Three days later, at noon, a 25-seat Sichuan Southern Airlines passenger plane from Nanchang to Xufu circled in the sky and landed steadily at Minjiang Airport.
Under the scorching sun, An Yi, dressed in military uniform, led his generals Yang Bin and Ye Cheng, as well as Gu Changfeng, Xia Jian, Xie Chi and others who had led their troops back to the station to rest, standing on the flat and solid tarmac exuding billowing heat waves.
, to welcome the inspection team specially dispatched by the Central Military Commission.
Jiang Dingwen, Chen Cheng, Cai Zhonghuan and several attendants stepped off the plane spiral staircase. When they saw An Yi leading the generals striding towards them, there was no grudge on their faces. The stones that had been hanging in their hearts before suddenly fell to the ground, one by one.
With cheerful smiles, they all came forward to greet him.
We are all familiar old friends, and we feel very cordial when we meet again after a long separation.
Although Jiang Dingwen and the other three came with the important mission of Chiang Kai-shek, it did not affect the deep friendship between them and An Yi at all. They cordially saluted each other, shook hands, hugged, and then laughed heartily. The atmosphere was relaxed and harmonious.
After Cai Zhonghuan became the chief instructor of the Nanjing Artillery School a year ago, he never had the chance to meet An Yi again. After greeting everyone, he raised his big hand and gave An Yi two hard blows on the chest, "Good boy, one
"It's been a year since I last saw you, and your body is much stronger." The pain made An Yi miserable, but he still had to smile and said that there would be good wine and entertainment in the evening, which would definitely satisfy the old brother.
It was obviously not a problem to express one's true feelings on an empty stomach under the scorching July sun. An Yi quickly invited everyone to get in the car, and it was not too late to go back and have some wine and food to chat again.
Not long after, the motorcade drove out of Minjiang Airport, passed through Xufu City, and stopped at the parking lot of Minjiang Hotel in Sanjiangkou. After the group got off the car, An Yi took everyone straight to the majestic Minjiang Restaurant.
A few steps into the lobby on the second floor, Jiang Dingwen, Chen Cheng and Cai Zhonghuo couldn't help but stop and looked at each other with surprise on their faces.
I saw Zhu Shigui, commander of the 38th Army, Zhan Huanqi, the security commander of Yunnan Province, Shi Zhen, the security commander of western Guizhou, Wang Yongli, chief of staff, and Zhang Cunzhuang, commander of the 44th Army of Western Hunan. They graduated from the seventh infantry course of Baoding Military Academy.
More than 40 senior generals including Chief of Staff Zeng Yaokun, Southern Sichuan Police Chief Ding Zhicheng, Jiang Dingwen’s junior fellow officer Qu Muye from Zhejiang Province, all stood up with smiles and applauded in welcome.
Jiang Dingwen and the others looked at the smiling An Yi beside them, quickly calmed down, showed a look of surprise, and stepped forward to greet the generals warmly.
It was great now. There were all soldiers and old friends at the table. Those who were not familiar with each other were quickly introduced. After three glasses of wine, they became brothers. Just like that, Jiang Dingwen, Chen Cheng, and Cai Zhonghu didn’t even have a chance to sit down.
They were half drunk. When they returned to An Yi's table and sat down, the three of them were out of breath and almost half drunk.
The upright Cai Zhonghu rubbed his red nose, smiled and cursed a few words, turned to An Yi, who was sitting in the main seat, and asked without any scruples: "Brother, there are so many talented people here, do you want to gather people to rebel?
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An Yi shook his head and smiled. He saw Jiang Dingwen and Chen Cheng also stopped their chopsticks and looked over. Knowing that they were also full of doubts, he explained very generously:
"Brother Cai, please don't blame me randomly. It's scary. Do you know that? Our surrounding ministries hold military seminars twice a year. I submitted this matter to the Ministry of Military Affairs in the form of a report a year ago.
, there are two big words "agree" written by the principal on it. If Brother Cai doesn't believe it, he can go to the Military and Political Department to ask when he has time after returning. On this big issue of right and wrong, the younger brother will not dare to go beyond the step.
"Also, tomorrow is the graduation ceremony for the fifth batch of cadets from our non-commissioned officer school. No less than a hundred cadets from each of the surrounding armies have successfully graduated. We will take this opportunity to gather together to attend the graduation ceremony and have a good time.
If you’re interested, how about we go and have a look with the big brothers tomorrow?”
The three of them were naturally very happy to hear this. Jiang Dingwen, Chen Cheng, and Cai Zhonghu were originally military instructors at the Whampoa Military Academy when it was founded. They all knew about the grand graduation ceremony of the military academy, and An Yi's sergeant academy benefited from the An's army's military campaigns in the north and south over the past few years.
Outstanding performance in the competition will be awarded to the central government every year
Most of the graduates of the military divisions have outstanding abilities and tenacious styles. Almost every cadet is a military backbone with one specialty and multiple abilities. They neither have the arrogance of "the proud son of heaven" like Huangpu students, nor the glitz that is common among ordinary military academy students.
, so he is deeply loved and respected by commanders at all levels.
A combination of many factors, the current non-commissioned officer school, whether it is education quality, teaching methods, teacher ability, scientific research level, etc., has been far ahead of military academies at all levels across the country, and is faintly second only to its predecessor, Huangpu
The Military Academy of the Central Army University is a famous military school. All departments of the Central Military Commission now want to send their outstanding soldiers to An Yi for training. The exquisite eagle badge awarded to each graduate by the Non-commissioned Officer School has become a popular among the Central Military Commission officers and soldiers.
A symbol of coveted honor and qualifications.
Jiang Dingwen drank the bowl of soup and suddenly remembered something. He turned his head and said seriously: "Xiao Yi, are there any mountain majors among the graduates in this batch?"
"Yes, there are 221 graduates in this major, but 147 of them are commissioned trainees from Qianxi, Xiangxi and Yunnan. After the graduation ceremony tomorrow, they will return to their respective ministries. The remaining
The seventy-four people were originally selected from among the outstanding soldiers of the 24th Army. They need to return to the 24th Army's teaching team and continue training for three months before being assigned to each division to serve as squad platoon leaders.
"You must also know that the 24th Army suffered heavy losses in the North China War of Resistance. The grassroots squad and platoon leaders were killed and wounded, and the retired soldiers were retired. Only half of the 60,000 soldiers in the army are left. They will start next.
Recruiting new recruits is impossible without having some professionally trained and experienced squad platoon leaders!"
An Yi tactfully blocked what Jiang Dingwen wanted to say, knowing that Jiang Dingwen's Ninth Army would soon launch an attack on the Jiangxi Red Army and was in urgent need of grassroots squad platoon leaders with experience in mountain warfare.
When Jiang Dingwen heard this, he was quite disappointed. After thinking about it, he could only take a step back: "How about this? Brother Yu will send a group of good soldiers over after he goes back to enter your sixth period of mountain major and machine gun major training."
An Yi smiled: "Okay! But I have to say it first. Due to limited funds, starting from the sixth period, our school will double the number of enrollment. The original enrollment scope for the whole country can only be narrowed and changed.
In order to recruit only southwestern military and recent middle school graduates, all majors implement two-year education. High-tech majors such as radio communications and military surveying and mapping have a three-year education system.
"If you think it's okay, brother can send people over at any time, but you have to pay a considerable amount of training fees to the school, because from the beginning of the non-commissioned officer school to the present, in addition to the initial sum of money allocated for the construction of the Nanchang school building, the central government has
I’ve never given my little brother a penny again. Over the years, I’ve been losing money to earn money, and I can’t support it anymore. I hope you’ll forgive me, brother!”
Jiang Dingwen and the other three looked at each other in confusion, their expressions becoming very ugly. They did not expect that An Yi would do such a wonderful job. But if you think about it carefully, An Yi's approach was impeccable. Over the years, the huge expenditures of the Military Academy have all been lost.
An Yi spent his own money to send about 300 graduates to various departments of the Central Military Commission every year. It is not easy to achieve this level.
Chen Cheng asked worriedly: "Xiao Yi, Brother Yu knows your difficulties very well. Brother Yu has also been an instructor and a commander in the army, so he feels the same way! But, what you did is a bit too extreme, isn't it? Aren't you afraid?
The principal got angry and removed the sign 'CSKA'?"