Chapter 88: Summoned by the Chairman (3)
Chiang Kai-shek led Song Zhewu and Han Fuyu through the crowd one by one, walked to the steps in front of the station dispatch building, and said loudly to everyone: "Now, I will introduce you to our two heroes. As soon as Chiang Kai-shek spoke, the noisy crowd below immediately fell silent.
Chiang Kai-shek pointed at Han Fuyu and said: "This is the current chairman of Henan Province and commander-in-chief of the Third Route Army of the Rebel Army, General Han Fuyu, who joined the army in 1910, and since the Luanzhou Uprising, he has gone through hundreds of battles large and small, because of his bravery, from ordinary soldiers, clerks to company commanders, battalion commanders, regiment commanders, brigade commanders, division commanders, and even the commander of the Sixth Army of the Northwest Army before the reorganization, he has made great contributions to the development and growth of the Northwest Army, and is actually the first brave general of the Northwest Army and the first great hero of the Northwest Army. In November of the 14th year of the Republic of China, the Nationalist Army attacked Tianjin, and General Han was the commander of the First Brigade of the First Division of the First Army of the Nationalist Army. During the Second Northern Expedition, in July of the 16th year of the Republic of China, the Nationalist Army Allied Army under Feng Yuxiang was organized into the Second Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and the Sixth Route under the jurisdiction of General Han was changed to the Sixth Army, and later served as the commander-in-chief of the Third Front Army. The Second Army marched into Hebei, and General Han led his troops from Luoyang to cross the Yellow River, and in September, he first defeated Jin Yunyu, the commander-in-chief of the puppet Henan Defense Army, at Yuxian. In late October, Zhang Zongchang of the Feng Department invaded eastern Henan, and General Han led his troops to launch a fierce attack on the enemy between Lankao and Kaifeng, and broke the enemy army again. In November, General Han served as the commander-in-chief of the middle route of the Second Army, and defeated the Zhilu coalition army again. In December, he cooperated with the First Army to attack Xuzhou and completely wiped out the main force of the Zhilu coalition army. In April of the 17th year of the Republic of China, 12 divisions of the Feng army attacked Henan. Feng Yuxiang appointed General Han as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy of the Northern Route Army. On June 6, General Han led his troops to break the Feng army, and then passed all the way to capture Yanjing Nanyuan, becoming the first Northern Expeditionary Army to reach Yanjing, known as 'General Fei'. This time, he personally led an army of 100,000 to help the central government crusade against Li Yi and make great achievements in the revolution. Looking at the achievements of General Han Fuyu in the past 20 years, he is not only the first brave general of the Northwest Army, but also the first hero of the Northwest Army, and he is also a person who has made great contributions to the national revolution. ”
Although Chiang Kai-shek's accent has a strong Zhejiang dialect, he is strong and powerful, and he is very inflammatory. Chiang Kai-shek, who praised Han Fuyu very much, took the lead in applauding.
The crowd below also applauded Chiang Kai-shek, especially the young students, who clapped their hands loudest out of hero worship. Someone took the lead and shouted the slogan: "Welcome Chairman Han!" Welcome to Flying General! ”
Since Han Fuyu saw Chiang Kai-shek, he was called warm by Chiang Kai-shek's left sentence to Brother Fang and the right sentence to Brother Fang, and at this time he was praised by Chiang Kai-shek, and he couldn't help but be sad and joyful, full of emotion, his eyes were red, and he almost burst into tears.
What moved Han Fuyu to his delight was that Chiang Kai-shek, with the respect of the leader of a country, treated him Han Fuyu as a brother to Fang, amiable and approachable, and in front of so many people and reporters, he pointed out the battles and exploits he had experienced one by one, and praised him one by one. This made Han Fuyu inexplicably grateful.
Except for a few people such as his good brother Shi Yousan and Ma Hongkui who complained about him in private, no one else in the Northwest Army mentioned it, let alone Feng Yuxiang. In particular, Chiang Kai-shek gave him two firsts, and he was even more moved by the praise of a great achievement!
Han Fuyu told Chiang Kai-shek that he was the first brave general in the Northwest Army, which made him a little uneasy. In the Northwest Army, there are still a few people who are brave in battle, except for him Han Fuyu, not to mention far away, let's just say that Shi Yousan and Ji Hongchang, who are now temporarily under his command, are famous brave generals in the Northwest Army. Although Han Fuyu didn't dare to enjoy the title of the first brave general alone, he definitely dared to say that he was one of them.
Although he did not dare to take the title of the first brave general in the Northwest Army, he would not give in to the title of the first wise general in the Northwest Army. Han Fuyu has always believed that it will be the courage of the soldiers, and the handsome will be the soul of the army. When officers below the regimental commander fight, they must not have to live and die, and sometimes even charge into battle in person, only in this way can the courage of the soldiers be strengthened, and only in this way can a good army be brought out; If an officer above the regimental commander comes to the front line to charge again, he is a reckless man. Once such a high-ranking officer is killed or wounded, it will affect the course of the battle and even determine the outcome of the war. At least he, Han Fuyu would not reuse such a brave man. Officers above the regimental commander level are the backbone of a unit, and they should focus on strategizing, mobilizing the mood of the troops, and directing the troops on how to win battles, suffer fewer casualties, and strive for the interests of their own troops.
Han Fuyu said that Chiang Kai-shek was the first hero of the Northwest Army, and Han Fuyu thought that he was well-deserved. Not to mention that since he joined the army in 1910 and followed Feng Yuxiang, he has made countless military exploits, otherwise he Han Fuyu would not have been repeatedly promoted to surpass many of his colleagues and comrades-in-arms, and now he is now on an equal footing with the Five Tiger Generals when Feng Yuxiang first started. Among the five tiger generals, Song Zheyuan was appointed chairman of Shaanxi Province, Li Mingzhong was appointed mayor of Zhengzhou, Lu Zhonglin was appointed executive secretary of the Ministry of Military Affairs of the National People's Republic of China, and Liu Yufen was chairman of Gansu Province. He, Han Fuyu, is also now the chairman of a province in Henan.
Just by virtue of the fact that after Feng Yuxiang returned from the Soviet Union, Han Fuyu immediately pulled Shi Yousan and Chen Xisheng, with more than 40,000 guns, and ran to Wuyuan with Yan Xishan on his back to return to his subordinates, he Han Fuyu can not only be called the first hero of the Northwest Army, but also the first hero of Feng Yuxiang.
At that time, Lu Zhonglin, Song Zheyuan, Li Mingzhong, Liu Yufen, Zhang Zhijiang, Sun Lianzhong, Sun Liangcheng, Pang Bingxun, Yang Hucheng and other people who retreated to the poor place in the northwest still had more than 30,000 people left in the whole team. But he, Shi Yousan, and Chen Xisheng brought back 40,000 people. Moreover, these 40,000 are by no means comparable to their hungry soldiers who are unclothed, short of food and ammunition.
If he Han Fuyu does not return to the Northwest Army, the Northwest Army will never recover soon, and it will never develop into the most powerful military force in the country so quickly.
As for saying that he made great contributions to the national revolution, he Han Fuyu did not dare to accept it. If you talk about it from the perspective of defeating the warlords, it makes sense. But if you want to talk about great merits, then he is a great merit for Feng Yuxiang, and he Han Fuyu didn't think about making meritorious contributions to the great cause of the national revolution at that time.
What made Han Fuyu feel aggrieved and even sad and indignant was that Feng Yuxiang never called Xiang Fang, even if it was a reprimand. Han Fuyu has never been false to him, and he has been even more cold in the past year. not only did not mention the merits that he Han Fuyu made for the Northwest Army and for him Feng Yuxiang, but now he even has to settle the old accounts with him who had no choice but to defect to Yan Xishan.
Today's scene is the first time Han Fuyu has experienced it, he has never enjoyed such treatment in the Northwest Army, Feng Yuxiang didn't talk about greeting him at the station, and he didn't even go out to greet him. Today, however, Chairman of the Political Axe of the Republic of China, Chairman of the Military Committee of the Central Political Axe, and Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Navy, and Air Force of the Republic of China, and his wife personally greeted him at the station. Although there is also a Song Zhewu, Chiang Kai-shek's attitude makes him feel that he is the person Chiang Kai-shek wants to greet the most.
Han Fuyu couldn't help but think in his heart: "It may be a good choice to follow someone like Chiang Kai-shek who is considerate of his subordinates." Although he will always be a miscellaneous card in the eyes of the Huangpu people, as long as he deals with it properly, he will not be able to suffer a big loss.
Han Fuyu's expression, Chiang Kai-shek saw it. Chiang Kai-shek said with a smile: "Brother Xiangfang, look at it, as long as he has made great contributions to the country and sincerely contributed to the country, the people will welcome him and support him." Brother Fang, you can also say a few words, don't let down the hearts of the Wuhan fathers. ”
Han Fuyu calmed down and said loudly: "Thank you Chairman Jiang for your praise, Fuyu can only fulfill his duties and serve the party and the state." ”
Han Fuyu's words made Chiang Kai-shek very happy, Lu Zuo saw Han Fuyu in Kaifeng last time, although Han Fuyu agreed, but there was no actual action, most of them still couldn't rest assured that his 20th division. Whether Han Fuyu can bring an extra 20 divisions is of little significance to him Jiang Zhongzheng, what Chiang Kai-shek wants is Han Fuyu, as long as he Han Fuyu comes over and his high-ranking officials give him generously, it will produce an avalanche effect in the Northwest Army, and there will be people who will continue to come to him, and this person who can cause an avalanche is Han Fuyu. Looking at Han Fuyu's expression today, he knew that Han Fuyu should be really tempted this time.
Chiang Kai-shek patted Song Zhewu on the shoulder with a smile on his face, and said loudly to the welcoming crowd: "Fathers and elders of Wuhan, I also want to introduce you to a hero, that is, General Song Zhewu, the commander-in-chief of the Fourth Route Army of the rebel army in front of you. General Song was young and promising, he graduated from the Dresden Infantry School in Germany, and after returning to China, he paid his own money to form a new army, and built a strong army with excellent military discipline in only two years. During the Second Northern Expedition of the National Revolutionary Army, General Song first led his army to prevent the remnants of the Anhui warlord Sun Chuanfang from entering Tianjin, and then blocked the troops of the Northeast Army and Langfang, winning both battles; This time, in response to the order of the central government, he sent troops to attack Li Yi, and even from Hebei non-stop, he took 100,000 male lions south to Hubei, first annihilated a brigade of Yang Tenghui in Xiaogan in only one hour, and forced Yang Tenghui to surrender; Then the soldiers divided into two routes overnight, rushing all the way to Hankou and Hanyang, and recaptured Hankou and Hanyang for the central government in one fell swoop with lightning speed; All the way to the Zhujia River, where they blocked the Gui Huiwan army, which wanted to retreat to Wuhan and resisted stubbornly. After a bloody battle, General Song's troops not only did not allow the Gui troops to move forward, but also forced the Gui general Hu Zongduo to send a telegram to the field to hand over the troops, so that the three towns of Wuhan were saved from a war. Although General Song's troops were not directly under the central government, General Song always had his heart set on the central government and thought about the country and the people. General Song's move not only did a great good deed for the victims, but also did a great good thing for me Jiang Zhongzheng, General Song is really the biggest contributor to the central government's successful crusade against Li Reyi this time! Such a great hero, do you think it should be commended? ”
"Yes! Should! People from all walks of life in Wuhan shouted loudly.
After all, Wuhan did not experience war this time, it was all the credit of Song Zhewu, and he vigorously helped the victims, especially the military discipline of the Fourth Route Army, which was not only fair trading, but also had a very friendly attitude towards the citizens from the officers to the soldiers, and was the best soldier they had ever seen. When Chiang Kai-shek asked whether he should be commended, he naturally supported it greatly, and the students and representatives of the women's circles were even more enthusiastic.
(To be continued)