Chapter 5 Entering Sichuan (4)
Just when Guo Hu and Li Qin led the 17th Division to solve the 148th Division, the Red 18th Division, the Red 19th Division, and the Red 20th Division marched from three routes overnight and went to Nanchuan, Jiangjin, and Banan, either that night or in the early morning of the next day, each of them successfully resolved the three brigades belonging to the 145th Division and distributed in these three cities! The three brigades didn't expect the red bandits to come so quickly, and they didn't prepare until the three divisions entered their base camp and woke up like a dream. It's just that it's too late. Of course, it's not too late. With three divisions fighting three brigades respectively, no matter how fierce your Sichuan army is, it is not the opponent of the three divisions of Li Jiansheng's strong army!
When Pan Wenhua sent a telegram to the above four places, Li Jiansheng's troops had completely occupied the above four places, and they were all invincible.
At this time, Pan Wenhua made a move that he regretted later, but he was very glad about: not only did he not step up the collection of the 144th Division and concentrate on guarding Chongqing, but divided the division into two parts: the division's subordinate troops and a brigade, as well as some tax police and security regiments, a total of about two brigades of troops to guard Chongqing, and the other two main brigades, a total of 6 regiments, went to Nanchuan, Jiangjin, and Banan, each with two regiments. His original intention was to strengthen the defense of the three places. It's just that he didn't expect that the Red Army would take the above three places overnight, so his move like this brought unprecedented opportunities to Li Jiansheng's troops.
Because this gave Li Jiansheng the opportunity to occupy Chongqing, Pan Wenhua regretted it. Later, he accidentally discovered the powerful firepower of the Red Bandits, but he was glad that he had inadvertently divided his troops in this way at that time, so that the Red Bandits did not need to use much firepower, and they saved the lives of a large number of Sichuan soldiers! And later, when his troops were rebuilt, a considerable part of them were soldiers of the Lao Sichuan Army who were exchanged for the Red Bandits! If the two sides fought against each other at the beginning, with the firepower of his troops, it would not be the food of the red bandits at all, and eighty percent would be annihilated by the red bandits, where could they be redeemed with money? Of course, that's a later story, so I won't say much about it for now.
However, when the scouts provided the information to Li Jiansheng, Li Jiansheng was overjoyed, and immediately the 16th Division of the Dianyun Tianbu thought of sneaking into Chongqing, and the 18th, 19th, and 20th divisions tried to get rid of the two reinforced regiments respectively. These units are all descendants of Li Jiansheng, and they have a deep understanding of the old chief's combat techniques, so they resolutely carry them out. As a result, the two brigades and six regiments of Pan Wenhua's 144th Division skillfully took Li Jiansheng's three divisions in Nanchuan, Jiangjin, and Banan. As for the Red 16th Division, the 145th Division of the Sichuan Army, which had retreated in disguise, mixed into Chongqing, and then acted separately according to the deployment. Pan Wenhua's life should not be extinguished. Just when the units of the 16th Division were quickly taking control of Chongqing, a Hunan Red Army soldier accidentally scolded "", which happened to be listened to by Liu Zhen, Pan Wenhua's deputy who was here and there and was also familiar with the Hunan dialect. Looking at these soldiers carefully, Adjutant Liu was shocked at the moment: This is not our Sichuan army soldiers! Look at that weapon, when did our Sichuan army have it?
Liu Zhen, who reacted quickly, hurried to find a way at the moment. It's just that at this time, like Guo Bingnan, he didn't think that this was a red bandit army at all, but thought that the Central Army came in makeup. Therefore, instead of firing first, he turned around and rushed into the mayor's office with a few personal guards, and put Pan Wenhua out before the 16th Battalion of the 46th Regiment of the 16th Division rushed to the Chongqing Municipal Government. Although the equipment of the Sichuan army is not good, his guard unit is not bad, and Pan Wenhua himself is quite astute and familiar with the local terrain, so he ran out before the Red 16th Division completely occupied the whole city of Chongqing. Pan Wenhua's original intention was to get out first, and then find his troops and fight back. It's just that what he didn't expect was that the station of the 144th Division had been completely occupied by others!
As a result, naturally, there was an exchange of fire between the two sides. But the equipment of the Sichuan army is really not good, and Pan Wenhua's guards are elite, and Li Jiansheng's 16 to 16 is nothing, and as a result, after only a few rounds, Pan Wenhua's guard unit is over. Pan Wenhua still wanted to occupy it, but Liu Zhen didn't care, forcibly erected him, and took advantage of the geographical advantage of this mountain city to get out of the city. On the road, the clever Pan Wenhua thought carefully before he deduced the result: Those people just now, I'm afraid they were not the Central Army, and eighty percent were red bandits! Thinking about this section, Pan Wenhua came out in a cold sweat, knowing that his three divisions were gone. My heart was cold, and after thinking about it carefully, I knew that it was not the time to argue too much, so I still told Liu Xiang the news! In this way, he did not think about going back to the red bandits to settle accounts, but took his personal troops to look west of Sichuan.
Once Chongqing was occupied, the four main divisions of Li Jiansheng's subordinate division and the troops directly under it immediately dispersed in all directions and launched attacks on the surrounding cities. As for the main force of the 16th Division, it still held Chongqing. Later that day, all the surrounding areas of Chongqing fell into the hands of Li Jiansheng.
Because Li Jiansheng's unit had already gained experience, all units at this time were in order: All the logistics systems went to the streets for shopping, and they vigorously purchased everything from iron, grain, quilts, and cloth to salt, oil, tung oil, lime, and so on. The baggage system looked around for factories, or found hardware workshops similar to those of later generations. This is what Li Jiansheng meant, mainly to expand the weapons research institute. The hospital's specialists go around buying all kinds of medicines, especially Western medicines. As for the political department directly under the corps, the staff of the Red Army school, and the heads of the corps, they went to various universities in Chongqing to recruit talents. The engineer regiment went down to the homes of the major reactionary landlords and bullies to raise money; As for the teaching regiment and the main force of the 16th Division, they raised the banner of recruiting troops everywhere. As for the political workers at all levels, they all went down to the prisoners to do the work of taking prisoners. There is only one purpose: to expand the red!
Because these are old routines, everyone uses them handy. Everyone just insisted on Li Jiansheng's one: in all recruitment and expansion, don't be a brother in a robe. Li Jiansheng was a little disgusted by this, he didn't want to affect the combat effectiveness of his troops! With the order of the corps commander, everyone naturally knew what to expect, and now they had a sense of proportion.
While Li Jiansheng reported the situation to the central authorities, he asked all departments to step up their rest. On the fifth day, Li Jiansheng's recruitment and expansion work ended. This time, Pan Wenhua's army plus some local troops, a total of more than 21,000 people, about 13,000 people met Li Jiansheng's requirements, and agreed to join the Red Army, and Li Jiansheng was incorporated into the active army. In addition, more than 5,400 recruits were recruited, and they were also incorporated into the active army by Li Jiansheng.
At the same time as Li Jiansheng expanded his popularity, Mao Weiren's side started the second crossing of the great four crossings of Chishui!