At night, An Yi carried the secret telegram of Commander-in-Chief Jiang in his arms, and came to the second battalion defense area through the position of the fourth regiment in the name of inspection, and discussed with the battalion commander Ye Cheng and the battalion deputy Yang Fei for a while.

Due to the sudden operational meeting, it was not until 10:20 in the evening that Yang Shijun quietly arrived at the agreed place under the escort of two personal guards, and under the guidance of Shen Fengdao, he crossed the position into the wide trench and came to An Yi's side through the eighty-meter communication trench.

The dim horse lantern was bright, so that Yang Shijun, who had good eyes, could see An Yi's handsome face clearly, and after being slightly surprised, he nodded calmly and sat on the ammunition box under An Yi's polite greeting.

"I didn't expect Head An to be so young, it's really the back waves of the Yangtze River pushing the front waves!" Yang Shijun said politely.

An Yi had a respectful smile on his face: "I'm sorry, senior, Division Commander Liu Zhi and Chief of Staff Xu of our department need to attend the emergency meeting held by General Bai Chongxi, the former commander-in-chief of the enemy, and entrust the juniors to apologize to you!" And grant the juniors the right to negotiate related matters with their seniors, which is a handwritten letter from Liu Zhi to his seniors. ”

Yang Shijun took the letter and opened it, Ye Cheng had already taken the horse lamp off the ceiling hook to light him, Yang Shijun nodded with satisfaction after reading the letter:

"Commander An, Division Commander Liu is also a fast man, and he calmly told the secret of your army's attack on the whole front at dawn, and Yang expressed his deep gratitude! I don't know why Commander An's position is not prepared for any attack? ”

"Back to the seniors, the younger subordinates are always ready, and they can start a war with just one order." An Yi's smile was still so sincere.

Yang Shijun looked at An Yi quietly, smiled slightly and nodded slowly: "Yes, even our Zhao Shuai is full of praise for the 'model battalion' is naturally a well-trained elite, Yang was defeated twice at the hands of Regiment Commander An, and once again watched General Situ's entire 4,000-strong mixed brigade being easily surrounded and annihilated by Regiment Commander An, so he naturally believed that Regiment Commander An had this ability!" Time is precious, I would like to hear the opinion of Regiment Commander An, what will be the status of our army after it is annexed? What will be done with the existing officers and men, equipment, and property of our army? ”

An Yi took out the telegram from Commander-in-Chief Jiang and handed it over with both hands: "Please talk about it after reading it." ”

Yang Shijun's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he slowly took the neatly folded message and opened it with a little hesitation, looked at the old face and stretched it, and finally looked up to the sky and sighed:

"Commander-in-Chief Chiang is really magnificent! Not only remembered the feelings of Sang Zi, but also earnestly encouraged and appeased as much as possible, generously gave Yang a high position as a teacher, and promised that the headquarters would remain unchanged, and only more than ten political teachers would be sent, which shows the strong affection! It's just that...... Yang has been in the army for 20 years, although he has no achievements, he can also be said to have experienced wars, vicissitudes, and suffered from repeated setbacks under exhaustion...... Regiment Commander An, please believe that Yang said bluntly that Yang's mind has been determined not to change, and please apologize to Commander-in-Chief Jiang and Division Commander Liu Zhi on my behalf. ”

"Senior, you are only in your early forties now, and you are in the glorious years of the military, it is a pity to say goodbye so lightly! In the humble opinion of the younger generation, this troubled era may be rare for a few years of peace, if the seniors are tired, they can rest at home with peace of mind, and when to return to the post is up to the preferences of the seniors, so there are many choices! ”

An Yi really didn't want to see such a professional soldier in the prime of life withdraw from the military so gloomily.

Yang Shijun smiled slightly, waved his hand and said, "Head An, Yang can see that you have a sincere heart, which is very rare in this absurd and chaotic world!" Thank you for your kindness, say, young man, how would you like to receive my three thousand five hundred troops? ”

"At the behest of your seniors." An Yi kicked the ball back.

Yang Shijun was slightly stunned, and then laughed: "Sure enough, it's a superhuman mind!" Well, the stakes are high, and I would like to talk to Commander An in detail alone. ”

"Seniors, juniors are good brothers who share life and death, and juniors don't have any secrets to hide from their brothers. In the same way, the two of them will abide by confidentiality like their juniors, and they will never do anything to be sorry for their seniors, please be relieved by their seniors! ”

An Yi's words were sincere and calm, which moved Shen Fengdao and Ye Cheng behind him, Ye Cheng's hand holding the horse lantern trembled slightly when he heard this, and he could see that the excitement in his heart was irrepressible.

Yang Shijun nodded to An Yi very appreciatively: "In this case, Yang will fall off again without beating around the bush!" The officers and soldiers of Yang's department are all Zhejiang children who have followed for many years, and the vast majority of them still need to rely on being soldiers to make a living, and most of the young lieutenants are also in a state of confusion and do not know where to go, and they have no morale under repeated failures, and Yang also has a way to deal with a handful of people. Yang has only one rather selfish request, and hopes that you will fulfill it. ”

"Senior, please speak." An Yi straightened up and faced solemnly.

Yang Shijun said with a smile: "Please allow Yang's two long-time colleagues and twelve personal guards to return to the field with Yang to ensure that the meager savings of Yang and the brothers around him are not violated, nothing else." ”

An Yi solemnly promised: "The younger generation guarantees with the surname that the senior's entourage and property will not be violated in any way!" And, the younger generation suggested that the seniors leave from the area controlled by our army, take the vehicles of our army to transport materials into Jiangxi and detour, and a company of brothers under the command of the younger generations accompanied the escort, through Yushan to Nanchang, and then take a boat from Jiujiang to Shanghai, otherwise the Ming Dynasty will be a big war, Zhejiang and southern Zhejiang will be a chaos, in case the seniors have a mistake, the integrity of the younger generations will be ruined in a lifetime, and there will be no shame to accept the soldiers of the armies in the future! ”

Yang Shijun was greatly moved, his family had left Jinhua safely, and was rushing to Ningbo overnight, and he would be able to board a ship from Ningbo to Shanghai and enter the French Concession in one fell swoop, so as to get rid of possible revenge and framing in one fell swoop, and live peacefully from then on. Yang Shijun's only concern is his own safety after surrendering, as well as the more than 200,000 fortunes looted along the way, his retreat was completely blocked during the war, and he could only make a big detour to the south or west to get out of the predicament, at this moment An Yi thought so thoughtfully for him, and promised to send guards to escort him throughout the process, such a frank and trustworthy mind, and prudent and thoughtful measures, how could Yang Shijun not be grateful?

"Good, good! In this case, Yang should also vote for Li Baotao. ”

Yang Shijun took a deep breath and leaned over to An Yi: "If Regiment Commander An is willing, he can lead his troops to quietly enter our defense area, and encircle and annihilate the two regiments in front of Zhou that are guarding the right flank position of our department from the southeast and southeast directions. Although a large number of weapons and ammunition were replenished this afternoon, and like the three regiments under our department, each regiment received a reward of 50,000 oceans and an incentive of 100 catties of opium smoke, but no one was willing to fight again under the difficult protection of their lives, and if it were not for the persecution of the Reading Force Regiment led by Zhou Qian's guards and a battalion of law enforcement brigades behind them, and the only passage was occupied by our department, I am afraid that these two regiments would have been deserting continuously. ”

An Yi was overjoyed, and stood up excitedly to hold Yang Shijun's hand:

"Thank you seniors for your success, and the younger generations are grateful! If the seniors can trust the juniors, how about the juniors change into your military uniforms and lead two or three companies of brothers back with the seniors? ”

Yang Shijun was taken aback, he didn't expect An Yi to be so decisive and resolute, seeing An Yi's shining expectant gaze, he groaned slightly, and readily agreed: "Okay!" Please make arrangements as soon as possible, and the sooner the night is long, the better. ”

An Yi turned around and whispered a few words to Shen Fengdao, who nodded and turned to leave.

The shrewd Ye Cheng had already instructed his subordinates to pull the telephone line over, and ordered the signal corps to connect to the enemy's general headquarters in front of Quzhou City, and finally talked to Liu Zhi, who was in a meeting, after several transfers.

Liu Zhi was overjoyed when he heard this, and told An Yi to wait and immediately ask Bai Chongxi, who was so surprised that Bai Chongxi was so excited that he slapped his palm on the table, and decisively ordered Liu Zhi to do it cheaply, Liu Zhi immediately gave An Yi a licensing order, and promised to immediately rush back to the division headquarters of Anren Town, and make every effort to deploy troops and provide support for the operation of An Yi's reading group.

Under the gaze of Yang Shijun and his two henchmen, An Yi, who was approved, issued orders to Yang Bin and Chen Zhibiao on the north bank, Yin Jinan of the regiment headquarters and Hu Zi on the position of the model battalion in an unquestionable tone.

In less than half an hour, Ding Zhicheng, Gu Changfeng, and Liao Minlin, acting commander of the regiment's machine gun company, led 600 brothers who had changed into the yellow uniforms of the Zhejiang army, fully armed, to the position of the second battalion, lined up in an orderly manner in the wide trench, and waited for orders without saying a word.

An Yi took the jacket of the Zhejiang army handed by Hu Zi and quickly changed into it, and under the escort of 36 elite guards of Shen Fengdao and Ding Zhicheng, he and Yang Shijun walked east side by side, Gu Changfeng, Xia Jian and Liao Minlin led three elite companies to follow quietly, and marched towards the enemy position in the vast cold night with frost and dew.

An hour later, the 1,000 soldiers who had just taken off the uniforms of the Zhejiang Army and put on the uniforms of the revolutionary army had no time to brainwash, so they were divided into four parts in the open area west of Longyou City, carrying all kinds of long guns without bullets hastily issued by the division headquarters in the afternoon, and were taken away by the third-level deputies of the regiment's logistics, model battalion, and the first and second battalions.

Yin Jinan, Ye Cheng, Yang Fei and others have finally realized the benefits of An Yi's insistence on setting up deputy platoon commanders and deputy squad leaders, and this group of strong-willed and hard-working grassroots backbones quickly took away their own soldiers, and without hesitation, they brought them into the positions of various departments, checked each person's gun model one by one, issued bullets of the same standard, and issued five grenades to each person who could not use them, and then concentrated in the trenches for pre-war mobilization, replacing the veterans who were about to rush to the enemy's position to hold their positions, in case of a sudden change.

At four o'clock in the morning, the officers and men of Yang Shijun's two regiments began to enter the defense area of the fourth regiment of the south bank position, and were immediately led to the rear by the officers and men of the logistics unit of the fourth regiment, the third battalion of the sixth regiment, and the division's subordinate units, who had been waiting on the position, to rest for the time being, waiting for the day to accept the reorganization.

Yang Shijun, accompanied by An Yi personally, led his two henchmen and twelve guards to ride into the Zhan family ancestral hall where the headquarters of the Chengbei Reading League was located.

Accompanying several bosses and Yang Shijun to chat for a while, An Yi glanced at the watch on his wrist, walked to the telephone and whispered a few words to the communication staff officer, the young staff officer immediately got busy, and soon connected the beard on the model battalion position, An Yi took the microphone and issued an action order to the beard.

An encirclement and disarming battle triggered by an unexpected fighter plane flying from the sky quietly started at dawn, and the officers and soldiers of the first regiment of Yang Shijun's elite regiment, who were successfully mobilized by An Yi to participate in the battle, led Gu Changfeng and Xia Jian's subordinates to dress up as mobile sentinels or patrols, and successfully subdued the sentry posts on the periphery of the right-wing position, and the two groups of brothers led by Shen Fengdao and Ding Zhicheng, under the leadership of the attached officers, very easily entered the headquarters of the two regiments of the Zhou Qian Division behind the right-wing position. The regiment's machine-gun company, temporarily reinforced by 100 veterans, had already made a detour to the rear of the enemy line and quietly erected more than 50 light machine guns to block the enemy's retreat.

(To be continued)