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Chapter 530: Parting Ways

An Yi rushed to the door of the conference room of the Office and was politely greeting a group of elites from all walks of life, and Shi Pufang, a confidential staff officer, drove in and reported in a low voice:

"The 16th Division reported urgently, Zhang Fakui's main force of the 4th Division suddenly retreated to Yesan Pass overnight, and the special detachment that has been monitoring the main force of the 4th Division has been monitoring, and Zhang Fakui's main force seems to be hesitating to go east and south. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"The fourth division has arrived at the third level of the field? What's going on? Can there be a telegram request before the drawdown? An Yi was taken aback, fortunately, Zhang Fakui's department had not yet been transferred out of the war zone, otherwise he would have been charged with transferring troops without authorization.

"No, do you immediately call General Wu Shang of the 52nd Division and General Koizumi of the 5th Division to inquire where the two divisions are now?" Shi Pufang asked.

An Yi nodded: "The sooner the better, and then call General Zhang Fakui in my name to inquire, remember to be polite, in addition, notify Jinan, order the Wu Liheng Brigade stationed in Yidu to immediately enter a state of combat readiness, and order the two regiments of the Cheng Junhua Brigade stationed in Huanghua Town to be ready to go out at any time."

If I'm not mistaken, Wang Jingwei, who returned to Hong Kong in the past two days with a high-profile report and set up another central government, may have contacted his old partner Zhang Fakui...... Alas! The progress of the radio technical team at our old Nanchang base is still too slow, and it still has not been able to decipher the radio contact codes of several companies......"

"The subordinates will do it, but what if all three divisions are evacuated from western Hubei and He Longbu follows? Are we sending troops to Enshi to consolidate our defenses? Shi Pufang asked thoughtfully.

An Yi pondered for a moment: "No! Don't go, it's okay to lose Enshi, it's not our fault, if the Central Committee and the commander-in-chief are to blame, it can only be credited to Zhang Fakui. You don't have to think about it so much, I have my own arrangements for other things, go ahead. ”

"Yes!"

An Yi walked to a group of officials and representatives from all walks of life, said apologetically that there was an urgent military situation that needed to be dealt with immediately, and solemnly promised the director of education, the director of construction, and the principal of the girls' middle school that he would squeeze out 150,000 yuan from the military expenses of the camp within three days to support the expansion of the girls' middle school into a women's normal school and the construction of the second middle school.

Seeing that the purpose of this trip had been achieved, a group of old masters hurriedly thanked each other, sent them off warmly, looked at the car in the distance, shook their heads and called General An a real cheerful person.

Back at the headquarters, An Yi immediately asked the quartermaster staff officer, had the ammunition and supplies issued to the various departments been shipped? Quartermaster General Zeng Geng hurriedly replied:

"The first batch of allocated materials is being loaded onto the ship, and it will be sent to Enshi via Qingjiang at noon, and the weapons, ammunition and various materials of the other divisions have also been prepared and will be ...... within two days."

"Alright, Chang Gung! It's good that Zhang Fakui and Wu Shang are likely to launch a mutiny, and you immediately order the dock military station to stop loading ships, stop all supplies from the warehouse, and suspend the payment of military salaries to all departments this month, waiting for my order. An Yi interrupted Zeng Changgeng's words and ordered directly.

"Yes!"

Zeng Changgeng, who was extremely shocked, walked away quickly.

"Report!"

Liang Zhenyu, an operational staff officer, strode from the confidential room: "The General Staff Headquarters Yigong urgently telegraphed, and Wang Jingwei and the party reorganization faction that broke away from the government sent a telegram to the whole country, opposing the central leadership, not recognizing the legitimacy of the Nanjing government, announcing the establishment of a preparatory committee and setting up a separate central committee in Guangzhou, and ordering us to immediately monitor Zhang Fakui's Fourth Division to strictly prevent the rebellion of the department. In addition, in order to strengthen the defense of western Hubei, General Cao Wanshun led a new 1st Division to arrive in Yichang on the afternoon of tomorrow. ”

"In this way, Zhang Fakui has rebelled, otherwise there is no need to transfer the new 1st Division that has just been reorganized to make up the numbers, and the current strength of the central government is overstretched......"

An Yi shook his head slightly, and returned the message to Liang Zhenyu: "What about Pu Fang?" ”

"Just after sending a few telegrams, Pu Fang said that he had a stomachache and went to the health team to get medicine, and it didn't matter if the younger brother took him for a while." Liang Zhenyu replied.

An Yi nodded: "Did Zhang Fakui, Wu Shang, and Fan Xiaoquan call back?" ”

"Not yet, my subordinates will go to see it immediately." Liang Zhenyu immediately said goodbye and returned to the confidential room.

An Yi walked in front of the large map, waved his hand to support the two staff officers, opened the heavy green curtain by himself, stood in front of the map and carefully observed the traffic routes around Yesanguan, Shen Fengdao walked to An Yi's side and discussed in a low voice together, judging what Zhang Fakui wanted to do next? Will Wu Shang be in league with Zhang Fakui?

At ten o'clock in the morning, Yesanguan Tianjingping.

Zhang Fakui, Zhu Huiri, deputy division commander under his command, brigade commanders Xie Yingbai, Huang Zhenqiu, Wu Qiwei, and more than 10 deputy brigade commanders gathered under the big tree to engage in a heated debate on whether Zhang Fakui proposed to withdraw east or south.

Xie Yingbai and Wu Qiwei advocated taking the eastern front, where the road was flat and the mileage was closer, on the grounds that the 16th Division would never dare to do anything to its 20,000 army; Zhu Huiri and Huang Zhenqiu strongly opposed it, advocating that in order to avoid possible conflicts and unnecessary losses, it would be prudent to go south through Hefeng and Shimen all the way. The four of them fought for each other, each with a reason, the more noisy it became, the louder it became, and more than a dozen generals watched it, and no one dared to express their opinions easily.

Zhang Fakui, who was sitting at the root of a protruding tree, had a gloomy face, and when he saw that his subordinates were arguing, he finally couldn't help but shout: "Stop arguing!" Like words? There are brothers on all sides, and they don't worry about affecting morale, right? Qingyun, you speak first! ”

Wu Qiwei, who graduated from the sixth phase of Baoding, was the chief of staff of Huang Qixiang of the 36th Regiment of the Fourth Army, and fought side by side with An Yi in the battle of Tingsi Bridge, and was a brave and resolute general, although he was very polite to An Yi, but looked down on Yin Jinan's 16th Division, except for the independent division stationed in Nanjing's ** battalion, the other divisions could not enter his eyes at all, so he said his thoughts very confidently:

"Military seats, brothers and sisters, more than 200,000 yuan of military salaries are about to be distributed this month, and the 300,000 rounds of ammunition, 2,000 mortar shells, 200 supplementary firearms and 5,000 pairs of military shoes that were approved by the military seat to a meeting four days ago have not arrived, so why should we give up what we have in hand?

We can go to Yichang generously, ask An Yi to get military pay and materials, and then transfer to Yidu to go south, with An Yi's friendship with our Guangdong army, can he give it? Afraid of what? What if Yin Jinan's 16th Division dares to take our 20,000 horses? ”

Zhu Huiri rolled his eyes and shook his head again and again, and without waiting for Zhang Fakui to let him speak, he objected loudly: "Brother Qingyun, why are you still talking about things with the old yellow calendar?" An Yi is not the little model battalion commander who used to be easy to talk to! Time has passed, and now it is not what it used to be, do you think he was promoted to the director of the lieutenant general camp for nothing? This guy is young and light, but he is decisive and ruthless, he dares to shoot the deputy commander of other people in front of tens of thousands of soldiers, and dares to kill a division of the Anhui army, leaving no one behind.

It's not a joke that the Central Army called him a smiling tiger behind his back, and now that our army has suddenly left the battlefield without informing him in advance, can he, as the battalion director, not be annoyed? Brother Zhaomin, Chief Xu and other party elders have already openly argued with Lao Chiang in Hong Kong, what if Lao Chiang secretly ordered him to play yin and lure us to Yichang, and then commanded three divisions to suddenly attack?

That's right, we have 20,000 soldiers, but Yin Jinan's 16th Division alone has 32,000 officers and soldiers, not counting the more than 10,000 people in Fan Xiaoquan's department who fell out with us, and the more than 9,000 people in Wu Shang's division who forgot their righteousness.

Our relationship with An Yi is different now, originally everyone was under Ren Gong, he was Ren Gong's student and nephew, and he had a good relationship with Yu Xing (Huang Qixiangzi) brother, but since we parted ways with Ren Gong, the relationship has changed, with the close relationship between Ren Gong and An Yi, An Yi did not do his best to Lao Jiang for Ren Gong's release, let alone us! ”

Zhu Huiri made his words clear, and immediately won the support of most of the generals and colonels, everyone knew that the soldiers under their command were tired from marching for days, and the shortage of ammunition needed to be replenished urgently, if they really ventured eastward to fight, how could they be the opponents of the 16th Division, which was strong and well-equipped, and waited for work?

Zhang Fakui saw that the opinions of the generals were inclined to Zhu Huiri and Huang Zhenqiu, no longer hesitated, and decisively ordered all departments to extinguish the smoke and fire, and immediately waved his army south, and more than 20,000 soldiers immediately packed their bags and traveled south, among which 8,000 Guangxi soldiers who had just been incorporated were in a very different mood, and finally returned to their hometowns south after being away from home for several years, and the joy in their hearts was overflowing, and some Gui officers and soldiers who could not hide their hearts could not help laughing, and immediately attracted a scolding from the Cantonese officers and soldiers", "Decrepit boy", "You dog hanging" and other very regional characteristics of the shouting and scolding are endless.

Two hours later, two brigades of Wu Shang's 52nd Division and one brigade of Fan Shisheng, which were behind the Fourth Division, retreated eastward without any scruples, and the Red Army following closely behind them suddenly hesitated when they came to a fork in the road, although the 52nd Division and Fan Shisheng's division were closer, they had no artillery and baggage, and they took a relatively wide and flat road, so they retreated quickly, and Zhang Fakui's division left two hours early, but they carried artillery and heavy baggage, and took a rugged mountain road, so it was easier to catch up.

When the two regiment commanders were worried about the direction of pursuit, Duan Dechang, the chief of staff, came on horseback surrounded by the guard company, and after asking about the situation, he decisively decided to pursue Zhang Fakui's troops, and only needed to send a team to make a detour through the mountain paths and inform the Wufeng Red Guards in advance to break down the wooden bridge, so that Zhang Fakui's troops could be dragged in the lofty mountains and mountains at the junction of Hunan and Hubei, and they would have a better chance of obtaining greater results.

At twelve o'clock at noon, the headquarters of Yiling Battalion in Yichang.

An Yi received a call back from Wu Shang, and a stone in his heart finally fell to the ground. Wu Shang, who was afraid of withdrawing the army without authorization and taking responsibility for the crime, finally put away his anxiety under An Yi's repeated reassurance, and said that he would strictly abide by the order, immediately leave the two retreating divisions in the Changyang area to rest, and immediately set off for Yichang.

One of Fan Shisheng's brigades retreated to Gaojiayan under An Yi's orders, and Fan Shisheng also said that he would immediately rush to Yichang to attend an emergency meeting.

"Telephone to the headquarters: Zhang Fakui's department refused to call back, and now he has left without saying goodbye, and has withdrawn south to the direction of Hefeng, and it can be concluded that the department has been transferred in violation of the order and left his post without authorization. An Yi. An Yi finally telegraphed the situation that had been repeatedly verified to the General Staff Headquarters.

"Yes!"

Shi Pufang handed the message to An Yi to sign, put his legs together forcefully, and saluted away.

An Yi turned to Liang Zhenyu: "Zhenyu, inform Ji Nan and Lao Ding, closely monitor the marching route of Zhang Fakui's department and the progress of the Red Army's pursuit, and report the emergency situation to our department at any time." ”

"Yes!"

An Yi stood up and stretched, lit a cigarette, touched his quacking belly and walked out of the door, seeing Shen Fengdao and Lin Yaodong whispering under the big tree in front of the door, with a strange smile, he couldn't help but smile and stepped forward to ask what was going on.

Shen Fengdao replied in a low voice with an ambiguous expression: "Xiao Jiu inadvertently saw Staff Officer Shi driving to a grocery store on Zheng Street to buy cigarettes, and came back to me and said that it was a little strange, the cigarettes in our headquarters are all special good cigarettes, and there are as many as three brands of cigarettes, and they will be received after smoking, who doesn't have two packs in their pockets, can they use them to buy them on the street?" It is estimated that the proprietress who sells cigarettes is beautiful, and it is unknown if Staff Officer Shi likes it! ”

An Yi shrugged his shoulders and smiled indifferently: "It is estimated that it is just after smoking, let's go, go to dinner." ”

Shen Fengdao and Xiao Jiu didn't say anything anymore, and followed An Yi to the backyard. As soon as he took a few steps, An Yi's mind turned, and he suddenly remembered that he heard about the CC department planting people everywhere in Gong Qian's house, and his heart sank, so he stopped and approached Xiao Jiu, looked around, and asked in a low voice:

"When did you see Spectrum Fang go buy cigarettes?"

"It's almost nine o'clock in the morning, just send you back to the camp I went to Jinan to get information, I saw Shi staff officer go in to buy cigarettes, I didn't care about driving directly to the 16th division headquarters, and Lao Ding watched a few brothers compete, about eleven o'clock I drove back, and saw Shi staff officer's car parked at the door of the grocery store, I felt strange, so I slowed down and looked at the store, the proprietress smiled at Shi staff officer, the person is very beautiful, I wanted to stop and enter the store to make a joke, but I saw that there were many people on the street, and the time was tight, so I came back directly. What's wrong, big brother, is there something wrong? Xiao Jiu asked puzzled.

"After nine o'clock, Liang Zhenyu said that Pu Fang had a stomachache and went to the health team to get medicine, why did she appear in a grocery store? Strange! ”

An Yi shook his head, looked at the back door of the headquarters, pondered for a while, and then ordered in a low voice: "This matter must not be mentioned again in the future, and you two must not show any wrong looks, I will leave it to Lao Ding to deal with, and then talk after the matter is clarified, if it is okay, it will be treated as if nothing has happened, don't let Spectrum Fang have any misunderstanding." ”

"What if something happens?" The murderous intent in Shen Fengdao's eyes flashed.

An Yi replied sadly: "No matter what, this matter will be handled by me, without my order, you two will act as if nothing has happened, let alone let Spectrum Fang notice anything, understand?" ”

"Okay!"

Xiao Jiu and Shen Fengdao replied reluctantly.