The battle is coming again

Wu Shaoting said calmly: "Then we have to activate the backup plan. I believe that Guangzhou should prepare almost the same thing!"

He Fuguang nodded slightly, but there were still concerns on his face. He could not put all his hopes on the air force.

Wu Shaoting was silent for a while, then said: "Immediately send a secret telegram to the Cavalry Division and tell Li Renchao to prepare for entering Sichuan."

He Fuguang raised his eyebrows. This was an order outside the plan. He said in surprise: "Ship Ting, are you planning to let our troops intervene in the war in Sichuan? You didn't have any preparations in this regard before."

Wu Shaoting said calmly: "Not every battle must be prepared, especially the cavalry division, they must have the ability to respond quickly. Don't worry, this is not a bad thing. On the one hand, the southern provinces hope that we can intervene head-on, and on the other hand, I should set an example. In addition, I can also take this opportunity to first install an army in Sichuan. Chongshi, do you remember that I said I had handled the Yibin incident?"

He Fuguang suddenly realized, he nodded solemnly and said, "I understand. I will contact Guangxi and Guizhou provinces later and ask them to arrange their route in advance."

Wu Shaoting pondered for a while and said nothing.

An hour later, senators from various provinces received reports on the emergencies in Meishan one after another. The senators of the Yunnan Army and the senators of the Sichuan Army were the first to go to the government hall to learn about the latest situation. Wu Shaoting did not leave the government hall since the early morning. He personally presided over a meeting and explained the losses of the 27th Mixed Brigade of Meishan yesterday. Then he comforted and emphasized, saying that the 7th Division would enter Sichuan as soon as possible to respond to the war and demanded the 3rd Mixed Brigade of the Guizhou Army to attack Chengdu as soon as possible according to the original plan.

As for the aftermath of the 27th Mixed Brigade, Wu Shaoting asked the senator of the Yunnan Army to contact the Yunnan Provincial Government as soon as possible to give a reply. Otherwise, the military joint meeting would send people to Meishan to rectify and take over.

However, in the afternoon, Meishan sent another telegram to inform Ropekin that he was safe and had only suffered abrasions and frostbite. The telegram also sent the statistics of casualties from the 27th Mixed Brigade last night. Two officers and 59 soldiers were killed in the brigade headquarters, and countless injured people. It has been confirmed that the enemy attack was the CSKA 3rd Division Pioneer Regiment.

That night, Wuzhou received another telegram from Ropekin. Ropekin said that the battle was severely damaged, and the 27th Mixed Brigade would take some time to adjust and re-arrange its strategy, beware of the threat from the Beiyang army in Ziyang, so he could not immediately launch an attack on Chengdu. He also "sincerely" shirked the responsibility of Guizhou's Third Mixed Brigade to take over the position of vanguard, and Dai Kan fired the first shot of the Chengdu war.

Wu Shaoting did not reply to this telegram, nor did he even explain anything to the senator of the Yunnan Army. He knew that even if he forced Luo Peijin to continue to march towards Chengdu, the latter would still stay. As for Dai Kan's Guizhou army, it was even more unreliable. Chen Jiongming had been sent to Yibin for several days. Dai Kan kept saying that he would severely punish Chen Zuting, the battalion commander of the ** battalion, but he did not issue an order from beginning to end, ordering the ** battalion to withdraw or remove the position of Chen Zuting as battalion commander, which was obviously delayed again and again.

The only thing you are looking for now is the Seventh Division.

At noon on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Cai E finally sent a reply from Zunyi and decided to officially march into Sichuan the next day.

On this day, the 14th Cavalry Regiment of the Guangdong First Cavalry Division, the old cavalry unit with the title of "Glorious Cavalry Regiment", drove out of the province in the afternoon after just one and a half days of preparation. They first arrived in Guilin, then entered Guizhou through the province, and were expected to arrive in Zunyi in five days.

Deng Keng's workload has increased a lot since this day. While he was responsible for the logistics of the 7th Division, he also had to take into account the supply guarantees along the way. The Glorious Cavalry Regiment was in a state of rapid action, and the logistics of the province was not enough to fully guarantee. He could only spend money to purchase supplies in advance in the route area, and even set up a material warehouse in Zunyi in advance.

War horse maintenance in cold weather is very expensive, but for the sake of war, Guangdong can afford this fund.

The newly formed second brigade of the Guangdong Air Force flew to the temporary base in Zunyi in the past three days and successfully completed the gathering of three squads on the afternoon of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. When Cai E personally led the Yang Ximin Division of the 7th Division to advance to Sichuan, the Second Flight Brigade, led by Colonel Bacon, completed a briefing on the air reconnaissance mission in Luzhou at noon the next day, marking important strike targets for Yang Ximin Division's artillery as much as possible.

Located in Chishui County, which borders Sichuan and Guizhou, the vanguard of the 7th Division just passed here yesterday and left a liaison station in the city. Cai E led the division headquarters and a subsequent regiment to the county town at noon the next day. At this time, there was a dense drizzle in the sky, and Southwest China finally ushered in the first spring rain that had been late for a long time. However, the cold weather did not end with the arrival of the spring rain. Instead, the raindrops in the north wind were more like ice lumps, which hit the face cold and hard.

The scouts returned from the northern suburbs and informed the mountain road outside the city that the horses were covered in mud and that the hooves of war horses were slipping, not to mention the baggage troops behind. After a brief discussion, Cai E decided to stay in the county town for half a day. Regardless of whether the rain improved tomorrow, the troops must continue to rush to ensure that they remain connected with the vanguard.

The division headquarters began to build a temporary camp outside the city. Cai E stood outside a certain tent, his nose was red, and his pale face was covered with rain. However, his figure was still firm and upright, unmoved at all. Although he had lived in Beijing for several years, the winter and spring in the north were worse than here, but in Beijing it was "enjoying the peace and happiness" and could not be compared with the current expedition.

"Commander, the tent is almost sorted out, and the brazier has been laid. It's wet outside, so you'd better go inside and rest!" Cai E's adjutant Chen Fang stood behind and persuaded with a worried tone. A few years ago, he served as an adjutant to Wu Shaoting, which was the old town before the Great Revolution. Later, because he was not decisive enough in his work, he was arranged to practice in the General Staff Headquarters until after the establishment of the 7th Division, he was specially selected to serve with Cai E as an adjutant.
Chapter completed!