On March 16, because they were dissatisfied with the provincial chairman Long Yun's demobilization of various ministries and weakening his own power, the Yunnan Army generals Lu Han, Zhang Chong, Zhu Xu, and Zhang Fengchun led their troops to leave Kunming and march to various parts of Yunnan. Long Yun was furious
Troops were sent to surround and disarm Zhang Fengchun's troops, and the civil war in central Yunnan began again.
A week ago, Hu Ruoyu's tribe, which was defeated by Long Yun, Lu Han and others, retreated to the junction of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan. With the strong support of Shi Zhen, commander of the 43rd Army in Western Guizhou, he once again led his 6,000 troops south to attack Qujing.
The 43rd Army sent a brigade and artillery regiment to support, and it took only half a day to defeat more than 5,000 Longyun defenders.
The confident Hu Ruoyu was still not satisfied with the record of wiping out more than a thousand enemies and capturing two thousand enemies, so he threw the prisoners to his brothers in the 43rd Army and led his officers and soldiers to pursue the victory.
Long Yun, who was fooled by Hu Ruo and became neurotic, faced the biggest test since joining the army because of his monopoly of power, which led to internal and external troubles and betrayal of relatives. Shi Zhen, who had been recuperating for a long time, also tested his own strength through this military aid and began to
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Wang Jialie, who was appointed by Chiang Kai-shek as the commander-in-chief of the bandit suppression on the Guizhou-Guizhou-Hunan border, led various ministries to find the Red Seventh Army and the Red Eighth Army who wanted to go north through Qiannan and the Hunan-Guizhou border after the failure of the Baise and Longzhou uprisings in Guangxi, Hunan Province
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He Jian heard the news and quickly mobilized heavy troops to set up defenses along the way, trying to eliminate the Seventh Red Army and the Eighth Red Army on the front line of Guizhou, Guizhou and Hunan, and prevent their main force from going to western and southern Jiangxi to join the Zhu Mao Red Army, leaving a huge hidden danger for himself.
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On the same day, the massive civil war on the battlefield in Sichuan started again. The "Two Liu" alliances invested a total of more than 300,000 troops to fight across the board. With the sound of artillery, it could not stop for two consecutive days and nights. Local victories, defeats, and advances and retreats occurred from time to time.
This long front formed a criss-cross state, with the attacking and defending sides going back and forth in a desperate fight. From Luzhou in the east, to Fushun in the middle, and to Rongxian in the west, they were all involved in a huge melee.
On the third day of the battle, a division of the Chengdu garrison Tian Songyao, who had originally remained neutral, suddenly advanced towards Jianyang, and Deng Xihou's troops slowly followed suit from the south. These two men had just called the central government a month ago to ask for forgiveness and led their troops to withdraw from Shaanxi.
The embarrassmented army that retreated obviously received huge benefits from Liu Wenhui secretly, so they gave up the principle of neutrality and began to join the melee to seek profits.
Liu Xiang was very anxious about this. He called Chiang Kai-shek and the central government urgently, demanding that Deng and Tian be condemned and punished. At the same time, he sent a special envoy to Yichang to request the support of He Guoguang and the Fifth Army.
Who knew that He Guoguang's lobbying efforts could not sway the Fifth Army Commander An Yi. The cunning An Yi even made an excuse and said that Shangguan Yunxiang's 47th Division had already stationed in Badong, and Xu Yuanquan's two divisions had been stationed in Enshi.
The troops are there, why bother looking for distant ones?
However, Shangguan Yunxiang, who did not understand the "Southwest Plan", did not want his troops to enter Sichuan to participate in the war at all. Xu Yuanquan, who did not know what was going on, would not use his limited financial resources to help Liu Xiang. Both of them made high-profile claims.
: Banditry is serious in western Hubei, and there are fighting every day. Even if you want to help, you are unable to do anything.
In contrast, Liu Wenhui paid a large price in exchange for a division of the 44th Army to wear blue and gray uniforms of the Sichuan Army and drove into the watershed east of Luzhou.
This temporary combat force composed of three brigades of the Xiangxi Garrison Force, led by Deng Bin, deputy commander of the 44th Army, built a five-kilometer barrier in Dazi Bay on the south bank of the Yangtze River east of Luzhou in just three hours.
In the temporary position, 18 artillery pieces and dozens of mortars were set up, as well as hundreds of light and heavy machine guns on the shore. They were towering over them, raining missiles, and launched a fierce attack on Liu Xiang's two brigades that forced the crossing.
Nearly half of the attacking officers and soldiers on the Mingdu River suffered heavy losses. Most of the more than 30 large wooden boats and more than a hundred small boats were hit by accurate artillery shells. There were corpses floating on the river, sawdust drifting everywhere, and blood stained the 100-meter-wide river section.
The Luzhou battlefield turned red, and the only offensive point and reserve troops on the Luzhou battlefield were lost. Liu Wenhui's three brigades, who were struggling to defend, retreated from the enemy in front. With the pressure greatly reduced, they finally entered into counterattack preparations.
Liu Xiang's military advisor Liu Congyun lost his original calmness and worriedly suggested: "Liu Wenhui can use the two remote mountainous counties in southeastern Sichuan to buy reinforcements. When that failed, he decisively spent millions more."
The family wealth was scattered everywhere, and this was the opportunity to come back to life. The reason was entirely due to cunning.
The deceitful Liu Wenhui knew very well that if he was defeated and all his territory was lost, the wealth of the extremely wealthy country would also fly away, and he would not even be able to keep his head on his neck. Therefore, Liu Wenhui was able to cut off his arms, disperse his wealth and eliminate disasters, as long as he stayed
By maintaining the main large territory and keeping the family safe, he can look for opportunities to regain what he lost again.
In these troubled times, we should not be too obsessed with political matters. The key is life and death, or interests! No matter what you do, as long as you win, everything you lose will come back."
Liu Congyun's opinion caused huge controversy. Most people, such as Qiao Yifu, Tang Shizun and Pan Wenhua, agreed and suggested that Liu Xiang invite An Yi's 24th Army to fight as soon as possible. After talking about the benefits of a big pass, there was still a far-fetched question.
The reason was actually echoed by most people - An Yi was originally from Sichuan, and the 24th Army was originally from the Sichuan Army, and it was Liu Wenhui's original designation. If the 24th Army could be invited to assist in the battle, it would undoubtedly be a huge blow to Liu Wenhui.
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Only military adviser Zhang Sk expressed strong opposition. He predicted that An Yi was by no means a simple person. The more Sichuanese he was, the more ambitious he was to return to his hometown. Regardless of the combat effectiveness of the well-equipped 24th Army, it was just that it was easy to pray to God.
There is a huge hidden danger in sending a message to the gods, so we cannot take this risk.
After a day and night of arguing, there was no result, but Liu Wenhui's five brigades on the Luzhou front line launched a massive counterattack. Their main force quickly crossed the 15-kilometer stretch of the river, repelling the second and third divisions one after another, and broke through thirty miles forward.
, occupying the three important towns of Shuangjia, Yuhe, and Qinglong in one fell swoop, the sudden collapse of the battle situation in the Luzhou battlefield is rapidly affecting other battlefields.
At this point, Liu Xiang could no longer keep his temper and made a decisive decision. He immediately called Commander-in-Chief Chiang and asked the Fifth Army to send the 24th Army for support.
Chiang Kai-shek dilly-dallyed, sending two inquiry telegrams in succession, and finally agreed after Liu Xiang's repeated entreaties. However, An Yi's 24th Army used the excuse that ships were gathering, and more than ten transport ships from the Yangtze River Fleet and Yichang Garrison Command
The ship was on its way, and the 24th Army could not move up the river to the Luzhou battlefield within three days.
After receiving the telegram, Liu Xiang was extremely anxious. While increasing his troops in the direction of Luzhou and resisting bravely, he also sent an urgent telegram to Qiao Yifu, who was still in Yichang, asking him to secretly send 200,000 yuan to An Yi, urging An Yi to send troops to the west as soon as possible.
This trick really worked. In just half a day, the 1st Division of the 24th Army, led by Deputy Commander Yin Jinan, Director of Operations Li Fuqiang and Major General Zhao Dongquan, boarded the ship and set off. The new Major General Commander Yang Lie's Second Division also had
Get ready for departure and wait for the arrival of the naval transport ship.
Chief of Staff Yang Libang, who was transferred from the Central Jiangxi Security Command, was promoted to Major General of the Third Division. He is leading his unit to quietly hand over defense to Ding Zhicheng's three security brigades, so that Ding Zhicheng can lead the main force of these three brigades, which are composed of officers and soldiers from Sichuan and Hubei.
The troops marched to Sichuan to prepare in advance for the general rule after the war.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, An Yi, commander of the Fifth Army and commander of the 24th Army, claimed that he had been ordered to rush to Nanjing to urgently discuss military affairs, handed over the headquarters to Chief of Staff Zhao Rui, flew to Nanjing by plane, and secretly communicated with Chiang Kai-shek and other confidential officials.
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The next day, when dawn appeared on the horizon, An Yi, who had not slept all night, boarded the plane again and flew directly to Gancheng in western Hunan. Together with Zhang Hongluan, commander of the 44th Army and deputy commander of the Fifth Army, and other generals, he took overall command of the entire southwest war. , traveling to Qiancheng on the same plane was Ge Jingen, deputy chief of staff of the General Staff Headquarters.
The news of the 24th Army's entry into Sichuan was extremely secret, and Liu Xiang and other Sichuan generals were unwilling to announce it to all parties, but they gave Yin Jinan and his party high-level hospitality.
The rigorous and pragmatic Yin Jinan was not good at rhetoric and did not like to drink. He hurriedly ended the reception banquet and asked Liu Xiang and other Sichuan generals to introduce the battle situation. Two hours later, Yin Jinan obtained Liu Xiang's consent and ordered Zhao Dongquan to lead a division to leave Yongchuan and quickly go south. , in just three and a half hours, the entire division moved 22 kilometers forward and arrived at Xianlong Town to stand by.
When the news reached the Yongchuan frontline headquarters, Liu Xiang and his generals could hardly believe that a 13,000-strong armor division equipped with an artillery regiment and a lot of baggage could fight with only more than 500 mules and horses. Walking so fast? If the commander of the engineering regiment who led the 1st Division southward didn't call and said that the 24th Army would start assembling artillery and other heavy weapons as soon as it arrived at Xianlong Town, Liu Xiang and others would not have known that the officers and soldiers of the 24th Army were like this. Although everyone who transports artillery knows how to dismantle artillery and heavy weapons to facilitate rapid march, there is no unit in the Sichuan Army that has this ability. From this, the generals no longer dare to look down on the young deputy commander Yin Jinan and his subordinates. The officers and soldiers sighed and were full of expectations for the combat effectiveness of the 24th Army.
In the early morning of March 20, Liu Wenhui's newly formed second division and two brigades suddenly faced a fierce counterattack from Liu Xiang's four brigades. Two hours later, an emergency report was sent to Liu Wenhui's Syrian headquarters:
A large number of troops with unknown numbers appeared in Xianlong Town in the northeast of Luzhou. There were no less than 30,000 troops wearing camouflage uniforms of the main division of the Central Army. They were quickly moving south in two directions, attacking the Bijiashan Fortress 30 kilometers east of Luzhou. Land, all the way to Zhaoya Town via Turtle Bridge. Depending on the situation, the enemy intends to attack our Zhaoya position, surround our main forces in front of us from the side and rear, and forcefully cross the Yangtze River from the narrow Bijiashan Ferry, threatening our eastern front and jumping into the hinterland. .
Liu Wenhui was shocked when he heard the news. After thinking about it for a while, he immediately called Zhang Hongluan and asked Zhang Hongluan to send another division to assist Luzhou. He then urgently ordered the newly formed second division that was fighting fiercely in the north of Luzhou to quickly leave the battlefield and retreat to the Anxi and Changtan lines in the southwest. , ordered the remaining two brigades to retreat in large strides and return to Luzhou to defend.
At noon, Liu Xiang, who had once again reached a secret agreement with Tian Songyao, suddenly exerted his force. He quickly transferred the two divisions on the western front to Wutong Bridge and divided his troops into two groups to attack Qianwei County. At the same time, he ordered all the troops on the middle line to launch a fierce attack at all costs, determined to take advantage of the momentum to break through Liu Wenhui. Focus on the central defense line, and concentrate the troops on the central and eastern routes to besiege Xufu and Nanxi. Leave the eastern front to Yin Jinan's 24th Army for attack. As long as Liu Wenhui's central defense line is broken through and Xufu (Yibin) is occupied, this battle can be won. decisive victory.
In response to the changes in Liu Xiang's troop mobilization and the determination of the main attack direction, An Yi immediately called Deng Bin, who was helping Liu Wenhui defend Beacon Mountain.
After receiving the order, Deng Bin gathered all the officers above the battalion commander, took off their blue and gray general uniforms, put on the Central Army's camouflage uniforms, and shouted loudly to the many excited Sichuan brothers:
"Brothers, I, Deng Bin, am from Sichuan, and most of you are also from Sichuan. I, Deng Bin, have selected the best among more than 10,000 brothers from Sichuan in the past two years. From now on, please join me, Deng Bin.
Together, we put on our new military uniforms, turn our guns, and together with the Anjiajun brothers who are about to arrive on the north bank, start from Luzhou and fight all the way to the west!
In order to quell the years of war in Sichuan, for the sake of our fathers and fellow countrymen, I hope that the brothers will join me, Deng Bin, in leading the soldiers under my command to fight bravely. I don’t ask for much. In one sentence: kill gods when you meet them, kill ghosts when you meet them!”
"Kill gods when you meet them, kill ghosts when you meet them! Kill gods when you meet them, kill ghosts when you meet them..."
The blood of the generals surged and they roared in unison.