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Chiang Kai-shek withdrew his gaze from afar, and looked at An Yi, who saluted respectfully to him, with a complicated expression: "The smell of alcohol and the smell of smoke is in your nose, I have never seen you indulge yourself so much, do you have any opinions on my decision?" ”

"Students don't dare! The headmaster laughed. ”

An Yi saw Song Meiling's concerned eyes, his heart moved, and he lowered his voice: "The student understands the principal's hard work. In this extraordinary period when the military situation is complex and changing rapidly, the morale and morale of the army are more important than anything else. ”

Chiang Kai-shek nodded: "It seems that you are not confused, let your crow mouth be right, at five o'clock in the morning, Zhou Zhirou's 14th Division was defeated by the ** main force that suddenly appeared behind the flank, and Peng Dehuai's troops, who evacuated the battlefield at night, attacked from west to east, and Zhu De's troops gave up the complete annihilation of the remnants of the 52nd Division, and suddenly turned southeast to join the combined attack. The 14th Division suffered heavy losses, and thousands of officers and men who had no choice but to take a path are still hiding in the mountains like frightened birds. Immediately afterwards, tens of thousands of red bandits took advantage of the arrival of the Yue army on the southern road to conquer Xinfeng, looted all the materials and grain in the city, and all fled to the Anyuan and Huichang lines in the east. Mr. Wei Cai'er, the head of the advisory group, said that the boiled duck flew, but after thinking about it, I really couldn't figure out who the cooked duck was. ”

An Yi lowered his head, "It's miserable to think about Chen Cheng this time."

He Yaozu stepped forward and patted An Yi's arm, and said kindly: "When you arrive in Bengbu, first stabilize the morale of the army, convene a meeting of the generals of each column, and then unfold it steadily after unifying your thoughts, don't worry." ”

"Thank you, Uncle He, little nephew remembered." An Yi nodded gratefully.

Chiang Kai-shek turned sideways: "Mr. Hughes and Mr. Blante asked to go to Bengbu with you, and I agreed after asking Mr. Wei Caier's opinion, you have to listen to their opinions with an open mind, many contents of the battle plan for this encirclement and suppression embody Mr. Hughes's painstaking efforts, especially the strategic deployment plan of the Hubei-Henan theater, Mr. Hughes has done in-depth research, and he is also very familiar with the situation, so you should discuss with them more."

"Yes"

An Yi stretched out his hand and politely shook hands with Hughes and Blante.

Hughes, who was tall and very aristocratic, nodded slightly and did not speak, and the sturdy Bairante politely said that it was an honor to work with An Yi, and hoped to appreciate An Yi's outstanding conducting art.

An Yi smiled and said a few words modestly. took the document handed by Ge Jingen, handed it to the adjutant Shen Fengdao to put it away, and exchanged with Ge Jingen in a low voice for a while before returning to Chiang Kai-shek, who was talking to Lu Guang and Mu Retrospective.

Song Meiling motioned for An Yi to step aside, looked at An Yi's rather decadent face, and blamed in a low voice:

"The beard is not good, and the eyes are bloodshot, and this is not allowed in the future. It's not okay not to take care of your body, Yun'er has already returned to China, if she sees you like this, I'm afraid she will cry again

An Yi's face suddenly turned red: "Thank you, master" Jieyun came back from England and the students didn't have time to see her, "I was going to go to Shanghai after I was busy with the affairs of southern Sichuan, but the principal trusted and let the students participate in the command and suppression, I am afraid that it will be difficult to separate for a while, and I will wait until Nanjing." The students called Jieyun and Feng seniors. ”

"Well, I was about to talk to you about this", I don't know what you and Mr. Ou said, and what Chu'er thinks about this, I just hope you don't live up to Yun'er's feelings, she is my goddaughter, and she fell in love with me since she was a child. I don't agree to bully her, "You'd better act quickly, son, and strive to get the marriage done this fall, so that Yun'er and Old Man Feng can put down their hearts."

"By the way, I heard from your principal. After the end of the crackdown on bandits, you will stay in Nanjing to assist him for more time, and the duties in southern Sichuan will also be in charge of not being able to suppress the forces in the southwest without you, and you will also lead your subordinates to complete the implementation of the five-year plan in southern Sichuan as soon as possible, and the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Industry will cooperate closely with you, and the burden on your shoulders is not light! Song Meiling commanded earnestly.

"I will work hard and do my best to live up to the high expectations of the principal and my wife." An Yi once again made a statement.

Song Meiling nodded with satisfaction: "The principal has finished speaking, you can go over." ”

"Yes!"

An Yi returned to Chiang Kai-shek's side and stood silently.

Chiang Kai-shek pointed to the 300-ton fast gunboat that the net bought back from the United States: "How much?" ”

"More than 280,000 dollars, the ship's main gun and tail gun are German. The 37 twin machine guns were also produced by the Krupp Swedish company, and they had already arrived in Hong Kong at the beginning of the year, because the Honghusheng War had only sailed from Hong Kong to Poyang Lake in early June, and there were two in total, one for each of the two water garrison brigades. An Yi replied in a low voice.

Chiang Kai-shek nodded: "I'm afraid the navy is going to have opinions again." ”

An Yi laughed in a low voice: "No way, this is bought back with self-raised funds, and no matter how red the navy is, it can't be said that the principal is biased." ”

Chiang Kai-shek smiled rarely: "Let's go, I have to go back for a meeting, and I will send you and the advisory group by the way when I go out for a walk in the morning." When you arrive at Bengbu, send a telegram, familiarize yourself with the situation first, don't be in a hurry to work, the Jiangxi-Fujian battlefield in the south needs to redeploy troops, and the Hubei-Henan battlefield on the northern front will also be affected accordingly, let's stabilize the position first.

"When you get over there, you have to go to the two divisions of Hu Zongnan and Li Yutang, Lu Yixuan's seventeenth division is almost at the same level as them, this time they have broken their wings and returned, the teaching is extremely profound, and they must be avoided from following in the footsteps. Your Huangpu Phase I senior brother Xu Xiangqian is not easy to fight, in the past year several times to hit our army, a group of veterans will be turned around by him, not to mention the loss of the army, not to mention the ruins of the first generation of fame, you must not be negligent this time, and you can't do it

"Students remember!"

"Good. Let's go. ”

The warship slowly left the port and sailed into the vast lake channel, and An Yi couldn't see clearly that Chiang Kai-shek and the others who were seeing off on the pier returned to the command cabin. He knew that Chiang Kai-shek had come to see him off largely because he was apologetic. An Yi's "crow's mouth" is too damaged, and a group of confident generals think that the most unyielding thing was born, and it was born between lightning and fire, so that it was too late for a group of generals to make up for it. An Yi believed that many people resented him because of this, but through the contact just now, he was sure that Chiang Kai-shek would not be angry with himself because of this, otherwise he would not have come to see him off.

From Song Meiling's concerned words, An Yi faintly realized that his trip to the clam did not give Chiang Kai-shek much hope, it is likely that this temporary acting commander-in-chief will not last long, once the new candidate is determined, I am afraid that he will have to return to Chiang Kai-shek's side again, continue to play the role of deputy chief of staff, and will not officially become the commander-in-chief of a certain route army, at least in the general of suppression, many people do not want to see An Yi get ahead, let alone succumb to An Yi, the 24th Army and the independent division due to rest, failed to enter the battlefield, It is only natural that An Yi, who has no horses in his hands, cannot shoulder the heavy responsibility, which instead fulfills his wish.

Lu Guang and Mu reminisced to get off the ship at Hukou Military Port, and the brand-new gunboat continued to send An Yi and his party to Nanjing, and An Yi had time to open the intelligence summary of the Hubei and Henan Theater transferred by Ge Jingen at this time, learn in detail about every major battle in the next few months, analyze the battle situation, and summarize the gains and losses.

After reading the thick information. An Yi took out his cigarettes and smoked them one after another.

Xu Xiangqian's command ability was far above An Yi's estimate, and the Red Fourth Army did not have the serious decline in combat effectiveness due to frequent and brutal political movements that An Yi originally thought, but was in the first two. In the previous battles of the month, several of them were fought extremely cruelly, and the two sides led by the same Whampoa graduates fought with heavy casualties, which made An Yi feel heavy and sighed.

The six divisions of the Red Army in the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Border Region commanded by Xu Xiangqian had about 50,000 troops, occupying an area of 40,000 square kilometers from Huahe in the east, to the Pinghan Railway in the west, to Gushihuangchuan in the north, and to Huangmei and Guangji in the south, and the red base area established had a population of more than 3 million. On June 26, Xu Xiangqian commanded the Red Army to defeat two divisions of the 20th Route Army in a row. Cutting off the Xinyang, Liulin, and Pinghan railways, occupying Jigong Mountain and 6 mountains near Hubei Garden, Hu Zongnan led the elite first division under his command to attack decisively, lifted the encirclement of the Huoshan Red Army, and waved the division to occupy Qingshan Town, the advance base of the Red Army.

On 5 July, Xu Tingyao commanded the Fourth Division to capture Mengjiaji, and with the help of the Air Force, he took advantage of the victory to attack Huoqiu, but suddenly the opponent in front of him was not the main force of the Red Army, and the steady Xu Tingyao had to stop advancing, and resolutely abandoned Huoqiu's 20-kilometer retreat to fortify, and later learned from the captured Red Army that if the Fourth Division advanced another 10 kilometers, it would be attacked from both sides by the three divisions of the Red Army that had already been secretly assembled.

Xu Tingyao's caution made another friendly army pay a heavy price, and Xu, who failed to achieve the goal of ambush, turned his way decisively, and defeated Zhang Yinxiang's 31st Division in the evening of the next day, occupied Luotian and surrounded Macheng in one fell swoop, and wounded and killed more than 1,600 enemies. A large number of guns were captured, and the results were excellent.

In the early morning of 12 July, Xu Tingyao led the 4th Division, assisted by 12 aircraft, with unexpected degree and determination. Suddenly attacked the unprepared Hoyer of the Red Army, and annihilated more than 2,000 people of the 25th Army of the Red Army. More than 3,000 people were captured, and more than 5,000 long and short guns were seized, prompting the army commander Qi Jixun to be dismissed from his post by the ** Central Military Commission and filed a case for investigation. Cai Shenxi was ordered to clean up the mess when he was in danger. This battle was a rare victory for the Kuomintang army on the Hubei-Henan-Anhui battlefield in the past year, and the Red Army was greatly affected by this heavy blow to morale, and was unable to launch a large-scale counterattack for half a period of time.

An Yi opened the Sikai military map, carefully checked the current location of the divisions of the Right Route Army, and soon the two divisions of Wang Jun's Third Army quietly drove to the front line of Tongcheng and Shucheng, forming a clever chair angle with the Chen Inheritance Department in eastern Hubei Province. An Yi immediately realized that the two armies were likely to have a tacit understanding in private, and a large-scale division of troops was about to emerge.

Hu Zongnan's 1st Division and Li Yutang's 3rd Division, which were subordinate to Chen Ji's First Army, were both elite divisions in the Central Army, and the 7th Division and Zeng Wanzhong's 12th Division under Wang Jun's 3rd Army were also battle-hardened divisions with two brigades and six regiments. The total strength of the two armies is more than 50,000 people, and now that the two armies are quietly moving, putting on a posture of cooperating with each other and preparing for the situation, there must be a major operational calculation, but with such a large-scale operational intention, why not report it to the general commander? What would Chiang Kai-shek and He Yingqin think about this?

An Yi thought for a moment, and checked the number of the Red Army in western Anhui and eastern Hubei again, and now the number of the main force of the Red Army in this area has not been determined in the intelligence, and it seems that the main force of the Red Army whose whereabouts are floating makes it impossible for the front-line departments to grasp.

This situation made An Yi puzzled, and after pondering for a long time, he suddenly realized that it was likely that the Red Army troops were vague and uncertain here. It is the location of the main force of Xu Xiangqian's army, otherwise, Chen Jiji and Wang Jun would not have spent so much effort, the reason why they did not report the combat punishment is because they are in the process of intense observation and determination at the moment, and it is very likely that they have reached the stage where they are about to draw a clear conclusion.