readsfreenovel Chapter 172: Prepare to Besiege and Attack
Chapter 172: Prepare to Besiege and Attack
After occupying Yanshan County, according to the county magistrate here, even if the warlord troops entered the country, the people would rarely report it to the higher authorities, which made Li Weiling and others feel that it was an opportunity.
At night, Fang Jian also led his troops into Yanshan County. At that time, only one company of the Eighth Division was guarding there.
The Seventh and Eighth Divisions have already marched towards Nando.
Fang Jian was also very helpless about the road in Nanchuan. He instructed Tao Yunong: "Send a message to Nanshan and bring a group of prisoners over to build a road in Nanchuan."
“At the same time, let Zhan Chengda go to Nanchuan to plan several routes for Nanshan.”
"Yes, Commander." Tao Yunong immediately went down to send the message.
After the 901th Division occupied Guangshan City, it left the st Regiment in Guangshan to build a defense line, and the remaining troops of the th Division also headed towards Nandu.
The three divisions advanced with great force and captured Changde City in more than ten days.
It was thought that Changde would be easily captured, but unexpectedly the Changde defenders were very tenacious.
Inside Changde City, the highest-ranking officer in the city asked solemnly, "Have you figured out whose troops are outside the city?"
Seeing that everyone was shaking their heads to indicate that they didn't know, the officer couldn't help but secretly curse these people as useless.
After thinking for a moment, the officer said, "Send a telegram to the governor-general, Changde is under attack by the enemy, there should be tens of thousands of them, request support."
After the communications officer left, the officer waved his hand and asked everyone to leave. When there was only one commander left, the officer sat dejectedly on the chair, his eyes full of worry.
The enemy outside the city is definitely not Liu Hui and Yang Wei's troops. Apart from these two, the most likely one is Feng Zhangshan from Yongxi.
Thinking of Feng Zhangshan, the officers really didn't have much confidence in keeping Nanchuan.
Nandu, the capital of Nanchuan Province.
Inside the Governor's Office, an officer hurried into the Governor's office: "Governor, Changde has an urgent telegram."
"Bastard." Hearing that it was an urgent telegram, Liu Fuxun took the telegram and read it, then cursed angrily.
"Quick, gather the troops inside Nandu City to quickly reinforce Changde."
Changde is the eastern barrier of Nando. If Changde is lost, Nando cannot be defended. Upon receiving the news that Changde was attacked by the enemy, Liu Fuxun was extremely anxious.
Changde, the headquarters of the Seventh Division, and the commanders of the Eighth and Ninth Divisions were all inside.
Li Weiling stood in front of the map and said, "Now our three divisions are surrounding Changde from three directions. According to the information from the Intelligence Department, there are probably more than 10,000 defenders in Changde."
"In order to quickly capture Nanchuan, we traveled lightly, and the logistics and trucks were left behind and could not catch up."
"These ten thousand enemy troops are defending the city to the death. Without heavy artillery, our army will suffer a lot of losses."
"Yes, a strong attack on Changde will indeed cause a lot of losses to the troops." Du Feiyun nodded slightly, agreeing with this point of view.
Li Yueshan said: "Why don't we surround the point and attack the reinforcements, leaving four regiments to feint and attack Changde, and concentrate the rest of the troops to encircle and annihilate the enemy's reinforcements in Nandu."
The three discussed for a while, and Li Weiling finally said: "Leave two regiments from each of the Seventh and Eighth Divisions to block Changde from four directions."
"The remaining main forces of the three divisions will ambush Liu Fuxun's reinforcements in the area from Changde to Nandu Xiaomen River."
Du Feiyun and Li Yueshan had no objection to this, as long as they did not stay behind to carry out the feint attack mission.
They were not worried that the Changde enemy troops would leave the city to attack the offensive forces outside the city. The Nanshan Army was equipped with a large amount of automatic firepower. The enemy did not have powerful artillery or long-range sniper weapons, so it was impossible for them to break through the Nanshan Army's firepower blockade.
The reason for choosing the Xiaomen River area was that the terrain here was most favorable for encircling and annihilating Liu Fuxun's troops.
The main forces of the three divisions were temporarily deployed to the west of Changde, and a large number of scouts were sent to investigate the movements of Liu Fuxun's troops.
And asked for help from the Intelligence Department so that he could have a more accurate grasp of Liu Fuxun's movements.
After waiting for two days, an officer walked into the temporary command post of the front and reported: "Division Commander, the Intelligence Department has telegram. Liu Fuxun's troops of more than 40,000 people are marching towards Changde from Laoyao Mountain, Baisha County, Xinlong Mountain, along the Xiaomen River."
Li Weiling stepped forward quickly, snatched the telegram and read it carefully, then came to the map, pointed at the line and began to observe.
After a moment, Li Weiling joked, "What do you think, you two? The other side also has 40,000 people, and our three divisions combined have almost 40,000 people. Do you have confidence?"
The three divisions originally had more than 60,000 people, and a total of five regiments were dispatched to carry out the mission. There were also some direct troops that followed the artillery and trucks and had not yet arrived at the battlefield, so the three regiments currently had only 40,000 people.
"Not to mention that our army is elite, our equipment is far superior to the enemy's. With the same number of people, how can they not dare to fight?" Du Feiyun chuckled.
After joking, Li Weiling said seriously: "I have decided to send a troop to lock Xinlong Mountain, and another troop to cut off the rear road of Laoyao Mountain, and cut off and annihilate the enemy troops on this line. What do you think?"
Although Li Weiling, Du Feiyun and Li Yueshan are all division commanders, Li Weiling's military rank is higher than theirs and his seniority is longer than theirs. Fang Jian granted Li Weiling the authority to command, and the two are now temporarily under Li Weiling's control.
Du Feiyun and Li Yueshan naturally had no objections and were only concerned about what tasks they were supposed to perform.
Seeing that the two had no objections, Li Weiling continued, "I will lead the Seventh Division to block Xinlong Mountain, and the Eighth Division will go around to Laoyao Mountain."
"The Ninth Division has relatively more troops, so we will attack from the middle. The task of cutting off the enemy will be handed over to Division Commander Du."
The Seventh and Eighth Divisions only have two main regiments and a part of the division's direct troops available, while the Ninth Division has three main regiments and more sufficient manpower.
"Don't worry, Commander Li, we will definitely complete the mission." Du Feiyun and Li Yueshan were quite satisfied with the mission.
The three of them discussed some details, and then that afternoon each led their troops to their respective targets.
The Seventh Division was closest to the mission location, and Xinlong Mountain was only about 60 miles away from their current headquarters. The Eighth Division had to take the longest detour, but it was the best attack location.
On the morning of the second day, Liu Fuxun led his guard regiment into Baisha County.
As soon as he sat down at the headquarters, Liu Fuxun asked, "Is there any news from Changde?"
"We received a telegram from Changde this morning. The enemy has been attacking the city for several days and our troops have lost more than 2,000 men," the adjutant replied.
The four regiments left behind by the Nanshan Army built several defensive positions outside the four gates of Changde. The forward position was only 300 meters away from the city wall.
With the range of AK rifles, general-purpose machine guns and sniper rifles, they can cause a lot of casualties to the soldiers on the city walls every day.
The sniper rifle equipped by the Nanshan Army was improved by Zhong Yuchen during the past three years based on the 98k rifle. It has an effective range of 98 meters and was named z sniper rifle by Fang Jian.
After hearing this battle report, Liu Fuxun relaxed a little. Although the losses were heavy, the remaining troops were enough to hold out until he arrived with reinforcements.
"Where is the vanguard?"
The adjutant continued, "According to the distance traveled, the vanguard has traveled more than fifty miles out of Baisha County."
Liu Fuxun was also very helpless. Even the official roads in Nanchuan Province were bumpy and muddy, which was very unfriendly to the marching of troops.