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Chapter 1228 Westward Migration Before the Storm

Outside Nanjing, from Xiaguan to the first line of stone quarrying, the crowds are surging, the whistle sounds, and the wharves along the Yangtze River, which are eight kilometers long, have entered a tense state. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

A large number of machinery and equipment, raw materials, antique calligraphy and paintings, and other materials dismantled from Nanjing and the surrounding areas were continuously loaded onto large and small cargo ships, and the three passenger terminals in the capital were crowded and crowded, and the landlords and middle class who had woken up in advance seemed to have smelled the smoke of war and began to move their families westward, or because they had to deal with real estate, real estate, and settle debt disputes, they simply sent the elderly, weak, women and children to the safe western region first, so as to avoid worries.

On a 100-ton gunboat cruising in the middle of the river, An Yi, who was tasked with evacuating and relocating, held up his binoculars and observed the busy wharves one by one, and from time to time whispered praise for the strict organization and efficient work of the officers and men of the garrison, which made the garrison commander Gu Zhenglun, who was standing beside him, proud.

This is already the eighth day of the large-scale implementation of the overall relocation task of military industrial enterprises, state-owned civil machinery manufacturing enterprises, large national industrial enterprises, and large mining and mining machinery, and the large-scale strategic relocation before the war began almost on the same day from the major cities along the Yangtze River below Nanjing. Ten days ago, the national industrial enterprises in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian, which were still hesitant or even indifferent to the relocation ordered by the central government, suddenly saw that the state-owned enterprises acted quickly and moved westward as a whole. After obtaining the approval of the Central Resources Committee, the dismantling and packaging of production equipment will be carried out immediately.

In just a few days, 37 large and medium-sized enterprises in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River have received cargo ships provided by the government, and according to the wishes of the owners, all the machinery and equipment and means of production have been transported to the western regions such as Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan and Shaanxi, so as to avoid being affected by the war.

The war panic caused by this quickly spread to the whole country, and the military and embassy and consulate officials were stunned and annoyed by the sudden large-scale industrial strategic transfer of the Chinese government, and even angrily denounced it as "China's extremely malicious behavior against China" and "a wanton slander and slander against the government and army of goodwill and peace." In this regard, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nanjing very cheekily explained that "the needs of the economic strategic layout are purely the major economic regulation and control of the Chinese government, and the full use of the resources of the western region to develop the people's livelihood is not aimed at any one country."

So scolding and scolding, after all, the large-scale industrial strategic transfer is still in full swing.

As the commander-in-chief of this strategic task, An Yi, in the name of "executive deputy director of the Central Resources Commission," recruited all the civilian steamers in the Yangtze River valley to put them into it; more than 80 large and small passenger and cargo ships of the Yangtze River Shipping Company of the Jiangnan Group were responsible for the core part of the entire strategic transfer; the Yangtze River Fleet of the Central Navy was responsible for the task of guarding the Yangtze River from the mouth of the lake to the mouth of the Yangtze River; above the mouth of the lake, the Jiang Defense Force of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River Defense Force of the An Jia Army was responsible for it; and Chiang Kai-shek gave the reward of Vice Admiral Lu Guang, commander-in-chief of the Yangtze River Defense Corps, with the rank of general.

In the past ten days, An Yi has traveled to every wharf between Shanghai and Zhenjiang, sorted out all the relationships, and returned to Nanjing to take command, striving not to let a single resource or machine fall into the hands of *** people.

Although Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng repeatedly requested that An Yi be transferred to Lushan to review the overall strategic plan together, Chiang Kai-shek never agreed, not only did Chiang Kai-shek not agree, but also President Lin Sen, Vice Chairman of the Military Commission, Feng Yuxiang, Vice Chairman of the Military Commission, and other veterans who returned to Lushan again after touring the provinces south of the Yangtze River, did not agree. Except for the high execution of An Jiajun, no one or any collective has such experience and high efficiency.

Bottom line: Except for An Jiajun, no department has such a wealth of experience and cannot complete this important historical mission in an orderly and efficient manner.

An Yi, who was standing on the edge of the ship, was in a heavy mood and had mixed feelings, looking at the panicked people in front of him, he felt very guilty, and a sense of powerlessness lingered in his heart for a long time. He knew very well that when he was directing this strategic shift in industry, which the European and American media called "the world's largest move in the world this century," the northern skies were already cloudy and dark.

"Commander, Mr. Hu Shi, on behalf of the Pingjin Federation of Colleges and Universities, sent a telegram to the headquarters, thanking the officers and men of our army for traveling thousands of miles to smoothly escort the teachers and students of various colleges and universities and the materials of the Palace Museum to the rear, and at the same time once again implore the commander to give priority to transporting the teachers, students and teaching equipment of the Pingjin colleges and universities to Changsha as much as possible. The stakes are very high, and the subordinates did not reply immediately, and everything has to be decided by the commander. Deputy Commander-in-Chief Cheng Guang reported in a low voice.

An Yi frowned and asked softly, "Mr. Hu Shi and his party are still in Lushan?" ”

"Yes, at present, more than 30 representatives of the national education sector are still in Lushan to ask for instructions, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to rush to Nanjing or Wuhan for a while and a half to meet with their teachers and students." Mu Retrospective, the chief of staff beside Cheng Guang, replied.

An Yi's eyes widened, and he said very annoyedly: "Could it be that they have not considered my repeated suggestions?" Wouldn't it be better for hundreds of thousands of teachers and students to go to Kunming, Yunnan Province and Zhaotong under our jurisdiction in batches? At least you don't have to sleep in the wilderness in the future, if you still insist on going to Changsha to settle down at this time, and then you have to move again, wouldn't it be more troublesome and more costly? ”

Cheng Guang shook his head helplessly, Mu Huiyi, who had a beautiful mustache, did not dare to answer, and Gu Zhenglun, the commander of the military police, saw this and explained with a smile:

"Don't you know the stubbornness of the literati? How could they have such a far-reaching gaze and sense of crisis from their brother? Where do you understand that today's *** new fighters can already bomb targets within a thousand kilometers? However, from another point of view, the direct threat of these teachers and students to the Japanese army did not form a kind of motivation for our army, forcing us to bleed desperately on the front lines to protect the hope and future of our country. Forget it, those literati don't shed tears when they don't see the coffin, even if we explain it again and again, it won't help, you have a heavy responsibility on your shoulders, and you have every opportunity, why bother about it? It's up to them to go, it's better to go to Changsha, just transport them to Nanchang or Wuhan by water, put them down and let them walk on their own, and they can also save capacity and invest in the transportation of other important materials. ”

An Yi shook his head a little gloomily: "Since this is the case, I can only let them...... Cheng Guang, call Mr. Hu Shi and his party on my behalf, and say that I have agreed to their request. ”

"Yes!"

Cheng Guang perked up and walked quickly to the command cabin.

At this time, An Yi stopped him: "Remember, after you finish sending the telegram, immediately take a patrol boat to Pukou, meet the teachers and students of the Pingjin Association of Colleges and Universities, and tell them that the first batch of 15,000 people can board the ship at four o'clock this afternoon, and order the Pukou Military Station to prepare as many dry rations and common medicines as possible for the teachers and students, and the medical team should be equipped on each ship." For other unfinished matters, you can handle them at your own discretion. ”

"Yes!" Mu Zhaiyi first walked to the bow of the boat, ordered the signal soldiers to recruit patrol speedboats, and then ran to the command cabin again to reply to Hu Shi and other representatives of the education circle.

Gu Zhenglun smiled bitterly, raised his binoculars, and looked carefully at the busy Xiaguan Wharf, and his heart was the same as An Yi, seven up and eight down, sighing.

At the beginning of last month, the professors and presidents of the major universities who were still vowing to never evacuate Pingjin and coexist with the land were shaken by the continuous sound of artillery and gunfire in the Japanese army's exercises, and finally completely gave up the illusion of peace, quickly united, and with the assistance of the central government, began an unprecedented large-scale evacuation, and rushed south through the Pinghan Railway before the flames of war ignited.

Hundreds of thousands of teachers and students bid farewell to their alma mater with tears in their eyes, and reluctantly left North China under the painful gaze of the officers and men of the 29th Army, who were extremely sympathetic but unable to help them.

Even so, there are still tens of thousands of teachers and students scattered, and they still have not arrived at the two gathering places of Nanjing and Wuhan, and the teachers and students finally deeply understand the grief and helplessness of the country's weak displacement.

At this critical moment when the Great War was about to break out, An Yi, like the generals of the armies along the way, was very eager to absorb young students from the south into the army.

Once these educated and disciplined youths joined the army, they played a very positive role, but the Nanjing Government Examination Institute and the Central Party Department, under Chiang Kai-shek's repeated orders, jointly issued a statement claiming that the educated youth were the hope and future of the country, and that until the last moment, all armed forces were strictly forbidden to recruit young teachers and students into the army, and violators would be severely punished.

An Yi understood Chiang Kai-shek's considerations very well, and strictly implemented this order, but there were still thousands of patriotic students who resolutely joined the troops, put on military uniforms, carried steel guns, and defended the dignity of the country and the nation. High-intensity formal military training and education. It is believed that when they go to battle, they are already a qualified fighter.