Chapter 344 The intention to go has been determined
Chapter 344 Decision made to leave
An Yi returned to the Xiaguan camp. Late that night after he secretly met with Chen Cheng, Cai Zhonghu, Gu Zhenglun, Li Xianzhou and other mentors, he secretly returned to the brothers by car. One by one, the brothers who woke up soon and whose injuries gradually stabilized
When they saw their teacher coming back, they were all very excited and their spirits were shaken.
Gong Qian supported An Yi all the way to inspect every barracks filled with sick and wounded soldiers. The scenes in front of her made her burst into tears, but she was also extremely proud. It was the first time that she realized that her brother had such high prestige and such high prestige.
With his strong appeal at such a young age, he has become the spiritual pillar in the hearts of all soldiers.
In the next two days, An Yi was almost exhausted. He had to thank people from all walks of life one by one, and accompanied representatives from schools and various social groups who came to visit the military camp to visit the wounded. Friends Ye Qing, Zhou Chongan and He Jing
The publicity campaign launched became stronger and stronger, especially after He Jing obtained An Yi's consent and quickly rectified the situation.
After editing an interview script of more than 200,000 words, he began to write the book "Iron-Blooded Lion", which faithfully recorded the entire process from the beginning of An Yi's independent division's crossing the Yangtze River to the Northern Expedition to its failed return. Anyone with a discerning eye will know at a glance that it is the best-selling "Model Camp" across the country.
"A companion volume to the book, the boom in sales in the future is completely predictable. An Yi only made two requirements:
First, we must not disclose to the public the reasons behind the start of the division's northward movement to block the attack, so as to avoid intensifying the conflicts with Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi and He Yingqin. We can just use the Spring and Autumn Period to describe it in one stroke and say that it was caused by everyone's misjudgment of the battlefield; secondly,
, we must not describe the mass executions of the Independent Division in Shaji Town and the burning, killing, and looting in Taiping Town. We can simply outline a few strokes and say that they suppressed a small number of reactionary armed forces that prevented the troops from returning south. Otherwise, it will damage the integrity of the An Yi Division.
Comes with a good reputation.
Although He Jing was very reluctant to do this, he still agreed under An Yi's insistence. After all, An Yi's department was in a weak position at the moment. If he openly quarreled with Li, Bai, and He who controlled the power of the Nanjing government, he would suffer.
It must be An Yi who has lost his trust. At the same time, although his actions in Shaji Town and Taiping Town were out of anger, he did go too far. Once made public, the impact will be very bad.
Hans was an interesting old friend. The afternoon after An Yi left the church, he hurried to Nanjing. After a secret meeting with An Yi at St. Paul's Church, he immediately decided to sell the money worth more than four million yuan that was being held up in Guangzhou and Hong Kong.
Manufacturing equipment, special steel, weapon parts, helmets
Production lines and molds, more than 40 trucks and cars produced by Mercedes-Benz were shipped to old Nanchang. According to An Yi's request, two foreign ships were arranged to rush to Nanjing urgently, preparing to make important choices to disband and engage in business.
An Yi and more than a thousand of his brothers were sent back to old Nanchang.
After completing all this, Hans took his assistant Lauter and joined more than two hundred voluntary nursing teams from Europe and the United States. They stayed in the Xiaguan camp to do whatever they could for An Yi's brothers. In fact, Hans had already
I have made up my mind, no matter what, I have to accompany An Yi to Old Nanchang to see it with my own eyes. While enhancing each other's feelings, I must also have a deep understanding of An Yi's production and operation environment and development potential in order to formulate plans.
The direction and scope of future cooperation.
The next morning, An Yi made his usual inspection tour. After meeting and discussing with Pastor Kruse and Pastor Geer, he walked to the office in front of the barracks and saw the seven-year-old Zhu Zhu sitting alone under the tree with a handful of
The dagger drew a little figure on the ground. An Yi smiled, walked over and pulled up the pillar, patted his dusty clothes and then picked him up:
"Zhuzi, have you been bored these days? You won't feel lonely when you return to old Nanchang. There are many children there who are as old as you. My Ermao is about the same age as you. You can play with him when you go back.
Go to school and study.”
Zhu Zhu touched the newly healed scar on An Yi's face and whispered: "Uncle An, my sister ignores me. Every time she sees me looking for her, she just lets me play by myself. I haven't talked to her seriously for several days.
I’ve said something.”
An Yi smiled after hearing this, pressed his cheek affectionately on Zhu Zhu's little face, and then said: "Zhu Zhu, that's because your sister has a good heart and devotes herself wholeheartedly to taking care of the injured uncle.
When the uncles stand up vigorously, your sister will have time to talk to you, do you understand?"
Zhu Zhu blinked his big eyes and nodded vigorously.
At this time, Cui'er, who was wearing a white nurse uniform, came out of the ward, smoothed her sideburns, and caught a glimpse of Zhu Zhulai chatting affectionately in An Yi's arms. Her face changed, and she hurried over to take Zhu Zhu out of An Yi's arms.
He took it and put it down on the ground, tapped Zhuzhu's forehead with his finger, and said reproachfully:
"How can you let the general hug you? Do you know that General An is still ill? Let's go and play!"
"Tui'er, this nurse's uniform borrowed from a foreigner suits you very well. Are you exhausted these days?" Gong Qian, who had been accompanying An Yi, walked over, took Cui'er's hand and whispered.
: "Don't work day and night, pay more attention to rest, otherwise you won't be able to endure it."
Cui'er shook her head shyly: "It's okay, it's much easier than working at home. Sister Qian, I think... I want to study medicine, but Xiaowang said he can't make the decision, and asked me to talk to the general, but I
…I…I can’t read.”
An Yi smiled and said: "What's wrong with being illiterate? Who is born literate? You are young and can learn everything quickly. Go back and tell your family, Sun Xiaowang, I agree. When you get to Lao Nanchang, you will enter the hospital and become a nurse."
Learn while doing it and become a female doctor in the future."
"real?"
Cui'er looked at An Yi in surprise.
An Yi smiled and nodded, and was about to say a few more words of encouragement when Ding Zhicheng jogged up to him and whispered. An Yi frowned, said hello to Gong Qian, and then followed Ding Zhicheng to the gate of the camp. Senior brother Fang Tianying greeted him.
He came up and whispered with a worried look:
"Xiao Yi, something is wrong. Chief He has been back to Nanjing for four days, and he just thought of coming to inspect the military camp today to express condolences to the sick and wounded. I'm afraid the inside story is not simple!
I heard that our First Army is undergoing an unprecedented major adjustment and will soon be expanded into three armies. The teaching division has already divided four regiments to supplement each division. I just received an order to lead the troops within three days.
Heading to Changzhou to wait for reorganization, I'm afraid I will be assigned to a certain division."
"This is a good thing! It's better than being left here and being forgotten now. Senior brother, don't worry too much. The First Army is our territory in Huangpu. No matter which division we go to, we have our own brothers, and there is mutual understanding between them."
But senior brother must be mentally prepared. If my estimate is correct, a big battle will be coming within this month. Sun Chuanfang is mobilizing his army to gather on the north bank of the Yangtze River and preparing to cross the river in full swing." An Yi replied in a low voice.
Fang Tian smiled helplessly, pointed at An Yi's soldier uniform, and suggested:
"It's a pity that I don't have a general uniform here, so I can only make do with a set of school officer uniforms for you. Please put it on before Commander He arrives. You don't even have a hat on, and you don't have a brochure or a name tag on your chest. Just in case.
Commander He, who has strict military discipline, blamed me. It's hard to talk. Just wait..."
An Yi grabbed Fang Tian, who turned around and walked towards the reception room, and said solemnly: "Senior brother, you don't need to bother me. I have made up my mind to disband and engage in business and no longer continue my military career. This clothes is enough."
"Ah!? What did you say? Xiaoyi, you..."
Fang Tian looked at An Yi in surprise. Seeing An Yi nodding firmly, he felt very uncomfortable. He was about to say a few words of persuasion when he suddenly heard the roar of a car motor. He had to smile bitterly and shake his head, and then ran to the center.
A company brother who was waiting to greet him at the door shouted the command.
The convoy drove into the camp gate in a mighty manner. After two troop carriers serving as guides and loaded with guns and live ammunition for the guards drove in, a dark and shiny French Citroen sedan stopped in front of An Yi.
He Yingqin, who got out of the car door, was neatly dressed in an eye-catching beautiful general's uniform. Surrounded by his adjutants and entourage, He Yingqin walked towards An Yi. He was very surprised when he saw An Yi bowing to himself instead of a military salute. He couldn't think about it.
He returned the military salute with his hand, stepped forward to hold An Yi's hand and sighed loudly:
"Xiaoyi, I'm very busy with work during this period. I can't spare any extra time to visit you and your subordinates. I'm really wronged! I'm wronged!"
"Thank you General for your concern, An Yi is grateful!" An Yi replied politely.
He Yingqin took a step back and looked at An Yi up and down with great sadness. After a while, he nodded in approval: "Just recover! Just recover! I will have your general uniform and the uniforms of all the soldiers delivered in a moment.
, the battle along the river is imminent, I really need the tyrannical fighting power of you and your men!
If Sun Chuanfang knew that An Yi, who made them fearful, had returned to the command post, he would probably not be able to sleep well, haha! Come on, come with me to see the brothers."
He Yingqin's chief of staff Xiao Suyi, An Yi's senior officer Liu Zhi and others came up to shake hands with An Yi and expressed their utmost comfort. An Yi thanked him politely and humbly, with a low-key and sincere attitude.
Liu Zhi was secretly surprised when he saw all this. He had never seen An Yi be so calm and calm. He seemed polite and peaceful, but seemed to reject others thousands of miles away.
Liu Zhi secretly screamed, but when he saw that He Yingqin was adjusting his glasses and seemed unwilling to wait, he quickly pulled An Yi's arm forward and walked with He Yingqin to the barracks where the wounded soldiers were placed, inspecting each ward to express condolences.
As with every post-war inspection of the wounded barracks, He Yingqin and a group of generals and his entourage stopped from time to time to have cordial conversations with the injured brothers. Unexpectedly, these wounded brothers who narrowly escaped death and were full of resentment showed no signs of being flattered. Their reaction was extremely dull, which made
He Yingqin and his entourage felt bored due to the lack of response, so they unconsciously speeded up their inspection.
What surprised He Yingqin, Liu Zhi and others was that there were so many foreign doctors and missionaries taking care of the wounded here. The various medical equipment they saw were extremely sophisticated, and the medicines were the best and extremely expensive special medicines.
.
However, everyone thought that foreigners inspired by An Yi had moved all the stuff in the hospital. How could they understand that all these were urgently transferred from Shanghai, Hangzhou and Suzhou by the church and the two major German trading houses?
All of them refused to accept any money because of An Yi's face, not to mention that after receiving the telegram from Pastor Geer, President Ji Mengji, who planned to build St. Paul's Church, immediately sent an urgent telegram from the United States, urging Geer to do his best to
Go to help.
In addition to An Yi's good reputation, the more important reason is that the reason why President Ji Mengji built St. Paul's Church in Nanjing is to commemorate his son who died in the world war ten years ago. Now An Yi and his
The experience of the independent division gave President Ji Mengji a heartfelt recognition.
After He Yingqin finished walking around, he thanked Pastor Geer and other international friends in a very gentlemanly manner, and then ordered An Yi to lead him and his party to the office.
Walking into the simple barracks, He Yingqin sat down and took the tea cup from An Yi's guard and took a sip to moisten his throat. He then kindly introduced the severe military situation currently facing him and the ongoing expansion process of the First Army, and finally watched with appreciation.
Looking at An Yi, he said with a smile:
"After deliberation and decision at several meetings of the military department, you will be appointed as the lieutenant general chief of staff of the First Army. All surviving officers of the independent division will be promoted to first-level military ranks and first-level positions. Those who have recovered will be assigned to front-line military positions in various divisions of the First Army.
The military will provide the most generous care to the wounded and sick as they continue to recuperate."
An Yi shook his head slightly apologetically, and said sincerely under the astonished gaze of a group of generals:
"Thank you for your cultivation and trust, sir. An Yi is a defeated general, and his abilities are really limited. Nearly ten thousand soldiers who survived the battle were massacred in Jiangbei and no one has stopped them. As the commander of a division, An Yi cannot escape the blame.
Whenever he thinks of how he escaped and survived, An Yi feels deeply guilty and feels like a knife. Every night in his dreams, he is awakened by the questions and complaints of his brothers who died tragically. An Yi can no longer face it and falls into coma.
When he woke up on the third day, he had made up his mind to disband his troops and return to his fields, work hard to earn money, find the families and children of the soldiers who died under his command, and try his best to raise them in order to relieve the huge sins on his body.
As for the surviving soldiers in this battalion, as long as they are willing, they can listen to the commander's call at any time. Please forgive An Yi for not taking up the important task and living up to the expectations of the commander and the division commanders."
"Ah? What are you..."
He Yingqin looked at An Yi in surprise. He never expected that the prestigious position of lieutenant general and chief of staff would not be able to retain this military genius. Before coming here, he had assured Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi that he was confident that he could control it.
An Yi tried to dismantle An Yi's division. Unexpectedly, he encountered An Yi as a soft nail as soon as he opened his mouth with confidence. His goal of expecting An Yi to shoulder the heavy responsibility of fighting on the east route was completely frustrated.
Liu Zhi stood up excitedly: "Xiao Yi, calm down! No one wants to see such a situation in your department, and no one is mentally prepared for it. Seeing the enemy's troops pressing down on the situation, and the revolutionary cause being at stake, you are so indifferent.
It is not your An Yi character to say that you will return to the field without caring about all your comrades and soldiers. Aren't you willing to lead our soldiers to avenge the sacrifice of your brothers? Why are you so confused!"
An Yi stood up slowly, bowed deeply to Liu Zhi, then bowed frequently to He Yingqin and the surrounding generals, raised his head and said apologetically:
"Thank you sirs and division commanders for your long-term care and teachings to An Yi. An Yi will remember it in your heart and will never forget it! It's just that An Yi is exhausted both physically and mentally, and his intelligence has been exhausted. He has no face to live in the military without a meal. Please forgive me!
At this time, there were many wounded soldiers, and most of the doctors couldn't communicate with each other because they didn't understand the language. An Yi had to go to help. Please forgive An Yi for not sending him far. Tomorrow afternoon An Yi will leave Nanjing and return to Jiangxi. I wish the revolutionary army a victory and immediate success.
,I’m sorry! Goodbye!”
An Yi bowed deeply and turned to leave. The generals in the room looked at each other in shock.
He Yingqin looked at An Yi's tall back and became angry and furious. His face instantly turned red. He suddenly stood up, took off his white gloves, threw them to the corner, and strode away without saying a word.