Chapter 852: Can different paths lead to the same destination?
In the early morning of the next day, An Yi, who had just slept for more than three hours, was awakened by bursts of bustling sounds. He struggled to open his sore eyes. The captain of the guard, Lin Yaodong, held a neat set of general uniforms and placed them in front of his bed.
On the low cabinet.
An Yi sat up and rubbed his eyes: "Xiaojiu, why did you bring out the uniform? Let's change into combat uniform... What are you doing outside? It's like a military camp with all the yelling."
"Brother, it's not our brothers who are shouting, it's the hustle and bustle of school teachers, students and workers' representatives coming from all over Pingjin. They rushed to Miyun City yesterday afternoon, and they all rushed here before dawn this morning. I can see at a glance
After a while, it was estimated that there were four to five thousand people, all holding slogans, banners, party flags and national flags. They said they came to express their condolences to the frontline officers and soldiers. They surrounded the camp so densely that there was no airtight. There were some elderly educated people in front of each of their teams.
, I guess it’s a teacher or something, so the younger brother took out this suit, and Director Zhan has already gone to greet him. At this moment, Chief Xu and Hu Hu are on the front line, so I guess the eldest brother has to show up." Lin Yaodong said with a smile.
An Yi was taken aback. After thinking about it, he insisted on changing into his training uniform: "Don't bother me so much. Let's get the training uniform. Even if we meet, we just say hello and go to the front line. I'll leave it here."
It is enough to lead the political training officers and recruiters of each division to receive them.
"After Nishi Yiichi's old Eighth Division transferred two divisions of puppet troops to Lingyuan, Pingquan, and Chengde to take over the defense, they were able to draw out five regiments of troops to gather heavy troops again to invade. It is very likely that they will be in the
If I launch an attack today and don’t see it with my own eyes, I won’t feel confident.”
"yes!"
Lin Yaodong took his uniform and left, and soon brought a set of old and new camouflage training uniforms. This young man who was loyal to An Yi was never willing to go down to lead the troops. He followed An Yi diligently and braved the guard regiment.
The post of Major General Commander was actually that of the Guard Commander. All the work of the Guard Corps was handed over to the Deputy Regiment. He only took the rotating detachment of the Special Forces Brigade to protect the safety of An Yi and the headquarters. An Yi persuaded a few
It didn't work the first time, so I had to let him go.
An Yi changed clothes, washed up, went into the back hall, drank a bowl of millet porridge, swallowed two steamed buns, stood up and wiped his mouth, walked into the front hall, took the helmet from the guard, put it on, adjusted his belt, and put on the accessories.
He moved the gun at his waist and strode out of the door. From a distance, he saw Zhan Wei and a group of political workers leading more than a dozen middle-aged intellectuals to take seats on the reviewing stand in the school grounds. Thousands of people holding slogans, flags and pennants were
The young students were welcomed by the officers and soldiers and ran into the school grounds excitedly. The dust and smoke they brought up were flying high and the dust was gray, which could not dampen their enthusiasm.
"Yes, yes! It seems that Zhan Dao arranged it this way because he was worried about an accident. It's nice and orderly and doesn't let students run around and leak military secrets... But looking at this posture, I guess you have to give a speech again.
, otherwise it will not end well." Shen Fengdao beside An Yi laughed softly.
An Yi shook his head and smiled bitterly, his steps not stopping at all.
As his official position increases, it is difficult for An Yi to move around as casually as he did when he was a division commander. Today, An Yi is not only the deputy chief of staff, a member of the Central Military Commission, a member of the Central Supervisory Committee, but also a former enemy commander in the North China Theater.
Commander-in-Chief of the Ministry, according to the resolution of the Baoding Meeting of the Military Commission yesterday, An Yi replaced Tang Yulin and concurrently served as the commander of the Fifth Army of the North China Theater, commanding the resting Gu Changfeng 44th Division and Yang Jiuxiao 40th Division.
The soon-to-arrive 16th Division of Xie Chi, the 39th Division of Xia Jian, two Hunan Army divisions led by Commander Zhang Cunzhuang of the 44th Army, and a Yunnan Army Division led by Commander Zhu Shigui of the 38th Army, a total of seven
The division strength, as the general reserve of the entire army, is ordered to fight against Japan at any time.
The original Central Army Corps was changed to the Ninth Army Corps. The commander of the army was Yang Jie. Deputy Commander Xu Tingyao was in charge of the command. It directly administered the Hu Jialin Independent Division, Huang Jie's Second Division, and the 25th Division of which Du Yuming was the acting division commander (Guan Zhenglin was hospitalized due to injury) , Liu Kan's 83rd Division, responsible for the overall defense of the line from Gubeikou to Nantianmen and the Miyun area.
When An Yi, his adjutant Shen Fengdao, and the captain of the guard Lin Yaodong walked past thousands of young students and workers' representatives, many people did not recognize these officers and soldiers wearing the same uniforms as ordinary soldiers. Most of them turned their heads. Over his head, he looked at the dozens of artillery carriages being repaired and maintained at the air defense battalion station in the distance to the west. He pointed at the tall and powerful artillery carriage with ten wheels and the twin anti-aircraft guns on it, with eyes full of surprise and admiration. color.
It wasn't until An Yi walked up to the reviewing stand and, under Zhan Dao's introduction, shook hands cordially with the teachers from various universities in Beijing and Tianjin, and agreed with each other, the sharp-eyed students screamed. For a while, cheers of "General An" could be heard one after another. .
Among the dozen teacher representatives, five were old acquaintances An Yi met when he gave lectures in various universities after his victory in the Northern Expedition in 2008. One of them was Wang Chengjun, a teacher at Yenching University who had been in contact with An Yi many times.
On such occasions, An Yi always smiled at each other and his attitude was extremely sincere. The difference in ideology did not affect the friendly relationship between them.
The teachers were all deeply moved when they heard An Yi respectfully call out his last name, stretched out his hands and shook hands tightly. They were not principals or teachers. An Yi is now one of the central military and political leaders. He can call them by their last names when they meet four years apart, and he also respectfully addresses his teacher with the courtesy of a student. Why can't these learned people be deeply moved?
The school grounds were filled with thunderous cheers that lasted for a long time. The military reporters on and off the stage raised their cameras and were very busy. It seemed that An Yi, who gave a generous speech in front of tens of thousands of audiences in the year of the victory of the Northern Expedition, was back.
Since arriving in Peiping to command the Great Wall during the Anti-Japanese War, An Yi has received more than a hundred invitations from various schools, but they were all unable to meet with teachers and students due to the busy war schedule. Representatives of teachers, students and workers from universities in Pingjin and Tianjin were supposed to visit the frontline soldiers today. When I came here, I unexpectedly met An Yi, a famous anti-Japanese general and national hero in the hearts of soldiers and civilians across the country. How could I not be happy and burst into laughter?
An Yi apologized to the teachers, walked to the front desk, and raised his hands in salute to thousands of students and workers' representatives. Without opening his mouth, An Yi once again received waves of applause and cheers.
"Woo——"
Suddenly, the air-raid sirens sounded shrilly. The gendarmerie and the officers and soldiers on duty from each division immediately ran around the thousands of teams, explained to the teachers, students and workers' representatives in a friendly manner, and soon led the teams to leave the school grounds and evacuate in an orderly manner.
An Yi saw that despite the panic, thousands of students and workers were still able to gradually disperse under the guidance of officers and soldiers. He nodded with satisfaction and returned to the teachers. Seeing the panic on the teachers' faces, An Yi quickly comforted them road:
"Gentlemen, don't be nervous. The alarm has been sounded. This camp is only thirty-two kilometers away from the front line, but the Japanese aircraft are still a hundred kilometers away. It will take at least twenty minutes to fly here. We can leave slowly in time." ."
The teachers were relieved after hearing this. Zhang Daiyuan, a 32-year-old associate professor at Tsinghua University Institute of Technology, suddenly stood up and asked loudly: "General An, what did you just say? Can you say it again?"
An Yi was a little surprised, but he repeated it kindly. Seeing Zhang Daiyuan's eyes widened in disbelief, he quickly asked: "Mr. Zhang, what's wrong?"
Zhang Daiyuan strode around the table and approached An Yi under the surprised gaze of everyone: "The general judged that the Japanese aircraft was a hundred kilometers away. Is this the intelligence sent back by radio after deep observation in the enemy-occupied area?"
When An Yi heard this, he immediately understood what major Zhang Daiyuan was teaching. He smiled slightly and asked, "How could you be so sure, sir?"
Zhang Daiyuan adjusted his thick myopia glasses and explained quickly: "Oh... this... General, I just returned from my master's degree at MIT in the second half of the year before last year. I studied under Professor Taylor at MIT.
It is the major of radio detection and ranging. Unfortunately, my wife was seriously ill and could only return to China, and I did not have the opportunity to further study and practice. This has always been a big regret in my heart.
"At the end of last year, I entered Tsinghua University and served as a temporary associate professor of engineering. Then my wife passed away. I wanted to resign from Tsinghua University and go to the United States for further study. Then the Japanese launched a war. Then there were unrest in various schools in Peking, and classes were impossible...
…I didn’t want to come today, but the class teacher of the students I was taking was sick and asked me to help, so I followed everyone to Miyun. General, can you tell me what’s going on?”
An Yi smiled, looked around, approached Zhang Daiyuan, and spoke first in English and then in Chinese: "radio detection and ranging, or radar for short, the detection battalion of our army's air defense brigade is equipped with this equipment.
It is in the practical stage of application and has initially solved the orientation problem. The distance is 50 to 70 kilometers, which is still very behind and needs to be further improved."
"Unbelievable, unbelievable..." Zhang Daiyuan looked very shocked.
An Yi added: "Since you studied under Professor Taylor, I guess you may know Professor Yankel. Now Professor Yankel is working as a professor of radio and deputy director of the research institute at Southwestern University of Technology in Xufu, southern Sichuan."
Zhang Daiyuan didn't know that Professor Yankel, who is as famous as Taylor in the United States, also knew that Southwest University of Technology, which had become famous in the past year, was founded by An Yi. He excitedly grabbed An Yi's hand and said loudly and sincerely:
"General, if I apply to work as a researcher at Southwestern University of Technology, I wonder if the general can generously agree?"
A group of professors nearby were evacuating the reviewing stand under the leadership of the officers and soldiers on duty. They were very surprised when they heard Zhang Daiyuan's request. They all stopped and forgot to hide from the plane. Wang Chengjun, who had been observing silently, also looked at An Yi with great concern.
and Zhang Daiyuan.
An Yi held Zhang Daiyuan's slightly trembling hands with his backhand and showed a bright smile to the thin associate professor: "It is not only An Yi's honor that you are willing to give in, but it is also an honor for the six thousand teachers and students of Southwest University of Technology! As long as Mr.
Yes, An Yi will send a special plane to take Mr. to Xu Mansion tomorrow.
"At this time, the faculty compound located at the foot of Cuiping Mountain has been built. With a great talent and a monthly salary of 300 yuan, the school will provide a small foreign-style building and a research and teaching assistant free of charge. If there are parents, wives and children,
The school is responsible for solving employment problems, and all work is within the scope of school-related fields. If your husband is willing, you can continue your studies at your alma mater in the United States after one year. Are you satisfied with this condition?
"If there are teachers or professors from other science and engineering disciplines who are willing to teach or conduct research at Southwest University, An Yi will be happy to ask for it and are waiting at any time. As long as it is beneficial to academics, teachers, schools, and students, we can slowly negotiate any conditions."
Everyone exclaimed, and Zhan Dao quickly urged everyone to leave the reviewing stand temporarily and take shelter in the air defense fortifications as a precaution. Zhang Daiyuan, who was trembling slightly with excitement, could only nod his head and could not even walk steadily.
The teachers exchanged opinions enthusiastically as they walked. Everyone seemed to be moved by the fact that An Yi attached so much importance to education and talents, and offered such generous treatment.
Walking to the entrance of the air defense fortification, An Yi was grabbed by Wang Chengjun who was catching up quickly. Wang Chengjun asked in a low voice in confusion: "General An, why does Southwest University of Technology only need teachers in science and engineering? Isn't there a liberal arts and law major?"
?”
An Yi smiled meaningfully and said: "Yes, in addition to the four colleges of liberal arts, law, science and engineering, Southwest University of Technology also has a school of art and a school of business. However, what is most lacking is talents in science and engineering.
"If we can't develop science and engineering and make it the best, how can this university have the reputation of being called a polytechnic university?"
Wang Chengjun said seriously: "General, can I think that you have always misunderstood or even discriminated against our party?"
An Yi was very surprised and asked: "How to explain this?"
"You clearly know that most of our party members study or teach in normal schools, literature, and history majors in universities in Beijing and Tianjin, and there are very few specialists in science and engineering. Secondly, although the general sympathizes with the revolution, he has never done any harm to our party.
You even maintain business contacts with the party, but in the economically developed areas of western Hunan and southern Sichuan, you simply do not allow the party’s commercial institutions to enter, let alone give the party a fair and impartial opportunity to explain and publicize, right?" Wang Chengjun
Look into An Yi's eyes quietly.
An Yi frowned: "I only lead troops. Civil affairs and local administration are not under my control. They are not within the scope of An's authority. I'm afraid Mr. Wang's words are too extreme."
Wang Chengjun took half a step forward: "General, in fact, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party should live in harmony. I believe that any political party that aims at national rejuvenation and national prosperity, although the paths are different, will ultimately reach the same goal. What do you think, General?"
An Yi thought for a while and asked: "Is there an essential difference between the Three People's Principles and communism?"
"This...at least everyone takes the country and the nation as their own responsibility." Wang Chengjun hesitated a little.
An Yi smiled slightly: "I really don't know whether different paths lead to the same goal, and my ultimate goal is to rejuvenate the country and make the nation prosperous. But you don't see it, even though I have spent tens of millions in giving back to the society and relieving the victims in the past few years,
To develop industry and commerce and increase employment opportunities, even during the North China War of Resistance, 20 million were spent to compensate the officers and soldiers of the various armies. However, they were still criticized as feudal warlords, traitorous compradors with foreign ties, and evil thieves who exploited the blood and sweat of workers and peasants.
Capitalist. Excuse me, sir, does anyone admit that this is the same result through different paths?"
Wang Chengjun was stunned for a moment. After a moment's hesitation, An Yi had already entered the fortification.
When Wang Chengjun sighed and walked deeper, An Yi was already chatting happily with a group of professors under the lantern.