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Commander-in-Chief Chiang Kai-shek's temporary camp is located in the palace nave, originally the office rest place of King Lu, covers an area of no less than 1,000 square meters, in front of it is a garden that covers an area of dozens of acres and has a rockery pavilion, also called the main garden, on both sides is a simple and elegant promenade painted with gold and color, the wide backyard has a small school field 100 meters square, a row of tall and lush locust trees and scattered flower beds to separate the main building and the school field well, the tall and spacious circular building with gray tiles and white walls around the school field has now become the place of the barracks, The guard units of the three regiments of the General Headquarters were stationed here, and the east and west military camps of the palace were stationed An Yi's independent division and Zhu Peide's seventh division respectively. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

An Yi and Jiang Dingwen entered the middle hall, turned east, entered the side hall and came to the office and study of Commander-in-Chief Chiang, Liu Zhi, Gu Zhu and the other seven people saw An Yi come in, their faces were full of smiles, and Hu Zongnan, who was sitting on the right side of Chiang Kai-shek, beckoned to An Yi and asked him to come and sit down.

Commander-in-Chief Jiang asked An Yi in a low voice across Hu Zongnan: "Has Yin Jinan arrived in Xuzhou?" ”

"When I arrived, I received a telegram at four o'clock in the afternoon, and the five regiments of recruits from the Nanchang Garrison Division Teaching Regiment and the Nanchang Recruitment Office led by Senior Brother Ji Nan officially entered the Pengcheng camp and organized more than 20,000 prisoners, and it is estimated that it will be completed at noon tomorrow." An Yi replied.

"So fast?" Chiang Kai-shek was quite surprised.

"This progress is not fast, the key is that the training and education tasks in the following week are relatively heavy, after a week of training and education, the prisoners who have been integrated into our army can basically achieve emotional stability and strictly abide by military discipline. In the past, it usually only took a few hours for the various units of the model battalion and the independent division to organize prisoners, but this time there were too many prisoners, and it took a little more time for Jinan, and the specific method was ......"

In a few words, An Yi described the methods of screening, selecting, classifying, training, and educating prisoners of the model battalion and independent division, which immediately attracted everyone's admiration.

Chiang Kai-shek smiled and said with great satisfaction: "No wonder you strongly recommend Yin Jinan to come over, although this method is not perfect, it is a good method that is effective in wartime, and it is worth vigorously promoting."

Jingfu, Mingsan, and Mosan, after you go back, you should popularize this method in the First Army and the Ninth Army, and let the following divisions screen, reorganize, dismiss, and educate the prisoners according to the method of the model battalion. Again, if you can't catch a prisoner and send it to the follow-up troops for processing, this will not only greatly increase the workload, but also consume a lot of your troops to escort, not to mention other troubles, eating will become a big problem.

In the end, after continuous battles, the losses of all departments are very large, and they are waiting for the follow-up troops to reorganize the prisoners and reach out to them, sitting in my position, it is not good who will share more and who will share less, and they will have a bowl of water, but in this case, the recovery and growth of the strength of my Huangyu family will become an empty word, no one knows when the war will be born, and the situation will be more complicated after the victory of the Northern Expedition, so we must make it up immediately after the battle damage, and try to gain as much time as possible to recuperate, so that we will fight stronger and stronger. ”

Liu Zhi and the others immediately agreed, Xu Tingyao smiled and saw that An Yi did not speak, he knew the effective method of the model battalion as early as when he was An Yi's deputy division commander and chief of staff, but he felt that the effect of other troops would be greatly reduced if they did so, although other troops said that they were not short of money, but there was no consensus from top to bottom of An Yi's division, there was no group of disciplined, fair and fair officers at all levels, and there was no set of specific methods and experience with immediate resultsThe constantly enriching methods of governing the army are not easy for anyone who wants to learn, just like An Yishi's fast and brave combat methods, which are far from being able to be learned by Zang in two days, and if they don't get it right, they will end up with a bad result.

Although Xu Tingyao thought so in his heart, he didn't say it, his calm and patient personality and more moderate philosophy of life once again made him choose the most secure way: smile and don't express any opinions. 、

After chatting for a while, An Yi, under the signal of Chiang Kai-shek, introduced the upcoming crisis to the generals present:

“…… The Japanese Sixth Division has already left Japan, escorted by four battleships and destroyers, and sailed to Shandong by a convoy, and it is expected to arrive on the 25th, but we are not clear about the number of the Sixth Division, but we know that this is the main division of the four-wing system, and the number of officers and men is about 26,000, and the specific situation still needs to be verified.

What is known is that the 500 officers and men of the two infantry squadrons of the Japanese army took the lead in marching into Jinan on the 21st, and more than 500 6 squadrons belonging to the Japanese navy also boarded the 6th in Qingdao on the same day; the Japanese naval wing of 3,800 officers and men originally stationed in Qingdao has entered a state of combat readiness, all Japanese officers and men have been forbidden to leave the camp, and the Japanese army's logistics department is accumulating a large amount of materials to purchase flour, rice, dried fish, and other foodstuffs.

The Japanese consulate in Jinan has secretly informed their overseas Chinese to prepare to close their doors and suspend business, and there are more and more Japanese people coming and going on the Jiaoji Road, and many of them wearing civilian clothes are suspicious, and they are preliminarily judged to be middle- and low-level staff officers sent by the Japanese army, and they need to survey the facilities and detailed terrain on the Jiaoji Road on the spot in case of emergency.

In addition, according to information received yesterday, an infantry wing and an artillery brigade of about 7,000 people under the command of Ji Hei, commander of the Northeast Kwantung Army, were slowly moving to the front line of Shanhaiguan.

In view of the above situation, the former enemy's general headquarters judged and confirmed that the Japanese army would complete all the deployment of troops by the 26th to prevent our army from continuing the northern expedition. ”

After hearing this, the generals were worried, and everyone present knew that the well-trained Japanese army not only had several times the powerful firepower of the Vietnamese Revolutionary Army, but also was extremely murderous and unscrupulous from top to bottom, and the strong combat effectiveness of the Japanese army and the spirit of bushido, which was not afraid of death, made the hearts of the generals palpitating.

Since the First Sino-Japanese War, in order to achieve the goal of expanding the territory occupied and encroaching on China's territory step by step, Japan has constantly provoked incidents and created all kinds of conflicts, and then used the army's brutal intimidation and massacres to force the weak Chinese government to submit, usually easily achieving its goals, and even the various factories and trading companies opened by Japanese expatriates in Shanghai, Ningbo, and other places dared to deduct the wages of poor Chinese workers as they wanted, dismissed and beat Chinese workers at every turn, and wantonly killed Chinese workers and coolies at the slightest resistance. Countless national enterprises went bankrupt under the intimidation, bribery, and despicable destruction of the Japanese, and the Chinese merchants, workers, and poor people who died had nowhere to seek redress.

The mines and railways in the three eastern provinces and the entire Jiaodong were swallowed by the Japanese, the wharves and shops were seized by the Japanese, and China's rich resources were plundered and shipped to Japan. For their own selfishness, the warlord Zhang Zuolin in the northeast, the warlord Zhang Zongchang in Zhilu and others disregarded the interests of the entire country and the nation, frantically sold their resources, supported the army and aided in the abuse, brutally oppressed the people under their rule in all aspects, and submissively accepted the plundering and humiliation of Japan, and constantly encouraged the arrogance and cruelty and greed of the Japanese. With the support of the ill-intentioned Japanese government and army, we will fight against all awakened national forces in order to realize their dream of unifying the whole country and becoming king and hegemon.

Chiang Kai-shek saw that the generals were solemn, silent, changed his sitting posture, and said unhurriedly:

"Now it can be concluded that the Japanese will never let us take Jinan smoothly and smoothly, and go through the Jinan and Jiaodong lines to successfully go on a northern expedition. I don't know if you have read the opening article of the latest issue of "Oriental Outlook", that article is very well written, although it is a bit alarmist, but it also has a certain strategic vision, the military observer named Yi An predicted that the Japanese army will create an incident on the front line in Jinan, provoke a war, and then let his army get an excuse to continuously march into Shandong, blatantly trample on "international law", trample on the dignity of a country and the interests of the people, the Japanese army will unscrupulously attack our national revolutionary army, In order to stop the decline of the crumbling northern warlords, let the warlords continue to act as agents of Japan's suppression and plundering of the Chinese people, and use all the means they are used to prevent the National Revolutionary Army from completing the Northern Expedition and unifying China.

The article also analyzes that the Japanese have already seen the split in the National Revolutionary Army and the possible transformation of Zhang Zuolin's Feng army under the condemnation of the entire Chinese people, so the Japanese can't wait. ”

Chiang Kai-shek took a big sip of the water cup, put down the cup and continued: "For a few days, An Yi and I have been constantly analyzing the current situation and analyzing the article "Oriental Outlook", An Yi is very pessimistic, he said that there is no way but to face difficulties, and An Yi has formulated a battle plan day and night, advocating the use of all forces to meet the Japanese army, as long as the Japanese army dares to invade Jinan, let the First Army of our First Group Army cut off the highway and railway line from Qingdao to Jinan, and then let the Second and Third Army encircle and annihilate the Japanese army that entered the Jinan line, Let's fight this battle as quickly as possible. ”

Take the initiative to fight the Japanese? Can this battle be won? All the generals looked at An Yi in surprise, An Yi calmly picked up the teacup and drank tea, without a trace of expression on his face, and a pair of deep eyes could not see joy, anger and sorrow.

Chen Lifu, who had been sitting behind Chiang Kai-shek, saw the cold scene, stood up and moved the chair forward, sat down slowly, and said with a serious face:

"Chief of Staff An's plan is very risky, if we really do this, not only will the Northern Expedition, which is in sight of victory, fail, but we will also fall into a protracted war against Japan, and with our current national strength, it is impossible to achieve victory; Second, based on the current analysis of the situation of the four group armies of our National Revolutionary Army, it is very difficult for us to get the four group armies to fight with us against Japan.

In the north, General Yan Baichuan's Third Army was very difficult to deal with Zhang Zuolin's 150,000 Feng army, and now it is still in the midst of a bitter and fierce battle, in the west, General Feng Huanzhang's backyard caught fire, and the two front armies left behind in the rear of Henan suddenly rebelled, and General Feng Huanzhang's three front armies stationed in Henan have turned around and gone west to encircle and suppress, and they have no ability to assist us at all, even if he has the ability to assist us, is he willing? Don't forget how he dealt with General Yan Baichuan, it was he who didn't save him when he saw death, so that General Yan Baichuan is still struggling to resist Zhang Zuolin's army!

To the south, Li Zongren finally sent Bai Chongxi to lead Li Pinxian's Eighth Army, Liao Lei's 36th Army, two Hunan armies and his 13th Army to the north, walking slowly and leisurely, and now he has not yet arrived in Zhengzhou, watching our several group armies fighting day by day and day by day. In the face of the interests of their own group, who can be sure that these people put the interests and dignity of the country and the nation first? Even if they end up fighting against Japan, what will we do if we run out of our hundreds of thousands of troops? What else will be used to fulfill Mr. Nakayama's legacy? What can be used to deter warlords across the country who support their own troops and divide one side?

Ladies and gentlemen, the above is the heartfelt words of the younger brother, I have also talked with Chief of Staff An before, Chief of Staff An believes that it will be able to arouse the whole people to resist Japan, I specially sent a telegram to Minister Song Ziwen in Shanghai to ask, Minister Song said that An Yi is a bad talent in the war, and he is a fool in politics, and the current treasury is empty, and the support for the Northern Expedition is stretched, if you fight with the Japanese army again, just wait to drink the northwest wind! ”

The generals chuckled lightly, and looked at An Yi again, An Yi still held the cup with a calm expression, Jiang Dingwen patted An Yi and smiled: "You guy only cares about fighting happily, and you have forgotten the more than 300,000 troops of Zhang Zuolin, the puppet supported by the Japanese?" Forget that Zhang Zongchang still has 100,000 troops confronting our army? If we really fight with the Japanese, and these two warlords take the opportunity to move south, how should we respond? ”

An Yi finally spoke: "The younger brother doesn't know what to do, for the current national strength and the different dreams of the group armies, the younger brother knows very well in his heart, the reason why the younger brother advocates fighting, in fact, is also a gamble, the little brother gambles that after concentrating 150,000 troops and annihilating the invincible 30,000 Japanese troops in one fell swoop with lightning speed, the little Japan does not dare to fight, according to the current situation, it is completely possible to concentrate on giving the Japanese a blow to the head, because the Japanese look down on the squadron at all, There is no ideological preparation for us to dare to strike first.

Minister Song said that the younger brother is a fool in politics, and he is right, war is just a means to achieve political goals, and the younger brother has read Clausewitz's "On War" more than ten times, and the younger brother still understands this, and he also sincerely respects Minister Song's overall vision. However, the younger brother wants to ask all the bosses, what should we do if we don't fight the Jinan front line where Japan is constantly increasing its troops? Is it really to stop there, let the vigorous Northern Expedition end without a problem, and wait for Zhang Zuolin, Zhang Zongchang and Sun Chuanfang to recuperate and make a comeback? ”

The generals were stunned again, and the entire study fell into a solemn silence again.