Chapter 280: Marching in Hunan and Jiangxi

In early 1929, the whole of China was still in a cold winter. Based on the lunar calendar, it is actually only the end of the year. Hualian's agricultural production has been bumper years and farmers' lives have improved greatly, so naturally everyone celebrates.

But this is not the case for the two provinces of Hunan and Jiangxi, which are so close.

Li Jishen occupied Hunan, Bai Chongxi raised troops to Jiangxi, and the Fengtian army was defeated at the end of last summer, but the people were not able to breathe at all. Heavy taxes and never-ending corvee labor, many young and strong laborers were arrested into the army as strong men.

Or they are overwhelmed, become bandits, and participate in the rebellion cause of Hongmen.

No matter in any era, most people are ignorant and superficial, believing in the justice and ideas advocated by others, being instilled with ideas that do not belong to them, and eventually becoming cannon fodder.

The only difference is that some are forced, while some are stupid?

The Hongmen and the ** Party can be said to have come out of the same family, and there is no difference between good and bad. It is nothing more than the fact that they have different current statuses. The ** Army has a strong force and has become a legal regime on this land. Therefore, they have the right to be righteous and exploit the lower-ranking people.

As for Hongmen, they didn’t even have the qualifications to exploit, so they had to follow the example of bandits, eat big players, and recruit refugees. Frequently roaming and fighting in various places makes people unable to defend themselves.

And even so, the regular large-scale cleaning exercise has never stopped. The red tissue has one characteristic, that is, brainwashing. Of course, it is impossible for everyone to become stupid. Therefore, it is necessary to clean up, and those who do not want to become stupid are executed on the charge of anti-**.

But what exactly is **? Whether others believe it or not, they are stupid anyway? They believe it and do not allow others to have any doubts or comments about it. Otherwise, they will curse those smart people with all kinds of vicious language and even persecut the other party's lives.

Just like being equally stupid? I am forced to do Buddhism. Those who do not respect Buddha will go to hell, intimidate and oppress, and regard it as the truth and practice it in the world.

The mountainous areas in northern Guangdong have undulating mountains and inconvenient transportation, and have been relatively backward in history. Even if Hualian took over the ruling power of Guangdong Province, it did not change this development strategy. The eastern Guangdong area has always been the essence of Guangdong, and it is a good place for investment.

The scattered villages and relatively closed information largely hindered the development of rural economy in northern Guangdong. As for industry, it is limited to ore mining and rough processing. Moreover, considering the limited resources, the Hualian government does not allow uncontrolled excavation, but only a small amount of mining is urgent.

In the past few days, after the influx of refugees, the place has once again ushered in a lively scene.

However, unlike half a year ago, the people who came this time were all brightly dressed and powerful soldiers. These soldiers were wearing light military uniforms with ancient Chinese charm. The most eye-catching thing was that these people almost didn't walk

Behind the dark green military trucks were full of soldiers and various light and heavy weapons, and there were armed off-road vehicles carrying machine guns patrolling and watching the police. The military motorcycle with the auxiliary seat was also leading the way at the forefront of the team.

This is Li Shaojie's first army, with three subordinate divisions, totaling more than 30,000 people. One of the destinations of the first army this time is also a typical representative of this area - a small village in Zhuji Ancient Town, Nanxiong City, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province, which is the northern gate of northern Guangdong.

Zhuji is a thousand-year-old town, so to a large extent the tourism industry has become the main artery of the economy here. But in the troubled times, where can anyone come here to enjoy the beautiful pastoral scenery?

On the morning of January 12th, it was just past eight o'clock, and there was still a hint of darkness.

Li Shaojie sat on his exclusive military vehicle, full of energy and soldiers admired martial arts. He always hoped to make great achievements in this chaotic era and leave his name in history.

Originally, he was just a scattered soldier who was dismissed because of factional struggles. Now he is the leader of the five commanders within the Chinese army. His qualifications and status are undoubtedly the first person in the army.

Even though he is slightly inferior to Wang Liwen and Li Zongren, he has the help of the staff team, which actually has little impact.

There are now 210,000 combat sequences in the Chinese army, of which the First to Third Army were led by Li Shaojie, Wang Liwen, Ji Xiaoliang, Cheng Wenli and Li Zongren, who were from the Guangxi clan, each serving as the commanders of the headquarters.

Except for Wang Liwen's armored division who had only more than 11,000 men and obtained the rank of lieutenant general, the other four armies had roughly 50,000 men.

The armed forces are more than the reserve military forces underground. They are not counted. They are only responsible for maintaining regional public order during non-war periods. Even during wartime, they generally do not undertake frontal combat tasks. Whether it is training, equipment level, or actual combat capabilities, they are far inferior to regular troops.

Although there are only four infantry troops and one armored division, these four infantry troops can be said to be armed to the teeth. Whether it is the excellent equipment or the well-trained soldiers, they are enough to be called the Lion Power Brigade.

Even though many of them have never experienced actual combat, years of hard training have also tempered their own military character.

Lin Hu, Ye Ju and other large numbers of generals from the First Guangdong Army joined in. These generals who fought for life in a long battle greatly made up for the lack of experience of the Chinese army.

This expedition to southern Hunan was just the first step in the entire plan of the great march. Ye Ju, who was accompanied by Li Shaojie, did not look old even in middle-aged life. This general who was capable of literature and martial arts is now also awarded the rank of colonel. As the chief of staff of the First Army, he participated in this battle.

In order to obtain sufficient strategic buffer zones and covet food production areas, the Hualian Parliament passed a plan of great advancement and actively opened the curtain of civil war for the first time.

Following the Northern Expedition of the ** Army, another new army rose on the southeastern coast of China and made its own voice to the world.

I have to admit that this place is very different from the imagined situation: there are no two-story houses in the entire village, and the only concrete road passing through the village is only more than one meter wide.

This is to facilitate the transportation convoys that come from time to time, otherwise it is difficult to see even a decent road. In many places, there are still gravel roads, and when it rains, it will be bumpy.

The roads spreading among the mountains were filled with long convoys, stretching for more than ten miles in a row.

These are the convoys of the First Chinese Army, mainly transport trucks, filled with soldiers, weapons, and food, which are key links in the logistics system.

There are also a small number of armored vehicles used for combat, but they are not the main force of combat, but only the auxiliary combat equipment in the infantry division.

It is actually a very stupid behavior to equip the infantry division with a large number of armored vehicles and even tanks. Of course, Zhong Yang could not make such a mistake.

In World War II in history, Britain and France once had advanced tanks at the beginning of the war, but they were scattered among the huge infantry teams and were not concentrated to use them.

As a result, everyone also saw that the German armored army combat mode made them invincible on the European battlefield and washed away the shame of the war.

From then on, blitzkrieg became the most feared term for all hostile countries in Europe, and it made people fear it like a tiger.

The huge convoy is difficult to drive at high speed. The northern part of Guangdong is surrounded by mountains and the terrain is complex, so it is indeed not suitable for the development of the large corps. So Li Shaojie sent an armed assault regiment as the vanguard, and he personally led 30,000 main forces, followed closely behind.

Until seven or eight o'clock in the evening, the surrounding countryside was full of rural areas and it was difficult to see the light. In the quiet mountains, only the roar of the engine was still echoing.

The whole village was very quiet at this time, but the walking of these visitors seemed to alarm the dogs here. In the grass beside the road, some highlights of stars also dotted the unique night color of the countryside.

In the next few days, troops were coming in a constant stream, which was the Fourth Army led by Cheng Wenli. He cooperated with Li Shaojie's First Army. As the central army attacking Hunan and Jiangxi, he was also the absolute main force of this battle, with troops with more than 80,000 people.

For this battle, the regular troops of the Chinese army came out in full swing, a huge military force with a total of more than 200,000. The local defense mission was taken over by the garrison militia and armed police. The troops were divided into three groups, with the intention of pacifying Hunan and Jiangxi in one fell swoop.

On January 3, the Hualian Government decided to send troops to Hunan, so they ordered the 7th and 8th Brigades of the First Army to enter Hunan first. On the tenth of this month, the military headquarters appointed Li Shaojie as the commander of the First Army of the Hualian Government Army and the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition.

On the 12th, the 10th, 12th Division of the Third Army and a ** regiment were sent to Hunan as the support of the First Army. The 8th Brigade of the First Army defeated the attack on Li Jishen's troops in the Jinlan Temple area northwest of Hengyang on January 16th.

According to the previous plan to discuss decisions at the military meeting, the coalition forces were formed by Li Shaojie and Cheng Wenli. Li Shaojie served as the commander-in-chief of the enemy army of the route, responsible for the combat tasks of the middle route, passing through Xiangnan, and directly aiming at Nanchang.

The left-wing army is under Li Zongren's headquarters, responsible for flanking and detours, forming a horn formation with the main force, aiming at Changsha

The right-road army was Wang Liwen's armored division, attacking from the relatively flat terrain in eastern Guangdong, detouring through Longyan and Sanming in Fujian, and also aimed at Nanchang, the capital city of Jiangxi Province.

He came and went in a hurry. The convoy of the First Army left calmly. Sitting in the car, Ye Ju sighed with emotion, and had not even had time to say goodbye to his family in Shaoguan.

In this ancient town, he also left footprints, leaving behind the sadness that filled the air

He still has military affairs

It was originally in a state of hostility, and the relationship between the two sides was completely broken due to the unhappy negotiations a while ago. At the border area between the two sides, the Chinese army had already arranged 5 infantry divisions, with a total force of more than 50,000.

Now the three armies are moving together, with chariots roaring, and they are rushing towards Li Jishen and Bai Chongxi in Hunan and Jiangxi, and are eyeing them to jump into the horse and swing their swords, rolling their swords.

At this boundary marker in Yizhang County, the Chinese army was in a heavy army on the border that lasted hundreds of kilometers. Li Shaojie led the main force and completed the oath-taking three days ago in Guangzhou City. Now he has crossed the provincial boundary and advanced towards the location of the Li Jishen's troops of the ** Army, completing the clearance task that he could not complete that year.

Because of his defeat and leaving Guangdong, Li Jishen's troops were no longer in a state of decline. It was purely because of Li Jishen's own prestige among the ** Party and Huangpu students that he had to hold up a stance.

As far as border defense facilities are concerned, the arrangement of Li Jishen's troops from the border line to the depth is: the first is a barbed wire mesh. In areas where it is convenient to enter and exit, the steel wire covers are applied outside. People or animals are mistakenly entering and leaving, and the remains of cattle and other tangles can often be seen.

The second is a trench with a width of 3 meters and 2 meters deep. The edge of the ditch is a loose soil belt of 10 meters wide. Tractors often work on trenching and raking. Next to a 5-meter-wide flat gravel patrol road. 2 kilometers away is a higher standard patrol road. There is a kilometer-high observation tower on the roadside, and there is a barracks not far away.

The patrols were all cavalry, and occasionally several military vehicles could be seen passing by. Wolf smoke posts were also arranged in the mountainous areas as secret guards. The soldiers were patrolling on foot, and some dangerous areas could not even be transported, let alone vehicles.

It is also considered a heavy army to deploy defense. As the first echelon to resist the military threat of the Chinese coalition, the original guard Chen Jitang has now been transferred to Yueyang. In terms of handling refugees, Chen Jitang's approach did anger Li Jishen's mood.

Both of them are practicing Buddhism, but they are not monks who eat vegetarian food. They should still turn against each other.

However, Chen Jitang is now well-equipped and has made a fortune, and his subordinates are also gathering their morale. Li Jishen has no choice but to transfer him away.

It is pure in sight. The current control of Li Dashan’s subordinates has long been different from what they used to be.

Twenty second-generation main battle tanks of the Chinese army, "Gray Wolf", appeared slowly from the end of the road south of Chenzhou City. Heavy metal tracks rolled over the gravel road surface, making a sound of numbing soil and rock shattering.

Behind the distance, dozens of "Brave II" wheeled armored vehicles appeared faintly from the smoke and the dust flying in the sky. These steel monsters with white striped black dragon patterns on the side of the car body were slowly moving with the tank troops that were crushing forward with enough horsepower. The large-caliber machine cannons equipped on the top of the car body burst out with a dense and dull sound like a storm.

The clouds floating in the gray sky blocked most of the sunlight, and the dense smoke and flying dust completely sucked up the last ray of light that penetrated the clouds.

The entire battlefield is like a broken continent suddenly sinking into the deepest part of the dark hell. Only the red flames ignited after the shell explosion can produce strange flame lights accompanied by unbearable high temperatures and flashes.

The artillery fire was ruthlessly raging every inch of the battlefield. The shells kept smashing on the defenders' positions, rolling up waves of mud. Gray dust soared into the sky, which was the scene after the high-explosion** explosion.

Because it was learned from the intelligence that the other party did not have an armored force to compete with him, the shells used by this tank team belonging to the infantry division were all flowering bullets with fragmented bullets, in order to achieve the greatest possible killing effect on enemy soldiers.

Surrounded by dozens of guards, Lin Xiang, with a weak expression, and Wang Biao and Yang Hua, who were standing behind him, walked to the top of the hill closest to the battlefield and the highest terrain, silently overlooking the sparks that were still burning in the darkness.

"Mr. Li's troops are no match for us at all. These militias with insufficient military equipment will never be better than us professionally trained regular soldiers. Whether it is weapons, military literacy, or simple light infantry, the reality of the huge gap in strength can't be changed."

Cheng Wenli's face looked a little solemn. His words were filled with emotion and message, and he was also a little faint, mourning and sadness for the deceased. Although his opponent was armed by warlords, he was still a Chinese. Even if it was for the sake of justice in his heart, killing his own people was never a commendable thing.

"The ** Army cannot pose a substantial threat to us. If it were not for the lack of administrative personnel, and the need to digest and build the industrialized economic foundation of Guangdong and Guangxi, we can completely imitate the ** Army's Northern Expedition route and take over the entire area south of the Yangtze River in one fell swoop."

Li Shaojie was obviously excited, and the sound of almost shouting was spread far away in the dark night sky.

Ye Ju did not join the conversation between the two. He quietly looked at the wilderness hidden in the darkness in the distance, and a crystal clear light rolled in his black eyes.

"With the strength we currently have, it is actually difficult to deal with threats from the north."

After taking a breath of the bloody night wind, Ye Ju raised his right foot and stepped on a rock slightly higher than the ground. He said seriously: "It is not only the ** Army or the Northeast Army that divides the Central Plains and the Pass, but also those militaris who are conquering everywhere in the name of East Asia's progress. Their strength is much stronger than ours."

"Are you talking about Japan's plan in Dongshan?" The Jinan tragedy has just passed, and this cruel and violent island country is constantly showing its fangs. When it comes to this heavy topic, Li Shaojie was also feeling a little sad, and his excitement just now has been much more restrained.

"Instead of facing it directly, it is better to let the ** army stand in front and deal with these madmen who cannot be irrational and logical for us. For us, we can actually expand in any direction. We do not need to limit our vision to one place, facing south or west, which are good choices."

He was influenced by Chen Jiongming, and Ye Ju also had a clear understanding of the political and military situation in East Asia. Instead of blindly expanding northward, his own power expanded too quickly, but his foundation was unstable, and he was just a wedding dress for others, becoming a laughing stock in history.

It is better to be calm and work hard to manage your territory. Before consolidating your dominant power, the larger the area, the better. If you cannot become a force that is truly in your hands, it is better not to do so from the beginning.

"Don't forget that Zhang Zuolin died inexplicably. Once the patience of those people in the Japanese military headquarters does not exist, they will soon send troops to occupy the places that originally belonged to China. After this battle, the Central Army faction of the ** government will soon send a second group of negotiators. We should try our best to get enough rich benefits from the negotiating table."

Speaking of this, Cheng Wenli also had an impression that the internal documents believed that the matter was done by the Soviet Union. But as of the current situation, no one was willing to take responsibility for this matter, which means that at this time, the case of Zhang Zuolin being assassinated was still a foggy unsolved case.

"As for the next target of the military attack, it depends entirely on whether Chairman Jiang, who is in charge of the military and political power of the ** party, military and political power, is smart enough? Or, as stupid as Li Jishen."

With a sneer, Ye Ju looked to the north with disdainful eyes. He thought maliciously that the other party might have been in chaos at this time...

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