The highway mileage from Zhenjiang to Nanjing is only 68 kilometers, and the entire journey is on relatively flat sandy soil. It is considered a relatively wide and standard highway in the Jiangnan region. However, because it passes through many towns and cities on the road, the section of the Yangtze River below Nanjing is still divided between the northern and southern armies.
As the demarcation line of the confrontation continued, there was a constant flow of human- and animal-drawn vehicles transporting grain and other commodities. The five large and small vehicles of the An Yi Regiment drove for nearly four and a half hours before they could vaguely see the city wall of Nanjing.
At this time, car drivers definitely belonged to high-tech professions. In An Yi's independent regiment of more than 6,000 people, only two sergeants from the logistics unit had previously driven wood-burning steam cars. The other six drivers had less than half of their training.
The driver of the second truck was selected from among the trainees for the month. The third battalion commander Chen Zhibiao, who was very talented in driving, drove the truck himself. He sat smoking and chatting with Xia Jian, who was a heavy smoker. This was also the reason why the speed was extremely slow along the way.
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An Yi drove the black American Dodge car presented by Principal Jiang in front. The other four trucks had already been painted grass green by An Yi's order. The doors on both sides were also painted with the blue sky and white sun badges with blue and white paint. Because at this time, Ninghan
The army was divided and the ministries were in the form of separate regimes. Each army did not implement the hastily formulated management regulations for military truck license plates. An Yi took it upon himself to write in white paint on the bumper of the truck front and the trunk fender.
Several sets of neat license plates: Military 01-2050 or Military 01-2059 and other numbers, which means that this car belongs to the Second Division of the First Army of the National Revolutionary Army, but few people know what this means. The Dodge sedan driven by An Yi
It was much more convenient. When I took over, the front and rear of the car were hung with the special license plates of the General Headquarters with blue background and white characters, and the number was Army 239, so the whole way out of the Zhenjiang Defense Area was smooth.
When they arrived at Longtan Military Police Checkpoint, the largest military police station in the east of Nanjing, the convoy was finally stopped by the heavily armed military police. The military police hesitated when they saw the license plate of the approaching car belonging to the General Headquarters. Finally, they stepped forward seriously and asked to pull over to show their ID.
and order.
An Yi only had his certificate but no transfer order, so he handed over his major general certificate very politely. When the two arrogant military police lieutenants saw the polite An Yi, they were so frightened that they quickly stood at attention and saluted, shouted greetings, and hurriedly returned the certificate and apologized repeatedly. They were suddenly alarmed.
He hit the two school officers who were leading the team in a house on the roadside.
An Yi, who didn't want to get into trouble, saw that one of the school officials was the familiar Lieutenant Colonel Huang Wenchao, a senior who graduated from the second phase of the logistics department, so he had to open the door and get out of the car, saluting and greeting with a smile on his face:
"Senior Brother Huang, I didn't expect to meet you here. What a pleasure to meet you!"
Huang Wenchao, who is a fellow Guangdong fellow like Mr. Zhongshan, quickly saluted, then strode forward and held An Yi's extended hand tightly: "Xiao Yi, how come you have time to come to Nanjing...why are you still wearing this clothes? No.
Pay attention to your general badge, I really thought it was the driver... Don't blame my brothers, haha!"
Seeing An Yi chatting enthusiastically with the officers at the checkpoint, Gu Changfeng showed no intention of getting in the car and leaving, so he opened the car door and walked over. Together with Xia Jian, who came from behind, he met with the friendly troops and politely took out his cigarettes.
He handed it to everyone, and he lit one and smoked it beautifully.
Since Qiu Mingxuan, Ding Molan and Zhang Ruyi were non-smokers sitting in the back seat of the car, Gu Changfeng and An Yi had no choice but to hold back in order to avoid motion sickness for the two beauties along the way, so they took the opportunity to get over their cigarette cravings.
Huang Wenchao and Major Li were very happy to see Gu Changfeng, Xia Jian and other outstanding people in the army being so polite. They stood on the roadside and chatted happily.
Along the way, Qiu Mingxuan and others in the car were also bored. Seeing this, they got out of the car one after another, stretched their waists, and activated their meridians. Unexpectedly, the officers and soldiers around the checkpoint and the people passing by were stunned.
Although Huang Wenchao already knew about the recruitment of female soldiers in the army and An Yi Department, he was still surprised when he saw that Ding Molan and Zhang Ruyi were both so pretty. After asking a few questions, he sighed in a low voice:
"Nearly half of the thousands of student soldiers who were transferred from Kunshan to the Nanjing camp on the second day of the party purge left. The female soldiers were even less pitiful. There were only about thirty left, and all were held at the party headquarters.
In the radio training class, you are probably the only one with a company of female soldiers in the entire army."
"Alas, there are only about 80 female soldiers left in my place." An Yi smiled helplessly, and then changed the subject: "Brother, how is the security in Nanjing City?"
Huang Wenchao shook his head: "In this extraordinary period, do I need to elaborate? Our military police headquarters has set up checkpoints at all stations, docks, and traffic thoroughfares in Nanjing. The streets and alleys are full of patrols sent by General Cheng Qian. This
Several gunshots were fired from time to time in the streets, making the atmosphere quite tense. Prisons were overcrowded, many newspapers were sealed and banned, and girls who even cut their hair a little short would be stopped for strict interrogation and search.
You must also know that the officers and soldiers under General Cheng Qian are mixed, and many of them are surrendered soldiers and bandits. Taking this opportunity, some people loot money, molest women, and become red bandits for the slightest disobedience, fighting with warlords and
There is not much difference between bandits. Many times they even make things difficult for the transportation vehicles of various departments in our headquarters to enter and leave Nanjing. For this reason, our military police inspection team almost started fighting with them several times, damn it!"
"Ah!? The Sixth Army that was crippled in Nanchang is so awesome? Grandma... It seems that I have to put up the flag, otherwise if something happens, it will be troublesome.
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An Yi ordered Gu Changfeng to go and put the model camp flags on each vehicle high, and then politely said goodbye to Huang Wenchao and others:
"Senior brother, it's getting late. I have to submit the urgent matter to the headquarters. In addition, I have to go to Xiaguan Pier to pick up people. I'll say goodbye for now."
Huang Wenchao enthusiastically put An Yi on the truck and was full of praise for the tough officers and soldiers on each shift of the truck:
"As expected of the soldiers you led. Look at this majestic appearance. Even if those bastards from the Sixth Army are ten to one, they may not necessarily be your opponent... Go ahead. If you need help with anything,
Just go to the military police headquarters next to the Drum Tower. You are familiar with several of our bosses there. If I hadn't been involved in military affairs, I would have had two drinks with you tonight."
After bidding farewell to Huang Wenchao, the motorcade slowly drove towards Nanjing City. What we saw along the way was that it was indeed as heavily guarded as Huang Wenchao said. The closer we got to Nanjing City, the more stringent the inspections became.
The two military police checkpoints in Qixia and Taiping outside the city received Huang Wenchao's call. They raised the horizontal railings early and stood in solemn salute. They watched the convoy of An Yi and his entourage slowly drive by. They were impressed by the model camp flags and the well-equipped equipment on the car.
The murderous guards and soldiers were filled with admiration.
As soon as the convoy passed the checkpoint, the officers and soldiers all started chattering heatedly. Many people expressed regret that they could not see the face of General An Yi, but this saved An Yi and his party a lot of trouble.
The convoy drove into the Grand Mansion Hotel on Taiping North Road. Qiu Mingxuan booked the entire Dongyuan according to An Yi's instructions. After taking a short rest, everyone drove to Xiaguan Taigu Wharf outside Yijiang Gate and waited patiently for the arrival of Lao Dao and his party.
Forty minutes passed, and the passenger ship from Nanchang to Nanjing owned by the Yangtze River Shipping Company slowly docked. Since all routes above Nanjing were under the control of the revolutionary army at this time, the ship carried a large number of officers and soldiers wearing revolutionary army uniforms and long robes.
A government official wearing a mandarin jacket and a blue sky and white sun badge on his chest.
As the flow of passengers continued to flow in, the old Taoist man with a green robe and long beard and an imposing figure disembarked leisurely with his hands behind his back, followed by more than fifty neatly uniformed, alert and strong revolutionary soldiers beside and behind him.
An Yi was immediately happy when he looked on the shore. On the left hand side of Lao Dao who walked out of the steel structure approach bridge was Huang Yingwu, who had the rank of lieutenant colonel on his collar. On the right hand side was the captain and deputy of the machine gun company of the Model Battalion who had just recovered from his injuries in the Battle of Lanxi——
Qi Xiuping, who was a head taller than everyone else, was followed by the second lieutenant officer Xiao Jiu, Lin Yaodong, Chen Mian and Chen Yu, the junior disciples of Lin Xudong, the boss of Lincun Village in Guangzhou, followed by dozens of big men, several
Almost all of them were warrant officers, which made a group of military police standing at the exit of the passenger ship conducting close inspections stunned. They didn't know what the background of the visitor was, but there were so many guards accompanying them, and all the people in the group had bright eyes.
He was a man of extraordinary martial arts skills, so no one dared to step forward to question him, and he was allowed to walk calmly through the exit and onto the pier with a genial face.
"Old Taoist..."
An Yi felt hot in his heart and couldn't say any more. He hurriedly stepped forward with Gu Changfeng, Xia Jian and dozens of other followers, and respectfully gave Lao Shoudao a solemn military salute.
The old Taoist's eyes were slightly moist, but he looked up to the sky, looking extremely arrogant. The dozens of people behind the old Taoist stood upright, all of them with excited faces, and respectfully saluted the young and handsome An Yi.
This strange scene immediately stunned the surrounding passengers. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a general saluting a poor man in Taoist priest's casual clothes. Then they started talking, and someone in the crowd exclaimed, "This is not from the model camp."
General An Yi?" immediately caused a commotion. Hundreds of enthusiastic soldiers and civilians who were getting on and off the pier stopped to watch excitedly, smiling at An Yi in the middle.
An Yi held Lao Tao's hands tightly, nodded to this brother, and said hello to that brother. Little did he know that more and more soldiers and civilians were gathering around him.
When the seven or eight military police on duty at the dock saw this scene, they briefly discussed it, rushed into the crowd and squeezed in front of An Yi. They saw the name tag on An Yi's chest clearly, saluted quickly, and very thoughtfully cleared the way for An Yi and his party.
He walked to the car on the side of the road before saluting and saying goodbye.
"Get in the car!"
Huang Yingwu put Lao Dao into the back seat of the car, straightened up and loudly ordered, waited for all the brothers to climb into the car, and then got into the car and sat next to Lao Dao:
"Boss, Hutou, I miss you so much! It's so annoying to train those two thousand new recruits in old Nanchang. Most of the three hundred brothers want to return to the front line and follow the bosses to conquer the world!"
Gu Laoer, who was sitting in the passenger seat, turned around and said, "No way, Ying Wu? I heard that you just married the eldest granddaughter of Mr. Zhou Dashan of Nanchang, and you got tired of it so quickly?"
An Yi, who was driving, couldn't help but laugh. After that, he asked the old man loudly: "Lao Dao, why don't you bring Er Mao to play with you? Is my second aunt in good health?"
The happy old Taoist replied calmly: "Er Mao is studying at home. Your second aunt is not bad. She has a big belly but can't stay idle. She spends all day with Xia Jian's mother-in-law and pregnant daughter-in-law, leading Lao Nanchang.
There are more than a hundred wives and girls playing with the hundreds of sewing machines, and the military uniforms they make are starting to look good, and they will be able to move into the new factory in another month.
Old Nanchang is no longer what it used to be. There are five or six smooth roads, buses that run directly to Nanchang City, and there are also new recruitment offices and training bases around Chengbi Lake. Commander-in-Chief Chiang Kai-shek and General Yu Feipeng
It was made beautifully with the strong support of.
The land price around the new residential area we built two kilometers west of the city has doubled. The more than 2,800 acres of wasteland in the circle will be very suitable for building residential buildings after it is leveled. It seems that you have a good vision, so you accidentally hit it.
The land actually occupies a phoenix-shaped Feng Shui treasure land that coincides with the five elements. After retaining the big trees and stone hills, roads were built, making it as quiet and pleasant as a park.
, the population has surged as you expected. The ramie textile factory alone, which is installing and debugging machines, has recruited as many as 1,500 workers for training, all of whom have moved into the eleven rows of two-story dormitories, etc.
After the seven or eight factories that are under full construction are completed and put into operation, I estimate that at least four to five thousand workers will be added this year. It will be a big change!"
The young and old chatted for a while, and the convoy had already entered the hotel parking lot. At this time, Chang and Qiu Mingxuan, the logistics department elder, had already booked ten banquet tables. After the brothers had gone to their rooms to wash up, they all gathered in the large hall on the first floor.
There was a lively gathering in the restaurant, raising glasses of wine and talking about separation.
Just halfway through the reunion dinner after a long separation, Commander-in-Chief Chiang's aide-de-camp, Major General Yu Jishi, arrived in a hurry with several entourages. After being notified, An Yi immediately led Xia Jian, Gu Changfeng, and Chen Zhibiao to greet him.
Both the guests and the host were very happy when they met and chatted for a few words. Yu Jishi politely walked towards the old Taoist and saluted him. The old Taoist gave in very politely and asked Yu Jishi and others to sit down and chat.
Yu Jishi apologized and explained that he could not sit down anymore. He was here under orders this time, and An Yi had to go with him immediately to see the principal.
After hearing this, An Yi did not dare to neglect, and quickly ordered Xia Jian and Gu Laoer to accompany the brothers to have a few more drinks, followed Yu Jishi alone out of the restaurant, and climbed into the back seat of the car at the foot of the steps.
The car drove out of the Grand Mansion Hotel and turned south. When An Yi looked at Yu Ji who was constantly wiping sweat next to him, he smiled and said:
"I didn't expect senior brother to come so quickly. Before I went to the dock to pick up someone, you were not there when I called the attendant's office. I could only leave my name and number. I thought I would have to wait until at least the afternoon before I would have a chance to receive a notification."
"When you called, I happened to be meeting guests from the U.S. Consulate with the principal. The people below did not dare to neglect after receiving your call. They rushed to the hotel next to the Tianwang Mansion to report to me. I know that you do not go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything.
, so I reported to the principal who was accompanying the American guests for dinner. The principal was very happy to know that you came to Nanjing, and immediately ordered me to pick you up and wait in the office. You will probably be back soon."
Yu Jishi then asked: "What urgent military situation caused you to leave the war zone without authorization? Why didn't you send a telegram to consult first?" After saying that, he looked at An Yi reproachfully.
An Yi knew that what he did was indeed against discipline, so he shrugged his shoulders awkwardly, and then began to patiently explain the purpose of his visit to Nanjing this time.