Chapter 190: The Rebellion Settles
In the early morning of September 4, gunfire rang out in the urban area of Chongqing. Anyway, the Second Regiment of the Second Division transferred a battalion of troops, led by Lin Bin, deputy commander of the Second Division, and launched an attack on the mayor's residence. At the same time, the remaining troops of the 2nd Regiment launched an attack on the rebels on the outskirts of Chongqing. Under the combination of the inside and the outside, the troops of the three divisions of the Western Sichuan Army outside the city easily entered the urban area of Chongqing.
Under such circumstances, the rebels could not compete with the Western Sichuan Army at all. Eventually, with the exception of a very small number of people who were killed, the rest surrendered. Because during the attack, the western Sichuan army did not use heavy weapons, so the damage to ordinary people was minimal.
However, the battle at the mayor's residence was more intense. The guards of the mayor's mansion and the guard company of the second division guarding here can be regarded as the henchmen of Liu Wenlong and Liu Xiang's uncle and nephew. Relying on the building of the mayor's residence, they erected heavy machine guns and mortars, etc., and stubbornly resisted a battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the 2nd Division anyway.
However, after several hours of fighting, the rebels were eliminated. Liu Wenlong, the mayor of Chongqing, was also caught. By the time the Sichuan Army captured him, he had already learned that Liu Xiang had been killed in his bedroom. He wanted to commit suicide, but was saved by the soldiers of the Western Sichuan Army. Since their uncles and nephews dared to start a rebellion, they had to accept the punishment of Sichuanxi. Liu Xiang died at the hands of special forces in western Sichuan, while Liu Wenlong needed to be taken to Chengdu for a fair trial. Of course, treason is in western Sichuan, and it is also a capital crime!
After the rebellion was quelled, the people of Chongqing applauded. The Western Sichuan Army was able to defeat the rebels at a very small cost. The last counted number jรน. The soldiers and civilians killed and wounded in Chongqing were not as heavy as the losses suffered by the rebels when they attacked Qijiang. Of course, the losses of the 2nd Division were not taken into account.
Subsequently, the remaining thousands of remnants of the Second Division were also disarmed. They participated in the rebellion, inflicting losses on Chuan Xi and Wang Yuze himself. As for how to deal with it, we need to wait for Wang Yuze's decision.
On September 7, Liu Wenlong and the family of their uncle and nephew. were all escorted to Chengdu. Although the crime is not as good as the family, those of the Liu family who participated in the rebellion also need to be tried. If the circumstances are severe, they will still be dealt with in accordance with the laws of western Sichuan. As for those who did not participate in the rebellion, their lives will also be settled uniformly. From now on, they will probably have to live under the surveillance of western Sichuan. After all, Wang Yuzehe will not rest assured of them, in case these people make trouble again. Or simply come and assassinate him or the dignitaries of western Sichuan, it won't end well.
On the morning of September. In the square outside the Parade Embassy, a public trial of Liu Wenlong was held. Liu Xiang is already dead and is not on trial. Tens of thousands of Chengdu citizens attended the trial. When the judge finally ruled and sentenced Liu Wenlong to death for treason, and the people who were watching cheered. In their eyes, Liu Wenlong is a damn thief. Now Kawanishi can have today. It's all the credit of the handsome. As soon as the handsome man died, Liu Wenlong's uncle and nephew dared to jump out and launch a rebellion, which is simply a crime that deserves death! So much so that in the afternoon, when Liu Wenlong was paraded in the streets before he was shot, he was smashed by angry people with stones, etc., and his head was broken and bleeding, and he was dying. And the guards didn't stop it. They also hate Liu Wenlong to the core. I wish he had been killed.
Liu Wenlong was executed, which means that the main culprit of this rebellion has been executed, and the rebellion has basically subsided. Next, there is the trial of the accomplices. and the question of the disposition of the rebellious 2nd Division. The previous problem is very easy to solve, and it is enough to leave it to the court. But how to deal with the second division, this is a bit of a disagreement.
"Handsome! Although the 2nd Regiment of the 2nd Division participated in the rebellion, they did not attack our western Sichuan army, nor did they harm innocent people. And in the end, it was because they were anyway that the rebellion was quickly quelled. Therefore, I feel that the second regiment can be retained, and the second regiment will be the main one, and the second division will be rebuilt! Xiong Wu expressed his opinion.
"I do think that all the soldiers of the 2nd Division, those who rebelled, will be dealt with according to the severity of the situation. As for the second regiment, it is possible to arrange for their full demobilization. No one can guarantee that such a thing will not happen! "Defense Minister Jiang Xingguo, released his opinion.
"We can get the MIA to intervene and try to dig out the soldiers and officers who are involved in the rebellion and are not demagogues, and keep the remaining soldiers. We have to take it into account. In its current form, what a great upheaval it would be if all the officers and men of the Second Division were to be forced to be demobilized. This will undoubtedly make them lose hope, and if there is another mess, it will be difficult to deal with! Xiong Wu explained. After the propaganda of western Sichuan, the whole people knew about it. Many civilians who had relatives serving in the Second Division were scolded and couldn't hold their heads up. If the soldiers of the Second Division were to be forcibly demobilized, it would probably cause social unrest.
Wang Yuze frowned, if this was the case, it was not what he hoped for.
"So be it! Let the Military Intelligence Bureau intervene to carefully screen the officers and men of the Second Division, and if the crime is serious, go directly to the military court. If the offence is relatively minor, it will be forcibly demobilized. The rest of the people, add enough recruits, break up the arrangement, and rebuild the second division! Wang Yuze said.
"Yes, Dashuai!" Wang Yuze opened his mouth, and the others naturally stopped arguing.
"Also, in response to this rebellion, I found a problem. That is the stiffness of the constitution of our army. Why were the soldiers so susceptible to Liu Xiang's demagoguery? On the one hand, the soldiers generally did not have a high level of literacy, did not understand the general principles of affairs, and did not know who they were really loyal to. On the other hand, the cultivation of soldiers' concepts is not perfect. Therefore, I propose to add the post of cultural instructor to the army, who is responsible for educating the soldiers in spiritual and cultural aspects, so that they can know who they are loyal to, not their division commander or brigade commander, but the western part of Sichuan. In this case, if this happens again next time, will those ordinary soldiers still be bewitched? Wang Yuze said.
This kind of system, which is completely similar to the political committee system in later generations, can make it easier for Wang Yuze to control the army. Even if the generals want to rebel, but the people below don't listen to him, he has no choice.
"Shuai, this is a good solution. However, if we want to implement it suddenly, we need to add a large number of cultural instructors! With the current scale of the Western Sichuan Army, the number gap is relatively large! Xiong Wu said.
"Dashuai, what level is the cultural teacher mainly deployed? How should the military rank be set? Jiang Xingguo also asked. Since the establishment of the Ministry of National Defense, the issue of the establishment of the armed forces has been assigned to the Ministry of National Defense.
"Cultural instructors only need to be set up at the company and battalion level. A cultural instructor at the company level with the rank of deputy company. Cultural instructor at the battalion level, with the rank of deputy battalion. The main task of these cultural instructors is to teach the soldiers to be literate and reasonable. At the same time, it is especially important for the soldiers to know who they are loyal to. There is also the cultivation of soldiers' concept of fighting bravely such as not being afraid of sacrifice in battle, and so on. As for the gap, you can choose the best in the major colleges and universities in western Sichuan. I believe that there are many aspiring young people who are willing to join the army! Wang Yuze said. Of course, he did not explicitly say that the most important task of these cultural instructors was to teach the soldiers to be loyal to him. Every time a cultural instructor repeatedly mentions this in class, it will naturally form a deep-rooted concept in the hearts of the soldiers. In that case, rebellions and the like would never happen again.
Xiong Wu, Cai Yun, Jiang Xingguo and the others all nodded, they all knew the benefits of such an execution. In this way, the soldiers' allegiance to western Sichuan and to Wang Yuze himself will be enhanced. It will also help to control the army and avoid the recurrence of similar rebellions.
In the days that followed, the mainstream newspapers in western Sichuan reported at length that the rebellion in western Sichuan had been quelled and that there were no casualties, and that most of the soldiers of the Second Division had been rehabilitated, indicating that they had only been deceived by the careerists. At the same time, he called on the people to unite, be loyal to Wang Yuze, be loyal to western Sichuan, and strive for the prosperity and strength of western Sichuan.
Some people are very unhappy that the rebellion was put down so quickly in Sichuan. The Manchus, Britain, France, Russia, and Japan all had great expectations for this rebellion. As a result, in just three days, the rebellion was put down, and the losses caused to the western Sichuan were even more minimal, which made them very dissatisfied. But there is no way, this matter was originally done by them secretly, if it comes out on the surface, they are afraid that Sichuan West will find them trouble because of this.
The screening of the soldiers of the Second Division also proceeded very smoothly, and with the intervention of the Military Intelligence Bureau, many of the guilty soldiers and officers were duly punished. Subsequently, with the support of the General Staff Headquarters, the 2nd Division was rebuilt. The commander of the second division also served as Lin Bin, and his military rank was also promoted to major general. Lin Bin still has a certain amount of ability. It's just that Liu Xiang is more tough, and under Liu Xiang's suppression, he didn't play a role. The middle and lower-ranking officers of the 2nd Division were all deployed by instructors and the Army Academy to ensure that similar incidents would not occur in this unit.
The large-scale implementation of the cultural instructor system in western Sichuan, and the deployment of cultural instructors in every company and battalion, not only improved the culture of the soldiers, but also allowed them to establish the concept of loyalty to the commander and the western Sichuan, and further eliminated the possibility of rebellion.
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