"Okay, Wang Mo, don't say all these digressions. ▲∴" Liu Cunhou glanced at the officer who was frightened by Wang Mo with a displeased expression, and then said, "Since you came to persuade us to surrender, I would like to hear your reasons for letting us take the initiative to lay down our arms and surrender." ”

"Reason for your surrender?" Wang Mo shook his head slightly, "I think you are mistaken, Senior Commander Liu, you don't have the right to choose, the right to choose is in the hands of our Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army." I am now giving you a chance to live, accept it or live, refuse it or die, there is no reason to talk about it. ”

"You ......"

Wang Mo's tough attitude angered many officers around him, and they all stared at him fiercely with devouring eyes.

Wang Mo was still calm and didn't care about the anger of these officers of the 4th Division.

Liu Cunhou's face was full of displeasure, and he said: "You are so aggressive, aren't you afraid that we will burn your jade?" The reason why you came here to persuade you to surrender is not because you don't want to suffer too many casualties because of the annihilation of my 4th Division, but also because you want to rush to Chengdu as soon as possible, right? ”

Wang Mo didn't answer and asked, "Senior Commander Liu, do you know how I persuaded my father to agree to let me take such a big risk to come and persuade me to surrender in person?" ”

Indeed, it is life-threatening to come over to persuade him to surrender, how could Wang Haoshan agree to let his own son take such a big risk?

At this point, all the officers, including Liu Cunhou, were very puzzled, and they all pricked up their ears to hear what Wang Mo had to say.

After attracting the attention of all the officers of the 4th Division present, Wang Mo continued: "I told my father that 'The 4th Division and we are both brothers of the Sichuan Army, and there is no deep hatred that cannot be overcome, so why do you have to fight to the death?' We are not executioners, and slaughtering the Sichuan brothers will do all kinds of harm and no benefit, and doing so will only make the fathers and villagers in Sichuan scold and hate us. ”

Hearing this, all the officers of the 4th Division present bowed their heads and fell silent.

Yes, they are all Sichuan army brothers, why fight to the death like this? If there is still a chance to win or break through, then it is nothing to fight to the death. But now that the 4th Division has become a turtle in an urn, and there are no reinforcements outside, they really can't find a reason to fight to the death with the Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army.

There was silence for a long time at the scene before Liu Cunhou asked: "If my 4th Division takes the initiative to lay down its arms and surrender, I want to know how your Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army will deal with us?" ”

It seems that Liu Cunhou is still willing to surrender, Wang Moqiang pressed the joy in his heart, and said: "I don't want to lie to you, let's put it bluntly, after the war, the 4th Division must accept our reorganization, the soldiers are weak and strong, and the soldiers who cannot continue to stay in the army can become local security regiments, policemen, tax regiment soldiers, or enter factories as workers, go home to farm, and let them volunteer." ”

Liu Cunhou was quite satisfied with this kind of placement, nodded and said, "If you can really do this, I thank you for all the brothers of the 4th Division." ”

"Senior Commander Liu is polite." Wang Mo smiled slightly, "Speaking of officers, they will maintain their current rank and treatment for the time being, but after the war, they must enter the military academy for rotation training, and then decide on the specific position and treatment according to the results of the military academy training, I wonder if Division Commander Liu has any opinions?" ”

"Can't be sure now? Even if it is to lower the level and treatment, and arrange them after breaking them up, I don't think anyone will have any objections. Liu Cunhou frowned and said, he was still a little worried that the Wang family father and son would cross the river and demolish the bridge and purge the officers of the 4th Division after the war.

As soon as Wang Mo heard this, he knew what Liu Cunhou was worried about, so he said: "Since Master Liu has doubts, then I will make it clear." Let's put it this way, the reason why I want to carry out this rotation training is because I want to eliminate the old officers who came over during the pre-Qing period and send them to the local troops. At the same time, it is also aimed at selecting officers who have received or are suitable for receiving a new type of military education to supplement the main field troops. I don't know if Master Liu can accept such an arrangement? ”

It is better to be delegated to local troops than to be purged, Liu Cunhou thought about it and agreed: "Okay, I will persuade the officers at all levels of the 4th Division." And what about me, do I need to be trained in military schools after the war? ”

"It's right to go to military school, but it's not to receive training, it's to train others." Wang Mo smiled slightly, "I hope that Division Commander Liu can serve as a military instructor in the military academy established after the war, how about it?"

Liu Cunhou was born in a professional class, not only studied in the Sichuan Military Academy, but also studied in the infantry section of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School, and has more practical combat experience, which is more than enough to serve as a military instructor.

Liu Cunhou did not answer immediately, but pondered quietly.

Wang Mo thought that Liu Cunhou was unwilling to serve as a military instructor in the military academy, so he said: "Of course, if Division Commander Liu is unwilling to serve as a military instructor in the military academy, I will not be reluctant. Division Commander Liu can resign from all military positions, hang an idle post in the military government, and then live an ordinary life. ”

"I'd better go to the military academy to teach and educate people, if I sit idle all day with nothing to do, I'll have to go crazy." Liu Cunhou smiled a little self-deprecatingly.

After the conditions were negotiated, the officers and men of the 4th Division, which had little fighting spirit, quickly laid down their arms and surrendered to the Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army.

In order to avoid accidents, Wang Mo did not plan to let the 4th Division, which had just surrendered, fight back and participate in the siege of Chengdu. However, it was still necessary to bring all the 4th Division, which had collected its weapons, to Chengdu, mainly to break the morale of the Chengdu troops.

After solving the trouble of the 4th Division, the Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army continued to march rapidly in the direction of Chengdu.

……

Compared with the Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army's peaceful negotiation of "encirclement and annihilation" of the 4th Division, at this time, the battle of Hu Jingyi's encirclement and suppression of Peng Guanglie in Chengdu had entered a white heat.

Several blocks west of the city are littered with rubble, broken rubble, stumps and broken arms, blood stains can be seen everywhere on the ground, metal bullet casings are everywhere like sand, and the doors, windows, and walls of the houses on both sides are densely covered with holes left by bullets passing through.

Dada-

In the middle of the street, behind a bunker of sandbags, a heavy machine-gun crew of the 2nd Division was firing wildly.

The chain of bullets spat out from the Makqin heavy machine gun was like a scythe of death, dancing wildly towards the soldiers of the 1st Division surging in front of the block, harvesting life in pieces.

Click――

After another bullet chain was fired, the host gunner was so anxious that he yelled at the ammunition man: "Why are you stunned, do you want to die, quickly change the bullet chain!" ”

The ammunition man immediately pulled out a new ammunition box from behind him with his hands and feet, and took out a new chain of ammunition for the machine gun to attach.

Click-click-click-

The machine gunner tried to pull the trigger, but the machine gun still did not go off, and the machine gunner was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead: "No, the barrel is too hot to fire!" Where's the water, get the water! ”

The officers of the 1st Division on the opposite side were not eating dry food, and when they found that the deadly electric rifle was dumb, they understood that this was an opportunity, and immediately shouted loudly: "Brothers, their electric rifle can't be fired now, so they all rush with Lao Tzu!" ”

Under the leadership of the officer, the soldiers of the 1st Division immediately launched an extremely ferocious charge, and the surging crowd instantly overwhelmed the defense line of the 2nd Division in this block.

Similar situations have begun to occur frequently, either by the 1st Division looking for an opportunity to break through the defensive line, or because the defensive line collapsed due to too many casualties, the defensive area of the 2nd Division has shrunk again and again, and now it is basically cowering in three blocks.

Due to the stubborn resistance of the 2nd Division, the casualties of the 1st Division were not small, and although there were miscellaneous troops to share the burden, he still felt the pressure.

"It's been almost two days, why can't you take the 2nd Division? Isn't the 1st Division the most powerful in the Sichuan Army? Ji Shan, tell me, how long will it take to completely annihilate the 2nd Division? Hu Jingyi asked anxiously, his patience was about to run out.

Zhou Jun argued: "Overseer, the artillery team can't be used, the block is narrow and there is no way to give full play to the superiority of troops, even if the 1st Division is strong, it will not be able to resist the 2nd Division that is shrinking and defending for a while." Unless ......"

"Unless what? Say it! Hu Jingyi asked sharply.

Zhou Jun replied: "Unless you pave a way with human lives at all costs and concentrate elite troops to rush in in one fell swoop, it is possible to annihilate the 2nd Division in a short time." ”

Hu Jingyi was about to say something, when an officer in charge of the reconnaissance unit ran over and reported to Hu Jingyi: "Supervising Army, according to the report of the reconnaissance team, the Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army has broken through the resistance of the 4th Division and is rapidly approaching Chengdu!" ”

"What?" Hu Jingyi was shocked and scolded angrily, "Waste, Liu Cunhou's waste, I didn't even get a day." Where is the 4th Division now, and the whole army is gone? ”

The officer replied with some trepidation: "It's not that the whole army is annihilated, the 4th Division seems to be ...... It seems that it has surrendered to the South Sichuan Revolutionary Army. ”

What the!

Hu Jingyi's eyes were dark, and he almost fainted on the spot, there was no worse news than this.

Zhou Jun was also shocked, he was not surprised that the Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army came so quickly, but that Liu Cunhou surrendered so simply. With only the 1st Division, can you hold Chengdu? He now found that he really didn't have much faith.

"Attack, attack now! At all costs, no matter how many people die, the 2nd Division must be dealt with before the arrival of the South Sichuan Revolutionary Army! Hu Jingyi shouted with a hideous face.

Even in such a situation, Hu Jingyi still has a trace of luck in his heart. He fantasized about eliminating the 2nd Division before the Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army arrived in Chengdu, and then concentrated his troops to defend Chengdu and wait for the rescue of the Beiyang Army. As long as the Beiyang Army enters Sichuan, he believes that it will not be a problem to clean up the Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army.

Hu Jingyi had already sent a telegram asking for help, and he thought that his master Yuan Shikai would definitely send troops into Sichuan to rescue him, but he didn't know that the battle situation between the Beiyang Army and the Kuomintang troops in Jiangxi and Jiangsu had also entered a critical juncture, and where could he care about Sichuan, which had nothing to do with the overall situation.

With Hu Jingyi's order issued, the miscellaneous troops who were originally only responsible for assisting in the operation had to desperately storm the defense line of the 2nd Division under the threat of the guns of the 1st Division, paving a bloody road for the 1st Division with their lives.