Chapter 880 879 [Chairman Zhou]

Chang Kaishen met with Zhou Hexuan and Feng Yong at Yunxiu Tower.

The atmosphere was good at first, with Chiang Kai-shek highly praising the patriotism of the two men, but it suddenly turned sour because of Feng Yong's words.

"President Jiang, I want to see Han Qing (Zhang Xueliang)." Feng Yong said seriously.

Chang Kaishen's expression was a little awkward, and then he smiled and said: "You are good brothers, we should meet. However, Hanqing is far away in Guizhou, and the distance will inevitably delay the reorganization of the Air Force. I would like to appoint General Feng as the deputy director of the Aviation Commission , I wonder if General Feng is willing to accept it?"

The deputy director of the Aviation Commission is equivalent to the deputy commander-in-chief of the Chinese Air Force. He has a big reputation but very little real power. After all, Zhou Zhirou is still in charge.

Feng Yong was a little annoyed, but he insisted: "Thank you very much, President, for your kindness, but I hope to serve as a flight captain and fight the Japanese with real swords and guns in the sky!"

Chang Kaishen politely refused: "You can't kill a chicken with a bull's-eye. General Feng is an Air Force management talent. He can just sit in the center and strategize. Why fly planes to fight in person? Besides, the ones who are good at flying planes are young people. Young people react Hurry up. If General Feng were ten years younger, I would definitely appoint you as the captain of the aviation group."

Feng Yong hesitated to speak, but finally endured it. He returned to China with the plane and pilot. He originally wanted to serve the country, but now he was dismissed by Chiang Kai-shek with just one word, and he could only serve as a deputy director in name only.

Chang Kaishen smiled and said: "That's it. General Feng worked hard for the country and came back with aircraft and aviation talents. He deserves to be rewarded and promoted to the rank of lieutenant general."

Well, they are giving Feng Yong more credit, but unfortunately he still has no real power.

Feng Yong was so angry that he wanted to laugh. He suppressed his anger and said: "President, I don't have to accept the lieutenant general. I hope you can let me take charge of the logistics of the Air Force. This is the last request. I cannot go into battle to kill the enemy, but I can provide meals for the athletes of the Air Force." You have to give me the opportunity."

"What did Han Qing (Feng Yong) say? You are the deputy director of the Aviation Commission, and it is your duty to manage the logistics of the air force." Chang Kaishen agreed, otherwise it would be too ugly.

Feng Yong finally gained some real power and said helplessly: "Thank you, sir."

Chang Kaishen immediately changed the subject and said to Zhou Hexuan: "Mingcheng, you spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to donate aircraft to the country, and you also worked overseas to make the United States change its attitude towards China. You are really a rare hero for the party and the country. Are you willing to be the ambassador to the UK? "

Zhou Hexuan resisted the urge to roll his eyes and said: "Brother Baodong (Guo Taiqi) has made outstanding achievements in British diplomacy. Let him continue to do so."

Seeing that Zhou Hexuan still refused to be promoted to an official and receive rewards, Chang Kaishen added: "Since Mingcheng is interested in building the air force, it would be better to serve as the vice chairman of the Aviation Commission and receive the rank of lieutenant general. What do you think?"

This position is equivalent to the deputy commander-in-chief of the Chinese Air Force, and his status is second only to Chiang Kai-shek. However, it is definitely a false position, and most of it is with the intention of letting Zhou Hexuan continue to donate aircraft.

Zhou Hexuan thought about it for a while and reluctantly agreed. He needed the guarantee of his position and military rank to facilitate his work in the rear area of ​​the Anti-Japanese War in the future.

"Chief, I still want to go to Guizhou." Feng Yong suddenly spoke and winked at Zhou Hexuan quietly.

Zhou Hexuan had no choice but to help and said: "President, Brother Han Qing and I haven't seen each other for a long time. Can you let me go and see him too?"

The two of them wanted to see Zhang Xueliang, which made Chang Kaishen feel very unhappy, but he could not refuse and promised: "I will send a plane to take you there in two days."

When Zhang Xueliang was first put under house arrest, although he was under strict supervision, he was not allowed to go to the outside world. Those who wanted to visit did not need to inform Chiang Kai-shek. Liu Shangqing, then chairman of Anhui Province, heard that Zhang Xueliang was in Huangshan, so he rushed from the provincial capital and talked with Zhang Xueliang for more than an hour.

As a result, Liu Shangqing was removed from the post of provincial chairman the day after Zhang Xueliang left Huangshan.

It's okay for others to visit, but Liu Shangqing is a veteran of the Northeast Army. What does he want to do when he goes to have a secret talk with Zhang Xueliang?

Chang Kaishen thus strengthened the supervision of Zhang Xueliang, making it difficult for outsiders to visit him again. And with Liu Shangqing's lessons learned, officials of all sizes in the Kuomintang also regarded Zhang Xueliang as a scourge and did not even dare to mention it.

In the past year or so, Song Ziwen sent someone to deliver a cart of daily necessities, and Zhang Xueliang's place was very deserted.

The funny thing is that Feng Yong in history was "reused" by Chiang Kai-shek after the Xi'an Incident, which is completely different from the current situation.

The situation is probably like this. Before the Xi'an Incident, Feng Yong went to Zhang Xueliang and asked to lead troops. He wanted to be a division commander, but Zhang Xueliang only promised him to be a brigade commander. During this period, Zhang Xueliang also confided his depression and dissatisfaction with Lao Jiang to Feng Yong.

Feng Yong used his friendship with Chen Cheng to report Zhang Xueliang's situation and difficulties to Lao Jiang, hoping to smoothen the relationship between Jiang and Zhang.

As a result, after the Xi'an Incident was peacefully resolved, Chiang Kai-shek recalled what Feng Yong had said and believed that Feng Yong was exposing Zhang Xueliang's conspiracy. He felt that Feng Yong was very loyal and reliable, and began to promote and arrange positions for Feng Yong.

Because of Zhou Hexuan's appearance, Feng Yong went to the United States to train pilots early. Of course, these things could not happen. Now Feng Yong is directly at loggerheads with Chiang Kai-shek.

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Two days later.

Lao Jiang's promotion order was sent over, conferring Zhou Hexuan the rank of Army Lieutenant General and assuming the post of Vice Chairman of the China Aviation Commission.

Why is the deputy commander of the Air Force a lieutenant general?

Because China did not have an air force establishment at this time, let alone set up air force ranks, Zhou Hexuan now became an army lieutenant general of the Kuomintang.

The epaulette is yellow, with five stripes and two stars embedded in it. Zhou Hexuan feels like he has become the captain of the five-stripe team. The red scarf on his chest is so bright...

There was no saber or anything else, but a sidearm was given. But it's a bit too shabby. They didn't even hold a title ceremony, they just touched it quietly.

Zhou Hexuan locked the leather in the cabinet, and he could wear it out when he needed to scare someone - although it might be of no use.

The rear area is now in chaos, not to mention the economy, which is in a mess, and even the national industry is in a mess.

Under the guise of wartime control, bureaucratic elites wantonly expropriated the shares of private enterprises. In particular, those commodities classified as strategic materials must be officially or semi-officially owned, and the shares of countless factories have been purchased by the government at a low price.

If you want your business not to be swallowed up, you must cooperate with powerful people. Many of Zhou Hexuan's factories have found partners.

The only one not affected is Zhou Hexuan's pharmaceutical factory. Because it is a joint venture with the King of England, there are many British people in it, and no one dares to provoke it yet.

But if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of the worst. If you don't have enough insurance, the blind will come to your door one day, so Zhou Hexuan got himself a military uniform and accepted the position of vice chairman of the Aviation Commission. Although these things are very vain, but combined with Zhou Hexuan's reputation and influence, they can definitely defeat anyone - including Kong Xiangxi.

After all, Zhou Hexuan is also the chairman of the committee now!

Yeah, deputy.