It was late at night, Bai Chongxi in the General Headquarters of the Second Route Army in Chuzhou City had no sleep, his face was blue and he kept pacing back and forth, and the two henchmen, Zhang Dingfan, chief of staff, and Pan Yizhi, director of the Political Department, sat at the big table uneasily, secretly worried about Bai Chongxi's possible violent reaction.

In the first battle of Lingbi Si County, the three descendants of Commander-in-Chief Jiang suddenly launched without any request and report to Bai Chongxi, the supreme commander of the theater, and the general headquarters did not even know that Gu Zhutong and the Third Division quietly drove to Wuhe County by special train within ten hours, and only Deng Zhenquan's First Division sent a telegram to inform them before going north, but it was only to Xuyi as the destination, not the Sihong County they had captured now.

Although Bai Chongxi knew at the Nanjing Conference that An Yiguan would be reinstated and return to the front line, he could never have imagined that only more than 5,000 remnants of the defeated army would be able to occupy Sixian County, which was heavily guarded by the city wall, in the blink of an eye.

When Bai Chongxi was thinking hard about the map, the good news that the first division occupied the easternmost county town of Sihong also arrived, Bai Chongxi completely believed the real surnames of the three good news, and immediately realized that this was a premeditated and painstaking battle plan, and from the scale of nearly 40,000 soldiers in the three divisions, it was completely worthy of the battle level.

Although Bai Chongxi was deeply impressed by the formulation of this plan, its rapid implementation, and the complete results achieved, he was more concerned about the neglect of his top commander in the theater by the three divisions, and he truly felt that his self-esteem had been strongly hurt, his rights had been challenged, and his prestige had been weakened in an instant.

Bai Chongxi's pace slowed down, and he finally controlled his emotions well, knowing that this large-scale transfer and operation, without the permission and support of Commander-in-Chief Chiang, no general would dare to do so.

It is precisely because of this substantive reason that Bai Chongxi's resentment gradually subsided, but there was no notice before the war, and there has been no explanation from the General Headquarters so far, which is enough to make Bai Chongxi angry and deeply frustrated - he has no soldiers under his command, the nine divisions under his command are all someone else's, and he is just a temporary theater commander in name only, and as the war progresses, this temporary surname may be relieved at any time, although it is very sad, but the reality is so cruel, Nothing can be solved until there is no military force of its own, and with the tough and domineering surname of Commander-in-Chief Chiang, this kind of thing may happen again in the future.

The communications staff officer stood at the door with the message and did not dare to enter, Zhang Dingfan strode over to take the message, asked in a low voice and returned immediately, seeing that Bai Chongxi had returned to his position and sat down slowly, Zhang Dingfan smiled and slowly put the message in front of Bai Chongxi: "The telegram that the commander-in-chief has just released to the whole country is quite strange. ”

After reading the message, Bai Chongxi sighed: "Do you think that Commander-in-Chief Jiang credited me with the credit?" In fact, he was persecuting me and Degong, using the pressure of public opinion to force us to launch the Xuzhou Campaign as soon as possible. ”

"Yes, my subordinates have also seen this, I wonder what Duke De will think of this problem after receiving the good news of the Battle of Lingsi and the telegram from Commander-in-Chief Chiang?" Zhang Dingfan said worriedly.

Bai Chongxi snorted: "What do you think? It's hard to ride a tiger! Commander-in-Chief Chiang is worthy of being a master of playing politics, a few words will force us to a situation where there is no way out, he really calculates without leakage, we know that we are forced, but we have to bite the bullet, otherwise how to explain to the whole [***] people? ”

Pan Yizhi suggested: "You can let Degong release news to the outside world, just saying that the surrounding war has not yet ended, and you need to make full preparations before you can launch the Xuzhou Campaign." ”

Bai Chongxi shook his head: "In this way, it is tantamount to openly disagreeing with Commander-in-Chief Jiang, isn't the time!" It is precisely because he saw through this that he dared to act unscrupulously and willingly. ”

"Then we can only endure it?" Pan Yizhi asked angrily.

Bai Chongxi nodded: "If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, endure it for a while, change the sea and the sky, I admit it!" Zu Yi (Pan Yizizi), in the name of the Political Department of our Second Route Army, sent a commendation telegram to the three divisions in the front, and asked about the results of the battle, and then telegraphed to the General Headquarters after summing it up. ”

"Yes!"

Pan Yizhi reluctantly stood up and went to execute.

Bai Chongxi said to Zhang Dingfan: "It is estimated that Duke De is waiting for me to go over, you can arrange it later, we will go to Bengbu at dawn, not by train, it is faster and more convenient to go by car." ”

"Understood!"

Zhang Dingfan looked at his watch and didn't move, but asked in a low voice: "Brother Jiansheng thinks that the entire plan of the Lingsi Battle came from?" ”

Bai Chongxi sighed slightly: "Who else but An Yi?" In the entire Huangpu lineage army, only An Yi has such a level and vision, but it is still not known how he fought, and where is the breakthrough?

But judging from the results of the battle, this person is really capable, with extraordinary insight and amazing command means, a remnant of 5,000 people who have just been defeated and breathing, actually took the strong Si County, this can not but be said to be a miracle, the most commendable thing in this battle is to capture Si County, An Yi not only avenged an arrow, but also let his soldiers rebuild their confidence, and at the same time let the generals of the whole army and Commander-in-Chief Jiang see his outstanding ability and irreplaceable role.

After this battle, his position will be more and more consolidated, and his weight in the eyes of the headquarters and the generals of the whole army will become heavier and heavier. ”

Zhang Dingfan shook his head with a wry smile, stood up and sighed in a low voice as he walked: "It's a pity, it's a pity......"

At 9:40 a.m. the next day, Bengbu, the General Headquarters of the Third Route Army.

Li Zongren curled his right index finger and middle finger, tapped twice on the smooth ebony coffee table, and after Bai Chongxi poured himself tea, he picked up the teacup and made a slight gesture, and slowly brought it to his mouth, the expression on his face looked relaxed and quiet.

After taking a sip of tea, Li Zongren put down the cup and asked with a low smile: "How does Jiansheng think of the Battle of Lingsi?" ”

"Impeccable! The three divisions quietly assembled in such a short period of time, and then launched in a unified manner, and the division of labor was clear, and they could cooperate perfectly with each other to cut off the mutual cooperation between the defenders, which had never been seen before in the Huangpu series commanded by the younger brother, and the three divisions went to the place at almost the same time to launch a fierce attack on the enemy, and within a few hours they achieved the good results of attacking the city and killing more than 3,000 enemies and capturing more than 5,300 enemies, and their own casualties totaled less than 2,000 officers and soldiers, and the entire operation was planned and implemented. It's really a good work, if it weren't for An Yi who blew up the arsenal of Changgou Town in order to reduce losses and endure pain, the harvest in this battle would be even greater.

What is moving is not the series of results of the three divisions, but An Yi's endless strategies, accurate battlefield judgments and incomparable fighting methods, if this son is not used by me, he is a strong enemy, and he needs to be eliminated as soon as possible! Bai Chongxi said in a low voice.

Li Zongren nodded: "Jiansheng's comment is not exaggerated, if it weren't for the battle report compiled by Jiansheng just now, Brother Fool really didn't know how this battle was carried out before, it was very exquisite!"

An Yi actually found out the weak point of the enemy army in such a short period of time, concentrated his forces to break it in one fell swoop, and led the main force of the defending enemy out of the city siege and annihilated it, this scheming and courage is indeed moving, especially his use of 4,000 recruits borrowed from Nanjing to contain the main force of the enemy in Si County, and the use of the local militia to set up suspicious troops, which played an important role in his concentration of superior forces to calmly annihilate the enemy defending Changgou and the enemy who came to help, which can be called a stroke of genius! If it weren't for the strong confidence that he knew his opponent and confidant, he wouldn't dare take this risk.

The feeling that comes down to the foolish brother is: This son is amazing, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a genius that has not been met in a hundred years! ”

Bai Chongxi nodded slightly: "What did Maoru (Li Zhi's traditional characters) say when he came back?" ”

"I can't see through it...... Mao Ru said that he really couldn't see through An Yi's thoughts, he said that when he looked at An Yi, he couldn't see any joy, anger and sorrow from An Yi's eyes, according to Mao Ru's relay, I think it was difficult to get this genius, and after last night's Lingsi battle, this person's reputation in the Huangpu family will rise rapidly, although Jiang Zhongzheng did not give a special commendation to An Yi in the telegram, but I am afraid that all the generals in the headquarters and the generals of the Second and First Route Army already know that this is An Yi's masterpiece.

If this battle continues, it will be difficult for Bao Yi to make a single outstanding feat, if he is really transferred back to the First Army by He Jingzhi and Liu Jingfu to use, it will simply give him a broader world, he will be able to show his talent as he wants, and eventually become the leader of the Huangpu family, I am convinced of this! ”

Li Zongren couldn't help but sigh after speaking.

Bai Chongxi nodded silently: "After Lingbi was occupied by our army, the defenders of Suzhou retreated without a fight, and all of them retreated to the front line of Xuzhou to set up defenses, which was something that the younger brother did not expect before, in this way, whether from the perspective of public opinion or the war situation, we were forced to the situation of riding a tiger, and it would not work if we did not launch the Xuzhou campaign as soon as possible, otherwise it would not only damage the reputation, but also leave an attack for people with ulterior motives, Commander-in-Chief Jiang's move is not high!"

The only advantage is that Commander-in-Chief Chiang needs to sit in Nanjing, and has to rely on the outstanding command of his brother, and the first part of my Second Route Army must also coordinate and cooperate according to the plan, after going back, the younger brother immediately transferred Gu Mo's third and third divisions to the northern front, and attacked Suqian according to the planned route of our Second Route Army, and the first division and the fortieth army also went north together, leaving only An Yi's reading division stationed on the first line of Lingbi, and when the general attack was launched, it would be transferred to the east of Xuzhou again. I have to make another plan, what does my brother think? ”

"Agreed!"

Li Zongren nodded and suggested: "Jiansheng, your old classmate Hu Jinyu (Hu Zongduo) and An Yi have fought side by side under Wuchang City, listening to Hu Jinyu's meaning, it seems that he has a very happy relationship with An Yi, it is estimated that you have arranged for An Yi's reading teacher to be next to Hu Zongduo's second master, and you have some knowledge, Jiansheng might as well secretly inform Hu Jinyu and let him do An Yi's work, maybe he can get miraculous results, but it may not be known!" ”

"Okay! The younger brother went back and immediately telegraphed Jinyu. ”

After Bai Chongxi finished speaking, he asked in a low voice: "In the battle of Xuzhou, where can the little brother work effectively?" ”

Li Zongren laughed proudly: "Brother Virtuous has done enough for Brother Fool, and just sent another million military funds, Brother Fool is grateful!"

At present, our troops are well fed and full of ammunition, just waiting for the operation of the armies to be in place and suddenly launched, this battle, we also want the people of the world to see the courage and strength of our Gui soldiers again! ”

(To be continued)