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Chapter 520 How many beats can life have

The Yichang Government Office and the Western Hubei Garrison Headquarters jointly issued a proclamation announcing the charges against the Yi Nianguan bandits, vigorously praising Zhang Fakui and Fan Shisheng for their good command and ability to suppress the bandits, and sternly warning the bandits and gangs of all walks of life not to be enemies of the central government, otherwise they will fall into the same tragic fate as the bandit leader Yi Nianguan. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

After Zhang Fakui and Fan Shisheng got the news, they were inexplicable, and none of the departments under their command came forward to receive the credit, but the two of them didn't take this accidental incident too seriously, and it was always a merit to exterminate the bandits, so let it continue to be confused, and they didn't expect that after this incident, the two departments would provoke a fierce attack from the Western Hubei Divine Soldiers.

As for the satisfied An Yi, he naturally would not be silent, and after finishing the disaster relief affairs in Yichang, he immediately went south quietly, went to Qiancheng according to Chiang Kai-shek's secret instructions, and personally commanded the military operations of Shi Zhen's troops on the front line.

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"Shhhh

Zhang Hongluan waved his hand, signaling the surrounding generals to calm down, and then looked at An Yi with interest behind the stone hill thirty meters in front of him. The direction of everyone is downwind, faintly smelling the breath of beasts sent by the mountain wind, the surrounding mountains and ravines are silent, only the vast forest Tao and the trees and wild grasses around them are swaying with the wind.

"Smack-"

The crisp sound of gunfire mixed with the sorrowful roar of the muntjac resounded throughout the valley in an instant, and on the high ridge more than 100 meters above An Yi's oblique, a fragrant deer with a body length of more than 30 catties and a body length of more than one meter was shot in the head, and fell down, rolled and planted a cliff more than ten meters high, and fell in the middle of the mountainside grass below.

Zhang Hongluan and Shi Zhen and others holding binoculars cheered in unison, and the three young majors excitedly picked up their rifles and rushed to the prey, and after a while, the red fur covered with white spots and the body temperature was still carried to the generals, who saw the bullet holes oozing blood on the head of the deer, and praised An Yi's marksmanship in unison.

Deputy Army Commander Deng Bin told everyone: "When I was in the independent division, only the instructor Li Fuqiang's marksmanship in the whole division was comparable to that of the division, and the younger brother was also under the guidance of Brother Li and the division, and the shooting textbook that our army has used for two years was compiled by the division himself. ”

The generals were quite surprised when they heard this, and asked Deng Bin why he didn't say such a majestic thing earlier? An Yi snorted and corrected:

"Ladies and gentlemen, due to the recent busy government affairs and little practice, the younger brother's marksmanship has regressed a lot, if the brothers gather together for another competition, I'm afraid I won't be able to enter the top ten, and Deputy Commander Deng may not be able to enter the top three, this gun is like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat!"

"No, Master, I haven't been left behind in gun practice, except for you and Brother Li, who else can win the younger brother in the past two years?" Deng Bin was slightly surprised and looked at An Yi in confusion.

Liu Yifang, a young major who had just gone to carry back the prey, heard Deng Bin's question and replied with a smile: "Chief Deng, have you forgotten Xiao Jin?" At the beginning, you took him out on a mission, Xiao Jin is now the first sharpshooter of the Whampoa Military Academy, and has repeatedly performed marksmanship to visiting envoys and military attachés of various countries, regardless of rifle and pistol, this guy has a good time, and every time he performs, the audience is shocked and addicted. I heard that the military academy planned to keep him as a lieutenant colonel instructor, but he was unwilling, and when the younger brother and others graduated on the 15th of last month, Xiao Jin was still so envious that he couldn't wait to graduate and return to the army as soon as possible. ”

Shi Zhen thought for a while, and asked with some uncertainty: "Brother An, is little An Jin your younger brother?" How old is that kid, and now he's a lieutenant colonel? Is it good to be promoted when you enter the Whampoa Military Academy? ”

"Brother Shi misunderstood!"

Deng Bin shook his head with a smile, and patiently explained: "Although my apprentice Xiao Jin is young, he has made outstanding achievements, he has been rewarded fifteen times, and after enlisting in the army, there are no less than 100 generals and captains of the Zhilu Army and the Anhui Army who were killed under his gun, one of them is a lieutenant general, and six are major generals, and the rank of captain is innumerable, haha!" Tell me, can such merit not be promoted? When he entered the seventh phase of Whampoa in March this year, he had already accumulated merit and was promoted to colonel, and in the military academy, he frequently won face for the group of bosses and the Central Army in front of foreigners and friendly troops in the north and south, and it was normal for him to be promoted to the first rank. Others don't have such good luck and strength as him, he is a special case of Whampoa.

You see, Yifang, Changhe, and Chang Gung entered the model battalion in the early days of the Northern Expedition, and they were still dolls in the mountainous areas of northern Hunan who didn't know anything at that time, and they grew up after the Northern Expedition in the past two years, and participated in almost every battle from the model battalion to the independent division, and the military rank was gradually promoted. ”

Everyone suddenly realized after listening to it, and there was a heated discussion, although they admired but were not convinced by An Yi's independent division, the generals and colonels also had a deeper understanding, a small gunner killed a lieutenant general and six major generals, this strength is there, who can not be convinced? Who dares not to be convinced

Shi Zhen shook his head and laughed at himself, patted Liu Yifang's shoulder and praised a few words, then pulled out the sharp dagger, walked in front of the prey in two steps and squatted down, turned over the body of the fragrant deer, and quickly cut off the piece of flesh around the navel, cleaned it up and brought it to everyone:

"Yifang, I'll teach you how to get musk, and when you go to the northwest of Guizhou in the future, why do you have to hunt when you have time...... Ah, such a big musk bag is rare, it would be better if it was caught in late autumn, take it back to dry and keep it, the roe meat is roasted tonight and the wine is just right, haha! ”

The sun fell in the west, a group of generals with abundant prey, riding back to the military headquarters, several firehead soldiers were already waiting there, taking the prey and busy happily.

Two hours later, the lights in the nave of the original wide temple were bright, and the generals sitting around the eight-meter-long and two-meter-wide long tables were full of wine and meat, and began to get involved in the main topic, and the heavy velvet curtain hanging in front of the huge screen in the north was opened, and the large map of the border area of Hunan, Guizhou and Sichuan came into view.

Zhang Cunzhuang, chief of staff of the 44th Army, politely pulled Shi Zhen's chief of staff Wang Yongli, and walked to the front of the map together, the two of them humbled each other a few words, and finally Zhang Cunzhuang took the baton handed by the staff officer and began to report the current situation loudly:

"Ladies and gentlemen, as of yesterday afternoon, Li Shen's troops have completely occupied Guiyang and the six surrounding counties, as well as Changshun, Huishui, Duyun, Dushan and other places in southern Qiannan, and only Rongjiang and Zhenyuan in eastern Qiandong and Tongren in the northeast are still fighting, but the scale is much smaller. Although Zhou Xicheng was defeated and died, the remnants of his command still resisted on the front line of Tongren, Zunyi, and Bijie, and from time to time carried out surprise attacks on Li Shen's troops stationed in the county seat with a small force, and these battles took place under the nose of our army.

The day before yesterday, Long Yun's two divisions suddenly retreated to Qujing, and even a brigade in Anshun hurried west, and the reason for their sudden withdrawal is still not known; based on our understanding and summary of the various forces in Yunnan over the past year, it is estimated that it is very likely that Lu Han and others, who were dissatisfied with Long Yun, suddenly launched a mutiny when Long Yun's main force left Yunnan, otherwise Long Yun would not have gone so quickly, let alone give up Panxian and the surrounding areas that had been fought hard by more than 2,000 soldiers, and the specific situation would have been clarified within two days. ”

Zhang Cunzhuang paused for a moment, waited for everyone to digest the news a little, and then analyzed: "Based on the current situation, as well as the urgent secret order sent by Commander-in-Chief Jiang to the Hunan-Guizhou-Sichuan border area, we unanimously believe that the time is ripe for the action of Brother Shi Zhen's troops, and we must seize the current fleeting favorable opportunity, immediately telegraph the whole country to support the central leadership, and rely on the righteousness of eliminating the war in Guizhou and restoring the people's livelihood, taking advantage of the fact that the 19th Regiment of the remnants of Zhou Xicheng captured Bijie, and adopted the tactics of surprise attack and encirclement in one fell swoop to take Bijie, and then waved his army south, Forcibly occupy Anshun, which was abandoned by the Dian army.

After the battle of Li Shen's army, there were only about 30,000 men and horses left, and most of the troops were now deployed in the front line of Qiandong, Qiannan and Guiyang, and they were already exhausted after dozens of days of hard fighting. ”

All the generals and colonels echoed in unison, extremely excited, and Wang Yongli, under Zhang Cunzhuang's plea, proposed the battle plan of his department to everyone:

"Our first division has been occupying Puyi Town, an important town at the junction of Sichuan and Guizhou, in the early hours of yesterday morning, the commander of the first division, Mo Xiaolin, led three regiments under his command to successfully bypass Bijie, and occupied Panxian County, which was not garrisoned by a single soldier in one fell swoop. The 2nd Division and the headquarters are both in Xishui County, and the 9th Regiment of the 2nd Division is still holding Gulin, and we plan to storm Zhang Xinfang's regiment of Zhou Xicheng's old department, which has just taken Bijie, within three days, so as to connect the entire northwest of Guizhou.

At present, our unit is facing two practical difficulties: First, the total strength of our unit is 15,000, including 13,500 combat troops and 1,500 logistics and organs. The second difficulty is the issue of political influence after the occupation of Bijie and Panxian, which I implore General An and Zhang Junzuo to give tactical guidance. Complete. ”

Shi Zhen whispered to Zhang Hongluan and An Yi beside him, saying that the weapons and ammunition were enough to arm 25,000 people, but because Sichuan in the north and Guizhou in the east and Guizhou in the south were fighting, many young people were requisitioned, and the two green forest armed forces of Xintoucheng were more than 1,000 people, and they were still in training.

Zhang Hongluan, who had already made a bamboo in his chest, asked with a smile: "Brother Shi, how many troops do you think we need more?" ”

"At least three thousand, if we can have two more regiments on hand, it will be easy to do, and it can basically meet the current goal of employing troops." Shi Zhen replied without hesitation, obviously thinking about it for a long time.

Zhang Hongluan nodded clearly: "So, I gave Brother Shi a new brigade of 6,000 people, is it enough?" ”

Shi Zhen was overjoyed: "Great! Eldest brother...... The little brother is inexplicably grateful, and he can't repay it! ”

Zhang Hongluan waved his hand, and said disapprerovitically: "Don't thank me, if you want to thank Xie Anxian's nephew, it was he who took precautions and specially prepared for his brother's move today, and he also quietly sent tens of thousands of long and short guns and two hundred light and heavy machine guns captured in the battle of Guigui two months ago to our Xiangxi Arsenal for repair, half of which was equipped with three regimental recruits who were recruited at the beginning of the year.

According to the suggestion of An Xian's nephew and the discussion and agreement of our department, it was decided to hand over Zhong Zhiyuan and the three regiments under his command to the elder brother, in addition, the 150 non-commissioned officers of your department who have been trained in the teaching regiment of our military department for half a year, the elder brother can also take all of them away this time, and the elder brother can put them into the integrated team as company and platoon commanders, so that he can completely control the surrender soldiers and slowly transform them into an elite army. ”

An Yi held Shi Zhen's outstretched hand, and without waiting for him to say thank you, he immediately said: "Brother Shi, junior brother has a suggestion, if Brother Shi is unwilling to cause too many casualties in this operation, he can besiege and not attack the Bijie Luo Qingtian Division, and lead Zhong Zhiyuan's brigade to raid Huairen and Jinsha counties, and cut off the remnants of Zhou Xicheng's remnants in Bijie and the remnants of the Zunyi area in one fell swoop. What about promising him to be a deputy division commander? As long as Luo Qingtian and his 2,000 brothers who have survived the war are brought in, and with a little training, Bijie will be solid!

In this way, Panxian County in the south will be connected with Bijie, just let the rapidly growing Brother Mo Xiaolin guard it, and Brother Shi can easily command the second division of the supplemented Panjin Yue Brother to enter Huairen, and at the same time recruit troops and horses, you can covet Zunyi, not to mention the exponential expansion of such a territory, there are more than 20,000 soldiers who have experienced the war in their hands, who will dare to despise the old brother in the future? ”

Zhang Hongluan didn't wait for the extremely happy Shi Zhen to finish digesting, and then added: "One more, as soon as Brother Shi's side starts, I will let Cunzhuang lead the first division to set off, take advantage of Li Shen's inability to take care of Northeast Qian, first take down the three counties along the river, Xiushan, and Songtao on our side, and then block the two gates for Li Shen to go out of Guizhou and enter Hunan first, presumably he will understand the relationship between our brothers, haha!"

How many beats can you have in life? Our brothers are getting older and older year by year, and fighting once is a time, and the opportunity must not be lost and will not come again! ”

Shi Zhen stood up excitedly, respectfully bowed deeply to Zhang Hongluan and An Yi, An Yi hurriedly stood up and stepped forward to support him, and the generals in the hall laughed heartily, all of them smiled, full of confidence.