In the afternoon of the next day, He Jinhan and others selected the office location of the Nanchang branch of the Huangpu Alumni Association, handed over the purchase of real estate and other matters to An Yi, and then happily carried the rich gifts given by An Yi and boarded the passenger ship bound for Nanjing. An Yi, who was jokingly called the head snake and the old fat man by Dai Li, was very happy, agreed to repair the property he bought, vigorously assisted the branch in carrying out its work, and promised that Senior Brother Deng Wenyi would bring people to move into the office next week.

An Yi, who was fighting for righteousness and squandering money, did not know that Chiang Kai-shek had already personally named him and wrote his name in the list of 18 managers of the headquarters of the Whampoa Alumni Association.

He Jinhan and others thought that Principal Jiang had already told An Yi, so no one felt that there was anything wrong with An Yi's efforts, and even An Yi himself felt that it was appropriate to help his brothers and sisters, who knew that today's Whampoa Alumni Association is already a powerful intelligence agency, stimulated by many painful lessons and a strong sense of mission, it has begun to gradually infiltrate the political axes and armies in various places.

On 17 November, a major event occurred that shocked the whole country, causing the attention of all the armies and warlord forces in half of the country to focus on Canton.

At three o'clock in the morning of the eighteenth, An Yi, who had returned home from the ordnance manufacturing workshop and took a bath, was just about to go to bed, when a phone call from Zhu Peide asked him to rush to Nanchang City.

An Yi hurried to the conference room of the Overseer's Mansion, and saw the three commanders of the Fifth Route Army and more than a dozen deputy commanders, chiefs of staff, and division commanders gathered together, with a grim expression, and immediately realized that the situation was urgent, so he honestly sat down on the vacant seat left for him by Zhu Peide's subordinates, and no longer humbly admitted that his juniors were polite as usual.

Zhu Peide remained silent, handed over a secret telegram to An Yi, and then picked up the teacup and waited quietly, more than a dozen generals were also watching An Yi waiting for his opinion.

An Yi read it quickly, put down the secret telegram and looked at this and that, and finally asked Zhu Peide in surprise: "Wang Zhaoming and Zhang Xianghua, are they crazy?" ”

The generals waited for a long time and didn't expect An Yi to suddenly come to such a sentence, and they all couldn't help laughing, and then thought carefully that An Yi really didn't say anything wrong, otherwise it would be absolutely impossible for such a thing to happen.

It turned out that Zhang Fakui, who had been announcing in a high-profile manner that he was going to Hong Kong to prepare for an overseas investigation, suddenly returned to Guangzhou from Hong Kong after Li Jishen, who was full of concerns, and commanded Huang Qixiang's Fourth Army, Xue Yue's new Second Division, which had just betrayed Li Jishen and defected to Zhang Fakui (Xue Yue went south to join Li Jishen's New Fourth Army after he voluntarily resigned from the First Division of the First Army because of his indignation at Chiang Kai-shek's Qing Party), and Huang Zhenqiu's new Third Division suddenly launched a military coup d'état, disarming a regiment of Gui Army guarding the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, and immediately taking over the military commission controlled by Li Jishen. He also occupied the Whampoa Military Academy in one fell swoop, killed and wounded more than 20 instructors and trainees loyal to Li Jishen, and sent a large army to surround Li Jichen's residence and the headquarters camp, rummaging inside and out, detaining and confiscating a large number of documents and property, and at the same time sending heavy troops to surround the residence of Huang Shaohong, chairman of Guangxi Province, who had just arrived in Guangzhou as acting commander-in-chief of the Eighth Army.

Huang Shaohong, who had been alerted in advance, fled in embarrassment and did not know where to go, Zhang Fakui was in a hurry to blockade the entire Guangzhou, and announced martial law, and then telegraphed the whole country, claiming that this move was the great righteousness of protecting the party and the army, and as soon as the news came out, the whole of Guangdong and even half of China were shocked and in an uproar.

Before the incident, Wang Jingwei, who was full of ghosts, managed to persuade Li Jishen, who was unwilling to leave Guangzhou, to set off from Guangzhou to Shanghai by boat to attend the preparatory meeting for the Fourth Plenary Session of the Kuomintang that Chiang Kai-shek was anxious to convene.

Li Jishen, who has been in Guangdong for many years, is very aware of the important surname of this preparatory meeting, although he is worried that Zhang Fakui, who is eyeing him around, will suddenly turn his face while he is not at home, but Wang Jingwei repeatedly persuaded Xiao to be righteous, and repeatedly used his own personality as a guarantee, and Zhang Fakui went to Hong Kong the day before to prepare for a visit to Europe, Li Jishen thought about it and weighed it repeatedly, and then made up his mind to call Huang Shaohong from Nanning and temporarily act as the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army to sit in Guangzhou to deter Zhang Fakui. Only then did he and Wang Jingwei board a ship on the 16th and rush to Shanghai for a meeting.

Li Jishen and Huang Shaohong never expected that in order to have a stable territory and support their own army, Wang Jingwei didn't want face, lining and personality, this time it was a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, and they didn't expect that Zhang Fakui, who was carrying a big bag and a small bag to go to Hong Kong to prepare to go to the sea, didn't want to leave at all, and when Wang Jingwei deceived Li Jishen, Huang Shaohong arrived in Guangzhou and didn't control the army, so he immediately killed a horse pistol, and cleared the power of Li Jishen and Huang Shaohong in a blink of an eye. He firmly controlled the entire Guangzhou and the surrounding important towns in his own hands.

The only fly in the ointment is that Wang Jingwei and Zhang Fakui calculated and calculated, and almost all the details were taken into account, but in the end, they were still negligent, and because of the internal annihilation and ventilation information, they failed to get rid of Huang Shaohong, one of the three giants of the Gui family, and the whole situation became more sinister and complicated.

Zhu Peide still sat firmly on the Diaoyutai platform, and waited for everyone to finish laughing before handing another secret letter to An Yi: "This is specially sent by Mr. Wang and General Zhang Xianghua four hours ago, you can take a look first." ”

An Yi took the letter suspiciously, read it carefully, pondered for a while and couldn't help but shake his head, and said with a smile: "Uncle De, it seems that Mr. Wang Zhaoming and Mr. Zhang Xianghua have been preparing for yesterday's sudden attack for a long time, otherwise this letter would not have been delivered to Uncle De so quickly."

However, the little nephew has a lot of doubts about the fact that the Guangdong army has formed an alliance with the Hunan army that retreated to Hunan, just imagine, after the Hunan army giant Tang Mengxiao was electrified to go to the field, his general Liu Xing also threw himself away, and now he doesn't know where to hide, and the 36th army under his command is absorbed by Bai Chongxi, and only Li Pinxian, Liao Lei, He Jian and Ye Qi are left to control the four armies that have no morale, and the north is still under the coercion of Bai Jiansheng's two-way army. In the south, there is the 15th Army of Huang Shaohong in Guangxi and as many as tens of thousands of local troops of the Gui system, and in Guizhou in the west, since Yuan Zuming and other generals were killed by Tang Mengxiao, the former commander of the Hunan army, the Guizhou army and Tang Shengzhi's Hunan army have long been incompatible.

It is estimated that Mr. Wang Zhaoming and Mr. Zhang Xianghua are as wise as torches and have already seen the important surnames in Jiangxi, so they will prepare this letter for Uncle De in advance. Now the Hunan army that is struggling to support is only Jiangxi, which has always been hostile to them in the east, and Jiangxi is connected to Hunan in the west and Guangdong in the south. If it were me, I would also win over Uncle De. ”

After hearing this, the generals echoed each other, Zhu Peide thought about it carefully and felt deeply reasonable, nodded with satisfaction, and then asked An Yi: "Since Zhang Xianghua's department has no collusion with the Hunan army, and the coup d'état launched by the Guangdong army will definitely be pointed out by the people of the world, we really don't need to wade into this troubled water...... What do you think I should do with this letter? ”

An Yi just took a sip of tea into his mouth, and the slightly bitter taste of tea in the fragrant and sweet tea made his mind clear in an instant, and a stirring spirit in his heart suddenly understood, knowing that Zhu Peide and the generals under his command had already had a way to deal with it, and the reason why they were so eager to recruit themselves was that in addition to the fact that everyone was on the same boat and needed to deal with it together, I am afraid that it was also to take this opportunity to figure out their political tendencies, especially during this period of time, Huangpu colleagues visited one after another, and established a permanent Huangpu Alumni Association in the city with great fanfare. It would be too abnormal to say that Zhu Peide, as a landlord, has no doubts and worries about this.

An Yi cleared his mind, poured half a cup of tea in one go, put down the teacup and took a long breath, patted his chest vigorously, and said impassionedly to Zhu Peide:

"Uncle De, you always say what to do, let's do it, it's a big deal to go out and fight together, Uncle De will fight wherever the little nephew points out, who is afraid of whom these days? Even if his Fourth Army is known as the Iron Army, and the Gui Department has the Seventh Army to suppress the formation, we don't need to worry, now that we are strong and strong, and the grain and grass are abundant, we should have pulled out for a walk, so that everyone can see our majesty! ”

Zhu Peide couldn't help but be stunned when he saw An Yi's rough side for the first time, and then laughed heartily, and the generals all laughed with confidence, and they were extremely relieved.

Zhu Peide waved his hand and signaled everyone to be quiet with a smile: "Let's go here tonight, the Third Army immediately strengthens the surveillance and reconnaissance of the first line in southern and southwestern Jiangxi, and the rest of the departments remain unchanged, after you go back, you must train strictly and actively prepare for war, before the end of the year, all divisions must complete the established training plan, now the situation is changing, everywhere is difficult and dangerous, if there is any emergency, pull it out and give me a win, no matter how many troops have no combat effectiveness, it is useless, remember!" Remember! ”

"Yes!"

All the generals left, and Zhu Peide called An Yi, who was yawning: "Tired, right?" Let's go, follow me to the house to drink a bowl of glutinous rice sweet wine, it's almost dawn, you can go back to catch up on sleep after eating. ”

"Haha, the little nephew really likes the glutinous rice sweet wine made by the aunt, and when the little nephew marries a daughter-in-law, I will let her come to learn the craft from the aunt." An Yi happily followed Zhu Peide's side.

After a while, the two returned to the mansion at the back, and after drinking a bowl of glutinous rice sweet wine, Zhu Peide shook his head and said with a smile: "You cunning guy, you really don't leak!" It sounds like you're talking a lot at the meeting, but it's all. ”

An Yi hugged the sky and shouted: "How come? Uncle De, you really wronged me, if the little nephew was really cunning enough, you wouldn't be able to see it! In fact, the little nephew knows that Uncle De has already made a bamboo in his chest, but he just wants to take this opportunity to unify the thinking and understanding of the generals under his command, so that the old brothers can focus more on training, and the effect of this meeting is very good in the little nephew. ”

"Well, only you know what I think, and it would be nice if I had you to share some of the burden." Zhu Peide sighed regretfully.

An Yi asked a little puzzled: "Uncle De, it seems that the little nephew is no different from standing next to you in a military uniform now, right?" You came on a phone call in the middle of the night, and your little nephew's underwear didn't remember to wear and came running, what's the difference between this and being your subordinate? ”

Zhu Peide was very happy to hear this, knocked An Yi's head cordially, stood up and walked to the backyard, and said loudly as he walked. An Yi cheekily asked the sweet-looking little maid serving on the side to bring another bowl, and after a few sips, he grabbed a piece of rice cake and stuffed it into his mouth and left quickly.

Back in Lao Nanchang, An Yi immediately notified his subordinates to rush to his small building, and when everyone arrived, he reported to everyone in detail what had happened in the past two days, and then pointed to the steamed buns and pancakes bought by the guards, and told everyone to talk while eating.

An hour later, the greasy-mouthed brethren made an important decision:

First, to continue to accelerate the pace of military expansion, it is necessary to increase the total number of troops to 15,000 by the end of the year; 2. Recruit back the team of instructors sent out and strengthen the training of recruits; 3. Vigorously build a teaching brigade, complete the selection and promotion of 300 junior noncommissioned officers within 10 days, and enrich the teaching brigade with outstanding noncommissioned officers, so as to facilitate the upcoming special intensive training of grassroots officers.

After the meeting, An Yi left Yang Bin, Hu Jialin, Ding Zhicheng and Zhan Huanqi behind: "Ji Nan will come back tomorrow, and Hu Tou should be able to get home the day after tomorrow, and we can be more relaxed at that time, but before that, I have some ideas for everyone to discuss."

First of all, Lao Ding's third and second divisions must immediately expand the scope of reconnaissance, the second detachment in charge of southern Jiangxi will strengthen me if there are not enough manpower, the third detachment will increase the reconnaissance of the border areas between Hunan, Jiangxi and Hubei, Huan Qi selected two excellent telegraphers to carry radios on their backs and subordinate to the third detachment to follow the action, I have a hunch that Bai Chongxi's troops in northern Hunan are going to fight with the Hunan army again.

The day before yesterday, Xiao Yueben's warship again crashed into and destroyed four civilian boats on the Hankou River, the bones of more than 10 civilians remained, and more than 400 tons of life-saving grain sank to the bottom of the river; two managers of the Hankou private shipping company who went to reason were disabled by the officers and men of the Marine Corps; Hu Zongduo, who had just taken up the post of commander of the Wuhan garrison, did not dare to say a word; and He Jian, who was bent on becoming chairman of Hubei Province, simply beat up the hundreds of workers of the shipping company and the families of the victims with sticks, claiming to be the victims[***] instigated, this evil breath Lao Tzu really can't swallow! ”

Yang Bin said annoyedly: "The account of the Gui Department should also be liquidated, I can't stand it after enduring it for so long, now the time has come, let's take action when it's time to act!" ”

"Let's kill two birds with one stone, right?" Hu Jialin suggested.

All the brothers nodded, and after a brief discussion, Ding Zhicheng stood up: "Okay!" This time, I'm going to lead the team myself! ”

An Yi hurriedly reminded: "Lao Ding, don't go too far, killing people is secondary, humiliation and anger are the best means, quietly finish it and give Lao Tzu back as soon as possible, let Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi have a headache." ”

The brothers laughed heartily when they heard this, and Ding Zhicheng nodded and returned to the secret base to prepare.

(To be continued)