The whole place was boiling, and the shouts were deafening. Many people stumbled to their knees, with tears streaming down their faces. The brothers on guard around them felt their noses sore when they saw such a touching scene. They allowed more than 8,000 suffering brothers to wail loudly and swear to the sky.
The generals on the stage were filled with emotion. Seeing An Yi respectfully and solemnly saluting thousands of prisoners in the audience, they hesitated for a moment and then all walked up behind An Yi and raised their hands in unison. The audience was extremely excited and deeply moved.
The prisoners saluted. Thousands of officers and soldiers on guard around them all put their guns on their backs and stood majestically to salute the prisoners in front of them. Every prisoner was moved to tears, and many emotional prisoners could not help but burst into tears.
Late at night, the torches in Dongda Camp were blazing, as bright as day. More than 8,000 prisoners had been organized into two brigades and six regiments. Except for the regimental commanders and above who were dispatched by the regiment headquarters, the deputy regimental commanders to the squad leaders were all
Candidates jointly selected by the original officers and soldiers from each department will serve.
There is a long and wide table in front of each of the six large square teams. On the table, neatly stacked are brand-new camouflage military uniforms, grass green round-neck underwear, brand-new thick-soled high-top new rubber-soled combat shoes, temporarily transferred from the garrison force and guard regiment.
The officers issued a complete set of uniforms to each surrendering officer and soldier one by one. Finally, all officers and soldiers were ordered to take off their old gray clothes and put on new military uniforms, and then all marched to the camp in the north of the city to receive weapons.
To the great surprise and pride of all the officers and soldiers, An Yi, commander of the Fifth Army Corps, personally served as his division commander. This new unit, which added an engineer company and a guard battalion, also had its own new designation - the New Tenth Army of the National Revolutionary Army.
Fourth division!
In the afternoon of the next day, Dengzhou City.
An Yi and a group of generals of the New Fourteenth Division strolled on the city wall and walked to the hexagonal pavilion in the northwest corner. An Yi stopped and walked to the opening of the parapet wall. He looked at the transport team gradually disappearing at the distant mountain pass. The generals around him were walking away one after another.
Go to the wall, stare to the northwest, and start talking in a low voice.
Zhao Dongquan, the newly appointed colonel of the First Brigade of the New 14th Division, stood alone about three meters behind An Yi. His burly body swayed slightly, his purple face had a complex expression, and his eyes under his thick eyebrows were full of emotion. He thought over and over again,
Slowly stepped forward, stood beside An Yi and asked in a low voice: "Commander, if possible, please clarify, why did you appoint a subordinate as the brigade commander in an unusual way? What considerations did the commander have?"
"Because you have this ability." An Yi did not look back.
"Commander, overnight you issued 180 light machine guns, 350 new machine guns, and a large amount of ammunition, grenades and precious medicines worth tens of thousands of yuan to the first brigade. Are you not afraid of my sudden rebellion?
, Bring all the brothers under your command to Marshal Feng to claim credit?" Zhao Dongquan asked again.
An Yi turned around and stared quietly into Zhao Dongquan's eyes. Zhao Dongquan was unafraid of tit-for-tat. An Yi thought for a moment and took out the message from his right jacket pocket and handed it to him: "Read it yourself and then talk about it."
Zhao Dongquan hesitated for a moment, then reached out to take the message, opened it and saw his thick eyebrows flying sideways, his eyes gleaming: "Junior brother Xiao Wu...Commander, how can Xiao Wu know the commander?"
"Xiao Wu is now the commander of the Independent Division Cavalry Regiment. He joined my command as early as the Second Northern Expedition. I have read your resume and called Xiao Wu the day before yesterday to ask you about Zhao Dongquan's specific situation. He obtained your
I am very happy with the news. He told me in his last telegram that you are his most respected brother and a member of the eighth-level riding department in Baoding with more than 100 students.
The person he admires the most among the brothers, ask me to treat you well. If you don't want to use you, I will send you to General Zhang Chengzhu's 1st Cavalry Division to serve. An hour later, he sent another telegram, which is what you have in your hand.
Feng, let me transfer it to you. I guess he knew I wouldn't let you go, so he called you again to greet you." An Yi said with a smile.
"commander……"
Zhao Dongquan's throat moved up and down, and he was speechless for a moment.
An Yi nodded: "Stay, I know you have an upright character, and you often argue for the interests of the officers and soldiers under your command. This is why you angered your brigade commander Pei Jingwen. You have not been reused for several years, and you are the kind of person who can endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens."
I am a persistent man who believes that one day he will get the opportunity to display his talents. However, have you ever thought about it?
Yes? Although there are many generals from Baoding in the Northwest Army, few are willing to support those who are behind. Feng Yuxiang is good at everything, but he looks down on the middle and low-level generals who were not trained by him. In addition, Pei Jingwen is not a direct member of the Northwest Army.
If we hadn't met this time, how long would you have waited?
Taking a step back, even if you are re-employed, can today's Northwest Army become the army for which you serve wholeheartedly? Your hometown is Niefen Village in Luonan, western Henan, which is very close to where you serve, but you still can't keep your parents.
You only received the bad news after your wife, daughter, and relatives starved to death. Do you still need me to ask you how you feel about the Northwest Army? If you don't lead your troops in rebellion, you are already worthy of the Northwest Army and Pei Jingwen."
Zhao Dongquan turned around with a sore nose. After a while, he turned around again. He saw An Yi holding the battlements and staring northwest again. He took a step forward and whispered: "Commander, thank you!"
"What can you thank me for?" An Yi still didn't look back.
Zhao Dongquan said angrily: "Leave Dengzhou to your subordinates. The city is only as long as the people are there, but the people are in ruins!"
An Yi suddenly turned around and looked at Zhao Dongquan with joy: "It's really amazing. He has already guessed my arrangement, haha! It's so gratifying! I'm here too, defending the city with you. If Cao Haosen really makes a desperate move and leads the army to attack the city
, I will live and die together with you and our 9,500 brothers in the New Fourteenth Division. As long as we can withstand for forty-eight hours, we still don’t know who will win in the end!
After this battle, if none of us die, the New Fourteenth Division will begin to be reborn and become a powerful force in our An family army. I, An Yi, will completely hand over the New Fourteenth Division to you. I, the lieutenant general commander, cannot
You should always be this teacher, right?"
"commander……"
Zhao Dongquan took half a step forward, raised his hand in solemn salute, and did not put it down for a long time.