"Big brother woke up...... Big brother wakes up! Brother Hu, my eldest brother woke up......"

The cry of the winter lady attracted the beard who was squatting outside the house and smoking a cigarette and more than a dozen company platoon commanders. Hearing the movement, the brothers put down everything in their hands and rushed to the temporary camp where An Yi was, because it was too crowded to fit many people, and the hundreds of brothers who couldn't squeeze in were all gathered outside the main hall and gate of this small house, anxiously asking how the battalion commander was?

After learning that An Yi was no longer in trouble, all the brothers were excited, their worried faces were full of smiles, and the lifeless camp immediately boiled, and even the two old brothers standing guard outside the camp gate were so happy that their eyebrows fluttered, and they said that the Bodhisattva blessed, thank God.

An Yi, who had gauze wrapped around his head, groaned, and just wanted to support himself, the sharp pain from his left shoulder blade almost made him breathe, Dong Yanzi and Hu Zi hurriedly stepped forward to help him, and put a roll of quilt on his back, so that he could lie comfortably.

An Yi endured the pain and scolded a few times, raised his heavy head and swept around the brothers, then looked at his shoulders wrapped in layers of gauze, and gently turned his left arm hanging from his chest with a sling, and suddenly found that he was naked, only covered with a thin blanket around his waist, and turned to his beard quite ashamedly:

"Who took Lao Tzu off like this? Fuck, only half a blanket is covered, and I don't leave a pair of underwear? ”

When the brothers heard An Yi's inquiry, they were stunned for a moment when they saw his annoyed and angry appearance, and they were all relieved.

The beard that fell to the ground on the boulder in his heart couldn't help laughing, and immediately caused the brothers to laugh, and they all felt that their boss was still the same kind hanging appearance as before, although he broke his head and was shot through the shoulder socket by a machine gun, but fortunately, his brain was not bad, although the handsome face that he had carefully shaved for him last night was not yet bloody, but his voice was already full of energy, and maybe tomorrow he would run to the camp and wander around as usual.

Hu Zi sat down and pointed to An Yi's head and left shoulder: "The side of the head hit a hole more than an inch long, and the bullet passed between the shoulder blade and the sternum, leaving a small bullet hole in the front, and a large piece of flesh was torn off in the back." As soon as seven or eight of our brothers carried you down, they were blocked by the division seat and the chief of staff who commanded you in advance, and several commanders were so anxious that they said that without your bravery and sharpshooter, they would not be able to save the two hundred brothers trapped in the four regiments, and immediately ordered the medical officer Lao Ma to do his best to treat you, and the brothers in a platoon carried you back to our camp closest to the battlefield.

You also know the old master's stinky temper, what does he let the brothers do, who dares not to listen? I led the brothers back and listened to Lao Lu say, Lao Ma asked everyone to strip you naked for treatment, Xiao Langzhong and another military doctor carefully wiped your whole body with alcohol and disinfectant, Lao Ma pounded inside and outside the two openings in front and back of your left shoulder, and then made up for you with a needle and thread, while mending it up, he said that you have a big life, and the bullet passed through and brought out such a large piece of flesh without hurting the bones, tendons and veins. Especially this string of blisters on your neck that is burned...... After the old horse gave you the ointment, he found your torn clothes, looked at the half of the burnt collar torn off by the bullet, and shouted that God has eyes, and said very fearfully that if the bullet deviated by one inch to the right, your neck would probably be broken in half, and the king of heaven would not be able to save you. You were lying there like a piece of charcoal, and we didn't even notice it, and we just carried you back with no worries, which is scary to think about now. ”

An Yi shook his head painfully, felt much better after drinking the warm tea handed by his beard, and ordered Dong Yanzi to bring a cigarette, and looked at the window at random to see the time, but saw that the window was full of happy heads of the brothers.

An Yi smiled gratefully, nodded as a greeting, turned to the beard and asked in a low voice, "How is Jinan?" How long have I been lying down? ”

"Ji Nan is much better, I struggled to keep you for most of the night last night, and I just slept not long after. You slept for a day and a night, probably because you lost a lot of blood and were too tired, and when the old horse came to see you yesterday afternoon, he listened to you humming and gave you an injection of painkillers. ”

Hu Zi struck a match to light a cigarette for An Yi, took out two packs of cigarettes from his pocket and handed them to Lu Xiong, waved his hand to send all the brothers in the room out, took a sip of the tea handed by Dong Yanzi and said in a low voice:

"Last night, the commander of the Fourth Regiment led a group of battalion and company commanders who were lucky enough to survive to see you, and when they saw that you didn't wake up, they asked me about your injuries, and they stayed for a while before leaving, and the brothers of the Fourth Regiment thanked you from the bottom of their hearts! In the evening, a few of the divisions also came, and ordered me to withdraw all the brothers of the second and third companies who remained in the front, and according to this posture, it is estimated that there will be no more siege in the near future. However, I saw that the chief of staff had a very bad face, he was coughing all the time, and he couldn't even straighten his waist, so when the division left, he advised the chief of staff to go back to Guangzhou as soon as possible to treat his illness, and then come back when he was cured. It seems that the chief of staff is indeed very sick, and I am afraid that it will not be possible to hold on any longer. ”

An Yi thought for a while and sighed: "Our brothers are all divisions, the chief of staff and Brother Jiang are going to the second division, thanks to their care, since we just arrived at the engineer battalion to fight, we have all the mistakes, if the chief of staff leaves, I am really reluctant!" He is kind and temperamental, steady and spicy, no one in our division can compare with his military quality and command level, and the division seat obeys him in terms of strategy, and his departure is not only a loss for our second division, but also a big loss for the division! ”

Hu Zi nodded, saw a company commander Chen Kan come in to report that a guest had visited, whispered a few words to An Yi and hurriedly greeted him, and after a while, he led Major General Huang Qixiang and a strange major general of the Fourth Army, followed by Chen Jiji, the commander of the Fourth Regiment, and three brothers from the Fourth Regiment.

Everyone stepped forward to meet An Yi happily to inquire about the injury, and after a greeting, Dong Lingzi and Chen Kan had already moved the stool.

An Yi awkwardly raised his right hand holding half a cigarette, and swayed and thanked everyone for their sittings, and his stiff and awkward demeanor amused everyone.

An Yi politely greeted the strange major general who was sitting on Huang Qixiang's left, who was about thirty years old with thick eyebrows and a heroic face, smiled slightly and asked Huang Qixiang who was full of concern:

"Brother Xiang, this chief is ......"

"Brother Ye Ting, Ye Xiyi, you should know."

After Huang Qixiang finished speaking, he put his hand on Ye Ting's shoulder, and it could be seen that the two had a deep personal relationship.

An Yi hurriedly saluted again: "I have long admired the prestige of General Ye of the Iron Army's Reading Force!" Oops, how can I let you come to see your subordinates......"

"Lie down, haha!"

The heroic Ye Ting signaled An Yi not to be polite, leaned forward slightly, and said to An Yi kindly: "I have heard about Camp Commander An's deeds a long time ago, especially for your brave attack and accurate marksmanship in the rain of flames and bullets yesterday!" Most of the company and battalion commanders of our regiment are your senior brothers, and six of your classmates from the Fourth Engineer Section also serve as company and platoon cadres in our regiment. At that time, it was the fourth term of student allocation, and he asked me to find a way to bring you to our reading group, but we can't compete with you Division Commander Liu, otherwise the 'model battalion' that is now famous in the whole army is my reading group, haha! ”

Everyone laughed, and An Yi reluctantly smiled and asked politely: "General Ye, how is my eldest brother Xu?" ”

Ye Ting saw it in his eyes, nodded appreciatively, put away his smile and said sadly: "It's okay, but I have to recuperate for three or five months, and I have been sent to the headquarters hospital in Changsha now, don't worry." Only in yesterday's battle, our Reading Force Regiment suffered heavy casualties and suffered serious injuries, the whole regiment killed more than 2,600 outstanding officers and men, nearly 2,000 wounded, four battalions of 18 battalion commanders, battalion deputies, instructors and battalion staff officers only seven people, company platoon level officers suffered more than 70 percent of the battle losses, and more than 1,400 outstanding [***] soldiers among the sacrificed soldiers, almost wiped out the old book of our Reading Force Regiment, which is sad! ”

When everyone heard this, their hearts were extremely heavy. All of you here participated in yesterday's fierce battle, and we know the brutality of the battle and the heavy price paid by the various departments.

Huang Qixiang, who was sad in his heart, saw the depressed atmosphere, and hurriedly smiled: "Let's not mention these for the time being...... Xiao Yi, let me tell you good news: Yesterday afternoon, General Liu Zuolong, the direct general of the command of Hanyang and the commander of the Second Division of the Hubei Army, had openly telegraphed to join the Chinese National Revolutionary Army, and quickly took control of Hanyang City, turned the muzzle of the gun and bombarded the enemy's warships on the river, thus opening the way for the smooth landing of He Jian's division and Xia Douyin's division of the Eighth Army, which was going down the river. These two divisions of the Eighth Army have already entered Hanyang City, and the 15th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, which assisted General Liu Zuolong, has occupied Hankou, and we can take Wuchang City in front of us. ”

An Yi looked at Huang Qixiang in surprise, and suddenly felt a confusion in his heart, Ye Ting and Chen Ji thought that An Yi couldn't hear clearly, and echoed and explained in detail.

An Yiqiang suppressed many questions in his heart, nodded and asked in a low voice: "Brother Xiang, isn't the current establishment of our revolutionary army just arrived in the tenth army?" Why did General Liu Zuolong's headquarters jump to the 15th Army all of a sudden? ”

Huang Qixiang and Ye Ting looked at each other and smiled, Huang Qixiang explained: "That's the case, Commander-in-Chief Jiang is sympathetic to the hard work of the officers and men of our Fourth Army, and based on the reality of our army's continuous growth, he has convened a special meeting of the generals and commanders of the whole army to discuss, and agreed in principle that our army will expand the Eleventh Army on the basis of the existing Fourth Army, and the other numbers are estimated to have other arrangements at the headquarters. Our brother Xiyi will soon take up the post of commander of the 24th Division of the 11th Army, and the foolish brother will also have a lot of Shangfeng and the magnanimity of the brothers, and he is ready to take up the post of commander of the 12th Division...... Xiao Yi, you should come to Brother Yu's 12th Division, Brother Yu is waiting for a vacant position as the commander of the main regiment and the commander of the engineer battalion, how about it? ”

Everyone laughed, and Xiao looked at An Yi with interest.

An Yi also smiled, and his expression became ambiguous: "Brother Xiang, what you said makes my little brother's heart itch!" I heard that the women's circles in Guangdong learned that there was a women's work team of the Northern Expedition in Guangxi, and that the Northern Expedition had been following behind the Seventh Army since the beginning of the Northern Expedition, which made the brothers of the Seventh Army full of courage and courage, and the morale of the brothers was greatly boosted, and the leader of the women's work team was Ms. Guo, the wife of General Li Zongren, so the Guangdong side also tried every means to organize a huge front-line condolence group for the women's circles. ”

Seeing Huang Qixiang and Ye Ting nodded, their faces were full of puzzlement, An Yi continued: "The little brother suddenly thought that there might be a group of beauties from the Provincial Women's Normal University and the Guangdong Party Department, this heart is like a cat scratching, I have long wanted to beg you to lead the little brother to the Fourth Army, it doesn't matter if you are not the head of the regiment, as long as you lead the little brother to the beauty pile for two laps, the little brother will be grateful, maybe the little brother's lifelong event has been settled since then, first come to the left and right to raise the injury for a year or two, and when the child comes out, there will be no scruples. Rush to Brother Xiang to take up the head of the regiment, and when Brother Xiang starts, which little brother you are referring to, it will definitely be invincible, and he will play a triumphant song all the way! ”

Everyone burst into laughter, and Huang Qixiang laughed angrily and scolded a few words.

In fact, Huang Qixiang knew before he came here that he couldn't dig up this incomparably exciting general, but he always couldn't give up in his heart, and Ye Ting was also more interested in An Yi's appreciation, so he tried hard again, and at this moment, after listening to An Yi's joke, he knew that he couldn't get his wish, so he could only put aside this matter and chat with everyone.

Half an hour later, Huang Qixiang and Ye Ting, who were busy with military affairs, happily bid farewell to An Yiyi, and returned to the camp under the respectful send-off of Chen Jiji, Hu Zi and others.

An Yi saw Chen Jiji's old buddies returning, struggling to sit up, but Chen Jiji hurriedly stopped him, saying that his brothers should not be so outside.

Chen Jiji, who is a member of Ruya Swen and wears a pair of myopic eyes, is a real person, and he has worked together for a long time and knows An Yi's temper, so he didn't say thank you, took out a cigarette and lit one for An Yi:

"I learned from the division that it was your idea to use artillery to bombard at close range, but it's a pity that the other armies don't have the courage to take risks like the Fourth Army, otherwise the brothers would all be toasting together in Wuchang City."

An Yi exhaled smoke and said sadly: "I've been feeling guilty, no matter whether this strategy is good or bad, the final result is really torturous!" ”

Chen Jiji waved his hand: "Don't say that, I also know that this plan is very risky, but it is nothing compared to the fiasco of the first two sieges, especially when the upper and lower are helpless, it is worth giving it a go, if the Seventh Army and we dare to do it like the Fourth Army, it will definitely succeed." The fog was not small in the early hours of yesterday morning, and the defenders all relaxed their vigilance after two big victories, and they were also tired after two hard battles, so the opportunity was rare! If you follow your plan and implement it on all fronts, it only takes three minutes to blast out three large openings with a salvo, and you can successfully land in three directions at the same time, how else can the enemy reinforce you? Forget it, don't talk about it. ”

Seeing An Yi's thoughtful look, Chen Ji looked at his watch and stood up, and whispered a message to An Yi:

"Our division will return to the Xianning camp tomorrow morning to rest and replenish, and you have to prepare for the camp in advance. Just now I saw that you were very surprised that the Fourth Army had divided into an Eleventh Army, in fact, it doesn't have to be like this, this is the reality in front of us, all armies are gathering people from all walks of life to reorganize prisoners, and the scale has swelled dramatically by one to two times or even more than the establishment, especially Tang Shengzhi's Eighth Army, the total number of officers and soldiers has now reached 50,000, and it is a matter of time before the principal is asked to increase the number, not to mention the Fourth Army, which has made outstanding achievements.

Take Ye Ting's Reading Force Regiment as an example, after the vitality was seriously injured, he made up 3,000 recruits in one day, and his one regiment was more than the number of our two regiments, and it was a matter of time before it was upgraded and expanded. You also know that most of the generals and colonels of our second division, including Shizuo and me, came out of the Guangdong army, and they have a good relationship with each other, but now they are separated from each other, and it is inconvenient to say a lot of things, and I also know the thoughts of Huang and Ye today, but fortunately, you handled it skillfully and did not cause embarrassment.

This time, we will be transferred to Xianning to rest, it is estimated that it will take ten days to half a month, and then we will go down to Jiangxi, take this opportunity to expand your team as much as possible, and when the time comes, it will come naturally, and you don't need to look up to people anymore, do you understand what I mean? ”

An Yi nodded gratefully: "Understood, thank you, Brother Chen!" ”

"Thanks for what? I haven't thanked you for saving your life, but the whole of our four regiments treat you as our own brothers. ”

Chen Jiji pointed to the small yellow cardboard box on the small table: "That's a little Western medicine I brought from Guangzhou before I left, it has a special effect on gunshot wounds, and there is no place to buy it if you have money in this place." Okay, I'm also a camp full of wounded soldiers there, I have to go back and have a look, it is estimated that the division seat and the chief of staff will come to visit you after a meeting in the afternoon, I'm leaving! ”

An Yi asked Hu Zi to send it on his behalf, leaned on the head of the bed and thought silently, feeling that his eyes were always foggy.

(To be continued)