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Text Chapter 113 The Restoration of Chengdu (Part 1)

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    Su Xiaohu is in Tazishan, five miles away from Chengdu.

    Yang Qiu¡¯s order to him was to capture Chengdu half a month after arriving in Chongqing. In order to seize the time, he and Ma Kui set off from Wuchang overnight. After arriving in Badong on the 2nd, they joined Hu Laosan and immediately headed for Chongqing.

    After arriving, he first organized his troops. The three battalions left by Song Ziqing were of good quality and were all veterans of Echuan. There was also an artillery battalion composed of 16 57mm guns.  The second battalion of the Lao First Regiment was naturally changed to the core teaching battalion. Hu Laosan's infantry battalion and two Echuan veteran battalions formed the First Regiment. The other battalion was broken up and organized into the Second Regiment and the Third Regiment with 2,000 recruits.  In addition, in order to enhance his mobility before departure, Zhang Wenjing also specially gave him a cavalry company.

    Considering that there were too few veterans who had fought in the war, the new recruits were only trained for half a month before they hurried to Badong because Zhang Wenjing was afraid that Sun Wu would be transferred. Therefore, Yang Qiu deliberately strengthened the firepower of the Pioneer Brigade when the Hubei War was in urgent need of ordnance.  , in addition to the two heavy machine gun squads, 10 additional Madsen light machine guns were added, plus 4 heavy machine guns (two Hotchkiss) and 18 light machine guns in the hands of the Second Battalion and Hu Laosan.  .  The teaching camp and the first regiment were all issued Mauser 98s, and he was finally asked to carry two thousand grenades and five bomb bags.

    After three days of reorganization and intensive training, the three regiments were left to garrison in Chongqing and Guang'an. He and Hu Laosan led their troops to Chengdu. Due to the rugged mountain roads along the way, they did not arrive here until today.  When he passed through Neijiang and Zizhong places, he also used fighting skills to teach some bandits and remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty a lesson. He raided several local tycoons and corrupt Manchu Qing officials and sent hundreds of thousands of yuan back to Chongqing.  , for this reason Xiao Anguo praised him and the Pioneer Brigade in the name of deputy commander a few days ago.

    Deputy Commander Xiao¡¯s praise made everyone feel a little proud.  But what he cared about most was orders. Compared with these bandits, Chengdu was the king of Sichuan.

    Fortunately, the strongest force in Chengdu at present is that Zhao Erfeng only has 3,000 border guards mobilized from the Yunnan border and Xikang. Although these border guards are all well-trained troops, their equipment is very poor. Except for the ones made in Hanyang, they are basically  There was no heavy firepower, and the only thing that worried him was the Sichuan Army's Seventh Town stationed outside the city that had participated in the siege of Chengdu. Although this army had been divided a lot by Brother Pao and the Comrade Association, it also lacked weapons and equipment.  However, there are still more than 4,000 people stationed outside the city under the leadership of Yin Changheng and others. We are not sure whether they will come to attack, so we must be prepared on two fronts.

    The weather in Chengdu in November is already a bit cold. The artillery battalion is sweating like rain and is digging artillery bunkers. One mountain cannon after another is being pushed into the position.  Fuzimen carried the boxes of shells to the side on a load.  Su Xiaohu was also an officer who was born in a major. If it weren't for the Manchu rule that only sons were not allowed to serve in the army, he would have been sent to the Japanese Military Academy to study based on his abilities.  Therefore, he knew that it was not a big problem for Zhao Erfeng to die, but he was afraid that Yin Changheng and others would join forces. In that case, they would not be able to win with artillery alone, so he did not attack immediately after arriving, but ordered the second regiment to build a defense line.  A large number of door panels and logs were also found to build fortifications, preparing for a war of attrition.

    ¡°Brigadier, Brigadier!¡±

    When Su Xiaohu and Hu Laosan inspected the preparations, the staff call came from behind: "Brigadier Commander, someone is coming from Chengdu."

    "Someone is coming? Who is it?" Su Xiaohu turned around and saw an officer wearing the uniform of the Qingqing Army looking towards him and frowning. Could it be that Zhao Erfeng couldn't bear to send someone for peace talks?  ?

    After hurriedly going back, I saw the leader was a tall man.  The officer, who was about 27 or 27 years old, had a Japanese saber tied around his waist and looked majestic. He asked, "Who are you?"

    "Sichuan Yin Changheng."

    After entering Sichuan, Su Xiaohu has been paying attention to and collecting information on the military and political situation in Sichuan. Through the accounts of former 62nd soldiers and officers, he learned that Yin Changheng was a famous figure in Sichuan. When he was young, he was called "Yin's eldest son" because of his tall stature. He studied abroad.  After returning from Japan, he went to Guangxi to serve as the chief instructor of the Supervisory Training Office.  Later, he returned to Sichuan and continued to serve as the general manager of the Supervisory Training Office and the Army Primary School. Over the years, many of the younger generations in the Sichuan Army came from his disciples and were very influential in Sichuan.  So what he was most worried about was that because he was from the Hubei army, he would cooperate with Zhao Erfeng's three thousand border guards to attack him from the flanks, but he didn't expect that they would come to kill him as soon as he started to deploy.  He saluted: "Xiaohu has met Yin eldest son."

    Yin Changheng was also looking at Su Xiaohu. He was younger than himself. Although he was not tall, he was very energetic. He exuded an indescribable vitality. He was wearing a fitted sandy yellow khaki military uniform and brightly polished riding boots.  Just very capable.  Moreover, the soldiers who had just walked along the way also surprised him. Although there were many new soldiers, they acted quickly and meticulously, and there were few scenes of whispering and laughing. Regardless of whether they could fight or not, at least this unit had strong discipline.  Thinking back to the great victory of Kokurayama that I learned about yesterday, I finally understand why they were able to fight Beiyang for a month and then turn around to attack the siege.The fourth town was wiped out.

    However, he is still a little worried. Sichuan is already in chaos. There are rebellions in various places. After the Comrades Army and Pao Ge's armed forces were broken up, many people occupied the hills and went their own way. If things go on like this, banditry will be rampant and unrest will be unstoppable.  But at this time, Hubei Yang Qiu's National Defense Force actually intervened again. First, they integrated several battalions from the eight towns that entered Sichuan, then raided Guang'an, Chongqing, and finally simply sent a brigade to bring so many machine guns and artillery. Although they were nominally  The revolutionary army came to help, but he was still a little unsure about what it meant. Moreover, he had agreed with Cai E before that the Yunnan Army would come to Sichuan to help as soon as possible, so when he heard that Su Xiaohu had arrived at Tazi Mountain, he rushed over to meet him.

    Glancing at the Maxim heavy machine gun that was being pushed in front by the soldiers, Yin Changheng looked envious: "Xie Tong is really generous. He even has the match point machine gun that Beiyang has just prepared. No wonder he is full of confidence."

    Su Xiaohu didn't understand what he meant by coming, so he said out of politeness: "Yin eldest son is wrong. I am the commander of the vanguard brigade of the National Defense Forces. We call this type of Maxim heavy machine gun. As for the association, it is a thing of the past!"

    The title "Brigade" is still new to China, but it is familiar to Yin Changheng, who has studied in Japan. Pointing to the defense line being built in the distance, he suddenly asked: "Commander Su, are you guarding against me?"  ?¡±

    "Yin's eldest son is a military elite in central Sichuan. You should be careful when you first come here." Knowing that he couldn't hide it from others, Su Xiaohu walked to the table openly, pointed to the map on it and said: "A Maxim heavy machine gun, six guns and five  The Qishan Artillery was born. The position was deployed in a contract shape, with a regiment on the two defense lines, plus a reserve company."

    "Haha." Yin Changheng saw him generously telling his plan for dealing with him, and laughed: "Brigade Commander Su really looks down on me, you have even surrounded and annihilated the Fourth Town of Beiyang. I don't dare to carry out a sneak attack."

    Su Xiaohu was a little puzzled and glanced at Hu Laosan and the staff: "Encirclement and annihilation of the fourth town? Has any of you gotten the news?"

    Yin Changheng laughed dumbly, feeling that the troops did not know that the earth-shaking changes had taken place in the family, so they immediately told the story about Yang Qiu personally leading the troops to achieve the great victory at Xiaocang Mountain. Su Xiaohu clapped his hands excitedly after hearing this.  He turned around and said, "Why didn't I know? Where's the radio?"

    "Brigadier, the radio station is set up, but the telegraph operator has been ill for the past two days and has been useless. Otherwise, I will ask him to come over immediately."

    "Forget it, just have a good rest. It's the same as sending a report after taking Sichuan." After Su Xiaohu finished speaking, he glanced at Hu Laosan: "Third brother, send someone to tell all the ministries about this good news, so that everyone can cheer up.  .¡±

    Probably the soldiers of the Pioneer Brigade were stimulated by the news that the Fourth Town was defeated by their brothers' troops.  The artilleryman took the lead in unzipping the gun jacket and began to swing the muzzle to aim at Chengdu not far away. Yin Changheng said quickly: "To be honest with Brigadier Su, Pu Dianjun and other congressmen are negotiating with Governor Zhao to peacefully resolve the Chengdu issue. If you fire the artillery now, all your previous efforts will be in vain.  "

    "Peaceful solution?" Su Xiaohu disagreed: "Did he agree to let the three thousand Yunnan border troops lay down their weapons? Did he agree to abdicate? Yin eldest son, Xiaohu is not ignorant about things in Chengdu. I only know that some diseases can be alleviated but some diseases must be treated  A quick knife to cut flesh! Our commander does not want Chengdu to be devastated, but take a look for yourselves, what has become of Sichuan after the road protection uprising? Is this still the land of abundance? Nowadays, there is a trend of separatist rule in various places. If things go on like this, there will be constant wars! So!  Even the critical commander of Hankou asked us to come. We just want to solve Sichuan as soon as possible and restore stability in Bashu!"

    Su Xiaohu glanced at Yin Changheng: "Yin's eldest son is two years older than Xiaohu, and he is also our young revolutionary soldier! The commander said. The Manchus are in power and foreigners are rampant. It is time for us young soldiers to take responsibility! Yin's eldest son is a member of Sichuan Province.  Young military leaders, why not join our National Defense Force and work together to create a new country? Xiaohu received the order to regain Sichuan within half a month. Now more than half of it has passed, so this time I have to do it! This is not just for the revolution,  In order to stabilize Sichuan as soon as possible, for the sake of tens of millions of compatriots! Yin Changzi now has two choices, one is to cooperate with me to complete the task. The other is to stand aside and watch."

    "What if I choose third?"

    Looking at Yin Changheng, Su Xiaohu smiled slightly. In an instant, his whole person seemed to have changed. He pointed to Chengdu in the distance with confidence and arrogance: "I only believe in one thing. Anyone who stands in front of my cannon must either disarm or  Just have a good fight with me!"

    What kind of commander leads what kind of soldiers? Yang Qiu is not even afraid of Beiyang, let alone Sichuan.  He also knew that what Su Xiaohu said was right. Sichuan's corruption had already appeared. If the country could not be cleaned up as soon as possible, it would definitely fall into civil war. However, it was still worrying to see the 16 neatly arranged mountain cannons. After all, Chengdu was the capital of Sichuan. It destroyed the unlucky ones in the end.  Still in Sichuan, he said: "Although Brigadier Su's artillery attack on the city is refreshing, the cannonballs don't have eyes."Su Xiaohu smiled slightly, led him to the artillery position, pointed at the sight: "Yin eldest son, you can see clearly, we are only aiming at the city gate. As long as the city gate is broken, Xiaohu will not fire randomly."

    Seeing that he was an upright man, Yin Changheng thought for a while and asked again: "There is one more thing I want Brother Su to answer. What happens after we capture Chengdu?"

    "Yin eldest son, Xiaohu is a soldier, not a politician! My mission is to capture Chengdu. The future will be decided by the commander." After Su Xiaohu finished speaking, he immediately issued an order to prepare to attack the city. Yin Changheng knew that it was impossible to stop it. Pu Dianjun and others  The idea of ??a peaceful solution is never as sure as cannons and bullets, so we might as well take a step forward.

    "slow."

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