Accompanied by Yin Jinan and Hu Hu, Liu Zhi, Xu Tingyao and others strode onto the high platform. When they saw An Yi leaning on crutches and saluting crookedly, they also returned the salute. Before they could put down their hands, everyone laughed.
Yin Jinan and Hu Hu led Liu Zhi, Liu Zhi and four division chiefs to sit down at the long table. The clever Dong Yazi and Xiao Langzhong had already brought the thermos and teacups.
Seeing An Yi preparing to sit down, Liu Zhi took out an envelope from his pocket and said loudly: "Don't sit down yet, so as not to have to get up again later... An Yi listened to the order: An Yi is hereby appointed as the first officer of the National Revolutionary Army."
Colonel Commander of the Supplementary Regiment of the Second Division of the Army. That's it! Commander of the First Army of the National Revolutionary Army: He Yingqin... take it, you are already the colonel commander from yesterday."
"So fast……"
An Yi took the letter of appointment and read it over and over again. He was very surprised, which made everyone laugh. He knew that he would be promoted sooner or later, but the chief officers above the regiment level must be appointed by the military department. He originally thought that he would have to conquer Nanchang at least.
I didn't expect it to come so quickly.
Xu Tingyao motioned An Yi to sit down: "I have never seen a heterogeneous person like you. Others think it is slow to get promoted, but you are the only one who thinks it is too fast. I really don't know how you got such a big head? Also, you have to control your subordinates more, and then
We can't make a fuss about wanting to draw a knife and kill people at every turn. Fortunately, the principal is magnanimous and considers that your department and company deputy Gu Changfeng have outstanding military exploits and will not be held accountable. Otherwise, Gu Lao Er's crime would be enough to be beheaded!"
An Yi smiled apologetically: "That boy is a temperamental person. I guess he felt uncomfortable when he saw hundreds of injured brothers being carried out one after another that day. His brain was burned out by the anger. From now on, my subordinates will definitely control him well, haha...
...Master, Chief of Staff, the brand name of our model camp will not be replaced due to expansion, right?"
Liu Zhi smiled: "No, it still belongs to our second division and your regiment, but you won't know when you leave."
"What are you talking about? How could my subordinates leave the Second Division? Unless the master kicks them out." An Yi also made a joke.
Xu Tingyao smiled happily: "Go, go, who is willing to kick you away? Now the entire Northern Expedition says that you are a lucky general, and they all say that your model camp has become better and better since the Northern Expedition.
Take it all, you can be called an elite soldier and a strong general with unparalleled luck, haha!"
An Yi looked at Yin Jinan and Hu Hu, who were smiling and silent, and then at Xu Tingyao and Liu Zhi: "I really don't know what's going on, how can I say this?"
Liu Zhi sighed: "The entire army retreated that night. If it hadn't been for the flexible handling and heroic performance of your model battalion, the consequences would have been unpredictable. Commander Cai of the Artillery Regiment expressed his gratitude to you and your model at the review meeting the next day.
The battalion was extremely grateful. He said that had it not been for your foresight and the assistance of hundreds of brothers in the model camp, they would never have taken the initiative to successfully withdraw the artillery to the west bank, and there would have been no large-scale artillery fire coverage for the enemies chasing our army.
In the battle, they not only achieved the record of wiping out more than 600 enemies, but also defeated the stubborn enemy's pursuit attempt in one fell swoop, providing powerful firepower guarantee for the safe withdrawal of more than 13,000 friendly troops.
Maybe you don't know that the artillery regiment fired all the shells at once. Seeing this momentum, the enemy thought that our reinforcements had arrived and were too frightened to pursue them for fear of being covered by artillery fire again. In addition, you are stationed on the east bank of the first pontoon bridge.
The officers and soldiers of the two companies on the position had strong firepower, and the two regiments of stubborn enemies who sneaked in from the east and tried to take advantage of the situation launched a charge unscrupulously. Who expected that they would be attacked head-on by the officers and soldiers of your fifth company and seventh company, leaving behind more than three hundred corpses?
After returning in defeat, they never dared to launch a second attack. As a result, the defeated officers and soldiers of the Second Army regained their confidence and gradually restored order. Under the command of the officers and soldiers of your battalion, they quickly and orderly withdrew to the west bank through the pontoon bridge. If it weren't for the number of
If the friendly forces in chaos are surrounded by a regiment of enemies, your brothers from the fifth and sixth companies will not need to jump out of their positions to rescue them under the leadership of Jinan, and there will be no hundreds of casualties."
"It turns out to be like this... Master, how could the enemy's pursuit be so fast and so accurate?" An Yi asked in confusion.
Liu Zhi smiled bitterly and shook his head frequently. Xu Tingyao sighed and explained in detail: "At yesterday's review meeting, General Bai Chongxi, deputy chief of staff and former enemy commander-in-chief, reviewed the course of this battle in great detail. He finally mentioned with emotion three
Point, first of all, I didn’t expect that Deng Ruzhuo was so sophisticated that he could hide two brigades of more than 6,700 people in ambush before we attacked the city. According to the confessions of wounded enemy soldiers captured after the war, a brigade was ambushed fifteen kilometers southeast.
At Zhushan Col, another brigade is lurking among the large reeds nine kilometers southeast of your second pontoon bridge. The purpose is to wait for our army to be defeated and then take advantage of the exhaustion of our officers and men to launch a final attack.
These two areas were within the search range of the Second Army, so based on the principle of unity and mutual trust, no one pursued the case. In addition, the Second Army itself suffered heavy casualties, so in the end it was left to nothing. This means that the enemy coach Deng Ruzhuo already had a plan in mind.
, His full-line contraction is entirely for the purpose of this offensive and defensive battle of Nanchang City. Such courage and precise calculation must be obeyed!"
There were sighs, An Yi's face became solemn, and his heartbeat quickened. He suddenly felt that his little cleverness was so childish and insignificant in front of Deng Ruzhuo's generosity. The original pride in his heart suddenly disappeared, and beads of sweat began to appear on his broad forehead.
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Xu Tingyao continued: "The second point that Vice President Bai said is that our army does not have accurate and detailed information. We do not know that the water gate under Nanchang City can be used by the enemy in this way, nor do we know that the enemy will make as many as five hundred sets of ladders in advance.
, so that it was unable to withstand the more than 20,000 defenders who quickly left the city and launched a sudden counterattack. If our army could do reconnaissance and intelligence work before the war, the worst effect would be a confrontation instead of a complete defeat. This incident made all of our participating generals deeply sad.
It’s shameful that we underestimated our opponents.”
"What's third?"
An Yi had already felt the same way about Bai Chongxi's second summary point, so he directly asked about the last point.
Xu Tingyao smiled slightly: "The third point is about your model camp. Vice President Bai said that the enemy's reconnaissance and dispatch were very fast. According to his speculation, when the defending troops launched a sudden counterattack, one of Deng Ruzhuo's artillery regiments almost
Follow the infantry out of the south gate and quickly enter the position about four kilometers south of the city. Based on the intelligence fed back by the enemy scouts, directly launch an artillery bombardment on your second pontoon bridge. One of the biggest reasons is that the flag of your model camp is moving south.
The enemy mistakenly thought it was the commander-in-chief's flag, so the second pontoon bridge, which was originally considered the safest, became the target of the enemy's attack. It was already dark at that time, and the enemy probably did not expect that the commander-in-chief was not there at all.
Put up the commander's flag. The flags of other armies and departments have long since disappeared without a trace. Only the flag of your model battalion moves at high speed from beginning to end, making it very conspicuous."
An Yi suddenly realized: "I understand... No wonder so many artillery shells did not fly to the east bank of the first pontoon bridge filled with nearly ten thousand defeated friendly troops, but instead shelled our second pontoon bridge lifelessly. It turned out that they wanted to destroy it.
Our command center!"
"Exactly!"
Xu Tingyao nodded: "There is another very important and interesting reason. Zhang Guowei's brigade, which was ambushed nine kilometers southeast of you in advance, has slowly advanced five kilometers ahead of you according to the agreed time. After receiving the urgent report from the scouts, it immediately dropped all important things.
Pursuing with lightly armed weapons, brigade commander Zhang Guowei personally led two infantry regiments to rush to the east bank of the second pontoon bridge. They probably thought that the powerful artillery fire had destroyed the pontoon bridge. The officers and soldiers of our army headquarters who had fled from Nanchang City to the head of the second pontoon bridge had already
He was exhausted and suffered heavy casualties, so he rushed straight to your position with full confidence. Unexpectedly, you cleverly used your powerful firepower to attack him at close range. He lost hundreds of people in the first attack, and was killed by you again in the second attack.
The mortars deployed on the west bank in advance were violently pushed back.
Zhang Guowei's brigade is the elite second only to the Guards Brigade under Deng Ruzhuo. After a short rest, he immediately launched a third fierce attack in an attempt to go all out to capture your position. Unexpectedly, Colonel Hu Jialin and his more than 200 warriors dared to press on
Following the impact of the artillery shells, they launched a countercharge and collided with the enemy in the smoke almost at the same time. The enemy did not expect that the soldiers of the model camp were so brave and crazy. The two hundred extremely brave brothers all carried automatic weapons and threw them away after the attack.
Without stopping, the gun pulled out a broadsword and a sharp engineer shovel and rushed into the enemy group again, killing back and forth among more than 2,000 enemies. Zhang Guowei's brigade, which was at the end of its offensive, suffered heavy casualties without any preparation, and Zhang Guowei himself was stunned.
In the chaos, I don't know who cut him in half, and the enemy army completely collapsed, and our army turned the corner."
Xu Tingyao took a sip of tea and moistened his throat: "The nearly a thousand remnants of the enemy who were lucky enough to escape to Nanchang City smashed into pieces a support group sent by Deng Ruzhuo. Thousands of enemy troops fled back in fear and panic.
I never dared to come out of the city again. Although there was an element of luck in this battle, the strong combat effectiveness and iron will of the officers and soldiers of the Model Battalion left an indelible impression on all our soldiers.
After Vice President Bai finished his explanation, all the generals in the audience were amazed. Hu Jialin, Xia Jian, and others under An Yi's command, including Gu Changfeng who threw the medical officer several meters, were immediately familiar to all the generals. What's interesting is that since yesterday
We learned from the news that came back in the evening that after repeated analysis by Deng Ruzhuo and other generals, they determined that you were the culprits who captured the enemy brigade commander Jing Yanzong and launched uninterrupted attacks for several days. They also calculated the accounts.
The Commander-in-Chief, head of the Guard, urgently warned his subordinates to take strict precautions and not to allow small units to approach the border area between the two armies."
Everyone burst out laughing, but An Yi secretly said he was lucky.
Xu Tingyao looked at Liu Zhi, who was drinking tea silently, and inspected the military camp on the pretext of the original agreement. He ordered Hu Zi, Yin Jinan and others to lead the way, and left happily with a group of adjutants and staff.
An Yi saw something was wrong in the atmosphere, and waved his hand to signal all the brothers around him to step back. He leaned forward and approached the calm Liu Zhi: "Master, please give me instructions."
Liu Zhi said in a low voice with a heavy face: "Below Nanchang City, our division suffered heavy losses and its vitality was severely damaged. Two of the three main regiment commanders were killed and one was injured. Eleven of the regiment deputy and battalion commander and battalion deputy were injured. One of the three main regiments was injured."
Only more than 4,000 of the 2,000 soldiers were left intact. The Sixth Regiment, which suffered the most losses, only had more than 900 people left. Alas... This is a disastrous defeat that I, Liu Zhi, have never experienced since I joined the army. I am ashamed of my principal and my hero.
Brothers of Chengren!"
"Master, please don't say that. Since ancient times, victory or defeat has been a common thing for military strategists. It cannot be measured by the outcome of a battle. Moreover, it is not your fault that this battle was fought so fiercely and hard. I shudder every time I think of it. If I let you
If your subordinates lead troops to attack the city like several main regiments, they will also lose troops and generals and even be unable to protect themselves."
An Yi paused for a moment, then said in a low voice with determination: "Master, I have a suggestion, what do you think of it?"
Liu Zhi nodded: "Tell me, your suggestions have benefited me and the Second Division more than once."
An Yi smiled sheepishly: "Master, although I have been in a daze with my eyes closed for the past two days, I have been constantly reflecting on the gains and losses since joining the army. Without the support and trust of Master, I would not be where I am today.
, my subordinates will remember this for life. What I have been thinking about most in the past two days is how to improve the combat effectiveness of our division, regiment and battalion level. After thinking about it, I still think that the practice report that my subordinates submitted to the division and the principal before the war is worth trying.
, Therefore, the subordinates plan to assign two of the four engineering companies in the current model camp to the fifth and sixth regiments, and all the 148 brothers in each company, except the company commander and deputy, will be transferred there to alleviate the problem.
The pressure from my brother group. Didn’t my subordinate just be appointed as the head of the supplementary regiment? The supplementary regiment, as its name suggests, is responsible for delivering qualified soldiers to the main force. I think about it, and I will be loyal, dedicated, and diligent from now on.
Work diligently and do your part to replenish the soldiers of our Second Division and the brother regiments and battalions of our division. The division commander only needs to leave the fire of the model battalion to his subordinates. Not only will his subordinates not worry about gains and losses,
On the contrary, I will be happy with it. Please rest assured, Master! As long as you give me a month and support me in the normal recruitment of soldiers, I will get back a battalion of soldiers."
"Xiaoyi..."
Liu Zhi looked at An Yi gratefully: "I saw you right. From the moment I chose you to enter the second division, I always believed that you would grow up step by step, but I didn't expect that you would grow up so fast, so maturely, and so considerately.
Overall, I'm very pleased and grateful! I'm here today not only to announce your appointment, but also to ask you for people, because infantry can be trained very quickly, but engineers can't, and nothing can be accomplished in less than three months to half a year.
, Looking at the whole army, only your model battalion has real engineering skills and training experience, so I came here specifically to take away your engineering company today. But after the hard battle, you were exhausted and suffered a lot of losses. Ming San was lying on the hospital bed.
I'm sorry to open my mouth to you. Yuexiang thought about how you have been taken advantage of many times since the Northern Expedition, and he was too apologetic to say it out loud. Only I, the leader of the division, have to say, I didn't expect you to be so generous and considerate of others.
When I opened my mouth, he took the initiative to help me solve my problem, and sent as many as two companies to the brothers at one time, I...I remember it!"
An Yi smiled sincerely and said: "This is the obligation of my subordinates, haha! I am not afraid of Master's jokes. I always think that if I can't even have enough to eat, how can I save the people and the country? I have always been basing myself on myself.
I try my best to fulfill my responsibilities, and on the premise of not violating the principles and not violating military discipline, I will use any means to steal some soldiers and make some money. Therefore, my subordinates get more benefits than other seniors and colleagues, and they can start faster. I guess everyone also said
I'm a scoundrel, please forgive me! No matter what happens in the future, I will consider the interests and performance of our Second Division first, then the First Army, and then the entire revolutionary army, because it will definitely not work the other way around.
Right, Master?"
Liu Zhi couldn't help laughing, but he put away his smile and said seriously: "Xiaoyi, actually I have the same thoughts as you, but I can't say it in my position. For example, this siege is an example, Art of War
It says: If a general is overwhelmed by his anger and clings to the ants, killing a third of the soldiers but not taking out the city, the attack will be a disaster. How can a general not know these truths? But a soldier must obey orders as his bounden duty, so I can't help but have the slightest intention.
Back down. Secondly, my thoughts are the same as yours. I can only do my duty conscientiously if I am not in my position. You have always done a good job. You are more resourceful and courageous than many of your peers, even more so.
We, the division commanders, can see from this that war does make people grow up quickly."
An Yi was also filled with emotion: "Yeah... before I entered Huangpu, I was a little bastard who didn't know anything and only knew how to make money. I didn't expect that I would now become the captain of the colonel. I killed so many people with my own hands, and I also
I am riddled with scars, and countless brothers who followed me were killed and injured. This kind of life of walking on the edge of a knife has no choice but for me to rack my brains and try every possible means to struggle..."