Chapter 923: Righteous and awe-inspiring expansion (5)
Chapter 923 The Righteous Expansion (5)
At the end of July 1933, the situation across the country suddenly became tense. From south to north, crossbows were drawn out or wars were going on all over China.
On the 26th, the situation in North China suddenly changed. Chiang Kai-shek ordered seven divisions including Pang Bingxun, Feng Qinzai, Sun Dequan, Wu Keren, Wang Jingjiu, and Guan Linzheng to march into Chahar separately and confront Feng Yuxiang's allied forces on the Xuanhua line. The war was imminent. The original attitude was that
The ambiguous local armed forces in North China saw Chiang Kai-shek and were determined to eliminate them.
Feng Yuxiang's allied forces wanted to strangle the new government that Feng Yuxiang was preparing in the cradle. They immediately changed their tune and declared to obey the leadership of the central government. Song Zheyuan, who had long been appointed chairman of Chahar Province, also impatiently "advised" himself
Feng Yuxiang, his old boss, obeyed the overall situation, accepted the Central Military Commission's deployment, and went to Nanjing to take up a post.
On the 27th, after the Sichuan-Shaanxi Red Army defeated the attack of Yang Sen and other troops, the entire front suddenly and quietly retreated dozens of miles. Chongqing newspapers immediately concluded that there was internal strife within the Red Army, and that Xu Xiangqian and Zhang Guotao were about to split.
On the same day, Yu Guocai, who had briefly replaced Wang Jialie as chairman of Guizhou Province, led his troops and Wang Jialie, who had reoccupied Guiyang, launched a fierce battle on the line from Guiyang to Zhenyuan. Both sides invested a total of 100,000 troops. A large number of houses in the fighting area were burned down.
The news of the deaths of thousands of civilians shocked the whole country. The Nanjing central government did not make any comments on the above news. It released the military rectification plan made at the Lushan Conference as planned, as well as a three-year plan to vigorously develop the air force.
On the 28th, Wang Zhaoming, Chief of Administration of the Nanjing Government, and Jiang Zhongzheng, Chairman of the Military Commission, jointly issued a message on the current situation, and will make every effort to pursue domestic peace and international stability:
First, eradicate banditry and enrich national strength. Second, do not sign a treaty of cession or recognition, and do not hesitate to sacrifice beyond this limit. Third, require international sympathy and assistance, but do not interfere. Fourth, Feng Yuxiang, who is mainly responsible for the Chahar incident, must
Accept the following four principles: do not use the name of military and government; do not hinder the central border defense plan; do not recruit bandits indiscriminately; do not cite communist bandit leaders.
Less than two hours after the Jiang Wang telegram was released, the news station of the Southern Sichuan People's Broadcasting Station controlled by An Jiajun suddenly broadcast a piece of news that made the entire Chinese people extremely happy:
The enemy of the Chinese nation, the naked executioner with his hands stained with the blood of Chinese soldiers and civilians, the commander of the Japanese Kwantung Army Nobuyoshi Muto died suddenly this morning. At this time, An Yi did not know that with the sudden death of Nobuyoshi Muto, the Japanese military and the Kwantung
Due to the drastic personnel changes in the army, Nobuyoshi Muto had been planning for a long time, and the "An Plan" that was specially designed to analyze and target An's army was aborted.
At three o'clock in the afternoon on the 31st, Ziyang, Sichuan, the "bandit suppression" frontline headquarters in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, where warlords from all walks of life in central Sichuan gathered here.
The conference room was filled with smoke and there was a lot of discussion. Liu Xiang, the commander of the coalition forces sitting in the main seat, has still not expressed a clear opinion since the meeting.
Due to the sudden retreat of Zhang Guotao and Xu Xiang of the Red Army in northern Sichuan, Liu Xiang was confused for a while, but very fearful. At this time, most of his troops were concentrated on the east bank of the Minjiang River, and together with the other five armies of the coalition, they were preparing to attack
Launched a large-scale decisive battle across the Yangtze River, planning to mobilize six-way coalition forces and nearly twenty
The huge strength of Wan Dajun was accomplished in one battle, completely defeating his old rival Liu Wenhui, who had declined in the past, driving him to the barren Xikang, and taking back all the prosperous central Sichuan and more than 20 counties and cities in southwestern Sichuan, thus realizing the "unification of Sichuan"
and peace" to consolidate the rule of the new Bashu regime headed by Liu Xiang.
In the face of huge interests, the generals of the coalition forces dismissed the Red Army in northern Sichuan, which Liu Xiang was very afraid of, and advocated "anxuating the river first and then suppressing the bandits". They fully grasped the favorable opportunity for the Red Army to retreat and launched a decisive battle across the river as soon as possible to completely defeat the enemy.
Liu Wenhui's forces were eradicated from the west bank of the Minjiang River, eliminating this serious problem that had been causing chaos in Bashu for many years.
After several large-scale battles for more than half a month, Liu Wenhui retreated step by step and suffered heavy losses. His total military strength has been reduced from more than 130,000 at its peak to the current 80,000. He retreated across the Minjiang River and completely lost the battle.
initiative.
Among the coalition forces, Deng Xihou's troops gained the most. Not only did they recapture the coveted Chengdu in one fell swoop, they also pursued the victory and defeated Shuangliu and Wenjiang. They drove Liu Wenhui's western troops to Chongqing (today's Chongzhou), the barrier of his home base of Dayi, and occupied Chongqing (today's Chongzhou).
The provincial capital Chengdu and its surrounding large tracts of land are blooming with flowers and rich in taxes; Li Jiayu's tribe is not to be far behind. They even defeated the three wealthy towns of Wenxing, Zhengxing and Huangdu on the outskirts of Chengdu, and pursued them to the east bank of the Minjiang River.
Aim directly at Xinjin; coalition forces
The three divisions of Liu Xiang's main force responsible for the middle offensive, led by the fierce generals Tang Shizun and Pan Wenhua, were invincible and completely occupied the line from Meishan to Pengshan on the east bank of the Minjiang River. They could cross the Minjiang River with just one charge.
They captured Liu Wenhui's middle route command center Pengshan and the wealthy Meishan; Wang Zanxu's strong troops also successfully defeated Liu Wenhui's two main divisions and pursued them to Jiazhou to the east bank of Wutong Bridge, facing the main force of Liu Wenhui's West Route Army across the river.
The opposing sides of the entire 200-kilometer-long front basically distributed and deployed their forces along the huge natural trench of the Minjiang River. What a coincidence is that all county towns from north to south are built on the west bank of the Minjiang River.
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Chongqing and Xinjin on the northern line, Pengshan and Meishan on the middle line, and Jiazhou and Qianwei on the southern line. These six prosperous counties are all located on the west bank of the Minjiang River. Why not allow the various counties to attack the east bank, where victory is in sight?
Lu Lianjun is salivating?
Under such circumstances, no matter how many scruples Liu Xiang had, he could not stop the high fighting spirit and burning desire to fight of the coalition generals.
At 5:50 in the afternoon, after repeated weighings, Liu Xiang finally made an important decision: at 7:00 in the morning on August 1, all the coalition forces immediately moved forward together to launch a massive decisive battle across the river, vowing to eliminate "the culprit of the Bashu rebellion".
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The remnants of Liu Wenhui were completely annihilated, and then responded to the call of the central government and Chairman Chiang Kai-shek to march northward, striving to eliminate Zhang Guotao and Xu Qianqian's Red Army in the shortest possible time, ultimately achieving the goal of regaining northern Sichuan and unifying Sichuan.
At nine o'clock in the evening on July 31st, in Jiajiang County on the west bank of the Minjiang River, Liu Wenhui's Third Army Frontline Headquarters.
Liu Wenhui, who had received a secret report in advance, convened an emergency military combat meeting, and his generals gathered together. But what was worrying was that the generals looked nervous and had no fighting spirit, and their eyes were full of melancholy and helplessness.
Following the announcement from the staff officer, more than 20 generals in the hall stood up. Liu Wenhui, wearing a gray-blue lieutenant general uniform, accompanied by deputy commander Xiang Yuren and chief of staff Peng Can, slowly walked up to the high platform and spoke with his
Eagle-like eyes scanned the faces of the generals one by one and saw the first division
Division Commander Wang Yuanhu, Second Division Commander Lin Yungen, Third Division Commander Chen Nengfang, Fourth Division Commander Xia Shouxun, Fifth Division Commander Zhang Qingping, Chengdu Garrison Commander Peng Han, and Guard Commander Huang Ao, who no longer had any territory, and other generals had fever on their faces and lowered their heads one after another.
The head, then snorted coldly:
"Sit down."
There was a "crash" sound, and then the whole place was silent.
Liu Wenhui picked up his sword and sat down slowly: "I know that after defeating Chengdu, and then defeating Longquan, Renshou, Qingcheng (now Qingshen County), Weiyuan, Rongxian, and Jingyan, some of us will not be able to carry it. After a while, there were not only voices of surrender, but even worse, they secretly communicated with Liu Fucheng and other Xiaoxiao, do you think I can't see it?"
The atmosphere in the whole place suddenly became tense, and several generals were already pale and dripping with cold sweat.
Liu Wenhui waved his hands and sighed: "That's it, that's it! You are all old brothers who have followed me Liu through life and death for many years. Today, I don't want to say anything hurtful. I just want to say that I, Liu Yuyou (Liu Wenhui's alias), have no ability. It is entirely my fault, Liu Yuyou, that brought the brothers to this miserable situation today. I don’t blame anyone here!
"Now, I ask my brothers for the last time, for the sake of our long-term friendship, please do me Liu Yuyou a favor. I only need to withstand the attack of Liu Fucheng's coalition forces for twelve hours. After twelve hours, Where are you brothers going? I, Liu Yuyou, hand over my blessings and will never force you.
"If God has a vision and allows me, Liu Yuyou, to survive from a desperate situation and turn defeat into victory, I, Liu Yuyou, will definitely thank you all brothers. All the unhappy things in the past will be wiped out and will never be mentioned again! Everyone, are you willing to do this for me, Liu Yuyou? ?”
The generals were so moved that they all stood up and loudly promised: "Commander, the swords, mountains and seas of fire are at your command!"
"Brother, brothers of life and death, this life belongs to me, Lin Yun, and my brother from now on!"
"Commander, give the order!"
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Liu Wenhui stood up tremblingly, staring at the familiar faces, with tears in his eyes, and nodded frequently: "Okay, okay! Brothers, eldest brother... thank you!"
Liu Wenhui took off his hat and bowed deeply. The deputy commander, chief of staff and generals in the audience were shocked. They all rushed forward, held Liu Wenhui's hand, and shouted, "No way, Tang Ying, Deng and several loyal brigade commanders" Tears were already streaming down his face, and he knelt down with a bang, shouting "big brother" and bursting into tears.
Behind the lobby, the generals and colonels of the Anjia Army Security Command who came from southern Sichuan to assist in the battle heard the voices in the front hall clearly. Chief of Staff Zhao Dongquan took a deep breath and sighed quietly, admiring Liu Wenhui's sudden move in his heart. Zhao Dongquan At this time, it has been predicted that Liu Wenhui's chances of victory in tomorrow's battle are already very high!
At eleven o'clock in the night, the command hall of the Anjia Army Headquarters in Xu Mansion.
An Yi and the brothers have been tracking the changes in the two and Liu ministries simultaneously. After receiving a telegram from Zhao Dongquan from Jiajiang City, An Yi and the generals admired Liu Wenhui. Ye Cheng sighed and said to the brothers, what did they see? This is the true nature of a hero, right? When Liu Bei shed tears and threw Adou at Changban Slope, it was nothing more than that!
Ye Cheng's emotion caused a burst of laughter. After laughing, the brothers thought about it carefully, and then they had more ideas on how to improve morale in times of crisis.
An Yi saw this and was very satisfied, knowing that the brothers were no longer the reckless men who could only charge into battle in the past. They had matured rapidly after years of life and death tests and war training.
An Yi received the summary information from Fang Pengxiang, the chief of the operations department, and after a moment of low-spirited discussion with Cheng Guang beside him, he designated Cheng Guang to be in charge of the remote monitoring and command of this war, which was related to the huge interests of the entire group.
Cheng Chengguang was very grateful. He immediately cheered up and walked to the map to check the information meticulously. He raised the baton without moving and sighed with emotion as soon as he spoke:
"Everyone, to be honest, I am not familiar with Liu Wenhui, but judging from the intelligence that was just transmitted and the location where he has set up the general headquarters, this person is a very courageous and scheming general."
Lu Guang raised his baton and pointed at Jiajiang County: "Look, everyone, Jiajiang County is located in the north-central part of the entire front, between the Qingyi River and the Min River. The ancient city is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with cliffs on both sides of the bank. Maybe this
This is the origin of the name of Jiajiang County. Liu Wenhui chose Jiajiang, which is equivalent to choosing a dangerous place where he will die and live. If one of Liu Xiang's Tang Shizunshi or Pan Wenhua's division on the east bank forcibly crosses,
Success, Liu Wenhui, who has no way to retreat, will inevitably be captured. Even if Liu Wenhui and a few senior generals escape by boat, his most elite security forces of nearly 10,000 people and the 15,000 garrison troops invested in the blockade will be completely wiped out. From here we can see
It can be seen that Liu Wenhui calculated every step and came prepared. At the same time, we should also see that he fully adopted the commander's suggestions and did it more thoroughly and better."
The brothers nodded frequently in agreement, and Lu Guang continued to explain: "According to the latest information from Chief of Staff Zhao, Liu Wenhui has issued an order to quietly launch a landing five hundred meters ahead of the landing positions on the west bank of the Minjiang River in Meishan on the middle line and Jiazhou line overnight.
Landmines were laid, and the 300 Czech light machine guns and Maxims supported by our army were replaced
Water-cooled heavy machine guns and eighty August 1 mortars were almost all deployed on the four main positions on the center line. In this way, Liu Wenhui's strategy of luring Liu Xiang's main force to force a crossing was greatly guaranteed. At least Liu Xiang's main force would not be able to overcome the firepower.
They attacked three times the defenders, successfully occupied the defenders' positions, and achieved a decisive victory in the offensive.
"On the contrary, if Liu Wenhui and the two generals in the middle commanded well, Liu Xiang's troops would have suffered heavy casualties. Otherwise, the two tired divisions crossing the Minjiang River would have suffered heavy casualties under the fierce attack of the defenders. As long as the defenders remained
The attacking enemy collapses
When Liu Xiang was defeated, he boldly launched a large-scale charge and used strong firepower and abundant physical strength to fight all the way to the river. Liu Xiang's main force crossing the river would be in danger of being completely annihilated. One of the key points of this battle may occur.
Here.”
The brothers exchanged opinions and agreed very much with Cheng Guang's analysis. Deng Bin happily said that if it were the security brigades under his command, Liu Xiang wouldn't even cry. His confident and proud words made all the brothers laugh.
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Cheng Guang knew that what Deng Bin said was all the truth. With the training and combat effectiveness of the Anjia Army, the same troops and equipment can often burst out several times more combat effectiveness than any other unit of the Sichuan Army. This is an indisputable fact and the Anjia Army general is most proud of.
and a place of pride.
After the discussion, Lu Guang continued to introduce based on the latest information: "Everyone, as of half an hour ago, the four brigades of our army's security forces supporting Liu Wenhui's department have secretly arrived at the predetermined location. Their designation is now the Independent Second Division of the Chuankang Border Defense Force.
, the nominal division commander is under Liu Wenhui
Chen Hongwen, his favorite general, fought side by side with the independent first division led by Chen Hongwen's deputy division commander Qiao Fangding. The enemies he faced were two divisions of Deng Xihou and a brigade on the right wing of Wang Zanxu's department. The specific command was provided by Chief of Staff Zhao Dongquan of our garrison headquarters and
The staff group he leads has full responsibility.
"Everyone, please look at the map. If it is not as expected, Deng Xihou's troops will definitely go all out to attack Chongqing County tomorrow morning. We can boldly predict that Deng Xihou, who has had a long-standing feud with Liu Wenhui and cannot be resolved, will definitely occupy Liu Wenhui.
The hometown of Dayi is the final goal of this battle. Once Chen Hongwen's troops make a slight resistance and withdraw from Chongqing, Deng Xihou will definitely pursue the victory. This will fall into the ambush circle of our two brigades and Chen Hongwen's troops. If Deng Xihou's main force is surrounded,
He will certainly
We will transfer the troops that have just occupied Chongqing City to reinforcements. In this way, our mountain brigade and infantry brigade ambushing in the wilderness south of Chongqing City will have no obstacle and will definitely be able to defeat the rearguard arranged by Li Jiayu's troops between the two armies.
One troop
The brigade's fragile defenses rushed at full speed towards Chengdu, which was empty of troops! By the time Deng Xihou reacted, his two main divisions were probably exhausted and severely damaged by the entanglement of our four brigade coalition forces, and the only option was to escape."
All the generals cheered in unison, their spirits were lifted, and they all said it was a pity that they could not lead their troops to fight this battle in person.
Only An Yi knows how much energy and price this battle cost him, and how many people's full cooperation and support led to the introduction of this unexpectedly winning plan.