The impact of the Battle of Nanyang is becoming increasingly apparent. The Northwest Army's strategic goal of going south to open up the Jingxiang front line and attack Wuhan failed. The seven and a half divisions deployed under the condition of troop shortage were defeated by the Fifth Army of the Central Army and annihilated.
annihilated, captured captives, and more than ten thousand
The defeated troops were still scattered across the vast land of southern Henan. The failure of this ambitious and unrealistic strategy caused the two main battlefields of Lanfeng and Xuchang to lose the support of their reserve forces. In the face of the continuous flow of new troops from the Central Army entering the battlefield,
The entire front has since shifted to strategic defense.
News of the Battle of Nanyang reached the Puqi-Gui Army Headquarters. Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi looked at each other in shock and said nothing. Zhang Fakui shouted how could it be possible? He quickly rushed to the map to check it carefully. It must be Chiang Kai-shek spreading rumors to confuse people.
! But after a while, the insider hidden in the Wuhan camp sent Li Zongren a secret message:
Three divisions of the Fifth Army have left Nanyang and are heading for northern Hunan at full speed. Among them, the New Ninth Division of the Forty-fourth Army will take a grain transport fleet down the Han River and arrive in Wuhan. They will then reinforce the Tingsi Bridge along the railway.
Li Zongren was extremely worried and immediately discussed intensively with the generals. Unfortunately, Zhuge Bai Chongxi and Zhang Fakui also focused on attacking Wuhan and were not worried about the sudden increase of three divisions of the Fifth Army in front of them. However, Li Zongren was different. He came to Xiangxi in a few days
The aircraft of the 44th Army continued to harass and dropped a large number of leaflets advising the 80,000 Gui Army
The officers and soldiers returned to Guangxi and did not want to fight the civil war. There was news that He Jian's two divisions, which had first fled into Xiangxi, had gathered together with the help of the 44th Army, purchased ammunition and supplies, and were preparing to launch a counterattack from the Changde front line. If the three divisions of the Fifth Army were to attack at this time
Entering the battlefield again, not to mention attacking the Tingsi Bridge, even the way home would be cut off.
Due to huge differences of opinion, no consensus could be reached after two consecutive days of meetings. Seeing the urgency of the situation, Li Zongren could only make a compromise. Just when he was about to agree with Bai Chongxi and Zhang Fakui's opinions, urgent reports from the south suddenly came one after another:
He Jian's two divisions retreated into eastern Hunan and violently attacked Pingjiang. The Central Army's three divisions, Jiang Guangnai, Cai Tingkai, and Li Yunheng, were advancing from northern Guangdong and eastern Jiangxi to Hengyang. Guizhou Mao Guangxiang's department, which had promised to send troops to contain the 44th Army in western Hunan, had internal strife.
The troops supporting Wang Jialie and the troops supporting Mao Guangxiang fought in Guiyang.
Li Zongren and others were shocked. They did not expect that Chiang Kai-shek would leave the Red Army in Jiangxi and transfer all three main divisions to Hunan. If Hengyang was not protected, his 80,000-strong army would lose its retreat and become rootless duckweeds.
Surrounded on all sides by the superior strength of the Central Army.
In desperation, Li Zongren no longer asked for anyone's opinion, and ordered all the troops to withdraw from southern Hubei and northern Hunan to Changsha.
At this time, the Fifth Army Corps became the most relaxed unit in the entire army. Since the war was stopped and the three divisions in hand were transferred away from the Nanyang front line, the Central Military Commission and the General Headquarters ordered An Yi to rest and recuperate in place, recruit troops urgently, and recruit troops as soon as possible.
To replenish combat power and engage in the war, the generous Commander-in-Chief Chiang also sent a one-time military expenditure of 1.5 million yuan needed to expand the army by two divisions. Together with the previous two heavy bonuses, An Yi was better than anyone else.
Each legion commander is richer. The guns and supplies seized in each battle are equivalent to about 1.4 million yuan. An Yi only needs to add some military uniforms, shoes, hats, and light and heavy machine guns to easily form two divisions. The bonus
All were distributed to the officers and soldiers participating in the war, and the military expansion fee of 1.5 million was transferred to the account of the Jiangnan Group, becoming a special fund for the Xiangxi Arsenal to purchase artillery and anti-aircraft artillery manufacturing equipment and raw materials.
An Yi and his generals stood on the top of a large rockery in the back garden of the palace. This rockery was built in the early Ming Dynasty and was made of rocks transported from Taihu Lake. It is the commanding height of Nanyang City. From a high point, the whole city can be seen.
Nanyang, which has a long history, was called Wan in ancient times. It is located in a horseshoe-shaped basin surrounded by mountains on three sides and opens to the south.
It is named after it is located south of Funiu Mountain and north of Han River. In the early Ming Dynasty, Nanyang was the fiefdom of Zhu Yuan, the 23rd son of Zhu Yuanzhang, King Ding of Tang Dynasty. A large-scale Tang Palace was built in Nanyang City, which was grand and imposing.
It is magnificent and has been well preserved after hundreds of years of wind and rain. It is now the location of the frontline headquarters of the Fifth Army of Anyi.
The afterglow of the setting sun gilded Nanyang City with a layer of golden light. The Zaolin Camp on the south bank of Baihe River in the south of the city is now the military station of the Fifth Army Corps. Ding Zhicheng's First Division is also stationed in the camp. The First Division has been officially designated and renamed.
The new 15th Division has been supplemented to a strength of 14,500 soldiers. After three days of rest, the entire division began intensive training. The division-directed training regiment is also responsible for the security of the military station.
On the road leading from south to north to Nanyang, hundreds of trucks loaded with heavy grains and medicines are moving slowly. Standing on the top of the Wangfu rockery, you can clearly see the dust flying on the road to the south. Looking through the telescope, you can immediately
I found that there were endless marching groups on both sides of the road, stretching for dozens of miles. They were all Anjia officers and soldiers wearing new camouflage uniforms. Two new divisions formed from 24,000 prisoners were being led by chief officers at all levels.
Come down far away.
Zhu Shigui's 17th Division was stationed in the city and was responsible for maintaining garrison security and security. It also guarded the Corps' two major material warehouses at Nanguan and Beiguan. All divisions of the division performed very well. The officers and soldiers had already begun to implement the model when they were stationed in Jiangxi.
In accordance with the system and education of the battalion, officers at all levels in the division have undergone rotation training at the non-commissioned officer training base, maintaining strict military discipline and the fine style of loving and benefiting the people.
In the past three days, the officers and soldiers of the division, together with Gu Changfeng's 44th Division stationed outside the West City and brothers Yin Jinan's 16th Division stationed outside the North Gate, cleaned up the dirty Nanyang City and provided food and supplies.
People in the streets of the city set up more than thirty porridge shacks to provide relief to those who could not open the pot and were too hungry to walk.
The poor people in Nanyang also took out medical teams from the extremely busy and extremely short division health team to see and treat the people, deliver medicines and medicines, and won the acceptance and heartfelt support of the people of Nanyang with practical actions to benefit the people and a lot of political propaganda.
The support made An Jiajun's already famous reputation for benevolence spread far and wide again.
Zhu Shigui not only had no objection to the people calling his army Anjiajun, but was very happy. In his eyes, An Yi was the nephew of his lord Zhu Peide just like himself, and he and An Yi were brothers, so his army was of course the same as An Yi.
The troops are brothers, An Yi is better than himself
He has ability and reputation, so there is nothing wrong with calling his unit the Anjia Army. The officers and soldiers under his command have already regarded themselves as members of the Anjia Army in their hearts. Especially after the victory of the battle, this heartfelt sense of belonging and belonging
The sense of pride expanded rapidly, and the faces of the officers and soldiers were full of confidence and pride.
"Brother Zhu, the Military Police Corps told me that the brothers of the 17th Division are good at everything, they just like visiting brothels. Your fierce general named Zhu Shiming took three girls by himself in Tianyun Tower last night, and he is not afraid of breaking his waist?"
An Yi's words caused a burst of laughter from the brothers around him.
Zhu Shigui scratched his head with a smile, and said with some embarrassment: "Shiming is my cousin. This boy has been with me since I was the captain of the bodyguard for Yi Gong. He has been good at martial arts since he was a child, and his marksmanship is also good, so he can fight in battles."
I like to rush forward with my machine gun in my hands, shirtless, and I have a good way of leading troops. I graduated from the sergeant academy at the end of last year.
After the special class came out, there were more people. Even Yi Gong was pleased to say that he had become mature and stable, but his lustful habits remained. When I was in Nanchang, I heard my brothers under my command whisper that his three wives were having sex every night.
He made me babble and scream because of his torment, which made the brothers in the neighborhood always roll their eyes at their own mother-in-law."
The brothers burst into laughter again. An Yi shook his head after laughing and stopped talking about the matter. He knew that Zhu Shigui would strictly control him after he returned, so he turned the topic to the more than 3,000 prisoners who were being treated by the recovering monks in Dengzhou City.
On body:
"Last night, the director of the political department of the legion, Zhanzhi, made a suggestion to me. He said that it would be better to send all the captive brothers who have recovered from their injuries back to their hometowns, give them a sum of money to recruit troops to carry out sabotage, and appoint him when he has ten people.
As squad leader, if he recruits 100 people, he will be made company commander. If he can instigate rebellion against the local garrison, he will be recommended to the special class of the non-commissioned officer school for further training, and he will be made a school officer when he comes out. What do you think of this suggestion?"
The generals put away their smiles and took it seriously. Gu Changfeng thought for a moment and said, "I think it's okay. Isn't that what our army did at the beginning of the Northern Expedition? Now Commander-in-Chief Chiang is also doing this in Shandong, Henan and other places.
As long as it is beneficial to me to destroy the enemy, whatever I do is right."
Yin Jinan corrected Gu Changfeng: "It's good in the short term, but there are also many hidden dangers left behind. For example, there are dozens of bandits in western Henan, southern Shaanxi and other places. They were originally poor brothers with no way out, but now nearly half of them are slowly
They have turned into stubborn bandits who rob families and take lives. They rob and kill everyone, no matter the government, clan or civilians. How can we accept such a team?
In principle, I agree with Director Zhan’s suggestion, but I want to add one more thing: focus on publicizing that our army has shipped a large amount of relief food and medicine, but there is no way to transport it to Gansu, Shaanxi, and western Henan. Let the people wake up and take action. As long as the news spreads
When it reaches the villages and towns in western Henan and southern Shaanxi, it will quickly spread to all directions. The Northwest Army, which is empty of troops, is
There is nothing we can do to stop the villagers who come to transport food to survive. As long as the villagers can come to collect food, we will give them the remaining Japanese rifles, old sleeves, Hanyang-made and large blades in the warehouse, and let them carry the food back armedly.
Township, as a result, the small number of northwest troops stationed in southern Shaanxi and western Henan will probably be destroyed without us fighting."
"What a plan!"
The brothers praised loudly.
Zhao Rui added: "Mimeograph a batch of simple and easy-to-understand leaflets. Don't write National Revolutionary Army, just Anjia Army. Send them to batches of returned captive soldiers and post them everywhere, spread them widely, and then use my first
In the name of the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army Corps, every brother who returns home is given a certificate so that they can win the trust of their fathers and fellow villagers and better carry out instigation and propaganda work."
Everyone was talking to each other, and soon a lot of opinions were gathered together. An Yi no longer wanted to stay on the rocky mountain to watch the sunset, so he went down the mountain first and returned to the conference room in the front yard, and ordered Lin Yaodong, the captain of the bodyguard, to come immediately
Inform the division commanders and above to come to the meeting.