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

It has been a long time since Liu Gangding called Su Zhengyang "Young Master", which is enough to show how excited he is. As one of the most loyal people to the Su family, nothing can be more exciting than seeing Su Zhengyang have a great future.

"One day, we will rise from the northwest, fight our way back to the Central Plains and Jiangbei, and take back everything our Su family has lost!"

Su Zhengyang was also quite emotional. He was originally the young marshal of the Jiangbei warlord, but after his father's death, he ended up displaced. The entire Jiangbei army of more than 100,000 was taken by the Pang family, which was really hard to accept.

"How is the elimination of the unkind and wealthy landlords going in Honghe County?"

Liu Gangding responded with a look of delight: "Honghe County is much more prosperous than Sanjiang County. After completing this operation, we not only won the hearts of the local people, but also seized more than double the amount of money, land, shops, houses, etc. than in Sanjiang County at that time."

Su Zhengyang nodded. In this way, the financial pressure on the security team was finally relieved a little.

"Let the Second and Third Brigades step up their training. As for Wang Hua, let him use our recruitment policy in Sanjiang County to recruit a large number of soldiers in Honghe County. Now that the higher-ups have given us three divisions of the Northwest Revolutionary Army, we must build up the team as soon as possible. Only when we have enough troops can we truly compete with the Guo faction warlords."

"Yes, Commander!"

At the Linzhou Governor's Office, after seeing the telegram that the Northern Frontier Government had incorporated the Northwest Revolutionary Army and awarded Su Zhengyang the rank of Lieutenant General, Guo Qicheng was so angry that he fainted. As a result, the Northwest Revolutionary Army also became a regular combat sequence force under the Northern Frontier Government, and could legitimately govern Linzhou with him, which was equivalent to driving a nail into the heart of Guo's warlord faction.

In desperation, Guo Qicheng could only withdraw the order for the 76th Division to go to war with the Northwest Revolutionary Army. The two sides temporarily entered a stable period of non-interference.

Zhenyuan City, 76th Division Headquarters, the moment Yue Zhongxiang saw the telegram, he was surprised but also finally relieved. In this way, he would not have to fight to the death with the Northwest Revolutionary Army on the front line. In this era, having soldiers is the kingly way. If his troops suffered heavy casualties in the battle with the Northwest Revolutionary Army, it would be a great disadvantage for him, Yue Zhongxiang.

Three full months had passed, and the time had already entered winter from early autumn. Through continuous training, the new recruits of the Northwest Revolutionary Army had finally completely renewed their combat effectiveness and had become qualified soldiers who could truly go to the battlefield.

Under the large-scale conscription campaign, the specific combat forces under the Northwest Revolutionary Army are now organized as follows: The First Division of the Northwest Revolutionary Army, under which is a direct guard regiment and the 1st Brigade, the 2nd Brigade and the 3rd Brigade. Each brigade contains three reorganized regiments of 2000 people, and a reinforced regiment of 500 people, plus a -man artillery battalion, and a guard battalion of the brigade's direct forces.

The entire division has a total of people. In addition to the First Division of the Northwest Revolutionary Army, the Northwest Revolutionary Army Headquarters also has a headquarters guard regiment with up to 2,000 people, and the regiment commander is Sun Yuanshan, the former second in command of Fengshan.

In Honghe County, a large number of new recruits have already started training. Once the training is completed, Su Zhengyang will immediately form the prototype of the second division.

In fact, the brigade is not a regular organization, but in this era of warlords, all warlords have their troops organized into squads, platoons, battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions, so Su Zhengyang just follows the local customs.

In the headquarters' operations command room, Su Zhengyang was wearing a black general's military uniform, the overall style of which was similar to the German military uniform during World War II. A special medal with a dragon pattern hung on his chest pocket, making him look very straight and dignified.

This batch of rewards sent by the system had been delivered to Sanjiang County more than two months ago. Su Zhengyang did not hesitate to have all the soldiers put on these uniforms which looked countless times better than those issued by the Northern Xinjiang government.

"Commander, the soldiers of our 2nd and 3rd Brigades have fully acquired the combat capability and military qualities to go to the frontline battlefield. For three consecutive months, there has been no friction or conflict between us and the Guo faction warlords. It is time to show our swords. Our Northwest Revolutionary Army is strong and cannot be content with being in a corner."

Su Zhengyang pointed at Liu Chengxu's nose and said, "You haven't fought for three months, so you feel itchy all over, right? I've figured out your little tricks a long time ago."

Liu Chengxu rubbed his head and said, "As a division commander, I spend all my time training soldiers and working with Chief of Staff Qin on logistics. If we don't fight anymore, I'll be dead from all the idleness."

Su Zhengyang said solemnly: "For the past three months, there has been no military friction between us and the Guo warlords, but this does not mean that we can coexist peacefully with them! In the past three months, the combat effectiveness of our Northwest Revolutionary Army has been improved by more than one level. The soldiers are rubbing their hands and eager to try. It's time to show their swords!"

The officers present were all excited and looked at Su Zhengyang with excitement.

Su Zhengyang pointed at the sand table on the table and said to the officers present: "The biggest threat to our Northwest Revolutionary Army now is the 76th Division of the Second Army of the Guo faction warlord. The 76th Division is very powerful. It has participated in large-scale battles such as the Battle of Shakou Town and the Battle of Changyin City in Gansu Province. Officers at all levels under its command are experienced in combat, and the grassroots soldiers have amazing execution. The entire 76th Division has three brigade-level units, 121, 122,123, and 123, with a total of nearly 85 troops. Their ace unit, the rd Brigade and the division headquarters are located in Zhenyuan City, which is only kilometers away from our Sanjiang County."

"As the saying goes, I won't allow anyone to sleep beside me. We're going to fire the first shot, so we'll use the 76th Division as our touchstone! All-out war! Within a month, we'll take over the six counties and two cities under the jurisdiction of the 76th Division, and let the Guo faction warlords recognize our rising Northwest Revolutionary Army!"

"Wang Hua!"

Wang Hua, who had rushed back to the headquarters to attend the meeting, stood up and saluted.

"You must mobilize your forces immediately and attack with all your might. Use Honghe County as a springboard and launch a full-scale war against Zheng Jiahai of the 121st Brigade!"

"I'll give you three days. First, take down Mocheng County, which is closest to Honghe County, and wipe out the ace unit of the 121st Brigade, the 357th Regiment!"

"Yes, Commander! If I cannot take down Mocheng County within three days, I am willing to accept military punishment!"

"Nie Xiaogang!"

"Here! Please give me your orders, Commander!"

"You lead the 2nd Brigade to attack Zhenyuan City, north of Sanjiang County. The strategy is to surround it but not attack it. Zhenyuan City is Yue Zhongxiang's lair. Once it is surrounded by our heavy troops, he will definitely mobilize other troops to support it."

"Hao Zhao, your mission is to lead the Third Brigade to block all the roads leading to Zhenyuan City and severely attack the reinforcements of the 76th Division that are supporting Zhenyuan City!"

"Yes, Commander! I will do my best to complete the task you assigned me."

"Within a month, I will make Yuanshan City, Zhenyuan City and seven counties all the territories of our Northwest Revolutionary Army!"

"Please rest assured, Commander! We will definitely complete the mission!"