Chapter 223: On the journey again, the fog is foggy
Chapter 223 The journey is foggy again
After a short three-day rest, more than 6,000 officers and soldiers of the Independent Regiment embarked on the journey again, leaving Haining for Jiaxing. The thirty-kilometer flat journey was nothing at all under the feet of the soldiers of the Independent Regiment who were recuperating and recuperating. After handling a large number of seized goods,
After transferring materials and wealth, the independent regiment has a comfortable feeling of traveling lightly.
An Yi, who had completed a lot of work in just a few days, felt very comfortable. He followed the artillery battery, which had been increased to 320 officers and soldiers and equipped with twelve 75mm artillery pieces, on horseback. The sky was cloudy and the cold was freezing.
The wind did not affect his relaxed state of mind at all.
Just after four o'clock in the afternoon, Jiaxing City was in sight. Under the leadership of the newly established division headquarters gendarmerie, the independent regiment passed through the city with strong troops and strong horses and flags held high. The whole regiment drove into the north of the city and looked at the Yinma Bridge Qinghe Military Camp outside Wumen.
stationed.
After everything was settled, heavy snow suddenly fell from the sky. The officers and soldiers were very happy to see this, and they all said that they were lucky to be stationed here, otherwise they would have suffered.
An Yi, Hu Jialin, Yin Jinan, and Yang Bin had no time to rest, so they mounted their horses and followed the division commander to the camp in the city to report to division commander Liu Zhi.
Liu Zhi and Xu Tingyao were very happy about the arrival of An Yi and others, and motioned for the four of them to sit down casually and drink hot tea first.
Liu Zhi looked at An Yi's clothes and asked An Yi in a low voice why he was still wearing the uniform of an officer. An Yi smiled and replied that he was worried that if he put on a general's uniform and went to the front line, he would be treated as a living target by the enemy, which would offend Liu Zhi.
Xu Tingyao, Ying Rongguang and others laughed. After laughing, Staff Chen took a stack of "Declarations" from the filing cabinet and placed it on the large table. He sat down and asked An Yi if he had been interviewed by this reporter named Zhou Chongan?
An Yi, who was confused, picked up the newspaper and browsed it in a hurry. He put it down suddenly and asked in surprise: "Zhou Chongan has never seen this series of reports before! I don't know whether this person is a man or a woman. The "Declaration", which claims to be neutral and objective,
” actually conducted five consecutive reports on the Tonglu Battle for the first time, and it was very detailed, and there were not many discrepancies in the specific process. Where did this reporter get the inside information? How could he have such a positive evaluation of our revolutionary army? "
Xu Tingyao handed An Yi a cup of hot tea and said with a smile: "No matter how much these newspapers claim to be objective and impartial, they will still be biased. If they continue to stand on the standpoint of warlords and feudal capitalists at this time, they publish something that is harmful to the revolutionary army."
Aren’t they afraid of getting angry because of the graphic article? So this change is completely understandable! By the way, did you meet Commander Bai and his entourage on the way here?”
"Commander Bai? No, I didn't see him! Isn't today the big day when Commander He leads the 14th and 26th armies and the east divisions of our army into Hangzhou City? Commander Bai will not stay in Hangzhou City to welcome Commander He to celebrate
Victory Reunion, why are you here with us?"
An Yi looked at Liu Zhi and Xu Tingyao with some confusion, thinking that this was really the case. Chief Bai Chongxi was too disrespectful to Chief He Yingqin. Why was He Yingqin nominally the commander-in-chief of the East Route Army, while Commander-in-Chief Bai still belonged to Chief He?
Former enemy command under leadership
Officer, there is nothing wrong with entering Hangzhou based on his own ability to gain merit and glory. Who can blame Chief He for his inability to fight on his own? But Chief Bai still left Hangzhou without mercy when Chief He led his troops arrived, which seemed to be a bit too much.
Already.
Xu Tingyao smiled slightly and said with an ambiguous expression: "We are still on the front line here. We are facing each other with the remnants of Sun Chuanfang who are entrenched on the Songjiang line outside Shanghai. The fourth and fifth regiments of our division have successfully captured the Jiashan line. General Xue Yue's group
The division also suppressed Fengxian, where Meng Zhaoyue's troops of the Zhejiang Army retreated.
The entire front is under pressure and the enemy is less than ten kilometers away. It is very normal for Commander-in-Chief Bai to come to inspect the front at this time to boost the morale of the troops. What's more, the grand entry ceremony of our revolutionary army's successful entry into Hangzhou City has been held for six days.
There is absolutely no need to perform another ceremony, it would be a waste of time and money!"
An Yi understood the mystery contained in Xu Tingyao's meaningful smile and words, smiled and didn't ask any more questions, but Liu Zhi discovered something after comparing the content of the reports in the "Central Daily News", pointing to the continuous reports on the declaration and shouting
laughed:
"I see... It seems that "Shen Shen" did not interview Xiao Yi. In fact, many of their so-called live reports came from "Central Daily News". Only the battle of Tonglu was the exclusive news. Now that I think about it, I
On the second day after the division occupied Tonglu City, we were invited by representatives from all walks of life to attend a celebratory luncheon. A young reporter once asked me one or two questions. I was really too young at the time.
I didn’t pay much attention to it. I just said a few words casually. It seems that the reporter’s name is Zhou Chongan. From this, it seems that he had been staying in Tonglu for on-site interviews before the battle. It is not surprising that he obtained such detailed information. However, this
The reporter seems to be very attentive to Xiao Yi and has a good impression of him. Before Xiao Yi was promoted, he directly called Xiao Yi General An, which is wrong, haha!"
"Master, Chief of Staff, what is the next combat mission of our regiment? Brothers have been resting in Haining for three days, and now their hands are itchy." An Yi avoided this sensitive topic and actively asked for battle.
Liu Zhi and others looked at each other and smiled, feeling very satisfied with An Yi's initiative to ask for battle. Xu Tingyao signaled to Staff Chen to bring a map and spread it on the table. Liu Zhi stood up and pointed at the map to explain in detail:
"At noon, before returning to Hangzhou, Commander-in-Chief Bai convened a meeting with the Chief of Staff and the commanders of the accompanying divisions to discuss it. Commander-in-Chief Bai's combat plan was unanimously approved and coincided with the entire strategic concept formulated by the principal.
At present, the Jiang Zuo Army commanded by General Li Zongren has successfully advanced towards Anqing, and the Jiang Right Army commanded by General Cheng Qian has penetrated into Xuancheng. The two armies are in contact with each other across the Yangtze River. They are making rapid progress. They only need to capture Hefei, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties.
Nanjing, the imperial capital, is just around the corner.
Therefore, Commander-in-Chief Bai planned to move the three divisions of the Second Army that had successfully occupied Huzhou along the northwest of Taihu Lake to capture Yixing, and finally join forces with Cheng Qian's troops in Changzhou to attack Nanjing; our East Route Army should be divided into two groups. Why is the left wing chief?
He led three columns of four, five and six.
Quickly move north to capture Suzhou and Wuxi, occupy Changshu, and then turn east to cut off the enemy's retreat in Shanghai. Vice President Bai personally led our first, second, and third columns to conquer Songjiang and occupy Qingpu. Fengxian finally captured
Kunshan is approaching Shanghai from the west and south.
In this way, we can sweep away the remaining enemies within ten days and bring the entire Jiangnan region under the rule of our National Government."
An Yi, Hu Hu and others nodded frequently after looking at the map, and all looked at Liu Zhi, waiting for orders.
Liu Ye felt the strong war of warfare his body, and nodded with satisfaction: "Under the request of Commander Bai, our teacher will assist the twenty -one division of the serious general to overcome Songjiang, and one quickly cross the west side of Dianshan Lake.
In the town of Xinta, Shang Qiu Town, it was not intentionally attacked in Kunshan, and then blocked the road of the enemy in Shanghai to escape. If it can take the victory to occupy Jiading, it is more ideal.
At present, the fourth, five -two groups have occupied the first line of Jiashan with the officers and soldiers of the twenty -one divisions.
After the official discussion, they all believe that only your independent group can be competent for long -distance raids. The rest of the other regiments are mostly recruits. The combat effectiveness is far from your independent group. You can only give you this difficult heavy task. "
Brother An Yi and his brother immediately bet on the map again, and Yin Jinou, who reacted the fast response, calculated the cheerfulness and whispered:
"The forty -five kilometers from Jiaxing to Xinta Town are all stars. It is not easy to walk along the tower along Hubei.
The marching will be very difficult. Even if we give up the artillery and weighing the various parts, it will take at least 56 hours to finish it, which is tricky! "
"What? Ji Nan said that you can complete the march in just 56 hours?" Colonel Chen, chief of the combat section, exclaimed.
Yin Jinan raised his head a little puzzled: "Yeah! But we need to draw out the workers' company of three battalions to form a temporary engineering camp. With the assistance of the main force of a camp, we will start actions in advance and bridge the road to collect civilian ships.
Ensure that the subsequent main battalions will quickly enter. Fortunately, although there are many rivers in this area, they are not wide. In addition, the village and town are dense, and fishermen and ships can be obtained everywhere, otherwise they dare not assert. "
When Liu Ye and Xu Tingyao were surprised, they were extremely satisfied. The two were very clear and honest and meticulous.
Two hours, the 56 -hour judgment you made is too surprising. Xu Tingyao laughed: "I lead six groups to follow you. I have to see how you do it.
Lear from you well. "
An Yi smiled with each other and turned to Liu Ye and Xu Tingyao and asked, "When will the situation in the direction of Kunshan?"
"According to the requirements of the plan, you must capture Kunshan before 12 pm on the 27th.
I only know that the brigade has a very famous assault company. The reason why this company is famous is that the company once hit 160 kilometers with 1,35 officers and soldiers in mid -November last year.
The independent regiment of the super general, thus cutting off the last way of General Xia Chao's retreat to Anhui, causing General Xia Chao to be defeated and captured, and finally executed by Sun Chuanfang.
Even every officer and soldiers are equipped with a large knife, a German -made shell gun and a German -made flower machine gun.
Liu Zhi answered quite solemnly, and after finishing speaking, he secretly paid attention to the reactions of An Yi and others.
Unexpectedly, An Yi, Hu Hu, and Yang Bin didn't care at all. After silently calculating, Yin Jinan raised his head from the map again and asked for instructions:
"Division seat, Chief of Staff, today is already the 23rd. We need to send a reconnaissance team immediately to reconnoiter the road conditions and enemy situation. We also need to purchase a batch of bridge accessories and materials in the city tomorrow. I hope the division headquarters can provide support.
Another reason is that in the series of battles after entering Zhejiang, our regiment frequently
The reconnaissance team was dispatched. The twenty blank dispatch certificates originally issued to our regiment by the division headquarters have been used up. The used originals recovered are in my bag. I will hand them over to Section Chief Ying later. We need to issue some
A new blank dispatch certificate, otherwise you will be in trouble if you encounter friendly forces and cause misunderstandings."
Liu Zhi nodded in understanding: "No problem...Rongguang, give another fifty to Jinan, just write down the number."
"yes!"
Liu Zhi turned to An Yi and others: "It's getting dark, let's have dinner at my place, and let's talk while eating. It's been a long time since I've been able to get together with you. Besides, Xiao Yi has been promoted to general, so I have to celebrate. I'm here
Commander Bai has sent some good things from Hangzhou, let’s taste them together.”
"Thank you, Master!" An Yi and four others replied in unison.
Half an hour later, all the generals sat around, enjoying the fragrant abalone hot pot, Dongpo pork and delicious mountain delicacies, and chatting comfortably while drinking the fragrant Zhuangyuanhong.
When they were half drunk, they somehow got involved with Tang Shengzhi from Wuhan. Everyone was very angry about Tang Shengzhi’s unscrupulous military expansion and monopolization of the Hanyang Arsenal. Staff Chen bluntly said that this person had turned against him, and then everyone started to express their feelings towards his brother-in-law.
The series of abnormal performances of Zhang Fakui's Fourth Army are also quite puzzling and very helpless.
Xu Tingyao had a small drink with An Yi, put down the glass and sighed loudly: "What is this? Tang Huzi has grown up. In order to dominate the two lakes and attack dissidents, even General Yuan Zuming, the commander-in-chief of the left route of our Northern Expeditionary Army, was seduced by him.
When he went to Changde and killed someone, and after that he shouted that General Yuan Zuming was collaborating with the enemy, what else could he not dare to do?
Today, Commander-in-Chief Bai quietly told me that Peng Hanzhang, commander of the Ninth Army under General Yuan Zuming, was also arrested and imprisoned on the 5th of this month by Tang Shengzhi for colluding with the enemy to bring harm to Sangzi.
.The good-looking Ninth Army was disbanded in a hurry. He Long, commander of the First Division of the Ninth Army, led his troops to General Zhang Fakui's headquarters and was adapted into an independent army.
The Fifteenth Division was established, and the other two divisions scattered and fled. The number of the Ninth Army was immediately captured by General Zhu Peide of the Third Army. Wang Tianpei, commander of the Tenth Army who also belonged to General Yuan Zuming, was frightened and led his troops to flee.
In eastern Hubei, if our commander-in-chief hadn't received the call and General Li Zongren escorted him all the way, the Tenth Army, which was surrounded on three sides by Tang Shengzhi's command, would have been gone.
Alas, a good-looking Left Route Army of more than 100,000 people was dismembered by someone from the Tang Dynasty. Since the Northern Expedition, the Left Route Army fought with the Zhili clique warlords in western Hunan. They successively defeated powerful enemies and finally drove tens of thousands of Zhili clique troops out of western Hubei.
, but in the blink of an eye it disappeared and ceased to exist. This shows how complicated and terrifying the current situation is!"
The generals put down their wine glasses in astonishment, and all exclaimed in disbelief. An Yi looked at the rising mist in the hot pot, and suddenly felt that his path ahead was just like the mist, and he couldn't see anything clearly.