After the disbandment of the Allied Army, except for those that had been officially incorporated by the 29th Army, the military expenses of the troops in various parts of Chahar were covered by the provincial government. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

This is undoubtedly an exacerbation for the already overburdened finances of Chahar Province. However, due to the strength of the 29th Army, Li Han had to grit his teeth and accept this condition.

However, he is not a lord who is willing to suffer losses, and since the military expenses are borne by himself, it is natural that the provincial government should be responsible for the government affairs and tax collection of cities and counties.

Not only that, Li Han also planned to open a bank account for each soldier, and the soldier's salary would be directly paid to the soldier's account, so as to put an end to the phenomenon of empty salary in the army.

Li Han's move is undoubtedly a draw from the bottom of the kettle for troops like Zhang Lingyun. Zhang Lingyun has been in the army for so many years, how could he not understand Li Han's intentions.

Before Li Han began to clean up the dissident forces, he took the initiative to say that his Kangbao garrison brigade could solve the problem without the provincial government's money.

However, Li Han was already determined to unify the military and government of the whole province, and how could he let Zhang Lingyun continue to entrench in Kangbao. Although Zhang Lingyun said that they could solve the problem of military salaries by themselves, where did they get the money, and it was not distributed to the people of Kangbao.

And Zhang Lingyun had already expected that the security army would attack them, not only him, but also several other garrison troops could not escape, because in Chahar, in addition to Feng Zhanhai's sixty-third army, the strength of Li Han's security army was the strongest.

However, the whereabouts of the 63rd Army have also been decided, and basically in the coming year, it will be transferred to Hebei, so Feng Zhanhai definitely has no intention of competing with Li Han for control of Chahar.

It's just that Zhang Lingyun didn't expect this day to come so soon, and now it is less than two months before the dissolution of the alliance, and the security army has begun to act against its former allies.

"Even if you do it, it's extremely risky, don't look at our people more than Wang Dazhu's one, four or five travelers. But looking at their equipment, not only did the brigade headquarters have artillery battalions, but each regiment also had a mortar company. And our whole brigade does not even have a single infantry gun, and all the mortars added up are only as good as a regiment of others, so how can we fight like this. ”

The deputy commander and deputy brigade commander of the garrison brigade, Qi Yuling, said that there were actually some things that Yu Yuling did not say. He knew very well what the soldiers of the garrison brigade were.

Moreover, they are soldiers of the original Northwest Army, and many officers and soldiers want to be promoted and make a fortune in the Allied Army, so they have not recovered from the dissolution of the Allied Army until now. The morale of many junior officers and soldiers was very low. But no matter what the soldiers of the garrison brigade are, they are their own soldiers after all.

Seeing the officers below in a mess, Zhang Lingyun's mood was also complicated!

He is not a man who cannot see the situation clearly, but he also wants to keep his military power. Otherwise, after the alliance was forced to disband, he could have retreated with Feng Yuxiang.

In view of Li Han's great power, Zhang Lingyun also took the initiative to give up Baochang's territory, hoping that Li Han would not target him, but when he saw Wang Dazhu's troops coming directly to the door, Zhang Lingyun knew that there was no room for relaxation.

If we can repel the attack of the 145th Brigade, we will not only be able to keep Kangbao, but will even be able to spread our forces to other areas in northern Chabei.

Combined with Ruan Xuanwu, commander of the garrison of Shangdu, and Liu Guitang, commander of the guerrilla attack in Chadong, self-protection should not be a problem.

Although Zhang Lingyun also knows the facts of what Yu Yuling said. But when they faced the Japanese army at the beginning, the Japanese army's equipment was also much stronger than that of the Allied army, and there were also aircraft and tanks, and they were not defeated by the Allied army in the end, so Zhang Lingyun felt that they might not have no chance to win.

Wang Dazhu waited outside the city for more than an hour, not only did he not wait for the people in the city to come out and surrender, but he saw through the telescope that more and more soldiers were pouring into the city, and even machine guns and mortars were set up.

"How's the artillery battalion preparing!"

Wang Dazhu asked the staff officer beside him.

The artillery battalion of the 145th Brigade was the original artillery battalion of the 15th Regiment, and the number of artillery pieces was not boundary, it was still six infantry guns and two mountain guns. But the Kangbao garrison brigade, which was used to deal with not a single field artillery, could be completely crushed.

"Report to the brigade seat, the artillery battalion is ready and ready to open fire!" The staff officer replied.

"Don't wait, the other party seems to be planning to resist to the end, and immediately fire at me!" Wang Dazhu did not hesitate to order the shelling!

As soon as Wang Dazhu's words were finished, several rumbling noises were heard from the rear position, and then several piercing whistling sounds crossed the sky.

In the next moment, several explosions were heard from the small city wall of Kangbao! One of the shells happened to land not far from Zhang Lingyun and exploded.

Zhang Lingyun only felt that after a loud noise, his face felt a little warm, and when he reached out and touched it, he touched a piece of bloody minced meat, and then he saw that a person a few meters away had already blown up the upper half of his body. Without waiting for Zhang Lingyun to react, the second round of shelling roared.

Although Zhang Lingyun also led his troops to participate in the operation against the Japanese Fourth Brigade, at that time there were more than 80,000 Allied troops against the Japanese Fourth Brigade, so the artillery that could really fall on the position of several thousand people of the Sixth Army was very limited.

During the second round of shelling, mortar companies of the 15th and 18th regiments also joined the artillery queue, and dozens of shells exploded on the head of the city in unison, inflicting a large number of casualties on the defenders on the city walls.

At this time, several more officers ran over: "Commander, the situation is not good, the artillery fire of the security army is too fierce, let's withdraw to the city!" ”

Zhang Lingyun did not answer directly, but asked: "What about the casualties of the brothers?" ”

"We didn't expect the artillery fire of the security army to be so fierce, the brothers didn't have time to hide, although they all hid in the back, but the casualties were very large, twenty or thirty people died, and nearly one hundred were injured! But rest assured, Commander, we are now prepared, and the number of casualties in the next few will definitely not be so large. ”

A major officer replied.

"How can there be such a big casualty, order the artillery company, immediately return fire!"

"Yes! Commander! ”

Hearing this casualty figure, Zhang Lingyun closed his eyes in some pain. The other side brought such a large number of casualties to itself with just two rounds of shelling. When they attack themselves under the cover of artillery fire, will the garrison brigade be able to withstand it?

However, although the start was unfavorable, Zhang Lingyun did not want to admit defeat, he took advantage of defending the city, and there were more soldiers than the 145th Brigade, it may be difficult to win, but it is equally difficult to lose.

As long as it takes a few more days, neither the Beiping Military Commission nor the 29-year-old Song Zheyuan will allow Li Han to openly exclude dissidents in Chahar.

Not only Zhang Lingyun knew this, but Wang Dazhu also knew very well that Li Han was actually under a lot of pressure to do this.

In fact, neither the Nationalist Government nor the 29th Army were completely opposed to the Security Forces' takeover of power in Chahar Province.

After all, Chahar faced the threat of the Japanese army, and even if he gathered the strength of the whole province, he could not stop the Japanese troops, let alone the current state of the security army.

But they also had their own concerns, and the Nationalist Government was worried that after Li Han became stronger, he would unite with Song Zheyuan, so that the central government would really not be able to say a word in North China.

Originally, Shanxi and Suiyuan were Yan Xishan's sphere of influence, and Hebei, Beiping, and Tianjin were the territory of the 29th Army.

Song Zheyuan's concerns with the central government were just the opposite, he was worried that Li Han would come to Hebei to grab territory with him after Chahar could not stop the Japanese army.

Although the 29th is strong, if Li Han gets the whole province of Chahar and expands the army on a large scale, there will be at least 50,000 or 60,000 people, and the 29th Army is not only Li Han's opponent, so Song Zheyuan doesn't want to fight a war of attrition with Li Han for no reason.

However, only Wang Dazhu and a group of high-ranking officers of the security army knew that Li Han's eagerness to integrate the military and political affairs of the whole province was to use Chahar's financial and physical resources to develop armaments, and the ultimate goal was to deal with the Japanese.

"Continue the shelling, and after ten minutes, order the fifteenth and eighteenth regiments to attack immediately!"

Seeing that the effect of the artillery bombardment was good, Wang Dazhu decided to cover the enemy on the city with a burst of artillery fire first. Besides, although the city wall of Kangbao County is low, if it is attacked by infantry, the casualties will not be small, so Wang Dazhu plans to directly use artillery fire to blow down a section of the city wall, and then let the infantry charge.

The artillery battalion received Wang Dazhu's order and began to concentrate on bombarding a fixed area, but two mortar batteries were still carrying out a covering artillery bombardment of the city's head from south to north.

A deafening explosion sounded in the county town of Kangbao, and the rumbling pillars of smoke rose into the sky, looking at the surrounding soldiers with heads and rats, the officers at the head of the city also sensed the seriousness of the matter, and before the battle really started, they lost a battalion of soldiers, which was okay.

began to organize the soldiers to retreat, but they did not dare to withdraw all their troops, because the thousands of security soldiers outside the city were always eyeing the enemy, and they could attack at any time.

And their fears were soon fulfilled, and under the blow of the artillery battalion with full firepower, the section of the city wall of the West Gate was blown down more than 20 meters.

"Order the artillery battalion, and after a minute, the artillery fire will be extended, and the infantry will immediately charge, and both regiments will all press on me."

Wang Dazhu has been paying close attention to the battlefield, and after seeing the city wall being blown down, he knew that the opportunity had come, the defenders in the city were already overwhelmed by artillery fire, and after the city wall was blown down, the infantry could directly rush into the city.

"Commander, let's get out of here! We still underestimate the strength of the security forces. I didn't expect their artillery to be so powerful, only a brigade-level unit, equipped with artillery, can do a wing of the Japanese army.

The wall of the west gate was blown down by their artillery fire for a width of more than ten meters, and now Wang Dazhu has launched a general attack, and the troops in front will not be able to hold out for long. ”

"That's it! That's it! Let the brethren surrender! ”

Although he was very dissatisfied with Wang Dazhu's attack on him, Zhang Lingyun had been in the army for so many years, and in the end, he knew very well that if he was in Li Han's position, he would probably do the same.

More importantly, many of the soldiers in the garrison brigade are his old brothers, and Zhang Lingyun doesn't want to let thousands of brothers die in one breath for himself.

So before leaving, he gave the rest of the garrison brigade an order to surrender, and he broke through from the north gate with hundreds of cronies.