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On 8 March, the Nanjing Central Government and the Central Military Commission issued arrest warrants for 27 generals including Tang Yulin who had escaped from battle. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Chiang Kai-shek, chairman of the Military Commission, arrived in Shijiazhuang by special train, and more than 100 generals and dignitaries, including He Yingqin, the new chairman of the Beiping Branch of the Military Commission, Huang Shaohong, head of the Central Staff Committee, Yang Jie, chief of staff and commander-in-chief of the Ninth Army Corps (Central Army), Zhang Zuoxiang, auxiliary commander of the Northeast Army, and Shijiazhuang government officials, rushed to Shijiazhuang Station to greet them. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

On the morning of the next day, Chiang Kai-shek's special train departed for Baoding, where Zhang Xueliang, a major marshal of the Northeast Army, who had already left the field, and Song Ziwen, president of the Executive Yuan and minister of finance, who had arrived by plane from Shanghai, arrived one after another.

As night falls, an afternoon meeting is held. After a simple meeting dinner, Chiang Kai-shek, accompanied by Zhao Rui, chief of staff of the former enemy headquarters in North China, Zhan Dao, director of the Political Department, and other generals, together with Chen Wuwen, He Yingqin, Huang Shaofa, and Yang Jie. He inspected the Baoding Field Hospital and asked more than 3,700 wounded officers and men of the Independent Division, the 44th Division, and the 17th Independent Second Division

When Chiang Kai-shek learned that more than 4,000 wounded had been transferred to Nanchang, and that there were still more than 2,600 wounded and sick in the Langfang Field Hospital, which was composed of the independent division and the 17th division field hospital, he deeply realized how heavy the price paid by the four divisions, and realized the grief and indignation of An Yi and the officers and men under his command. More than half of the 17th Division was killed and wounded and could not afford to fight again, and only one-third of the 44th Division and the 2nd Independent Division could still carry guns! The heroic unit of Cao Jing, who shocked the enemy's courage and feats, suffered such a painful loss, all thanks to the Fifth Army of Tang Yulin of the Northeast Army, how could An Yi, who was jealous and hateful on the outside, not move to kill?

Return to the temporary camp in Baoding City. After taking a hot bath in the hot springs, Chiang Kai-shek put on a new uniform, holding a summary of the information of the North China front, sitting on the sand in the large living room and meditating quietly, his chest still seemed to be filled with a faint smell of blood, and his mind was filled with the scene of Wu Liheng, deputy commander of the Fumu Independent Division, Fang Buqing, commander of the 44th Division, and other generals lying on the hospital bed often crying and complaining angrily. In the face of He Yingqin's report that "General An Yi refused to hand over the more than 50 generals of the Fifth Army Corps who had been arrested and imprisoned in the name of the former enemy headquarters and the Fourth Department of the General Staff Headquarters", he finally had a deeper understanding and couldn't help shaking his head slightly.

"Bang, bang!

There was a knock on the door! Breaking Chiang Kai-shek's thoughts, he turned his head and saw that He Youqin, Song Ziwen, Huang Shaofa, and Yang Jie had already entered the prelude under the greeting of the guards, and couldn't help waving their years. Motioned for everyone to sit down.

At last night's briefing on the battle situation in Shijiazhuang and the "Baoyu Conference" just held today, Chiang Kai-shek understood all the things he should know. With rare efficiency, he negotiated "agreeing to Zhang Xueliang's resignation from the posts of chairman of the Beiping Branch of the Military Commission, commander-in-chief of the North China Theater, commander of the Northeast Army, and other important personnel appointments and dismissals, and reached an understanding and consensus with the armed forces of the Northeast Army, the Jinqi Army, and other units, and basically perpetuated the precautionary situation of the various units of the North China Theater, which had chaotic command and fluctuating morale.

Chiang Kai-shek put down his Chinese pieces and asked in a harmonious voice: "Ji Kuanluo, is it still possible to save the Miyun front?" ”

Huang Shaofa shook his head: "General An is already on his way back to Baohong, and it is estimated that it is almost time to arrive in Langfang at this time." The day before yesterday, General An personally desecrated a large amount of supplies and ammunition to the front line of Gubeikou and ordered the Independent Division, the 44th Division, and the 17th Division to combine the 8,000 generals who were not injured into two brigades and drive to Miyun, and the intact 44th Division's artillery regiment, one single division and one 17th Division, the artillery battalion, three engineer regiments of three divisions, and two air defense regiments of General Tu Zhirong also rushed to the Gubeikou front line in 6 consecutive years! With the two, the provisional brigade formed a reserve division under the command of Gu Changbei and General Lu Zaxuan, and fully assisted in the front-line operations at Gubeikou. ”

Chiang Kai-shek was quite surprised, stunned for a while and nodded, for the indomitable spirit of Suo Yi and the officers and men of all divisions under his command! Very impressed:

"It seems that An Yi and Hu Jialin, Gu Changfeng, Lu Beixuan and others have not given up any constriction, they are real soldiers, they are models of my Central Army, and they are good at learning."

Yang Jie also admired An Yi: "Commission, General An Yinjie is also tenacious to take care of the overall situation, which is worthy of admiration!" In just three days, after the news came out that General An had just withdrawn from the battlefield and was physically and mentally exhausted, he quickly formed a provisional division and threw it into the front line, the generals and commanders of all armies were deeply shocked and extremely admired. And especially commendable. General An did not dwell on grievances because of the tragic losses brought by the Fifth Army Corps of the Northeast Army to the four divisions of the Central Army, on the contrary, he still generously provided food, ammunition, and first-aid medicine to the friendly troops of various units that were fighting with the Japanese army, and the 80-man medical team sent by the field hospital of the 44th Division had arrived in Miyun the night before to make every effort to treat the wounded and sick soldiers of General Wang Yishu's headquarters

Chiang Kai-shek was deeply pleased, everyone nodded frequently, and Huang Shao Station shook up a double thing, and immediately said: "Commission!" Before General An rushed to Miyun, he had hurriedly discussed with his subordinates, and he wanted to ask the staff group to make a proposal to the Central Military Commission to requisition and transfer "two divisions of the 24th Army of General Yin Jinan, one division of the 38th Army of General Zhu Shigui of Yunnan, and two divisions of the 44th Army of General Zhang Cunzhuang of Xiangxi to the north and join the North China War in the name of the Central Army. Especially the 16th Division, which was on par with General Hu Jialin's independent division in all aspects! Once this heroic unit goes to the battlefield in North China, the encouragement to the soldiers and the people's hearts is not in the independent division

"It seems that An Yi is really red-eyed, but what I admire most about Suo Yi is his spirit of going all out for the country and the people. Song Wuwen sighed

As soon as everyone heard it, they knew that Song Zijian meant something else in his words, and he was slightly greedy, and no one said anything.

Chiang Kai-shek was not thinking about these, he was thinking about such a big event, why didn't Suo Yi report to himself, but conveyed it through Huang Shaofa's mouth. Another one. Wife Yi is the deputy chief of staff of the whole army and the former commander-in-chief of the enemy in the North China Theater. Why didn't he consider drawing troops from more than 30 main divisions of the Jianyang Army, but planned to transfer troops from the Yunnan Army and the Hunan Army. What is the secret of this scarf hanging or not?

You must know that Zhu Peide and Zhang Hongzheng are both elders and friends who have a close relationship with An Yi

I propose a fate! Former. The political influence of Zhu Peide and Zhang Hongyi will be rapidly improved, and the central government's complete recovery of the leadership of the entire Daxi Ran will be very unfavorable to the Sichuan-Dingxiang region and the entire Yunnan, which has always obeyed the central leadership and fully supported Chiang Kai-shek, and it is likely that it will slowly move towards substantial self-reliance

Based on the analysis of the above two aspects, Chiang Kai-shek seemed to see the rift that had slowly appeared between his wife Yi and his master. At least there is no longer the trust and concubine that Harai has. In the current predicament of internal and external troubles. Chiang Kai-shek could not do without the strong support of the growing and fledgling Anyi clique. Today's An Yi has been thinking about the chaos in the world for five or six years, and he has unknowingly become a warlord who has come from behind. After the Northeast Army suffered heavy losses and collapsed twice in the past two years, An Yi has become the largest major warlord in the country after Chiang Kai-shek. More importantly, An Yi has established a high prestige through internal and external conquests and two Sino-Japanese wars! has accumulated deep political capital, has been the rise of politics, An Yi is no longer the original humble junior who endures everything and is willing to suffer dumb losses, he has become a pivotal figure in the whole team and the political arena, and has important political influence at home and abroad.

Chiang Kai-shek's heart was surging and he had mixed feelings, but his face was peaceful, and he knew that the only correct choice at present was to vigorously appease An Yi, and through various methods, spears and various years to pull An Yi tightly by his side. Also, through Huang Shaofa's report just now, Chiang Kai-shek clearly grasped the important point that An Yi wanted to express: First, the five divisions of An Yi's group would "join the North China battlefield in the name of the Jinyang Army"! This means that An Yi still respects Chiang Kai-shek's unshakable commander-in-chief and obeys the leadership of the central government and the Central Military Commission. Otherwise, An Yi would not have had to "join the North China Battlefield in the name of the Jinyang Army" and go north to resist the war.

When establishing one's prestige and accumulating political capital, Xuan Yaozen, who had experienced the test of war and the changes in the political situation, had not yet realized that this was an absolutely impossible thing today. Even if An Yi didn't realize it for the time being. But behind him, the huge Limu Group will not be ignorant of this well-experienced, wise and foolish thinker.

Synthesis of several days of repeated analysis! Chiang Kai-shek quickly came to the conclusion that Suo Yicun still behaved so well in this situation that he could only practice the lofty ideal of serving the country and the people by practicing it! An Yi still obeys him as a commander, and still wants to keep him tattooed, and will not imitate those heroes who are full of national righteousness and benevolence and morality when the country and the nation are worried about internal and external troubles! For his own interests, regardless of the fundamental arrogance of the country and the nation, he suddenly made it difficult for Chiang Kai-shek to take his place, and did things that were painful to his relatives and enemies

Under the eyes of everyone who were either confused or thoughtful, Chiang Kai-shek, who was silent and good-friended, nodded slightly! A rare flash of expression slowly appeared on his face, and he said a surprising remark impassionedly:

"An Yi's suggestion is very good. This fully shows that Zi Yi not only saw the possible adverse changes in the battle situation, but also An Yi was also very smart, he knew that at the critical moment when the Xinli troops of our Jianyang Army were making every effort to encircle and suppress them, he was unwilling to let my Jianyang Army be there. The decisive victory that Yuan Gang was about to achieve was ruined, so he stepped forward and decisively mobilized the Sichuan-Hunan garrison, which was also threatened by armed attacks on Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan.

"Secondly, we should also see. An Yi not only has outstanding military talents, but after years of training and his own efforts, I am also very pleased with the improvement of his political consciousness, An Yi is very keenly aware of the situation in the country, and sees that various local forces in the country are constantly fighting against Japan. Just imagine, if General Zhu Peide and General Zhang Hongza jointly submitted a petition to express their obedience to the leadership of the Central Military Commission and the command of the Central Military Commission, and were ready to wait for the call of the Central Committee at any time, how vast would their political influence be? How can all kinds of warlords be embarrassed? Wonderful! ”

Let's take a closer look! couldn't help nodding their heads frequently, and after Chiang Kai-shek's analysis, everyone was deeply surprised and admired by An Yi's political wisdom

Chiang Kai-shek was very satisfied with everyone's reaction, and for a moment, he said, "Everyone may not have noticed that An Yi knew that I was going north with Liu Kanshi this time, but he still proposed to recruit two divisions of the 24th Army of my Huang Qi and three divisions of the Hunan and Yunnan Army on the front line of southern Sichuan to go north to Furi, which can only show that An Yi is very rational and pragmatic, and there is no difference between concubines and concubines, likes and dislikes. This is because the five divisions that An Yi suggested to recruit actually implemented a new set of training and command models that Suo Yi had in mind, and the commanders at all levels of each division were all brothers and close comrades-in-arms who fought side by side with Suo Yi, and An Yi would be more comfortable in commanding and more able to wield the combat effectiveness of each division.

"This is very important and very obvious, oh listen, respect! Ah, don't be obsessed with holding An Yi accountable for shooting the deserter, in the current complicated battle situation, this is all a small section. I believe that the young marshal can also understand An Yi's feelings, I think you can move and An Yi to discuss the matter of the five divisions going north, after all, you are Minister of Military Affairs, a certain acting chief of staff, it is most appropriate for you to discuss with An Yi. As long as you agree with each other, you can implement it in the year. ”

"Yes!"

He Yingqin was very depressed, he originally thought that he had beaten An Yi and reported to Chiang Kai-shek that he was fortunate but did not expect such a result.

Huang Shaofa and Yang Jie glanced at each other, and each saw a flash of surprise in each other's eyes, and they were puzzled by Chiang Kai-shek's trust in one, the commander of the army, and there was only a smile on the corner of the girl's mouth, but it was impossible to see whether he was praising or disparagement, and he was not suspenseful