Respectfully

"We are all Chinese people. We shouldn't fight in the same room. We would like to propose the establishment of a North-South coalition government to strengthen China, drive out foreign aggressors, and build a democratic and free country together. Song Zhou, Jiang."

This telegram was sent on July [-]rd in the fourth year of the Republic of China, and it was also the first nationwide telegram sent by Song Zhou after he took over as the interim president of the Southern Government.

"Establish a coalition government and strengthen China!"

The newspaper published the telegram in its entirety, and published several comments after the telegram, calling on people of insight in the country to support the southern government’s proposal to stop the civil war, expel foreign aggressors, and establish a democratic and free country.

Although more than 90.00% of the common people in China are illiterate, they can't even write their own names, and they don't understand democracy and freedom, but everyone knows a truth, the world is not peaceful, and the lives of ordinary people are difficult.Once a war breaks out, the passage of the army is like locusts crossing the border. If you encounter people with good military discipline, it's fine, but if you encounter those who don't do anything, it's the common people who will suffer.

"Song Zhou has a good plan." President Sima put down the newspaper and pinched his brows.

As soon as Jiangdian came out, the advantage of public opinion held by the northern government was really in vain like a torrent of water. Most people of insight in the country responded immediately, and even the northern government also appeared to stop the civil war and jointly build a union. the voice of the government.Although the superintendents who hold the real power in the northern provinces have not expressed their views, Sima Jun understands that this is only a matter of time.

"President, telegram."

The secretary knocked on the door and came in, and put several telegrams in front of Sima Jun. Sima Jun couldn't help but snorted. Ma Qingrui from Qinghai also joined in the fun.Sima Jun doesn't understand, what kind of democracy and freedom do these two horse bandit beards know?

"Is there any news from the six northern provinces?"

"Not so far."

"I see, you go down."

Sima Jun waved his hand, and the secretary walked out of the room and closed the door. Looking at the several telegrams in front of him, Sima Jun's face became more and more serious. He picked up the telegram sent from Shanxi Yan Huaiyu and read it over and over again.

Lou Shengfeng, Yan Huaiyu, who has always been tactful, would not have sent this telegram without his instruction.This old slippery man who has always known how to protect himself wisely and who is best at judging the right and wrong, was able to express his support for the establishment of a North-South coalition government at the first moment... I am afraid that his good brother has already promised him a lot of benefits, right?

Stop the civil war, establish a North-South coalition government, and China will be unified?

It's just a big dream.

Will these local emperors who rule the provinces and hold real power willingly accept the leadership of the coalition government?I'm afraid it will be really lively at that time...

Sima Jun has always believed that if you want to unify China, you must use force.The North and the South are confronting each other, and the two sides can still rely on each other in their respective camps. Although there are differences, it will not affect the overall situation.Once a coalition government is established, the previous situation will be completely broken, not to mention it will become a mess, but it will not be much better.

China has been ruled by dictatorship for thousands of years, and the emperor on the dragon chair is gone. Do the common people really understand what democracy and freedom mean?

"Want to establish a coalition government?" Sima Jun sneered, "Okay, I will help you!"

On the fourth day after the Song Zhoujiang telegram was sent out, Sima Jun, the president of the northern government, sent a telegram to the whole country, agreeing to the proposal of the interim president Song Zhou of the South to jointly establish a North-South coalition government, and proposed to hold peace talks on many issues related to the joint coalition government.Since this day was July [-]th in the fourth year of the Republic of China, this telegram was also called Min Si Yu Telegram by later generations.

As soon as the Yu electricity came out, the people of Huaxia boiled again.The gunfire in Anhui and Shandong also stopped.The commanders-in-chief of various provinces in China have called to express their support for this decision.

Lou Shengfeng was the first to issue a telegram to express his stance, followed by Hubei, followed by Shanxi, Henan and other provinces. Even Han Anshan, who was in Qingdao, also sent a telegram expressing his support, reminding everyone that he, Han An After all, Shan is still the commander-in-chief of Shandong!

The southern provinces were not far behind. The establishment of a coalition government was originally proposed by Song Zhou. How could the Yankees steal the limelight at this moment?Liu Fuxian from Sichuan, Tang Tingshan from Guizhou, Longyiting from Yunnan, and even Li Jiacai from Xinjiang joined in the fun, expressing their support for the establishment of a North-South coalition government.

For a while, it seemed that there was only one voice in the land of Huaxia, truce, peace talks, and the establishment of a coalition government.

The envoys of various countries stationed in China are also amazed by this. Is it true that China really wants to use this to unify?Only Zhu Erdian, the British envoy who had been in China for decades, shook his head.Without a strong government, I am afraid that there will only be unity in name but division in reality.For these imperialist countries that have seized benefits in China through various methods, a divided China is what they want to see most.

The gunshots under Yanzhou city had already stopped, and according to the current domestic situation, there was basically no need to continue fighting this battle.

"Young commander, someone is coming from the opposite side."

Song Wu was reading the telegram when the adjutant walked in with a medical soldier with a red cross armband on his arm.In the army of the six southern provinces, such a body is more than enough to be a machine gunner.

The health soldier did not come by himself. Behind him were two southern soldiers in military uniforms from the six northern provinces, each carrying a wooden box on their shoulders.

"what is this?"

"Medicine, and canned food." The health soldier stood in front of Song Wu without any fear. Before he came, he heard that he was also a young commander?Although he is not bad in appearance and not short in stature, his stature is far from that of their handsome young masters!

The two wooden boxes had been inspected before they were sent in. After all, they were not "friendly troops" before they received a formal order.

"drug?"

"Yes, hemostatic powder and anti-inflammatory drugs." Sulfonamide has been distributed in large quantities to the frontline troops in the six northern provinces. Bing didn't even know how to pronounce these two words. In the end, the military doctor had no choice but to call them anti-inflammatory drugs.It wasn't until Qiao Leshan got the penicillin out that these soldiers changed their words one after another.

The health soldier briefly explained the method and dosage of the two medicines, and then highlighted the canned food in another box. Finally, he said the key words of the company commander before he came, "Everyone is from China. The army loves the local people, and don’t disturb the local area.” If the health soldier didn’t know some southern dialect, he wouldn’t be able to take on this task as a leading soldier.

Hearing what the health soldier said, Song Wu nodded and was not angry. Lou Xiao's behavior was indeed unexpected, but it was reasonable.More than 3 southern coalition forces are in Yanzhou, and food and medicine are both big problems.In July, the weather is getting hotter and hotter. Not to mention the seriously wounded, the wounds of many lightly wounded are already inflamed. All veterans who have been on the battlefield know what an inflamed wound means.

"Thank you, Brigadier Lou. I, Song Wu, promise to restrain the troops under my command and never disturb the local area."

The health soldier and two other leading soldiers left the barracks of the Southern Allied Army. Song Wu immediately asked the military doctor to take the box of medicine down, "Use it on the seriously wounded first, and see how it works, and then give medicine to the lightly wounded."

The military doctor left with the medicine, Song Wu first opened a can of the remaining box of canned food to see if there was any problem, and then asked the adjutant to take it down and distribute it to each battalion.

Marshal Lou didn't just send things to Song Wu, the Guangdong Army and the Gui Army also received medicine and canned food respectively.The senders were not officers and soldiers of the Independent Brigade, but soldiers from the Guangxi and Guangdong armies who had been captured in the previous chase.

Tang Yuhuang, the commander of the Sixth Division of the Cantonese Army, heard from his subordinates that the Northern Army had sent something, but he didn't react for a while, until one of his regiment commanders brought two soldiers in Northern Army uniforms who were obviously from the south. After walking in, he believed that he had heard correctly.

"Master seat, medicine and cans have been delivered from the opposite side." The group leader who brought people in said: "I have seen it, and they are all good things."

Tang Yuhuang listened to the report of the head of the regiment, and learned something about their experience in the Independent Brigade from the soldiers who brought things, his expression changed slightly, Lou Shengfeng's son is really extraordinary.

Pang Tianyi, commander of No. 60 Division [-] of the Gui Army, has also been worrying about the wounded in the army these two days, and this box of medicines from Young Marshal Lou is no different from sending charcoal in a timely manner.Especially those anti-inflammatory drugs, I have never heard of them before, but several former soldiers of the Gui Army who delivered the things said that the wounded soldiers in the Independent Brigade used this drug, and even the seriously wounded with a hole in their stomach saved their lives.He even rolled up his sleeves to show Mr. Pang his wound, a long gash across half of his arm, showing no sign of inflammation, redness or swelling at all, Pang Tianyi couldn't help but not believe it.

Like the Cantonese Army, these captured Guijun also joined the Independent Brigade. Staff Officer Jiang, who smiled like a Buddha, said that after the establishment of the coalition government, everyone will be their own, and it is not the same where they are soldiers. ?Besides, if you join the Independent Brigade, your monthly salary will never be deducted. You will also have a new military uniform and a new pair of shoes.With such generous treatment, the soldiers from Guangdong were drooling, let alone the soldiers from Guangxi.

But that Staff Officer Jiang is really capable, he can speak fluent Cantonese, and even Zhuang. After some persuasion from him, these captured Guangdong and Guangxi children agreed to join the Independent Brigade.

Young Marshal Lou finally discovered that this quartermaster-like staff officer had such usefulness, but Staff Jiang smiled and said, "Young Marshal, where am I? My uncle, Minister Jiang of the Logistics Department, is called a Amazing! I can even understand the dialects in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and I can also speak them. He taught me these.”

Lou Xiao nodded. Staff Officer Jiang was appointed as the instructor of the Independent Brigade's new barracks that day, with the rank of major.

Staff Officer Jiang touched the fat on his chin, and the instructor was the instructor. As long as he can stay in the independent brigade, he can do anything.The key is that you can eat canned food from the young marshal's wife here, especially the canned beef and braised pork that were delivered a few days ago, which are only available in the Independent Brigade. The taste is really... Thinking of this, Staff Jiang looked at his watch, Why isn't it time for dinner?

The soldiers who went to the Guangxi and Guangdong armies to deliver medicines and canned food dawdled until the afternoon and came back with a string of tails behind them.

The sentry didn't dare to let them in casually, so they stopped them outside the camp and reported to Shangfeng immediately.A squad leader ran over and made gestures with those soldiers who had gone to deliver things but brought people back for a while, and he was amused after he understood what was going on.

Well, this is another group of "deserters".

It's not surprising that the friendly army came to join us, but why did the "enemy army" also come?

The squad leader didn't dare to make the decision without authorization, so he immediately reported to the platoon leader, the platoon leader went to the company commander, the company commander went to the battalion commander, reported it level by level, and finally found Marshal Lou.

"Young commander, what should we do about this?"

The attitudes of the several regiment leaders were different from those of the former allied soldiers when they came to defect. It was not that they didn’t like veterans, but that these southern soldiers could not understand the language of the northern soldiers, and they didn’t look as strong as the northern soldiers. It's really hard to arrange more.If I had known earlier, I wouldn’t have let those soldiers from Guangdong and Guangxi go back to give away things. This is a buy one get three free.

Young Marshal Lou was silent for a long while, then he accepted all orders.They were screened as carefully as those captured soldiers, and those who smoked opium were not allowed, and those who were picked were sent to Instructor Jiang's new barracks.

A certain regiment leader: "Young commander, will the money be given away?"

Marshal Lou: "No."

A certain regiment leader was puzzled, why did the young commander become stingy?Just as I was about to ask another question, I was pulled back by another regiment leader beside me, didn't you see that the young commander's face is not very good-looking?The young marshal's wife sent another dozen boxes of canned food to the front line the day before yesterday, and there was a letter along with the box. Ever since the young marshal read that letter, his face has been grim.

"Tell me, what did the young marshal's wife say to the young marshal?"

"How would I know?" A head of the regiment squeezed his eyes, "Didn't it mean that he wanted to be a young marshal?"

"Your daughter-in-law wrote to say that she misses you, why does your face grow so long?"

"TNND, you did it on purpose, right? Just say it if you're looking for a beating!"

"Why did I do it on purpose?"

"I'm already thirty and haven't married a wife yet!"

"Brother is not sincere. I wasn't in the army before, so I'm not familiar with it." The head of the group who spoke paused, "Speaking of it, why can't you marry a wife, because you are too ugly?"

"I see you really want to beat me up!"

Young Marshal Lou didn't hear what the group leaders said, he just silently took out the letter from Li Jinyan, and looked at the content on the letter paper with no expression on his face, no one knew what he was thinking now.

Li Jinyan was discussing matters with Manager Feng of the cannery factory when he suddenly felt a chill in his back and the hairs on his body stood on end.

"Master Yan?"

"It's nothing." Li Jinyan rubbed his arms, "It seems a little cold in this room."

Manager Feng, who was wiping his sweat with a handkerchief, paused and looked out the window. It's July, right?

Li Jinyan was only distracted for a moment, and then he talked about business with Manager Feng. The cannery now uses tinplate for packaging, and the tinplate must be imported. Once the supply of goods cannot keep up, it will affect the production of the cannery.

"Luncheon meat continues to use tinplate, and braised pork and beef cans can use glass jars."

"It's not that I haven't thought about it." Li Jinyan leaned back on the back of the chair, turning the pen in his hand, "I had this idea when the canning factory was established, but have you found out that the glass factory in Guanbei City is almost all in control. In the hands of the Japanese."

Manager Feng fell silent, apparently he also knew about the situation.

"I also thought about buying from foreign manufacturers, but with the transportation fee and some other expenses, the cost of using glass or ceramic packaging is basically the same as the cost of using tinplate, or even higher."

"but……"

"I know." Li Jinyan interrupted Manager Feng, "It's not a problem to hold the packaging in the hands of outsiders. I have talked with some people from the chamber of commerce of the six northern provinces before, and some of them have run glass factories. Yes, but it was burned by a fire, and the loss was heavy, and it never recovered after that."

Speaking of the fire, Li Jinyan felt his teeth itch, "It was only a year or two ago, and skilled workers who are familiar with the operation of the machine and the production process can still be recruited. I want to help him build another glass factory. I will pay half of the funds. "

"Isn't this a big investment?" In order to make some glass jars, do you need to build a factory?

"Not big." His fingertips brushed the corners of his lips, and Li Jinyan's eyes turned cold. "As long as those Japanese factories can be squeezed out, no amount of investment is considered big!"

In the six northern provinces, almost all chemical industries are almost monopolized by factories opened by the Japanese and other foreigners.If things go on like this, national capital will be squeezed so that there is no place to survive.

When the Minister of Development and the Germans negotiated the loan, he can buy advanced machinery from the Germans, and develop his own heavy industry and chemical industry, he would like to see how long those Japanese scumbags can be proud!