Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Next Battle, Jingzhou!
When the Passage City became a loud gunshot, He Zhengdao, who had already changed into the clothes he had worn when he went down the mountain, secretly drove away from the Passage City with a few soldiers of the guard company with excited faces.
Today, because of a quarrel, the situation has become such a big way of fighting. Undoubtedly, the soldiers of the guard company felt that the means of sowing discord among their regiment commanders were too powerful.
Everyone knows that when the whole regiment of the Gui army is dispatched, even the mortars brought into the city are used, and this matter can only be ended if one side is eliminated. As for who will be responsible for the aftermath of the incident, it is none of the business of He Zhengdao and these people.
After all, they are all 'conspirators' who are in charge of killing and burying.
It is clear that this civil war of the Guixiang Army is likely to affect the pursuit of the Red Army to a certain extent. At least when the two armies join forces in private, they will be wary of each other.
When they wanted to investigate the matter afterwards, they couldn't find He Zhengdao, so what was the use of arguing about it?
If you want to blame it, the two armies of the two armies do not deal with each other in private, and there is a He Zhengdao who is good at using all means to attack the enemy. It's normal for this to happen!
The fire was lit, and as for what it would look like in the end, it was no longer a matter of what He Zhengdao was. As far as the Red Army is concerned, it is desirable that the two armies kill as fiercely as possible, and this is the greatest benefit for the Red Army that has made a strategic shift.
Only when he saw that the two armies were almost defeated, he became the strongest central army in Passage City. Suddenly opened the camp to act as a peacemaker, so that the two armies stopped making peace.
In the face of the Central Army, a malicious peacemaker, the Gui Army, which suffered heavy casualties, first asked the Hunan Army to Kaicheng to quickly return to their own territory with the corpses.
The commander of the Hunan army, who knew about this matter and would eventually hand it over to the big man to deal with, quickly sent a telegram about what had happened to He Jian, who was about to wave his troops into your province.
The same main regiment of the Gui army, which ran out of the passage, had not yet gone far from the passage city when they encountered the main division of the Gui army that came to their rescue.
Looking at these Gui army brothers, who were full of casualties, the main division of the Gui army, which led the team to come to support, undoubtedly directly placed a main division outside the passage city, and let the Hunan army in the city disarm and surrender. In the face of the arrival of the Gui army, which was pressed by the large army, the Hunan army naturally did not hesitate to increase troops in the channel.
For a time, this passage city, which had been occupied by the Red Army two days earlier, seemed to have become the fuse for the Guizhou and Hunan armies to sound a full-scale war. Chairman Chiang, who learned the news, was naturally also the commander of the two sides of the telegram, and whoever dared to fire the first shot would be in the head. Only then did it stabilize slightly, and continued to assemble the main forces of the Gui army and the Hunan army near the passage.
Where did the army that had gathered around the passage come from?
Undoubtedly, it was drawn from the combined army that pursued the Red Army, so that the main force of the Red Army, which took Liping, a small county town on the border of Guixiang, was puzzled when it learned that the allied forces of the Guixiang Army, which had been chasing behind the buttocks, suddenly turned around and assembled in the direction of the passage. I don't understand why these warlord troops, who are like evil wolves, suddenly turn around and don't chase after them?
It's just that because the main force marched all the way, it was not very timely in obtaining information, and it was not clear for the time being why this sudden withdrawal of troops. Knowing that the pursuing Guixiang army had disappeared a lot, and the rest of the pursuers were also on standby and not in pursuit, the main Red Army undoubtedly got a rare opportunity to repair.
After entering the Long March, Mao Taizu's proposal to transfer troops in the channel was proved, and this was indeed a resolution in line with the current situation of the Red Army. The Red Army, which had entered the Ploughing, also held its first meeting of the Political Bureau after the war.
It was also at this meeting that Mao Taizu's operational ideas were once again affirmed. Abandoning the decision to go to Xiangxi to make peace with the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps, the main force of the Red Army penetrated deep into the hinterland of Guizhou Province to attack the headquarters of the weakest warlord Wang Jialie of the noble lineage, and established a base area that would collapse the three provinces according to the situation.
As for what is about to happen in Liping, He Zhengdao is naturally clear. When he understood that the passage made him make such a fuss, and it was no longer suitable to act as a territory to enter your province, He Zhengdao comprehensively considered the current situation in front of him.
It was found that the Hunan army, which was originally assembled in Huaihua and Zhijiang, had focused its attention on clearing and suppressing the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps, and the Guixiang army, which had originally jointly carried out encirclement and suppression, had now gone to the vicinity of the passage for military confrontation, and Jingzhou, which was close to the territory of Guizhou Province, seemed to have suddenly become a military weak point.
If the independent regiment can allocate Jingzhou City in one fell swoop, I believe it will make the Hunan army jump! At least He Zhengdao knows that there is a lot of military supplies that can be stored there, which are used to encircle and suppress the Red Army!
It is clear that in the future, in addition to the need to face heavy encirclement by the Red Army, the lack of ammunition and supplies along the way is also the biggest problem of the Red Army's attrition. If we can send urgently needed materials and medicines to the large troops on the front line, I believe it will also be of great help to the Red Army.
It is precisely because the current situation is very unfavorable for the Independence Mission, but at least there is room for the Independence Mission to operate. In addition, your army seems to be very disgusted with the entry of the Hunan army, so that he did not get the order from the above, and the noble warlord Wang Jialie would rather the Gui army enter the Gui army than the Hunan army.
With this understanding, He Zhengdao felt that the first battle was fixed in Jingzhou and the Hunan Army was taken as an important military material reserve point. If you wave the army into your province again, I believe that the Hunan army will not be able to take them again!
What's more, when formulating the battle plan, He Zhengdao did not think about it in the name of the independent regiment at all, but in the name of the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps that are still operating on the Guixiang border!
In addition to obtaining a lot of supplies urgently needed by the Red Army, the capture of Jingzhou can also reduce the pressure on the heavy troops to encircle and suppress the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps. At the same time, it can make this already changeable muddy water even more muddy, and I believe that the Hunan army should be even more unclear about how the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps, which were surrounded and suppressed by their heavy troops, suddenly ran to their rear!
After deciding on this battle plan, He Zhengdao immediately ordered the independent regiment to set off for Jingzhou City, and after three nights of rapid marching, the nearly 2,000 commanders and fighters of the entire regiment had all hidden in the mountains and forests not far from Jingzhou City for repair.
In order to gain time, He Zhengdao decided that he would lead the soldiers of the guard company into Jingzhou City to investigate the enemy's situation. In the evening, political commissar Yao Shengjun led four main battalions to secretly assemble in Jingzhou City, striving to end the war in the first half of the night and empty the things in the city in the second half of the night.
When He Zhengdao and his entourage came to the outside of Jingzhou City, they found a place that was not guarded by the Hunan army, and secretly mixed into the city. After walking around the city, He Zhengdao keenly discovered that there were not many garrisons in Jingzhou City.
Perhaps the Gui army had gathered too many troops on the Guixiang border, so that a main regiment originally stationed here was also urgently dispatched to Passage City for defense.
Now these security regiments stationed in the city are basically the second-line troops of the Hunan army. To deal with such a force, He Zhengdao asked himself about the independent regiment with strong troops, and there was no problem.
The key is that he must ensure that the security team is taken down as soon as possible during the night battle, and that the situation in the city is quickly controlled. There is no way for these security groups to send a signal to tell the news of the fall of Jingzhou City.
He Zhengdao, who had been wandering around Jingzhou City all morning, checked all the important military places in the city that were guarded by officers and soldiers of the Gui Army, and he felt a little hungry. took a few soldiers of the guard company who acted as accompaniments to a restaurant that seemed to be the best in Jingzhou City to solve the problem of food and clothing.
Although this kind of high consumption is undoubtedly very luxurious for He Zhengdao. In this kind of restaurant, you can find out a lot of news. After all, the people who go in and out of this kind of restaurant have some identities and assets in Jingzhou City. Otherwise, it would be absolutely impossible for them to eat a banquet of several oceans or more!
Knowing the money for this meal, He Zhengdao, who would get it back several times or hundreds of times as long as he took Jingzhou City at night, soon took a few soldiers who looked dressed like a merchant dart master. came to a hall on the second floor of the restaurant, asked the shopkeeper to wipe two tables, and ordered a few more dishes that in his opinion, were economical and affordable.
Even if it was a drink, He Zhengdao didn't stingy and called two bottles, so that these guards and soldiers who could drink alcohol moistened their throats a little. For He Zhengdao, he knows very well that this opportunity to 'go on a business trip' is also an opportunity to win people's hearts.
Besides, two bottles of wine are divided into their ** person, and everyone can't get one or two. There is no problem at all!
As He Zhengdao ordered the dishes, the shopkeeper also nodded and held the menu, and ordered the kitchen to start cooking. It didn't take long for He Zhengdao and others, who were drinking tea and chatting, to watch the second end of the shop come to the wine and food they ordered.
Looking at these Red Army soldiers, some too extravagant wine and food did not dare to put down chopsticks, He Zhengdao said with a great atmosphere: "What are you doing in a daze, eat!" I don't have to pay for it, what are you afraid of! ”
The soldiers of the guard company who had accompanied He Zhengdao to reconnoiter the situation before quickly poured He Zhengdao a glass of wine with a smile, and did not forget to pour a glass for other comrades.
In any case, while it is comfortable and enjoyable to fight with this regiment commander, more people can drink and eat meat from time to time. So much so that now He Zhengdao, in the minds of the soldiers of the guard company, is undoubtedly a leader worth following.
Just as He Zhengdao was eating and drinking while listening to the things that those guests were talking about in the restaurant, soon a captain of the Hunan Army who came up with the owner of the restaurant attracted He Zhengdao's attention.
And the next words between the captain and the shopkeeper of the restaurant undoubtedly made He Zhengdao laugh at all. Why is that?