Chapter 106 Don’t forget your roots

Liu Zie and more than a dozen other officers stood on a high platform in front of the enemy's artillery array command department, overlooking the officers and soldiers of the 4th and 6th regiments who were cleaning the battlefield below the position. They happily glanced at the artillery pieces on the wide position and looked at the people around them.

An Yi kept praising him, and this time the Second Division suddenly became more powerful and no longer suffered from the cowardice of others.

Xu Tingyao told everyone excitedly: "At least nearly ten thousand enemies were wiped out in this battle, especially Huang Qixiang's Thirty-sixth Regiment, which achieved brilliant results. They occupied both the east and west artillery positions, captured more than 400 enemies, and seized no less than 1,000 pieces of various artillery pieces.

There were more than 140 gates and more than 1,000 officers and soldiers who participated in the night attack. The battle resulted in heavy losses but less than 40 people were lost. It was truly the greatest victory since the Northern Expedition, and our Second Division also made a huge contribution!"

After counting the results of the battle, Huzi strode up to Liu She, put his legs together and saluted vigorously: "Reporting to the division seat, a total of 46 French mountain guns and 20 German Krupp 03 field guns were captured in the positions occupied by our unit.

Four, Hanyang imitated Japanese mountain artillery and twenty-six. After entering this position, more than 360 enemy people were wiped out, including seven enemy generals. Various shells, guns and other seizures were handed over to the brothers of the fifth regiment for inventory.

complete!"

"Very good! Amazing!"

Liu She rarely used the word "very" and looked at his beard covered with gunpowder smoke and enemy blood stains with admiration: "Take a break... You fought well. Thirty brothers killed countless enemies but there were no casualties.

, and also occupied this main artillery position before the friendly forces, creating the first major capture of our army since its establishment. Just now on the way, Commander Zhang Fakui of the 12th friendly army not only did not blame you for changing the attack target without authorization, but also expressed great appreciation.

He said that you fought well and smartly, which greatly impressed the brothers of the Twelfth Division and the Thirty-sixth Regiment, and they had to re-evaluate the combat strength of our Second Division. This battle demonstrated the military might of our Second Division and our

The confidence and confidence of the 5,200 brothers in this department are shining through with their military exploits!"

At this time, the commander of the fifth regiment, Jiang Dingwen, ran over cheerfully: "Everything has been counted. There are more than 5,400 rounds of various artillery shells, and 471 long and short guns have been seized. I just touched the ones erected on the edge of the position.

The four heavy machine guns are all cold, which proves that the enemy fled madly before they had time to fire, otherwise there would be more than 320 corpses on the position. What a good fight!"

Everyone was happily pointing and laughing, but at this moment An Yi signaled Old Sichuan and several brothers to bring two large boxes of silver coins, a tiger-headed general's seal, seven loads of opium paste, and four inlaid with gold.

Yu’s special opium pipe, two Beiyang general sabers, several large military maps and a basket of documents:

"Master, this is what we captured from the enemy's headquarters. Please take a look at it. Unfortunately, the enemy's important generals and the two armored trains all ran away. If my subordinates and others are lucky, we can capture those two trains."

The armored train, equipped with a one to two hundred millimeter large-caliber cannon, will be able to blast a bloody path for our division all the way north."

The officers cheered happily. Liu She, Hu Shusen and others looked at each other, feeling satisfied and reassured by An Yi's honesty and discipline.

The two saw Jiang Dingwen step forward and pick up several opium pipes worth thousands of gold and couldn't put it down. Several regiment and battalion commanders surrounded the sabers and two boxes of oceans. They smiled helplessly. After a brief discussion, Hu Shusen loudly gave the order:

"Everyone, wait a minute, bring me those two general swords first."

Hu Shusen took the knife handed over by the adjutant, looked at it with care, and handed it to Liu Zhi and Xu Tingyao respectively, who liked to carry swords. He ordered several staff officers to put away the seals, maps and documents, pointed at other items and said loudly: "Two boxes of ocean mail."

It will be handled by the division headquarters, and other items will be temporarily kept by the fifth regiment, Commander Jiang..."

"arrive……"

Jiang Dingwen knew that the tobacco paste and several pipes were his own, and he was not happy at all. He was so happy that the big cap on his head shook.

Hu Shusen said solemnly: "All artillery, ammunition and light and heavy weapons must be distributed evenly among the regiments. You must not eat more than you occupy. As soon as the brothers of the Fourth Regiment and the Sixth Regiment have finished cleaning the battlefield, they will be distributed immediately, and then they will rush to the predetermined camp in Xianning."

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"I understand! Haha..."

Jiang Dingwen smiled with satisfaction, thinking that as usual, he could not occupy them all, but now my fifth regiment has taken the advantage of being near the water and collected dozens of French products that are 90% new and have much better fire rate and performance. Then we will forget about it.

It's useless for brothers from the other two groups to make irresponsible remarks.

Unexpectedly, Hu Shusen was a very shrewd person. He led several combat staff officers to let Jiang Dingwen take them to see various artillery pieces. He also said that the distribution should be based on the principles of rationality, unity, and convenient logistics supply. This suddenly destroyed Jiang Dingwen's wishful thinking.

Messy.

Liu Zhi saw An Yi and Hu Jialin beside him with smiles on their faces, without any sense of loss. He was very pleased with these two generals who were open-minded and had the overall situation in mind. Liu Zhi thought for a while, turned to An Yi and whispered:

"I have arranged for your engineering battalion to be stationed at Shuanghe Bridge, more than one kilometer southwest of Xianning. There is a hot spring there, which is very suitable for you to rest and recuperate. After two consecutive days of fighting, your officers and soldiers were exhausted and suffered heavy losses. Your wounded soldiers will stay here

Treat your injuries at Guantangyi's logistics hospital. Other companies will line up for an hour and follow the division headquarters to the north. When you arrive at the Xianning camp, you will immediately send the battle report. We will bring back more than a thousand brothers and sisters with you last time.

We will reward you and Hu Jialin for their military exploits together with a large number of weapons. I will personally award you and Hu Jialin new appointments, and reward your department with a one-time reward of 10,000 yuan. Your merits are seen by the whole division, and no one is jealous."

"Thank you for your cultivation!"

An Yi excitedly held his head high and saluted respectfully.

Liu Zie patted An Yi on the shoulder: "You can lead your troops and follow me."

"yes!"

After An Yi finished answering, he took advantage of Liu She's opportunity to walk towards the position and looked nervously to the left side of the headquarters. He saw Old Sichuan and Lu Xiong happily running out of the corner of the room, squatting next to the two enemy corpses and pulling up the clothes of the deceased.

After wiping the blood on his hands, he still tightened his belt, which was weighed down by the heavy weight of more than three hundred taels of gold bars.

An Yi was very satisfied with these two veteran platoon leaders who fought bravely and loyally, but were full of sneaky ways. He secretly made up his mind to make these two illiterate generals under his command an exceptional promotion to the rank of second lieutenant, otherwise similar promotions would not happen in the future.

I don’t know when the opportunity will come again.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, under the envious eyes of the entire division, more than 400 brothers from Anyi camp moved into the best hot spring camp. Together with the division, they prioritized everything and enjoyed rich food and many preferential treatment for the first time.

The brothers are very proud.

After finishing their late lunch, An Yi and Hu Hu led more than 20 platoon leaders, company officers, instructors and eight meritorious officials to soak naked in the hot spring next to the barracks, smoking comfortably while discussing how to repay their merits.

matter.

The conscientious Yin Jinan soaked half of his body in the warm water and leaned his upper body on the stone slab beside the pool, recording everyone's opinions one by one.

After An Yi asked the two new brothers Shi Junren and Chang Baogen who participated in the night attack, he thought for a while and made a decisive decision:

Based on the fact that all the twelve brothers who participated in the night attack have been in the army for no less than two years, they were brave and tenacious in this battle, and they have made outstanding achievements. The twelve light machine guns are skilled enough to be used wisely. They should all be used on the existing basis.

With the addition of first-class military ranks, private first class was promoted to private first class, and private first class was promoted to private first class. Anyway, before this, no one knew what the military ranks of these twelve brothers were, so they reported to the division headquarters as high as possible; another one, Shi

The three brothers Junren, Chang Baogen and Zhan Junze are now acting platoon commanders. If they don't take the opportunity to be promoted to warrant officers this time, how will they lead the troops in war in the future?

An Yi's words were unanimously agreed by the brothers. Shi Junren and Chang Baogen were moved to tears. They were stupid and didn't know how to express themselves. They stood up and wanted to say a few words of gratitude but didn't know how to say them. Instead, they made the brothers point and wave around.

It was a joke to remove the balls.

The two of them squatted in the water, their faces flushed with excitement, and they almost cut open their chests to show An Yi their daring loyalty.

After having a casual dinner, An Yi, Hu Zi and Yin Jinan, who were walking around the camp holding cigarettes, suddenly received a report from the sentry. A general from the friendly army came to visit on horseback with seven or eight lieutenants. They were waiting in front of the camp gate.

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An Yi thought for a while and didn't know who it was. He put on his beard and walked through the woods with Yin Jinan to the camp gate to greet him. When he saw Huang Qixiang, who was talking to his subordinates with his hands behind his back, wearing a brand new general uniform, he immediately understood that this old man

Brother Huoxian was promoted:

"Brother Xiang, it turns out it's you, haha... I'm saluting you! Come on, Huzi, Jinan, let's salute the general together!"

Huang Qixiang and the brothers behind him who had all been promoted to one rank laughed loudly and said that An Yi was indeed as quirky and witty as the legend said. They had the experience of fighting side by side with An Yi. Naturally, the brothers felt very cordial when they met at this time.

What's more, An Yi has such a deep relationship with his boss in the Fourth Army. Gradually, everyone naturally regards An Yi as their brother.

Huang Qixiang stepped forward and happily punched An Yi, laughed and cursed a few words, and then asked the adjutant to deliver a heavy sack:

"Xiao Yi, you made outstanding contributions in the battle of Tingsi Bridge. Although the entire battle plan was formulated by me, and the main force of the night attack was our Thirty-sixth Regiment, all your suggestions and your unit's heroic performance in the battle have been considered

Please write down the report in detail and submit it. Your contribution and that of your second division has been recorded by the headquarters and will be commended soon. Brother Yu couldn’t have a good chat with you due to the emergency of the war in the headquarters, so he made a special trip to deliver some of the seizures before leaving camp.

Military resources as a token of gratitude."

Before An Yi could be humble, Li Hanhun, the deputy of the 36th Regiment, laughed: "Xiao Yi, you are such a weirdo! It was agreed that your troops would attack the enemy's left artillery position, but you actually turned around midway.

They rushed to the main position of Sunjialing like crazy, causing me to temporarily turn around and have no choice but to seize the left wing artillery array. If I hadn't captured a lot of good artillery this time, I would never be done with you."

All the brothers laughed, and An Yi hurriedly defended: "Brother Li, please forgive me! When I was confused, I suddenly heard my platoon leader yelling, saying that the shelling of our Luogang position at noon yesterday caused more than 600 brother casualties.

The artillery fire was fired from the Sunjialing position. The younger brother was so angry that he couldn't remember anything. He led the brothers regardless of the fierce charge, just wanting to avenge the brothers.

Fortunately, most of the more than 2,000 enemies defending the Sunjialing position escaped when they heard your fierce gunshots and roars. Otherwise, there are only thirty people in the Sunjialing position, and they are not even enough to block the gap between their teeth. They are probably dead. There is no chance of standing here.

Shall we meet with the bosses? Fortunately, not long after we occupied the position, brothers from the Fifth Regiment of our division quickly came to help, and nothing went wrong. The younger brother was terrified when he calmed down. After thinking about it, he didn’t know how he rushed up or even how many things were seized.

I didn't even bother to care about it. It wasn't until I entered this camp and soaked in the hot spring water for more than an hour that my heart finally calmed down and I couldn't bear to look back on the past!"

The brothers laughed again when they heard this. Huang Qixiang came close to An Yi and explained in a low voice. He shook hands with Hu Hu and Yin Jinan and left in a hurry. Leaving behind three thousand oceans and a heroic "See you in Wuhan", he led his confident brothers.

He got on his horse and rode away.

An Yi watched Huang Qixiang and his entourage leave, and happily asked two company officers to carry them up to the ocean and follow Yin Jinan back to count them, preparing to distribute them to the brothers overnight.

At this moment, An Yi saw Liu She's adjutant striding toward the camp gate and hurriedly greeted him.

After hearing what the adjutant said, An Yi was slightly startled. He quickly pulled his beard and called Yin Jinan. He hurried to the division headquarters in the east with the adjutant. When he entered the door, he saw the respected Commander-in-Chief Chiang and Wang Boling and other military bosses looking at the three of them with smiles.

People quickly stood at attention with their heads held high and their chests raised, saluting loudly.

Liu Zhi walked up to An Yi and the others in full public view, and took out three letters of appointment and read out the orders one by one: An Yi officially became the battalion commander of the Second Division Engineer Battalion, and his military rank was promoted to lieutenant colonel; Hu Jialin was promoted to battalion deputy, and his military rank was promoted to colonel;

Yin Jinan was promoted to battalion staff officer and political instructor, and his military rank was also promoted to colonel. He also announced that all officers and soldiers in the battalion had been promoted to the first-level rank, and that positions such as platoon leader and above would be approved based on the battle reports and organizational suggestions of the engineer battalion.

After Liu Zhi issued the letter of appointment, Chief of Staff Hu Shusen stepped forward and announced: "The engineer team will be credited with second-class merit once, and the thirty night attack warriors will be credited with first-class merit once, and 10,000 yuan in cash will be distributed on the same day as encouragement!"

The series of awards made An Yi and the other three very satisfied. The three of them saluted and thanked each other loudly, and each made a brief statement: to live up to the expectations of the officers, they must continue their efforts and move forward courageously for the revolutionary cause!

Commander-in-Chief Jiang on the sofa was delighted in his eyes and admired the three young generals who were directly under his command. He waved his hand to the three An Yi people standing in the center in the eager anticipation of more than thirty generals.

After taking a break, An Yi and the others stood up straighter when they saw that the principal was about to give instructions.

Commander-in-Chief Chiang nodded slightly with satisfaction and asked in his unhurried official dialect: "From this, it seems that there are many strong generals in the Second Division of our army, but there has never been a chance for them to show off. Since the Northern Expedition, the Second Division has been following
To be continued...