With He Zhengdao leading two main divisions and successfully defeating the two Gui military advisors who crossed the river, after the news spread, the Long Yun unit of the Yunnan Army decisively stopped moving forward. For Long Yun, he did not want to waste his main force in vain.

This result made Xue Yue feel very helpless. In fact, as he successfully expelled Wang Jialie and the warlords in the southwest of the southwest suddenly increased their vigilance towards the Central Army.

Even though the main forces of the Red Army are now gathering in Sichuan, the Yunnan Army has also many troops arranged by the Yunnan-Guizhou border, and the intention of this is self-evident. Faced with the Southwest Warlords who have engaged in private joint efforts, let alone appointing commander-in-chief of the encirclement and suppression.

Even Chairman Jiang, who was far away in Nanjing, did not dare to anger these powerful warlords too much except scolding these warlords for being independent. If the Red Army was really allowed to get involved with them, the Central Army would probably be in danger.

Faced with the negotiation request sent by He Zhengdao, the Gui army seemed to agree very readily. Not long after, the Gui army, who was isolated and fled from the ambush circle, also took the initiative to surrender to the independent column.

Regarding this situation, many officers of Gui army who escaped couldn't help but complain: "If I had known this, it would be better not to run away!"

But the commander of the Army Gui, who ordered the surrender, explained in time: "If we are captured in the ambush circle, the price for Chief Li to redeem us will be higher. Taking the initiative to surrender now can also show our sincerity to not want to have a civil war.

In addition, even if we return to Guangxi, we will not be known as a defeated general. Now we surrender voluntarily, which was ordered by Chief Li and others. We are just implementing military orders. This is a big difference, do you understand?"

After listening to the words of the two division commanders, these officers made sense to think about it. Even if some people are reluctant to surrender, they know that if they continue to fight, they probably cannot escape. Without supplies, what will they use to continue fighting with the Red Army?

Xiao Jinguang, who personally led the team to receive the captives, said happily: "Commander, this battle is beautiful! You have a good start for our independent column!"

Facing Xiao Jinguang's happiness, He Zhengdao smiled bitterly: "Political Commissar, with nearly one-to-one troops, we still have the advantage of firepower and terrain, and in the end they made them successfully break through. This battle seems to me to be a defeat.

I have to say that the Gui army has a very strong combat power. At least in my opinion, it is stronger than the Central Army I have fought. Through this battle, I also saw many problems in the army.

Our independent column is expanding too quickly, and most of the grassroots officers and soldiers are prisoners anyway. Their military qualities are still quite different from those of these well-trained Gui Army.

Next, it depends on the political commissar of the Gui army. It is difficult for the officers of the Gui army to get them anyway. But these grassroots soldiers are of good quality and can recruit one."

Listening to what He Zhengdao said, Xiao Jinguang also knew that this battle was indeed a bit of a huge casualty for the Independent Column. But Xiao Jinguang also knew that such losses were considered a great victory compared to the record.

I heard from the following officers that He Zhengdao had extremely strict requirements on the combat losses of the troops. If the troops suffered too much casualties during the battle, even if they won, He Zhengdao would hold the commander accountable.

Now it seems that those officers are right. The commander in front of him is indeed a bit different from other senior combat commanders. He likes to pursue the smallest losses and achieve the greatest victory.

‘Commander, such a victory is considered a great victory, don’t blame yourself too much. We are now in the process of fighting, and the troops don’t have time to conduct too systematic military training. It’s great to be able to fight like this.

I will leave the rest of the final things to me, and I will ask you the war on the front line. I have always been curious about why the independent divisions fought more and more soldiers and supplies, but now it seems that you are still in good command.

In this battle, the weapons, ammunition and supplies we seized alone are enough to deal with the battle for a period of time. The Sichuan Army, who defeated these two Gui military advisors and defended the city of Tianquan, was afraid that they were already scared at this moment.'

Xiao Jinguang was also very satisfied with the first battle to join the Independent Column. He was still worried about He Zhengdao's youth before. At this moment, he could feel that He Zhengdao was still very experienced in dealing with people and things.

Regarding the transaction with the Gui army, He Zhengdao asked the headquarters to obtain approval and handed over the follow-up matters to Xiao Jinguang. He led the main troops of the two divisions to go to Tianquan City openly.

I originally thought that the Red Army, which is now constantly raiding Tianquan, was the main force of the independent division that almost captured Lao Chiang. Now I know that the real main force is still behind. How can they defend the nearly 30,000 Red Army?

Looking at Deng Xihou who sent a telegram for help again, he also seemed extremely distressed and said, "Reinforcements, I'll go there to find reinforcements for them now? Send a message to Yang Sen and ask him to transfer two brigades to assist us in defense."

Listening to Deng Xihou's words, the Chief of Staff of the 28th Army smiled bitterly and said, "Military Commander, I'm afraid it's difficult to send troops to Yang Sen! I'd better generate electricity for Liu Xiang. What do you think? Fighting hard with the Red Army is not worth it!

You and I know how strong the Gui army is. The closest to us is Liu Wenhui's army. But you also see that Liu Wenhui's main force has retreated not long after he left Ya'an.

He, the old fox, probably saw that this independent division was difficult to deal with, and did not want to consume the main force at hand. If he really wanted to kill the troops in his hand, do you think the Central Army can really give him any good fruits?"

When the Sichuan Army began to worry about the Independence Column's sword aiming at Chengdu, the Red Fourth Front Army, far away in Abali County, also received news that the Independence Column's advance into Tianquan. Commander-in-chief Xu Xiangqian was also very shocked by the Independence Column's boldness.

Looking at the Sichuan Army's defense map, Xu Xiangqian also smiled and said, "Now Deng Xihou is afraid of being scared! With just him, the 28th Army, it is probably difficult to block the independent column of the Red Front Army.

As long as we pursue our Sichuan Army and divide our troops to reinforce them, our opportunity will come. The central government's division strategy seems to take a lot of risks, but in fact it makes the Sichuan Army a little difficult to deal with!"

Xu Xiangqian, who led the Fourth Red Army into southern Sichuan, had fought against the Sichuan Army many times. Now he has learned that the Central Red Army has entered the Danba area and believes that the two armies are about to meet.

Although the Central Red Army lost nearly half of its troops in the battle in Xiangjiang River. However, since Mao Taizu returned to power, the Central Red Army seemed to have changed troops, and its strength was constantly recovering and growing.

Even if there is no independent column to go north with the main force, the Central Red Army, which is now planning to meet with the main force, has also reached nearly 50,000 troops. In addition to the independent column's troops, the combat effectiveness of the Central Red Army has also been greatly restored.

Under such circumstances, it is unlikely that the Sichuan Army would continue to encircle the Red Army to head north. However, Xu Xiangqian also knew that the Northwest Army and Hu Zongnan's troops had already launched defenses in the Gannan region, and it was not easy to break through the siege.

He Zhengdao knew that even if he was concerned about the situation on the front line, he would not help. Even if he knew, the situation of the Red Fourth Front Army was not very good now. But he knew that he was unable to intervene in such matters for the time being.

At least the strength of the Central Red Army today is almost the same as that of the Red Four. In this case, I believe that the leader Zhang, who planned to establish a new central government in history, should also consider the serious consequences caused by this.

The far water cannot save the near fire, He Zhengdao let go of his worries about the main force's meeting. He began to summon the commanders of the independent column and began to discuss the attack on Tianquan. For this portal, He Zhengdao must fight.

Even if the Independent Column does not enter Chengdu in the end, it must make a prominent exit to make the Sichuan Army that surrounded the Red Army return to aid. Only in this way can the pressure on the main force of the Red Army in the Aba area be greatly reduced.

Looking at the defense map of the Sichuan Army in Tianquancheng in front of him, He Zhengdao quickly said: "In order to end the battle as soon as possible and open up the passage into the hinterland of Sichuan. In this battle, he still adopted a tactic of psychological and force paralleling force to force the Sichuan Army to retreat on its own.

Starting tomorrow, you three main divisions will advance from left, right and middle respectively to Tianquan. Remember, the strength of the attack must be large. You three main divisions have no distinction between main attack and assist, so you will all attack with all your strength.

Reconnaissance Corps, after the battle begins tomorrow, create chaos in the city of Tianquan. What you need to do is to create a pressure on the Sichuan army in and outside the city to encircle the Red Army, forcing the Sichuan army to collapse after the battle begins.

The recruit brigade acts as the reserve force of the column, and the three artillery battalions of the artillery regiment are all assigned to three divisions to participate in the offensive operations. In this battle, we must win at a fast pace, so that the Sichuan Army can truly feel the powerful attack power of our independent column."

‘Yes, Commander!’

The three main division commanders were very happy to hear that the general attack began tomorrow. For them, with the detailed defense maps provided by the reconnaissance regiment, it was still not too much pressure to attack the Sichuan Army garrison troops in front of them!
Chapter completed!