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Chapter 842 Faith Comes from Trust

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the sound of orders on the special railway line of Baoding Military Station was busy, and 12,000 officers and men of the 83rd Division of the Central Army mounted three special trains and rushed to the Miyun front line as fast as possible. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The 83rd Division is one of the first three German armament divisions in the Central Army's descendant troops, the whole division is full of German-style equipment, and the steel helmet on the head is also an imitation German-style steel helmet produced by the Jiangnan Arsenal, and has been the main force of the encirclement and suppression of the Red Army in the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Civil War for two years.

More than 200 members of the condolence group are serving tea and water to the soldiers, enthusiastically encouraging, and the soldiers see Zhang Jingjiang, a veteran who is called "the saint of the party" by Mr. Zhongshan, Zhang Zhizhong, the chief of education of the Central Military Academy, Song Meiling, the wife of Chairman Jiang, Feng Jieyun, the wife of Vice Minister An Yi, and many celebrities from all walks of life who brought tea and water to themselves cordially, and presented towels printed with the words "Defend the family and defend the country". , but he is poor in expressing his determination to fight to the death.

Or a regiment commander smart, took the lead in singing An Jiajun took the lead in singing the "Loyal to the Country" that has now swept the country, the heroic singing voice that shook the sky, so that the people of Baoding City paid attention, and they came to see them off, if it were not for the dissuasion of the officers and soldiers of the station guards, the people would probably be crammed along the railway.

"Morale is available, morale is available! Liu Jian is very good, bringing out such an elite army, I, I am very relieved! Chiang Kai-shek sighed to the generals around him, such as He Yingqin and Huang Shaohong.

Song Ziwen smiled slightly, and asked curiously: "Commission, Liu Jian seems to be a few months younger than An Yi, right?" ”

When everyone heard this, they all looked at Liu Huan with interest who was talking cordially with An Yi, Zhao Rui and others more than ten meters away.

Chiang Kai-shek nodded, and introduced very proudly: "They are indeed the same year, An Yi was born in the middle of the year, Liu Jian was born at the end of the year, and An Yi is almost half a year older than him in terms of months, but Liu Jian entered school early, and he is one of the youngest people in my first phase of Whampoa.

"Liu Jian was born poor, his parents died early when he was young, and his grandmother depended on each other, but he was diligent and studious, and he grew up step by step in the nearly eight years of conquest, especially in the encirclement and suppression of Hubei, Henan and Anhui, he fought smart and resolutely, and his eyes were full of blood, and he still charged, he was a fierce general with both wisdom and bravery, and he was the pride of my Huangpu!"

Huang Shaohong was quite surprised, looked at it carefully, and shook his head again and again: "I can't see it at all...... General Liu Huan's eyes are blazing and his bearing is extraordinary, almost no different from An Yi'......"

"You don't know, Liu Jian pretended to be a fake eye, and you can clearly understand it if you look closely."

He Yingqin was full of smiles, looking very proud, because he was the chief of education in the first phase of Huangpu, and Liu Huan was a platoon commander under him during the Eastern Expedition.

Liu Jian and An Yi faced the train, listened to the majestic and high-spirited earth-shattering songs, and looked at the soldiers who boarded the train with full confidence, not noticing that Chiang Kai-shek and others were looking at them, let alone what they were saying.

Liu Jian withdrew his gaze from Feng Jieyun, who was giving a towel to a soldier: "Senior brother is so blessed!" It is rumored in the army that the two wives of the junior brother have the beauty of the city and the country, and when I saw it today, it was true. ”

An Yi smiled: "If you can really overthrow the city and the country, the brothers don't have to go to the front line, the younger brother and his wife can climb the Great Wall and walk around, from Shanhaiguan to Nantianmen, the Japanese will immediately withdraw when they see it, where is the use of 200,000 soldiers throwing their heads and spilling blood?" ”

Everyone burst into laughter, Liu Jian laughed, pointed at An Yi and said: "It's a pleasure to be with you, it's a pity that I haven't had the opportunity to fight side by side with my junior brother for so many years, this opportunity is coming, and the foolish brother will definitely cherish it." ”

"The younger brother is also very happy, when he is busy with the matter at hand, he will rush to the Miyun frontline, a group of our senior brothers finally got together to fight against foreign humiliation, such a rare opportunity in a century, how can the younger brother easily miss it?" An Yi replied with a smile.

The brothers talked for a while, Liu Jian was going to take the first special train to set off, and he could not stop any longer, and An Yi and others accompanied him to Chiang Kai-shek to say goodbye.

Chiang Kai-shek gave him a detailed advice, and once again strictly ordered Liu Jian not to charge in front like a company commander, otherwise military law would be involved. Liu Jian stood solemnly with gratitude, solemnly saluted the military salute, turned to leave, and quickly boarded the command car of the first train under the eyes of everyone.

The train started slowly, heading north, and gradually disappeared into the sky. Chiang Kai-shek sighed slightly and said in a low voice: "You can go around at will, you don't need to accompany me...... An Yi, come with me to Jing Lao's place to have a look, he is old, and it is not easy to come here. ”

"Yes."

An Yi followed Chiang Kai-shek closely, and this was the first time he had been alone with Chiang Kai-shek since he arrived in Baoding at 7 o'clock this morning.

Chiang Kai-shek walked very slowly: "Look at you and Zhao Rui just discussed with Liu Jian for a long time, is it about the front line?" ”

An Yi replied: "Yes, the student asked Senior Brother Liu to defend the Nantian Gate. ”

"Nantianmen?"

Chiang Kai-shek unconsciously repeated a sentence, suddenly realized the problem, stopped, and asked with some surprise: "If the Japanese army attacks the line of Nantianmen, then won't the Gubeikou Guanbei position have all been lost?" ”

An Yi nodded, and replied very worriedly: "Wang Yizhe's department guarded the key places in Guanbei, due to the sudden and great changes in the Northeast Army, the lack of training of the Northeast Army, the rigidity and backwardness of the strategic campaign thinking, and the heavy losses in two battles with the Japanese army, the low morale is very problematic, therefore, after the students and Chief Xu Tingyao and the senior brothers repeatedly weighed it, they were ready to deal with it." ”

Chiang Kai-shek was silent for a while, and looked at An Yi with a frown: "You mean that if the Japanese army attacks again, Wang Yizhe is likely to be defeated?" ”

An Yi smiled bitterly: "If it is good if it is defeated after a hard battle, the two divisions of the Seventeenth Army will go up, and the students are worried that they will suddenly be defeated as a whole, this kind of thing has happened twice in a row, it is difficult to guarantee this time...... Before the students rushed to meet the principal, they and Chief Xu went to Wang Yizhe in person, and offered to take advantage of the fact that the Japanese army was not ready to attack again, and the two brigades led by Guan Zhenglin, Du Yuming, and Zhang Yaoming took over the defense and established a front-line command center, so that Wang Yizhe's officers and soldiers of the 67th Army could withdraw to the front line of defense at Nantianmen behind the flank, so as to take the opportunity to rest and recuperate, but the 67th Army was unwilling from top to bottom, it is estimated that they were psychologically unbalanced, and mistakenly thought that our Central Army looked down on their Northeast Army. However, what the students saw from the eyes of Wang Yizhe and his generals was endless panic and slackness, and the dissatisfaction with the young marshal was not consistent with what was shown on their mouths and faces, so they were very worried! ”

Chiang Kai-shek nodded thoughtfully: "Your concern is very justified and very timely...... The positions in front of Gubeikou are horizontally vast, but several important places are closely connected, lack of depth, the defensive surface is narrow, and there are too many troops to be opened, I have roughly calculated, at most I can only put down three brigades, if the Japanese army can really defeat Wang Yizhe's department to occupy the position, it is too late to go up for reinforcements, so it can only rely on the passes of the Great Wall, like guarding the city, to hold the North Pass, the East Pass and the West Pass, but in this way, the South Tianmen is also under the guns of the Japanese army...... However, as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, you should have confidence in Wang Yizhe, he is a rare general in the Northeast Army, and he is also a very important confidant general of Han Qing, and he will definitely not be like Tang Yulin, the selfish, greedy old thief who is afraid of death. Is it that after two sudden changes in the battle situation, you have lost confidence in the Northeast Army? ”

"Headmaster, the students did not take the opportunity to complain about anything, but after months of hard work, the students did not get any results, and they were still beaten to the foot of the Great Wall by the Japanese, so the students were more sad than hateful. The principal also knows that the student, the former enemy commander-in-chief, is actually just an ornament, how can he command those generals who are 'highly respected and prestigious'? I remember Tang Yulin once said to General Zhang Zuoxiang: An Yi's boy has not grown up, and my grandson is about the same age as him, why should we let us old guys listen to him? The meaning is very clear, the vast majority of the generals of the Northeast Army are unlikely to accept the command of the students, they cross more bridges than An Yi walks, they eat more salt than An Yi eats, when they carry guns to fight in all directions, An Yi still doesn't know where he is, at most he is still eating milk and peeing, babbling and babbling...... In fact, the students had already thought that such a situation would occur, but they did not know that the situation would be so serious, causing such heavy losses and causing such passive consequences...... The reason why students have suffered repeated setbacks cannot strictly be blamed on others, but that they overestimate the spirit of the Chinese, their own ability and the power of money, alas-" An Yi sighed discouragedly.

Chiang Kai-shek stretched out his hand and gently grabbed An Yi's arm: "Young man, what are you doing with a long sigh?" At this time of national crisis, you must not be discouraged, if you retreat, I am afraid that the situation will be really bad. ”

An Yi smiled: "Principal, please rest assured, when the last person is left, the students will definitely fill it in without hesitation, I'm afraid that I won't have a chance to fill it in, the Japanese army has already arrived behind the students." ”

Chiang Kai-shek's face changed suddenly, and he said sharply: "If that's the case, I will personally cut off the heads of a group of retreating generals!" ”

"If that time comes, the headmaster will cut off the heads of 10,000 sinners! I remember the Battle of Heshengqiao during the Northern Expedition, under the fierce attack of Li Zongren's Seventh Army and Zhang Fakui's Fourth Army, the commander Wu Peifu personally cut off the heads of dozens of generals.

"Today's situation is quite similar to that of He Shengqiao back then, except that the offensive and defensive sides have turned around, and students have often wondered these days, is the Northeast Army under the watchful eye of the Japanese army comparable to Wu Peifu's army back then? In the end, it was found that not only was it not comparable, but it was even worse, which was the only reason why the students suggested that the five divisions of Sichuan, Hunan, and Yunnan be recruited to the north to participate in the war, and the students had a premonition that a great war that would determine the fate of North China was about to happen. An Yi said what he thought in his heart.

Chiang Kai-shek looked at An Yi with some displeasure: "If this is the case, wouldn't the Great Wall be lost in its entirety?" ”

An Yi replied calmly: "The students dare to take their heads and assure the principal that if the whole line is really lost, Gubeikou and Nantianmen will definitely be the last Xiongguan to be lost, as long as other friendly troops do not let the Japanese invaders escape behind the students and more than 30,000 soldiers, Gubeikou and Nantianmen will become a scorched earth, and they will also step on the feet of the students and soldiers." ”

Chiang Kai-shek stared at An Yi for a long time, sighed slightly and said in a low voice: "It seems that you really have no confidence, right?" ”

An Yi put away his smile and replied solemnly: "Principal, please forgive the students for being bold and outspoken, in the current situation, few people have confidence, and the confidence on the mouth is completely useless under the cannon of the plane, and the students just want to confess to the principal: confidence comes from trust."

"The reason why there is such an extremely passive situation today is that the students dare to say that the generals of the Northeast Army did not give the students the trust they deserve, it is not that they do not know the students' abilities, nor do they fail to see that the students have led their troops to defeat powerful opponents, including the Japanese, in the past few years, and the reason why they do not trust the students is because they think that the students are also as duplicitous as them, and the interests of the country and the nation are only on their lips, not engraved in their hearts; They believe that students are just as selfish as they are, driving thousands of soldiers to advance and retreat for the sake of their own reputation and status. ”

Chiang Kai-shek stared blankly at An Yi, whose face was full of sorrow, with a thousand thoughts and mixed feelings in his heart.

"Huh—why are you two standing here in a daze?"

A fragrant breeze wafted by, and Song Meiling's sweet voice followed.

An Yi hurriedly smiled and called "Master", Song Meiling nodded cordially, and went up to ask Chiang Kai-shek to go with her to bid farewell to the second batch of soldiers who went to the front line.

Feng Jieyun excitedly came up and took An Yi's hand, to meet Zhang Jingjiang together, An Yi politely said goodbye to Chiang Kai-shek and his wife, and walked to the second platform in front of him with his wife.

Song Meiling was very surprised when she saw the complicated look in Chiang Kai-shek's eyes: "What's the matter, Darling?" Is the front line tight? ”

Chiang Kai-shek shook his head: "No, it was An Yi's words just now that touched me a lot." ”

"What makes you so heavy?"

An Yi said that confidence comes from trust...... There's so much to say in this sentence......"