diskusbooks Chapter 110: Peaceful Incorporation Ushers in a Turning Point
Chapter 110: Peaceful Incorporation Ushers in a Turning Point
"Captain Xue, what are you talking about? I have been attending a meeting in Guangyuan County and rushed back this morning in vain. I still don't know what happened. If there is any misunderstanding, we will compensate you immediately. Uncle San, you are in charge of handling household affairs. What's going on?" He Minzhang started to practice Tai Chi and turned around to ask the old man next to him.
"Zhongkang, yesterday the Yang family brought a document from the county joint defense brigade, requesting the immediate dispatch of 200 soldiers. Due to time constraints and no time to report to you, Deputy Commander Han took his troops away in person. You know I can only manage civil affairs, and I have no right to inquire about Deputy Commander Han's military affairs." Zhongkang is He Minzhang's pen name. Since he is the second son, he is called Zhong.
The two of them were so flawless in their dealings with each other that Xue Chen felt like he couldn't continue to intervene. The old man was indeed cunning and it was easy for him to deal with a rookie like Xue Chen. Young people really need to be tempered.
"Captain He, I don't want to ask about the specific reasons. Now please ask your soldiers to come out immediately and put the weapons at the door. We will check one by one to see if there are any fish that have slipped through the net. If you don't cooperate, we will go in and take them ourselves. A small city wall can't stop our progress. You see, the explosives are ready. As for the reasons you mentioned, I can't make the decision. Captain Du will make the final decision later." Xue Chen should have remembered what Du Chenyu said. There was no further communication. He just wanted the other party to surrender immediately. If they didn't surrender, we would attack them. Other matters can be discussed later.
He Minzhang suddenly became speechless and punched the iron plate. No matter how eloquent you are, no one will listen. He looked at the people behind him and made eye contact. The old man frowned and could only nod.
"In that case, let's go back and arrange for the militia to leave the city," said He Minzhang.
"Just send someone back to convey the order. You don't have to go back, so as to avoid chaos when entering the city and accidental injuries," Xue Chen waved his hand.
"You...you guys...why don't you let me go back? And what about the law?" He Minzhang was a little exasperated.
"Captain He, please go down and have a rest. We are preparing to attack the city." Xue Chen was getting a little impatient. After all, he couldn't win by talking, so he had to resort to force.
"Zhongkang, forget it, just give the order," the old man behind shook his head and advised.
"Okay, Third Uncle, take my token and tell the brothers to retreat." Seeing that there was no room for maneuver, He Minzhang took out a blue sign with an order on it, making it look like a gang. It seemed that the He family controlled the team very tightly.
After the enemy militia left the city, they immediately sent people into the city and stationed guards at important strongholds, including the armory, the He family compound, the township office, and the barracks, and then opened the city gates and resumed normal life.
Du Chenyu entered Gaocheng city on the second day. There were two streets in the city. On both sides of the main street were two-story wooden buildings and several blue brick courtyards. This was the He family's courtyard in Gaocheng. The deputy regiment commander Han's courtyard had been requisitioned. After all, He Minzhang agreed to sign the document that Han Gengmao had privately mobilized troops, invaded other people's defense zones, and committed war crimes. He will face public trial and all his property will be confiscated.
Du Chenyu appointed He Chaowu as the captain of the Gaocheng garrison and He Jiacheng of the independent squadron as the deputy captain. He also transferred Liu Qingfeng to be in charge of the civil affairs of the Gaocheng area. In this way, the Gaocheng He family was easily disbanded. The newcomers He Chaowu and He Jiacheng continued to be the military leaders of the Gaocheng area. The people with the surname He, who accounted for one-third of the population of Gaocheng, had no resistance and quickly completed the rotation tasks of each village and each guard and the reorganization of the militia.
Gaocheng has always been the third largest of the eleven regiments in Baizhang. "The first is the Baizhang Joint Defense City District, and the second is Tongping. The coal and iron here support the development. There is an earthen blast furnace in the west of the city, which is about the same size as their new iron factory in Lijiahe. The population of the entire area is over 10,000. Therefore, he set up a separate regiment in the Luojiaba Heishuitan area. He Cunyi is responsible for management, mainly responsible for future exchanges with Jizhou and Bazhou. Gaocheng is the focus of agricultural and industrial development.
It was the spring planting season in April. They held a summary meeting on the third day after the war. Xue Chen presided over the meeting. As the most tragic and largest offensive and defensive battle since the establishment of the armed forces, 4 people were killed or wounded in this battle, including 3 casualties in the 144st Squadron, and the squadron leader Hu Haisheng was injured. The rest of the independent squadron, reconnaissance team, and garrison team lost 1 people. Such a heavy loss, and they were all the most elite teams, instantly made the meeting place extremely quiet. Only the birds outside were still chirping. Everyone listened to Xue Chen's report with a slight sob. They defeated Yang Chong's 56-man coalition team, nearly 88 people escaped, 850 people were killed, more than 280 people were captured and incorporated into the guarding team, and 347 heavy machine gun, 462 light machine guns, and more than 1 other types of rifles were seized. The results were also brilliant. The loss of elite teams could decrease in a short time at any time, but in the long run, due to the seizure of a large number of guns, 2-500 squadrons could be expanded, and the strength would soon recover.
After the meeting, the teams from various locations gradually returned to their units. He Jiacheng's independent squadron was officially changed to the 8th Squadron, with Du Qian as the instructor, stationed in Gaocheng. The 1st Squadron, the Guard Team, and the Reconnaissance Team were also temporarily stationed here. In order not to affect the spring plowing, all work was done to reclaim land and cultivate the land, so there were no additional tasks.
In early May, the planting of corn and rice in the low-altitude areas around Baizhang and Gaocheng was basically completed, and they were preparing for transplanting rice seedlings. On May 5, the Revolutionary Military Council officially issued a document to expand the team: first, Wu Xuyang and Wang Quan were appointed captains of the 5th and 20th squadrons respectively, and they would select soldiers from the garrison members everywhere. By the end of May, the team would be formed and training would begin; second, the guard team would increase the fire assault team, add 9 heavy machine gun and 10 light machine gun; third, the sailor team was expanded to a squadron, with Jiang Zhongsheng as the squadron leader; fourth, Peng Huiyu expanded it to a reinforced squadron of 5 people, with 1 support guns.
This time the team was expanded, the number of people increased by one third, and the formal combat personnel were nearly 1600, not including logistics, engineering and Li Long and Zhao Rui's teams. The pressure of military expenditure also increased suddenly. The army will not continue to expand this year. Of course, in order to hide its strength, the newly formed team will continue to hide in the mountains and train while carrying out military reclamation.
At the beginning of June, Du Chenyu returned to Baizhang Base. Every time he came back, he could feel the growth of the base, like a baby growing up slowly. In the past two days, there were more than 6 new swallowtail boats at the ferry, a chimney was added to the factory, several red brick factory buildings were added, and the thatched houses were gradually decreasing.
Wang Shouyi personally met him at the intersection of the base. This time he came back in the morning, mixed in with a group of cargo transports, and walked through Tongping back to Baizhang. "Mr. Chenyu, you have worked hard along the way. Congratulations on your triumphant return. You have finally realized your dream of moving from the mountains to the plains," he said as he trotted all the way and bowed as he came over.
"Uncle Wang, you don't need to compliment me. This operation was indeed unexpected, and the result was okay. Let's not talk about that. Are you used to living in the base? What new things are there?" Du Chenyu asked.