Chiang Kai-shek walked into his office first, and An Yi followed silently.
After entering the room, Chiang Kai-shek did not tell An Yi to sit down. Instead, he picked up a map from the small table near the table and put it on the large desk. He opened it and asked:
"Do you think Li Delin and Bai Jiansheng will temporarily put aside their differences this time and obey the central government's orders and take the overall situation into consideration?"
An Yi was in a dilemma: "It's really hard to tell. If Generals Li Delin and Bai Jiansheng had taken the overall situation into consideration from the beginning, Xiao Ke's troops would not have captured Yandong in northern Guangxi (today's Ziyuan County) so easily. Waiting for the two Guangxi cliques
The division hurriedly arrived, and then crossed Zishui and turned north, catching the 19th Division of the Hunan Army General Li Jue by surprise.
"General Bai Jiansheng also hurriedly flew back to Guilin from Guangzhou to command the siege after seeing the emergency in northern Guangxi. And judging from the current deployment of the Guangxi army's troops, it can be seen at a glance that they have put up a defensive posture and are following the pursuers.
The strength of the troops is only one brigade, and the intention is very obvious, that is to squeeze the Red Army out of northern Guangxi and let the Red Army fight to the death with the Hunan Army."
Chiang Kai-shek nodded frequently: "So, do you think the recent changes in the Gui Army have a positive side?"
"It is possible that in just one week, the strength of the front line in northern Guangxi suddenly increased to three divisions. This is a safe arrangement after Xiao Ke's troops entered Hunan Province again. It can be seen that the Gui army attaches great importance to this. The principal knows
The construction of the Hunan-Guangxi Railway under the personal command of General Bai Jiansheng
Where are you? It has been built in Yongzhou and will soon be connected with the Hengyang to Yongzhou railway built under the supervision of General He Jian. Although there are still several railway bridges from Liuzhou to Guilin under construction day and night, as long as there is no external force
Impact, the entire line will be open to traffic by the turn of spring and summer next year at the latest.”
An Yi once again reminded Chiang Kai-shek to pay attention to Guangxi's construction plan. At this time, the Guangxi army was definitely not willing to bring the war to northern Guangxi and affect its economic construction. Then he reminded Chiang Kai-shek from another angle to pay attention to the differences between the two major forces of Hunan and Guangxi.
There is an intricate relationship between hostility and cooperation.
"This way I understand!"
Chiang Kai-shek looked at the border area of Hunan and Guangxi on the map, marked the positions of the three main divisions of the Guangxi faction with red and blue pencils, raised his head and frowned slightly:
"What I'm most worried about is that instead of fighting head-on, the Guangxi faction will use its superior force to drive out the Japanese troops who fled into northern Guangxi and let He Yunqiao (He Jian) take the responsibility. Although He Long's tribe has already
After leaving the Hunan-Hubei region, there is still no sign of the Huang Han tribe, which is more stubborn and more difficult to deal with than He Long. Therefore, if He Yunqiao withdraws all the two main divisions, He Xuezhou (He Chengjun) may have an even more difficult time."
An Yi immediately understood the meaning of Chiang Kai-shek's words, and regarded the Huang Han tribe hidden in the Sichuan, Hunan, and Hubei areas as a major hidden danger. The location of the Huang Han tribe was very critical. It not only contained He Chengjun's two divisions, but also contained one and a half of Liu Xiang's divisions and
The three divisions of the 24th Army were involved in the north and south fronts in the Sichuan, Hunan, and Hubei region, making it impossible for Chiang Kai-shek to mobilize his troops to the front lines of northern Sichuan and western Hunan and northern Guizhou. Moreover, An Yi could hear that Chiang Kai-shek was attacking his own Anjia Army.
idea.
"General He Xuezhou is probably anxious now. There are only a few days left in the 'Autumn Campaign' he promised to the national press. Up to now, the whereabouts of Huang Han's tribe are still missing. He Long's tribe, who was originally thought to be a caged bird,
And passed under his nose without any sound
After slipping away, General Liu Xiang commanded four and a half divisions including the students' 24th Army. They have been led around by Huang Han for dozens of days and have not made any achievements so far. No wonder the press has been so critical of these troops in recent times.
The general in charge of the army criticized him with words and writings.
"Gu Changfeng, the commander of the 24th Army, lost his temper to the students several times, saying that Liu Xiang was giving completely blind orders. I am very worried that he will lead his troops back home in anger. After all, the important areas in southern Sichuan are now empty of troops. If the main force of the Red Army flees westward in large numbers,
If so, the industrial and agricultural bases in western Guizhou, southern Sichuan and western Hunan that have been accumulated over the past few years will be in ruins."
An Yi calmly put the blame on the two generals He and Liu Xiang.
Chiang Kai-shek sighed quietly, sat down and said helplessly: "It would have been better if I had let you take charge of the Sichuan, Hunan, and Hubei battlefields. No matter how bad you were, you wouldn't be like what you are today. How embarrassing! This Liu Chengfu, and He Xuezhou, are not like this at all.
It is disappointing to not learn from the lessons of the first four sieges and to make the same mistakes over and over again!"
An Yi smiled and comforted: "Principal, don't be sad. Even if you let the students go, they couldn't make it. The severe drought that spreads across half of the country has a far greater impact than ten or twenty thousand people. The principal is right to ask the students to do their best to provide disaster relief. At least
It did not cause violent turmoil and refugee flows in the Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu, Anhui and two lakes areas.
, it is obvious to all that it has not affected the major battlefields. Furthermore, the students believe that no one can be blamed at this time, especially General Liu Chengfu. As long as he still commands the Sichuan Army to fight the Red Army on the main battlefield in northern Sichuan, it will be the greatest contribution to the party and the country.
, and... hehe..."
Chiang Kai-shek raised his head and glared at An Yi displeasedly: "And what? Go on!"
An Yi quickly put away his smile: "Principal, aren't General Bai Jiansheng's thoughts also the principal's thoughts? Only when the Sichuan army is consumed in a fierce campaign can the most favorable situation be formed for the Central Committee. Now the Central Army has five
Teacher is not
Have they all entered Sichuan? Two of the divisions successfully penetrated Mianyang and Yanting north of Chengdu. It was smoother than we originally expected. The students estimated that General Yuan Zhang (He Guoguang) and Senior Brother Zeng are probably dreaming now.
Everyone will wake up laughing."
"Nonsense! Complete nonsense! No political consciousness at all. Such words that are not conducive to unity will never be spoken again in the future."
Chiang Kai-shek severely criticized An Yi in words, but he was very relieved in his heart.
Based on the current progress analysis, the Sichuan-Shaanxi Red Army will be uprooted before the end of this year. By then, no matter how hard Liu Xiang tries, he will be unable to change the situation of the Central Army's strong entry into Sichuan and its long-term presence.
It is precisely because of this that Chiang Kai-shek feels that it is urgent to eliminate the Huang-Han tribe entrenched in the vast mountains in the Sichuan-Hunan-Hubei border area. Only by completely eliminating this scourge can several of He Chengjun's divisions be able to move westward and pass through the Sichuan-Hunan-Hubei-Shaanxi border area.
Directly inserted into Xu Qianqian, Zhang Guotao's Red Army flank and rear, and
The divisions of the Sichuan Army and the Central Army on the southern front launched a pincer attack. Even if they could not completely annihilate the Sichuan-Shaanxi Red Army, they could cut off the Red Army's retreat route to quickly move north to Shaanxi and escape the battlefield, forcing the Red Army to flee from northwest Sichuan and the Shaanxi-Gansu border. The Central Army's heavy troops could
Using the excuse of following and pursuing them, they drove straight in and completely controlled Sichuan.
However, today's situation is changing rapidly and is extremely complex. If the Huang Han tribe is not eliminated, it may bring unexpected threats to the two major battlefields of northern Sichuan and Hunan and Guizhou. If the main force of He Chengjun's tribe gives up the attack on the Huang Han tribe and decisively enters Sichuan, it may
The Yellow and Han troops broke through the border between Sichuan and Hubei
The front line, and then invested in the already very complex battlefield in northern Sichuan; if the main force of He Chengjun's department is still contained at the junction of Sichuan and Hubei, the implementation of the strategy in the northern Sichuan battlefield will be seriously affected. At least until the main force of the Central Army arrives, the current northern Sichuan battlefield
The situation will not change significantly.
At the moment, the only force that Chiang Kai-shek can mobilize is the Anjia Army. Chiang Kai-shek has imagined more than once that he would order the two temporary divisions of Lu Guang to slowly advance to the southern Sichuan-Hunan line, and then take the three divisions of Gu Changfeng's 24th Army from Liu Xiang's hands.
Separate them, together with Liu Xiang's half-security guard, all
He was handed over to the command of Gu Changfeng, a tiger general who was good at fighting tough battles and attacking difficult battles. He divided the area from the south bank of the Yangtze River in the Sichuan-E River section to carry out oppression southward, gradually shrinking the encirclement. He Chengjun's two suppression divisions included three infantry brigades stationed on the Jingxiang line.
, can be completely extracted and thrown into the battlefield in northern Sichuan.
But the plan is the plan. Chiang Kai-shek had previously promised An Yi to withdraw the 24th Army to southern Sichuan as soon as possible and deploy defenses along the Sichuan-Hunan-Guizhou border. Now if he overturns the original promise, it will obviously be difficult to say it. The blame lies with Liu Xiang and He
Cheng Jun was too incompetent. He had 100,000 troops to fight against more than 20,000 He Long and Huang Han, and ended up in the extremely passive situation today. Not to mention that Gu Changfeng, who had never fought such a useless battle, was angry. Chiang Kai-shek
I got angry several times in private.
Chiang Kai-shek didn't speak, and An Yi didn't speak either. Although they were staring at the map, they were making their own plans in their hearts.
An Yi felt that it was not okay to continue in such a stalemate. He touched his chin that had not been shaved for three days and asked in a low voice:
"Principal, can you send a telegram to General Li Delin? The student estimates that Li Delin and General Bai Jiansheng don't want to see their construction achievements damaged. They are just worried that the main force of the Red Army will invade northern Guangxi along the Hunan-Jiangxi-Guangdong border. This is probably
This is also the reason why General Bai Jiansheng flew to Guangdong to discuss with General Chen Jitang.
"The current reinforcements of three teachers and students of the Guangdong Army to the border line between Guangdong, Guangxi and Hunan must be the result of the request of General Li Delin and Bai Jiansheng. Together with the four divisions led by General Xue Yue of the South Route Army of Suppression, nearly ten divisions of heavy troops are distributed in Jiangxi.
South, northern Guangdong and northern Guangxi, not counting the local protection of the three provinces
The security forces and the danger in northern Guangxi have actually dropped to the lowest point. At this time, if they can persuade General Li Delin and Bai Jiansheng to take the initiative, it may be better than them bargaining with General He Jian in private, at least under the orders of the central government.
There are many things that can be discussed."
Chiang Kai-shek nodded slightly: "It makes sense, keep talking."
An Yi continued: "If the principal is really worried about the Sichuan-Hunan-Hubei region, he can give orders to General Liu Chengfu. Instead of reminding him of this or that in a suggestion or discussion tone, just tell him directly that the river section from Yichang to Chongqing can be safely
It was left to Cheng Chengguang's Jiang Defense Force. Anyway, Cheng Chengguang's Ministry had been working for more than a month in order to ensure shipping.
With all defenses in place and effective monitoring and alert on the upper reaches of the waters, General Liu Xiang can completely avoid worries. Then he will hand over the command of the 24th Army to Gu Changfeng, together with a semi-security division in eastern Sichuan, all
Under the single-handed command of Gu Changfeng, even if the Huang Han tribe cannot be eliminated, the Huang Han tribe can be driven out of the mountains."
Chiang Kai-shek's spirit was lifted: "Which direction are you going?"
"I think it's best to drive from north to south, and I'll ask General Zhang Hongluan's 44th Army to dedicate two divisions to assist as much as possible, completely sealing off the counties in northern Hunan, so that the Huang and Han tribes can't encircle the country, and can only move along the Sichuan River.
On the Hunan border, flee all the way south." An Yi finally revealed his plan.
Chiang Kai-shek immediately stared at the map, and it seemed that for a while he finally nodded solemnly: "Very good! Rather than spending a lot of troops to disperse and suppress, it is better to drive the Red Army in one pile. In this way, there is no pressure on the Sichuan-Hubei front line at all, plus the distance
With the Ministry of Light coordinating along the river, the situation in Sichuan and Hubei will be fully restored, and our plan to enter Sichuan can be implemented faster. But...how long do you think it will take Gu Changfeng to complete the clearing of Sichuan, Hunan and Hubei?"
"I'm afraid it will take two months to do it. The area is too big and the terrain is too complex. One and a half of the four and a half divisions can only be used as reserves. It mainly depends on the three troops of the 24th Army.
Main force, this won't make progress too fast, but it's definitely better than rushing here and there like a headless fly all day long. You can no longer do stupid things like raking here and there. You can only take the initiative.
Finding enemies is the best way to resolve the current predicament." An Yi replied.
"Okay! Very good! I'll call the Kanhous here. You can discuss it with them and make a guiding plan. I'll call Liu Chengfu immediately and ask He Xuezhou to help Gu Changfeng...
…Niang Xipi, in the end we have to rely on our direct line troops of the Central Army to solve the problem..."