The internal reorganization meeting held in the name of the independent division lasted for two consecutive nights and one day, with only six hours of sleep in between. Eighteen generals above the regiment, including Yang Bin, Xia Jian, and Zhan Huanqi from the Central Jiangxi Security Command, and the Nanchang Garrison Division
Yin Jinan, Ding Zhicheng and other fifteen chief officers quietly arrived and gathered together with sixteen new and old brothers of the independent division above the regiment level to discuss intensively how to deal with the upcoming disarmament.
An Yi introduced the current situation, the situation of the independent division, the garrison division, and the security force to the brothers in detail, and focused on the idea of "accelerating the construction of the security force." An Yi told everyone clearly:
In these troubled times, without a strong military force, there is no foundation for development and no security guarantee. Since the security forces are not subject to the intervention of the central government's disarmament policy, they should quickly build them into a powerful military force on which they rely for survival and development.
After intense discussions and repeated confirmations, the participating brothers finally reached a unanimous consensus: the focus of military construction will shift to the security forces. The Central Jiangxi Security Command will recruit all the 7,000 brothers who have been eliminated from the independent divisions and garrison divisions. From now on, the security forces will be fully regular
In order to change the situation, within half a year, the security force of 25,000 troops must be built into a main force capable of fighting when called upon.
At 5 o'clock in the morning on the 24th, more than 4,500 old brothers from the Independent Division, carrying all weapons and equipment, boarded the ship at Jiajiang Pier south of Liuhe Camp and returned to Old Nanchang. They separated the two troops from the Yin Jinan Guard Division.
Fifteen hundred brothers formed three local garrison regiments, which were temporarily stationed in Gao'an and served on the new front line. After reorganizing, they immediately began intense targeted training.
An Yi, Hu Jialin, Gu Changfeng, Cheng Guang and others bid farewell to brothers Yang Bin, Yin Jinan and others, and immediately returned to Liuhe Military Camp to continue discussing the reorganization of the independent division, determining the establishment of the three brigades and the appointment of chief officers at all levels.
As An Yi was about to go north, Deputy Division Commander Hu Jialin continued to act as division commander and was responsible for the organization and training of the independent division together with Gu Changfeng, Cheng Guang, Huang Yingwu and other generals. The construction and training of the teaching regiment and the cavalry regiment became the focus of various tasks.
The most important thing.
Hu Jialin and others sent An Yi to the dock. Before leaving, Hu Jialin said with concern: "General Wang Jun's Ninth Army under Uncle De and General Jin Handing's Thirty-first Army, a total of four divisions, successively went to western and southern Jiangxi, and were ordered to attack
The Red Army launched an encirclement and suppression campaign, except that the Nanchang garrison maintained its strength
Apart from the changes, only the Ninth Army instructor division is left in Jiujiang, only the fortress artillery regiment and an infantry battalion are left in Hukou, and only one supplementary regiment is left in De'an, the northern barrier of Nanchang. If this continues, there are many hidden dangers and it is not a long-term solution.
, can you talk to Uncle De and ask him to pay attention?"
An Yi replied helplessly: "Uncle De has returned to Nanchang three days ago and will not be back until tomorrow afternoon. He probably left in a hurry just for this matter. With Uncle De's always neutral stance, he will never agree with the two men under his command.
All four divisions of the army went to southern and western Jiangxi to suppress the Red Army. Although the order for the suppression came from the Central Military Commission, if you really don't want to go, you can find many excuses. But now not only have you gone, but both armies have gone, which makes people feel uncomfortable.
Worry!”
"You mean - Uncle De lost control?" Gu Changfeng asked in surprise.
An Yi nodded: "Both eldest brothers Wang Jun and Jin Handing are not people who are willing to stick to their achievements, especially eldest brother Jin. He had plans to go to the next level before. Although Uncle De is also willing to see his generals excel, it's just that
No one expected that the two of them would seek independence so quickly. If I guessed correctly, Brother Wang and Brother Jin probably got something or a promise from the Commander-in-Chief, otherwise they would not be so eager for quick success."
Cheng Chengguang said thoughtfully: "Everyone, I have a question that I don't want to complain about. Although the Ninth Army and the 31st Army have received our help and carried out three months of intensive training, the command system
establishment, combined arms command, officer and soldier education, logistics support, special forces construction, etc.
They have not learned many things. With their training level, it is difficult to give full play to their advantages in the rolling mountains and complex terrains of western and southern Jiangxi. They have no experience in mountain warfare and cannot coordinate heavy firepower.
Each regiment has not established a qualified reconnaissance team, so this battle will not be easy to fight.
Secondly, their total strength was 60,000 officers and soldiers when they were full. After returning from the Northern Expedition, they lost nearly 8,000 troops. It would be difficult to replenish their troops if something unexpected happened. With their usual practices, it would be difficult to recruit troops on the spot and form a formation in a short period of time.
In terms of combat effectiveness, the army is very stubborn in regional thinking from top to bottom, and it is difficult for non-Yunnan officers and soldiers to be trusted and promoted, so it is difficult to lead their troops. If the war is defeated, Uncle De's family may not be able to withstand it for long."
All the brothers echoed, and Lu Yixuan suggested to An Yi in a low voice: "Junior brother, do you think you can ask Uncle De to hand over the defense of De'an and Ruichang to our security forces? If it is feasible, it will be helpful to the construction of our security forces
It is an excellent opportunity to improve your combat effectiveness.
We can completely use the name of Jiangxi Provincial Security Command to station in the main areas around Nanchang. Not only can we minimize the attention of the outside world, but the security of the Nanchang area will also be more guaranteed. Maybe our purpose of controlling the northern Jiangxi area will be improved because of this.
Achieve it in advance.”
An Yi nodded heavily to Lu Yixuan: "Senior Brother's suggestion is very good. At present, it seems that Senior Brother's idea is very likely to come true. As long as the two eldest brothers Wang Jun and Jin Handing lead troops to suppress the Red Army, they will fall into a protracted mountain battle.
, it is likely to fall into an embarrassing situation of being unable to advance or retreat, with insufficient military strength, and difficulty in taking care of other defense areas originally stationed.
To be honest, I have had this intention for a long time, but I have never dared to reveal it. Now it seems that it is time. Not only must we firmly control the counties around Nanchang, but we must also completely occupy all the counties and towns from Jingdezhen to Yingtan.
, because there is currently the largest copper mine in the country,
The smelting workshop and arsenal of our agricultural machinery factory have long been eyeing that area. Since the beginning of the year, Jiangnan Group has purchased several tons of copper ingots from there every month for processing. As long as we occupy that area, we will compete with Germany.
People or Americans can work together to build a smelting plant in Yugan."
"Boss, Jingdezhen is currently occupied by a regiment of the Zhejiang Army, Yingtan is run by Uncle De's Ninth Army, and the following counties are all controlled by local militia groups. Isn't it difficult to handle it?"
Gu Changfeng put forward his opinion, and other brothers also looked at An Yi and waited for the answer.
An Yi laughed: "This problem is easy to solve. I will do everything possible to persuade the Commander-in-Chief and the bosses of the Military Commission to transfer the Zhejiang Army and let Jingdezhen return to the control of the Jiangxi Provincial Government. By then, it will be logical for the security forces to be stationed there."
Already.
I will negotiate with Brother Wang Jun to form a regiment of the Ninth Army in Yingtan. We don’t want Yingtan, but only the counties north of Yingtan. As for the local militia, let Xia Jian’s security force in central Jiangxi or the special brigade of the security division in Jinan go.
To solve the problem, we must seize the weapons of local armed forces as quickly and resolutely as possible, disband local militia groups, or use support to
, adapt the methods of local armed forces and turn them into local security groups to serve us. There are many ways, and it depends on the brothers to brainstorm. If necessary, Hutou can also lead his subordinates Han Hao and other brothers from Northeastern Jiangxi to help, Han Hao and others
I was once a powerful bandit leader in that area, so with them taking action, why should we worry about the local militia?"
All the brothers laughed in understanding, and An Yi continued: "This plan must be implemented as soon as possible. I will try to come up with an action plan before leaving. You will discuss it with Jinan, Brother Yang, and Xia Jian. The key is
The problem is Uncle De's attitude. Judging from the current situation, it is not likely to be too difficult. As Cheng Guang said just now, the Red Army is not as easy to deal with as everyone thinks. They have firm beliefs, tenacious style, iron-clad discipline and
Flexible tactics can often make up for their equipment disadvantages.
Secondly, they have two major advantages: geographical location and people. They fight in mountainous areas with difficult terrain. Any negligence or underestimation of the enemy's aggressive advance may lead to disaster. We have come into contact with this aspect more than once in internal deductions. In the past two years,
In the battles, tactics such as running long distances to attack the enemy, concentrating superior forces to annihilate the enemy's effective forces, and encircling the enemy with reinforcements and roundabout encirclement were used many times. I believe you all have a deep understanding of this.
If Brother Jin and Brother Wang fail in their encirclement and suppression campaign, the defense of De'an and even Jiujiang, Hukou and other places may be handed over to the security forces, which will allow them to deploy more troops to participate in the encirclement and suppression campaign. However, we cannot be anxious about this, let alone
We should be the first to speak to Uncle De, and we can only wait for him to speak to us, otherwise it will easily cause misunderstandings."
All the brothers nodded and agreed with An Yi's opinion. Hu Jialin said with a smile: "Sooner or later we have to play this card. The key is to seize the best time. Many of Uncle De's industries are in Nanchang, and most of them are closely connected with us.
, once the situation changes, who will Uncle De entrust to us if he doesn't entrust it to us? Besides, Huanqi is Uncle De's son-in-law, maybe Uncle De has already greeted Huanqi, so it's better for us to let nature take its course."
"Yes, this is the best way at the moment. We can only do everything quietly."
An Yi continued: "One thing I almost forgot to tell you is that the central government is about to implement an independent tariff policy. Due to the opposition of European and American powers, it can only postpone the imposition of import and export goods tariffs until January 1 next year. The central government controls
The provinces under the Central Government will also implement a unified tax policy. Therefore, we have to import a large amount of urgently needed machinery and equipment before the end of December.
The raw materials, even if we use up all our gold reserves, are worth it. They can increase in value by 12.5% in a month or two. I suggest that we entrust Mr. Zhou and Zhang Xi with full authority to handle it for us and earn three to five hundred.
No problem at all. With these three to five million, the combat effectiveness of the security forces will increase exponentially, basically reaching the current level of our independent division. Do you have any objections?"
How could the brothers have any opinions? They all said that everything was decided by An Yi. An Yi bid farewell to the brothers and returned to Nanjing by boat. He boarded the dock and took the Liaison Office's vehicle to the headquarters to report and began to prepare for the upcoming trip north.
On the afternoon of June 28, the memorial delegation headed by Chiang Kai-shek, Wu Zhihui, and Dai Jitao took a boat up the river and arrived at Hankou. Li Zongren led dozens of civil and military officials from the Wuhan Political Branch to come to the pier to greet them. A quarrel with each other could not be seen.
With the smoke of gunpowder coming, a battle that could change the course of Chinese history began.