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Chapter 1455 Rest House Banquet

On December 1, in Nanjing, a banquet within the Chiang and Song families was being held. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Chiang Kai-shek was full of spring breeze, and he rarely added a little wine to the small glass in front of him, and he tasted it himself, but he raised his glass and kept toasting Song Ziwen, Kong Xiangxi, Chen Cheng, Jiang Dingwen, Gu Zhu and others, and the focus of care was An Yi, who was sitting in the lower position of him.

Now the overall situation of the Anti-Japanese War is good, the Japanese Concession in Shanghai has been successfully recovered, and the mayor of Shanghai, Yu Hongjun, has also moved the municipal government from the French Concession to Yangshupu Road. (Note: The Shanghai Municipal Government originally had its office west of Hujiang University, but moved to the French Concession to escape the war after August 13.) ）

The Chinese government naturally feels extremely good to be able to work on its own territory, and because of the impressive military appearance displayed by the An Jiajun in the entrance ceremony, the foreigners stationed in Shanghai have clamped their tails and no longer have a high-flying and arrogant attitude, and the work of the city government has been carried out much better.

Previously, Chiang Kai-shek's brother, Yang Hu, commander of the Songhu garrison, had been pestering Chiang Kai-shek, asking him to arrange a good position, to be able to lead the troops, preferably to be a military commander, for which Chiang Kai-shek had a headache, Yang Hu's ability to command the army was limited, and it was extremely reluctant to be the commander of the Songhu garrison. Therefore, it is resolutely not allowed. Fortunately, after hearing the news that Shanghai had been recovered and the great powers were afraid, Yang Hu stopped making a fuss all of a sudden, and immediately returned to Shanghai with his troops in a hurry, and continued to be his commander of the Songhu garrison.

Chiang Kai-shek's heart disease was gone, and his mood became better and better.

This time, An Yi came to Nanjing from Shanghai and had a secret conversation with Chiang Kai-shek for two days and two nights.

Chiang Kai-shek said that the Central Committee will make every effort to help An Yi establish a party in Nanyang, and all the Kuomintang party departments in Nanyang will be handed over to An Yi in the future, and at the same time, the An Jia Army can freely organize an army and is no longer restricted by the central sequence, but after the An Jia Army enters the French Annam to gain a foothold, the military and political power of the Syrian government will gradually be handed over to the central government, and the Central Committee will protect the private property of the An Jia Army from infringement, and also ensure that the An Jia Army has the power to recruit recruits in southern Sichuan, Hanzhong, Yichang and other places, but as an important core of a country and a government, Military and political power must be in the hands of the central authorities.

If the An Jia Army gains power in Siam again, then southern Yunnan will also be handed over to the central government one by one, and the central government will still ensure that the private property of the An Jia Army industrial group and the right to garrison and recruit soldiers are sacred and inviolable.

The reason why An Yi finally reached a compromise with Chiang Kai-shek was the political appearance of An Yi in Nanyang. If he entered Nanyang as a general and a local dignitary of the Chinese government and army, it would not only give the local natives a sense of being invaded and ruled by other countries, which would not be conducive to the formation of various political forces in Nanyang, but would also give the foreign powers a pretext and make the Nationalist Government fall into a complete passivity in politics and diplomacy.

On the contrary, if he only appeared as a Chinese and led the people of Nanyang to embark on the road of national rejuvenation and independent statehood, then the obstacles encountered would be much smaller, and An Yi would let go of the rule of Xufu and southern Yunnan, and then the central government would also be able to restore the powers, which was a private act and had nothing to do with the central government.

Chiang Kai-shek solemnly assured that he would ensure the important position of the An Jia Army in the national army system, and that An Yi would be specially retained for An Yi a prominent position in the Central Executive Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang and a member of the Standing Committee of the Supreme Council of National Defense.

In An Yi's eyes, the deputy chief of general staff of the whole army is originally a chicken rib, to what extent?

After the victory of the Second Northern Expedition, Ge Jingen assumed the post of deputy chief of staff of the whole army, Ge Jingen was dissatisfied, saying that he was a great hero of the revolution who was given a cold reception by Chiang Kai-shek, so he staged a trick of asking for resignation, Chiang Kai-shek naturally knew what Ge Jingen was thinking, and in desperation, he had to reappoint him as the mayor of Qingdao City, and Ge Jingen happily took office. But when he took office, Ge Jingen found that the situation in Shandong was not as simple as he thought, and he, the mayor of Qingdao, was constrained by Han Fuyu everywhere and could not do anything, and after being the mayor of Qingdao for three months, he returned to Nanjing in a gloomy manner and pleaded with Chiang Kai-shek to transfer back to the center.

Chiang Kai-shek treated this confidant general who had been following him since the Northern Expedition very well, so he once again appointed Ge Jingen as the deputy chief of staff of the General Staff Headquarters. Later, when the Nationalist Government established the Aviation Administration, Ge Jingen set his sights on this fat shortage and personally found Chiang Kai-shek to dredge it, and Chiang Kai-shek dismissed Ge Jingen again from the post of deputy chief of staff and reappointed him as the director of the Aviation Administration and the principal of the Central Aviation School. However, Ge Jingen really did not want to be the chief officer of the Air Force, and he made a mess of the Aviation Department, and did nothing for nearly a year and a half.

Zhou Zhirou, who returned from inspecting the air force in Europe, put forward many constructive suggestions, which won the attention of Chiang Kai-shek, so he appointed Zhou Zhirou as the director of the Aviation Administration, and once again summoned Ge Jingen back to be the deputy chief of staff of the whole army.

Ge Jingen was very unhappy in his heart, because he had a position in the General Staff Department but had no power, so he did not take up a post at the Nanjing General Staff Headquarters at all, and he lived in a house by the West Lake in Hangzhou, where the Central Aviation School was located.

Chiang Kai-shek's love was deep, hateful and very discouraged, at that time a fire broke out at the Nanchang airport, and the fighter planes were very damaged, and the Central Unification reported to Chiang Kai-shek, Ge Jingen was very happy when he heard that there was a fire in Nanchang, and said, 'It's so good that I should be transferred as soon as possible, otherwise the responsibility will be borne on me'. Chiang Kai-shek was furious when he heard Ge Jingen's gloating, and he checked the purchase case file handled by Ge Jingen, personally investigated it carefully, and saw that there was a kickback of 30,000 yuan in the transfer account that was transferred to the provident fund, and said that since he wanted a kickback, it could be seen that the difference in the quality of the goods was different, so he handed over Ge Jingen and his subordinate Xu Peigen to the Military Justice Department at the same time, and put them in the army prison like thieves.

Lin Wei, the director of the chamberlain, was Ge Jingen's old colleague, and Ge Jingen introduced him to Chiang Kai-shek, so he asked the generals for help. He Yingqin and Gu Zhu were all relieved, and Chiang Kai-shek ignored them. Wang Zhennan, director of the Judge Advocate General's Office, signed the submission saying that kickbacks are a common rule for foreign transactions, and the person who handles them can be divided; Now that he is included in the provident fund, he is not only innocent, but also meritorious. Chiang Kai-shek was furious, called Wang Zhennan, the director of the Judge Advocate General's Office, and scolded him, and threw the signature on the ground.

Lin Wei and others were helpless, and at the time of the secret order, Fan Songfu, commander of the Third Column besieging the Central Soviet Region and commander of the 79th Division, said in Nanchang: The current chairman of the NPC Standing Committee attaches great importance to General Fan Songfu's ability to fight, and Fan Songfu may be effective if he is willing to speak for Ge Jingen. You call Fan Songfu to discuss. Lu Huanguang and Ge Jingen have a teacher-student relationship, and immediately telegraphed Fan Songfu to discuss.

Fan Songfu and Ge Jingen are also teachers and students, and they believe that the case is innocent and should be helped. But Fan Songfu was extremely embarrassed: first, he had a low status, he only had a command system relationship with Chiang Kai-shek, and he had no contact with anything else, and he was casually offended, for fear that he would not be able to touch the nail; The second is that He Yingqin, Gu Zhu and a group of other good old men have spoken, Fan Songfu went to intercede, if Chiang Kai-shek did not listen, he would not be self-conscious; If Chiang Kai-shek had listened to Fan Songfu's words, Fan Songfu would have been jealous; It is best if Chen Cheng can come forward to speak, but at this time, Chen Cheng is going to the old-timers for the sake of the stability of his descendant Zhou Zhirou's position, and he will never speak.

Fan Songfu finally thought that the plane kickback was related to the Ministry of Finance, and it was better to go to Kong Xiangxi to intercede, so Fan Songfu called Kong Xiangxi, saying that Ge Jingen was imprisoned for the plane kickback case, Ge Jingen was a teacher, and the friends asked me to try to rescue him. I want to buy an airplane related to the Ministry of Finance, the teacher should know the background, if the situation is not very serious, I want to implore the teacher to say a word to the commission, and follow Ge and so on for many years, not without a little hard work, to be rehabilitated, and to report to the future. Reluctantly please, pray for blessings. Rotate Kong Xiangxi's resumption. And call Yun again, at Jiang's house in Xikou, he pleaded with the chairman of the committee in person, and he promised that the chairman would be lenient.

Fan Songfu went to Nanchang for a meeting and asked Lu Huanguang to negotiate and go to the prison to inquire about Ge Jingen. The director of the army prison was the secretary of Fan Songfu's battalion during the anti-Yuan period in the second year of the Republic of China, and of course it was convenient for Fan Songfu. Fan Songfu and Lu Huanguang entered a room and saw Ge Jingen, who shared a preferential room with his subordinate Xu Peigen, with complete tables, stools, beds, teapots, teacups, pens, inkstones, and books, like a small hotel room. Ge Jingen liked Fan Songfu very much when he saw him. There is no one to watch, he speaks freely, and he is taken care of by old friends, which is different from his treatment.

Ge Jingen complained to Fan Songfu, saying that during his tenure in the aviation industry, he felt that the air force had a great bearing on national defense, and that it was really an accident that he had returned to public service bit by bit, and that he was imprisoned for corruption. Fan Songfu told them that this is not the reason for being imprisoned, and the more you argue, the more wrong it becomes. Ge Jingen said: The chairman of the NPC National Committee has accused me of corruption, and I want to make it clear. Fan Songfu asked Ge Jingen, what if the teacher wins the debate, is it possible to let the teacher out and lock the chairman in? Under the eaves of people, I had to bow my head. The situation is like this, and it is impossible to be a bookseller.

Ge Jingen asked, what is the purpose of the chairman of the committee? Fan Songfu said, my thoughts, Chairman Guan is definitely not for 30,000 yuan in kickbacks, the chairman of the committee is generous, spends money like dirt, and gives away millions of tens of thousands, and does not care about it, how can it be reasonable to care about 30,000 yuan and make a provident fund? The real reason is that the teacher does not contribute to him, he thinks that he has cultivated the status of the teacher and earned furniture, he himself is older than the teacher, and he is still fighting in the north and south, but the teacher is enjoying the blessings on the edge of the West Lake, just borrowing a name to teach a lesson, in fact, the problem is not big, the person who helps the teacher, does not know his psychology, only justifies the problem of corruption, this is the itching of the boots, the more stiff it gets, I don't see the problem solved.

Ge Jingen said angrily that the deputy chief of staff of the staff headquarters had nothing to do at all, and he was completely a cold bench, so it was better to go to prison. Fan Songfu told him that we are soldiers and must obey orders. If the chairman of the committee transfers the teacher to the staff headquarters, but the teacher does not go, he can disobey the order and punish the teacher. In fact, things are man-made, and the General Staff Headquarters is not without anything to do, and one day in the future it will have to resist Japan, so why not prepare some combat strategies against Japan in preparation for the coming dynasty? The teacher did not oppose the chairman's attempt, so why bother to go to prison unjustly?

Ge Jingen was moved and asked if there was any way to solve the wrongful imprisonment? Fan Songfu asked Ge Jingen to write a letter to the chairman of the committee, saying that he had inherited the cultivation and moved to important posts one after another, which was like suffering from an occasional illness and staying in his hometown. In the autumn of Junzuo's industrious national affairs, you can't follow the left and right, share the sorrows and sorrows, and bear the sin of cultivation and slackness, and you can't redeem yourself. Please be lenient on the road of rehabilitation, be allowed to be released from prison, take the crime and make meritorious deeds, and then obey the order to drive, step on the soup and go to the fire, and never give up.

When Chiang Kai-shek saw this, he was very pleased and approved his release on bail, and then, knowing that Ge Jingen was unwilling to serve as deputy chief of staff for the fourth time, he appointed him secretary general of the Fujian government, and Ge Jingen happily took office.

It can be seen from this that the post of deputy chief of the General Staff Headquarters, that is, the current post of deputy chief of general staff, is not considered a prominent position, and the key is to see whether you have an army and real power, and if you have an army and real power, people should consider the background behind you, and this deputy chief of general staff can take advantage of the situation to exert his authority, and if he does not have strength, it is almost the same as sitting on a cold bench. After the Xi'an Incident, He Yingqin's transfer from the position of Minister of Military Affairs to Chief of General Staff seemed to be a flat transfer, but it was actually a demotion, but He Yingqin's protégés had many old and old lives, and he had connections in the army, so ordinary people couldn't see that there was anything wrong, and his actual powers and responsibilities were too much worse than those of the Ministry of Military Affairs.

Therefore, An Yi did not hesitate to agree to Chiang Kai-shek's request, and wrote a letter in front of Chiang Kai-shek, writing down his application for resignation from the post of deputy chief of general staff of the whole army with immediate effect.

After plotting how to move and gain a firm foothold in Annam, An Yi said that after the end of the war in eastern Zhejiang, the troops would go south to Annam to participate in the war, and the central authorities must organize an army stationed in Shanghai in advance, otherwise they might not be able to take over the affairs of the theater for a while.

At present, the two engineer divisions of the Anjia Army have begun to build a fortress group in Pudong, and it is expected that the fortress will be completed in March to April; when the fortress artillery is installed, the engineering unit of the Anjia Army and the army stationed in Shanghai will be withdrawn, and the artillery that is currently responsible for the defense of the fortress may also go south with the troops at that time, and in the future, the Songhu barracks, Jiangfang and Haiphong fortresses, which are worth hundreds of millions of yuan, will be handed over to the central government, and Chiang Kai-shek is requested to consider forming a Jianghu artillery unit to defend the Yangtze River and Hangzhou Bay, and follow the fortress troops for training, otherwise he is afraid that he will not be able to give full play to the power of the fort. Give the Japanese a chance to take advantage of it.

Chiang Kai-shek was very moved, An Yi put Shanghai's low-hanging fruit interests at his fingertips, took the initiative to withdraw the army after the matter was completed, and even handed over the thorn hanging over the head of the central government of Jiangfang and Haiphong fortresses to himself for disposal.

In fact, An Yi also has his own small abacus in doing this, these fortress cannons are powerful, but they are extremely bulky and cannot be used for sports warfare, and once they are installed in the fortress, they are not easy to disassemble. An Yi also had Chiang Kai-shek's intent, if this army continued to stay in Songhu, it would have to pay for its own salaries, and these batteries were controlled in their own hands, and every shot was paid for nothing, but if it was in the hands of the central government, it would be different, if the Japanese really dared to attack under the firepower of the dense 203 fortress guns, and sell the shells to the central government at a price of more than 100 US dollars a piece, far lower than the international selling price, it was enough to ensure that they would recover their investment. On the issue of doing business, An Yi has always been very separate from politics, after all, from production to transportation, so many workers also have to eat.

Chiang Kai-shek immediately decided to set up a army-level Jiangfang artillery unit, with An Yi's old friend Cai Zhonghu as the commander of the Jiangfang artillery.

An Yi thought about it and said that all units of the Central Army currently stranded in Nanjing can be allocated, but several units with combat experience must be deployed, such as the new 49th Division, the new 50th Division, and the new 51st Division commanded by Chen Zhibiao, commander of the 81st Army of the Gui Department, which is the old foundation of the Gui instructor, and this Chen Zhibiao is the fierce general of the independent division and Gu Changfeng, Xia Jian, and Yin Jinan, outstanding combat power, but unfortunately because it is not the descendants of Li and Bai, it has not been reused, if it is not for the expansion of the army this time, the front line is in urgent need of troops, it is estimated that he will have to defend the independent division to the end; Another example is Sun Jiaqi, the commander of the new 27th Division of the Jin Sui Army, this person is his schoolmate in Huangpu, and he has a very set of leading troops to fight, but unfortunately he is too young in the Jin Sui Army, and has been squeezed out by Sun Chu, Yang Aiyuan, Chen Changjie and others, and is not allowed to come out. Fenglingdu, which is currently transferred to the south of Shanxi, reorganized the army; In addition, Miyagi, the commander of the new 36th Division under Pang Bingxun, is also his student in the fourth phase of the Huangpu Engineer Corps. There is also the instructor under the command of Sun Lianzhong, who once defended the 16th Division of the Japanese Army with the strength of a division in Yutian County, eastern Hebei, and made the opponent disgraced, and lost nearly half of the troops in the case of having aircraft, artillery and tanks, and finally occupied the county seat when the instructor took the initiative to retreat, causing a huge shock within the Japanese army. If one or two of these units can join the Central Army, then the Central Army's combat effectiveness will be greatly enhanced in an instant, and it will be able to make up for the problem of insufficient combat experience that the Central Army is currently facing.

Chiang Kai-shek was greatly moved, and made up his mind, whether it was a clever seizure or a covert division and bribery, he must pull such an elite division under the command of the central government, and in the blink of an eye, he already had several ideas in his heart.

In response to the current actions of the Japanese army, Chiang Kai-shek asked An Yi's opinion.

On 27 July, the Japanese navy landed at Haikou in Hainan and Boao Port in Lehui County, and two mixed brigades of the Japanese Army advanced from north to south toward the center of the island. The 1st and 2nd Regiments of the 5th Security Brigade stationed in Hainan, as well as the newly formed seven garrison brigades, totaling more than 3,300 men and horses, fought fiercely against the Japanese army under the leadership of Wang Yi, commander of Major General of the Qiongya Garrison Command. In the face of the superior firepower of the Japanese army, Wang Yi led his troops to resist and retreat, and finally had to avoid Litianling, a big mountain in the middle of Hainan Island, and began his career of drilling ravines.

Under the leadership of the leader Feng Baiju, the 300-member anti-Japanese independent detachment reorganized from the guerrillas on Hainan Island, which was under the leadership of the New Fourth Army, skillfully maneuvered with the Japanese invaders and ambushed the Japanese army at Nandu Jiangtankoudu, southeast of Haikou, and won a great victory in destroying dozens of enemies, thus waging a guerrilla war against the Japanese army.

At present, after consolidating the defense of the coastal areas of Hainan Island, the Japanese army has begun to build military ports, airports, warehouses, roads, railways, barracks, and other military facilities, which greatly means that it will take root in Hainan for a long time.

After careful consideration, An Yi replied that the Japanese army could not get the gains it deserved in the Chinese battlefield, and the war was in a stalemate, and it was estimated that the Japanese base camp wanted to give full play to the advantages of its third largest navy in the world and marched to the South Seas.

Chiang Kai-shek's overjoyed hope that Japan's troubles were flowing southward, which was rare good news for China, which meant that there would be new places to share the burden of the enormous Japanese forces that China was bearing alone, and that China would benefit from the growing chaos of the international situation as more and more countries were involved.

Chiang Kai-shek pondered it again and again, and suggested that An Yi should set off the national independence movement in Annam as soon as possible, draw the attention of Britain, France, the United States, and other countries, try to create conditions for the Japanese, and make sure that the bold and reckless Japanese can find an opportunity to take advantage of and brazenly launch an attack on the Nanyang Islands, so that the international situation will change in favor of the Chinese government.

Although An Yi agreed, he was very embarrassed in his heart, and he was worried about how to dispatch troops.

With the construction of an airfield on Hainan Island, the entire Beibu Gulf region has been seriously threatened, and the port of Qinzhou, which is currently undertaking an important foreign trade function, must strengthen its defenses, and building a fortress is the wisest and easiest way to do it; at the same time, with the increase of Japanese activities in the South China Sea, it is imperative to station heavy troops in the coastal areas of the Beibu Gulf, otherwise one day the Japanese army will land in Qinzhou, Beihai and other ports, threatening the security of Yunnan and Guangxi, and then affecting the mining and metal smelting production in the two places, and it will be too late to cry.

During these two days of deliberations, An Yi and Chiang Kai-shek reached many consensuses and achieved results that satisfied An Yi.

After all, Chiang Kai-shek is a nostalgic person, just looking at Ge Jingen's disobedience to his wishes several times, it can still be seen that he can still be reused, even if he fails in Nanyang in the future and returns to China with his family wealth, glory and wealth are indispensable, the only difference is that he can only be obedient and obedient, and he can no longer influence the development of the situation. However, An Yi firmly believes that after years of development, that kind of situation is simply impossible.

"Come, An Yi, this dish is called Double Happiness, it is made of chicken breast, shiitake mushrooms, braised duck meat, ham, plus cherries from Syria and fresh fruits stored in canned loquat cooked together, fragrant and light, it tastes refreshing and festive, you have made great contributions to the party and the country in Shanghai, you have to eat more."

Song Meiling smiled and picked up vegetables for An Yi, her face was full of smiles, she was so tired that Song Ailing, who wanted to get closer to An Yi several times, was very embarrassed, and every time the chopsticks turned an arc in the air before falling back into her bowl, Kong Xiangxi and Song Ziwen were secretly surprised.

Like all the previous visits to the rest house, An Yi's rice bowl is full of dishes sandwiched by Song Meiling, and it is full of them, and An Yi can only keep up with the speed of Song Meiling's pickup by eating with an open stomach.

Song Meiling's eyes were full of love, after returning to Nanjing, An Yi sacrificed himself to save himself, commanded tens of thousands of troops to be calm and calm, and frequently shook in front of his eyes, and then thought of his previous rescue of Chiang Kai-shek in danger, more and more felt that this son was a lucky star for himself and her husband, and blew pillow wind in Chiang Kai-shek's ears several times.

Chiang Kai-shek's old tree bloomed new flowers, and Song Meiling had happy news, which made him feel big, and naturally responded to An Yi's requests, not to mention drinking wine as an exception at this family banquet, but also persuading An Yi to drink, and Chen Cheng, Gu Zhutong, Jiang Dingwen and others were all wide-eyed.