The biggest purpose of Chiang Kai-shek's visit to Chongqing was not to command and suppress the bandits, but to create a good situation for the smooth administration of the Sichuan camp, which was established under the strong intervention and supervision of the central government and exercised military command power on behalf of the supreme commander of the army, Chiang Kai-shek.
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Five planes landed at Chongqing Airport, which has one sentry every three steps and one post every five steps. Dozens of people, including Sichuan Army General Liu Xiang, were already waiting on the tarmac, as well as the new Sichuan Camp Director Gu Zhutong, Chief of Staff He Guoguang, Secretary-General
Zeng Kuanqing and other camp officials did not wait for the plane to stop, but they all walked towards the green Junkers plane with a huge blue sky and white sun emblem, and each of them smiled respectfully and stood in awe.
The cabin door opened and the wooden ladder was lowered. Everyone immediately gathered around and solemnly saluted. Unexpectedly, the first one to come out was Wang Shihe, the chief of bodyguard who had been following the Chairman for many years. The ones who came out next were all the members of the Chairman's attendant's room and others.
Among the staff officers and guards at the Anjiajun headquarters, where is the shadow of Chiang Kai-shek?
Wang Shihe was startled when he saw that there were more than a hundred generals and generals in front of him saluting him. Then he realized that they had made a mistake and quickly greeted Gu Zhutong, He Guoguang, Zeng Kuanqing and others.
He said hello, pointed to the silver plane opposite, and explained sheepishly:
"The commission is on the plane opposite...look, it's coming down."
More than a hundred people immediately turned around. The scene was quite spectacular. The three leaders, Gu Zhutong, He Guoguang and Liu Xiang, quickly passed through the crowd and appeared in front of the greeting team again. They saw the smooth and clean cabin door of the large A5 aircraft.
The large metal ladder that had been opened and automatically extended slowly landed on the ground. Then Chiang Kai-shek, dressed in military uniform and black cloak, stood at the large cabin door and waved politely to everyone below.
The handsome and resolute face behind Chiang Kai-shek is the deputy chief of staff of the army who is now famous both at home and abroad, the youngest executive member of the Central Committee, and the commander-in-chief of the Anjia Army.
Facing the spectacular scene of more than a hundred civil and military officers saluting and bowing neatly, An Yi, who followed Chiang Kai-shek off the plane, felt extremely happy. He did not feel the slightest bit of pretense, but felt that it was a matter of course. In any case, among all the people present, the military rank
The highest one is Chiang Kai-shek. Although An Yi is a lieutenant general plus a general, he still has three gold stars. Like Liu Xiang, who has the highest military rank, he has one more gold star than He Guoguang and Gu Zhutong. And now An Yi
Yi is also the deputy chief of staff of the army and an important member of the Central Executive Committee. It seems natural for everyone to salute him.
After getting off the plane, Chiang Kai-shek and An Yi saluted and shook hands with Liu Xiang. Under the guidance of Liu Xiang and He Guoguang, they met with the main generals of the Sichuan Army.
Like Chiang Kai-shek, An Yi met most of the generals in Central Sichuan for the first time, but he knew the general situation and appearance of the generals from photos and resume files, so no one made any mistakes.
Eight generals including Yang Sen, Wang Jiling, Tang Shizun, Deng Xihou, Tian Songyao, Luo Zezhou, Li Jiayu, and Liu Cunhou shook hands with Chiang Kai-shek and An Yi respectively. When it was Fan Shaozeng's turn, the situation was completely different.
Fan Shaozeng, named Shun Dian, nicknamed "Haiting", nicknamed "Fan Ha'er", "Da Laozao". He was born in the year of Horse and was a native of Qinghe Township, Dazhu County, Sichuan Province. He didn't like reading since he was a child, so he often went to teahouses to "listen to books", and he was very interested in the world.
A heroic hero who robbed the rich and helped the poor, he yearned for it. He entered the army at the age of thirteen and joined the Tongmenghui in the late Qing Dynasty. In the second year of the Republic of China, Fan Shaozeng failed to participate in the "Guichou rebellion against Yuan". He robbed property and purchased guns in Qu County and the Dazhu border area to expand his strength. In the fifth year of the Republic of China,
Fan Shaozeng also participated in the war against Yuan Huguo. Two years later, he was recruited by Yan Deji, commander-in-chief of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Second Route of the Sichuan-Yunnan-Guizhou-Jingguo Allied Forces, and served as the commander of the model battalion and later the regimental commander. In October of the ninth year of the Republic of China, Fan Shaozeng served in Xiong Kewu
Yu Jitang of the Sixth Division of the First Army served as the regiment commander and was stationed in Yunyang. During this period, he returned to Qinghechang, Dazhu County, and invited the families whose property had been robbed by him to repay the losses. In March of the twelfth year of the Republic of China, Fan Shao was added to the army
Yang Sen served as the commander of the 8th Brigade of the 4th Division, and was later promoted to the commander of the 9th Mixed Brigade. In September of the 15th year of the Republic of China, the Northern Expeditionary Army entered the Lianghu battlefield, and Yang Sen was appointed by Chiang Kai-shek as the commander of the 20th Army of the National Revolutionary Army.
Fan Shaozeng was appointed commander of the seventh division of the army. Later, Yang Sen sent Fan Shaozeng out of Sichuan to conspire with the Beiyang Army in Wuhan. He was severely beaten by the Wuhan Revolutionary Army. Fan Shaozeng was injured and returned to Sichuan. After April 12, Fan Shaozeng was appointed by Chiang Kai-shek as the commander of the Sichuan-Hubei Border Army. Soon
After the failure, all the defensive lines were lost, so he took refuge with Liu Xiang and became the commander of the Fourth Division.
Fan Shaozeng had outstanding communication skills and made good friends with Shanghai's top figures Du Yuesheng and Zhang Xiaolin, and was accepted as a close disciple by Zhang Jinhu, a senior member of the "Renshe". Du Yuesheng introduced Dai Li to Fan Shaozeng and also gave Fan Shaozeng British-style military supplies that could equip a battalion.
Product, his experience could be written into a book.
The reason why An Yi had a deep impression of Fan Haer was that, in addition to the vague impression of "Mr. Haer" and "Commander Haer" that could still be seen in his mind, it was that he was well known for being romantic and lustful, and Fan Shaozeng had a famous concubine by his side.
There are actually more than 30 people, which is shocking. In order to hide the beauty in the golden house, Fan Shaozeng spent more than 200,000 yuan to build a mansion in Chongqing that takes up about half a street - Fanzhuang. The mansion is a garden-style building with
There are three small foreign-style buildings, each with three floors, arranged horizontally from high to low. Later, he built a smaller mansion in Lailong Lane and a villa on the south bank. After Fanzhuang was completed, Fan Tiandai
After finishing his military affairs, he married his wife and concubines in his new mansion. In order to manage the lives of dozens of wives, Fan Zhuan set up a general manager with several people in charge, including a car driver, a soldier, and a gardener.
, street workers, handymen, Chinese cooks, Western cooks and breeders, etc., there are all kinds of people, no less than a hundred people. In order to keep his wives up to date, Fan Shaozeng specially hired a group of teachers from Shanghai to train them.
Wives and concubines learned about Western culture, which was well-known in both the military and political circles in the country.
Fan Haer seemed to be much fatter in real life than in the photos, with a figure like Maitreya Buddha and the same smiling face. Chiang Kai-shek was in a much happier mood as soon as they met.
After Fan Shaozeng saluted, he held Chiang Kai-shek's hand tightly with both hands and said cheerfully: "Thank you for your hard work on the appointment!"
Chiang Kai-shek, who was not good at words, laughed for the first time and said: "I have admired the name of General Fan for a long time, haha!"
The whole audience burst into laughter, and Fan Haer laughed even more happily. Then when he shook hands with An Yi, he did not call An Yi "Secretary Chief An" like the others, but greeted him warmly:
"Hello, Brother An! Brother Yunong called me the day before yesterday, asking me to contact Brother An more when I have time, but I am busy with military affairs and can't spare my time! Haha, I am so relieved to see you today!"
An Yi immediately remembered Dai Li's instructions, and remembered the time when Fan Shaozeng and Dai Li were begging for help in Shanghai. He knew that Fan Shaozeng, one of the bosses of Sichuan Pao Brother, had a close relationship with Du Yuesheng, the boss of Shanghai Qinghong Gang. The two gangs had long-term business contacts, so he was very polite.
He replied in a low voice:
"Whenever Brother Fan has time to come to Xu Mansion, I will definitely sweep up the couch to welcome you. Brother Yunong and Mr. Du once praised Brother Fan for his good drinking capacity during a chat with me. I have several bottles and dozens of bottles hidden there.
We have to have a good drink of Xufu’s fine wine that has been stored for many years.”
Fan Shaozeng was overjoyed, held An Yi's hand tightly, and laughed happily: "Oh, oh! Brother An, you are so polite! I will bring my friends (meaning wife in Sichuan dialect) to visit me when the time comes!"
This smile attracted everyone's attention. Liu Xiang and other Sichuan generals were surprised and envious when they saw Fan Haer and An Yi being so close. They secretly speculated on the relationship between the two, and even thought about the relationship between Fan Haer and An Yi.
Was there some secret collusion, otherwise why did Fan Haer's cargo ship pass the Yichang waterway guarded by the Anjiajun anti-smuggling team the most smoothly? I don't know that this is the result of Fan Shaozeng having opened up the joint with An Yi through Dai Li.
After the two laughed, they separated for the time being. Chiang Kai-shek explained to everyone on behalf of An Yi that he could not stay and needed to rush back to Xufu, but the reason was to command the destruction of the Zhu Mao Red Army that had rushed into the Sichuan-Yunnan border. An Yi felt that there was nothing wrong with saying this, and nodded apologetically to everyone.
Smile.
On the plane, Chiang Kai-shek had a special discussion with An Yi about this. In the front, the Lu Han army set up a net to contain the enemy. In the middle, there were tens of thousands of Shi Zhen's security forces to defend and defend. Later, Xue Yue's army pursued step by step to suppress the Communists in the Sichuan-Yunnan-Guizhou border area.
On the battlefield, there was no longer any need for the Anjia Army to join the campaign. To be on the safe side, Chiang Kai-shek told An Yi not to withdraw his troops so early. The Anjia Army still had to stay on the Sichuan-Guizhou border to guard the border, putting tremendous pressure on Zhu Mao's Red Army and completely cutting them off.
With the thought of going north, it would not be too late to retreat until the war is almost over.
An Yi was also happy with this and agreed readily, stating that he would make every effort to handle the Sino-Burmese border issue according to Chiang Kai-shek's instructions in order to solve the biggest hidden danger in the southwest border and win the diplomatic initiative.
When Liu Xiang and other generals saw He Guoguang, Gu Zhutong and Zeng Kuqing, they took An Yi under the spiral staircase of the beautiful big plane. They stopped and talked cordially. The relationship was very harmonious, and they couldn't help but be impressed by An Yi's status and popularity.
I sighed secretly and gained a new understanding of An Yi.
After a while, An Yi and Gu Zhutong finished talking. After saluting, An Yi strode onto the plane. Liu Xiang smiled slightly and asked Chiang Kai-shek to go to the special car.
Chiang Kai-shek raised his hand and politely said to wait a moment. He stood there and watched An Yi board the hatch. He waved to An Yi who was standing at the door and saluted him respectfully. Then he said "please" to Liu Xiang.
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Liu Xiang hurriedly accompanied Chiang Kai-shek to the special car, but he was deeply shocked by An Yi's status in Chiang Kai-shek's mind. So far, Liu Xiang had not heard of any general in charge of the country who was treated like this by Chiang Kai-shek.
Getting into the car, Liu Xiang exchanged a few words with Chiang Kai-shek, and couldn't help but look at An Yi's plane again. He found that the cabin door had been closed, and the two huge propellers were speeding up. He Guoguang, Gu Zhutong, Zeng Kuanqing and the attendant's room
A group of generals were still waving to the plane, and one of their subordinates, Fan Haer, who looked simple but was cunning at heart, was actually among the generals waving.
At 11 o'clock in the morning the next day, the British negotiating team headed by Ambassador Jiadegan flew to Minjiang Airport by charter flight. An Yi led Yang Bin, Ye Cheng, Jiang Yunshan, Dong Zechuan and other military and political dignitaries to greet them at the airport without making any big scene.
There was a welcome ceremony, but the appearance of the main civil and military officials of the Anjia Army and their warm and kind smiles made Jiadegan and his party very happy, and their confidence in reaching a smooth agreement also increased a lot.
After the meeting, Jiadegan, who likes to express the passion and unique feelings of his country, made a request to go to the prison camp to meet his "unfortunate compatriots" first.
An Yi readily agreed, gave a few instructions to Xu Boqian, director of the Liaison Office, and invited the guests to board the car.
The prisoner-of-war camp set up on the edge of the military horse farm, through the joint efforts of the prisoners and the Anjia Army engineers, has now become a garden-style prison hidden in the beautiful mountains and rivers and tall trees. If it were not for the five-meter-high wall with an electric grid, it would still be a prisoner-of-war camp.
It might actually be considered a large estate with beautiful views.
Spring has come very early in southern Sichuan. The mountains and fields are already full of green, and the broad pastures have been covered by endless green. The yellow spots at the foot of the mountains in the distance have gradually faded. More than 300 horses, big and small, are dancing in the warm sunshine and refreshing spring breeze.
Wandering around leisurely, looking around, it is like a beautiful landscape painting.
The convoy entered the military horse farm through two checkpoints, drove over the quaint new stone bridge, entered the prison gate, and stopped in front of a two-story Chinese-style office building more than 30 meters long.
The British got out of the carriage one after another and curiously looked at the neat green belt and the two pavilions in the wide yard. They seemed to be very surprised: although the buildings in the yard were square, heavy and solemn, they were not reminiscent of the
prison.
Jiadegan asked An Yi curiously: "General, are all your prisons in southern Sichuan like this?"
"No! The only exception is this prison. In addition to prisoners of war, this prison mainly contains criminals sentenced and imprisoned by military courts at all levels in our army. There are not only criminals in the army led by me, but also criminals sent by the Central Army and other important military departments.
Here comes the criminal."
An Yi smiled when he said this: "Mr. Ambassador, do you know who participated in and built the greening design of this yard and the layout of the ancillary buildings?"
Jiadegan looked around, feeling something familiar, and immediately asked An Yi with interest: "Dear general, can you tell me?"
An Yi nodded: "Of course, the layout design and some buildings of this yard are the result of the participation and hard work of the prisoners of war from your country detained here. It can be said that they have contributed to the construction of this prison. If
If you are interested, after meeting with the prisoners of war later, you and your colleagues can walk out of this prison with the prisoners of war and go to the forage yard upstream of the creek. You will see that the architectural style of the entire forage yard is British style.
, the warehouse built against the mountain, the solid wooden platform for resting and chatting by the clear stream, and the beautiful horse shed, were all designed and built by your unfortunate compatriots themselves, some of which are similar to those of ours.
Thoroughbred horses have built a deep relationship, so for this reason, the military horse farm has authorized a few prisoners of war to join the ranks of raising and taming horses. Of course, the income of those few people is relatively high."
An Yi's English is quite fluent, and the meaning he expressed is clear and clear. A group of British people exclaimed and felt incredible after hearing An Yi's words.
Jiadegan was very clear about the goodwill and significance of An Yi's actions. He knew that only through a certain intensity of labor can the mood of the depressed prisoners of war be stabilized, so that the prisoners of war can breathe fresh air and experience the breath of sex during labor.
, experience the joy and meaning of life from the fruits of one's own labor, without having to endure the pain of living for years in a cold and narrow cell every day.
"Thank you, General, for the generosity of you and your army! This place is hundreds and thousands of times better than I imagined. Although officials from the embassy and consulates who came to visit had reported some situations to me before, but after coming here
, my feelings are more profound, and I hope that after I meet my compatriots, I will gain more comfort and a higher evaluation of the general."
After Jiadegan finished speaking, he showed a sincere smile and extended his hand to An Yi again.