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On August 16, the recruits from Sichuan by water were about to arrive at Meiling.

Large ships could not be docked at Meiling Wharf, so the recruits could only change to small boats at sea and go ashore from Meiling Wharf in batches.

Xie Niancheng and Zhang Chengyue waited at the dock for two people who hadn't seen each other for more than a year.

The small steamer docked at Meiling Wharf, first of all was a tall and handsome woman in white clothes and black trousers, followed by a fat man wearing a silk shirt and a big bald head.

Xie Niancheng and Zhang Chengyue waited for them with smiles on their faces.

"Su Wanyun, why are you here?"

Su Wanyun smiled: "What, don't you like me to come?" ”

"Yes, of course."

The telegram said that it was Su Chaoming who led the team, but it was better for Su Wanyun to come.

Over there, Zhang Chengyue and Fan Peng raised a hug, and the two were also chatting hotly.

Xie Niancheng also learned to open his arms over there, wanting to have a warm hug with Su Wanyun.

Su Wanyun didn't care about the eyes of the revolutionary officers and soldiers who came up to the dock to attract the recruits, and stretched out her hand and hugged Xie Niancheng tightly.

After Fan Fatzi hugged Zhang Chengyue, he walked to Xie Niancheng's side, and before Fan Fatzi could speak, Xie Niancheng gave him a bear hug.

This hug made Fan Fatzi almost cry, he has experienced life and death several times in a year, and it is worth it to get back such a hug!

"Is there such a benefit for coming to pick up people?"

Looking at Su Wanyun, who was getting closer and closer to him, Zhang Chengyue was a little excited.

Zhang Chengyue was soon embarrassed, and Su Wanyun walked past him, as if passing by a lump of something, without even glancing at him.

Fortunately, after messing with Xie Niancheng for a long time, Zhang Chengyue is now a little anxious, and he continued to raise his hand above his head, stretching his waist: "Hey, Lao Fan, everything in Guangdong is good, it's a little bit inferior to our Sichuan, it's too hot!" ”

When a few people arrived at the conference room in Meiling, the other officers of the Independent Regiment at or above the rank of the main battalion had already arrived, and Xie Niancheng informed them that there was an important military situation to discuss today.

Seeing that Xie Niancheng brought in a beautiful woman and a fat man dressed as a businessman, everyone was a little puzzled.

Xie Niancheng now has absolute authority in this army, no matter how many problems there are in everyone's hearts, Xie Niancheng didn't speak, so no one dared to speak.

Xie Niancheng looked around, saw that everyone had arrived, and said to Fan Pengju and Su Wanyun: "They have been waiting for you for a long time, you can introduce the situation first." ”

Fan Fat Man wiped his sweat and tried to make his chest higher, and he really longed for it when he saw the sitting young officers sitting upright.

It's a pity that his big belly made his efforts go to waste, no matter how he tightened his stomach and chest, in the end the whole person still looked like a big-headed gourd.

"Report, our Sichuan Hanxing Society has brought a total of 1,124 people out this time, and there are 1,066 people who have come to Meiling today, and these people know how to punch and kick, and they have all touched guns, and all of them are good."

After Fan Fatzi finished speaking, Su Wanyun gave everyone a military salute, although she was tall and dressed in civilian clothes, this military salute made people's eyes shine.

"Report, our Su family has recruited 1,253 people, and the 1,189 people who have come to Meiling today have all undergone regular military training and will be able to fight tomorrow!"

The officers looked at each other and could see the excitement in each other's eyes.

With more than 2,000 people, the independent regiment will have all the personnel, money, and materials.

Xie Niancheng motioned for the two of them to go down and find a place to sit down.

The officers began to report aloud one by one on the recent preparations of the troops, and after the report, Xie Niancheng said: "I order!" ”

One order after another clearly reached everyone's ears: "The commanders of all combat units should complete the selection of personnel and the distribution of weapons within three days, complete the basic training within 20 days, and be ready to set off at any time!" ”

"The General Staff immediately drew up a marching plan for a long march."

"The Ministry of Politics is ready for a long march."

"The baggage troops began to prepare materials."

……

Every time an order was given, a loud and loud voice replied: "Yes!" ”

"Okay, let's do it."

Looking at the officers who came out, Su Wanyun was full of emotion.

Xie Niancheng's heels, Su Wanyun understands, a year ago, he only had a dozen people under him, and now Xie Niancheng's troops are 5,000 in Guangdong, 3,000 in Su's army, 3,000 in the two county militias, and tens of thousands in Hanxing!

Has this young man, who has retired from childishness and has a resolute look, become a big man with 20,000 horses in his hands?

"Pengju, can you introduce the shape of the current Kawauchi." Xie Niancheng's voice interrupted Su Wanyun's thoughts, and Su Wanyun looked left and right, and there were only the three of them left in the conference room.

"Captain, now the dragons in Sichuan have no leader, Liu Sen occupies the Chengdu area, Yang E occupies Chongqing, Liu Wuguang occupies Xikang, Tian Geyao occupies northern Sichuan, and Deng Donghou occupies southeast Sichuan...... The five of them ruthlessly looted the people, recruited troops and horses, and each had 350,000 guns. ”

"Wanyun, how is your group?"

When Su Wanyun and her father and brother discussed their future in their hometown in Sichuan, they all felt that the regiment in her hand was the Xie family's reliance in the troubled times in Sichuan, and she had always been a little arrogant.

Her arrogance disappeared after listening to the military meeting just now, what is the Su family proud of in front of Xie Niancheng's current strength?

Even if the Su family can have 3,000 guns after full mobilization, in terms of firepower, it is not as good as a reinforced company on the Meiling side!

Hearing Xie Niancheng ask herself, Su Wanyun replied in imitation of the tone of the officers just now: "Our regiment has 2,000 guns, and now Liu Sen in Chengdu does not trust our regiment very much. ”

"What do you think, how is the combat effectiveness of the Sichuan army now?"

This issue is something that Su Wanyun and her father and brother often talk about.

"At present, the Sichuan army is rapidly expanding its army, and most of the troops are not strong in combat effectiveness, with many recruits and poor equipment, and only a few units have acceptable combat effectiveness."

"If compared with the British and French troops, the Sichuan army of 1,000 people, how many foreign troops can be beaten?"

Su Wanyun thought for a while, "If it is a small army, the combat effectiveness of a thousand people in the Sichuan army should be comparable to the combat effectiveness of a hundred powerful troops...... If it is a large army, the 10,000 Sichuan army should be able to compete with the 500 British army. ”

Her words were not said casually, but were drawn through the history of the Han army and the European army.

With Su Wanyun's words, Xie Niancheng no longer had any worries about seizing Sichuan.

According to Su Wanyun, Xie Niancheng's 5,000-strong army can confront at least 50,000 Sichuan troops head-on - in Xie Niancheng's estimate, his 5,000 men and horses will not be weaker than 2,000 British troops.

Fan Pengju said: "Captain, when we had a meeting just now, I heard that there are only 5,000 people here in Guangdong, plus the head of the Su regiment and our brothers from Hanxing, the total is only 20,000 at most...... Relying on this kind of people to want to go back to Sichuan, I'm afraid it's not easy. ”

Xie Niancheng understood Fan Fatzi's worries, "Let's go, I'll take you to see the training of the troops." ”

This was Su Wei's idea, and this afternoon, the new fighters from Sichuan will go to the training base to watch the live-fire exercise.

The live-fire exercise scheduled for the afternoon was a drill for attacking a hill.

After Xie Niancheng took Su Wanyun and Fan Peng to the observation post, Huang Xue came up and said: "Report to the head of the group, the participating departments have been prepared, please instruct!" ”

"Artillery preparation."

Huang Xue picked up the phone on the table: "Artillery preparation!" ”

The observation post is located on a hill on the side of the exercise site, on which more than 2,000 recruits from Sichuan are now lined up and are all sitting on this hill, and from this angle you can clearly see the exercise site less than a kilometer away.

Less than a minute after Huang Xue gave the order, a series of explosions rang out.

Dozens of artillery pieces roared together, and the first item was a minute of intensive bombardment at the limit rate of fire, and clouds of explosion smoke floated up one by one, and within a minute, hundreds of shells fell on the hill.

Relatively speaking, the projectile weight of the 70 infantry gun is four kilograms, and the sound of shelling and explosion is not so obvious, but the 120 heavy mortar is different, the shell weight of this kind of gun is about 23 kilograms, and every time it falls, you can feel a slight shock to the ground, which makes the recruits look terrified.

Red flags waved on the artillery positions in the distance, and the artillery fire stopped.

Not to mention that the recruits were scared enough, even Fan Fatzi and Su Wanyun were speechless for a long time, and their chests seemed to have been hit dozens of times by a hammer, and they were panicked.

Huang Xue began to repeat aloud Wen Deyun's report on the phone:

"Report, eight cannons, 46 shells fired; 12 70 infantry guns, firing 120 shells; 120 mortars, 100 shells; 12 82 mortars, 202 shells fired; Twelve 60 mortars, 256 shells fired! ”

"Okay, drill continues!" Xie Niancheng ordered.

Huang Xue picked up the phone, "Attention everyone, the drill has officially begun!" ”

More than fifty guns began to roar again, and this time the explosion points of the artillery fire were not scattered like rapid fire, but clearly formed a barrage, starting from the foot of the hill and slowly pushing towards the top of the mountain,

The barrage was pushed halfway up the mountain, and the sound of dozens of light and heavy machine guns joined the battlefield, playing a symphony of harmony. Since it was a drill, the bullets were mixed with a large number of tracer bullets, and it could be clearly seen that these dozens of fire snakes were biting the hill fiercely.

In about three minutes, the barrage was about to hit the top of the mountain, and the "tick-tock-tock" charge horn sounded, and from a distance of about 200 meters from the foot of the hill, thousands of soldiers jumped out of the trenches and began to charge.

It can be seen clearly from the observation post.

The charging soldiers were divided into groups of three, four in a group, the formation was very open, the distance between 30 and 50 meters per soldier was between 30 and 50 meters, and every third group had a light machine gun to provide fire cover.

This is the "three-three system" formation in which Xie Niancheng put forward a concept based on the tactics of the army in his memory, and the officers of the independent regiment perfected the infantry squad in the field attack day and night at the training ground.

Judging from the large attack formation, it can be clearly seen that there are three very layered attack arrows, each attack arrow has about 300 people, and the depth of personnel in other areas of the battle line is very shallow, and the attack personnel in the same area are only about 60 people, which is also based on the "one point and two sides" attack tactics of that army:

Concentrate forces to fight a little, and only allocate a small number of troops on the surface.

Less than three minutes after the barrage was pushed from the top of the mountain to the back of the mountain, the charging soldiers planted the red flag on the top of the mountain.

Fan Fatzi watched the excitement, but Su Wanyun, who grew up in the military camp since childhood, saw the doorway.

Xie Niancheng asked, "How is it?" If you defend this mountain, or if the 2,000 people who participated in today's exercise come to attack, how long can you hold it? ”

Su Wanyun's face turned a little pale, and she said truthfully: "That's the time you spent on the exercise." ”