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Chapter 919: The Awe-inspiring Expansion of Righteousness (1)

Compared with the joyous and cheerful laughter of Nanxi City and Xufu City, Wulong County, on the north bank of the Wujiang River in eastern Sichuan, was heavily armed and slaughtered, and all roads and wharves within a radius of five kilometers were blocked, and the stern notice that only entry and exit were allowed for two consecutive days was strictly observed under the muzzle of the black hole and the bright three-edged bayonet. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

As early as the morning of the 20th, the three invincible bullies of Wulong City, relying on their family's hundred-year-old status in the rivers and lakes and several people in the clan to lead troops in the Sichuan army, did not regard the advance regiment of the 39th Division of the 24th Army that suddenly entered the county seat and quickly launched a blockade as a thing. Carrying the banner of the "Wulong Security Regiment" and a variety of weapons, knives and guns, under the frightened gaze of the people in the city, they roared in unison with their chests and stomachs exposed, and brazenly attacked the guard post at the entrance of the alley in the west of the city.

To everyone's surprise, before the "Wulong Security Regiment" more than 300 fierce and vicious strong men rushed to within 50 meters of the outpost, a dense rifle sound suddenly sounded, rushing to the front of the seven evil men, three bullies and the strong men carrying Czech machine guns, blood mist appeared on their heads, and they were killed on the spot in a blink of an eye. The knife and gun in his hand fell to the ground.

Immediately after that, the two machine guns behind the checkpoint bunker pointed to the sky and fired warning shots, and more than 200 heavily armed officers and soldiers of the Anjia family suddenly appeared, surrounding more than 300 men who were scattered in the middle, and the roar of "surrender the guns and not kill" frightened more than 100 people in the circle to sit on the ground, and the four obstinate leaders were just about to raise the muzzle of the shell, but they were hit by bullets flying from nowhere, and their brains were splashed, and the rest had no choice but to kneel on the ground and raise their hands.

Almost at the same time as the gunshots rang out, the three wealthy families in the city were surrounded by officers and soldiers of two companies of the Anjia Army, and more than 120 people from the three families were escorted directly to the yamen in the city, and all their property was confiscated.

An hour later, nearly 1,000 officers and soldiers drove quickly from the east and west, and the two generals on their horses met in the south of the city, greeted them with a smile, and then led their troops into the city.

Another hour later, on the low-lying tidal flats on the bank of the Wujiang River in the south of the city, a crisp burst of gunfire rang out again, and more than 30 people of the three wealthy clans who had done many evils and were stubborn returned to Huangquan.

At this point, no one in Wulong County dared to say a word, the terms of the notice were strictly observed, a group of old people and bitter old uncles and women in the city were politely invited into the county government by the officers and soldiers, fragrant tea waiting, cigarette reception, the old Nanchang "Golden Monkey Milk Candy" and "Fuqiang Biscuits" that had only been heard of before were placed on the table, and several young Sichuan officers greeted the trembling villagers one by one with pleasant faces, and then sat down and began to chat.

Under the big tree in the backyard of the county government, Zhang Cunzhuang, commander of the 44 th Army, who was in charge of the joint anti-bandit operation, and Xia Jian, deputy commander of the newly promoted 24 th Army, came side by side, and talked in a low voice with seven or eight generals around the map on the stone table. In a wing room more than 10 meters away from the big tree, dozens of staff officers were methodically arranging the temporary command headquarters.

"The third division of our army has firmly controlled the 60-kilometer front from Yushan and Pengshui to Yunfeng, according to the latest decision made by my uncle and Commander An in Syria, the seventh brigade of our garrison will officially hand over all defense to Brother Jing Xian (Min Jingxian, the newly promoted commander of the 39th Division of the 24th Army) at 3 o'clock this afternoon, and the third division under the command of Brother Yu will also stay in Pengshui temporarily. Zhang Cunzhuang smiled and said to Xia Jian.

Xia Jian laughed: "Brother Cunqiang, aren't you a little brother?" Before the younger brother came, the commander had already ordered that everything should be based on Brother Cun Qiang, and all orders must be approved by Brother Cun Qiang before they could be issued, and the biggest task of the younger brother was how to familiarize himself with the situation at the junction of Sichuan, Guizhou and Hunan as soon as possible, and do all the preliminary work for the 39th Division's long-term stationing in Daozhen. Haha, big brother, you're welcome, who are our brothers with whom? ”

The generals were immediately amused by Xia Jian's hippie smile.

This time, because Chiang Kai-shek secretly summoned He Jian, the prudent and cautious Zhang Hongluan had to make corresponding adjustments in advance, and in addition, Wang Jialie and the Judah talent department on the other side of the Hunan-Guizhou border were still in fierce confrontation, fighting to the death and seriously threatening the stability and development of the Xiangxi jurisdiction, Zhang Hongluan had to transfer the first division and three garrison brigades of the 44th Army to the strategic Changde and Xiushan and Songtao areas at the junction of Hunan and Guizhou to strengthen vigilance to ensure the security of the entire territory of Xiangxi, which was steadily developing.

In this way, Zhang Hongluan, who simultaneously implemented the policy of "orderly disarmament and hiding troops for the people" with An Yi, had a bit of a hard time in the deployment of troops.

Secondly, after An Yi stayed in Syria for a long time, he must make great progress, as an elder Zhang Hongluan reciprocated the peach, and generously handed over Daozhen to An Yi to govern, first, to help An Yi, secondly, Daozhen is far away from Xiangxi, and it is a place where all parties in Sichuan and Guizhou have been eyeing right and wrong for many years, especially after the construction of the Xiangqian and Sichuan highways, Liu Xiang and Wang Jialie both complained about Zhang Hongluan's occupation of Daozhen, Zhang Hongluan handed over Daozhen to An Yi, who is also a Sichuan person, not only can withdraw from the dispute in a chic manner, but also save a large amount of military expenditure, Move the elite troops stationed in Daozhen to a more useful place.

After An Yi occupies Daozhen, the entire transportation line related to the military and political interests of Xiangxi, Qianxi, and southern Sichuan is more secure in terms of security, and with An Yi's abundant financial resources and generosity, in less than two years, the economy of the Daozhen area will develop rapidly, and there will be no harm to the Qianxi of the Shizhen Department and the Xiangxi of the headquarters, so why not Zhang Hongluan?

An Yi got the truth, Liu Xiang occupied Wanshengchang, Nanchuan, Qijiang must be under An Yi's watch, since ancient times, Wanshunchang and Qijiang in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties in the territory of the constant change, sometimes under the jurisdiction of Guizhou Tongzidao, sometimes belonging to the Chongqing Prefecture in Sichuan moderation, since the Republic of China, in the warlords in various periods, frequently change masters, even the local people can not figure out which province they should belong to. After the Nanjing government took power, it was made clear in the division of administrative regions across the country that Nanchuan and Qijiang belonged to Sichuan, but at present, the two provinces of Sichuan and Guizhou are still only nominally subordinate to the central government, and in essence they are still doing their own thing, with a high degree of autonomy, and the problems left over from history have not been solved at all, and the local people who are far away from the emperor of Tiangao do not even know who the boss of the Republic of China is.

Therefore, how could the ambitious generals of the An family army and a group of strategists who were not willing to be lonely hidden behind the scenes miss the God-given opportunity to win in the chaos and expand step by step?

The seemingly rugged Xia Jian, in fact, has his delicate side, from Zhang Hongluan's uncle and nephew easily get the excellent foothold of Daozhen, naturally know how to thank it, so in this joint anti-bandit operation, it is rare to hand over the command to Zhang Cunzhuang, and the 300 brothers of the 44th Division Special Brigade generously handed over to Zhang Cunzhuang, under the full command of Zhang Cunzhuang, Xia Jian himself is willing to fight, and he is willing to be in a happy mood.

Zhang Cunzhuang, who had been fighting for several years and had become more sophisticated and mature, was no longer polite, and ordered Zhang Shaodong, commander of the Third Division, to immediately make radio contact with the Special Brigade of the Third Division and the Special Brigade of Wang Xulun's 44th Division, which had penetrated into the lair of the "Divine Spear Society" in advance of the "Divine Spear Society", and then stopped bothering the rabble of the "Divine Spear Society", turned to the map again, and used red and blue pencils to draw a circle in Hexi Town, 30 kilometers west of Daozhen:

"Brother Xia, Hexi Town is one of the main passages for Wanshengchang and Nanchuan City to go south to Hunan and Guizhou, since our army was stationed in Daozhen for three years, fifty percent of the smuggled opium seized was scattered from the gathering point of Hexi Town, and the local armed forces of a regiment in Hexi Town belong to the Xiong Jiaying Security Brigade of Wanshengchang, this Xiong Jiaying is the same as Liu Xiang, and is a disciple of Liu Congyun, but Xiong Jiaying does not give Liu Xiang face, Liu Xiang tried to incorporate Xiong Jiaying's more than 5,000 people several times, but failed to do so, last year Liu Xiang served as the Sichuan Provincial Aftermath Supervisor, After being responsible for the deployment of the armed forces in the province, he was threatened with the cancellation of Xiong Jiaying's 'Southeast Sichuan Security Brigade', but because Xiong Jiaying went through Liu Congyun's door, Liu Xiang had to give up, this year the Huang Han Department attacked Nanchuan three times, and Xiong Jiaying, who was close at hand, did not help Liu Xiang, which shows the depth of the feud between the two, but if we want to eat Xiong Jiaying in one fell swoop, I am afraid that Liu Xiang will not agree, so I advocate that it is better to be cautious and not to be too anxious. ”

Xia Jian was very aware of the relationship and strength between Xiong Jiaying and Liu Xiang, and originally wanted to wait for the extermination of the "Sharpshooter Society" to immediately eliminate this bandit army with lightning speed, but now when he heard Zhang Cunzhuang's suggestion, he couldn't help but show a thoughtful look: "That's it, the younger brother is not in a hurry, report the eldest brother's opinion to the headquarters, and the headquarters will decide." Although the commander gave the younger brother full authority to dispose of it before leaving, and the younger brother also made the first part of the 39th Division and the first part of the 44th Division, a total of two brigades, ready for action, but listening to what the eldest brother said, it is better to be cautious. ”

Zhang Cunzhuang smiled, and was about to say something, when Zhang Shaodong was already striding with a red face.

"Report to the military seat, the sharpshooter meeting is over." Zhang Shaodong happily presented the message.

"What?"

Zhang Cunzhuang and Xia Jian exclaimed at the same time, neither of them expected to play so smoothly and so quickly.

Zhang Shaodong proudly reported: "The brothers of the Special Brigade of our division and the special brigade of the 44th Division had already moved forward in the early morning and took control of the east and west valleys of the Lion Rock, the old nest of the Sharpshooter Society, respectively. It has achieved an excellent record of annihilating 847 enemy bandits without any of them slipping through the net, and has captured more than 700 long and short guns, more than 30,000 yuan of ocean, more than 100 quintals of tobacco and soil, and a batch of gold jewelry. Twenty-seven brothers were killed and more than sixty wounded. ”

"Who is Zhang Shaowu? When did the eldest brother have such a fierce general? Xia Jian asked with interest.

Zhang Cunzhuang took the telegram and pointed at Zhang Shaodong: "It's Shaodong's third brother, Deng Bin is familiar with it, Shaowu's marksmanship is still taught by Deng Bin's brother, haha!" ”

Xia Jianle looked at Zhang Shaodong happily: "Fighting the tiger brothers, it's really good!" ”

Zhang Shaodong smiled: "It was originally scheduled to attack in the evening, and at that time, all the bandits of the Sharpshooter Club would collect their troops and return to the camp, and there would be no fish that slipped through the net, but Shaowu finally decided to attack in advance under the repeated requests of the reporters accompanying the army, hehe!" There is a reason for this on telegram. ”

Xia Jian turned to Zhang Cunzhuang in surprise, Zhang Cunzhuang shook his head and smiled, and handed the telegram to Xia Jian:

"The reporter sent by your political department said that it was best to take pictures at noon, and they were worried that they would not be able to see clearly in the fog in the afternoon, so they did it in advance, grandma's! This Zhang Shaowu, come back to see Lao Tzu and not punish him......"