. He was very quick and he had already thought about a lot. When the war broke out, Nanjing was at a very vulnerable point. What would the Nanjing government do? Should we move westward or Chongqing or Xi'an? He immediately concluded that it was Chongqing. Chiang Kai-shek sent Zhuang Jihua to Sichuan to build Chongqing, and he probably had this idea.

"Many people have asked me this question, and my answer has always been that we can win," Zhuang Jihua helped to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of China and Japan, and then said: "The War of Resistance Against Japan is not a short-term war. The content of its combat mode cooperation chapter is completely different from that of a civil war. If we are not prepared or have very little preparation, we will pay a very high price. As for the Communist Party, I think it cannot. The future War of Resistance Against Japan is a War of Resistance Against Japan jointly with the Kuomintang and the Communist Party."

"I'm quite shocked," Liu Xiang thought quickly during this period, and he felt that there were still several problems that needed to be explained clearly.
Chapter completed!