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Chapter 413: Seeing the Six Ways and Listening to the Eight Directions

The news of An Yi's apology in the face of the unrelenting gendarmes quickly spread among the officers and men of all units of the First Group Army like wings, causing tremendous repercussions among the officers and men of all armies and divisions. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The whole army had already been deeply concerned about the military police who were arrogant and restrained everywhere, but as a result, public opinion was almost overwhelmingly inclined to An Yi's side, and while scolding the military police for not going to war, they all said that An Yi was a well-known man, and that such a high rank and position was forced to be like this by the military police, which is really unimaginable. Countless officers and soldiers dreamed of serving under An Yi, who loved soldiers like a son and knew how to repay his kindness, and some shrewd generals sighed deeply at An Yi's methods, among which the words of the old commander Liu Zhi were the most representative: This guy is really insidious, he is so ruthless to himself, let alone an enemy!

For this reason, Commander-in-Chief Jiang once again called An Yi to scold him well, what is insulting to Sven's self-surrendering identity, and so on, after scolding, he asked Wang Shihe, the chief of the guard, to send An Yi a bottle of ointment from the great hand of traditional Chinese medicine, and asked An Yi to quickly wipe the medicine to recover quickly, and not to make a fool of himself at the grand oath-taking ceremony tomorrow, so that he would be laughable and generous.

An Yi smeared the ointment, said goodbye and left gratefully, and went to the conference room of the Shuaifu to continue the meeting to discuss the war situation, Ge Jingen, Lin Wei and others had already received the news, and when they saw the clear palm print on An Yi's face with a shiny face, they couldn't help but joke, and asked An Yi if he would feel that it would damage his glorious image when he took the stage tomorrow to take over the battle flag?

An Yi shook his head and shrugged his shoulders as if he was fine, and after a smile, he picked up the newly issued plan in front of him and read it carefully, checked the latest information from time to time, confirmed it in detail, and humbly asked a few seniors for advice on the two parts with a large degree of modification to clarify the context.

Zhu Peide smiled in his eyes, and at the same time secretly sighed for the young An Yi to have such a "thick black" cultivation.

At eight o'clock in the morning of the next day, more than 10,000 officers and men of the An Yi Independent Division drove to the large campus outside the city, and the convoy of 30 brand-new artillery pieces marched neatly and neatly in the middle of the road.

Although Gu Changfeng and other hundreds of generals and colonels were sternly admonished by An Yi to prohibit causing trouble at this juncture, they still rode war horses and followed the group of gendarmes along the way, stopping and stopping, looking for the figure of Fang Shourong, the deputy of the gendarmerie, and the murderous aura all over his body made people's hearts palpitate.

But unfortunately, the frightened Fang Shourong knew that he had caused a big disaster, and he had already been sent to the military train that drove back to the rear to transport supplies at three o'clock in the morning.

The swearing-in ceremony was very grand and grand, all armies and divisions transferred their best regiments, more than 40,000 officers and soldiers who participated in the ceremony were neatly arranged on the colonel's field, in the sound of majestic military music, the battle flags were like a forest, the slogans shook the sky, more than 60,000 people from all walks of life organizations in Xuzhou held high the colorful flags and slogans and distributed around, and for a time the swords and guns were shining and the flow of people was like a tide.

More than 100 generals and commanders, including Commander-in-Chief Chiang on the rostrum, as well as celebrities from all walks of life in the rear condolence group who had only arrived in a hurry last night, were extremely proud to see this majestic and magnificent scene.

An Yi led the independent division with outstanding military achievements, the three regiment headquarters guard troops led by Yu Jishi, and the seventh division led by Li Shilong under Zhu Peide were neatly arranged in front of the rostrum, at this time, I don't know who exclaimed, "Isn't that Mrs. Jiang", An Yi, who was riding a horse and chatting with Hu Jialin and Gu Changfeng beside him, raised his head curiously, and saw that Song Meiling, who had been seen in newspapers and magazines before, stood on the rostrum, and at this moment she whispered with a few ladies, and said a few words to Commander-in-Chief Jiang from time to time, smiling, It can be seen that the two are very close.

At this oath meeting, there were a lot of heads and brains of the Central Party Department and the Central Government, all of them were brightly dressed and dignified, but An Yi didn't see his godsister Gong Qian from it, and he regretted it in his heart.

As the sound of military music stopped, the magnificent Second Northern Expedition swearing-in ceremony officially began.

Zhu Shaoliang, director of the Military Administration Department, who presided over the ceremony, finished speaking, followed by Chairman Tan's speech, Commander-in-Chief Jiang's speech, and speeches by representatives from all walks of life. Next, a series of commendations and awards were announced, and all armies and divisions received the awards, and it was finally the turn of the finale An Yi Independent Division.

An Yi held his head high, led Hu Jialin, Gu Changfeng, Cheng Chengguang, Huang Yingwu, Lu Yixuan, Zhao Rui to the stage, seven extraordinary and majestic brave generals appeared, won the cheers and cheers of the audience, they respectfully received the seven battle flags representing glory and meritorious service from Commander-in-Chief Jiang, Chairman Tan, Commander-in-Chief Zhu and other military and political leaders, and turned to the audience to salute together, and the audience immediately resounded with a tide of applause and cheers, this honor is enough to make thousands of soldiers of all departments feel envious and full of hope, It is their unit that hopes to be awarded the flag at the next grand ceremony.

The last item is to review the oath of the Northern Expedition, and the sound of tens of thousands of soldiers swearing in unison is earth-shattering and goes straight to the nine heavens.

As early as the Qingming Festival, the officers and soldiers of the Independent Division reviewed the oath at the memorial ceremony of the Baguazhou Martyrs Cemetery. An Yi stood in front of his team, holding a battle flag embroidered with the flying tiger pattern and the four golden characters of "Steel Hero" in his left hand, clenching his fist with his right hand and swearing loudly, and suddenly saw a familiar and charming smiling face behind Song Meiling on the stage, An Yi's mind was suddenly confused, and he almost memorized the oath wrongly, but Gu Changfeng behind him was full of spring breeze and calmly, his mouth opened silently, and his eyes were full of smiles.

The two-and-a-half-hour ceremony finally came to an end, and the combat units roared to the front line amid the cheers and blessings of tens of thousands of people.

An Yi worked hard to get rid of the smiling and beautiful face that appeared in his mind, rode a tall horse, and returned to the big battalion in the city to participate in a tense combat meeting, closely supervise the movement of various units, and analyze all kinds of information gathered by hundreds of operational staff officers of the command headquarters from the intelligence that flew in like snowflakes, so as to make a good decision on overall and partial operations.

According to the latest operational strategy issued by Commander-in-Chief Chiang, the offensive of the First Group Army officially began today, with the Fourth Army and the Ninth Army of the First Army under the command of General Liu Zhi in the middle attacking Taierzhuang, an important town in southern Lunan, and the First Army attacking the front line of Hanzhuang; On the left flank, General He Yaozu's Third Army Corps attacked in the direction of Yutai; On the right flank, General Chen Tiaoyuan's Second Army Corps attacked in the direction of Rizhao and Linyi; General Fang Zhenwu, who had just been incorporated into the First Group Army, attacked Shan County and Jinxiang with the Fourth Army Corps.

As the chief of staff of the former enemy headquarters, An Yi, together with the commander-in-chief Zhu Peide, will be responsible for the coordinated operations of the group army in three directions, and at the same time, it is also necessary to carry out strategic deployment of the Fourth Army Corps of General Fang Zhenwu, which was transferred from Feng Yuxiang's Second Army to the command of Commander-in-Chief Chiang.

After a while, Liu Zhi and Jiang Dingwen rushed to the headquarters. The direction of the attack of the First Army was Hanzhuang, although there was a careful battle plan, but because the enemy commander Zhang Zongchang personally led a new force to Hanzhuang to supervise the battle, the comparison of the forces of the enemy and us and the entire local battle situation changed greatly; Secondly, in the Northern Expedition in July last year, Wang Tianpei's 10th Army of more than 60,000 people was defeated in Hanzhuang, if it were not for An Yi leading the independent division to rush to the aid, laying a strong defensive line in Liuquan in the north of Xuzhou, and with the full assistance of the railway workers, Wang Tianpei's 10th Army may not be able to save even half of its strength, let alone turn defeat into victory later.

Liu Zhi and Jiang Dingwen knew that An Yi was familiar with the situation on the front line of Hanzhuang and had the most experience in fighting with the Zhilu coalition army.

An Yi and Liu Zhi came to the large map, pointed to the specific location to analyze the possible deployment of the enemy in Hanzhuang, and made a very polite suggestion:

"The west of Hanzhuang is the blue waves of Weishan Lake, the east and Taierzhuang echo each other, the south is the Grand Canal, it is very easy to deal with the attack from the south to the north, but if Taierzhuang is broken by our army, the enemy of Hanzhuang has no other way but to retreat, because from the east and north to attack Hanzhuang, the defending enemy will have no danger to defend, if you do not retreat decisively, you can only face the water and be attacked on three sides."

"In this way, the pressure on the Ninth Army of the Third Brother Mo, the Fourth Army of Brother Jingcheng (Miao Peinanzi) and Brother Boling (Xue Yuezi) is great, and the enemy they are facing in Taierzhuang is well defended, and the Zhilu Coalition Army has been operating for a long time, and the defense lines are impregnable, so it is not easy to deal with!"

As the commander of the First Army, Liu Zhi had to think about the other two armies under his command in addition to the First Army, which he was also the commander of, otherwise he would fall into the handle of favoring one over the other.

An Yi shook his head and pointed to the front of General Chen Zhuoyuan's Third Army on the right flank: "Actually, Taierzhuang is not without flaws, Chief Liu, please see, if his subordinates guess well, the 26th Army of General Chen Zhuo commanded by Senior Chen will take Tancheng in less than three days." Tancheng west is only 60 kilometers away from Taierzhuang, and the 26th Army can outflank Taierzhuang to defend the enemy's rear road with a rapid march, as long as Tancheng is broken, can the enemy in Taierzhuang not retreat? As soon as the enemy in Taierzhuang retreats, Hanzhuang will not be able to hold it, and the whole situation will be alive!

However, the two commanders can't wait, they must ask the ninth and fourth armies attacking Taierzhuang to keep attacking, so that the enemy can always feel the strong pressure, and at the same time, they must also make good use of the tenth army of General Yang Shengzhi as a reserve, even if it is a suspicious soldier, anyway, the enemy must not be allowed to have a chance to breathe, otherwise the defending enemy will drag on, don't blame the little brother for not reminding. ”

Jiang Dingwen looked at the map carefully, pondered again and again, turned his head and asked puzzledly: "How can you be sure that the 26th Army can take Tancheng within three days?" No clue! ”

An Yi smiled slightly, and proposed: "Big brother, junior brother, the former chief of the enemy's general staff, is not eating for nothing, how dare he talk nonsense without a little certainty?" In this way, let's make a bet, if the 26th Army can't capture Tancheng within three days, the younger brother will lend the independent division to the eldest brother, whatever you want, if you ......"

"It's a deal!"

Jiang Dingwen didn't wait for An Yi to finish speaking, and pulled Liu Zhi to walk towards the door excitedly.

An Yi was dumbfounded, and hurriedly caught up: "Big brother, this is not fair!" You have to show off some money to make a bet, right? What if Tancheng is captured in three days? ”

"What else can I do? At most, don't use your independent division, haha! After Jiang Dingwen finished speaking, he pushed An Yi away and strode away, Liu Zhi put down his mind and said goodbye to An Yi with a smile.

An Yi shook his head depressedly, returned to his desk and sat down, and Wang Lun, the newly appointed director of the First Bureau of the General Staff Office, came over and asked curiously: "General An Yi, why are you so sure that the 26th Army will fall into Tancheng within three days?" ”

Ge Jingen and Zhu Peide had already noticed An Yi's argument, and when they heard Wang Lun's question at this moment, they also left the map and walked over, An Yi hurriedly got up and asked everyone to sit down, and explained in a low voice to Wang Lun, who graduated from the sixth phase of Baoding and has rich combat experience:

"Chief Wang is a subordinate of the examination, the chief himself is from Zhejiang, relatively speaking, he is far more familiar with the combat effectiveness of the Zhejiang army than his subordinates, and naturally knows the advantages and disadvantages!

The subordinates analyzed it this way: The 26th Army was originally brought out by Zhou Fengqi's predecessors, and its equipment and combat effectiveness of officers and soldiers were by no means below the 37th Army of Chen Tiaoyuan's predecessors, but because Zhou's predecessors were squeezed out last year and left gloomily, the Military Commission promoted General Chen Zhuo to the post of acting army commander. General Chen Zhuo did not get the post of actual army commander until after the commander-in-chief returned, and Zhou's predecessors were broad-minded and also gave high hopes to his old subordinate Chen Zhuo, Chen Zhuo was grateful that he had made early preparations for the Northern Expedition, especially in the past week, the information and plans submitted were very detailed and thorough, which was better than any army of our group army, and it can be seen that the 26th Army has already made sufficient preparations for the attack, and even Senior Zhu and Commander Ge also sighed at the depth of their hard work and high fighting spirit.

Moreover, Tancheng is a flat river, there is no danger to defend, after several years of repeated battles, even the city wall is gone, the defenders in the case of equal strength and loss of the city wall advantage, in the face of weapons and artillery equipment far beyond their own a large section of the opponent, the enemy is really difficult to resist the morale of the 26th Army, the other enemy troops in the face of my superior forces are too busy to take care of themselves, can not rescue at all, subordinates said that three days is still a conservative estimate, I am full of confidence in this! ”

Wang Lun nodded again and again, and praised loudly: "Sure enough, I am as careful as a hair, and all the circumstances have been taken into account, wonderful!" There is no vanity under the fame, and the name is true! ”

Ge Jingen, who was listening carefully, said with a smile: "Brother, do you believe it this time?" Xiao Yi has an excellent memory, dense thoughts, not only in military theory has made achievements, from a small engineer company commander all the way to today's former commander of the major general chief of staff, every step is promoted by military merits, the actual combat experience is very rich, good at analyzing the combat style and characteristics of the enemy and our generals, the opponent is a little careless, he may be calculated, Sun Chuanfang and Zhang Zongchang have a lot of generals in his hands, afraid like a tiger! ”

Everyone smiled when they heard this, and An Yi said humbly: "The seniors have praised it, and An Yi deserves it." Judging from the information just received, the Third Army Corps commanded by General He Yaozu will face great difficulties, and the Third Army Corps seems to have strong troops, but in fact only General He's 40th Army and General Xia Douyin's 27th Army can fight tough battles, General Zhang Keyao's 33rd Army and General Wang Jintao's 3rd Independent Division have just been reorganized for less than 30 days, and it is difficult for them to have combat effectiveness that meets the requirements, and they will encounter considerable danger in a life-and-death battle, and the Third Army Corps will face as many as eight divisions and two mixed brigades of enemies. They are all the only remaining elite troops of Sun Chuanfang's department, coupled with the complex terrain and many rivers on the west bank of Weishan Lake, the younger generation is very worried! ”

Zhu Peide was slightly stunned, then realized another meaning in An Yi's words, hurriedly walked to the map and looked at it, turned his head and asked: "Xiao Yi, are you worried about the coordinated operation of General Fang Zhenwu's headquarters from General Feng Huanzhang's Second Group Army and my First Group Army?" ”

"Exactly! Judging from the intelligence, the Second Army has been held back for more than a week by the main forces of the two armies, including Zhang Zongchang's division and Chu Yupu, and it is really difficult to give our army any substantive help, and our Third Army Corps will face the enemy defending Yutai without any worries, and the enemy can completely rely on the existing strength to launch a strategic decisive battle with our side. Another one, Sun Chuanfang and the three army commanders under his command are all experienced generals, and they have long occupied favorable terrain to wait for work.

What the younger generations are even more worried about is that although the Fourth Army Corps formed by General Fang Zhenwu is nominally subordinate to our First Group Army, the unit's operational plan has drawn up its own and the direction of attack is Shanxian and Jinxiang; if the attack of this unit is blocked or the combat plan is changed without authorization, the defending enemy in Shanxian and Jinxiang can completely move south on the battlefield less than 60 kilometers apart and join forces with the Yutai defenders to attack General He's Third Army Corps, and the situation will change unpredictably. ”

An Yi expressed his worries in detail, obviously not optimistic about the current battle situation of Feng Yuxiang's subordinates, and lacked enough trust in the Fourth Army Corps fighting alone.

Ge Jingen's heart sank after listening to An Yi's analysis, and he walked quickly to the map, standing beside Zhu Peide and looking at it attentively, the more he looked at it, the more ugly his face became.

An Yi, Wang Lun and others also followed, and everyone discussed around the map for a while, and they all felt that the battle situation was not optimistic.

Ge Jingen, who knew Feng Yuxiang and Fang Zhenwu very well, also understood what An Yi was worried about, pondered for a moment, and simply took An Yi to the Eastern Courtyard to report the possible crisis to Commander-in-Chief Jiang in order to achieve a final solution, because anything within their share could only be decided by Commander-in-Chief Jiang, and others did not have any rights and abilities to deal with it.

The two hurried to the east courtyard, through the flowery courtyard into the front hall to wait for the summons, heard that the commander-in-chief was holding a meeting with several bosses of the Central Party Department in the study, An Yi could only sit down, take the tea handed by the attendant and wait patiently.

After drinking a cup of tea, An Yi became addicted to smoking, took out a cigarette and handed it to Ge Jingen, Ge Jingen waved his hand and continued to sort out the information in his hand, An Yi had to struck a match with a paper cigarette, and before he could light it, a moving voice came from behind him:

"You're An Yi......"