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Chapter 403 Former Chief of the General Staff of the Enemy?

At two o'clock in the afternoon of February 25, the 17th year of the Republic of China, the general of the Xiaguan camp in Nanjing was shining with stars, and reporters gathered, and the independent division of the First Group Army held by the commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army officially began, and Chiang Kai-shek, chairman of the Military Commission and commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army, Zhu Peide, member of the Central Executive Committee and member of the Military Commission, Tan Yanhong, chairman of the Nanjing Central Government, Yang Jie, director of the General Office of the Military Commission, Ge Jingen, director of the General Staff Department, Lei Biao, director of the General Affairs Department, Dai Jitao, director of the Political Training Department, Yu Feipeng, director of the military station, Chen Cheng, director of the Military Education Division, Wang Zusheng, chief of staff of the First Group Army, Cai Zhonghu, major general of artillery, Gu Zhenglun, commander of the Nanjing garrison, and hundreds of dignitaries from the Quanxu, ordnance, and quartermaster departments of the Central Military Commission were all present. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The 12,000 officers and men of the An Yi Independent Division, who rushed from Nanchang to Nanjing in the morning, stood neatly and solemnly under the review stand, listened to the enthusiastic speeches of Commander-in-Chief Chiang and Chairman Tan Yanhong, and accepted the review and inspection of various departments of the Central Military Commission and the General Headquarters.

Amid thunderous applause, Commander-in-Chief Chiang, who was in a happy mood, walked to the front of the stage, looked at the officers and men of the independent division who were not moving at all and had strict military discipline, looked at the rows of brand-new and shining 75 artillery pieces and mortars, and a very light and heavy machine gun, and once again gave high praise and placed deep hopes on An Yi's division.

At the end of the ceremony, An Yi ordered the officers and soldiers of the division to disband, and led his generals Hu Jialin, Gu Changfeng, Cheng Chengguang, and Huang Yingwu to rush to Commander-in-Chief Jiang and the ministers to express their gratitude.

After a lively greeting, Commander-in-Chief Jiang kindly said that there was still an important meeting that could not be stayed for a long time, and instructed Chen Cheng, Cai Zhonghu, and Gu Zhenglun around him to entertain An Yi and a few others, and then left by car with a group of central military and political officials who were deeply affected by the spring breeze.

Commander-in-Chief Jiang did not know that An Yi's liaison office in Nanjing and the branches of the "Oriental News Agency," which were getting bigger and bigger, would inform An Yi of all kinds of news and submit all kinds of information every day, so he very carefully arranged for a few henchmen to take advantage of the opportunity to take advantage of the wind and dust to tell An Yi about the affairs of the Huangpu Department and various group armies.

An Yi was also happy to get together with a group of instructors who had reunited after a long absence, and instructed party representative Huang Yingwu and the heads of each regiment to lead the brothers to add food in the camp, and pull a few deputies to board the instructors' special car.

The convoy of several cars drove out of the camp gate, and An Yi, who took the initiative to sit in the passenger seat, turned his head and wanted to chat with Chen Cheng, Cai Zhongwat and Xu Tingyao in the back seat, Xu Tingyao had already spoken with sighs:

"Xiao Yi, I didn't expect you to be at the same level as a few of us, and only Hu Zongnan was the only one who led the troops in the first four phases of Huangpu and you."

"The news that Senior Brother Hu was promoted from the deputy commander of the First Division to the commander of the 22nd Division has long been known, and it is strange that Commander Xu was only promoted to the commander of the Second Division at the end of last year. Aren't you tired of panic? An Yi's words were very polite.

Xu Tingyao smiled slightly and did not answer, and the straightforward Cai Zhonghu shouted loudly: "Liu Jingfu has acted as the commander of the army three times, and each time he has not been able to sit down for one reason or another, this time I am afraid that he will be furious in his heart, and he will not let go of the position of commander of the second division." In fact, Third Brother Mo wanted to transfer Brother Yuexiang to the Ninth Army as the deputy commander several times, but after helping Brother Fu die, he was unwilling to let go, and finally figured it out before he officially handed over the position of commander of the Second Division to Brother Yuexiang, and his daughter-in-law for many years was about to become a mother-in-law! ”

Chen Cheng and An Yi laughed heartily when they heard this, Cai Zhongwat also grinned, and Xu Tingyao, who was old and gentle, shook her head helplessly and did not comment.

After Chen Cheng finished laughing, he said meaningfully: "This is normal, there are countless examples of commanders of various armies concurrently serving as division commanders, this time the third brother Ming was promoted to the position of deputy commander of the first army, isn't he also holding the position of commander of the first division?" However, the generosity of Brother Ming in recommending Hu Zongnan to be promoted to the commander of the 22nd Division is indeed very admirable!

However, Brother Yuexiang has indeed waited too long, and the current promotion system is very unreasonable. Now Xiao Yi and Hu Zongnan and several other students have accumulated merit and been promoted to division commander and deputy division commander, compared to the younger brother, I am even more ashamed of myself, after being dismissed by He Jingzhi, the younger brother is full of grief and indignation, wandering around all day long with nothing to do, and the days are difficult! Fortunately, after the principal came out of the mountain, he was sympathetic and summoned the younger brother to return to the army, but now the positions of each division are all full, and there is a group of people waiting in line on the side. ”

"Resignation, don't complain, if you complain about my brother, I will be more bitter, after being driven away by He Jingzhi, my brother I can only go to the garment factory opened by a friend in Shanghai to eat, if it weren't for Xiao Yi in mid-September last year to let his general manager Mr. Zhou find me, and buy 150,000 yuan of cotton cloth and cotton yarn from my factory in one go, I would be embarrassed to eat in my friend's factory!

At the beginning of the year, it was hard to wait for the principal to get summoned out of the mountain, and rushed back to the headquarters to see, in order to curry favor with the divisions, He Jingzhi's guy had already split the artillery headquarters to the end, brother, I could only find the principal to complain, if it weren't for the principal's wisdom and wisdom and the reorganization of the artillery brigade, I don't know where to stay now! The past is unbearable! Cai Zhongwat sighed, his resentment against He Yingqin was definitely not under Chen Cheng.

Xu Tingyao smiled and said: "It is very appropriate to restore Xiao Yi's independent division, who can compare with Xiao Yi in terms of combat merits in the divisions of my First Army?" Xiao Yi has suffered again and again, who can compare with him?

After the principal went into the wilderness, the vast majority of my Huangpu family were still safe and sound in the army, only Xiao Yi was indomitable in the face of coercion and temptation, which made people sad and full of admiration when he thought about it, not to mention the deep feelings in the principal's heart. To tell the truth, even if the principal appoints Xiao Yi as the deputy commander and division commander of which army, the foolish brother takes it for granted, let alone just reinstate Xiao Yi as the independent division commander?

As far as Brother Yu knows, Brother Jingfu, Brother Ming, and Brother Mo are all fighting Xiao Yi's idea, and they all want to get Xiao Yi and his independent division under their command, and they don't know where the principal will eventually let Xiao Brother return to Jian. ”

Chen Cheng and Cai Zhongwat couldn't judge what Commander-in-Chief Jiang meant, and An Yi said noncommittally: "You can go anywhere, anyway, they are all in the revolutionary army sequence, and now He Jingzhi is no longer in the army, everywhere is my Huangpu lineage, there are teachers and senior brothers everywhere to rely on, and the younger brother is not worried." ”

"You guy now have a lot of money, and his qualifications and military merits have been accumulated, what are you worried about?"

Chen Cheng smiled and asked, "By the way, why is the military uniform of your independent division so strange?" The officers and soldiers of the yellow-green military uniforms and camouflage combat uniforms produced by the Jiangnan Group have responded very well, why do you still wear old-fashioned gray cloth uniforms? ”

An Yi raised his left arm helplessly: "I don't know what the bosses of the central government and the Ministry of Political Training think?" Six days ago, I suddenly issued an order to my younger brother, requiring our independent division to wear uniform of uniform of uniform and standard to be checked and checked, and the younger brother had no choice but to ask the military uniform factory to work overtime to produce, and it took five days and five nights to barely produce 12,000 sets.

After coping with today's review, we must use well-equipped camouflage combat uniforms, otherwise the officers and soldiers will not even have a replacement, and the original big cap is not applicable. It is light and comfortable, and it can also block the wind and snow when the edge is removed, so as to achieve the effect of warmth, which is much stronger than those big caps that can only be used for seeing! ”

Chen Cheng and the three of them all agreed with An Yi's opinion, and they all believed that it was a matter of time before the whole army changed its uniforms, otherwise Commander-in-Chief Jiang would not allow the First Division of the First Army and the Third Division of the Ninth Army to purchase new military uniforms and steel helmets from the Jiangnan Group.

Xu Tingyao asked Jiang Dingwen if the 25,000 camouflage combat uniforms and 13,000 steel helmets ordered by the First Division had been shipped? Xu Tingyao came to Nanjing to receive supplementary equipment this time. An Yi replied that 50,000 sets of camouflage combat uniforms and 10,000 steel helmets had already been sent to the group army station between the Xiaguan wharf and the station in Nanjing, and the steel helmets would probably have to wait for a month to be completed due to the shortage of raw materials.

Cai Zhonghu hurriedly told An Yi that after the military expenses were allocated next week, he would purchase new clothing, shoes, hats, steel helmets, engineering equipment and other materials from the Jiangnan Group for the artillery brigade, so that An Yi could say hello to the Jiangnan Group in advance.

The convoy soon came to the time-honored tavern of Confucius Temple and stopped, An Yi and Hu Jialin had just followed Chen Cheng and others up to the second floor, and the Huangpu brothers from the commander-in-chief's chamber and the staff hall rushed to the scene, and the private room that could set two large tables was suddenly crowded.

An Yi and everyone walked downstairs, He Jinhan drove the car from the headquarters, and the sentence "The principal is invited" made An Yi sad, and said to He Jinhan that he would come to drink after the school review, and now he was covered in stinky sweat and had no place to take a shower and change clothes, and the smell of alcohol was so bad that mosquitoes couldn't fly, how to see the principal with this bad image?

He Jinhan pushed An Yi into the car without saying a word, said hello to the others, and directly pulled An Yi to the front of Chiang Kai-shek's commander-in-chief's office building, entered the hall and instructed his subordinates to bring towels and hand them to An Yi, and led An Yi to the bathroom around the corner to clean up a little, and walked to Commander-in-Chief Chiang's office together.

"Sit down!"

Chiang Kai-shek, who did not smoke or drink, was very sensitive, his nose moved slightly, and his face showed a hint of displeasure.

Where did An Yi dare to sit, standing in front of the wide desk and apologizing in a low voice: "I'm sorry, principal, the student is arrogant." ”

Chiang Kai-shek saw He Jinhan bring a cup of strong tea, motioned him to put it on the coffee table in the middle of the modular sofa in front of him, picked up his cup with one hand, and strolled to the main sofa and sat down:

"Sit down, you don't look drunk, your senior brothers came back from Nanchang and told me that you opened a nightclub, and every time you go they are drunk by you."

An Yi smiled, sat on the sofa opposite Chiang Kai-shek, picked up the cup and took a few big sips: "The students in that hotel and nightclub only account for 30% of the shares, mainly for the convenience of receiving guests, and the students don't know if they make money so far." ”

Chiang Kai-shek smiled slightly, waved his hand, and said in a much kinder tone: "I asked you to come today to ask for your opinion on General Ye Kaixin's department."

At noon, I received an urgent telegram from him, saying that Bai Jiansheng's 13th Army had forced Anhua, and Chen Jiayou's newly formed 14th Army, which had taken refuge in Li Delin, had entered Changde and wanted to compress two divisions of his 44th Army in the Xiangxi region to annihilate them, and Cheng Songyun's Sixth Army was also eyeing them and had coveted them for a long time, so he had no choice but to fight back, annihilating more than 1,500 people from a regiment of the 13th Army, seizing a batch of weapons and ammunition and retreating, and begging me to let him lead his troops to Anhui to participate in the Northern Expedition.

However, I was a little skeptical about the combat effectiveness of his 44th Army, especially when he said that he would annihilate one of Bai Jiansheng's regiments. In the afternoon, I asked Chen Bui to send him another telegram asking him to give a brief report on the course of the battle, but I have not seen a reply from him until now. ”

An Yi was stunned for a moment, pondered for a moment and replied in a low voice: "This thing is very likely to be true!" Although General Bai Jiansheng's 13th Army was well-equipped, neither the two main divisions nor one instructor were from Guangxi, but were forcibly incorporated from the 10th Army of the Guizhou Army, General Lai Shihuang, and the 14th Army of the Jiangxi Army.

Again, the terrain of Xiangxi is complicated, the mountains are stacked on top of each other, the forests are luxuriant, there are many large and small caves and dry ditches covered with grass and trees at the foot of the mountainside, and then in the bleak season of cold and rainy weather, the 44th Army of the Hunan Army, which is familiar with the terrain, has made concerted efforts to strike an angry blow under the condition that it can no longer bear it, and it is normal for them to win, and their combat effectiveness is still relatively strong. ”

"Well, that makes sense."

Chiang Kai-shek nodded with satisfaction, and then asked: "Several commanders of the headquarters said that you are more familiar with Ye Kaixin's troops, and his deputy commander Zhang Hongluan has also been captured by you, and if you don't fight, you don't make a deal, and you have a good relationship now, if General Ye Kaixin's headquarters are still intact, I hope they will come to the Jiangbei battlefield." Tell me, will they be able to escape this hurdle? ”

An Yi replied truthfully: "The student told the truth, and I beg the principal to forgive!" The students believed that even if all three armies went to Xiangxi to encircle and suppress the 44th Army, it would be difficult to achieve results, and the complicated terrain was one reason, and the 44th Army could use guerrilla tactics to resolve them one by one.

Another important reason is that General Lu Diping's Second Army has returned to Changsha, Pingjiang, and Liuyang to be stationed on the front line, and judging from the current situation of General Cheng Songyun, he will be very uncomfortable in his heart, in order to squeeze out General Lu Diping's Second Army, he will not easily let his Sixth Army leave Changsha. and not turning against each other, which does not benefit him in the slightest.

Before, the eighteenth army of Tao Jun of the Gui department had entered northern Hunan to attack Xiangxi, and suddenly the Japanese wheel was bombed, and the Japanese army retaliated against its Yichang military camp in anger, Tao Jun quickly led his troops back to Yichang to garrison, and no longer dared to act rashly, the Japanese are still putting pressure on General Li Delin in Wuhan, so at most, Chen Jiayou's 14th Army, which has only two conventional divisions, can be transferred to Xiangxi to cooperate in operations, and the pressure on the 44th Army that retreats to Xiangxi is not as great as the outside world thinks, if it really annihilates a regiment of the 13th Army, It will inevitably boost morale because of this, and it will be much easier to stop the decline and gain a firm foothold. ”

Chiang Kai-shek praised with satisfaction: "You have made progress again......."

"Commander-in-chief, General Ye Kaixin called back." Chen Bui quietly came in and handed the telegram to Chiang Kai-shek.

Chiang Kai-shek quickly took over and read it carefully: "...... Very good! In the reply, they said that they had fought a beautiful ambush battle in the place where the instructor of the 13th Army, who had been chasing after him, thought that it was most impossible to set up an ambush, and used explosives, rolling logs, and sharpshooters to block the two regiments led by the instructor Chen Zhibiao himself three kilometers east of the ambush point, and ended the battle in only 40 minutes...... Forty minutes? So the firepower of the 44th Army should be very strong. ”

An Yi grinned, happy in his heart: "If you can concentrate the light machine guns and flower machine guns of the two divisions, use a close-range ambush in an unexpected area, and use the advantage of firepower and suddenness to strike resolutely without stopping, it is still very easy to do."

The most positive part of this battle is that the enemy's reinforcements were blocked three kilometers away, and the superior forces were concentrated to fight a quick battle, and the fight was very smart, I am afraid that the 13th Army would no longer dare to force in, otherwise it would take a month or two, and maybe the 13th Army would be eaten by the 44th Army, which was familiar with the terrain and became more and more courageous. ”

Chiang Kai-shek nodded again: "In this case, I want to find a way to transfer them over, which will be more or less a boost to our upcoming Second Northern Expedition...... Looking at the way you look, it seems that there is a different opinion? ”

An Yi hesitated: "Principal, in the humble opinion of the students, I think it is better to leave the 44th Army in Xiangxi, and if it is transferred, only one division needs to be transferred, so that the whole country will know the principal's broad mind and determination to unite all forces to unite in the Northern Expedition."

As long as the 44th Army is encouraged and spurred, with a certain amount of financial support, and appropriately provided with some guns and ammunition, the students believe that they will be able to take root in the western Hunan region and be like a nail firmly nailed into the barren but extremely important strategic area between Hunan, Hubei, Guizhou, and Sichuan.

After the victory of the Northern Expedition, all the contradictions hidden under the same banner will appear immediately, others do not say only the Gui system, Li Delin and Bai Jiansheng, the two generals still rely on their strong military strength to occupy the two lakes, and their rear Guangxi, if they are allowed to develop unscrupulously, there will be another division and civil war.

Therefore, from a strategic point of view, it is necessary to curb the separatist momentum of the Gui faction, and the best way to contain it is to focus on a nail in Xiangxi and help it grow, so that the Gui faction will have a sense of crisis that will be cut off at any time, even if it is not used for the Gui faction, it can be used in the subsequent unification of the great southwest of the warlords. ”

Chiang Kai-shek looked at An Yi in surprise, and slowly stood up and took a few steps after a while: "It's rare for you to have such far-reaching vision, I am very relieved, I am very relieved!" If so...... Immediately transfer one of Ye Kaixin's divisions, leave one division for him to develop and grow, just quietly give assistance and give him an appropriate number, and he can receive good results with two birds with one stone......"

"The headmaster is wise! In this way, the greatest effect can be achieved politically and militarily, even if the division remaining in Xiangxi does not succeed in the end, the goal has been achieved. An Yi praised with admiration.

Chiang Kai-shek laughed happily: "When did you learn this?" An Yi, you are a native of Sichuan, after the completion of the Northern Expedition, the pacification and reunification of the southwest, you Sichuan students still need to go to the soup and go all out, if we want to establish a unified country of the Three People's Principles, we must eliminate all local separatist warlords, otherwise, the whole of China will still be divided, there will be more and greater civil wars to poison the souls, and our revolutionary cause will fail, don't do it! ”

"Yes!" An Yi stood up and replied respectfully.

Chiang Kai-shek returned to An Yi: "Didn't your arsenal copy German-made rifles, shell guns, machine guns, and Czech light machine guns?" Your Jiangnan Group still has five cargo ships registered in Germany, and in the future, how about allowing you to complete the operation in support of the 44th Army? ”

"Principal, please hand over this task to Yin Jinan, he is preparing to build a garrison division in Nanchang, which has more time and convenience, and can even transfer some instructors to train the officers and soldiers of the 44th Army who stay in Xiangxi, and integrate the spirit of my Whampoa into this strange army. The students need to follow the headmaster wholeheartedly on the Northern Expedition, and the battles that go down are not easy to fight, and I am afraid that they will not be able to perform other tasks. An Yi replied humbly.

"Hmmm! Very good, just hand it over to Yin Jinan, he is very steady and careful, I am very relieved to him, you can concentrate on the Northern Expedition. Again, at present, it has been preliminarily decided to appoint General Zhu Yizhi as the commander-in-chief of the reserves, but since Jin Handing's 31st Army has moved to the front line, I want General Zhu Yizhi, who has very deep qualifications and experience, to serve as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy. You have a good relationship with him, so I plan to put your independent division in the former enemy headquarters, and how about you also serve as the chief of staff of General Zhu Yizhi? Chiang Kai-shek said.

An Yi was taken aback: "This ...... Principal, the student's ability is limited, and his qualifications are mediocre, so it's really difficult to be competent! ”

Chiang Kai-shek said unhappily: "I just say you can do it!" Okay, tomorrow drive your independent division to Liuhe on the north bank, where there are ready-made barracks, the terrain is more suitable for you to carry out training, you still have a month of training, during this month, you can go to the headquarters at any time to inquire about any information, increase some knowledge as the chief of staff of the corps, your appointment will be announced in the middle of next month, this period of time is kept secret.

In addition, in the past few days, you have taken time to go to the Central Military Academy on Huangpu Road to visit your mentor, Education Director Zhang Wenbai, who is full of praise for the books you have written, which have been printed as military school textbooks, and he wants you to take time to hold a symposium and seminar, and also want to lead the newly formed instructors to your military camp to study and observe.

This is an opportunity, you have to grasp it well, and the whole army will soon know that you An Yi has an excellent level of military theory, which is good for your future development, understand? ”

"Students understand! Thank you to the principal for cultivating! An Yi couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart.

Chiang Kai-shek smiled slightly: "Okay, go back, you have a lot of things, you have to hurry." On the day of the Qingming Festival, I tried to find time to go to the Baguazhou Monument with you to pay tribute to your more than 10,000 sacrificed soldiers, you did a good job in this matter, Yin Jinan and Hu Jialin did a good job. ”

"Principal Xie!"

After An Yi left, Chiang Kai-shek returned to his desk and sat down, put down the telegram, picked up his pen and began to draft a telegram to Ye Kaixin. Chen Bui, who was impressed by An Yi's strategy, stepped forward and asked, "Commander-in-chief, is An Yi really only twenty-two years old?" ”

Chiang Kai-shek calmly replied: "Almost, in four months he will be twenty-two years old." ”

Chen Bui helped his glasses, walked out of the office to cover the door, looked at the ceiling and sighed: "No wonder Bai Chongxi called him 'Flying Fox', a human spirit......"