At noon the following day, the commanders of the 1st and 2nd Route Army divisions and above under the Nanjing Political Axe arrived in Nanjing to attend an emergency military meeting convened by Commander-in-Chief Chiang, and Jiang Dingwen, commander of the eastern Zhejiang garrison, Yang Hu, commander of the Shanghai garrison and chief of police, and others also attended the meeting. At the meeting, Chiang Kai-shek solemnly demanded that the armies of the two routes quicken the pace of advance, carry out a rapid and effective attack on the enemy, do everything possible to defeat the enemy in front of them, and complete the strategic plan of occupying northern Anhui and northern Jiangsu as soon as possible.

An Yi didn't know that the important meeting was being held, and before dawn, he rode to the Xiaguan camp as before, and still watched the training of the supplementary regiment so coldly, seeing the many duck steps on the field and the hard work of the officers, An Yi sighed very much, and thought about whether to contribute four or five novel and efficient summary textbooks such as his "Military Basic Training Manual" and "Engineer Training Outline" by his reading division as soon as possible, but when he thought of reading the teacher, his heart tingled, and his whole mind immediately flew to the front line. flew among his officers and soldiers.

The surrounding officers and soldiers saw An Yi, whose face was gloomy, standing there motionless, in awe, who knew that his mind had already flown to another place.

After a short lunch break, the recruits of the Instructor Supplementary Regiment were finally distributed, and 1,850 soldiers wrapped in fine canvas bullet belts and half-old German-made rifles on their backs looked extremely excited, and there was an endless stream of laughter and laughter on the field, and even the platoon commanders were enjoying this rare joy, and the soldiers were not forbidden to raise their voices, as if they were the only ones who were real revolutionary soldiers today.

After tossing back and forth for more than an hour, the troops gathered in companies and began to conduct basic firearms training.

Lin Yaodong saw An Yi shaking his head slightly, quietly stepped forward, took out a pack of three-fort cigarettes and handed it to An Yi, An Yi took it and pulled out one, approached Lin Yaodong's lit match and took a hard breath, and whispered a sentence "unsightly" in his mouth.

"Big brother, most of these recruits only have three to fifteen days of training, it's already very good to be able to stand like this, much stronger than the troops that the younger brother saw in the East Camp in Guangzhou!" Lin Yaodong said with a smile, he hoped that through talking, An Yi could alleviate his boredom.

An Yi smiled: "How could Xiao Jiu say such unproductive words?" When you and the guards arrived in Zhenjiang, they followed the teaching team for regular training, and you should have a deep feeling about this, compared to the recruit company of our reading division, don't you think the gap is too big? ”

Lin Yaodong smiled: "Big brother, this can't be compared at all, which unit can compare with our reading division?" The starting point is different, and the strength of the instructors cannot be compared with us, the important thing is that the recruits have to tie their heads to their belts every day on the front line, and they don't train hard to master more skills, and they are worried that they will die quickly! This is the rear, and the officers and men do not have such a sense of urgency, nor are they worried that if they do not master a tactical move, they will probably be shot, so they do not have so much motivation. ”

"Not bad! I can analyze and summarize it, and it's OK! At present, my mentor, General Zhang Zhizhong, has been appointed as the chief of education, and I will suggest to him that we continue to open special classes, that is, to recruit first-class officers who are lieutenants and lieutenants in the army for further study, and do not need to go through the first half year of enlistment training, and directly enter the professional study, which can save a lot of time. An Yi said in a low voice.

Lin Yaodong has realized the importance of academic qualifications through many things he has seen and heard since he joined the army, so he no longer has the original disdain and contempt, but nods heavily and obeys the arrangement.

Lin Yaodong particularly admired Du Yuming's Second Regiment, saying that the training of the Second Regiment was the best and most effective, which shows the important influence of the regimental officers on the entire team.

Du Yuming, the commander of the second regiment, and Zheng Jiemin, who was also the instructor of the regiment, took the opportunity to walk to An Yi, saluted each other, smoked and chatted together, Zheng Jiemin said, after eating lunch, the three bosses of the division department rushed to the headquarters for a meeting, and they did not know what the emergency military situation was.

After a while, Fang Tian, the deputy head of the supplementary regiment, strode over, saluted An Yi and asked in a low voice, "Regiment leader, is today's training over here?" In the past few days of continuous high-intensity training, the officers and men have consumed a lot of energy, and they are almost exhausted, and in addition to the weapons that have just been issued, it is estimated that the results of the political study carried out by the whole regiment tonight will be good. ”

An Yi asked strangely, "Senior Brother Fang, do you also think that the training intensity in the past few days is too great?" ”

"It's quite big, and many people can't bear it, including the platoon commanders." Fang Tian said with a smile.

An Yi smiled slightly and ordered loudly: "Lin Yaodong!" ”

"Here!"

Lin Yaodong, who was standing behind An Yi, didn't expect An Yi to give an order to himself, so he replied loudly under the conditioned reflex and ran to An Yi to stand up and salute.

"You go to the office, call the guards and give me orders, you must get here on foot in full gear within thirty minutes!" An Yi ordered with an expressionless face.

"Yes!"

Lin Yaodong saluted, turned around and ran away.

An Yi turned to Fang Tian and said in a low voice: "Senior Brother Fang, my guards are now in Houzai Lane, five .six kilometers away from here, and will arrive here in thirty minutes, and then conduct five and a half kilometers of endurance training around the field with the officers and soldiers of my supplementary regiment, please give instructions from Senior Brother to go down, let all battalions and companies get ready, today's long-distance running training can still be carried without weapons, compare with each other, see where the gap is, and let the recruits see what a real soldier is like." ”

Fang Tian was stunned for a moment, and smiled slightly: "Okay, I'll arrange it." ”

Du Yu Mingxiao asked with interest: "Xiao Yi, although the intensity of the thirty-minute hike to 5.6 kilometers is not great, but the next 5.5 kilometers is not easy, and it is fully armed, very difficult, don't you worry about losing to the recruits who are hand-to-hand to compete without face?" ”

"Haha! Brother Du don't worry, don't talk about this group of soldiers, even the spy company that Senior Brother Hu Zongnan is proud of, and he doesn't dare to say that he can outrun my guards under the same conditions. An Yi smiled proudly.

Zheng Jiemin knew that most of the officers and men of Hu Zongnan's spy company had been trained under An Yi's command, and in his excitement, he repeatedly said that there was a good show to watch, so he hurriedly went to notify the other two regiments to organize an observation together, so as to take this opportunity to open the eyes of the officers and soldiers and know what it means to have mountains outside the mountains.

As soon as Zheng Jiemin left, he heard the assembly whistle coming from the supplementary regiment field, and the whole regiment was quickly assembled, and the clever regiment deputy Fang Tian jumped on the table in the middle, opened his voice and loudly announced An Yi's decision, and finally asked with great agitation:

“…… Brothers, Regiment Commander An's guards are now running from the drum tower in full armor, and they are going to run 5.6 kilometers to reach our camp, and then immediately challenge the officers and men of our regiment to run around the field 5.5 kilometers in full armor again. Now I ask you, are you ashamed? Do you have the courage to take on this challenge? ”

"There's—"

The new recruits of the whole regiment who were touched also replied loudly in a loud voice that they had never felt before, some people were apprehensive, some were stunned, and many more were indignant and felt humiliated.

Fang Tian saw that the goal was achieved, and his voice became louder: "There is a kind! Today, I will also meet this challenge together with my brothers, let us show our indomitable revolutionary spirit, show our revolutionary will, and let everyone see that we are also worthy revolutionary soldiers! Brethren, do you have faith? ”

"There's—"

The voices of the answers were louder and more orderly, almost all of them were shouted, and more than 5,000 officers and men of the three regiments on both sides gradually gathered, and the atmosphere immediately became extremely warm.

Just after twenty-four minutes, thirty-three guards with flowered machine guns on their backs, imposing and beautiful leather cartridges on their chests, Colt pistols and special daggers on their waists sweated profusely and ran into the barracks, and under the leadership of the chief guard Lin Yaodong and the two guards on duty, they ran neatly towards An Yi, and the thirty-six people were not as strong as they imagined.

On the wide battlefield, more than 7,000 officers and soldiers looked enviously at this well-equipped elite team, and only Du Yuming and other officers of the first and second phases who had been on the battlefield could feel a faint aura of slaughter.

"Report, thirty-six guards have arrived, please give instructions to the division!" Lin Yaodong still calls An Yi the division commander.

An Yi nodded and took two steps forward: "Take a break!" Three minutes of preparation, carefully pack again, and after finishing, everyone goes to the forty meters behind them and carries a rifle, and I will also run with everyone and disband! ”

"Kill—"

The guards roared viciously, meticulously checking the waist buckles and shoelaces under the gaze of thousands of onlookers, and after checking each other in pairs, they did it calmly and meticulously, Du Yuming and dozens of other battalion commanders secretly admired.

An Yi also prepared with the guards, and in less than two minutes, he led the guards to the field, and each of them grabbed a rifle and carried it on their shoulders as everyone watched in amazement.

"Ready—Start!"

The 1,850 recruits of the supplementary regiment at all levels of the commanders took ambitious steps, but An Yi led his guards to stand aside and wait patiently, waiting for the teams of each company to pass the starting line, and then jogged behind.

After a lap, the An Yi Guards who followed behind the team began to exert their strength, only to hear a low roar in the team, the whole team suddenly accelerated past one company after another, and it only took three laps to rush to the front of the first battalion and one company of the vanguard led by Fang Tian himself.

Fang Tian saw that this was okay? Shouting loudly to speed up, the whole team immediately chased after the guards, almost closely connected together, the guards were not in a hurry or impatient, and maintained the speed well, no matter how Fang Tian led the officers and soldiers to chase after them, it was a short distance.

Sandwiched in the middle of the team, An Yi also ran very easily, after another lap, An Yi wanted to laugh in his heart, just need to run one more lap, the entire rhythm of the supplementary regiment behind him will be disrupted, and the soldiers with poor physical fitness will fall behind in a large area, which will affect the orderly formation maintained by the entire regiment, and then chaos will inevitably occur, and the entire huge team will be dragged to death and lose morale.

(To be continued)