Chapter 170 Always Make Wedding Dresses for Others An Yi had just walked into the lobby from the middle courtyard, and immediately saw Major Xu, the communications staff officer of the division headquarters, walking in in the dust, and Yin Jinan accompanied him with a serious face.

Major Xu saluted An Yi, took out a letter from his briefcase and handed it to An Yi: "Commander An, this is an official letter from the chamber of the General Headquarters, sent to the division headquarters to request that it be transferred to you immediately, and the division commander personally handed it over to me and ordered it to be sent quickly." ”

An Yi took the letter and looked at the seal stamped with the seal of the attendant's room, and asked Major Xu to sit down and drink tea with a smile: "I haven't seen my brother for half a month, what are you busy with?" ”

"Don't mention it, brother, I and Quartermaster Lao Kuang and they went to Changsha, thinking that they could receive a batch of battlefield communication equipment shipped from Guangdong, but after waiting for ten days and finally returning empty-handed, all the damn things were snatched away by Tang Shengzhi's grandson, I heard that Tang Shengzhi's grandson had made up his mind to expand his Eighth Army into four armies, so everything that passed through his territory had to be stripped of its skin."

Thirty-two-year-old Major Xu graduated from a private engineering school in Shanghai, not from the military academy system, so he is still a major after a long time of hard work in the army, he drank a few big sips of tea after speaking, put down the teacup and pointed to the tea leaves in the cup:

"Good tea, better than the tea that the master drinks! I admire you for this, you never treat your brothers badly, even your own soldiers eat better than the company platoon commanders of other regiments, and you never hide any good things, unlike your brothers in the first and second phases of your petty family. Okay, I don't have anything to go back to, and I have a meeting in the evening. ”

An Yi stood up and grabbed Major Xu's sleeve, beckoned to the orderly, and commanded in a low voice: "Go, go to Lao Chang and bring two bags of tea, which is the kind sent by Zhou Lao Berttuo in the morning...... Lao Xu, you wait a while, I know that you love to drink tea and often stay up late, wait a while to bring two packs back to try it, and the same thing you drank just now was given to me by the local squire, I don't know the quality of the tea casually drink to quench my thirst, even if it is a good thing, let me spoil it. ”

The orderly quickly brought a beautiful small cloth bag and handed it to An Yi, and Major Xu took it from An Yi's hand and sighed softly: "Then I'm welcome!" Xiao Yi ...... You seem to be quite clever on the surface, but in fact, you are too real in your heart, and you have never seen you fight for any interests for yourself.

I won't talk about the previous things, just say that in this Nanchang Campaign, your regiment has the best record, from the rebellion to the joint blockade to the successful encirclement of withstanding the impact, a series of dazzling beautiful actions are all you singing the leading role, but in the end all the credit goes to others.

Now, the other regiments are stationed in Nanchang City to eat and drink spicy food, but you are in this small place to help people work hard to train soldiers, and those people in the city are really bullying you intentionally or unintentionally when they see you young, in fact, everyone who understands knows what is going on here, no matter whether it is a war, a training, or a person, who dares to say that he can compare to you in each regiment of our first army...... Alas! Not to mention, even Shizuo feels sorry for you, before I came, he also said that he would come to you to squat for a few days after the meeting tomorrow, see if you have any practical difficulties, and try to help if you can help.

During this time, you have to think about it carefully, take advantage of the rest period to stay by the side of the headquarters, and boldly raise any difficulties and requirements. ”

"Thank you, brother, remember it, if you're not busy, my brother really wants to have a drink with you and have a good chat." An Yi smiled gratefully, sent Staff Officer Xu on the horse, and watched him and the guards ride away with Yin Jinan before returning to the lobby.

An Yi finished reading the simple letter and handed it to Yin Jinan on the side: "The above didn't say anything except for the principal summons at nine o'clock tomorrow morning, what's going on?" It stands to reason that the principal usually wants to talk to me after 10 o'clock in the evening, so how can he summon me when he is at his busiest? Is there something mysterious in this? It won't just be as simple as handing over the technical report on the construction of the Bunker, right? ”

Yin Jinan put away the letter, instructed the adjutant to file it, turned to An Yi and asked worriedly: "I heard Lao Xu say something else just now, but he didn't say it thoroughly, I always feel that we are going to suffer again?" ”

"At this juncture, the loss is certain, unless we are all mediocre people, and we don't care about you if we have nothing to gain and nothing to do, otherwise who doesn't stare at you?

We worked hard to earn this family foundation, how much we lost in exchange for superior weapons and equipment, and how much did we pay to initially establish some relationships, no one cares about these, just see how much benefit you get, bullying us with young qualifications This is certain, at least in the next two or three years, we have to endure it.

Well, let's not talk about these depressing things, only by suffering hardships can we become superiors, and suffering losses is a blessing! The more we suffer, the more we have to make a career, and we can't neglect training and learning because of losses, otherwise we won't even have a chance to turn the book in the future. An Yi shook his head and smiled helplessly.

Yin Jinan could only nod: "Let's eat, after eating, I will sort out the information written intermittently with you during this time, and tomorrow you will have to hand it over to the principal yourself, but you can't make a mistake." ”

The next morning, An Yi and Gu Laoer, who had only slept for four hours in the middle of the night, changed into clean military uniforms, rode horses and left the station early, and rushed to Nanchang City in the north.

After entering the city, the two went straight to the original Beiyang Naval Academy on the bank of Baihuazhou, where Commander-in-Chief Jiang was going to meet An Yi today.

An Yi walked into the simple school gate alone, and when he saw Zeng Guangqing, he hurriedly greeted him.

Zeng Guangqing led An Yi through the long corridor, turned through the middle gate and entered the quiet courtyard in the south, where a chic and quaint small building came into view.

Zeng Guangqing whispered something to An Yi as he walked, led An Yi into the small building and quietly withdrew, sighed and walked to the grass to talk to Wang Shihe in a low voice.

After listening to An Yi's report, Principal Jiang took the neat information handed by An Yi and flipped through a few pages, took off his glasses with satisfaction, stepped out from behind the desk, and introduced the young major general who was sitting upright on the soft sofa drinking tea on the side of him: "Come on, An Yi, let me introduce you, this is the deputy head of Tu Sizong of the third division, you should know, sit down, sit down, and talk slowly." ”

An Yi stood up politely and saluted, and waited for Principal Jiang to sit down before sitting upright on the side sofa, thinking in his heart that although the twenty-nine-year-old deputy commander of the Third Division had never seen it, he had already heard that he was also from the original Guangdong Army, and had served as the commander of the 41st Regiment of the 14th Division of the First Army, the commander of the 7th Regiment of the 3rd Division, and was promoted to the deputy division commander with outstanding achievements in the Battle of Songkou, but An Yi didn't know what it meant to see him here today, and thought that since he came, he would wait for it, anyway, he would see you soon. Therefore, they are not in a hurry, and they wait for instructions respectfully and politely.

Principal Jiang took the water cup handed by the confidential secretary Chen Bui, took a sip of boiled water, and said kindly: "An Yi, in this Nanchang Campaign, your unit fought very well, I am very satisfied. Deputy Division Commander Tu is very interested in the achievements of your unit, so you can briefly talk about it, and I also want to know how you were able to capture more than 4,200 people. ”

An Yi's heart was agitated, and he immediately decided to tell most of the truth:

"Yes! In this battle, with the vigorous cooperation of the officers and men of our unit, especially the troops of General Gao Zhihua, who died in the battle, they were able to annihilate more than 2,220 enemy troops, capture 4,241 enemy troops, capture 135 war horses, and pursue more than 2,000 officers and men all the way, and captured military funds equivalent to 32,000 yuan. In terms of weapons, 20 US-made light machine guns, 1,500 6.5-caliber rifles, 400 Russian-made Mogan guns of 7.62 caliber, and only about 700 German-made weapons, of which more than 200 were short guns, were seized. ”

Principal Jiang smiled with great satisfaction, and Tu Sizong, who was full of heaven and polite, looked at An Yi in surprise, he really couldn't believe that An Yi's department's record was so good, and he even remembered all the captured figures, even the equivalent of 32,000 yuan was also truthfully said, and he couldn't help but be deeply impressed by Principal Jiang's introduction before An Yi's arrival.

Tu Sizong asked solemnly: "Commander An, what should you do with the more than 4,200 people captured by your department?" ”

"Report to the commander, in accordance with our army's conscription standards, his subordinates have carried out strict and meticulous screening and physical examinations of more than 4,000 prisoners, verified the identity and specific circumstances of each prisoner in strict accordance with the regulations, and after two rounds of selection and fully respected the wishes of the captured personnel, 600 of them have been added to the battalions of our regiment, and 2,380 men have been organized into two provisional regiments, which will be managed by the officers and men of our regiment's training team and the officers who have voluntarily attached to the prisoners, and routine military training will be carried out since yesterday morning.

The remaining 1,000 people were dismissed yesterday morning because of opium addiction, weak constitution, stubbornness, and voluntary disarmament and return to the fields. ”

An Yi replied loudly, finally understanding the true intention of this Major General Tu, who was not easy to speak with a straight face.

Tu Sizong nodded noncommittally: "If I am ordered to transfer these two temporary regiments in the morning of tomorrow, will I be able to complete the handover within one morning?" ”

An Yi replied: "It doesn't take a morning, just thirty minutes." ”

The experienced Tu Sizong immediately understood the meaning of An Yi's words, and said with a straight face: "To add, I want them to be fully armed before they are transferred, how long will it take?" ”

An Yi closed his eyes in pain, and only took a deep breath before he took a deep breath and replied in a low voice:

"Sir, my subordinates can only equip these two thousand three hundred and eighty brothers with this gun and Russian guns, because the equipment of the subordinate supplementary regiment is different from that of other brother troops, and the subordinates have been using the old German-made equipment eliminated by the main regiments since the establishment of the third company of the engineer battalion directly under the Second Division, and later the subordinates used their own money to buy back a batch of German-made 98 rifles and barge guns, and gradually equipped a company of German-made weapons with the financial support of Mr. Ou Yaoting, a patriotic and wealthy businessman, because the German-made weapons are of good quality and high accuracy. At the same time, the division headquarters also has a number of German-made weapons in stock or the same domestic imitation German-made weapons, which can ensure that the subordinate companies are not short of guns and bullets, and they are easy to capture and replenish on the battlefield. ”

"Head An, I don't need to explain, please answer my question head-on." Tu Sizong said sternly.

An Yi felt incomparably painful in his heart, and took a deep breath again: "I'm sorry sir, it only takes an hour for my subordinates to answer your questions now, and they can complete the equipment and complete the entire handover work." ”

Tu Sizong looked at An Yi in disbelief: "So fast?" ”

"Report to the chief, if it is a veteran under our subordinates, half the time is enough, the reason is that our training methods are different, the intensity of training is also different, and none of the more than 2,000 brothers under our subordinates are stupid!"

Although An Yi's tone was calm and his face was as usual, he was obviously angry, and the meaning was obvious, you can't do it to me, you are stupid.

Hearing this, Tu Sizong looked at An Yi in astonishment, and finally turned to Principal Jiang, who had not spoken very calmly.

Principal Jiang couldn't help laughing: "Nanyuan (Tu Sizong), have you seen it?" See what my good students are like, right? Haha......"

Chapter 171 Facing An Yi, who was quite surprised, Tu Sizong smiled, Principal Jiang was more satisfied with An Yi's sharpness and honesty, in Principal Jiang's memory, there had never been a subordinate who truthfully reported to him how many materials and money had been seized, An Yi did it, and the other was Li Xianzhou, who he had just reported and commended.

At the suggestion of President Jiang, Tu Sizong took out a document of the First Army Military Department from the briefcase on the side and handed it to An Yi kindly:

"Head An, when I was in Guangzhou, I listened to Ren Gong (Li Jishen) praise you more than once, and I am fortunate to see you today, and it is indeed worthy of the name."

An Yi barely squeezed out a few smiles, stood up and took the official letter with both hands and opened it, seeing that it was a document directly issued by the military department to supplement his regiment, he hurriedly read it carefully, and then he realized that the real identity of Tu Sizong in front of him at this time was actually the commander of the newly formed 22nd Division of the First Army, merging Gao Zhihua's 3,000 subordinates with his own more than 2,000 prisoners, plus his original regiment to form this new 22nd Division.

What puzzled and annoyed An Yi was that the document required him to transfer out as many reorganized officers and soldiers as he could, and how many guns he had to equip with them, which was equivalent to this paper document completely depriving An Yi's brothers of the hard-working seizure, and it would really be completed tomorrow morning.

An Yi, who was prepared, took the opportunity of reading the documents repeatedly, held back the anger churning in his heart, and quietly put away the documents and put them in his briefcase.

Principal Jiang had been quietly appreciating An Yi's performance, and when he saw An Yi about to leave, he waved his hand to let him sit down, but instead nodded and allowed Tu Sizong, who was satisfied with his toes and arrogant, to leave.

When only the two of them were left alone in the room, Principal Jiang asked with concern, "An Yi, why do you still use this old-fashioned briefcase?" Didn't you equip your school officers with a new type of briefcase? ”

"Students are used to using this kind of strap-on briefcase, which is convenient to ride on a horse and does not need to ask someone to carry the bag for themselves. To tell the principal, since the expansion, the student's clerk and adjutant have been sent to the company for training, and the student has not yet been equipped with an adjutant. An Yi replied truthfully.

Principal Jiang nodded with a sigh: "You always make me happy, at yesterday's reception luncheon, many foreign friends asked me about An Yi, the commander of the model battalion, I am very proud, which is enough to prove that the model battalion has become a dazzling banner in our Northern Expeditionary Army, therefore, today I take this opportunity to tell you that the banner of the model battalion must be maintained forever, and cannot be replaced by other numbers, no matter which army or division it belongs to in the future, this battalion must be called the model battalion." ”

"Thank you for the principal's encouragement and cultivation!"

An Yi said gratefully: "Principal, the students have something to ask for, I wonder if the principal can have time to listen to the students' brief reports?" ”

Principal Jiang nodded with satisfaction: "Speak slowly, we don't have to be polite between teachers and students!" I've deliberately postponed some of my business today, leaving you an extra ten minutes just to hear what you have to say. ”

An Yi puffed up his chest and said sincerely: "Headmaster, since the Northern Expedition, the student department has transferred personnel, equipment and equipment again and again, and the cumulative number has long exceeded the number of officers and soldiers it has.

Every time they see their old brother being transferred, the students feel extremely sad, so they sincerely hope to have a relatively fixed establishment to ensure that the regiment of the students has a certain combat effectiveness and the ability to continue to develop. As for the supernumerary part, it belongs to the soldiers who are trained for each regiment and department, and the students will be given the best training without discrimination, but if the military technical backbone of the students and experienced veterans are always transferred away in batches like this, the student contingent will be in a state of flux, and it will be difficult to continue, and it will seriously dampen the self-esteem and enthusiasm of the junior and middle-level officers. ”

Principal Jiang nodded again and again: "I have heard about this matter a long time ago, Wang Shihe, Zeng Kuoqing, Yu Jishi and even Chen Bui and others are complaining about you, saying that your instructors and seniors have gone too far, they can't lead troops, they can't fight, but they can do it better than anyone else to fight for power and profit." On the other hand, you always grit your teeth and endure it, to put it nicely, you take into account the overall situation, and if you don't say it well, you can't refuse because you are still young.

I know all these things, and since you have now expressed your difficulties and true thoughts, I will tell you a little opinion that I have taken into account during this period of time, and in view of your contributions, outstanding achievements, and exemplary role, I will make a proposal at the reorganization work meeting of the First Army tonight, suggesting that the First Army give you the number of the Second Division's Reading Force Regiment, that the number of officers and men of your entire regiment be set at 3,500, and that priority be given to ensuring supplies and salaries.

In this way, we can not only ensure that you can give full play to your outstanding combat effectiveness, but also train qualified soldiers and even non-commissioned officers for the main regiments, especially the special operations theory you put forward is very insightful, and out of the need for secrecy, it is still called the title of the guard company according to your opinions, but this company can have the number of officers and men of a battalion, and it can also have an additional number of teaching teams, as you have done in another practice, and do what you can do to keep it secret.

After you go back, immediately make a plan and send it to me, I will not interfere with your opinions, but remember that you must keep the hard-won glorious name of the 'model battalion', and I will sign it for you after the plan is completed. ”

"Thank you Principal for cultivating! Students will do their best to live up to the principal's expectations! An Yi stood up and replied excitedly.

Principal Jiang slowly stood up, looked at An Yi with satisfaction, and then sighed:

"If my students could be like you, I, the principal, wouldn't have to be so careless. Recently, all the armies have different degrees of opinions on the midshipmen in our Whampoa Division, especially the opinions of the Seventh Army, so I am ready to call them all back, and after giving them good instructions, they will be assigned to various units of the First Army.

Okay, let's talk about this for the time being, if you have any practical difficulties after going down, you can come to me directly, your first army is now divided into two parts, half in Jiangxi and half in Fujian, and I still need to worry about the coordination problem in the middle. ”

An Yi stood up and saluted: "The student remembers!" ”

Walking out of the small building, An Yi found that there were already several groups of guests waiting for Principal Jiang's summons in the side room, and he was able to talk alone with the busy principal for ten minutes, An Yi was already very satisfied, not to mention that after losing huge benefits, he could get a gratifying fixed establishment.

Compared with this gain and loss, An Yi thinks that he has gained much more than he has lost, at least after having the number of the Reading Force, he will no longer have to worry about being swallowed up, and he will have an important guarantee in terms of military salary and military logistics, and he can adjust the internal structure according to his own development plan to make it more scientific and closer to the needs of actual combat, which is a huge advantage that other main regiments cannot match, which is enough to make his regiment burst out with greater potential and combat effectiveness in the future journey.

An Yi slowed down and looked around, and found that the busy Zeng Kuoqing had long since disappeared, so he strode up to Wang Shihe, who was looking at him with a smile, and whispered to him the principal's opinion.

Wang Shihe nodded with satisfaction: "This is a matter of time, according to the summary of opinions submitted by the various armies, the temporary number of the supplementary regiment and the supplementary division will be cancelled soon, and it will be replaced by the number of the reading regiment, the teaching regiment, and the instructor, and the training of our army's recruits will be unified by the instructor and the teaching regiment. You have to be mentally prepared. ”

"Remember!" An Yi nodded: "Senior brother, I heard that a batch of radio stations is about to arrive, will it be equipped to the regimental level?" ”

Wang Shihe laughed: "There is such a plan, but recently our army has expanded three divisions in one fell swoop, and we have to give priority to equipping to the division level." This batch of new radio stations will arrive around the 15th of this month, when you go to see Director Yu, the specific situation he knows best, as long as there is a surplus, you should be able to get it, I don't estimate that your number will be approved in five days, as long as the number of the reading group is down, you have a reason to fight.

Xiao Yi, in the future, if you have time, you should come to the principal to walk around, be bolder, don't have so many scruples, the principal likes to chat with you, he said that chatting with you not only can always think of some problems that you can't usually think of, but also relaxed and natural, very pleasant, you have to cherish it! ”

An Yi nodded heavily: "Thank you, senior brother!" The little brother took it to heart. ”

"Mu Yi (Zeng Kuoqing) has been very busy in the past two days, and it is likely that he will go to Sichuan. After the National Revolutionary Army conquered Nanchang, the whole country was shaken, and the forces in Yunnan and Sichuan successively telegraphed and attached themselves to the revolution, and the first few numbers of the 20th Army were left to them, and the two generals Feng Yuxiang and Jin Sui and Yan Xishan in the northwest also telegraphed to attach the righteous revolution, and the current situation is very good, and it is estimated that the situation will be basically clear after the capture of Nanjing.

After you go back, you will have an understanding of the situation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang in advance, I am also busy today, and the next time you come, I will take some information and maps for your reference. Go back, tomorrow morning the 22nd Division will come to you to transfer people, so it will be easier to arrange it as soon as possible. Wang Shihe cared for his little brother An Yi, which made An Yi grateful.

Walking out of the courtyard and coming to the gate, An Yi and the waiting Gu Lao Er rode on their horses, and they were no longer in the mood to pay attention to the beautiful scenery in the city and the beautiful girls on the street.

The brothers were in an uproar when they heard An Yi finish reading the documents of the military department, and they all scolded angrily, even Yin Jinan and Qu Muchen, who had the best temper, were annoyed, and closed their lips tightly and did not want to say another word, Ye Cheng frowned and lowered his head in thought, as if he was very puzzled and disappointed by the military department's approach.

An Yi waited for the brothers to scold enough before he said calmly: "Everyone, from today onwards, put your hearts at ease, stop complaining about the heavens and complaining, but should take a good look at our own shortcomings and see if our training is in place?" Let's see how well we have done patriotic education and ideological work among officers and soldiers? Let's see how well our civil-military relations are handled? These are the priorities of our work in the recent period.

It is estimated that in another month, we will go to the front line in Zhejiang, this month's preparation time is very precious, and it will play a vital role in the battle you are about to face, and the capabilities of each company and battalion will be reflected after entering Zhejiang. Main! ”

Everyone looked at An Yi in astonishment, how could he suddenly become the main force?

After thinking about it, the brothers began to understand it one after another, and a knowing smile began to appear on their faces.

Although An Yi will not reveal a little news before getting the official number, everyone sees calmness and confidence from An Yi's calm face, so they are also very encouraged - as long as there is a battle, there will be achievements and gains, not to mention that Sun Chuanfang's main force has been almost consumed, and it is a great opportunity for everyone to make contributions.

(To be continued)