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Chapter 646 Old Jiang out of the mountain

On January 10, 1932, the "Three People's Doctrine Lixing Society" (the predecessor of the Fuxing Society) was finally established with the purpose of anti-Japanese, and the main responsible persons He Jinhan, Teng Jie, Kang Ze and Gui Yongqing were busy non-stop, and An Yi, who was a member of the Lixing Society, did not have the mood and time to stay in Xikou to participate in the establishment ceremony and various meetings. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

After An Yi received the order, he immediately led his own guards and the second group of guards in the attendant room, riding six large and small cars, leaving Xikou early in the morning to rush to Hangzhou, the communication vehicle that Chiang Kai-shek called an important new weapon was also in the accompanying convoy, most of the main operators on the car were technicians under An Yi's command, and they would spend half a month training the communication personnel of the confidential section of the attendant room, and they could only return to Nanchang after the task was completed.

Located in the West Lake, "Chenglu", was built in the early years of the Republic of China, the original owner was Sheng Enyi, the son of Sheng Xuanhuai, the minister of the late Qing Dynasty, a few years ago the Sheng family gave this property as a wedding gift to Chiang Kai-shek and Song Meiling, and the newlywed honeymoon of the Jiang couple was spent here.

The building area of the villa is about 900 square meters, surrounded by large trees, the western-style buildings are half hidden and half visible, the courtyard is wide and flat, and it is dotted with garden-style pavilions and flower beds.

The villa has a total of 36 rooms of all sizes, the exterior wall of the villa is exquisite and exquisitely made, dignified and calm quite magnanimous, the left and right stairs are all constructed with white marble, the staircase half platform is cast with a copper water spray deer, and cast with a fish pond side, the facilities in the building are exquisite, all are readily available, the corridor on the second floor runs through the north and south, wide and elegant, step into the large balcony at the south end, the beautiful scenery of the mountain and lake is unobstructed, and it is like the excellent pattern of the city on three sides.

After An Yi came here and settled down, he immediately called Chiang Kai-shek to report, and instructed all departments to start work step by step, while he led Shen Fengdao and Lin Yaodong to the big balcony in the south, looking at the snow-white West Lake scenery from afar, and sighed.

But it didn't take long to be intoxicated, Shen Fengdao looked at the flower boat in the lake, listened to the bursts of singing and laughter floating on the boat, and couldn't help but sigh "The merchant girl doesn't know the hatred of the country", which suddenly made An Yi's heart as cold as suddenly falling into the snow-shrouded West Lake.

In the past few days, the domestic situation has deteriorated again, and the Nanjing government led by Wang Jingwei and Sun Ke has been living like a year and moving forward with great difficulty due to political differences and financial constraints, and will only promise that Wang Jingwei, who has made no achievements, will not only not be supported by the army, but even his allies will leave one by one in despair, and in a fit of anger, Wang Jingwei will resign from prominent posts such as member of the state government and the Central Standing Committee, and run to live in seclusion in the French Concession in Shanghai under a blaming and cold eye.

The penniless Sun Ke also went to Shanghai and summoned elites from all walks of life to attend various meetings, the biggest purpose was to seek the support of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang consortium and let the government tide over the difficulties, but the Jiangsu and Zhejiang consortiums, which had already seen through the essence of the new government and were generally skeptical of Sun Ke's ability, did not buy his account at all, and the chaebols such as Kong, Song, Du, and Feng did not even give Sun Ke the opportunity to meet, let alone discuss the current situation and development with all walks of life in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The call for Chiang Kai-shek to come out of the mountains to take charge of the government is increasing day by day.

It was in such a harsh situation that Sun Ke knew that he had poured more effort into defeating Chiang than he had gained, and that the burden and responsibility on his shoulders were far from being as easy as he imagined, and that the internal and external troubles were becoming more and more intense, so that he was almost out of breath, and now instead of establishing a new government announced with confidence at the inauguration ceremony, and not creating a new order, but instead of ushering in the Japanese army's frequent invasion of the northern land, the continuous increase of troops in Shanghai to create incidents, unemployment and tax revenue have fallen sharply, making the government unable to make ends meet. Even the salaries of civil servants and teachers cannot be paid, and the resentment and opposition arising from this can be imagined, and the public opinion that was originally initiated by Wang Jingwei, Sun Ke, and others to overthrow Chiang Kai-shek now seems to have fallen on Sun Ke, and the overwhelming opposition does not even need to change the content, just remove Chiang Kai-shek's name and replace it with Wang Jingwei and Sun Ke, which can become the most appropriate whipping for the new government led by the two.

For the imminent collapse of the political situation and the increasingly severe political and economic situation, An Yi is also powerless, for the Huangpu descendants of the troops other than the general phenomenon of exploiting the local area and oppressing the people due to lack of military salaries, An Yi is also helpless, he can only manage his own troops, manage his own profits have fallen sharply Jiangnan Group, manage the important stage of development of the southern Sichuan region, other things An Yi is really powerless.

What made An Yi feel more relaxed was that the establishment of the three divisions of the 24th Army was generously agreed by Commander-in-Chief Chiang, and from this month onwards, Chiang Kai-shek was responsible for the supplementary expenses of the 24th Army's military salaries and equipment, plus the 12 new communication command vehicles ordered by Zhu Peide's Dian Army and Commander-in-Chief Chiang's Huangpu lineage, as well as the 300 military trucks purchased by Commander-in-Chief Chiang to support Zhang Xueliang, an important military and political ally in kind, An Yi's 24th Army and the Jiangnan Group were able to survive the most difficult financial difficulties. Don't worry too much about these tedious things.

The next two days, An Yi spent in a busy situation, the new chairman of Zhejiang Province Lu Diping came to An Yi with a cane, and set up a banquet for old friends who had worked together in Jiangxi for many days to pick up the wind, An Yi also hurried back in a hurry, the whole process was less than three and a half hours, because the military and political dignitaries and celebrities from all walks of life who came to visit the posters were busy with traffic, and Chinese and foreign reporters also swarmed like flies smelling fishy. An Yi, as the highest official who stood for Chiang Kai-shek, was equivalent to Chiang Kai-shek's plenipotentiary representative, and naturally had to personally receive visitors one by one, and did not dare to slack off at all.

Seemingly overnight, all of China knew that Chiang Kai-shek's comeback was imminent.

At noon on the 13th, Chiang Kai-shek and his entourage finally arrived in Hangzhou, and Chiang Kai-shek's sworn brother Huang Ying also rushed over from Shanghai.

At this time, An Yi was relatively relaxed, because of the arrival of the attendants and a large number of confidants and officials engaged in political work and diplomacy, An Yi no longer had to worry about the cumbersome affairs that were sent to him, but when meeting with distinguished guests from all walks of life and foreign envoys who came quietly, An Yi, who was famous and highly meritorious, still needed to follow Chiang Kai-shek's side.

It is precisely because of this that guests from all walks of life seem to associate something with An Yi's appearance, and their respect and courtesy to An Yi are better than before, and they are full of imagination and prediction of An Yi's career, and even through An Yi's convenience, Liu Hong, the chief reporter of the Oriental News Agency, who has been staying in "Chenglu" for an interview, also jokingly said: This time Commander-in-Chief Jiang is back out of the mountain, and An Yi's status may rise.

Speculating about this, An Yi just smiled and did not answer, but he knew very well in his heart that Commander-in-Chief Chiang would not give An Yi much power, let alone give An Yi any political rights beyond his identity and status, An Yi's reputation and achievements are already big enough and loud, if he goes further politically, it will be more difficult for Chiang Kai-shek to control An Yi's development and huge influence.

The reason why Chiang Kai-shek went to great lengths to bring An Yi with him seemed to tell the outside world that he valued and had high hopes for An Yi, in fact, the biggest purpose was to appease An Yi and express a kind of trust and expectation, because today's southwest region is too important, just like He Jinhan revealed to An Yi in private, if there is a big war between China and Japan, it will inevitably choose to move the capital, and the only cities that can be used as companions are Luoyang and Chongqing, and whether it is moved to Luoyang or Chongqing, most of the weapons and ammunition, In the end, the heavy burden of supplying grain and grass will be heavily pressed on the three southwestern provinces, especially Sichuan, and on his An Yi.

There is another important reason, An Yi also vaguely guessed that through the rapid rescue of An Yi, Chiang Kai-shek was very surprised to learn that Zhang Hongluan, the king of Xiangxi, who never left the nest lightly and did not buy the chairman of Hunan Province, He Jian, came to Nanchang in person to command the entire rescue operation, so he was even more afraid of the 80,000 troops in Xiangxi and An Yi's 50,000 garrisons in southern Sichuan. It has become a substantial emerging warlord second only to Zhang Xueliang in the country, if you add the 50,000 Yunnan army of Zhu Peide in Yunnan who is the same father and son as An Yiqing, Chiang Kai-shek will not be able to shake An Yi at all, and now more than 200,000 troops encircle and suppress tens of thousands of poorly equipped and hungry Red Army It took several years and cost tens of millions, if you fight with the well-equipped and powerful An Jia army, there is almost no chance of victory, even if you win in the end, I don't know how much time and financial resources will be spent, not to mention fighting in the southwest with complex terrain and mountains. The opponent is also a division that leads step by step in military training and past achievements, and is proud of the whole army, and the difficulty can be imagined.

Chiang Kai-shek has just arrived in Hangzhou on the front foot, and Chen Shuming, a newly promoted member of the Central Committee and a member of the Military Commission, has arrived on the back foot, and the senior general who has handed over the post of commander of the Ninghu garrison and the commander of the 19th Route Army to his general Cai Tingkai also knows very well that Chiang Kai-shek's comeback is an unstoppable trend of the times, and in the current China, only Chiang Kai-shek can lead the whole people to resist foreign humiliation, and only Chiang Kai-shek can restrain and control the country's more than 2 million uneven troops, and only Chiang Kai-shek can obtain the support of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang consortium and the middle class. Therefore, Chen Shuming was very frank after the meeting, and he did not hide his deep concern about the imminent invasion of Shanghai by the Japanese army, and implored Chiang Kai-shek to lead the whole army and make full preparations for war.

What intrigued An Yi was that Huang Shaohong, the former chairman of Guangxi Province and commander of the 15th Army, who parted ways with Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi and left the Gui line, also followed Chen Shuming to visit.

Chen Shuming and Huang Shaohong were warmly received by Chiang Kai-shek, and in the more than two hours of secret talks, Chiang Kai-shek attached great importance to Chen Shuming's opinions, and when talking about the various abnormal actions of the Japanese army in Shanghai, Chiang Kai-shek pointed to An Yi, who was sitting behind him, and said with a smile:

He judged that the Japanese army was very likely to suddenly launch a war of aggression by provoking an incident within a month, and even boldly predicted: As long as we show a little timidity, the Japanese army will gain an inch, and then launch a full-scale war of aggression against China, through the two battlefields of the north and south, invade our territory, and analyze the possible bad situation, and find ways to deal with it.

Chen Shuming nodded with satisfaction, and smiled brightly at An Yi: "General An has always been the first to anticipate the enemy's opportunities and take precautions, judging from the many battles that General An has fought and his tough attitude towards Japan, we are not surprised at all, if General An is not prepared in this regard, we will be surprised, hehe!" ”

Everyone laughed softly, Huang Shaohong saw An Yi's expression as usual, without any smugness, and he was very interested in this young general who had been praised by Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi and felt a deep headache. At this time, An Yi also looked at Huang Shaohong with interest, Huang Shaohong smiled slightly, and asked in a low voice:

"General An, I have been away from Guangxi for a while, has your economic blockade of Guangxi been lifted?"

An Yi was stunned for a moment, and replied solemnly: "After careful discussions, the trade restrictions between Qianxi and Yunnan have been lifted at the end of last year, and the people of the three provinces have resumed commercial and trade exchanges. ”

Huang Shaohong shook his head and laughed, and said loudly without any scruples: "I have heard for a long time that General An is called General Flying Fox in the army, and it really lives up to its name, and now it seems that not only does the war run fast, but also the cunning of a fox, and he speaks without leaking, hehe!" ”

Everyone smiled when they heard this, Chiang Kai-shek also seemed very happy and generous, Chen Shuming happened to have more confidential matters to discuss with Chiang Kai-shek alone, and took this opportunity to smile and suggest:

"Brother Ji Kuan (Huang Shaohong), maybe you don't know that General An's alcohol consumption is also famous in the army, and you are afraid to fight! Didn't Brother Ji Kuan say that he hoped to invite relatives and friends on the West Lake, and then bring one or two beauties to have a boat drink? It is estimated that only General An can accompany you, how about it? ”

Chiang Kai-shek didn't know what Chen Shuming meant, seeing that it was getting late, and he needed Chen Shuming's support very much after leaving the mountain, so he said very happily:

"If Ji Kuan has this Yaxing, let An Yi accompany you to raft on the West Lake, it is estimated that the water of the West Lake is different from the water of the Xijiang River, just taste it carefully!"

Huang Shaohong was overjoyed, stood up and thanked Chiang Kai-shek, turned to An Yi and made a gesture of invitation, and asked politely: "I wonder if General An can succumb?" ”

An Yi hurriedly stood up and saluted back: "I have to see the general today, An Yi is fortunate to have three lives!" If the general does not give up, An Yi is willing to lead the way in front. ”

Huang Shaohong smiled again: "Okay!" General Ann please! ”

"Please!"