Obviously, Chen Cheng has done a lot of work before this, and he is already paying attention to collecting information about Guo Zhuocheng. He said: "According to the students' investigation in the past two days, there has never been such a person in the Whampoa Military Academy, and we do not have any previous records of him. We also questioned some of the captured Red Army generals, but we did not find out who had heard of this man. It was like he had come out of the ground. ”

Jiang Yaoshi handed the two telegrams to Chen Cheng and said, "You can also take a look." ......, since you haven't heard of resignation, then this surname Guo originated from the recklessness. Being able to gather so many people under his command in that chaotic state is probably a hero like Hong Xiuquan and Li Zicheng, and we must pay attention to it. ”

"Yes! Students take the principal's teachings to heart. Chen Cheng put down the telegram he had finished reading and replied immediately.

Jiang Yaoshi picked up the glass and took a sip of boiled water, and while looking at the large map hanging on the wall in the distance, he asked, "What do you think of these two telegrams?" ”

Chen Cheng did not rush to answer, but sorted out his thoughts in his mind.

Jiang Yaoshi saw that he did not answer immediately, not only was he not unhappy, but he looked at him very gratifyingly, and then walked towards the huge military map without hurry, looking back and forth in Gui-Lin, Jianghua County, and Guanyang County.

Chen Cheng saw the expression on Jiang Jieshi's face, and secretly rejoiced in his heart, he respectfully followed Jiang Jieshi to the map, and said, "Headmaster, the students think that Bai Gong is a bit exaggerated, and General Zhou's plan is a bit conservative. ”

Jiang Yaoshi nodded slightly and said, "Tell me specifically, tell me what you think." ”

"Yes!" Chen Cheng said, "From Bai Gong's telegram, it seems that this surname Guo is very powerful. It seems that this Red Army is strong, as if they are attacking to the south and will really occupy Gui-Lin, and they will really occupy Guang-Xi and use it as a base. He used this as a reason to shrink his forces on a large scale, and even made a move to abandon Guanyang County. He was willing to hand over Guanyang County to us, but in fact, his purpose was to regard Guangxi as his and Li Zongren's private property, as in the past, and to tell us in disguise that the central army would not be allowed to get involved in their territory. I don't want to be blamed by you, the principal.

General Zhou saw the opportunity brought to us by this Red Army, as long as they went to Jianghua County, Bai Chongxi would have to give up Guanyang County, and our Central Army could naturally take over Guanyang County. But he didn't see that if we drove the wolf, we would gain more if we drove the Red Army and forced them to attack Gui-Lin. It's far more than just harvesting a county seat in Guanyang County. Perhaps, this time, we will be able to solve the problem of the two Guangzhous once and for all. ”

After Chen Cheng finished speaking, he looked at Jiang Jiaoshi eagerly with eager eyes, and his expression was like a primary school student answering a teacher's question and hoping to be praised by the teacher.

Jiang Jiaoshi smiled generously and said, "Cixiu, you don't see the depth of the problem enough." Bai Chongxi's telegram of complaint did not mean this, he ostensibly scolded General Zhou Hunyuan for sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight in the past few days. Their Jianghua County was occupied by the Communists and bandits, so they wanted to shrink their forces and stick to Gui-Lin, which was actually telling us that they also had a way to deal with it, and that their Gui army was fully capable of dealing with the current situation, and that we should not fall into the trap and not try to solve the problem of Guangzhou. ”

Chen Cheng said sarcastically: "He is bluffing, this communist bandit only needs to start from Jianghua County and take advantage of the situation to attack Baimangying Town and attack Longhu Pass." Isn't he Bai Chongxi scared? He thought that no one would see through his empty city plan? Headmaster, are we ......?"

Jiang Jiaoshi waved his hand, interrupted Chen Cheng's words, and said kindly: "Bai is not playing an empty city plan, he is going to engage in peaceful coexistence with the communists and bandits." It was time to negotiate with the Communists and bandits, and for the sake of their Gui army's petty calculations, they would abandon the country's major affairs. Speaking of this, Jiang Jiaoshi, who was very calm just now, was furious, "Niang Xipi, they are all some short-sighted guys, don't you know if they are doing this to raise tigers?" I wonder if Mr. Sun's revolution will be ruined in their hands? When fighting a good battle, one by one forges forward bravely, and after defeating the battle, one by one becomes a turtle with a shrunken head, and its heart can be punished. ”

Chen Cheng opened his mouth wide and didn't speak for a long time before he asked, "Headmaster, how dare he, Bai Chongxi, risk the world's condemnation to negotiate with the communist bandits?" He doesn't know that even if this gang of bandits occupies the county seat of Jianghua County, they are still in our encirclement? Is it the same or wiped out? ”

Jiang Yaoshi said sarcastically: "People are nobles, and people's homes are full of gold and jade, do you know that the rat trap is a mouse-thrower?" Bai was worried that these gangsters would infiltrate Gui-Lin and turn over his rich family and rob him of his family's treasures. It doesn't matter how long it burns, but it definitely can't be burned in Guangzhou-West, not even for an hour. Niang Xipi! ”

Chen Cheng was shocked and said: "If they negotiate and negotiate, Bai Chongxi is blackmailed by this surnamed Guo, and the Gui army continues to give the communist bandits food, grass and ammunition, then we ......."

Jiang Jiaoshi gritted his teeth and said: "So we must do our best to eliminate this group of communist bandits, we must mobilize superior forces to annihilate them, even if we can't annihilate them for a while, we must drive them to Guangxi, to Guilin, hmph, I want to see if he is smart, or if my central army is smart." Tell me, how big is this gang of bandits? ”

Chen Cheng said cautiously: "Judging from the fact that they were able to destroy a division of the Gui Army the day before yesterday, although they adopted tricks such as sneak attacks and showing weakness to the enemy, I think they had at least 3,000 people at that time. Later, they gained a few more prisoners, and were able to maneuver with our army while sending two regiments to the county seat of Guanyang County, whose personnel was estimated to have increased to 5,000 men. ”

Jiang Yaoshi nodded and said, "I estimate that their men and horses are five to six thousand, and all the weapons and ammunition are captured, and at least a quarter of them do not have guns." If our Central Army sends a division, it will be enough to defeat them. But in order to destroy them as much as possible and to settle the battle in our rear, I decided to plunge into this battle with the strength of two divisions. If necessary, the air force can also be used to participate in the war.

You personally go to the third column and tell Zhou Hun Yuan in person, and I will add a division to him. But I want results, I want time. You ask him not to take over the empty county seat of Guanyang County first, don't stimulate Bai Chongxi in advance, and wait until we occupy Jianghua County, and then settle accounts with him. ”

Although Jiang Yaoshi is the head of a country and the supreme commander of the Central Army, he still attaches great importance to the air force in his hand, and refuses to take it out for fear of causing too much loss.

When Zhou Hunyuan, Bai Chongxi, Jiang Jieshi, and others were intriguing and calculating how to eliminate the Red Army that appeared in Jianghua County, Guo Zhuocheng, the supreme leader of this Red Army, was walking in the mountains around Jianghua County with several staff officers and a platoon of guards, because he knew that his troops were going to fight Jiang Jiashi's Central Army next.

He is well aware of the situation of his troops, although now the old Red Army has accounted for the majority in the ranks, and loyalty is not said, but it still takes time to run in with each other, plus continuous battles and continuous marches, he simply does not have time to arrange troop training, in his opinion, the combat effectiveness of the troops cannot be very strong.

In order to ensure that the next battle went smoothly, Guo Zhuocheng had to leave countless jobs outside to inspect the terrain and carefully formulate a battle plan.

After going around outside for several hours, the other staff officers and even the guards were tired, Guo Zhuocheng had no intention of returning to the city, and everyone else was surprised that Guo Zhuocheng had such abundant energy and body. Those staff officers were even more surprised by Guo Zhuocheng's professional level, in their opinion, Guo Zhuocheng's knowledge level was higher than that of the teachers who had taught them, and two staff officers who came out of the military academy even felt that Guo Zhuocheng's level was much higher than that of the military academy teachers.

It wasn't until it was late and they couldn't see the surrounding situation that they made their way back to the city.

When they came back, not only Sun Xingguo and Song Jun had returned, but also Zhang Pingkai, Wang Guangdao, and Chen Peng had already rushed over with their innate troops, and their large troops were still behind, and it would take several hours.

Now Sun Xingguo and the others have handed over the defense of the town of Baimang to a battalion formed by the rescued Red Army prisoners. This battalion has already armed the batch of weapons found in the county government compound, and they are loaded with guns and ammunition, and they are majestic. While they were glad that they were alive again, they were even more grateful that Guo Zhuocheng did not have any prejudice against them, and gave priority to arming them.

Seeing that the main generals had arrived, Guo Shucheng called them to a meeting to discuss the next round of battle plans.

Because Guo Zhuocheng arranged work and assigned tasks as soon as they met, Zhang Pingkai and Wang Guangdao did not have the opportunity to ask Guo Zhuocheng why he did not leave after occupying Jianghua County, nor did he have time to ask Guo Zhuocheng why he did not use the place of Baimangying Town to directly kill Bengui-Lin, and took advantage of the fact that the Gui army was now in Guanyang County and had no time to return to kill Bai Chongxi by surprise. In that case, even if he dies, he will die as he deserves, and he can beat Bai Chongxi, a reactionary warlord, to half death.

Guo Shucheng didn't want to talk nonsense with them, because purely from a military point of view, it was absolutely wrong to stay in Jianghua County, and he would be trapped in death. But Guo Zhuocheng has his speciality, that is, he wants to use the huge amount of ore that has been excavated by the miners here to exchange materials in the time and space of 1991, and to fully arm this hard-won army.

You must know that there are now nearly 10,000 pure red-listed officers and soldiers under Guo Zhuocheng, and if the negotiation with Bai Chongxi is successful, the Gui army will release more than 1,000 prisoners, adding up to more than 10,000. In the historical Long March, only more than 30,000 Red Army officers and soldiers remained after the Battle of Xiangjiang, which means that the troops under his control are now equivalent to one-third of the main force of the Red Army during the Long March.

(To be continued)