readx;

Chapter 402 borrows the topic to play

When the news of the explosion and grounding of the "Shimoga Maru" reached Wuhan, the Japanese consulate in Hankou, the commander of the Navy's Yangtze River Fleet, and the chief officer of the Marine Corps were extremely shocked. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Coincidentally, another Japanese steamer loaded with cargo was hijacked by pirates in the waters of Haizhou in the Yellow Sea, the cargo ship lost contact, and the fate of more than 20 crew members was unknown.

The Nanjing Central Government, however, calmly watched from the sidelines, and most of the central officials even harbored a sense of schadenfreude, and the place where the "Shimoga Maru" occurred was under the jurisdiction of the Gui faction, which was opposite to the central government, and although the names of Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi were included in the list of members of the Central Government and the Military Commission, the Gui faction had not yet recognized the legitimacy of Chiang Kai-shek's Nanjing Government, so the Nanjing Government easily passed the blame.

As for the hijacking of another Japanese ship in the waters near Haizhou, the Nanjing government's response was more chic - Haizhou is still occupied by the warlord Sun Chuanfang, who is secretly supported by the Japanese, and Haizhou Port is also stationed by an offshore fleet of the Zhilu warlord Zhang Zongchang, and the Japanese government still does not recognize the central government of Nanjing, and still regards Zhang Zuolin's Beijing government as orthodox, so the Japanese can only go to Zhang Zuolin and Sun Chuanfang for their mildew, and the Nanjing government, which is relaxed, does not need to bear any responsibility at all.

On the afternoon of the next day, the Japanese troops could not find any surviving Japanese sailors at the site of the "Shimoga Maru" incident, nor did they find any corpses of Japanese sailors, and the half-section of the bow exposed to the water had been burned black, and the Japanese ship put down the divers to investigate and immediately concluded that the ship had been maliciously blown up, and the fleet commander and the commanders of the four warships were furious, and the four warships quickly formed a battle formation, went upstream, and bombed the 18th Army camp of Tao Jun in the south of Yichang City, and a squadron of marines rushed up the river embankment with the ship. Entered the military camp that had escaped, set fire to and looted, and blew up the ammunition depot in the barracks.

Tao Jun, the commander of the 18th Army, who had just entered northern Hunan and was about to launch a flank attack on Ye Kaixin's 44th Army, was shocked to hear that the nest had been blown up by the Japanese army, and the regiment left behind had suffered heavy losses. Without hesitation, he led the two divisions under his command to rush back to Yichang as quickly as possible.

Tao Xun was very worried, Liu Xiang and others had already eyed Yichang, the gateway to Sichuan, and Feng Yuxiang's troops, who were stationed on the Jingxiang line in the north, also coveted Yichang, a rich place that guarded the Yangtze River, if the above two departments took this opportunity to use the grandiose excuses of "protecting the territory and the people" to enter Yichang, the Gui department would not only lose the local tax of 1.8 million yuan per month in the Yichang area, but also make Tao Xun, who had just become the commander of the army, claim that his defense area was "impregnable" and become a laughing stock.

Bai Chongxi received an urgent telegram from Li Zongren and hurried from northern Hunan to Wuhan, but Chiang Kai-shek went to the front line in Xuzhou very easily to inspect and meet with the representatives sent by Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan.

Chiang Kai-shek, who reassumed the post of party chairman and commander-in-chief of the revolutionary army, arrived in Xuzhou and entered the camp in the city surrounded by more than 100 entourages. Courage has retreated," he immediately announced the reorganization of the First Route Army as the First Group Army, appointed Liu Zhi, Chen Tiaoyuan, and He Yaozu as the commanders-in-chief of the three columns of the group army, personally assumed the post of commander-in-chief of the group army, and transferred the former commander-in-chief He Yingqin to the General Headquarters as chief of staff.

Chiang Kai-shek, who had far-reaching plans, did not beat He Yingqin to death with a stick, and while cutting He Yingqin's military power, he still gave him the false title of chief of staff of the General Headquarters, but for He Yingqin, this blow was really unbearable.

He Yingqin knew very well that Chiang Kai-shek was taking the opportunity to take revenge on him for forcing Chiang to step down from power when he fell to the Gui faction, and he did not send a telegram for a long time to welcome him to reinstate.

After some weighing, He Yingqin immediately took leave to avoid Shanghai, and when he arrived in Shanghai, he suddenly remembered Chiang Kai-shek's brothers, Qinghong gang boss Huang Jinrong, Yu Qiaqing and Du Yuesheng and others.

Chiang Kai-shek stayed in Xuzhou for six days, straightened out the party affairs of the commanders and subordinates of the various armies by means of thunderbolts, visited the frontline of the armies during the day, inspected and visited the officers and soldiers at the grassroots level, and convened a meeting of generals at and above the division level at night to brainwash them, and solemnly put forward eight major requirements, such as "rectifying military discipline and discipline, strictly guarding against interference in civil affairs, strengthening party affairs and political training, strictly and justly rewarding and punishing, paying attention to compensating for casualties, and invigorating the revolutionary spirit." At the same time, equipment replenishment and distribution of military salaries to all armies.

This series of combined tricks came out one after another, and immediately in exchange for the desperate oath of allegiance by all the armies, the atmosphere in the army was renewed, and the morale was also boosted.

After firmly grasping military power, Chiang Kai-shek immediately rushed to Kaifeng by special train to meet with Feng Yuxiang, and Feng Yuxiang, who received a cash grant of 1 million yuan within a few days of Chiang's reinstatement as commander-in-chief, personally went to the station and encouraged more than 80,000 soldiers and civilians to hold a grand and grand welcoming ceremony; that night, Chiang Kai-shek, Feng Yuxiang, and Yan Xishan's representatives held a meeting and very happily accepted the request of the central government and the Central Military Commission, Feng Yuxiang's "National Revolutionary Army Allied Army" was renamed the "Second Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army," and Yan Xishan's "Northern National Revolutionary Army" was renamed Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan respectively assumed the post of commander-in-chief of their respective group armies, and the three parties completed secret discussions and reached a consensus on military mobilization, military salaries and supplies, sorting out the battle line, and coordinating operations.

On February 17, Feng Yuxiang accompanied Chiang Kai-shek to inspect his Northwest Army, and on the 18th, at the suggestion of the veteran general Ma Fuxiang and other generals, Feng Yuxiang and Chiang Kai-shek exchanged Lan Pu Yi to become brothers. The orchid spectrum given to Feng Yuxiang by Chiang Kai-shek is written: Fight together in safety and danger, taste joy and hardship together, the sea is dry and rotten, and life and death are unswerving!

Chiang Kai-shek, who had returned with a full load, had not yet returned to Nanjing, and Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan simultaneously telegraphed to the whole country to take up the post of commander-in-chief of the Second and Third Group Armies of the National Revolutionary Army, expressing their full support for the leadership of Chiang Kai-shek, chairman of the Central Military Commission and commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army, and to make concerted efforts to work together.

Chiang Kai-shek, who was full of ambition, returned to Nanjing, immediately summoned his staff, urgently discussed the continuation of the Northern Expedition, reappointed the generals of the various armies and divisions of the First Army, and at the same time sent a telegram to An Yi, who was in Nanchang, and instructed An Yi to pull the independent division to Nanjing within a week, station it in the Xiaguan camp, and accept the inspection of the general headquarters.

An Yi received a solemn urging telegram from Commander-in-Chief Chiang, and also convened the first military meeting of commanders above the battalion level of the reorganized independent division, officially announcing the appointment of commanders at all levels:

Major General Hu Jialin is the deputy division commander, Colonel Gu Changfeng is the deputy division commander and chief of the operations section, Major General Huang Yingwu is the party representative and chief of the political work section, Major General Lu Guang is the chief of staff and the commander of the first regiment, Colonel Wu Liheng is the commander of the second regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Lu Yixuan is the commander of the third regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Zhao Rui is the head of the teaching regiment, Colonel Liao Minlin is the commander of the artillery regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Huang Hanqian is the commander of the engineer battalion under the division, and Lieutenant Colonel Qi Xiuping is the commander of the special service battalion under the division; Colonel Li Fuqiang served as the chief of the intelligence section of the division headquarters and deputy commander of the teaching regiment, Chang Baofang served as the chief of the quartermaster logistics section, Major Luo Lei served as the chief of the communications section, and Lieutenant Colonel Lin Yaodong served as the chief of the security section.

The newly formed independent division has 12,000 officers and men, the division's machine gun battalion and guard battalion numbers have been abolished, and the 300-strong special brigade has been incorporated into the special service battalion in accordance with the unified standards of the Central Military Commission. The disbanded machine gun battalion was divided into three main regiments as a company unit, and was expanded into a regimental machine gun battalion with an establishment of 550 officers and men, with 24 mortars, 12 heavy machine guns, 24 light machine guns, and 80 pack horses.

After the appointment was announced, there was excitement in the venue, and party representative Huang Yingwu signaled everyone to be quiet, and then announced the list of 50 officers and soldiers who had been specially approved by the General Headquarters to enter the Central Army Military Academy for further study, and Zeng Changhe, Dong Yanzi, and other 50 brothers who were already non-commissioned officers with the lowest military ranks, were finally able to enter the sixth phase of Nanjing Huangpu for further study, which will start on March 6, and study and train together with the reunited students of the sixth phase of the first corps. An Yi, Yin Jinan, and Hu Jialin also let go of a major matter in their hearts.

At the end of the meeting, the commanders of the regiments and battalions quickly returned to their units, and there was still a lot to be done during the three-day preparation period. Yang Bin, Yin Jinan, Xia Jian, Zhan Huanqi, and Ding Zhicheng stayed behind, and they sighed frequently with emotion, saying that this was probably the last time they would participate in the military meeting of the old army.

Gu Changfeng said angrily: "What are you sighing for?" Lao Yang was promoted to lieutenant general, Huan Qi and Xia Jian also became the chief of staff and commander of the major general, Ji Nan was promoted to the commander of the Ganzhong Garrison Division, and Lao Ding was also promoted to the deputy commander of the garrison division, what else is not satisfied? ”

"To be honest, junior brother, I would prefer to stay in the old army, even if I am not the commander of this broken army, I am willing! Tiger head, you guy is in the blessing and doesn't know the blessing, are you complaining that you failed to be promoted to major general this time? Xia Jian was sarcastic.

Gu Changfeng glanced at Xia Jian: "What are you angry about?" If the boss hadn't recommended it to Senior Zhu, you kid thought that he could be promoted to major general in those two strokes? Lao Tzu is now a colonel who is much more than you, and he has gone all the way north to fight again and again, and he is afraid that he will not be promoted and make a fortune? ”

The brothers laughed amusefully, and Yin Jinan said with a smile: "You all have to work harder, at the end of the year, Lu University and the Central Military Academy will recruit generals, and you usually have time to read more books, and strive to be admitted at the end of the year, with a higher diploma, it will be much more convenient to lead soldiers to be promoted in the future." ”

"Why doesn't the boss want to go to further education? A few days ago, the General Headquarters sent a letter to ask the boss for his opinion because of the dispatch of students studying in German academies, and the boss refused without thinking about it, so don't you worry about your career in the future? I'm satisfied to be a regimental commander in my life, and it's better to let me gnaw books all day long, than to lock me up in confinement. ”

Li Fu, who did not want to study, argued loudly, which made the brothers all laugh.