Back to the Republic of China as a commander

After speaking, he was about to get up, which made Wei Changrong and Chen Chaozheng stand up and persuade him: "Mr. is happy and angry, sir is happy and angry."

Only then did Gong Peng sit down Shi Shiran, what he wanted was such an effect.

After Wei Changrong and Chen Chaozheng whispered for a while, Wei Changrong made a very unexpected request to Gong Peng: "Station Master Gong, Brother Chen and I are also people on the scene. We are used to the ups and downs and the ebb and flow of so many years. Yes. Lord Feng back then, and Lord Su later, although holding military power in their hands, they ended up not as good as the other. To be honest, at first we didn’t know what Marshal Wang was capable of. I think. But there are talents coming out of the country, and the new generation is better than the old ones. Now it seems that I, Wei Changrong, are really old, and it is not appropriate to continue to lead troops. So I think, if Marshal Wang can give me and Brother Chen some points As for the pension, if we don’t let the two of us do this errand for nothing, I will be content. As for the army, it’s nothing to say, we hand it over, whether it’s reorganization or dismissal, we’ll all be at the disposal of Marshal Wang. We’ve been paying the military salary for more than a year. I'm so worried, you don't know, a monthly salary of [-]% means that we in Guangxi are poor and put it in other provinces, and the soldiers have already run away. I don't want to live this life anymore, so, Gong Sir, look..."

As a result of the final bargain between the two parties, in addition to the originally promised benefit of 20 yuan each, Wei Rongchang and Chen Chaozheng each took another 100 yuan, while the military intelligence department had originally planned the activity to cost [-] million yuan. . .

The room leak happened to be raining all night. In the middle of the night of October 10th, the First Army and the Sixth Army of the Guangxi Army Governor suddenly returned to Nanning.Controlled the Provincial Governor's Mansion, the Provincial People's Government, and the Provincial Post Office, and occupied the entire Nanning City almost without bloodshed, and then electrified the whole country to declare Guangxi independence. . . .

Chapter 150 Unnamed Mountain ([-])

I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, anyway, the news of the Nanning mutiny reached Lu Rongting very quickly. At this time, the battle in Baipeng Town had just entered a fierce state.

Companies of the Gui Army launched a desperate charge towards Baipeng Town as combat units. Under the command of the officer, the soldiers of the 102nd Infantry Regiment relied on light and heavy weapons, grenades, and even bayonets to drive these brave Gui troops from their positions time and time again. out.

Facing the Gui army's life-saving style of play, our head Zhang Xuguang also began to sweat nervously, and he no longer had the arrogance he had when he started the war.He is very clear about the reason of losing people and losing both people and land, so he must start to use his troops cautiously.

"Master, are you really sure that it is the Guangxi army that attacked us, and not the army of other great powers? ... Yes, yes, we repelled their 21 charges today, and the troops suffered heavy casualties... .Yes, yes, the troops on the front line have experienced a reduction of about 40.00%, and two company commanders and four platoon commanders were killed in battle...Yes, yes, we must die like nails at all costs They are dead in Baipeng Town, and they will never take a half step back without an order, please rest assured the division commander and the chief of staff." The field phone is still assigned to the battalion first-level combat unit, and Zhang Xuguang is currently in direct contact with the division headquarters through the field phone.Xu Yuanquan didn't have much interest in the casualties of the 102nd Infantry Regiment. After he became a division commander, soldiers were just a numerical concept to him, and what he pursued now was the results of battles.As one of the six chiefs of the Xiangxi Military Group, what he has to do is to continue to meet the commander's requirements for military victory. Only in this way can his status be guaranteed.

Therefore, he did not agree to the request of the 102nd Infantry Regiment to rest and reorganize. According to his thinking and plan, all officers and soldiers of Zhang Xuguang's regiment must unconditionally stay in Baipeng Town for three days, no matter how many casualties there are.Three days later, the logistical supplies were not available, and the situation of the Gui army who had received bad news again and again could be figured out with the toes.As for the 102nd Infantry Regiment, Xu Yuanquan would not feel any heartache even if all of them were wiped out.

Thirty miles away from Baipeng Town, Lu Rongting sat on a chair in a daze with Wei Rongchang and Chen Chaozheng's phone in his hand. How could things have come to this point.

How high-spirited and heroic I was when I energized the whole country to conquer Wang Zhenyu half a month ago.But in just half a month, his [-] army lost more than [-], turned over [-], and the remaining elites were only in the early [-]s, but Liuzhou was still there. Not only did they not defeat them, but now they even lost their old nest, Nanning. Even the son became a prisoner.After all, Lu Rongting was nearly [-] years old. Facing such a dangerous situation, he felt powerless. Could it be that he was really about to lose.

This time is different from the annihilation of the first division of the Guangxi army. The news cannot be concealed anyway. I believe that the generals already know the news of the Nanning mutiny.What is even more frightening is that after the attack failed yesterday, the Xiangxi Army released a group of prisoners of war with vicious intentions, and then the news of the guest's fall began to spread throughout the army. Morale was shaken.

Mo Rongxin and others have already arrived outside the tent at this moment. They all came to Lu Rongting to inquire about the news and listen to the next plan.

"Marshal, what should we do if Nanning is lost? Are the guests really lost? They have all arrived in Baipeng Town, why hasn't Chen Bingkun's first division appeared yet? Should we fight or withdraw?" Long Jinguang was Long Ji, the governor of Guangdong Guang's brother, among the generals of the Gui Army, he is the only one who dares not to buy Lu Rongting's face, so after entering the army account, he directly raised the question of himself and everyone.

"Yes, Commander, this Nanning is where we are based. It is not as important as Liuzhou. If Liuzhou is lost, we can regain it. If Nanning is lost, we will have nowhere to go..." The generals They expressed their opinions one after another.

Lu Rongting sat on his seat with a blank expression, and let the generals shake the morale of the army with their words.By this time, Lu Rongting already knew what the general trend was.Although the news of the annihilation of Chen Bingkun's first division was strictly sealed by himself, and he even did not hesitate to kill the person who reported the news to silence it, but no matter how clean and thorough he did it, facts are facts, and paper cannot contain fire after all.Now even if I don't say it, the generals under my command probably guessed that there was something wrong with the first division. After all, I also fought against the Xiangxi Army. These Hunan boys have obviously undergone strict training, and they will never shoot when they are less than 50 meters away. , and what is even more terrible is that the bullets fired almost bite the flesh.The most important thing is the construction of the position, the coordination of artillery, the reasonable use of grenades, especially the fighting will not to lose to the death squads of the Gui army.No matter from which point of view, this is an elite team.

Well, in front of such an elite army, the first division of the Gui Army, which has not been heard from so far, is most likely to have stopped cooking.

A series of bad news has made the generals of the Gui army lose the courage to continue attacking. Although they are still polite to Lu Rongting now, it is because there is no better choice for the time being. Everyone can only grit their teeth and support this already seriously injured Let the warlord go back to Nanning.As for Lu Rongting repeatedly persuading everyone to continue to attack, I'm sorry, the generals are not grateful for this, Marshal Lu, you have to fight, okay, you can do it yourself.

After tossing for more than an hour, Lu Rongting gave an order with a tired face: "Change the rear team to the front team, withdraw, Brigadier Huang, your independent brigade is responsible for leading our Gui army, and return to Guangxi. The oil boiled Wei Rongchang and Chen Chaozheng, the two rebellious boys, and we will come back and settle the old and new scores with these Hunan boys."

Looking back at the unnamed highland 250 in the historical lens, after the main force of the Gui army advanced forward, only one company of guard troops remained here.It's not that the Gui army was negligent. There was a lack of water on the hills, and there were too many garrisons, so it was troublesome to eat and drink.Moreover, a battalion of the Independent Brigade is stationed at the foot of the mountain. If something happens, they can provide support nearby.

But history made a big joke at this time. This small mistake, which was not a big problem at any time, finally ended the martial arts of the Gui army and made the old Gui family withdraw from the stage of history in advance. . .

"Quick, quick, move faster" Cai Juxian was standing in the dense forest at the moment, he kept urging the soldiers under him to speed up, wishing he could lift them up and run.

Faced with this hot-tempered and acute team leader, everyone could only speed up their pace, and the sharp knife platoon quietly touched the mountain more than an hour earlier.But it’s really no wonder that Cai Juxian was so anxious. In order to seize the Gui army’s retreat, more than 101 officers and soldiers from the 500st Battalion of the [-]st Infantry Regiment nested in a dense forest about three hills away from this hill for more than two days, eating all their meals. At night, because they were afraid of exposing the target, they did not dare to light a fire to drive away poisonous insects and beasts, so they had to take turns hiding in the marching tent and lighting a fire to sleep.As for taking a bath, it is even more extravagant. Everyone's body is smelly, especially the feet. Once the shoes are taken off, no poisonous insects or beasts dare to come near them. The whole body smells like wind.

After paying such a huge price, if he still can't win the Wuming Mountain, then Cai Juxian, who has always only done profitable business in Xiangxi, will go berserk.

If it's okay, it's the sale of the hammer tonight. The small Cai Juxian cheered up and urged to speed up the march one by one.Under the urging of such a cruel battalion commander, the officers and soldiers of the first battalion exploded with great potential.

On the unnamed mountain, a company of the Gui Army was resting, but they maintained enough vigilance and set up two whistles, one of which was a secret whistle.It should be said that the company commander of the Gui Army responsible for guarding the unnamed mountain is still very vigilant and has made relatively proper arrangements.But the tragedy is that the platoon leader of the sharp knife platoon is Cai Ming, Cai Juxian's nephew.This was completely an accident. In order to observe Mingshao, Cai Ming actually climbed up to Anshao's side, and then the two looked at each other affectionately. Hold Anshao's neck until the other party has completely silenced. . .

The following story is a bit old-fashioned. A whole company of the Gui Army became a prisoner, but a battalion of the Gui Army stationed a few hundred meters did not notice it.

The moment Cai Juxian stepped on the position on the top of the mountain, his heart fell to the ground completely.Since the position of the previous blocking battle was not destroyed and filled by the Gui army, the officers and soldiers of Cai Juxian's first battalion only needed to repair it a little bit before they could continue to use this original defensive position, which was already for Gui The army suffered a lot.

The next day, when the Guangxi Army discovered that a tiger banner of the Xiangxi Army had been planted on the top of the mountain, they rubbed their eyes exaggeratedly, oh my god, what happened? Did the Xiangxi Army fly over from the sky? .

After Lu Rongting heard the news, he rode his horse to see what was going on in person, but the moment he saw the tiger flag, the exhausted Lu Rongting finally couldn't support him, he vomited a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground, scaring the people around him into choking again , pressing acupuncture points again, very busy for a while. . .

I heard that the unnamed mountain that had been beaten down with great difficulty fell into the hands of the Xiangxi army again. People like myself had no way out, and the Gui army suddenly wailed. . .

Next, if the Gui army wants to retreat, it will become a luxury, and it may even be more difficult than fighting all the way, because the army's supplies are exhausted.

All the ministries were unwilling to use their lives to fill up the 250 unnamed highlands, so quarreling, prevarication, and wait-and-see emotions became the norm after Lu Rongting fell into a coma.

When Lu Rongting woke up the next day, a regiment brought by Bai Chongxi rushed to the unnamed highland, and the first division had to change its battle plan when the Gui army gave up continuing to attack, and took the initiative to press it out. The army is in chaos and restlessness. . .

Chapter 151

Chapter 151 The Aftermath ([-])

Lu Rongting surrendered, and the news quickly spread throughout the entire land of China like lightning.

Lu Rongting made this decision that would embarrass his military career when he was unable to advance or retreat, and lost his offensive and defensive positions.However, before the official surrender, the veteran who has been in the army for more than 40 years proposed to meet his enemy Wang Zhenyu.

Wang Zhenyu readily agreed to this request. In fact, Wang Zhenyu was also very happy to see Lu Rongting, a famous warlord in the Republic of China in history.

The meeting place is in Baipeng Town, which is very close to the actual control line of both parties. Putting the meeting place here not only reflects Wang Zhenyu's attitude, but also gives Lu Rongting enough face.

As the loser, Lu Rongting, Mo Rongxin and others arrived at the meeting place half an hour earlier than the original plan.The guard company of Xu Yuanquan of the First Division of the Xiangxi Army was responsible for the security of the meeting place. They carefully checked every participant.According to Wang Zhenyu's instructions, these Guangxi soldiers can enter the arena with pistols, but not bullets. This is the greatest respect for the losers.In fact, these Guangxi soldiers were very grateful for this move. Many years later, Lu Rongting recorded a very human detail in his personal memoirs: this is respect for an old soldier.

On this day, Wang Zhenyu arrived at the venue wearing a blue lieutenant general's uniform issued by the central government of the Republic of China and riding a white horse. He was accompanied by Xu Yuanquan, commander of the first division, Wan Yaohuang, chief of staff, Li Zongren, commander of the third division, and Wang Zhenbang, the fifth younger brother of the secretary who was inseparable from him.

When the young Wang Zhenyu strode into the venue for the first time, all the generals of the old Gui army, including Old Marshal Lu, were deeply shocked by his youth.Especially for Lu Rongting, the general of the defeated army, the actual age of the victor in front of him with a bit of grandeur is almost the same as his own son. Seeing him is like seeing himself back then. The glory days of military service, I am really old.

"Marshal Wang is indeed young and promising. Lu was not wronged for his defeat. After seeing your younger generation, I realized that we old guys should have retired a long time ago. This is really a lang after the Yangtze River and a lang before the old. No way." Lu Rongting looked at Wang Zhenyu and couldn't help expressing emotion.

Wang Zhenyu said with a smile on his face, grabbed Lu Rongting's hand and said, "Shuai Lu, your past is well known to us younger generations. Since the end of the Qing Dynasty, you and everyone here have been active in fighting against the French colonists and defending the frontier. The front line. Made great contributions to our country and our nation. Although we have conflicts and frictions today because of different political views, the historical achievements of you and everyone here cannot be erased. Today It is a great honor for the younger generation to meet an old hero like you."

After a while of pleasantries, everyone took their seats.

Since it was a surrender, Lu Rongting naturally wanted to speak first: "This time in the battle of Liuzhou, a certain person from Lu acted recklessly, and the generals and soldiers under his command did nothing but follow orders. In the flames of war, casualties are inevitable. Now our army has made up its mind. All the faults will be borne by the sinner Lu, I hope that Marshal Wang and the generals of your ministry will not take their anger out on the officers and soldiers below."

After hearing this, Wang Zhenyu laughed and said, "Old Marshal Lu loves his subordinates very much. In fact, in this matter, if you don't fight, you don't know each other. You are just implementing Beijing's wishes, and we are just hoping for the peaceful development of the country. In the final analysis, The direction is the same, but the roads are different. As for the officers and soldiers of your ministry, the soldiers carry guns and eat food, but they are just obeying orders. The past is not to be blamed. I just hope that everyone can continue to cooperate sincerely in the future to jointly build Guangxi and benefit the people. people."

. . . . . .

In the end, the two sides reached an agreement that more than 2 remaining Guangxi troops handed over their weapons to the Xiangxi Army, and then waited for the Xiangxi Army to make further arrangements.

As for Lu Rongting, who served as a lifetime honorary member of the Guangxi Provincial Council, he retired today according to his personal wishes.The remaining officials, after handing over the army, cooperated with the Xiangxi Army to complete the takeover of the existing territory, and then returned to serve as members of the Provincial Assembly.This is already the bottom line that Wang Zhenyu can accept. He has violated the traditional rules of political struggle by not killing all these bandit-born commanders.

At the last moment of farewell, Lu Rongting still held Wang Zhenyu's hand with concern and asked, "I'm already a person who has gone to the official position, so I rashly call Wang Dashuai your nephew. How do you plan to arrange it? If it is abolished, Lu is afraid that the [-] mountains will be full of bandits in the future. Our land in Guangxi is barren and the products are insufficient. We are not afraid of my nephew's jokes. When Lu was abolished, He also went into the mountains to commit bandits. Therefore, my nephew still has to hand over this matter to Lu."

Wang Zhenyu really felt Lu Rongting's sincerity at this moment, and he replied very humbly: "According to your age and seniority in the army, your good nephew is my blessing, Wang Zhenyu, and I will respect you as Uncle Lu in the future." Please rest assured, Uncle Lu, about the army. I have no plan to abolish these people. They will be incorporated into a new army, which will be responsible for the transportation construction of Guangxi in the future. Let me explain to you here, I plan to build a railway from Xiangxi Come to Liuzhou, come to the guests, if possible in the future, connect Nanning, the purpose is to develop industry in Guangxi, Uncle Lu, relying on agriculture to make a living, no matter how hard you work, you can’t get rich.”

After hearing this, Lu Rongting praised him again and again, and Wang Zhenyu continued: "Our Xiangxi Army will not be a regional army no matter from that point of view. You have also seen it, including Li Delin, the commander of the third division beside me. Brother, he is from Guilin, Guangxi. Therefore, building Guangxi, developing Guangxi, and benefiting the people of Bagui is what we must do, but I hope that more young talents from Guangxi can come out and work hard for this goal with us. Especially Lu Uncle, your child, I hope to take the lead and work hard for tomorrow, for the country, and for the nation with me, Wang Zhenyu. Look at this, can you help my nephew."

Lu Rongting has never seen such a big-hearted person as Wang Zhenyu, and those who come here are all with interrelated interests, and it is not bad if they don't make trouble in the current situation.According to his own plan, since he has lost power, the whole family will stay in Wuming honestly, and don't do things that make the victor unhappy, so as not to cause trouble to the upper body and be liquidated in the future.But the sincerity contained in Wang Zhenyu's words just now moved him, and Lu Rongting was a lot older, but Wang Zhenyu was moved to tears and said: "Okay, okay, I, Lu Rongting, will let my family and relatives go home when I go back. Let the children come out and let them work for you, nephew, and the future of the Lu family will depend entirely on you, nephew..."

The news about Lu Rongting quickly spread, even the culprit who launched the crusade was gently let go by Wang Zhenyu, so the other people were naturally not a problem.Under the dominance of this atmosphere, the surrender work of the entire Gui army became very smooth.

A few days later, Song Xianfu, the captain of the Xiangxi Railway Corps, also rushed to Liuzhou with a large number of officers from the Railway Corps.According to Wang Zhenyu's intention, the headquarters of the Hunan-Guizhou Railway Construction Corps will be located in Liuzhou City. Song Xianfu will serve as the commander of the Corps.Railway construction projects will also be launched one after another. There are three current plans:

The first is to build railways from Luyang to Fenghuang, Luyang to Yuanzhou, and Syria;