In the delicate situation of the rapid disintegration of various factions within the revolutionary camp, no matter how sad and confused An Yi and his brothers were, they had to face the arduous task ahead.

After An Yi returned to the camp, he thought about it for a while, and then came to his senses, the strategy of crossing the difficult and relatively remote lake water network area and launching a surprise attack on the defending enemy in Kunshan, a hundred kilometers away, was not at all something that Liu Zhi and others who only knew about staring at the rich and prosperous Shanghai could think of, and only Bai Chongxi, who had seen the six roads and used his troops as elegantly and calmly as chess, could come up with such a strategy, and the time period chosen and the target of the attack were so surprising. Just like his genius stroke in the Battle of Tonglu, he made a large-scale roundabout attack on the headquarters of the Zhejiang Army, which was strange and strange, which made An Yi admire and secretly vigilant.

That night, An Yi did not rush to hold a meeting to discuss the combat plan, but took a shower and rested early.

When he woke up the next morning, An Yi gave the brothers a rare day off, and happily told the brothers that as long as they didn't steal, rob or disturb the people, they could do whatever they wanted to go into the city, and they only needed to go back to the market before nine o'clock in the evening.

As a result, in less than half an hour, more than 700 brothers were left in the barracks of less than 6,000 people, under the leadership of the battalion commander and battalion deputy, and the brothers at and below the company level were all over the wine shops, green buildings, streets and alleys in Jiaxing City, which made Wu Keding, the first military police captain of the Second Division, panic.

Wu Keding graduated from the political department of the second phase of Huangpu, has been a staff officer of the Political Department of the Second Division, and has just been promoted to lieutenant colonel military police captain, when Wu Keding is leading more than 50 brothers who have just worn red armbands to patrol the city, seeing that the situation is not right, he immediately took two subordinates to the north camp of the city, and wanted to find An Yi to give advice in person, who knew that he couldn't get out as soon as he entered, and was pulled by Huzi, Xia Jian and Gu Laoer and others to drink a meal, and he was dazed, and finally he was unconscious, and he had to let his subordinates call a sedan chair to carry him back. As for whether the thousands of brothers in the Reading Force Group played any disciplinary violations, it has nothing to do with him at all.

When the news reached the division headquarters, Liu Zhi and Xu Tingyao were quite surprised, thinking that An Yi's military discipline has always been strict, and the model battalion is also famous, so it will not be easy to handle if something happens. In a hurry, Liu Zhi immediately dispatched Ying Rongguang, chief of the intelligence section, to inspect the city, and if he found that he had violated discipline, he would immediately punish him.

An hour later, Ying Rongguang returned to report with a mouth full of wine: "Although there are soldiers coming and going on the street, it is orderly, and the officers and soldiers of the Reading Force Regiment have not committed any crimes in buying and selling fair autumn, and I have also seen several engineer company commanders of the Reading Force Regiment snapping up horse nails, iron chains and other materials from several blacksmith shops, and it seems that they have not forgotten to prepare for war." After meeting An Yi at the Qinghe Military Camp in Yinmaqiao, he said that he would give the officers and soldiers a relaxing holiday and that there would be no chaos, and he was pulled by him to drink a few cups before coming back. ”

Liu Zhi breathed a sigh of relief and nodded lightly with relief: "An Yi never does things according to the rules, but since he said that there is no problem, then there will be no mistakes." But you're the intelligence section chief of the division, and you haven't seen him submit a plan of action until now, so you didn't urge him when you were drinking? ”

"No need to rush, Xiao Yi's guard company has already set off, and the whole regiment will start on time at twelve o'clock tonight, and it is estimated that the plan will be sent to the division headquarters before dinner. Xiao Yi repeatedly explained to me that before the war, let the brothers go to the street to buy some supplies, drink a few cups to relieve their hunger and warm their bodies, and talk to the girls to eliminate the evil fire in their bodies, so that the local economy can be prosperous, and the officers and soldiers can take practical actions to close the relationship between the military and the people from all aspects, haha! This guy has so many crooked reasoning that a group of his brothers think he is right, and I can't tell them enough! Ying Rongguang wanted to laugh when he said this.

Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they heard this, and they all burst out laughing. Section Chief Chen laughed and scolded for such a reason, which only An Yi, the grandson, could think of, Xu Tingyao smiled and asked: "Just now you said that they set off with the whole regiment, and his artillery company and regimental headquarters baggage logistics units were not left?" ”

Ying Rongguang shook his head: "I have also asked this question, thinking that with such a complicated road and heavy snowy weather, how could the artillery company participate in a long-distance attack with such strict marching speed requirements?" Yang Bin replied that the more this happens, the more necessary it is to pull the artillery company out for training, and the next battles will basically be fought in areas with dense water networks in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and there will be no accumulation of experience without actual combat training.

I thought about it and thought it was true, and although I was worried about whether it would be feasible to drag heavy artillery through the lake swamp area for nearly 100 kilometers, I thought it would be worth a try! Xiao Yi and his gang of guys are all awesome characters who never admit defeat, maybe they can really sum up a set of effective experience. ”

Xu Tingyao turned to Staff Officer Chen: "Inform me that the Sixth Regiment Commander Tan Fulie and others will rush to the division headquarters immediately." ”

"Yes!"

Staff Officer Chen walked to the side of the telephone.

"What, you're ready to go?" Liu Zhi asked.

Xu Tingyao nodded: "Yes, look at this situation, it is not possible to prepare in advance, the gap between the Sixth Regiment and the Reading Group is not ordinary, if you don't prepare early, I am afraid you can only help the Reading Group clean the environmental sanitation of Kunshan City." ”

Liu Zhi grinned, and then shook his head helplessly: "I thought that Xiao Yi would leave the artillery company and logistics baggage, and planned to borrow the artillery company of the Reading Force Regiment to pull the Songjiang front line for use, this guy's artillery company now has twelve artillery pieces and thousands of shells, which is almost catching up with the full artillery regiment of the general army."

Alas...... In the whole division, only Xiao Yi was low-key and pragmatic to improve his combat effectiveness, doing everything possible to increase new equipment and eliminate old equipment, and the gap between other regiments and them was too great! It's a pity that the principal didn't agree to the recommendation of the two of us this time, otherwise the regiments of our division will definitely be able to greatly improve their combat effectiveness with the help of Xiao Yi, this guy can fight, fight and loot, and there are a lot of ghost ideas! ”

"When you say this, I do remember that two days ago, when the commanders of the regiments heard you mention the brilliantly exploited assault company of the Kunshan defenders, they all showed surprise and disbelief, and they reacted a lot when they asked questions. But yesterday you also reminded Xiao Yi and a few of them, I found that they didn't care about it at all, this confidence and bullishness are not pretended, compared with the commanders of the regiments, it is indeed not at the same level. Xu Tingyao sighed slightly.

Ying Rongguang was adding boiling water to Liu Zhi and Xu Tingyao, and when he heard this, he put down the kettle and said with a smile: "When I arrived at the Reading Force Group just now, I was pressed down by those boys to drink, and I especially reminded Xiao Yi about the bravery of this assault company, so that they don't capsize in the gutter." Who knew that Hu Zi said that it was precisely because the Kunshan defenders had this assault company that the brothers felt more comfortable in their hearts, and said that it was best to have as many strong enemies as possible, and they were willing to fight such an opponent, otherwise where would they get good equipment? After Hu Zi finished speaking, there was laughter at the banquet, and Gu Lao Er and Xia Jian went on to say that they were fighting such an opponent, and how many enemies were killed, so that in the future, as long as the opponent saw the banner of the Reading Force Regiment and the Model Battalion, he would tremble all over, and only then would it be regarded as a good fight for the brothers. Listen, these people are bullish, right? ”

Everyone looked at each other, crying and laughing.

Xu Tingyao sighed: "This is called the courage of the artist!" Okay, let's not worry about them, since even Hu Jialin said so, they must have thought of a way to defeat the enemy, according to my opinion, the famous assault company in Kunshan is not the opponent of the guard company of the Reading Regiment at all, it is estimated that Xiao Yi wants to use this assault company to achieve their reputation, everyone rest assured! ”

Xu Tingyao's analysis is very correct, An Yi and the others have made up their minds to use this prestigious assault company to achieve their own prestige.

In order to expand his popularity, enhance the status of his brothers in the army, and then achieve the long-term and short-term goals he set, he will not let go of any opportunity to become famous.

…… At 6:50 a.m. the next morning, Xu Tingyao personally led more than 5,400 officers and men of the Sixth Regiment of the Second Division to follow the road traveled by the Reading Force Regiment in the vast snow, and finally passed through the 30-kilometer stretch of villages and towns that were easy to expose their whereabouts, and successfully arrived at the territory of Luxu, which was 13 kilometers away from Xinta Town, and stopped to rest in this hill covered by dense forests and with a gentle slope.

Xu Tingyao sent the liaison officer left behind by the day reading force group and asked the group of battalion commanders around him: "How do you feel along the way?" ”

The commanders of the Sixth Regiment sighed embarrassedly, and the regiment commander Tan Fulie replied with some guilt: "From the eleven temporarily paved pontoon bridges and the convenient marching route chosen by the Reading Regiment, we clearly see the gap between ourselves and the Reading Regiment. After this battle, I must ask Xiao Yi to ask the Reading Force Regiment to help us train a non-commissioned officer company and bring their good experience and style back to our Sixth Regiment. ”

Xu Tingyao nodded and added: "In terms of political and ideological work, you have indeed done a good job, but you have not done enough in military training. I know that although many of the commanders of the regiments are also very anxious, they always think that they are the big brothers, the senior brothers of the first three phases of Whampoa, and they can't let go of their children to learn from the junior brother An Yi, and learn from the model battalion and the various departments of the Reading Force, and many of you just see the powerful equipment of the Reading Regiment, but you don't use your brains to think about how these equipment were obtained, nor do you see the hard training of the battalions and companies of the Reading Force Regiment that exceeds their intensity several times the intensity, let alone An Yi's rigorous and scientific new training methods.

This kind of attitude is very important, if you don't correct your thinking, you will be pulled down a farther distance, just like now, your six regiments only set off half an hour later than the reading group, but a full twenty kilometers behind, if the reading group did not have the heavy task of building bridges and opening roads, this distance may be even greater...... Just this more than 30-kilometer march is worth pondering! ”

The commanders of the Sixth Regiment were ashamed, and a heroic lieutenant stood up and said loudly: "Chief of Staff, there is indeed a big gap between us and the Reading Regiment, but we are fully confident that we can catch up with them, and through efforts and improvements in all aspects, our combat strength will definitely be greatly improved."

The subordinates very much agree with Commander Tan's opinion just now, because of the reality that most of our regiment are new recruits, Commander Tan's decision to request the Reading Force Regiment to train a company of non-commissioned officers on his behalf is a shortcut to quickly improve the training level of grassroots officers of our regiment and improve combat effectiveness, so his subordinates asked the chief of staff to promote this matter for our regiment after this war, and his subordinates also very much hope to join this non-commissioned officer company and learn new training methods and management experience from the Reading Regiment. ”

Xu Tingyao looked at the young lieutenant standing with his chest up, and looked quite surprised, he waved his hand kindly and motioned for him to sit down: "What's your name?" What role do you hold now? ”

"Report to the Chief of Staff, subordinate Li Xiaolong, who is currently the commander of the third battalion and fourth company of the sixth regiment."

Li Xiaolong still stood like a javelin, hesitated slightly, and said in a low voice: "Chief of Staff, during the Battle of Tingsi Bridge, my subordinates were assigned from the Xianning Battalion of the headquarters to the model battalion at that time as a recruit, and followed the model battalion through the Wuchang Siege, the Battle of Shangfu and the Battle of Fengxin.

After the Fengxin Campaign, his subordinates were transferred to the Fourth Regiment together with the Second Engineer Company of the Model Battalion, and then entered the division's engineer battalion as a warrant officer platoon commander, and after the Nanchang Campaign, he was promoted to the deputy of the first company of the engineer battalion to fight in Zhejiang, and after the Tanglan Campaign, he was transferred to the commander of the fourth company of the third battalion of the sixth regiment.

From time to time, the subordinates reflect on the road they have traveled, and think that the journey of the model camp has given the subordinates the greatest harvest and inspiration. Speak from the heart, subordinates...... His subordinates did not like Commander An's style of leading troops, but his subordinates admired his command ability very much, admired his endless training innovations, admired his frank surname and superb military talent, so his subordinates very much hoped to follow the non-commissioned officer company of our regiment into the Reading Force Regiment to study, if they did not seize the time to study hard, their subordinates would ...... The subordinates left the brethren of the Reading Force far behind. ”

While admiring his courage, it was difficult for him to put down his face and admit his shortcomings like Li Xiaolong, and dare to express his true thoughts, so they also looked at this brave and hard-working colleague.

Xu Tingyao nodded with satisfaction: "It turns out that you are from the model camp, no wonder you have such deep feelings...... All right! I promise your request, as long as you perform well in this battle, I will personally recommend you to enter the officer training class presided over by An Yi, so that he can pass on the latest military experience and training methods to you without reservation, and I can also assure you that whether you like An Yi or not, he will treat you equally and give you as much help as possible. ”

"Thank you, Chief of Staff! Thank you! Li Xiaolong saluted excitedly.

Tan Fulie asked with some surprise: "Chief of Staff, when will An Yi get an officer training class?" Why don't we know that we are in the same division? ”

Xu Tingyao laughed: "Actually, this training class An Yi has been doing it for a long time, it can be said that they have been doing it since the Northern Expedition, and it has gradually developed from the initial leisure and boredom relief to today's internal training system, which is amazing!" They collected data on all the battles and campaigns of our army since the Eastern Crusade, as well as famous examples of friendly forces and even the entire Northern Expeditionary Army.

During the period of recuperation after the Nanchang Campaign, An Yi received great help from the General Staff Office to once again supplement and enrich the content of the combat examples, and together with Yin Jinan, Yang Bin, Ye Cheng, and Qu Muchen, he compiled as many as five volumes of internal military teaching materials, including basic military command theory, research on combat examples, training methods and testing systems, ideological education of officers and soldiers, tactical coordination, exploration of modern warfare methods, and so on. An Yi personally presided over and was responsible for theoretical teaching, more than a dozen officers with various specialties served as instructors of various subjects, while carrying out theoretical study, and then through frequent tactical deduction and personal experience of each battle summary, to deepen the understanding and mastery of An Yi's unique exploration surname military theory by commanders at all levels, therefore, they have formed a unique training and command system, very efficient, through the performance of various battles of the Reading Force Regiment since entering Zhejiang, everyone should see something from it, right? ”

The officers in charge were extremely shocked, and they felt even more depressed after talking to each other, it turned out that unconsciously, the gap between themselves and the officers and soldiers of the Reading Force Regiment was so big.

Xu Tingyao looked at his group of lieutenants and sighed: "Now you understand, right?" This is the fundamental reason why the various departments of the Reading Force have strong and flexible combat power, and their requirements are: come when called, be able to fight, and win in battle! And we have been making unremitting efforts around this goal.

I also learned all this in detail after the Battle of Tonglu, and I was shocked and deeply admired after reading An Yi's set of teaching materials, and to tell the truth, more than half of the content has exceeded my current level and understanding, and a large number of advanced and unique military theories and unheard of training methods in that set of materials cannot even be mastered if I do not study them systematically.

Personally, I believe that it surpasses all the current textbooks of our army, and can even be self-contained, replacing the current military command textbooks for middle-level officers of the two military academies of Lu University and Huangpu. An Yi told me that it is estimated that in another year, a relatively complete teaching material for the army system will be formed, and at that time it will be compiled into a book and submitted to the General Headquarters of the People's Revolutionary Army. At that time, the youngest military theorist of our army will be born, and I firmly believe in this. ”

After Xu Tingyao finished speaking, there was silence around him, and Lin Tao's bursts of shouts were clearly audible.

Li Xiaolong's eyes were wide and shining, and he seemed to hear the sound of heavy breathing around him, and heard the roar of his own heart.

Xu Tingyao smiled with satisfaction, stood up and shook off the snowflakes on her shoulders: "It's okay, let's move forward, otherwise the gap will be even bigger......"

(To be continued)