readsfreenovel Chapter 112 Yanping County
Chapter 112 Yanping County
Fang Guoxuan was very happy about this victory, and then asked: "How are the casualties of the troops?"
“一共战死354人，其中102团185人，103团91人，104团78人。”方天明沉重道。
Fang Guoxuan sighed: "The Northern Army is fierce, we must not be careless."
Of the more than 1 Northern Army soldiers killed in the battle, nearly half died from artillery fire, and only more than 3 actually died in the exchange of fire between the two sides, with a casualty ratio of about :.
In Yanping County, the Northern Army’s siege troops had just retreated. On the north city gate, the commander of the 2nd Battalion and the commander of the first company were slumped on the city wall.
The commander of the special forces battalion walked up to the tower and said, "Can you still hold on? Let's let the special forces battalion go up to the city wall tomorrow."
"Let the 2nd Battalion hold on for another day tomorrow, and you can come and replace us the day after tomorrow." The commander of the 2nd Battalion waved his hand.
At this time, a messenger came forward and reported: "Battalion Commander, the division headquarters sent a telegram saying that the division commander has ordered the 102nd Regiment to rush to Yanping overnight."
"How is that possible? Judging from the number of enemies outside the city, there should be less than 2 of them." The commander of the second battalion took the telegram, read it carefully, and looked around at the situation of the enemies outside the city, and said in surprise.
The special forces battalion commander took the telegram and said, "The enemy on the other side is the Northern Government's Third Army. They should be just the advance troops."
"Never mind. With the support of the 102nd Regiment, the enemy will have no chance of taking Yanping County." The commander of the 2nd Battalion said excitedly.
At around 102: a.m. that evening, Fang Weiguo led the nd Regiment into Yanping County.
When they arrived at the county town, the troops were very tired. Fang Weiguo asked them to take time to rest in the military camp arranged by the 2nd Battalion to replenish their physical and mental strength.
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Early the next morning, Fang Weiguo was awakened by the sound of artillery fire.
Arriving at the headquarters, Fang Weiguo ordered: "Send an order, have the commander of the first battalion take over the defense of the north city, withdraw the 101nd Battalion of the 2st Regiment, and use it as a reserve force together with the special forces battalion."
"Order the artillery company to set up mortars in the north city and find the enemy's artillery positions."
"If the enemy's artillery position is within range, then bombard it immediately; if it is not within range, then bombard the enemy's siege troops."
The 57-caliber artillery used by the Northern Army had a range of up to meters and an effective range of 6000 meters.
When the enemy's artillery attacked, only a small number of soldiers defending the city were hiding on the city walls, and most of the soldiers were hiding behind the city walls to avoid the artillery fire. Therefore, the change of defense in the north of the city was very smooth.
Half an hour later, the Union artillery stopped attacking and the infantry began to attack.
"Companies 1 and 2 will find attacking positions, let the enemy in and then open fire. Company 3 will serve as the reserve." Under the battalion commander's orders, two companies of the 102st Battalion of the 1nd Regiment climbed up the city wall and replaced all the soldiers of the 101nd Battalion of the 2st Regiment on the city wall.
When the Northern Army was 102 meters away from the city wall, the commander of the 1st Battalion of the nd Regiment immediately ordered: "Attack."
Casualties soon occurred on both sides in the exchange of machine gun, submachine gun and rifle fire. The soldiers of the 102nd Regiment were in a dominant position and their grenades were very effective, taking away countless lives of the Union Army.
"The combat effectiveness of the Nanshan Province troops is more elite than the New Army in the South." The commander of the 31st Division of the Third Army said with emotion while looking at the battle in the distance with a telescope.
The chief of staff took the opportunity to flatter: "No matter how elite the troops are, they can't stop the government army's overwhelming force."
Hearing this, the division commander laughed and didn't care at all about the casualties of the siege troops in the distance.
In Dashi Village, Fang Guoxuan's troops were preparing to march out. He had received the battle report from Yanping. Currently, only one division of the Third Army was at the gates of the city, and the 102nd Regiment had also arrived at Yanping City.
Although they were still worried, they were no longer as anxious as they were at the beginning. The main reason was that the 102nd Regiment was on a rush to help and could not bring any artillery with them. The troops were only equipped with ten mortars.
There was no other way. Even if it was a 75-caliber mountain gun, it would be very troublesome to transport it after disassembling it. Not to mention field guns and heavy artillery, which would need to be transported by trucks, mules and horses even if they were disassembled.
As the troops were on their way, an officer came forward to report, "Commander, the head of Dashi Village and the villagers are asking to see you."
After rescuing these villagers yesterday, we distributed some food to them and let them go home.
"Let them in." Fang Guoxuan thought about it and decided to meet them.
The chief of Dashi Village is an old man in his sixties, who is accompanied by several landlords dressed in silk and dozens of villagers.
The head of Dashi Village was the first to express his gratitude: "Thank you, sir, for saving us from the bandits."
"Yes, thank you very much for saving us, sir." After the village chief finished speaking, the landlords and people behind him also followed suit to express their gratitude.
Fang Guoxuan waved his hand and said, "Fellow villagers, this is what we should do. The northern government has raised an unjust army, and we will definitely repel it and give you peace."
The villagers took out bacon, eggs, etc. and gave them to Fang Guoxuan's troops. Fang Guoxuan could not refuse them, so he let them accept them.
As the villagers watched, Fang Guoxuan led the remaining 10,000 people and rushed towards Yanping.
On the way to Yanping County, Fang Guoxuan looked at the Changhuan map and fell into deep thought. Soon after, Fang Guoxuan ordered: "Send a telegram to the commander and ask for information on the follow-up reinforcements of the enemy's Third Army."
"Commander, the 32nd and 33rd Divisions of the Third Army just arrived in Imjin City yesterday afternoon." In Nanling City, Fang Jian received the telegram and called Tao Yunong, who introduced after reading the telegram.
After listening to Tao Yunong's report, Fang Jian tapped the table lightly, wondering whether Fang Guoxuan's plan was feasible.
Although Fang Guoxuan did not report his plan, based on the battlefield situation, it is not difficult to see that his purpose is to destroy the 31st Division of the Third Army.
The First Division of the Nanshan Army has 18,000 people in Yanping County. It should not be a problem to eliminate 8,000 of them.
First, it would take at least four days for the Third Army reinforcements to get from Imjin City to the battlefield. Secondly, it would also take at least one day for the reinforcements from Lingshan and Jingshui.
Most importantly, the follow-up troops of the 71st Division did not arrive in Jingshui County today, so they could not send many reinforcements. Lingshan County also had only people, so the st Division had a chance to defeat them.
What Francis Jian was weighing was the consequences of destroying the 31st Division. Would it lead to the three army commanders asking for help, causing the northern government to deploy more troops and drag the country into a war of attrition?
If the 31st Division was not wiped out, the enemy had nearly people and the two sides could still fight in Changhuan for a while.
Once the 31st Division was wiped out, plus the two regiments of the 72nd Division, the enemy would lose men. It would be hard to guarantee that they would not become frightened and ask the Northern government for help.
After thinking for a moment, Fang Jian gritted his teeth and said, "Yu Nong, send a telegram to Fang Guoxuan and tell him the movements of the 32nd and 33rd Divisions."
"And tell him that he only has three days to defeat the enemy's 31st Division."
"At the same time, have the Second and Third Divisions move to Changhuan City and train there. If the battle goes against us, we will immediately send reinforcements."
"Yes, Commander." Tao Yunong replied and went to make arrangements.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Fang Guoxuan's troops were resting less than ten miles away from Yanping County. At this time, Fang Guoxuan was looking at the map.
After receiving Fang Jian's telegram, Fang Guoxuan began to think about how to send troops to defeat the 31st Division.
Fang Guoxuan asked someone to find a local villager and said to him, "Don't be afraid, fellow villager. We are the Nanshan Army. We are here to drive away the Northern Army and protect you."
"There are hills in front of Yanping County. What is the location here?"