Back to the Republic of China as a commander

At the moment when the first division of the Guangxi Army was wiped out and the tiger general Chen Bingkun was taken prisoner.Our Guangxi governor Lu Rongting is still waving his whip in Wei Wu, what about the world?

"Haoming, after we cross the Youjiang River this time, we will defeat the Xiangxi Army and attack Hongjiang!" Lu Rongting revealed his plan.

Tan Haoming asked puzzledly: "Marshal, aren't we going to fight Guangzhou? Why did we go to fight Hongjiang again?"

Lu Rongting laughed and said: "Everyone in the world knows that Guangzhou is rich and prosperous, but they don't know how strong the Cantonese army is, and in my Guangxi territory, it's not what Lu Rongting and his family say. If I really go to Guangzhou, how can I be in line with Nanning, so Occupying Guangzhou is untenable. On the contrary, Hongjiang is different. Although the mountain roads are rugged and difficult, Guilin and Liuzhou are all in our hands, so they are really connected. As far as I know, Hongjiang is also a wealthy city. The place where tung oil, pig temples, and opium soil are all paid for. Otherwise, why would a kid like him, Wang Zhenyu, raise such an army?"

Tan Haoming felt reasonable when he heard it: "Commander, then I will be your vanguard and take down this Hong Jiang."

Lu Rongting laughed loudly after hearing this: "According to what I mean, we Guangxi people want to take over Hunan and Guangdong provinces, you go to guard Hunan, and Bingkun to guard Guangdong, then we are qualified to ask the tripod that represents the world. How much does it weigh?"

"The cauldron that represents the world? Marshal, which cauldron is that?" Tan Haoming asked in confusion.

Lu Rongting turned cold and said: "How many times have I told you to play less cards and read more books when you are free, but you don't even understand Ding. This is taught by the teacher, that Ding, that Ding... Anyway, it's the tripod..."

While Lu Rongting was looking wildly at the world, Huang Xuchu and other captured officers and soldiers of the First Division of the Gui Army were beaten up by the Xiangxi Army and forced to squat on the ground with their heads in their hands.

"Liao Lei, what's going on?" Li Zongren acted like a big brother, and roared all over his head, making Liao Lei, who was always known for his rudeness, as helpless as a child.

Bai Chongxi arrived later, and said to Liao Lei with a pleasant face: "How can you have a conflict with the prisoners of war? Don't you know the rules of Marshal Wang? Have you memorized the military regulations? Do you want to eat military sticks? Explain it clearly to the commander." , or I will never forgive you lightly."

The ins and outs of what the chief of staff said meant that as long as he explained it, he could be forgiven lightly. Then Liao Lei said boldly: "Report to the commander, the chief of staff, I really can't get angry with the lowly position. I just found out that it is this man named Huang Xuchu." The trainee officer actually carried the military flag and organized the whole regiment to fight back when the second regiment of the First Division of the Gui Army was in chaos. The shot in his arm was shot by the sharpshooter next to me. It is absolutely true. Such a reactionary officer should be shot immediately. Unexpectedly, these soldiers did not have the slightest awareness of prisoners of war and dared to stop them, so they were humbled..."

Li Zongren immediately understood that Liao Lei's regiment had casualties of more than 300 people at once. After being trained by himself, he naturally wanted to find someone to vent his anger, so he made such a big move.

He leaned down and looked at Huang Xuchu, whose forehead was smeared with blood, stretched out his hand and patted his shoulder lightly, and said, "He is a talented soldier, so don't harm the people of Guangxi with Commander Lu and the others, just follow me steadfastly." Do it, can you?"

Huang Xuchu stared blankly at this generous-looking officer: "Are you really General Li Zongren, commander of the Third Division of the Xiangxi Army?"

Li Zongren laughed loudly and said, "If it's fake, why, you know me?"

Huang Xuchu stood up and saluted: "Senior, I am also a graduate of Guangxi Army Primary School. I am two grades lower than seniors. I have heard stories about seniors participating in the Revolution of [-]."

Li Zongren quickly waved his hands: "Haha, what are the stories? They are all stories of beggars. If you don't believe me, ask your senior Bai Jiansheng. I didn’t study hard in school, so I didn’t look like a senior.”

After hearing this, Bai Chongxi could only laugh in disguise, while Liao Lei, who caused the trouble, could only be extremely embarrassed, so he could only shyly come over and pat Huang Xuchu on the shoulder: "This, that, you are so good, don't fight!" I don't know each other."

The captured soldiers suddenly discovered that the enemy's chief was also from Guangxi, and the hostility immediately dissipated.

The crisis of a prisoner-of-war riot was resolved invisibly in a few words that the brothers and sisters recognized each other. . .

On October 10, Xu Yuanquan arrived at Baipeng Town, where the headquarters of the First Division is located. From here to the forefront of Fenghuang Town, the straight-line distance is almost 3 kilometers.There are mostly hills and hills along the way, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. Therefore, the original combat policy formulated by the First Division was to send a small group of troops to use the terrain to continuously delay the attack speed of the Gui army and effectively consume the morale of the enemy.Then wait for Bai Chongxi to lead part of the third division across the Youjiang River, occupy the south bank of Laibin, and completely cut off the retreat of the third division.At this time, it is estimated that Li Zongren, who occupied Guilin, led another part of the third division to Liujiang. Everyone launched a counterattack from Liujiang and defeated the Gui army in one fell swoop.

However, with the annihilation of the first division of the Guangxi army, this plan was simply fine-tuned. The first division was asked to place the decisive battle in Baipeng for a simple reason:

One is that the terrain in the Liujiang area is flat and difficult to defend, and the consequences of putting the Gui army here are unpredictable;

The second is that Lu Rongting is also a fool, how far can he go from Luzhai, and if he has not been able to get in touch with Chen Bingkun when he arrives at Liujiang, will he run away?

Combining the above two points, the battlefield of the decisive battle was moved forward by a full 14 kilometers, just to Baipeng Town, which is stuck at the exit of the entire mountainous area, which is currently the headquarters of the First Division.

Tao Zhiyue, head of the 101st Regiment of the First Division, is the commander-in-chief's favorite general, and his battalion commanders Cai Juxian and Liu Xuyi are also descended generals. Naturally, the whole regiment actively challenged the battle and took up this blocking mission.

Xu Yuanquan convened the officers above the platoon of the whole division to give a speech: "From Fenghuang Town to Baipeng Town, there are hundreds of hills, I ask you to defend every hill with all your might, keep delaying the attack of the enemy's superior forces, and lay the groundwork for the large forces to counterattack. The basics... Our first division is a unit started by the commander-in-chief. It is the direct descendant of the commander-in-chief. Everyone lost face together. So I ask all officers and soldiers to carry forward the spirit of not fearing death and suffering; each hilltop should not be less than 24 hours, unless the troops guarding the hilltop are wiped out, no one will be allowed Half a leg. Do you understand?"

Fighting on the battlefield is just the appearance of war, and the real war actually begins with logistics supplies. . .

The officers in the back office of the Military Armament Department tried their best, using cattle, horses, donkeys, and even civilian husbands, to continuously pull boxes of bullets, shells, and grenades from the military factory in Anjiang to Baipeng Town .Then it was sent to all participating units through the temporary transfer warehouse in Baipeng Town. The officers and soldiers in charge of transportation were busy almost day and night. Even so, Xu Yuanquan was still dissatisfied. He hoped that the combat units could get more sufficient supplies , This is the basic guarantee for the realization of one's own combat plan.

On October 10, the 4st and 301nd regiments led by Li Zongren finally succeeded in fraudulently opening Guilin City. The 302 Gui Army guarding the city surrendered to the Xiangxi Army without firing a single shot.Bai Chongxi led his troops to complete the rest, and led the 00 and 303 regiments with the deputy division commander Liu Zhenhuan to start an extremely difficult interspersed operation. . .

On October 10, the 5st regiment successfully built the first line of defense near Fenghuang Town.Tao Zhiyue ordered the engineers to shovel the hillside into 101 degrees that are not easy to climb, and at the same time skillfully use the terrain to set up firepower points.Often the firepower points on two hills can form a firepower angle near the post road, so as to achieve the purpose of successfully blocking traffic.

The 102nd and 103rd regiments were used as the counterattack force Shi Yong, and the 104th regiment was carrying out civil engineering work nervously behind the 101st regiment. At present, the work on the anti-blasting holes is still unqualified.Wang Zhenyu didn't care much about this either. After all, the level of so-called engineering operations depends to a certain extent on the level of industrial technology, and it can't be determined by one or two training sessions.

Accompanied by Xu Yuanquan and Tao Zhiyue, Wang Zhenyu inspected the front-line positions. Cai Juxian, the commander of the first battalion, was cordially received by Wang Zhenyu.

"Old Cai, how is this front line?" Wang Zhenyu asked seemingly casually.

Cai Juxian had no choice but to reply respectfully: "Reporting to the commander, my subordinates have built a lot of fortifications on various hills. My plan is to put a platoon on each hill, and the other troops will respond mobilely, and carry out multi-level fortifications through superior firepower." check."

Wang Zhenyu nodded. In fact, he didn't have a specific idea of ​​how to play this game, and he had very vague concepts about Cai Juxian's technical terms.

He was really concerned about another issue: "Old Cai, I heard that your family has moved to Anjiang."

"Yes, Marshal" Cai Juxian answered boldly.

Wang Zhenyu made a downward gesture: "If others want to do this, you, Lao Cai, don't have to be so polite. In terms of seniority in the New Army, I am not as good as you, Lao Cai. You have to use your brain more when fighting. Don't blindly emphasize fierce fighting. Many times in war, you need to use your brain, think of ways, be flexible, and be changeable. The most important thing is to kill and injure the enemy as much as possible at the lowest cost. You must pay special attention to this, not only if you want to Go back to Anjiang and reunite with your family, in fact all the soldiers were raised by their parents."

Cai Juxian nodded in agreement one by one. . .

All kinds of fortifications were completed very quickly, but the enemy did not appear for a long time, and everyone was inevitably a little anxious.

On October 10, the Guangxi army, which had been overwhelmed by the various departments of the Xiangxi Army, finally came out of Laibin City. . .