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opened An Yi's introduction. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Gang Liecai personally awarded honors to Hu Jialin, Gu Changfeng and others, Chiang Kai-shek, Zhu Peide, Chen Yi and others couldn't help grinning, knowing that it was the courage and arrogance of the independent division that quickly defeated the arrogant Shi Yousan rebels, which not only saved the reputation of the central government and the central army, but also greatly deterred the rebels of all departments and boosted the morale of the whole army.

After a little discussion, Chiang Kai-shek thought that An Yi's recommendation was very reasonable, and it was very suitable for the fierce general Gu Changfeng to lead the newly established complex army, and if he couldn't really bring out a second independent division. The three of them all agreed to An Yi's recommendation. When Gu Changfeng was immediately appointed as the major general of the 44th Division, he was very touched by the applause of the generals, and saw Chiang Kai-shek's favor for An Yi and his liking for Gu Changfeng, and at the same time he was shocked by a fact:

With Gu Changfeng's unexpected promotion, there are as many as two first-class divisions derived from the independent division, and if you add the seventeenth division of Zhu Shigui, who has a close relationship with An Yi, An Yi will only need to be appointed in the future. Invisibly, he has the powerful military strength to calmly command four divisions.

At 9:50 p.m., the meeting ended. The hungry An Yi and Zhang Zhizhong were just about to return to the military academy together, but they were left behind by Zhu Peide and Ge Jingen. Along with An Yi, there were three generals under Chiang Kai-shek, Liu Zhi, Jiang Dingwen and Gu Zhutong, who were in charge of the Hubei-Henan Theater, and He Yingqin, Yang Yongtai, Chen Lifu and others who would quietly follow Chiang Kai-shek every time they encountered major decisions.

Under Chiang Kai-shek's orders, everyone came to stand in front of the map, and Ge Jingen, deputy chief of staff, slowly opened the second curtain, and the huge military map of the Hubei-Henan Theater came into everyone's eyes.

As with every previous explanation of strategic and tactical tasks, Ge Jingen calmly and unhurriedly explained in detail the station, movements, and equipment level of the four divisions of the Tang Shengzhi Division in Henan and the five divisions of Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army, and raised his voice slightly to say the final purpose:

"Because our army's northern and southern fronts are facing the threat of rebels at the same time, the defense line is too long, resulting in the dispersion of troops and a sharp reduction in combat effectiveness; moreover, most of the nearly 20 divisions on the Jiangbei front line are B divisions adapted from local troops, and the division has only two brigades and four regiments per catty, and the main force of the division is poorly equipped and not well trained, and most of the division's artillery is less than one battalion. Moreover, there is the Achilles' heel of vacillating our stance and fearing difficulties and cowardice, so we can only temporarily take a defensive position on the Henan-Anhui-Sulu front.

According to the opinions of the commander-in-chief and repeated discussions with the General Staff Headquarters, it was decided to change the original operational plan, and the Jiangbei line east of the Hubei-Anhui border adopted an active defensive posture, and the Hubei-Henan line west of the Hubei-Anhui border, and the Second Army Corps switched from luring the enemy into depth to taking the initiative to attack. Take advantage of the favorable conditions that our army has already taken control of Wusheng Pass. Launched a-for-tat attack on the rebels of Tang Shengzhi's army. ”

Everyone's eyes moved with Ge Jingen's baton, and Liu Zhi, who was embarrassed at the meeting just now, had a proud smile on his face at this time. It was precisely Liu Zhi's ambition and repeated remarks that made Chiang Kai-shek abandon the "active defense plan" of passively being beaten in the Hubei-Henan Theater and decide to launch a strategic decisive battle with the enemy on the front line in southern Henan, so as to win the initiative in political reputation and morale.

Ge Jingen continued: "Since the 3rd and 5th Divisions under the jurisdiction of the Second Army have been transferred to Yangzhou and Chuzhou to stabilize the Jiangbei front, the participating troops in the Hubei-Henan Theater are currently only the five main divisions of the First and Second Armies, and the five divisions in western Hubei such as Wuhan Sanzhen and Jingxiang are heavy due to their heavy local defense tasks. For a while, it was difficult to transfer north to join the battle. As a result, the number of troops invested by our army on the Hubei-Henan battlefield was obviously insufficient.

The headquarters originally wanted to transfer a division from western Hubei to the Second Army Corps, but considering that Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army was likely to take advantage of the fierce battle between our side and Tang Shengzhi, it would suddenly attack the strategically important Jingxiang line from southern Henan and Shaanxi, and two of the four divisions in western Hubei were newly formed divisions that had not yet formed combat effectiveness. Therefore. After careful consideration, the General Headquarters gave up this plan and did not transfer troops from western Hubei for the time being.

After repeated study, the headquarters initially decided to transfer two divisions from the Jiangxi front line to the Hubei-Henan Theater as soon as possible, but at this time, the main force of Tang Shengzhi's three divisions had already moved south to Xinyang, and a major battle was imminent.

There are two problems that we urgently need to solve: First, once the fierce battle starts, how to face the Northwest Army's attack on the Jingxiang front? Second, how can we solve this difficult problem in the shortest possible time? ”

At the signal of Chiang Kai-shek, the generals returned to their positions and sat down to discuss. Gu Zhutong's expression was relaxed and peaceful, his First Army had two well-equipped armored divisions under his command and the Second and Third Independent Brigades with excellent combat effectiveness, accounting for half of the main force, so he was not worried at all. However, Jiang Dingwen, the commander of the Second Army, had no bottom in his heart. Although the Second Army has the sixth, ninth, and eleventh divisions and the fourth independent brigade under its jurisdiction, Fang Ce and the sixth division, who were promoted to the commander of the sixth division, need to guard the front line in eastern Hubei Province, and the fourth independent brigade is still in Ezhou for reorganization, and only the ninth division and Chen Cheng's eleventh division that can go into battle to fight are Jiang Dingwen and Chen Cheng's eleventh division, of which the eleventh division also needs to leave a brigade to stay in Hankou, which makes the second army's attack power obviously insufficient, and it is in a very passive position in the upcoming fierce battle.

Chiang Kai-shek glanced around, and his serious expression and shining eyes immediately quieted the generals who were talking in a low voice:

"In view of the current dire situation of insufficient troops, we have tried every means to make up for it. First, the recruitment of new recruits is being stepped up in various places.

Second, the work of expanding the Sixth Army Teaching Corps into the First Teaching Division is underway, the plan for the formation of the Second Teaching Division with the teaching staff of the Central Military Academy as the backbone is also about to be implemented, and the recruits of the five regiments recruited from Jiangxi, Xiwan and Jiangxi are basically in place. There are still three months left for the divisions to become an army. Gong Wei Jingcheng is barely competent, and it is not possible to go to the battlefield.

Only by defeating Tang Shengzhi's rebels in one fell swoop can we deter Xiaoxiao and win time and initiative for the next step of all-out reorganization of the divisions under the jurisdiction of the Central Army. Below. Let's talk freely and contribute ideas and suggestions for winning this battle. ”

The crowd spoke in unison, and then they began to discuss in low voices. An Yi, who was sitting under Gu Zhutong, listened with his ears and said nothing.

More than half an hour passed, and after full discussion, all the proposals of the participating generals were rejected, because "the shallow operation has caused the embarrassing situation of one carrot and one pit in all departments of the Central Army, and the rebellion that may arise at any time from the old warlords who support their troops and wait and see, and where to draw troops."

"An Yi, how can you, the model of the army who is called "Fox General", not say a word? ”

He Yingqin suddenly asked loudly, attracting everyone's attention to An Yi for a while. Zhu Peide, Ge Jingen and others were secretly surprised. I didn't expect He Yingqin to take the initiative to ask An Yi, although there was a little bit of sarcasm in his words. But it is always a good gesture of reconciliation.

An Yi frowned, didn't look at He Yingqin, leaned back in the chair and replied calmly: "Thank you for Chief He's praise, subordinate" General Feihu, the bandit number was sealed by Bai Jiancheng during the Northern Expedition to Jiangbei that year. Instead of what "fox general" I am afraid that few people have remembered so far, to say that the most impressive, I am afraid that it is still the Shanghai and Hangzhou newspapers often said that "the white fox generals looked at each other, and finally looked at He Yingqin in shock, no one expected An Yi to hold such a grudge, and turned over the old accounts of He Yingqin and Bai Chongxi and Li Zongren who jointly forced Chiang Kai-shek to step down, and was degraded as the "white fox" group by all walks of life in Jiangxi and Shanghai.

He Yingqin's face was full of anger, and Chiang Kai-shek looked at An Yi with displeasure. lowered his face and asked loudly: "An Yi, as a member of the party, have you forgotten your status and responsibilities at this critical juncture?" ”

An Yi's heart froze, and he suddenly stood up and stood upright: "Back to the principal, students always remember their own identity, and always demand themselves with the standard of revolutionary soldiers, but students are unwilling to let some people mention the previous bandits, if there is a mistake, I beg the principal to forgive." ”

Chiang Kai-shek was silent for a while, and his gloomy face could not see whether he was satisfied with An Yi's attitude, he still stared at An Yi's face and did not speak, and the participants held their breath and did not dare to express their opinions, and the atmosphere was dull and embarrassing.

After a long while, Chiang Kai-shek nodded slightly to He Yingqin to show appeasement, turned to An Yi again and said: "Let's talk, tell me about your understanding of the Hubei-Henan battlefield, and what opinions and opinions do you have Although to put it bluntly, you have been in western Hubei for a few months, and you must be no stranger to the situation in the war zone." ”

"Yes! Regarding the Hubei-Henan war situation, the students also have a little immature opinion, and the Second Army really has no ability to deal with how to fight the students, but they have a bottom in their hearts about how to fight the Jingxiang battlefield on the western front of Hubei and Henan.

The students believe that with the current strength of the four divisions in western Hubei Province, it is completely possible to rely on the complex terrain of mountainous areas, rivers, lakes, and other terrain to ensure that western Hubei does not have to worry about it. As long as he held Xiangyang, he could use his own firepower, marching degree, familiarity with the terrain and the advantages of gaining the hearts and minds of the people to defeat or even annihilate any rebels who tried to move south. An Yi confidently replied loudly.

Seeing that An Yi was so confident, and he was also relieved about the situation in western Hubei, Chiang Kai-shek nodded slightly, and asked again: "Xiangyang is the gateway to Wuhan, as long as Xiangyang is not guarded, Wuhan will be under the opponent's bow, since you are so trustworthy." Can you tell me what you should do? ”

"Students obey!"

An Yi asked Chiang Kai-shek to allow him to explain his overall plan against the map" Chiang Kai-shek Lixuan agreed, and a group of generals also followed behind Chiang Kai-shek, came to the map again, and waited for An Yi's explanation with great interest.

An Yi picked up the baton on the shelf, pointed to the Nanyang front line and reported the station, secret defense operation, assembly point and transit station of the seven divisions of the main force of the Northwest Army on the South Road like a few treasures:

According to the analysis of the Northwest Army's troop formation, the officers and men of the 17th and 17th Divisions have long been prepared to attack Xiangyang in the south, but the reason why they have not taken action so far. There are no more than two reasons, one is political reasons, the Northwest Army is also afraid that the division will be nameless, and it will be infamous for taking the initiative to provoke a civil war, and will be condemned by the whole people, and the other is that they need to wait for Tang Shengzhi and our army to fight on the eastern front of the Hubei-Henan battlefield, and they will have a light profit.

Looking at the troop deployment and operational intentions of the Northwest Army, An Yi thought that as long as our Second Army blocked Tang Shengzhi north of Wusheng Pass and launched a strategic decisive battle. The Northwest Army did not dare to attack Xiangyang easily. Even if they really dared to attack Xiangyang, it would be difficult for them to gain any benefits under the resistance of the four divisions. Based on the analysis of the current financial and logistical supply situation of the Northwest Army, the long-term attack and battle of the army are the most unbearable for them.

On the other hand, although the 51st Division and the 44th Division formed by Caiwang have no combat effectiveness, they can still do it by virtue of the favorable terrain, not to mention that it is not easy for the Northwest Army to come to Xiangyang City, and it has passed the two passes of General Yin Jinan's 16th Division and General Zhu Shigui's 17th Division before, and it does not pay a huge price. They couldn't get to Xiangyang.

If the officers and men of the Northwest Army unite as one, they will burst out with a hundredfold combat power to defeat Xiangyang. Before it failed to recover Xiangfan, the Northwest Army would not dare to drive to Wuhan in the southeast, otherwise it would fall into the dangerous situation of being intercepted in front and pursued after the troops were pursued before Suizhou, and the divisions in western Hubei could completely requisition and transfer three divisions of garrison troops within three days and use the favorable terrain such as rivers and mountains to launch uninterrupted all-round attacks on them. At that time, the Northwest Army, which ventured into the depths, would not be far from being destroyed. ”

Most of the generals agreed with An Yi's analysis, Zhang Zhizhong pondered outside the film, walked to Chiang Kai-shek's side and whispered a few words, Chiang Kai-shek nodded and asked An Yi:

"An Yi, who do you think is better to command the four divisions in western Hubei?"

An Yi replied respectfully: "As long as it is a military-level commander sent by the commander-in-chief, anyone can go." ”

The generals whispered, Chiang Kai-shek hesitated for a moment and said no more, and loudly announced that the meeting would end and continue tomorrow morning, and the generals would pack up and leave.

An Yi, who was so hungry that he was "quacking", walked out of the gate and called Jiang Dingwen to go to the Confucius Temple to eat something together, Jiang Dingwen also happened to have something to discuss with An Yi, nodded and walked to the parking lot side by side with An Yi.

But the two of them walked to the side of the car, Zhang Zhizhong strode in, and said that the principal was invited, and the plan of An Yi and Jiang Dingwen was dismissed.

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