An Yi returned to Lushan and immediately went to Meilu to report to Chiang Kai-shek the process and results of his trip to Guangxi, and submitted a detailed written report in accordance with his usual practice.
Chiang Kai-shek was greatly reassured when he received a definite reply that the Guangxi clique would not take risks and send troops to support the Fujian rebellion. He was so happy that he praised An Yi and readily agreed to his request to restore Hunan, which had been completely destroyed in the first encirclement and suppression campaign.
Zhang Tianyi, Chief of Staff of the Eighteenth Division of the Army, received his military membership, military rank and party membership, and generously gave him a new appointment - appointed Zhang Tianyi as the acting director of education of the Central Army Non-commissioned Officer School and restored his rank of Army Major General.
Although Zhang Tianyi still has the word "agent" hanging on his head, An Yi is already very satisfied.
According to convention, it is normal for such an important appointment or dismissal to be added with the word "acting" before it has been discussed and approved at the relevant meeting, indicating that this is a temporary transitional appointment and a prudent attitude. Usually, this is not the case.
After a few months, he will cancel the word "agent" without having to hold a meeting and get a real appointment, unless someone in the Military Commission raises clear objections during this period.
However, although the Central Army Military Academy bears the name of the central government, in fact, from the organizational procedures, financial investment to teaching formulation, the central government has nothing to do. It is purely an industry that An Jiajun has painstakingly managed. The reason why Chiang Kai-shek is named the principal is just
It's just the practice of military education in the national army today. The real leader is An Yi.
Therefore, once Zhang Tianyi is appointed, no one will have trouble with him. Times have changed, and Lu Diping, the old commander of the Hunan Army, cannot have any complaints. Who has the nerve to bring up old accounts from a few years ago and offend others? What's more, the situation is obvious now, and it is impossible to offend someone.
To offend Zhang Tianyi is tantamount to offending
An Yi, who would do such a thankless thing? Moreover, Chiang Kai-shek's love and protection for his Huangpu disciples are well-known throughout the army, as evidenced by Chen Geng's arrest and release. Who is willing to do it for
A little major general's reversal of the verdict, to touch the authority of Chiang Kai-shek?
An Yi took Shen Fengdao and Xiao Jiu back to his residence from Chiang Kai-shek's official residence, and ordered his attendants to go to the town to buy a table of food and come back to celebrate. He threw the two files to Zhang Tianyi, who rushed from Xu Mansion.
After chatting with the brothers, we went upstairs to change clothes.
Zhang Tianyi opened the file, read the appointment document and letter of appointment approved by Chiang Kai-shek, and shed tears. After several years of wandering around and hiding in Tibet, he was finally recognized today. The ups and downs that were etched in his heart suddenly came to his heart.
"Old Zhang, what are you doing? After years of suffering, your eye sockets have become shallower?"
An Yi had already changed into his casual clothes and went downstairs. When he passed by Zhang Tianyi, he rolled his eyes at him. Then he helped Shen Fengdao and the two guards put down the dishes and chopsticks, never looking at the excited Zhang Tianyi again.
Zhang Tianyi wiped away his tears in embarrassment, put away the documents and the letter of appointment, took a deep breath, and slowly came to An Yi: "My brother, I won't thank you anymore. I will rush back to Xu Mansion tomorrow. Professor
Director Duan from the department called me and said that all the necessities of life have been purchased in the small western-style house assigned to me by the school, and it has also been equipped with a special car, and the internal and external telephone lines have been installed. I plan to take my wife and children to live in the school when I return.
It’s causing trouble to Sister-in-law Ma and her two younger siblings.”
An Yi helped him sit down: "It's up to you, you can live in the school. It's more convenient for work and you don't have to go in and out. It will also be good for you to recover from your leg injury. The military school dormitory is just one street away from my home. My sister-in-law and my children
It’s very convenient to come over and visit whenever you want.”
Zhang Tianyi nodded and stopped being polite. Ye Cheng, Zhan Zhao, Liang Ziyan, and Lin Yaodong were still discussing excitedly around the documents on the coffee table in the living room. An Yi shouted "dinner," and everyone happily ran over to sit down.
After three glasses of wine, Ye Cheng couldn't help but ask: "Commander, why are you so generous with your appointment this time? Isn't it because he has some intention against us?"
An Yi swallowed a piece of crispy and delicious Lushan Stone Fungus: "It's not that the appointment is generous, but the current confusion of military numbers across the country has reached a point where the central government cannot bear it. Even the General Staff Headquarters and the Military and Administrative Ministry can't figure out what the number of troops in the country is.
How many troops? Secondly, after fighting and fighting over the past few years, nearly half of the troops were reorganized last year.
They only have a designation but not enough soldiers, or they simply have a designation and receive empty pay without having to do anything. All they have to do is shout support for the Central Committee and Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, and then they can reach out to the Central Committee every day for guns, cannons, and military pay.
The central government's finances have long been overwhelmed and have been unable to allocate a penny since the end of last year. The Northeast Army, Shanxi-Sui Army, Sichuan Army and
The armies of Guangdong and Guangxi, etc., simply abandoned the organization and numbers originally assigned by the central government and went their own way to show their dissatisfaction. Furthermore, the Anti-Japanese War in North China consumed a lot of money, and local armies fled to death, especially the Northeastern Army, which surrendered to the Japanese invaders and became traitors.
There are not a few. After the armistice in North China, only half of the Northeastern Army and the remnants of the Northwest Army split again.
Many designations have existed in name only; also, more than a dozen divisions of local troops that nominally belong to the Central Army have also suffered heavy losses in several years of suppressing the Communist Party. Many designations have been canceled or have been idle. Under such circumstances,
What if we don’t sort it out again? We are just getting back things that others don’t want, do you understand?”
The brothers nodded frequently, but still had questions. Liang Ziyan asked: "What the commander said is true, but the situation of various departments of the Central Army fighting for designations has become more and more intense. From recent internal reports, we can often see that the divisions originally belonging to the local army
The designation suddenly became the direct troops of Huangpu. Under such circumstances, how could the commission be so generous and gave us the official title of the 26th Army, the 30th Division, and the 33rd Division all at once?
Number?"
An Yi put down his chopsticks and replied with a serious face: "It's not that he is generous, but that he can't do it without giving it. Think about it, everyone, in the entire four southwest provinces, there are 20th, 21st, 22nd, and 23rd Sichuan Army
, the 285th Army includes the Liu Wenhui Sichuan-Kangborder Defense Force, which is nominally under the Central Military Commission, the 38th Army of the Yunnan Army, and the 20th Army of the Guizhou Army.
The Fifth Army, the Forty-fourth Army in Western Hunan. We are the most powerful. Excluding the Engineering Corps, we still have ten Class A divisions that lead the country in strength and equipment, but only one Twenty-fourth Army and the Sixteenth and Thirty-ninth Army.
, the designations of the forty-fourth division, Brother Shi Zhen’s five Class A divisions in western Guizhou, why not give them any designation at all, is this reasonable?"
"That's right! I feel so panicked when I think about this. I have to keep doing the political and ideological work of my brothers. No one is allowed to complain about this and affect morale. Our Political Department has submitted situation reports to you, Commander, three times. You
There is no reply, it will not be the case if things continue like this!”
When Zhan had no choice but to express his difficulties, all the brothers echoed his words, feeling quite aggrieved.
An Yi frowned: "I won't answer you now? To tell you the truth, I didn't argue before because I was waiting for an opportunity. Today, Chairman Chiang refused to let me return to southern Sichuan and insisted that I go to Nanjing to take charge of the General Staff Headquarters.
The year-end summary work requires me to complete the national military statistics verification before the end of the year.
, revising the military training syllabus and other important matters, why Minister He Yingqin can't get away from being in charge of North China affairs. The battlefield of bandit suppression requires Deputy Minister Ge Jingen to cooperate with his command. The chief officials of other departments are also too busy. As the president of Mainland University, Yang Jie
The general has to take care of the Lushan training regiment, the only veteran training chief
General He Yaozu, Director of the Supervision Department, will also go abroad to serve as ambassador to Turkey in the near future, and asked me to temporarily act as Training Director. In the end, the committee said helplessly that only you, An Yi, have the time and are qualified to do these jobs. There is no one else for you to do.
If you dare to make irresponsible remarks, others don’t have your authority. At that time, I felt very dissatisfied.
Yes, we are in a critical stage of development in southern Sichuan. How many things need to be done? But looking at the exhaustion of the committee members, I have to bite the bullet and agree even if I don't want to do it, not to mention that the army has reached a time when it must be reorganized.
, otherwise once Little Japan comes over, what can we do to resist?"
"No wonder you want to urgently call in the family's staff team, you really can't refuse. I'm afraid you also took advantage of this opportunity to raise our difficulties, right?" Ye Cheng asked with a smile.
An Yi nodded: "More than just raising difficulties? Today I directly told Chairman Chiang that we have been treated unfairly for a long time, and told him that even under unfair circumstances, we still responded to the central government's call to send troops to suppress bandits. In the past three months,
Annihilated more than 3,000 stubborn bandits,
The central government and the Central Military Commission, which had recovered several counties on the Sichuan-Hunan-Guizhou border and firmly held them, and was scolded by people across the country for signing the Ho-Mei Agreement, which was humiliating and humiliating to the country, guarded the Sino-Myanmar border and resettled hundreds of thousands of victims, creating a foundation for the central government.
Share the pressure and add glory!
"If the central government does not consider our difficulties and refuses to give us official designations, how can I, An Yi, be expected to lead the troops? Furthermore, I, An Yi, have three regular divisions of the 26th Army that are affiliated with the Central Military Commission.
For more than a year, I have not asked for a penny from the central government, but I have made great contributions.
He lent more than 50 million yuan to the central government to meet the urgent needs, but in the end the treatment he received was not as good as that of the remnants of the Northwest Army who were like bereaved dogs... The Northwest Army's more than 10,000 troops still bear the designation of two armies. Now why should Qin
In order to win over them and not rebel, we are giving out military pay every month!"
"It should have been like this a long time ago! I guess the Chairman is blushing, right?" The brothers saw An Yi getting more and more excited as he spoke, and they all became excited.
An Yi burst into laughter: "How could he blush? But he did consider our actual situation. First he told me not to worry, saying that the designation of the remnants of the Northwest Army would be canceled soon, and then he took it out of the drawer and covered it with the Military Commission
The two documents in the big seal are the two documents you just saw, pointing to his signed name and date.
He told me that he would never forget the heroes of the party and the state and had already considered it for us. For this reason, he convened a special meeting of the Military Commission five days ago to deal with special tasks in the name of suppressing bandits and defending the country.
The designation of the Sixth Army and the two Class A division designations of the 30th Division and the 33rd Division are assigned to our southern Yunnan troops. They are for the officers and soldiers guarding the country.
It is an incentive and a great deterrent to aggressors. He also stated that during next year's national deployment conference, the military and political situations in southern Sichuan, western Guizhou and Yunnan will be fully considered and the southwestern armies will be given the treatment and status they deserve. I
After thinking about it for a moment, I realized that this was a reward and appeasement in disguise. The reward was because we stabilized the southwest and southwestern areas for the central government.
Guangxi has guarded the southwestern gate for the party and state, and it should be appeased. The reason why the committee was so happy this time is partly because it was done to show to all the militaries across the country. To be honest, I am very dissatisfied, but for now I can only
I can let it go first, and put the overall situation first. As long as the situation stabilizes, I, An Yi, will never let go of what I should fight for."
The brothers were so excited that they finally saw the boss, An Yi, fighting for fame and fortune for everyone. This was a welcome change. Ye Cheng raised his wine glass and proposed a toast to the commander. The brothers cheered in unison, and finally everyone toasted An.
Yi drank a cup before sitting down.
"Old Zhang, don't stand up, just do what you want." An Yi and Zhang Tianyi clinked a glass and drank it down, feeling relieved that Zhang Tianyi had finally settled down.
Zhang Tianyi asked Xiaojiu to pour another glass, raised the glass and smiled at An Yi: "This glass is for you on behalf of my wife and children, go ahead!"
An Yi laughed: "Okay, I couldn't drink you when I was in school. Now I'm afraid you can't drink me. It's better to take it easy! Lao Zhang, listen to me. I'll wait for you to transition to the military academy for a year and a half.
Yeah, what about coming out to lead the troops again? I figured it out,
If Zhang Huizhan had listened to your advice, the famous 18th Division would not have been wiped out. Fortunately, you are a lucky guy. You can't even jump off a cliff after being surrounded. Wait until you find someone to save you.
The woodcutter who saved his life must thank him properly."
"I can't thank you enough. I've been looking for him in the past two years. He's dead. He probably died because he couldn't bear to save my life. Even the house was burned to ashes..."
Zhang Tianyi had a sad look on his face, his hand holding the wine glass trembled slightly, he smiled bitterly, drank a glass of wine, and slowly put the empty glass on the table: "That's it, that's all, just lead the troops, I just want to do my little bit.
, guard the military academy well for the brothers, and provide more talents to various departments of our army. I am not interested in other things. In fact, this is already very good."
Ye Cheng consoled him: "Brother Tianyi, who among us brothers has never been defeated in so many years? Even our commander was chased for thousands of miles by Sun Chuanfang's troops and the Zhilu Allied Forces. More than 10,000 people escaped and less than 2,000 people were able to escape.
, now instead of having strong troops and strong horses, the momentum is even greater than before
Are you there? And my brother, I was captured by our commander in Fengxin City back then. At that time, Yang Bin, Qu Muchen and I pretended to be soldiers and tried to deceive people to get through. However, we were still found out, looking like a gray bear. Now,
I’m too embarrassed to mention it, it’s so embarrassing!”
The brothers laughed loudly, and even the serious Shen Fengdao couldn't help but laugh. Although he didn't know who An Yi was at that time, it was indeed not a problem for Ye Cheng, who seemed to be easy-going but actually had higher eyesight, to expose his own scars.
The easy thing is enough to show that Ye Cheng respects and accepts Zhang Tianyi from the bottom of his heart.
Shen Fengdao was even a little grateful to Ye Cheng, because Zhang Tianyi was his savior. If Zhang Tianyi hadn't come to the execution ground and replaced him, where would he be now? As the chief of the general staff of the Anjia Army, Ye Cheng respected Zhang Tianyi.
It's equivalent to respecting him, Shen Fengdao.
Zhang Tianyi smiled gratefully: "Chief of Staff, you're welcome. It's not that I have lost my spirit, but that after so many things, I finally know where my shortcomings are and what position is more suitable for me, so that I can give us more opportunities."
Only when the entire group makes more contributions can we fulfill our responsibilities and live up to everyone's friendship."
"Brother Tianyi is too humble, come on! Let's drink to Brother Tianyi's speedy recovery and smooth reinstatement! Zhan, Lao Shen, let's all come together, please!" Ye Cheng stood up and drank first in respect, and all the brothers roared in agreement.
An Yi put down his glass and was a little surprised by the huge change in Zhang Tianyi's mentality, but after thinking about it, he could understand his feelings. With his current status and qualifications, he was really not suitable to lead troops in the An's army with so many fierce generals.
, going to the sergeant school to cultivate talents can maximize his advantages.
Zhang Tianyi's cheerful, persistent and affectionate character, as well as his graduation from Huangpu, with practical experience from engineer company commander to division chief of staff, and his resume of graduating with honors from the Soviet Union's Frunze Military Academy in the tactical major, are enough for him.
Shine without guilt.
More importantly, Zhang Tianyi has an important advantage that many generals in the Anjia Army do not have - he and An Yi are classmates and brothers, and he is also one of the saviors of Shen Fengdao, the top master in the army. He values love and righteousness. An Yi gave Zhang Tianyi a new life and political life. He was grateful and loyal to An Yi, which made An Yi extremely trustful.
"Commander, what are you thinking about? Are you still thinking about the organization?" Zhan Zao asked curiously when he saw that An Yi was distracted.
An Yi laughed, concealed his thoughts, glanced at everyone, and whispered: "I have to tell you something. After I left the commission's office in the afternoon, I met Ge Jing'en, who had taken over as the Director of Aviation some time ago, in the yard. Xu Peigen. Seeing his happy face, I asked him what happy news he had. He quietly told me that the Air Force Command had finally been established. From then on, the Aviation Administration would implement the current world-wide air force officer positions and ranks and be directly affiliated with the Central Military Commission. Leaders are no longer interfered with by the Government Affairs Council.
"I joked about this little nonsense. What's the point of being happy about it? He smiled and said to me that it would be nothing to An's army, but it would be a big deal to the improvement of the entire country's aviation power. He also asked me to be mentally prepared before talking about him. We must turn our Xufu Aviation School into the Xufu Branch of the Central Aviation School. I also joked and said, stop dreaming. Unless you pay for the acquisition, there is no need to discuss anything. He immediately said to me proudly: Don't be so proud, kid. Sooner or later, all of your more than seventy good planes will be mine. After I finish the acceptance of the Hunan Air Force in the past two days, I will be targeting you An Yi every day. Only then did I understand that He Jian has worked hard for the past two years. The two airports built, the twenty-three aircraft purchased, and the newly built Hengyang Aviation School have been captured by our Chairman Chiang Kai-shek in the blink of an eye! The method of appointment is clever!"
The brothers were shocked and worried that their aviation unit was being remembered.
But An Yi didn't care. Seeing everyone asking themselves what to do? After thinking for a while, he said something that surprised the brothers: "If we use our aviation force to attack Japan, I, An Yi, won't pay a penny to send fuel. If you want to use it to fight the civil war, I won't even give you a screw. Anyone who has the ability will send troops to snatch it, who is afraid of whom?"