Chapter 17: Yongxing (17)
Wei Ze finally finished reading Shen Xin's report. Putting down the report in his hand, Weser stood up and walked back and forth with a frown. Whether to continue to follow up on this matter, or let Shen Xin handle this matter with full authority, Wei Ze just endorsed Shen Xin. These two choices left Weeser in a bit of a dilemma.
Judging from the number jΓΉ in the report, the battle under the city of Yongxing can be regarded as a victory. The Hunan army and Tuanlian attacked a small platoon of the 2nd Regiment of the Guangfu Army, and the 2nd Regiment immediately sent two battalions to attack. These two battalions easily broke the 1,000 Hunan troops that were blocking on the road, and copied the mixed troops of more than 1,000 Hunan troops and regimental training that attacked the small units of the Guangfu Army. In the First World War, more than 500 enemies were killed and more than 1,000 were captured. Solved the whole 2,000 Hunan troops and regimental training armament. The troops of the two battalions that attacked head-on suffered minor losses, suffering more than eighty casualties.
Militarily speaking, with the addition of more than 40 people in a platoon that was annihilated by the formation in front, the Liberation Army's exchange of 12 for 2,000 was a victory worthy of special mention. If Weser wanted to calm things down, he wouldn't have said anything. However, the annihilation of a platoon of troops in formation is very rare in the history of the Liberation Army up to now.
The opponent of the Guangfu Army was not the British army, but the Hunan army. The battle was also divided into two phases, according to the account of one of the female soldiers who survived, plus the investigation of the battle dead on the battlefield, the second regiment did not consider the possibility of the Hunan army encircling and annihilating a platoon of the Guangfu Army with absolute superiority, nor did it make targeted arrangements. No matter how brilliant the victory looked afterward, it could not hide the complete defeat of the first stage. This can only be said to be a serious problem with the military command of the 2nd Regiment.
Shen Xin did not pretend to be wrong, he said it very clearly in the report. The regimental commissar was transferred to negotiate with the Citi Army, and the party committee rashly sent troops for the purpose of selling more goods in the face of the enemy's lure. This is the fundamental reason for the total defeat of the first stage of the battle
In 1861, the political struggles that Weeser had heard of were only known in the world. This is also the reason why Weeser only carried out a certain reorganization of the General Staff and first used the Fourth Army as a pilot. Wei Ze did not encounter many opponents of replacing the traditional military command system with the General Staff, but Wei Ze was very unsure of the military system reform this time, so Wei Ze responded in a very cautious and gradual way. What he is most worried about now is that this incident will turn into a full-scale backlash against the political commissar system and economic warfare. Regardless of the stance of the rebounders, Weeser will not accept the denial of either thing. This is also the reason why Wei Ze is not at ease with Shen Xin. Can this young man withstand the pressure, and if there is pressure, it is likely that the pressure will come from the oldest group of soldiers in the Liberation Army.
Wei Ze looked at the text again, and the biggest "highlight" in it was the death of Zheng Yufeng, the younger sister of Ruan Xihao of the Second Army. If someone wants to make trouble, this is the breakthrough. Therefore, Wei Zeti wrote down the order, "Seriously investigate the deeds of Comrade Zheng Yufeng's heroic battle and death, and there must be no problem with the content we want to publicize." We want to publicize the fact that heroes are fighting. Establish the image of heroes who fought until the last moment, still cared for their comrades, and would rather die than give in to the enemy. Please be cautious and not belittle the heroes, and do not add to the problem and make excessive publicity. β
After he finished writing, Weser read the order again, and he originally wanted to polish it a little more, so as not to read it with a feeling of gaining and losing. But after thinking about it, Weeser didn't change in the end. If the feeling of gain and loss was read by Shen Xin, then Shen Xin should be able to better understand Wei Ze's concern about this matter.
"Order the confidential room to send out the order and hand it over to Commissar Shen Xin as much as possible." Wei Ze ordered.
After dealing with the matter, Wei Ze picked up another copy. This article is from Guangxi and was written by Luo Xuan, commander of the Guangxi Military Region. When he marched into Guangxi, Luo Xuan, commander of the Qiongzhou Military Region, was transferred to Guangxi and became the commander of the Guangxi Military Region. There are a large number of cadres from Guangxi in the Guangfu Army, and these cadres have one characteristic, that is, they have a very bad relationship with the Tujia people in Guangxi. For Wei Ze, a representative figure among them, before joining the Taiping Army, he owed hundreds of lives to the local Tujia people in his "hometown" of Baise alone. In the mutual killing of the Turks outside Baise, Wei Ze was even more bloody. Even if Governor Wei Zedu put on a pro-people appearance and returned to Baise, the local Tujia in Baise could only be full of hatred.
After joining the Taiping Army, after Wei Ze gathered a considerable number of troops in Wujia Town and captured the castle of Wujia Town, he connived at the massacre of the Tujia family in Wujia Town by six Hakka villages, killing thousands of people in that battle. According to Wei Ze's later knowledge, after the six Hakka villages occupied Wujia Town, which had a strong fortress, they contacted other local Hakkas and wantonly killed the Tujia people in the area of Wujia Town, which caused the local Tujia to flee. The number of people affected is tens of thousands, and the death toll is conservatively estimated to be more than 5,000.
When marching into Guangxi, Wei Ze emphasized that the contradictions between the local Turks and the local people must be resolved in a fair and just way, and the Guangxi generals in the Guangfu Army knew that Wei Ze was not joking, so no one took the initiative to ask for help. Therefore, Luo Xuan, who has a huge influence in the Guangxi Tiandi Society, became the first choice. The central authorities hope that this famous leader of the former Tiandi Association will be able to calm down the problems in Guangxi.
Before opening the text of Luo Outline, Wei Ze felt that Luo Outline would complain. When I opened it, as Wei Ze expected, Luo Outline wrote worriedly that after ten years of fighting in Guangxi, it is now a group training everywhere, villages and villages are hard villages, and the townships are armed. The Hakka regimental training is quite polite to the Guangfu Army, and the cooperation process is relatively high. The Tujia group practitioners were full of worries and had no trust in the new government.
At the end of the article, Luo Xuan implored Wei Ze to come up with a solution quickly. At present, the troops of the Guangxi Military Region can no longer bear the stubborn confrontation of the Tujia, and the Hakka armed forces, which were weak under the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, are now in a dynamic position under the name of the Liberation Army, and there is a great tendency to carry out a "comprehensive settlement" against the Tujia.
Putting down the text, Wei Ze closed his eyes, closed his eyes, and tapped his fingers on his temples. There is nothing to fear about the Qing army at all, and the tricky thing is this group of local regimental training. This is true in Hunan, and even more so in Guangxi. The regimental training really has a solid mass foundation, and Guangxi has been in chaos for ten years, and Hunan has also had to have nine years. The group drills not only have a mass base, but also represent the people's will. Local protectionism was extremely stubborn in the feudal era, and local regimental training was a concentrated representative of the stubborn disease of local protectionism.
Wei Ze originally thought that after Luo Outline went, he might be able to make peace with the mud, but from Luo Outline's "wail", Wei Ze found that he was wrong. Trying to solve the vendetta that has lasted for almost a century is obviously too taken for granted. At this time, there is only one way, and that is to solve these problems by means of a clear-cut political policy.
"Let the General Staff ......, don't let it, the Military Commission will hold a meeting!" Weeser gave the order.
At the meeting, Wei Ze did not mention the recent incident in Hunan, but proposed that the Sixth Army should be changed in Guangxi and the party committee system should be implemented. At the same time, Wei Ze said to the Military Commission: "I want to form the Seventh Army in Guangxi, and even the Eighth Army." β
The Central Military Commission did not have much opinion on the transformation of the Sixth Army, but it was very puzzled by the formation of the Seventh Army and the Eighth Army so quickly. Ju Junfeng, the chief of staff in charge of military orders, asked, "Why are you in such a hurry?" β
Wei Ze said with a straight face: "Form the Seventh Army, or even the Eighth Army." It is to use this army to disarm the Turks and Hakkas in Guangxi. I don't know if any comrades are willing to take the initiative to ask for orders, but that's what I'm going to do. The Seventh Army, which was formed first, had half of the Tujia and Hakka families, and the political commissars had to do a lot of political work to eliminate the grievances accumulated by the Tujia vendettas in this army. Use this new army to disarm the Tujia Hakka militarily. β
The comrades of the Military Commission looked at each other, and Ruan Xihao, the commander of the Second Army, who was in charge of the defense of Guangzhou at this time, was specially called, and said: "Governor, are you taking this too seriously!" β
Wei Ze grimaced and said seriously: "I know that this idea is likely to be taken for granted, but this thing must be done. The contradiction between the Turks and the Guests exists in reality, and the contradictions between the Turks and the Guests must be resolved. It has to be resolved peacefully. If we only rely on the Tujia or the Hakka in Guangxi, we will only make Guangxi bloody. I will never accept such an outcome! β
Ruan Xihao, whose hands were stained with the blood of the Tujia people, saw that Wei Ze was so serious, he closed his mouth and said nothing. These high-ranking officers in the Liberation Army knew the sharpness of the contradictions between the Turks and the Turks, and no one dared to take the initiative to ask for help.
Wei Ze continued to say with a straight face: "The biggest foundation of a political party is to have political concepts and ideals. At least my personal political ideal is to build a new country of equality. Whether it is Tujia or Hakka, they are all equal. With the progress of the times and the development of society, the people of all new countries will eventually become people without regional distinction and regional discrimination. Guangdong, Guangxi, Henan, Hebei, everyone is friends when they see each other. Drink and eat meat together, instead of killing you to death when you meet, or pointing at each other and scolding. β
Wei Ze said sincerely, in the Internet era of the 21st century, all groups are brothers and sisters from all over the world, and everyone often meets to have parties in various places to eat, drink and have fun together. Wei Ze heard about the tragic situation of the vendetta of the Turks and the establishment of New China, the party grasped both hands in the local area, both hands were very the one hand, it carried out land reform, and on the other hand, it shot a lot of stubborn thorns, and finally solved the local problems.
At the moment in 1861, even if there was no foundation for the Internet age, it would not be able to achieve the happiness of the local masses. Wei Ze also believed that he could solve the vendetta of the Turks through guò political zhì work. Before returning to this era, Wei Ze had heard from friends in Guangxi that if someone passed by from two different villages, that person would "disappear". At that time, he was still shocked by the isolation and brutality of the local area, but now Wei Ze knows better that the local situation in Guangxi has reached the point where it will not work if it is not changed.
"Are there any comrades who are willing to take the initiative to ask for help?" Weeser asked.
No one said a word, especially the comrades from Guangxi, their lips were tightly closed, and they even avoided their gaze and did not meet Wei Ze's gaze.
"Is there really no one willing to carry this burden?" Weese asked again. Still no one spoke, Wei Ze sighed in his heart, he felt that he could only order.
"I ......, I want to go. But I don't know if I can do it. "Finally someone spoke, and everyone's eyes fell on the comrade who spoke. The comrade with the rank of colonel is named Guan Fei, who is the chief of statistics of the logistics department. Guan Fei was a native of Shandong and joined the army during Wei Ze's Northern Expedition.
Wei Ze looked at Guan Fei with satisfaction and encouraged: "Comrade Guan Fei, we don't know if we can do it after working hard. But we all know that if we don't even do it, we can't do it. I will ask the comrades of the political department to cooperate with your work, and you can take over your current work and prepare to take office. βR1058