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Chapter 434 is a thousand shots

At 11 o'clock in the evening of 1 May, An Yi'an of the Yali of Changqing County sat at the table of eight immortals in the middle of the lobby and listened to the reports of various departments, and no trace of the enemy troops was found within 20 kilometers on both sides of the Yellow River. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

An Yi listened calmly, but his mind flew to Jinan City, he knew that the five armies of the First Army would send a formation into the city this morning, announcing the defeat of the Zhilu warlords and the occupation of Jinan, but there was still no news of any closer arrival, which made him anxious, like sitting on pins and needles.

"Report to the division, General Zhu Yizhi is calling."

Luo Lei, a communications staff officer, had a blue face and a worried look in his eyes, and after handing the telegram to An Yi, he whispered: "The principal and Minister Huang Yin and his entourage were stationed in Jinan three hours ago, that is, General Fang Zhenwu, commander of the Fourth Army Corps, was appointed as the commander of the Jinan garrison.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, more than 600 officers and men of the Zhaiben Brigade of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, which had entered Jinan in advance, set up a cordon in the commercial port area and provoked the brothers of the 1st, 26th, 37th, 9th, and 44th armies of the 1st, 26th, 37th, ninth, and 44th armies who had entered the city in every possible way.

General Mashizhi specially reminded that the commander of the Kumamoto Division, Hikosuke Fukuda, led the ironclad cars and artillery team to arrive at the Mingshui Station from Qingdao by railway and highway, ignoring the slightest hint of General Chen Shiji, commander of the infantry regiment of the 26 th Army of our garrison, to stop him, break through the checkpoint, continue to advance westward, and will arrive in Jinan at about 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.

At present, Commander-in-Chief Chiang and the generals of the headquarters are hesitant, the officers and men in the city are full of righteous indignation, and their emotions are almost out of control. ”

An Yi stood up suddenly: "Prepare the horse!" ”

"Boss, you need to calm down! The reason why the commander-in-chief transferred you out is that he is worried that a large-scale bloody conflict will break out between China and Japan, and now that you are hurrying back, the officers and men of our First Group Army still have so many Whampoa comrades who share the same hatred for the enemy, if one of them cannot be suppressed, the overall situation will get out of control! ”

Lao Cheng's chief of staff, Lu Guang, hurriedly grabbed An Yi's hand and persuaded him repeatedly.

An Yi stomped his foot vigorously: "No, if I don't rush back, the situation will be even worse!" Now it is obvious that the Japanese army in Jinan is waiting for their main force to arrive, and now the ironclad convoy and artillery team of the enemy's Sixth Division are rapidly advancing from the road and railway, with the purpose of trying to provoke an incident and cause a war.

At present, the armies are scattered in the east, south and west of Jinan, such as a mess, there is no order at all, if the fight is not only heavy casualties, hundreds of thousands of people in Jinan will suffer!

I did not go back this time to instigate the armies to fight, but to urge the commander-in-chief to order all the units of our First Group Army to withdraw from Jinan, leaving an empty city for little Japan, so that even if the Japanese wanted to use their brains, they would not be able to find a target to provoke. Hmph, if they want to provoke an incident, they can only chase our army to fight, and it doesn't matter how we fight in the wild, we can advance or retreat, at least they won't hurt ordinary people! ”

When Lu Guang heard that it made sense, he unconsciously let go of An Yi's hand, but he still told him again and again: "Master, you are our backbone, don't force yourself at this time!" I have also been thinking about this question these days, now China is divided, once China and Japan go to war, in a short period of time, we can certainly gain superiority in the local battlefield, and even completely annihilate a part of the Japanese army, but if the scale of the war expands, only with the strength of our first group army, relying on the south of the Yangtze River, there is no strategic depth at all, this battle will definitely be defeated! At that time, in order to shirk responsibility, the government will definitely find someone to top the tank, and then you and our independent division will be in trouble! ”

An Yi nodded and said: "I know what to do, and I don't want to let the land of Qilu burn into war because of impulse, displace the people of Jiangnan, and put my soldiers and the old Nanchang base in danger." Tiger Head—"

"Arrive, boss, I'm going to prepare the horses!"

Gu Changfeng heard An Yi call his name, and strode away without saying a word.

An Yi endured all the anxiety in his heart, and ordered his brothers one by one: "Huzi, you lead Lao Li's special brigade, the first and second regiments to cross the river at two o'clock in the morning, and then march east at full speed along the north bank of the Yellow River, striving to completely control the position on the north bank of the Yellow River Iron Bridge, so that each regiment's machine gun battalion can enter a combat state."

Lao Li, your brothers in the special brigade all changed into the clothes of the Zhilu army, brought a few brothers to surrender, and took the lead in action, although there was no trace of the enemy on the other side, but you must not be negligent, when you encounter the enemy's obstruction, you can use any means to strike, you must clear the obstacles on the road for the next two regiments, quickly occupy the north end of the big iron bridge, and after arriving, let the first demolition team plant explosives in the center of the bridge in advance, the more hidden the better, and immediately contact me by radio!

Cheng Guang, you and Senior Brother Lu led the three regiments to stay and wait for the people from all walks of life to surrender to Cheng, before tomorrow night, you must cross the Yellow River as much as possible, don't advance, it's best to walk at night. ”

"Yes! From our northwest ferry to Jinan Chengbei Iron Bridge, only thirty-five kilometers, a charge can be reached, boss, please rest assured! Li Fuqiang replied loudly.

"Xiao Yi, why don't you bring more people! There are a lot of routs along the way, and the Japanese are not restless, it's dangerous! Hu Jialin stepped forward to persuade.

An Yi shook his head: "You don't need too much, too many people can't be fast, there are enough of Xiao Jiu's eighteen guards and Hutou's twelve guards, I have to bypass before the Japanese army has enough troops to block the big iron bridge, so there can't be too many people." Again, we have very limited horses, so if you stay longer, you will have more initiative, and you can keep in radio contact with me at any time.

Remember, try every means to let Brother Toucheng take the lead, do not use suspicious people, use people without doubt, and double the standard of reward for meritorious deeds, especially the cavalry battalion, let them rush with Lao Li's special brigade, they are locals, and they are more familiar with the situation on both sides of the Yellow River. ”

"Understood, you can rest assured!"

Hu Jialin nodded heavily, and sent An Yi out of the gate with a group of brothers, watching An Yi, Gu Changfeng and Shen Fengdao lead the thirty iron guards out of the camp, and immediately returned to the house to urgently discuss the plan of action.

At two o'clock in the morning, the horse team led by An Yi quietly stopped to the west of the Lijiazhuang Railway in the north of Jinan, and the brothers dismounted to rest, waiting anxiously, Lin Yaodong, who came back from reconnaissance on foot, ran to An Yi and reported in a low voice:

"Boss, the situation is very bad, the Japanese army seems to have moved, and a temporary sentry is arranged every 100 meters, it seems that it is very likely to extend from the north gate of Jinan to the Linjia bridgehead, we can only pass safely by bypassing the Linjia bridgehead to the north."

"Action!"

An Yi ordered without hesitation.

After fifteen minutes of detouring, the horse team had to stop again, An Yi faced the open space of 200 meters between the small river and the Japanese outpost, and could no longer wait patiently, with a low roar, he took the lead in beating the horse and rushing forward, and more than 30 brothers drew their guns, clamped their legs, and followed bravely.

Just as he crossed the railway, the gunshots of the Japanese army rang out, and a brother was shot in the leg and flew off the saddle and fell to the ground.

Wang Xulun clinged to the horse's back, roared angrily, and stopped the fall, the war horse ran rampant for several meters out of control, turned around and rushed back in Wang Xulun's roar, the guards on the ground struggled to sit up, and grabbed Wang Xulun's outstretched big hand and was successfully brought to the horse's back by the momentum.

Wang Xulun did not turn the horse's head, but rushed forward dozens of meters under the gunfire of the Japanese army, and then tightened the reins, ran out of a half-arc, and successfully brought the wounded brother out of danger in the face of enemy bullets.

The two Japanese sentries on the railway did not have time to reload after firing ten bullets, and watched Wang Xulun rescue the wounded and go away, so angry that they screamed, and immediately rushed to the sentry and shook the phone violently, and urgently reported the military situation.

At four o'clock in the morning, three kilometers west of Jinan City, An Yi and his entourage, who were slowly advancing, were stopped by the garrison company of the 37th Army of General Chen Tiaoyuan.

After a while, An Yi, under the guidance of a colonel and regimental commander of the 37th Army, quickly led his troops to the Shandong Provincial Mansion located on the edge of the Grand View Garden.

Commander-in-Chief Jiang was still in an all-night meeting with more than a dozen ministers and generals such as Huang Yin, Cai Gongshi, Zhu Peide, and Chen Tiaoyuan.

Everyone immediately adjourned the meeting and looked at the door, An Yi, who was neatly dressed but soaked with sweat, stepped inside and immediately reported: "Report to the commander-in-chief, An Yi, the chief of staff of the former enemy headquarters of the First Group Army, has an urgent military affairs report, disturbing the commander-in-chief and the commanders, please forgive me!" ”

When Chiang Kai-shek saw An Yi, who seemed to have crawled out of the water, he shook his head lightly and sighed: "Where did you come from?" ”

"Report to the commander-in-chief that after his subordinates completed the survey of the location of our army's crossing of the river, they immediately left Changqing County in the east, and under the escort of the guards, they made a detour of more than 40 kilometers along the south bank of the Yellow River to the east gate controlled by our army. When passing through Lijiazhuang along the way, I found that the railway from Linjiaqiao to Chengbei had been controlled by the Japanese army, and my subordinate party successfully crossed the railway line and reached the headquarters safely despite the gunfire of the Japanese sentries, but one of my guards was shot through the thigh by a Japanese bullet and was being treated urgently in the headquarters hospital at the moment. An Yi replied loudly.

The hall was full of exclamations, and Huang Yin and Cai Gongshi, who were in charge of the diplomatic work of the negotiations, stood up excitedly and denounced the Japanese one after another, saying that this was pure treachery, and that the revolutionary army had taken advantage of the negligence of the revolutionary army during the negotiations and had silently controlled the railway, and if the Japanese army controlled the big iron bridge again, the revolutionary army would be even more passive.

Chiang Kai-shek was also stunned, and slowly sat down to nervously consider the intention of the Japanese in doing so.

An Yi smiled at Huang Ying and Cai Gongshi: "Two commanders, please rest assured, the Japanese army's control of the railway and iron bridge operations has long been expected by the commander-in-chief.

It is estimated that at about 11 o'clock tomorrow, after the arrival of more than 20,000 main troops of the Japanese Sixth Division, the entire strategic places inside and outside Jinan City will be savagely occupied, which is the most worrying thing. ”

Huang Yin didn't understand the deep meaning of An Yi's words at all, and walked back and forth angrily, rubbing his hands constantly: "During the negotiations for several days, the Japanese army has always stated that it will not let the conflict expand, and at nine o'clock last night, the military attache of the Japanese government's Jinan Embassy Takashi Sakai also swore to me that the reason why the small number of Japanese troops entering the city pulled up the blockade line was only to protect the Japanese overseas Chinese area located in the commercial port area, and would not cross the border to occupy any area of Jinan City...... This is simply unbelievable...... Shameless......"

"Brother Yingbai (Huang Yingzi), please sit down, An Yi, you can also sit down."

After Chiang Kai-shek waited for Huang Yin and An Yi to sit down, he straightened up and glanced around with a stern expression: "Judging from the current situation, the crisis is getting closer and closer, and I have learned the news of the main force of the Japanese Sixth Division, and I originally thought that the commander of his division came for peace negotiations, but now it seems that this is not the case, otherwise it is impossible to quietly block the railway north of the city, coupled with the wanton provocation of the Japanese army in the city during the day today, it is likely that it is an attempt to trap our army inside and outside the city of Jinan, so that the main force of its sixth division can be encircled."

The situation is very urgent, and in order to avoid a conflict just in case, I have decided to adopt the emergency plan originally formulated by General An Yi, chief of staff of the former enemy's general headquarters, and immediately withdraw the troops of the various armies under the First Group Army stationed inside and outside Jinan, so as to avoid a possible military conflict and protect the people of Jinan from the invasion of war.

Ladies and gentlemen, the victory of the Northern Expedition is in sight, we must not fall short because of the Jinan crisis, at this extraordinary time, we must carry forward the spirit of perseverance and broad-mindedness to take into account the overall situation, therefore, the main forces of our army must be withdrawn, not leaving any opportunity for the Japanese army, the first army immediately went to the line from Tai'an to Laiwu, and the second, third, and fourth army corps immediately moved to set off overnight, and must cross the Yellow River to the north bank to assemble before the arrival of the sixth division of the Japanese army!

Early tomorrow morning, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will send a telegram to the whole country and inform the embassies and consulates of various countries to announce that our army has liberated Jinan and that Jinan is already a peaceful city. ”

"Yes!"

The generals in the hall all quietly breathed a sigh of relief, immediately left the conference room, and returned to the various departments to direct the retreat, only Foreign Minister Huang Yin and others surrounded Chiang Kai-shek, one by one with righteous indignation and arguing.

Zhu Peide and Chen Tiaoyuan took An Yi's hand and strode out of the conference room. Outside the door, the two patted An Yi's shoulder and back affectionately, and praised him repeatedly.