Almost all of the officers and men of Tian Geyao's department were born in northern Sichuan, which is mountainous and mountainous, and the soldiers of Tian Ge were accustomed to walking on small roads, and their speed in the rain was quite fast.

The Tabe soldiers opened a front of more than 2,000 meters and advanced towards the revolutionary army.

Advancing to about five hundred meters, the officers beckoned the soldiers to stop and prepare to place their guns and heavy machine guns.

Before Tabe's artillery and heavy machine gun crews could put their weapons down, shells flew in droves from behind the infantry ranks of the revolutionary army on the opposite side.

The regiment of three veterans was fine, and the soldiers immediately fell to the ground when they heard the whistling sound of the shells flying, but the soldiers of the three new regiments were stunned and at a loss, and soon the shells began to explode in the crowd.

The recruits were stunned for a moment.

The shells were so dense that the sound of explosions never stopped in their ears, watching them fall from time to time, severed limbs and stumps flying, bloody arrows flying in the air, screams of despair, and cries of fear.

Within minutes, several of the recruits collapsed, dropped their guns and began to flee backwards.

And the back of the deserter naturally became the best target for the revolutionary army, and rows of recruits were knocked down amid the sound of light and heavy machine guns and rifle fire.

The frontal front of the three veteran regiments suppressed by the fire was almost a thousand meters, but their firepower was too weak to shoot at the revolutionary army.

The officer who led the team knew that lying on his stomach like this was not a solution, and when he saw the defeat of the recruit regiment on the flank, he could only look back at the regiment commander and division commander in the rear.

The barrage of the revolutionary army began to extend backwards, and in the expectant eyes of the officers and men in front, the regiment commanders and division commanders three miles away in the rear disappeared into the barrage.

Before the officer leading the team could react, a loud charge horn sounded on the revolutionary army position opposite. Then thousands of soldiers in dark green uniforms and steel helmets rushed over. The sound of killing shook the sky.

In hand-to-hand combat, the most important thing is courage. Where have the soldiers of Tian Geyao's three old regiments seen such an imposing charge?

Yellowstone's account of the battle on this day is as follows:

"On October 21, 2014 in the Han calendar, it was raining lightly in the sky, and after getting up in the morning and having breakfast, our 17th Army set off to the north. The march of more than 100 miles became a competition, and our second battalion, under the leadership of Peng Shuai, galloped all the way, and finally ranked first among all the teams, faster than those lightly armed brother troops! ”

"Maybe the morning march ran out of our luck. In the afternoon, when Tian Geyao was attacked, the sortie position of our battalion was lined up in the westernmost direction, and there was only one regiment of the enemy in front of us. As soon as the artillery fired, they collapsed and ran fast. By the time Xie Dashuai gave the order to attack, the enemy in front of us had already run for several miles. ”

"Peng Shuai made a quick decision and ordered the third company and the cavalry to pursue the enemy in front of him, and the main force of our battalion was diagonally inserted to pocket the main force of the enemy on our flank."

"Our platoon was at the front of the battalion. Several squad leaders and I had fought bayonets in Tamsui, and as soon as the charge horn sounded, a few of us took the lead in jumping out of the trench and raising our bayonets and sticking them diagonally...... A few battalions next to it saw the movements of our battalion. Like us, they all divided small forces to pursue the enemy in front, and the main forces went to attack the enemy's main forces. ”

"The main forces of the enemy were pinned down in the fields by our artillery and machine guns. Only dare to lie on the ground and put a gun, we are on the way to charge. From time to time, comrades fall, but none of us are afraid in the slightest. We are like the waves of the sea, drowning every enemy soldier who dares to resist. ”

"There are less than 100 meters left, the enemy is finally afraid, they have got up from the ground and ran back, we chased all the way, everyone chased all the way and shouted the slogan 'Fellow countryman, surrender the gun and don't kill'. The equipment of the Sichuan army is really not good, after we caught up, the Sichuan soldiers did not dare to resist at all, it turned out that many of them did not even have bayonets, and the guns were also very backward, and after being caught up, they could only kneel on the ground and raise the guns high above their heads with both hands. ”

"We didn't have the kung fu to take care of the prisoners, we just kept rushing forward, and when we hit Deyang City, the structure of our troops was also chaotic, and my comrades-in-arms around me didn't know each other, but everyone wore the same military uniform, so they spontaneously continued to attack side by side."

"The enemy is even more in chaos, we quickly occupied Deyang City, the cavalry messenger rode around to give orders, 'the infantry to contain the prisoners, clean up the battlefield', after receiving the order, we are a little unsatisfied, we can only watch the cavalry wave their sabers, continue to pursue north, we have to turn back to capture the prisoners, surrender weapons."

"Our platoon counted the results of the battle at the end, killing a total of eight enemies and taking two hundred and thirty prisoners! Only three of our comrades in the platoon were wounded by gunshot wounds, and they were lucky enough to not be hit by the vital point and quickly returned to the team. ”

In the evening, Xie Niancheng's military headquarters entered Deyang City, and the battle reports of various units were handed over like a stream, and the staff officers of the military headquarters quickly summarized the battle reports:

In the battle of more than two hours, the 17th Army suffered more than 300 casualties, killed more than 600 officers and men in Tabe, and captured more than 12,200 people.

Xie Niancheng ordered that the prisoners be quickly screened, and those who are strong, poor, and willing to join the army will be given five oceans per person and directly incorporated into the army. The old, weak, sick, disabled, and addicted to smoking were each given two pieces of the Great Ocean Road fee, and they were discharged on the spot, and in the end, a total of more than 5,000 people were incorporated into the 17th Army.

It was busy until midnight that the establishment of the various units was completed.

The officers were all smiling and gathered in the conference room of the military headquarters, waiting for Xie Niancheng to hold a meeting.

The officers looked at each other, all exchanging today's gains.

"Hehe, Lao Chen, our second battalion has replenished seven hundred people today, have you caught up?" This is Peng De showing off to Xu Geng.

Xu Geng's 1,500 people were originally the largest number, but in this afternoon's battle, Xu Geng's movement was slow, and only 100 recruits were added, which gave up the throne of the first number of people.

Zhang Chengyue said: "Lao Peng, what are you proud of?" What's the point of capturing some soldiers? Tian Geyao was caught by me. ”

Su Huaiyu snorted: "Battalion Commander Zhang, Tian Geyao was blocked by someone I sent, your people are just lucky, and I will share at least half of the credit." ”

Fan Peng's gains from a few of them were not small, and each battalion was supplemented with four or five hundred people.

The faces of the Su family were a little unsightly, their troops entered the position relatively late because of their physical reasons, and they ran slowly when they were pursuing, and the three battalions together had not replenished a thousand people.

"Dad, we fell behind in the first battle, and it won't work if we go on like this." Su Chaoming looked at the officers from the military academy who were all elated, and a little depressed.

"Chaoming, the coming day is long, and there will be wars in the future."

"Fight Liu Sen and Yang E, I must go to the army commander to get a good mission!" Su Wanyun hated and said.

Seeing Xie Niancheng come in, the officers silenced.

"Today, everyone played well, rest well after going back, and let's go back to Chengdu tomorrow." Xie Niancheng's words were very brief, and he was very satisfied with the performance of today's troops.

After sending his subordinates, Xie Niancheng returned to the back, and Tian Geyao was still waiting for him.

Tian Geyao was a bit wolf, in the afternoon he saw that the situation was not good, and he brought his guards to escape, but was scattered by Su Huaiyu's cavalry, he and a few cronies hid in the grass and were arrested by Zhang Chengyue's men.

Now he is still wearing that dirty clothes, he doesn't dare to make any requests, just waiting for Xie Niancheng in the house at the request of the revolutionary army soldiers.

Seeing Xie Niancheng, Tian Geyao hurriedly got up: "Jun Xie is a young hero, I don't know what to do, I offended the army commander Huwei, and I ask the army commander to forgive me." ”

How to deal with the old warlords, Xie Niancheng had a plan in his heart.

"Commander Tian is serious, I want to ask you, are you willing to cooperate with me?"

"Yes, yes."

"Okay, you write a few letters to the military and political officials in northern Sichuan, the content is written like this, you don't need me to teach you, right? As for you, I'll send a few people to send you to see Liu Sen, and you can help me bring a letter. ”

Hearing Xie Niancheng say this, Tian Geyao was relieved.

Xie Niancheng dared to treat him like this, Tian Geyao was not surprised. In today's battle, Tian Geyao's elite was lost, even if he was not caught by Xie Niancheng, Tian Geyao did not dare to continue to confront Xie Niancheng. As a veteran of the army, he understood that there was a gap between the combat effectiveness of the 17th Army and his troops.

"The general of the defeated army, listen to the arrangement of Commander Xie."

Tian Geyao took a pen and paper and wrote a letter to his subordinates who remained in northern Sichuan, to the effect that he had decided to join the revolutionary army and listen to the arrangements of the revolutionary army.

After writing the letter, Xie Niancheng sent someone to call Su Xiangzhi, and in front of Tian Geyao, Xie Niancheng said: "Commander Su, you take your troops, bring the letter written by Commander Tian, go to receive northern Sichuan, all officials will be retained, and the troops will be selected and incorporated into your troops." ”

Su Xiangzhi was overjoyed, this is a beautiful difference, this trip down, he can at least be a division commander.

Tian Geyao and Su Xiangzhi are old acquaintances, "Brother Su, I'll leave it to you as soon as I get it." ”

Su Xiangzhi said: "Lao Tian, I do things, don't you still believe it?" ”

Su Xiangzhi took the order, and Xie Niancheng said again: "Commander Tian, after delivering the letter to Liu Sen, you can go back to Chengdu, and you can also go back to Guangyuan." However, if you go against the revolutionary army again, you have to think about the consequences! ”

Tian Geyao didn't even dare to say it.

Xie Niancheng took a pen and paper, wrote a short message and handed it to Tian Geyao: "Please bring this letter to Liu Sen." ”

Tian Geyao took it and looked at it, his hand shook and he almost dropped the letter to the ground.

"Commander Liu, I am Xie Niancheng, commander of the 17th Army of the Chinese Revolutionary Army, now that our army has occupied Chengdu, and most of the families of your officers and soldiers are under the control of our department, your department is limited to surrender within 10 days of seeing this letter...... If you continue to oppose the revolutionary army, you will destroy the Nine Clans! ”

Tian Geyao secretly scolded, this Nima is a revolutionary army? I see, more than the blackest bandits. It's dark.

Tian Geyao understood that this letter was also written to him, and if he dared to go against the revolutionary army, then his family in Guangyuan would be finished.

Xie Niancheng said again: "Commander Tian, tomorrow you pick a few people from the old department to follow you, our army will return to Chengdu tomorrow, you can follow us." ”

Tian Geyao knew very well that he had no choice, and he could only nod yes to Xie Niancheng. (To be continued......)