RPAGF Chapter 201 The Northern Army Enters Changhuan
Chapter 201 The Northern Army Enters Changhuan
It was not until August 30th that the results of the battle were finally counted.
At the Yanshan County Headquarters, Tao Yunong read the telegram to Fang Ji'an:
"In this battle, nearly 6842 enemies were killed, 532 were captured, and weapons seized included 57-type Taishin guns, 72 light machine guns, and 75 heavy machine guns. There were 24 105-caliber artillery pieces, 10 -caliber artillery pieces, and -caliber artillery pieces."
"Countless ammunition and shells were seized, as well as enough flour and rice to last 100,000 people for three months."
Because of the heavy artillery attack, many bodies were incomplete and the number of enemy deaths could not be accurately counted.
After reporting the results of the battle, Tao Yunong said with a heavy face: "Although we won this battle, 8459 soldiers were also killed."
There are many injured soldiers who are not included in the statistics.
Although he had expected this, Fang Jian did not expect so many soldiers to be killed in battle. This was the highest number of casualties since the army was established.
"Tell the field hospital to treat the injured soldiers carefully. Yunong, your people must also do a good job of defending the field hospital."
"Yes, Commander." Tao Yunong's expression changed.
On the surface, he was asked to do a good job of defense, but in fact, he was asked to look after the hospital and prevent anyone from embezzling medicinal materials or using less of them.
After all, the doctors and nurses in the field hospital were all recruited locally, which did not make Francis feel completely at ease.
Then Fang Jian said, "Let the Sixth Division garrison Guangshan, and the Seventh Division garrison Nandu. The Eighth, Ninth, and Thirteenth Divisions will march to Changhuan."
After Tao Yunong responded, he went to convey the order and sent a telegram to Wang Zhixian.
At the Guangshan front, Wang Zhixian had just received news that the 601st Regiment he sent out had successfully recaptured the Qingmen and Nanping passes.
The commander of the Liangguan Division fled back to Qingnan with the remaining troops, and fled with the defenders without looking back. The 601st Regiment easily re-entered Liangguan.
After receiving the telegram, the division commanders said goodbye to each other and left with their troops.
Back to August 8, when the Yongxi Army was destroyed, the Northern Army marched into Changhuan, Nanshan Province in a mighty manner.
The first to enter Changhuan were the 13th Army attacking Yanping, led by Liu Tianhai.
After entering Yanping County, the 201th Army launched an attack on the st Regiment of the nd Division deployed in Yanqiu, and the battle was quite fierce.
Fortunately, Nanshan Province has convenient transportation and it is very convenient to transport supplies by truck.
Due to the sufficient supplies and ammunition, the 201st Regiment had more than general-purpose machine guns and did not care about the firepower output. However, the th Army did not achieve much results. On the contrary, it lost a lot of soldiers.
The exchange of fire continued until night, when the 13th Army stopped its attack.
Inside the temporary command center, Liu Tianhai looked at the map with a gloomy face.
Seeing this, the Chief of Staff smiled bitterly and said, "Commander, the enemy has strong firepower and occupies a strategic position. Why don't we make a feint attack temporarily and wait for news from Lingshan and Jingshui. The enemy in front will surely collapse without a fight."
"Asshole, do you mean I'm not as good as Li Yonglin and Zhu Changyue?" Liu Tianhai slammed the table and said angrily.
The chief of staff was also shocked by Liu Tianhai: "Commander, what I mean is that Yanping County has the dangerous terrain of Yanqiu, unlike the flat terrain of Lingshan and Jingshui."
"Hmph." Liu Tianhai snorted coldly and shifted his gaze to the map again.
Seeing that Liu Tianhai had calmed down, the chief of staff wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
"Commander, if you want to make a difference in Yanping County, why not send troops to bypass Yanqiu and approach the city of Yanping? Yanqiu's strategic location will be useless."
"Okay, let's do it." Hearing the chief of staff say this, Liu Tianhai nodded slightly and said with satisfaction.
"Order the 131st Division to bypass Yanqiu and feint to attack Yanping County. At the same time, have the 132nd and 133rd Divisions get ready. If the enemy in Yanqiu attacks the 131st Division, then we can take Yanqiu."
It was obvious that Liu Tianhai still had Yanqiu in his mind. If the entire army went around to the city of Yanping, Yanqiu's Nanshan Army would attack from both sides, and the Thirteenth Army would be in a very passive position.
Upon seeing this, the chief of staff did not say much and went straight to convey Liu Tianhai's order.
At the Second Division Headquarters in Yanping City, Li Zhongwu was also looking at the sand table. The enemy in front of them had an army of 30,000 men, while the Second Division had only 20,000.
But Li Zhongwu was not worried. He still had confidence in defending Yanping.
He turned to Chief of Staff Yang Pingchang and said, "Let the artillery be ready at all times. Once the enemy uses artillery, we must strike their artillery positions in a timely manner."
"Don't worry, Commander. I have already made arrangements for the artillery regiment." Yang Pingchang nodded and smiled.
During the day, the 13th Army launched an artillery attack when attacking Yanqiu. The artillery regiment of the 2nd Division had been well prepared and bombarded the 13th Army's position in time, forcing it to stop the bombardment.
Li Zhongwu was confident that he could hold on to Yanping City under the attack of the Thirteenth Army. However, the Northern Army dispatched 180,000 troops this time, and the Thirteenth Army in Yanping was only the vanguard.
Facing hundreds of thousands of Northern troops, his expression was also very solemn.
By August 30th, the 11th and 14th Armies had also arrived at Lingshan and Jingshui, and simultaneously launched attacks on the 5th and 3rd Divisions of the Nanshan Army.
The 131st Division of the th Army originally wanted to bypass Yanqiu, but the nd Division had set up defense lines on both wings of Yanqiu and all the way to Yanping County, which made its plan fail and failed to complete the infiltration mission. The th Army had no choice but to attack Yanqiu honestly.
"Useless." Upon learning that the 131st Division had returned empty-handed, Liu Tianhai could not help but curse.
The chief of staff also looked worried. Yanqiu was a strategic location, and after more than a day of siege, apart from losing a lot of soldiers, no progress was made.
If this continues, the position can only be captured if the entire army launches a desperate charge, but the 13th Army will also suffer heavy losses accordingly.
The Nanshan Army on the position had few troops and although they had the advantage in firepower, they could not withstand the human wave tactics.
After he finished his temper, Liu Tianhai looked at the chief of staff and said, "The Nanshan Army has also deployed troops on both wings. What should we do now?"
The chief of staff secretly glanced at Liu Tianhai and a look of sadness appeared on his face.
"Commander, there is no other way now except to storm."
Seeing that the chief of staff had no good ideas, Liu Tianhai waved his hand and said, "Then we will use force to attack. You go and make the arrangements. We must take the position within three days."
"Yes." The chief of staff replied with a bitter face, and then went to arrange the troops to launch another strong attack on Yanqiu.
The battles on the three battlefields were fierce. The ammunition of both sides was consumed very quickly. Nanshan had military factories to support it and convenient transportation, so it didn't care about the consumption of ammunition.
The Northern Army was different. They were able to hold out for the first two days, but from the third day on, they began to save a lot of machine gun bullets.
In addition, the Nanshan Army had snipers, and many of the Northern Army's heavy machine gunners were sniped by the Nanshan Army, causing the Northern Army to suffer heavy losses after several days of attack.
On September 9, Feng Huamin brought the remaining troops to the outskirts of Yanping County.
In the general command headquarters, Liu Tianhai stood trembling by the side, while Feng Huamin looked at the battle reports from the three battlefields with a grim face.
From August 8th until today, more than four days have passed, and there has been no progress on the three battlefields. How can Feng Huamin not be annoyed?
"Commander Liu, what do you want to say?"
Liu Tianhai couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat: "Commander, give me another three days, no, two days, two days, and I will definitely take over Yanping County."