Soon after returning to the headquarters, Wang Zizheng and Du Yuming sent the plan they had just formulated to Luo Yaoguo.

After taking the plan, Luo Yaoguo smiled faintly, and looked at it carefully in front of the two of them. This plan is very carefully formulated and bold, presumably it is the handwriting of Wang Zijiu, and Du Yuming, who does things at a glance, does not have this kind of courage.

According to this sub-plan, the two corps of the Northern Route Army plus the 75,000 men of the Reading Brigade were to be divided into four parts. The first part consisted of the two main armies (one division each, of which the 35th Division was in reserve and the 12th Division was used for other purposes. The two armies will concentrate their forces to meet the enemy's First Route Army head-on, which is moving south from Shunqing, and strive to annihilate it all.

The second part is the 12th Division, and the 12th Division has two operational objectives, one is to contain the four divisions of the enemy's Second Route Army in the early stage, because Sun Zhen, the Kuomintang internal Ying, is the commander-in-chief of this road, and can directly command two divisions, so the task of containment is very easy to achieve. Second, after the main force completed the annihilation of the enemy's first route, it cooperated with the main force to surround the enemy's fourth route, and with the cooperation of Sun Zhen, the two divisions of Li Jiajue and Huang Yin were eliminated.

The third part is the Reading Brigade, and the task of the Reading Brigade is to teach the enemy the fifth road with one enemy and eight ruthlessly, and the eight brigades commanded by Liu Cunhou!

According to the analysis of the plan, Liu Cunhou's unit was already in a state of decay, and the combat effectiveness of the five miscellaneous brigades assigned to him was also a weak brigade that was vulnerable to attack, and most of the troops had serious vacancies, and the actual strength was far less than eight brigades, with only about 20,000 people. The road from Dazhu County to Linshui County passes between Huaying Mountain and Tongluo Mountain, and the terrain is very narrow, so there are not many troops at all. The Reading Brigade is ready to choose a dangerous place and skillfully deploy the troops that will eat Liu Cunhou in one bite.

The fourth part is the 35th Division as a reserve, this division will be deployed in Hechuan County, wait until the northern front annihilates the enemy's first road, and then attack Shunqing County to defeat He Guanglie's troops guarding there, seize Shunqing, cut off the connection between the western and northern lines of Yang Sen, and open the passage to attack northern Sichuan.

Closing the plan, Luo Yaoguo raised his head and looked at the two students sitting in front of him respectfully, and smiled: "Jun Hao, Guangting, you two are very good, and you really live up to expectations." I have decided that the battle plan of the Northern Route Army this time will be based on this plan of yours. ”

"Thank you for your trust." The two of them stood up in unison and replied loudly.

"But can you be sure that the Reading Brigade will complete the important task of defeating the eight brigades of the enemy's Fifth Road?" Luo Yaoguo looked at the two of them with a calm face, and said, "Why don't you transfer a special mission from each of the two armies to you?" That's 10,000 people. ”

Although Luo Yaoguo knew that Liu Cunhou's eight brigades had a big gap in training and equipment compared with the Reading Brigade, after all, the Reading Brigade was mainly recruited, especially most of the officers at all levels were on the front line for the first time.

Listening to Luo Yaoguo's question, Du Yuming glanced at Wang Zizheng beside him with his eyes, and at this time, Wang Zizheng had already stepped forward and said loudly: "No need, our Reading Brigade is ten percent sure that it can inflict heavy losses on Liu Cunhou, and now the troops everywhere are not rich, if we transfer troops again, I am afraid it will affect the decisive battle on the main battlefield." After all, we didn't decide our surname along the way, even if we failed to inflict heavy damage on the enemy, it didn't matter whether we won or lost, and it was impossible to be defeated by Liu Cunhou. ”

Looking at Du Yuming again, it seemed that he wanted to say something, but after Wang Zizheng expressed his opinion, he stopped talking.

"Guangting, what do you think?" Luo Yaoguo smiled and looked at Du Yuming.

"Me?" Du Yuming was slightly stunned, smiled at Luo Yaoguo, shook his head and said, "Jun Hao is right, our Reading Brigade can handle it, and we don't need to trouble friendly troops to help." ”

Hehe, this Du Yuming turned out to be an honest child. Seeing Du Yuming's performance, Luo Yaoguo said that he was misled by the historical knowledge of his previous life. It is already a bit of nonsense to let the shy big boy in front of him become the colonel and deputy brigade commander, and it is definitely not possible to be the king of Ningxia. It seems that it is better to let Hu Zongnan go, he is also a person who runs for three zhangs, and his experience is also rich, as if he has also been the king of the northwest in history.

Thinking of this, Luo Yaoguo looked at Wang Zizheng and Du Yuming, and said, "In this case, Liu Cunhou's Fifth Route Army will be handed over to your Reading Brigade to clean up." ”

"Students will live up to the high expectations of the teacher, and Liu Cunhou will not be able to look forward to our reading brigade in his life!" Wang Zizhi stood up and replied loudly.

Luo Yaoguo stood up, patted Wang Zizheng and Du Yuming's shoulders, and said with a smile: "Do a good job!" After this battle is fought, the Reading Brigade will be expanded, and as for whether it is a Reading Force Division or an army, it depends on your combat record. Jun Hao, you go ahead of your work first, Guangting, I have something I want to talk to you about. ”

After seeing Wang Zizi leave, Luo Yaoguo smiled and made a gesture to Du Yuming to sit down, and he smiled: "Guangting, these ten months have been really hard. By the way, everything is okay at home? ”

"It's fine." Du Yuming frowned slightly, and said: "The family is okay, except for a younger brother whose whereabouts are unknown, everyone else is still there, and the family's belongings are all outside the body." ”

Luo Yaoguo suddenly stared at Du Yuming's eyes and asked sharply, "Have you joined the Youth Party now?" ”

"Nope." Du Yuming did not hesitate and answered very simply.

Luo Yaoguo could see that Du Yuming was not lying, and he still maintained it after ten months of mixing with the Shabaab. He smiled slightly and said, "After the matter in Sichuan is settled this time, I will bring Ningxia over to Hu Zongnan and you to take care of, do you have the confidence to manage it well?" ”

"Ningxia will take care of Shoushan and me?" Du Yuming was stunned in his heart, and he heard that the teacher meant to let himself and Hu Zongnan be alone and be a feudal official, and he was still in the northwest far away from the Kuomintang base area. Thinking of this, Du Yuming's heart pounded.

"Yes, the affairs of the northwest cannot all be entrusted to the Youth Party, Ningxia is sandwiched between the Youth Party and GCD, and it is not easy to operate!" Luo Yaoguo said lightly: "You have to do it with your heart, if you do a good job, you and Shoushan are the kings of the northwest, if you mess up--"

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At this moment, Yang Sen's situation is similar to that analyzed by Wang Zizhi, and he is basically forced to go to Liangshan. Although he had learned through the public mouth of the Pao Gehui that another Kuomintang army had arrived in Yucheng, he still had no choice but to give the order for a decisive battle. In order to increase the chances of winning this decisive battle, Yang Sen really smashed all the capital of his 12 divisions in a desperate gamble, and also sent envoys to persuade Deng Xihou, Tian Songyao, and Liu Chengxun to increase their troops.

On May 25, the 14th year of the Republic of China, Yang Sen, who couldn't wait for the reply of Deng Xihou and others, knew that he had no way out, and issued a telegram in the name of the Sichuan overseer announcing the Kuomintang's ten major "calamity to Sichuan" crimes, and announced that he would be appointed as the commander-in-chief of the three provinces (Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou) to rebel against the coalition. At the same time, Yang Sen swore in Chengdu University and commanded an army of 100,000 to leave Chengdu.