Back to the Republic of China as a commander

After hearing Bai Chongxi's plan, Li Zongren was stunned for a long time before uttering a sentence: "Jiansheng, when it comes to fighting with soldiers, Brother Yu is not as good as you, so just do as you say."

Bai Chongxi smiled leisurely: "Adjutant, when Li Dachao and the others come back, invite the guests from just now."

When Li Zongren heard this, he suddenly remembered something: "By the way, Jiansheng, I noticed something last time, but I was very busy, so I didn't ask you."

Bai Chongxi chuckled: "Brother must be asking about my reconnaissance company, right?"

Li Zongren nodded, and Bai Chongxi said in a deep voice: "The commander personally went to my second mountain brigade to kill. At first, I didn't quite understand why these soldiers had to smear black mud on their faces and batch leaves and bark. Later, when they entered The mountains and forests are very useful, and I can't find these people at all. Brother, let me tell you something, these scouts are all top picks from the whole army, and all of them are good at capturing and fighting. The boxer next to the commander named Long Tingjiu called one by one. By the way, one named Wang Chenhao and the other named Guo Meng were sent by the commander himself. It is said that they are the closed disciples of Master Long. I saw it with my own eyes. See, with the skills of these two people, three or five people can take care of them casually."

Li Zongren quickly raised his hand: "Stop, stop, just blow it up, isn't it just a reconnaissance company? The reconnaissance company of our mountain first brigade was also praised by the commander..."

Just as he was talking, the adjutant came in and reported: "Report to Brigadier Commander Bai, Li Dachao and the others have returned, arrested more than 20 people, and are interrogating them."

Bai Chongxi recalled for a while and said: "Go and ask, if there is someone named Tao Er, bring it to me. Send someone to invite Mr. Liu, the guest just now..."

After washing, Liu Zhenhuan changed into the new blue-gray military uniform of the Xiangxi garrison. Although he felt a little weird about this style, he still thought the clothes were top-notch in terms of workmanship and style.

Stepping into the small thatched hut where the advance headquarters is located, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi looked at themselves with smiles, Li Zongren took the lead and said: "Commander Liu, everyone is a fellow, and they speak more directly, or you don't want to be a Guangxi commander Yuan Jun , just play for Marshal Wang just like us.”

Liu Zhenhuan also thought about this problem just now, now the situation is stronger than people, and the shedding phoenix is ​​not as good as the chicken.He nodded and replied: "As long as we can avenge Shen Hongying, that dog thief, Zhenhuan will ask Brother De Lin to introduce him to Marshal Wang."

Li Zongren laughed honestly, patted Liu Zhenhuan on the shoulder and said: "Come on, our classmate Bai Jiansheng has a wonderful chess game. Taking Liuzhou is like picking something out of a pocket. We just need your cooperation, Brother Liu."

Liu Zhenhuan looked at the confident Bai Chongxi with some confusion: "What a wonderful move, Brother Bai, come quickly, my uncle is also in doubt about his life and death, Zhenhuan is very anxious!"

Bai Chongxi coughed twice on purpose: "This plan is also simple. Liuzhou is a thousand-year-old city with tall walls and water changes on three sides. This location, as long as you bite your teeth, it is not difficult to defend until the reactionary governor Lu Rongting who rebels against Yuan Ni comes to reinforce him. Moreover, Brother Liu’s uncle is also among them. What can be outsmarted cannot be attacked by force."

Liu Zhenhuan pondered for a while: "Brother Delin and Brother Jiansheng don't know something. This thief Shen is a bandit, treacherous and cunning, and cautious. I'm afraid it's very difficult to succeed in a normal sneak attack, I don't know..."

"Hey, what kind of attack is stealing? If it's really a sneak attack, it's not considered outsmart." Bai Chongxi waved his hands proudly and continued: "Didn't he send this Lan Ba ​​and Tao Er to hunt and kill Brother Liu? Now we Just let the person who chased you escort you back, open the city gate in the dark, the army rushes in, and then occupies every key point. Just relying on the quantity and quality of those bandit soldiers. What can I do? So we asked Brother Liu to perform bitter tricks, which is somewhat risky; secondly, to draw out the topographical map of Liuzhou, otherwise it would be bad for my people to rush out and get blind."

Liu Zhenhuan shook his head and said: "Of course there is no problem. If it wasn't for your army's help, I, Liu Zhenhuan, would have died once. How difficult is it to act as a prisoner? But isn't Lan Ba ​​already beaten to death by the company commander Li Dachao of your army?" Is it? Tao Er is a gangster, and he doesn't know where he is now?"

Bai Chongxi shook his hand and said: "It's okay, that Tao Er and his gang have just been caught by us, and I will ask my brothers to give him a good meal later. If I promise some benefits, he will take the initiative to cooperate with us to perform this play well." .”

Liu Zhenhuan felt that this matter was reliable, and just nodded, he saw Li Dachao coming in excitedly with his head in his hands, and shouted as he walked: "Brigade Commander, I found the Tao Er you want, this kid is dishonest!" , I cut off his head, do you like it?"

When Bai Chongxi heard this and saw the head again, he was immediately dumbfounded, and then without saying a word, he glared angrily at Li Dachao who felt good about himself.

It was rare for Li Zongren to meet the clever Bai Chongxi who made a miscalculation, and his heart immediately blossomed, but it was hard to show it on his face, so he could only keep his mouth shut.

Liu Zhenhuan also saw Bai Chongxi's embarrassment. Now that he is asking for help from others, and showing his bad mood, he can only stand there and pretend to be stupid.

Bai Chongxi took a deep breath, smiled and patted Li Dachao's shoulder, and called out kindly: "Dachao! I heard that you have a good relationship with Chief of Staff Li of the Security Corps?"

Li Dachao saw that the brigade commander asked strange questions, and he was also the head of the Erzhang monk, so he could only answer truthfully: "Yes, I used to be his platoon commander, and he was my company commander."

Bai Chongxi's face suddenly changed: "Da Chao, you are really good at this errand. If you don't wait for this war to end, you can just jump to serve in the security forces."

Li Dachao rubbed his head with one hand: "Brigade Commander, it's not good. It's better for me to follow you. I heard that the treatment of the security forces is not as high as that of our field troops. Besides, my old Li did nothing wrong. Why do you want me to go?" Security forces, this misses!"

Bai Chongxi laughed loudly: "You, Li Dachao, have done nothing wrong. If you killed Tao Er, what should I use to defraud the city? Why don't you go back now, and I'll just write you a transfer order."

No matter how stupid Li Dachao was, he knew he was in trouble, and he immediately shouted: "Brigade Commander, I was wrong, please don't drive me away, it's good that I'm in the second brigade..."

"You don't want to go to the security forces?" Bai Chongxi asked sullenly after listening to Li Dachao nagging for a long time, Li Dachao nodded suddenly.

Bai Chongxi changed back to a smiling face, nodded and said: "Then you immediately take this dirty thing in your hand and roll as far as you can, roll!"

Li Dachao ran away without a trace. . .

Only then did Bai Chongxi say to Liu Zhenhuan with an embarrassing face: "I laughed at Brother Liu, most of the subordinates are strong and brainless. Since such a small accident happened, we may need to fine-tune the plot of our false surrender..."

Xu Yuanquan reported to Wang Zhenyu in the first division headquarters of Tongdao County: "Marshal, the first mountain brigade and the second brigade have lost contact with us for two days. I haven't sent a messenger to report for so long. What will happen? something wrong?"

Wang Zhenyu touched his chin. He hadn't shaved for a few days, but he had grown so much: "What could happen?"

Just kidding, let's not talk about the abilities of Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, relying on nearly ten thousand guns from the first and second brigades alone.Not to mention the little Shen Hongying, even adding Lu Rongting can't do anything to them?And judging from the performance of the Battle of Changde, these two brigades can be regarded as strong teams in the country at present. If anyone really wants to attack them, it is very likely that they will steal a chicken and lose a lot of rice.

But it's a bit abnormal that they haven't contacted for two days. Could it be that they encountered some opportunity and rushed out before they could repay themselves.

By the way, something must have happened to Liu Guxiang.

After thinking about this, Wang Zhenyu immediately took the case and asked Xu Yuanquan: "Old Xu, how is the march of our first division?"

Xu Yuanquan replied truthfully: "Commander, the mountain road is rugged, and the military operations of nearly 101 officers and soldiers have a lot of various supplies. We have indeed tried our best. At present, the Tao Zhiyue Department of the [-]st Regiment has just entered Guangxi. The division headquarters and many directly affiliated units are still on the passage and have not set off yet."

Wang Zhenyu stood up, walked to the military map surveyed and mapped by the surveying and mapping team of the staff office with his hands behind his back, and looked at it: "It's too long, source, don't worry about the baggage, let's send some troops there first, I feel the situation in Guangxi In the end, it may exceed our expectations. After all, we are not natives of Guangxi, and a hero like Lu Rongting will never tolerate snoring on the side of his couch, so send messengers to Li Zongren and the others and tell them that after capturing Liuzhou, Don't attack again, stick to Liuzhou and wait for the big troops to be in place, and you will win."

Hearing what Wang Zhenyu said, Xu Yuanquan immediately asked nervously: "Commander, if Lu Rongting has really arrived in Liuzhou area, or Liu Guxiang has merged with him, what shall we do?"

Wang Zhenyu shook his head in his heart, if Liu Guxiang and Lu Rongting could join forces, there is only one explanation, one of them was transmigrated.Obviously this is impossible, what I really have to worry about is, how big will this battle be?

The purpose of launching the North Guangxi operation at first was to find enough resources for the development of the steel industry, not to take over Guangxi, a poor and backward province covered with mountains.The current development of Xiangxi has just started, and every step is very difficult. If it is dragged to Guangxi, it may not be able to run.

Thinking of this, Wang Zhenyu suddenly turned around and asked Xu Yuanquan: "Old Xu, you said that if we take down the whole of Guangxi in one go, what will happen..."