In the blue sky, a few puffy clouds wandered around, and the early spring sun was not scorching, and from time to time they hid in the middle of the clouds to be lazy. The warm spring breeze blows, and the flowers and plants in the jungle take the opportunity to stretch their branches and leaves, embracing the warm sunshine.

For the people near Zizhong County, this day is not much different from the usual every day, the sun rises to work in the fields, and the sun sets and goes home to hug the wife and children to warm the kang.

It's just a very strange thing, there is always the sound of cannon explosions from time to time on the official road near the county seat. This is not a New Year's Day, nor is it an auspicious day for marriage, what kind of artillery is it?

For the more than 30,000 officers and men of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Divisions of the Sichuan Army, today is a day of anxiety and nightmare.

Peng Guanglie, Sun Zhaoluan, and Liu Cunhou, the three masters, squatted beside the official road with sad faces, smoking one cigarette after another, and losing the cigarette butts all over the ground.

"Speak, what the hell should I do, I can't just take the lives of my second brother on the road, right? Unless we sweep away the bombs buried under the official road, our 2nd Division will never go ahead and open the way. Peng Guanglie shouted irritably, in such a small half a day, his 2nd Division suffered hundreds of casualties.

Walking all the way from Ziyang, I have already encountered three minefields in Zizhong. Faced with a mine he had never seen before, Peng Guanglie could only take the brutal means of wading through the mine to crack the minefield.

The effect of driving mules and horses to the thunder is the most obvious, but there are not many mules and horses in the army who can squander and sacrifice like this. As a result, they had to throw rocks and rolling logs to find their way, but often many of the stones and tree trunks were not heavy enough to form enough pressure to trigger the mines, and in the end, they still caused a large number of casualties to the soldiers.

The 3rd Division has not suffered any casualties so far, but Sun Zhaoluan has taken a lot of time to drag up the article: "The people of the Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army are really very powerful, and they can even get this kind of new bombs buried in the ground, most of them are bought from foreigners." ”

"It's never a way to go on like this, we are walking while exploring the road, it's too slow, not to mention a few days, even if we can't go to Luzhou for a few months." Liu Cunhou was obviously more concerned about the speed of the march.

Peng Guanglie was immediately dissatisfied: "Since you are too slow, then your 4th Division will go ahead and open the way, how fast you can go, Lao Tzu can keep up!" Even the Overseers are here, and that's what Lao Tzu says! ”

Liu Cunhou hurriedly said: "Brother Peng, I didn't mean that, and I definitely didn't have the slightest intention of complaining about the second senior brothers. ”

"What do you mean, anyway, I want to take the lives of my second senior brothers to go on the road, but I just don't agree!" Peng Guanglie did not solve the minefield, and his troops resolutely did not move their feet.

As they were arguing, there was a sound of horses' hooves from behind, and a communications soldier galloped towards him on horseback.

The Signal Soldier jumped off his horse, gave a military salute to the three division commanders, and handed out a document: "Report to the Commander, Overseer Urgent Military Order!" ”

Peng Guanglie took the emergency military order, opened it, his face changed drastically, and he shouted: "What? Chongqing's defense line is on the verge of collapse, and its loss is imminent? ”

After Sun Zhaoluan and Liu Cunhou read the military orders one after another, their faces were also not good-looking, they didn't expect Chongqing to fall so soon.

"Brother Peng, Brother Sun, the overseers strictly ordered us to rush to Luzhou within three days, otherwise once the main force of the Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army returns to southern Sichuan, our efforts in sending troops this time will be wasted." Liu Cunhou did not expect that the combat effectiveness of the Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army was so strong, and it was about to capture Chongqing so soon, and the combat plan formulated by the overseers to attack on the east and west was a complete failure.

Peng Guanglie's expression changed, and finally he gritted his teeth and said: "Lao Tzu is still the same sentence, no one wants to let our brothers in the 2nd Division take their lives!" ”

"Brother Zhixian, you are a general outside, can you not bear the military order? This is an urgent order from the Overseers, and if you dare to ignore it, I will dare to sue you in front of the Overseers! Sun Zhaoluan scolded.

Peng Guanglie said coldly: "If you love it, you can tell it, Lao Tzu doesn't care." Anyway, Lao Tzu just said that if you want to continue to march into southern Sichuan, you must change your people! ”

Sun Zhaoluan immediately refused: "I am an immortal banban, it was your turtle son who rushed to be the head of the team in order to compete for merit, will he be a turtle with a shrunken head again?" ”

"Okay, Brother Peng, Brother Sun, stop arguing!" Liu Cunhou was a little irritated by the quarrel between the two, "In this way, we will go in two ways, on the one hand, our three divisions will each organize an elite unit to raid southern Sichuan with light equipment. On the other hand, how about we spend money to buy more pigs, sheep, mules and horses from the surrounding people to travel the road and speed up the march of the large army? ”

If you want to rush to Luzhou in southern Sichuan within three days, there is no other better way, Peng Guanglie and Sun Zhaoluan thought for a while and could only agree with the two plans proposed by Liu Cunhou.

"One thing I have to make clear, the three divisions must take turns to send troops on the road, and this fatal work cannot be carried by my second division alone." Peng Guanglie still demanded, he was really miserable by the bombs that seemed to be everywhere on the official road.

"No problem!" Liu Cunhou knew that Peng Guanglie was unwilling to take the risk of opening the road alone, so he readily agreed.

Peng Guanglie and Liu Cunhou both supported sending troops in turn to open the way, and Sun Zhaoluan naturally had to agree to this marching plan. From this point of view, if the three divisions finally fail to send troops to southern Sichuan, I am afraid that it will be largely due to the fact that the three divisions do not have a unified supreme command, and it is too time-consuming for the three division commanders of the same level to argue with each other.

The three division commanders made a decision, and the three divisions quickly moved, and the three troops of nearly 1,000 men only brought a small amount of ammunition and dry food, and rushed to Luzhou as fast as possible from the small road.

After the scouts of the special operations battalion detected this situation, they immediately reported it to Wang Mo.

After Wang Mo learned that the three divisions of the Sichuan Army had organized a small group of elite troops to raid Luzhou, not only did he not have a trace of worry, but laughed happily: "These stupid donkeys actually divided their troops to copy the path, they really don't know whether they are alive or dead, don't you know that our special operations battalion is eyeing you next to them?" ”

"Young marshal, give the order, let these turtle sons see the power of our wolf special combat battalion!"

The three company commanders, Lu Dayong, Li Jian, and Zhang Wei, were so excited that they shouted for battle, as if they were not facing a fierce enemy army ten times their strength, but a local chicken and tile dog that could be easily cleaned up with a raise of their hand.

It is not that Wang Mo and the officers of the special operations battalion are arrogant, but that the special operations battalion is not a unit fighting in an array in the first place.

From the day it was born, the special operations battalion has been based on special operations in complex environments such as mountains and jungles. If it is a frontal array, the special operations battalion may not be much stronger than ordinary troops, but if it is to enter the mountains and jungles to fight, there is absolutely no problem with one enemy and ten enemies. Because of this, when Wang Mo heard that the three divisions were divided into mountain paths to attack southern Sichuan, he laughed happily on the spot.

"Now that the meat has been delivered to our mouths, how can we not eat it? Let the scouts keep an eye on these three troops, and let's come one by one, eat slowly, don't choke. Wang Mo was happy, but he didn't take it lightly.

Like a pack of wolves in the jungle, the special operations battalion should patiently wait for the prey to enter the trap, and then pounce out, dismember the prey group, break the resistance of the prey group, and finally devour it all.

……

In Chongqing, the entire city defense line has been scattered, the city wall has collapsed, and the officers and soldiers defending the city have suffered heavy casualties.

The three main regiments of the Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army launched a full-scale general attack, which almost instantly broke the already crumbling city defense line, and countless soldiers of the Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army poured into Chongqing.

"Those who abandon their weapons and surrender on their knees will not be killed!"

"Those who abandon their weapons and surrender on their knees will not be killed!"

Amid the shouts of the soldiers of the Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army, countless soldiers of the city defense unit threw down their rifles one after another and knelt down in surrender. Occasionally, small units of troops tried to resist stubbornly were quickly overwhelmed by the Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army.

In this process, mortars, a sharp weapon of street warfare, played a huge role, and many stubborn troops who were defending in important places such as Zhenfu Mansion and Fanku were scattered one after another by bombardments.

As more and more of the Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army poured into Chongqing, the recalcitrant resistance troops everywhere were quickly cleared, and Chongqing was completely brought under the control of the Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army.

"Marshal, outside the north gate, I found a force of nearly 1,000 people fleeing west!" A scout reports to Wang Haoshan on the military situation.

"Marshal, most of the troops who escaped are Hu Jingyi and his descendants." Ge Changchun reacted first.

"I said, why didn't you catch this old guy!" Hao Gang patted his head and shouted, "Dashuai, I'll take someone to chase and make sure to catch the old guy surnamed Hu back!" ”

Wang Haoshan shook his head: "Forget it, Hu Jingyi probably fled back to Chengdu, let him go." Our top priority is to completely sweep away eastern Sichuan, and then return the main force to southern Sichuan, and we don't know if Mo'er's special operations battalion can hold back those three divisions. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Haoshan couldn't help but be a little worried, if the special operations battalion couldn't hold back those three divisions and let them enter southern Sichuan, then no matter how beautiful the fight here was, it would be in vain. Losing the foundation of the southern Sichuan side, even if it can sweep away the eastern part of Sichuan, the southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army will definitely not have the ability to fight against the Chengdu side.

"Dashuai, don't worry, the young marshal is not our old Hao, and he doesn't even make drafts if he brags. Since the young marshal has taken over the task of delaying the three divisions, he will definitely be able to accomplish it. ”

Unexpectedly, in this case, it was Hao Gang who was most convinced that Wang Mo could complete the established combat mission.

Wang Haoshan also knows very well that no matter how worried he is, the top priority is to sweep away eastern Sichuan as soon as possible, and then return to southern Sichuan with the main force.

In the afternoon of the same day, Wang Haoshan ordered Ge Changchun to lead the three regiments to stay in Chongqing, integrate the remnants of the troops in the city, and then gradually clean up the eastern Sichuan region, and then lead the rest of the main forces of the southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army to return to southern Sichuan overnight.

The next day, the news that the Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army broke through Chongqing and leveled the eastern Sichuan region spread to all directions with the radio waves, and the Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army gradually entered the sight of more well-intentioned people