Chapter 159: When the water is clear, there will be no fish
Chapter 159 If the water is clear, there will be no fish
An Yi couldn't stop after throwing away his crutches. His hands were itchy after not practicing with guns for many days. There were too many new brothers and he needed to show up to encourage and encourage. Xia Jian's four battalions and four companies of 600 officers and soldiers had outdated equipment.
There is a serious shortage of machine gun firepower, because now all the regiments of the First Army basically use the Russian-made Mogan 7.62mm rifles and imitation Maxim heavy machine guns aided by the Third International. Only An Yi's troops use the ones that are easiest to replenish and capture.
German-made or imitation German-made weapons.
In response to this situation, the Munitions Section of the Second Division Headquarters had no choice but to provide the supplementary regiment with two hundred semi-new and old 7.92mm caliber German-made rifles made in Hanyang, thirty brand-new rifles made in Hanyang, and five American-made m1918s.
Light machine gun. The new fourth battalion commander Xia Jian follows An Yi every day, like a debt collector, constantly complaining that his equipment is like a beggar compared to the other three battalions.
Although An Yi has a way to solve it, there are many things that he has to personally intervene in. Although He, the head of the Military Supplies Department, has a deep relationship with An Yi, the people in the military department are multi-minded and everyone is staring at the newly arrived batch of equipment.
, he did not dare to blatantly favor the An Yi regiment, so it was a great honor to be able to send a confidant to the General Temple in advance to inform An Yi of the two new batches of equipment arriving at the headquarters.
After fifteen days of rest and replenishment, the strength of the entire regiment expanded rapidly. The total number of the four battalions and regiment units reached 2,650. Most of the more than 100 veteran brothers who were injured in the First World War in Nanchang returned to recuperate.
Do whatever work you can on the side.
An Yi and Yin Jinan repeatedly weighed and transferred Mu Zhuiyi, the instructor of the Second Battalion, to the Fourth Battalion as the battalion deputy and instructor, and promoted Lieutenant Dongyao Zi Guanshan from the military logistics unit instructor to the Second Battalion as the instructor, and then transferred a group of injured but...
The experienced squad and platoon leader was transferred to the Fourth Battalion as the company platoon leader, and then the Fourth Battalion was established.
The six horses trotted all the way into Gao'an City. When they saw that the streets were filled with revolutionary officers and soldiers, they immediately slowed down and saw An Yi, Gu Laoer, Shi Lejun, Li Meisheng, Xia Jian and his deputy Tianming.
While looking around, Xia Jian suggested that the boss arrange his adjutants and guards as soon as possible. An Yi smiled, pointed at the quartermaster Shi Lejun and the young doctor Li Meisheng behind the horse, and said loudly, these are my adjutants, which made Xia Jian momentarily
His face was red and he didn't dare to speak anymore. Now every battalion-level brother has his own adjutant and a squad of personal guards. Only his own regimental leader has grown up and has nothing. The only useful Dong Yazi around him has also been put down to exercise.
, why don’t Xia Jian, who loves face and shows off, feel guilty?
When Gu Lao Er saw Xia Jian's defeat, he burst into laughter and tried to smooth things over by saying, Lao Xia, don't worry about leading your troops, the boss has me by his side.
An Yi led several brothers straight to the military supplies warehouse of the headquarters in the west of the city. He stopped his horse in front of the heavily guarded gate and whispered to the little black horse, "Get down and let me get off the horse." The little black horse immediately got down and lay down carefully.
Waiting for An Yi to successfully dismount and tell the dog to get up, he quickly stood up, shook off the dust on the shiny black fur, and stood quietly next to An Yi, making the seven or eight officers and soldiers guarding the door stare straight.
An Yi gently smoothed the little black horse's mane lovingly, turned around, explained his identity to the captain on duty, and asked to meet with Chief Yu Jiasheng, the director of the Ordnance Department.
When the captain saw that the person was the famous An Yi, he was looking for Director Yu. He quickly and respectfully let An Yi and others into the camp gate, and ordered a few soldiers to bring chairs for Colonel An and his party to sit on, while he ran away in a hurry
Go in and find Yu Jiasheng.
Gu Laoer asked An Yi in a low voice who Yu Jiasheng was? An Yi replied that Yu Jiasheng, Director Yu, was the nephew of Mr. Yu Feipeng, the munitions director of the headquarters and director of the depot. Like Yu Jishi, the colonel aide to the commander-in-chief, he was Mr. Yu's nephew.
Gu Laoer and Xia Jian were shocked when they heard this. It turned out that their boss was so familiar with these talented people, and then they understood why their unit could always get good equipment that was in short supply, making other regiments envious.
But how did Gu Laoer and Xia Jian know that An Yi had already reached an agreement with Yu Feipeng, the principal's confidant and quartermaster, to jointly establish the "Nanchang Jiangnan Food Manufacturing Company" under the guidance of his first-term senior brother Yu Jishi the day after getting Principal Jiang's consent?
In a secret agreement, he and the Guangdong and Guangxi conglomerate Ou Yaoting will purchase the best processing equipment in the world to produce military biscuits, compressed foods, canned meat and other military foods, from building factories to introducing machines to recruiting technicians for installation and debugging, etc.
The total investment is about 300,000 yuan. After completion, it will become the largest and most advanced military food production enterprise in the country. The whole process does not require the Yu family to spend a penny. The Yu family only needs to be responsible for the allocation of raw materials, transportation, and sales of finished products.
20% of the shares. With this relationship, we will naturally respond to requests.
After a while, Yu Jiasheng, who had been promoted to major general, strode over, helped An Yi up and asked him about his health. Knowing that An Yi's leg injury was basically healed, he felt relieved to complain a few words.
The two of them interacted closely like two brothers, making all the officers and soldiers around them envious.
An Yi held Yu Jiasheng's hand, turned to the open space inside, told all about his tasks and difficulties after the expansion, and asked for help.
Yu Jiasheng rolled his eyes and told An Yi with a smile: "It doesn't matter, a batch of equipment purchased from Europe and the United States just arrived three days ago, including one thousand German-made long and short guns, eight water-cooled heavy machine guns, and three that were originally planned to be supplied to the Sixth Army.
Ten American light machine guns, two hundred flower machine guns, three hundred boxes of hand grenades and corresponding ammunition are all in my hands. The Sixth Army has not been notified yet. The plan was also made by me and was about to be reported. You came just in time!
The 70 trucks of Russian-made equipment aided by the Soviets have just arrived in the past two days. The Wuhan side will get half of it and we will get the other half. I only need to exchange this batch of equipment for them. All you need to do is this..."
An Yi was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly. He looked around and saw that no one was paying attention. He quickly took out a small cloth bag containing four gold bars from his pocket and stuffed it into Yu Jiasheng's pocket. He said with a smile: "This is what I have captured from Fengxin.
I have many brothers, and I often need to spend money...Brother Yu, don't refuse. Pushing and pushing has a negative impact on people. Why are our brothers being so polite? I will go see Mr. Yu and the principal now, and I will be there as soon as I get the approval slip.
Let Yin Jinan come to you."
"Go quickly. I guess a group of bosses at the headquarters are preparing to have lunch. The afternoon meeting will be dedicated to discussing the distribution of weapons and equipment. I will go back immediately to change the report and send it to Mr. Yu before 2:30."
Yu Jiasheng held An Yi's arm and sent him out of the door.
Under the friendly eyes of a group of officers and soldiers from the Munitions Department, An Yi ordered the little black horse to lie down and mount his horse. He led the five admiring brothers to the revolutionary army headquarters by the Phoenix Lake in the city. He easily entered the gate and came to
Dismount in front of a row of hitching posts on the side of the western-style building.
Zeng Kuaqing happened to walk out of the door. When he saw An Yi arriving, he quickly came forward to greet him. He looked An Yi up and down and then punched him on his right arm.
An Yi took Zeng Kuanqing's hand and whispered about the equipment. Zeng Kuanqing sent the adjutant behind him to do things without saying a word, and led An Yi into the building to the office of the Minister of Munitions on the west side of the first floor.
When he was about to knock on the door, Yu Feipeng and his adjutant just opened the door and walked out, preparing to attend the working lunch set by the commander-in-chief.
Yu Feipeng saw An Yi and greeted him repeatedly. After hearing An Yi explain his purpose, he smiled slightly, turned around and led An Yi into the office. Zeng Kuangqing, who was very busy with his work, said hello and said goodbye politely.
An Yi formally and formally gave a brief report on the establishment and personnel of his supplementary regiment, as well as the difficulties that could not be solved at present. Yu Feipeng nodded and ordered the adjutant to fill in the form and stamp it with a big seal, and the matter was done in a few clicks.
Yu Feipeng adjusted his glasses, read the application form carefully, thought for a while, took out his pen, added twenty-four legal 81mm mortars in the artillery column, filled in the number one thousand, two hundred in the ammunition column, and handed it to An.
After Yi signed, he handed it over to the adjutant and asked him to go to the second floor to find Liu Zhi who had finished the meeting and sign the department's declaration and review column.
Ten minutes later, Yu Feipeng's lieutenant colonel adjutant and Liu Zhi came to the gate together. The diligent and rigorous adjutant handed all the approval documents and forms stamped with three red seals into An Yi's hands, saluted and turned to leave.
Liu Zhi pointed to the form in An Yi's hand and said with an admiring smile: "You really do belong to me. I usually go to Mr. Yu and beg him ten times but I still can't get one-third of the money you have. How did you do it?"
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"Master, don't you remember Director Yu Jiasheng of the Ordnance Department? He and first-term senior Yu Jishi have always had a good relationship with their subordinates. When the subordinates heard that several batches of new equipment had arrived, they rushed over to ask without thinking about anything.
Fortunately, if my subordinates hadn't come to the door today, this batch of equipment would have belonged to the Sixth Army! It's really dangerous to think about it!" An Yi reported in a low voice with emotion.
Liu Zhi nodded happily: "The congregation will disperse after the morning meeting. I heard that the principal and Vice President Bai discussed that tonight Vice President Bai will rush to the Ruoxi line north of Wuning to send a hundred troops to General Li Zongren's Seventh Army.
Ten thousand rounds of ammunition and one hundred thousand oceans of military supplies. Vice President Bai also specifically mentioned that the Seventh Army was in urgent need of mortars. The principal promised on the spot to mobilize the Seventh Army as soon as the inventory was available, and called President Yu to ask. President Yu said this
There was no replenishment of mortars twice, and the inventory was already below a hundred. The specific number needs to be verified immediately and reported in the afternoon. So when I saw the twenty-four mortars above just now, I immediately understood Mr. Yu’s deep friendship. We
We all have to thank him. Mr. Yu usually does things fairly, honestly and impartially, but he still thinks about our First Army in his heart!"
An Yi repeatedly echoed, and then asked in surprise: "Isn't Vice President Bai the former enemy commander-in-chief of our central army? Seeing that the war is about to start, how can he go to the left army at this juncture?"
"Why, you can't understand this?" Liu Zhi looked at An Yi with a smile.
An Yi was stunned, his mind was racing, and then he sighed with admiration: "I understand, the victory or defeat on the front line from De'an to Jiujiang will directly affect the battle situation of our Central Army. Only General Li Zongren can defeat De'an again, and our Central Army will
The army no longer has any worries. Vice President Bai probably supervised the war as the deputy chief of staff of the army. No wonder the principal promised him everything.
However - my subordinates have long heard that countless soldiers of the Seventh Army were captured in the Battle of Wangjiapu, which is enough to equip one or two more divisions. How come there is still a shortage of mortars? Even the First Division of our army also fought in the Battle of Wangjiapu.
Hu Zongnan made a lot of profit from it. Senior Hu Zongnan captured the opponent's battalion and replenished his regiment with all the men and equipment... Alas, it seems that everyone is covering their heads and getting rich and keeping silent..."
An Yi shook his head when he said this: "All the military departments and departments hid the benefits they got. When they raised their heads, they all complained to the headquarters. Only the subordinates were honest. If they hadn't come out in time this time, I'm afraid they would have lost their heads.
I can’t pick up one anymore! It seems I can’t be too honest in the future!”
Liu Zhi pointed at An Yi and laughed: "You kid got an advantage and acted like a good boy. You got so many benefits out of thin air and still put on a sad face. Others must think you are always being offended!
But speaking of it, except for Jiang Mingsan, no one in our second division has your communication skills in this regard. When Jiang Mingsan was injured, no one would be around. If you hadn’t fought well this time, you could have saved our second division.
Due to our reputation, several of our main groups could not receive large amounts of supplementary supplies personally approved by the principal.
The other armies and divisions are all people who can't afford to work early. Selling military supplies and reselling opium are commonplace. When they see the benefits, they swarm them like ants sniffing syrup. But now it is the time to hire people, and the principal can only
If you turn a blind eye, there will be no fish if the water is clear, and it will be difficult for you, principal! Thank you for your cleverness this time, otherwise I really don’t know how to equip your four battalions."
An Yi smiled and asked where Jiang Dingwen was recuperating, and learned that he was still living in the field hospital north of Phoenix Lake. He quickly said goodbye to Liu Zhi, and handed the relevant documents to Xia Jian, who was overjoyed, after leaving the headquarters gate, and ordered him
Return to the General Temple and hand it over to Yin Jinan. After lunch, he immediately rushes to the munitions warehouse in the west of the city to find Director Yu and ask him to use a truck to send the weapons and ammunition on the list back to the camp.
The field hospital occupies a vast area, with tents stretched out in front of more than a dozen rows of residential buildings. Thousands of lightly and seriously wounded officers and soldiers from all armies gathered here, and more than two hundred military doctors and nurses were so busy that their butts were smoking.
An Yi was finally led by a military police brother to the door of a spacious private house. The scene in front of him shocked him and made him even more amazed:
A group of injured generals with their heads and bound feet gathered around a large Eight Immortals table. Many officers who had no table space and were holding crutches stood in a circle. The sound of Pai Gow being pushed on the table, the bustling laughter, and the shouting and cursing were like vegetables.
market.
An Yi walked in and saw that Jiang Dingwen, who was sitting in the main seat as the banker, had his head wrapped in gauze, one arm and one leg wrapped like a rice dumpling. The head injured by shrapnel had just subsided and the bruises were still there, but he was energetic.
He was glowing, urging this person to laugh and scold that person to bet money, and the ocean gold bars he won were piled up like a hill in front of him.
After being reminded several times by the adjutant, Jiang Dingwen raised his head and laughed loudly when he saw An Yi. He immediately gave up his position to his adjutant. With the support of two guards, he greeted An Yi loudly and called Gao An, who had been standing behind him with a smile.
Shopkeeper Zhao, a large grain merchant, came to the wooden sofa at the door and sat down. He looked up and down and saw that An Yi recovered so quickly and was very happy.
An Yi admired himself very much as the boss. On the day of the siege, when the fifth regiment lost its commander, he stood up and witnessed the rain of bullets as a deputy division commander. He took the lead and led his brothers in the fifth regiment to fight repeatedly and failed in the siege.
Even though he was wounded by three pieces of shrapnel and two gunshot wounds, he was still able to rally more than 2,000 brothers who had been scattered and successfully break out of the encirclement. It was truly remarkable.
The two brothers discussed in secret for a long time with their heads held high. Jiang Dingwen opened his mouth and held the cigarette handed to him by An Yi on his lips, and motioned for the short and fat shopkeeper Zhao to come over and sit next to him.
Shopkeeper Zhao was flattered and hurriedly sat down. After being introduced by Jiang Dingwen, he learned that the tall and handsome young colonel in front of him was An Yi, the former battalion commander of the model battalion and now the commander of the second division supplementary regiment. Shopkeeper Zhao opened his mouth in shock and his two fleshy lips trembled.
After a while, he stammered his greetings and bowed.
An Yi politely ordered no courtesy, and asked shopkeeper Zhao kindly about his business and the current rice and grain market. Shopkeeper Zhao dared to hide anything, so he immediately reported everything in a low voice.
An Yi was very satisfied with Shopkeeper Zhao's honesty and praised Jiang Dingwen: "Shopkeeper Zhao is an honest man. Brother, don't you just have more than 5,000 tons of grain? You can make the decision, and I will listen to you."
Jiang Dingwen nodded with a smile on his face: "Okay, you are about to lead his troops to attack Nanchang. I know you have a heavy burden this time and you don't have time to care about such trivial matters. When we get to Nanchang, I will transfer 60,000 to your account and other matters.
Don’t worry about it, haha! Lao Zhao, I’m a real brother, right?”
"It's true, it's true, you are a young and talented young man with a great reputation! The whole Jiangxi Province knows that the revolutionary army has a model camp. The illustrious military exploits of the model camp have long been known to women and children. Everyone praises them. Everyone knows that General An, the tiger general who leads the model camp, has always been considered by me.
He is a tall, burly bearded man. It turns out that General An is so young and a talented man! Haha..."
Shopkeeper Zhao is indeed no ordinary person, and his flattering words made An Yi sigh with emotion.
Jiang Dingwen laughed loudly, and An Yi shook his head frequently. Seeing that there was nothing wrong here, he stood up and wanted to leave. Jiang Dingwen raised his intact left hand and pulled An Yi's sleeve, and whispered in his ear: "You seized the last time on the east bank
Are the hundreds of long and short guns still there?”
"Yes, but there are not many left. There are only 270 old and new Hanyang-made guns and about 20 imitation German shell guns. What? Is it useful for you?" An Yi answered truthfully.
Jiang Dingwen yelled at Shopkeeper Zhao and whispered: "Sell it to him. The local militia he formed for joint defense and joint security in the name of the Chamber of Commerce complied with the regulations, but no one had any weapons to sell to him. He was so anxious that he came to me several times.
This time, Lao Zhao paid a high price to clear out all the grain reserves in our hands at once. He only came with this small request to buy guns. I know that you are the only one in our second division who has seized anything. I was about to send someone to find you. I will save you the trouble if you come.
There's more. Sell it to him. Regardless of whether it's old or new, it's all fifty oceans apiece. Taking back some oceans to reward your brothers is the top priority. I asked the fifth regiment to sell the ammunition to him. It's useless for the fifth regiment to store the wrong caliber. You
Just leave it alone."
An Yi was happy when he heard this: "Okay, but you have to ask him to hurry up. At twelve o'clock tonight, I will start general martial law preparations for war. No more strangers can be allowed to approach the camp."
"Haha! Go back. He will probably be there soon after dark. I will ask him to send you dozens of boxes of 'Hardman'..."
At night, the duty officer Qu Tongyuan, who had received An Yi's secret order in advance, ran into the temple and muttered to An Yi who was holding a regiment meeting. An Yi nodded and signaled to Gu Lao Er, who immediately stood up and left quietly.
go.
Half an hour later, dozens of brothers from the security company carried fifty boxes of Hardman cigarettes into the hall and stacked them neatly against the left wall. Two platoon commanders happily carried a heavy cloth bag in the middle.
On the long table, there was a pleasant "ding-dong" sound.
Gu Laoer returned to An Yi and handed him a letter. An Yi looked at Gu Laoer with a calm face, opened the envelope and took out the letter, looked at it carefully and smiled:
"Go and tell Lao Zhao that I still have 500 80% new long rifles, all of which are for the fifth battalion that is about to be expanded. Considering the outstanding contributions made by several counties in Gao'an to the revolutionary cause in the previous recruitment work,
You can hold a meeting immediately to study it, but the price will have to be increased by at least fifteen yuan. If you want it, prepare the money. You can take the brothers to send it to him. If not, just go back. We will talk about what happens next."
"yes."
Gu Laoer went out again under the astonished gaze of his brothers, and came back in less than five minutes with a cheerful face: "It's done, it's all cash, pay on delivery, and it's at Zhaojiawan, four miles behind our Jiangjun Ridge.
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An Yi laughed loudly: "The stupid shopkeeper Zhao is indeed a person, otherwise Brother Jiang would not like him, haha! Go, Hutou, promise he will be there within an hour."
"clear!"
Gu Laoer left again.
The brothers looked at the big bag of ocean on the table and at An Yi who was overjoyed. They all laughed excitedly when they understood.