Chapter Seventy-Nine: The First Battle of Sichuan and Yunnan
Qiao Yu originally thought that more than a hundred people's troops would not be able to enter his eyes, but when he heard these two leaders, he was immediately stunned, this is not the future king of Yunnan and the fierce general of the Yunnan army after the future, aren't these two people from Yunnan? How could you join your own army?
Although Qiao Yu has seen a lot of historical celebrities, he has not yet encountered this kind of heroic power, so he is also a little surprised, Wang Tianhe thought that the young master was a little surprised because the other party was from Yunnan.
"Young master, they are from Yunnan, and it stands to reason that they shouldn't accept it, but the leader named Long Dengyun said that they saw Governor Qiao abolishing the money, limiting rent and interest, and maintaining the stability of the money village in Syria, so that the people's hard-earned money would not be lost, so they respected the governor very much, so they hoped to serve under the governor!"
Qiao Yu has always believed in any domineering, but this time it seems that he really caught two big fish, but now he is about to fight with the Dian army, and these two people are indeed not easy to arrange.
"Tianhe, just arrange them to the second division, let them participate in the battle on the offensive side, remember not to discriminate, but don't pay too much attention to it, just let them feel that there is no difference between them and ordinary Sichuan soldiers, meritorious service will be rewarded, there is no forgiveness, only fairness and justice can be convinced by others, in addition, we also need to support some forces in Yunnan, who can say what will happen in the future!"
Qiao Yu put the first step in fighting for the world in Sichuan, but as an inland province Sichuan has some congenital deficiencies, so if you want to develop greatly, Yunnan and Guizhou provinces will definitely not be able to let go, and now Long Dengyun and Lu Han will vote, and it will be the best weapon to fight with the Dian army!
Wang Tianhe got Qiao Yu's instructions, so he hurriedly arranged to go, here Wu Tong and Qiao Yu continued to discuss the strategy of dealing with the Yunnan army, Qiao Yu had already taken all the people's troops in Syria to deal with the end side, and now there is only the first division of the Sichuan Army left in Syria, which can be calmly arranged.
According to the plan, some simple defenses were arranged along the Yangtze River, and the Dian army retreated as soon as it resisted a little, in order to make the Dian army, which regarded itself very high, more arrogant, and then set up three lines of defense outside the city of Xufu, resisting layer by layer, and finally saw the Dian army lured in, and then wiped out the Dian army in one fell swoop with the advantage of firepower.
Wu Tong and Qiao Yu personally arranged, and when everything was almost ready, they got the report that the Yunnan army had entered Sichuan from the Zhaotong area of Yunnan, and it was already approaching the Yangtze River, the army had not moved, and public opinion went first, as a traverser, he would never underestimate the power of public opinion, and at the moment when the Yunnan army entered Sichuan, all the major newspapers in Sichuan published articles, accusing the Yunnan army of having ulterior motives and plotting resources in Sichuan.
For a time, the resentment of the people in Sichuan was boiling, and the spearhead was pointed directly at the Yunnan army, and Cai Ye also began to propagandize, pointing out that the Yunnan army entered Sichuan completely to help Sichuan eliminate the Manchu diehards and unify Sichuan as soon as possible.
However, Qiao Yu is not a vegetarian here, and immediately pointed out the problem in Cai Yi's words, originally Cai Yi said that he wanted to help Hubei through Sichuan, but now why don't he mention Hubei, but to help Sichuan, he changed his mind in just a few days, not to plot Sichuan, what is it, and suddenly the two sides scolded more and more fiercely, and the speed of the Yunnan army was not slow at all.
Has rushed to the Yangtze River in one breath, across the Yangtze River has been able to see the city of Xufu in the distance, Xufu is the cut-off point of the Jinsha River, after Xufu is called the Yangtze River, this section of the water flow is very rapid, the river is not wide, but under the existing conditions want to cross the river is also more difficult.
As soon as Xie Ruyi led his troops to the edge of the Yangtze River, he hurriedly ordered his subordinates to collect ships everywhere to prepare for crossing the river, in fact, Xie Ruyi really didn't look at the combat effectiveness of the Sichuan army, how could an army that had only been established for a short time fight with the battle-hardened Dian army, what he was worried about was that Qiao Yu would defend the river and burn the ships, so that he would not be able to break through the Yangtze River defense line.
That's why he was in a hurry to find ships, but what made Xie Ruyi very excited was that although the Sichuan army also collected some ships in advance, but it was not thorough, they still found more than ten boats along the way, and he also found that the defense on the other side of the river was not tight, I heard that Qiao Yu concentrated his heavy troops in Syria, after knowing this, Xie Ruyi looked down on Qiao Yu's military ability, and didn't occupy the natural danger first, isn't this looking for death!
Therefore, after a brief preparation, Xie Ruyi ordered the artillery troops to bombard the opposite bank, the equipment of the Yunnan army is still quite sophisticated, the successive governors of Yunnan and Guizhou have invested a lot of effort in the construction of the Yunnan army, and although the Qing court is rotten, but it is still more willing to spend money on the purchase of weapons, so the combat effectiveness of the Yunnan army is definitely not weak, this time Xie Ruyi's first echelon brought eighteen mountain guns, all of them were taken out at this time, and the Sichuan army position on the Yangtze River was a fierce bombardment, and then the machine guns and rifles were all fired, Under the cover of artillery fire, a group of Dian troops quickly rowed towards the opposite bank.
At this time, the Sichuan army seemed to be stunned, only sporadic rifle sounds came, and it was not able to threaten the battle of crossing the river of the Yunnan army at all, and soon the Yunnan army succeeded in seizing the beach.
"The Sichuan army is so combative, it's really a complete waste, I knew that the Sichuan army was so vulnerable, and one of our echelons would be enough to sweep Sichuan!" Xie Ruyi held the binoculars and watched the Dian army easily seize the other side, and was extremely happy.
The Dian army quickly crossed the Yangtze River, and built fortifications not far from the city of Syria, not far from the position of the Sichuan army, these Sichuan troops blindly strengthened the fortifications, and did not take the initiative to attack, Xie Ruyi was very disdainful in his heart, if he used his own troops, he launched a fierce attack in the process of the Dian army crossing the river, instead of blindly defending it, and did not even have the spirit of attacking, how could he win, which also confirmed the news that the morale of the Sichuan army was not high, so Xie Ruyi looked down on the Sichuan army more and more.
On the second day, he didn't wait for the second echelon to catch up, so he launched an attack directly on the Sichuan army's position, more than a dozen cannons began to pour shells into the Sichuan army's position, and the Sichuan army did not show weakness on this side, and the two armies fired at each other, but it was obvious that the artillery quality of the Sichuan army was not as good as the Yunnan army at all, this was not Qiao Yu's deliberate camouflage, but the difference in strength between the two armies was here, although the Sichuan army's artillery training was not bad, but the actual combat experience was insufficient, so it was naturally not comparable to the Yunnan army.
I saw that the shells fell on the positions of the Sichuan army one by one, blowing up the originally neat positions beyond recognition, and from time to time there were stumps and broken legs flying into the air, which looked extremely bloody.
After a burst of artillery, the Dian army began to attack the position of the Sichuan army, one by one the soldiers of the Dian army leaned over, quickly approached the position of the Sichuan army, these Dian army is indeed elite, although in motion, but the marksmanship is still amazing, soon many Sichuan soldiers were hit by the vital point, died on the spot, seeing that the Dian army was about to kill into the position of the Sichuan army, light and heavy machine guns rang out together, a fire dragon shot out, the Dian army was immediately swept to a large area.
Xie Ruyi was commanding in the front, as soon as he saw the Sichuan army's machine gun sounding, he hurriedly called the machine gun to cover, the two sides went back and forth and killed in one place, Qiao Yu and Wu Tong were on the front line, they also knew very well that the Sichuan army was a new army, whether it could withstand the attack of the Yunnan army, both of them had some doubts in their hearts, the two sides fought very fiercely, the medical team continued to transport the wounded, and now the medical conditions are relatively backward, the minor injuries are fine, if they are seriously injured, they will be completely wasted! Qiao Yu also deeply felt the cruelty of war, what can he do at this time!
"Can Yunhong still withstand it?" At this time, Liu Yunhong was supervising the battle on the front line, and he was also excited when he saw Qiao Yu and Wu Tong coming to the front line in person.
"Governor, don't worry, Chief of Staff, although the casualties are very large, you can definitely withstand it, it's too dangerous here, you two better go back to the back as soon as possible!"