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Looking at the report sent by Wu Ziliang on the activities of various factions within the Kuomintang.Luo Yaoguo also felt a slight headache.Chairman Jiang of the Military Commission who is always unwilling to be under others, and Chairman Hu Hanmin Hu Da, who is not suitable for being a leader at all, have joined hands this time and used the "Youth Army incident" to attack themselves !It seems that with the "unification" of China, the political struggle within the KMT that has been suppressed for a long time is about to begin again.

In the memory of his previous life, the main reason why the Kuomintang lost its country was not corruption and social problems, but internal strife!Internal strife seems to be the persistent disease of this century-old party. Since the time of Sun Yat-sen, internal strife has continued. In the era of Chiang Kai-shek, it was even more divided into several large pieces and fought among new warlords. However, the struggle between the direct line of the Kuomintang and the Guangxi line did not stop for a while.

And now... the Kuomintang seems to have been defeated. Although the CCP is still supporting its troops in the six northern provinces, no one takes them seriously.Without external pressure, if the Kuomintang, which has a long tradition of internal strife, can still look like a monolith, then it would be a ghost!However, it is not easy for Lao Jiang to be able to bear it until now.

"Third brother, the most important thing now is to quell the 'Youth Army incident' as soon as possible. Only in this way can we avoid this fire from getting worse." The person who said this is naturally the same as Wang Zixing, who is being roasted on the fire Director Wu of the Military Intelligence Bureau, this little fat man, actually lost a lot of weight in the past two days. I don't know if he feels guilty because of what happened to more than 100 million people in the Northwest?Still reluctant to let go of his military intelligence chief?

As soon as the incident in the Northwest was exposed, the Military Intelligence Bureau immediately became the target of public criticism, as if everyone believed that the youth army was supported by the Military Intelligence Bureau.Although Fatty Wu also repeatedly disregarded the relationship between the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Youth Army through the media controlled by the Military Intelligence Bureau, but no matter how he explained it, people didn't believe it.Moreover, the news control of the national government seems to have suddenly failed. The newspapers are filled with various public opinions attacking the military intelligence bureau every day. I can't wait to disband this Kuomintang secret service!At the same time, several senior members of Chiang Kai-shek and Hu Hanmin's system also exerted pressure on Wu Ziliang openly and secretly, hoping that he would voluntarily resign from the post of director of the Military Intelligence Bureau.The attack on the Kuomintang in the public opinion ended earlier, but this Director Wu, who usually looks humble and easy to talk to everyone, just ignored all the hints and expresses, until the afternoon of July [-]st. In a hurry, he ran to Luo Yao's country to ask for an interview.At this time, Luo Yaoguo had just returned from Luo Yiqun's annex in Hankou.

"Oh? To quell the youth army incident... I also want to quell it quickly, but I am not the only one who has the final say on this matter. Chong Lou, your report also said that Hu Hanmin and Chiang Kai-shek are behind the scenes One is the chairman of the Kuomintang and the chairman of the national government, and the other is the vice-chairman of the Kuomintang and the chairman of the military committee. What method do you think I should use to calm down?" Luo Yaoguo asked indifferently, as if he did not take into account the powerful political and political power he was facing now. Take the pressure of public opinion to heart.

"But those things that the youth army did were not ordered by us. We supported Wang Junhao only to prevent Soviet Russia from getting involved in the three northwestern provinces. The starting point is good. We cannot be responsible for Wang Junhao's subsequent misdeeds, and we cannot be responsible. We should now Let Wang Junhao go abroad, purge the youth army, and give an explanation to the people in the Northwest. This should calm the pressure of public opinion, right?"

Public pressure?Luo Yaoguo snorted coldly in his heart.The rhetoric also gradually became sharper: "Where does the public dare to talk nonsense? We are not the United States, and we are not in the period of constitutional government! We still have the right to control the news! And Wang Junhao's behavior in the Northwest cannot be wrongly counted, since those people It is only natural that the Han people there have been oppressed in the past few decades, and now they are retaliated by the Han Chinese warlords who have mastered the military and political power in the Northwest. Although this kind of thing does not look very civilized, it is very effective... The Northwest has been pursuing it for thousands of years The weak eat the strong, and never regard the butcher's knife as a crime. The hero they worship, isn't that one whose hands are covered with blood? The benevolence of our Han people is nothing but weakness in their eyes. So this Wang Junhao can't move, and he will be needed to clean up the Soviet Union in the future What about Zhongya! Brother Chonglou, you tell Jun Hao what you mean, so that he can rest assured, I have my own way to calm the situation."

Wu Ziliang's complexion changed a bit. If Wang was not allowed to introspect himself and take responsibility, wouldn't he be making himself a scapegoat?Is the position of the chief of military intelligence really going to be given up?By the way, Chiang Kai-shek seems to have stretched out his claws, there is already information from Lushan Mountain...

Seeing Wu Ziliang's face, Luo Yaoguo smiled slightly: "Brother Chonglou, you don't have to worry, I won't hand over the Military Intelligence Bureau either. This department is the most important to me, and there are many things that I can only let you do." I have my own way to calm down the Northwest Youth Army incident this time, so you don’t have to worry about it.” He took another document out of a pile of documents on his desk and handed it to Wu Ziliang: “Do you know something like uranium? Next, add a free reason."

"I don't know." Wu Ziliang took over the document written in German and glanced at it. He didn't know it at all like a bible. He shook his head: "Third Brother, does this have something to do with the current youth army incident? Could it be... "

"No, no, it doesn't matter, you don't have to worry about the Northwest matter, I will take care of it, now you have to find a way to help me get uranium." Luo Yaoguo lightly tapped his fingers on the table, and pondered for a moment: "This is a A kind of natural ore, now the main function is to produce porcelain, it seems to be used for porcelain glaze. Well, now our country has begun to develop steadily... In the future, people's living standards will improve rapidly, and people need a lot of beautiful porcelain , so we need uranium ore, the more the better. Let the Pacific Trading Company set up a porcelain branch, which is responsible for importing and storing this kind of uranium ore. If there is anything you don’t understand, go to the Sino-German Joint Institute of Technology to find a chemistry professor Please tell me. By the way, I heard that uranium was found in the Kolyma Mountains in the Soviet Union, and the Japanese can organize North Korean labor to dig it. We can buy all the products and pay with iron ore and coal mines. But we must keep it secret and use precious Iron ore and coal mines in exchange for uranium... If public opinion finds out, they will call us traitors!"

Wu Ziliang frowned, his chubby face was slightly wrinkled, Luo Yaoguo's order was getting more and more irrelevant.In order to produce porcelain, we need to purchase uranium ore! ?And let the Japanese go digging on the territory of the Trotskyites in the Soviet Union... There must be a conspiracy in it, and it is estimated that there must be some kind of compromise with the Japanese.If people outside know, the Military Intelligence Bureau will definitely be scolded to death, alas, it is really hard life to meet such a master!

Chapter 0659 Iron Curtain (seven) layout

After Director Wu of the Military Intelligence Bureau left helplessly with the glorious mission of finding uranium for China's porcelain industry, Natalie, Secretary General of the General Staff Department, sent Luo Yaoguo's schedule for the next day.Luo Yaoguo pressed his brows wearily, and said to Natalie, "Let's put it down, have the people on both sides made an appointment?"

Natalie twitched her eyebrows and replied: "We have made an appointment. The representative of Chiang Kai-shek is General He Jingzhi. He returned to Wuhan by boat this afternoon. He will meet you tomorrow afternoon. Hu Hanmin's representative is Hu Yisheng." Secretary-General, he is in Wuhan now, and I invite him to have dinner tonight."

"Has Mr. Zhesheng arrived?" Luo Yaoguo asked with narrowed eyes.

Natalie replied: "Minister Sun is waiting to see you outside. He just came back from Shanghai. He inspected our Republic Aircraft Company in Shanghai and saw the F3 series of fighter jets." Luo Yaoguo nodded: " Invite Mr. Zhesheng to come in... Also, Mr. Zhesheng is also invited to attend the meeting with Hu Yisheng tonight, he is Mr. Sun's eldest son, and his words always have some weight."

Natalie nodded in agreement and left, then heard footsteps, and Sun Ke swaggered in.Luo Yaoguo hurriedly came out from behind the desk, took the hand of Mr. Sun and sat on the sofa together, and ordered Natalie to bring the coffee.Sun Ke glanced at Luo Yaoguo, who was obviously overly attentive, and said with a smile, "Brother Fuwen, this time in Europe has been quite fruitful, right? Did you get any secret weapon from Chancellor Hitler?"

Luo Yaoguo pretended to be mysterious and smiled: "Mr. Zhesheng guessed it right! There is really an amazing secret weapon... But this weapon has not been fully developed yet, and we have to participate in it." He took out the He handed over a draft plan to Sun Ke: "However, the manufacturing cost of this weapon is very astonishing, and the requirements for the industrial base are also very high. So in order to start manufacturing this weapon within ten years, we need to To speed up the construction of industrial infrastructure in the western region, the first is electricity. I want to build several super large thermal power plants near Lanzhou, Gansu, with a total installed capacity of about 100 million kilowatts; the second is the secret factory, which is also built in Gansu. Now build roads first , Leveling the land, building factories and supporting facilities, including living facilities that can accommodate at least 10 people. At present, a special fund needs to be allocated from the Ministry of Armaments to purchase and store uranium ore and uranium oxide... In addition, this The project, named Project U, should be classified as the highest level of secrecy and, when appropriate, the highest priority."

Luo Yaoguo made a lot of requests casually, and made young master Sun's forehead appear black lines. What are they? It's a 100-kilowatt power plant, a secret factory, and living facilities for 10 people... ...how much do these cost?Is this weapon really that powerful?

"By the way, Brother Fuwen, what exactly is that weapon you're talking about? Airplane or cannon?" After listening for a long time, Sun Ke realized that he still didn't know what the so-called secret weapon was?

"It's a bomb! A very powerful bomb!" Luo Yaoguo's eyes flashed, and he replied with certainty: "Although the development of this bomb has not been completed yet, we must have it! As long as we have this bomb, we can In the future, there will be enough right to speak in the world! Otherwise, we won’t be able to keep the world empire if we conquer it.”

Sun Ke frowned, hesitated for a moment and said: "Fuwen, then this project seems to cost a lot of money, do you want the presidium to..."

Luo Yaoguo waved his hand: "Don't tell them for the time being, the power plants and secret factories in Gansu are all carried out in the name of the electrolytic aluminum project. Didn't high-quality bauxite be discovered there in Lanzhou? Let's use this name to start building power plants first, anyway, power generation The electricity produced by the factory is also necessary for the production of electrolytic aluminum. As for the funds, Mr. Zhesheng, don’t worry, the Ministry of Armaments has completed the project plan of the power plant, and I will find a way to make it pass.”

What Luo Yaoguo wants to do now is of course the evil nuclear weapons!However, the phenomenon of nuclear fission has not been discovered, and even uranium 235, which is used to make nuclear weapons, has not been discovered-at least Aunt Lise Meitner has never heard of such a thing.And Luo Yaoguo's previous life was just a pilot, not a nuclear physicist, and his understanding of nuclear weapons was very limited.It is only known that highly enriched uranium 235 is needed as a charge, and to refine this uranium 235 requires a fairly strong industrial foundation.Considering that relatively energy-efficient high-speed gas centrifuges were manufactured in the 20s, only the energy-intensive gas separation method may be used to extract uranium enrichment.Historically, the United States has consumed 60% of the country's power generation for refining enriched uranium, which means more than 200 billion kWh of electricity is needed every year!Almost equal to the current total power generation in China for a year!To produce these electric power needs thermal power assembly capacity of about 300 kilowatts or more.

Luo Yaoguo's current task is to start construction of a large-scale thermal power base in Lanzhou with a total installed capacity of 100 million kilowatts, which will be specially used to supply electricity for the future "U Project".Of course, China's "U Project" is different from the "Manhattan" project in the United States in history. It is not a wartime project regardless of cost and schedule, so the demand for electricity will be greatly reduced.With a power supply of 100 billion kilowatt-hours per year, it should take several times the time of the "Manhattan Project" to save enough weapon-grade enriched uranium.

However, if we want to produce an atomic bomb in China, which is backward in technology, we must have international cooperation... This is why Luo Yaoguo invited Lise Meitner to China. After all, before the emergence of nuclear fission theory, everyone I don't know what uranium 235 is used for... So after uranium 235 was discovered, China had to obtain machinery and equipment for refining uranium 235 from the United States and Germany through "international cooperation" or "trade"!Historically, it took four years from the discovery of uranium-235 and uranium-238 to the discovery of nuclear fission. If this period can be extended by another one to two years, then China is entirely possible to obtain a complete set of uranium enrichment technology and equipment from the United States and Germany!Of course, that will also speed up the process of developing atomic bombs in these two countries!

"There is one more thing. The Military Intelligence Bureau obtained top-secret information from Japan." Luo Yaoguo took a map and spread it out on the tea table in front of him. On the regional military map, the lake basin area east of Qiqihar is circled in red on the map. Luo Yaoguo pointed to the area in the red line: "The Japanese once discovered oil here! It is estimated that the reserves are not low... This is what they want One of the reasons for launching the 20 war to fight for the Northeast. I want the Ministry of Armaments to organize a group of German and American experts to survey the entire area.”

Hearing about oil, Sun Ke couldn't help but sighed softly: "Oh, the international oil price has fallen so badly these days. I don't know if this oil field is worth developing?"

Luo Yaoguo just smiled and didn't answer Sun Ke's words, he said flatly: "Mr. Zhesheng, there is a banquet in the humble house tonight, and it is for Mr. Suizhai, and I would like to invite you to enjoy it."

Sun Ke nodded slightly, sighed inaudibly, and finally walked out without saying anything.What happened at the party tonight, Luo Yaoguo knew the general idea without mentioning it, the atrocities committed by the Northwest Youth Army were indeed heinous.However, some people in the party used this as an excuse to attack Luo Yaoguo, which is also an act of a villain.Now that the Kuomintang has just stabilized its position, these people are so eager to jump out to fight among themselves, it is really chilling... I hope I can help the two families tonight and settle the matter.

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After meeting Sun Ke, Luo Yaoguo finished his day's work and returned to Beilu's home by the East Lake.As soon as he entered the hall, he saw Luo Yiqun was already there waiting for him.

"Fuwen, you asked Hu Suizhai (Hu Yisheng) to have dinner at home, do you want to negotiate terms with Hu Zhantang?" Luo Yiqun asked when they met.

Luo Yaoguo nodded: "That's right, now Hu Zhantang and Chiang Kai-shek are jointly suppressing us. If we don't want to break up their alliance, we will be very passive. So my nephew wants to invite Mr. Hu Suizhai to have dinner at home and have a talk with him. At the same time, Mr. Sun Zhesheng was invited to be a peacemaker."

Luo Yiqun's expression was still serious: "Fuwen, so speaking of which, you plan to join forces with Hu Zhantang? Then what benefits do you plan to give them?"

How to deal with the current situation, he naturally has a plan in mind.He intends to ask his uncle Luo Yiqun to cede the position of executive dean to Hu Yisheng!Instead, he was changed to the vice chairman of the National Government, and Xu Chongzhi was appointed as the president of the Legislative Council.Hu Hanmin would not refuse to let his cousin get the Executive Yuan. In this way, Luo Yaoguo could form an alliance with Hu Hanmin and continue to suppress his biggest opponent in the army and the party——Chiang Kai-shek. !And there is an unknown layout behind this seemingly major concession.In history, this Hu Hanmin would have died of cerebral hemorrhage in 1936!And Luo Yaoguo planned to put Hu Hanmin on the presidential throne before that, and make his uncle a vice president with little real power... When Hu Hanmin dies, he will be able to take over as president logically!At that time, with the president's uncle, Luo Yaoguo will be able to suppress Chiang Kai-shek, and he can also manipulate Luo Yiqun to achieve the goal of gaining power. Such a layout will be very necessary for China to participate in World War II in the future.It's just that this honest uncle is willing to give up the executive president who has great power, and give in to a vice chairman of the national government who doesn't have much power?

Seeing his nephew's bewildered expression, Luo Yiqun couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Fuwen, some things cannot be avoided. If we don't pay something, there is no way to break up the alliance between Hu Hanmin and Chiang Kai-shek."

"Uncle, I wish you could think like this." Luo Yaoguo took a deep breath, looked at the tired uncle, it seemed that he was under a lot of pressure during this time, maybe he couldn't sleep at night, right?Maybe a vice chairman or vice president who doesn't care about anything is the best for him.

"Fuwen, what benefits are you going to give up? I heard from Song Ziwen today that Chiang Kai-shek is very interested in your intelligence bureau." Luo Yiqun asked again.

"I want you to be transferred to be the vice chairman of the National Government. I ask Xu Rugong to be the head of the Legislative Yuan and give up the post of executive head to Hu Suizhai." Luo Yaoguo stated the established strategy lightly: "Hu Suizhai is Hu Zhantang's confidant and cousin. , Letting him serve as the Premier of the Executive Council is tantamount to Chairman Hu's 'pro-government'! Such a temptation, he must be hard to resist!"

"What? Give up the Executive Yuan?" Luo Yiqun stood up abruptly, staring at his nephew with an expression of disbelief: "Chiang Kai-shek just wants an intelligence bureau... Do we need to give Hu Hanmin the Executive Yuan?"

"It is necessary." Luo Yaoguo said coldly and calmly: "Uncle, compared with Hu Hanmin, Chiang Kai-shek is really much more dangerous. If he is allowed to get the Military Intelligence Bureau, who knows what he will do? You know The Military Intelligence Bureau is a lawless department... Hu Hanmin is different, he is just an old-fashioned politician, no matter what he does, he can hardly do anything big. Xu Chongzhi has been away from the military for many years, just hanging up The leaders of the Cantonese faction have no status. Their faction won the Executive Yuan, and it is difficult to compete with us or Chiang Kai-shek. And those officers from the Whampoa faction may take refuge in Chiang Kai-shek, but they will never go to Hu Hanmin... and Hu Hanmin and If Xu Chongzhi wants to reach out to the military, they will definitely use the old people from the Cantonese faction, so the Whampoa faction will only dislike them and will not take refuge in them. Who would be so stupid to take refuge in them. Now that we have formed an alliance with Hu Hanmin, it will definitely be detrimental to Chiang Kai-shek in the future, and those people have no reason to go to Chiang Kai-shek, so our position can be stabilized. As for Hu Hanmin... I Still planning to make him president! Just let him have a good time."

"Let Hu Zhantang be the president!?" Luo Yiqun nodded slightly: "Hu Hanmin is of course wishing for it, but will the independence of the military be affected? This president should be the nominal commander-in-chief of the armed forces, right?"

"Should be? By then, Chiang Kai-shek, the chairman of the Military Commission, will be devalued." Luo Yaoguo sneered: "One more thing, the president of Hu Zhantang can't be elected in a day or two. There is still a legislature And the election procedure, of course, is to be elected by the Legislative Yuan instead of general elections... This process will take a year or two. During this period, Hu Zhantang cannot do without our support. In the 23rd year of the Republic of China, it has been 24 years. With this period of time, our foundation can be much more stable..." What Luo Yaoguo did not say is that Hu Hanmin was in the 25th year of the Republic of China, that is, in 1936, and it was almost time to see Sun Yat-sen up.Hasn't his presidency been overheated and given to Luo Yiqun?As for Hu Yisheng's executive dean, isn't it possible to remove it whenever you want?

Although Luo Yiqun was slightly reluctant, he still decided to accept this arrangement.His executive president and the vice-chairman of the Kuomintang actually relied on Luo Yaoguo's power to secure his position. Otherwise, he was a lonely and honest man, and Hu Hanmin and Chiang Kai-shek would have stepped down long ago.Now that his nephew Luo Yaoguo listed Chiang Kai-shek as the number one competitor, it must be reasonable.

Thinking of this, he nodded and said: "Okay, I can let go of the Executive Yuan, but the Executive Yuan cannot be handed over to Hu Hanmin's people. This Executive Yuan is also a key department, and we must control at least half of it. If Hu Yisheng wants to secure the position of dean, he dare not oppose us."

"Uncle, do you have any good arrangements?" Luo Yaoguo asked back.

"The Executive Yuan now has [-] ministries, including foreign affairs, finance, national education and publicity, police administration, construction, transportation, energy, industry, commerce, justice, agriculture, and health, as well as two subsidiary ministries, the Secretariat and the Accounting Administration. Organs." Luo Yiqun counted with his fingers, and then said: "Now Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Zhaoming, Minister of Construction Shi Hengqing (Shi Ying), Minister of Justice Zhang Junmai, Minister of Police Ju Juesheng (Juding), Minister of Energy Ma Junwudu and We must find a way to save it.”

"I'm afraid it will be difficult to keep the police department. Hu Zhantang doesn't have a gun in his hand, so it would be good to have a few policemen." Luo Yaoguo thought about it and said: "We can propose that Mr. Ju Juesheng be the chairman of Hubei Province. He is from Guangji, Hubei, so it is a perfect fit to serve as the chairman of his hometown Hubei Province."

"Chairman of Hubei Province... what about He Xuezhu? He is from Chiang Kai-shek..."

"Then it depends on what places Chiang Kai-shek can arrange?" Luo Yaoguo said coldly.

"Well, if this happens, the misunderstanding between you and Chiang Kai-shek will deepen again." Luo Yiqun shook his head and said, "He Xuezhu also needs to make proper arrangements. You should find him a position in the army. If it doesn't work, give him a job." It’s good to be the commander-in-chief of security, and we can meet each other in the future.” He thought for a while, and then asked: “By the way, Fu Wen, how do you want to end the matter between the CCP and the Youth Army this time?”

Thinking of these two troubles, Luo Yaoguo's expression darkened again.In the final analysis, the troubles this time were caused by these two parties.The CCP clings to its judicial and legislative powers and refuses to give in. Most of the fire that burned the youth army was set by them!And the youth army...had done so many bad things without knowing how to destroy the evidence, and in the end they were exposed, and even the good reputation of the Kuomintang was somewhat discounted.

"We also need to take care of these two aspects." Luo Yaoguo snorted coldly: "Remove the chairman of Gansu Province and the security commander, and replace them with ours, which can be regarded as a warning to Wang Junhao, and his hands and feet should be clean in the future. As for the Communist Party... If If they go any further, they will have to fight!"

"Really want to go to war?" Luo Yiqun shook his head slightly, as if he didn't quite agree: "The country finally settled down, and they also recognized the national government. We can slowly solve the problem through negotiations. It's better not to fight or not."

"Hmph, we can't stop fighting. This time, the fire in the northwest has burned us to the brim. If we don't want to fight, what should we use to divert our attention?" Luo Yaoguo was unmoved, as if he had really made up his mind to fight. , He glanced at Luo Yiqun, and continued, "Don't worry, I believe they will give in as long as they make a gesture of sending troops."

Chapter 0660 Iron Curtain ([-]) Retreat as Advance