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Chapter 524 Subtle Adjustments

In the middle of July, the heavens may not bear to see the tragic scene of life in the northwest land, three consecutive days of widespread rain followed by three days of light rain, the drought in half of northern China has been alleviated, countless victims see the slightest hope of survival, and the barren land for half a year appears again hard-working people, racing against time to grab seeds, eager to harvest a little at the time of the autumn harvest. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Dai Jitao was appointed as the director of the National Disaster Relief and Resettlement Committee, and An Yi was promoted to the director of the newly established Yichang camp, and still concurrently served as the deputy director of the Disaster Relief and Resettlement Committee. Liu Zhi and others were successively promoted to the post of director of the camp with great military and political power, and the young An Yi was promoted to the post of director of the Yichang camp with an extremely important strategic position, and his authority covered the three provinces and regions of Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan.

However, Dai Jitao and An Yi were very clear in their hearts about the true intention of Commander-in-Chief Chiang's arrangement, first of all, to take advantage of An Yi's good relations with the garrisons in western Hubei, the 44th Army in Xiangxi, and the Shizhen Department in western Qianxi to sit in Yichang, the junction of the three provinces of Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan, to control and guide these growing local warlords who had not long been subordinated to the central government, so as not to have a chaotic situation in which the northern regions were divided and merged, so as to ensure the actual leadership of the central authorities over Hunan and Hubei, and to win a valuable time for local government officials at all levels who had just arrived to take office.

Second, An Yi continues to serve as deputy director of the Disaster Relief and Resettlement Committee, which is conducive to the continuation of the disaster relief work and continues to play a role in the stability of the hearts and minds of the military and civilians in Hunan and Hubei and the people in Northwest China.

However, there is an even bigger reason that Dai Jitao did not know that the main work of the newly established Yichang camp was not to provide disaster relief and resettlement, but to direct and plan all military operations in Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan, and all military operations were carried out around two centers, the first was to suppress bandits in a grand manner, and the second was to be responsible for planning and carrying out extremely secret military operations that quietly infiltrated Sichuan and encroached on them step by step.

On 19 July, having completed the first phase of the tasks of occupying Badong, stabilizing western Qianxi, and controlling three remote mountainous counties on the Sichuan-Hunan border, An Yi quietly returned to Nanjing to report to Commander-in-Chief Chiang and several senior members of the Central Military Commission; Yang Yongtai, who was still sitting silently at the flank of Commander-in-Chief Chiang, also attended the confidential meeting; Zhu Peide, acting chief of staff; Chen Yi, minister of military affairs; Ge Jingen, deputy chief of staff; Chen Guofu, who will concurrently serve as vice chairman of the Central Supervision Commission; and Chen Lifu, deputy secretary general of the party department, also attended the confidential meeting.

After listening to An Yi's concise and clear summary report, everyone was very happy, Commander-in-Chief Jiang showed a rare smile on his face, Chen Yi nodded appreciatively and frequently, only Zhu Peide, who had just recovered from a serious illness, always smiled, calmly, in his heart, it seemed that there was no task that An Yi could not complete.

Chiang Kai-shek kindly motioned for An Yi to sit down: "Well done, much ahead of the original plan, especially after the Shizhen Department occupied western and northwest Guizhou, it was able to quickly stabilize the morale of the army and the people in the twelve counties, and gladly accepted the supervision and guidance of the special group of the central party department. ”

"Principal Xie! In fact, these achievements are not the credit of the students alone, but the credit of all the officers and men of the 44th Army and the Qianxi Garrison Force, and then it is good luck, if it were not for the sudden mutiny of Hu Ruoyu and other generals of the Yunnan Army, which made Long Yun hastily evacuate Guizhou and return to Yunnan to quell the rebellion, the students and General Shi Zhen would not have taken Qianxi so smoothly.

There is another important factor, the 44th Army's predecessors Zhang Hongluan and the chief of staff General Zhang Cunzhuang contributed to the great assistance of the Shi Zhen Department, it was General Zhang Cunzhuang who led more than 18,000 soldiers under his command to oppress the northeast of Guizhou, Li Shen hurriedly coped with it, unable to look westward, and then was successfully overturned by the remnants of the 25th Army of the Guizhou Army, which caused the chaos in the entire Guizhou at present, and General Shizhen of Qianxi got a precious respite, and then quickly stabilized Qianxi and gained a firm foothold. Looking back, the student feels that he or she is lucky, not that he or she is very good. ”

An Yi's humble explanation was praised by the attendees, and whether or not the praise came from the heart, An Yi's attitude and performance were impeccable.

Zhu Peide asked: "General An, do you think the current situation in Guizhou will change in that direction?" Do you have any suggestions for the central government's upcoming policy on Guizhou? ”

An Yi looked at Zhu Peide in surprise, a little unclear.

Chen Yi knew that An Yi had just returned and did not understand the plan being formulated by the Central Military Commission to take full control of Guizhou's military forces, so he elaborated on the current controversy between the Central Party Department and the Central Military Commission on the Guizhou issue:

"Before Mao Guangxiang led the 25th Army to conquer Guiyang, Li Shen had been officially appointed by the Central Committee, and now Li Shen's army was defeated in southern Qiannan, and he was still fighting fiercely with Mao Guangxiang's Ministry of Dongshan, and Mao Guangxiang, who took the initiative and saw victory, called the Central Committee four times in a row to ask for appointment, but based on the complex situation in Guizhou, as well as the rapidly changing war situation, the Central Committee was hesitating and could not form a consensus. The opinion of the Central Military Commission was to take this opportunity to give strong support to Mao Guangxiang, who had seized the initiative, in exchange for the return of the 25th Army to the leadership of the Central Military Commission, so as to completely stabilize the situation in Guizhou, and then put tremendous pressure on Guangxi, the old nest of the Guizhou system.

General An is more familiar with the situation in Hunan and Guizhou than we are, so he hopes to listen to General An's opinions so that the central authorities can formulate a correct appointment and dismissal plan and guiding policy. ”

An Yi nodded and pondered for a while, raised his head and smiled at Chen Guofu, and turned to Chen Yi: "The subordinates are inclined to the opinions of the Central Party Department, and before the final decision is made, the Central Committee still calls the warring parties to call for armistice negotiations while adopting a wait-and-see strategy, which can show the seriousness of the Central Committee's legal effect on the previous appointment of Li Shen, and does not leave the suspicion that the Central Committee is eager for quick success and quick profit."

Secondly, judging from the current situation faced by Mao Guangxiang's department, there is no other way but to accept the leadership of the central government, under the disintegration of the Gui department, Mao Guangxiang has no chance to find the Gui allies again, but will clear up the relationship with the Gui department for his own future, and put all the sins of the original union with the Gui department to resist the central government on the commander Zhou Xicheng, who has died in battle, otherwise, there will be an encirclement of the 44th Xiangxi Army and General Shi Zhen's headquarters loyal to the central government in the west, north and east, and the remnants of Li Shen, who will stubbornly resist in the southUnder the internal and external troubles, Mao Guangxiang did not rely on the support of the central government to obtain a justifiable position, and there was no second way out at all.

Therefore, his subordinates thought that it didn't matter if the central government took a step to confirm it, even if the central government ordered him to stop fighting with Li Shen's troops and retreat thirty miles back, he would have to strictly enforce it, otherwise, the two newly formed divisions of the 44th Army and the Qianxi Garrison Force would be able to put tremendous pressure on him, if it weren't for the uncertain political influence and the fact that the fighting in the northern region needed to be calmed down, his subordinates really wanted to suggest that the central government give him a chance to let his subordinates lead the independent division south. Together with the 44th Army and the headquarters of General Shizhen of Qianxi, he wiped out all the warlords in Guizhou in one fell swoop, and from then on brought the place under the direct jurisdiction of the central government to solve the trouble once and for all. ”

Everyone smiled after hearing this, but looking at An Yi's gaze was very different, An Yi's clear and reasonable analysis was easy to understand but rigorous and open, showing a keen eye and extraordinary self-confidence, and the faint appearance of the general's demeanor made everyone quite surprised and emotional, and they all felt that An Yi in front of him was indeed not what it used to be.

"Brother Yizhi, what do you think of An Yi's opinion?" Chiang Kai-shek asked quietly.

Zhu Peide replied: "My subordinates completely agree with General An's opinion, and the Military Commission really needs to adopt a more prudent and prudent attitude towards Mao Guangxiang's appointment. ”

"My subordinates feel the same way."

Chen Yi saw Chiang Kai-shek looking at him, and took the initiative to express his attitude without waiting for inquiries, and Ge Jingen also expressed his support for An Yi's suggestion.

Since the opinions tended to be the same, there was no need to continue the discussion, and the brothers Yang Yongtai and Chen Guofu, who had the same opinion on this issue, had nothing to say, and Chiang Kai-shek announced the dissolution of the meeting after making a brief summary, and everyone left one after another to go about their own affairs.

Chiang Kai-shek left the brothers An Yi, Yang Yongtai and Chen Guofu to continue discussions on the next core plan.

Since the warlords of Sichuan, who were in the midst of the civil war, did not react to the occupation of Badong by Yin Jinan's 16th Division, and the occupation of Youyang and Daozhen counties by Zhang Hongluan's 44th Army, Chiang Kai-shek's ** became bigger and bigger, and put forward further encroachment targets for the four of them to discuss.

An Yi was not blinded by the interests of easy access, but proposed to everyone that the two counties of Badong and Daozhen were not under the jurisdiction of the Sichuan Army, and had always been under the jurisdiction of Hubei and Guizhou provinces in terms of administrative jurisdiction. In addition, he gave Liu Xiang 1,000 and a half old and new German-made rifles and tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition, and got along with him in an extremely friendly manner according to the instructions of the commander-in-chief, which dispelled Liu Xiang's concerns and devoted himself to the civil war in Bashu. At present, the primary task is to stabilize Guizhou, and as long as Guizhou is stable and subordinate to the central government, Yunnan and Sichuan will not be able to escape.

Chiang Kai-shek attached great importance to An Yi's opinion, and after listening to An Yi's clear and far-reaching analysis, he suddenly felt that his protégé was a little unfamiliar.