The main hall of the General Temple was brightly lit and the atmosphere was warm, and An Yi and the brothers looked at the stacks of white flowers on the table with a total of 47,500 oceans, and then looked at the boxes of guns and ammunition covered under a dozen large tarpaulins outside the temple gate, and their faces were full of incomparable happiness.

An Yi looked at Gu Laoer, who was smiling on half a cigarette and with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Tiger head, you have made a lot of credit for recruiting back more than 800 brothers, and the 5,000 oceans will be written off even if the recruitment fee is written off, considering that the brothers you brought are all good hands, after picking out 200 people, Xia Jian will be able to smile from ear to ear, and I will reward you with a thousand oceans today." ”

Gu Lao Er didn't even glance at Dayang on the table: "Keep it, boss, just write it down for me, save 10,000 yuan and let Lao Chang notify me." ”

All the brothers laughed, and they all said that Gu Lao Er had a lot of appetite, and An Yi knew what Gu Lao Er really meant, so he smiled and ordered Lao Chang to take out five bags of noodles and remake them, each bag was filled with a thousand oceans, and put them in front of Yang Bin, Ye Cheng, Lu Mingdi, Zhang Qigong and Qu Muchen respectively:

"Five brothers, this is a promise I made in advance, and I will fulfill it now...... Don't speak, listen to me. Although each of them has a monthly salary of 120 yuan and a public subsidy ranging from 50 to 100 yuan, they cannot be sent to their families at present, and the next is about to be a tough battle, and there are not many opportunities to make money and share money, so please be sure to accept it, every brother here has a share according to the level of his position, so don't mind. ”

Yang Bin and the five of them had no choice but to accept it gratefully, and when they saw An Yi instructing Lao Chang and Shi Lejun and other military logistics brothers to bring a few sturdy ammunition boxes, and put all the remaining oceans into the boxes and carry them away, they muttered to each other in confusion.

An Yi explained that because the other brothers present were homeless and had entrusted the Quartermaster Unit to keep the money on their behalf, Yang Bin was relieved to accept it, and truly felt An Yi's integrity and magnanimity.

Xia Jian hurriedly ran out when he heard the movement of the gate, and saw more than 200 officers and soldiers of the guard company, machine gun company, and mortar company lifting the tarpaulin, and under the command of quartermaster Shi Lejun and the ordnance chief Shen Jianping, Tao Xun and other brothers, they carried away all the mortars and dozens of brand-new light and heavy machine guns, and ran into the main hall in a hurry: "Big brother, how can this be done?" How did you divide all the equipment of our four battalions? ”

An Yi motioned for him to sit down: "The guns have to be test-fired and adjusted, you don't understand, besides, your mortar platoon is almost all recruits, how can you fight without training?" Tomorrow, you will assign your machine gun platoon to the mortar company directly under the regiment headquarters, and let them divide a platoon to carry four guns and directly join your four battalions. The same goes for machine gunners, let the machine gun company send a group of non-commissioned officers to each company of your four battalions to serve as the chief and deputy squad leaders, and then go with the tuned machine guns, you just need to make up the number for others.

As for 1,000 new German-made rifles and 200 flower machine guns, you want to swallow them all with hundreds of people in a battalion? Can you eat it? We have to let the instructors of the guard company and the teaching team pick out the best guns from them, and then distribute them according to your actual needs, and we have more than 200 flower machine guns left in the whole regiment, and you kid want to equip 200 of them? Even if I say yes, you have to ask the brothers here if they say yes! ”

The brothers laughed, and Xia Jian smirked embarrassedly.

Yin Jinan then explained to everyone one by one how to distribute weapons and equipment, how to complete the deployment of the backbone military personnel of the company and platoon as soon as possible, and how to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible.

Ye Cheng, who is as careful as a hair-rich man, said with admiration that in this way, the Xia Jian Fourth Battalion is almost the same as the model battalion, except that there are no two engineer companies, it is simply a copy of the model battalion, and the officers and soldiers of the whole battalion only need half a month of intensive training, and they can be pulled into the battlefield!

For the first time, Yang Bin and others appreciated Yin Jinan's clever calculations and meticulous and rigorous style, and finally understood the important reason why Yin Jinan was irreplaceable in the original model battalion and today's supplementary regiment.

The next morning, the supplementary regiment with the camp gate closed began intense training, and after a morning of careful adjustment, Xia Jian's fourth battalion took on a new look, and all of them were pulled to the open area of the river behind the Jiangjun Ridge to begin strict training.

Gu Lao Er and Wu Liheng led a guard company that had been expanded to 350 people, and set off for the mountains 20 kilometers away in the northwest, where they needed to carry out internal training and brutal elimination competition in three days, and the 36 people who won from it would be transferred to An Yi and Hu Zi, and the instructor team composed of An Yi and Hu Zi would personally impart more advanced combat concepts, special skills, and various tactical coordination and other knowledge of special operations.

Compared with others, An Yi seems to be extremely idle, leading Lao Chang and dozens of logistics personnel to the small shooting range in the northwest of Jiangjun Ridge to practice guns, among which Xiao Langzhong and Shi Lejun are the most dedicated and serious, one has the revenge of killing his father and has not avenged, and the other has a right hand disability full of firm determination to be self-reliant and self-reliant, and under the guidance of An Yi, the two are the most serious and the hardest.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the sky and the earth changed color, the north wind howled, and the first heavy snow of the year fluttered down without warning.

In the manor next to the creek fifteen miles north of Wuning City, a simple and elegant octagonal pavilion stands quietly under several tall hundred-year-old cypress trees, there is a small square table in the pavilion, the small charcoal stove on the square table emits a yellow-red warm flame, the exquisite shape of the wide-mouthed small copper pot is the aroma of boiled sea bass, and there are several fine side dishes on the table. On both sides of the square table sat two generals with great ambience, and the two happily picked up the porcelain cups and touched them lightly, and drank them all.

The young general on the right put down his glass, coughed lightly twice, and then flushed his face, obviously overwhelmed by the wine. The stocky and sturdy general on the left with a wide nose and a wide mouth laughed:

"Jiansheng, you are still the same as when you and my brother met and drank for the first time in Yulin four years ago, and your stomach turned red after a sip of wine, haha! This is Guilin Sanhua wine specially sent by Ji Kuan (Huang Shaohong, now the acting chairman of Guangxi Province and the commander of the Later Seventh Army), a fine product of 20 years of cellaring, even in Guangxi, ordinary people don't have this blessing if they want to drink a sip. ”

Bai Chongxi drank a small half bowl of fish soup to ease his strength, put down the small bowl and sighed with a smile:

"The little brother is not blessed to enjoy, I remember the visit of my classmates when I was a teenager, the little brother set up a banquet to entertain, a few cups of stomach and then fell unconscious, fell asleep for a long time, when I woke up, my mother held the elixir solemn teachings, the little brother was sincerely afraid of guilt, and since then he has not drunk a drop of alcohol. Alas...... Flick your fingers! Four years ago, the elder brother lived in a corner of Guinan, the younger brother and Ji Kuan brother were busy in order to find a place to live, and finally the two armies merged into one, and it was not until the spring of this year that the soldiers went out of Xiaoxiang and fought even the victory, everything is vivid, just like yesterday! If it weren't for the attention of Commander-in-Chief Chiang and Ren Gong (Li Jishen, then Chief of the General Staff of the National Revolutionary Army) who insisted on keeping the younger brother at the headquarters of the Northern Expeditionary Army, the younger brother would definitely be able to fight on the battlefield with his brother and the Bagui soldiers and prestige in China! ”

Li Zongren laughed: "Jiansheng has already become famous now, who in my Northern Expedition armies does not know that the plans of the major battles of the headquarters are all from Jiansheng's hands?" The kung fu of winning thousands of miles away in strategizing, is it comparable to the reckless man who charges into battle? Don't be humble, haha! Besides, isn't it nice now? Today, your arrival has made the officers and men of our army ecstatic, and the hearts of the army have been greatly lifted! The huge amount of 100,000 yuan of millions of bullets is exactly what our army urgently needs, just like sending charcoal in the snow, and there are 12 French mortars with nearly 1,000 shells, and our army is like a tiger with wings! ”

"Brother, the younger brother is quite puzzled, after our army entered Jiangxi, many battles and victories were captured, and the equipment of 6,000 soldiers and horses was more than enough, why is there a lack of artillery and mortars?" Bai Chongxi asked suspiciously.

Li Zongren drank a glass and put down the glass: "It's funny, the first time to capture De'an captured countless people, when evacuating due to the lack of horses, the brothers under his command dragged the artillery extremely hard, so the sappers dug a deep pit, more than 20 artillery pieces were buried in the first line of Wangjiapu, in a hurry, the crooked traces were obviously covered with dry grass and leaves, I didn't expect this attack on Wangjiapu, the opponent actually dug up all these artillery, wiped it clean and fired at our army, and so our army was not afraid of death to conquer Wangjiapu, and found that all the artillery abandoned by the enemy was destroyed, Before the opponent fled, all the bolts and firing locks were blown up, and they were no longer usable, and our generals and colonels were at a loss and hated more than 30 scrap metals. ”

Seeing Bai Chongxi laughing dumbly, Li Zongren couldn't help but smile, and said with regret: "The tragedy of the first battle of Wangjiapu is second only to De'an, especially in the battle of Raspberry Mountain in the morning, our soldiers suffered heavy losses under the various mortar strikes of the other side, I personally went to the front line to pay attention to observation, and ordered the students of the Eighth Brigade to cut into the enemy's two mountains and then besiege with all their might. The two armies took Raspberry Mountain in one fell swoop and ended the battle, but they still let one of the enemy's battalions flee back to Ruichang with seven or eight mortars on their shoulders. After the war, I carefully summarized and found that if the enemy did not scatter the eight mortars, but concentrated on covering the narrow passage in the middle, our army would not be able to attack no matter what, so it can be seen that the use of mortars is a new topic and worth exploring! ”

He changed the practice of dispersing mortars among infantry companies in the past, and gathered 12 mortars that originally belonged to three infantry companies to form a mortar company equipped with 45 pack horses, and took advantage of the advantages of large mortars and long range of mortar fire, and could move quickly and fire quickly, and in the Nanchang siege rout half a month ago, he defeated the surprise attack of Deng Ruzhuo's brigade in one fell swoop.

After the war, I personally went to the battlefield to carefully inspect and found that their first salvo of eight rounds achieved an astonishing record of destroying more than 300 enemies, and then the second launch of the mortar company once again repelled the opponent's second attack, and at the same time as the third launch, more than 200 warriors under the command of this person actually stepped on the landing point of the artillery shells to launch a counter-charge, in one fell swoop to defeat Deng Ruzhuo's elite brigade, and beheaded his brigade commander, and achieved a great victory in destroying more than 1,000 enemies and capturing thousands of weapons, but under the overall rout. Commander-in-Chief Chiang was embarrassed to praise him, otherwise he would have caused a sensation in the whole army. Bai Chongxi sighed slightly after speaking.

Li Zongren's eyes widened and he asked in surprise, "Who is this person?" Could it be Cheng Songyun (Cheng Qian)'s general? ”

Bai Chongxi smiled slightly: "No, this person is An Yi, the model battalion commander in the famous army." ”

Li Zongren was taken aback: "Is it the doll battalion commander who graduated from the Huangpu Engineer Department who took the lead in implementing the improvement of engineer training?" ”

"Brother don't underestimate this An Yi, in the opinion of the younger brother, this person is really a rare genius in a hundred years, with a solid foundation and a wide range of knowledge, the younger brother chatted with the generals of various departments of the headquarters and learned that An Yi has not yet been officially promoted to a formal student during the school period, and has completed the military course by himself, and then self-taught walking, artillery, surveying and mapping, riding and other majors, humbly and diligently do not understand that he asks, won the favor of the top and bottom of Huangpu and the instructors of various subjects, and he has been tireless in teaching them, even the Russian engineer instructors Hulin, Shooting instructor Lyuschenkov regarded him as a proud disciple.

What is even more rare is that this person is not conformist but flexible, looking at the large and small battles he has participated in since the Northern Expedition, all of them are exchanged for maximum results at the minimum cost, and his accurate calculations and efficient battles are unmatched in the current army. The younger brother dared to assert that in three or five years, this person would be an outstanding general in the Whampoa system, and the army under his command would become the most effective ace army in the hands of Commander-in-Chief Chiang. ”

After Bai Chongxi finished speaking, there was a look of admiration and admiration in his eyes.

Li Zongren was silent, he knew that his chief of staff, Bai Chongxi, was arrogant and arrogant, and his vision was extremely high, and he had never looked at the Huangpu students who had rushed to the battlefield in just a few months after studying at the military academy, and the person who could make Bai Chongxi praise so much was definitely not something in the pool.

Li Zongren suddenly recalled the concerns about Jiang Defense mentioned to him by Hu Zongduo, the brigade commander of Wuchang City, and remembered that Hu Zongduo also mentioned An Yi's name at that time; and after the Battle of Tingsi Bridge, the fierce generals Huang Qixiang and Zhang Fakui of the Fourth Army praised An Yi, as well as Tang Shengzhi's appreciation of An Yi during the banquet, and his hatred for his stupid subordinates who went to court with An Yi for a village woman...... All this was connected together, and Li Zongren immediately realized that he had ignored An Yi and the rapid growth of the heroes in the various armies in the war.

The snowflakes were still falling, and the guards came up to carefully add charcoal, slowly poured a glass of wine for the two generals, and then quietly retreated.

Bai Chongxi saw Li Zongren raise his head, smiled again and asked in a low voice: "Brother, do you know how Liu Jingfu (Liu Zhi) was proud of Commander-in-Chief Jiang in the Fengxin Campaign?" ”

"Liu Jingfusheng's surname is magnanimous, although he doesn't say much, but he is a rare member of the tiger general, this person has a high degree of obedience to the surname of a pure soldier, he is never afraid of the opponent when he fights, and he will move forward knowing the hardships and dangers, and judging from the strength of nearly 10,000 people in the second division at that time, attacking Fengxincheng should not be under his words." Li Zongren replied thoughtfully.

Bai Chongxi shook his head, and then immediately encircled the Second Division's siege of Suozi Valley, which had made all the money east of Liuyang, and then the battle of Shangfu and then the battle of Fengxincheng, and then briefly commented:

“…… It can be said that the battle of Shangfu, which was fought very smartly, has annihilated a brigade of Fengxin's main force, and there are only more than 2,000 people left in the next Fengxin siege city, but Liu Jingfu fought very hard, and in the end, it was this An Yi who led his troops to break the city first, and An Yi, who was not well wounded in the shoulder but took the lead, was also shot through the waist and abdomen in this battle.

Although the details of this battle are rarely revealed by the Second Division, according to the younger brother's speculation, all the strategies should be related to An Yi. First of all, since An Yi led his troops to the city first, the plan to break the city should come from An Yi, otherwise it is impossible to understand that An Yi, who is good at calculations in battle, will go to attack the city as the commander of the engineer battalion when the main regiment still has absolute combat effectiveness. Secondly, An Yi has a strong guard company under his command, more than 130 people in the whole company are equipped with unique skills, extremely brave, it is not an exaggeration to call it a dead soldier, on the night of the Nanchang rout, it was this company and hundreds of veterans of each company in the model battalion who were not afraid of death to launch a counter-charge, chasing their own mortar fire and the third charge of more than 2,000 people in Deng Ruzhuo's department, and finally killed the world and the world, the ghost cried wolf, and killed more than 1,000 enemy soldiers, and the remnants of the enemy army were terrified as if they had encountered a terrible ghost. Unexpectedly, a regiment sent by Deng Ruzhuo to support was dispersed, and the reinforcements were so frightened that they hid in the city and closed the city gates, and did not dare to go out of the city for three consecutive days. ”

Li Zongren looked at Bai Chongxi in shock, and when he saw Bai Chongxi nodding slightly, he sighed leisurely: "Such a wise and brave general, it's a pity for me...... Jiansheng, can you operate a little and let the An Yi Department fight side by side with our Seventh Army on the way to the Northern Expedition? ”

Bai Chongxi pondered for a long time, and finally nodded and replied in a low voice: "It is feasible, after the purging of Jiangxi, the various departments will turn around and go north, and the preliminary intention at present is that the East Route Army of the First Army He Jingzhi (He Yingqin) will go north to eastern Zhejiang after capturing Fuzhou, and the First and Second Divisions of the First Army will go straight to the southwest of Zhejiang through Shangrao, and the two armies plan to converge on the Tonglu line. Liu Jingfu himself was defeated due to the attack on Nanchang, and the next day he resigned from the post of acting army commander, and He Jingzhi, who commanded many surrendered troops of the Eastern Route Army and was about to be reorganized into two armies and one division, once again served as the commander of any army as the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Route Army. Once the younger brother arrives, the matter will be easy. ”

"Haha! It's very exciting! ”

Li Zongren drank another cup with satisfaction, put down the cup gently, and sighed: "When the Northern Expedition arrived in Changsha, the General Political Department sent more than 170 graduates of the fourth phase of Huangpu to our army for internships. But there is no half of a handsome man like An Yi, which is really laughable! ”

Bai Chongxi's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and after thinking about it slightly, he knew what Li Zongren meant:

"Brother, this matter must not be rushed, wait for Jiangxi to be cleared, and then send people back in the name of reorganization, otherwise you will definitely fall into the pretext of rejecting dissidents. In addition, An Yi attaches great importance to affection, and he gets along well with all Huangpu students, especially with the seniors of the first and second phases and the classmates of the fourth phase, and he is like a brother.

A few days ago, I heard Commander-in-Chief Chiang personally instruct the attendant officer who graduated in the first phase to expand his affection, and asked him to include An Yi's name in the list of directors of the 'Whampoa Alumni Association'. ”

"Got it!"

Li Zongren leaned over and picked up Bai Chongxi's bowl, happily filled Bai Chongxi with a piece of fatty fish lips, and then served half a bowl of delicious fish soup stewed into milky white.

(To be continued)