On the morning of June 12, the First Division of Zuochun'an arrived at the foot of Ning County.

Ning County was stationed with a regiment of the Longdong Army. At that time, Zhang Zhaoke was already on guard against Wu Anping and the Longdong Group. Although he did not believe that he could challenge his authority in Longdong, in case of precautions, when he was preparing to deal with the Northwest Army in Gansu, he still drew three regiments of troops to station in several counties around Xifeng Town. However, after the Lanzhou War began, two regiments were transferred to the front line, and only Ning County's regiment was still carrying out security tasks.

The Longdong Army's military pay was only eight silver dollars, and they were always deducted. Except for the regiment commander, the battalion commander was better, and everyone else was miserable and extremely poor. Moreover, compared with the Northwest Army, there was no idea of ​​ideological armed forces at all. To say that their goal was to maintain local public security, it would be better to say that it was just to earn a fortune and make a living, which was actually more convincing.

The consequences of using such people to guard against capitalists like Wu Anping who is not short of money can be imagined. Wu Anping does not need to buy them. From the beginning of Ning County, he took the initiative to express his kindness to the Longdong Group. Not only did the regiment, battalion, and company commanders each had their families to go to Xifeng to make a fortune, but many soldiers under him also obtained the recognition of Du Likui and others through various channels, and arranged their families or relatives to join Northern Industry or Xifeng Construction.

Du Likui therefore understood the attraction of the silver dollar better, so he boasted to Wu Anping that if Zhang Zhaoke really went crazy and wanted to destroy the Longdong Group and Xifeng New City, it would be possible that these Longdong troops, who were responsible for monitoring and guarding, would be on which side they stood.

Zuo Chun'an and An Bingchao have some similar temperaments. They are very meticulous in their minds and pay great attention to rules when doing things. However, An Bingchao is deeper, while Zuo Chun'an is more enthusiastic. Although these personality traits are nothing wrong, enthusiastic people are generally more imaginative, so Zuo Chun'an, who is very particular about rules, can sometimes do something unruly.

When he attacked Ning County, Zuo Chun'an acted a little unkind.

Heshui County, Zhengning County and Changwu County are all close to Ning County. These three counties were successively conquered by the People's Liberation Army. Since Wu Anping has always asked to be close to the people, the various ministries did not have any restrictions on ordinary villagers and merchants coming and going. It was precisely because of the verbal rumors of these people that in less than a day, the Longdong Army stationed in Ning County received news of the loss of the surrounding districts and counties, and immediately strengthened the city defense and closed the four gates of the county to prepare for the battle.

In the midsummer mist, Zuo Chun'an's first division team gradually revealed its shape. Thousands of PLA soldiers in black uniforms followed the tanks of the Pilot Assault Battalion, half surrounded Zhengning County from north, east and south.

Leaving the west is not a trick of surrounding three quarts and one, but even if the enemy flees west, they will encounter the left-behind troops of the Xifeng Garrison Division in Changqing Bridge and Xinzhuang. In the open-minded area, these Longdong troops cannot compete with the semi-mechanized Garrison Division. The ending of whether to escape or not is actually the same.

For some reason, the Longdong Army in the city did not flee from the west gate. Instead, the regiment commander and several battalion commanders went up to the city wall and formed a relationship with Zuo Chun'an. Their intention was actually very simple, and they just hope that the well water would not violate the river water, and that their regiment would not be enemies with Xifeng, and they also hope that the People's Liberation Army would not be enemies with them, but to do good deeds, each making money, and everyone was happy.

It cannot be said that these Longdong troops do not know the current affairs. Zuo Chun'an just felt that these people still have not recognized the situation and the proposal of doing good to each other is too naive. He did not respond to the greetings on the city wall at all, but sent a few soldiers to shout, and after proclaiming Dong Zhiyuan's oath, he once again emphasized the determination and confidence of the People's Liberation Army to defeat Zhang Zhaoguan and all the warlords.

Through these soldiers, Zuo Chun'an reminded the Longdong Army in the city not to stand opposite the people and not to try to maintain Zhang Zhaoguan's cruel rule over the people of Longdong. Otherwise, they would definitely destroy Zhang Zhaoguan in the fierce artillery fire of the People's Liberation Army. Before making a decision, think more about the relatives and friends in Xifeng. If they resist stubbornly, they would actually be enemies with their relatives and friends.

This move is very poisonous. Although Wu Anping would not have implicated their relatives and friends because of fighting with the Longdong Army, all the Longdong Army in the city thought of this possibility. In the Republic of China, there were many such bad precedents. The warlords of various departments, including eight garrison envoys from Gansu, had done similar things. Since Wu Anping raised an army to compete with Zhang Zhaoguan, Kong Fanjin and others for Gansu, they also wanted to be a warlord who separatist the side. Since they were warlords, they would not be sure to really implicate their relatives and friends.

In Zuo Chun'an's words, life is so beautiful, why bother to use a knife and a gun?

It was both helpless and inevitable. After a little consideration, the Longdong Army in the city chose the decision that was most beneficial to them. The regiment commander personally invited the soldiers to raise the white flag, and the soldiers put down the old sleeves in their hands. After Hanyang built it, they cheered.

In this way, Zuo Chun'an occupied Ning County without spending a single shot or bullet.

After capturing Ning County, the first wave of attacks on Longdong by the PLA was completed, and a total of eight counties fell into the control of this new military force. Looking at the entire process, the PLA invested more than 30,000 troops in the 5th Division and the 1st Brigade, while the enemy counties added up to less than 5,000 people. If the weapon and equipment gap is taken into account, you will find that the PLA is like a ox-cutting chicken. Although it has won completely, the combat power has not been measured.

Of course, the benefits of doing this are not without it. Although every battle is like self-exercise, this is a real war after all. Many people adapt to the battlefield atmosphere and grow up faster.

In Xifeng, the security division has no division commander for the time being, but is managed by Wu Anping, the commander-in-chief of the Northwest People's Liberation Army. For this reason, the PLA commander and the security division headquarters are actually the same thing. The adjutants and staff members are all soldiers who have performed excellently in the non-commissioned officer education from the Ziwuling No. 4 base.

If you only hear the name of the General Staff Headquarters of the People's Liberation Army, you may be in awe of its authority. After a deeper understanding, you will find that the so-called generals are actually young people. Although they have received school education and can barely be called intellectual youth, a year ago, these people were still farmers, workers and even shops, and there was not even a soldier who had been a soldier and carried guns, so they were even less likely to participate in the derivation and formulation of combat plans.

Wu Anping himself was no exception. He was a military idiot a year ago, but a year later he became the highest commander of tens of thousands of soldiers and launched the Gansu War. If this was a miracle, it would be better to say that it was a forced one.

Among the nearly 40,000 people of the People's Liberation Army, a very small number have joined the warlords, and Zuo Chun'an and several have been in the Whampoa Military Academy for half a year. In addition, everyone's understanding of military affairs is almost obtained from the Ziwuling Base. Although the training programs of the base are almost copied from the training content of later generations, and the former Duobaozhai security guard Lu Jianguo and Xing Bin passed on experience across 80 years of space transmission, it is undoubtedly a dream to train a large number of high-level commanders and staff members in less than half a year.

The General Staff Headquarters is a grass head team, and Wu Anping is actually a grass head commander.

When the telegrams of the divisions conquered several counties in Longdong completed the first wave of attacks were sent to Xifeng, and the communications adjutant Xiao Lan took them to the headquarters' war room to report to Wu Anping, Wu Anping was happy and also saw many problems from these telegrams.

The first problem is naturally the military aspect.

This attack on seven or eight counties in eastern Longdong was actually just a preview of the battle with Zhang Zhaoguan and Kong Fanjin before the Gansu battle. Although it went smoothly, the People's Liberation Army had first experienced wars, and many soldiers who performed well in base training had different degrees of panic and overly excited during the battle, and the command systems of each department did not run smoothly as they imagined.

The emergence of these phenomena and problems is actually very normal for an army that has never been on the battlefield. No matter how intense and close to the reality of the confrontation exercises and offensive and defensive exercises are at the base, the atmosphere cannot be compared with the real battlefield atmosphere. Just one difference between seeing blood and not seeing blood is a great test for the soldiers' psychological endurance.

The same is true for the command system. No matter how organized the exercises are, no matter how efficient it is, once you enter the battlefield, how high the level of gunfire can be performed against the backdrop of rain and cannon fire, it is really an unknown.

In fact, these problems have been expected to occur among Zuo Chun'an and Yu Dacheng. It is precisely because of this consideration that the emptiness of the eastern counties in Longdong were chosen as the first round of offensive targets. After experiencing the baptism of low-intensity combat, the soldiers will gradually adapt to the battlefield atmosphere, and their psychological tolerance will mature from low to high. In the event of a big battle, they can avoid some accidents that must not happen under the pressure of the troops.

The People's Liberation Army attaches great importance to the post-war summary, which is the best way to improve the military's combat effectiveness. The division and brigade commanders have summarized the problems that arise in each unit, and have already made targeted improvements and improvements. Seeing that the measures taken by each unit are different and each has their own cleverness, Wu Anping asked Xiao Lan to forward several telegrams to each unit for reference, and asked to do the relevant work as much as possible, thinking that the next battle is ready.

The second problem is administrative.

In fact, Wu Anping already has a comprehensive plan for the improvement of local political systems and administrative institutions, but such plans must be implemented and cannot be achieved in the short term. The most critical obstacle is that Xifeng has extremely lacked qualified administrative personnel, and can only rely on relatively honest political leaders and clerks in the former county office to manage the local area. Not to mention whether the concepts of these people can be consistent with Xifeng. In terms of ability alone, most of them actually do not meet Wu Anping's requirements for officials.

These are only a few counties. After defeating Zhang Zhaoguan and Kong Fanjin, and eliminating the warlords of Gansu, there will be a province that needs to be governed and built. When the army enters Shaanxi, then sweeps Liu Zhenhua's Zhensong Army, Shaanxi will also fall into the hands of the People's Liberation Army. At that time, the gap for administrative personnel will be even greater. In the short term, this demand will not be met in any case. To fully build Ganzhou, Shaanxi requires absolute control over local administration, which will lead to conflicts.

How to resolve this contradiction? Wu Anping repeatedly discussed it with Guanlingdong, Tao Yushan and others, and referred to the opinions of Zuo Chun'an, Yu Dacheng and others. The final conclusion was that only by adopting the method of military-first politics can local administrative agencies operate well on a unified track on the basis of ensuring control.

The so-called military politics is actually very simple.

In the area controlled by the People's Liberation Army, although the former county offices and various institutions were cleaned up and reorganized, almost all the leaders of the politicians, regardless of the county, bureau, department, and department, were selected as old. Even if they were as honest and fair as ever, they would not be able to smoothly promote the new policies formulated by Xifeng and could not promote the progress of local construction. Such county offices would not be qualified. To achieve these, the ideas needed to be unified with the will of Xifeng, but Wu Anping could not wait until everyone raised their awareness before going to build. Therefore, it was necessary to temporarily use the strong image of the army to suppress all kinds of chaotic ideas and ensure that everyone could fully implement Wu Anping's intentions even if they did not understand for the time being.

The war is imminent, and maintaining stability in various places is more important. Therefore, not only many policies have not begun to be promoted, but the bullies and gentry in the country have not been cleaned up and dealt with, and only one company of soldiers has been left in each county. After the war in Gansu ends, this company will be expanded to a battalion, and cooperate with the county office and the Longdong Group to rectify local governments, eliminate bandits, and implement new policies. These troops can be regarded as Wu Anping's eyes in each county, or as a big stick hanging on the heads of officials at all levels in the county office.

Of course, such measures are only temporary. Wu Anping has determined to open government affairs schools or training classes after controlling Ganzhou and Shaanxi, introduce future concepts and theories, unify the ideological understanding of administrative personnel, and improve their work level. At that time, administrative officials in places meet the standards first, troops in places will withdraw first.

Wu Anping was still considering how to manage Ganzhou and Shaanxi. Xiao Lan, an adjutant of communications, came to report again: "Commander-in-Chief, the Flight Detachment reported that according to the reconnaissance of the vanguard fighter jets, the tax troop led by Pingliang has left Zhenyuan County and is moving towards Dongzhiyuan. It is expected to enter the jurisdiction of Xifeng Town in five hours."

"Five hours? Well, the security guard should be dispatched, too." Wu Anping estimated the time and said.
Chapter completed!