Yuan Su nodded slightly and admitted that Jiang Baili's analysis was reasonable, but he added: "Although that is said, our marching operations are focused on being foolproof. Even if Commander Qu himself has no objections, there is no way to guarantee his safety.
My subordinates will not go their own way. But if something goes wrong, it will be difficult for us to clean up."
Jiang Baili shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Governor Yuan, I can guarantee that there will never be any trouble."
Yuan Su asked with great interest: "Really? Why can Brother Baili be so sure?"
Jiang Baili said: "Have Governor Yuan forgotten? We are the Central Yang Army, and the 14th Division is just an army division of Anhui Province. Moreover, Commander Qu is Commander Duan's man. With these two points alone, our Central Yang Army is different from the 10th Division.
If there is a conflict between the Fourth Division, the President will never compromise the reputation of the Central Army."
Hearing this, Yuan Su suddenly realized that he had almost forgotten this aspect. He immediately burst out laughing and said, "Brother Baili thought it through, but I forgot about this point."
Dai Fengxiang on the side did not know much about the internal situation of Beiyang Zhengfu, but after seeing Yuan Su's happy expression, he also realized that the conflict with the Fourteenth Division was a big problem. Out of more comprehensive considerations, he
You said: "But even so, the town of Shangqiu has a certain value in Henan, but it may not be of much significance to us. Geographically speaking, Shangqiu is further north than Huaibei. Not only that, it is far away from the Beijing-Hankou Railway
Kaifeng is another place away."
Jiang Baili smiled slightly, looked at Dai Fengxiang and said: "Zhong Qi, the most taboo thing for us in leading troops is not having an overall concept and being inflexible. Looking at the current situation in Henan, the further south we go, the more complicated it becomes, which is very important to us.
The more risks we have to bear, the more risks we have to take. Since the south is unfavorable, we should not keep staring at this direction like a dead end. As the saying goes, 'we have to settle for the next best thing'."
Dai Fengxiang was silent for a while, and then nodded slowly. However, he was still a little worried and worried, but he was too embarrassed to argue with the principal, so his face still showed a sense of depression.
Jiang Baili naturally saw this, but he did not rush to explain further. Xuan'er turned to Yuan Su and said: "The reason why I think we are aggressive towards Shangqiu is not only because the risk in Shangqiu is relatively minimal, but more importantly
Once we win Shangqiu, we can still do a good job in the front office, which is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone."
Yuan Su asked: "What does it mean to kill two birds with one stone?"
Jiang Baili further analyzed and said: "Since Shangqiu is an important place connecting Anhui, the civil unrest in Henan Province can spread to Anhui precisely because the people's army occupied Shangqiu and opened up this transportation channel. Previously, the Fourteenth Division was again
The civilian army is trapped at the junction of Henan and Anhui provinces and cannot move. Therefore, both Henan and Anhui provinces are well aware of the strategic importance of Shangqiu and Haozhou. As long as we can regain Shangqiu and restore the transportation channels between the two provinces in the shortest possible time, we will be able to
In the big picture of the strategy, it restored the transportation connection between Henan and Anhui provinces, and in the small local situation, it also meant that the civilian army at the border of Henan and Anhui provinces was eliminated. It can be said to be a great gimmick."
After listening to Jiang Baili's words, Yuan Su immediately understood the meaning of this, which meant that the important geographical value of the border between Henan and Anhui provinces, as well as the hard work of the 14th Division for several months of fierce fighting, was used to exaggerate the strategic significance of the recapture of Shangqiu. He
I have to admit that this is indeed a great opportunity to make a big difference with a small gain. If you do a good job after taking Shangqiu, it will definitely be a great achievement.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but laugh again, and said with a pretense of sigh: "So, the 14th Division's hard work in the past has actually become the wedding dress for our Third Brigade."
Jiang Baili nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, that's it. Taking Shangqiu is easy anyway, and the civilian army here will not be as swarming as in southern Henan. But the achievement of taking Shangqiu is indeed extremely important. This is an excellent
Good luck. Even if we don’t put in the effort to make a fuss, Zhong Yang will definitely make a fuss about Zhong Yang’s victory. It’s simply that the right time, the right place, the right people, and the right people, this battle is bound to be won.”
At first, Dai Fengxiang still didn't understand the conversation between Yuan Su and Jiang Baili. Only after Jiang Baili finished what he said just now, he gradually came to his senses. Then he nodded in agreement and said, "Sir, you are indeed very insightful. The students admire it very much."
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Yuan Su solemnly made the decision and said: "That's it, then let's decide. Our army's combat strategy will be to enter Shangqiu, and the brigade headquarters will immediately start arranging relevant military deployments and make detailed troop dispatch plans and plans."
Dai Fengxiang responded solemnly: "I accept my order from my humble position."
Starting from that afternoon, the Third Brigade's temporary command post began to intensively plan the plan to send troops to Shangqiu. The attack on Shangqiu was an operation of personal benefit to the Third Brigade, both politically and militarily, so the details of the troop dispatch were still
A large degree of confidentiality is required.
In order to study the plan to send troops, Yuan Su did not even attend the banquet hosted by the local officials in Zhengzhou that night, and simply asked his adjutant Du Yu to attend on his behalf. The hospitality of the local officials in Zhengzhou could not be ignored at all. In the future, he would be in Henan
In order to gain a foothold, it is more or less necessary to make friends with the local officials and gentry, so even if I cannot go, I still need to send a representative to express my feelings.
Du Yu also made a special disclosure at the banquet that night, saying that Governor Yuan was busy managing military affairs as soon as he got off the train. On the one hand, he was following the instructions of his superiors, and on the other hand, he also hoped to contribute to solving Henan's current predicament as soon as possible.
Of course, these words are just high-sounding words, but they also provide a certain pavement for sending troops to Shangqiu.
After a day and a night of planning, the brigade headquarters finally formulated a draft plan for dispatching troops on the afternoon of the next day.
Basically, the Third Brigade should move its troops to Kaifeng as soon as possible and use Kaifeng as the base to launch an attack on Shangqiu. Of course, it must be fully coordinated with the Kaifeng Governor's Mansion in advance, and it must also avoid the 14th Division's sneak attack from the east in order to grab credit. Kaifeng Governor
Yuan Su over at the government is still confident. After all, he is related to Zhang Zhenfang, and he was invited to Henan by Zhang Zhenfang. Furthermore, Zhang Zhenfang must be very sensitive to Shangqiu, which is so close, and will definitely support the third party.
Brigade recovered Shangqiu.
However, there are many problems that need to be solved on the 14th Division. In addition to worrying that the 14th Division will steal the credit, what is even more worrying is that the 14th Division will suddenly send troops when the 3rd Brigade is halfway through the battle. This is equivalent to sitting back and receiving the troops.
It's a fisherman's profit.
In order to avoid direct or indirect conflicts with the Fourteenth Division, according to the steps of the troop dispatch plan, the Third Brigade will secretly complete the encirclement of the surrounding areas of Shangqiu before notifying the Fourteenth Division of relevant military operations.