The biting north wind blows in the face, and the drifting snowflakes come with the wind, spreading silently to the vast river, making the dark sky look even darker.
The last ferry, fully loaded with officers and soldiers of the Teaching Corps, slowly sailed into the middle of the dark river. The flickering navigation light on the ship was like a firefly flying farther and farther away, and was soon quietly swallowed up by the endless night.
The surging river waves hit the wide concrete embankment one after another. The dim lights on the pier poured onto Zhang Zhizhong's lonely and helpless body. The biting cold wind was mixed with scattered snowflakes.
Covering everything on the earth. Zhang Zhizhong, whose face was full of grief and disappointment, still looked into the middle of the river and into the direction where the ferry disappeared. It seemed that the familiar and young faces of the officers and soldiers of the teaching corps were still in his sight.
At this moment, Zhang Zhizhong didn't feel the slightest coldness, only the pain and melancholy in his heart. He didn't know what the future would be like for the 15,000 officers and soldiers of the teaching corps who were full of fighting spirit and ambition? They would welcome these naive and ambitious soldiers.
What kind of fate will the young officers and soldiers with heroic dreams have?
Fifteen thousand officers and soldiers, fifteen thousand young lives full of vigor and desire to serve the country, all are outstanding young people with a high school degree or above from Nanjing and surrounding areas. All commanders at all levels in the army have been trained hard by Zhang Zhizhong.
Every young officer who graduated from the Central Military Academy embodies Zhang Zhizhong’s hard work and hope!
This brand-new, ahead-of-the-era teaching corps is the most excellent force since the formation of the National Revolutionary Army. It is a modern army with culture, ideals, pursuits, and morality. It is carefully trained by the German military instructors corps.
It is an elite armed force equipped with all advanced German equipment and is a model force for the Chinese army. This teaching corps carries the best wishes of Zhang Zhizhong and many generals in the army.
But now, this unit that Zhang Zhizhong is most proud of has become a victim of political struggle. Fifteen thousand outstanding young people full of patriotic passion are easily incited in the dirty political struggle, and their boiling point is enough to make them burn.
The fever of destruction.
As the education director of the Central Military Academy and the education director of the teaching corps, Zhang Zhizhong had nothing to do about it. Under the ridicule of the frivolous, rebellious and ambitious young general, Zhang Zhizhong could only watch his disciples walking towards a uncertain future full of crises.
Lu, how can you not make him sad and worried?
The young adjutant stepped forward gently, took the petition list filled with familiar names from Zhang Zhizhong's hand, and persuaded him: "Let's go back. The weather has changed, and the snow seems to be getting heavier."
Zhang Zhizhong took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, tightened his coat, turned around, and walked very heavily towards the car parked under the lamppost, which had already turned around, and sighed:
"Yes! It's time to go back. What else can we do if we don't go back? Even the teaching team has crossed the river. I'm afraid things will really change in this country..."
Zhang Zhizhong walked to the car door with a lonely look, and the adjutant gently opened the door. Zhang Zhizhong hesitated for a moment, turned around reluctantly, and looked at the dark river again, but unfortunately, the miracle did not appear.
There was no light on the river shrouded in the dark night, not even the ferry that should have returned long ago.
Zhang Zhizhong shook his head, sighed again, turned around and got into the car door. Before he could sit firmly, a bright light came directly from the roar of the car motor, illuminating Zhang Zhizhong and the adjutant beside him unable to open their eyes. The light
passing by,
The adjutant opened his mouth to tell the driver to drive, but Zhang Zhizhong felt something was wrong. He waved his hand to stop the adjutant's actions. He slowly straightened up, lowered the window and looked out, carefully identifying the convoy that was getting closer and closer to the dock area.
part of.
"Yeah! It looks like a car from the Military Police Headquarters. What are they doing here at this time? The 'Big Leopard' in front looks like Commander Gu's car..."
The adjutant exclaimed in surprise.
The military off-road vehicle slowly came to a stop at the front of Zhang Zhizhong's car, and the door was quickly opened from the inside. Gu Zhenglun, commander of the military police and commander of the capital garrison, jumped out of the car first and strode towards Zhang Zhizhong's car, greeting him enthusiastically: "
Brother Wenbai, haven’t you gone back yet?”
In the bright light, Zhang Zhizhong opened the car door and stepped forward quickly, shaking hands with Gu Zhenglun: "I was about to go back when... Hey, Brother Ji Chang came with his troops in a mighty manner. Has the situation in the capital changed?"
Gu Zhenglun smiled slightly, stared into Zhang Zhizhong's eyes, and answered the question:
"Brother Wenbai, do you still have hope for He Jingzhi's recovery? Haha, I advise Brother Wenbai not to think too much. The six extended special trains carrying the teaching corps at Pukou Station on the other side have already left one after another. The remaining two
The special train is about to leave at this time. It is estimated that the teaching team will arrive in Luoyang tomorrow afternoon and the day after tomorrow.
Will be pushed to the front line to fight against Zhang Yang's army. Alas... What a good seedling. It is the first high-quality army of our Central Army in ten years. The average educational level is higher than that of the all-powerful Anjia Army.
A large part of it received more than eight months of comprehensive guidance from the German instructors, and was consumed by the civil war before it was formally formed. What a pity!"
Zhang Zhizhong ignored the sadness in his heart, pointed to the other side, and asked in surprise: "Brother Ji Chang knows so well, it was the Pukou Station gendarmerie who reported it?"
"Yes! But not only my gendarmerie report, the Capital Air Defense Command on the other side, and the station supervisor of Pukou Military Station also constantly reported to me the latest progress." At this point, Gu Zhenglun gave up, approached Zhang Zhizhong, and asked in a low voice:
"Brother Wenbai, do you know who is in charge of Liuhe Camp now?"
Zhang Zhizhong was stunned for a moment, frowning and thinking for a while, and suddenly his face suddenly changed. He looked again at the nearly a thousand military policemen who were busy on the dock in an orderly manner. He immediately realized that something big was going to happen. He grabbed Gu Zhenglun's hand in a hurry and asked in a deep voice:
"Brother Ji Chang, I haven't seen you move in the past few days. Now that so many people are dispatched at once, is something wrong? Which general under He Jingzhi is in charge of the camp opposite?"
Gu Zhenglun smiled and shook his head: "Brother Wenbai, you guessed wrong this time... In fact, you have met that person, the Lieutenant General Chief of Staff of the Second Route Army Headquarters stationed in the southwest, and the Anjia Army Rear
Commander-in-Chief, every leaf grows green!"
"ah……"
Zhang Zhizhong exclaimed. He suddenly found that during this period of panic, he had forgotten An Yi who was far away in North China, the An family army with hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and all the generals and frontier officials in the country who had arrived in the past few days.
The whole country was energized to express its position. Only An Yi, who holds military power and has strong military power, did not send any energization.
It seems that he did not care about national affairs and concentrated on staying in North China to fight for the country and the people against the Japanese invaders... By the way! Not only An Yi, but also Gu Changfeng, commander of the 24th Army stationed in Yichang, and the 26th Army stationed in southern Yunnan.
Commander Xia Jian and two powerful generals of the Anjia Army also disappeared. Such an abnormal phenomenon made Zhang Zhi shudder.
After a moment of astonishment, Zhang Zhizhong finally woke up, looked around nervously, quickly turned to Gu Zhenglun, and asked in a low voice: "Brother Ji Chang suddenly led his troops to the dock on the snowy night, are you going to pull in the guard regiment of Liuhe Camp?"
Going to Nanjing? Is Ye Fanglu here on behalf of An Yi? What does An Yi want to do?"
Gu Zhenglun looked straight at Zhang Zhizhong for a while, then suddenly stopped smiling, put his arm around Zhang Zhizhong's shoulders, walked to the edge of the pier, and whispered in his ear.
In extreme shock, Zhang Zhizhong, who had his back turned to the dim streetlight, slowly turned his head to the west, looking like a statue towards the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, without moving for a long time.
A few minutes later, two thousand-ton cargo ships, led by a water patrol boat from the Military Police Headquarters, slowly cut through the night and docked.
As soon as the gangplank on the ship was lowered, five or six well-armed and strong men strode down, trotted up to Gu Zhenglun and Zhang Zhizhong, stopped and stood at attention.
Wang Xulun, who was fully clothed and wearing a steel helmet, stepped forward and saluted: "Sir Gu, Wang Xulun, commander of the 16th Division of the 24th Army, has been ordered to lead his troops to report and ask for instructions from the commander!"
"Take a break! Brother Xu Lun, thank you for your hard work!"
Gu Zhenglun returned the salute, stretched out his big hand and shook Wang Xulun's hand tightly.
Behind Wang Xulun, deputy commander of the 16th Division Zhou Dingcheng, chief of staff Cheng Junhua, political training section chief Zheng Weihao and other generals came forward to pay tribute.
After meeting Gu Zhenglun, Gu Zhenglun turned to Zhang Zhizhong and saluted respectfully: "Chief Education Officer, Gu Zhenglun, a student of the third special class of the Central Military Academy, greets you!"
Zhang Zhizhong quickly stood at attention and returned the salute, then grabbed Wang Xulun's extended hand and asked seriously: "Xulun, how can you mobilize troops to Beijing without the approval of the Central Military Commission?"
Wang Xulun retracted his hand apologetically, took out a telegram from his coat pocket and handed it to Zhang Zhizhong:
"Chief of Education, please see, the students are following the orders of General An Yi, the commander-in-chief of our Second Route Army. You must also know that the Military Commission will never directly give orders to our Anjia Army departments, and so far, our army departments will only obey
Zhang Zhizhong hurriedly read the telegram, stuffed it back into Wang Xulun's hand, and shook his head repeatedly: "Xulun, you are rebelling! Alas... this matter has become a big deal, a big deal!"
Gu Zhenglun came over, laughed and said loudly: "Brother Wenbai, if you do extraordinary things in extraordinary times, how can you talk about rebellion? For example, He Jingzhi proclaimed himself the commander of the rebel army. Is there any legal basis? He was ordered to take charge of the army in the face of danger a few days ago.
How many members of the Standing Committee will be obtained?
More than half of the Standing Committee of the Military Commission approved it? General An, General Zhu Yizhi, General Yan Baichuan, General Li Delin, General Bai Jiansheng, and General Song Mingxuan did not meet, and there was no special order from Chairman Chiang, and they were also blocked by Vice Chairman Feng
strong opposition
, the so-called Supreme Military Conference convened by He Jingzhi lost its legitimacy, and all the decisions made, including the unauthorized transfer of the teaching corps and the orders of various departments of the Central Army, were illegal and ultra vires. A series of measures taken by He Yingqin were more serious,
That's taking advantage of the chaos
Rebellion! I feel that my troops are empty and unable to maintain order in the capital. I urge General An Yi, member of the Standing Committee of the Military Commission, to send a unit to assist. Why not? Brother Wenbai, during this extraordinary period, you must unswervingly support Mrs. Chiang.
, support my little brother and General An!"
Zhang Zhizhong quickly explained: "It's not that I don't support it, but the matter is so important that a military and political meeting must be convened to formally order the transfer! The sudden arrival of the 16th Division causes misunderstandings, disputes or even armed conflicts among the ministries in Beijing? This is not
Adding to the chaos?"
"Haha, brother Wenbai, please rest assured, there won't be any chaos! Now that the Sixteenth Division has arrived successfully, I don't think anyone has the guts to cause trouble!"
Gu Zhenglun then said confidently: "Brother Wenbai, I am just about to tell you that all twelve regiments of our military police and garrison have been dispatched to attack party and government agencies, radio and newspaper offices, telecommunications banks, power plants and water plants, and main streets.
Carry out strict vigilance; the five regiments of the Capital Air Defense Command are responsible for security tasks in important areas such as Pukou, Qixiaguan, Mingxiaoling, and the airport; Brother Xulun's 16th Division and three brigades have 20,000
All four thousand soldiers will enter Nanjing City within three hours. They will be responsible for picket patrols throughout the city, as well as guarding the stations and docks, and the gates of the outer city. A battalion of the 16th Division Special Agent Regiment will be stationed at the Central Military Academy to protect Madam Chiang.
To ensure safety, the other two battalions will work with the Fourth Department of the General Staff Headquarters to guard the Central Military Commission compound and serve as a reserve team to provide emergency reinforcements to all parties." Gu Zhenglun told Zhang Zhizhong the detailed plan.
Zhang Zhizhong secretly complained. He knew that Gu Zhenglun and An Yi's move was tantamount to a mutiny, but he could not refute it at all, because it was related to his own position. If he was not careful, he would be doomed. All along, Zhang Zhizhong's attitude toward
Chiang Kai-shek obeyed his advice, respected Soong Meiling and Soong Ziwen very much, and had a good personal relationship with Kong Xiangxi. At this time
We can't be that duplicitous villain at this time. What's more, in the current chaotic situation where military and political power is falling apart and conflicts between various factions are intensifying, Zhang Zhizhong, who has no soldiers and no military power, has no choice but to remain silent, and this silence is invisible.
How long can it last? As the conflicts between the parties intensify, which side to stand on becomes a choice that must be made.
Gu Zhenglun had great trust in Zhang Zhizhong, who was loyal to Chiang Kai-shek. He knew that the reason why Zhang Zhizhong hesitated was not to stay out of the situation and protect himself, but because he was unable to turn around for a while. Zhang Zhizhong, a modest gentleman recognized by the party and the military, was very principled and legal, and he was very strict with all illegal and illegal things.
It will undoubtedly take some time for Zhang Zhizhong to accept this sudden and crisis-filled reality.
The soldiers of the 16th Division, armed with live ammunition and well-equipped, kept getting off the freighter. The crowded dock was orderly, busy but not chaotic, and no one made any noise.
The officers and soldiers who came ashore quickly formed their teams amidst the low-pitched commands of officers at all levels. In the wind and snow, the officers and soldiers with strict military discipline were armed with light and heavy weapons and carried heavy individual combat backpacks. They were arranged neatly, standing tall and solemn, with bright eyes, and a strong invisible murderous aura quickly
spread.
Zhang Zhizhong looked at the mighty soldiers of the 16th Division, looked at the military police handing out yellow duty armbands to every officer and soldier, and then looked at the thousand-ton ships secretly transporting soldiers waiting to dock, he couldn't help but say:
Sighing loudly, I only have one wish in my heart:
"An Yi, An Yi, I hope you won't disappoint my teacher, and don't disappoint the soldiers and civilians across the country..."