Although he was delayed for two days in Ruoergai, He Zhengdao, who led the troops back to the charter, and the material caravan behind him, which was endless. Xiao Jinguang, who was standing at the intersection to greet him, was full of joy, but he was somewhat worried.

Happily, it was naturally He Zhengdao who brought back the food and pack horse supplies that the troops urgently needed. What worries is whether He Zhengdao made a mistake in raising these materials. If you really make a mistake, He Zhengdao will also be punished!

He Zhengdao, who rode a tall horse to Xiao Jinguang, said with a smile: "Political commissar, how is it?" I'm a good horse, right? This is a Xinjiang horse that I have worked so hard to pick out! Pretty sturdy, right? ”

Xiao Jinguang, who heard this, said very directly: "Commander, you won't really exterminate those toasts, right?" ”

With a worried expression, coupled with Xiao Jinguang's whispered inquiry, He Zhengdao was stunned and said with a smile: "Political commissar, you don't think that the pack horse team I brought back, as well as those materials, are all trophies from the encirclement and suppression of those toasts, right?" ”

'Isn't it? But Ruoergai only has one main battalion of the national * army stationed there, so they shouldn't have so many supplies, right? ’

Some didn't believe it, Xiao Jinguang, who was all seized in the materials, questioned it in a timely manner. For Xiao Jinguang, after joining the independent column, he felt that it was easy to partner with He Zhengdao.

In matters that belong to the political commissar, He Zhengdao rarely interferes. This kind of respect for not interfering in politics made Xiao Jinguang also unwanted, because after being punished, the independent column was replaced by someone else as the commander.

In the face of Xiao Jinguang's concern, He Zhengdao handed over a Kazakh horse from Xinjiang that he had personally selected to the guards to take away. I introduced it to Xiao Jinguang. The whole process of this trip to Ruoergai.

Looking at the material convoys that arrived one after another, He Zhengdao said very seriously: "Political commissar." I was really angry to learn that the reconnaissance battalion had been attacked. You should be clear. The officers and men of each reconnaissance battalion are the elite of our independent column.

The loss of one scout is at least equivalent to three to five ordinary soldiers. And the previous sneak attack resulted in nearly ten casualties, how can I not be angry? To be honest, when I saw that toast, I wanted to shoot him. ”

'You didn't kill him?' ’

From He Zhengdao's words, Xiao Jinguang, who could somewhat hear the meaning, blurted out such a sentence as if he was relieved. After all. Compared with ordinary ethnic minority people, killing toast is somewhat sensitive!

'Nope! That guy was also a coward, and in the face of a main force led by me, he simply chose to surrender. He even cleverly said that attacking the reconnaissance battalion was not his skill, but that his people were encouraged by others.

I am aware of the headquarters' policy on these toasts, and I will try to be kind to them as a last resort. Therefore, he volunteered to donate a lot of material to atone for his sins. At last. I shot the militants who commanded the attack, sparing the life of the toast.

The extra supplies were all exchanged for the weapons and ammunition I had captured and those toasts. You know that, too. We are not short of weapons and ammunition, but of these supplies. I even changed a thousand war horses.

I'm going to. Let the reconnaissance regiment be attached to a cavalry battalion, which may be used in the future to enter Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia. Other than that. From the column, select soldiers who are good at horsemanship. Slowly expand this cavalry battalion.

If we have an independent column and can have a cavalry regiment or cavalry division, we will not have the ability to counterattack at all if we encounter the cavalry units of the Ma Jiajun in the future. We will do this first, and then report it when there is a scale.

In addition, wait for you to have a hundred war horses, along with the exchanged food and supplies, and send them to the rear headquarters. At this time, I am afraid that they also urgently need our support. With these horses, the chiefs would not have marched so hard. ’

'Good! As long as it's not a material raised by killing, I believe no one dares to say anything about you. It's hard work, you go back to the barracks to rest first! Just leave the matter to me here. ’

'Okay, then hard work commissar. By the way, remember to leave us a copy of the supplies, don't send them all to the headquarters. Otherwise, if we can't raise supplies in the future, the officers and men of our column will go hungry. ’

Although he knew that the headquarters was in urgent need of supplies, He Zhengdao still felt that the food reserves of the independent column must be guaranteed first. The hundreds of thousands of catties of grain exchanged this time can also solve the urgent needs of the headquarters.

As for the next march to Gannan, according to the information sent back by the 1st Division, the grain reserves there seem to be not bad. This means that as long as the army enters the territory of Gannan, the problem of insufficient grain reserves should be alleviated.

When the troops transporting horses and supplies arrived in Songpan, looking at the mighty pack team, Zhou Enlai and the heads of the headquarters all seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. It's just that the Red Army also needs to continue on the road next.

When the headquarters was also about to advance into Gansu, it received a telegram from the 1st Division, and He Zhengdao immediately led the 3rd Division of the Independent Column and the expanded 4th Division to also march forward in Diebu territory, and the column of the Central Military Commission marched towards Baoza with it.

It was only in order to respond to the actions of the independent column that the Red Third Army and the Red 30th Army, along the route taken by the Second Division of the Independent Column, also became the second main force of the Red Army to advance into Gansu.

In the face of the main force of the Red Army entering Gansu, Chairman Chiang, who was far away in Nanjing, undoubtedly appeared very angry. While strictly ordering the northwestern departments to participate in the encirclement and suppression, they also knew that if they wanted to annihilate the Red Army again, they were afraid that it would be unlikely.

Compared with the Central Red Army, the northward breakthrough went smoothly, and the Red Fourth Front Army in the south also swept the Sichuan border area. Bing Feng pointed directly at Liu Wenhui's old nest Ya'an, so that this Sichuan warlord also knew that it would not work hard in the future.

In addition, Deng Xihou, who lost the cities of Baoxing and Lushan again, also knew that the Red Fourth Front Army was different from the Central Red Army that went north out of Gannan this time. This Red Army is here to grab territory with them.

When the Sichuan army finally began to prepare for a decisive battle in order to keep the territory of Sichuan. The commanders and fighters of the Red Fourth Front Army, who went south, felt that they had made the right choice, and the Sichuan army would definitely not be able to stop them from marching into the western Sichuan Plain.

accompanied Mr. Zhu to the south, as well as the officers and soldiers of the Red Fifth Army. The situation of the Red Fourth Front Army is not very good, but it is not too good. It feels like they've been invited to watch a play.

In this regard, Mr. Zhu did not say anything, and asked the officers and soldiers of the Red Fifth Army to temporarily serve as the logistics troops of the Red Fourth Front Army. Even if he himself seems to have become the logistics minister, he follows the logistics troops every day to make the last move.

When Zhu Fei handed over a telegram to Mr. Zhu, seeing that the Central Red Army had successfully marched into Gannan, Mr. Zhu also smiled and said, "Okay! In this way, our situation opens up. The rest, it's up to us here. ”

Listening to Mr. Zhu's words, Zhu Fei said a little cautiously: "Commander-in-chief, can we really take Chengdu?" ”

'I don't know! Although we have won successive battles at present, most of the troops that can be defeated are the garrison troops of the Sichuan army. The real elite of the Sichuan army, in fact, we still don't match. Chengdu Mansion is not so easy to enter! ’

Compared with other people's optimism, Mr. Zhu is somewhat worried. Even Liu Bocheng, who served as chief of staff of the Red Fifth Army, was also worried about the next breakthrough of the Red Fourth Front Army.

It's a pity that their suggestions were not approved by Zhang Guotao at all. Zhang Guotao, who also knew that the Central Red Army had successfully broken through, seemed to be eager to prove that his choice was also correct.

It was precisely because of this mood that the morale of the Red Fourth Front Army, stimulated by successive victories, was extremely high. However, it is undeniable that the spirit of many officers and men of the army has reached its limit, and the slightest carelessness will lead to collapse.

He Zhengdao, who also received a return from Zhu Fei, was even worried, but he couldn't reach it. He knew very well that if Zhang Guotao was not allowed to wake up and realize that there was no way out for the south, the Red Fourth Front Army would not turn around and keep up with the footsteps of the Central Red Army.

In view of this situation, He Zhengdao also planned to fight a few battles in Gansu with the Central Army and various northwest warlords who participated in the encirclement and suppression. The first is to temper and beat the troops, and the second is to consume the troops of the national army in the northwest.

He Zhengdao, who arrived in the Diebe area, looked at this border place, and there were also a lot of toasts. All the Tibetan soldiers recruited were sent to the various Tusi tribes to propagate the Red Army's ethnic policy and win the support of these Tusi.

Even if the other side does not support it, He Zhengdao hopes that the other side will adopt a policy of neutrality. If he ignores the olive branch handed out by the Red Army, He Zhengdao does not mind sending the main force to teach these toasts to understand what it means to prosper if it is good and perishable if it is against it.

With the news of the feedback from the working groups sent one after another, He Zhengdao was surprised to find that the territory from Diebu to Zhuoni belonged to the control of a Tusi surnamed Yang. When the only division came in, the other side seemed to remain neutral.

Regarding this situation, He Zhengdao knew that in the hands of this toast, he was only afraid that there would be a large amount of grain. Soon someone sent a letter, hoping to start a negotiation with him. The most unfortunate, I also hope that he can open a warehouse and sell grain, and he can settle with money and guns.

When the independent column sent He Zhengdao's handwritten letter, representatives of the Central Army and the Gansu Nationalist Government also arrived at Yang Tusi's residence in Zhuoni. It is hoped that Yang Tusi can mobilize his Tusi armed forces to encircle and suppress the Red Army.

Sandwiched between the two, Yang Tusi, who was in a dilemma, also knew very well that the Red Army was not easy to mess with. Most importantly, he knew that Chairman Chiang was wary of his policy of annexing local warlords and eliminating dissidents.

Secondly, he also found that the Red Army that entered Diebu was not as terrifying as the Central Army said. On the contrary, the Red Army, which was stationed in Diebu, behaved very well. Buying and selling fairly with the local people, there has never been a forced purchase and sale together.

Such rules made Yang Tusi feel that compared with the central army and local warlords who looked down on his territory, the Red Army seemed to be more trustworthy. After reading He Zhengdao's handwritten letter, he felt that he could get in touch with the other party.

The reason is very simple, he has a lot of weapons under his command, but there are few guns and ammunition. The reason is also very simple, the local warlords and the central army who control the Gansu region do not want to see him too strong.

If the Red Army is really willing to sell him weapons and ammunition, with his prestige here, he will be able to pull up a Tusi army to fight against the local warlords! (To be continued.) )