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Chapter 1 Breaking the Cocoon and Flapping Wings to Dominate the Industry (2)

On June 4, 1933, the "Conference on Disarmament and the Resettlement of Veterans" in southern Sichuan was successfully concluded. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Yang Bin, acting director of the Info Appeasement Office, Mr. Qi Lao, vice chairman of the South Sichuan People's Assembly and director of the Civil Affairs Bureau, Ye Cheng, deputy commander of the 24 th Army, and Deng Bin, deputy commander of the garrison command, held a grand press conference on behalf of 125 representatives from all walks of life attending the meeting, announcing the successful completion of the disarmament work.

The congratulatory letter was exactly the same as the predictions of Chiang Kai-shek, Yang Yongtai and others, comprehensively reviewed the glorious history of the various armies under southern Sichuan, highly praised the achievements of the various armies in the Songhu 128 War of Resistance and the Great Wall War of Resistance, deeply mourned and deeply remembered the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country and the nation, and stated that in the new historical period, "we must respond to the call of the central government and the government and shift the focus of work to the field of economic construction and the development of people's livelihood", and called on the retired officers and soldiers of the whole army to lift their spirits in their new posts. With 100 times the effort and selfless enthusiasm for work, we will devote ourselves to the vigorous work of building the motherland, and make contributions to the prosperity of the country and the prosperity of the nation.

At the end of his congratulatory letter, An Yi, in his capacity as director of the Sichuan-Hunan-Yunnan-Guizhou Border Region Pacification Office, expressed his deep gratitude to the central government, Chairman Chiang, and Chairman Jiang for their support and guidance, and once again reaffirmed the firm stand of all armies and people of all nationalities in Sichuan, Hunan, Yunnan, and Guizhou in safeguarding national unity and national dignity, obeying the leadership of the central authorities, and obeying the call of the central authorities.

This congratulatory letter, which is more than 1,200 words high-sounding but full of wisdom, contains a lot of important information, and was immediately reprinted by major newspapers across the country as soon as it was announced.

It is said that after reading this letter, Yan Xishan and Li Zongren both expressed the same emotion:

Lao Chiang's patience and compromise once again resolved the huge crisis of the Central Army moving towards ***, An Yi, who had fully matured, gained the greatest benefits, not only gained great prestige, but also forced Chiang Kai-shek not to transfer the An Jiajun to the forefront of the Jiangxi Civil War, not only to please the opposition forces in all aspects, but also to usher in a valuable adjustment period for the development and growth of the An Jiajun, An Yi himself seems to have taken the initiative to resign from all prominent military and political positions in the Central Committee, but in this congratulatory letter, it is cleverly shown that he is still " Director of the Sichuan-Hunan-Yunnan-Guizhou Border Region Pacification Office." Chiang Kai-shek, who had made enemies on all sides and was struggling, would never dare to remove An Yi from his post at this time, and An Yi justifiably became the supreme military and political chief of a total of 21 counties in the Sichuan, Hunan, Yunnan, and Guizhou border regions, including southern Sichuan, western Hunan, western Guizhou, northern Guizhou, and Zhaotong in Yunnan.

On the afternoon of 5 June, all the equipment of the two field hospitals of the 24 th Army quietly arrived at the Qingyuan Airport in Baoding, and returned to Xiangxi and Syria together with the 11 th and 12 th Air Brigades and their joint headquarters.

At 11 o'clock in the evening of the same day, the 16,000 outstanding officers and soldiers who had already been discharged from the army and were about to be disbanded changed into military uniforms with the logos of the *** Division and the 17th Division respectively, and under the leadership of the generals sent by the *** Division and the 17th Division, they formed two unarmed "recruit brigades" and quietly set out. The "Recruit Brigade" of the 17th Division was stationed at Langfang Military Station, and the "Recruit Brigade" of the *** Division was stationed at Qingyuan Airport in Baoding.

At two o'clock in the evening, the officers and men of the Quartermaster Logistics Section, the Teaching Regiment directly under the Division, and the two regiments of the New First Brigade were ordered to arrive to take over the Baoding Military Station and begin to officially assume the security work of the Baoding Military Station and the Field Hospital.

At 4 o'clock in the morning, under the cover of night, a transport convoy composed of 65 military trucks of the Anjia Army drove from south to north to the Bazhou camp where the logistics station of the Song Zheyuan Department of the Northwest Army was located.

At the beginning of the morning, the convoy quietly left the heavily guarded Bazhou and returned to Baoding Airport. After a half-day rest, the convoy was refueled and replenished, and with the cooperation of the 500 brothers of the left-behind garrison battalion of the aviation headquarters, all the aircraft maintenance equipment, various spare parts, and seven replaced engines were installed, and under the escort of the brothers of the garrison battalion, they went directly south.

At 9 o'clock in the morning of 6 June, the last group of officers and men left behind at the 24 th Army's military station boarded a special train heading south, drove to Hankou in a light rain, and then turned to the waterway to return to the southern Sichuan garrison.

At this point, the officers and men of the 24th Army all evacuated the entire line in North China and embarked on the vast journey home.

At 4:30 p.m. that day, Shenyang, Kwantung Army Hospital.

The wide courtyard was solemn, and hospital guards, military doctors, and nurses stood neatly on both sides of the passage to welcome the arrival of General Muto Nobuyoshi, commander of the Kwantung Army.

Accompanied by Okamura Ninji, deputy chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, Muto Nobuyoshi walked with heroic steps past the Japanese officers and soldiers who were standing and saluting, passed through the treatment building, and directly entered the ward area in the backyard.

Koichi Ishikawa, who was still lying on the hospital bed, was taking medicine under the service of a female nurse, and was very excited to see Muto Nobuyoshi and Okamura Ninji brought by the dean, Muto Nobuyoshi hurriedly took two steps forward, and held down Ishikawa Koichi who wanted to sit up with concern, and motioned to the dean to take the chair away.

Okamura Ninji smiled slightly, stepped forward and stood up with a "snap", opened the document in his hand, and began to read out the commendation order and letter of appointment from the Great *** Imperial War Department.

Koichi Ishikawa, who was successfully promoted to major general of the army, did not have the excitement that Muto Nobuyoshi and Okamura Ninji wanted to see, and his still weak body was fully expressed from his pale and emaciated face, except for whispering thanks, there was not much expression, let alone the pride and pride of Lieutenant General Sakura.

Muto Nobuyoshi shook his head and sighed, motioned for his subordinates to bring chairs, waved off all the medical staff and entourage, and sat down in front of Koichi Ishikawa's hospital bed with Okamura Ninji.

"Ishikawa-kun, tomorrow you will return to *** country with your glorious brigade to recuperate, and I didn't take the time to visit you until today, please forgive me."

Muto Nobuyoshi stood up politely and bowed, and Okamura Ninji stood up at the same time and bowed deeply, expressing his heartfelt thanks to Koichi Ishikawa on behalf of the officers and men of the Kwantung Army.

Koichi Ishikawa, who was still inserted with a urinary tube and an abdominal wound that had not yet been removed, hurriedly waved his hand and saluted back with his mouth, but he couldn't help but look up and turn around, pulling a large area of wounds on his body, and the pain made him clench his teeth and break out in a cold sweat.

Muto Nobuyoshi hurriedly sat down and gently held Koichi Ishikawa's hand for a while of comfort. He seemed to hesitate for a moment, but he still said kindly:

"According to Ishikawa-kun's current physical condition, I shouldn't have let Ishikawa-kun increase the pain and trouble, but it is about the interests of the empire and the future of my Kwantung Army, so I still have to trouble Ishikawa-kun. In the past few days, I have carefully studied the relevant reports submitted by the General Staff Section, and suddenly realized that from the initial battle of Liaoxi, to the subsequent battle of the Great Wall, and then to the final battle of Luanhe, the Kwantung Army did not occupy the initiative that it thought it had all along, and the direct cause of this consequence was the resolute resistance of the An Yi Division of the Central Army of China and the 17th Army that arrived later, especially the unexpected series of decisive resistance of the An Jia Army. It seems that our army is always at the key point of every campaign, unwittingly caught up in the trouble of attacking fortified positions and confrontations, resulting in the inability to effectively implement the guiding ideology formulated before the war. Considering Ishikawa-kun's in-depth knowledge of the Shina army, Okamura-kun and I took the opportunity of the award and send-off to discuss this issue with Ishikawa-kun, hoping that Ishikawa-kun would not have any concerns. ”

"Summary!?" Koichi Ishikawa was quite surprised, his eyes rolled a few times, and when he saw the encouraging gaze of his friend Okamura Ninji and the ardent anticipation of Muto Nobuyoshi, he nodded slightly and replied:

"The subordinates obeyed the order, but they were worried that they were shallow and disappointed the general's expectations."

Muto Nobuyoshi smiled generously, and Okamura Ninji said in a joking form: "If Ishikawa-kun is shallow, then there will be few knowledgeable generals in the entire Kwantung Army, haha!" Ishikawa-kun will return to China tomorrow, and whether he will return to my Kwantung Army in the future is still unknown, Okamura is willing to ask Ishikawa-kun not to give him extravagant teachings! ”

Ishikawa Koichi smiled slightly, no longer polite: "During this period of recuperation, my subordinates thought of many problems, in addition to the young famous general An Yi of Zhina, they also thought of Yang Jie, another knowledgeable and wise general in the Zhina army. Yang Jie graduated from the 10th phase of China's Army Non-commissioned Officer School, and then graduated from the 15th phase of China's Army University with excellent results, and is known as the best military theorist in the Chinese army.

In the eyes of his subordinates, Yang Jie was not inferior to General Jiang Baili, who was well-known at home and abroad, and his subordinates even suspected that many of An Yi's battle plans were likely to be supplemented and enriched by this military theorist.

"The subordinates suggested, when the battle was summarized, pay more attention to and understand Yang Jie, our army and the outside world, and even within the squadron, think that An Yi and Yang Jie have a very general relationship, but my intuition tells me that this is not the case, when I was still an instructor at the Central Military Academy of the Nanjing government, I found that Yang Jie and An Yi have an incomprehensible tacit understanding in teaching and military theory research, therefore, the subordinates suspect that the personal relationship between the two is not general, but very deep, otherwise, Yang Jie would not have recommended An Yi to enter the Army University in China as the vice president of the research institute many times, and the reason why he did not get his wish in the end was completely the result of An Yi's unwillingness to bear it. ”

Muto Nobuyoshi and Okamura Ninji glanced at each other and took this issue very seriously.

In Muto Nobuyoshi's trusting gaze, Koichi Ishikawa took a slow breath: "My subordinates know that most of our generals in the Kwantung Army are not convinced by the young An Yi, and there is also a very inappropriate misunderstanding and arrogance, thinking that An Yi has not received a higher professional education, but only has some talent in the field of tactics. During this time, my subordinates reflected a lot, and felt that this was also the fundamental reason why our 6th, 7th, 8th, and 12th Divisions and other brigades were defeated again and again in the face of the fierce Anjia Army, which may be more advanced than ours. ”

Okamura Ninji nodded silently, and when he saw that Ishikawa Koi was panting hard, he said his opinion: "Actually, I have also experienced this, especially in the later stage of the battle, not only did our opponent's combat effectiveness not weaken, but there were signs of gradual increase, and after the fierce battle, there was still the courage to successfully attack the headquarters of the Sixth Division, which is a good proof." ”

Koichi Ishikawa smiled very pleased, feeling that his old friend could have such an opinion, which was very gratifying: "Yes, the training method of the An Jiajun is likely to be more advanced than we imagined, otherwise it would not be possible to have such strong combat effectiveness." ”

"Oh? Ishikawa-kun, please elaborate. ”

Muto Nobuyoshi was surprised by Koichi Ishikawa's affirmative judgment in a hypothetical tone.

Koichi Ishikawa closed his eyes, expressed his affirmation, opened his eyes and explained in depth: "The general might as well review An Yi's growth path, after graduating from the Whampoa Military Academy, he started as a small engineer company commander and took the lead in advocating the improvement of engineer training, and thus rose to prominence. Next, he continued to make meritorious contributions in the Northern Expedition War, from the only model battalion commander in the whole army to the commander of the first regiment, through more than a year of thousands of miles of campaign, and then promoted from the regiment commander to the commander of the first division, and then to the commander of the corps in the Central Plains War, An Yi has never served as a deputy below the military level. What does this mean? There has also been such a precedent in my emperor's *** team, and the few seniors who are still leading our army today are exactly the same as An Yi's growth process! ”

Koichi Ishikawa swallowed his throat with difficulty: "Everyone looks down on An Yi who has risen step by step from the bottom, thinking that he has not received a higher professional education, but they don't know that the five military textbooks compiled by An Yi have now become the textbooks of the Shina Military Academy, and two of the exploratory books on new operations have been translated by the German *** team and have become important reference materials for the German Army.

"I'll say another joke I heard in a joke with the Nanjing military generals, after the Northern Expedition took Shanghai, An Yi's troops had a short rest in Kunshan, when a regiment stationed near An Yi's *** regiment, the regiment commander was An Yi's Huangpu senior, I saw An Yi on the training ground and a company commander under his command to explain the training essentials, and finally said that the weight of 15 kilograms around the barracks to run five kilometers, the excellent should not exceed 20 minutes. The regiment commander scoffed, and immediately took out 1,000 yuan to bet that An Yi couldn't run, An Yi took the money and handed it to the adjutant, and then led a company that was training to prepare together, carrying a weight of 20 kilograms to run, and it only took 19 minutes, and all 135 officers and soldiers were completed. The regiment commander was surprised and asked how the training could be so good? An Yi replied, you go back and try to run for three months, and record the mileage you have completed every five minutes every time you run, and you can do it after three months. As a result, the regiment commander went back to do it, and after running for seven days in a row, he finally couldn't stand it anymore and stopped running. ”

Muto Nobuyoshi nodded frequently: "I understand, you mean that An Yi and his officers will personally experience every training, and summarize it persistently, and finally come up with the best training method, right?" ”

"Yes, the commanders at all levels of each of the main regiments of the Anjia Army have been promoted in this way, so these commanders have high prestige, and when fighting, the soldiers are resolutely obedient and have confidence in their commanders......"

After Ishikawa Koichi finished speaking, he glanced at the cup on the table, and Okamura Ninji hurriedly picked up the water cup and patiently fed Ishikawa Koichi with a spoon.

Koichi Ishikawa smiled gratefully, looked at the thoughtful Muto Nobuyoshi, and continued: "General, the An family army has another secret, which is very important, they advocate honor, and the army implements uninterrupted education, in addition to the materials they compile themselves, the newspapers they publish, and they do not let any opposition newspapers and magazines flow into the barracks, and they will take out every victory and every battle hero of their own army to inspire their officers and soldiers, therefore, the officers and soldiers of the An family do not have any other army when facing the soldiers of our empire, The prudent fear and fear in his heart is very confident, and he is eager to win the battle against my emperor's *** team. This is also the reason why our Kwantung Army officers and soldiers are not convinced, but they have to admit in their hearts that the An Jiajun is brave. ”

Muto Nobuyoshi held Koichi Ishikawa's hands very gratefully: "Understood! Thanks to Ishikawa-kun, I think I know how to do it. ”

Hiroshi Ishikawa smiled, endured the fatigue and the pain from the wound, and pleaded in a gradually hoarse voice:

Ishikawa thanked the shogun for his trust and for his respect and training. This time he returned to China to recuperate, and I don't know when the next time we will meet, before leaving, Ishikawa, as an ordinary soldier of the Kwantung Army, once again implored the general to consider three questions. ”

"Please say, Ishikawa-kun, you are the best role model for our army." Muto Nobuyoshi was very moved.

Koichi Ishikawa took a deep breath: "First, immediately conduct a special study of all the experiences and commands of An Yi, Yang Jie, and the generals under their command; Second, as soon as possible, obtain a complete set of teaching materials for the Central Army Non-commissioned Officer School of which An Yi is the chief of education, and I heard that the German and British military attachés in China have reported to China and suggested that their own military or military schools should have close exchanges with An Jiajun and the non-commissioned officer school led by An Yi; Thirdly, and most difficultly, we will try our best to make recommendations to the Cabinet to comprehensively improve China's economy, crack down on China's heavy industry, machinery industry and mining industry, and restrict China's industrial development. ”

Muto Nobuyoshi nodded: "The first two suggestions are very good, after our army straightens out the affairs of the Northeast and Rehe, I will personally supervise the development." It's just that...... Ishikawa-kun, the third point is not the domain and obligation of our military, if you really think it is necessary, after returning to China to recover from your injuries, you can use the power of your illustrious family to complete it, isn't it better than our military to come forward? ”

Koichi Ishikawa smiled helplessly: "The general knows, although Ishikawa is from the imperial family, Ishikawa is still a very humble person!" ”

Muto Nobuyoshi and Okamura Ninji glanced at each other, understanding that although Ishikawa Koichi had repeatedly made military exploits, he had not received the attention of his family because of this, so he was reluctant to talk about this issue anymore, for fear of causing the pain buried in Ishikawa Koichi's heart.

The two stood up and discussed it slightly, and when they both turned to Koichi Ishikawa to say goodbye, the weakened Koichi Ishikawa had already fallen asleep.

Muto Nobuyoshi was extremely moved, and stepped forward to gently pull on the thin quilt for Ishikawa Koichi.

Okamura Ninji stood silently and gave a solemn military salute to Koichi Ishikawa, he didn't know what year and month his good friend would have to wait until the next time they met.