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Chapter 505 Preset Skill

Changsha is located in the south of the Yangtze River in the south-central part of the Yangtze River, northerly in the east of Hunan, and is located in the transition zone from the southern end of the Dongting Lake Plain to the hilly basin in central Hunan Province. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

On the morning of 23 July, Commander-in-Chief Chiang's fleet entered the Changsha waterway, and He Jian, who had long been involved in officialdom and had long since been well-cultivated, shrewdly dispatched four regiments distributed over five kilometers on both sides of the Xiang River to guard the war.

He Jian, commander of the Hunan Army and chairman of the Hunan Provincial Government, led more than a dozen generals and colonels under his command to stand in front of tens of thousands of shouting and cheering welcoming soldiers and civilians, neatly raised their white-gloved right palms, and saluted respectfully.

An Yi smiled lightly, shook his head slightly, and admired the huge scene made by He Jian, at this time, Liu Guang, the director of the first hall, walked to An Yi's side and asked An Yi with a low smile.

An Yi pursed his lips and motioned for Liu Guang to take a closer look behind the neatly dressed officers and soldiers in the first row.

Liu Guang was a little surprised, looked at it intently, was stunned for a while, and then sighed and said: This He Jian is really fucking amazing! Deliberately lining up the ragged officers and soldiers behind the officers and soldiers in new clothes, ostensibly to cover up the embarrassment, is actually a complaint, and clearly tells the commander-in-chief and us people that he He Jian is very loyal, which not only shows his respect for Commander-in-Chief Chiang and the civil and military forces of the headquarters, but also allows Commander-in-Chief Chiang and everyone to see the difficulties he is currently facing.

An Yi listened and smiled, and when he saw that the boat had stopped and Commander-in-Chief Chiang stepped off the ship first, he didn't say anything, and together with Liu Guang, he followed closely behind Chiang Kai-shek and others, and came to the dock to salute and shake hands with He Jian and the generals of the Hunan army.

In addition to respectfully stretching out his hands when shaking hands with Commander-in-Chief Jiang, the other generals just smiled perfunctorily and stretched out their right hands to hold them shallowly, and when it was An Yi's turn, his eyes lit up and he stretched out his hands again, and praised An Yi in front of everyone for using his troops like gods, and his subordinates moved like dragons as fast as lightning, etc., which made An Yi, who had now lost his military power and committed himself to the General Staff, embarrassed, and couldn't help but praise falsely.

After inspecting the troops, Commander-in-Chief Chiang, under the guidance of hundreds of cavalry, got into a sedan and rushed to the Changsha branch of Huangpu, which was temporarily camped, and immediately convened a military and political meeting to listen to the report made by He Jian and his generals.

Halfway through the meeting, the commander of the 44 th Army, Zhang Hongluan, and Zhang Cunzhuang, chief of staff, arrived accompanied by Captain He of the Commander's Department and were waiting for the commander-in-chief to summon them in front of the building.

Chiang Kai-shek nodded happily, turned to He Jian beside him and whispered a few words, He Jian immediately stood up, respectfully removed the chair for Chiang Kai-shek, and cordially called Ye Kaixin to follow Chiang Kai-shek out.

Zhang Hongluan, Zhang Cunzhuang and others saw Chiang Kai-shek and many generals come out to greet him, and hurriedly stood up and saluted loudly, resisting the excitement of reunion after a long absence, nodded to Ye Kaixin, who had tears in his eyes, and held Chiang Kai-shek's outstretched hand to respectfully greet and thank the commander-in-chief for his encouragement.

Everyone returned to the conference room, Zhang Hongluan was arranged to sit next to the old chief Ye Kaixin, Zhang Cunzhuang and the others thought of An Yi's reserved smile just now, they all felt a little strange, and then saw An Yi's calm expression and did not look over, and they were even more puzzled, so they could only sit down silently, and each figured out the internal reason.

At Chiang Kai-shek's signal, Ge Jingen stood up and read out the commendation for He Jianbu, appointed He Jian as the commander-in-chief of the Fourth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and issued a letter of appointment to the 19th Division and the three newly organized divisions under his command according to He Jian's request. Next, in accordance with the resolution adopted by the Central Military Commission and the General Headquarters, Ge Jingen once again announced the appointment order of Zhang Hongluan, lieutenant general of the 44 th Army, Deng Bin, deputy army commander, Zhang Cunzhuang, chief of staff, and the commanders of the three divisions under his command, and issued a formally signed letter of appointment.

At the end of the meeting, Chiang Kai-shek, in the name of the Central Military Commission and the commander-in-chief, personally announced the decision made by repeated discussions on board:

The 44th Army is stationed in the entire Xiangxi region, including Changde, and is directly under the direct jurisdiction of the Central Military Commission and the General Headquarters; All the rest of the area were garrisoned by Ho Jian's Fourth Route Army.

He Jian and the generals under his command looked at each other, and they didn't expect that Chiang Kai-shek would assign the important town of Changde to the 44th Army, but when they heard that the other armies of the Central Army did not have the decision to garrison troops in Changsha, Yueyang, northern Xiangbei, eastern Xiangdong, and southern Hunan, nor did they seek Hengyang, where Wang Jun's troops had not completely evacuated, they finally balanced their hearts, but they thought that the 44th Army of Zhang Hongluan, an old opponent who knew the roots, was to the west of him, completely blocking the road from Hunan to Sichuan, and occupying more than half of the road to Guizhou. Suddenly, there was a feeling of pain in my throat.

However, He Jian, who was very deep in the city, did not show any unhappiness, nor did he have any surprise and satisfaction, he listened politely with a smile, and when Chiang Kai-shek finished announcing, he immediately stood up, thanked Commander-in-Chief Chiang and the Central Committee for their trust, and said that he would obey Commander-in-Chief Chiang's orders at any time and be loyal and responsible for the country and the people.

Chiang Kai-shek was obviously very satisfied with He Jian's response, and immediately promised to issue sufficient military uniforms and replace equipment in batches to the Fourth Route Army within half a year, and immediately rewarded He Jian with 200,000 yuan in recognition of the outstanding contributions made by He Jian and the officers and men of the Hunan Army in the whole set of crusade against rebellion.

After the luncheon, Chiang Kai-shek, who had put down all his worries, returned to his temporary residence on the second floor to rest temporarily, while An Yi invited Zhang Hongluan and others into his guest room at the invitation of Ye Kaixin.

An Yi cautiously asked Shen Fengdao to pay attention to the situation outside the door and around him, and returned to the brothers and whispered among the brothers about his latest transfer, the reasons and current situation of the separation of several divisions under his command, and the reasons that might cause misunderstanding by Commander-in-Chief Jiang and other entourage. to avoid revealing close relationships with each other.

The scale of the afternoon meeting was greatly reduced, and there was no one else in the Fourth Route Army except He Jian and his two assistants, and even the central government and party officials accompanying Commander-in-Chief Chiang were not able to participate, and the core content of the discussion became the operational plan for attacking Guangxi, but An Yi did not participate in the formulation of this plan, but only attended the meeting as a member of the General Staff.

After listening to Ge Jingen and Liu Guang's briefings on the current situation, the report on the offensive launched by the Guangdong army against Wuzhou and Qinbei in Guangxi, and the battle plan against Gui that was given to He Jian as a reference, He Jian immediately knew that his troops were about to fight to the death with Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi's Gui army.

Due to the extremely provocative and continuous attacks on He Jian's troops on the front line of northern and southern Hunan in the past few days, He Jian and the Hunan officers and soldiers, who were already deeply resentful of the Gui army, were very angry, and there was a very ugly but unspeakable thing, which made He Jian and the Hunan officers and soldiers full of resentment and had nowhere to vent:

Seven days ago, more than 1,600 officers and men of Guangxi nationality who had been disarmed and dismissed by Yin Jinan's Division and the Second Division of the 44th Army were sent to Changsha and entrusted the Hunan Army to repatriate them on their behalf. Because the officers and soldiers are veterans of a hundred battles, they have extremely strong combat power without training, so after the book was created, they only trained for three days before distributing weapons as their own troops, who knew that this more than 1,000 poor Gui army was very cunning, two days ago, while the minister was not paying attention, he escaped clean at four o'clock in the morning, carrying the rifle and machine gun issued by He Jian, and fled into the mountains at the junction of Hunan and Guangxi, and the two regiments of the Hunan army reacted and pursued angrily. However, in the mountains south of Xinning, he was ambushed by this group of deserters who were short but walking like flying on the mountain road, and lost more than 300 brothers, not to mention the fact that they were carried away by this group of Gui soldiers with more than 1,000 guns and more than a dozen machine guns.

This incident made He Jian and his division commander so angry that they were helpless, and only then did they understand why An Yi's department did not accept a single prisoner of the Gui Army, and the more than 5,000 people recruited by Yin Jinan's 16th Division and the 44th Army were all children of Hunan and Hubei.

Therefore, in the face of various factors such as hatred with the Gui family, in the face of Chiang Kai-shek's coercion, his own weak economic strength, and other factors, and when he had no other choice, He Jian expressed his attitude very cheerfully: "We will never disappoint the expectations of the Central Committee and the Commander-in-Chief!" Vows to do everything in your power to defeat the Gui army! ”

Chiang Kai-shek nodded with satisfaction and told He Jian about the current transfer of the divisions of the Central Army in Hunan Province: "Now that most of the two divisions of Jin Handing and Wang Jun have been withdrawn, the 12th Division of Jin Handing will go to the front line of Fuzhou, Jiangxi, and the 7th Division of Wang Jun will be stationed on the front line of Ganzhou, and together with the 18th Division of Zhang Huizan, which has withdrawn to Ji'an, it will prepare to launch a fierce attack on the Jiangxi Red Bandits; General Zhang's 44th Army will be strictly guarded and coordinated with Zhang Fakui's 4th Division, which is currently stationed in Zhijiang, and Fan Shisheng's Division, which is stationed in public security, to encircle and suppress the Helong Division at the junction of Hunan and Hubei.

Therefore, Brother Yunqiao did not need to be distracted by the increasingly fierce red bandits at the junction of Hunan and Jiangxi and Hunan-Hubei borders, and he could devote all his energy to the direction of Guangxi, and the military supplies consumed by the operation were supplied by the Quartermaster Bureau of the General Headquarters and the military stations in various localities, and there was absolutely no problem in logistics. Brother Yunqiao, if you have any other requirements, you may wish to put them forward in time, and I will try my best to meet them. ”

He Jian stood up again with great gratitude, sat down slowly under Chiang Kai-shek's polite gesture, and said with some hesitation: "Commander-in-chief, subordinates...... The subordinate does have a request, I don't know if it ......"

Chiang Kai-shek waved his hand: "You can rest assured and boldly say that now we are in the same boat, and we don't need to worry so much." ”

He Jian nodded, and said: "According to the repeated tests of our army in mountain operations, it is found that in the undulating mountainous areas, the formal machine gun produced by the Jiangnan Arsenal is very suitable for mountain operations, and this gun is reliable, easy to operate, and the firing range and solidity far exceed the imitation German flower machine gun currently equipped with our army, therefore, the soldiers are very much looking forward to having such a new automatic weapon with powerful firepower and moderate weight, if the commander-in-chief can arrange it, I beg you to equip the main forces of our army with a batch. ”

Chiang Kai-shek laughed and turned his head to look at An Yi: "I don't know about this matter, let General An talk about it, can it be arranged?" ”

An Yi stood up respectfully: "Commander-in-chief, General He, the current production task of the Jiangnan Plant is very arduous, General Jiang Mingsan's Ninth Division and General Xia Lingbing's Thirteenth Division have been ordered for a long time, but they still can't be arranged, I'm afraid it will take a while longer...... However, General He's troops are about to go south, and they really need this kind of automatic weapon that is very conducive to mountain and jungle warfare, if General He can't wait, his subordinates will immediately mobilize the Jiangxi security forces and temporarily give up the 300 pieces and corresponding ammunition they have just equipped, and I am afraid that no matter how many they are, they will be powerless. ”

"Enough, enough, thank you so much! General An Gao Yi, all the brothers of the Hunan army on behalf of He sincerely express their gratitude! ”

He Jian stood up with a smile and arched his hand to An Yi, with a cordial expression and a sincere smile, which made the handsome generals in the hall laugh lightly.

An Yi hurriedly and politely returned the salute, Chiang Kai-shek nodded with satisfaction, and the meeting was over.

An Yi saw He Jian following Chiang Kai-shek's side closely, whispering all the way, and left in a hurry like other generals, not wanting to disturb He Jian's conversation with Commander-in-Chief Chiang.

After the dinner, An Yi thought that Zhang Hongluan and the others would return to Xiangxi tomorrow morning, so he walked out of his room and wanted to go to chat, who wanted to be stopped by Wang Shihe as soon as he went out, and soon came to Chiang Kai-shek's room to wait for instructions.

Chiang Kai-shek ordered An Yi to sit down, but he stood up and paced lightly, and after a while he asked: "An Yi, He Jian complained to me, saying that Wang Jun completely dismantled the Hengyang Ordnance Factory, and did not even leave a few screws, and sold them all to the 44th Army, do you know about this?" ”

An Yi saw that Chiang Kai-shek had not spoken, and his heart was a little uneasy, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard that this was the case, and quickly stood up, stepped forward and reported in a low voice: "Principal, the student not only knows, but also the student is the thread drawn by the student." ”

Chiang Kai-shek looked at An Yi in great surprise, and An Yi explained in detail: "Headmaster, the 44th Army is located on the border of western Hunan Province, full of high mountains and hills, the transportation is extremely inconvenient, and the supply of weapons and ammunition is very difficult, so the students secretly made the decision to ask General Wang Jun to sell it to them, so that they can gradually have the ability to maintain general firearms and be self-sufficient in ammunition, and even do better through their own efforts to reduce the burden on the central government." ”

Chiang Kai-shek suddenly realized and nodded heavily: "I see, I'll just say, you An Yi can't do foolish things, do a good job!" More far-reaching and insightful than I thought! Xiangxi is a trump card in our hands, and its role is that the three main divisions cannot be compared, in the future, you are responsible for contacting them, Zhang Hongluan and others are grateful to you, so it is better for you to convey the orders of the central government and me. ”

"Students obey!"