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Chapter 428 is a convincing lesson

At half past seven o'clock in the morning of the next day, as soon as An Yi arrived at the door of the command room of the General Headquarters, he saw more than 30 generals and colonels including Ge Jingen, He Siyuan, and Zhu Shaoliang standing neatly on both sides, smiling warmly and applauding warmly at him. www.biquge.info An Yi hurriedly handed the briefcase to Shen Fengdao behind him, bent down and shouted to everyone again and again, and suddenly made a rather grand celebration ceremony laugh beyond recognition.

Ge Jingen took An Yi's hand and walked into the room to the large map, raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet: "Ladies and gentlemen, after the General Staff Office has applied for the consent of the commander-in-chief, I would like to ask our Northern Expedition hero General An Yi to explain the Battle of Yufeng to you in detail, this is a very rare opportunity, I hope you cherish it."

General An not only has a superb command level, but also has a very good eloquence, he gave speeches and classes to teachers and students at the Nanjing Central Military Academy, and was unanimously praised by the military academy, this time he was almost left in Nanjing by Zhang Wenbai, the chief of education, fortunately, in the end he still went north with us to fight side by side, otherwise there would be no classic work of the Yufeng Campaign. Next, I would like to invite General An to explain. ”

An Yi hurriedly waved his hand to stop the applause, and said very sincerely: "Everyone here is An Yi's seniors and teachers, and the youngest is also An Yi's senior brother, so lifting An Yi like this, it doesn't matter if you can't sleep at night, you ...... longevity."

The audience burst into laughter, and Zhu Peide and Ge Jingen also laughed from ear to ear, feeling more and more that An Yi was cunning and cute.

Ge Jingen, He Siyuan and other major generals all knew about An Yi's resignation as deputy commander of the Third Army Corps, and also knew that Commander-in-Chief Jiang did not promote An Yi to commander not because of seniority or age, but because Commander-in-Chief Jiang already had his own opinions, according to Commander-in-Chief Jiang's verbal notice, from today An Yi can be regarded as entering the command center of the General Headquarters, and the role he plays will become more and more important. It is impossible for An Yi not to know this, but he still behaves so humbly and politely, and a few words make everyone feel comfortable, how can he not let Ge Jingen feel emotional.

An Yi smiled shyly, unceremoniously took the baton handed by the colonel's staff officer, and immediately explained without any nonsense:

"You all know that An Yi is an engineer, and the engineer has one of the most basic requirements, that is, he must have an in-depth understanding of the terrain, rivers, roads, climate, soil, stones, vegetation, etc. of the battlefield...... Now our Whampoa Military Academy has finally made some improvements, and it is very gratifying to introduce the "Military Topography", which originally belonged to the infantry department, into the engineering course!

In the previous two years, the younger generation of the engineer battalion began to explore, to the model battalion has been strengthened, from the battle of Fengxin to the battle of Taizhou, after the actual combat and the summary of lessons and lessons, basically formed a set of professional drill for engineers that is still complete at present, and this drill has been selected by the Central Military Academy as a textbook for the engineer subject.

In the Battle of Yufeng, it was with the knowledge of an old engineer that the younger generation saw the most favorable conditions for our army in the flat terrain. Under the same terrain conditions, we feel that the enemy is not comfortable, so it depends on who can make better use of the unfavorable conditions and turn the unfavorable conditions into favorable conditions, such as the two rivers in the southwest and northwest of Fengxian, please see ......"

With An Yi's in-depth and systematic explanation, the generals and colonels had a deep and intuitive understanding of the conception of the Yufeng Campaign, pre-war reconnaissance, the formulation of operational plans, the coordination between workers, infantry and artillery arms, the development of the campaign and the requirements, etc., and were amazed by the meticulous observation, careful planning, keen action, resolute strike, and rapid pursuit of An Yi and the generals of the independent division. It has long surpassed other units more than a hundred miles, and knows why the combat effectiveness of the independent division is so strong.

With a sigh, An Yi put down his baton and continued: "In this successful battle, I have to mention the 33rd Army, I think you all know that the old team of the 70th Division of the 33rd Army is the green forest hero pulled out of the mountains by the deputy commander Xu Fentao who was shot, the 71st Division is the descendant of General Zhang Keyao of the Toucheng Revolution, composed of veterans from Anhui, Lu and Henan, and General Pan Shanzhai's 72nd Division was originally the instructor of the 10th Army.

The combat effectiveness of each soldier of these three divisions is not weak, and most of the officers and men have ten or eight combat experiences, which is better than that of other armies, which is also the reason why General He Guiyan and the general headquarters knew that the discipline of the 33 rd Army was lax, but still believed that their combat effectiveness put them on the left flank to serve as escorts.

The root cause of this evil result is the generals of the unified army, not the soldiers, this question is worth pondering for all of us, because this problem is too big, and the younger generation will not be able to say it comprehensively for a while, hehe......"

Everyone laughed, and most of them tacitly understood it, and a lieutenant colonel of the Second Bureau of the Staff Office stood up and asked loudly:

"General An, as we all know, at least one-third of the officers and soldiers of the independent division under the general's command were born in the green forest, especially the tiger general Gu Changfeng, the deputy division commander who led three dissatisfied infantry regiments to run dozens of kilometers in this battle and conquered a main division of the Yucheng Anhui Army, how did he transform from a bandit leader to an excellent general? What kind of political education method was practiced by the independent division under General An, so that each bandit has now become an excellent commander at all levels of the regiment, battalion, and company? ”

The generals in the room were deeply interested in hearing this question, and they all looked at An Yi, An Yi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Senior Brother Wu, please take a seat...... This question is more difficult to answer, in fact, I also know that many people call Colonel Gu Changfeng 'the leader of the bandits in the army', I don't know which master was the first to call out, and last night I was shocked to hear that I had the nickname of 'Smiling Tiger'......"

Before the words fell, the audience burst into laughter, and the generals only felt that An Yi at the moment was so funny and elegant, frank and honest, where was the slightest bit of murder without blinking an eye?

Ge Jingen and Zhu Peide looked at each other and smiled, shook their heads slightly, An Yi smiled and shot Xu Fentao, deputy commander of the 33rd Army, and then decisively ordered his command to shoot and kill seventeen stubborn people.

An Yi seemed to have a hard time answering this question, and after thinking for a long time under the gaze of everyone, he raised his head: "After thinking about it for a long time, I feel that I can't hide it, let alone deceive all the elders and friends here, to be honest, whether it is Gu Changfeng going up the mountain and falling into the grass, or I, An Yi, shooting and killing people, I am forced...... Don't be surprised, listen to An Yi's words.

Let's talk about Gu Changfeng first, everyone knows that he is the leader of the largest bandit in northwest Jiangxi, and he is famous in the green forest road of the five provinces in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

Gu Changfeng has been an orphan since he was three years old, Hakka, grew up eating hundreds of meals in the mountains of Tonggu County, and later met his enlightenment teacher, a master of the world who traveled everywhere and finally lived in seclusion in the Tonggu Mountains, this respected hermit surnamed Peng, a native of Huaibei, is the descendant of the Peng family, the famous "Five Tigers Soul Breaking Knife" in China's martial arts, Gu Changfeng was adopted by Peng's predecessors before he was five years old, and he will memorize the "Three Character Classic" and "Zengguang Xianwen" at the age of six, and will memorize the "Analects" at the age of ten, and at the age of fifteen, the four books and the Five Classics are all refined, He is proficient in ink painting, he is proficient in music and rhythm, and his flute playing skills are a must, and he has also practiced a strong martial arts and marksmanship, you can't think of it, right? ”

Everyone exclaimed, such a strong contrast was really beyond everyone's expectations, this is simply a famous child, where is a bandit who occupies the mountain as the king?

"You don't have to be surprised, in fact, Chief Ge and other seniors have seen Gu Changfeng's calligraphy, and I remember that in November of the previous year in Nanchang, Chief Ge and General Liu Yongqing (Liu Wendao), then deputy minister of the Political Department, received the battle report of our independent division, and they were full of praise for the calligraphy on the battle report, and that report was written by Gu Changfeng." An Yi said with a smile.

Ge Jingen nodded: "That's right, that report won the praise of many commanders at that time, and after reading it, the commander-in-chief said that he didn't expect the model battalion to have such good scholars, and he did have skills." ”

An Yi went on to get to the point: "Gu Changfeng began to go out of the mountains at the age of sixteen, and two years later became a cynical and notorious bandit, when all the provinces in the Yangtze River basin were occupied by warlords, everyone knew how the people lived, and the cruel social reality forced him to rebel, at that time, Sun Chuanfang's Anhui garrison was robbed by him, and tried to exterminate him three times, but in the end it ended in failure.

From another point of view, Gu Changfeng's rebellion is the same as our National Revolutionary Army's rebellion in Guangzhou, the targets of the attack are all warlords and bullies, the difference is only that we have Mr. Zhongshan, the Three People's Doctrine, and the huge propaganda machine, so that everyone in the world knows our justice, Gu Changfeng does not have these except for the big knife and the eight hundred bitter brothers around him, but he is full of enthusiasm and tenacious fighting spirit, and has strong martial arts and chivalrous heart, so it is necessary to distinguish Gu Changfeng's type of bandit from Xu Fentao's type of bandit, which is treated differently according to its different essence.

In An Yi's heart, he is a very good doer with solid cultural knowledge and military knowledge, and he is an excellent soldier who has deep feelings for the people and has a heart of service to the country and the nation at any time. Will everyone still see him as a bandit after they understand him? He is much more noble than Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang's background! ”

The generals applauded and laughed. After waiting for a long time before the applause stopped, An Yi continued: "Besides, I, An Yi, I was forced to shoot Xu Fentao and those stubborn rebel scum, and no one wants to kill, but if we don't kill these sinners who escaped from the battle with loose military discipline and caused hundreds of heroic revolutionary soldiers to sacrifice senselessly, how can we demonstrate the will and military law of our revolutionary army?" How can you be worthy of hundreds of comrades-in-arms who died in vain? How can we inspire the vast majority of the officers and men of the 33rd Army who have lost their courage and dignity?

Everyone also saw that a few hours later, it was more than 15,000 shameful and brave soldiers of the 33rd Army after the reorganization who went forward to fight bloody battles, defeated the enemy's division and brigade in more than an hour at the cost of 30% casualties, and recaptured Fengxian, and then the blood stains on the faces of the officers and men of the 71st Division did not wipe off and took advantage of the victory to attack Peixian, and the officers and men of the 72nd Division made persistent efforts to fight side by side with the officers and men of the Independent Division, and eliminated Sun Chuanfang's most powerful ace division in one fell swoop, the Ninth Division, and then The officers and men of two regiments followed the 1st Regiment of the Independent Division led by Colonel Gu Changfeng to the north, and at the cost of more than 3,000 casualties, they broke through the strategic Yucheng in one fell swoop, making a huge contribution to the great counteroffensive of the Third Army Corps.

One thing you may not know is that the officers and men of the 72nd Division, who could not walk after the battle, had proud smiles on their faces, they had defeated the enemy, overcome the timidity and inferiority complex in their hearts, and they deserved the respect of any of us! ”

The hall was full of thunderous applause, Zhu Peide, Ge Jingen, He Siyuan and others were moved and applauded heavily, and everyone was proud of such a warrior in their hearts.

An Yi said with great emotion: "Yesterday afternoon, General Pan Shanzhai, the commander of the 72nd Division, and the battalion commander who could walk under his command saw off our independent division, and I said to them: You are not lacking in blood, not lacking courage, what you lack is strict military discipline, lack firm beliefs and goals, you don't complain that you are not as good as the independent division, let alone complain that you are not valued and have no dignity, dignity is not given by others, it is earned by yourself, you gritted your teeth and fought for two days, didn't the lost dignity come back?" From now on, as long as the 72nd Division is mentioned, who will dare to look down on you?

As soon as I finished saying this, dozens of men in the 72nd Division who killed the enemy without blinking an eye all cried, and we left silently, they had been standing there, and they were still waving there frequently when they went away, and more than a dozen generals and colonels of our independent division said along the way that the officers and men of the 72nd Division had finally been reborn, because they had regained their dignity! ”

The applause rang out again, and An Yi and the others stopped to look at Colonel Wu: "Senior Brother Wu, this is the answer of the junior brother to the question just now, if you really want to say what is unique about the political education method of the independent division, that is, the independent division places great emphasis on the self-esteem and self-improvement spirit of the officers and soldiers, and the more than 10,000 brothers of the independent division have been using blood and sweat to understand and remember this seemingly empty slogan, so the spirit of the independent division is always so uplifted, the faces of every officer and soldier are always so confident, and they are always so brave and dedicated when they fight. This is the answer of the younger brother, if there is anything wrong, please Senior Brother Wu and the respected teachers and friends here to correct it! ”

In the long-lasting applause, An Yi respectfully saluted, and was stopped by Zhu Pei as soon as he walked down: "Well said, boy, well said!" ”

A group of generals gathered around An Yi and couldn't stop complimenting, Colonel Wu squeezed in to thank An Yi, and no one noticed that Commander-in-Chief Jiang had been standing on the corner of the door. He had been standing in this narrow corner for more than half an hour, and he could clearly hear from An Yi's summary of the battle to the last sentence. At this time, Chiang Kai-shek was very relieved and emotional, he did not enter the headquarters with a warm atmosphere, but waved his hand to the entourage around him, turned around and walked back to his east courtyard.