became Xie Niancheng's woman in a daze, and Fang Caiyun accepted this reality long after Xie Niancheng left.

The next night, after receiving a new task from the organization, she met Xie Niancheng again, and then it was another crazy night, which made Fang Caiyun walk painfully.

On 16 September, Xie Niancheng led the Independent Regiment to set off from Meiling to the north, and was the last of the various units of the Northern Expeditionary Army to set off.

The Independent Regiment did not bring 105 howitzers, 120 mortars, and 85 field cannons, which were too heavy, so Xie Niancheng left them in the warehouse in Meiling and transported them to Sichuan by water when the time was right. Pistols, rifles, submachine guns, light and heavy machine guns, 60 and 80 mortars, and 70 infantry guns and ammunition were brought with them, so that the army could be rapidly expanded in Sichuan.

Fang Caiyun also set off with the troops, which made her feel that her efforts had been rewarded. However, what made Fang Caiyun feel a little disappointed was that she was incorporated into the propaganda team and failed to follow Xie Niancheng's side.

Looking at a girl who was too beautiful to talk to walk side by side with Xie Niancheng, Fang Caiyun suddenly felt a pang in his heart, no one knew about these.

I don't know if the combat effectiveness of the First Army, the Fourth Army, and the Seventh Army in front was too strong, or whether the combat effectiveness of Wu Fu's warlord troops was too weak, in short, the Independent Regiment did not fight all the way, and on October 2, several thousand men and horses of the Independent Regiment arrived safely and securely at the predetermined embarkation place by Dongting Lake.

According to Xie Niancheng's deployment, the special service battalion cleared the area where the troops were stationed within a radius of 10 miles to prevent their whereabouts from being exposed.

If you want to conquer Chengdu and even the whole of Sichuan, the secrecy of the troops' actions is undoubtedly the first priority.

Xie Niancheng's troops were going to turn westward, and now only the bigwigs of the Socialist Party and Kong Lingying knew about it.

On the shore of Dongting Lake, the troops rested for three days, and after walking for so many days in a row, both people and livestock needed to rest. What's more, there are still many people left behind along the way, and with this three-day time buffer, you can wait for the people who have fallen behind to catch up. Xie Niancheng telegraphed Kong Lingying and asked her to let the fleet come over on October 5.

Through the radio station, Xie Niancheng learned that the overall shape of the Northern Expedition was now good, and Wu Fu's army had retreated to the line of Wuchang and Hankou. The main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army in Hunan was preparing to attack the three towns of Wuhan, and the revolutionary army on the Jiangxi side also reached the vicinity of Nanchang.

News came from Xie Xinren that the revolutionary army in Yunnan and Guizhou had begun to attack, and Liu Sen's main force in Chengdu went south to aid Liu Wuguang and resist the revolutionary army in the direction of Yunnan. Yang E of Chongqing led troops to the junction of Sichuan and Guizhou to aid Deng Donghou, and the hinterland of the entire Sichuan Basin was very empty.

Su Wanyun called, the second regiment has been reorganized, and Xu Geng serves as the head of the regiment.

Liu Sen originally wanted to order the Su family's troops to go south, but under the dual influence of the Xie family's forces and the Socialist Party's forces, the Su family finally stayed in Shuangyang. In addition to the Su family's troops, there are only less than 10,000 troops in the Chengdu area, please Xie Niancheng do his best to lead the troops into Sichuan.

Huang Yingjie called, the secret service has already planted nails in all departments of the Sichuan army, and the Sichuan army will have no secrets in front of the revolutionary army.

On the morning of 5 October, more than 40 steamers sailed to the shore of Dongting Lake, and the officers and men of the Independent Regiment, who had been prepared for a long time, boarded all of them in just one morning.

Each ship in this flotilla flew the British flag and was escorted by warships before and after departure.

The fleet followed a straight line, and the other ships in the channel turned to dodge, and years of experience had taught the owners that if they did not avoid the British warships, they would only suffer from it.

Seeing this scene, the officers and men of the Independent Regiment, who had changed into civilian clothes and stood on the deck, had mixed feelings...... On the one hand, taking such a boat yourself can speed up the march and increase secrecy; On the other hand, as a soldier, I am a little ashamed to see the ships of other countries running rampant on the rivers of my own country.

Su Wei said indignantly: "Is this Dongting Lake still Chinese? These British ships are simply too domineering! ”

"How can you be receptive?"

Huang Xue grew up in Shanghai since he was a child, and he is used to the arrogance of foreigners.

Everyone knows that the navy of the Han Empire has long been wiped out by the great powers in several major wars. And in the republican period, where did the warlords of all stripes have the money and strength to build a navy?

The Yangtze River can be said to have become the Yangtze River of the British.

Seeing that the officers were all indignant, Xie Niancheng said: "You remember the scene you saw today, people can only be brave when they know shame, and one day, our Chinese warships will also go to the Thames River." ”

Xie Niancheng's words and the arrogance of the British warships were deeply left in the hearts of the officers.

The fleet walked peacefully for two days, and stopped at the shore when it was about to arrive in Yichang, the hydrology of the Three Gorges was complicated, and it was not daring to go at night.

Here, the order that the troops were going to turn to Kamikawa began to be conveyed to the soldiers.

The officers and men whose hometown is Sichuan are all excited, and the officers and men who are not from Sichuan have no opinions, and the military regulations of the independent regiment are extremely strict, and no one dares to complain because the troops are going to enter Sichuan.

On October 8, before dawn, the fleet set anchor from the Yichang wharf.

In the past few days, there have been many people who have seen this fleet, but no one thought that it would be a unit of the revolutionary army, let alone notify the warlords in Sichuan.

After seeing the magnificence of the Three Gorges, the officers and men of other provinces all walked up to the bow of the boat one after another to enjoy the beautiful scenery, and after seeing the magnificence of the Three Gorges, they secretly rejoiced that the Sichuan warlords did not know that the revolutionary army would attack Sichuan through the guò waterway, otherwise they only needed to set up artillery on the riverside, and the fleet wanted to pass through the Three Gorges waterway, but it would be too difficult.

Although there were no enemy soldiers, the reefs on the waterway also caused a lot of trouble to the fleet, but fortunately, in the end, there was no danger, and the fleet was able to pass the Three Gorges smoothly.

After crossing the Three Gorges, the fleet traveled day and night, and reached the Chongqing River on 11 October.

Chongqing is Yang E's territory, and his subordinates have never been polite to the fleet, and when they saw the fleet flying the British flag today, some people still had the courage to come up and interrogate, hoping to get some benefits.

The officers and men of the Independent Regiment and the people on both sides of the strait all saw the domineering of the British, and the British warship that took the lead first used a loudspeaker to make way for the river defense boats, but when they saw the river defense boats, the four twin machine guns on the warships opened fire together, directly knocking the two river defense boats into wooden planks......

Yang E was not in Chongqing, and the people left behind did not dare to call the shots, so they watched the fleet continue to go upstream.

After that, there was no obstacle along the way, and at noon on October 13, the fleet arrived at Leshan.

The wharf in Leshan is not big, and the wharf at this time has been renamed by Hanxing, and the leader is Li Xiaohai.

There was no regular army in Leshan City, only the security corps and police, and when Li Xiaohai came with more than 700 people, no one dared to come out and make trouble. After Li Xiaohai took control of the wharf, he found thousands of migrant workers to help the troops land.

In the afternoon, the troops were all disembarked and camps were set up in suitable places.

The people of the government and the police station hid in the shadows and shivered, not daring to come up and ask questions, but they still recognized the flag of the Chinese Federation of the Guangzhou government.

Leshan City had already spoken on the telephone, and soon, the news of the revolutionary army's occupation of Leshan reached the ears of all warlords in Sichuan.

The offensive of the revolutionary armies of Yunnan and Guizhou was not strong, and when Liu Sen learned the news, he immediately led more than 40,000 people from six divisions of the main force from Xichang to the western Sichuan Plain. Tian Geyao's main force of more than 20,000 people in three divisions went south from Guangyuan, and Yang E led the main force back to Chongqing, ready to move west at any time.

The total strength of the three-way coalition army is no less than 100,000.

After Xie Niancheng arranged for the troops to set up camp, he first telegraphed more than 6,000 officers and men of the Second Regiment Xu Geng and Huaxing Fan Pengju to guard the area around Shuangyang and Hualiu.

The news that the revolutionary army entered Sichuan by water had spread, and the warlords in Sichuan were not fools and would definitely find out the news overnight. If Liu Sen knew that the revolutionary army entering Sichuan was under Xie Niancheng's department, then he would definitely send people to attack Shuangyang, Hualiu, and Daheisheng.

After sending telegrams to various departments, Xie Niancheng convened a meeting of cadres at and above the battalion level in the Leshan City Government to make arrangements for the subsequent actions.

Chief of Staff Huang Xue gave a brief briefing on the enemy situation: "Our army landed in Leshan today. According to reliable information, there was no enemy regular army between Leshan and Chengdu, and Chengdu had an enemy division of 6,000 men and an irregular army of about 5,000 men; It will take three days for the enemy's reinforcements from the direction of Xichang and Guangyuan to reach Chengdu at the earliest. ”

"The situation is very clear now, we must take Chengdu within two days." After Huang Xue finished speaking, Xie Niancheng first set the tone for the subsequent actions.

"I order: At six o'clock tomorrow, the infantry battalions will advance lightly without artillery companies, only bring one day's food, and rest in Shuangyang, Comrade Xu Geng will be waiting for you there!"

Where Xu Geng took a company, the other officers didn't know before, and when they heard this, they realized that they had arrived in Shuangyang.

"The rest of the troops will camp in Pengshan tomorrow, and they must rush to Shuangyang the day after tomorrow."

The independent regiment can act like this, and Huaxing's cooperation is inseparable, Li Xiaohai's men will be assigned to each platoon to act as a guide for the troops.

After the big plan was decided, Huang Xue assigned the action routes of each unit, and several battalion commanders took the maps and went back separately to arrange tomorrow's march routes.

Back in her room, Yang Yuwei summarized the sorted situation and handed it to Xie Niancheng.

After reading it, Xie Niancheng stood up and stretched, reaching out to hug Yang Yuwei.

Yang Yuwei deftly dodged, "This is in the barracks." ”

Xie Niancheng saw that Yang Yuwei was a little tired, "How is it, Yuwei, are you still used to it?" ”

"There's nothing I'm not used to, by the way, that Fang Caiyun has always been by my side asking you about things these days, what's the matter?" The woman's feeling is very magical, and Yang Yuwei intuitively feels that there is something wrong with this Fang Caiyun.

Xie Niancheng said: "This Fang Caiyun is a Japanese spy. ”

"What? Then why did the troops still take her. ”

"Since we know she's a spy, she's not a spy, is she?"

Yang Yuwei didn't seem to understand, Xie Niancheng said this, Fang Caiyun's strangeness seemed to be explainable.

However, Yang Yuwei was still a little puzzled, why did this Fang Caiyun look at Xie Niancheng's gaze so strangely? Looking at Xie Niancheng's eyes, why does it look like he is looking at **?