Chapter 921 Righteous and awe-inspiring expansion (3)
Chapter 921 The Righteous Expansion (3)
Lianhu Town is located in the Wuling Mountains. It is an ancient multi-ethnic town. It is 40 kilometers away from Qianjiang County in the southeast and about 50 kilometers away from Pengshui County in the southwest. Since ancient times, traffic has been blocked and folk customs have been poor.
Tough.
The ancient town is surrounded by mountains, crisscrossed by streams, and wide deep pools and bayous, dotted like strings of pearls connected together, hence the name of the ancient town.
At dawn, a young man wearing local mountain folk's clothes and a machete on his waist appeared at the western mountain crossing. He hurriedly said hello to the company commander who led his troops to guard the crossing, and went straight to the Wanjia Temple in the northwest of the ancient town.
Li Duo entered the ancestral hall after passing two floors of sentries. Two Red Army cadres carrying shell guns and wearing five-star and eight-pointed hats happily greeted him. After a few simple questions, they immediately took the young man of seventeen or eighteen years old to the backyard.
"Sir, Qingsong is back!"
The deputy division commander and political commissar reported loudly.
Huang Han, who was washing his face, turned around, threw the towel into the basin, strode forward, looked at the young man named Qingsong up and down, and nodded repeatedly: "Sit down and drink some water. You have been walking all night, are you tired?"
"Not tired!"
The young man replied, took the enamel cup handed by the orderly, drank it all in one gulp, stuffed the cup into the hands of the cheerful orderly, and walked a few steps to Huang Han who was sitting on the stone bench.
In front of the two leaders, he excitedly reported:
"I arrived at Yushan Town before dinner last night. Uncle Yu had just returned from Pengshui. As soon as we met, he pulled me to the backyard and said anxiously that the Sharpshooter Club was over. There were more than 800 people and not a single one was left! Kuomintang Xiangxi
The elite soldiers of the army and the Anjia army a day ago
Just walking up to Lion Rock from the north and south, the light and dark sentries placed by the Divine Gun along the way were all quietly killed. All pedestrians on the road were detained by these two reactionary armies, so no one knew that the Divine Gun would be there.
Disaster is coming.
"Yesterday at noon, the reactionary army that touched the Lion Rock suddenly launched an attack. Wulong City could hear the rumbling and intensive sound of artillery coming from the Lion Rock in the north. At two or three o'clock in the afternoon, several fast horses rushed into Wulong City to report their victory. Folks
Only then did I know that the magic gun would be gone, and not a single one would be left, they would all be killed."
Deputy Division Commander Du Qiliang and Political Commissar Liu Ziyuan took a breath and glanced at each other, feeling the seriousness of the matter - since the enemy has the ability to silently destroy the Sharpshooter Association, then their own troops are not as safe as imagined.
Huang Han frowned and slowly stood up:
"If my estimate is correct, it must be the special elites of the Anjia Army and Zhang Cunzhuang's 44th Army in Western Hunan. Otherwise, they would never have done it so cleanly and beautifully. It's a pity that the leaders of the Sharpshooter Association didn't listen to us. No.
Revolutionary consciousness, continue to pursue their feudal armed Shantou doctrine, do not talk about politics, and do not
In training, we advocate the bandit style of drinking from a big bowl and sharing the gold with a big scale, and destruction is inevitable. What I regret is that so many heroes with strong martial arts skills are just gone.
Well-trained special forces without iron discipline and strict command can imagine how unjust their deaths would be."
Du Qiliang stood up worriedly: "Judging from the current situation, the Anjia Army and the Xiangxi Army in southern Sichuan have formed an arc surrounding our department. All roads leading to western Hunan and northwest Guizhou have been cut off. We are far away from Yushan Town in the south.
One brigade of the Xiangxi Army is only 25 kilometers away. I am very worried that the whereabouts of our division will be exposed and it will be quickly surrounded by two armies."
"Yes, division commander, the enemy army electrified the whole country this time, dispatched three main divisions in one fell swoop, quickly advanced into the team, and quickly formed a huge threat. Now it has wiped out the enemy that has been entrenched in this land for more than ten years at an astonishing speed.
It seems that they will not give up until they achieve their goal this time. From Fengdu to Shizhu, Liu Xiang’s fourth division also began to slowly press in. If they don’t move decisively, there may be huge losses.”
Political Commissar Liu Ziyuan was a careful and prudent old Communist Party member. Like Huang Han, he narrowly escaped death during the anti-revolutionary movement in the Soviet areas of Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan. After escaping back to his hometown in the countryside of Qianjiang, he was tormented by the firm belief burning in his heart every day.
At the beginning of the year, I was shocked to hear that Huang Han suddenly made a sudden appearance in the nearby Pengshui Mountain area.
Rapidly developing and growing, he resolutely bid farewell to his wife, children and elders, and came to look for this like-minded person who was well-known in the Soviet areas of Hunan and Jiangxi. After several battles, the two of them had all their doubts and became a pair of people who share weal and woe and still insist on using their lives to realize the greatness in their hearts.
An ideal close comrade-in-arms and brother in life and death.
Huang Han pondered for a moment and nodded slightly: "We really have to make a decision... Lao Du, immediately notify the chief officers of each regiment to come for a meeting. A unified opinion must be reached before noon. If this is not possible, let's evacuate to the Tang family on the border of Hunan and Hubei.
We have a good mass base on the front line of the border, and the more than 100 soldiers of the third regiment are all recruited from villages and towns near Tangjiajie. Once we get there, we can make the next step."
"yes!"
Du Qiliang stood up, saluted, and strode away.
Liu Ziyuan took a few steps and came back again: "Commander, the deputy director of the Political Department sent by Commander He is still at Uncle Manchu's house in the north of the town. Think about it again. Should you sit down and have a good talk? After all, we are
…”
"After all? What after all? There is nothing to talk about!" Huang Han was very annoyed and patted the table in front of him: "Old Liu, we are all staunch Communists, not people who are greedy for life and afraid of death. Otherwise, we would not have developed to the eighth level today.
The achievements of more than 1,700 officers and soldiers, this
Every battle we have fought in the past six months has dealt the most powerful blow to the Sichuan-Hubei warlords. We have established more than 50 village and town party branches from scratch on this land. We can see and touch them one by one.
The practical actions have proved our party spirit and our innocence.
"But - how do they treat us? Seeing our development and growth, they want to pull us over and keep silent about how to deal with the problems left over from our history. Where in the world is there such a cheap thing? Why didn't we go around at the beginning?
Help us when we are frustrated and weak? Until now, there is still no right
You and I, as well as the commander of the Second Regiment, the political commissar of the Third Regiment, and more than a dozen wronged Communist Party members have been redressed? The most hateful thing is that the deputy director of the Political Department named Zhang was arrogant as soon as we met, full of revolutionary vocabulary, and all the damn high-pitched words
! They are so capable, how come there are only 4,000 or 5,000 left after more than 30,000 officers and soldiers fought..."
"Huang Han! Shut up!"
Liu Ziyuan sternly stopped Huang Han from talking, walked to the door, looked around, then returned to Huang Han and warned softly:
"You must never say these words again. It's your mouth that brought you trouble... No matter what, we are still a revolutionary army and must obey... Okay, okay, I won't say it anymore, and don't rush it.
I blew my beard and glared, I was going to see the guests off, anyway, that man named Zhang had teased me before, and now he felt at least a little apologetic and didn’t dare to yell at me, alas, this incident caused a scene..."
When Huang Han saw Liu Ziyuan's desolate back, his heart softened. He jumped up from his stool and took a few steps to Liu Ziyuan's side, patting him on the shoulder:
"Wait a minute, Old Liu, you might as well tell them to leave the code book if they want, and in a few days we will see the opportunity to beat up Liu Xiang's fourth division... If they also want to capture something, from now on
Let’s start keeping in touch.”
Liu Ziyuan smiled brightly, pointed at Huang Han and said: "You guys are actually hard-spoken and soft-hearted, otherwise you wouldn't have let the political commissar of the Independence Regiment secretly give them so many special medicines. I guess Commander He will sigh again when he sees the boxes of medicines you sent.
Okay. Okay, I'm going to see the guests off."
At noon, the four regiments and one teaching brigade of the Huanghan Independent Division stationed in Lianhu and the four surrounding towns retreated quietly in an orderly manner. The troops were divided into three groups and moved to the northeast.
At the same time, three reconnaissance detachments dispatched by the Special Forces Brigade directly under the 24th Army quietly left Wulong and moved in the direction of the movement of the two brigades of Liu Xiang's Fourth Division.
…
At 1:10 p.m., Guling, Lushan Mountain.
After lunch, Chiang Kai-shek, who had taken a short rest, heard the report of He Yaozu and Huang Shaohong's visit. He stood up happily and walked out of the gate in person. He greeted them affectionately and took people into the study room connected with the living room to sit down. Then he ordered his attendants to come up.
Tea.
He Yaozu briefly reported on the successful results of his trip to southern Sichuan, then opened his briefcase, pulled out a thick cowhide file, and put it on the coffee table in front of Chiang Kai-shek with both hands:
"Commissioner, this is the bandit suppression plan and first battle summary report that General An Yi has entrusted us to submit to you. Please review it."
"Oh? An Yi finally enlightened?"
Chiang Kai-shek was very satisfied and knew the rapid achievements of the Anjia Army and the 44th Xiangxi Army in suppressing bandits in Wulong, but he still had a rigid, serious and slightly unhappy look on his face.
He Yaozu and Huang Shaohong looked at each other, smiled slightly, did not answer, and held up the teacups to slowly sip the tea.
Chiang Kai-shek tore open the seal of the dossier, untied the thin cotton rope, pulled out a neat pile of materials and put them on the table. He gently picked up the top envelope, carefully looked at An Yi's familiar font, and suddenly felt a little excited in his heart.
Chiang Kai-shek shook his head, feeling a little weird about his emotions. He opened the envelope slowly, took out the letter inside and read it carefully. A rare smile appeared on his face. He folded it and stuffed it into the envelope, and put it on the dossier bag:
"We haven't seen each other for a few months. An Yi's official document skills have improved a lot."
Huang Shaohong smiled slightly: "Commissioner, I don't know whether General An's official document quality has improved. I only know that he still maintains the dignity of the central government, and he is thinking about you even more..."
Speaking of this, Huang Shaohong's expression became serious: "During the few days when my subordinates and General Guiyan were inspecting southern Sichuan, General An always tried his best to spare time to accompany me. I can see that General An felt very uncomfortable...
At the opening ceremony of the western section of the Syria-Luzhou Railway, General An invited us to sit with him on the train.
Waiting in the carriage, looking at the cheering crowd outside the window, he murmured to himself, saying that he originally wanted to invite the delegates to cut the ribbon, but unfortunately he offended you by mistake and was unable to do so... At that time, his subordinates were filled with emotion and understood.
General An has always been thinking about his appointment, and this strong friendship between teachers and students is far beyond what outsiders can break."
Seeing Chiang Kai-shek's surprised and thoughtful look, He Yaozu nodded quickly and added: "That's true. My subordinates joked at the time that the Xuzhao Railway was longer, and the construction of dozens of large and small bridges and tunnels was not easy.
, and its contribution to the two provinces of Sichuan and Yunnan will be greater. When it is completed next year, wouldn’t it be enough to invite the committee members to come with us? General An Yi smiled and said, worried that the committee members would still be angry with him.
, I won’t give you face when the time comes, haha!”
Chiang Kai-shek shook his head repeatedly, picked up a stack of enlarged photos without comment, looked at two, and immediately sat up straight, very excited, and said as he looked through:
"Okay, okay! Good fight! However, most of these photos cannot be published in newspapers, they are too bloody... Look at this, there are four rows of corpses of stubborn bandits in the valley, and next to them are two rows of seized weapons and ammunition.
, you can see at a glance that the results are huge, well done! Who is commanding on the front line?"
"Lieutenant General Zhang Cunzhuang, commander of the 44th Army, and Liu Qing, director of the Intelligence Department of General An, said that the mountain brigade of the 3rd Division of the 44th Army, the Mountain Brigade of the 44th Division of the 24th Army, and the mountain brigade of the 44th Division of the 24th Army were dispatched in this battle.
A total of more than 8,000 elites gathered together and surrounded the dangerous bandit cave Lion Rock.
Obviously, after a night and a morning, the bandits on the mountain still didn’t know that they were in danger. This battle was fought as fast as thunder and very beautifully. It seems that the combat effectiveness of the 44th Army in Western Hunan is better than what we originally thought.
Much stronger." Huang Shaohong answered carefully.
At this time, the aide-de-camp came in to announce the arrival of General Yang Jie. Chiang Kai-shek ordered that he put down the photo, picked up the report and read it carefully.
When Yang Jie came in, he saw Chiang Kai-shek concentrating on reading the report without saying anything. He sat down under Huang Shaohong's warm greeting. When he saw the photos on the table, he was immediately attracted to them. He took them over and examined them carefully one by one, exclaiming:
"The combat power is amazing! Brother Ji Kuan, please take a look. The four defeated bandit leaders in the photo were all shot between the eyebrows. They must have been done by the special forces of the Anjia Army. They were clean and neat!"
Huang Shaohong shook his head and smiled: "It's the masterpiece of the Xiangxi Mountain Brigade Special Agent Camp. Brother Geng Guang, you didn't expect this, did you?"
At this time, Chiang Kai-shek had already read the report and once again picked up the neatly folded map and opened it. Everyone saw this and stopped making any sound, quietly waiting for Chiang Kai-shek's opinion.
A few minutes later, Chiang Kai-shek turned the map in the direction and sent it to Yang Jie and He Yaozu: "Zhang Cunzhuang's command is precise and very good. Looking at his formations, you can tell that he is an outstanding talent with extremely rich combat experience.
"Gao Gao, please read the report. After reading it, give it to the tactical seminar of the Officer Training Corps in the afternoon... An Yi and Zhang Cunzhuang fought very beautifully and set a strong example for all divisions of our army.
significance."
Yang Jie looked at the map and read the report carefully. After thinking for a few minutes, he applauded the report. Seeing Chiang Kai-shek's eager eyes, Yang Jie hesitated slightly and suggested:
"Committee, I would like to invite General Jinan to speak. He is more familiar with the Anjia Army and the friendly forces in western Hunan than anyone else. His explanation is much more subtle and detailed than my subordinates."
Chiang Kai-shek's eyes lit up and he nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, this is a good idea. Let Yin Jinan give the lecture. I will also attend later..."