Chapter 55: The Battle of Yunnan, Qianchuan (4)
In recent years, the bandits in the southwest have increased dramatically, and many Qing officials have colluded with the bandits, and the government of Sichuan and Shu has used money to buy bandits and harass the national defense forces. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
While the fighting in Chongqing was raging, these bandits harassed the Wehrmacht's logistical line and affected the Wehrmacht's offensive. The commander of the 13th and 15th divisions was very angry, and the forward command center: "These bandits have to add chaos at this critical moment, and I don't think this group of bandits will be eliminated, and our logistics will never be at peace." He Zhenghua, commander of the 13th Division, said, and Wang Wen, commander of the 15th Division, continued: "Now our logistics have been affected to a certain extent, and if we do not solve them, the troops will not be able to complete the task of cutting off the enemy in Chengdu and the enemy in Chongqing and encircling the enemy army in Sichuan and Shu in a roundabout way according to the plan." ”
Call the commanders of each regiment to discuss the next battle: "Just this morning, our logistics was attacked by a small group of bandits, and now the former commander has decided to send a regiment to encircle and suppress the bandits, the third regiment commander, this task is handed over to you, do you have confidence." Although the commander of the third regiment was extremely reluctant to fight bandits, for a soldier, the duty of a soldier is to obey orders and salute: "Guarantee to complete the task." "The war is still going on.
The commander of the third regiment was stationed, and immediately after returning home, he convened a meeting of all battalions and companies: "Comrades, the command headquarters has given us a new task, just this morning, our logistics supply line was attacked by a small group of bandits, which greatly affected the operation of our army in the rear of the enemy, so the command ordered our regiment to annihilate this group of bandits as soon as possible, and the reconnaissance company immediately sent scouts to reconnoiter the surroundings, and all battalions and companies should be ready for battle. ”
Time was fading, and the soldiers who reconnoitred in the afternoon came back, in the command headquarters: "Regiment commander, according to our reconnaissance, we have found the traces of this bandit, in a mountain village called Lin Village fifteen miles away, this group of bandits is composed of multiple bandits converged, the purpose is to attack our army, the village is now completely occupied by bandits, the villagers in the village are all imprisoned by bandits in the ancestral hall of the village, the number of bandits is still quite a lot, there are more than 1,000 people, the Qing army bought them, The bandits had a comfortable life in the village. The regimental staff officer said.
The commander of the third regiment looked at the map, shook the military uniform on his body, turned around and said, "Order, all battalions and companies urgently assemble." The troops marched all the way forward, the reconnaissance company cleared the sentries of the bandits in front, and the troops soon came to a hill not far from Lin Village, and looked at the situation in Lin Village with binoculars, and the commanders of each battalion and company all gathered over, and the commander of the third regiment said: "First battalion commander, your battalion goes to the back of the village and cuts off their retreat, the second battalion attacks from the front, and the third battalion surrounds the village for me, and I can't let go of a bandit." ”
According to the deployment, each battalion and company arrived at the designated position, the commander of the third regiment ordered to start the attack, the starter fired three red signal flares into the sky, the bandits in the village thought that who was putting fireworks in broad daylight, who knew that at this time the guns were loud, the bandits reacted, and hurriedly summoned their men to counterattack, a group of bandits who had not been trained, how could they be the opponents of the regular army of the Wehrmacht, and the battle ended in more than ten minutes, the soldiers originally thought that the combat effectiveness of the bandits should not be too bad, but they did not expect it to be so bad.
This is a battle without suspense, all surrendered within a few minutes, if it weren't for the rule of not killing prisoners, it is estimated that this group of bandits would have been shot by all the soldiers, after cleaning the battlefield, the three regiments escorted the prisoners back to the station, came to the headquarters, the three regiment commanders began to report the battle process of the bandits, listened to the report of the three regiment commanders, the two division commanders smiled helplessly, I didn't expect the bandits to be so unbeaten, sending a regiment to encircle and suppress, it seems a bit of a waste of troops.
The battle in Chongqing also came to an end, and in the absence of reinforcements, the Qing army in the city could no longer hold on, and the two division commanders who sensed the situation of the Qing army immediately issued an order for a general attack. In the early morning, a ray of sunlight shone through the treetops, and the Wehrmacht artillery raised its muzzles, and after a shelling, the Wehrmacht began its final assault.
"The sixth company is on me", "the eighth company, we can't let the sixth company compare, the first to rush into the city must be our company", all companies are rushing forward, the whole army's shouting and killing resounded in the sky, the city gate has already been blown open, the soldiers rushed into every street in the city from the city gate, the soldiers who rushed into the city with guns in the recalcitrant Qing army shooting under the strong offensive of the Wehrmacht, many Qing soldiers began to choose to surrender.
In two days, the Wehrmacht took Chongqing, and it has to be said that the Wehrmacht's combat effectiveness was so strong, and the troops soon posted a notice to the people, and when the troops took Chongqing, it was already night, and the two division commanders followed the orders of the headquarters, strictly forbidding the soldiers to disturb the people, and resolutely abiding by the discipline of the troops, and the gunfire that had resounded for two days was over, and the residents of Chongqing got up in the morning, opened the door and saw that the streets and under the eaves were full of Wehrmacht soldiers, and the Wehrmacht would rather sleep on the streets than disturb the people, which won the praise of the people of Chongqing. The people of Chongqing looked at this different army, felt in their hearts that this army was different from the army they had seen before, and began to gradually identify with the national defense force in their hearts.
"It is still the wisdom of the headquarters, since ancient times there has been a saying that those who win the hearts of the people win the world, and the marshal has always emphasized strengthening the discipline and management of the army, in addition to enhancing the cohesion and combat effectiveness of the troops, it is to change the bad image left by the army among the common people in the past." Seeing that the troops were gradually accepted by the local people, the two division commanders talked as they walked.
Chongqing has been solved, and the other two roads are also progressing rapidly, and they are about to attack Chengdu, so the 13th and 15th divisions should also speed up and encircle in a roundabout way to prevent the Qing army from escaping to Shaanxi. At the fastest speed, it quickly detoured along the Sichuan-Shaanxi border and interspersed with encirclement. ”
The 13th and 15th Divisions marched hastily and began to carry out the plan according to plan, interspersed with a roundabout encirclement of all the resistance forces in the whole of Sichuan. When the Qing army in Chengdu heard that Chongqing had been lost, everyone panicked.