Liu Zhi, Xu Tingyao and others strode onto the high platform accompanied by Yin Jinan and Hu Zi, and when they saw An Yi saluting crookedly on crutches, they also saluted back, and before they could put down their hands, everyone laughed.

Yin Jinan and Hu Zi led Liu Zhi and the four commanders of the division headquarters to sit down at the long table, and the smart Dong Yanzi and Xiao Langzhong had already brought a warm pot and a teacup.

Seeing An Yi preparing to sit down, Liu Zhi took out an envelope from his pocket and said loudly: "Don't sit down yet, you don't have to get up again later...... An Yi listens to the order: An Yi is hereby appointed as the colonel of the Supplementary Regiment of the Second Division of the First Army of the National Revolutionary Army. This is the case! The First Army of the National Revolutionary Army, Commander: He Yingqin...... Take it, since yesterday you have been the colonel. ”

"...... so fast"

An Yi took the letter of appointment and looked at it again, he was very surprised, causing laughter from everyone, he knew that he would have to be promoted sooner or later, but the chief officer above the regimental level must be appointed by the military department, he thought that he would at least have to take Nanchang, but he really didn't expect it to come so quickly.

Xu Tingyao motioned for An Yi to sit down: "I've never seen a different species like you, others are slow to be promoted, only you are too fast, I really don't know how your head grows?" Also, you have to discipline your subordinates more, and you can't make a fuss about wanting to pull out a knife and kill people at every turn, fortunately, the principal is magnanimous, and he will not be held accountable for his outstanding achievements in your department and the deputy Gu Changfeng, otherwise Gu Laoer's crime is enough to cut off his head! ”

An Yi smiled apologetically: "That kid is a person with a surname in love, it is estimated that I felt uncomfortable when I saw hundreds of injured brothers being carried down one after another that day, and my brain was burned by anger, and my subordinates must control him well in the future, haha...... Divisional seats, chief of staff, the signboard of our model battalion will not be replaced because of the expansion, right? ”

Liu Zhi smiled: "No, it still belongs to our second division and belongs to your regiment, but I don't know when you leave." ”

"What words? How could a subordinate leave the Second Division? Unless the division kicks out his subordinates. An Yi also made a joke.

Xu Tingyao smiled happily: "Go and go, who is willing to kick you away?" Now the entire Northern Expeditionary Army says that your kid is a lucky general, and they all say that your model battalion has been fighting more and more since the Northern Expedition, and has never suffered a loss. ”

An Yi looked at Yin Jinan and Hu Zi, who were smiling and silent, and then looked at Xu Tingyao and Liu Zhi: "My subordinates really don't know what's going on, how can I say this?" ”

Liu Zhi sighed: "The defeat of the whole army that night, if it weren't for the flexible handling and brave performance of your model battalion, the consequences would be unpredictable. He said that if it were not for your foresight and the assistance of hundreds of brothers in the model battalion, they would never have taken the initiative to smoothly withdraw the artillery to the west bank, and there would have been no large-scale artillery coverage of the enemy chasing our army later, and in this battle they not only won the record of destroying more than 600 enemy troops, but also destroyed the pursuit attempt of the stubborn enemy in one fell swoop, providing a powerful firepower guarantee for the safe withdrawal of more than 13,000 friendly troops.

Maybe you don't know that the artillery regiment has finished all the shells at once, and the enemy, seeing this momentum, thinks that our reinforcements have arrived, and is so frightened that he does not dare to chase after him, for fear that he will be covered by artillery fire again, and the powerful firepower of the officers and men of the two companies stationed on the east bank of the first pontoon bridge sneaked up from the east to the two regiments of the stubborn enemy who tried to take advantage of the fire and loot, and unscrupulously launched a charge. The defeated officers and men of the Second Army regained their confidence and gradually restored order, and under the command of the officers and men of your battalion, they quickly and orderly withdrew to the west bank through the pontoon bridge, and if it were not for the fact that hundreds of chaotic friendly troops were surrounded by a regiment of enemies, your brothers in the 5th and 6th companies would not have jumped out of their positions under the leadership of Ji Nan to come to the rescue, and there would have been no casualties of hundreds of people. ”

"That's how it is...... Division, how could the enemy's pursuit be so swift and so accurate? An Yi asked puzzled.

Liu Zhi shook his head frequently with a wry smile, and Xu Tingyao sighed and explained in detail: "At yesterday's review meeting, General Bai Chongxi, deputy chief of general staff and former commander-in-chief of the enemy, reviewed the course of this battle, which was very detailed. He finally mentioned three points with emotion, first, he didn't expect Deng Ruzhuo to be so old and spicy, and he could hide two brigades of more than 6,700 ambush soldiers before we attacked the city. After the confession of the wounded enemy soldiers captured after the battle, one brigade was ambushed in Zhushan Pass, 15 kilometers to the southeast, and the other brigade was lurking in a large area of reeds nine kilometers southeast of your second pontoon bridge, with the aim of waiting for the defeat of our troops and launching a final blow while our officers and men were exhausted.

Both of these areas were within the search range of the Second Army, so in the spirit of solidarity and mutual trust, no one was held accountable, and the Second Army itself suffered heavy casualties, so it was finally stopped. That is to say, the enemy commander Deng Ruzhuo has already made a bamboo in his chest, and his entire line of contraction is completely for the purpose of serving the offensive and defensive battle of Nanchang City, so bold and accurate calculation, he has to obey! ”

The sigh rang out, An Yi's face jumped faster, and he suddenly felt that his little cleverness was so naïve and small in front of Deng Ruzhuo's big hand, and the original pride and pride in his heart suddenly came to naught, and beads of sweat began to emerge from his broad forehead.

Xu Tingyao continued: "The second point that Vice President Bai said is that our army does not have accurate and detailed information, and does not know that the sluice gate under Nanchang City can be used by the defending enemy in this way, and does not know that the defending enemy will make as many as 500 soft ladders in advance, so that it is impossible to resist more than 20,000 defenders who quickly leave the city and suddenly launch a counterattack. This incident is a deep shame for all of us in attendance, and we underestimate our opponents. ”

"What's the third?"

An Yi had already felt the same way as Bai Chongxi's second summary, so he asked directly about the last point.

Xu Tingyao smiled slightly: "The third point is about your model battalion, Vice President Bai said that the enemy's reconnaissance and dispatch are very fast, according to his speculation, when the defending troops launched a sudden counterattack, Deng Ruzhuo's artillery regiment almost followed the infantry out of the south gate, quickly entered the position about four kilometers south of the city, according to the intelligence fed back by the enemy scouts, directly launched an artillery bombardment on your second pontoon bridge, one of the biggest reasons is that the flag of your model battalion was mistaken by the enemy for the commander-in-chief's handsome flag when it moved south, Therefore, the second pontoon bridge, which was originally considered the safest, became the target of the enemy's key attack. At that time, it was already dark, and it was estimated that the enemy could not imagine that the commander-in-chief had not erected the commander's flag at all, and the flags of the other armies and units had long since disappeared in the rout, and only the banner of your model battalion was moving at high speed from beginning to end, which was very conspicuous. ”

An Yi suddenly realized: "I understand...... No wonder so many shells did not fly to the east bank of the first pontoon bridge crowded with nearly 10,000 defeated friendly troops, but shelled our second pontoon bridge lifelessly, it turned out that they wanted to knock out our command center! ”

"Exactly!"

Xu Tingyao nodded: "There is another very important and interesting reason, Zhang Guowei's brigade, which was ambushed nine kilometers southeast of you in advance, has slowly advanced five kilometers to you in advance according to the agreed time, and immediately abandoned all heavy weapons and lightly armed to pursue after receiving the scout emergency report, and the brigade commander Zhang Guowei personally led two infantry regiments to rush to the east bank of the second pontoon bridge, it is estimated that they thought that the powerful artillery fire had destroyed the pontoon bridge, and the officers and soldiers of our army headquarters who fled from under the city of Nanchang to the head of the second pontoon bridge were exhausted and suffered heavy casualties. That's why he rushed straight to your position with confidence, but he didn't expect to be cleverly used by you to use powerful firepower to get closer, and he lost hundreds of people in the first attack, and the second attack was violently repelled by the mortars you had placed on the west bank in advance.

Zhang Guowei's brigade is the elite of Deng Ruzhuo's second only to the guards brigade, and after a short rest, he immediately launched a third fierce attack, trying to go all out to take your position, but he didn't expect Colonel Hu Jialin and more than 200 warriors under his command to dare to launch a counter-charge with the shell landing point, and collided with the enemy almost at the same time in the smoke of gunpowder, and the enemy did not expect that the soldiers of the model battalion were so brave, so crazy, and the more than 200 brothers who were extremely brave were all carrying automatic weapons. After the battle, he threw down the gun and drew out the big knife and the sharp sapper shovel without pause and threw himself into the enemy group again, killing back and forth among more than 2,000 enemies, Zhang Guowei's brigade at the end of the strong crossbow suffered heavy casualties and was scattered without preparation, and Zhang Guowei himself was cut in two by someone in the confusion, and the enemy army completely collapsed since then, and our army turned from danger to safety. ”

Xu Tingyao took a sip of tea and moistened his throat: "The nearly 1,000 remnants of the enemy who escaped to Nanchang City by luck rushed a support group sent by Deng Ruzhuo to pieces, and under the panic, thousands of enemy troops fled back to the city in fear, never daring to come out again." Although there was an element of luck in this battle, the strong combat effectiveness and iron will of the officers and men of the model battalion left an indelible impression on the officers and men of the whole army.

After Vice President Bai explained, the generals in the audience were impressed, Hu Jialin, Xia Jian, including Gu Changfeng, who threw the medical officer a few meters away, and others were immediately familiar to all the generals, and the interesting thing is that from the news fed back last night, it was learned that Deng Ruzhuo and the generals repeatedly analyzed that you were the culprits who captured the enemy brigade commander Jing Yanzong and launched a non-stop attack for several days, and calculated all the accounts on the head of the commander-in-chief's guard, and urgently warned all the departments under his command to take strict precautions, Small units must not approach the border area between the two armies. ”

Everyone burst into laughter, but An Yi secretly called luck in his heart.

Xu Tingyao looked at Liu Zhi, who was silently drinking tea, inspected the military camp under the pretext of the original agreement, ordered Hu Zi and Yin Jinan and others to lead the way, and led a group of adjutant staff officers to leave happily.

An Yi saw that the atmosphere was not right, waved his hand and signaled the surrounding brothers to retreat as well, leaned forward, and approached the silent Liu Zhi: "Please give instructions to the teacher." ”

Liu Zhi said in a low voice with a heavy face: "Under the city of Nanchang, our division suffered heavy losses, its vitality was greatly damaged, the commanders of the three main regiments were killed and wounded, the deputy of the regiment and the battalion commander and the battalion deputy suffered eleven casualties, and only more than 4,000 of the 12,000 soldiers of the three main regiments were intact, and only more than 900 people were left in the six regiments with the greatest losses, alas...... This is the fiasco that Liu Zhi has never had since I joined the army, and I am ashamed of the principal and the brothers who have become brave and benevolent! ”

"Don't say that, since ancient times, victory and defeat have been a common thing in soldiers, and they can't be measured by the victory or defeat of a battle, not to mention that this battle was fought so tragically and so hard, it is not the fault of the division, and the subordinates shudder every time they think about it, if they let their subordinates lead the troops to attack the city like a few main regiments, they will also lose their troops and even lose their own security."

An Yi paused for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Master, my subordinates have a suggestion, I don't know what the master thinks?" ”

Liu Zhi nodded: "Let's say, your suggestion has benefited me and the second division more than once." ”

An Yi smiled embarrassedly: "Master, although my subordinates have been in a trance with their eyes closed in the past two days, they are constantly reflecting on the gains and losses since joining the army. In the past two days, I have been thinking most about the question of how to improve the combat effectiveness of our division, regiment and battalion, and after thinking about it, I still think that the practice report submitted by my subordinates to the division and the principal before the war is worth trying, so my subordinates plan to assign two of the four engineer companies in the model battalion to the fifth and sixth regiments, and all 148 brothers in each company, except for the company commander and company deputy, will be transferred to the company to relieve the pressure on our brotherly regiment. Didn't the subordinate just be appointed as the head of the supplementary regiment? As the name suggests, the supplementary regiment is responsible for the responsibility of sending qualified soldiers to the main force, and the subordinates want to open it, and from now on they will be loyal and dedicated, diligent, and do their duty to supplement the soldiers of our second division and the brother regiments and battalions of our division. As long as the subordinates are given a month and support in the normal recruitment of soldiers, the subordinates will get back a battalion of soldiers. ”

"Xiao Yi ......"

Liu Zhi looked at An Yi gratefully: "I didn't misread you, since I chose you to enter the second division, I have always believed that you will grow up step by step, but I didn't expect you to grow so fast, so mature, and take the overall situation into account, I am very relieved and grateful!" Today is not only to announce your appointment, but also to ask you for people, because the infantry can be trained quickly, but the engineer can't, there is nothing to achieve in three months to half a year, looking at the whole army, only your model battalion has real engineer skills and training experience, so today I also came to take away your engineer company, but after the hard battle, you are also exhausted and have a lot of losses, Ming San lay on the hospital bed and said that he was embarrassed to open his mouth to you, Yue Xiang thought that since the Northern Expedition, he has repeatedly made you the wronged leader, and he is also full of apologies and can't speak, Only I, the commander of the division, have to say, I didn't expect you to be so generous, think about what people think, take the initiative to solve problems for me without waiting for me to speak, and send as many as two companies to the brotherhood at a time, I ...... I remembered! ”

An Yi smiled sincerely: "This is the obligation of his subordinates, haha!" I'm not afraid of the jokes of the teacher, my subordinates have always thought that if they can't even eat their stomachs, what can they do to save the people and save the country? The subordinates have been doing their best based on their own duties, and on the premise of not violating the principles and not violating military discipline, they will unscrupulously grab some soldiers to make some money, so the subordinates have more benefits than other seniors and colleagues, and they are faster. No matter what happens in the future, the subordinates will first consider the interests and achievements of our second division, then the first army, and then the entire revolutionary army, because it will definitely not work to do it upside down, right, division? ”

Liu Zhi couldn't help laughing, but he put away his smile and said seriously: "Xiao Yi, in fact, I have the same mind as you, but I can't say it in my position." For example, this siege is an example, the art of war: will be overwhelmed by its anger and attach ants, kill one-third of the soldiers and the city will not be pulled out, this attack is also a disaster. Why don't you know these truths? However, it is the duty of a soldier to obey orders, and I cannot hold back in the slightest. Secondly, my thoughts are the same as yours, I am not in my position, I can only do my duty conscientiously. You have always done a good job, both in terms of terror and courage, surpassing many of your peers, and even surpassing us division commanders, which shows that war does make people grow up quickly. ”

An Yi was also full of emotion: "Yes...... Before I entered Whampoa, I was a little gangster who didn't know anything but knew how to make money desperately, but I didn't expect that I would now become the colonel, killing so many people with my own hands, and I was also scarred, and the brothers who followed me were killed and injured countless times, this kind of walking on the blade, I can't help but dig out my mind and struggle in every possible way......"

(To be continued)