Chapter 122: Sichuan Campaign Part 2(2/2)
When he woke up, he had become a prisoner of the Southwest Army. Until that time, he had never understood why his own division could not even stop a charge from the Southwest Army, but he could still attack for a while. Unexpectedly,
I have been hiding for ten years, but my life has been in vain.
In 1928, the Southwest People's Army attacked Sichuan's West Route Army and captured Yibin, Leshan, Zigong and other important towns in southwest Sichuan. After leaving a part of the garrison, the main division once again moved northward to Chengdu and Chongqing, the two major towns in Sichuan.
Attack.
A hundred thousand troops entered Bashu. The offensive was fierce, but there were no real casualties, especially in several important towns close to Yunnan and Guizhou. They were all assisted by fighter planes taking off from the airports in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. The Sichuan warlords who were paramilitary troops, personally
They were so exhausted that surrendering was the only way out. The most extraordinary thing was that in the Jianyang area, a battalion of the Southwest People's Army surrendered an independent brigade of the Sichuan Army.
The Sichuan Army, which had no idea who they were fighting for or why they were fighting, seemed very pragmatic at this time. Preservation of life was the most important thing. It was not a battle to protect the homeland and the country, and surrendering was not a shameful thing. There were many battles between large and small warlords, and many soldiers
I have to follow several superiors every year, so the disarmament goes very smoothly.
Except for the part of the 100,000-strong army that marched to western and northern Sichuan, the total number of troops reached more than 70,000. They successively captured Chongqing and Chengdu with absolute superiority. Wherever they went, the warlords fled. Many warlord leaders were far away from the Southwest Army.
When they were hundreds of miles away, they packed up and ran away.
Not to mention the combat effectiveness of the Southwest Army's professional army, advanced equipment, excellent training quality, and tanks and armored units marching along simple roads, even if they break down, they are not warlords who don't even have level fire cannons.
Can be blocked.
After the field airport was finally prepared in the southwest, the transitioning fighter planes joined the attack on Chengdu and Chongqing. After defeating a small number of stubborn warlords, the entire Sichuan and important towns were basically captured.
"Note from the Supreme Command of the Southwest People's Army: Jiang Baili and Wu Tiejun led an army of 100,000 in a fierce battle for thirty-seven days. The war in the southwest has been basically calmed down. Eighteen warlords including the old bandit Fan Mazi were wiped out, and Miao Renyi, who escaped that year, was captured.
, will be escorted back to Yunnan for trial in the near future. Only after the follow-up political workers arrive one after another, the "government" at all levels can be reorganized. The rank and file will hunt down the bandits and carry out the next stage of the anti-bandit battle..."
On January 25, 1929, under the joint command of Wu Tiejun and Jiang Baili, the army attacking Sichuan completed its set combat mission and merged Sichuan under the joint governance "government"
Chapter completed!