Warlords: Rising from the Northwest Border and Sweeping Across the Powers

Li Wenqi, the chief of staff of the Guo faction warlord, glanced at Wang Tianlu coldly.

Then he said to Guo Qicheng: "Governor, we must admit one thing. The Northwest Revolutionary Army is no longer the security group that used to fight small battles in the local area. Their combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated. They have the strength to fight against us, the Guo faction warlords, head-on on the battlefield."

"This is the intelligence our people sent back. Please review it, Governor."

Guo Qicheng took the telegram handed to him by Li Wenqi, read it carefully, and a hint of shock appeared in his eyes.

This secret report detailed the strength and number of each unit of the Northwest Revolutionary Army.

It emphasized that the Northwest Revolutionary Army now possessed a large number of artillery, countless light and heavy machine guns, and even 150mm heavy howitzers.

Judging from the several battles between the Northwest Revolutionary Army and the 76th Division, it was the Northwest Revolutionary Army that first used heavy artillery to blast open the city walls and eliminate the 76th Division's heavy firepower points, and then launched a full-scale charge. Their firepower equipment and soldier quality were even far superior to those of the 76th Division.

Under such circumstances, it is not surprising that the Northwest Revolutionary Army was able to achieve final victory in an all-out battle with the 76th Division.

"Where did Su Zhengyang get so many weapons and equipment? Ordinary rifles are fine, but such large quantities of light and heavy firepower, even heavy artillery, are scarce in our northwest. Could it be that Su Zhengyang knows magic? How could he conjure up so much equipment?"

Li Wenqi slowly said, "Our intelligence personnel spent a lot of effort to obtain this information from Sanjiang County. According to our intelligence personnel's observations, large quantities of trucks will deliver equipment and supplies to the Northwest Revolutionary Army every once in a while."

"There is definitely a very powerful force behind Su Zhengyang. According to my preliminary analysis, no domestic warlord can continuously provide heavy firepower and artillery in such large quantities. Judging from the supporters behind Su Zhengyang, they should be some foreign power."

Guo Qicheng said thoughtfully: "No wonder Su Zhengyang, a playboy, can make such a big fuss in Linzhou. You should immediately let our intelligence department find out which power is supporting Su Zhengyang at all costs. If our Guo warlords can also get the support of this unknown power, our rise will be just around the corner."

"Yes, Lord Governor."

"The reason why we have suffered so many defeats and losses at the hands of Su Zhengyang's Northwest Revolutionary Army is because of the information gap. Until now, most of our warlords still regard Su Zhengyang's Northwest Revolutionary Army as an insignificant local armed force."

"In fact, the Northwest Revolutionary Army has long had the strength to compete with us. My opinion is to hold back for now and thoroughly investigate the source of Su Zhengyang's weapons and equipment before taking action against the Northwest Revolutionary Army."

"If we don't move, it's fine. But once we do, we will sweep the Northwest Revolutionary Army with lightning speed, not giving them any chance to breathe, and we will kill them in the bud."

Guo Qicheng nodded in agreement and said, "I'll leave this matter to you. The current Northwest Revolutionary Army is enough to attract the attention of our Guo faction warlords. We must find a way to eliminate this threat in the shortest possible time."

Zhenyuan City in the south of Linzhou. Since completely taking over the territory of the 76th Division, Su Zhengyang moved his headquarters to Zhenyuan City. After all, this is the economic, political and cultural center of the entire southern Linzhou Province, with a large population. Moving the headquarters here will be extremely beneficial to the future development of the Northwest Revolutionary Army.

The 1st Brigade of the st Combat Division of the Northwest Revolutionary Army is now stationed in Yuanshan City, miles east of Zhenyuan City.

The 2nd Brigade was stationed in Sanjiang County, while the 3rd Brigade, led by Hao Zhao, used Hengshui County as the dividing point and faced the 8th Division of the First Army of the Guo faction warlord stationed in Tianyang City in the north, guarding against each other.

After the Northwest Revolutionary Army took over all the territories of the former 76th Division, the entire Guo faction of warlords fell silent completely, as if ignoring the Northwest Revolutionary Army and did not take any military action.

The Northwest Revolutionary Army also entered a period of rapid development. The militia reserves in the counties and cities under its jurisdiction had already reached a certain scale, and the Second Combat Division had taken shape.

But what gave Su Zhengyang a headache was that among the officers promoted under the Northwest Revolutionary Army, except for Liu Chengxu and Gu Chenghai who were trained in military schools, most were uneducated and uncultured.

Letting them become regimental-level officers is the limit; to go any higher, they need to have a certain reserve of military knowledge, as well as the military ability to deploy troops and command battles on the battlefield.

The selection of officers at all levels for the Second Combat Division completely stumped Su Zhengyang.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully annihilating the 76th Division, achieving a special achievement, and shocking everyone. ]

[The following rewards are now issued to the host: 20 senior army military training instructors, 10 senior armored unit instructors, 10 senior artillery unit instructors, 8 senior battlefield commanders, and 1 senior intelligence officer Yan Shuangying. Note: All military instructors are at the level of the world's top military academy instructors. ]

When I feel sleepy, I give myself a pillow. System, oh system, I really love you!

Su Zhengyang was overjoyed. With this group of instructors, he could even set up an army officer training academy belonging to the Northwest Revolutionary Army to continuously supply talents to the Northwest Revolutionary Army. In the future, when the number of armored units increased, he could also establish his own armored force.

As for Yan Shuangying, he made Su Zhengyang's eyes light up. Believe in the sentence, "I bet there is no bullet in your gun", all netizens in later generations talked about it with relish. With Yan Shuangying's exaggerated personal strength and performance, he is simply a powerful weapon. Using Yan Shuangying to set up an intelligence department is definitely a good choice.

This was the first time that the system gave out personnel rewards, but it was of great significance to the Northwest Revolutionary Army. The previous Northwest Revolutionary Army could be said to be a makeshift team. A large number of middle and low-level officers were illiterate and reckless men. If they were asked to fight desperately on the battlefield, each of them would be like Lu Bu in the world. However, if they were asked to dispatch troops and manipulate the battlefield layout, there would definitely be big problems in the long run.

[The reward has been sent to the system space and will be delivered to the host's location together with the previous batch of rewards. ]

[Ding, the system issues a side quest to prepare for war. The host is required to develop the Northwest Revolutionary Army into a large warlord force with three reorganized divisions, a motorized infantry brigade, and a modern armored regiment within half a year, with a personnel scale of more than 60,000.]

[Ding! The system issues the main quest, "Tiger in Linzhou". The host is required to annihilate the entire Guo faction warlord within one year and become the largest warlord lord dominating Linzhou.]

Su Zhengyang's mind raced. These two system tasks happened to be the future development direction of the Northwest Revolutionary Army. He was now at a critical time point when the Southern Government was preparing for the Northern Expedition. Time was of the essence. The Northwest Revolutionary Army needed to truly take over the entire Linzhou territory before it could gain a foothold in the Northwest in troubled times and have the potential to look to the whole country.