readsfreenovel Chapter 159 The 9th Army Counterattack
Chapter 159 The 9th Army Counterattack
Fang Guoxuan was not worried about the enemy's Ninth Army's artillery bombardment of the south bank. First of all, the main force of the First Division was stationed some distance away from the Qingyang River and a full ten kilometers away from Qingyang County.
Given the range of the Union Army's artillery, it was difficult to attack the south bank.
Even if the enemy could attack, the south bank is so vast that it would be basically difficult to bomb the Second Division without coordinates.
Once the enemy's artillery bombardment ends, the troops on the south bank will have enough time to move.
After arranging the artillery to prepare, Fang Guoxuan no longer worried about it, but instructed the commander of the 103rd Regiment, Fang Weijia: "The 103rd Regiment will cross the river immediately and establish a defense line on the river bank."
"If you encounter a fierce enemy attack, you can either hold your ground or retreat, depending on the situation."
"Yes, Commander." After receiving the order, Fang Weijia immediately went to carry it out excitedly. What he was thinking in his heart was: It is finally his turn to go to the battlefield.
In Qingyang County, at the Ninth Army’s temporary headquarters, Yuan Yuhao was alone in the command room looking at a map.
"I was careless. I didn't expect this army to move so quickly. They crossed the Qingyang River and captured two positions in a short time." After observing for a while, Yuan Yuhao shook his head and said to himself.
In fact, Yuan Yuhao overestimated the 102nd Regiment. The core of Nanshan Army training is physical training, whether it is long-distance raids or load-bearing cross-country, which is the most important part of training.
On the contrary, there is relatively less shooting training in these months.
The reason why the 102nd Regiment was able to quickly capture two positions was due to the soldiers' marching speed, their rapid breakthrough into the positions, and the artillery of the Nanshan Army.
The two positions had already suffered heavy losses after a few artillery hits, and their heavy weapons were also destroyed.
Although the Northern Army had artillery, most of them were mountain artillery and there were very few heavy artillery, thus ignoring the power of the 203 caliber and 155 caliber heavy artillery used by the st Division.
After thinking for a long time alone, Yuan Yuhao opened the door of the command room. A group of senior military officers were standing outside the door. They were the ones in today's meeting room. These officers looked at Yuan Yuhao with worry.
After scanning the crowd, Yuan Yuhao sneered: "Everyone, even if the 92nd Division is wiped out, the Ninth Army still has 92 people, not to mention that there are still many soldiers left in the nd Division."
From the beginning to the end, Yuan Yuhao did not believe that the so-called heavy losses of the 92nd Division really meant that many soldiers were killed in the battle.
In the past, when I attended military meetings, people always said that they suffered heavy losses and were unable to defend themselves, but in fact, most of the soldiers were still able to fight.
Therefore, in Yuan Yuhao's opinion, the so-called heavy losses of the 92nd Division should be the loss of three to two thousand people, and he had no idea that the remaining troops were only over two thousand.
"We still have more than 20,000 soldiers and are able to fight the enemy in front of us."
Having said this, Yuan Yuhao looked around at everyone and said with a relaxed look: "Since the enemy has divided their forces, let's concentrate our forces and eat up their troops that have crossed the river."
In Yuan Yuhao's opinion, as long as the plan is proper, even if the enemy forces on the south bank cannot be eliminated, it will be no problem to defeat the enemies on the north bank.
Calling these officers into the command center, Yuan Yuhao pointed to the area where the east and south city walls intersected.
"According to the report from the scouts just sent out, the enemy should be in this position. I plan to send the military police regiment, reconnaissance battalion, special forces battalion, and firepower battalion to attack this place from the east city."
"The 91st Division will set out from the south gate and attack the other side. I hope you can work together to quickly annihilate this enemy force."
The military police regiment, reconnaissance battalion, special service battalion, and firepower battalion together have 3,000 people. The entire military headquarters directly under the command of the troops also has an artillery regiment of 1,500 people and a guard regiment of 2,000 people.
In addition, there are nearly 8,000 civilian staff in the Logistics Department, Engineering Battalion, Communications Department, etc.
The commander of the 91st Division glanced at Yuan Yuhao and said calmly: "Commander, if we arrange it this way, when we attack, the enemy troops on the south bank will cross the river to support us, and our army will be passive."
"Don't worry, I will send the guard regiment to stop the enemy on the south bank from crossing the river and blow up the pontoon bridge." Yuan Yuhao sneered and looked at the commander of the 91st Division with disdain.
Although the commander of the 91st Division had no problem with his words, his tone and demeanor were no longer respectful as before. Did he think that he was a little arrogant because the 91st Division was the only fully staffed division in the Ninth Army?
Yuan Yuhao didn't care about this fool who couldn't see the current situation. It would be fine if he obeyed, but if he didn't, he would just kill him.
The Ninth Army is neither a warlord's army nor the 91st Division commander's own army. Yuan Yuhao is confident that he can easily control it.
Finally, Yuan Yuhao looked at the commander of the 91st Division and ordered: "The 91st Division and the remnants of the 92nd Division will work together to recapture the main position outside Qingyang City, and the 92nd Division will continue to hold the position."
"If the Guards Regiment cannot hold off the Southern Army, the 92nd Division will take over and buy time to annihilate the enemy on the north bank."
After receiving the order, officers from various units immediately went down to prepare.
At 91: in the morning, the st Division left the city and easily occupied the main position outside Qingyang City.
The Chief of Staff came up to the commander of the 91st Division and said with a smile, "Commander, the 92nd Division has done us a great service for nothing."
"If the commander of the 92nd Division knew that the enemy retreated after capturing the main position, he would be so angry that he would vomit blood."
The commander of the 91st Division was not as optimistic as the chief of staff. He said solemnly: "Even if there are defensive positions, the enemy still chooses to give up. The enemy's goal is very clear. This battle will not be easy to fight."
If the enemy defends the main position, although they have the advantage of the original position, they have no defensive depth.
Even if a positional battle can be fought on the main position, the few troops will be dispersed. When defending, the more troops are concentrated, the greater the pressure on the attacking side in the close combat.
Don’t be fooled by the fact that the 91st Division has 91 people. The attacking force on the other side has only people, and the offensive pressure is still on the st Division.
If this group of enemy forces cannot be defeated in a short period of time, after the enemy forces on the south bank defeat the Guards Regiment, the 91st Division will be attacked from both sides.
After lunch, at two o'clock in the afternoon, the artillery of the 101th Army bombarded the position of the st Regiment.
"Quick, prevent artillery fire, everyone hide in the anti-artillery holes." When under artillery fire, Fang Weian reacted quickly and immediately asked the soldiers to avoid the artillery fire.
Two minutes after the Northern Army's artillery bombardment, the Nanshan Army's artillery position had calculated the enemy's artillery position and adjusted the parameters.
After everything was ready, without any hesitation, the artillery commander immediately gave the order: "Fire."
As the Nanshan Army opened fire, the artillery positions of the Ninth Army were hit by heavy artillery shells.
Many soldiers who were carrying artillery shells and running on the battlefield were blown away by the shells, and their bodies were broken into pieces and scattered from the air.
Many artillery pieces were hit by shells, or blown to pieces, or had their barrels blown into the air.
One after another, the shells fell on the artillery positions of the Ninth Army, causing the shells to explode. Under the artillery attack, the Union Army's artillery positions suffered heavy losses.
"Quick, move our position." Seeing this situation, the commander of the artillery regiment gave the order decisively.
Afterwards, the commander of the artillery regiment sent someone to report to Yuan Yuhao that the position had been bombarded by the enemy and that heavy losses had been incurred.
After receiving the report, Yuan Yuhao was very angry: "What are the artillery soldiers doing? When the enemy bombarded, they said they could not attack the enemy's artillery positions. But the artillery positions they chose were easily attacked by the enemy?"