District 9

Pu Xingquan's city defense brigade is the garrison unit responsible for military security in the surrounding areas of Menghan. Although the regiment and battalion-level combat units are somewhat scattered, they are all very close to the important town of Menghan. The furthest troops rushed to Menghan The city is just over an hour away.

It can be seen that Pu Xiazi actually has high hopes for this third son and entrusts him with guarding the gates of Menghan.

But today, the city defense brigade rebelled. Six thousand people gathered within twenty minutes. Carrying lightweight weapons, they turned around and charged into Menghan City.

At this moment, even if the Pu clique corps headquarters reacts, it will obviously be too late to mobilize troops from other areas. This field combat unit, even in peacetime, does not stay at home every day. They are all deployed for garrison. Pu Xiazi’s direct descendants of the 56th Army are all on the northwest front, and they are the troops who can get over the fastest. , it also takes seven or eight hours.

This is why Wu Junsheng, Pu Sheng, Pu Xingquan and others dared to stage a mutiny. Because the city defense brigade was under their control, with a time lag, major things could still be accomplished.

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In the evening, about half past seven.

Six thousand people from the city defense brigade came from all directions. Armed off-road vehicles and military pickup trucks joined together on various highways and moved forward quickly.

When the large force was less than five kilometers away from the city, the deputy commander of the city defense brigade personally called the top military officers of the two regiments directly under the headquarters and said in very fierce words: "We are going to enter the city to eliminate the rebels. Please leave the important town of Menghan immediately."

The two regiment leaders also responded very resolutely, claiming that there were no rebels in the city, and any military unit that wanted to enter the city with arms would encounter firm resistance from their own side.

The two sides did not reach an agreement, and the military conflict began.

The city defense brigade of 6,000 people began to advance in a stair-step manner, encircling the four exits of the important town of Menghan.

Around eight o'clock in the evening.

The two directly affiliated regiments in the city formed their formations at the four entrances of the important town of Menghan. After the two sides met, the first shot was fired by the city's defense forces. At this time, the commanders of each unit could no longer control the situation. The sound of gunshots meant that the battle had begun.

Pu Xingquan has been using remote control, repeatedly ordering the officers of the city defense brigade to try to avoid large-scale armed conflicts and only enter the city to achieve the primary goal.

But when the gunfire rang out and nearly ten thousand people collided together, how could there be so much to speak of? Once the soldiers below became anxious, it would be a life-and-death struggle.

The sound of artillery and gunfire rang out fiercely outside Menghan City. The two regiments directly under the headquarters fought desperately and bloodyly, refusing to give in an inch and inflicting very tragic battle losses.

What Pu Xingquan, Wu Junsheng and others did not expect was that the people in Menghan City reacted fiercely. Some people began to spontaneously attack the city defense brigade that was about to enter the city, shouting that they were rebels. The city defense brigade did not dare to massacre people on a large scale, so they could only take detours to avoid it.

In addition, businessmen in the city and non-local people began to flee on a large scale in order to avoid the war. As a result, the entire Menghan area was in chaos. The city defense brigade, which only had 6,000 people, began to flee. Time has little control over the situation.

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Inside the 57th Army Military Headquarters.

Wu Junsheng looked at the map and spoke quickly to Pu Xingquan: "Ignore the people and the fleeing people, just let the troops concentrate on one point to attack and quickly penetrate into the city. Don't let the stalemate continue, otherwise the reinforcements will arrive , we’re done.”

Pu Xingquan knew that he could not hesitate at this moment, so he could only immediately give an order to the city defense brigade, asking them to attack the entry points on the north and south sides of Menghan with all their strength. He also ordered two combat battalions, as the first sword troops, to bypass the frontal battlefield and find opportunities by himself. Cut into the city, complete the control headquarters, and destroy the objectives of the expedition group.

There is no district wall in the important town of Menghan. Although there are checkpoints at each entrance to the city and warning lines are usually raised, this does not help in military defense operations. As soon as the army pressed forward, the city's defense forces could only disperse their forces to guard key intersections and prevent the opponent's motor convoys from entering the city in the first place.

This is very difficult for the two regiments directly under the headquarters with only more than 3,000 people, because they have too few people to protect such a large urban area. In addition, the entrances to the city on the north and south sides were severely attacked, and the defense had to be strengthened. Therefore, as soon as the troops shrank, other locations were completely captured.

This is what defensive warfare is like. As long as there is a slight loss of defense, it means that the defense has failed, because as long as other attacking troops enter the city, the defenders will definitely be defeated by a pincer attack from inside and outside.

The military conflict in the important town of Menghan lasted for more than an hour and ended with the sacrifice of more than a hundred people from two directly affiliated regiments.

The city defense brigade entered the city.

However, they did not receive any goodwill from the people in the important town of Menghan. Almost the entire city's residential buildings, streets, shops, and residential areas were shouting wildly, "Get out of the rebels," "Shame on the Pu clique army" and other harsh words. if.

This overwhelming curse put great pressure on the soldiers of the city defense brigade, because they were also conflicted. The higher-ups said they were here to clean up the rebels, but why did the people in the city react so violently? They are all children from the old triangle area and have deep feelings for this land. Some of them cannot accept the scolding from their own people...

But this is what soldiers are like. The orders from superiors are bigger than the sky. To be loyal to the region, you must first be loyal to the commander. This is an eternal law.

According to the previous deployment, the officers of the city defense brigade immediately took control of the compound of the inspection team, and also forcibly took over the headquarters of the Pu faction.

However, everyone searched around and could not find Shen Fei, Ke Ke and other main leaders of the inspection team. The troops who took over the headquarters compound did not see Pu Xiazi, the General Staff, or senior generals above the rank of colonel.

From the preparation of the military remonstrance to its implementation, it took about three hours. It stands to reason that the headquarters would not be able to respond, but why was the person missing? !

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Outside the city, Pu Xiazi, dressed in ordinary civilian clothes, followed the main officials of the headquarters in a panic. He stood on the dilapidated road and looked at the important town of Menghan, which was full of war and gunpowder smoke.

During his military life, he experienced countless struggles before becoming the leader of the Old Triangle. His experience told him that in political struggles, blood ties and family ties are things that can be abandoned at any time. But his heart kept hinting to him that his own son would never rebel against him.

In this extremely contradictory mood, Pu Xiazi finally decided to flee in order to protect the main officials of the headquarters. He disguised himself as an ordinary citizen. With the desperate resistance of the two regiments, he escaped from Menghan City at the critical moment.

At this time, it was not important to Pu Xiazi that he was in a state of embarrassment. What was important was that Pu Xingquan's knife stabbed him in his weak side, causing him unbearable pain...