A few days later in the afternoon, Jin Handing, Wang Jun, Li Shilong and other generals of the Yunnan Army came to the old Nanchang Hospital to visit An Yi. Everyone sat around under the temporary balcony and pergola, talking as they pleased, and bursts of light laughter from time to time.
After Jin Handing finished laughing, he said to An Yi who was leaning on the small bed: "Brother An, Brother Yu and Brother Wang dispatched four divisions to jointly attack Zhang Zhen's two main divisions of the Sixth Army in Zhangshu. It took two days to end the battle.
Nearly half of the remnants fled back to eastern Hunan. Compared with the beautiful psychological battle between Ji Nan and brother Xia Jian, the effect is far worse. I heard that brother Xia Jian even got a complete artillery battalion, right?"
"The artillery battalion was obtained, but nearly half of the artillerymen were unwilling to serve as soldiers anymore, so they had to be sent home with travel expenses. Among the remaining people, opium addicts and those with poor health accounted for half, so they were finally able to take it as their own.
Used less than 30% of the original amount
As for the weapons and equipment, the eight-door K-type 75 artillery can be used with a little maintenance. Most of the more than 4,000 guns are made in Hanyang. Some of them even have smooth rifling, so they can only be sent to the arsenal for refurbishment and repair.
"Yin Jinan answered on his behalf.
Wang Jun said with envy on his face: "It's better for you! You have your own training base and arsenal. You don't have to ask for help for anything. Once the flag is raised, your followers are like clouds. There is no problem with soldiers at all. Unlike our two armies,
Most of them are Yunnan soldiers. I want to replenish them if they are lost.
It's difficult. No, it just fulfilled the Central Committee's wish. The disarmament order has been issued. Starting from next month, our two armies will all be reduced into divisions. The Central Committee will only provide each division with 11,000 officers and soldiers. Fortunately, next month
There will be a batch of equipment updates, otherwise it will be really not worth the gain!"
An Yi did not take up this sensitive topic, but complained to everyone: "Brothers, don't think that I am living a comfortable life. The Jiangnan Arsenal will no longer belong to me from next month. The Military Industry Department of the Military Commission has completed the asset management
According to the calculation, only the younger brother and Mr. Ou were compensated. Mr. Kong accounted for half of the total investment, but he occupied 60% of the shares of the arsenal. The younger brother was really unjust!
After the Spring Festival this year, I painstakingly spent a lot of money to recruit more than 2,000 technicians from the Hanyang factory. The more than 100 technicians I worked hard to train and the dozens of technicians I hired with high salaries now all belong to the country in the blink of an eye. I only gave some of them to my younger brother.
20% of the shares... When I invested it without making any money, no one in the central government looked at it seriously. When my younger brother just made money and started mass production, the central government became jealous. He took it away like this. I really suffered a big loss!
But my arms can’t twist my thighs. I still need to survive in the military, so this is the only way. I feel really suffocated just thinking about it!”
Jin Handing and others looked at each other in surprise for a while, and Li Shilong asked in confusion: "Brother An is naturally helpless when facing the principal, but are Mr. Ou and Mr. Kong willing? They have invested a lot!"
"Mr. Kong is now the Minister of Industry and Commerce of the National Government. Does he dare to say that he is not willing? As for Mr. Ou, I am afraid that it will hurt the commander-in-chief's face, so he has to nod and agree? This is the general trend, and no one dares to go against the trend.
Ah!" Wang Jun shook his head.
An Yi smiled slightly and deliberately changed the subject: "Brother Wang, you have to continue to suppress bandits in the next step, right?"
"There is no way. My brother's 7th Division was ordered to station on the front line in Ji'an. Brother Zhu Jiu's (Jin Handing) 12th Division is in Ganzhou to cooperate with Fan Xiaoquan's (Fan Shisheng) troops to continue to suppress Zhu Mao's Red Army. Now Zhu Mao's troops have to withdraw eastward.
There are signs, only by driving them away can we feel free!"
When Wang Jun said this, he suddenly remembered something: "Brother An, during the encounter a week ago, our department seized a batch of medicines from the Red Army. Brother Yu looked at the labels. They were all produced by Jiangnan Pharmaceutical Factory. See
You have to be careful in this regard. We brothers have nothing to do with each other. We also know that Mr. Yi Gong, Mr. Kong, and Mr. Ou have shares in the pharmaceutical factory. Brother Yu is only worried that a few special correspondents sent by the General Suppression General will report you to the Central Committee.
"
An Yi laughed nonchalantly: "Don't you know? Someone has complained a long time ago. A few days ago, Senior Brother Deng from Huangpu came over from Nanchang to question me. The younger brother immediately told him that so many chambers of commerce and provincial distributors
Shangdu is selling medicines from Jiangnan Pharmaceutical Factory, including Nanchang, Nanjing, Suzhou, Shanghai and Hangzhou.
Big cities are open to selling, who can guarantee the flow of these medicines? If this is not allowed to be sold, that is not allowed to be sold, why don't I go drink the northwest wind? Even if I can agree, will Uncle De, Mr. Kong and Mr. Ou agree? Still
There is a shareholder, the Taoist Association of Jiangxi Province, and the Christian Association, which uses a large amount, can agree?
In fact, this is all making a fuss out of a molehill. Don't pay attention to it. We soldiers are working hard and bleeding and sweating on the front line, but a few gossipy imperial ministers want to find reasons to interfere and have enough to eat! Don't you brothers?
Yong Tai gave them face. Didn’t the war all depend on us and our brothers? The Nanchang Branch of the Social Investigation Office of the Party Headquarters still owes my younger brother more than 70,000 yuan and has not repaid it. If I really want to blame my younger brother, I must pay off the money first.
."
Everyone laughed knowingly after hearing this. They all knew that there was a deep background, intricate relationships, and even more entangled interests. The party headquarters had no way to deal with An Yi. Looking at An Yi's relaxed look now, he knew what the outcome would be, so
I will not mention this matter again.
Jin Handing thought for a while and asked: "Brother An, due to the limited strength of our troops and the unpredictable direction of our operations, after the division headquarters moved to Ganzhou, it became powerless to defend other places. In order to concentrate our forces for combat command, Brother Yu
What do you think about handing over Yingtan to Yi Gong’s security forces?”
"Eh!? Brother Jin, didn't you just hand over Fuzhou to Huanqi's Second Provincial Security Brigade? If you give up Yingtan again, brother will lose at least 100,000 yuan in local taxes every month. It's not worth the loss!" An Yi didn't
He looked at the Jin Han Ding in disbelief.
Jin Handing smiled helplessly and said: "With limited troops, we really can't take care of both. You don't know, Yi Gong generously gave up the two tungsten mines in Ganzhou to Brother Yu, and also told Brother Yu to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. Brother Yu felt extremely guilty.
Those two tungsten mines have been being mined, and the monthly income is no less than 150,000 yuan. You only need to load the mined goods on ships and hand them down the river to my brother's Jiangnan Mining Company to get cash. This is better than Brother Yu stationed in Yingtan.
It is much stronger to collect taxes every day.
With Yi Gong's generous support, Brother Yu would really feel guilty if he still forcibly occupied Yingtan and refused to let go. Moreover, Northeastern Jiangxi is also a turbulent place. It is not certain that other friendly troops will be ordered to garrison by then. It would be better to hand it over to Yi Gong's command in advance.
The Security Command arrived happily."
An Yi thought for a moment and then expressed his position carefully: "Brother Jin, this is a big deal. I need to present myself to Uncle De. I believe Uncle De will be very happy. However, Uncle De may not have so many troops to garrison Yingtan at the moment.
Previously, Brother Wang gave up De'an, Anyi, Fengxin and Jiujiang. Uncle De was very happy about this. He planned to let the northern Gansu security division that had just received the central designation be stationed in Jiujiang in the next two days, and let Huanqi's third security brigade be stationed in Jiujiang.
Stationed in De'an, the Fourth Security Brigade was stationed in Fengxin and Anyi to ensure the defense and taxation of these areas. For this reason, I could only ask Xia Jian's Central Jiangxi Security Command to send four regiments to the provincial security brigade.
The security forces only allowed Huanqi to barely scrape together four brigades, which can be regarded as a contribution to Uncle De, the provincial chairman, in managing central and northern Jiangxi. Now if Yingtan comes again, I wonder what Uncle De will do? The old man just told him
The central government has requested that a division of the Zhejiang Army be transferred from Jingdezhen. If this happens, at least one brigade will soon be sent to Jingdezhen to garrison. The troops are really stretched thin!
I think it’s better for Brother Jin to go to the city in person tomorrow night to meet Uncle De, as he will take a boat back from Nanjing tomorrow afternoon.”
Jin Handing and Wang Jun looked at each other. Wang Jun smiled meaningfully and made suggestions:
"Brother An, how about we just let Brother Xia Jian's Central Jiangxi Security Headquarters take care of it? Brother Xia Jian's 15,000 men, no matter the equipment or training, are not inferior to our two divisions, they are divided into two regiments.
I will take care of Yingtan for the time being, and when Yi Gong is free, it will not be too late to hand it over!"
"That's exactly what Brother Yu means. Brother An might as well think about it carefully. Brother Yu will report to Yi Gong tomorrow night. I believe Yi Gong will also be pleased. Yi Gong treats me as his own nephew. This is a busy brother.
Are you still unwilling to help? Haha!" Jin Handing laughed.
An Yi frowned slightly: "Brother Jin, Brother Wang, why do you think this is a conspiracy? No, you have to make your words clear, otherwise I won't dare to accept the move."
Jin Handing and others were stunned for a moment, and then laughed self-deprecatingly. Wang Jun shook his head and said: "It seems that nothing can be hidden from my brother! Haha... Okay, let's be honest. Although the weapons and ammunition of our two divisions are all replenished by the headquarters.
, but the final supply
The location must not rely on my brother's arsenal? As well as your hospital, non-commissioned officer training base, and even future coordinated operations, we all need my brother's strong support, not to mention the following tungsten mines, oil, grain, timber, etc.
Commodities are traded.
Both Yu brothers know clearly that all of this is inseparable from the support of brother. Instead of scattered and piecemeal operations, it is better to concentrate all efforts and run their own jurisdictions with all their strength, especially between the defense areas of brother Zhu Jiu and me.
Connect and guard all areas in southern and western Jiangxi. If we don't rely on the Ganjiang River Basin occupied by my brother for food, who can we rely on?"
An Yi looked at this and that, and suddenly said: "I mean, why are the two eldest brothers so abnormal today? Just talk about some small things and it's okay? Is there any need to beat around the bush? Is the friendship between us so shallow? It's really
of……"
"How? I'm right, right? I asked you two to tell Xiaoyi directly but you can't save face. Are you embarrassed now? You're laughing to death!" Li Shilong burst out laughing, causing everyone to burst into laughter. Jin Handing and
Wang Jun's face relaxed and then he started laughing, thinking that this time he finally let go of something he was worried about.
Everyone was chatting and laughing happily, but before they knew it, the sun was setting in the west. Jin Handing and others saw that the doctors and nurses were about to give An Yi an injection and medicine, so they quickly stood up and left. Jin Handing and Wang Jun said that they would go to meet Zhu Peide tomorrow night to confess this.
After finishing the treatment, An Yi lay down and gasped for air.
Yin Jinan sat beside An Yi's bed and asked in a low voice: "Brother, what do you think of the generosity of Brother Jin and Brother Wang? I always feel that there is something unfinished in their words. Are they setting a trap for us?"
Drill?"
An Yi hummed twice, turned around with a grin on his face, waved his hands kindly, and drove away the two little nurses who were pouting silently in protest. He asked Lin Yaodong to guard the door, and then whispered to Yin Jinan:
"What they said is basically true, but there is one thing that Brother Jin deliberately avoided. Starting from the beginning of the year, the Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi Red Army formed by Fang Zhimin, Shao Shiping and others made him miserable. Almost all the front lines in Shangrao were under their control.
I attacked several times and was beaten all the time.
With a gray head and a disgraced face, it seems that sooner or later the central government will let other armies stationed on the Yingtan and Shangrao front lines to cut off the connection between the two Red armies and prevent them from becoming connected and growing together. Therefore, it is better for him to leave early than to leave late. Now he is generously giving way.
If you come out, you can win some favors."
"My little brother also analyzed it this way, but if we are allowed to garrison it, I'm afraid we will face endless harassment from the Red Army!" Yin Jinan said with concern.
An Yi explained: "Jinan, everything has two sides. In addition to the dangers, we should also see the benefits of occupying this place. Yingtan is an important trade route to Zhejiang, connecting Shangrao and Quzhou to the east and Fuzhou to the west.
, Nanchang is connected to Shaowu, Fujian, to the south, and Jingdezhen to the north. If the business is run well, the monthly profit will be no less than 200,000 yuan, and Yingtan is also an important grain distribution center in eastern Jiangxi. Can we give up easily?
Uncle De and I have been plotting for a long time, and it took a lot of effort to force Wang Jun to give up the strategic area of De'an in Jiujiang. Uncle De went to the central government to ask his grandfather to pay homage to his grandma to obtain the official designation of the Northern Gansu garrison. At present, he does not dare to disclose it to the outside world rashly.
announced that it will have to wait until March next year
can be officially listed, the purpose is to firmly control the central and northern Jiangxi regions to protect the Jiangxi economy that has just entered the development period, accumulate strength as quickly as possible, and strengthen our military industry and pharmaceutical industry to prepare for the crisis that may come at any time.
Fight against Japan.
In this case, you say we can refuse? Besides, the Red Army currently does not have the ability to invade. If it does invade, won't we still be able to negotiate by then?"
"That's true. Occupy Yingtan, manage this territory well, and control Jingdezhen is no longer a problem... Brother, tell me, how should the security division of the younger brother cooperate?" Yin Jinan nodded and asked.
"It's not necessary for the time being. Let's give Xia Jian and Huan Qi more opportunities to exercise. Lao Yang is always shouting that his whole body is getting moldy. Let them do it by themselves. Others don't know the strength of the security force. Don't we still know?
?Now we just need to strengthen training, I don't think it will be long before we may have to fight with the Gui Clan!" An Yi said easily.
Yin Jinan grinned, stood up with confidence and said, "I asked my wife to stew turtle soup for my eldest brother, and I will ask her and my second aunt to bring it to you later."
"Ah! Is it turtle soup again? Just make it lighter. If you drink such a tonic thing, do you deliberately make your elder brother so hard that he can't sleep?"
"You're injured like this, why is your mouth still so smelly... I won't say anything anymore. When Chu'er arrives in the middle of next month, I'll tell her about your gangster deeds." Yin Jinan turned around and left.
An Yi laughed loudly, and the laughter immediately turned into a wail when the wound was touched, which scared the nurse and Lin Yaodong and other guards to rush in quickly...