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Chapter 735: Who is the Boiled Duck (2)

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The spacious and luxurious villa is located on the picturesque Guling Mountain, with a magnificent shape and generous appearance, enjoying the beautiful scenery of Lushan Mountain and the scenery of the mountains and lakes. This luxury villa with a national reputation, is the largest private villa in Lushan, the most elite one, it is located in the east and west, built according to the mountain, three floors in the north, two floors in the south, leaning against the city wall mountain, the other three sides of the gentle slope tend to Changchong River, there is an extraordinary momentum overlooking the heights, even Song Meiling was quite shocked when she saw it for the first time, envious, and then there was the idea of building a new "Meilu" villa to compare with it. The villa was originally built by American missionary Williams. John. Owned by Elias, it was bought by Jiangxi Provincial Chairman Xiong Shihui in March this year, and since the office under the central government was under construction, Xiong Shihui generously lent the land to Chairman Chiang for temporary camping.

At this time, in the hall on the first floor, the generals gathered, around the long table covered with blue velvet, the seats were full, Chiang Kai-shek sat on the main seat, and the dozen generals on the right were He Yingqin, the deputy commander in charge of the Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong, and Fujian regions, Xiong Shihui, chairman of Jiangxi Province and deputy director of the Nanchang camp, and others, and on the left side sat Yang Yongtai, the first think tank, Ge Jingen, and An Yi, the deputy chief of staff, and Wei Cai'er, the chief military adviser, led seven European and American advisers to attend the meeting.

After He Yingqin gave a detailed account of the location of the various anti-bandit units and the military information reported by Chen Cheng's headquarters, combined with the reports of Zhang Fakui, Yu Hanmou and others, he was very sure of the conclusion:

“…… Based on the above information, it can be concluded that the main force of the Red Bandits has been discovered by me and is surrounded by our armies from all walks of life. As of one o'clock at noon, the main force of the Red Bandit Peng Dehuai's corps that broke through to the west was still firmly blocked by General Zhang Fakui's Fourth Army on the first line of Rucheng, General Chen Cheng's five divisions had been launched, and the 17th Division on the right flank had taken the initiative to attack across Zhangshui, dragging the main force of the ** Corps to death, and the remaining four divisions were divided into joint attacks from the Xinfeng and Nankang lines, and the encirclement could be narrowed within a few hours, and the two divisions led by General Yu Hanmou on the southern front formed an encirclement trend, and the Sixth Route Army of General Zhu Shaoliang entered the battlefield and launched a comprehensive attack at random. It can be said that the main force of the two legions of the red bandits, about 40,000 people, has become a turtle in the urn, and it is impossible to escape! ”

He Yingqin sat down slowly in the excitement of everyone's discussions, he lifted his gold-wire glasses, and his eyes swept over the faces of the generals in the banquet, revealing a slight smug smile.

The vast majority of the generals were very optimistic and reconciled their hatred, which showed that the elusive Red Army had tormented the people enough for several years.

Chiang Kai-shek's face was also full of smiles, and he glanced at the circle of generals and foreign advisers present with an inquiring gaze, and said lightly: "If you have any other views and suggestions, please feel free to speak. ”

Everyone immediately quieted down, looked at each other, and found that only An Yi and Ge Jingen, the two deputy chiefs of staff, were still whispering to each other, and they didn't seem to have any joy, but a solemn expression.

Wei Cai'er was a little puzzled, whispered a few words to Hughes, the British adviser next to him, and then looked at An Yi, everyone also looked over one after another, An Yi and Ge Jingen felt that everyone's eyes were focused, and then stopped talking, Ge Jingen shook his head solemnly, picked up the pen and wrote silently on the battle report in front of him, An Yi ignored everyone's concerned gaze, supported his chin with his hand, leaned on the back of the chair and looked up at the ceiling, as if he was thinking about something.

"General An Yi, what do you think about this?" Chiang Kai-shek's heart sank, and the smile on his face slowly faded, replaced by seriousness and a little displeasure.

An Yi hurriedly sat up straight and replied respectfully: "My subordinates have no opinion, but they are a little confused, which can also be said to be uneasy." ”

Chiang Kai-shek frowned, seeing He Yingqin's gloomy eyes on the side, and several foreign advisers were also a little unhappy on their faces, waving their right hands and ordering solemnly: "If there is a problem, just say it, let's have a meeting to check and fill in the gaps, work together, and don't talk in a way that makes people misunderstand." ”

"Yes!"

An Yi responded, picked up the battle report just issued in front of him and trembled: "I don't know if you have found it, so far, no column has definitely faced the main force of the Red Army in the report, and the most clear content of the telegram was sent by General Zhang Xianghua, but in addition to concluding that the enemy in the battle was the Third Army of Peng Dehuai's Legion, he did not mention the other three divisions of the corps.

"Secondly, I carefully reviewed it, and what can be clearly identified in General Chen Cheng's three urgent telegrams is only the number of the 12th Army of the ** Legion, where are the other two armies of the Legion? Although it is said that the establishment of one army of the Red Army is only equivalent to one division of our army, we must not forget that they also have more than a dozen brigades composed of Red Guards and local armed forces twice as large as the main force, and because the Red Army is poor in materials and extremely complicated in equipment, it is difficult for our front-line units to clearly distinguish the difference between their main forces and local armed forces in terms of clothing and firepower intensity, so there are still doubts about the position of the main force of the Red Army. ”

Chiang Kai-shek was stunned in his heart, feeling that An Yi's words were not unreasonable, the red bandits have always been elusive, it is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, and the first three attacks were because of the wrong judgment of the position of the main force of the red bandits and suffered heavy losses and finally failed, so he couldn't help but think silently.

He Yingqin saw that Lao Jiang was shaken, coughed lightly, and looked at An Yi on the opposite side with a sneer: "Then, may I ask General An, where do you think the main force of the red bandits is?" ”

An Yi replied calmly: "I'm sorry, I just came back from southern Sichuan a few days ago, Deputy Commander-in-Chief He commands all units to fight against bandits almost every day, how can I be more familiar with the situation than myself, if the deputy commander-in-chief can't figure it out, I don't understand it even more." ”

When everyone heard it, they felt that the atmosphere was wrong, and remembered the grievances and grievances between An Yi and He Yingqin over the years, and couldn't help but sigh in their hearts, but although An Yi was arrogant, what he said was also the truth, and he felt that He Yingqin, the deputy commander in charge of this war zone, should not ask An Yi this almost idiotic question, but now he was unceremoniously blocked back by An Yi, and it became boring for himself.

Yang Yongtai saw that He Yingqin was about to get angry, and hurriedly made a gesture to signal him to restraint, and then laughed and started a round: "What General An analyzed just now has some truth, the cunning nature of the red bandits has to be guarded against, but since the question has been raised, please also ask General An to deduce from the current situation, judging from the situation of the red bandits in the encirclement of our army, is it the main force of the red bandits?" Do you conclude that the Red Bandits are still surrounded by our army? ”

An Yi had already seen Yang Yongtai's small movements, but he was not moved at all, and replied very politely: "The intelligence analysis sent back from the frontline departments can conclude that the main force of the red bandits is still surrounded by our army, and it has only been four days since the fierce battle in northern Guangdong, and according to the speed of the march, the red bandits can only be in the mountains and mountains from southern Jiangxi to southwestern Jiangxi, and they are still in the encirclement circle of more than 80 kilometers formed by our armies from all walks of life.

"What I want to explain is that a huge encirclement within a radius of tens of kilometers is too big, even if all the departments advance at full speed and reduce the encirclement area exponentially, the distance from the edge of the encirclement to the center of the encirclement will still take at least two days to complete, and it is in the absence of resistance and fighting, through mountain beams and valleys, through streams and ravines, and over mountain cols, to complete this distance'Splitting and combining' is fraught with danger.

"I have been to Gannan and have experienced the complex terrain there, for example, I guess you can understand my worries: usually standing on this mountainside, looking at the village on the opposite mountainside, it seems that it is a straight line distance of three or four kilometers at most, but to reach the opposite village, you have to go down the mountain first, turn more than a dozen bends through the valley, circle up along the winding mountain road, and walk for more than half a day to arrive. Can you see from the example I have told you the difficulties and the crises that are all there? ”

Nearly half of the generals frequently nodded in approval of An Yi's opinion, He Yingqin, Yang Yongtai, and Xiong Shihui looked at each other for a moment, and they couldn't come up with any way to refute An Yi for a while.

Chiang Kai-shek silently stood up from his main seat, walked to the large map hanging on the east wall, looked at the densely marked southern Gan region, and fell into deep thought.

Wei Caier discussed with the advisers around her for a while, and then walked to the map one after another, standing beside Chiang Kai-shek and watching carefully, nervously calculating the benefits and disadvantages. Liu Guang, acting director of the General Office of the Central Military Commission, Xu Peigen, director of the Aviation Division, Cao Haosen, deputy minister of military and political affairs, and others gathered together to talk in a low voice, and sighed that can a boiled duck really fly away?

Ge Jingen motioned to An Yi to look at the map: "The committee and the consultants have started to discuss, it seems that your opinion has attracted great attention, and the seemingly airtight encirclement is actually full of loopholes!" I don't know how the commission will decide, will it postpone the launch of a full-scale encirclement and annihilation? ”

An Yi shook his head: "It has been more than a month since he left Nanjing, and before he left Beijing, he announced to the public that he would not destroy the red bandits and swore not to return to Beijing, and now he is about to take the last step, can he not be anxious?" If my guess is right, He Jingzhi will prompt the committee to make up his mind, the first two large-scale attacks on He Jingzhi have made him disgraced, and now that the opportunity is so good, can he bear it? ”

Ge Jingen nodded thoughtfully, looked at He Yingqin and Yang Yongtai, who had already walked to Chiang Kai-shek's side, and said with a wry smile: "I'm afraid I've told you again...... If you were to be in charge, how would you respond? ”

"This is impossible, it won't change me, if I go up, where will He Jingzhi's old face go? Besides, the two route armies of Brother Cixiu and Brother Yimin are estimated to give me An Yi face, Yu Hanmou and Zhang Fakui, do they want me, a small character, to command them? Don't forget that in the early stage of the Northern Expedition, many of their generals were division commanders and deputy commanders, and I, An Yi, was a small battalion commander with a bit of shit luck at that time, and it was difficult to see them! ”

An Yi smiled confidently, but he sighed very much in his heart, the speed of his promotion may be regarded as a spectacle in this army, Huangpu He Yingqin was already the chief instructor of the military academy, he was just an engineer cadet, when he arrived in the Northern Expedition, He Yingqin served as the commander of the first army, and he was only a lieutenant company commander in the engineer battalion of the second division under his command.

Ge Jingen grinned: "This is true, if I hadn't worked with you for two years, I would have other ideas...... Let's go, the headmaster beckoned you over. ”

An Yi could only stand up and strode to Chiang Kai-shek's side, a group of generals and advisers gave up their positions, Chiang Kai-shek whispered to An Yi to stand on his right hand, pointed to the map and asked: "If you were given a choice, what kind of attack would you take?" ”

An Yi replied truthfully: "My subordinates don't dare to attack." ”

"Huh!?"

The generals all shouted in a low voice, looking at An Yi in disbelief, thinking that with three times the enemy's strength, there were 100,000 troops coming from all directions behind him, and An Yi, who was known for his ability to attack and defend well, did not dare to attack? Chiang Kai-shek's answer to An Yi was also surprised, but Wei Cai'er thoughtfully turned to the map and calculated again.

"Heh-he-he-" He Yingqin sneered: "The fighter plane is fleeting, if it stagnates according to General An's opinion, and the main force of the Red Bandits takes advantage of the emptiness of the Fourth Army and breaks through the encirclement with all their might, will the efforts of my hundreds of thousands of troops over the past few months be in vain?" ”

An Yi refuted unceremoniously: "Hundreds of thousands of troops seem to be a lot, but in the past two months, they have been run around by the red bandits like headless flies, and there are still more than 100,000 troops left in southeast Jiangxi, and the shadow of the main force of the red bandits cannot be found.

"It can be said that if it weren't for the strategic problems of the Red Bandits, who took the initiative to abandon the Jiangxi-Fujian line under the pressure of our troops, rashly divided their troops and went south to attack northern Guangdong, I am afraid that the battle situation at this time is not yet known...... Hmph, let me work so hard, I'd rather stand still, at least not to waste people and money. ”

"You ......" He Yingqin was so angry that his face turned white.

"An Yi, what kind of attitude do you have?" Chiang Kai-shek reprimanded harshly.

Xiong Shihui also stood up at this time to play a round game: "General An, if you are the commander of the red bandits, how will you deal with the encirclement of more than 100,000 troops on all sides?" ”

An Yi smiled at Xiong Shihui, who had always had a good relationship, although Xiong Shihui was also the head of the political science department like Yang Yongtai, Wu Tiecheng, and Zhang Qun, An Yi was still very polite to this senior in the army who took care of his own industry after taking over as chairman of Jiangxi Province:

"Then please forgive An Yi's arrogance, An Yi doesn't want people to feel young and arrogant, arrogant and rude, because a decision is related to the life and death of thousands of front-line soldiers."

An Yi turned to Chiang Kai-shek and respectfully requested, and asked the staff officer to bring the baton, took the baton and walked to the front of the map, paid a slight greeting to dozens of seniors and foreign advisers, and then explained the position of the main forces of each unit, the route of the encirclement, and the possible assembly area of the Red Army, and finally put down the baton and calmly summarized:

“…… If we really want to change the command of our own people, we will take advantage of the strategic mistake of 'dividing troops and attacking together' of various units to carry out uninterrupted harassment of the troops of all directions with a small number of troops combined with local armed forces, and strive to make the troops of all directions misjudge or stop, and at the same time make every effort to destroy all the large and small bridges and passes leading to the central area, block and delay the marching speed of the troops on all routes, and at the same time gather troops, patiently look for fighters, or take the initiative to attack, strike all the way through local feints, and take advantage of the favorable terrain to set up ambushes. Strive to encircle a regiment or a brigade, force the road and the left and right strategy troops to show their flaws when rushing to help, and then command two or three times the assembled forces, and attack with all their strength to attack the main force that has lost the strategy, and then suddenly turn back after the battle, waiting for an opportunity to annihilate the part that has been used as bait.

"As long as you grasp an opportunity in any direction of the southeast, northwest, and northwest, the encirclement will be torn apart in an instant, and the other roads will no longer dare to let go of the courage to step into the hinterland with complex terrain and rugged roads, and how to unfold the next step will be much easier."

The generals looked at each other, there was silence, the members of the advisory group and He Yingqin and others were very embarrassed on their faces, An Yi actually bluntly said that their strategy of "dividing and attacking together" was a mistake, which is a very unimaginable thing, if An Yi's opinion is correct, it means that the advisory group and the general commander need to bear the main responsibility for this large-scale offensive and suppression operation. If it succeeds, the formulators of the strategic plan and guiding ideology will naturally be able to criticize and ridicule An Yi, but if it fails as he says, I am afraid that no one will dare to assume such a huge responsibility, and if there is a strategic mistake in the offensive operation that has mobilized more than 500,000 troops and cost tens of millions of yuan after several months, it is not something that a certain person or a group can bear.

"Haha! General An was overly concerned, although the red bandits were treacherous and stubborn, they were not the An family army that was famous for their invincibility! Did General An imagine the Red Bandits to be too powerful? Not to mention anything else, just talk about the rudimentary equipment and the extremely short ammunition and materials of the red bandits, it is difficult to resist the attack of our army, even if the number of red bandits exceeds one of our army in some parts, it is not possible to take it if you want to! Yang Yongtai broke the embarrassing words, and immediately attracted a chorus.

An Yi heard the insidious intention of praise and damage from Yang Yongtai's words, because An Yi did not want to let Chiang Kai-shek and a group of bosses of the central government have too much suspicion, and he was most taboo about what others mentioned "An Jiajun", and now Yang Yongtai openly called out the name of "An Jiajun" in front of Chiang Kai-shek and so many generals, how could he not make An Yi hate it in his heart? It's just that today's An Yi is no longer the previous An Yi, no matter how hateful and annoyed he is, his face is still full of easy-going smiles.

However, Yang Yongtai's words had a very great effect, not only dispelling the concerns in the hearts of many generals and playing an encouraging role, but also greatly boosting the spirit of He Yingqin, who had fallen into the disadvantage, and also greatly encouraging a group of generals who held the decision-making power in the general government.

Chiang Kai-shek, amid the optimistic and confident arguments of the generals, and the fact that "separate advances and joint attacks" itself was also his proposition, quickly ignored An Yi's opinion, and announced that after the meeting was dismissed, he would discuss with He Yingqin and his advisers the best time to launch a general offensive.

An Yi, who was tall and widowed, walked out of the hall with no depression on his face. He had long known that his opinion was not to the public's taste, and that he would not be adopted by the preconceived Chiang Kai-shek, he only had to say it according to his own ideas. Once the development of the war situation coincides with his own proposal, it is estimated that Chiang Kai-shek, who feels guilty in his heart, will not be able to see him even more, and he will naturally no longer have to be the commander-in-chief of the former enemy.

Thinking of this, An Yi smiled brightly, walked down the steps in a dashing manner, came to the middle of the guards, and discussed with Shen Fengdao, Lin Yaodong, Jiang Xiaoxian and others where to live a chic and happy day.