20demayo Chapter 136: The National Defense War 4th War
Chapter 136: The National Defense War 4th War
Wang Lanzhi was wearing a small cotton jacket with red and white flowers today, a pink hat, and two long braids on her chest. Seeing Du Chenyu still practicing boxing in the yard, she rubbed her right braid with both hands and acted coquettishly, wanting Du Chenyu to take her out to play.
"Okay, I haven't had breakfast yet. Have you? Let's eat a little together and then go out," Du Chenyu invited Wang Lanzhi.
"I've eaten at home." Wang Lanzhi was still a little restrained. This was the politeness and restraint engraved in Sichuan's bones. Anyway, no matter whether they had eaten or not, they would say they had.
Sister Xiaowan, steamed white buns filled with tofu and bacon shells, steaming hot in the steamer, and with white rice porridge, it really whets your appetite.
"Come, Lanzhi, let's eat together," Sister Xiaowan invited Wang Lanzhi to sit down together. She was no longer restrained and started to grab a bun with her hands and began to wolf it down. Eating was not fun if there were not enough people. Therefore, every time she and Sister Xiaowan were alone, they were not interested. Now with one more person, everyone was very happy.
After dinner, everyone dressed in plain clothes and started to go out for a walk. There were 8 male and female guards. The male guards were scattered in the distance, and the female guards were nearby. They came to the surrounding empty farmland for a walk. There was a group of guards near the farm, with cows, sheep, and horses.
"Brother Yu, look at that little lamb, it's so cute." Wang Lanzhi saw two lambs fighting head-on on the edge of the field.
Du Chenyu walked over gently and touched the lamb's back. At first the lamb was a little shy, but after touching its back for a while, it gently held Du Chenyu in its arms and reported to Wang Lanzhi.
Wang Lanzhi ran over, caught the lamb, and touched it curiously. Her family had been living a life of luxury since childhood. Although her father was very open-minded and never restricted her brothers and sisters from doing anything, she seldom ran out alone. She had never experienced the days of running freely in the fields, holding a lamb, and chasing a calf.
"Quack..." In a pond, several big white geese saw Wang Lanzhi invading their territory and ran after her, quacking.
"Brother Yu...ah...wuwu..." She was so scared that she didn't know what to do. Although Du Chenyu was not as tall as Wang Lanzhi, it was still easy for him to deal with several big white geese. He grabbed the neck of a big white goose and used it as a weapon. With one move, the geese were instantly repelled and fled in all directions.
Then he walked towards Wang Lanzhi holding the big white goose and said, "Lanzhi, how about we stew it at noon today? It was the one who pecked you."
"Thank you, Brother Yu, you are so nice," Wang Lanzhi burst into laughter.
"Sister Wan'er, go and ask whose white goose this is. We'll buy it and pay the money, and then stew the goose by the river for lunch," Du Chenyu called Sister Wan'er to pay.
"Okay, I'll prepare it right away," replied Sister Xiaowan.
After a while, the firewood and the pot were set up, and they started to boil water and pluck the goose feathers. Du Chenyu also made a "shuttlecock" with goose feathers. He began to teach Wang Lanzhi how to kick the shuttlecock, but Wang Lanzhi just couldn't kick it.
They played until noon before going back, and Wang Shuwen didn't even send anyone to call her back. It seemed that he was completely confident that Du Chenyu could stay here.
Sichuan-Yunnan War:
On January 1916, 1, Liu Yunfeng's regiment under Cai E arrived at Xinchang, which borders Yunnan and Sichuan. On the 16th, they launched an attack on Wu Xiangzhen's troops, the garrison commander of southern Sichuan. The next day, they occupied Hengjiang, northwest of Gao County, Sichuan. On the 17th, they attacked Anbian, southwest of Xufu (now Yibin). The 19st detachment carried out a feint on the front, and the 1nd detachment took advantage of the darkness to bypass Anbian's flank and suddenly launched an attack. Wu's troops fled to Xufu. The National Protection Army took advantage of the victory to pursue and occupied Xufu on the 2st. Afterwards, the Beiyang Army counterattacked Xufu in four directions, but was repelled.
On the 27th, Liu Xianshi, the military governor of Guizhou, declared Guizhou independent and sent two Guizhou armies to cooperate with the Yunnan National Protection Army. One route was composed of the 1st to 3rd regiments of the Guizhou Army, which was reorganized into the Eastern Route Detachment of the National Protection Army. Wang Wenhua was appointed commander and attacked Xiangxi. One route was composed of the 5th and 6th regiments and the Yunnan Army led by Dai Kan, which was reorganized into the right wing army of the Yunnan-Guizhou Allied Forces. Dai was appointed commander-in-chief and attacked Qijiang and Chongqing in Sichuan. On February 2, Dai's troops arrived at Songkan (belonging to Tongzi, Guizhou) on the Sichuan-Guizhou border. On the 13th, they launched an attack on the 14st Division of the Sichuan Army and other units. By the 1th, they had successively conquered Dongxi and Makouya south of Qijiang. In the second half of the month, the Beiyang Army successively increased its troops to counterattack Dai's troops, and Dai's troops successively retreated to Dongxi and Songkan to confront the enemy.
Battle of Xiangxi
In late January 1916, Wang Wenhua led the Guizhou National Defense Army to the Guizhou-Hunan border and immediately attacked the Beiyang Army in northern Hunan. On the evening of February 1, the 1st Regiment took advantage of the Beiyang Army celebrating the New Year's Eve in Huangzhou (now Laohuang), Hunan, to launch an attack. The Beiyang Army was caught off guard and fled to Wugong Pass (about 2 kilometers east of Huangzhou) the next day. The Guizhou Army occupied Huangzhou. On the 2th, Wugong Pass was captured, and part of the 15th Mixed Brigade of the Beiyang Army and the Zhenyuan Road garrison were annihilated. The 4rd Regiment captured Qianyang on February 5. During this period, the 3nd Regiment captured some outposts outside Mayang City and failed to capture the city twice. On the 2th, the 5st and 2rd Regiments jointly launched an attack on Yuanzhou (now Zhijiang), and the Beiyang Army abandoned the city and fled. On the 13th, the Guizhou Army occupied Yuanzhou. Wang immediately supported the 1nd Regiment with part of the 3st Regiment to attack Mayang City again, and captured the place on the 14th. By late February, the Guizhou National Protection Army had successively conquered Hongjiang, Jingxian, Tongdao, Suining and other places, defeating about three mixed regiments of the Beiyang Army. In mid-March, the Beiyang Army launched a counterattack against Mayang, Qianyang and other places. The Guizhou National Protection Army fought tenaciously, pinning down the Beiyang Army in northern Hunan from transferring its main force to Sichuan.
Battle of Yunnan-Guangxi Border:
On February 1916, 2, Li Liejun's troops advanced from Kunming to Guangxi. In early March, they fought fiercely with Long Jinguang's troops in Guangnan and Funing areas on the Yunnan-Guangxi border. Zhang Kairu's 20nd Army Regiment repelled the repeated attacks of Li Wenfu's troops, commander of the 3st Route of Long Jinguang's troops, in the Guichao area east of Funing, and the two sides were in a stalemate. Fang Shengtao's 2nd Army Regiment fought fiercely with Huang Enxi's troops, commander of the 1nd Route of the Long Army, in Guangnan for several days and repelled Huang's troops. On the 2th, Ningwu General Lu Rongting sent a telegram announcing the independence of Guangxi. The Yunnan National Protection Army took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack against Long Jinguang's troops. At the same time, Zhao Zhongqi's 2rd Army Regiment, which advanced from Yunnan to Guangxi to intercept Long Jinguang's troops, arrived in Xilong (now Longlin, Guangxi) and attacked Huang Enxi's troops with Fang Shengtao's Regiment. Huang's troops were defeated and the remnants fled to southern Yunnan. Huang Yucheng's unit, which was reorganized from part of the 15rd Army, also advanced from Yunnan to Baise, Guangxi via Xingyi, Guizhou, and joined hands with the Gui Army to surround Long Jinguang's headquarters and disarm them. Li Wenfu saw that the situation was hopeless and led his men to surrender. The Long Tiqian bandit armed forces of the 3rd Route of Long Jinguang's unit and the remnants of Huang Enxi's unit, which had fled to southern Yunnan, were blocked by Liu Zuwu and other units of the 3rd Army. Some were annihilated and some escaped from Yunnan.