On June 15, 1928, the central government in Nanjing announced to the world that China's reunification was complete. The Anyi Independent Division also left Botou Town, Cangzhou on the same day. General Zhu Peide's 31st Army, General He Yaozu's 40th Army, etc.
From now on, some people will also take special trains to go south along the Jinpu Line.
On the 17th, Yin Jinan, Lao Shoudao and more than a hundred relatives and friends took a passenger ship under the name of Jiangnan Group from Lao Nanchang to Pukou. They greeted eight families from Cangzhou, and then took two passenger ships to Lao Nanchang. Hu Jialin returned with his guard battalion.
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An Yi got off the bus in Xuzhou and stopped temporarily to attend the military meeting held by the Huangpu Clique on the 20th.
Zhang Chengzhu, who was stationed at the cavalry camp on the bank of Yunlong Lake in Xuzhou, was really impressive. The more than 30 confidants he sent before going south were able to bring back more than 3,800 Zhilu troops from Zhili, Shandong, and Henan in just half a month.
The cavalry recruited more than 2,400 new soldiers, and the cavalry division rapidly expanded to 9,000 officers and soldiers.
On the 18th, Zhang Chengzhu and Li Jinlong returned from Nanjing to collect resettlement fees and military pay. They saw eight brand-new military trucks in the camp and quickly asked where they came from. The quartermaster under his command replied that General An sent someone to deliver them yesterday.
Come on, it's said that it was distributed to the cavalry division by the munitions and logistics department of the General Headquarters.
Zhang Chengzhu and Li Jinlong learned that An Yi had returned to Xuzhou, and immediately rushed to the camp in the north of the city. It happened that An Yi accompanied a group of generals from Huangpu to visit the Independent Division Field Hospital. After meeting, An Yi enthusiastically introduced Zhang Chengzhu and Li Jinlong to everyone, and
Truthfully explain that Zhang Chengzhu and Li Jinlong are his sworn brothers.
Liu Zhi, Jiang Dingwen, Gu Zhutong, Hu Zongnan and others knew something about Zhang Chengzhu's cavalry division, and they became familiar with each other after greetings. Liu Zhi, Gu Zhutong and their fellow junior Zhang Chengzhu, who also graduated from Baoding Military Academy, visited the hospital side by side.
He was full of praise for the facilities and level of An Yi's field hospital. He was very surprised to learn that the more than 400 wounded in the barracks were soldiers under Zhang Chengzhu's command. Jiang Dingwen quickly asked what was going on? An Yi then ordered Zhang Chengzhu to lead 4,000 cavalrymen.
The battle of Suning, which attacked the officers and soldiers of Han Fuqu's two divisions, is detailed.
The Huangpu generals who had never used cavalry in battle before were extremely moved. From Zhang Chengzhu's glorious record of casualties of more than 1,000 people and annihilation of more than 6,000 enemies, they deeply understood the powerful combat effectiveness of this cavalry, and they were even more impressed by Zhang Chengzhu and Li Jinlong.
Understand and respect.
After walking around, it was already 5:30 in the afternoon. An Yi hosted a group of teachers and friends to have a drink at a time-honored restaurant in the city. When the wine was half drunk, Gu Zhutong asked half jokingly and half seriously: "Xiao Yi, I heard about your
The Independent Division is undergoing extensive construction work at the Liuhe Military Camp, and there is an additional cavalry regiment under its command?"
An Yi did not dare to say that this was Commander-in-Chief Chiang's pampering. Before leaving Nanjing on the 13th, he specially left a letter and 200,000 yuan for the expansion of Liuhe Camp. He could only talk about him in a few words.
Fool the past:
"Liuhe Military Camp was originally renovated by Sun Chuanfang on the basis of the original barracks of the late Qing army. It has not been maintained for many years and has become unusable. The officers and soldiers living there were exposed to the sun and rain, and it was very hard. I really have no choice but to
Let the Logistics Section find a construction company from Nanjing City to repair it. In order for the brothers under my command to be stationed safely, it is worth spending some money. As for our independent division cavalry regiment, it is still being reorganized and has only more than 900 people.
, there are only 750 war horses, and they are still far away from becoming an army. I asked the principal for instructions before, and the principal said that I can try it and sum up the experience and lessons. He also ordered that the old Nanchang non-commissioned officer training base should be put into use as soon as possible.
Each army is training some cavalry, so I will temporarily form a cavalry regiment!"
Hu Zongnan put down his cup and said with a smile: "After the various units of the First Army withdrew southward, our First Army was temporarily stationed in Xuzhou, Commander Gu's Ninth Army was temporarily stationed in Bengbu, and only Junior Brother An's independent division camp was first set up in Beijing.
The world is separated by water, and my brothers and sisters are envious of it!
Secondly, when Junior Brother An came back to reorganize the Independent Division, he took the lead in having a full artillery regiment. Not only did the number of officers and soldiers of this fellow's Independent Division increase sharply after the Northern Expedition, but now he also has a cavalry regiment with a comparable scale and level.
He is known as the leader of the field hospital in the army, and he always takes the lead in everything, which is unmatched by others!"
The generals echoed incessantly and were jealous, but Jiang Dingwen was very open-minded and knew that An Yi had to work hard to have all this. In addition to money, he also needed brains. Not just anyone can do it, so Jiang Dingwen did not
She was not jealous at all and did not want to continue to dwell on this matter. Instead, she felt that the young and beautiful female nurses she saw in the afternoon were more interesting: "Xiao Yi, where is the female soldier company you first formed in Zhenjiang?"
"More than fifty female nurses in the field hospital are from the original female soldier company, and a dozen more have been sent overseas by their younger brothers."
An Yi saw the ambiguous looks in everyone's eyes, especially the envy that could not be hidden in Liu Zhi's eyes, and quickly explained: "Don't think that I am taking it easy. In the middle of last year, more than 80 female soldiers from the company were transferred from Zhenjiang to Lao Nanchang.
According to everyone's wishes and the actual needs of the army, my younger brother sent ten of them to the radio training class organized by the party headquarters. They have not graduated yet. The other fifteen people have a good cultural background. My younger brother asked them to study abroad for further study.
The rest all entered Jiangnan Hospital in old Nanchang to study. After Jiangnan Medical College opened, they basically became students.
Since the Northern Expedition in April, considering the needs of the front line, my younger brother established a temporary field hospital and invited several foreign professors to go to the front line with more than a hundred students. The results were very effective and saved hundreds of dying soldiers.
But the expenses are also very high. Not to mention wages, the expenditure on medical equipment and medicines alone almost bankrupted me. The Military Commission and the General Headquarters did not give me a penny. I am really overwhelmed! Wait a while
As soon as the condition of the wounded stabilizes, the field hospital must be disbanded immediately, and all the doctors, nurses and students must return to Old Nanchang and do whatever they need to do, otherwise I really can't bear it."
Liu Zhi shook his head and said with some regret: "It's better to keep it. It would be a pity to disband it like this! When the principal comes tomorrow, I will tell him that we must keep it no matter what. Even the hospitals affiliated with our First Army are not so advanced.
We have complete medical equipment, let alone the scale of this field hospital, and there is no way to expand it. Now our two armies are not short of money, but they are short of professional talents!"
An Yi's heart trembled, and he could only bite the bullet and explain: "My subordinates feel the same way. It is also a need for military construction for each army and division to establish its own field hospital. It will be done sooner or later, but the current conditions are still difficult to achieve, so just take it
For the temporary hospital of the Independent Division, the six foreign experts were hired temporarily, and most of the more than 100 nurses were seconded from the old Nanchang Hospital. The dozens of young nurses who belonged to the army entered the medical school less than a year ago.
, it still takes four years of study to be competent.
I think that if each division wants to set up its own hospital, the best way is to go to medical schools in Shanghai, Beijing, Suzhou and Hangzhou to recruit ready-made ones, so that they can be put to use when they come, which is more convenient and faster... Jiangnan Medicine under the
The hospital has just been opened for less than a year, and it will take several years to even produce talented people. Training a qualified doctor is far from a matter of a year and a half. Unlike soldiers, they can just pick up a church from the street and shoot a gun.
To put it bluntly, rescuing people is much more complicated than killing people. Just like the restaurant we are in, it was razed to the ground in a blink of an eye after being bombarded with artillery fire, but it only took a year and a half to build."
The generals smiled slightly after hearing this, and they all understood the meaning of An Yi's words, that is, he would never contribute his field hospital. If you want to own it, you can find a way for yourself, but everyone also thinks that An Yi's statement
It makes sense. This matter really cannot be rushed.
There were all smart people here, and the topic from now on no longer focused on the matter of the independent division. While eating and talking, the questions soon focused on the disarmament plan being prepared by the headquarters. This time An Yi did not talk, and
I listened quietly and watched quietly, and found that except for Liu Zhi and the dozen or so senior brothers at the next table who were regiment leaders who had worried looks on their faces, Jiang Dingwen, Gu Zhutong and Hu Zongnan looked very relaxed and seemed to be prepared to abolish the first level of the army.
number, and replaced it with changes at the division and brigade level without caring.
On the afternoon of the next day, Chiang Kai-shek arrived in Xuzhou from Nanjing and was still fresh. He immediately held a meeting of Huangpu generals and schools to summarize the great achievements and significance of the Second Northern Expedition and once again emphasized the Huangpu spirit and lofty revolutionary goals.
After summarizing, the seven or eight generals in the attendant's room each took a stack of white papers and distributed one to each participant. An Yi, like everyone else, looked at Chiang Kai-shek with a piece of white paper, wondering what the principal meant.
Commander-in-Chief Chiang on the stage saw that the white papers had been distributed, walked slowly to the front of the podium, stood upright with his hands behind his back, and there was no smile on his stern face as always. He glanced around with deep eyes and said calmly:
"Everyone has a piece of paper in their hands. I have a question below. I need you to write down the answer. You must write down your thoughts truthfully on the paper. My question is, do you think that after the Northern Expedition is completed and the country is unified, the warlords will be overthrown?
Is it done yet?”
The sound of pen writing soon sounded in the venue. An Yi felt incredible that Principal Jiang raised such a mentally retarded question. After thinking about it, he wrote a line according to his own ideas: Not defeated, the old warlords will perish, and the new warlords will perish.
The warlords will rise again.
Five minutes later, everyone stopped writing. The attendants collected all the papers in the hands of the more than 300 participating generals and quickly divided them into two parts according to the two answers of yes and no. An Yi, who was sitting in the front row,
I found that there were only a few answers on the right hand side of Principal Jiang. Principal Jiang looked at the answers in front of him with a very ugly expression.
Chiang Kai-shek raised his head, with a slight disappointment in his eyes. He hesitated for a while and then said: "I really didn't expect that most of the people here thought that the warlord had been defeated. Only five people thought that the warlord had not been defeated. This result surprised me very much."
It can be clearly seen from this answer sheet that most people here believe that the warlords have been defeated and the world is at peace, but is this really the case?"
The whole place was silent, and most of the generals, including Liu Zhi, looked at Chiang Kai-shek on the stage with anxiety. Chiang Kai-shek was silent for a while, and then continued:
"Although we completed the Northern Expedition and achieved national unification, this can only be called nominal unification, not substantive unification. The southwest, northwest, northeast and Mongolia are not under the direct jurisdiction of the central government, and are still under the direct jurisdiction of the central government.
In the dictatorship of local military and political forces, can we say that all the warlords have been defeated? At present, the Northeast has not yet changed its banner, and the 300,000-strong Fengjun army has not recognized the leadership of the central government. Can it be said that all the warlords have been defeated? There are good and bad in the revolutionary army.
Can we say that all the warlords have been defeated when orders are disobeyed and forbidden? Everyone should think carefully about this issue after returning home, think about it over and over again, and have a clear understanding in their minds, and more importantly, have a correct answer! Adjourn the meeting!"
The generals dispersed with their hearts full of thoughts. Liu Zhi, Jiang Dingwen, Gu Zhutong, Xu Tingyao, An Yi and others sitting in the front row were left behind. Chiang Kai-shek motioned for everyone to come forward and slowly took the paper with An Yi's handwriting on it.
Slow down to the front of the table: "An Yi, tell us, what do you think?"
An Yi was a little embarrassed. He felt that it was difficult to answer this question clearly at once. He felt that he was already a small warlord in the practical sense. After several years of secret efforts, his military and economic strength not only dominated the Nanchang area, but also expanded to western Hunan.
Infiltrating Qianxi and other places, and all this has just begun, and it is still far from its goal.
"An Yi, don't have any worries. Just say it bluntly. I know you are a diligent thinker, and I am very satisfied with your answer." Chiang Kai-shek thought An Yi was embarrassed to speak out, so he relaxed his tense face and whispered comfort.
An Yi put away his thoughts and replied respectfully: "Principal, fellow teachers and friends, An Yi believes that except for the large areas of land in the southwest, northwest, true north, northeast, etc. mentioned by the principal, as well as the military forces on these lands, we have not yet placed them in our center.
Outside of the rule of the government, today's armies that hold high the revolutionary flag cannot guarantee the purity of the revolution. The ideas of feudal warlords are still deeply rooted. The various armies in the Beijing-Tianjin area are now fighting for territory and power, which is proof. An Yi is very worried.
, To be arrogant, An Yi vaguely seems to have seen the deep hidden dangers. Who can guarantee that driven by interests, there will not be conflicts or even large-scale civil wars between the various group armies currently holding high the same flag? "
When everyone heard this, almost everyone was shocked. Only Chiang Kai-shek's eyes were shining, and he admired An Yi very much: "Well said, well said! Go on."
"This is!"
An Yi thought to himself that you forced me to say this, so he just gave it up: "The students believe that although the two warlords Sun Chuanfang and Zhang Zongchang have perished, it is not something to be happy about, because Feng is far more powerful than them.
Factional warlords still exist, and the rich Northeast is still in danger of splitting... The Japanese imperialists who back the Fengcheng faction are determined to destroy themselves, and the pace of invasion is getting more and more intense. One day, the Japanese army will get rid of them.
The army supported by the army personally launched an all-out invasion of our country... Of course, this is just my conjecture. In short, the largest warlord in the country has not yet fallen. How can we talk about overthrowing the warlord?
Secondly, there has been civil war in Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan for many years, and the people are in dire straits. Under the inspiration of our central government, local forces in the southwestern provinces have held high the revolutionary banner and expressed their obedience to the central leadership with one voice. However, the civil war between them is still ongoing and killings continue. Who is it?
Real revolutionaries? The reason why they hold high the banner of revolution is just in exchange for a so-called justice. In essence, they are still warlords and still do not accept the leadership of the central government.
Zeng Xuanqing, Brother Kangze himself is from Sichuan. In the past two years, they and the central government delegation have returned to Sichuan many times to start work. However, without exception, they have been squeezed out, boycotted and even physically threatened. This is enough to prove that those in Sichuan who resisted the
The army labeled as a revolutionary army is exactly the army of local warlords who support themselves in separatist and separatist regimes.
Thirdly, our first group army has withdrawn from Hebei, but now the other three group armies are fighting openly and secretly in the Beijing-Tianjin area, and they are constantly at odds with each other. When have the interests of the people of the country and the overall interests of the country been taken into account? In essence, they
They are all warlords, and they are all in the ranks to be overthrown. Maybe they have secretly made preparations for their own interests, openly confronting the central government in one way or another, or even willing to fight for certain interests."
"General An, isn't this too sensational? According to you, we are surrounded by warlords, and we are all in need of revolution!" Liu Zhi couldn't help but say.
An Yi grinned: "I hope this subordinate is overthinking. Before I joined the army, I was doing business and was often plotted by other merchants. Those merchants in Guangzhou want to overthrow my subordinate's Taichang Trading Company every day. They use wooing
The manager of a foreign bank colluded with the Guangzhou police to create trouble and set up obstacles, temporarily united with each other to reduce prices, and even used various methods such as using large sums of money and women to bribe his subordinates to betray him. The purpose was to overthrow the subordinate's benefactor, Mr. Ou's Taichang, and seize imported machinery such as sewing machines.
Market, in the end, although they were unsuccessful due to Mr. Ou's clever counterattack, the various despicable methods left a very deep impression on the subordinates, so the subordinates developed the bad habit of being on guard against others. "
Everyone couldn't help but smile. Jiang Dingwen said that shopping malls are the same as battlefields. Chiang Kai-shek nodded with a smile, took a few steps and suddenly stopped, turned around and said seriously to An Yi: "An Yi, go back and prepare, and formally hand over the former enemy commander."
For all the work of the headquarters, come back to Nanjing with me tomorrow."
"yes."
An Yi answered like a reflex, with a look of confusion on his face.
Chiang Kai-shek left accompanied by his attendants. The generals breathed a sigh of relief and looked at An Yi with envy in their eyes.
An Yi and the generals left the auditorium together. Jiang Dingwen took An Yi's hand and slowed down, and whispered in An Yi's ear: "Do you know what the principal asked you to go back for?"
"I don't know! Are you asking for your opinion on the disarmament issue?" An Yi really didn't know and looked confused.
Jiang Dingwen shook his head slightly: "This is just one of the questions. It seems that the principal attaches great importance to your opinion, because you have seen things that many of us have not seen. I guess the principal will take you to Beijing to answer many questions.
It will be implemented during the trip to Beijing. Your appearance in Beijing with the principal is of extraordinary significance. I believe the whole country will pay attention. Now you know why everyone is so jealous of you? You are one step ahead of everyone again!"
An Yi stopped in surprise, looked around, and seemed to have suddenly lost his way.