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Jiang Dingwen, commander of the 9th Division, Yue Xiangru, deputy commander of the 27th Brigade, Gan Lichu, commander of the 27th Brigade, and Li Yannian, commander of the 28th Brigade, gathered at Longmen Wharf. Hu Jialin, acting commander of the independent division, Yang Guan, chief of staff, Huang Yingwu, party representative, and two vanguard brigades who arrived by boat. After the ceremony, Jiang Dingwen asked where the tiger head was? Hu Jialin explained that the boat full of Gu Changfeng, the brothers of the Third Brigade and the artillery regiment was slower, and it was about an hour and a half behind.

The spring rain is still pouring down the sky. The gunfire in the direction of Fuchikou in the west has stopped. The officers and men of the Ninth Division, who had fought fiercely for two days, also died down. After a short break, a group of generals entered the headquarters of the Ninth Division in Longmenquan Town, and Jiang Dingwen was not polite but immediately told Hu Jialin and others about the battle situation:

"After two days and one night, one division and one brigade of the Gui Army occupied the fortress and defended the favorable terrain. Yesterday afternoon, Hu Zongfeng's third division rushed to join the battlefield, and the officers and men of our division fought very hard, with the Yangtze River on the right and the big lake on the left. Before the start of the battle, the enemy took away all the ships on Zhupo Lake and Wang Lake, and we could not make a detour, so we could only choose to attack, and more than 3,000 people were still lost in the front and back battles, but fortunately, the fortress was not equipped with heavy artillery, otherwise it would be even worse.

Today's problem is that the current position is extremely narrow, only three brigades can be placed at a time, and more can not be opened, originally I was counting on the help of the air force of General Jing Yijing, but this day does not help me, it is a headache! ”

Hu Jialin and others knew that although Jiang Dingwen's Ninth Division was called a division, Jiang Dingwen quietly added three regiments of troops before the war. The total strength of the Ninth Division, which was already seriously staffed, swelled rapidly to more than 22,000 people in six brigades, and the reason why Jiang Dingwen dared to go head-to-head with two divisions and one brigade of the Gui Army alone was based on this confidence. It is a pity that the Gui army has quickly made adjustments after the raid on Wuxue is in the way, although the 9th Division quickly crossed the river to attack Fuchikou, the suddenness of the strong attack has been lost, so this battle is very difficult to fight.

The generals are silent in front of the map. Chief of Staff Yang Guan whispered a few words to Hu Jialin. Hu Jialin nodded and whispered that this was the intention, but he had to ask for instructions.

"Yang Guan, what's the plan not to say it loudly?"

Yang Guan came from the second phase of Whampoa, and served as Jiang Dingwen's trainee platoon commander during the Eastern Expedition, and Jiang Dingwen was an instructor in Whampoa, so he had no sense of life in the face of his students.

Yang Guan took half a step forward in the smiles of Hu Jialin and his senior brothers Gan Lichu, Li Yannian and others: "Sir." Both the students and Master Hu thought that it was very difficult to storm and that it was not cost-effective to fight for consumption, so they wanted to ask the Jiujiang Headquarters to send a river defense fleet to assist in the battle. At the same time, we concentrated the artillery fire of the two divisions on the 6th ground, and carried out an intensive bombardment for half an hour, and then let the three brigades start a strong attack, which is estimated to be effective. How did I forget the four new gunboats of the Guangshui Division, which were good things to equip with a naval gun and a three-seven twin gun. Degree and fast,"

Jiang Dingwen patted his head and suddenly asked, "The three broken ships of the Jiangfang fleet are estimated to be enough." A few old naval guns have a range of less than nine kilometers, is the firepower a little weaker? ”

Hu Jialin said with a smile: "Third Brother Ming forgot" Yongsui, a new gunboat? The tonnage and caliber of the ship's guns are much larger than Cheng Guang's four ships in Poyang Lake, and the firepower is more fierce, and this morning General Chen Shaokuan led the "Yongjie Wusheng Zhengsheng, and the three ships escorted the commander-in-chief to Jiujiang, and it is estimated that they are stopping at Jiujiang Port at this time." Brother Cheng Guang's "Poyang Lake No. 1" and "Poyang Lake No. 3" are about to escort the arrival of the third brigade and artillery regiment of our division. ”

Chiang Dingwen was overjoyed and immediately called Chiang Kai-shek, who was sitting in Jiujiang, to request.

Jiujiang, the general headquarters of the Western Expedition Front.

In the early morning of the next day, after Chiang Kai-shek received a telegram from Chiang Dingwen asking for help, he summoned Chen Shaokuan, the commander of the navy who accompanied him, to discuss, and Chen Shaokuan readily agreed. and personally served as the commander of the Combined Fleet, and not without envy praised the four newly arrived German-made patrol boats of the Rangelight Garrison Division:

"The new gunboats bought by the Poyang Lake Garrison Division are very advanced. The 100-ton gunboats currently equipped with the 28-knot Hangxi River Defense Fleet are much better than the two naval gunboats under construction at the Shanghai Shipyard and the Mawei Shipyard, and are very suitable for use in the river defense. ”

Chiang Kai-shek explained with a smile: "An Yi's four small gunboats, four small runabouts and two 500-ton military transport ships were all paid for by himself. So far, the central government has not been able to give him this money. Therefore, the Poyang Lake Garrison Division is still under the jurisdiction of An Yi. If An Yi hadn't agreed to the Military Commission, he would have been incorporated into the Central Army. I am afraid that he will be incorporated by General Yizhi as the Poyang Lake Water Division of the Jiangxi Security Force. ”

Zhu Peide smiled and did not speak. Chen Shaokuan also laughed and said no more, and soon worked out a joint combat plan with Chiang Kai-shek, Zhu Peide, Ge Jingen and others, "Call the commander of the garrison division, Lu Guang, to drive the two new gunboats that are being drilled to the Jiujiang wharf to converge, and telegraph the agreed attack time to Jiang Dingwen on the front line."

After the battle report was summarized, Ge Jingen reported to Chiang Kai-shek and Zhu Peide: "The Second Route Army is progressing smoothly, and the two divisions of General Xia Bingling and General Gu Mosan are engaged with the enemy at Yingshan. In the middle of the road, the three divisions under the command of Brother Fu broke through the Liuhe defense line and approached Xianchun; On the battlefield of the First Route Army, two divisions under the command of General He Yunlou and He Jianzi were successfully stationed in Yueyang, of which Zhou Lan's division was stationed in Linxiang and Tongcheng; Yang Bin's troops, who captured Tongcheng and immediately went north, had cleared the enemy of Puzhi, and temporarily rested and replenished, waiting for General Lu Yong'an to lead Tan Daoyuan's division to attack Xianning; Yin Jinan's division has been stationed in Changde, and the local garrison regiments in the surrounding four counties have all announced their surrender to the 44th Army in Xiangxi, and the deployment work is still ongoing.

However, General Fan Xiaoquan's troops did not arrive in Yongzhou as scheduled, so that the four regiments of the Gui Department were able to escape across the Huangsha River on the border of Hunan and Guizhou, join up with the three regiments of the Guibei garrison, and stubbornly defend the border line. ”

"It's too unusual, this Fan Xiaoquan passed on my order, and the Jin Han Ding Department was stationed in Yongzhou. Ordered Fan Xiaoquan's troops to go north immediately, and within three days, they must reach the front line of Gong'an and Jiangling, and attack Jingzhou with friendly forces! He couldn't leave, so An Yi transferred a special train for him.

Chiang Kai-shek stood up in annoyance.

It was Ge Jingen who left in response.

Chiang Kai-shek sat down again. Turning to Zhu Peide beside him: "Please ask Brother Yi to send a telegram to An Yi." Instructed him that if Fan Xiaoquan disobeyed the order, he would immediately surround him and disarm him on the spot! ”

Zhu Peide hesitated: "Here, the commander-in-chief still asked the junior brother to send another urging telegram to Brother Xiaoquan, presumably he will obey the order." At present, the Gui system has not been extinguished, and suddenly its implementation is lax, I am afraid that it will make the Japanese network Fubu support the central crusade against the Gui family of the Bei army worried, 62, An Yi is in Changsha, in addition to the guards and staff group. There are no more troops at hand. The other divisions have been scattered, and it is difficult to mobilize troops if they really want to surround them, and if someone accidentally reveals the news, I am afraid that Fan Xiaoquan will also flee to Guibei to rely on the Gui army. ”

Chiang Kai-shek pondered for a moment and could only adopt Zhu Peide's opinion, but he already had a bad feeling for Fan Shisheng, who was exquisitely preserving his strength. Secretly determined to wait for the end of the battle to reorganize the army. will eat away Fan Shisheng's two-gun army little by little:

What Brother Yizhi said is reasonable, then call An Yi and ask him to immediately organize transportation capacity and send Fan Xiaoquan's department to Yueyang. Let them go up the river and rush to the battlefield in western Hubei. ”

"Yes."

Zhu Peide ordered the confidential adjutant to draft a telegram, handed it to Chiang Kai-shek for a look before signing his name, handed it to the adjutant and nodded and smiled: "An Yi boy is good." It seems that he gets along well with He Yunzhen's Hunan army generals, and judging from the timely stationing of Zhou Lan's two divisions in Yueyang and the surrounding counties, He Yunba did not have any perfunctory. Moreover, the Hunan army also replenished a batch of ammunition and grain and grass for Yin Jinan's division. Very generous. In the afternoon, An Yi left Changsha as a special commissioner of the headquarters. In the name of going to Qiancheng to inspect the 44 th Army in western Hunan and commanding the second phase of the operation in western Hubei, it was better for the commander-in-chief to send a telegram to General Zhang Hongza as soon as possible. ”

Chiang Kai-shek nodded and instructed his attendant staff to draft a telegram. After signing, he said with emotion:

"I was originally most worried about the Hunan war, but I didn't expect it to be solved so smoothly, and An Yi worked hard. It's a great job! The generals of the divisions under the command of Brother Yizhi also performed well. I'm going to reward them when this battle is over. It is planned to upgrade Yizhi's brother's Ganbei Garrison Division and Yin Jinan's Nanchang Garrison Division to the main division of the Central Army. I don't know what Brother Yi thinks? ”

Zhu Peide was slightly surprised: "This is a good thing that you can't ask for, but if it is incorporated into the main division sequence." Where will these two divisions be stationed? ”

The younger brother already has a belly case. At present, thirteen divisions have been formed, the fourteenth and fifteenth divisions are basically determined, and the remaining four divisions are planned to be arranged in this way: Yin Jinan's division is organized as the sixteenth division, stationed in Yichang, and Yizhi's brother loves to reorganize Zhu Shifei's northern garrison division into the seventeenth division, which is stationed in Jiujiang, and Yin Jinan's division is one east and one west, guarding the two throat roads in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and forming a defense trend for Hubei, a strategic province. It is still under the direct jurisdiction of the First Route Army of Yizhi's brother.

The 18th Division has been used by Lu Yong'an. He Yun's division will be organized into the 19th Division, and the two extra divisions will be temporarily organized into the Temporary Seventh Division and the Temporary Ninth Division, and the national reorganization conference will be held at the end of the year to make adjustments.

The three brigades under Yang Bin took over the number of the Nanchang Garrison Division, Yang Bin was promoted to the first level, and your son-in-law Huanqi was also my student, so he continued to serve as the chief of staff of the Jiangxi Provincial Security Command and the commander of the Nanchang Garrison Division. Re-recruiting to fill the gap. After two years of training, you can take the lead. In addition, the younger brother wants to ask Brother Yi to act as chief of the general staff, and He Jingzhi, who is currently acting for this position, is about to become the director of the Guangzhou camp and the head of the dispatch area, commanding the two divisions of the Guangdong Army and the Central Army to attack Guangxi, and not let Li Delin and Bai Jian resurrect their lives and deaths, and implore Brother Yi to share the country's worries. Resident in Nanjing to supervise the whole army, help the younger brother! Chiang Kai-shek elaborated on his thoughts.

After listening to Chiang Kai-shek's words, Zhu Peide knew that the matter had become a foregone conclusion, although his promotion to the post of chief of staff was very prominent, but let Zhu Peide leave Jiangxi, where he had been in power for several years, he could not give up for a while, but fortunately, Yang Bin, a Baoding student and Xijiang native who was favored by Chiang Kai-shek, was promoted to provincial security commander, and his son-in-law Zhan Huanqi was also promoted to a first-class command to hold military power. Zhu Shigui, who was finally reorganized, was also stationed in Jiujiang. was able to take care of Zhu Peide's many industries distributed throughout Jiangxi. Zhu Peide didn't have too many worries, and realized that Chiang Kai-shek had thought very well and saved face for himself. So he said very gratefully and politely: "Commander-in-chief, the younger brother is only a shallow learner, I am afraid that he will live up to expectations!" ”

Chiang Kai-shek waved his hand and said decisively: "Brother Yi is a meritorious man who is loyal to the party and the state. It is a veteran of my revolutionary army, with outstanding merits and high moral integrity, and the post of chief of staff is not qualified for the post of non-beneficial brother. Brother Yizhi must not be too humble! ”

It was difficult to change the wooden boat, Zhu Peide could only agree with a smile, and Chiang Kai-shek stood up happily and easily walked to the map to listen to the discussion of the staff officers.

Zhu Peide looked at Chiang Kai-shek's tall and thin back. suddenly thought of a deeper level: Yin Jinan's division was transferred west to Yichang to station, and he left Jiangxi to Nanjing Gaojiao, whether it was because An Yi exposed his strength this time and made Commander-in-Chief Jiang secretly on guard. Only in this way did he disperse An Yi's forces and break up his close alliance with An Yi? Such a big decision. Did An Yi know before?

Zhu Peide's concern is very reasonable. But it was only half guessed, and the dispersal of An Yi's troops entrenched in Nanchang was a decision made by Chiang Kai-shek at the suggestion of Yang Yongtai, the first think tank, but Chiang Kai-shek had already greeted An Yi before, and wanted to convert Yin Jinan's garrison division into the main division of the Central Army, and warned An Yi that once the war requires, Yin Jinan's division would be transferred out of Nanchang. An Yi immediately suggested that Yin Jinan's division be transferred to Yichang to fill the gap in the strength of the Central Army and provide the foundation for the central government to completely recover Sichuan.

Chiang Kai-shek had already eyed Sichuan, and when he saw that An Yi had no complaints and had a far-reaching vision for the overall situation, he was very relieved and immediately agreed to An Yi's suggestion. The teachers and students had their own agendas, but they hit it off and got their own place, so they stepped up the formulation of the extremely secret battle plan for the second phase of the First Route Army, and the degree of secrecy of this plan was very high. Even the Deputy Chief of Staff Ge Jingen did not know, except for Chiang Kai-shek and An Yi. Only the first think-tank, Yang Yongtai, knew. At that time, when Yang Yongtai first saw this top-secret plan in Commander-in-Chief Chiang's study, he was also amazed by An Yi's vision and resourcefulness. Gladly said that this is an excellent plan, and it is likely to open the door to xx and firmly control the country of abundance, which has been separated from the central government for twenty years.

At this time, neither Commander-in-Chief Chiang nor Yang Yongtai knew that the rapidly growing 44th Army had become a powerful ally of An Yi. There is also the Qianxi Shizhen Division, which was prepared to give a provisional number after An Yi asked Commander-in-Chief Jiang for approval, and has already become An Yi's ally.

With the secret support of An Yi, the strength of the Shizhen Department has been greatly increased several times, and it already has 12,000 officers and soldiers, and the first batch of 150 outstanding soldiers drawn from the army have entered the Nanchang non-commissioned officer training base to receive strict military training and political education from the An Jia Army.