Chapter 58: You can't keep a low profile
On 12 August 1926, the entire city of Changsha was cleaned up by tens of thousands of officers and men of various armies, and everywhere there were red and colorful battle flags flying, and all the Kuomintang and Communist Party organizations were dispatched, and thousands of students held flowers and held high colorful flags in a five-mile procession, and the city and outside the city were as warm and festive as a festival. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
At noon, a special train carrying the commanders of the General Headquarters of the National Revolutionary Army and the Soviet Russian advisory group slowly drove into the jubilant Changsha Railway Station.
Chen Keyu, acting commander of the Fourth Army, Li Zongren, commander of the Seventh Army, and Tang Shengzhi, commander of the Eighth Army, led the generals and colonels under their command to wait in a procession, and more than 300 military and political dignitaries and celebrities from all walks of life in Hunan Province were looking forward to it.
When Commander-in-Chief Chiang and General Gallen, an adviser to Soviet Russia, stepped out of the carriage, the audience burst into thunderous cheers and the atmosphere reached its climax.
Zheng Yi humbly stood in the back row of the Second Division General and watched with a smile, deeply shocked by the grand scene in front of him and the cheers of tens of thousands of people.
In the earth-shattering cheers, Commander-in-Chief Chiang and General Gallen saluted each other with the commanders of the various armies, greeted each other warmly, and then walked to the generals of the various armies in a neat line, shook hands one by one cordially and smiled and condoled.
Zheng Yi, who was standing in the back row, thought that he had nothing to do, and still maintained a smiling and quiet attitude, who knew that Commander-in-Chief Jiang shook hands with Liu Zhi and Hu Shusen, and deliberately took care of Zheng Yi in the back row: "Zheng Yi, you come out of the ranks, go behind me, and walk with you Chief Yu." ”
Zheng Yi had no choice but to salute politely, lowered his head and bypassed the front row, came to Yu Feipeng, who nodded with a smile, and whispered goodbye.
The surrounding generals were envious, Li Zongren and Tang Shengzhi, who were following behind Commander-in-Chief Jiang, glanced at each other at each other, and Chen Keyu, the commander of the Fourth Army, who had already understood the relationship, laughed in a low voice: "This Zheng Yi is terrible, I guess we all have to beg him, haha!" ”
Li Zongren grinned knowingly, Tang Shengzhi thought about it, and called Zhang Yipeng, the director of the Hunan Provincial Military Department behind him: "Remember that you worked with this Zheng Yi, right?" ”
Zhang Yipeng replied in a low voice: "The day before yesterday, I also went to the Chengdong Military Station to talk to him, and he was very good at talking, but unfortunately, the materials of our Eighth Army were not under his jurisdiction and were directly transferred by the General Headquarters. ”
"Earlier when I was at the Whampoa Military Academy, he was an weapons instructor, I was a tactical instructor, we taught the first and second phase students, the difference is that I am in the coaching department, he is more special, belongs to the quartermaster department, oh yes! General Zhou Junyan, the think tank of Commander-in-Chief Chiang, and his father were world friends. ”
Tang Shengzhi nodded thoughtfully, thought for a while and commanded in a low voice: "If you have time to contact him more, maybe you really ask for his name." ”
"My subordinates understand."
Zhang Yipeng replied in a low voice and wisely retreated to the back.
There was a long sedan parked on the street in front of the station, and there was a sea of people around, and the cheers were like a tide, Zheng Yi had to raise his voice to let Yu Feipeng hear clearly:
"I won't accompany you to the banquet anymore, there are too many things at the military station, the supplies of the two special trains are about to arrive, and the arms on dozens of trucks of the transport team are still unloading, don't worry about not staring at me!"
Yu Feipeng looked at the thick dossier that Zheng Yi had just handed over: "Then go back, I'll go to you when I'm done with the past two days." ”
"You better read my report first, in addition to the newly formed garrison regiment, there are two reports in it that are very important." Zheng Yi reminded.
Yu Feipeng nodded, seeing Zheng Yi silently retreating into the crowd, and there was no shadow in a blink of an eye, he couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.
After the grand welcome banquet, Commander-in-Chief Chiang refused all inspections and banquets, and called a military meeting of all army commanders.
After two consecutive days and one night of repeated discussions, the operational policy was finally decided: concentrate forces to attack Wuhan quickly, so that the enemy army has no time to reorganize and reinforce, and use the second, third, and sixth armies to monitor the flank of Jiangxi Province!
At noon on the third day, the busy commander-in-chief Chiang hurriedly retired to rest after lunch, and after thinking about it, he ordered the attendant to invite Yu Feipeng to come.
Yu Feipeng took the initiative to report after sitting down: "The next two batches of materials have been successfully put into storage, and the application reports of each army and division are being reviewed, and they will be distributed in a few days." ”
Commander-in-Chief Jiang nodded with satisfaction: "It's faster than I expected, I've been annoyed by the generals and colonels of the army in the past two days, and they all stretched out their hands to me to ask for this and that, even Tang Mengxiao, who promised to raise his own funds and purchase it by himself, came to beg me, it seems that if he doesn't give something he will come over every day to annoy people." ”
Yu Feipeng was happy: "It is estimated that Zheng Yi has gone too far, after the last batch of materials entered the military station, he immediately closed the gate and no one saw him, I went to see it in the morning, the whole compound was made airtight by him, more tightly guarded than the prison, not only built four solid guard towers, the surrounding walls all let him be surrounded by barbed wire, and two reinforced concrete fortresses were built at the door, and the officers and soldiers standing guard led two big German wolf dogs with fangs, ghosts could not enter, and I had to find him through the doorman's phone to order him to let go. ”
Commander-in-Chief Jiang couldn't help but be happy: "This guy, it is estimated that he has been entangled a lot, he has been an instructor in a military academy, and he is a colleague of all armies and divisions, if you don't look for him, it's hard for him, haha!" ”
Yu Feipeng smiled and took out a report from the folder: "Zheng Yi's report on grain, the current inventory of rice, beans and horse feed is as high as 180,000 tons, which is enough for the needs of 100,000 troops for half a year. ”
"I made a rough calculation according to the current grain price, Zheng Yi's action of purchasing grain in advance saved us 240,000 yuan in expenses, and more importantly, won the initiative for us! Today, grain prices in Hunan and Hubei provinces are rising four times as much as they were a month ago, and Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi provinces have been greatly affected. ”
Commander-in-Chief Jiang sighed with emotion: "Zheng Yi has made a great contribution, do you think you will give him a promotion?" ”
Yu Feipeng waved his hand: "Let's keep it as it is for the time being, although he looks very mature, like a twenty-seven or eighteen-year-old, but his real age is not yet twenty-one years old, and his current position as a station supervisor and colonel are high enough, and I am afraid that raising it to another level will have a bad impact." ”
Commander-in-Chief Jiang thought for a moment: "Then give him a high-end car, as the station supervisor of the military station, he has met the conditions for allocating a special car." ”
Yu Feipeng no longer refused, and reported to Commander-in-Chief Jiang: "After I inspected the military station in the morning, Zheng Yi suddenly took out a war horse for me to evaluate, it is indeed a rare Hequ horse, and it is only three years old, without waiting for me to ask him where he came from, he quietly told me that it was sent by Li Delin, it is said that it was captured during the fierce battle of the Miluo River in the previous period, and a total of ten war horses were given to him, only the jujube red horse he pulled out was the best. ”
Commander-in-Chief Jiang attaches great importance to it: "It seems that Li Delin is likely to be a drunkard who does not mean to drink!" You have to look at people and don't make jokes. ”
"Don't worry, no one can take him away, he is a smart man, he is still a rich man, and he knows who to go with to have a future." Yu Feipeng smiled confidently.
Commander-in-Chief Jiang was very satisfied: "Yes, this kid has a calm personality and his vision is not bad, I want him to go out to lead the troops, but I don't worry about military logistics...... I don't think it's better to let him stay in Changsha for the time being, and after taking Wuhan, we will immediately turn around and attack Nanchang. ”
"After taking Nanchang, we will inevitably reorganize the army, and then give him a division commander, he is enough in terms of qualifications and merits, I feel that with his military talent and training ability, he will not be worse than Liu Jingfu."
Yu Feipeng pondered for a moment, and finally felt that it was better to express his opinion: "I think the most important thing next is not Nanchang, but Wuhan." ”
"According to the established military plan, in addition to the three main forces of the Fourth, Seventh, and Eighth Armies, there are also the Ninth Army and the newly formed Tenth Army of Guizhou Province to attack Wuhan. Especially Tang Mengxiao, who aims to unify the two lakes, and Li Delin, who is strong in battle, I am afraid that they will not be willing to leave when the time comes. ”
"What's more, those high-ranking party leaders in Guangzhou are clamoring to move the Nationalist government to Wuhan, and the Russians are conniving and supporting behind their backs, so they have to think carefully!"
Commander-in-Chief Jiang slowly stood up and paced back and forth with a solemn expression: "I'm afraid Brother Chenqin also thinks the same way, right?" ”
Yu Feipeng nodded heavily: "He sees farther than me, and is more worried than me, I only think of establishing the Wuhan military station in the thoroughfare of the seven provinces as soon as possible after the defeat of Wuhan, but Brother Chenqin has already thought of a possible internal split." ”
Commander-in-Chief Jiang fell into deep thought, worried in his heart, and also understood Yu Feipeng's thoughts: "What do you mean, do you want me to send Zheng Yi, who has a favorable place and people, to Wuhan?" ”
"Exactly...... With his ability and the influence of the Zheng family in Wuhan, he will definitely be able to firmly hold the two major blocks of military logistics and recruitment, and maybe bring greater benefits, and in the event of a conflict with the British, he can also find his father and his eldest brother Zheng Heng to mediate. When the Wuhan side is completely stabilized, it is not too late to let him go out to lead the troops, anyway, in the next few years, there will be wars, and there will be more opportunities to establish meritorious deeds on the battlefield. Yu Feipeng said what was in his heart.
Commander-in-Chief Jiang readily agreed: "Okay, just do what you want, and it's okay to give Zheng Yi more power." ”
Yu Feipeng was completely relieved: "It has been given, I agree with this kid to recruit recruits from a regiment for training to protect the Changsha military station and material escort, which is getting bigger and bigger, and as a result, this kid has recruited two thousand recruits, of which 1,000 are prisoners of the Hubei army and the Hunan army that Li Delin used to exchange bullets with him, and he chose only young and strong ordinary soldiers, and he sent the rest to the second division." ”
Commander-in-Chief Jiang smiled again: "This kid is really a good person, did you send him a political commissar?" ”
Yu Feipeng also smiled: "Half a month ago, the Political Department had selected five political commissars to enter the military station, and as a result, he was thrown into the recruit company for training together, and two of them really couldn't stand his training methods and intensity, and he ran back to the political brigade to complain after being scolded and cried in public. ”
"Will the other recruits and co-opted captives be able to withstand it?" Commander-in-Chief Chiang asked curiously.
Yu Feipeng replied truthfully: "Most of them can bear it, but more than 100 locally recruited recruits and dozens of recruited prisoners have been driven away by him one after another due to confrontation, laziness and pretending to be sick, and it is estimated that a batch will be driven away in the future." ”
"His training methods are different, the intensity is very high, and he has to learn cultural courses in addition to training, and he has a full schedule every day, but the soldiers eat well, the welfare is good, and the military salary is not delayed or deducted in full, so most of the soldiers obey him, and I basically don't have to worry about this aspect."
Commander-in-Chief Jiang nodded: "Very good, let him do it, you tell him for me that the garrison regiment of Changsha Military Station is not limited, and it would be better if we could replenish some soldiers for each division of our army." ”
Yu Feipeng immediately agreed: "In addition, Zheng Yi set up a repair institute of more than ten people, the purpose of which is to ...... for all divisions of our army."
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