The fifth and twenty-ninth chapters are full of worries
Chapter 529: Thousands of things to worry about
The first military meeting of the camp in Yichang was successfully concluded. Zhang Fakui rushed to Enshi with 100,000 yuan, and Wu Shang ordered Xiong Zhen to follow Zhang Fakui to Enshi to command the two brigades of his headquarters to suppress the Communist troops. He returned to Jiangling happily, according to An Yi
With the instruction of An Yi, he set about establishing a garrison headquarters and recruited troops with the support of An Yi to expand his strength as soon as possible.
Fan Shisheng seized the opium with the 5,000 kilograms donated by An Yi, and returned to the Jingzhou garrison with satisfaction. Among the three anti-communist troops, he suffered the most heavy losses, but also received the most secret financial supplements from An Yi. Although his troops
The army was greatly reduced and returned to the standard of 11,000 soldiers stipulated by the Central Military Commission, but the problem of providing military pay was finally solved, and there was no need to stay on the front line of Xiangfan all day, staring at the tall and powerful Northwest Army to the north with fear.
The 56th Brigade of the 16th Division led by Ding Zhicheng had already withdrawn from Enshi, leaving the territory to the grumpy and arrogant Zhang Fakui, who was asked to lead his troops to sit in western Hubei. Wu Liheng's 56th Brigade moved into Yidu to rest and reorganize, and to communicate with the garrison.
Cai Shaohua's 57th Brigade in Badong, one in the south and one in the west, jointly defended Yichang, while Cheng Junhua's 58th Brigade was stationed in Huanghua Town, the chokepoint in the north of Yichang.
Several counties in and around Yichang, including the Anti-Smoking and Anti-Smuggling Bureau and the Police Station, are under the responsibility of the security force, which has rapidly increased to 21,000 officers and soldiers, and are directly under the jurisdiction of Yichang Xingying.
All of these adjustments were completed by An Yi in just one month. Even Zhu Shigui's 17th Division, which had been stationed in Xiangfan for less than half a month, also completed complete control and surveillance of the Hubei-Henan border. Li Zhenhan's special forces under Yin Jinan's command
The brigade quietly moved to Xiangfan to reinforce Zhu Shigui's troops and secretly launched a military reconnaissance against the Northwest Army in the north.
Zhang Hongluan stayed in Yichang and was not in a hurry to return. There were too many matters that needed to be discussed with An Yi. One of the biggest plans was that Zhang Hongluan, the general of the 44th Army, and Shi Zhen's tribe, who had established a foothold in western Guizhou, had strong men and horses.
The generals all agreed:
Taking advantage of the fact that the defeat of Li Shen's tribe was imminent and the Longyun tribe of Yunnan was doing its best to suppress the rebellion and had no time to take care of Guizhou, it occupied Anshun and five counties in southwestern Guizhou, including Xingyi, Pu'an, Guanling, and Zhenfeng, and completely controlled them.
To control the Yunnan-Guizhou transportation artery, the west can check Sichuan and Yunnan, and the south can suppress Guangxi. Before Mao Guangxiang and Li Shen are in the middle of a fierce battle and have no time to look west, they can quickly stabilize the entire western Guizhou and form a balance of power that divides the east and west.
An Yi weighed it repeatedly and felt that the time had come. He immediately called Chiang Kai-shek, who had just returned to Nanjing from Shanghai, for instructions, and made a bold suggestion:
Once the expansion of Shi Zhen's Ministry is agreed to, please immediately appoint Mao Guangxiang as Chairman of Guizhou Province and Commander of the 25th Army, and at the same time add Shi Zhen and Wang Jialie as Guizhou Provincial Committee members; divide the army loyal to the central government in western Guizhou into two, and appoint Shi Zhen
He served as the commander of the 43rd Army and promoted Gong Yanpu, the former commander of the Qianxi Garrison Command, to the rank of lieutenant general.
Coincidentally, Wen Qiang, the special commissioner of the Central Party Headquarters, Sheng Shicai, the special commissioner of the Military Commission, and others, under Shi Zhen's suggestion, and driven by the mentality of creating good results and making contributions, also secretly sent a telegram to the Central Party Headquarters two days ago. In addition to reporting on the situation in Guizhou
In addition to the achievements of quickly opening up the situation in western Guizhou, it is also recommended that the central government help Shi Zhen's Ministry to unify the entire western Guizhou as soon as possible, promote the current successful experience of the twelve counties in western Guizhou to appease the people and develop people's livelihood, and better place the entire Guizhou under the absolute leadership of the central government
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Chiang Kai-shek received An Yi's detailed message and was sensitively aware that this was a fleeting opportunity. There was no need to use the central army that was preparing for war. Life and death were matters between local forces and would not harm the central government.
For any benefit, just spending a little money to appoint a few officials can cultivate a force that is completely loyal to you and lay the foundation for the next step to completely solve the Guizhou issue. No matter how you calculate it, it is worthwhile.
Chiang Kai-shek, who was good at exploiting the contradictions among local forces for checks and balances, was more willing to see the existence of two opposing forces in Guizhou before the central government was unable to enter Guizhou. He also clearly foresaw that the situation in Guangxi would be unstable. Li Zongren and others also had many concerns.
Strong forces existed, and the growth of the Shizhen Division would play an important role in containing Guangxi in the future. Therefore, after repeated consideration, Chiang Kai-shek believed that An Yi's request was feasible and immediately summoned Chen Guofu, Chen Lifu, Yang Yongtai, Zhu Peide and others to discuss and make an urgent decision.
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Brother Chen Guofu, who received a secret report from personnel stationed at the Central Party Headquarters, strongly agreed. Yang Yongtai also raised his hands in favor of realizing the ambitious goal of the Central Committee's entry into Sichuan as soon as possible. Zhu Peide and the third director of the General Staff Headquarters discussed the current situation and military feasibility of Guizhou and Yunnan.
, also unanimously agreed to this important decision, Chiang Kai-shek
It only took one night for Shi to pass a piece of order to An Yi: he agreed to the request and instructed An Yi to submit the overall plan and take charge of the action command. He hoped that all ministries would work closely together, work hard, and strive to complete it in the shortest possible time.
As soon as the entire operation is completed, the central government will notify the whole country and appoint it.
In the Yiling Camp headquarters, which was tight on the outside and tight on the inside, An Yi and Zhang Hongluan, for the sake of caution, summoned more than ten section chiefs and brigade commanders from the 16th Division, including Yin Jinan, Ding Zhicheng, Li Fuqiang, etc., together with the camp generals,
Conduct final discussions on the action plan that has been formulated.
An Yi told the brothers to boldly find faults and conduct deductions on the whole and every part. Once a practical modification plan is proposed and it helps the friendly forces in this major military operation, they will be credited and rewarded!
This was the first time for Zhang Hongluan to see such a tense and fierce military meeting. He heard the solid foundation, unique vision and clever suggestions shown by An Yi's generals in deductions and debates. He saw the young generals
Sharp thinking in front of large maps
and self-confidence, and finally understood what Deng Bin said to him about the military conference of the model camp. This kind of good atmosphere of brainstorming, learning from each other's strengths, mutual promotion and joint participation is not so easy to learn. Looking at the national army, there are several
Is it better and more effective than Anyi?
At the military meeting that lasted from the morning to the end of 11 o'clock in the evening, the original plan was revised in as many as 17 places. This fully took into account the military capabilities of Shizhen's soldiers, the firepower allocation and the command level of officers at all levels, as well as the
The topography and climate of southwestern Guizhou have been analyzed in depth, and the actual implications have been combined to the greatest extent.
Flexibility. Zhang Hongluan was filled with emotion as he held this thick stack of battle plans. However, An Yi and the generals under his command looked calm and without any pride. Just like the habit they had formed over the years, they regarded this as a one-time event.
Ordinary pre-war discussions and planning meetings are considered to be within the scope of their responsibilities.
On the pier under the morning light, Zhang Hongluan's adjutants and guards lined up to board two patrol speedboats of the garrison headquarters, preparing to return to western Hunan. Zhang Hongluan looked at the tense and orderly military dock and the sparkling waves on the river, and looked at An who was seeing him off. Yi asked in a low voice:
"All the 12,000 soldiers recruited from the victims have been sent to the Qiancheng camp to receive training from the teaching group. Before coming to your place, I took a walk around and found that among the soldiers who had recovered after eating and drinking, There are a lot of good talents. In the first company of recruits alone, I saw a few young people from the Pingdingshan area who were very good at martial arts. Deng Bin liked it so much that he planned to do it after the three-month recruit training. The whole army competed in military skills, and about 500 good ones were selected and divided into special forces directly under our army. They were trained for another six months to participate in some actual combat, and then they were divided into two and assigned to the first force who did not yet have a special force. , Third Division.
I thought about it, and there is no need to worry about the Sixteenth Division following Nan Xian's nephew. But Yigong has just handed over to you the Seventeenth Division of his subordinate soldiers. From now on, it will also be part of your Anjia Army. Take care of it as much as you can. Don't let the Tenth Division be taken care of. The brothers of the Seventh Division have a feeling of preferring one to another. If you agree, we will recruit 500 more people and train them together. Once they are trained, we will separate a 500-man brigade and hand it over to you along with the equipment, and then add it to the Seventeenth Division. Anyway, these 10,000 people In the end, most of the remaining soldiers will be replenished under your command. It will be better if you can get a new number. I don't believe you can digest it. As for Brother Shi's Qianxi, don't worry. We will help him train and replenish his troops. It will only get stronger as we fight."
"Thank you, Uncle Luan! With the help of Uncle Luan and Brother Cundang, my nephew is much more relaxed."
An Yi smiled gratefully and whispered: "Starting from November, we will appropriately reduce the supply of opium. The opium in western Guizhou and southern Sichuan will be sent downstream to repay debts, and the opium bought from Yunnan will be sent to western Hunan. According to the research institute of the factory, the opium produced in Yunnan has a higher purification rate and is more cost-effective. Except for the consumption of medicines, everything else is sent to Hong Kong and Nanyang to be sold to foreigners.
Do you remember the A Biao that my nephew and you always mentioned? Now he is doing well in Hong Kong. Under his hard work for several years, Hongxing Society has grown rapidly and has now purchased several transit terminals in Hong Kong. My father-in-law Under the guidance of the company, the largest transit warehouse in Hong Kong was built. The business in Guangzhou, its hometown, was also prosperous. It also owned an ocean-going fleet that traveled to Shanghai, Ningbo, Quanzhou, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Nanyang, with a capacity of more than 1,000 tons. Most of the cargo ships flying the British flag have sailed to Nanchang for the first time at the beginning of this month, carrying more than 3,000 tons of machine tools and equipment for the Jiangnan Group's truck production line. It is estimated that A Biao will come to me at the end of the month, and I will take him to western Hunan. , let him get to know you, he will have to rely on him to sell most of the purified white powder."
Zhang Hongluan said with a smile: "You can make the decision on these things. I don't want to take care of this, and I don't have the energy to take care of it. The Luxi Cement Plant will open the furnace next month. Why don't you go and take a look?"
"I'm not sure. As long as I have time, my nephew will go and congratulate me. If the current momentum continues, Xiangxi will change drastically. It will soon become the industrial and commercial center of Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan and Guizhou, and several cities in the Yuanjiang River Basin. The construction of a wharf must be stepped up, and the construction of highways cannot be stopped. My nephew suggested that except for the Gancheng area, the surrounding roads only need to be wide and flat. There is no need to build asphalt roads and cement roads. Even if the Luxi Cement Plant successfully produces, it will only be It can be used for buildings and bridges, but it will not be possible to build roads within three to five years unless two new factories with an annual output of 600,000 tons are built."
An Yi reminded him in a roundabout way, for fear that the brothers in western Hunan were eager for quick success and would be happy with their success.
Zhang Hongluan nodded: "Don't worry, I will take control of these. The Finance and Taxation Bureau and the Construction Bureau have been established. More than 300 domestic and foreign experts invited from old Nanchang have also been arranged. The Xiangxi Noncommissioned Officer Training Base is under construction in accordance with the requirements of the military academy. This
The money will come from my pocket first. Since you look down on my millions of private money, there is no use for me to keep it. I might as well use it to build military schools and hospitals and leave some reputation after a hundred years."
An Yi grinned and saw that the soldiers had finished boarding the ship and were all waiting for Zhang Hongluan. He made a joke and respectfully sent Zhang Hongluan aboard. He watched the two speedboats disappear at the river bay in the southeast before turning around and rushing ashore.
Yichang Office attended the cultural and educational development meeting held by representatives from all walks of life.
Ever since An Yi became the camp director, he realized that it was far from as simple as he thought. In addition to the command of the army and the maintenance of public security, there were many civil affairs affairs waiting for his decision.
Whenever he sees those old gentlemen in Yichang City and surrounding counties with mottled beards, shaking their heads and talking nonsense, but with extremely high reputations, An Yi feels very funny and helpless. It can be as big as the expansion of a street, as small as the expansion of a street.
When the old master who was not familiar with but was well versed in astronomy and geography passed away, An Yi had to be respectful in everything, otherwise he would be criticized by a group of local celebrities, gentry and wise men. It was not easy to be an official!