Chapter Ninety-Four: The Courage of the Soldiers (Part 2)
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After more than an hour of intense discussions, the time and order of the southward movement of the various armies were determined:
Ye Ting's department, which had neat personnel, the strongest combat effectiveness and was familiar with the terrain, was the vanguard, and took the lead on August 4, advancing along the Fuhe River through Jinxian to take Fuzhou; He Long's Twentieth Army, Zhu Yujie's Teaching Corps, and the rest of the troops responded in the center and marched on the morning of 5 August; Zheng Yi's instructor served as the rear guard of the whole army, and the final evacuation of Nanchang was made on the morning of 6 August.
After the meeting, the generals of all armies returned to their headquarters one after another to make preparations, and Zheng Yi and Li Zhao were left alone by the former committee to ask about any difficulties and requirements.
In the face of the kind smiles of Director Zhou, Chief of Staff Liu, Zhu Yujie and other leaders of the former committee, Zheng Yi did not put forward any requirements, only a sonorous sentence that made the leaders of the former committee feel very gratified: "All the officers and men of the instructor resolutely obey the arrangements of the front committee and will go all out to complete the task!" ”
Director Zhou advised: "As the last troops to evacuate Nanchang, we must not only guard against the pursuit of the enemy, protect the safety of the front departments, but also take on the task of sheltering the officers and soldiers who have fallen behind along the way......
"You also carry a lot of supplies yourself, and you must formulate a perfect plan of action to ensure mobility and marching speed, your task is not light!"
Zheng Yi nodded in understanding.
Li Zhao thought for a moment and said worriedly: "We have never encountered the retreat of more than 30,000 people from the various departments of the uprising, and what we are most worried about is the ...... of the thousands of peasant self-defense units and workers' pickets who are marching with the main force."
"These teams come from different places, they have not undergone special military training, and they do not even have unified command, and if they fall behind, our instructors will not be able to take care of them at all."
Director Zhou also had a headache: "We also expected this situation, due to the rapid changes in the situation, the front committee did not have time to reorganize these arms, and could only hand them over to the rebel armies to discuss and deal with the local leaders, He Long's 20th Army has begun to recruit peasant self-defense forces, your situation is relatively special, and the tasks you undertake are relatively heavy, so the front committee did not give you a notice." ”
Li Zhao put his mind at ease and looked at the thoughtful Zheng Yi silently.
Zheng Yi was not hypocritical, and solemnly raised the issue of the placement of the wounded: "Through internal reports, we learned that all the armies of the uprising had a different number of wounded, and they marched thousands of miles from Nanchang to eastern Guangdong. ”
The leaders of the former committee looked at each other and were speechless.
Liu Mingzhao asked, "How did you solve this problem?" ”
Zheng Yi replied truthfully: "We have reached an agreement with the Church of England Hospital, and the eleven lightly and seriously injured who are unable to move will continue to stay in the Church Hospital for treatment, and after recovery, they will rush to Shanghai by boat, and then go to eastern Guangdong by water to converge, and the rest of the lightly injured will be taken care of by the health team of the headquarters, and they will act together with the team, and they will be treated while walking." ”
The leaders of the former committee nodded frequently and supported Zheng Yi's proper arrangements, but under the current difficult conditions, the rebel armies did not have such conditions, and the British Church Hospital was not large, and it was impossible to accept thousands of wounded, and the only way was to take the wounded with them and try their best to treat them while walking.
Zheng Yi made another suggestion: "Can you discuss with the responsible persons of the party organizations in the surrounding counties and disperse the wounded of the rebel armies to various places to conceal their wounds?" We have 50,000 oceans with us, and we can take most of them out to help solve this problem. ”
Everyone's eyes lit up, and Director Zhou immediately stood up: "It's so timely!" Ladies and gentlemen, we immediately took action, contacted the local party organizations separately, and did our best to solve this big problem and save the lives of the wounded soldiers as much as possible! ”
The leaders of the former committee immediately took separate actions.
Director Zhou patted Zheng Yi's arm and asked in a low voice, "On behalf of the former committee and all the rebels, thank you!" If asked, just say so. ”
Zheng Yi smiled: "As long as we keep in touch with the front committee, we can ask you at any time if we have any requirements." ”
Director Zhou nodded: "Very good!" There is another thing that needs your support, in the next two days, all armies will replenish their troops one after another, and weapons and equipment are very lacking, although the uprising has successfully achieved the record of destroying more than 4,000 enemies and capturing 6,000 people, but the number of weapons and equipment captured is limited, and you need to hand over the captured weapons and equipment to the front committee, and then the front committee will distribute them uniformly, no problem, right? ”
"Yes! It will be sent to the front committee within two hours. ”
Zheng Yi agreed very quickly, he had already considered the arduousness of a long march in the scorching heat, and the headquarters was well equipped, and only spare weapons and equipment could arm another battalion, and there was no need for those old and backward captured weapons.
Director Zhou smiled with satisfaction and personally sent Zheng Yi and Li Zhao outside the gate.
Zheng Yi and Li Zhao returned to their headquarters and instructed Chief of Staff Wang Huchen to lead people to hand over all the captured weapons to the front committee, and two 37 guns and more than 100 captured shells were also sent, and then went to the cemetery in the northern suburbs again to bury the sacrificed soldiers.
Wang Huchen felt distressed for a long time, considering that there was no shortage of these weapons in the headquarters, and the French mortars equipped by the machine gun battalion and the special service company were far more powerful than the 37 guns, so he finally complied with them one by one.
Due to the rush of time, it was inevitable that there would be a brief confusion in the preparations of the rebel armies.
In particular, not long after the vanguard led by Ye Ting arrived in Jinxian County, Cai Yankai, the general of the 10th Division under his command, suddenly expelled the communists in the army, led his troops to turn to the northeastern region of Jiangxi, and broke away from the ranks of the rebel army, causing an extremely bad impact and hitting the morale of the whole army.
The news quickly spread to Nanchang, and the Kuomintang agents hidden in the city took the opportunity to spread rumors, and the entire city of Nanchang soon fell into the chaos of the impending war, but the northern area of the city was in charge of the instructor in order, and the officers and soldiers on patrol looked as usual and walked firmly.
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August 5, 10 o'clock sharp.
Except for a platoon guarding the division headquarters, the officers and men of the rest of the departments gathered in the cemetery in the northern suburbs and calmly held a solemn memorial ceremony.
Fearing that the red-eyed Kuomintang would destroy the graves of the martyrs, the 157 martyrs' graves hastily constructed by the officers and men of the instructor did not have a tombstone, only a stone with a number engraved on it was buried in front of the grave, and it was recorded in detail in the division headquarters log, waiting for the victory of the revolution before the living people came to erect the monument.
Political Commissar Li Zhao read out the memorial on behalf of the officers and men of the division, mourning the names and exploits of each of the sacrificed brothers, and finally lit the memorial in a neat salute of more than 3,000 brothers.
At the end of the three rounds of salvo fire by the officers and men of the special service company, the division commander Zheng Yi, the political commissar Li Zhao, the deputy regiment commander Han Shouren, the chief of staff Wang Huchen, and Cao Mancheng, who had come to attend the ceremony, raised a large bowl full of spirits, bowed deeply to the 157 brothers who were buried here, and then raised the wine bowl above their heads and slowly poured it to the ground.
The eyes of all the soldiers were red and their expressions were solemn, and many of them gritted their teeth and held back the tears rolling in their eyes to prevent themselves from crying.
On the morning of the same day, He Long's 20 th Army set out together with the various departments of the front committee, and the 20 th Army had increased from more than 7,000 to more than 10,000 people, and the other departments had also absorbed the workers and peasants in various numbers.
Zheng Yi's instructor always maintained his original appearance, and after the departure of the various departments and main forces of the former committee, the officers and men of the instructor quickly took over the defense of the whole city of Nanchang, so that the hidden Kuomintang spies and people with ill intentions did not dare to act rashly.
Celebrities from all walks of life and even people in the Kuomintang who secretly made waves couldn't help but secretly admire and ask where the instructors who suddenly appeared came from. Where is the leader sacred?
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August 6, 8 a.m.
Zhang Fakui's two divisions had already reached 15 kilometers north of Nanchang City, and Zhu Peide's vanguard unit had driven to Shengmi Town, 13 kilometers southwest of Nanchang.
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PS: The second update is here!
Congratulations to Purple Moon Starwind for becoming the first Dharma protector in this book! The day before yesterday to yesterday's readers gave too many tips, and the author's testimonial was limited to 500 words, and Xiaohuo couldn't achieve the update in a quarter of an hour, so I had to post it in the top post in the book review area, please understand!
In addition, to answer a question that is more controversial in the book review area, that is, do you think Zheng Yi is too bad and a good person? Not to mention giving away, but also sending weapons and equipment, it is too selfless and selfless, just like a saint.
Xiaohuo now answers, this is mainly because everyone uses modern thinking to consider the revolutionaries of that era, why the Communist Party will finally defeat the Kuomintang, there is no other reason, it lies in the strict organization, the organization's decision is not allowed to refuse at all, and the result of not obeying orders is to split the party, and its harm is self-evident.
Zheng Yi is a person from the past, wouldn't he understand the seriousness of the matter?
Therefore, please be more understanding and tolerant when reading the book, and make up your mind first when you see one thing, and see how Xiaohuo writes it later!
Seeing that everyone is going to spend more money no matter how verbose they are, Xiaohuo hurriedly shouted and begged for subscriptions, rewards, recommendation tickets, monthly passes, and code words! (To be continued.) )