Chapter 306: Everything in the world is like a chess game.
"Stand at attention - salute -"
"Report to the Commander-in-Chief that the Independent Division of the First Army of the National Revolutionary Army currently has 11,200 officers and soldiers. Four regiments are stationed in the four towns of Tashan, Nianzhuang, Danji and Damiao. The division's various units have 2,200 troops.
The officers and soldiers are stationed here and have now formed up. Please give instructions from the Commander-in-Chief!"
Yin Jinan, wearing a major general's uniform, held his head high and reported loudly. Major General Yang Bin, chief of staff of the division, and Major General Liu Shoujiang, the party representative, stood two meters behind him and raised their hands in salute in high spirits.
Commander-in-Chief Chiang returned the salute, glanced at the 2,200 officers and soldiers lined up neatly on the open platform, nodded slightly, and asked kindly:
"Yin Jinan, are the more than two thousand officers and soldiers standing here from the units directly under the division headquarters?"
"Yes! The officers and soldiers of other regiments of our division are responsible for garrisoning the defense area and protecting the troops along the route. Please forgive me for not being able to gather here to greet the commander-in-chief and the superiors!" Yin Jinan replied in fear.
Commander-in-Chief Chiang Kai-shek doesn’t think so. Generals Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi can also understand the performance of the Independent Division. The 11,200-man Independent Division needs to guard a defense zone with a radius of fifty miles, and also undertakes security work along the way. It can gather two thousand
It’s not okay to have many people queuing up to greet you.
That's wrong. Although the entire welcoming team seemed a little thin, with no military band playing loud drums and no banners and slogans, the neat formation, sophisticated equipment and mental outlook of the officers and soldiers were refreshing. You can see this at a glance.
He is an elite soldier who is brave and good at fighting.
Commander-in-Chief Jiang waved his hand with satisfaction, and then he and dozens of generals and party officials began to review the troops. Every time they arrived in front of a square team, the chief officer standing in front of the team immediately stepped forward and loudly reported:
"All officers and soldiers of the teaching brigade salute the commander!"
"All the officers and soldiers of the division's artillery battalion salute the commander!"
"All the officers and soldiers of the Logistics and Munitions Section salute the commander!"
"All officers and soldiers of the direct communication company salute the commander!"
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After the review, Commander-in-Chief Chiang Kai-shek stood on a temporary high platform and delivered a speech to all the officers and soldiers. Bai Chongxi also gave instructions and commendations on behalf of the Second Route Army Headquarters. Acting Minister of the Central Party Committee Chen Guofu thanked the officers and soldiers and distributed medals and 10,000 yuan.
Yuan condolence money, such a seemingly very short ceremony lasted for more than half an hour before it ended.
An Yi, who was standing behind the Commander-in-Chief, remained motionless and looked very calm, but his sparkling eyes were restless. He scanned every commanding height and important guard post around the station from time to time. His beard was much more relaxed, and he kept talking to Wang Shihe from time to time.
Together they whispered about the security situation. Three hundred elite soldiers on security missions led by Ding Zhicheng and Dou Fang were dispersed in small teams, each performing their duties. Dozens of reporters shuttled between them to visit or take photos, busy non-stop.
"An Yi, the party officials and the generals from the headquarters would like to take a look at your military camp. The sun is very good today. Let everyone take a walk to get rid of the moisture. Please make arrangements." Commander-in-Chief Jiang
He turned his head and waved to An Yi, giving instructions in a low voice.
"yes!"
A few minutes later, party officials and headquarters generals, led by Yin Jinan, Yang Bin and Liu Shoujiang, began to inspect the military camp. Commander-in-chief Jiang, together with Li Zongren and General Bai Chongxi, directly entered An Yi's division headquarters, led by Peng Jianqing, commander of the communications company.
The brothers in the service class of the division hurriedly served tea.
General Li Zongren and General Bai Chongxi did not sit down immediately. They looked around for a moment. General Li Zongren pointed to a wall with a smile and asked softly if there was a map hanging behind the blue curtain?
An Yi did not dare to neglect and immediately answered "yes" respectfully. Then at the request of General Li Zongren, he opened the thick wide curtain and revealed a pair of "Longhai Line East Road" four meters long and two and a half meters wide.
"Military Map" immediately appeared in front of everyone.
Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi looked at each other and nodded tacitly. After looking at it for a while, they found that in addition to the dense traffic lines, rivers, lakes and highlands and plains, there were also many red and blue flags and some unknown three-color symbols. They were very interested.
Once you come, walk forward and take a closer look.
Headquarters Chief of Staff Ge Jingen and Yin Zusheng and other generals knew that the maps and sand table simulations of An Yi's headquarters were always of high quality. They also knew that An Yi and his generals often held war discussions, so they all walked in front of the map.
After careful inspection, after a while there were voices of admiration, praising the An Yi Independent Division for its excellent reconnaissance and intelligence work.
Commander-in-Chief Chiang, who was a staff officer, stood in front of the map. Hearing the low-spirited discussions of the generals beside him, coupled with his own understanding of the map, he felt very interested for a while, so he ordered An Yi to use this map to analyze the entire Northern Expedition.
To explain the strategic situation, just ask An Yi to talk about his own understanding.
An Yi's heart sank, and he was very unwilling to do anything in front of so many experienced generals, but Commander-in-Chief Chiang had already given the order, so he had to bite the bullet and step forward to explain. After thinking for a while, he started from the friendly forces on the Eastern Front.
location and facing
In a few words, he finished the current situation of the three-pronged army and the numbers of the enemies they faced. Then he said very humbly that all this information came from military reports and public information. There are still many fallacies and incomplete information.
Please correct me, sirs.
Bai Chongxi and Li Zongren glanced at each other again, feeling shocked in each other's eyes. From the dense arrows and thick virtual and solid lines around Weishan Lake on the map, they saw that An Yi had at least two plans for the current battle situation.
Different attack methods, marked with
The directions pointed by the arrows of the various units of the Second and Third Route Army were strikingly consistent with the Lunan battle plan that Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi had just agreed upon. The only thing that was unclear was that a few of them were black with thin tails.
I don't know what the five-pointed star symbol represents.
Li Zongren and Li Zongren were as cunning as foxes. They did not continue to ask An Yi about this issue. Instead, they looked at An Yi, who had a red face and stood quietly on the left side of the map to answer the questions of Ge Jingen and Yin Zusheng. They were very interested in this man with amazing military talent.
The young people’s understanding has reached a new level.
As lunch time came, nearly a hundred prominent officials and dozens of reporters gathered in the backyard of the division headquarters, sitting around more than thirty makeshift dining tables, eating the same four dishes as the officers and soldiers.
Tang talked enthusiastically about the clean and tidy housekeeping, high spirit and strict military discipline of An Yi's troops.
Many reporters lamented that they had never seen such a neat and uniform army house. Even the quilts were folded square and angular, like tofu cubes. Although the officers and soldiers were covered in sweat and their clothes were old and new, they
There is no trace of dust on the guns and equipment. Such strict requirements and good mental outlook are far superior to those of other armies I have seen. It is worthy of the title of model camp.
Commander-in-Chief Chiang was very satisfied. While picking up vegetables and eating, he communicated in low voices with Li Zongren and other generals at the same table. He was in an extremely happy mood. He was obviously very proud of the outstanding performance of his students.
The table at the back was occupied by fellow seniors An Yi and Huangpu. It was rare for the senior brothers to see each other, and they had a lot of fun talking.
Yu Jishi quietly told An Yi that the principal had a great appetite today and actually ate an extra bowl of rice. Zheng Dongguo, who was sitting on the other side, smiled and said that the delicious steamed seabass and braised carp were much better than the fish in the restaurant. The portion was huge.
That’s enough. I asked An Yi where he got it from.
An Yi answered honestly that he didn't do anything intentionally, but this morning when the Third Regiment was training at the entrance of Luoma Lake, the regiment leader Gu Changfeng ordered the recruits to throw a dozen grenades, and then one of the recruits from the company stripped naked and went into the water to fish. It was over.
A fast horse was sent to deliver more than 500 kilograms of fish to the division headquarters. Now they are all on the dining table.
The whole table was stunned for a long time, and then they all laughed uncontrollably. Seeing the general at the table in front of him looking over, he quickly lowered his voice, and many people quietly gave An Yi a thumbs up.
After eating and drinking, the happy bosses were escorted off by more than two thousand officers and soldiers, and boarded the train to return to Xuzhou. An Yi originally wanted to take the time to ask Zhang Jingjiang about Shanghai's industrial and commercial layout and current technological level, but he had no choice but to do so.
The car was stopped by Yu Jishi, and he had no choice but to follow him to Commander-in-Chief Chiang Kai-shek's spacious box in the No. 3 carriage.
Chiang Kai-shek smiled broadly, waved his hand for An Yi to sit down, and praised his troops for their good performance. After a few words of encouragement, the topic changed and his expression became serious:
"In your war room before lunch, I saw Generals Li Delin and Bai Jiansheng staring at the Weishan Lake area for a long time. They looked quite nervous and emotional. Did the deduction on your map surprise them?"
"I reported it to the principal, and the students also noticed it. To be honest, I was quite afraid of the two generals asking about it at the time, because the deduction in the picture was completely improvised by our division commander, and it was purely based on paper. Due to the lack of sufficient intelligence, it was
It proves that there are still many uncertainties, and even students cannot explain it."
After saying that, An Yi touched his head in embarrassment, and then looked at Chiang Kai-shek solemnly.
Chiang Kai-shek smiled slightly: "Don't be self-effacing. In fact, you have done it very carefully. I saw the enemy and enemy situation markings in the second theater on the map. It is very accurate. It proves that you are not wasting your time, but are always thinking about what is coming.
The war is very good! I am very satisfied with you!
I called you here today because I want to hear your views on the current situation, including political views. Don't be restrained, I need you to speak out, rather than being submissive and hiding something."
Chiang Kai-shek then introduced to An Yi in detail the significance and purpose of his upcoming meeting with the commander-in-chief of the Northwest Army Feng Yuxiang, the secret negotiations being carried out with Yan Xishan, the sudden civil unrest in Wuhan, etc., and then asked An Yi to think calmly. In such a situation,
Next, is it still possible to continue the Northern Expedition?
An Yi was already sweating profusely and frightened. As soon as Chiang Kai-shek's questioning voice ended, An Yi blurted out a truth: "No! You can't go north! You can't go north!"
Chiang Kai-shek nodded calmly: "Tell me the reasons you analyzed."
"The situation is critical! After General Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army occupied Henan, he actually started private negotiations with Feng Jun. On the one hand, he accepted the appointment from Wuhan, and on the other hand, he sent his confidant General Li Mingzhong to contact the principal. It was obvious that he wanted to stay
Sell at price, which
He will help whichever party pays the higher price; General Yan Xishan is inclined to our Nanjing government, but he still will not break up with Fengjun. Otherwise, under such a good situation, why not move the hoards from Datong to Niangziguan
Heavy front-line troops attack Hebei?
Obviously, the two largest military forces in the north have seen the possible internal strife in our revolutionary army. In this case, most of them will choose to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between the tigers. They will only take a stand after seeing clearly which side takes the initiative.
This is how they handled it before the Northern Expedition was launched until now."
An Yi wiped the sweat from his forehead and said excitedly: "One more thing, if General Li Zongren secretly sent representatives to contact the Wuhan armies and General Zhu Peide's secret operation is true, there is no need for him to fight back at all. He only needs to stand still. Our army
You will fall into the dilemma of being attacked from both sides.
Once Feng Yuxiang's hundreds of thousands of troops are entrenched in the Central Plains and profiting from both sides, Zhang Zuolin will be able to mobilize troops to vigorously support Zhang Zongchang and Sun Chuanfang's troops. In addition, a regiment of the Japanese army has already marched to Jinan, which clearly tells us that the North
Although the attacking army did not cross the Jinan line, the armies of Zhang Zuolin, Zhang Zongchang and Sun Chuanfang were able to continuously move southward from Jinan and Hebei, and concentrated in Lunan to start a decisive battle with our First Route Army. This huge hidden danger must be guarded against!"
Chiang Kai-shek nodded happily: "So, do you think the Wuhan army is capable of attacking Nanjing?"
An Yi nodded heavily: "It is very likely that the Sichuan army has been pushed back to eastern Sichuan by Wuhan's Second and Sixth Armies. After this defeat, Yang Sen and Liu Xiang were severely damaged. Other warlords in Sichuan saw an opportunity to take advantage of it and once again
Fierce fighting began between them. At this time, the Second and Sixth Armies could completely withdraw most of their forces and march straight down the Yangtze River to Nanjing. Unless the factions in Wuhan suddenly broke up, they would definitely unite to attack us, and then the internal conflicts would be resolved.
In this case, General Li Zongren's position will play a vital role. Although the current Seventh Army is only one army, it has the strength of more than 80,000 people in three armies. It is only the second largest army of General Hu Zongduo.
The division has more than 23,000 officers and soldiers, although he treats students
He said that there were only 18,000 people, but the students knew that he had concealed 5,000 people, that is, he had concealed a brigade stationed in the east of Anqing City. From this, we know that the three divisions of the Seventh Army are actually equivalent to three
army, not counting their garrisons in Hankou, Huangmei, Wuhu and other places.
Secondly, most of the three armies currently affiliated with the Third Route Army will be attached to General Li Delin or restricted by him. Only General Ye Kaixin's Forty-fourth Army, which was transferred to the joint area of the Second Route Army and the First Route Army, will not
Under his control, if General Li Delin were to sit on a mountain and watch the fight between tigers and tigers like Feng Yuxiang, Nanjing would be in great danger!"
Chiang Kai-shek nodded appreciatively: "The analysis is good, and you are very aware of the dangers, but what I want to tell you is: no matter what, we must still unswervingly launch the Northern Expedition and continue to advance northward!
Only the Northern Expedition can make all the armies holding high the banner of the Three People's Principles work together and move towards the same goal. No one, including General Feng Yuxiang, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, dares to abandon Mr. Sun Yat-sen's legacy and give up his revolutionary stance. Although the situation will continue.
It will become more and more difficult and dangerous, and more and more difficult to grasp, but as long as you have firm confidence and go all out, you can turn disadvantages into advantages and passivity into initiative. As long as you keep your feet on the ground and work step by step, you can better avoid possible crises.
Do you understand?"
An Yi looked at the smug Chiang Kai-shek in surprise, his mind was spinning rapidly, and he repeatedly weighed the pros and cons. He suddenly felt that in such an unpredictable and dangerous situation, Commander-in-Chief Chiang still firmly insisted on the Northern Expedition. It was undoubtedly a dangerous move, but An Yi immediately realized
Therefore, Commander-in-Chief Chiang must have taken good preventive measures before he dared to take such a risk. Otherwise, it would simply not work to influence and constrain the already divided ideology from the moral and ideological aspects.
An Yi was thinking nervously like this. His limited political experience made him feel unsure of everything, and he was thinking very hard. After a while, he could vaguely realize Commander-in-Chief Chiang's good intentions and sincerely admired him:
"Students understand! As long as the Northern Expedition continues, General Li Zongren and General Feng Yuxiang cannot act rashly. Regardless of whether they are willing or not, they must advance hand in hand with our First Route Army. Wuhan does not dare to take the risk of violating Mr. Sun Yat-sen's will.
On the occasion of the Northern Expedition, we marched to Nanjing... Please tell the principal, what should the students do next?"
"Smart! So smart!"
Chiang Kai-shek stood up happily and took two steps to express his ardent hope: "I need you to make full use of the huge influence of you and your troops in the minds of the soldiers and civilians across the country in these limited two days to loudly call for the Northern Expedition to defend the Three People's Principles.
The Organization Department and Propaganda Department of the Central Party Committee will cooperate with you.
Another thing, I heard from your words that you seem to have a prejudice against General Feng Yuxiang. This is very bad. A general should be able to bend and stretch, and his emotions and anger should not be expressed in his face. He should not express his true thoughts on his face because of overly clear love and hate.
Yes, you still need to strengthen your cultivation in this area!
Tomorrow, I will take you to meet General Feng Yuxiang. I guess he is also very willing to meet you, a rising star. You must seize this opportunity, it is also an experience for you, is it clear?"
"The students have been taught!" An Yi lowered his head in embarrassment, extremely ashamed.
Chiang Kai-shek nodded and returned to his seat: "Very good! Originally, I wanted to transfer you to the First Route Army under General He Jingzhi, but General Bai Jiansheng refused to agree, saying that the next step of the Second Route Army's combat mission was extremely difficult.
It is an arduous and independent division that needs you very much. Your extraordinary reaction speed and interweaving ability are an indispensable and important part of his plan.
After weighing the pros and cons and considering it again and again, I agreed to his request and temporarily let you stay in the Second Route Army. I will also say hello to your instructor Gu Mosan and ask his Third Division to support your unit at all times. As long as you fight well.
, the war progress of the Second Route Army will speed up, and there will be no reason for General Li Delin’s Third Route Army to lag behind. I hope you are fully aware and mentally prepared for this."
"Students obey!"
Even though An Yi was reluctant in his heart, he couldn't do anything at this point.
"Okay, we are almost at the station. You should go back first. You have to attend the combat meeting tonight."