Chapter 514: Show your skills in dangerous places (1)
Chiang Kai-shek did not force An Yi. After listening to Chen Yi's report, he felt that An Yi's words were not unreasonable. With An Yi's current qualifications, it was indeed difficult to command Zhang Fakui and the doubled fourth division to defeat the Hunan and Hubei Red Army.
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Instead, a lot of nonsense happened. Originally, Zhang Fakui was not reused because he was worried that he would become powerful again, but now it seems that he has to be used. The other troops are not in western Hubei. Facing the renegade Northwest Army, they can't spare any manpower or confidants for a while.
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After repeated weighings, Chiang Kai-shek decided to appoint Zhang Fakui as the appeasement officer on the Hunan-Hubei-Sichuan border. First, he asked Zhang Fakui to fight He Long's Red Army in the Hunan-Hubei border area, and secondly, he asked the "Guangdong Red Army" who still had influence in the Guangdong army.
"Tiger" stayed in the western Hubei area, so as not to let him go back and disrupt the good situation of the Guangdong-Guangxi campaign. Let An Yi serve as the director of the Hunan-Hubei-Sichuan Disaster Relief and Resettlement Committee, so that he can smoothly implement the secret plan to stabilize western Hunan and encroach on Sichuan and Guizhou step by step.
Zhang Fakui was very excited when he received the letter of appointment from Chiang Kai-shek. This title, which is equivalent to the commander-in-chief of various armies, is obviously more suitable for Zhang Fakui's status as a hero of the Northern Expedition. Therefore, Zhang Fakui immediately went to the hospital the next day after receiving the appointment.
A military meeting of the Appeasement District was held. In addition to the generals of the Fourth Division under his command, Fan Shisheng, the division commander stationed in Xiangfan, Yin Jinan of the 16th Division stationed in Yichang, Zhang Shaodong of the 3rd Division of the 44th Army in Changde, and more than 30 deputy generals attended.
Only halfway through the meeting did Zhang Fakui learn that Yin Jinan's Sixteenth Division had just received an emergency order from the Central Military Commission yesterday, and its Forty-sixth Brigade was on its way to Enshi, occupying the territory vacated by the Liu Xiang Division of the Sichuan Army who had lost sight of one thing due to the civil war, leaving behind
The Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Brigades have to guard the important area of Yichang and the five surrounding counties. They can no longer mobilize a regiment to suppress the Communists. The Third Division of the Forty-fourth Army stationed in Changde is a
The reorganized local divisions were not qualified for the battle to suppress the Communists. The only one that could be used, apart from the own Fourth Division, was Fan Shisheng's Division stationed in Xiangfan. Although Fan Shisheng's Division was only a division-level designation, it still maintained 17,000 troops.
The remaining main force would be equivalent to an army if one additional artillery regiment was added. Therefore, the reluctant Fan Shisheng, under the orders of the hot-tempered Zhang Fakui, had to agree to send two brigades of main force to participate in the campaign to suppress the Communists.
An Yi, who was far away in Nanjing, was waiting for this opportunity. The Sichuan warlords fought one after another, and Liu Xiang fought very hard. He had to withdraw from the barren Enshi in Western Hubei and give it to the Central Army in exchange for the support of the Central Committee and Commander-in-Chief Chiang Kai-shek.
Although Enshi is not around the Yangtze River main road, with rolling mountains and sparsely populated areas, it is directly connected to Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan and can
An important area threatening the security of western Hunan. Chiang Kai-shek, An Yi, Ge Jing'en, Chen Yi and others saw this almost at the same time. They immediately revised the original plan and ordered Yin Jinan's 16th Division to suspend their plans for Badong and quickly sent a brigade to the southwest to station.
Enshi, stand firm, wait for the opportunity, and manage this springboard into Bashu.
In order to make up for the lack of troops in the 16th Division, after Ge Jingen's proposal and unanimous discussion, Yin Jinan was ordered to immediately recruit three regiments of security forces and a water guard regiment to enrich the Western Hubei Security Command, which only has a designation and no soldiers, and all equipment and military expenses.
It is allocated in one lump sum by the Central Military Commission.
June 1st is the memorial day for former Prime Minister Sun Yat-sen. Sun Yat-sen's coffin was buried in Nanjing's Purple Mountain today. Burial commemorations were held in various places. The Dutch envoy Odenko, the German envoy Bo Erxi, the Belgian envoy Hualos, and the Western envoy Galide
, the ambassador of beauty Ma Mu Rui, the ambassador of law Martell, the ambassador of righteousness Hua
Lei, Norwegian charge d'affaires Oller, Portuguese charge d'affaires Fernand, Swedish charge d'affaires Li Yonghefu, Cuban charge d'affaires Galiga, Danish charge d'affaires Ekfurt, the British and Japanese envoys are all in Shanghai, Dr. Sun Yat-sen's friend Inu Yangyi, Toushan Man,
Kawano Nagatomo and others also attended the grand ceremony that day.
It was the first time for An Yi to meet many European and American envoys, but his outstanding military exploits and distinctive tough style attracted the attention of envoys from various countries. Under the care of Commander-in-Chief Chiang, An Yi also took this opportunity to meet with diplomatic envoys and diplomats from various countries.
The military attaches met each other and exchanged greetings. No matter what happens in the future, they should first become familiar with each other.
The German Minister Bo Erxi is an old friend of An Yi. He was introduced to him by Hans, the general manager of the Far East District of Lulin Foreign Investment Co., Ltd. A memorial service for Mr. Bauer, the general consultant of the military advisory group to China was held at the German Embassy in early May.
On the occasion, An Yi attended as a general of the General Staff Headquarters and an instructor of the Central Military Academy.
Bo Erxi, who admired An Yi's military and business talents very much, specially had an hour-long detailed discussion with An Yi. The topics included views on Sino-German military cooperation, cooperation in trade and science and technology, etc. Both of them are currently civil servants of the two countries.
Enterprise cooperation in Jiangxi
We are sincerely happy that a steel plant, a copper smelting plant, and a tungsten ore finishing enterprise have been successfully put into operation. Therefore, during today's meeting, Bo Erxi was very cordial and took advantage of a short break to introduce An Yi to Switzerland and the Czech Republic.