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Chapter 1099 Twelve Gold Medals

In the middle of summer, North China ushered in the unpredictable thunderstorm season, the morning is still sunny weather, at noon can be thunderous, heavy rain poured. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

On the Fujunmiao position in the west of Tianjin, more than a dozen men wearing steel helmets and ordinary soldiers' uniforms walked slowly along the newly built trenches under the high ground.

From a distance, this team of men and horses is no different from the soldiers of the Anjia Army, all of them are dressed in camouflage, with steel helmets on their heads and their whole bodies, in fact, this team of people and horses is the commander of the Anjia Army An Yi, the commander of the 17th Army Hu Jialin, the director of the *** department Huang Yingwu and Guan Linzheng, Huang Jie and other generals, the Fujunmiao position is the fourth forward position inspected by the commanders of the armies and divisions in the past two days.

The tradition of the Anjia army is that the officers and soldiers on the battlefield are uniformly dressed, except for the name tag and the left and right armbands on the left chest that are smaller than the palm, there is no way to distinguish the true identity of the officers and soldiers and the division and brigade to which they belong twenty meters away, and the officers and soldiers of the Anjia army have been very familiar with this set in the army, and they have long been accustomed to judging the location of their commanders from the voice, body shape and position, and they don't need to look at them to know where their commanders are. The platoon leader below quickly knew what it meant.

In the past two days, Huang Jie, Guan Linzheng and others, who followed An Yi and walked in various departments on the front line, were surprised and very touched, especially after the officers and soldiers of the An family saw An Yi, although they were extremely excited, they greeted and saw off their most respected commander with moist eyes, but none of them dared to stand up and salute or leave their posts to greet and see off the strict discipline, which made Huang Jie and Guan Linzheng, the senior brothers of Huangpu, admire. They know very well in their hearts that the cultivation of such a habit is not a day or two, but is formed under the constraints of strict training accumulated over time and strict battlefield discipline that has always been adhered to.

The officers and men of the 2nd and 25th Divisions were very angry, and Huang and Guan personally petitioned He Yingqin and made a earnest statement: "If our Central Army withdraws from Beiping and Hebei Province without a fight, the party-state will completely lose the support of the people!" They also actively advised He Yingqin to strengthen his armaments and fight the Japanese army at any time. At the same time, Huang Jie and Guan Linzheng telegraphed Chiang Kai-shek and ordered the officers and men of the two divisions to immediately build fortifications on the outskirts of Beiping and be ready to fight the Japanese at any time. Unfortunately, the positive suggestions of Huang and Guan were not adopted by Wang Jingwei and Chiang Kai-shek, and the troops eventually withdrew south, and finally came to the aid when An Yi called to inform him and the 17th Army rose up to resist.

Although the whole world knows that An Yi has arrived in North China, few people know where An Yi is, and even more than 30 generals of the North China garrison, including Song Zheyuan, Yu Xuezhong, and Shang Zhen, who jointly rushed to Baoding to visit and study the Assault Brigade, Armored Brigade and Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade of the 17th Army, only met unexpectedly at the headquarters of the Langfang Reserve on the day An Yi arrived in North China on a special plane. A few days later, Song Zheyuan and others, accompanied by Yang Guan, chief of staff of the 17th Army, and officials of the military department, began to visit and inspect the new troops, while An Yi inspected the front line together with the commanders of various divisions.

The rain kept falling, and An Yi and more than a dozen other generals, like all the officers and men on the position, did not wear raincoats and did not have any cover on their bodies, but walked into the murmuring trenches step by step, stopping from time to time to talk to the battalion and company commanders on a certain section of the position, asking about the enemy situation, battle plans, logistical supplies, morale of officers and men, and even what requirements the unit was facing. Everywhere they went, the officers and men who were crawling in the trenches trembled with excitement and their morale was like a rainbow, because their most respected commander, Commander An, who was as high as the sky in their minds, was with them in the wind and rain.

After two days, Huang Jie, Guan Linzheng, and other Huangpu generals and colonels reacted strongly and were so touched that after returning to Baoding, the commanders of the 2nd Division and the 25th Division held meetings respectively to review their own gains and losses through the gains of the two days, and analyze where the gap between the headquarters and the various units of the Anjia Army was, and how to catch up.

Hu Jialin is very meticulous, the headquarters of An Yi is located in Qingyuan Airport is 4.5 kilometers north of a Zhao family ancestral hall called Xin'anpu, the ancestral hall is located on the edge of the Baocang Highway, it is summer, the ancient trees are full of green, not only the scenery is beautiful but also very quiet and hidden.

The Japanese army has not made any moves, and the intelligence sent back from Beiping, Tianjin, and Shanghai shows that the military and political authorities have been clamoring and wantonly using diplomatic means, and He Yingqin in Beiping, under Chiang Kai-shek's repeated appeasement, has been receiving and meeting wave after wave of strong overseas Chinese leaders, officials of embassies and consulates in Pingjin, and head of the secret service Tohihara Kenji and others; The new ambassador to China, Ariyoshiaki, twice submitted a letter to the central government in Nanjing, severely reprimanding the Chinese government and the army for bearing full responsibility for the "Hebei incident", demanding that the atrocities of the Anjia Army and Air Force be severely punished, forming a joint investigation team to find out the war criminals, return the bodies of the Japanese pilots, and compensate for huge losses; The Mongol *** forces supported by the Kwantung Army began to frequently attack the patrols of the Fu Zuoyi Department of the Jin Sui Army in the Suiyuan region; The soldiers of the *** garrison in Tangshan and the 29th Army of Song Zheyuan clashed from time to time, fists and feet against each other, but neither used swords and guns; The Japanese Kwantung Army Command issued a statement, saying that in order not to expand the "Hebei Incident", the Kwantung Army and the Japanese Army in North China should be united, closely monitor the attitude of the Chinese side, and cooperate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Japanese government, clamoring to severely punish Hu Jialin, commander of the 17th Army, who took the initiative to provoke the war, and An Yi, chief of staff of the squadron, and fundamentally correct the anti-Japanese doctrine of the Nanjing Nationalist Government; Vice Foreign Minister Shigemitsu Aoi urgently flew to Shanghai to convene a conference to improve Sino-Japanese diplomacy, hoping that China would resolve the incident that the Japanese side hoped for, in order to show goodwill and sincerity, and hoped that the Chinese government would pull back from the precipice, stop all military provocations, and immediately recognize China's superior position in East Asia.

All signs show that the negotiations between the Chinese and Japanese governments have begun quietly and silently, and An Yi, who receives secret telegrams from Chiang Kai-shek every day, has no way to get his hands on the military and political power in North China, although he bears the title of commander-in-chief dictated by Chiang Kai-shek, and He Yingqin, who has lost his power and humiliated the country and has been repnoled by the countrymen, is still the supreme military and political chief of the entire region, still in charge of the military and political affairs of the five provinces in North China, and continues to give orders. It's just that He Yingqin, who completely fell out with Hu Jialin, can no longer interfere with all the armies commanded by An Yi, including the 17th Army, Zhang Cunzhuang's 44th Army, Gu Changfeng's 24th Army, and Pang Binghui's 40th Army in northern Henan, and Liu Zhi, the director of Henan-Hubei-Anhui appeasement, the two main divisions that went north.

On 23 July, Zhejiang Provincial Governor Huang Shaohong and Minister of the Interior Chen Gongbo, who shouldered Chiang Kai-shek's heavy trust, flew to Qingdao and implored Wang Jingwei, who was "recuperating from illness" in the hospital, to return to Beijing and resume his post.

An Yi, who was inspecting the training of recruits in the Baoding battalion, received a telegram quietly from Huang Shaohong, and his brows were furrowed, but after weighing it repeatedly, he did not take this seriously, and Wang Jingwei, who was regarded as the heir of Mr. Zhongshan, although he had no political achievements at all, still had great influence in the central government and all walks of life throughout the country, especially in governments at all levels, and enjoyed high prestige, so An Yi believed that the reason why Chiang Kai-shek sent people to invite Wang Jingwei back was a kind of high posture to maintain unity. It is an integration of party and government powers, and it will not be detrimental to the situation in North China, which has successfully seized the initiative.

At this moment, North China has shown a trend of hatred for the enemy, and 50,000 recruits who have enthusiastically joined the army have been marching into the large battalions of all divisions of the 17th Army in an endless stream, and under the strict supervision of the officers and men of the first division and the teaching regiments of each division, they have carried out strict basic military training under the scorching sun. The arrival of An Yi made the recruits very excited, and countless young men and women felt extremely honored and excited even if they couldn't shake hands with An Yi and say a word, watching from afar.

Back at the headquarters of the 17th Army, Huang Yingwu, director of the *** department, said to An Yi worriedly:

"Commander, in the training camps of our divisions, it was found that some members of the Youth Party were secretly bewitching and quietly setting up so-called youth party branches, and even worse, they went so far as to encourage our grassroots officers and soldiers to preach the best of the country, and also said that the belief of our An Jiajun to save the country and save the country and fight for the interests of the country and the nation for a lifetime is itself a part of the first class, which has confused many brothers, caused a very bad impact, and also brought huge hidden dangers. Our political training cadres are at a loss and do not know how to deal with it, and it is also difficult for them to report to their subordinates, although the all-people war of resistance does not distinguish between parties and factions, but this has already affected the foundation of our army. ”

An Yi was taken aback, and after thinking about it, he was relieved, the cowardice and compromise of the government not only greatly hurt the patriotism of the young people across the country, but even An Yi himself was extremely angry, and it was a matter of course that the anti-Japanese banner was rapidly developing and growing under the crisis of the country's ruin. However, most people are still very naïve in their understanding of the country, and the political parties of their own country are not under their control, and they have to obey the will of Soviet Russia and obey the command of foreigners, how can they embark on a correct path of development that is independent and in line with the interests of the country and the nation? Especially at this critical juncture, if the army's morale fluctuates and its thinking is confused, it will do the army all kinds of harm but not any good.

After weighing it clearly, An Yi commanded in a low voice: "Ying Wu, do you remember the professor named Wang Chengjun at Peking University?" ”

"Remember! Wait a minute...... He is now in the camp of the 68th Division in Shijiazhuang, leading his students to receive military training together, and the political training section of the 68th Division responded very well, saying that this group of young students is very able to endure hardships, fainted and woke up and struggled to go to the training ground again, they are all good soldiers, full of resilience, and commendable spirit! ”

After Huang Yingwu answered, he remembered An Yi's meaning: "Commander, speaking of which, *** have all their students been stuffed into our camp for training?" ”

An Yi sighed slightly: "There are many places where *** people are indeed worth learning from, and they are also difficult!" Most of them are from the toiling masses, there are very few military talents, and they have no chance to learn some military skills, so they will definitely seize this rare opportunity, and in the current situation, we simply cannot refuse them...... In this way, you notify the chief of the political training section of the 68th Division, and quietly invite Wang Chengjun to Baoding, I will meet him, talk to him, and ask him not to engage in *** propaganda in our army, I guess he will accept it. ”

"Good!"

Two and a half hours later, a military off-road car drove into Qingyuan Airport quickly, Wang Chengjun, dressed as a teacher, got out of the car accompanied by two school officers, and An Yi, who had just finished a meeting with Air Force Commander Huang Yuyi and others, strode up to meet him, and waved his hand after meeting Wang Chengjun warmly, signaling Shen Fengdao and Lin Yaodong to rest assured, and took Wang Chengjun's hand and walked to the tarmac together.

Wang Chengjun was quite excited, holding An Yi's hand tightly, and said with a smile as he walked: "General, I really didn't expect you to meet me, I was shocked when I received the notice, and I hurried all the way to get here, I have to admire the meticulous intelligence work in your army!" ”

"Haha! Brother Wang, no matter how good the intelligence work in the junior brother's army is, it can't do your job, right? Simply, you will be the director of our *** department, so that your comrades will secretly bewitch my soldiers all day long. An Yi said teasingly.

Wang Chengjun couldn't help but stop: "General, maybe you have misunderstood, our comrades are all hot-blooded young people and strong patriots, and they all want to serve the motherland with enthusiasm in times of crisis, otherwise they would not have come to the enlightened 17th Army to study and study." ”

At this time, the two fighter planes roared into the air, An Yi looked at the fighters that were gradually moving away in the sky, and slowly turned his head: "Brother Wang, I An Yi is confident that there is nothing to be sorry for you, but on your propaganda leaflets, I still call me An Yi a counter-revolutionary warlord, saying that I am Chiang Kai-shek's biggest lackey, a capitalist and a traitor comprador of all evils, and that the patriotic overseas Chinese in Nanyang and the Americas who helped the victims and crossed the ocean to make a living are described as the collusion between An Yi and the evil capitalists of the European and American powers to sell piglets...... His grandma's! Over the past few years, Lao Tzu has sprinkled tens of millions of billions of wealth to help disaster areas, and has resettled tens of millions of victims, why can't you see it? Lao Tzu used his own money to resist Japan, why don't you praise it? As far as you are patriotic, Lao Tzu is not patriotic? Now it's okay, and come to Lao Tzu's army to demagogue, what do you want to do? ”

Wang Chengjun was stunned: "General, if you have something to say, how can you say foul language?" ”

"! Lao Tzu still wants to scold his mother! An Yi roared loudly, and when he saw that all the guards more than ten meters away were looking over, he shook his head and stopped getting angry.

Wang Chengjun sighed faintly: "General, I misunderstood, in fact, there are many things that I can't say clearly for a while...... In addition, at present, our political party is doing its own thing, and there is a lack of unified leadership, so it is inevitable that mistakes of one kind or another will occur; taking the general as an example, in fact, our North China Bureau has a very high evaluation of the general, and many comrades have great admiration for the general's moral character......

"Stop!"

An Yi raised his hand and stopped Wang Chengjun from continuing to speak: "Brother Wang, I have limited time, so I can't say anything more, and we will have a good exchange when we have the opportunity in the future." At the moment, the situation is confusing, and a big war is about to break out, and if you make trouble for me again at this time, it will be difficult to speak. Now I order you to immediately stop any form of *** propaganda in my army, otherwise, I will drive out one by one if I find one, and I will ask the political training offices of all divisions to take pictures of all these people, and if they commit any more crimes, they will be severely punished! ”

"You-"

Wang Chengjun glared at An Yi angrily.

"What's wrong with me? If it weren't for Lao Tzu helping you three times a few times, would you be able to walk with me like this today and talk slowly? If you are someone else, you will have to shed your skin if you don't die! An Yi asked with squinted eyes.

Wang Chengjun immediately remembered An Yi's generous help three times and twice, and suddenly lost his temper, exhaled a long turbid breath, and sighed helplessly: "You are a person...... It's loved and hated! ”

An Yi couldn't help but say: "Don't say this in the future, it will cause misunderstanding." ”

"What's wrong?" Wang Chengjun asked puzzled.

An Yi smiled: "This is said by a woman, why are you a big man telling me this?" If you're a woman, it's okay, love and hate, hehe! This feeling is unforgettable! What kind of person can love and hate? Between men and women! If that's the case, Lao Tzu will overlord the bow hard, cook raw rice and cook it to rice, and then talk about it, depending on whether you love or hate it at that time. ”

Wang Chengjun opened his mouth wide in shock, and watched An Yi stride away to board the car and walk away, only then he shouted angrily at the car: "An Yi, you are a fucking hooligan!" I'm wrong about you—"

"Shut up! If you dare to say that our commander doesn't say a word, Lao Tzu will beat you to death! The chief of the political training section of the 68th Division, who strode over, sternly reprimanded: "Follow me!" Get in! ”

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With Wang Jingwei's return to Nanjing, the negotiations between the central government and the central government began silently, and the situation in North China entered a relatively calm period, but the undercurrent was surging rapidly, and An Yi always kept his vigilant eyes open, not daring to have a trace of negligence and slackness.

On the morning of 28 July, An Yi, who was inspecting the troops in Qingxian County, suddenly received a double telegram from Chiang Kai-shek, chairman of the Military Commission, and the central government, and rushed to the Zhao family ancestral hall in Xin'anpu with a gloomy face.

An Yi sent telegrams to Chiang Kai-shek one after another, telling him about the current situation, saying that as long as the confrontation continues, the first person who can't bear it will be the *** people, and then the government can take advantage of the situation to get back the rights and interests in North China that have been gradually lost in the past two years, and continue to maintain the Sino-Japanese front to the front line of the Great Wall, so as to gain more time for peace.

However, Chiang Kai-shek was unmoved, and in a short afternoon, he sent a 12-minute telegram, demanding that An Yi must unconditionally abide by the decision of the Military Council and the central government, otherwise he would bear all the consequences.

In desperation, An Yi convened a military meeting of all armies and division commanders in North China that night, and conveyed the spirit of the joint instructions of the central government and Chairman Chiang to more than 20 generals, including Hu Jialin, Song Zheyuan, Yu Xuezhong, Wan Fulin, Pang Binghui, Huang Jie, and Guan Zhenglin, and then angrily boarded the plane and returned to Nanjing.

The next day, Huang Jie's 2nd Division and Guan Linzheng's 25th Division, which had received Chiang Kai-shek's secret order, withdrew south to Henan with regret, while Pang Binghui's 40th Army withdrew to northern Henan in accordance with the instructions of the Military Committee.

After this incident, the Wan Fulin Army, which was originally ordered to withdraw from North China by the Japanese invaders, "fortunately" changed its garrison to Shijiazhuang, and rushed to the aid of Zhang Cunzhuang's 44th Army in North China, which was temporarily stationed in Dingzhou and Boye, and Gu Changfeng's 24th Army was stationed in Handan and Xingtai.

At this point, the North China crisis fell short under the re-compromise of Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Jingwei's clique at the critical moment when the Japanese army's will was about to collapse and the squadron was about to achieve a decisive victory, and the benefits obtained were only that some provisions of the "He-Mei Agreement" were suspended in the form of "temporary shelf", the headquarters of Hu Jialin's 17th Army continued to be retained, Wan Fulin served as a member of the Jicha Political Affairs Committee, and was promoted to a second-class general, and the 53rd Army of the headquarters continued to be stationed in North China, but the headquarters was transferred from Beiping to Shijiazhuang.

An Yi returned to Nanjing, immediately submitted his resignation report to the central government and the Military Commission, and ignored the persuasion of Chairman Lin Sen, Wu Zhihui and other veterans to stay, brushed his sleeves away, and flew back to Syria by special plane.

The three regiments of the Southwest Air Force Command all evacuated the airports in Baoding, Datong, and Jinan the next day, and returned to their original stations. The 30,000 soldiers of Zhan Huanqi, the Yunnan army, who had already driven to Yichang, received an order from Yunnan from Zhu Peide, sighed for a long time, and retreated gloomily.

The government's cowardice and compromise completely broke the hearts of An Yi and all the officers and men of the An Jiajun, and the fierce general Hu Jialin and the officers and men of the 17th Army, in addition to grief and indignation, rose to the occasion and declared that the 17th Army would implement military control and martial law in all defensive areas, continue to admit patriotic young people from colleges and universities in North China and all walks of life, expand the scale of military training exponentially, and continue to strengthen the anti-Japanese and anti-Japanese patriotic ideological education.