third day of the first month
All the officers and soldiers had returned to the camp. Nie Wenzhou was holding a joint military and political meeting at the military headquarters.
At the military headquarters, everyone was seated. Nie Wenzhou arrived late.
After a round of greetings, the meeting began.
"Everyone, the new year has begun. According to the plan, all the departments were ready.”
Firstly, Wang Dingfeng was the representative of the government.
It was mainly to explain the training of government officials and prepare talents for the next place.
At present, dozens of officials had passed the test and would be taken over by the local authorities.
Then there was the reserve force of the local police station, which was relatively lacking.
How could they train so many people in less than half a year? It seemed that they would have to replace them with the eliminated troops in the future.
In terms of logistics, plus the overtime work and purchases around the new year, there were 40,000 Mauser rifles and 50 million bullets in stock. There were 5,000 Hua-1 semi-automatic rifles and 10 million bullets in stock.
The 75th Mountain Cannon had been distributed to the troops. There were 20 cannons in stock and 500,000 rounds of ammunition.
The 60mm mortars were currently out of stock, and there was still about a brigade of troops that had not been distributed yet. There were 300,000 rounds of ammunition.
There were not enough machine guns in stock.
The Munitions Factory was still recruiting and training, but there was not much room for improvement in production in the short term.
For the first time, the most important aspect of intelligence appeared in the meeting. Ryuji told everyone about the results of the intelligence department during this period.
Since the second half of last year, Nie Wenzhou had been preparing for the Shaanxi matter. Therefore, he had already ordered the Xi'an branch of the Intelligence Department to start recruiting and bribing middle and low-level officers. They were the main targets.
He had already bought over some of the officers in Tongguan, Hanzhong, Yulin, Weinan, Yan 'an, Shangluo, and other places. At that time, he could cooperate with them from the inside and attack Guanzhong quickly.
When everyone heard that the Intelligence Department had already infiltrated Shaanxi, they thought that the offensive battle would not fall into a stalemate.
As long as they could quickly take down Shaanxi, the follow-up problems would be easily solved.
Therefore, in the subsequent meeting, everyone unanimously agreed to the order to march.
Nie Wenzhou saw that the meeting was going smoothly and that they had won. Now, it was up to the army.
He then ordered," Order the 1st regiment to equip the Hua-1 semi-automatic rifles as much as possible, with sufficient artillery and machine guns. We must defend the rear. The 2nd Division and the 3rd Brigade all entered Shaanxi. With the 3rd Brigade as the vanguard, they would advance in the direction of Tongguan and take down Tongguan and Weinan first to ensure the safety of the marching route and logistics. The entire army entered level two combat readiness, and they would start marching in three days.”
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Sixth day, early morning
The army was meandering along the road towards Tongguan.
Li Ruhai, the brigade commander of the 3rd Brigade, sat in the car with a pensive look. In fact, his palms were also sweaty.
Although they were the commander-in-chief of an army of nearly 10,000 people, other than the battle against the bandits, they had never had any decent battle achievements.
When raiding bandits, they would suppress the enemy with firepower, and when it came to military training and discipline, they would overwhelm the enemy.
When he attacked the county town, when others saw him leading thousands of people and artillery to attack the city, the security team with only a few hundred people immediately surrendered. It was not a battle at all.
This was his first time leading an army into battle, so he couldn't help but feel uneasy.
Suddenly, the car stopped and a messenger ran over. "Report, our army is still twenty li away from Tongguan. The scouting team has already advanced to Tongguan City, covering up all information along the way.”
"Alright, pass the order to speed up the march. I want to gather at Tongguan in an hour!”
The messenger received the order and rode away. The army continued to advance.
……
an hour later
Li Ruhai looked at the distant Guan City through his binoculars and couldn't help but sigh for a long time.
Such terrain was indeed dangerous. If they were to attack forcefully, they could only use cannons to suppress them and then climb up.
If they wanted to forcefully break through the pass, they would have to use large-caliber heavy artillery. The 75 Mountain Cannons in the army could only break some rocks.
Now that the other party had noticed that the city gate was closed, it seemed that they needed to attack forcefully!
After resting for half an hour, the entire army began to prepare for the attack.
"Is the artillery battalion ready?" Li Ruhai asked his adjutant.
"Traveler, everything is ready!”
"Alright, order the artillery battalion to start firing for ten minutes. Order the first regiment to be ready to attack, and the second regiment to be ready to support at any time!”
"Yes, sir!" The adjutant turned around and gave the order.
Soon after, a battalion of thirty cannons began to cover the entire city. The walls and the nearby stone walls were covered in thick smoke.
ten minutes later
Regiment after regiment of soldiers charged towards the city wall in batches. Mortars and machine guns continued to suppress them.
Fortunately, the city wall did not seem to have recovered.
When the soldiers began to climb up, gunshots suddenly rang out in the city.
Soon, the battle on the city wall had already begun, but the city gate was opened.
The regiment commander of the first regiment did not hesitate to send a company to charge in. However, his worries were somewhat wasted. There was no so-called ambush. The troops quickly gathered their reinforcements, and the follow-up troops began to follow up.
Looking at the army that kept pouring in, the defenders quickly surrendered one after another.
During the warlords 'chaotic war, surrendering was a trivial matter. It could happen at any time.
Half an hour later, the gunfire had completely stopped, and all the defenders in the city had surrendered.
The battle this time was very short. Basically, the people's army was suppressing the other party.
Especially when there was a spy, it was even more unstoppable.
The people's army paid the price of 11 deaths and 50 injuries to wipe out more than 3,000 defenders.
The defending troops were not powerless to resist, but they were in a state of chaos. Their weapons and equipment were not as good as the people's army, so their firepower was suppressed.
Later on, when the situation became more and more serious, people started to surrender. Other than a few die-hards, the whole process went smoothly.
Li Ruhai quickly led the army into Tong Pass.
After understanding the situation after the capture and capture, he handed the matter to the political commissar to handle. He and the chief of staff began to prepare for the next battle.
"Hmm? What did you say? The garrison didn't spread the news?”
"Yes, traveler. The intelligence department reported that they had cut off the telegram wire in the early morning and sent people to set up several ambushes on the road to Weinan. They could be sure that the other party had not sent the message to Weinan.”
"Alright, let's record their merits. " Messenger, pass on my order. The First Regiment will leave a battalion to guard the captives and wait for the follow-up army to take over. Now, with the Second Regiment as the vanguard, everyone will march to Weinan. We must take Weinan tonight and rest there!"”
"Yes, sir."
"Wait, order the 2nd Regiment and 1st Battalion to change into their uniforms!”
The messenger was a little confused. What was this about changing into someone else's clothes?
However, when he came back to his senses, he still received the order.
The second regiment had been assisting the first regiment just now. They were all holding back now. When they heard the order to set off again, they quickly set off.
However, the leader of the second regiment could not understand why they had to change into their clothes. He thought about it for a long time along the way.
It was only when a thought flashed through his mind that he finally understood why he was still the regiment commander when the other party was the brigade commander!
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