The good story of the provisional military court was still spreading in the entire Northern Expeditionary Army, and another news came one after another: an elite company of Tang Shengzhi's 11th Step Corps sneaked up on the 3rd Company of the 2nd Division Engineer Company, and was captured alive by a group of engineers, and all of them were disarmed!

For a time, "the Third Company of the Second Division of Engineers" and "An Yi" became familiar words that 100,000 officers and soldiers of the Northern Expedition vied to talk about, and the good deeds were even more keen to dig deep into the history and anecdotes of the two focal objects, bringing a lot of happiness to the officers and men who were nervously preparing for war. Of course, except for Tang Shengzhi's Eighth Army, which was only officially formed in June, and is still desperately expanding its army.

An Yi, who returned to the Triangle Pond camp, didn't have time to take care of all this, and was busy until dinner time when the camp held a work meeting.

An Yi, Hu Zi, and Yin Jinan invited the three members of the Liu family, including Xia Jian, who was out of trouble, into the company headquarters, and set up a small banquet to shock the three members of the Liu family.

During the banquet, An Yi was courteous and thoughtful, and frequently served vegetables to Liu's father and Liu's mother, and the affection was like treating his elders, which made Liu's father and Liu's mother flattered and grateful. Not to mention Xia Jianxiao, holding the rice bowl, his eyes were full of tears of gratitude.

The dishes and chopsticks were put away and the fragrant tea was put away, An Yi discussed with Hu Zi and Yin Jinan in a low voice for a moment, then turned to Father Liu and said happily:

"Uncle Liu, even if the matter is over here, you are forced to leave here, but the little nephew, Hu Zi, and Ji Nan all think that it is not a good way for you to go to Nanchang to join your relatives, because our revolutionary army will attack Nanchang for half a year, and at the latest it will attack Nanchang.

Therefore, I would like to ask Uncle Liu's family to move to Guangzhou to live, there is stability, I have a house in Guangzhou, a two-story small building with a total of 12 large and small rooms in the front and back yards, only my family Lao Dao with his wife and son live there, it is very deserted, Uncle Liu's family used to be more lively, Xia Jian can rest assured in the army.

As for the source of livelihood, you don't have to worry about it, since Xia Jian has become the son-in-law of the Liu family, it is up to him to honor the old man and support his wife. Although this kid is now a corporal, he has a monthly salary of eighteen yuan, plus the part of our Lianli provident fund, he can have twenty-three yuan per month, and now he can feed a family of three for ten yuan a month, which is enough for you to spend, haha!

I don't know what Uncle Liu, what do you think? ”

Liu's father and Liu's mother immediately discussed nervously, and Xia Jian stood up excitedly: "Big brother, I'm ......"

"Sit down! Where do you have to speak? ”

An Yi asked Xia Jian to stop, and assigned him a task seriously: "Before I came back, I had obtained the consent of the chief of staff at the division headquarters, and decided to send you to lead the two brothers to Guangzhou on a business trip, transport back a batch of engineering materials that we ordered before departure, and take Wu Liheng's old ruffian out of the hospital by the way, and then go to the training department of the Huangpu Military Academy Hospital, and return with a seven-person first-aid team assigned to our division, and go to the logistics department of our first army on the way back, and return with the transport convoy."

This matter is urgent, tomorrow you can leave early in the morning, take the military train to Chenzhou at 7 o'clock in the morning, you must make all the preparations before departure tonight, pick two brothers to go with you, and by the way, send your father-in-law's family to Guangzhou to settle down, and at 10 o'clock in the evening you will go to the instructor to receive letters, dispatch orders, and travel expenses. ”

Xia Jian didn't know that this was the care of An Yi's bosses, and he was so grateful that he was speechless for a while.

Liu's father and Liu's mother also agreed to An Yi's arrangement, and the two of them were grateful and inexplicable, Liu's mother asked to do something for An Yi no matter what, and she couldn't sit and eat for nothing, and her simple and kind heart was overflowing.

An Yi thought for a while and said: "Since this is the case, I will not let my uncle and aunt and Miss Xiaofang be idle, after arriving in Guangzhou, I will learn to sew clothes or something with my honest second aunt at home, this is a technical work that can make a living for a lifetime, and I don't have to worry about nothing to do after learning."

In addition, the little nephew has a suggestion, go to Guangzhou to take some time to do the marriage of Xiaofang and Xia Jian, I still have some friends in Guangzhou, they are all real people, they will take good care of you, and my family's old way, it turned out to be a fortune teller on the street of Guangzhou, people are very good, polite to everyone, Uncle Liu and Aunt Liu don't see outside, stay in the village house and fields We will take care of the village chief for you.

Have a good rest tonight, leave tomorrow morning, and we can rest assured that Xia Jian will take care of us along the way. ”

The three members of the Liu family were grateful, Xiaofang was sweet and grateful, and the family was making and bowing, making An Yi and the three of them sweat on their foreheads.

Finally instructed Xia Jian to settle down his family, and the officer on duty, Lu Xiong, strode to report: "Company commander, a black car from the headquarters drove outside the camp gate, and a captain came down and ordered that Commander Zeng in the car asked the company commander to go forward immediately, saying that it was an urgent military order, and he must not be lazy. ”

As soon as An Yi heard it, he guessed that Zeng Guangqing was coming, explained a few words to Hu Zi and Yin Jinan, and immediately walked to the camp gate with Lu Xiong.

Seeing Zeng Kuoqing standing under the lantern at the camp gate and looking around leisurely, An Yi smiled and strode forward: "Brother, if you want to see the little brother, you send someone to come and shout, and the little brother will run there immediately, where can the old brother take out precious time in his busy schedule to deign to come here?" ”

"Grandma's, I haven't grown in a few days! As soon as you open your mouth, you will have a set of snobbery, where did you learn it? ”

Zeng Guangqing saw that An Yi was still the ruffian with that hippie smile, gave him a punch, pulled him into the back seat, ordered the driver to drive, turned to An Yi and said excitedly:

"You kid, it's okay, you're fighting for our army, and now everyone is watching Tang Shengzhi's jokes. At tonight's celebration dinner, the officers and captains who came up to toast the principal were full of praise for your boy, praising our Whampoa for its talent, politeness and courtesy, and the head of the Russian advisory group and the boss of the party department all said that your boy has consciousness, resourcefulness and courage, and he easily taught a lesson to the backward people in the revolutionary ranks.

Although the principal said that you are still young and need to be constantly tempered, he is happy in his heart, he made an exception and drank an extra glass of brandy, and let me pick you up when I return to the Mengzeyuan Mansion, haha! ”

An Yi looked at Zeng Guangqing in surprise: "This big thing is so exaggerated as you said?" The younger brother also went on his head to rescue the more promising brother under him, where is there any Kiba enlightenment? ”

"When will your kid's stinky mouth be cleaner? If you continue like this, it will affect your future, and if you listen to your swear words, don't blame me for inciting you! Also, during this time, even the brothers in the second and third phases came to ask the principal for instructions, and the principal asked me what you have been busy with lately.

You see, the principal cares about you so much, but you don't know how to cherish it, and let others take the lead in any good thing, usually you are very clever, why are you so slow in this regard? It's been in vain that Lao Tzu has been educating you for so long! ”

Zeng Guangqing's words were stern, and his face was not good-looking, but what could be passed on to An Yi was a strong brotherly feeling.

An Yi smiled gratefully: "The little brother really didn't expect this layer, this time is busy, it's not easy to lead troops at the grassroots level, more than two hundred brothers eat, drink and Lazar don't count, the training and equipment that the younger brother is responsible for makes the little brother so busy that his butt is smoking, I thought that with a little hard work, this time I can divide the division into a few machine guns with stronger firepower, who knows that the division is also overstretched after replenishing the soldiers, I heard that the headquarters has arrived at a batch of new equipment and has not yet had the budget of our second division, and the top and bottom are sad, the little brother in order to live longer, I can only train my brothers to dodge bullets day and night, alas......"

Zeng Guangqing laughed: "This new equipment, your second division can be divided into twenty artillery pieces, and it is to make up for the lack of machine gun companies in each regiment, because the number is not large, it can only meet your three main regiments, and it is understandable that your engineer company cannot be divided."

However, you can make a request to the headmaster later, and ask the headmaster to give you dozens of flower machine guns and enough ammunition, which is probably no problem, the flower machine guns shipped this time are all purchased from Europe, and there is still a part left after equipping the headquarters guard regiment, you have to seize the opportunity. ”

An Yi was overjoyed: "Is the flower machine gun you are talking about a German-made MP18 automatic rifle?" ”

"Yes, it is the kind of gun barrel with dozens of heat dissipation holes neatly distributed, and a twenty-round transverse magazine inserted from the left, which was equipped with various armies a few years ago, when Chen Jiongming besieged Mr. Zhongshan's marshal mansion, Ye Ting was carrying a flower machine gun to break through the encirclement and escort the mother of the country out safely.

I heard that the arsenal in Gongxian County in the north has been successfully imitated, but I'm afraid there are not many of them, I fought once at the Dongshan shooting range before the expedition, and the surname can be very good, and it is estimated that the effect of short-handed combat is better, which is suitable for your engineering troops. ”

Zeng Guangqing is still very familiar with the equipment.

The car crossed the railroad and soon entered the Yumezawa Garden Residence.

Zeng Guangqing took An Yi into the living room on the first floor and told him to wait. An Yi straightened the brim collar of his hat against the big mirror on the wall, untied the weapon, and handed it to the guards on the side, leaving only the Zhongzheng sword, and then sorted out his appearance again and went up to the second floor to the study under the guidance of Zeng Guangqing.

Principal Jiang sat on a beautiful rattan chair behind the large desk and read a book, and the double-leaf electric fan on the low table not far away made a slight "buzzing" sound, sending the refreshing night breeze into the simple and elegant space.

Principal Jiang motioned for An Yi to sit on the chair in front of the desk, put down the book and looked at An Yi's tanned face with pity: "I'm thin again, but I look very energetic, remember to shave my beard next time, your beard is in good shape, but it didn't grow with yellow hair, and it doesn't look good now." ”

An Yi smiled shyly: "Principal, the student forgot to visit you because he was busy with military affairs, please forgive the principal!" ”

Chiang Kai-shek nodded with satisfaction: "I am glad that you did not come, unlike some of your senior brothers, who came to me either to complain about Huai Cai, or to ask for many weapons, funds, supplies and even cars that exceeded their authority, and I will give serious criticism to them." I already know about you leading the third company of engineers to march on foot for five days, and your mentor, Zhang Zhizhong, commander Zhang, has also said a lot of good things about you, and also mentioned the difficulties you faced, and he has high expectations for you! ”

On the train to Changsha, Mr. Zhang taught the students earnestly, especially pointed out that the students were deeply embarrassed and could not slow down for a few days, and finally clearly realized the mistakes of their bodies, and were grateful to Mr. Zhang, thinking of the principal's encouragement and care for the students and the teachings of Mr. Zhang, the students were sincerely afraid, and they were afraid that they would disappoint the principal's cultivation and the expectations of the teachers, and insult the reputation of my Huangpu."

An Yi said a long time, and he was slightly surprised, for some reason, he felt that he always had a lot to say in front of Principal Jiang, is this the so-called personality charm?

Chiang Kai-shek smiled with satisfaction: "You know what? This is exactly what I value about you, although you give people the impression of being witty, and even a little self-styled, uninhibited, but you have principles, perseverance, never arrogant, nor arrogant, but hard work and good at action, often able to push through the old and bring forth the new in the seemingly ordinary, unexpected, these qualities and abilities are very good, to continue to carry forward. ”

"Yes!"

An Yi replied respectfully.

"We're going to leave soon, are there any practical difficulties?"

Chiang Kai-shek asked in a low voice, seeing An Yi's hesitant look, Chiang Kai-shek moved forward slightly and changed his sitting posture: "If there is difficulty, say it, there is no one who comes to me who does not say that it is difficult." Your division commander Liu Xiao and chief of staff Hu Shusen have praised you in front of me more than once, so I am afraid that the tasks of your engineer connection will be much heavier than that of other companies, and it is normal that there will be more difficulties. At the dinner, Liu Xiao said to me, I am going to promote you to the acting deputy commander of the engineer battalion directly under me, and ask for my opinion, I said don't mention it for the time being, the more this time, the more I have to give you more training, can you understand what I mean by doing this? ”

An Yi was quite surprised, shook his head and replied truthfully: "The student is reckless, and he can't understand the hard work of the principal, but he doesn't care very much about the deputy student of the camp, the trial ended this afternoon, and the student also seemed to hear Chief Liu and several other officers discussing this matter, and the student was very happy at that time, but he couldn't be happy after going back, because the student felt that there were still many things that had not been done well, and if he took on the responsibility of exceeding the student's ability at this time, I am afraid that he would not only harm others but also harm himself, and a mistake on the battlefield is a human life. After thinking twice, the student panicked and was thinking about how to excuse himself if he asked for advice. ”

Chiang Kai-shek slowly stood up, looked at the honest An Yi and nodded with satisfaction, walked to the front of the bookcase and took out a book, sat down and slowly opened the hard dark blue satin bookcase, lifted the brush and wrote a few words on the title page of the first blue cover of the thread-bound book, put down the brush and blew lightly, so that the ink dried up quickly, closed the cover and placed it neatly, closed the bookcase and pushed it to the desktop in front of An Yi:

"This anthology is very good, I have benefited a lot of experience from it, you can take it back and read more, it will be of great help to you in the future...... Let's talk about your sappers, your comprehensive training method is very insightful, and some of the common training methods of sappers and infantry are more clear, and today I want to know, how will you play the role of sappers as much as possible in a big war? ”

An Yi thought for a while and said: "Headmaster, in fact, our current sappers are not sappers in the real sense, according to my exchanges with Russian instructors and my understanding of the German army in Europe, I feel that our sappers are very different from these two armies with good military traditions.

For example, the Soviet and German armies have special boat and bridge troops, although they are not called boat and bridge troops, but the functions exercised are as follows, usually using cranes, new lifting equipment, crawler bulldozers, heavy road rollers, traction machinery driven by diesel generator sets and other advanced equipment to achieve fast, accurate, high-quality, efficient bridge construction and road construction.

Before the expedition, the students had a meal with Mr. Hans, the director of the South China region of the German "Lulin" trading house, during which they consulted him on the current equipment, training and development trends of the German army engineers. Thanks to Mr. Hans's care, the students learned a little bit about it, and they were deeply worried in comparison, but they could only face the reality, because our country's industrial base was too poor, and our revolutionary army was just starting.

Students believe that while learning from others, we should not lose confidence in ourselves, as long as we do our best, we can improve step by step, not to mention that at present, all the armies in China do not have sappers in the real sense, as long as we work hard, we will be stronger than those warlords' sappers, and we will be able to occupy an advantage in some places. ”

Chiang Kai-shek looked at An Yi in surprise: "Amazing! I didn't expect your level to far surpass many of the current generals, insightful and insightful...... An Yi, if I send you to study in the German Academy, would you be willing? ”

This time it was An Yi's turn to be surprised, his heart was like lightning, he quickly weighed the pros and cons, and finally made up his mind:

"Headmaster, students are reluctant to leave their troops. In addition, the student's foreign language level is very poor, but the student has mechanical knowledge, and is confident that as long as the advanced equipment and concepts abroad are in the hands of the student, after a period of research, they will be able to master it very well, and there is no need to spend so much time crossing the ocean...... Even if you go to Germany, you need to pass the language barrier for at least half a year, so that you can start the initial basic learning, and then you can carry out professional further study, there is no more than two years to learn anything real, and in two years, we will be able to win Yanjing under the leadership of the principal, students are never willing to give up this once-in-a-lifetime historical opportunity, and they are never willing to lose this glorious time of struggle, otherwise they will not be able to get peace in their hearts for a lifetime. ”

Chiang Kai-shek laughed: "You are just different from others...... I understand your thoughts, it's very practical, unlike some people, who come back from a year and a half of studying in Moscow and come back with a high spirit, and even have their eyes above the top, and they don't want to think about how much they can learn in a few months in that mere few months? Although there is a saying: travel thousands of miles to read thousands of books, but it is not so easy in the professional field. You're honest and have your own opinions, which is good and I love it......"

Chiang Kai-shek took the teacup handed by Zeng Guangqing, took a sip lightly, put it on the table and walked slowly:

"It is true that our sappers today are still very backward as you say, and I also think that at least in five years, it will not be possible to solve the problem of material improvement and updating of theoretical knowledge.

At present, the vast majority of generals believe that the infantry can do what the engineers can do, but the engineers who can do the things that the infantry can not necessarily do, such as digging a fortification to build a pontoon bridge, erecting a few electric poles to do some simple blasting, and training the infantry a little can do it, although this view is very backward, but it is correct under the current conditions, and the people's concept and theoretical level are also with the development of a country's science and technology, industry, and various industries, little by little accumulation and progress, but under the current conditions of our country, We still have a long way to go.

For example, in this Northern Expedition, I am afraid that the role of your engineers will not be well reflected, if it goes well, it is likely that the engineers of all armies and divisions will be used as infantry, and if the progress does not go smoothly or even fails, there is little time for the engineers to reflect their role. Therefore, I asked you to come today, just to hear your opinion, because you are a sapper, and you are more familiar with the current situation and difficulties faced by sappers than me, so you can boldly say it, and if there are difficulties, you should also boldly raise it. ”

An Yi was like a reassuring pill when he heard this, and thought to himself that he couldn't just take a set of "Zeng Wenzheng's Official Document Collection" back, right? Gotta get something affordable! So he pretended to have the courage to say the situation that his company might encounter or the local battles he encountered, but An Yi was very smart and did not make any specific requests, but he won Chiang Kai-shek's understanding and help.

Zeng Kuoqing and Secretary Qin looked at it next to him with great emotion, usually the principal met his subordinates Wenwu, all the time with a serious expression, not smiling, many people had to leave after a few words tightly, but with An Yi, the living treasure, the principal is different, always laughing and caring, relaxed and comfortable, and talking about Feng is very healthy and full of interest.

(To be continued)