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Chapter 923: The Awe-inspiring Expansion of Righteousness (5)

At the end of July 1933, the situation in the whole country was suddenly tense, and the land of China from south to north was either tense or full of smoke. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

On the 26th, the situation in North China changed suddenly, and Chiang Kai-shek ordered seven divisions, including Pang Bingxun, Feng Qinzai, Sun Dequan, Wu Keren, Wang Jingjiu, and Guan Linzheng, to march into Chahar separately and confront Feng Yuxiang's allied army on the front line of Xuanhua, and a major battle was about to break out. Seeing that Chiang Kai-shek had made up his mind to destroy Feng Yuxiang's allies and wanted to strangle the new government that Feng Yuxiang was preparing in the cradle, the local armed forces in North China, which had originally had an ambiguous attitude, immediately changed their course and announced their obedience to the central leadership.

On the 27th, after the Sichuan-Shaanxi Red Army defeated the attack of Yang Sen and other troops, the whole line suddenly and quietly retreated for dozens of miles, and the newspapers in Chongqing immediately concluded that there was internal strife within the Red Army, and that Xu Xiangqian and Zhang Guotao were about to split.

On the same day, Yu Guocai, who had briefly replaced Wang Jialie as chairman of Guizhou Province, led his troops to engage in a fierce battle with Wang Jialie, who had reoccupied Guiyang, on the line from Guiyang to Zhenyuan, with the total number of troops invested by both sides reaching 100,000, and the news that a large number of houses and thousands of civilians died in the fighting area shocked the whole country. The central government in Nanjing did not make any comment on the above news, and released the plan for rectifying the military and the three-year plan for vigorously developing the air force as planned at the Lushan Conference.

On 28 July, Wang Zhaoming, president of the Nanjing Government's political affairs, and Jiang Zhongzheng, chairman of the Military Commission, jointly issued a telegram on the current situation, pledging that they would make every effort to seek domestic and international stability:

1. Eliminate banditry and enrich national strength. 2. No treaty of cession or recognition shall be signed, and no sacrifice will be made beyond this limit. Third, international sympathy and assistance are needed, but not in a vertical and horizontal manner. 4. Feng Yuxiang, who is primarily responsible for the Chahar incident, must accept the following four principles: Do not set up a military and political name without permission; Do not interfere with the Central Border Guard Plan; Do not indiscriminately collect bandits; Don't cite the leader of the bandits.

Less than two hours after Jiang Wang's telegram was released, the news station of the South Sichuan People's Radio, controlled by An Jiajun, suddenly broadcast a piece of news that made the entire Chinese people extremely happy:

Nobuyoshi Muto, the enemy of the Chinese nation, the naked executioner whose hands were stained with the blood of the Chinese people, and the commander of the Japanese Kwantung Army, died suddenly this morning. At this time, An Yi did not know that with the sudden death of Muto Nobuyoshi and the drastic personnel changes in the Japanese military circles and the Kwantung Army, Muto Nobuyoshi's long-planned "An Plan" that specifically analyzed and targeted the An Jiajun was stillborn.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the 31st, in Ziyang, Sichuan, the front-line headquarters of the "suppression of bandits" in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, warlords of all walks of life in central Sichuan gathered here.

The conference room was filled with smoke and discussions, and Liu Xiang, the commander of the coalition forces sitting on the main seat, still did not express a clear opinion from the beginning of the meeting.

Due to the sudden retreat of Zhang Guotao and Xu of the Northern Sichuan Red Army, Liu Xiang was confused for a while, but he was very jealous, at this time most of his troops were concentrated on the east bank of the Minjiang River, and together with the rest of the Fifth Route Army of the coalition army, he was ready to launch a large-scale decisive battle across the Yangtze River, and planned to use the huge strength of the Sixth Route Coalition Army and nearly 200,000 troops to completely defeat his old opponent Liu Wenhui, who was already declining, and drive him to the barren Xikang, and recover all the rich counties and cities in central Sichuan and southwest Sichuan, so as to achieve it"The unification and peace of Sichuan", consolidating the rule of the new Bashu regime headed by Liu Xiang.

In the face of huge interests, the generals of the coalition forces disdained the Red Army in northern Sichuan, which Liu Xiang was very afraid of, and strongly advocated "first Anchuan and then suppressing the bandits," fully grasped the favorable opportunity for the Red Army to retreat, launched a decisive battle across the river on the whole line as soon as possible, completely eradicated Liu Wenhui's forces from the west bank of the Minjiang River, and eliminated this great trouble of "being in turmoil for many years."

After several large-scale battles for more than half a month, Liu Wenhui retreated step by step, suffering heavy losses, and his total strength has been reduced from more than 130,000 at the peak to 80,000 now, and the entire line has retreated across the Minjiang River, completely losing the initiative in the campaign.

Among the coalition forces, Deng Xihou's troops gained the most, not only recaptured the coveted Chengdu in one fell swoop, but also took advantage of the victory to pursue, Lianke Shuangliu and Wenjiang, and drove Liu Wenhui's western front troops to Chongqing (now Chongzhou), the barrier of Laochao Dayi, occupying the provincial capital of Chengdu and a large area of surrounding land full of flowers and taxes; Li Jiayu's department was not far behind, and the three wealthy towns of Wenxing, Zhengxing, and Huangdu on the outskirts of Chengdu chased straight to the east bank of the Min River, and the soldiers pointed directly at Xinjin; The three divisions of Liu Xiang's division, which was responsible for the middle offensive of the coalition army, under the leadership of the fierce generals Tang Shizun and Pan Wenhua, were invincible and completely occupied the line from Meishan to Pengshan on the east bank of the Minjiang River. The strong Wang Zan Xu division also successfully defeated Liu Wenhui's two main divisions, pursued to the east bank of Jiazhou to Wutong Bridge, and faced the main force of Liu Wenhui's West Route Army across the river.

The two sides of the entire 200-kilometer-long front of the confrontation basically distributed and arranged troops along the huge natural trench of the Minjiang River, and it was very coincidental that all the county towns from the north to the south were actually built on the west bank of the Minjiang River, from Chongqing and Xinjin on the northern line, to Pengshan and Meishan on the central line, and then to Jiazhou and Qianwei on the southern line, these six rich county towns were all located on the west bank of the Minjiang River.

In this case, no matter how much Liu Xiang has any scruples, he can't stop the high morale and burning battles of the generals of the coalition forces.

At 5:50 p.m., after repeated weighing, Liu Xiang finally made an important decision: At 7 o'clock in the morning of 1 August, all units of the coalition army immediately marched together to launch a huge decisive battle across the river, vowing to completely annihilate the remnants of Liu Wenhui, the "culprit of the Bashu rebellion", and then responded to the call of the central government and Chairman Chiang to march northward, striving to eliminate Zhang Guotao and Xu Xiangqian's Red Army in the shortest possible time, and finally achieve the goal of recovering northern Sichuan and unifying Sichuan.

At nine o'clock in the evening of July 31, in Jiajiang County, on the west bank of the Minjiang River, Liu Wenhui's front-line headquarters of the Third Route Army.

Liu Wenhui, who had received the secret report in advance, urgently convened a military operations meeting, and the generals and schools under his command gathered together. But what is worrying is that the generals looked nervous, had no fighting spirit, and their eyes were full of melancholy and helplessness.

Liu Wenhui, who was wearing a gray-blue lieutenant general's uniform, accompanied by Deputy Commander Xiang Yuren and Chief of Staff Peng Can, slowly walked up to the high platform, and swept the faces of the generals one by one with his eagle-like eyes, and saw that Wang Yuanhu, commander of the First Division, Lin Yungen, commander of the Second Division, Chen Nengfang, commander of the Third Division, Xia Shouxun, commander of the Fourth Division, Zhang Qingping, commander of the Fifth Division, Peng Han, commander of the Chengdu garrison, Huang Ao, commander of the garrison, and other generals who had no territory had a fever on their faces and lowered their heads one after another. Only then did he snort coldly:

"Sit down."

There was a "bang" sound, and then the audience fell silent.

Liu Wenhui lifted the saber and sat down slowly: "I know, after the defeat of Chengdu, and then the defeat of Longquan, Renshou, Qingcheng (now Qingshen County), Weiyuan, Rong County, and Jingyan, some of us couldn't bear it, not only did there be a voice of surrender, but even worse, we secretly contacted Liu Fucheng and other Xiaoxiao, thinking I couldn't see it?" ”

The atmosphere in the audience was suddenly tense, and several generals were already pale and drenched in cold sweat.

Liu Wenhui waved his hand and sighed: "That's it, that's it!" Today, I don't want to say anything hurtful about my feelings, I just want to say that I, Liu Yuyou (Liu Wenhui's legal name), have no ability, and it is completely my Liu Yuyou's fault that I brought the brothers to today's miserable situation, and I don't blame anyone here!

"Now, for the last time, I ask the brothers, for the sake of many years of friendship, to do me Liu Yuyou a favor, just to withstand the attack of Liu Fucheng's coalition forces for twelve hours, after twelve hours, where are you going, I, Liu Yuyou, will not be strong.

"If God has eyes, let me Liu Yuyou survive in a desperate situation, turn defeat into victory, I, Liu Yuyou, will definitely thank you brothers again, and all the unhappy things before will be written off from now on, and I will never mention it again! Everyone, are you willing to help me Liu Yuyou with this? ”

The generals were extremely moved, stood up in unison, and promised loudly: "Commander, the sword mountain and the sea of fire are driven by the commander!" ”

"Big brother, two brothers in life and death, I, Lin Yun, and this life are from this time to the eldest brother!"

"Commander, give the order!"

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Liu Wenhui stood up slowly, stared at the familiar faces, his eyes were full of tears, and he nodded frequently: "Good, good!" Brethren, big brother...... Thank you! ”

Liu Wenhui took off his hat and bowed deeply, and the deputy commander, chief of staff, and all the generals in the audience behind him were taken aback, and they all rushed up, holding Liu Wenhui's hand, and shouting that they couldn't do it.

Behind the lobby, the generals and colonels of the Anjia Army Garrison Command who came from southern Sichuan to help the battle heard the voice of the front hall clearly, and the chief of staff, Zhao Dongquan, took a deep breath and sighed faintly, admiring Liu Wenhui's sudden arrival in his heart. Zhao Dongquan had already predicted at this time that in tomorrow's battle, Liu Wenhui's victory was very likely!

At eleven o'clock in the evening, Syria, the command hall of the Anjia Army Headquarters.

An Yi and the brothers have been tracking the movements of the two Liu departments synchronously, and received a telegram from Zhao Dongquan from Jiajiang City, An Yi and the generals admired Liu Wenhui, Ye Cheng sighed and said to the brothers, what is the true character of the hero? Back then, Liu Bei was in tears on Changban Slope and fell to Adou, but that's it!

Ye Cheng's emotion caused a burst of laughter, and after laughing and thinking about it carefully, the brothers immediately had more ideas about how to improve morale in times of crisis.

An Yi saw it in his eyes and was very satisfied, knowing that the brothers were no longer the reckless men who could only charge into battle in the past, and had matured rapidly in the trials of life and death and the tempering of war for several years.

An Yi took the summary information handed over by Fang Pengxiang, the chief of operations, and discussed in a low voice with Cheng Cheng Guang beside him for a moment, and then designated Cheng Cheng Guang to preside over the remote monitoring and command of this war that was related to the huge interests of the entire group.

Lu Guang was very grateful in his heart, and immediately lifted his spirits, walked to the map and meticulously checked the information, lifted the baton and did not move, and sighed as soon as he opened his mouth:

"Ladies and gentlemen, to be honest, I am not familiar with Liu Wenhui, but judging from the information just now and the position where he has set up the general headquarters, this person is a very courageous and scheming general."

Lu Guang raised his baton and pointed to Jiajiang County: "Everyone, please see, Jiajiang County is located in the north-central part of the entire front, between the Tsing Yi River and the Min River, the ancient city is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the cliffs on both sides of the river are Lingyun, maybe this is the origin of the name of Jiajiang County." If one of Liu Xiang's Tang Shi or Pan Wenhua's division on the east bank succeeds in forcibly crossing the river, Liu Wenhui, who has no way out, will inevitably be captured, and even if Liu Wenhui and a few high-ranking generals escape by boat, the most elite garrison troops of nearly 10,000 troops under his command and the 15,000 garrison troops invested in blocking the attack will be completely annihilated. From here, we can see that Liu Wenhui came prepared step by step, and at the same time, we should also see that he fully adopted the commander's suggestion, and did it more thoroughly and better. ”

The brothers nodded frequently, deeply approving, and Lu Guang continued: "According to the latest information from Chief of Staff Zhao, Liu Wenhui has issued an order to quietly lay mines overnight in the area of 500 meters in front of the landing position on the west bank of the Minjiang River on the Meishan line of the middle line and the Jiazhou line, and almost all of the 300 reequipped Czech light machine guns, Makqin water-cooled heavy machine guns, and 80 Bayi mortars supported by our army are arranged on the four main positions of the central line. At least it was difficult for the main force of Liu Xiang's troops to successfully occupy the defenders' positions and achieve a decisive victory in the offensive in the face of the attack of the defenders whose firepower exceeded that of them by three times.

On the contrary, if Liu Wenhui and the two generals in the middle of the road had commanded well, Liu Xiang's troops would have suffered heavy casualties, and if they didn't get it right, the two tired divisions that crossed the Min River suffered heavy casualties under the fierce blows of the defenders, not to mention that as long as the defenders boldly launched a large-scale charge when the attacking enemy collapsed, and killed all the way to the riverside with powerful firepower and abundant physical strength, the main force of Liu Xiang's troops crossing the river would be in danger of being annihilated. One of the key points of this battle may appear here. ”

The brothers exchanged views and agreed very much with Lu Guang's analysis, Deng Bin said happily that if it was replaced by a few garrison brigades under his command, Liu Xiang cried without tears, and a sentence full of confidence and pride caused a burst of laughter from the brothers.

Cheng Guang knew that what Deng Bin said was all the truth, with the training and combat effectiveness of the Anjia Army, the same troops and equipment could often burst out with several times the combat effectiveness of any part of the Sichuan Army, which was an indisputable fact, and it was also the proudest and proudest place of the generals of the Anjia Army.

After the discussion, Cheng Guang continued to introduce according to the latest information: "Ladies and gentlemen, as of half an hour ago, the four brigades of our army's garrison to support Liu Wenhui's department have secretly arrived at the predetermined location, and their number is now the second independent division of the Chuankang Frontier Army, and the nominal division commander is Chen Hongwen, a favorite general under Liu Wenhui, who fought side by side with the independent first division led by Qiao Fangding, Chen Hongwen's deputy division commander, and faced the enemy two divisions of Deng Xihou and a brigade on the right flank of Wang Zhanxu's department. The specific command is under the sole responsibility of Chief of Staff Zhao Dongquan of our garrison headquarters and the staff group led by him.

"Everyone, please look at the map, if we don't expect, Deng Xihou's department will definitely go all out tomorrow morning to attack Chongqing County, we can boldly predict that Deng Xihou, who has been at odds with Liu Wenhui for a long time and cannot be resolved, will definitely occupy Liu Wenhui's hometown Dayi as the final goal of the battle, once Chen Hong's Ministry of Culture and Culture makes a little resistance and withdraws from Chongqing, Deng Xihou will definitely take advantage of the victory to pursue, which will fall into the ambush circle of our two brigades and Chen Hong's Ministry of Culture, if Deng Xihou's main force is surrounded, he will definitely transfer the troops who have just occupied Chongqing City to reinforcements, In this way, our mountain brigade and an infantry brigade ambushed in the wilderness south of Chongqing City will have no obstacles, and we will definitely be able to break through the fragile defense of a brigade of the rear guard unit arranged by Li Jiayu's troops between the two armies, and rush to Chengdu with full speed and full speed! By the time Deng Xihou reacted, his two main divisions were probably exhausted and seriously injured under the entanglement of our four brigade coalition forces, and the only choice was to flee for their lives. ”

The generals cheered in unison, their spirits were greatly lifted, and they all said that it was a pity that they could not personally lead their troops to fight this battle.

Only An Yi knew how much energy and cost he had spent in this battle, and how many people had cooperated and supported him to have this surprisingly winning plan.