It was the first time since the birth of An Yi and Feng Jieyun's baby son to hold a congratulatory dinner, but it was also held on a very small scale. In addition to the seven core generals of the An family army and the senior counselor of the Xufu camp Jiang Yunshan, the mayor of Xufu Dong Zechuan and the Chamber of Commerce
Except for Mr. Zhong, the president, all the others are relatives of An Yi's family and the Feng family.
Despite this, nine tables were set up for this quietly held wedding banquet, six of which were occupied by relatives and friends of the Feng family in Shanghai.
In addition to the seven people from the Anjia Army Headquarters, including Yang Bin, Ye Cheng, and Gu Changfeng, who were in Xufu, the deputy commander-in-chief and Jiang Defense Commander Li Guang was presiding over the overall situation in Yichang and could not attend. Air Force Commander Huang Huangyi and Chief of Staff Lin Fei were in attendance.
They inspected three newly built airports in southern Yunnan but were unable to come. Brothers from all branches of the 24th Army have already gone to the front line in eastern Sichuan.
Xia Jian, the generals of the 26th Army, and the garrison commander were all in southern Yunnan closely watching every move of the British and Burmese troops in Burma, and they were unable to come. As for the Zhu Peide family of Yunnan, Zhang Hongluan of western Hunan, and Qian
Shizhen and his family in the west were not alarmed because they did not know that An Yi had returned to Xufu from Nanjing.
But even so, the two sisters Song Meiling and Song Ailing, Mrs. Jiang Dingwen, Mrs. Chen Cheng, Mrs. Gu Zhutong, and Mrs. Ge Jingen attended together. Such a luxurious lineup still made Mr. Feng and his family feel proud, and they did not feel at all
An Yi didn't pay enough attention to Feng Jieyun and his family.
Ou Chuer acted gracefully and generously, accompanying Feng Jieyun, who was slightly fatter and shy, from beginning to end. Ou Yaoting, Lin Xudong, Zhang Xi, Ma Zhiyuan, A Biao and others from far away in Southeast Asia and the United States also sent congratulatory messages one after another.
When the banquet officially started, Mr. Feng and Song Meiling finished their speeches respectively. Gu Changfeng exclaimed in a low voice that An Yi, who was supposed to be the protagonist, only had one table, and the rest were occupied by the Feng family, guests and An Yi's housekeeper.
The aunt, eldest sister Gong Qian and confidante Ye Qing and others occupied it.
The brothers came over in surprise and sighed greatly. They all said, Commander, no matter how much you want to keep a low profile, there is nothing you can do. If the outside world learns about today's wedding banquet, I don't know how long it will take to recite it.
An Yi didn't take it seriously. He was very satisfied with family affairs. Whether it was the Ou family or the Feng family, they took care of his son-in-law and fully protected him. Chu'er was already very mature and shouldered the heavy responsibility of An Yi's family business.
Looking more and more like a housewife, my lovely wife Feng Jie
Yun is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, and is obedient to An Yi. Ou Chu'er, who is younger than her, is also very respectful and affectionate, so that An Yi doesn't have any worries and can devote all her energy to her career. In An Yi's heart,
I am very grateful and feel very lucky. With a wife like this, what more could a husband ask for?
However, deep in An Yi's heart, there is deep apology and guilt. Watching Soong Meiling and the mature and steady Gong Qian hand in hand toasting to the female members of the Feng family, watching the increasingly radiant Ye Qing calmly talking to Ge Jing'en.
As Madam mingled among the ladies and ladies, An Yi felt a slight pain in her heart.
"Brother, I'm late."
A familiar voice sounded behind him. Just as An Yi was about to turn around, Yang Bin had already pulled the sweaty An Jin to sit next to him.
An Yi looked at his younger brother who was becoming more and more mature and tough, and asked with a smile: "Have you ever said hello to grandpa?"
"No, I'll go later. Grandpa is sitting with the old man of the Feng family. There are so many people around him. I'm embarrassed to go at this time."
An Jin pointed at Old An, who was laughing heartily across a table, and showed a bright smile.
Gu Changfeng gave An Jin a full glass of strong liquor: "Drink it, drink three glasses before talking, you kid just came now, I don't let you drink one bottle, I'm treating you lightly."
"Hutou, don't you know this? An Jin's drinking capacity cannot be said to be the best in the army. He is at least half a bottle better than you. It doesn't matter how you drink, but don't capsize in the gutter. Just make people laugh." Zhou Pingyuan, director of the munitions department, laughed very hard.
Gu Changfeng's eyes widened and he looked at An Jin in disbelief. An Jin repeatedly waved his hands and said that Brother Zhou was talking nonsense. Where could such a thing exist? Only when Gu Changfeng saw Shen Fengdao nodding slightly did he believe Zhou Pingyuan's words. It was true. He immediately grabbed two wine bottles and started to fight with An Jin.
An Jin looked around with some embarrassment. When he saw his eldest brother An Yi nodded slightly, he calmly took the bottle and thanked him. He opened the bottle cap and drank it, "gudududu" in less than ten seconds. The mouth of the wine bottle swung downwards, then he put it down gently, and begged for mercy in a low voice to Gu Changfeng, who still had half a drink left:
"Brother Feng, just think about it, don't force yourself...ah, my grandpa is waving to me, I want to sit at that table for a while, please forgive me!"
Gu Changfeng was so shocked that he almost choked, but he still had the courage to drink the whole bottle of liquor before putting it down. Looking at An Jin who had already come to greet the old man An, he shook his head:
"This grandson is incredible. Drinking is like drinking boiled water. His physical strength has improved so quickly...Old Shen, is it the result of your help?"
Shen Fengdao shook his head and pointed at Ding Zhicheng and Li Fuqiang opposite: "I don't have the ability. You can talk to his two masters to reason."
The brothers laughed loudly when they heard this. Ding Zhicheng and Li Fuqiang were very proud and very satisfied with having such a talented and intelligent apprentice who was making rapid progress.
Ye Cheng, who had never practiced martial arts, was extremely emotional. Just as he was about to say a few words, he saw Lin Yaodong leading the air defense force commander Tu Zhirong in and walking towards An Yi.
An Yi quickly stood up to greet him, whispered a few words to Tu Zhirong, who had returned temporarily, and then sat down next to him.
Tu Zhirong, who was fair and clean and elegant, could not say more than three sentences before his brothers drank seven large glasses of wine. When he finished breathing and spoke, his tongue was tied.
"Commander, the aircraft reconnaissance of the 3rd Xiangxi Air Force Regiment found that the Red Army Xiao Ke, Ren Bishi, and Wang Zhen broke into Guangxi County from Hunan Dao County through Yong'an. The Gui Army Zhou Zuhuang and Qin Lianfang divisions and the Hunan Army Wang Dongyuan, Zhang Liangji and other divisions attacked from the north and south. , the main force of the Red Army was defeated in Wenshi. The battle was extremely fierce and the Red Army suffered heavy losses. One of them, about a regiment, broke into the defense zone of the 44th Army in Western Hunan.
"My subordinate was entrusted by Senior Zhang Hongluan and rushed back with his handwritten letter. I didn't know about today's wedding banquet and didn't prepare any gifts. I'll make up for it some other time. Here's the letter. Please read it, Commander."
Tu Zhirong was a very formal and rigorous general. He didn't have as many tricks as his other brothers, so he didn't care about the current situation and finished the business first before talking about anything else.
The brothers immediately stopped talking and joking, and all focused on An Yi.
An Yi quickly took the letter and opened it, read it carefully, folded it and handed it to Shen Fengdao. He poured a glass of wine for Tu Zhirong and said with a smile: "We will discuss this matter tomorrow. Maybe I will have to fly with you." A trip to western Hunan. By the way, how is the construction progress of the air defense brigade in western Hunan?"
"It went more smoothly than originally expected. All graduates of the aviation school's air defense major serve as grassroots officers, which saves a lot of trouble for the subordinates. After three months of rigorous training, two anti-aircraft artillery regiments and an infantry regiment are basically ready for actual combat. When the actual combat exercise is launched early next month, my subordinates will equip the brigade with a reconnaissance battalion, and it will be fully staffed by then." Tu Zhirong answered seriously.
All the brothers know that An Yi supported Xiangxi and Qianxi to build an air defense brigade each for free. The equipment and training were all handled by Tu Zhirong. They were all happy to learn that the air defense brigade in Xiangxi had now begun to take shape. But they felt unhappy. It was Tu Zhirong who didn't eat a mouthful of food, and when he saw many wine glasses being handed over to him, he was so frightened that he ran away from An Yi.
Fortunately, An Yi sent a message in time to ask the brothers to stop. The brothers also knew that Tu Zhirong was too drunk, so they spared him.
Seeing the brothers quiet down, Yang Bin coughed lightly and whispered: "In the past few days, before General Luo Zhuoying of the North Road Central Army captured Guangchang, he defeated Peng Dehuai of the Red Army, Chen Yi, commander of the Jiangxi Military Region of the Red Army, and Li Tianyou, commander of the Fifth Division. Thousands of officers and soldiers were injured, died in battle or fled; the Eastern Route Army of the third eldest brother Jiang Ming occupied Longyan in one fell swoop; the eighth column of General Zhou Hunyuan commanded by the third eldest brother Gu Mo performed a triumphant song, Xie Pufu's fifth division, and Wan Yaohuang's tenth The Third Division and Xiao Zhiping's 96th Division captured the first-line pass and natural barrier in Xingguo; Li Wenbin's 7th Division once again pushed Luo Binghui and Fang Zhimin's 9th and 7th Corps out of Qingyuan, Zhejiang, and retreated to Pucheng, still unable to stop the defeat; now adding When he went to Xiaoke and was appointed Bishi, Wang Zhen was defeated in Wenshi. Xue Yue's Southern Route Army continued to advance rapidly. The Red Army of Jiangxi and Fujian had reached a situation where it was besieged on all sides and at the end of the road. It seemed that the Red Army could only do what the commander predicted. Only the border line of Hunan and Guangxi could Gone."
"Yes! This time the Red Army is in trouble. The Guangdong front line is heavily blocked and it will definitely not be able to break out. Even if it can break out in the Fujian direction, it is a dead end in front of the vast sea blocked by the navy and gunboats of the great powers. To the north is Nanchang, Fuzhou and Shangrao. Don't even think about it. All channels have been cut off by the Central Army. The Red Army has only the southwest, a direction with relatively weak forces, to break through. Because He Jian's three divisions are still contained in northern Hunan and cannot be transferred back for a while. He is sure He will command all the troops to defend the Hunan-Kiangxi border and drive the Red Army to the Hunan-Guangxi border in the south, causing a headache for Li Delin and Bai Jiansheng's Guangxi army.
"The Red Army is also well aware of the contradiction between the Hunan Army and the Guangxi Army, and can take advantage of this flaw to break through first. However, I really didn't expect that He Jian's two divisions and Li Delin's two divisions would put aside their grudges and cooperate together. It seems that the Red Army has lost its momentum and is really going to be doomed this time." Ye Cheng expressed his analysis.
An Yi nodded, glanced around, and saw that the brothers all agreed with Ye Cheng's analysis, and he was deeply satisfied with the strategic awareness of his generals:
"The chief of staff made a very insightful statement. Let us ignore the military situation on the front line in Hunan and Jiangxi for the time being and turn our attention to the front of Xu Xiang in northern Sichuan and the Huang Han and He Long tribes in the Sichuan-Hubei border area. I am thinking that if the Huang Han tribe and the He Long tribe join forces, What should we do if we rush towards the northern Guizhou region along the Sichuan-Hunan border?"
All the brothers were surprised, and Yang Bin asked hesitantly: "Isn't it possible? Does the Huang Han tribe have the courage and strength? Even if he really dares to do it, he can only pass quickly along the western Hunan side and penetrate into northern Guizhou.
Tongren area or Zunyi area,
Only then can they find a way out, but with the mere tens of thousands of people in the Huang-Han tribe, can they be able to defeat us and our brothers in the 44th Army? Even if God helps them get through by chance, it will end in a narrow escape, and it will not help the future of the entire Red Army at all.
beneficial."
An Yi looked around and lowered his voice and said: "Everyone, I have an idea here, but... all discussions today are limited to us core members and are classified as the top secrets of the entire army. Do you understand?"
Upon hearing this, all the brothers looked extremely solemn and looked around involuntarily. After finding that no one was paying attention, they all nodded cautiously.
An Yi also became very serious and continued to lower his voice and said: "Ever since Guizhou Mao Guangxiang defeated Wang Jialie, he began to raise eyebrows at Uncle Luan in western Hunan. He made many public calls to take back the Songtao area and Hunan that originally belonged to Guizhou.
Uncle Luan has always occupied the two counties on the Guizhou border. For this reason, he personally went to Nanjing twice to ask Xing Xing
They appealed to the Political Yuan and the Ministry of Military Affairs, and also organized so-called local representatives to demonstrate in Guiyang and Nanjing, saying with great fanfare that they would drive away the warlords in western Hunan and hand over the local governance to the Guizhou people. Currently, public opinion is very hostile to Uncle Luan and the 44th Army.
It was unfavorable, so Uncle Luan asked Zhirong to rush back with a letter this time, asking me what I thought about this and my strategy for dealing with it.
"I think Uncle Luan may have foreseen many things sensitively, and thought it would be better to take this opportunity to return Songtao, Yanhe and Daozhen counties to Mao Guangxiang to avoid escalating the war of words with the Guizhou army. Daozhen now controls
In our hands, Uncle Luan and the brothers in Xiangxi
It does not mean that withdrawal can be done by withdrawing troops. We need to seek our opinions. Therefore, I want to agree with Uncle Luan’s idea and withdraw from Songren, Yanhe and Daozhen for the time being. These three counties basically have no investment from us. Even if we withdraw temporarily, we will not be able to withdraw.
What do you think of the loss?"
The brothers thought about it carefully and immediately understood that An Yi's purpose was to divert the disaster to the south and open a channel for the Red Army of the Yellow and Han Dynasties to rush into western Guizhou, and let Mao Guangxiang and others, who were ambitious and greedy, deal with it.
The Guizhou Army's current pitiful combat effectiveness would be strange if it didn't get beaten to pieces and lose its armor when faced with the more than 18,000 Huang-Han troops who fought thousands of miles away and looked like wolves and tigers.
Yang Bin pondered for a moment and finally made up his mind: "This is the best strategy! Since He Jian, the chairman of Hunan Province, can divert the trouble to the south, why can't we deal with it in accordance with the law? Besides, I always feel that our Central Army should not be in the southwest of the encirclement.
It's very inappropriate to be so relaxed...could it be that the appointment also has the same meaning as us?"
All the brothers suddenly felt chills running down their spines, and the atmosphere became extremely solemn for a moment.
An Yi immediately waved his hand: "This matter ends here. Tomorrow, Brother Yang, Lao Ye and I will fly to Xiangxi together. When we come back, we will have a meeting together. Then we will discuss how to deal with the current situation. In short, we can't be confused by others.
I have to find a place to cry, otherwise I won’t be able to find a place to cry.
"Come on, come on, everyone, pick up the cups. After finishing this cup, I have to go to the table. As the host, it doesn't make sense for me not to toast, haha..."