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Chapter 700 Another use of weapons

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    The impact of the reduction of troops on Sichuan was huge: among the warlords in the provinces, only Sichuan had been fragmented for a long time and had not formed a complete group.  All forces are unwilling to suffer losses. When the three provinces of Guangxi, Guizhou, and Yunnan have already carried out troop reductions, unrest has gradually formed in Sichuan.

    On April 12 at the beginning of the year, 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, Chen Guodong and other troops. The company won a victory and soon occupied 72 counties.  Its army has also expanded to nineteen divisions and twelve mixed brigades (don't worry, these divisions and brigades of his are not the same as the divisions and brigades of the People's Army in terms of combat effectiveness and equipment, and are also much inferior in terms of numbers).  ).

    The defeated Lai Xinhui, Liu Chengxun, Liu Wenhui and other troops retreated to Chongqing. Relying on Liu Xiang, they combined with Deng Xihou and the Guizhou army Yuan Zuming to form the Sichuan-Guizhou coalition to defeat Yang.  So Sichuan was divided into two, with Yang Sen's group in Xichuan headed by Chengdu, and Liu Xiang in Dongchuan based in Chongqing. This was another split of Sichuan.

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

    In mid-July, the two armies fought fiercely in the Yongchuan, Dazu, and Rongchang areas.  At first, Yang Sen won.  Later, he was eager to find the main force of the coalition forces for a decisive battle. Due to his carelessness, Wang Zhaokui's division was defeated by Deng Xihou's troops.  After the coalition launched an offensive across the board, Yang Sen was forced to retreat to the right bank of the Tuojiang River.

    At this time, Yang Sen received a letter from his old friend Yang Jie.

    Speaking of which, Yang Jie is not only not Yang Sen¡¯s old friend, but also a thorn in his heart.  When Cai E organized the National Defense Campaign against Yuan in Yunnan, Yang Jie was the chief of staff of Huang Yucheng of the 4th Army, and he reorganized this motley army that was originally loosely disciplined and disorganized into a powerful force.  At this time, Yang Sen served as the staff officer of the lieutenant colonel.

    ???????????????????? For some reason, Yang Jie didn¡¯t like this member of the family, thinking that he had ¡°a traitor in his head¡±, just like the story of Wei Yan in the Three Kingdoms.  However, Yang Sen was favored by Huang Yucheng at the time, and Yang Jie had no choice but to find an opportunity to repair him.  It happened that Yang Sen was fond of smoking cigarettes at that time, so Yang Jie sent someone to catch him and not only beat him severely, but also took him out to show him to the public.  Suffering from this humiliation, Yang Sen actually quit smoking!

    What did Yang Jie, the old superior, benefactor and enemy, say?  But he was persuaded to defect to the People's Army, and even if it didn't work, he would be facilitated when the People's Army entered Sichuan soon.  "Then the first achievement of Sichuan is attributed to the general."

    Yang Jie was already the president of the newly established National Defense University at this time, and he could be regarded as a rising star in the People's Army.  No matter what the previous turmoil was, Yang Sen had to put it aside, not to mention the olive branch that Yang Jie extended first.

    The person who made Yang Sen make the final decision to submit to the central government was Wu Peifu, who was living in Sichuan.

    After the Zhili-Fengtian War, Wu Peifu took the Jinpu Line southward, and then went north along the Yangtze River. He traveled unimpeded along the way and continuously passed through many passes of the People's Army. Wu Peifu's escape route is nothing short of legendary.

    "But Wu Peifu is a hero after all. He does not think that he has the ability to escape from death. From the fact that the people's army in various places has no intention to stop him, it seems that he wants to give himself a dignified exit.

    ¡°Otherwise, in Wuhan, the home base of the Central China People¡¯s Army, even if he had great abilities, he would not have been able to get away with it, because Wang Yizhe, the then director of the General Political Department of the People¡¯s Army, also sent someone to hand over 10,000 yuan to him by boat.  If you want to catch him, it only takes a minute.

    After a year of analysis and observation, this big man who was both a great benefactor and a downfall to the rise of Yang Sen came to a conclusion: Fengxian has the right time, place, right people, and has become a powerful force, and it is meaningless to continue to resist.  He persuaded Yang Sen to take this opportunity to contact the People's Army and seize half of the credit for Dingchuan, so that he would have a bright future in the military field in the future.

    It is destined that he will no longer be able to become a hero in the unification of the Republic of China, and he will not allow himself to become a moth that drags down the country. This is still true.  Giving Yang Sen a clear path was also a way of thanking him for his generous accommodation when he was in poverty.  In addition, this is Wu Peifu's repayment of Zhang Hanqing.

    Yang Sen is a very high-spirited person. He also recognized Wu Peifu's words and arranged for someone to contact Ji Yiqiao, the commander of the Central China Command of the People's Army and the commander-in-chief of the enemy before entering Sichuan, saying that as soon as the People's Army entered Sichuan, the defense lines in northern and eastern Sichuan would be released.

    But he still wanted to take a gamble.  If he could defeat Liu Xiang, regain the lost territory, and then hand it over to the People's Army, he would have a place after the war.  In his view, once the People's Army officially intervenes, all factions in central Sichuan will not be opponents. This is determined by strength.

    Just as Yang Sen was mobilizing his troops to prepare for a counterattack, Liu Xiang had already bribed himWang Zuanxu, commander of Yang Sen's main division, betrayed Yang Sen and defected to Liu Xiang. He called for a truce, which shocked Yang's army across the board.  By August 4, the coalition forces forcibly crossed the Tuojiang River and advanced across the board. Yang's army was defeated and fled to Leshan.

    Then on August 10, the coalition forces captured Chengdu, and the Sichuan army was expected to be unified again. Liu Xiang was confident that he would be his king of Shu.

    The Dong and Xichuan armies are quite large in number, and they have a convenient location and a navy blocking the river. If the People's Army comes from afar and cannot attack for a long time, they may still have to restart peace talks with him.  It is not easy to snatch food from the hands of the People's Party, but since the Republic of China, the central government has not effectively governed Sichuan, and this will not be the case in the future. The only one who can securely sit here is Liu Xiang.

    It¡¯s not that he is boasting. He is not like ordinary warlords who only focus on expanding the army and gaining territory without caring about the people¡¯s livelihood. He still has a few capable civil and political officials. Sichuan was able to kill all sides in the volatile Republic of China era without fear of being destroyed.  We cannot do without these backbones.

    For example, Liu Hangchen, the director of the Financial Department of the Sichuan Rehabilitation Supervisory Office, is a top student at Peking University and is very helpful in helping Liu Xiang manage his finances; Pan Wenhua, the mayor of Chongqing, although he started his career by growing opium, he is very good at managing cities and developing the economy. He is one of the most important figures in the history of Chinese industry.  and the founder of modern urban development.

    With money and military power, Liu Xiang couldn't do anything big even if he didn't want to.

    However, the excitement of Liu Xiang and others has not yet begun. The People's Army, which has been spying for a long time, has divided its troops from the north, the east and the Yangtze River to attack directly.  All units have already entered preparation areas as planned, and logistics have been fully prepared.

    In response to the reality that Sichuan is mountainous and has inconvenient transportation, the General Armament Department of the People's Army has already equipped more than a dozen mountain artillery regiments to various armies through military reforms.  , Yunnan, Guizhou armies and even the coalition forces.

    Under the unified deployment of Commander-in-Chief Ji Yiqiao of Sichuan, Sun Liangcheng of the 21st Division of the Central China Military Region was the leader in the north, and together with the 5th Army of the Northwest Military Region Chang Jingwu, a total of about 40,000 people left Hanzhong, attacked Guangyuan, entered Jiange, and captured  Mianyang, threatening the north of Chengdu.  This road is the fastest because Yang Sen has already ordered the local garrison to open the road;

    They are suspected soldiers all the way, passing through Langzhong and Nanchong, or heading west to Suining, threatening the right wing of Chengdu, or east to Guang'an, threatening the north side of Chongqing.

    The eastern front is mainly attacked by the troops of the Wuhan Military Region, with Shanxi general Shang Zhen leading the New 18th Army as the main force and Song Zheyuan's 21st Army as the backup; all the way enters northeastern Guizhou from Zhijiang, Hunan, and all the way west from Enshi, Hubei to Yuzhong, cutting off southeastern Sichuan.

    The most outstanding thing is that the navy was used in this battle, and the Yangtze River Fleet was ordered to sail up the river.

    With the unique conditions of Wuhan Shipyard on its side, it produced a total of 30 "Hankou" class gunboats in one year, which were transferred to three fleets.  Among them, the Yangtze River Fleet has the most number of such gunboats suitable for inland navigation, 20, because it has so many shallow-water tributaries and has the task of liberating the southwest.

    They are divided into three formations with three "Jiujiang" class destroyers as flagships, becoming the movable turrets and the most deterrent force in the eyes of the southwestern warlords.

    Because of their shallow draft, they can easily reach the river near Chongqing even during the dry season.  Compared with infantry, artillery and cavalry and other land troops who are limited by transportation, these water forces appear quite threatening with their suddenness and powerful artillery.

    The elusive Yangtze River Fleet stole the show in the battle to attack Chongqing. The Sichuan army, which lacked heavy artillery, had no way to deal with these iron lumps flying in the center of the river. Liu Xiang's army tried their best to avoid the range of the naval guns.

    Doesn¡¯t the Sichuan Army have a navy?  You must know that Liu Xiang's navy previously modified ordinary small river ships, installed iron plates for armor, and installed two small cannons as naval guns. They often trained and cruised in the Yangtze River.  There are as many as eight such ironclad ships equipped.

    ¡° Although these nondescript ¡°warships¡± may look innocent, they have had a great impact on the lives of local fishermen.  They were not afraid of being hit, but they were afraid of damaging the warships. They were even afraid of sinking them in the waves caused by sailing.  Therefore, a local folk song goes like this: "If a small fishing boat along the river capsizes a warship, you will have to pay compensation. It cost 55,000 yuan to buy the boat and 33,000 yuan to buy the cannon."

    For the nascent People's Army Navy, attacking such a so-called "navy" is the most beneficial: two small cannons can scare the people, but it is not enough to actually fight warships, and you will not worry about yourself when fighting them.  If you suffer a loss, you can still use the opponent as a good target for shooting practice. Why not?

    The two sides only experienced one artillery battle. Liu Xiang lost three "armored ships" in the artillery fire. One of them was overturned by the air waves set off by the artillery shells. After that, the "navy" in central Sichuan basically had to avoid the Yangtze River.  The fleet is gone.

    With the warships rampaging on the water, transport ships full of Marines could safely arrive at various battlefields. The main battalion of the 1st Marine Brigade captured Fuling on August 25 and headed directly for Liu Xiang's hometown, Chongqing.

    Almost at the same moment, the Guangzhou Military Region also followed the order, with the main force of Qiao Fang's 9th Army as the forerunner and Yu Zhaolin's 11th Army as the rear.  As backup from Hunan to Guizhou.  Fu Zuoyi's 72nd Division, which was historically good at defense, was transferred to Guangxi and faced off with the troops of the new Guangxi faction in Wuzhou.  Together with the navy, the People's Army attacked Sichuan and Guizhou with a total of about 200,000 troops. Strategically, it was an encirclement.

    Jiang Baili, Han Lunchun, and Zhang Hanqing jointly decided on the strategy of using troops in the southwest: the right route crossed the Qinling Mountains to occupy Chengdu; the middle route passed through Yichang, passed through the Three Gorges, entered Kuimen, and occupied Chongqing; the left route passed through Guangxi, headed toward Duyun, and entered Guiyang.

    It is necessary to occupy all important cities in the southwest in one fell swoop and complete the de facto unification of the country.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)?, with the main force of Qiao Fang's 9th Army as the forerunner and Yu Zhaolin's 11th Army as the rear.  As backup from Hunan to Guizhou.  Fu Zuoyi's 72nd Division, which was historically good at defense, was transferred to Guangxi and faced off with the troops of the new Guangxi faction in Wuzhou.  Together with the navy, the People's Army attacked Sichuan and Guizhou with a total of about 200,000 troops. Strategically, it was an encirclement.

    Jiang Baili, Han Lunchun, and Zhang Hanqing jointly decided on the strategy of using troops in the southwest: the right route crossed the Qinling Mountains to occupy Chengdu; the middle route passed through Yichang, passed through the Three Gorges, entered Kuimen, and occupied Chongqing; the left route passed through Guangxi, headed toward Duyun, and entered Guiyang.

    It is necessary to occupy all important cities in the southwest in one fell swoop and complete the de facto unification of the country.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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