"Going to Yunnan?"
Heizi asked in surprise when he heard Li Qiufan say the word Yunnan.
"That's right, gather the troops and set off immediately!"
Li Qiufan nodded towards Heizi and said.
"Qiu Fan, I heard Heizi say that we are going to Yunnan? Did Ye Si give you the order?"
Not long after Heizi left, Zhao Gang jogged to Li Qiufan and then asked him.
"What? Do you think I made the decision on my own?"
Upon hearing Zhao Gang's inquiry, Li Qiufan immediately understood what he was thinking, and then said to him angrily.
"Ahem, I'm just asking, I don't mean anything like that!"
Zhao Gang was a little embarrassed when Li Qiufan saw through his thoughts. He coughed twice and explained to him.
"Come on, show it to yourself!"
Li Qiufan shook his head helplessly, and then handed the telegram from Ye Si to Zhao Gang.
When Zhao Gang saw this, he immediately took the telegram and read it. After reading it, he realized that he was overthinking it.
"Are you relieved now?"
"Don't go to Yunnan this time. The work at Erye has not been finished yet. We still have to do the work on the western Sichuan line. Just stay!"
"In addition, I will leave the garrison division and the Fifth Army behind to assist you in the work here."
Seeing that Zhao Gang had finished reading the telegram, Li Qiufan told him his thoughts.
"No problem, don't worry here, there won't be any problems with me here!"
Zhao Gang had no objection to Li Qiufan not taking him to Yunnan, so he immediately agreed.
"But you should be more careful when going to Yunnan. There are four armies of enemy troops there. Plus some enemies who have fled there, I'm afraid the number of troops will not be small!"
After talking about his own affairs, Zhao Gang suddenly remembered something again and reminded Li Qiufan.
"Hey, when did our political commissar get information? He even knows the situation of the enemy's troops so well."
Li Qiufan was a little surprised when he heard Zhao Gang talk about the situation in Yunnan, and then started to tease him.
"There was a fool who stared at the map all day, and I became interested in Yunnan, so I sent someone to collect some information!"
Hearing Li Qiufan's teasing, Zhao Gang glared at him, and then spoke back to him.
"Hahaha, then this idiot is really lucky to have such a considerate political commissar like you!"
Li Qiufan burst out laughing when he heard Zhao Gang's words, and at the same time he couldn't help but feel touched.
Although Zhao Gang didn't know why Li Qiufan cared so much about Yunnan, he went to collect information about Yunnan while worrying about his unauthorized actions, which already explained his position.
"Okay, hurry up and get out with the troops, and send back the victory report as soon as possible!"
Zhao Gang glanced at Li Qiufan with disgust, then waved his hand and said.
After hearing this, Li Qiufan smiled and nodded, and then set off with his troops.
In fact, he knew the situation in Yunnan better than Zhao Gang, and he was not worried about any surprises when advancing into Yunnan this time, because he knew the choice of the Yunnan King.
Li Qiufan advanced to Yunnan this time and borrowed the road from Erye, and then transferred to Guiyang and entered Qujing from Anshun.
And before entering Yunnan, Li Qiufan sent someone to contact the Yunnan king and informed him that he was about to lead his troops into Yunnan.
After receiving the news about Li Qiufan, the Yunnan king immediately stated his position and sent people to Qujing to meet with Li Qiufan.
After meeting the contact person in Qujing, Li Qiufan had a pleasant conversation with him, and then asked him to return to Kunming to prepare for the uprising.
After the contact returned to Kunming, he informed others of Li Qiufan's intentions, and after some discussions, the time for the uprising was set.
As the Yunnan king telegraphed the uprising to the whole country, the old man couldn't sit still at all.
Yunnan was their last place to stay in the southwest region. Before the People's Liberation Army could attack, the king of Yunnan actually rebelled and even telegraphed the whole country.
Then the old man gave orders to the Eighth and Twenty-sixth armies stationed in Yunnan, asking them to join forces with the remnants of the troops that had fled to Yunnan to launch an attack on Kunming and regain control of the Yunnan region.
After receiving the order, the Eighth Army and the Twenty-sixth Army immediately got together and gathered the remnants of each army. A total of more than 30,000 troops launched an attack on Kunming.
After learning that more than 30,000 people from the Eighth Army and the Twenty-sixth Army were attacking Kunming, the Yunnan king immediately ordered his 74th Army and the 93rd Army to resist.
This 74th Army is completely different from the 74th Army of the old man's five ace armies. Although the name is the same as the 74th Army, their strength is completely different.
The predecessors of the 74th Army and the 93rd Army were developed from the three security brigades belonging to Yunnan. The old man ordered them to be rebuilt in Yunnan.
Although the designation of the 74th Army continued, they were basically two completely different troops.
Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the 74th Army and the 93rd Army was somewhat unsatisfactory. Facing the attacks of the 8th Army and the 26th Army, they were defeated step by step.
Fortunately, Li Qiufan's mountain division arrived in time and helped him repel the enemy's attack.
The Eighth Army and the Twenty-sixth Army on the other side did not evacuate immediately after learning that the People's Liberation Army had arrived.
Because they noticed that the People's Liberation Army only came with about 20,000 people and did not have heavy weapons, they launched another attack on Kunming.
But what they didn't know was that Li Qiufan had ordered the First Army and the Second Army to make a detour and go around their rear to surround them.
Moreover, the Third Army and the Fourth Army also pressed forward from the front, and behind the two armies were armored divisions.
As for why Li Qiufan arrived just now, it was entirely because the armored division's movement was restricted. The armored division could not pass the nearest road at all, and it was delayed because of the detour.
After the First Army and the Second Army detoured back into position, Li Qiufan immediately issued the order for a general attack.
Then came the long-awaited artillery fire coverage. The two heavy artillery brigades belonging to the armored division opened up their firepower, directly covering the enemy's position.
At the same time as the bombardment began, the horn of the charge was also sounded, and then the armies launched a charge against the enemy positions.
At this time, these more than 30,000 people have become turtles in the urn, and they can only be surrounded and suppressed by Li Qiufan's troops.
This battle ended very quickly, because the enemy troops were helpless in the face of the fierce artillery fire of the armored division. They could only lie in the trenches and be bombed, waiting for the infantry to come up and harvest.
Not long after the battle, Li Qiufan met the King of Yunnan. After the two had a conversation, Li Qiufan reported the situation in Yunnan to Yesi.
