The disaster in the northwest is expanding step by step, and wars are also going on intensely across the country. The suffering-ridden country is riddled with holes everywhere, and there seems to be no peace.
On June 13, He Jian's Fourth Route Army and Zhou Lan's Division captured Liuzhou, Guangxi. Two divisions, Wu Shang and Liu Jianxu, followed closely and went deep into the hinterland of the Guangxi Clan to deliver a blow to Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi and Huang Shaohong. However, in just five days, they were defeated by a sophisticated scheme.
Bai Chongxi sent his troops to cut off the retreat, and the other two Gui Army divisions attacked fiercely on the left and right. The three Hunan Army divisions retreated quickly and suffered heavy losses. They retreated from Liuzhou to Yongfu. Pingle was still unable to stand until he was driven out of Guilin and fled back to Hunan.
, half of the three divisions were gone. Han Fuqu got his wish and became the chairman of Henan Province. However, facing the threat from his former brothers in the Northwest Army, he could only draw the ambitious Tang Shengzhi to help. The two divisions of the Fifth Route Army easily entered Henan.
, occupying the line from Zhengzhou to Xinyang and unwilling to move.
To the southwest, the Sichuan army was still fighting fiercely against each other; Li Shen, who defeated Zhou Xicheng and captured Guiyang, formally led his troops to this economic, political, and cultural center. Before he could take a breath, he called the central government and asked for canonization; Long Yun saw that the Hunan army was defeated by Bai Chongxi
When the army arrived at the junction of southern Guizhou and northern Guangxi, they immediately stopped and watched, and urgently ordered the brigade occupying Anshun not to move for the time being, in case the remnants of Zhou Xicheng's loyalists who were drowned after the defeat took the opportunity to counterattack.
To the southeast, Li Jishen's subordinate Xu Jingtang was beaten by Jiang Guangding and fled Chaoshan to Fujian. Jiang Guangding pursued the victory and persisted, with conflicts and battles happening every day; to the northeast, the Soviet Union began to mobilize its troops due to the problem of the Middle East Road, and massed in
In the Sino-Soviet border area, the commander of the Far Eastern Army, who directed the Soviet army to launch provocations against the Northeastern Army again and again, turned out to be General Gallen, the former military general adviser of the Whampoa Military Academy.
The war in the northwest basically stopped. Feng Yuxiang first went to Huashan to farm and study. He secretly gathered his old troops to accumulate strength. Under the urging of Chiang Kai-shek, Yan Xishan and others, he once again expressed his attitude to the country: As soon as the troops owed wages, he had no other worries and would go abroad!
The meaning is very clear, that is, my remaining hundreds of thousands of troops have no money to eat. The only thing I am worried about is that my troops are unpaid and have no money. When the central government pays the money, I will go abroad, otherwise I will not leave. No matter what Feng Yuxiang does
The calculation was eventually betrayed by Yan Xishan: on the 21st, Feng Yuxiang traveled from Huayin, Shaanxi to Yuncheng, Shanxi, and what awaited him was the fate of house arrest.
The 23rd was a very special day. On this day, Chiang Kai-shek, Wu Zhihui, Zhao Daiwen, Kong Xiangxi and other civil and military officials went north to discuss the current situation with Yan Xishan. Tang Shengzhi and Han Fuqu completed the handover of defense under Chiang Kai-shek's instructions. Han Fuqu's troops
After the three Shiyou troops were transferred to Haozhou, Anhui, they all marched into Shandong to avoid the recurrence of war. Song Meiling accompanied representatives from all walks of life at home and abroad and more than 100 Red Cross members arrived in Yichang and began to carry out large-scale disaster relief and resettlement by the central government.
During the inspection and condolences to the victims, it was on this critical day that the Western Hubei magic soldiers suddenly attacked Changyang County, more than 30 kilometers southwest of Yichang, beheaded the county magistrate who had just been appointed by the Hubei Provincial Government, and killed the Western Hubei security guard who was being formed
Dozens of officers and soldiers from the regiment plundered all the disaster relief materials in the county and then scattered like birds and beasts.
An Yi, who had just finished presiding over the disaster relief work in Xiangfan, heard the news from Changyang when he returned to Yichang. At that moment, he calmly led the civil and military officials of the disaster relief and resettlement committee, including Yin Jinan, commander of the 16th division, Ding Zhicheng, deputy commander, and the newly promoted deputy commander of the garrison headquarters.
Major General Li Fuqiang and others welcomed the delegation and accompanied them to visit five large resettlement sites outside the city. He told everyone that so far, 150,000 victims have been resettled in western Hubei and western Hunan.
The astonishing figures and remarkable achievements have won widespread praise from all walks of life at home and abroad. Especially for half a month, the Central Party Committee has continuously publicized that An Yi devoted everything he had to working with the central government and all walks of life to raise more than 3,000 yuan for the victims.
The great contribution of the 10,000-yuan disaster relief fund, while strongly criticizing the northwest warlords' rebellious behavior and harming the country and the people, also inspired and praised the benevolent hearts of the central government, including An Yi, for their great achievements, making An Yi once again become a figure that attracts attention nationwide and even the world.
He has accumulated rich political capital and connections.
During the three-day inspection, wherever the Chinese and foreign inspection teams went, they were all important areas where disaster victims gathered. An Yi did not hide anything or make any superficial remarks. He complained about grievances and expressed difficulties, which won the deep affection of the representatives.
Sympathetic, many groups immediately expressed their intention to mobilize medicines and raise funds to participate in China's increasingly serious famine relief. Especially after visiting three refugee resettlement villages around Changde on the third day, everyone was impressed by An Yi's huge contribution and
Song Meiling admired An Yi sincerely for his achievements. She always called An Yi to patrol around, sighing frequently and crying from time to time in front of thousands of grateful and weeping victims.
On the fourth day, Soong Meiling and her party completed the disaster relief and resettlement inspection in western Hubei. Almost all the representatives boarded the ship from Yueyang and returned to Nanjing with a satisfied and heavy heart. As a result, the reputation of the central government has been unprecedentedly improved.
The military forces such as Chiang Kai-shek, Hu Hanmin, Chen Guofu and others won huge political capital and precious time. However, An Yi, who was the first contributor to the disaster relief and resettlement, sent away the committee officials at this time and took him with him on the grounds of continuing to inspect the resettlement sites in western Hunan.
Following the guards, they quietly came to Qiancheng, where the 44th Army was stationed, and began military revenge against the so-called "Western Hubei Magic Soldiers" in the mountains of Changling in western Hubei.
In the headquarters of the 44th Army at the foot of Bijia Mountain, An Yi, Commander Zhang Hongluan, Deputy Commander Deng Bin, Chief of Staff Zhang Cunzhuang and more than ten generals gathered together to listen quietly to the report of Liu Qingrong, the chief of the 44th Army's Secret Service Department.
, this colonel director from the Intelligence Section of the Independent Division was twenty-seven years old and his ancestral home was Wanxian County, Sichuan Province. He was retained by Zhang Hongluan together with Deng Bin as a major staff officer and went to the first phase of the special class of the Nanchang Non-commissioned Officer Training Base for further studies.
He returned to the 44th Army one year later and was quickly promoted to colonel and director of the Confidential Division with his excellent military skills and excellent intelligence analysis capabilities. He was deeply loved by Zhang Hongluan. Zhang Hongluan married his niece to Liu Qingrong and regarded her as a confidant.
With heavy use, Liu Qingrong lived up to Zhang Hongluan's expectations and kept the entire military intelligence system in order and with high efficiency. He finally dispelled the doubts of many veteran generals in the army and gained general recognition and respect from the entire army.
After Liu Qingrong introduced the location, number of people, weapons and equipment, and combat methods of the "Changfeng Divine Soldiers", he put down his baton and said cautiously:
"According to the secret report of two merchants in Duzhenwan who have maintained business relationships with us for a long time, Yi Nianguan, the leader of the Shenbing Army who is entrenched in Langping, had contact with Liu Zihe, the leader of the Communist Party. However, Yi Nianguan, the bandit leader, did not buy the Communist Party's account at all.
Liu Zihe did not buy the Changyang County Government's account, and secretly went to contact mobilization three times, but returned without success. This time the bandit leader raided the county town and started killing, largely because Zhang Fakui's anti-bandit troops entered the Xingshan line in western Hubei.
Yi Nianguan was a man who had been in martial arts since he was a child, and had some knowledge of the military. However, he had a cruel temperament and had a strong eye. He twice robbed merchants of gastrodia elata, eucommia and other medicinal materials supplied to me by Xiangxi Pharmaceutical Factory. If he even complained at the slightest sign, he was stabbed with three knives and six holes, seriously injuring him.
They do not have the loyalty and etiquette of other traditional gangs in western Hubei and western Hunan, so my subordinates suggested that they should be wiped out immediately to serve as a warning to others."
An Yi smiled, did not express any opinions, and listened intently to the discussions of the generals of the 44th Army. Finally, when asked by Zhang Hongluan, he politely said:
"Everyone, would it be better for us if all the gangs and elite soldiers thought that our action to annihilate the Yi Nianguan gang was not done by us, but by Zhang Fakui's and Fan Shisheng's troops?"
Everyone was quite surprised. After a moment of contemplation, they all looked at Zhang Hongluan and Deng Bin. Deng Bin smiled knowingly and kept saying clever things. Zhang Hongluan also realized An Yi's deeper intentions and immediately decided to follow An Yi's advice. Many of his subordinates were unwilling to accept it.
Explain out loud:
"What? You haven't figured out such a simple thing yet? Now we seek wealth rather than anger, and many of the leaders of the magic soldiers in western Hunan and eastern Sichuan have some friendship with us. Over the past few months, we have made great progress in medicinal materials, guns and ammunition.
The business is getting bigger and bigger, so why should we hurt the harmony with heroes from all walks of life for Yi Nianguan, who has only 600 to 700 people?
What's more, the place where Yi Nianguan attacked was in western Hubei, which was not within our jurisdiction at all. The reason why we took action to deal with them was entirely because the gangsters did not expect us to attack quietly from behind, which not only helped Jinan's nephew but also
The purpose of training the team is to leave immediately after the fight, never stay too long, come back clean, treat it as if nothing happened, and just keep your eyes open for the rest."
After the matter was decided, An Yi stopped staying and discussed the current situation with Zhang Hongluan and Deng Bin again, including support for the upcoming military operation of the Shizhen Department in northwest Guizhou, and left Qiancheng accompanied by Zhang Cunzhuang.
Head to Cili, rest for a night and prepare to return to Yichang via Yidu.
That night, 300 brothers from the 44th Army's Special Forces Brigade, led by Liu Qingrong, quietly set out at 12 o'clock in the night and marched to Changhe Island at noon the next day. They all took off their camouflage uniforms and put on the honest gray military uniforms of the officers and soldiers of Zhang Fakui's 4th Division.
We stayed until nightfall and set off again. We arrived at Langping at four o'clock in the morning the next day. We followed the Langshui River upstream to the Bandit Cave. In just one and a half hours, we annihilated more than 400 enemies in the Bandit Cave and beheaded the bandit leader.
Yi Nianguan set fire to all the wooden buildings and materials in the cave.
More than two hundred bandits scattered in nearby villages were frightened when they heard gunshots and intensive explosions. Most of them scattered and fled. Two bolder bandits hid in the grass halfway up the mountain.
He watched hundreds of men in revolutionary army uniforms head toward Changyang County with wooden sticks on Yi Nianguan's head, and then fled in panic to the west to report to his colleagues.