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Chiang Dingwen's sense of smell was very sensitive, and on the train back to Nanjing the next afternoon, Chiang Kai-shek finally called An Yi, who had returned with the train, into his carriage for a detailed discussion. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Chiang Kai-shek first asked An Yi what he thought of the third phase of the campaign that ended not long ago, and after listening to An Yi's report, he did not praise or criticize, but suddenly turned the topic to Li Zongren's Gui line:

"So far, Li Delin's new Gui line has been full-fledged, he started from defeating Tang Mengxiao, to imprisoning Cheng Songyun, and finally completed the goal of occupying the two lakes, and then immediately planned to reorganize the Hunan army, the direct and subordinate army under his command reached 16 armies and 260,000 people, occupying the west of Wuxue in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River in the east, guarding Yichang in the east, the gateway to the east of Sichuan in the west, reaching the French Annan in the south, and the soldiers in the north Linshan Pass, Bai Jiansheng was not only the first to realize the historical feat of the Gui army's expedition to Yanzhao in the north, He also put out a long snake formation running through the north and south in Guangxi and the snake tail extending to Beijing and Tianjin, which was aggressive and prestigious, and even the two generals Yan Baichuan and Feng Huanzhang were deeply afraid.

Among the generals of our army, you are more familiar with the Gui army, and since the Battle of Tingsi Bridge, you have paid attention to collecting examples of the Gui army, and it can be said that you have more say in this regard than those generals at the headquarters. ”

An Yi is more adapted to Chiang Kai-shek's leapfrog thinking, and has been taught many times in discussions on army building in the past, so An Yi is comfortable with it and frankly expresses his views in his usual style:

Recently, students have read the "Oriental News" and "Declaration" interviews with General Li Delin and Bai Jiansheng, and they also agree with the analysis and comments of the press on the Gui system, and public opinion generally uses the word 'prosperous Gui system,' which shows that the strength of the Gui system is already well known to the whole world; in contrast, among the four group armies, our First Group Army has the smallest number of troops, and the four army corps are just over 200,000 when you count them.

The president's use of the long snake formation as a metaphor for the military deployment of the Gui family is very apt, and although General Li Delin modestly stated that he has no political ambitions, his desire at the center of the discourse to answer reporters' questions cannot be hidden. However, if you want to talk about the layout of military operations, this long snake formation is too long, the head of the snake is in Guangxi, the tail of the snake is in Beijing and Tianjin, then Hubei and Henan are the belly of the snake, and the seven inches are in Hunan, which may be the fundamental reason why General Li Delin suddenly imprisoned General Cheng Songyun, dismembered the Sixth Army of the Hunan Army, and won over Chen Jiayou and General Lu Diping. If Hunan is not protected, this snake will be a dead snake no matter how long it is, and it will not be able to turn up the wind and waves, but if the Gui family can hold Hunan firmly and operate steadily, how to swing the waist and tail can be flexible, if it is really difficult to fight. ”

Chiang Kai-shek saw An Yi's solemn face, and couldn't help but smile: "Your vision is still broad, and it is already very good to see that Hunan is the Achilles heel of the Gui family, if you really fight this battle and let you continue to serve as the chief of the general staff of the former enemy, how do you plan to fight?" ”

"If you really fight...... Really hit? An Yi asked in surprise.

Chiang Kai-shek was noncommittal: "Just take it as a real fight, bring out your ingenuity, and let me see if you have improved." ”

An Yi nodded and said his strategy: "First of all, the subordinates will bring Xiong Shihui, Yang Shengzhi, Ye Kaixin and other generals who are inseparable from the Gui family to discuss and form a unified opinion, and then set up the frontal battlefield in Hubei, so that Liu Jingfu and Gu Mosan, such a prestigious general, lead six armies to attack from the three roads in eastern Hubei Province, and the troops will directly point to Wuhan, the political and economic center, and the Gui department will inevitably use the seventh and nineteenth armies of the elite troops as the main force to meet the battle, otherwise other troops will not be able to defeat our army, and Li Delin may not be trustworthy; Secondly, there are two more auxiliary battlefields in the north and south, and the Henan battlefield in the north is as much as possible to unite General Feng Huanzhang, even if he is unwilling to attack the Gui system, he must find a way to make him strictly neutral, General Bai Jiansheng once ridiculed General Feng Huanzhang for being two-sided and three-sworded, so even if General Feng Huanzhang does not move, at least he can contain the strength of the two armies of the Gui system on the Hubei-Henan border; On the Hunan battlefield in the south, the students personally led the independent division, the Nanchang garrison division of Yin Jinan's junior brother, the Ninth Army of General Wang Jun, and the 31st Army of General Jin Handing to fight, and then let General Ye Kaixin's 44th Army stay in Xiangxi to cooperate with the flanking attack, if possible, let Zeng Guangqing go to the Sichuan army, and even use Yichang, the gateway to eastern Sichuan, as a price code, to induce the Sichuan army to go down the river and attack the back of the Gui system, even if it can't win, at least it can contain the two armies of the Gui system, and the actual decisive battlefield is still Hunan, just occupy the first line of Changsha and Hengyang, It is equivalent to cutting off the connection between the Gui army and Guangxi, and the main forces of the Gui are like duckweed without roots, and the ten armies attached to it will also have no fighting spirit, and they will face the choice of the future again. ”

"Very nice! Very good, your overall view has surpassed many of your instructors, and I am very relieved! The whole layout is very exquisite, the virtual and the real are all soldiers, which makes people unguardable, especially the hidden trick of the 44th Army of Xiangxi, which is likely to play an unexpected role.

However, have you neglected the 15th Army of General Huang Jikuan (Huang Shaohong) in Guangxi? As far as I know, the 15 th Army, which was watching his family in Guangxi, was well-equipped, and its combat effectiveness was not necessarily worse than that of the Seventh Army in Hubei. Chiang Kai-shek stared at An Yi's eyes, and there was no joy or sorrow on his face.

An Yi pondered for a moment, raised his head and replied in a low voice: "Principal, the old commanders of the Fourth Army, Zhang Fakui and General Huang Qixiang, seem to be idle in Hong Kong, at the beginning of the year, their Fourth Army and General Huang Shaohong's 15th Army fought bloody battles in Guangdong, the battle of Baini, the Fourth Army lost more than half of the battle, and the acting deputy commander and commander of the 26th Division, General Xu Zhirui, was killed in battle, and the two armies have formed a deep hatred since then. It is equivalent to taking half of Guangxi's tax revenue and locking up Guangxi's trade gateway.

At the same time, you can take advantage of the hatred between Yunnan and Guizhou for many years, and order the Yunnan Revolutionary Army to attack Baise and Longzhou in western Guangxi, or attack Liuzhou through the Rongjiang River in southern Guizhou, General Huang Shaohong is attacked on both sides, and he cannot draw reinforcements to support the Hunan battlefield, the students have the strength of four armies, backed by the rear of Jiangxi, and it is not a problem to take Changsha and Hengyang within half a month, if the Hubei Gui army dares to go south to support, the students simply besiege the city and not attack, and quietly mobilize troops to encircle and annihilate the enemy who comes to help, as long as they concentrate their forces to destroy one of their armies, It will be able to deter all the armies in the Lianghu region that belong to the Gui system, so as to grasp the initiative and steadily and steadily eat away at its vital forces. ”

Chiang Kai-shek stared into An Yi's eyes, shocked by An Yi's precise gaze, ingenious strategy and strong self-confidence, he knew that his student had more than one talent in military affairs beyond the generals under his command, and saw An Yi's wisdom and creativity through one victory after another, but he didn't expect An Yi's attainments to have reached such a height, although it was just an ordinary paper deduction, An Yi had already understood the true meaning, and put a lot of effort into it, otherwise it would not be possible in such a short time, came up with this exquisite and huge battle plan, not only immediately thought of a group of sworn enemies of the Gui family, but also knew the grievances and grievances between Guangdong and Guizhou and Yunnan Gui well, and was willing to induce the Sichuan army to attack the flank of the Gui system at the expense of Yichang.

An Yi lowered his head embarrassedly, and then raised his reddened handsome face again: "The student class has an axe, please forgive the principal!" ”

Chiang Kai-shek sighed and said with emotion: "Your ability is enough to be qualified for the post of commander-in-chief of the former enemy, it seems that you have made a gratifying improvement in this Northern Expedition, you can see farther, your character is more tenacious, you can take the lead, I am very satisfied, very gratifying!"

Go and rest, last night you wrote the handover report and didn't sleep all night, today you accompanied me to patrol the camp to visit the wounded, tired enough, to Nanjing to rest for a few days, I asked people to make you a few sets of new military uniforms, and then go to Wuhan with me, call Li Delin along the Jinghan Railway to the north, to the Biyun Temple in Beiping to Mr. Zhongshan's spirit, during which there will be a number of important meetings, you will participate as my personal entourage, I hope you seize the opportunity, exercise more politically, and improve steadily. ”

"Thank you, Principal, for cultivating."

An Yi finally understood that President Chiang was not angry but appreciative, and stood up to salute Chiang Kai-shek and say goodbye.

Back in his box, An Yi couldn't sleep, he was very excited and uneasy, knowing that from today, he finally entered a new world and stepped on a new stage, which will be higher and more gorgeous, and at the same time more challenging, and have higher requirements for his knowledge, cultivation and ability.

The door rang twice, and An Yi heard who it was from the rhythm of the knock on the door and the faint footsteps just now, and hurriedly got up from the bunk and opened the door: "Senior Brother Yu, please come in." ”

Yu Jishi smiled slightly, entered sideways, took the door to the bunk opposite An Yi and sat down, took out a box of "Camel" brand cigarettes from his pocket and handed it to An Yi:

"I know that you like this kind of cigarette smoked by American sailors, this time I finally hid the next one, and brought it to you from Nanjing, and was discovered by the third brother Mo just after living yesterday, and he shouted that a group of smokers rushed in, and he couldn't stop him with his gun, and only this pack was left."

"Thank you, brother!"

An Yi happily took it, quickly tore open the package, and took out a stick: "I stayed in the principal's carriage for more than two hours, and I was suffocated." ”

Yu Jishi asked in a low voice, "I went in just now and saw the principal smiling all over his face, what did you say to make the principal so happy?" ”

An Yi briefly said what was deduced on paper, and when he saw Yu Jishi's stunned look, he hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, senior brother?" ”

"It's finally time to take this step!" Yu Jishi sighed and slowly leaned against the partition.

"Senior brother is talking about ......," An Yi asked in a low voice.

Yu Jishi nodded: "The Gui family has become more unruly, especially after imprisoning General Cheng Qian for the crime of controlling Hunan politics and other desires, he quickly cracked down on dissidents in the Hunan army, changed the commander, and recommended Lu Diping, the commander of the Second Army, to the central government as the governor of Hunan, but he controlled the political branch and forcibly appointed his henchmen as the directors of the anti-smoking bureaus and tax officials at all levels in Hunan, not only withholding all the taxes belonging to the central government in one fell swoop, but also raising the tax rate and increasing the types of taxes without authorization, and asking the central government for huge military expenses every monthSeeing its great momentum, the central government was deeply afraid that the refusal of the invitation would affect the Northern Expedition, and even feared that it would anger him, so that the Gui army would take advantage of the opportunity of our main force to go north to attack our rear, so it could only endure the humiliation and bear the burden, and everything met its requirements. ”

An Yi sighed, smoked silently, knowing that this battle could not be avoided, but I don't know when it will start and when it will end, the civil war over the years has consumed the national strength to the point that it is difficult to sustain, except for Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, and Guangdong provinces, all taxes in other parts of the country are controlled by warlords in various places, and the people are burdened and miserable, the central government just passed a resolution yesterday on the issuance of 40 million short-term public bonds for the aftermath, and the newspapers said that it was used to reduce the army and restore the people's livelihood, and now it seems that It is likely that most of this money will be used for civil war, no matter whether you win or lose, every shot and bullet is all people's fat and people's cream!