Back to the Republic of China as a commander

Beginning in the afternoon of March 3, the fighting between the two sides ended, because the Anwu Army did not attack the positions guarded by Liu Xuyi and Lin Hu.Ni Min held an emergency military affairs meeting, planning to disperse and break through.

But at this time, the eight surviving battalion management leaders all knew what had happened, and they didn't really sell this handsome brother any more.No one can come up with a good solution after pulling the skin all night.

At 3 o'clock in the morning on March 14, Bai Chongxi received the news sent by He Wenchang's desperate people, and learned that the frontal enemy had already retreated, so he decisively ordered a general attack across the board.

Nearly [-] cannons bombarded the Anwu Army's positions frantically, and the infantry of the four regiments then launched a general attack on the Anwu Army through the Mihe River.Crowds of blue-gray military uniforms appeared on the north bank of the Mi River and flocked to the positions of the Anwu Army.

Now not only Ni Min, but also the leaders below knew that he would not be able to run away, and immediately organized the battalions to persevere to the end.The two sides came and went, fighting repeatedly on a front that was more than 3 miles long.At this time, all the things that the youth army trained strictly on weekdays came out. When dealing with the firepower of the Anwu army, there was a special cover for the firepower. The assault unit in a group of three crawled forward to within 50 meters, and then the grenade flew over. Hit a quasi.The casualties of the Anwu Army have risen sharply, and the youth army has a firm will to fight, and its tactical actions are swift. The alternating cooperation between various combat units is very reasonable.Of course, An Wujun was too talented. He forgot what he should do when he saw something new. As a result, he lost three lines of defense in a row in less than an hour.The morale that was already low was completely gone now, and under the leadership of the officers, there were more scenes of the establishment surrendering.

Ni Min hid in his temporary command post in the small town. Due to his repeated tricks yesterday, the troops below had actually listened to the instructions and did not listen to the announcement. The resistance in front of him was just a spontaneous behavior of each battalion.By 50 o'clock in the morning, the first part of the Youth Army was only [-] meters away from the headquarters.The surviving death squads gritted their teeth and greeted Ni Min because of Ni Min's usual generous treatment. The two sides stood next to the gatehouse in the narrow street of the town, and started shooting at each other against the wall.The death squad, which was at a disadvantage in numbers, was quickly exhausted. Ni Min put down his binoculars, sighed helplessly, and said to the two trusted battalion leaders who were still with him: "Take people to surrender. We are not human opponents."

The two leaders immediately saluted Ni Min and turned to leave.Not far away, a gunshot was heard in the headquarters, and Ni Min committed suicide.

At 1916 o'clock in the morning on March 3, the fifth year of the Republic of China (14), with the gunshot of Ni Min's suicide, the last two battalions of the Anwu Army guarding the Mihe River surrendered to the Youth Army and accepted the reorganization , So far, the three-day Mihe battle has come to an end.

Due to the resolute determination of the Anwu Army in this battle, the casualties of the Youth Army set a new record.

This was reflected in the combat report submitted by the Left Route Army Command to the Southeast Front Army Command afterwards: "Jun Jian, Commander Li of the Front Army, and a total of 3 troops from the Seventh Division of the Fourth Tiger Division of the Commander of the Front Army were dispatched on March 5479. Japan and the enemy's Anwu army launched a fierce battle on the front line of the Mihe River. After three days of fierce fighting, the enemy army was completely wiped out, killing a total of 8128 people, including one lieutenant general; 3307 people were captured, including three major generals. More than 1873 rifles of various types were seized There were more than 3 light and heavy machine guns, several bullets, and various supplies. Our army had a total of 6 casualties, of which [-] were killed, including [-] battalion-level officers and [-] battalion officers. This is a great victory.”

However, a small episode happened after the war. After opening the gate of Anqing, the commander-in-chief of the Left Route Army, Bai Chongxi, who was in an extremely happy mood, went to inspect the position in person.In the end, Wang Kewen, deputy commander of the 401st Infantry Regiment and commander of the first battalion, knocked him down with an old punch. The scene was chaotic at that time, and Bai Chongxi suffered countless kicks in the chaos.But Bai Chongxi's guards did not dare to shoot, they chose to knock Wang Kewen to the ground with their bare hands, and then Bai Chongxi became angry, and directly ordered Wang Kewen to be arrested, and then left.After the troops captured Nanjing, Bai Chongxi planned to execute Wang Kewen on the grounds of disobedience on the battlefield.In the end, I don't know who leaked the news. Marshal Wang Zhenyu actually summoned Wang Kewen by name in person, and Bai Chongxi had to let him go. This is another story. . .

Chapter 249 Entering Jiangnan

Compared with the left army led by Bai Chongxi in the Anqing area, which experienced more than [-] casualties, it was a purgatory-like combat operation.The battle of the Right Route Army led by Tao Zhiyue on the entire south bank of the Yangtze River was as easy and enjoyable as a self-driving tour.

In the Southeast Front Army Command, Li Zongren was busy urging the staff to transfer new troops up, and was busy sending telegrams every day.And Tao Zhiyue commanded the Right Route Army composed of the Youth Army's Ace Division 11 and the newly formed No.8000 Division, with a total of [-] people marching towards the southern Anhui area.

According to the diary of Zhang Zizhong, who was later a general of the army, it is recorded in this way: On March 3, my right army began to execute the order to march to the southern Anhui area. Difficult to move through the mud.

"One-two, come on, one-two, push, one-two, come on, one-two, push..."

Dozens of shirtless men covered in mud are trying to push a French heavy artillery, which is only available in the First Division, and other troops do not have this kind of heavy artillery.Originally, this was also the pride of the Artillery Regiment of the First Division, but now it seems that it has become a burden.

"Bai Chongxi is an idiot. I was afraid of fighting tough battles and suffering hardships, and I didn't forget to drag down the brothers' troops. I insisted on delaying the launch of the battle for ten days. Now it's all right. After ten consecutive days of light rain, our place has turned into a muddy road. It's too fast, I can't get up faster if I think about it," Tao Zhiyue complained to Lu Diping, who was very upset.With successive victories and continuous expansion of strength, the factions within the youth army have become more and more divided. After all, the more attractive the cake of interests, the greater the desire for everyone.

Lu Diping did not forget to answer a few words, but his mind had already flown to the sky.Thinking about it is also very aggrieved. I think that when I was in charge like Wang Zhenyu, the commander-in-chief in front of me was just a temporary student army under Wang Zhenyu's command.A few years passed in a blink of an eye, and I got a teacher by relying on friendship, and this kid in front of me has actually become my superior.Unhappy is not happy, Lu Diping's mentality is not bad, he knows what the overall situation is.

"Commander Tao, don't worry about it and don't be angry. Actually, we're doing pretty well. I just read the battle report sent by the Front Army Command. The Left Route Army is overthrown. It is said that the loss is not small. In comparison, we are lucky. From Jiangxi to the present, we have not fought a single battle except for a few ignorant local tyrants who organized militias to attack us. Didn’t it mean that there were two divisions of the Beiyang Army before the war? Are you looking for us? People?"

Tao Zhiyue felt the same when he heard this. Although he was a superior, no one would know the friendship between Lu Diping and Wang Zhenyu as long as he was from the second battalion.When playing mutiny in Changsha back then, Lu Diping led the team to participate without saying a word, isn't it a good brother, can he do this?Therefore, Tao Zhiyue didn't dare to take things seriously in front of Lu Diping. He immediately calmed down and said, "Brother Lu, you are right. In fact, it means that the brothers have worked hard. Speaking of which, our right army is still very lucky." That's right. I just received two direct reports from the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Investigation Department, saying that Feng Guozhang arranged to deal with our two divisions, Yang Shande and Lu Yongxiang. One is in Shanghai and the other is in Zhejiang. Feng Guozhang had no choice but to send the [-]th Division and the [-]th Division from Xuzhou to the south for support. We must at least take down Wuhu, where the Second Beiyang Division is located, before this reinforcement arrives. Otherwise, whether it is Yang Shande and Lu Yongxiang who repent, or those two The division's reinforcements are going south, and they're all drinking with us. We have to be prepared, the commander-in-chief may have a big plan that needs to use troops, and there will not be too many reinforcements for our southeast front army. One or two divisions. And even if our Commander Li is sent, he must be sent to the left army, so we had better not get our hopes up."

Lu Diping was surprised when he heard the words: "How come? Li Delin doesn't look like this kind of person. If our right army suffers, it will be useless no matter how hard their Jiangbei left army fights. Becoming alone."

When it came to strategy, Tao Zhiyue got excited. He waved his hand and said, "I don't think Li Delin has any selfish intentions. If you don't believe me, Brother Lu, take a look at this map."

As the two walked to the map, Tao Zhiyue pointed to the Yangtze River and said, "This is Pukou, which is the key point of the southeast front army's battle. No matter how many troops Feng Guozhang invested in the south of the Yangtze River, as long as our left army captures Pukou cut off the Beijing-Puzhou line. Then Feng Guozhang’s army south of the Yangtze River became a lone army, with no supplies or supplies, and the only thing waiting for them was to perish. The plan for this battle is strictly speaking It is feasible, the two sides of the strait go hand in hand, and even our logistics supplies rely on the Yangtze River. Feng Guozhang can't play any other tricks except to bite the bullet. Of course, there are risks in such a battle, that is, it is easy to be Breaking through each, once one way is blocked, another way of advancing will become a lone army. But now it seems that the Beiyang Army is also in a state of disunity, and it is estimated that they will not be able to use this big move that consumes internal energy. Therefore, this If I were Commander Li, I would also throw reinforcements to that bastard Bai Chongxi, after all, once the left army captures Pukou, it will only be easier for us to fight here."

Only then did Lu Diping suddenly realize, he nodded approvingly and said, "Wen Zheng has you gangsters under his command, so why not worry about the great success!"

Tao Zhiyue laughed and said, "Brother Lu is the number one general under the command of the commander-in-chief. We are just making a show of our face."

Lu Diping quickly waved his hand: "Don't make fun of you, Brother Lu, I just follow you guys to make a living together. You, the commander-in-chief, should come up with an idea as soon as possible. If you continue to march like this, it will be a big blow to the morale of the brothers." .”

Tao Zhiyue touched his cheek happily and said: "It's simple, let the political workers organize it, and everyone sings forward, just sing our military song "Youth Army". In addition, the heavy artillery will be loaded at the next ferry. I guess we will not be able to use this thing for the time being." If you don’t need it, all the other mountain cannons are disassembled, so it’s easier to transport.”

Lu Diping's eyes lit up when he heard the words, he slapped his thigh and said, "Wonderful!"

So, next, Zhang Zizhong wrote in his diary truthfully: "The whole army sang the military song of the youth army: forward, forward, forward, our team is forward..., the morale is boosted."

And when the two armies on the left and right were approaching Nanjing, in Shanghai, many behind-the-scenes stories were being staged. . .

Although they have always had great confidence in Wang Zhenyu, the sworn brother, Du Yuesheng and Liu Hongsheng were still taken aback when they discovered in just a few months that this sworn brother's team defeated Wannan and approached Ninghu.What does this mean? It means that Wang Zhenyu is already qualified to compete with Lao Yuan.

So when Wang Yaqiao approached these two, both of them put all their bets on Wang Zhenyu without hesitation.

The military is really just a continuation of political struggles in many cases, at least in Shanghai, this situation is absolutely true.

Just as Wang Zhenyu's army was marching towards Nanjing, on March 3, Sun Yat-sen arrived in Fuzhou, which had just been liberated, via Taiwan, and announced the establishment of the Chinese Revolutionary Military Government, and appointed himself the Generalissimo of the military government.And Wang Zhenyu's youth army, Cai E's guard, was also assigned to his own name by Sun Yat-sen, who likes to talk about the tiger's skin and momentum. He then formed a coalition of three provinces of Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi, claiming to attack Zhejiang with 10 troops.

Under such circumstances, Wang Zhenyu also knew that there was still a big problem with whether Zhejiang could enter the stomach, so he immediately asked Zhou Lan to send a report to Wang Yaqiao, the person in charge of the Yangtze River Intelligence Network in Shanghai, to get the support of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang chaebols living in Shanghai as soon as possible. Pave the way for the youth army to enter Shanghai and Zhejiang and southern Jiangsu.Sun Yat-sen also sent a copy of the same instruction, but the target of the report was Chen Yingshi (Chen Qimei), who was secretly operating in Shanghai at the moment, so a war that could not see the smoke of gunpowder started in Shanghai. . .

The appearance of Sun Yat-sen made this war to protect the country more lively.At this time in the southwest, Cai E and Xiong Kewu have joined forces to take down Chongqing, and the main force protecting the army has expanded to more than 5 (a large number of Sichuan troops and Feng Yuxiang's Beiyang No. 16 mixed brigade have joined forces).Cai E exchanged opinions with Zhao Hengti, the representative of the youth army stationed in the guard army, and Wang Zhenyu. The next step is to capture Chengdu as soon as possible, and then merge it into Shaanxi, and then strive to join Wang Zhenyu, a little fellow from Baoqing Mansion, in Beijing. , As for Sun Yat-sen, he was consciously or unconsciously ignored by Cai Dashuai.

Wang Zhenyu read this telegram, and smiled lightly: "You, Cai Songpo, are full of ambitions, but it's a pity that heaven is jealous of talents. You are destined to be a shooting star that can only shine for a moment, and I, Wang Zhenyu, are the one that illuminates the starry sky." Polaris."

In fact, Wang Zhenyu wanted to say that he belonged to the sun, but he remembered that the word "sun" has been repeatedly tarnished by a group of rioters from one generation to the second generation, and the fate of these traitors is also very bad, such as Gaddafi's Asshole, Wang Zhenyu felt unlucky, so he didn't dare to compare himself with the sun.

However, most ordinary people do not have such a high level of political awareness. In their view, Sun Yat-sen is the third rebel in the world, and the fate of the old Yuan family may be exhausted.

In the eyes of many young people who don't know the truth, Sun Yat-sen, a traditional revolutionary who can suddenly pull out 10 horses, is in charge of the overall situation as a revolutionary leader.This increased Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary prestige a few more points. In the eyes of Sun Yat-sen and his comrades, as long as they take advantage of the decisive battle between the youth army and the Beiyang army, they can defeat Zhu Rui and Lu Yongxiang's army and take Zhejiang. Just go.

However, it seems that Sun Yat-sen's actual situation is not as good as he himself claimed. . .

At that time, he was the deputy commander of the Xiangxi Guards (only the number but no soldiers). In fact, Zhang Xueji, the representative sent by Sun Yat-sen to Wang Zhenyu, thought for a while after receiving an urgent telegram from Sun Yat-sen, and could only come over with a bitter face. Find Wang Zhenyu. . .

Chapter 250 Entering Jiangnan ([-])

"Brother Xueji, rare visitor, please sit down, please sit down, what are you up to lately?" Wang Zhenyu is preparing to go out and take his two sons on a parent-child tour. To what extent, Wang Zhenyu never forgot to spend time with his family. In his own words, could it be that Lao Tzu won the battle by staying in the General Staff?

Looking at Wang Zhenyu in casual clothes, Zhang Xueji asked softly, "Marshal, are you going out?"

Wang Zhenyu laughed and said: "It's okay. It's rare that you, the special envoy of the revolutionary leader, came to my warlord's house once. If you have anything to say, I know that you are the master of the Three Treasures Palace. So don't hide it. If Mr. Sun has any ideas, you can just say it."

Zhang Xueji smiled wryly, and handed Sun Wen's telegram to Wang Zhenyu. Wang Zhenyu's eyes straightened when he saw it.

Sun Yat-sen really regarded himself as a revolutionary leader. The content of the telegram is roughly as follows:

First, Sun Yat-sen wanted to clarify the relationship between the two parties. He was willing to grant Wang Zhenyu the position of deputy marshal of the military government of the Chinese Revolutionary Army and chief of the army; if Wang Zhenyu accepted, the youth army would be reorganized into the fourth to No.15 armies of the Chinese Revolutionary Army immediately.

Second, Sun Yat-sen hoped to delineate the area for cooperation with each other, or to divide the spoils and grab the territory.Sun Yat-sen told Wang Zhenyu very clearly in the telegram that he wanted Zhejiang.

Thirdly, he needs the support of arms and funds, and it is not a small number. There are 300 million oceans, [-] rifles, [-] machine guns, [-] cannons, and some ammunition.Of course, Sun Yat-sen also offered a reward, that is, after accepting the first article, the military and political affairs of the five provinces of Hunan, Hubei, Guangxi, Guangdong and Jiangxi will be handled by Wang Zhenyu himself.Wang Zhenyu was so angry that he yelled loudly, "Fuck you Dapao Sun, why would you bribe me with my things.

Obediently dig a hole, the lion opened his mouth, this is, Wang Zhenyu is angry and funny, Sun Yat-sen is not from Cantonese, certainly not, he looks like a man from the Northeast, I really don’t treat myself as an outsider, this request for assistance is enough for me Arm a division now.Or in Sun Yat-sen's eyes, he was just Huang Xing's favorite student, a revolutionary junior, the kind who could be a triumphant envoy?

In fact, in history, the father of the founding of the country often played the empty-handed white wolf trick, and there were many people who fell for it at that time.It's a pity that this trick is almost immune to Wang Zhenyu, who has been educated in the red revolution of later generations.For Wang Zhenyu, he has experienced twice the ten-year agreement that is more powerful than the father of the country, so he naturally looks down on the empty promise of the father of the country.

Wang Zhenyu didn't speak, and began to tap lightly on the desk with his fingers.And Zhang Xueji can't speak. After living in Anjiang for more than half a year, his revolutionary will is not as strong as when he first came here. He even has the idea of ​​switching to the National Socialist Party to participate in the construction of his hometown. Unfortunately, he always thinks of the Prime Minister (Sun Yat-sen) ) for his own kindness, he really dare not do what he thinks.

Wang Zhenyu didn't know the smallness in Zhang Xueji's heart, he was planning the overall situation, and this Sun Wen didn't seem to be really a waste in the eyes of future generations who only shouted slogans, at least they saw the key to Zhejiang.As long as Zhejiang is captured, the revolutionaries headed by Sun Wen will win a cornucopia, and their strength will increase geometrically by then.The money from Zhejiang and the soldiers from Fujian are equivalent to copying the money from Guangdong in history, and the model of soldiers from Guangxi to the Northern Expedition again, and the external support is nothing more than changing from the Soviet Union to Japan. This is not what Wang Zhenyu wants to see of.

Wang Zhenyu suddenly remembered the information about the Fujian area personally sent by He Jian of the Military Intelligence Bureau last night. A division with a superior force of about 2 people attacked Fuzhou again.This time Li Houji couldn't hold back any longer, and the two brigades he recruited locally in Fujian did not hesitate to switch sides.However, a direct brigade brought by Li Houji from the north was wiped out after a hard struggle, and Li Houji hid in the French consulate in Mawei.

In this Fujian battle, which lasted for nearly a month and a half, both the Fujian Army and the Guangdong Army suffered a great loss from Li Houji, and only Xu Chongzhi's Fujian Army got a little supplement afterwards (the two brigades under Li Houji's defection ).Chen Jiongming's Cantonese army didn't catch a hair, and the two sides even almost fought over the Fuzhou Arsenal.Fortunately, Sun Yat-sen came back at this time. After some adjustments, Xu Chongzhi got the Fuzhou Arsenal, and Chen Jiongming got some supplementary weapons and ammunition.This result made Chen Jiongming very dissatisfied. He thought Sun Yat-sen was unfair.

But at this time, Sun Yat-sen couldn't care about these bad things. He had to immediately twist the three armies of Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi into one and go to Zhejiang.And the primary problem is to supplement the consumption of guns and ammunition in various ministries. After fighting in Fujian for more than a month, it has generally appeared that there are more soldiers than guns and more guns than bullets in Fujian.What's terrible is that the entire Fujian Provincial Treasury has been emptied by Li Houji long ago, and the salaries of so many troops have not been paid.And this is not the most terrible thing, the most terrible thing is that the Japanese people decided not to support the increasingly powerful defense forces in the south according to the guiding ideology of maintaining the north-south division and confrontation after the war of protecting the country entered a fierce stage.So all the arms and funds promised to encourage Sun Yat-sen to rebel were all gone.

Looking back at history, why Sun Yat-sen was repeatedly called Sun Dapao? The contribution of the Japanese is really not small. Among the ten uprisings launched by Sun Yat-sen in the late Qing Dynasty, the Japanese temporarily released water for no less than three times. This is not news. Cases of leakage.The aid promised by the Japanese before Sun Yat-sen returned to China during the Revolution of [-] was nothing. The second revolution was even worse. Although Sun Yat-sen often fooled others, he was also fooled by the Japanese. After being fooled, he was finally heartbroken and changed his mind and made a new choice. I went to shake hands with Soviet Russia, well, I digressed.