young marshal spring and autumn

After all, it's not easy to live by looking at other people's faces.In order to completely get rid of the shackles of the Japanese, there must be a stable regime.To achieve this goal, the unification of government orders and military orders is necessary.Therefore, after the legitimacy of Zhang Zuolin's government was acquiesced by the great powers, a crusade against the southwestern princes was inevitable.

In this large-scale disarmament of various departments across the country, the People's Army has only reduced its personnel and not withdrawn its designation, laying the groundwork for future expansion.Moreover, most of the troops laid off by the People's Army are old soldiers of the Northeast Army, or side branches or surrendered troops that have not been fully reorganized, which has no effect on combat effectiveness.Zhang Hanqing even reorganized the reserve force into four armies, namely the 4th and 13th armies, which were incorporated into the Guangzhou Military Region; the 18th and 14th Armies were incorporated into the Wuhan Military Region, preparing for the attack on the Southwest.

The young marshal has a sense of knowledge, which can be seen in his use of various generals.Unlike many old Feng factions such as Wu Junsheng who reject people from other factions, he makes the best use of his talents, regardless of their origin.The most famous ones are Yu Xuezhong, a Hubei soldier, who was promoted to the commander of the Guangzhou Military Region, and Jiang Baili, who was promoted to the commander of the Nanjing Military Region and later changed to the Minister of National Defense.Others include Shang Zhen from the Jin family, Song Zheyuan from the Feng family, and Zhang Weixi, who have all been promoted to chief and deputy army commanders after they surrendered their sincerity to the People's Army.Zhang Zizhong, Sun Lianzhong, Liu Ruming, Sun Liangcheng, and Tong Linge from the Feng family, and Fu Zuoyi (specially Jianba Zhang Hanqing) from the Jin family were all the commander-in-chiefs.At that time, the people's army was full of talents, including very famous figures from various factions in the military circle of the Republic of China. How could it not be strong?

Sun Lianzhong is a native of Xiong County, Hebei Province. His family was relatively well-off when he was young, but he was not interested in studying, so he dropped out of school and joined the army and served as a soldier in Feng Yuxiang's department.Because he was big, strong, and a bit literate, he was loved and reused by Feng. When Feng Yuxiang launched the Beijing coup in 1923, he was already the commander of the artillery brigade of Feng's department.After Zhang Hanqing was brought under his command, he was immediately appointed as the newly established artillery commander of the General Armament Department, who was fully responsible for the improvement of artillery and artillery training.

In the official history, Liu Ruming was a general in the period of the Republic of China that started with Feng Yuxiang and ended with Chiang Kai-shek.Born in poverty, he worked as an apprentice in a pawn shop in Tianjin in his teens. At the age of 16, because he could not bear the abuse of the shop owner, he left angrily and joined Feng Yuxiang's army as a soldier.Seeing that he was small, Feng said, "You are too small and not up to standard." Liu argued, "I am only 16 years old, so am I not growing?" He became his own orderly, but he did not expect this small orderly to be promoted step by step from squad leader and platoon leader for more than ten years, and in 1926 he was promoted to division commander, becoming one of the five tiger generals in the Thirteen Taibao of the Northwest Army. During the Northern Expedition in 1928, Liu Ruming served as the commander of the Northern Expedition Army. After the victory of the Northern Expedition, Feng Yuxiang went to Nanjing to serve as the Minister of Military and Political Affairs.Once, Liu Ruming followed Feng Yuxiang to meet Chiang Kai-shek, and Jiang said: "Are you Mr. Liu who guarded Nankou back then? Oh, very good, young and promising!" After the Central Plains War in 1930, Feng Yuxiang was defeated, and the rest of the department was compiled as No. Army, Song Zheyuan served as the commander, Liu Ruming served as the deputy commander, and the commander of the 20rd Division. After the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War in 1937, Liu served as the commander of the 68th Army. He fought against the Japanese army in Zhangjiakou, Hebei. , awarded him 3 silver dollars, and he distributed all the money to the soldiers.

Sun Liangcheng was a mighty general in Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army. In the previous civil wars that Feng Yuxiang participated in, Sun Bu won many battles, so he was known as the "Iron Army". His ending in official history was not very good.However, in this time and space, with the correct leadership of the "party and government", this general can be of great use.In line with the policy of "curing diseases and saving lives", Zhang Hanqing decisively appointed him as the deputy commander of the 14th Army and the commander of the 41st Division, and was transferred to the Wuhan Military Region, preparing to let him serve as the leading army to attack the Southwest.

As for Fu Zuoyi, let alone.Suiyuan's famous general who fought against the Japanese army and a master defender of the city will still be of great use in the future.At that time, people did not know its value, so when Zhang Hanqing directly entrusted him with the important task of "special decree Jianba", Fu Zuoyi was very grateful.

The strategy of deploying troops in the Southwest was determined by Jiang Baili, Zhang Zuoxiang, and Zhang Hanqing: the right road crossed the Qinling Mountains to occupy Chengdu; the middle road passed Yichang, passed through the Three Gorges, entered Kuimen, occupied Chongqing, and the left road passed through Guangxi, heading towards Duyun, and entered Guiyang.It is necessary to occupy all important cities in the southwest in one fell swoop and complete the national reunification.

The impact of the disarmament on Sichuan was huge: because among the warlords in the provinces, only Sichuan had been divided for a long time and did not form a complete group.The forces of all parties are unwilling to lose something for themselves. When the three provinces of Guangxi, Guizhou, and Yunnan have all carried out military cuts, factors of instability have gradually formed in Sichuan.

After the People's Army successfully entered Beijing, in order to balance the situation in Sichuan, Zhang Hanqing adopted the method of "distance and close attack". The new government appointed Yang Sen as the military affairs supervisor of Sichuan, Deng Xihou as the governor of Sichuan, Liu Cunhou as the supervisor of the Sichuan-Shanxi border defense, and Liu Xiang as the Sichuan-Yunnan border defense supervision.The purpose is to balance the power in central Sichuan, so that Yang and Liu can be roughly maintained in a balanced state.In this way, during the Zhifeng War, the People's Army in the south will have no worries.

After Yang Sen was appointed as the military affairs supervisor of Sichuan, he was in power.Regarding Yang Sen's coming from behind, Liu Xiang remained calm on the surface, but secretly contacted Liu Chengxun, Liu Wenhui, Lai Xinhui, etc. to form an anti-Yang alliance of "three Lius and one Lai".As a result, the instant system split into two systems: Liu Xiang's Old Second Army and Yang Sen's New Second Army.In order to gain Hu's advantage in the upcoming civil war, Liu Xiang secretly instigated rebellion against Yang Sen's Wang Zuanxu and other ministries. In March, Liu Xiang and others jointly called the executive government of Zhang Zuolin, requesting that Yang Sen be transferred to Beijing to serve.Yang Sen decided to launch a unification war to unify Sichuan by force, which was recognized and supported by Zhang Zuolin, Zhang Zuoxiang, Zhang Hanqing and others of the People's Army.

On April 1924, 4, Yang Sen issued an order to attack Lai Xinhui and Liu Chengxun. He divided his troops into five groups and attacked Lai Xinhui, Liu Chengxun, Liu Wenhui, Chen Hongfan, and Chen Guodong. It also expanded to nineteen divisions and twelve mixed brigades.The defeated Lai Xinhui, Liu Chengxun, Liu Wenhui and other troops retreated to Chongqing, relying on Liu Xiang, uniting with Deng Xihou and Yuan Zuming of the Guizhou Army to form the Sichuan-Guizhou Allied Forces to defeat Yang together.

Originally, Yuan Zuming had nothing to do with this war, but under the instigation of Liu Xiang and others, he wanted to get a share of the pie after the war.To show sincerity, Yuan Zuming was publicly recommended as the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, Deng Xihou was the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, and Liu Xiang was only the commander-in-chief of logistics, operating behind the scenes.

On July 7, the coalition forces issued a combat order. On July 1, Yang Sen also issued a combat order to attack the coalition forces. In mid-July, the two armies fought fiercely in Yongchuan, Dazu, and Rongchang.At first, Yang Sen won.Later, he was eager to find the main force of the coalition forces for a decisive battle, and because of his carelessness, Wang Zhaokui's division was defeated by Deng Xihou's troops. On July 7, the coalition forces launched an offensive across the board, and Yang Sen was forced to retreat to the right bank of the Tuojiang River.Just as Yang Sen was mobilizing his troops and preparing to counterattack, on July 8, Wang Yanxu, the main division commander of Yang Sen's department who had already been bought by Liu Xiang, betrayed Yang Sen and joined Liu Xiang. On August 7, the coalition forces forcibly crossed the Tuojiang River and advanced across the board. Yang Jun was defeated and fled to Leshan. On August 7, the coalition forces captured Chengdu.

However, the excitement of Liu Xiang and others has not yet begun. The People's Army, which has been spying for a long time, is coming directly from the north, the east and the Yangtze River.Under the unified deployment of Zhang Hanqing, the commander-in-chief of Sichuan, Zhang Weixi's dissatisfied 18th Division of the Lanzhou Military Region in the north was the forerunner, accompanied by Qi Enming's 2nd Army and Song Jiuling's 3rd Army, a total of about 9 people, went out of Hanzhong, attacked Guangyuan all the way, and entered Jiange , taking Mianyang, threatening the north side of Chengdu; all the way through Langzhong, passing Nanchong, or going west to Suining, threatening the right wing of Chengdu, or going east to Guang'an, threatening the north side of Chongqing.The eastern front was mainly attacked by the troops of the Wuhan Military Region. The main division of the New 19th Army led by General Shang Zhen of the Jin Dynasty, and the main division of the 14th Army of Sun Liangcheng of the Feng Family were the forerunners.One goes from Zhijiang, Hunan into Southeast Guizhou, and the other goes west from Enshi, Hubei to Yuzhong, cutting off northeast Sichuan.The Yangtze River Fleet was also ordered to go up the river, and the Marine Brigade captured Fuling on August 8 and pointed directly at Chongqing, Liu Xiang's hometown.