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The dawn of the day. Pen · Fun · Seven warships of all sizes under the command of Chen Shaokuan, director of the www.biquge.info Cabinet and Navy Administration, quietly approached the 3-kilometer section of the river downstream of Fuchikou and launched a fierce artillery bombardment on the 4-kilometer fortress position of the Gui Army at Fuchikou on the south bank, but also seriously criticized Lu Guang and several brigade commanders for their rash and reckless advances, which violated the norms.

In the last five minutes of the shelling, the officers and men of the machine gun battalion of the new 1st Brigade and the machine gun battalion of the new 2nd Brigade bravely charged under the personal leadership of Gu Changfeng, deputy division commander, and 48 81 artillery guns fired 12 rounds of shells at the enemy group at a distance of 2.8 kilometers from the enemy position, and more than 13,000 officers and men of the six main regiments of the 27th Brigade of Gan Lichu, the 26th Brigade of Yue Xiangru and the new 3rd Brigade of Zhao Rui did not wait for the sound of the explosion to stop. It took only half an hour to completely occupy the bloody enemy position, and only 14,000 of the 25,000 officers and soldiers of the Gui Army fled to Daye in disarray.

Jiang Dingwen sent Chiang Kai-shek good news, and immediately ordered his troops not to stop, and to make persistent efforts to pursue the victory, while Hu Jialin and Gu Changfeng led their officers and men back to the dock, and took the fleet to go upriver under the cover of five gunboats and directly attack Huangshi, a strategic place and an important industrial town.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the central government published Chiang Kai-shek's "Letter to the Officers and Soldiers of the Gui Army" in full, and at the same time reported to the whole country the good news that Chiang Dingwen's Ninth Division and Hu Jialin's Independent Division had captured the strategic fortress of Fuchikou.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, Feng Yuxiang, commander of the Northwest Army, who had been watching from the sidelines, saw that the situation had become clear, and sent a telegram to the whole country in Huashan, announcing that all the officers and men of the Northwest Army would officially send troops to attack the Gui system in response to the central order, and then ordered the generals under his command Han Fuqu and Shi Yousan to immediately wave their troops south to attack Wushengguan and Xiangfan, an important town in northern Hubei Province.

In order to prevent the bombardment of the Central Army's air force, Hu Zongfeng and other Gui generals, who had already moved their headquarters to Huangling, saw that the general trend had gone, and according to Li Zongren's telegram order, the six gods immediately commanded all the units under their command to retreat to Wuhan and resist to the death.

However, before the Gui units retreated to Wuhan and left for Xiaogan, the two divisions and brigades of Li Mingrui and Yang Tenghui, who had been immobile all along, suddenly telegraphed to the whole country to declare their support for the central authorities and their commitment to peaceful reunification.

Hu Zongshi, who was anxious, and more than a dozen other generals received the report that their souls were scattered, and led the remnants to hurriedly withdraw from Wuhan and fled to western Hubei to breathe.

Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, and Huang Shaoyu, who returned to Guangxi, received the news of the mutiny led by Li Mingrui and Yang Tenghui, and for a time their faces were as pale as earth, and Li Zongren expressed the bad news of Li Mingrui and Yang Tenghui's defection to the enemy in the "Letter of Resistance to the Soldiers of the Gui Army", and almost collapsed on the ground. Huang Shaolian scolded, and finally lay on the sand weakly, Bai Chongxi was silent for ten minutes with a blue face, and finally gritted his teeth and came out: The Jiang family deceived people too much, first quietly recruited Tang Shengzhi to leave the two armies, and then put Ren Gong under house arrest to remove the backbone of the Guangdong army, and at the same time invited the scum Yu Zuo to discord our Seventh Army, record skin, cramp, and finally dig out the heart, and the tricks are ruthless, extremely vicious!

The powerful Gui system was defeated in a blink of an eye, so that the whole Jin country was stunned, the prestige of Commander-in-Chief Jiang was like the sky, the warlords from all over the country, including the warlord Jin Shuren in Xinjiang, also sent a telegram to congratulate the central government, Yunnan Longyun and Guizhou Li Chao were telegraphed again after the telegram to support the central government, forming a coalition army to attack Guangxi from west to east, Chen Shuming and Chen Jitang, who had already squeezed Huang Shaolian and the Gui army stationed in Beijiang out of Guangdong, saw that the overall situation in Hunan had been decided, and immediately gathered troops to go to the border between Guangxi and Guangzhou, preparing to crusade against the Gui army, and Zhang Xueliang in the northeast sent a congratulatory telegram to Chiang Kai-shek, We once again affirmed our support for the central authorities, cracked down on separatism, and promoted reunification.

When the whole country was bustling and in an uproar, An Yi was already sitting in the Sifeng Four Headquarters at the foot of Bijia Mountain in Qiancheng, Xiangxi, gathering with Zhang Hongza, Shi Zhen and other old friends to raise a glass and drink.

Zhang Shaodong, the nephew of Zhang Hongza, who had just been promoted to the commander of the Third Division, was accompanied by two deputies, and the 29-year-old former head of the Taoyuan County garrison actively contacted the garrison regiments of the surrounding counties during this battle, and made great contributions to Tan Daoyuan's division's retreat to Xiangxi and then attack Changde.

When An Yi led his troops into Changsha, Zhang Shaodong resolutely refused the post of commander of the temporary Eighth Division appointed by He Jian, strictly obeyed Zhang Hongza's order, led three regiments into Changde, and announced that he would take up the post of commander of the Third Division of the 44th Army.

Because Zhang Cunzhuang's first division and Deng Bin's tutor adapted Wei Yangxin's second division has quietly gone north according to the battle plan, and Yin Ji's division will attack Yichang, Zhang Shaodong's third division stationed in Changde and surrounding counties can only stay in the original defense area to serve as a left-behind task and carry out rectification due to the change of equipment and expansion, this time Zhang Shaodong and others and some generals of the 44th Army saw An Yi for the first time, and saw An Yi, who was famous all over the country, polite and young, and was quite surprised, and felt affectionate for An Yi's sincere attitude and unpretentious boldness.

After the luncheon, Zhang Hongza, An Yi and others, accompanied by Gao Mingde, the new quartermaster of the 44th Army and director of the Xiangxi Arsenal, rode horses to the arsenal located in the valley at the western foot of Beacon Mountain. The valley with an area of more than 300 acres is surrounded by towering cliffs on both sides, there is a small river flowing through the north and south in the middle, and the waterway No. 6 is less than three kilometers away from the county seat, it is indeed a good place with superior conditions, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Zhang Hongza and the others were very happy, entered the valley mouth where the bunker and lookout platform had been built, and proudly pointed to the faintly visible cave at the foot of the mountain and told An Yi:

"See that hole? The mouth is narrow and the belly is wide, and now the inside is being blasted and leveled, and in a month it will become an ammunition depot covering an area of three acres. The four rows of brick and concrete buildings on both sides of the cave entrance that are about to be completed are the gunsmiths, and the open part of the deep valley to the south is the gunpowder factory, and the three rows of large houses on the other side of the river are the ammunition factory, and more than 100 masters brought by Mingde from the old Nanchang Arsenal led the newly recruited workers and disabled brothers and their families to install equipment. ”

An Yi looked at Gao Mingde, an old subordinate behind him, and said with a smile: "Old Gao, you and your brothers have worked hard!" ”

"Don't say such a thing as a foreign thing, when the division seat in Changsha contained his subordinates into the model battalion, after entering the model battalion, he promoted his nameless subordinates to the second lieutenant section of the quartermaster department, and when he crossed the Yangtze River, his subordinates had become captains and deputy section chiefs, and then served as the manager of the Jiangnan Factory together with Chief Shi Lejun, and in just three years, his subordinates were promoted from an ordinary repairman in the Changsha Shipyard to the colonel and deputy director of the Jiangnan Factory, and now he has become the quartermaster of the 44th Army and the director of the Xiangxi Factory. Feng, hates the trust cultivation of the commander and the division, where are the subordinates today?

The subordinates are from Hengyang, Hunan, and they are transferred back to Hunan to be responsible for the preparation and exhibition of the Xiangxi factory, which can be regarded as a return to their hometown, and the subordinates will not disappoint the expectations of the division and Commander Zhang, and will definitely do their best to realize the grand plan of the chief, and build the Xiangxi factory into the second small Jiangnan factory! ”

Twenty-eight-year-old Gao Mingde expressed his position with emotion and firmness.

Zhang Hongza and Chief of Staff Zeng Yaokun smiled and nodded again and again, obviously appreciating Gao Mingde very much, An Yi asked in a low voice: "Old Gao, do you need me to do something in the near future?" ”

Gao Mingde thought for a while and said: "Get a little more oil to supply a few motor units, and the others are not needed for the time being, a set of water-cooled heavy machine gun production equipment transported from Hengyang Network, an almost brand new bullet production line is being installed, and four old-fashioned gun repair machine tools can be used after transformation, a batch of semi-new and old equipment, more than 300 tons of raw materials and the original eleven machine tools supported by the Jiangnan factory have arrived in the short term enough for us to digest, and the installation and commissioning can be produced. It is estimated that the gunpowder plant will be able to operate normally within half a year, and the raw materials in Xiangxi and Qianbei areas will be sufficient, and it can also provide gunpowder for the Jiangnan plant after they are completed. ”

Zeng Yaokun interjected and asked, "General An, how much is the equipment of the Hengyang Plant that General Wang Jun helped to get?" ”

"Although they are not new equipment, but it is estimated that it is worth 200,000 yuan, and I know the origin of their heavy machine gun production equipment and bullet production equipment, which were all ordered from Lu Lin Yangxing in Germany two years ago, and the bullet production equipment is exactly the same as that of the Jiangnan factory, which is made in the Czech Republic.

Brother Wang Jun was very interesting this time, and immediately sent someone to dismantle it after receiving a telegram from his younger brother, and then used a regiment of troops to escort Yiyang to Lao Gao, and only accepted 50,000 oceans from his younger brother. An Yi told the truth.

Gao Mingde laughed: "I think there are definitely more than 200,000 of this number, including more than 300 sets of bolts and 850 barrels, as well as more than a dozen tons of copper plates used to produce machine gun bullets, etc., the total price should be no less than 300,000, worth thousands of dollars!" ”

Everyone laughed happily and said that An Yi is popular, so he benefits everywhere, An Yi shook his head and said that this is not the case, but he has cooperated with Wang Jun in other aspects, and when it comes to popularity, General Fan Xiaoquan has offended him miserably, and General Fan Xiaoquan's more than 20,000 people were forced to drive to the south of Jingzhou, and instead accept the command of Chief Liu Zhi, I am afraid that at this time he has already engaged Hu Zongfeng's troops who retreated to Jingzhou.

Everyone talked for a while, the brother got on the horse and entered the deep valley, dismounted in the narrow place in the valley, Zhang Hongza pulled An Yi and Shi Zhen, and climbed the Gaogang Xianren Platform in the east together, the generals saw that the army commander Zhang Hongyi seemed to have something to say to An Yi and Shi Zhen, so they all stayed under the hill more than 20 meters below the hill, and pointed out to the more than 2,000 soldiers and civilians who were working intensively in the valley left and right.

Zhang Hongza stood on the high post, looking at the dusty valley with the sound of explosions one after another, smiled slightly, and whispered to Shi Zhen beside him:

"Brother Shi, what do you think of our arsenal?"

Shi Zhen nodded in admiration: "After it is built, I am afraid it will be the first arsenal in the southwest."

Brother is really envious! In the future, the younger brother's weapons and ammunition will make the elder brother worry more. ”

"Brother Shi, before lunch, Brother Yu discussed with Brother An, and unanimously decided that 20% of the shares of the arsenal are owned by you, brother, the so-called blessings are shared, and there are difficulties, and in the future, the purchase of copper, iron, gunpowder and other raw materials in northern Yunnan and western Qianxi, and the business of buying and selling weapons and ammunition will depend on you!"

Zhang Hongza finally said the decision he made in a hurry with An Yi.

Shi Zhen was surprised, he thought that the acquisition of raw materials including tobacco and medicinal materials, and the sale of guns and ammunition were his own business, and he also got a certain profit in these businesses, but he didn't expect that this arsenal, which is currently worth five or six hundred thousand, would have his own share, so he was at a loss for a while, and looked at Zhang Hongza and An Yi excitedly:

"No, no! I can't help it! The little brother has benefited enough, without Brother An rescuing the little brother from the knife, without Brother An and Brother Zhang's generous assistance to the little brother again and again, where would the little brother be today? A few months ago, the younger brother had sworn that he would follow Brother An in this life without complaints, regrets, and without hesitation, and the 10,000 brothers in the department would never dare to think about it again. ”

Zhang Hongza smiled smugly at An Yi: "How?" Am I right? Brother Shi is this kind of character, he is upright and upright, and he is arrogant! ”

An Yi approached Shi Zhen and said sincerely: "Brother Shi, the younger brother has always befriended all the brothers, and he will not let his brothers suffer, and the younger brother believes that only by combining the common interests and common ideals tightly, the brotherhood between each other can be longer and more extended, so if Brother Shi does not dislike it, take this small gift from the younger brother!" ”

Shi Zhen nodded gratefully: "Since this is the case, the foolish brother will accept it, and if you have any orders, just say it." ”

An Yi nodded happily and continued: "Now Brother Shi has reached two divisions of 11,000 people, and the territory occupied is too small, but it also needs to be endured for a while, a few days ago, Li Chao's forty-third army took the opportunity to denounce the Gui family to move eastward, and got Long Yun's full support, Li Chao will definitely take the opportunity to attack Zhou Xicheng, a long-time rival, as long as Li Chao and Zhou Xicheng's troops fight, it will be easy to do, how to say that Zhou Xicheng is currently the commander of the 25th Army appointed by the central government and the chairman of Guizhou Province, once the war starts, Li Chao will attract sanctions from the central government, Unless he defeats Zhou Xicheng's troops in one fell swoop to occupy Guiyang and Qiandong, and make a fortune, it is a fait accompli, otherwise he will definitely fall into a wave of crusade.

Therefore, the younger brother suggested that Brother Shi should not be in a hurry, and when they were defeated, Brother Shi immediately raided the Bijie and Zunyi areas from the front line of Gulin and Xishui and occupied them, leaving the Anshun area to temporarily cede to Long Yun so as not to anger him, if Li Chao dared to turn around and start a war against Brother Shi, Senior Zhang would lead the brothers of the 44th Army to force Sinan and Tongren in northeast Guizhou, and Li Chao was attacked on both sides, so he could only sit down and negotiate, and did not dare to fight with us after breaking his muscles and bones.

If he eats the ambition leopard and dares to let go with us, in addition to quietly sending two brigades of reinforcements to Brother Shi, he will also try every means to persuade Commander-in-Chief Jiang to send several divisions of the Central Army to take the opportunity to drive into Guizhou, Commander-in-Chief Jiang has long thought that the Central Army will be stationed in Guizhou, and he will definitely agree to the suggestion of the younger brother, so it is the best policy to wait for a while, and after seeing it, it is suddenly difficult to obey the central government in a high-profile manner in the name of quelling the civil war in Guizhou, not only can he obtain the territory, I believe that Commander-in-Chief Jiang will also promulgate the official number in time, It is only a matter of time before Brother Shi sits in Qianxi and grows stronger.

With the echo of Zhang's predecessors and the full support of his younger brother, Brother Shi will definitely be able to achieve a career and climb to another high level! ”

Shi Zhen's eyes were blazing, he rubbed his hands again and again, and nodded heavily to An Yi and Zhang Hongza:

"Good! Shi Zhen obeys his orders, and he will definitely live up to the two expectations, and at the same time, he will also let the brothers under his command who have endured for a long time have a proud future! ”