Wei Lihuang's 10th Division, Li Shunen's 12th Division, Xia Wei's 13th Division, Yu Peili's 26th Division, Tang Zimo's 27th Division, five divisions plus Luo Zhuoying's 5th Artillery Regiment, a total of more than 40,000 people formed the Sichuan Thief Army. On July 15, 1924, the 12th Division, the vanguard of the thief army, crossed the border between Sichuan and Guizhou, and Yuan Zuming did not wait for Mr. Zhongshan's death, but waited for Mr. Zhongshan's crusade army.

After Yuan Zuming was defeated by Tang Jiyao in February 1923, he fled to Hubei to attach himself to Wu Peifu, and after receiving Wu Peifu's assistance, Yuan Zuming collected the old department in western Hubei. At that time, the Sichuan thief army commanded by Xiong Kewu was winning one after another, and Liu Xiang, Yang Sen and other troops who were attached to the Beiyang political axe line were defeated. In order to save Sichuan's defeat, Wu Peifu took out 13,000 Hanyang-made rifles, 5 million rounds of ammunition, 40 machine guns and 300 pistols, and expanded Yuan Zuming's division into four mixed brigades and one mixed regiment. Of course, this mixed brigade is also a name, and the Chinese [***] valves in the Beiyang era like this name, obviously all the infantry are not mixed at all, but they have to press the brand of the previous mixed brigade. In addition, Wu Peifu also sent the 18th Division, the 18th Mixed Brigade, the 3rd Mixed Brigade and the 5th Mixed Brigade of the Beiyang Army, plus the 1st Division of the Shaanxi Army and the 12th Battalion of the Gan Army into Sichuan to fight the bears. And Yuan Zuming fought with Lai Xinhui and Zhang Chong in Neijiang, Sichuan, for more than a month, although he finally lost the battle, he was still considered meritorious by Wu Peifu, and he was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy of the various armies in Sichuan! The Guizhou Army was also expanded into the 34th Division of the Army, the 1st Division of the Guizhou Army and the 2nd Division of the Guizhou Army, Yuan himself concurrently served as the commander of the 34th Division of the Army, and Peng Hanzhang and Wang Tianpei served as the commanders of the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the Guizhou Army respectively.

After the Bear Alliance drove away Xiong Kewu, Yuan Zuming got the title of Sichuan-Guizhou Frontier Supervision Office, and proclaimed himself the commander-in-chief of the Guizhou Army, and incorporated a large number of bandits and miscellaneous armies, with a headquarters of 70,000. However, the main force is still more than 30,000 people from the 34th Division of the Army and the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the Guizhou Army. The rest of the divisions, such as Zhou Xicheng's Third Division of the Guizhou Army and Lu Chao of the Sichuan-Guizhou Frontier Army, were all unreliable, especially Lu Chao, who was a loyal believer of Mr. Zhongshan of the "Industrial Group" of the Sichuan Kuomintang, and was very suspected of surrendering by fraud. Therefore, in order to prevent him from turning against him at a critical moment, Yuan Zuming transferred Lu Chao's department to Fuling. He led the main force to garrison Qijiang County on the Sichuan-Guizhou border.

After learning the news of the entry of the National Revolutionary Army into Sichuan, Yuan Zuming asked Liu Xiang and Yang Sen for help on the one hand, and urgently deployed defense on the other. Xishan and Lijiashan, south of Qijiang County, just guard the road from Guizhou to Qijiang, so the geographical location is very important. Yuan Zuming deployed the Gui 1st Division and the Gui 2 Division to Xishan and Lijiashan respectively, and he led the Lu 34 Division to guard Qijiang County.

"Although Xishan and Lijiashan are the gateways of the Qijiang River, the two mountains meet for about eight kilometers, and there is no artillery in the Yuan Department, so the defenders in the two places can not actually echo, but they are two lonely troops. Our army only needs to contain Xishan with one section, and then concentrate the main force to attack Lijiashan, as long as Lijiashan is captured, and then set up artillery on Lijiashan to cover our army's attack on Qijiang County, so that Yuan Zuming's defense will be vulnerable. In the headquarters of Luo Yaoguo in Dongxi Town, Wang Zizhi, a second lieutenant staff officer who had just graduated from the first phase of Huangpu ahead of schedule, was talking in front of the map. After more than eight months of rigorous military training, Wang Zizheng is now a heroic soldier, and the little bit of his original gentlemanly spirit is gone.

After listening to Wang's introspective analysis, Luo Yaoguo nodded. "Yes, Haojun has really worked hard in his studies in the past few months. How about you make the battle plan this time? Wang Zizheng was very appreciated by Luo Yaoguo, and he was also an important chess piece of the so-called "Northwest Plan", so during his eight months in Huangpu, his courses were more onerous than others. An Yi specially arranged some more advanced and esoteric military courses for him.

In fact, the level of civil war in China at this stage is not high, so the battle plan formulated is generally relatively simple. Wang Zixu naturally didn't make any super complicated plans.

"Yuan Zuming's lost dog only relies on the 30,000 troops in his hands, so he will not fight with us. As long as he encounters a strong offensive, he will soon choose to retreat to Yucheng, and then wait for an opportunity to find a way out. After a thorough analysis of Yuan Zuming's mentality, he suggested: "In this battle, we must beat Yuan Zuming to the point where he does not dare to be our enemy again." Let's not destroy him, though. ”

"Oh, why?" Luo Yaoguo asked a little puzzled.

"The Sichuan army has always had a tradition of xenophobia, and although we played the banner of Xiong Jingong this time, after all, it was dominated by the Guizhou and Guangdong armies. If we don't destroy Yuan Zuming and let him wander around Sichuan, then the Sichuan army's xenophobic target will be aimed at Yuan Zuming and Wu Peifu behind him, which is the most beneficial to us. ”

"Oh, I see." Luo Yaoguo turned his head to look at Shi Qingyang. "Shi Gong, does Haojun's statement make sense?"

Shi Qingyang looked at Wang Zijiu with an appreciative eye. "Okay, okay, if it's a rising star, Fuwen, your Whampoa Military Academy is really talented. A little ensign had this insight. ”

"However, what if Yuan Zuming erodes Yucheng, what should it do?" In Luo Yaoguo's thinking, it is always a bad thing for war to affect civilians.

"General Fuwen has some woman's kindness." Shi Qingyang stroked his goatee and replied, "The local gentry in Yucheng will have a way to deal with it." You can rest assured. ”

Yuan Zuming is not a soldier in the end, his so-called erosive place is just seeking wealth. The Chamber of Commerce in Yucheng will naturally offer a large amount of promotion fees, so that Yuan Zuming will also restrain the soldiers. These are the unspoken rules of the civil war in the Republic of China, and Luo Yaoguo actually knows it. He also collected the opening fee or something.

"Haojun, go on." Luo Yaoguo motioned for Wang Zizhi to continue the arrangement.

"Yuan's army held Lijiashan with a force of about one division. If we want to hurt and be afraid of Yuan Zuming, we must go all out and not leave a trace of our hands. The ministry believes that if we beat Yuan Zuming to a terrible point and let him flee all over Sichuan, this will also have the effect of warning the heroes in Sichuan.

Therefore, the Ministry of Posts suggested that the 12th and 13th Divisions should be attached to the 5th Artillery Regiment to storm Lijiashan. The 26th Division was used to contain Xishan, the 10th Division was used to detour to the rear of the Qijiang River through Wansheng Town, and the 27th Division was used as a reserve. The time for the general attack to be launched was set for 3 o'clock tomorrow morning, and 10 minutes of artillery preparations were made between 3 and 3:10 a.m. At three o'clock, the infantry launched the first wave of charge. At the same time, the Xishan side began to launch a feint. The 10th Division will set off on time at 8 o'clock tonight, passing through Wansheng, Nanping, Shitan, occupying Nanpeng, and Jieshi to block Yuan Zuming's eastward escape. ”

According to Wang Zizhi's plan, after Yuan Zuming suffered a defeat at Qijiang, he could only flow to the direction of the Chengdu Plain or northern Sichuan, but could not retreat to eastern Sichuan. Eastern Sichuan is the gateway for the Kuomintang forces to enter and exit Sichuan in the future, as long as eastern Sichuan is in hand, Sichuan will be completely controlled by the Kuomintang sooner or later, so Yuan Zuming must not be allowed to enter the eastern Sichuan region.

"What does General Xicang think?" Luo Yaoguo nodded at Xia Wei on the side, asking for his opinion. Xia Wei is a great general of the Gui army, and in the history of another time and space, he almost made a big mistake in November 1934. At this time, he was the commander of the 13th Division of the National Revolutionary Army.

Xia Wei's fat face showed a somewhat honest smile, it was really confusing, who would have thought that he was the third general of the Gui family when he looked at this face? Xia Wei smiled slightly. "General Fuwen can decide."

"Okay, then ask General Xicang to command the 12th and 13th Divisions and the 5th Artillery Regiment, and teach Yuan Zuming a little lesson. Let him tremble when he hears the prestige of Gui Jun in his life. While Luo Yaoguo assigned the task, he did not forget to hold a handful of Gui Jun. The Gui army in this time and space is no longer the so-called Gui lineage, but only an army composed of Guangxi soldiers, and now there are three divisions, the twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth divisions. These three divisions, together with the first division of Cantonese nationality, constituted the most combat-effective unit of the National Revolutionary Army. This time, Luo Yaoguo brought two divisions, the twelfth and thirteenth.

"Hehe, that's natural, let Yuan Zuming's kid see how powerful our Gui Jun is, Fuwen, you just wait for my good news!" Xia Wei is naturally sure of patting his chest with such a big bag. Not to mention that the Gui army is brave and good at fighting and is not afraid of death, even the weapons and equipment of the National Revolutionary Army are now far more than Yuan Zuming's Guizhou army. Now [***] a division is armed with more than a hundred heavy machine guns, five hundred submachine guns, 24 mortars. In contrast, a division of the Qianjun Army is only 3,000 Hanyang-made and ten heavy machine guns, and the firepower of the two is not at the same level at all. So far, it seems that the United Nations and Russia have achieved a little bit of success.

"Gentlemen, this is the first battle since the reorganization of our National Revolutionary Army! It is clear that all the monarchs must work hard to fight and play the prestige of our army. The Prime Minister awaits our good news in the South China Sea! In the end, Luo Yaoguo stood up and gave a standard military salute to the generals present.

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