Warlords: Rising from the Northwest Border and Sweeping Across the Powers

Wang Hua and Liu Gangding split their troops into two groups. Without the 358th Army guarding Honghe County, the security corps could do whatever they wanted.

At daybreak, Liu Kangding had already led his men into Honghe County and occupied the former headquarters of the 358th Regiment.

"Send a telegram to the regiment commander immediately. We have completely wiped out the 358th Regiment in Feihu Valley. Du Xiaojun was killed on the spot. I led three battalions of soldiers to attack overnight and have successfully occupied Honghe County!"

Su Zhengyang, who was in the security group, received the telegram from Liu Gangding and stood up excitedly: "Okay, this old Liu really didn't let me down. Cheng Hai, you immediately let the 121th Battalion take people to Kuanyan Town and escort the prisoners back as trophies. Let Wang Hua bring the troops of the st and nd Battalions to Honghe County for joint garrison to prevent the counterattack of the st Brigade."

"Yes, leader!"

The security corps won two consecutive great victories on the front battlefield, with minimal losses, which greatly boosted the morale of the entire corps.

In Yong'an City, the capital of Linzhou Province, news was also received that the 352nd Regiment had been completely wiped out.

In the Governor's Mansion, Guo Qicheng, the Governor of Linzhou who was over fifty years old, crumpled the telegram paper in his hand into a ball and threw it at the signalman angrily.

"After all, his 352nd Regiment was a regular army that had experienced dozens of battles on the front battlefield, but it was completely wiped out by a local security group. If Yang Qiangong, this rubbish, hadn't died, I would have shot him to death!"

Standing next to Governor Guo, Li Wenqi, the chief of staff of the Linzhou Army with the rank of Lieutenant General, frowned and said, "Governor, the annihilation of the 352nd Regiment reminds me of the Zhao warlords who held us accountable, saying that our people ambushed their brigade commander Feng Dingshan at Butaikou, Ganzhou. If the security regiment has the ability to annihilate the 352nd Regiment, then this incident is also very likely done by the Sanjiang County Security Regiment."

"Su Zhengyang, this second-generation rich kid, originally thought he came to Linzhou just to hang around and gild himself, but he didn't expect to cause me such a big mess. Now the Sanjiang County Security Corps has swallowed up the 352nd Regiment and is openly against our Governor's Office. What is this? This is a true rebel! If we don't deal with this outspoken person, will anyone dare to disobey our Guo faction and stand up to cause trouble in the future?"

Li Wenqi said, "Governor, the actions of the Sanjiang County Security Corps have crossed our bottom line. We must fight, but we must understand their firepower and personnel situation. Only by knowing ourselves and the enemy can we have a better solution."

Guo Qicheng was still furious and said, "I have an army of 100,000 men under my command, but I have to be cautious before fighting a local security group. Isn't this a joke?"

"Governor, Sanjiang County is closest to Zhenyuan City where the 76th Division of the Second Army is stationed. We can send a telegram to the 76th Division to ask them to take military action against the Sanjiang County Security Corps. Lan Gang of the Second Army has always been flirting with the Zhao faction warlords and pretending to obey our Governor's Office. Letting them deal with the Security Corps can avoid the loss of our direct troops and save the face of the Governor's Office. If the Sanjiang County Security Corps has some ability and defeats the 76th Division, it can also weaken Lan Gang's strength."

After Guo Qicheng pondered for a moment, he nodded and said, "Let's do as you wish. Send a telegram to the 76th Division and ask them to send troops to wipe out the rebels led by Su Zhengyang in Sanjiang County."

In Zhenyuan City, the 76th Division Headquarters had just received a telegram from the 121st Brigade that the 358th Regiment had acted on its own, which led to an ambush by the Security Regiment and their complete annihilation. Honghe County was also occupied by the Security Regiment. The division commander Yue Zhongxiang was still in a state of seven parts anger and three parts shock.

A telegram from the Governor's Office also arrived.

"Division Commander, the Governor's Office has issued an order for our 76th Division to wipe out the rebel security group led by Su Zhengyang who are causing chaos in Sanjiang County within one month."

Yue Zhongxiang frowned and said, "Who on earth is this security group? They just wiped out the 352nd Regiment outside Tashan Town, and then they turned around and captured Du Xiaojun, a brainless idiot, in Feihu Valley."

"Division Commander, this Sanjiang County Security Corps is definitely not simple. It can be said that Yang Qiangong was careless when he defeated the 352nd Regiment, but in less than two days, he completely wiped out the 358th Regiment and captured Honghe County. This shows that his strength is definitely beyond our expectations and can never be compared with ordinary local armed militias."

"What's Zheng Jiahai's reaction now?"

"Reporting to the division commander, Brigade Commander Zheng has ordered the troops of the 356th and 357th Regiments to be ready to go. As soon as we give the order, we will immediately launch a full-scale counterattack against Honghe County."

"Tell Zheng Jiahai to hold off for now and have someone find out the strength of the Sanjiang County Security Corps before making any plans."

"Yes, Commander!"

After Liu Gangding occupied Honghe County, Zheng Jiahai, commander of the 121st Brigade, who was originally ready to launch a counterattack immediately, began to follow Yue Zhongxiang's instructions after receiving a telegram from the division headquarters and kept his troops in Yuanshan City, miles away from Honghe County, seemingly giving up the idea of ​​taking back Honghe County.

Liu Gangding asked Wang Hua to stay and lead five battalions of troops to guard Honghe County, while he quickly returned to the Sanjiang County Security Corps’ base. The reason was that a new batch of equipment and material aid had been sent to Sanjiang County by Cruz and his men.

Outside the security corps’ base, more than 200 military trucks lined up in a long queue. Liu Chengxu, Gu Chenghai and others were leading the security corps soldiers to unload the goods.

The supplies delivered by the system this time are the accumulated rewards of three system tasks and achievements, including a large number of light and heavy machine guns, submachine guns, bullets, as well as rare items such as sidecars and transport trucks.

Su Zhengyang also satisfied his driving addiction. He drove a Dodge WC53 officer command vehicle around the security corps several times, attracting a lot of envious glances.

You have to know that cars are a rare item in those days, let alone such a lightweight and uniquely shaped officer command vehicle in a remote area like the Northwest.

This Dodge WC53 officer command vehicle is a fully enclosed three-door vehicle equipped with a high-power radio. It has a total of six seats and is specially designed to be used as a vehicle for troop commanders.

The military green metal body of the car looked extremely dazzling in the sun, and Liu Gangding, who had just rushed back to the security team’s base, almost drooled when he saw it.

Even Su Zhengyang's father, Su Yuting, the supreme commander of the Jiangbei Army, had never owned a car that looked so imposing.

"Captain, can you let me come up and sit down?"

Liu Kangding rubbed his hands and smiled awkwardly at Su Zhengyang.

"Come on! You drive!" Su Zhengyang knew that as one of his father's former guards, Liu Gangding had extremely superb driving skills.

"From now on, this car will be mine, and you will be my driver."

"Also, this time Peace Arms sent us a lot of cars, ranging from military trucks to jeeps. You need to select some soldiers and teach them how to drive a car."

Liu Kangding stroked the steering wheel excitedly and said, "Captain, don't worry, I promise to train a large number of qualified drivers for you."