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Chapter 925: The Righteous and Awe-inspiring Expansion (7)

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As the teacup in Liu Xiang's hand landed, there was a panic in the general headquarters of the Ziyang Coalition Army, and the news of the sudden fiasco of the Tang Dynasty Zun Department came, and everyone couldn't accept this fact, Liu Xiang, whose face was bruised, recovered, slammed his palm on the table, and in the silence, shouted two words to Liu Lanting, the acting chief of staff: Explore again!

Ten minutes later, Tang Shizun's message asking for punishment came again; When Pan Wenhua's division crossed the Pengshan line halfway, it was hit by powerful artillery fire beyond expectations, and the two brigades under his command paid a huge price to force the crossing successfully, but when they rushed into the enemy's deep position on the west bank, they encountered the stubborn resistance of Liu Wenhui's fourth division, and the two brigades that successfully crossed only more than 5,000 officers and soldiers remained, and they were exhausted after a long attack. Where did the frightened Pan Wenhua dare to fight hard, and could only ask Liu Xiang if he withdrew to the east coast first, in case of an emergency? Liu Xiang's tall body shook twice, and he closed his eyes in pain, unable to speak. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Chen Lanting's voice sounded again: "Cheng Gong, Jin Kang (Deng Xihou) successfully crossed the river, captured Chongqing and pursued after victory, but was ambushed by nearly three divisions of Liu Wenhui's department in the area of Lotus Mountain. "Where did Liu Wenhui come from so many people? Yes?! Liu Xiang yelled angrily. Cheng Gong ...... It is estimated that Liu Wenhui has quietly transferred the border troops from Xikang, and Jin Kang said in an urgent telegram that he can judge that one of them is the Chen Hongwen Department of the Chuankang Independent Frontier Division. In addition, when Jin Kang and his generals drove Liu Wenhui out of Chengdu, they were unable to massively annihilate the garrison divisions and garrison divisions of Peng Han and Tang Ao, and although the enemy army was small in number, it occupied favorable terrain and waited for work, so it ......"

Liu Xiang's garrison commander Liu Bingxun stepped forward and explained in a low voice.

Liu Xiang roared again: "Deng Xihou deserves it!" Wave the division lightly, insatiable, after taking Chengdu he got carried away, today he was the first to cross the Minjiang River, after occupying Chongqing I also let him take care of the left wing, go hand in hand, but what did he say an hour ago? I want to go all out and smash Liu Wenhui's old nest, hum! Now he begs me to send reinforcements, where is there any reinforcement for him? Wouldn't he be able to retreat to Chongqing and stick to it? And Li Jiayu, what is he doing? Why has all the armies launched a forced crossing, but he has not made any progress so far, and who can tell me where he is now? ”

Chen Lanting lowered his head, unwilling to explain any more, he reported all the circumstances to Liu Xiang in a timely manner, but Liu Xiang, who was furious, couldn't accept the defeat of one army and two divisions in his headquarters. In fact, as early as half an hour ago, Li Jiayu had already sent a telegram to complain, saying that his four brigades were unable to effectively organize a forced crossing under the accurate artillery fire of Liu Wenhui's unit on the west bank, and that the three attacks were all repulsed, and the ships had lost nearly half of their ships, and they were no longer able to cross the river. At present, only Wang Zhanxu's 2nd Division on the southern front is progressing smoothly, and the three brigades have successfully crossed the west bank of the Wutong Bridge in Jiazhou, and are engaged in a fierce battle with Zhang Qingping's division of the 5th Division of Liu Wenhui's division, but the other two brigades in Qianwei are hesitant because there is not a single enemy on the west bank, and they are deeply afraid that they will blindly force the crossing and fall into the ambush of Liu Wenhui's division, and they still can't make up their minds whether to cross the river.

Liu Bingxun boldly said: "Chenggong, the top priority is to take a step back for the time being, and it is not too late to establish a solid line of defense before making plans, otherwise, it will ...... I'm afraid of long nights and dreams! ”

Liu Xiang suddenly came to his senses and immediately issued an order to retreat to the east bank and defend the river, and at the same time urgently ordered Wang Jiling's department, which was the general reserve, to rush to the Meishan line at full speed to take over the defense of the Tang-style Zun Department and prevent the enemy from crossing the river for a single step.

At 10:30 a.m., Jiajiang Liu Wenhui Front Headquarters.

"Qiangong, it's time." Zhao Dongquan put down the message and reported softly.

Liu Wenhui, whose face was full of red light, immediately agreed: "Very good!" General Zhao, this crucial step is up to you to give the order. ”

"Xie Qiangong!"

Zhao Dongquan turned to his chief of operations, nodded slightly, waited for the chief to leave, and continued to suggest to Liu Wenhui: "Qiangong, after half an hour, we should open up the net to Deng Xihou's department and let him escape from the northwest, so that we can not only reduce the casualties of our border guards who formed a flanking attack, but also expand the results of the pursuit and fight better."

"If the estimate is good, Deng Xihou will definitely flee to Chengdu, and when he comes to his senses, the two brigades of our army that attacked first may have occupied Chengdu in advance, and at this time there is an interception in front and a chasing army in the rear, Deng Xihou must be too frightened to enter Chengdu, let alone venture to the east, and join up with Li Jiayu's department who is not saved by death, and it is most likely to continue to flee north, so that the two regiments of the independent division and the garrison force that are responsible for the pursuit task can smoothly enter Chengdu and quickly establish a solid defense line.

As long as the three divisions of the central line and the southern front resolutely crossed the river and launched a fierce counterattack, the Liu Xiang coalition army was already like a frightened bird, and it was impossible to build a defensive line in a hurry, so it could only retreat step by step, or even be defeated."

Liu Wenhui stood up and shouted loudly: "Okay! I have endured a lot of hardship, this time I must fight back quickly, and I must completely cripple Liu Mangzi (Liu Xiang's nickname), the disrespectful turtle son, and the battle will be decided! Someone's coming......."

"To—"

"Pass my orders and fight back on all fronts!"

At 10:40 a.m., on the east bank of Xinjin, Li Jiayu's frontline position.

The 1st Division of Wang Yuanhu, an elite unit of Liu Wenhui's troops, launched a resolute counterattack, and the two banks of the Minjiang River, which had just stopped, were in a commotion again, and the desperate artillery battalion of Wang Yuanhu's unit took bold action after firing for five minutes, moved the artillery position forward three kilometers, and under the cover of the mortar company, quickly arrived in place and launched an artillery bombardment on the panicked enemy positions on the opposite bank.

At the same time, two brigades of the First Division two kilometers upstream had already rushed down the embankment and crossed the river lightly with all available means, and nearly 10,000 officers and men were fearless to launch a massive operation to cross the river and break through from the flank of Li Jiayu's troops, which was relatively empty.

Li Jiayu in the command headquarters was just about to mobilize troops to rush to the aid of the right flank and launch a head-on attack on the troops crossing the river, when he suddenly received an urgent report from the commander of the third brigade located on the east bank of Hejia'an in the upper reaches: There were tens of thousands of Liu Wenhui's officers and soldiers on the opposite bank, at least 40 artillery pieces and nearly 100 mortars were firing a frenzied salvo at the headquarters, the third brigade was suddenly attacked, suffered heavy losses, the forward position had been completely lost, and the entire defense line was in danger, so he asked for urgent reinforcements!

Li Jiayu was taken aback, and his first judgment was that Deng Xihou's troops were finished, and if he did not retreat decisively, he would be in danger of being attacked by the enemy on both sides. Thinking of the fiasco of the Tang-style Zun Department and the retreat of Pan Wenhua's department, Li Jiayu did not hesitate to give the order to retreat to Ziyang on the whole front.

The two brigades that launched Hejia'an to force the crossing under the support of fierce artillery fire were the two elite brigades of the southern Sichuan garrison commanded by Zhao Dongquan, and the well-equipped and powerful officers and men were the first temporary infantry brigade and the provisional mountain brigade, and the 12,000 soldiers successfully crossed the river almost without any resistance from Li Jiayu's troops. It took only two hours to reach the Shuangliu Yongqi Temple in the southwest of Chengdu, and encountered a regiment of Deng Xihou's department who rushed to block the attack head-on.

The mountain brigade, which had been ordered to rush into Chengdu at full speed, made a detour and did not make contact with the enemy, and the enemy troops who were hastily arranging a blocking position were very surprised when they saw this, and they were worried that they would be surrounded behind them to carry out a flanking attack after letting go of the mountain brigade, so they could only divide half of their troops to block the attack, so that the already scarce forces were even more empty, and the positions that had not yet been established were even more chaotic.

Where will the officers and men of the Provisional Infantry Brigade of the Anjia Army, who are advancing on the left flank, miss such an opportunity? The officers and men of the vanguard regiment greeted them with light machine guns, submachine guns and grenades, and fought their way away, and the soldiers of the two regiments that followed up easily slaughtered any moving target, and also did not pause, and passed through, and the whole battle took less than fifteen minutes from the beginning to the end, leaving only one company responsible for clearing the remaining enemy targets, treating the wounded brothers, and collecting the weapons and ammunition scattered everywhere.

At 1:45 p.m., more than 10,000 officers and men, who had rested for 20 minutes, began to launch a fierce assault, cutting through the bloody road from six directions, breaking into the city of Chengdu, which was full of holes in defense, and engaged in a large-scale street battle with the garrison brigade of Deng Xihou's department.

Under the leadership of their respective company and platoon commanders, the well-trained officers and men of the garrison of the Anjia Army fought separately, using quick and effective methods such as blowing up the courtyard walls of residential houses, avoiding the blocking fire points set up by the defenders at the entrances of streets and alleys, quickly clearing away obstacles one by one with dense grenades, eliminating the stubborn enemies one by one with simple operation and powerful firepower, and driving the remnants of the defending enemy to the north of the city step by step, and began a more bloody and fierce merciless killing.

When had the officers and soldiers of Deng Xihou's army ever seen such a strong and ruthless enemy? The officers and men of the two brigades of the Anjia Army, wearing the blue-gray military uniforms of Liu Wenhui's department, occupied the entire Chengdu in only one hour and 25 minutes, completely controlled the provincial government, the central bank, the newspaper office, the military camps, and the city gates, and other strategic places, killing and wounding less than 1,000 brothers.

At 5:15 p.m., Liu Wenhui's Independent Frontier Division and two garrison regiments rushed to Chengdu, and the two brigades of the Anjia Army immediately began to hand over the defense, carried the dead and wounded brothers, and quietly retreated along the original road, and the number of the Second Independent Division of the Chuankang Frontier Army was quietly revoked.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Wenhui in the Jiajiang General Headquarters received the good news sent back by Chen Hongwen from Chengdu, and with gratitude, he personally went to the backyard to thank Zhao Dongquan, who was preparing to withdraw to southern Sichuan.

Zhao Dongquan very politely presented the secret telegram sent by An Yi to Liu Wenhui, and Liu Wenhui immediately made a guarantee after reading it:

Within twenty-four hours, the three divisions that had already routed Wang Zhanxu's troops and were in fierce pursuit of the enemy would surely occupy Zigong. At that time, Liu Wenhui will go in person to meet An Yi to express his gratitude!