readsfreenovel Chapter 153: The 1st Division Enters Qingyang County
Chapter 153: The 1st Division Enters Qingyang County
On the second day, Fang Guoxuan's First Division set out towards the headquarters of the Northern Army's Ninth Army, and Lin Zongde also readjusted the attack and defense strategy of Imjin City.
原本蔺宗德这次率领的第三十军下辖三个师，分别是301、302、303三个师，303师布置在北线，301、302师分别布置在临津南门与北门。
Since Fang Guoxuan's 303st Division was heading north, Lin Zongde immediately ordered the rd Division to return to Imjin City.
During the return of the 303rd Division, the 301st and 302nd Divisions also suspended their large-scale sieges to allow the troops to rest.
Seeing that the troops outside the city stopped attacking the city, the commander of the Third Army, Zeng He, asked, "Commander Wu, Lin Zongde's troops did not attack the city today. Could it be that our reinforcements have arrived?"
"Commander Zeng, don't be careless. Be careful that the enemy may deliberately suspend the attack to lure our army to attack." Wu Lihuang did not have a good face towards Zeng Heke.
He thought that he had sent two divisions to help the Third Army. When they finally returned, the 72nd Division had less than 71 people, and the st Division had less than people.
After several battles with Lin Zongde, the two divisions together had less than 73 people. Taking into account the more than people lost by the rd Division in the battle with Lin Zongde, the three divisions together had less than people.
The Seventh Army Headquarters and the Third Army Headquarters had only about 10,000 people left.
The most speechless thing was that the 93rd Division of the th Army took advantage of the th Army's fight with Lin Zongde to secretly attack Lin Zongde, and was surrounded and annihilated by two regiments. As a result, the troops inside the city were only people at most.
Zeng He advised: "General Wu, being trapped in an isolated city is not a solution."
"If the Ninth Army is really coming south to support us, and we don't respond, once they are in danger, the situation will be even more disadvantageous to us."
Zeng He was also very helpless. Not only did he suffer heavy casualties in the expedition to Nanshan Province, but it also led to the fall of most of Sanjiang Province.
If he didn't do something, he would definitely be the one to take the blame in the end, which made him secretly anxious.
Wu Lihuang naturally knew what he was thinking. He snorted coldly and ignored Zeng He.
Zeng He was secretly annoyed. If Li Bingqing was not about to lose power and the Third Army had less than 4,000 people left, he would definitely go to Wu Lihuang to argue with him.
On April 21st, Fang Guoxuan's First Division arrived not far from Qingyang County, Qingjiang City, Sanjiang Province, and the Ninth Army was stationed in Qingyang County, ten kilometers away.
Seeing a troop stationed not far from Qingyang County, the Chief of Staff came to the commander of the Ninth Army, Yuan Yuhao, and asked worriedly: "Commander, how long will our army be stationed in Qingyang County?"
"How long will we stay here and when will we set off? Just wait for my order." Glancing at the chief of staff, Yuan Yuhao said unfriendlyly.
The chief of staff had no choice but to retreat. Every time he asked Yuan Yuhao about the southward journey, he was always evaded by him.
Seeing the chief of staff's departing back, Yuan Yuhao narrowed his eyes slightly, with an inexplicable gloomy look on his face.
Yuan Yuhao is Yuan Shiting's nephew. The Yuan family was a large family in the previous dynasty. After Yuan Shiting led the Yuan family to overthrow the previous dynasty, the Yuan family became even more prosperous.
Among the Yuan family’s children, many hold high positions in both the military and political circles, and Yuan Yuhao is one of them.
In the eyes of outsiders, Yuan Yuhao is a idiot who relied on the Yuan family to get to the top. He has not had any outstanding achievements in battles since he became the army commander. His performance in the Sanjiang Province battle was completely idiotic.
If the Ninth Army could arrive in Sanjiang Province in time, Lin Zongde's attack would have been stopped long ago.
But what outsiders don’t know is that all Yuan Yuhao did was just to put pressure on the Northern government and bring down Li Bingqing faster.
Even if Yuan Yuhao quickly went south, not only would he not get much military merit, but he would also not be able to quickly put down the current chaos.
As long as Yuan Yuhao delays going south, the central government will be under great pressure. Moreover, Yuan Yuhao is a member of the Yuan family, so people can't say anything. At most, they will just say that he is a playboy, but there will be no real harm.
In order to achieve this goal, the garrisons in other places were slow to move, all of them had various reasons for not being able to support Sanjiang.
This caused great turmoil for the northern government. Faced with telegrams asking for help from Sanjiang Province, Li Bingqing felt extremely uneasy and his prestige was further damaged. He had no choice but to resign.
"Alas." Yuan Yuhao still trusted and had a good impression of this loyal chief of staff.
But Yuan Yuhao didn't dare to tell the other party about such a big thing.
"Lin Zongde's troops are really useless. They have been attacking Sanjiang Province for a month, but have not made much progress. If you can quickly capture Imjin City, I won't have to keep acting with you."
After talking to himself for a while, Yuan Yuhao came to the map and looked at the map of the surrounding area of Qingyang County.
Although he behaves like a waste now, Yuan Yuhao does not think that he is really a waste. He also wants to make some military achievements.
I didn't have the chance before, but now the enemies are right in front of me. If I don't accept such a great credit, I would be letting God down.
"Five kilometers south of Qingyang County there is a Qingyang River, and there is a forest in the northern section of the Qingyang River."
"Once the enemy crosses the Qingyang River and shows signs of attacking Qingyang County, we can use this forest to eliminate the enemy troops crossing the river."
"However, if the enemy does not cross the river and only stays on the other side of the river to watch our army, it will be difficult to deal with."
Yuan Yuhao looked at the map and talked to himself, sometimes smiling, sometimes frowning.
After thinking for a moment, Yuan Yuhao smiled lightly: "Forget it, let's observe for two days and see how the other party arranges it."
Yuan Yuhao was very confident in his Ninth Army. He felt that after a year of training, the Ninth Army had become an elite force and could easily defeat an army in the South.
At the same time, outside the city of Imjin, as the 303rd Division approached the north gate of Imjin City, Lin Zongde's th Army launched a fierce attack on Imjin City.
"Let the artillery fire." Lin Zongde smiled coldly and ordered the commander of the 30th Army.
The 105th Army was equipped with one 75-caliber heavy artillery, twelve 75-caliber mountain guns, and two -caliber heavy artillery.
After the commander of the 30th Army gave the order, fifteen cannons bombarded Imjin City. The city was filled with smoke and thick smoke rose from the city walls.
Zeng He in the city said in panic: "General Wu, we can't continue fighting like this. The troops have suffered too much loss."
"Commander Zeng, if you are afraid, you can retreat from the west gate." Glancing coldly at Zeng He, Wu Lihuang said, holding back his temper.
They said that the casualties of the troops were too heavy. The soldiers of the Seventh Army were all on the city walls. Both the Third Army and the 93rd Division were used as reserve troops in the city.
The reason why Zeng He said this was that he just wanted Wu Lihuang to retreat on his own initiative, so that Wu Lihuang would have to bear the responsibility for losing Sanjiang Province.
Wu Lihuang naturally saw what he was thinking at a glance, so he became more disgusted with him, and at the same time, he felt more desolate.
Through analyzing the current situation during this period, how could Wu Lihuang not know that he had been abandoned by Yuan Shiting.
The Ninth Army was late in arriving, and now the only one he could rely on was the Seventh Army.
If you can defend Sanjiang Province, you will definitely be promoted. If you fail to defend Sanjiang, you will be dismissed even if you retreat, not only will you die in battle.
Wu Lihuang couldn't tell how he felt about these people. After all, he had always supported Yuan Shiting, but they were so cruel as to say that they were giving up on him.
I can only say that those who engage in politics have dirty hearts.