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Chapter 573 Wave the army to the north

In Chiang Kai-shek's eyes, the temporary defeat of Sunrise was nothing compared with the huge casualties on the whole front, not to mention that the lost territory had been regained in less than a day, and most of the officers and soldiers who were killed in this battle were not the Central Army's descendant corps, but Fan Shisheng's local garrison unit, and An Yi, the commander of the corps in charge of the entire theater, called the headquarters to ask for punishment, but won a good reputation of seeking truth from facts, frankness and sincerity, The soldiers of Fan Shisheng's department, who did not detect the enemy's situation in time, were also grateful to An Yi who had the courage to take responsibility, and had the urge to die for his confidant. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Due to the fiasco in Nanyang, the Northwest Army had no more troops to replenish on the Luyu battlefield, while Chiang Kai-shek, who gradually had an advantage in total strength, had much more at hand, and unhurriedly transferred the 11th Division of Chen Cheng, who had been re-replenished and had high morale, to the Jinpu battlefield for reinforcements.

After Chiang Kai-shek's order was issued, Chen Cheng led the 11th Division to the Jinpu line to fight against the Jin army, rushed to Yanzhou at a speed of 120 miles every day, and went straight to Qufu, and the 61st and 60th divisions of Jiang Guangnai and Cai Tingkai, who defended the city, attacked inside and outside, and defeated Li Shengda's Fourth Army besieged by the Jin army, relieved the siege of Qufu, and then led his troops to attack, successively defeated the Feng Yuxi Department of the Jin army, occupied the palace and Loude Town, and then defeated Li Shengda's army, and occupied Lianhuayu, Huafeng, and Ciyao, Defeated Fu Zuoyi's troops in the White Horse Temple in one go, and then pursued Jinan along the railway line through Wande, Zhang Xia, Gushan, and Dangjiazhuang, completely crushing the strategic intention of the Jin Sui army Zhang Yinwu and Fu Zuoyi's two armies from Pingjin to the south to besiege Qufu and finally encircle Xuzhou.

When the news came, the whole army was excited, and Chiang Kai-shek was overjoyed, promoted Chen Cheng to commander of the 18th Army and commander of the 11th Division, and gave heavy awards to the officers and men of the 11th Division, and then sent a telegram to An Yi, commander of the Fifth Army, to spur the Fifth Army Corps with Chen Cheng's merits, urging the Fifth Army Corps, which had been recuperating for 35 days, to launch a full-scale offensive as soon as possible, and to advance rapidly with Chen Cheng's troops in the east and west, and inflict heavy losses on the enemy in spirit and strategy.

An Yi quickly replied, congratulating Chen Cheng's troops on their good achievements, and once again clarified the gratifying changes that were taking place in the direction of operations faced by the Fifth Army, saying that when the general offensive of the whole front was launched, the headquarters would move north as soon as possible, strictly implement the established plan, take Tongguan in one go, completely cut off the retreat of the Northwest Army, deter the garrisons in Shaanxi and Gansu, and quickly move from west to east, and plan for the friendly forces of the Third Army to encircle Luoyang in one fell swoop.

When Chiang Kai-shek and his staff saw An Yi's reply, although they were extremely disappointed, they were helpless, knowing that half of the Fifth Army Corps was a newly formed division that had been reorganized from prisoners for dozens of days, and that although An Yi was known for his boldness, speed and flexibility, his pre-war preparations were more cautious and adequate than any other army, so they could only step up preparations for a general offensive on the whole front, and supervise the Fifth Army Corps without giving a death order.

Chiang Kai-shek and his staff did not know that the Fifth Army had never waited passively, and in the past month, the "subversion plan" they painstakingly formulated had gradually shown great power, and a total of more than 30 "self-rescue teams" inspired by the great righteousness and composed of disaster victims and captured soldiers from all over Henan and Shaanxi carried relief food and medicine, held the weapons issued by the Fifth Army Corps, and carried the white ocean in their arms, returning to one village after another, under the guidance of the accompanying officers of the Anjia Army, In the past half a month, the armed riots of the people in various places have been surging, from the initial point to the side, gradually joining together, forming a huge peasant uprising across the two provinces of Henan and Shaanxi, covering more than 90 counties and towns. Fight to the brutal old warlords, the people's will to settle down the army" and other simple and easy-to-understand catchy propaganda slogans resounded throughout the land of Henan and Shaanxi.

At the end of July, taking advantage of the fact that the Central Plains War was in full swing, the warlords from all walks of life had no time to take care of anything else, the Zhu Debu of the First Army of the Red Army advanced northward, and the Nanchang area was intimidated by its troops to implement martial law, and all shuttle ships had been stopped, and Zhang Huizan, the commander of the 18th Division, hurriedly assumed the command of the Nanchang garrison under the command of the provincial governor Lu Diping, and led his troops to meet the Red First Army; At the same time, more than 30,000 people from Peng Dehuai's Third Army of the Red Army in northern Hunan and northwest Jiangxi suddenly captured Changsha, and the provincial government special service battalion mutinied. Wang Jingwei, Feng Yuxiang, and Yan Xishan convened an enlarged meeting of the Central Committee in Beiping, and decided to use the seven basic conditions for the founding of the party and the country to telegraph the establishment of the enlarged meeting of the generals in the north, and to swear to the end of the peace and hardship, and to hold a grand press conference to slander the Nanjing government and order Chiang Kai-shek to hand over power and lead the way to the opposition. At the same time, a desperate Chiang Kai-shek was also making the last pre-war mobilization for the general offensive on all fronts.

At night, the lights in the camp of the new 14th Division in Nanyang were bright, like day.

The 11,000 officers and men who had been marching for a month and receiving cramming political and ideological education every day clenched their steel guns, raised their heads and chests, and neatly lined up in square formations ready to go, watching their division commander Zhao Dongquan run forward and report loudly to An Yi, the commander of the corps:

"Report to the commander, all the officers and men of the new 14th Division have completed all combat preparations, please give instructions to the commander!"

An Yi solemnly returned the salute, climbed the temporary high platform surrounded by Zhao Dongquan and other generals, looked around at the firm faces under the stage, and roared loudly in his unique and highly charismatic voice: "Brothers, whose army are you? ”

"The People's Army—"

More than 10,000 soldiers shouted at the same time, and the sound shook all over the world.

"What is your mission?" An Yi yelled again.

"Defend the family and the country-"

An Yi nodded with satisfaction: "Okay!" Brothers, you have waited for a long time, so to speak, all your life, and from today onwards, you will be able to proudly say to your fathers and fellow villagers that I am a soldier, a revolutionary soldier from the people, and a glorious soldier who takes it as my duty to defend my home and country!

Go back, let the fathers and villagers and brothers and sisters see that you have been reborn and become the people's soldiers, and use your actions and real battles to overthrow the reactionary warlords who oppress our fathers and villagers, and open up a grain transportation channel from Nanyang to Tongguan, so that our army can quickly transport truckloads of grain and medicine over, and save thousands of our dying brothers and sisters!

For this reason, I ask you to fight with one heart and one mind, for the sake of our fathers and fellow villagers, for our women and children, and for the sacred mission of a revolutionary soldier, and to kill the enemy with all your might, and do not hesitate to live or die-"

"Kill the enemy with all your might, and don't hesitate to live or die! Kill the enemy with all your might, and don't hesitate to live or die! Kill the enemy with all your might, and do not hesitate to live or die -- "More than 10,000 soldiers roared in unison, murderous to the sky.

"The wolf smoke rises, the rivers and mountains look north, and the dragon curls up and the horse grows and the sword qi is like frost...... What a pity to die to repay the family and country, endure sighing and being speechless, full of blood and tears......"

The officers and men of the new 14th Division, whose morale was full of spirit, declared their will with heroic singing, and under the leadership of their respective commanders, raised their proud heads and roared out of the heaven-shattering songs, and one after another drove out of the camp gate and marched northward, the blazing torches reflecting the resolute faces and the steel guns in their hands.

Zhao Dongquan led the deputy division commander and the three brigade commanders to stand straight in front of An Yi and other generals, and after saluting, An Yi stepped forward to clasp Zhao Dongquan's hand and whispered:

"Brother Zhao, there are small units of our troops to pick you up along the way, and the special radio team that follows you will keep in touch with the headquarters at any time, and it is likely that many militiamen will join your department along the way, don't drive them away, organize and divide into various companies and battalions, and rush with you, regardless of going straight to Tongguan. The 44th Division is on your right flank, the 16th Division is on your left flank, and the 17th Division is behind you, and I will personally lead the new 16th and 17th Divisions to chase after you, and strive to take Tongguan within three days, and then turn around and attack Luoyang! ”

"My subordinates understand! Commander, all the brothers of our new 14th Division will never fail to live up to the high expectations of the commander and the trust of the corps headquarters! Zhao Dongquan replied in a low voice.

"Excellent! The brothers have been holding back in the camp for a long time, and this time they are like tigers out of the cage, and their morale and combat effectiveness are reassuring, and the brothers must master the scale, neither suppress morale, nor be too indulgent, and everything is aimed at quickly capturing Tongguan. Here I give you a preferential policy: all your captures in this battle will be disposed of by yourself, and you will be given 5,000 recruitment places, and you can recruit good soldiers into the team, and the quartermaster department will transport military uniforms, weapons and ammunition to you as soon as possible. An Yi said encouragingly.

Zhao Dongquan and the generals around him were very excited, saluted An Yi in unison, turned over and rushed to the Chinese army.

A group of headquarters generals stood in the battalion, watching the team leave, Ding Zhicheng, who led the new 15th Division to stay in Nanyang, was full of regret, because the new 15th Division was almost all composed of Yichang garrison troops, and it was a garrison force with rich experience in local maintenance, and the division training regiment was also responsible for training basic squad platoon commanders for each brother division, so he was left by An Yi to take on the heavy responsibility of the Nanyang garrison, and the soldiers who failed to fight north could only regret to stay.

Chief of Staff Zhao Rui noticed the complicated emotions in Ding Zhicheng's eyes, laughed, and patted his arm: "Old Ding, after the battle, you will be allowed to go back to your hometown Song County to visit relatives for ten days." ”

Ding Zhicheng shook his head: "No need to go, my parents and family are all in Lao Nanchang, and the villagers have all fled, and it's useless to go, I hope that after this battle is over, there will be no more war in the Central Plains. ”

"Don't worry, Lao Ding, after this battle, the Central Plains should have a stable life for six or seven years, and the people can recuperate and rebuild their homes, and they don't dare to say it after six or seven years. When everything settles down, our Fifth Army Corps will have to return to various parts of western Hubei to station, and the war in the southwest is not much better than that of the Central Plains, and the burden on us is still very heavy. An Yi explained in a low voice.

Ding Zhicheng's eyes lit up: "Next time, it's my turn to be the striker of the new 15th Division, right?" ”

"Don't worry, you just don't want to be this striker, there are many officers and soldiers of Hubei and Sichuan in the new 15th Division, and the grassroots officers of Sichuan and Hunan who were supplemented from the sixth phase of Huangpu are also coming, who do you need to use in the new 15th Division? However, for now, you have to focus all your energy on Nanyang, Xinye, and Dengzhou, and tomorrow morning I will go north with the headquarters, and Nanyang, the base camp that shoulders the heavy responsibility of inheriting the past and the future, will be handed over to you. An Yi patted Ding Zhicheng's hand.

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!" Ding Zhicheng replied solemnly.

Zhao Rui said with a smile: "There is no danger on the left side of Nanyang, the left troops of the Third Army Corps on the right, there are Fan Xiaoquan and the corps logistics troops behind them, you need to pay attention to the northwest and northeast two directions, this time our army launched three days earlier than the general offensive on the whole line, the purpose is to mobilize the main force of the enemy, for the middle section of the Pinghan line, the third and second army corps in the eastern section of the Longhai line to reduce the pressure, if the enemy mobilizes forces to resist our army, my left and right flanks will meet up to fight, to ensure the speed of the new 14th Division in the middle, If the enemy really wants to stop us, he can only sneak in from these two directions. ”

"Got it! Rest assured, I await your good news. Ding Zhicheng nodded and said, his gaze was extremely firm.