On the morning of December 3, after Xue Yue got up, he ordered all units to send small units to reconnoiter and search the surroundings to find the main force of the red bandits. Among them, the Sichuan Army was responsible for searching the area north of Zunyi, Tang Enbo and other units reinforced by the Central Army were responsible for the area east of Zunyi, and the Zhou Hunyuan column and Wu Qiwei column led by Xue Yue himself were responsible for the area south and west of Zunyi. The main forces of the three armies rested and waited near Zunyi, and once they found the traces of the main force of the red bandits, they could quickly attack.

Xue Yue did not think about the problem of red bandits flowing into southern Sichuan, the key is that after communicating with Pan Wenhua last night, Pan Wenhua once again inquired about Gulin, Xuyong, Hejiang and other places in southern Sichuan, and the situation was normal, and no trace of the red bandits was found.

Of course, Xue Yue didn't know, and Pan Wenhua didn't know, the people who answered the phone were all Sichuan cadres selected by the Red Army. Moreover, except for the fact that the Red Army had not arrived in Hejiang, Gulin and Xuyong were all under martial law by the Red Army, not to mention sending telegrams and making phone calls, and the personnel were also allowed to enter and leave, so they naturally had no way to know the news of the Red Army.

After the order was issued, Xue Yue felt that he was still not at ease, so he sent a report to the Hunan army, the Gui army, and the Guangdong army, informing them of the enemy situation, asking them to strictly guard the borders of southern and southeastern Guizhou and the borders of Hunan and Guizhou and Guizhou, and strictly prevent the red bandits from returning to Hunan and Guizhou provinces.

After the telegram was sent, Xue Yue said hatefully: "I don't believe it, can it be that Zhu Mao will not be able to escape?" If you can escape, I will dig you out as well. At the very least, you will be so scared that you will not dare to show your head and suffocate in the soil! ”

The chief of staff reminded him that it was time to meet with fathers and celebrities from all walks of life in Zunyi. Xue Yue had no choice but to stop cursing, check his military appearance, and walk towards the Zunyi County Political Axe Hall in front.

There were already many people waiting in the hall, and when they saw the arrival of General Xue Yue, the new director of Guizhou's appeasement, the people who were chattering and talking stopped.

Under the guidance of the chief of staff, Xue Yue shook hands with some celebrities and dignitaries in Zunyi one by one. Then he stood on the podium that had been prepared for a long time, with a spring breeze on his face and a warm tone: "Ladies and gentlemen: Our army has recovered Zunyi yesterday afternoon, and now there is no trace of the entire northern Qianbei. This victory was achieved thanks to the wise leadership of Chairman Chiang, the lives of the soldiers and soldiers, and the strong support of the Zunyi fathers and villagers. This morning, Chairman Chiang sent a telegram from Nanjing, asking me to express my condolences on his behalf to the people of Zunyi who had been poisoned by the Red Bandits, and at an appropriate time, Chairman Chiang would personally come to Guizhou to supervise the military affairs of Guizhou. ”

Speaking of this, Xue Yue consciously paused, expecting everyone's applause. Seeing that there was no reaction from the people below, the chief of staff immediately stood up and shouted loudly while applauding: "Everyone applaud, thank Chairman Jiang for your concern!" ”

Only then did the audience remember the sparse applause.

There was too little applause. Xue Yue frowned and continued: "Now the former chairman of Guizhou, Wang Jialie, has been removed from his post by the central government due to his ineffective suppression of bandits and the misconduct of Guizhou government, and the original Guizhou Army has also been reorganized by the central government into four reading divisions, including the 102nd Division, the 103rd Division, the 121st Division, and the new 8th Division, and the new Guizhou Provincial Political Axe Chairman Wu Zhongxin has also taken office. In the future, Guizhou has been fully included in the scope of the national political axe policy plan, and under the leadership of Chairman Chiang, we must keep in mind the spirit of Sanming and righteousness, work hard, and work hard to build a brand-new Guizhou with a stable and prosperous society. ”

There was still no applause from the audience. Before the chief of staff stood up and applauded again, Xue Yue said a little embarrassed: "Maybe you still have doubts about my words, but you should believe in Chairman Jiang's determination to build a new politics in Guizhou and promote the new life movement, and should believe in [***] ability to encircle and suppress red bandits and protect the safety of the lives and property of the people of Guizhou." I believe you have also seen it, as soon as the [***] army arrived, the red bandits fled in confusion and there was no trace. ”

At this time, an old man stood up tremblingly and said, "Dare to ask Chief Xue, what kind of bandits are you suppressing every day?" ”

Xue Yue hurriedly stepped forward and hugged the old man: "Old man, we are suppressing the red bandits, that is, the Red Army that occupied Guizhou a few days ago and endangered the people. ”

The old man said, "My old man has lived for seventy and eight, and he has never spoken nonsense in his life." The red bandits you mentioned were in Zunyi a few days ago, but they are not bandits, have you ever seen bandits like them who help the people chop wood and carry water, send food and drink? They were the most benevolent army I have ever seen in my life, and I have heard that many poor people call them the Bodhisattvas of the Red Army. But there are a bunch of bandits, I don't know if you dare to suppress Sir Xue? ”

Xue Yue chuckled in his heart, knowing that Master Xing was coming to ask for guilt.

Sure enough, the old man turned around, pointed to several Sichuan army officers in the hall, and said: "Chief Xue, yesterday afternoon, these Sichuan troops looted in Zunyi, and every room in the old man's house was rummaged by them, and all the valuable things were robbed by them. Chief Xue, this is a dignified Zunyi Mansion, how many generations and how many years have I never met so many bandits fighting with open flames. Chief Xue, you keep saying that you are suppressing bandits on behalf of Chairman Jiang, and you have hundreds of thousands of troops under your command, so why don't you arrest all these bandits? ”

Xue Yue said patiently: "Old man, the rebels who robbed yesterday have all been suppressed, and more than 2,000 people have died!" ”

The old man said stubbornly: "Sir, don't hide from the old man, the rebels who died yesterday were their own people, not you suppressed." Now the leaders of these bandits are standing in this hall, if General Xue is really the bandits, then kill them first, let the old man see it! ”

Xue Yue couldn't get off the stage a little. To be honest, Xue Yue didn't think in his heart that he would reorganize the Sichuan army troops who participated in the looting yesterday, at least kill a few more leaders. It's a pity that this is just an idea, and it is an idea that cannot be spoken. It would be good if the Sichuan army could obey the dispatch, and if they wanted to reorganize their troops, it could not be said that they would not work in the future, at least not now.

Just as Xue Yue was muttering how to answer, the few Sichuan Army officers who participated in the meeting between Chief Xue and Zunyi's father and celebrities were reluctant. One of the officers stepped forward and grabbed the old man who was talking, took out a pistol and shouted at his head: "You dead old man is obviously a communist, and you came here to make trouble, and then his mother's verbosity and noise, Lao Tzu shot you." ”

The old man was not afraid, and he didn't blink his eyes: "Now it's the Republic of China, it's not the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it's not the era of the Beiyang political axe warlords, Wang Jialie has fallen, what are you warlord remnants still talking about here?" I am reflecting the public opinion to Chief Xue, director of the Guizhou appeasement of the Chinese People's Affairs Committee, what are you doing with a bandit pointing a gun at me? It's kind of you killing me!" As he spoke, he slammed his head into the pistol of the Sichuan Army officer.

Xue Yue knew that this old man must have been robbed of his family property by the Sichuan army, and he wanted to find the Sichuan army desperately, if the Sichuan army officer accidentally killed the old man, then the matter would be a big trouble, and he would have to shoot this Sichuan army officer at that time, otherwise what would be the face of the central government? However, if the officers of the Sichuan army are shot, the Sichuan army may completely alienate itself from itself, disobey the dispatch, and even more serious unexpected things will happen. Therefore, as soon as Xue Yue signaled, the two guards stepped forward to separate the old man from the Sichuan army officer and took the officer's gun.

At this time, both sides were unwilling, the old man shouted that the dignified appeasement director could not make decisions for the people and connived at bandits and robbers, and several Sichuan army officers were blue-faced, grabbed the door, and said goodbye without saying goodbye.

Xue Yue didn't expect that a good meeting to promote the virtue of the central government would turn out like this, and in anger, he also turned around and went back to the war room to look at the map. Leaving the chief of staff to deal with a group of celebrities and dignitaries in Zunyi.

Leshan is located at the confluence of the Minjiang River, Dadu River and Qingyi River between Chengdu and Yibin, and was once the ancient capital of the ancient Shu Kingdom before the Ming Dynasty moved to Chengdu in history. Later generations will mention Leshan, generally think of the mysterious Leshan Giant Buddha, Emei Shengjing and Sumen Sanjie, Guo Moruo and so on.

December 3, 1935 is a story that all Leshan people talk about.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, a dozen or so fleets came from the lower reaches of the Min River. It stretches for more than ten miles, and you can't see the end.

It is not strange that the fleet came, but the strange thing was that these fleets were all iron ships in front, towing a piece of wooden boats.

The officials who collected taxes at the main gate of Leshanli were first excited, and they served the food, such a large-scale fleet has never been seen before, so they can issue a sum. So, the officials who collected taxes on the docks became nervous, and those who stayed in the dormitories were also called out, guarding the exit, ready to knock on the pen.

At that time, the speed of the steamer was very slow, and besides, it pulled a wooden boat and pulled so many people. Therefore, on the 162-kilometer voyage from Yibin to Leshan, the Central Guard Division of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army walked for 15 hours.

Seeing that the first fleet arrived, it docked safely. However, the tax collectors on the Leshan wharf were disappointed, and instead of merchants, passengers, and cargo owners, a group of security guards disembarked from the ship. A tax collector said, "It's over, it's a troop carrier, go back and rest, it's no fun." Another tax official next to him said: "What's the panic, wait, such a big posture, maybe these security groups are hired by big businessmen to be responsible for escorting, and there must be goods in the back dozen ships, and the surname can't eat hot tofu in a hurry." ”

As they spoke, the security guards were quickly approaching the exit, and soon they were in front of the tax collectors.

There was no nonsense, no superfluous movements, and the tax collectors were directly picked up and gathered in a house near the exit. Then the security regiment began to interrogate the Leshan garrison.

At first, these tax officials said that they didn't know, but later the security group said that they were ordered to change guards with the garrison, and there was Chairman Liu's regular army behind them, and they didn't want to run the wrong way. Whoever can explain the situation will give 5 oceans, and those who are willing to lead the way will be given 5 oceans. Now, the tax officials all know the situation of the garrison, and the garrison brigade headquarters, two regiments and security regiments, the police station, the administrative commissioner's office, the county political axe, the finance bureau, and the tax bureau are clearly stated.

These soldiers of the security regiment were very trustworthy and gave 5 oceans each. Then one of the security corps officers asked if anyone would like to lead the way?

As soon as the tax collectors saw that the five oceans had arrived, they would run another five oceans. Grandma's, how many oceans can you have in a month? It's Guagua. In the end, the dozen or so people who collected taxes on the dock were all dispatched, scrambling to lead the security team.

After the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th regiments disembarked, Li Lingfeng had already figured out all the situation: It was a brigade of the 21st Provisional Division of Liu Xiang's 21st Army that was stationed in Leshan, and it had jurisdiction over two regiments and a reading battalion. The brigade headquarters lived with the Reading Battalion, and the two regiments lived in two barracks.

Liu Yimin immediately ordered the 1st Regiment to take the enemy's brigade headquarters, the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Regiments to attack the enemy's two regiments and the Security Regiment respectively, and the special operations detachment to occupy the Commissioner's Office, the county government axe, the post office, the police station, and the Finance Bureau. Special emphasis was placed on the secret attack under the guise of the Sichuan army and the security regiment, and to try not to fight, so as not to let the citizens of Leshan know that the Red Army occupied Leshan and affect the march to Chengdu.

Several troops, led by the tax collectors, set off separately. The two Sichuan army sentries standing guard in front of the main gate of Li looked at the groups of security regiments and troops coming, blocked the door, and asked what they were doing. Without waiting for the officers and men of the security regiment to answer, the wharf tax officials scrambled to reply that they were sent by Chairman Liu to change the guard. Now the sentinels are suspicious, haven't you heard of the change of guard? The squad leader standing guard ran to make a phone call, but unfortunately it was too late, and several soldiers of the security regiment passed the tax officer and came to them, and the crackling face was a slap: "Silly melon, look for a pump, dare to block the movement of the army, squat to the side with me and rest." ”

Looking at the two sentries being beaten, the tax officials were happy in their hearts, this group of Qiu Ba, usually five people and six people, whoever crosses the city gate has to pay money. This jaw fits, right? Should!

In this way, under the guidance of the tax collectors, the elite special operations detachment and the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th regiments of the Central Guard Division of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army entered Leshan City and rushed to the target by separate routes.

After the 5th, 6th, and 7th regiments, the artillery regiment, and the heavy machine gun regiment and the engineer regiment disemembarked, Liu Yimin directly ordered the 5th and 6th regiments to quickly control the wharves and various city gates in Leshan, and the 7th regiment, the engineer regiment, the artillery regiment, and the heavy machine gun regiment occupied the commanding heights around Leshan. Units directly under the division are stationed in the Commissioner's Office.

In the commissioner's office of the Leshan Commissioner's Office, Commissioner Leshan was having a secret conversation with a businessman, both of whom were fat-headed and big-eared, and their faces were shiny. The thing they talked about was actually very simple, that is, the commissioner fell in love with a Sichuan opera actor who sang opera, and wanted to be the wife of Aunt Liufang. The actor is also willing, but the price is too high, asking for 10,000 oceans. The commissioner thought to himself that he couldn't pay for the money himself, and he had to find someone to pay for him. After thinking about it, I found this smoke shop.

When Wang Laohu came in, the commissioner and the owner of the tobacco house had already reached a deal, and the boss volunteered to give 20,000 yuan, 10,000 yuan for the sixth aunt, and 10,000 yuan for buying a small yard in Leshan, complete the furniture and expenses. The condition is that the commissioner acquiesces to the owner of the tobacco shop to secretly open branches in each county, and if the smoking ban comes, greet him in advance, and in case something happens, the commissioner is responsible for setting things up.

Seeing that there was suddenly an extra soldier of the security regiment in the office, the commissioner lowered his face and shouted in a low voice: "Get out!" Who let you in? I don't understand the rules at all. Don't you see I'm having tea with a guest? ”

Wang Laohu's surname is not good, so he kicked over the coffee table where the tea set was placed.

The commissioner was furious: "It's the other way around, it's just a bandit!" Someone, drag him out of me and put him in prison. ”

After shouting for a long time, no one answered, the commissioner stood up, raised the coffee table and threw it at Wang Laohu. Wang Laohu flew up and kicked the coffee table to smash, and the muzzle of the gun was directly aimed at the commissioner's oily head, only to hear a "poof", a bloody hole was opened on the oily head, and the blood splashed the face of the smoker shopkeeper.

The owner of the smoke shop fell to his knees with a plop, kowtowed like garlic, and shouted while kowtowing: "A good man spares his life, a good man spares his life!" ”

Wang Laohu glanced at the owner of the tobacco house with disdain, waved his hand, and two soldiers came up, picked up the boss and left.

Liu Zhiyuan is from a village near Liu Xiang's hometown. The countryside is full of relatives, Liu Zhiyuan's father used to play with Liu Xiang when he was a child, so after Liu Xiang made a fortune, Liu Zhiyuan's father gave him to Liu Xiang to take care of. Liu Xiang also missed the affection of his hometown, first let Liu Zhiyuan study in the teaching team of the first division of the 21st Army, and then sent him to the reading battalion of the fourth brigade of the second division as a trainee platoon commander. In less than a year, the word "apprenticeship" was removed.

On the afternoon of the 3rd, it was Liu Zhiyuan who was on duty. Liu Zhiyuan rested in the barracks for a while, thinking that there were a few recruits from the second squad who were on the outpost today, and the training was not very good, so don't make any mistakes, so that the brigade commander would have a bad impact when he encountered it, so he went to the gate of the brigade headquarters to check the sentry.

As soon as he corrected the military posture of a new recruit, he heard a sound of neat footsteps walking towards the gate of the brigade headquarters. When I turned around, I saw that when the turtle's son came over, a large group of people and horses looked like a regiment, and the soldiers were still carrying heavy machine guns and mortar barrels.

Liu Zhiyuan hurriedly stepped forward and asked which part it was and what it was for?

The opposing team walked all the way to the door, and two officers ran out of the team, gave Liu Zhiyuan a standard military salute, and then reached out to shake hands.

Liu Zhiyuan shook his hand, and then asked what part of it was for?

The two officers replied that they were from the 2nd Brigade and had been ordered to switch guards with the 4th Brigade.

Liu Zhiyuan's mind turned, no, this is definitely not a unit of the Second Brigade, first, I have not heard of the change of guard, and the brigade headquarters has not notified the arrival of troops. Second, it is impossible for the Fourth Brigade to have such good weapons, and it is impossible for this unit to have so many submachine guns, light machine guns, heavy machine guns, and mortars, let alone one regiment of the Second Brigade, even if the Fourth Brigade and the Second Brigade are combined, it is impossible for them to have so many machine guns, submachine guns, and mortars. Could it be that they are the Red Army disguised as the Second Brigade to seize the city?

If you think about it again, I heard from veterans who fought with the Red Army that the Red Army's equipment was worse than that of the Sichuan Army, and many people did not have guns. Is it so difficult that the Central Army fell from the sky? Yes, it must be the Central Army camouflaged the Second Brigade to capture the city. Damn, the Central Army has entered Sichuan!

Liu Zhiyuan made a color to the two sentinels, and he stepped back directly, pulling out his pistol as he retreated.

The group of soldiers who disguised themselves as the Sichuan army didn't know that Liu Zhiyuan regarded them as the central army, but when Liu Zhiyuan refused to shake hands, four soldiers had already pounced on them from both sides, two to the sentry, and two to Liu Zhiyuan. Liu Zhiyuan retreated, and the two fighters moved faster, jumped up directly, and pounced, pushing Liu Zhiyuan to the ground.

The first regiment was no longer camouflaged, and the soldiers swarmed in and rushed to the Sichuan army brigade headquarters and barracks.

At this time in Sichuan, after the Second Liu War, Liu Xiang had firmly sat on the throne of the chairman of Sichuan Province. Leshan is not far from Chengdu, since Liu Wenhui was driven away, this place belongs to Liu Xiang's sphere of influence, and no warlord dares to touch the tiger's whiskers to fight Leshan's idea. Although it is now heard that the Red Army may come to Sichuan to make trouble, there is a North Road Bandit Suppression Headquarters in the north and a South Road Bandit Suppression Headquarters in the south, and Tian Songyao and Pan Wenhua respectively command this army to pursue and suppress them, and the Red Army will not be able to pass unless they put on their wings. But who has ever seen a man with wings? Therefore, the officers and men of the Fourth Brigade of the Second Division of the Sichuan Army stationed in Leshan were very lax. No one expected an attack. Even if some people think or say, it is just thinking and talking, and even they themselves will not believe that the attack is coming.

When Gao Yuan, the commander of the 1st Guard Regiment of the Guard Division, walked into the headquarters of the 4th Brigade of the 2nd Division of the Sichuan Army with a smile, the commander of the 4th Brigade thought that a friend was visiting, and affectionately pulled Gao Yuan to sit on a chair, poured a cup of strong Emei Kuding tea, and asked with a smile: "Forgive me for being clumsy, which unit is this brother from?" How can I help with something? ”

Gao Yuan took a sip of Kuding tea, so bitter that he spit out all the water, and the major general and brigade commander laughed: "You turtle son, you look very heroic, I didn't expect it to be a coward, I can't drink a sip of Kuding tea." Say, what's the matter with me? ”

Gao Yuan said slowly: "I am Gao Yuan, the commander of the First Guard Regiment of the Central Guard Division of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, and one thing to find you is to trouble you to raise your hands, surrender your guns." ”

The brigade commander of the major general of the Sichuan Army laughed again: "Okay, you turtle son, as soon as Lao Tzu said that you were a coward, you will get a Red Army to scare me." Okay, interesting, Lao Tzu invited you to drink at night, and then found a few Qing people for you to accompany you, so that you can have a good time. Don't talk yet, don't say no, that's not giving me face! ”

Gao Yuan was about to speak, when political commissar Zhao Jie walked in and said happily: "Regiment leader, all of them have been solved, and none of them have run away." ”

The brigade commander of the major general of the Sichuan army realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly called the guards, but after shouting a few times, the guards did not appear, and he was busy opening the drawer, trying to get the pistol in the drawer.

Gao Yuan smiled and said, "Don't be busy, if I'm not mistaken, I'm afraid the pistol magazine hasn't been loaded yet, right?" ”

The major general and brigade commander sat on the ground and did not move.

Gao Yuan sighed and said to Zhao Jie: "This battle is really boring, after running such a long way, it is not easy to find the enemy, but the enemy has not distributed guns and ammunition to the soldiers. I can't get a shot if I want to. It's boring, it's fucking boring. ”

Zhao Jie glanced at the plateau: "This is what you really think?" How can I look at your smug face! Don't pretend anymore, no matter how you pretend, you can't hide your joy and pride. It's better to report to the division commander quickly and see if there are any other tasks. ”

When Gao Yuan and Zhao Jie reported that they had taken the enemy's brigade headquarters and captured the enemy's brigade commander, the special operations detachment, the second, third, and fourth regiments also reported that they had completed their tasks, and a brigade of the Sichuan army stationed in Leshan and the security regiment, police, principal officials, and key departments in Leshan were all controlled by the guard division. In addition to the Fifth and Sixth Regiments controlling the city gates and wharves of Leshan, the special combat detachment also controlled the switchboard and radio station of the post office, and all connections between Leshan and Chengdu were cut off.

(To be continued)