The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 284 Victory and Factions

When Mr. Chang learned that the Jinling garrison not only retreated in an orderly manner, but also protected hundreds of thousands of civilians, and even annihilated a Japanese army of more than 2,000 people during the offensive and defensive operations near Xiaguan, he immediately I was greatly relieved, even overjoyed.

The current anti-Japanese war situation across the country is definitely not good, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it has taken a turn for the worse. In the north, the Battle of Xinkou has been lost, and the Battle of Taiyuan has also been aborted due to the loss of Taiyuan, not to mention the Jiangnan region, Song. The Battle of Shanghai was defeated, and the Battle of Jinling even lost the capital.

In such a situation of continuous defeats, the orderly and safe retreat in the final stage of the Jinling Defense War, and the record of killing more than 2,000 Japanese troops in Xiaguan before the retreat, became extremely valuable.

Therefore, when all the senior leaders of Guozhou knew the details of this annihilation battle, they all regarded him as a star in the darkness, a lone sail in the torrential flood, and the supreme leader of Guozhou, Chang Kaishen, even designated him as... "The Great Victory at Xiaguan," and called it "the most glorious and great victory of our army since the Anti-Japanese War."

As a result, there is what General Xiao said, "He Wei has already registered at the top."

As the planner and main participant in the overall tactics of this annihilation war, He Wei came into the sight of senior officials because of the victory at Xiaguan, which is naturally what the title means.

Moreover, He Wei has actually been in the sight of high-level officials for a long time due to his military exploits in the Battle of Xinkou and his record of killing the Japanese emperor's uncle. The so-called registration, in fact, He Wei has already been registered.

However, neither He Wei, who originally planned this annihilation war, nor He Wei, who was sitting on trains all over the place temporarily, had no idea that this annihilation war would have such a subsequent impact.

In the carriage, General Xiao looked at He Wei who was thoughtful, and said to Tao Heiwa, the messenger on the side: "Okay, you little guy, you are at the place, get off the car immediately, and quickly help your battalion commander clean up." tidy."

Upon hearing this, Tao Heiwa immediately helped He Wei stand up and helped He Wei get dressed and wear a hat.

After He Wei tidied up and stood up, General Xiao pointed to the platform outside the window of the armored train and said seriously: "He Wei, this is Wuhan, now the new center of the national war of resistance, the situation here is a completely new situation, Jinling is We fought a dangerous battle, but we survived it. Now this annihilation war has been designated as a victory by the higher authorities, but it has not yet been announced on a large scale in newspapers across the country, let alone large-scale publicity. "

"A great victory is certainly a great victory, but how to publicize it and how to publicize it are all skills. More importantly, since we have won the battle and won a great victory, we naturally have to reward the meritorious officials."

Suddenly, General Xiao looked at He Wei with deep meaning, and said in a long tone: "In other words, what is your boy's future path? What are your achievements this time? You killed that naughty Japanese uncle last time. What's the point? It's probably just a matter of the past few days. You kid, be sure to take it seriously!"

He Wei nodded and said, "Sir, I understand."

Of course He Wei understood what General Xiao meant. He had already made his name during the Battle of Xinkou and received initial promotions.

In the subsequent Battle of Jinling, he first killed the Japanese emperor's uncle, and then played a vital role in the victory at Xiaguan. It was like playing a game. He Wei successively cleared many difficult levels. Now it is It's time to settle.

And this settlement is based on He Wei's military exploits and future prospects and promotions, as well as the future prospects and development of his spy battalion, which can now be said to have been crippled.

In short, it is foreseeable that He Wei and his troops will have a long rest period for a long time in the future.

Similarly, this period of time is also a critical period that determines the future direction of He Wei and the spy camp. As for the final result, He Wei cannot predict it. He can only say that he is "waiting for good news."

General Xiao gave He Wei a few words of encouragement, and then the two of them left the carriage. After joining a group of officers from other troops, they stepped off the armored train that had stopped at the platform of Hankou Station.

This time, under the command of General Xiao, the troops marching toward Wuhan included all the military police units that stayed in Jinling to participate in the war, the 103rd Division and the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps, as well as He Wei's special agent battalion and the Army Armored Corps that stayed in Jinling. of participating troops.

In terms of troop transportation, all officers of colonel and above took the armored train where He Wei was on, while all officers below colonel and officers and soldiers of various units took ordinary troop transport trains.

Therefore, the officers who followed General Xiao were either colonels or major generals. They were really a gathering of generals.

He Wei was unfamiliar with most of these officers, and he was too lazy to move forward, so he winked at the only two people he was familiar with, Major General Qiu Qingquan, Chief of Staff of the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps, and Major General He Shaozhou, Deputy Commander of the 103rd Division, as a greeting. He planned to let Tao Heiwa support him and follow the colonels and major generals like a transparent person.

Unexpectedly, He Shaozhou left the group of people quite enthusiastically, took the initiative to walk towards He Wei, and asked his orderlies and Tao Heiwa to help him up, which made He Wei feel uncomfortable for a while. , and was very surprised why He Shaozhou did not go with the senior officers in front, but with himself, a young major.

Even if the two had formed a deep friendship during the Battle of Jinling, and even if He Wei had taken the initiative to express his surrender and closeness to He Shaozhou and Minister He behind him, He Shaozhou would not be like this, right?
So, He Wei awkwardly followed He Shaozhou off the armored train and entered the platform of the train station.

The platform was already bustling with people. Not only were there a large number of guards, but also a group of senior officers who came to greet them. The leader was an officer with the rank of lieutenant general.

These senior officers who came to greet him and General Xiao were chatting happily after they met, and the huge railway station platform suddenly became very lively.

He Wei and He Shaozhou did not come forward, but just watched the excitement from the side. He Shaozhou also explained to He Wei: "Did you see that lieutenant general? This man's name is Shi Mingheng. He is the chief of staff of the Wuhan Garrison Command and also the chief of staff of the Wuhan Garrison Command. Graduated from Baoding Military Academy.”

"I see. It seems that he is General Xiao's classmate in Baoding."

He Wei said.

He Shaozhou shook his head: "I don't know which phase of Baoding this Shi Mingheng is from, but it has nothing to do with us. This person is from Chen Cixiu, and he is not from the same group as us. You don't want to follow the group for a while, you just follow. I'll go, there will be someone to pick me up at the station door."

"Oh? Chen Cixiu? Are you talking about Chen Cheng? What's going on?"

Monk He Wei Zhanger looked at He Shaozhou confused and asked, wondering why the next train and the next platform were involving Chen Cheng and Chen Cixiu, the big boss of the civil engineering department?

He Shaozhou did not give He Wei an explanation, but said subtly: "You will know in a moment. In short, the water in these three towns in Wuhan is also very deep."

After he finished speaking, He Wei became even more confused. First, he mentioned Chen Cheng and Chen Cixiu inexplicably. Now, what's the point? What does the depth of the water in Wuhan have to do with He Wei? After all, He Wei's surname is not Pan, and he doesn't want to grasp anything.

After that, He Shaozhou walked back under He Wei's puzzled gaze, whispered a few words to General Xiao, and after General Xiao nodded in agreement, he took He Wei and left the train station first. In this way, He Wei walked out of the station with Tao Heiwa with his mind full of questions.

As expected, three cars were parked outside the station, one of which was a black American-made Stypunkt sedan, and the other two were open-top German Mercedes-Benz off-road vehicles, both of which had license plates exclusive to the Ministry of Military Affairs.

There were several officers wearing woolen military uniforms around, all with the rank of major or captain. They looked like adjutants. When they saw He Shaozhou, they immediately greeted him.

Apparently, these vehicles and officers should all belong to the Ministry of Military Affairs.

Then, under the arrangement of these adjutants, He Wei and He Shaozhou got into the most exquisite Stypunk brand black car. Tao Heiwa and several of He Shaozhou's accompanying orderlies and orderlies took the other two cars. Mercedes-Benz SUV.

It wasn't until the motorcade started that He Shaozhou, who was sitting in the back seat of the car with He Wei, began to answer questions for the confused He Wei: "He Wei, there are some things you don't know yet, but you will develop in the military in the future. One thing to remember is that for mid-level and lower-level officers, it is enough to have tactical awareness, but if you want to continue to climb up the ranks within the national military system, remember that you must have political acumen and political awareness. "

"Of course, you don't know the current situation in Wuhan. Now I can give you the full details. Jinling has fallen. Although the government has moved to Chongqing, the capital, Sichuan Province is too far away. Therefore, major government agencies, departments, and student groups They have all temporarily moved to Wuhan. Now Wuhan is full of major military and civilian organizations. Compared with the companion capital of Sichuan Province, this place is more like a real companion capital. "

"In Wuhan, there are mainly two military and political institutions related to us soldiers. One is the Wuhan Garrison Headquarters, and the other is the Military and Political Department that has just moved to Wuhan. Needless to say, the Military and Political Department is in charge of my second uncle. Minister He, but the commander of the Wuhan Garrison is Chen Cheng and Chen Cixiu. The Lieutenant General Shi Mingheng who just came to greet General Xiao is the Chief of Staff of the Wuhan Garrison Command. Chen Cixiu has been with my second uncle for many years. It is precisely because of this that I just told you that we are not the same person as Shi."

With He Shaozhou's eloquent talk, He Wei's doubts were answered, and he also gained a basic understanding of the current situation in the three towns of Wuhan.

It turns out that since the fall of Jinling, the main institutions of preserved fruit have been gradually moved to Wuhan, where the Wuhan Garrison Headquarters was established, and Chen Cheng and Chen Cixiu, a big man in the civil engineering department, were appointed as the commander-in-chief. In addition to this position, Chen also served as the commander-in-chief. He is the commander-in-chief of the Sixth War Zone and the chairman of Hubei Province.

At the same time, in order to consider the long-term resistance to the war, Guozhou also established the Three Youth League in Wuhan, the Central Training Group in Luojia Mountain in Wuchang, and the wartime cadre training group in Nanhu in Wuchang.

Chen Cheng served as the chief of education of the Three Youth League and the Central Training Corps, as well as the deputy head of the Wartime Cadre Training Corps. The full-time positions of these units were all concurrently held by the supreme leader Chang Kaishen.

In short, in Wuhan at this time, Chen Cheng is the well-deserved number one and can be said to be in the limelight.

According to the information received by He Shaozhou, Chen Cheng is not only proud of his officialdom and power, but the strength of his men is also constantly expanding, centered on the three towns of Wuhan.

Chen Cheng's basic unit, the so-called basic unit of the civil department, is the famous Eighteenth Army. After the Battle of Songhu, Chen Cheng used the three divisions of his Eighteenth Army, the Eleventh Division and the Fourteenth Division. , the 67th Division, as the core base, was expanded into three armies in one go, namely the 18th Army, the 54th Army and the 79th Army.

Now two of the three armies are also stationed near the three towns in Wuhan and are expanding rapidly, recruiting troops in a hurry.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the three towns in Wuhan now belong to the world of Chen Cheng and Chen Cixiu. They need power and power, positions and positions, and troops and troops.

Unfortunately, the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs has also temporarily moved to Wuhan, and Minister He of the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs, He Shaozhou's second uncle, has never dealt with Chen Cheng. The conflict between the two began as early as the Northern Expedition. After all, as He Shaozhou was the nephew of Minister He, Chen Cheng would not like him.

Therefore, after He Shaozhou got off the train, he hurriedly pulled He Wei to go ahead, in order to avoid reporting to Chen Cheng's Wuhan Garrison Headquarters.

At the same time, He Shaozhou also bluntly informed He Wei that the place they were going to in the car was the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs. The reason why they were rushing to the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs was because He Shaozhou wanted to contact He Wei in advance before the Wuhan Garrison Headquarters. The minister contacted and discussed and arranged the 103rd Division under his command and He Wei's spy camp.

As for why it's so urgent? The reason still lies with Chen Cheng.

Although Chen Cheng is a soldier, his military command ability is really poor. On the contrary, his ability to deal with people's livelihood and civil affairs is extremely outstanding. Although his military ability is not good, he is very keen to expand his subordinates. The strength of the troops and the military command power in their hands are quite a bit like "people are addicted to food".

Its methods of expanding the civil engineering troops include establishing new troops and annexing other troops.

Therefore, among the national army, the Civil Engineering Department's ability to engage in annexation is definitely the best in the national army. Since the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, the war situation has been corrupt, and the entire army has suffered heavy losses. Chen Cheng's basic unit, the 18th Army, has also suffered heavy losses.

However, while the civil engineering department suffered huge losses, and against the background of the nationwide military expansion, the number of units under the civil engineering department increased exponentially.

Although the civil engineering department's military-level designations have been expanded to three, military-level designations alone are not enough. The army must actually have divisions and first-level troops.

Therefore, the division-level units under the civil engineering armies are also constantly expanding. The 185th Division that was just on guard at the train station platform was upgraded from the original Wuhan Security Brigade stationed in Wuhan not long ago.

After this brigade was reorganized into the 185th Division, it was quite logical for Chen to put it under the Civil Engineering Department. It is said that several field infantry divisions that were reorganized and upgraded from security regiments in Hunan Province were also assigned to Department of Civil Engineering.

Now He Shaozhou's 103rd Division has arrived in Wuhan. His second uncle, Minister He, has always been at odds with Chen Cheng. In addition, Chen Cheng loves to annex friendly troops to expand his own power, and has an unparalleled interest in annexing and expanding troops.

In this case, He Shaozhou was afraid that Chen Cheng would use his strong power in Wuhan to annex his 103rd Division.

After all, although the 103rd Division suffered heavy losses in Jinling, it was indeed a solid division-level number, which was probably very attractive to Chen.

Therefore, in order to prevent long nights and long dreams, He Shaozhou hurriedly dragged He Wei to the Military and Political Department after getting off the car, in order to contact Minister He as soon as possible to prepare in advance to prevent Chen Cheng from annexing his 103rd Division.

Of course, in addition to this purpose, there is also the purpose of reporting to Minister He, and further why the Minister introduced He Wei.

In short, there are so many twists and turns here, and after basically understanding it, He Wei couldn't help but sigh, the factions in the national army are really complicated!

(End of this chapter)