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spnOn August 13, 1925, the Southwest People's Army, under the personal supervision of the "Government" and "Chairman" of the Joint Governance of the Three Southwest Provinces, Commander-in-Chief of the Southwest People's Army Zhang Shusheng, after nearly twenty days of fierce fighting, the most elite Guards Division was concentrated

, Southwester

The 1st Division of the People's Army, the 3rd Division of the Southwest People's Army, the 1st Division of the Yunnan Garrison Division, and the 2nd Garrison Division dispatched air force units and armored units. In the end, with an absolutely superior encirclement force, more than 30,000 troops were completely exhausted.

The British took all prisoners. The French

One of the divisions was also encircled and annihilated by the First Division of the Garrison Division stationed in Yunnan and the Fourth Division of the Garrison Division stationed in Guangxi. The French army lacked artillery and were not familiar with the terrain. They found a few guides along the way and were able to survive.

I lost my way, and finally found out I was in the middle

Agents sent by the Chinese. The fate of the French was by no means better than that of the British. They were annihilated halfway without even forming a group with the British. The main force and the baggage troops were all wiped out. An entire French main division was defeated.

Following in the footsteps of the British.

(Yunnan and Guangxi each station three garrison divisions. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd divisions are stationed in Yunnan. The 4th, 5th and 6th divisions are stationed in Guangxi, and the remaining two divisions, the 7th and 8th divisions, are stationed in Guizhou. These eight divisions

It is based on the reserve forces of the militia and the outstanding officers graduated from the Huaxia Military Academy, which are the old assets of the Southwest Army.

A garrison division formed by recruiting veterans from the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi. The main defense directions are the China-Vietnam border, the China-Myanmar border, the junction of Guangdong and Guangxi and the junction of Sichuan and Yunnan. The other secondary directions are jointly guarded by the reserve militia system inherited from the militia and the local police. The garrison

The division's garrison is stationed in different cities and locations during peacetime, and its operations are concentrated during wartime.)

"Crack, crackle, crackle... crackle, bang..."

Kunming has been a gathering place of many ethnic groups since ancient times. However, today, whether they are Han, Zhuang, Yao, Tujia, or Yi, all Chinese people are shocked like never before.

Special firecrackers more than ten meters long stretched far from the city gate to both sides of the highway outside the city. At this time, police officers from the Kunming Police Department took the lead in lighting the firecrackers. The loud sound of firecrackers was echoed by the huge crowds of people.

Heaven’s crazy cry.[

On the Kunming City Wall, under the City Wall, on both sides of the road, and behind the security lines drawn up by the Kunming Police Station, there are people waiting eagerly. Everyone is looking at the direction of the roaring firecrackers and applauding wildly, even if there are no other people in that direction.

Nothing could be seen from the smoke of firecrackers, but everyone still refused to stop the mountains of cheers and applause.

Whether you are a worker or a "government" employee, whether you are a teacher or a student, whether you are a handicraftsman or a peddler, whether you are a rickshaw puller or a tram driver, whether you are well-dressed or ragged, whether you are elegant or a little girl from the Han family, all of them are...

People, regardless of high or low, high or low, beautiful or ugly, all gathered together. On both sides of the road and above and below the city gate, the entire world in the sea of ​​people was looking eagerly at the other end of the road.

Not because today is a Sunday holiday prescribed by the Southwest "government", but because the Southwest Army has returned from a victorious battle.

Early this morning, people who had worked hard all week were ready to have a good rest, but they were disturbed by students running all over the streets. Then the police posted notices everywhere, and then "government" officials stood in front of the notices, holding

With a loudspeaker and the most standard voice, he loudly read the latest "government" announcement on the municipal bulletin board.

"...On August 13, Zhang Shusheng, the chairman of the three-provincial joint government and the supreme commander-in-chief of the Southwest People's Army, went to the front line to supervise the battle. After twenty-one days of hard fighting, the Southwest Army defeated the British and French coalition forces with absolute superiority, and the British and French invaders

Annihilate them all

A total of 38,456 officers and soldiers from the British and French armies below the division commander were captured. In addition, the number of killed by the British and French allied forces was as high as more than 11,000. Except for a few who fled to the mountains and forests, tens of thousands of invaders became prisoners of our southwestern "government"..."

For a time, this important town in the southwest was instantly aroused with patriotic enthusiasm.

Those who sell newspapers are no longer small newspaper boys. Because of the "government" subsidies, they all went to primary schools. Companies were established to sell newspapers, and the employees were disabled and sick soldiers from the Southwest Army who had to retire due to various reasons over the years.

In front of every newsstand, there was a crowd of people gathered around, listening to the newspaper salesman standing on the newspaper stand reading aloud the detailed news about the victory in the urgent newspaper.

Every time the tram driver reaches a station, he will shout to the passengers who get on the train: "Hey! The 'government' has won the war!"

Every time the rickshaw puller picked up a customer, he would run out of breath and tell the customer about the great news, "Sir, have you heard about what happened this morning? The "government" won the war in the southwest.

The People's Army defeated the British and the French."

"...the 'government' actually won the war and defeated the foreigners."

"I heard he is British."

"No, I heard they are German."

"They should be Japanese."

"Whatever, as long as we defeat the foreigners, that's all."

…

As soon as the news of the shocking victory came, everyone felt elated and excited. Many of them even knew the difference between the British and the French. They only knew one thing: from the previous generation

Since the beginning of the war, the Chinese have been losing battles and have been bullied to death by various foreigners. But today, the "government" actually won the war, and "Chairman" Zhang actually led the People's Army to defeat so many foreigners.

Tens of thousands of people, how many there must be!!

"Let me tell you, this 'Chairman' is so incredible, I'm afraid it's like a martial arts star from the sky descending to earth. You, you still don't believe it? Do you know how powerful tens of thousands of foreigners are? When the Qing Dynasty was released, they could even break into the Forbidden City.

Got it!"

"According to me, has Mr. Sun Yat-sen appeared in heaven? What kind of democracy does he have? Is it really a decree from heaven to save us Chinese?" [

"Bullshit, the Japanese are still struggling in the Northeast. What happened in Shanghai in May? Have you forgotten? What did the north and the south say? It's not like our "Chairman" Zhang sent someone to kill this guy and put foreigners to death.

Clean it up. Speaking of which, I am really worried this time. The British and French are not just here to retaliate for what happened in Shanghai..." This young man seemed to be

He was a cultural person, and he was also a bit radical. When he saw a group of people talking nonsense, he couldn't help but express his opinion loudly. For a while, everyone listened to him and said, "I'll tell you,

You really don’t believe it. Read more newspapers these days, and those who are illiterate should listen to others reading more. Chairman Zhang is definitely our Southwest and the hope of our China..."

On Sunday afternoon, the joint government of the three provinces finally issued a "government" announcement. Street broadcasts throughout the city read out an order signed by Zhang Shusheng himself: A victorious entry ceremony will be held on Sunday afternoon, and people from all walks of life in Kunming are welcome to participate!

The event time has not yet come, and the whole city has begun to take action. Those who are close to each other are rushing to get a good position, while those who are far away and late can only stand on both sides of the road, stand in the fields, and stand on the top of the hill.

, on the city walls, on both sides of the streets, waiting to witness this historic moment. At least hundreds of thousands of people participated in the whole scene. From the beginning, the police maintained order, and later had to be replaced by the army to maintain order. Not that people would

There are too many people making trouble, so we have to do this. The entire Kunming originally had only more than 200,000 people. Due to the cascading effects caused by the joint government of the three provinces moving to Kunming, the population surged to more than 300,000. However,

Calculating this, it is almost half done.

The streets are really empty!!!

There are seas of people inside and outside Kunming. In the open area outside the city, in addition to the sea of ​​​​people, there is also a large piece of flat land that was urgently opened up and a very simple but serious "rostrum" with no one sitting on it, only a host.

First, Sun Changqing, the Prime Minister of the joint government of the three provinces, stands in front of the podium, and he will preside over this entering ceremony.

When a staff member walked up to Sun Changqing and said a few words, even though he was as calm as Sun Changqing, his face became more rosy. He coughed twice and gave his most standard speech into the microphone: "Salute."

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The crowds of people suddenly became excited, and a salute was fired to signify that the People's Army was about to enter the city.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang..."

The salute in the distance rang twenty-five times, symbolizing an unforgettable moment in 1925 and a historical moment.

The first thing the jubilant people saw was not the warriors returning in triumph, but the fighter planes flying in neat formations from mid-to-high altitudes. In Kunming in this era, many people may have heard of airplanes, but

Not many people have actually seen an airplane.

When more than a dozen fighter planes from the Southwest Army flying back from the field were flying closer and closer from a distance, Sun Changqing introduced again: "Fellows and fellows, these are the air force of our militia. They are the ones flying over in Ruili.

On the battlefield, they brought killings to the enemy again and again. It was they who for the first time declared to the foreign powers the air rights that belong to us Chinese."

After more than a dozen fighter planes flew over, the ground began to shake slightly. People who were still cheering for the Southwest Army's fighter planes were once again surprised to find that on the distant road, monster-like cars were approaching one after another, and they were very close.

It seemed that even the ground began to shake.

The people on both sides of the road outside the city were stunned when they saw such a huge vehicle. They could not even imagine that there were people inside such a huge iron lump, and they were our own Southwest Army soldiers.

"Salute!!" On the tank, the anti-aircraft machine gunner who opened the roof of the tank and stood up, grabbed the anti-aircraft machine gun in front of him with one hand, and saluted an upright military salute with the other.

"Wow!" The applause sounded like thunder again.

Seeing this, Sun Changqing hurriedly introduced: "Fellow folks, this is our own tank from the southwest. This is an advanced army weapon and equipment. They are like invincibles on the battlefield, and the British machine guns cannot destroy them."

The emergence of tanks means that while we have an air force, we also have an ace in land warfare."

Perhaps, Sun Changqing's simple and amateur introduction method allowed the simple Kunming people to understand what this thing was, but his explanation was straightforward enough. No matter what kind of weapon he had, as long as it could beat foreigners hard, it was good.

arms.

When the tank troops arrived at the temporary square, they were followed by a convoy of trucks. Behind each truck was a large or small artillery piece, and the trucks were filled with soldiers from the Southwest People's Army.

"Fathers and fellow villagers, let us cheer and applaud to our heart's content to welcome our sons back." Sun Changqing shouted out the most sincere words almost at the top of his voice. Over the years, he has grown from a poor rural scholar.

, one day I was able to stand in a sea of ​​people and witness with my own eyes the victory of the Chinese people, and in this victory, I was actually one of the participants.

This is the victory of the Southwest "government", this is the victory of the Southwest People's Army, this is the victory of all the people of the Southwest, and this is the victory of the entire nation and the entire China.

This victory will allow all Chinese people to exhale the sullenness that has been stored deep in their hearts for ** ten years.

Zhang Shusheng did not take a plane, nor did he leave early. In this battle, he watched the troops win with his own eyes. Even after capturing the British, he personally followed the troops along the way, marching back one kilometer after another.

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There were too many British people, not counting the disabled and sick, not counting those who were fainting from hunger and still lying in the temporary prisoner camp in Ruili, excluding those escorted back by the follow-up troops, he personally escorted 3,000 people back this time.

Multiple people.

Although there were only one-tenth of the prisoners, the whole scene finally reached its climax when Zhang Shusheng was riding a tall horse, followed by an endless number of British prisoners.

The people in Kunming had already prepared flowers and gave them to the soldiers escorting the prisoners on both sides of the road. The soldiers did not want them, so they stuffed the flowers into the arms of the soldiers. Seeing that many of their rubber shoes were covered with mud,

Many people even stuffed pairs of carefully packed cloth shoes with thousand-layer soles into the arms of the soldiers...

Of course, the British were also warmly welcomed.
To be continued...