When Chiang Kai-shek sent a special envoy to the Xufu government on a special plane, Lao Shoudao, a senior and powerful figure in the An family army, also boarded the special plane and rushed back to Nanchang, where the situation was in chaos.
Ou Yaoting, who was entrusted by his beloved son-in-law, and Chen Cheng and Cai Zhonghu, who carried An Yi's close trust, also rushed to Nanchang with their secretaries and entourage.
The situation in Nanchang at this time was far more serious than An Yi had expected. Industrial and commercial enterprises, including all factories of Jiangnan Group, had suspended work. The Old Nanchang Chamber of Commerce, which had a stake in Jiangnan Group, held a "spontaneous meeting in support of An Jiajun".
"The strike has spread throughout the city in a short period of time. Tens of thousands of teachers and students from the three universities who are about to go on summer vacation have taken to the streets to demonstrate. Hundreds of industrial workers, organized and instigated by the trade unions, have since
People from all directions gathered together to join the growing parade.
In the city of Nanchang, which was depleted due to the mobilization of garrison troops and military police troops surrounding the military airport, teachers and students from various schools, industrial and commercial practitioners, and poor citizens suddenly launched a massive demonstration under the efficient organization of overt and covert progressive groups.
By 1:30 p.m., the number of people marching in Nanchang increased at an alarming rate to more than 80,000. The increasingly agitated students and workers surrounded Nanchang Camp, the Jiangxi Provincial Government, the Military Police Headquarters Camp and other military and political institutions.
The slogans of "oppose dictatorship", "oppose power", and "want democracy and freedom" gradually changed, and soon developed into "Down with Chiang Kai-shek", "Down with the tyranny of the dictatorship and severely punish corrupt officials", "Severely punish the signing of the "Songhu"
Agreement", the traitors of the "Tanggu Agreement"...
At 1:40 noon, Lao Shoudao, who got off the plane, learned that the situation was out of control. He immediately became extremely anxious. In the office of the airport garrison, he greeted Sun Xiaowang, commander of the garrison brigade, who came to greet him. He was the first to mobilize the people after the airport was surrounded.
Ye Qingfeng, chief of staff of the garrison brigade, and more than a dozen leaders including the chairman and vice president of the Old Nanchang Chamber of Commerce, who took to the streets to march, issued death orders:
"I don't care what method you use, we must get our officers and soldiers back to their barracks, all workers back to factories and homes, nearly 10,000 teachers and students back to campus, and all shops in old Nanchang open for business within two hours.
Otherwise, you will be responsible for all the consequences!”
Realizing that large-scale bloodshed was likely to occur, the leaders were all gone in the blink of an eye. Lao Shoudao stopped Ye Qingfeng and quietly ordered him to immediately contact Xu Yichen, the head of the Nanchang Intelligence Station, and try to inform Nanchang City.
Friends from all walks of life, please stop it and end the demonstrations immediately, otherwise things will get out of hand.
Ye Qingfeng followed the order and left, and Lao Shoudao was relieved. Together with Ou Yaoting who was watching with a smile, he followed the head of the garrison Tang Chuan and others to the backyard to apologize to the seventeen foreign experts, and then walked to the wide runway together to express their condolences.
Visit the more than 800 officers and soldiers who have assembled.
Lao Shoudao, who had never spoken in public, stood in front of more than 800 soldiers who were fully armed and soaked with sweat, and nodded excitedly:
"Brothers, you are all great! I just came back from the Xu Mansion. Your commander An Yi, chief of staff Ye Cheng, as well as all the officers such as Gu Changfeng, Xia Jian, Xie Chi, Ding Zhicheng, Li Fuqiang, Deng Bin, etc.,
Let me tell you a few words: Brothers, you are the best soldiers of our army. You are an outstanding unit with the glorious tradition and tenacious spirit of the "Model Battalion". You are the pride of the whole army. The soldiers of the whole army will remember you.
Take credit for your achievements and use you as an example to learn from!”
The crowd of more than 800 soldiers was excited and applauded like thunder, with strong faces full of pride.
After the brief lecture, Tang Chuan led several captains and put Lao Shoudao and Ou Yaoting into the car. The moment the car door closed, Tang Chuan bent down and asked anxiously in a low voice: "Uncle Dao, my nephew has violated military discipline. The commander will
How to deal with my nephew?"
Lao Shoudao glanced at Tang Chuan and replied with a dark face: "What's the hurry? People from the Military Law Office will fly over soon. You'll know by then, right?"
"Wait a minute! Uncle Dao, just tell me a little bit about what my nephew is thinking..." Tang Chuan was so anxious that he almost stuttered again.
Lao Shoudao sighed: "I don't know how your commander will deal with you, but it stands to reason that you have more merit in the past, and many officers have interceded and said good things for you, so it is probably not a big deal. But you have to be careful.
Come on, your team has just won a confrontation with an army several times their own. The soldiers are all confident and arrogant. At this time, they are most complacent and most likely to get into trouble. If you, the leader of the regiment, don’t pour some cold water on them right away.
, get rid of the arrogance of the brothers. If something happens, it will be useless for anyone to intercede, do you understand?"
"Thank you, Uncle Dao! My nephew immediately convened a working meeting of the entire regiment and above the platoon leader level."
Tang Chuan was reassured and his face was full of joy. He stood at attention cheerfully and gave Lao Shoudao a standard military salute. He watched Lao Shoudao's car drive out of the south gate under the escort of two headquarters military vehicles. He immediately turned to the battalion commander behind him.
The battalion deputy gave the order for the meeting.
Lao Shoudao's rich life experience and amazing foresight were quickly confirmed.
At 4:30 in the afternoon, as the 52nd Division of the Central Army stationed at Niuxing Station for rest and recuperation entered Nanchang City, a fierce and bloody suppression suddenly began.
The 11,000 troops of the 52nd Division and the more than 13,000 officers and soldiers of the Nanchang Garrison Division, the Gendarmerie Brigade, and the Provincial Government Security Headquarters Guard Brigade huddled in three camps in the city came to attack from both inside and outside, with military police waving weapons everywhere.
Sticks and bloody gun butts were everywhere. In the blink of an eye, the whole city of Nanchang was bloody and howling. Tens of thousands of students and people ran in terror under the suppression of the wolf-like Central Military Officers and military police.
There were constant gunshots and roars in the city, and there were scattered shoes and hats and pools of blood everywhere on the ground. Looking around, everything was desolate and in a mess.
In just over an hour, nearly a hundred demonstrators died, thousands were injured, more than 3,000 student leaders, representatives of progressive groups and revolutionaries were arrested, and more than 20 "Communist Party underground intelligence stations" were seized.
A large number of "illegal radio weapons and ammunition", various printing machines and a large number of "counterrevolutionary leaflets".
Only Lao Nanchang, who dispersed early, was not affected in any way, thanks to the advance arrangements of Lao Shoudao, as well as the good relationship between the Second Brigade of Jiangxi Provincial Security Command, the police station, Jiangnan Group and Anjiajun, and nearly 10,000 security guards.
The army officers and soldiers and hundreds of police watched friendlyly as the workers returned to the factory and the citizens returned to their homes. Only the stubborn and passionate nearly 10,000 students refused to give up. In the end, the teacher and professor at the school and the officers and soldiers of a regiment of the Anjiajun garrison did the work repeatedly.
After a while, I had to leave the main street and return to campus.
Even so, the rare peaceful time and stable social environment in Nanchang since the arrival of the Anjia Army were no longer there. The fear of riots and suppression quickly spread, and with it ended, the people of old Nanchang had only enjoyed more than five years of peace.
"Golden Age".
On the morning of the next day, Nanchang's "anti-counterrevolutionary news" shocked the whole country and was reported by more than ten media outlets including Central Daily News, Republic of China Daily, and China Central Radio, leaving thousands of people across the country dumbfounded:
Nanchang Xingying and the Jiangxi Provincial Government executed 142 "heinous" criminals with lightning speed on charges of counter-revolution, banditry, conspiracy, robbery, etc., and punished nearly a thousand "criminals"
Sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment.
Another important news that appeared in major domestic newspapers at the same time as the news of suppressing counterrevolutionaries: The National Industrial and Commercial Bank of China held a press conference at the Dahua Hotel in Shanghai at 8 o'clock last night. All shareholders announced that Director An Yi had recently proposed to resign as a director and transfer his shares.
After repeated discussions, the board of directors finally reached a unanimous resolution:
First, reject Director An Yi's request to resign; second, agree to Mr. Zhou Chong'an, general manager of Jiangnan Group, to acquire 80% of the shares held by Director Anyi at a price of 3.5 yuan per share, with the share acquisition amount being 74,000 yuan.
1.5 million yuan, Mr. Zhou Chongan automatically became a director of the bank by holding 30% of the shares of the National Industrial and Commercial Bank of China; third, the National Industrial and Commercial Bank of China is discussing the major project of fully acquiring the Jiangnan Pharmaceutical Factory under the Jiangnan Group
, once a resolution is formed, it will be announced to all sectors of society and submitted to the Ministry of Industry of the Central Government for filing.
The latter piece of news was basically ignored by the vast majority of the people across the country. However, for the national business and financial circles, its profound impact far exceeded the counter-rebellion incident that killed and injured hundreds of people. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as earth-shattering.
, the reason is that Jiangnan Pharmaceutical Factory is not only well-known domestically, but also a well-known enterprise with far-reaching international reputation. The sulfonamide series drugs and penicillin produced by the factory create an output value and profit of billions of yuan every year. Once the national industry and commerce
The bank's successful acquisition of Jiangnan Pharmaceutical Factory means that the originally wholly-owned Jiangnan Pharmaceutical Factory has since become jointly owned by six nationally renowned chaebols. The far-reaching significance of this cannot be explored.
Completely different from the uproar and turmoil in the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Nanchang areas, the Anjia Army headquarters in Xufu, southern Sichuan, was relaxed. An Yi and the generals had just felt relieved that the Marine Police Division had safely passed the Wuhan River Section, when they received a call
Urgent report on the bloody suppression and brutal executions at the Nanchang camp.
No one needed to remind us that the brothers all understood that Chairman Chiang had finally lost his patience and wielded his sword to assert his power, and they also saw the warning behind this rare and decisive act of killing.
The generals were sighing frequently when a long-awaited telegram from Chairman Chiang suddenly arrived: Deputy Chief of Staff An Yi was appointed as the chief instructor of the Lushan Training Group!
When the brothers heard An Yi read the telegram, they were in an uproar. Ye Cheng admired Chairman Chiang for his high level of self-cultivation. He sighed frequently and said sincerely:
"This is the difference between people. In my conscience, if I practice for eight more lifetimes, I will probably not be able to reach half of Chairman Chiang's level of cultivation!"
Yang Bin, who had been accompanying guests from various provinces on visits and keeping a distance from "An Jiajun" for several days, smiled slightly, turned to An Yi, who was sitting opposite and was thinking silently, and said: "It seems that Chairman Chiang is unwilling to let you resign as deputy chief of staff.
Ah, haha! Are you going to Lushan Mountain?"
An Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head: "The chairman of the committee sent me this appointment even though he knew I wouldn't go. With a snap of his finger, I became very passive. If I go, I will have to face hundreds of seniors in the military.
Senior Brother Huangpu must fulfill the duties and obligations of chief instructors and express his opinions on the next step of suppressing bandits. He also needs to discuss a series of theories and combat cases such as mountain warfare, raid warfare, and special operations summarized by the General Staff Headquarters.
We even have to teach our military experience to the military commanders and division commanders who come for training.
"If that's all, that's fine, but if the principal secretly gives instructions and lets the senior brothers who are loyal to him in Huangpu collectively attack me, what should I do? I can't even open my mouth to explain!
"But - if I don't go, firstly, the chairman can ask me about my disobedience, and at least he can tell everyone: Look, An Yi has become deviant! Secondly, it will make me feel guilty. Alas... Jiang is still old.
It’s so spicy! A mere telegram from the Chairman of the Generalissimo put me in a dilemma and even in a situation of disloyalty, filial piety, kindness, and injustice. This shows how helpless Chief of Staff Ye’s lament was.”
Gu Changfeng also sat over: "It seems that we need to be cautious this time. Lao Jiang had no choice but to give in, but no one knows what kind of counterattack he will launch later. For example, today he unexpectedly
There is a murderous demonstration, and the methods are not decisive! We need to be on guard in advance."
The brothers also gathered around, and An Yi thought for a while and felt that it would be better to talk about certain things upfront: "Everyone, I personally think that at least until the Red Army is completely defeated, Chairman Chiang will not attack us blatantly.
, he must be careful even in plotting, because his enemy is not only the Red Army, North China is not stable, Guangdong and Guangxi want to rebel, Fujian is restless, and Sichuan and Shaanxi are in chaos. All these are thorny problems that he must solve. It can be said that if there is no such chaos,
The situation, when the Chairman attacked us, I really didn't dare to challenge him, so I could only accept it and continue to be a grandson. It was precisely because of this opportunity that we were lucky enough to win.
"So, until the Generalissimo fails to completely defeat the Red Army, we are all safe. But to defeat the Red Army, I personally think it will take at least one year... This means that we still have one year of breathing room. This period
How time is used will be very critical. But what is annoying is that Chairman Chiang will not let us develop steadily or grow stronger little by little. He will always come up with various means to disturb us.
An Ning. For example, when he suddenly asked me to go to Lushan, it was justifiable and reasonable for him, but it was a huge headache for me!"
The brothers nodded frequently and thought hard about countermeasures, but could not come up with any solution.
Yang Bin shook his head and smiled, stood up and greeted: "Commander, don't think about it at all. Let's go, let's accompany Mr. Ma Junwu and Mr. Huang Xuchu to the arsenal. This is what they are most interested in. Maybe we can sell something after reading it."
Give it to them, haha!”
"Wait a minute, Brother Yang, it's better for you to accompany me. I have to think about how to reply to Chairman Chiang. Otherwise, not only will my reputation be damaged, but it will also cause a lot of misunderstandings. Finally, we all stopped and took a step back. There can be no more
My trip was wrong!" An Yi really had a headache.
Yang Bin said nonchalantly: "What are you worried about? I'll give you the best excuse. Even if the whole world knows it's an excuse, no one can find fault with it."
"explain!"
An Yi was overjoyed and jumped up from his seat, looking very expectant. All the brothers also looked at Yang Bin.
Yang Bin's face turned solemn: "You are fans of the regime! Didn't the Red Army of Huang Han on the Sichuan-Hunan-Guizhou border make a scene? Didn't they just beat one of Liu Xiang's brigade and flee? Didn't Liu Xiang call us twice and ask us to join forces with him?
Suppressing bandits? What's more, the Huang Han Department also attacked our army's transport convoy and stole a large number of weapons, ammunition, military uniforms, shoes, hats and other supplies. This is known to the whole country. Commander, you only need to electrify the whole country and personally take command to encircle and suppress the Huang Han Department? What?
Is the training class more important than responding to Chairman Chiang’s call to suppress bandits?”
All the brothers suddenly became enlightened, and all of them were beaming and laughing. An Yi, without saying a word, grabbed his military cap and followed Yang Bin happily away.