Chapter 187: The Blade in Action

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"Haha! Fire on Lao Tzu, bombard hard, and blow up those turtle sons! On the position of the Western Sichuan Army outside the Qijiang River, a middle-aged brigadier general in his forties was shouting excitedly. He was Brigadier General Lu Pengfei, the commander of the Third Brigade. The rout of the fourth battalion made him very annoyed. However, fortunately, he was still prepared and kept all the main forces of the Third Brigade here. Not only that, but two hundred cannons were pulled directly from the arsenal. Let these rebels taste the power of their Third Brigade.

Although in terms of combat quality, the Third Brigade may not be as good as the people of the Second Division because it has never been on the battlefield. However, backed by the Qijiang Arsenal, they also have a huge advantage, weapons and ammunition and the like, and they are not worried about being insufficient at all.

"Brigadier Commander, the big guy is here!" The battalion commander of the artillery battalion of the third brigade said with a smile on his face. Behind him were twelve Type 9 50-mm heavy howitzers, which had just been produced. The Type 9 heavy howitzer, which was developed last year, began mass production at the beginning of this year. The Qijiang Arsenal has also begun to produce this kind of cannon, but the output is not large, and the output of Qijiang is only 2 per month. No, now the commander of the artillery battalion of the 3rd Brigade has pulled over all the Type 9 heavy howitzers produced last month. As soon as the arsenal heard that it was used to fight the rebels, not only did it not stop it, but instead organized a lot of workers who could operate cannons to help them.

"Haha, yes! That's a good guy! Come on, come on, get into the position, and let those turtle sons taste our awesomeness! Lu Pengfei, the commander of the Third Brigade, laughed and said.

Twelve Type 9 heavy howitzers entered the position, and preparations began immediately. Shells for the Type 9 heavy howitzer. Weighs up to 4 kg. Naturally, the power is much greater than that of the Type 5 light howitzer.

"Boom!" Twelve Type 9 heavy howitzers opened fire one after another, shells one after another. Slammed into the rebels. Every time a heavy howitzer shell explodes, a crater with a diameter of more than ten meters is formed. The creatures within a few tens of meters around have no chance of surviving at all, and even if they are not killed, they will be shocked to death.

"Fight back, fight back!" Liu Xiang ordered loudly.

However, the rebels only had twelve Type 5 05mm light howitzers, which was the same as the huge artillery of the 3rd Brigade. There is simply no comparison. The artillery of the rebels, who had just had time to fire two shots, were targeted by the artillery of the 3rd Brigade. As soon as it was beaten down, the rebel artillery was immediately dumbfounded.

"Division commander, the enemy's artillery fire is too fierce, let's retreat!" The commander of the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Division persuaded.

"Dog's day, those grandsons are actually prepared. So many cannons were mobilized! Liu Xiang scolded hatefully. Although the soldiers of the second division are all elite, how can they collide with steel. If they hadn't retreated, the 3rd Brigade would have been able to bombard them here with artillery alone.

"Someone, tell Deputy Division Commander Guo that they can attack!" Lu Pengfei, the commander of the Third Brigade, put down the binoculars in his hand and said. Under the ravages of the massive artillery of the 3rd Brigade. The rebels suffered heavy casualties. At the same time, morale is declining rapidly. Quite a few rebel soldiers, under the heavy shelling of the Third Brigade, even fled. Apparently already frightened.

The deputy division commander Guo in Lu Pengfei's mouth is Guo Mingxu, the deputy division commander of the Eighth Division of the Western Sichuan Army. Chen Wenjun, the commander of the Eighth Division, has not yet rushed back. The 8th Division was temporarily commanded by Guo Mingxu. The 8th Division, which rushed to Qijiang, included a main regiment and troops directly under the division. Although the combat effectiveness of the 8th Division was not as strong as that of the 2nd Division. But after being beaten hard by the artillery of the 3rd Brigade, the 2nd Division was clearly no match for the 8th Division.

"Brothers, at this time, give me a rush!" Guo Mingxu, deputy commander of the 8th Division, gave the order to attack. Thousands of men of the 8th Division immediately jumped out of the trenches and launched an attack on the rebels. The 3rd Brigade also sent three battalions to cooperate with the attack.

The rebels, who had just passed through the artillery ravages of the 3rd Brigade, suffered heavy losses and were simply unable to resist the attack of the Western Sichuan Army. Liu Xiang saw that the general trend was gone, and had to give the order to retreat. Quite a few rebel soldiers were killed and taken prisoner. The 3rd Brigade and the 8th Division of the Western Sichuan Army won a great victory.

In the early morning of September, when Liu Xiang led the remnants of the rebel army to retreat to Chongqing, there were more than 10,000 people when they set out, and less than half of them had returned. The rest of the people were either killed or captured, or they fled directly, unwilling to follow Liu Xiang to death.

"Liu Xiang, did you fail? How did you get to where you are now? Liu Wenlong, who got the news, rushed to Liu Xiang and was immediately shocked. Originally, there were some ruddy faces, but they became even more pale.

"Uncle, don't say it. Those dogs had been prepared for a long time, and we were hit hard in Qijiang, and the troops were scattered! Liu Xiang said with a gloomy face.

"So what do we do now?" Liu Wenlong has some six gods and no master.

"Has the second regiment returned?" Liu Xiang asked. There are still more than 4,000 people in the second regiment, plus the remnants of the soldiers who returned to Chongqing, and the divisional troops left behind, the total strength of the second division can still be about 10,000.

"I'm back, I'm in the barracks now!" Liu Wenlong replied.

"What about Chengdu? Did you agree to our request? Liu Xiang asked.

"Nope. There was no reply from Chengdu! Liu Wenlong said.

"Humph! That little bastard, this is really going to force me to kill! Send them a report again, and if they still don't agree to our request, then don't blame me for going on a killing spree in Chongqing. I give them a day to think about it. If I am attacked again during this period, don't blame me for taking those ordinary people to accompany the burial! A look of madness flashed in Liu Xiang's eyes. The crushing defeat of the 2nd Division made him even more hopeless, and he could only put his last hope on threatening the innocent people of Chongqing to agree to their demands.

Liu Wenlong nodded, he also knew that now there was no choice but to fight.

Chengdu, tour the embassy. After receiving a telegram from Qijiang's Third Brigade, Xiong Wu immediately came to the Parade Embassy to find Wang Yuze.

"Yu Ze, Liu Xiang's kid attacked Qijiang, but he was bleeding. Lu Pengfei's kid directly pulled out more than 200 cannons from the arsenal, including the latest Type 9 50mm heavy howitzer, and beat Liu Xiang's rebels hard. Now that the rebels have been defeated, less than half of the more than 10,000 people have returned to Chongqing! Xiong Wu said with a smile. The combat effectiveness of the 3rd brigade, he is very clear. But he didn't expect Lu Pengfei to give him a surprise.

"Oh? Lu Pengfei is really a talent, and such a method can be thought of. After the rebellion is quelled, expand the remaining brigades and make him the division commander! Wang Yuze said with a smile.

"But, Yuze. Liu Xiang's guy suffered such a big loss, would he attack the people of Chongqing? Xiong Wu said with some concern.

"Probably not! He's just threatening us with the common people. If he really dares to attack the common people, then he will only have a dead end. Tomorrow night, the blades will attack, and we won't have to be afraid. After the blade was captured, the troops of the other divisions had to enter Chongqing immediately to maintain stability. Wang Yuze said. Of course, whether Liu Xiang will be crazy to attack the people, he doesn't know. He could only pray that Liu Xiang would not do such a thing that everyone was angry about, otherwise, he would definitely make Liu Xiang regret it.

In the early hours of the same night, the inspection embassy again received a threatening telegram from Chongqing, and although the telegram was full of threatening words, Wang Yuze was much more relieved. At least for now, Liu Wenlong and Liu Xiang's uncle and nephew have not yet turned their anger on the heads of the common people, as for the next, it will be the blade troops. If they succeeded, there would be no problem in quelling the rebellion.

In September, the instructor arrived in Chongqing, and the 7th and 11th Divisions also arrived in Chongqing from two other directions. This made Liu Wenlong and Liu Xiang's uncle and nephew very nervous. Fortunately, the three divisions of the Western Sichuan Army were only deployed on the periphery of the heavy encirclement and did not attack, which made them breathe a sigh of relief. At the same time there is some joy. It seems that the western Sichuan side is really afraid that they will kill innocent people, otherwise, the western Sichuan army has such a large advantage in strength and firepower, I am afraid that it would have already launched an attack!

Even so, Liu Wenlong and Liu Xiang's uncle and nephew did not dare to slack off, and let the small number of troops of the Second Division enter the position. At the same time, a lot of innocent people were captured on the battlefield, and if the western Sichuan army attacked, these innocent people would be buried with them. In order to resist the attack of the Western Sichuan Army.

When night fell, the entire mountain castle was shrouded in a thick fog. There is a lot of fog in the mountain town, and after autumn, the temperature gradually cools down, and the fog becomes more and more. However, Liu Wenlong and Liu Xiang's uncle and nephew were not worried, and after they captured the innocent people on the position during the day's temptation, the western Sichuan army immediately retreated, maintaining restraint. It made them think that their plan was going to succeed. In order to ensure the lives of the common people, the western Sichuan side had to agree to their request.

In troubled times, life is like a mustard. At least Liu Wenlong and Liu Xiang's uncle and nephew, they have never taken the lives of these ordinary people into account. These people are now just tools for their survival.

At twelve o'clock in the evening, there was silence on the positions outside Chongqing. The western Sichuan army and the rebels left only a few sentinels, and the rest of the people all rested.

At this time, one after another figures jumped out of the position of the Western Sichuan Army, and with the help of the night and the terrain of the ground, they crossed the position of the rebels and entered Chongqing. Chongqing, like Chengdu, has already demolished the city walls, which allows the soldiers of the "sharp blade" to enter the city with ease.

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