Chapter 235: Preparing for a Rainy Day (Part 3)
Duan Xuan, the commander of the third regiment, moved quickly, immediately gathered his team, walked down the dock, and crossed the west bank by boat with the enemy negotiators and more than 100 family members. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
More than a dozen large and small wooden boats rowed to the center of the river, and the sound of military horns came from the downstream direction.
The soldiers of Zhao Jingting's Second Regiment took a small boat, supported more than a dozen bamboo platoons, and began to cross the river without fear, and 12 mortars and 8 heavy machine guns were directly erected on the wharf on the south bank.
The soldiers of the five regiments facing the west of the city quickly sounded the trumpet and responded, and slowly pressed towards the west gate in the formation of stragglers, and none of the leaders of the city defenders dared to fire a single shot, and watched in horror as thousands of communist troops approached separately.
More than 100 people from Yudu County Magistrate and his party hurriedly boarded the wharf on the west bank, but were stopped by more than 350 soldiers led by Duan Xuan, who straddled the machine gun diagonally, explained very politely:
"Ladies and gentlemen, in order to avoid misunderstanding, please stay for the time being, the county magistrate and a few representatives will enter the city, and after bringing the army out and laying down their weapons, it will not be too late for the others to leave."
Several officers of the security corps looked at each other and were annoyed, but there was nothing they could do, so they had to let the county magistrate and two wealthy gentry represent the advanced city.
The 400 soldiers of the 2nd Battalion of the 3rd Regiment were already waiting on the wharf on the east bank, and the boats immediately jumped on and quickly crossed the river.
Ten minutes later, more than 2,000 officers and soldiers of the security regiment in the city drove out of the east gate one after another, reluctantly laid down their weapons, and stood under the city wall.
The defenders and young men who received the order opened the south gate and the west gate one after another, and the officers and men of the 2nd and 5th regiments, who had been waiting for a long time, drove into the city, and the two regiments each left a connecting gate to manage the city, and the rest of the battalions and companies rushed to the main junctions in the city and the barracks, police stations, grain warehouses and material warehouses.
Zheng Yi was very trustworthy, completed the disarming, did not embarrass any officers and soldiers, nor did he send troops to block the mansion of any landlord and rich gentry, but only invited the county magistrate, deputy county magistrate, director of the party department, and the chief and deputy head of the security regiment to the county office, in the name of solving the problem, in fact, he did not hand over 500,000 oceans and hidden weapons and ammunition, and never let people go.
Since all regiments and battalions were on duty, and even the 12 fireheads of the cooking squad at the division headquarters were also clothed to guard the county government compound, Wang Huchen and Duan Xuan, who were about to open up to intercept the fleeing enemy, could only lead a battalion and the police to go to the bustling streets inside the south gate, knock on the doors of a restaurant, take out a sea of white flowers, and demand that the shopkeeper and the shopkeepers cook and cook immediately no matter what, threatening that if the food of the 450 people is not served within an hour, not only will they not pay, but they will also close the house and store on the charge of delaying the military plane. Frightened, a few shopkeepers and guys flew and got busy.
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At six o'clock in the evening, more than 20 landlords in the city finally gathered 280,000 oceans and gold, jade and jewelry equivalent to 120,000 oceans, and sent them to the county hall in a proper manner.
Who knows that Zheng Yi said unceremoniously: "According to the repeated statistics of our army, less than 1,000 officers and soldiers escaped from the north gate, 1,846 people went out of the city and surrendered and laid down their arms, and our army received only 1,766 long and short guns, two light machine guns, and only three heavy machine guns. ”
"Before that, the total number of defenders in the city was not less than four thousand, and there were no less than ten light and heavy machine guns erected on the walls of the west gate and east gate alone, even if there were 1,000 officers and soldiers of the Ruijin and Huichang security regiments who escaped in advance, and took away 1,000 long and short guns and the remaining five light and heavy machine guns, at least more than 1,300 long and short guns were left and not handed over!"
"We promise not to hold the defenders accountable, not to raid homes and not block the door, you have also seen it, after entering the city, we have done what we say, and we have not embarrassed anyone so far, everyone, for everyone's safety, please hand over the hidden guns and ammunition as soon as possible, otherwise I will really order the whole city to search!"
The two county magistrates and the landlord Hao Qiang were so frightened that their faces turned white, and they promised to go to find them immediately and hand them over as soon as possible.
Zheng Yi was also unambiguous, and immediately ordered all units to take strict precautions and prepare for battle, and the two regiment commanders did not say a word and immediately returned to the departments.
Zheng Yi's intimidation soon had an effect, and the local heroes and surrendered officers who left in a hurry quickly collected the weapons and ammunition they had hidden, and sent them in turn to send dozens or hundreds of them, and they did not stop until 8 o'clock in the evening.
After the division headquarters staff officers counted the numbers, they reported the accurate numbers to Zheng Yi: "There are 729 38 rifles, 206 Hanyang-made, two Lewis light machine guns, four Makqin heavy machine guns, 57 barge guns, six Browning pistols, and four Colt 1903-style pistols, most of which are more than eighty percent new, which is much better than the batch of Hanyang-made and Yuannian guns captured in the afternoon!" There were more than 27,000 rounds of ammunition of various types and 11 boxes of grenades. ”
"What are the weapons and ammunition in the north and south barracks?" Zheng Yi was not satisfied.
The quartermaster staff officer hurriedly replied: "There are four kinds of bullets captured in the two barracks, including three kinds of rifle ammunition totaling 130,000 rounds, more than 8,000 shell gun bullets, 54 boxes of grenades, 25 boxes of explosives, 7 barrels of black powder, no military uniforms, shoes and hats, all old quilts, 39 war horses and 60 pack horses were captured, and it is estimated that most of them were ridden away by the fleeing enemies of Ruijin and Huichang. ”
"There is a lot of grain, the two military camps have a total of more than 500 bags of grain, all of which are packed in 50 pounds of sacks, and the rice in the granaries of the county government is unpackaged, a total of three granaries of more than 2 million catties, and more than 1,600 bags of corn and soybeans."
Zheng Yi pondered for a moment: "The political work group immediately notified the political cadres of all regiments and battalions to put up propaganda slogans as soon as possible, and start tomorrow morning to vigorously publicize our army's policies and the party's ideology at the four city gates and various intersections. ”
"Yes!"
The leader of the political work group immediately went to do it.
Zheng Yi looked at the door of the side room to the east: "Old Meng-"
Lao Meng, who was counting, immediately ran out: "What's the matter with the boss?" ”
Zheng Yi instructed: "Early tomorrow morning, you will lead your brothers, cooperate with the quartermaster team, and collect 2,000 young men from outside the city at the price of one ocean per laborer per day, and send all the materials brought back by Ruijin to Jiangkou Town together with the 500,000 oceans you have just obtained." ”
"Later, I will send a telegram to the political commissar, ask him to answer you, and then send everything seized to Xingguo as soon as possible."
"Understood! After settling the score, I immediately called everyone to a meeting. Old Meng replied hehehe, and continued to return to the east side of the house to plan the plate.
Zhang Shounian, political commissar of the Third Regiment, asked: "Division commander, are you worried that the Cantonese army will come over?" ”
Zheng Yi sighed: "I'm not only worried about the Guangdong army coming, but also worried about the Dian army in Nanchang, Zhangshu and Fuzhou, if you don't prepare in advance, you are likely to suffer from the enemy, maybe Yang Chisheng in Ganzhou City will also come out to take revenge on us." ”
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