Chapter 314
In the headquarters, Xiao Yongyan was looking at the map hanging on the wall with some distraction. Beside him, many people, including the adjutant or the chief of staff, glanced at him, and then lowered their heads and continued their work, but while working, not only their hands and feet, but also their voices were much softer.
They all knew very well that now that Xiao Yongyan was thinking about the war in the city, it might not be a wise choice to disturb at this time.
"......" put his right hand on the watch on his left wrist and stroked it carefully, and he didn't know what was going on behind him, at this time Xiao Yongyan was indeed thinking about the war in the city.
Judging from the situation just reported, although the effect of the artillery bombardment was not as good as imagined, the resistance of the Jiangxi army in the city was not very fierce, and it was believed that it would not take long to take the whole of Nanchang.
It could be a day, it might be two days, but it wouldn't be more than three days anyway.
In other words, victory in Nanchang has become inevitable. So now Xiao Yongyan no longer needs to think about how to take Nanchang, but how to make his victory more dazzling.
Taking Jiangxi is indeed a great achievement, but both Xiao Yongyan and others know very well that they can win entirely because their opponents are much weaker than them. Not to mention the three divisions, even if any unit in the National Socialist Army is replaced, this battle can be easily taken down.
If you think about it from this point of view, I am afraid that their credit will be discounted.
At present, there are two main factions in the national army, the French faction and the local faction, the former is those generals and colonels who have served in the French Foreign Legion. There are also some sent to the French military academy, and they have not yet returned.
Others, like Xiao Yongyan, graduated from the Martial Arts Academy. Or rather, the creeps came up.
It can be said that there are mainly these two factions in the Kuomintang and the army at present, which are similar to the American faction and the local faction on the government's side.
At present, the number of students studying in France is the smallest, but they are basically high-ranking officers, and the lowest one is probably the battalion commander or deputy regiment commander, regimental chief of staff or something. And what about the nativists? Although the largest number of people is largest, the vast majority of them are junior officers, and their number among the senior officers is relatively small.
Where there are people, there will be competition. It's human nature, and it's basically inevitable. And because there is a big difference between the French students and the localists, it is a matter of course. The two sides also hugged each other.
At present, the military government has only been established for a little more than a year, so the two sides are still in a state of healthy competition. But as one of the few high-ranking officers in the local faction, Xiao Yongyan always has to fight for his own faction.
Because Xiao Yongyan knew very well that when he gave himself the task of attacking Jiangxi. Although it was not said on the surface. But the side of the Lyric Christians is actually very dissatisfied, if they don't do something rash...
"Now it's up to those people to see if they can catch Li Liejun, whether it's dead or alive, as long as they can catch it..."
With Xiao Yongyan's troops, it is not difficult to capture Nanchang, but it is a bit stretched to completely surround the entire Nanchang City.
Unless Li Liejun is impatient and wants to escape when the troops under his command are almost finished. Otherwise, Xiao Yongyan may not be able to catch him. This is also the reason why he sent more than ten troops into the city for Lu, wanting to capture Li Liejun alive. Because only in this way can he be sure that he can catch Li Liejun.
"I hope they can fight...", sighing, Xiao Yongyan walked to the table and picked up a teacup.
It's just that just when he wanted to pour himself a cup of tea and moisten his throat, a few people from outside suddenly ran in.
"Division Commander?!"
"What's the matter?" Stopping the chief of staff who wanted to scold, Xiao Yongyan looked over calmly.
"Just got news from the city." Glancing lightly at the chief of staff, one of the officers at the head continued. "It is said that there is a small force that accidentally bumped into Li Liejun's headquarters and captured a large number of commanders of the Gan army, including Ouyang Wu and Lin Hu..."
"What about Li Liejun?" Finding that there was no name for Li Liejun, Xiao Yongyan frowned.
Ouyang Wu and Lin Hu, these people are indeed very famous, but Li Liejun is the leader of the Gan army, if you can't catch him...
Before Xiao Yongyan could play, the officer had already spoken. "When the unit was about to rush in, Li Liejun had already pulled a grenade that he didn't know where the road came from, and committed suicide, and the platoon commander Nian Yao and several other soldiers who led the troops to rush in at that time were also slightly injured because of the close relationship, and afterwards Nian Yao and they also learned from Ouyang Wu and others that the one who committed suicide was Li Liejun's..."
"That's it..."Nodding, Xiao Yongyan didn't doubt it.
If it was from some other people, such as some low-level officers, who learned the news, then Xiao Yongyan would have doubted a little whether this Li Liejun wanted to pretend to be dead and deceive himself.
But since it was Ouyang Wu and Lin Hu, they said...
Based on Xiao Yongyan's understanding of the Gan army, Lin Hu was relatively iron-hearted to follow Li Liejun, but Ouyang Wu and some others were afraid that Li Liejun was not so firm.
In other words, in this case, Ouyang Wu and they had no reason to cover up for Li Liejun. After all, they have been captured now, and as long as Li Liejun is on the road in the future, their lying will be exposed...
In this way, even if the National Socialist Army did not like to abuse prisoners very much, the results for them can be imagined...
In this case, Lin Hu will forget it, and Ouyang Wu has no reason to continue to cover up for Li Liejun.
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"Did you commit suicide..."sighed, Xiao Yongyan didn't say anything more, although the strength of the Gan army is really a little poor, but Li Liejun's temper he still admires, and from the intelligence of the Secret Bureau, he also knows that Li Liejun has never been very interested in assassination, and he didn't know about Yan Shao's assassination last time, and this time he will stand up completely because of the meaning of the Kuomintang headquarters in Tokyo, so he has no bad feelings towards Li Liejun. But a moment later, he asked. "You just said you stumbled into ...... What's going on? β
He remembered that he had sent more than a dozen small troops to infiltrate it. How did you come out of nowhere with a mistake?
"Thisβ" seemed to be a little unsure of how to answer, and the officer smiled bitterly. Basically, the people in our army have never been to Nanchang, and they don't know much about the situation in Nanchang. In addition, the previous shelling almost turned Nanchang into an artillery bombardment, although they had a map in their hands, but it was still difficult to point out the direction without a control, so many of the troops who went in the last were lost, and there were only 7 or 8 troops that could reach the designated place in the end. β
"The people of the Secret Service Bureau are doing a good job, and the location of Li Liejun's headquarters is indeed among the more than ten positions they specified, but the team in charge of that position was attacked halfway. As a result, having repelled the enemy, they themselves lost their way ...
"Nian Yao's platoon was originally responsible for carrying out the division plan, but it was also lost on the way. Then, perhaps by luck, they somehow passed through several defensive lines of the Gan army and appeared around Li Liejun's headquarters, and you know the rest. In order not to be captured. Li Liejun decided to kill himself, and Ouyang Wu and the others retreated from the command headquarters before that..."
After listening to the officer's explanation, Xiao Yongyan knew the ins and outs of the matter. "I see..."Nodding slightly, Xiao Yongyan looked at his adjutant. Go, send a telegram to Anqing, and tell the governor the news to them, by the way...... asked for credit for the person named Nian Yao, although he failed to capture Li Liejun alive. But bringing a dead one back is a big achievement..."
Although there are some regrets, Xiao Yongyan also knows that this kind of thing cannot be forced.
If Li Liejun doesn't want to die. Of course, he could have been captured alive, but if he was bent on dying, there would always be a way to make him die...
"Yes!" Nodding, Xiao Yongyan's adjutant saluted. "I'll do it..."
As he spoke, the adjutant turned to leave, intending to go to the communications office, but there was an unconcealable envy on his face.
Hunting and killing Li Liejun, in Xiao Yongyan's opinion, this merit may not be nothing, after all, this Jiangxi battle was too smooth, and even the merits of the whole battle were greatly reduced, but for the adjutant, such an achievement was completely enough to promote him to the next level, how could he not be envious.
"If I have the opportunity in the future, I should find a way to let the division commander send me down to the army, even if I am a battalion commander or a company commander, I always stay in the command center, and I can't even get a single credit...... However, if you really go to the army, the danger is much higher, and the current situation division commander has also said that the next battle will not be as easy as it is now...", the adjutant often sighed.
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Li Liejun knelt down, Ouyang Wu and other generals and officers were wiped out, and the Gan army in Nanchang City lost its command. And without command, the remaining Gan troops in the city can only fight on their own.
Gradually, these troops either fought to the death or surrendered very directly. Obviously, there are many more people who choose the latter than the former. Because of Li Liejun's accidental death, the battle in Nanchang was much simpler than expected.
By the second day, there was only sporadic resistance left in the city, and by the third day, the situation in Nanchang had been completely cleaned up.
"Let the people in the baggage camp see if there are any extra tents, let them take them out and find a place outside the city to set them up, so that the people will not be caught in the rain..." In addition, send a telegram to the governor, asking if it is necessary to continue the army..."
"Yes!" Nodding, the adjutant immediately took the order.
Soon, the men of the baggage battalion took out more than 100 spare tents, and the 3rd Division also took out two regiments that did not participate in the fighting, and were responsible for assisting in the erection of these tents and helping the people who were beginning to return to Nanchang to clean up their homes.
Now that the war in Nanchang has ended, the next thing is naturally to deal with the aftermath.
With the example of Jiujiang, I already have some experience in this kind of thing.
First, he sent troops to take charge of order in the city, and then helped the people inside to rebuild their homes. Naturally, Xiao Yongyan is also constantly sending troops to investigate the surrounding situation. Although Nanchang has been taken, Li Liejun and Ouyang Wu and other high-level officials of the Jiangxi army have also been wiped out. But now there are still a lot of Jiangxi troops active outside, such as the troops of the second division of the Jiangxi army.
Now these troops are stationed in several cities around Nanchang, if they are not dealt with first. The Nationalist Army would not be able to truly control Jiangxi.
It's just that just when Xiao Yongyan was reorganizing his troops and wanted to do something to these people, a telegram from Anqing ordered him to stop his actions, and soon several envoys rushed over from Anqing.
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"I didn't expect those people to have some contact with you for a long time..."Picking up a cup and taking two sips, Xiao Yongyan looked at Luo Wenying and said.
"The one who knows the times is Junjie, and now even Li Liejun is dead. Naturally, there is no need for those people to continue to be loyal to him, and we are just pushing the boat along the way..."Also picking up the teacup, Luo Wenying smiled and said. "What? Out of sorts? β
"Of course I'm not happy," Xiao Yongyan said dissatisfiedly. This is a mere lack of merit..."
What do soldiers want to be promoted? In addition to grinding qualifications, it is to fight wars and make merits.
Originally, Xiao Yongyan had already formulated a plan to march to several surrounding cities, but now Luo Wenying naturally made Xiao Yongyan and many officers very disappointed.
"Don't be angry yet...", smiling slightly, the special status of the Special Affairs Bureau determines that this department has an unimaginable status. But in the same way, he was also hostile to other departments and armies.
Other countries will not be mentioned for the time being. In similar institutions in so many dynasties in China. There are only a handful of people who can start and finish well. And this situation is a little more complicated in today's special affairs bureau.
Because the current director of the Special Affairs Bureau is Caterina and Yan Shao's lover, with Luo Wenying and Tang Li's understanding of Yan Shao, it is impossible for him to abandon his woman. Then things are simple, if something really happens one day in the future, someone must stand up as a scapegoat, this candidate can only be Luo Wenying and them.
So although Luo Wenying's status and power are not less than Xiao Yongyan. But he still didn't want to offend these 'Qiu Ba'.
"You don't know the current situation, Yuan Shikai can't wait to do it. I believe that there will be a war in Suzhou, this time Yuan Shikai mobilized 100,000 people, plus Zhang Xun's pigtail army, I am afraid that there will be more than 100,000 people, although Suzhou has begun to gather troops, but we all know the name of Beiyang, no one knows what the final result will be, now the Kuomintang troops in Guangdong have begun to assemble again, and Xu Chongzhi in Fujian, no one knows how long Sun Daoren's guy can drag on, if these two families also follow in, even if you can clean it up, It's going to take a lot of energy..."
"So what the governor means is to find a way to recruit the remaining Gan army to surrender, and now the next division and independent brigade have been disabled by you, and the second division, because it did not participate in the battle, the formation is very complete, as long as it surrenders, you can enter the battle at any time, and with the support of this unit, your pressure will be reduced a lot, and even after the war in Suzhou, you can draw some troops to the north to support..."
Although Yan Shao is very confident, no one knows what the actual situation is.
If Xiao Yongyan, who is in Jiangxi, can send half of his troops to the north, it will be equivalent to almost 5,000 men and horses, and if the artillery regiment and cavalry regiment are counted, this number will increase a lot, and Yan Shao's chances of victory in Suzhou will also increase a lot.
The problem is that Chen Jiongming in Guangdong and Xu Chongzhi in Fujian are both in trouble, and if they rely on a single brigade, they will inevitably be a little tired of coping, and if there is a part of the Jiangxi army to support them at this time, the situation will be much better.
Therefore, after Jiujiang was taken by Xiao Yongyan, the people of the Special Affairs Bureau had already begun to contact some officers of the Second Division of the Jiangxi Army.
At the beginning, those guys were still a little hesitant to betray Li Liejun, after all, Li Liejun had a very high prestige in the Jiangxi army, so it was somewhat difficult for them to betray him like this.
It's just that after Li Liejun committed suicide and the news of the fall of Nanchang came out, these people had their own choice.
Those who know the times are Junjie, if Li Liejun is not dead, it will be somewhat difficult for them to betray, since everyone is dead, they naturally have nothing to worry about.
And with the support of these troops, even if Chen Jiongming in Guangdong and Xu Chongzhi in Fujian really go north, Xiao Yongyan can deal with it more easilyββββββ don't look at the large number of troops in Xiao Yongyan's hands, as a defensive side, he always has to stay in other directions.
For example, Jiujiang and Nanchang, which have just been occupied, plus some other places.
Moreover, Chen Jiongming and Xu Chongzhi really did it, I am afraid that the troops will be divided into two ways, so Xiao Yongyan will need to deal with two directions, and each direction can arrange at most one regiment of troops. With this force, it will be difficult to defend and attack.
However, with a little more miscellaneous help, the situation would be much better.
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In the command headquarters, Xiao Yongyan and Luo Wenying were still talking about this matter.
At this time, the news of the fall of Nanchang and Li Liejun's death had also been spread.
Naturally, along with the news that the Second Division of the Jiangxi Army had surrendered to the Anhui Military Government.
Nanchang fell, Li Liejun died, and the Second Division of the Jiangxi Army that had surrendered, now Jiangxi can be said to have completely fallen into the hands of Yan Shao, and no one in the entire Jiangxi can resist Yan Shao.
At the same time, after learning the news, Yuan Shikai also completely tore his face with Yan Shao, first appointed a new governor of Jiangxi, and then asked Yan Shao to withdraw from Jiangxi immediately, otherwise, he would have to perform the duties of the central government... (To be continued......)