readsfreenovel Chapter 173 Encircling Liu Fuxun's Main Force
Chapter 173 Encircling Liu Fuxun's Main Force
Because of the road conditions, Liu Fuxun's vanguard was more than fifty miles away from Baisha County, and the rear army was probably still fifty miles away from Baisha County.
Liu Fuxun also thought about repairing the roads in Nanchuan Province, but Nanchuan has been in constant war in recent years. Not only does the government have no time and energy to repair the roads, but it also has no money. He could only sigh helplessly.
After thinking for a moment, Liu Fuxun ordered: "Send a message to the vanguard and rear troops, and tell them to speed up their march and try to enter Changde as soon as possible."
"Yes, Overseer."
After the adjutant went down to convey the order, Liu Fuxun couldn't help rubbing his eyebrows. His right eye had been twitching today, and he always felt that something bad was going to happen.
"Where are the 8th and 9th Divisions now?" Li Weiling asked at the 7th Division's position not far from Xinlong Mountain.
Upon hearing Li Weiling's inquiry, the chief of staff immediately went to the telegraph office and sent a telegram to inquire about the situation of the two divisions.
Not long after, the chief of staff returned to the headquarters and introduced: "The 9th Division has arrived at the designated location, and the 8th Division reported that it is not far from Laoyao Mountain."
Li Weiling nodded slightly, observed the map for a while, and then ordered: "Send a message to the 8th and 9th divisions. After our troops launch the assault, they can launch an attack on the enemy in front of them."
Li Weiling's Seventh Division held Xinlong Mountain. On one side of the enemy was Xiaomen River, and on the other side was the ambushed Ninth Division. The retreat was cut off by the Eighth Division.
Liu Fuxun has been surrounded by three divisions of the Nanshan Army in this area, but this area is vast and it will still take a lot of time to completely wipe out Liu Fuxun's troops. They also have to guard against anyone escaping from the encirclement or crossing the Xiaomen River.
Li Weiling was not worried about crossing the Xiaomen River. The river was quite long and there were no boats or floating bridges. Even if there were people who could cross the river, not many would escape.
What he was most worried about was that when encircling and annihilating Liu Fuxun, the troops would be tightened and the enemy would take advantage of the gaps, allowing too many people to escape.
After all, when concentrating troops to encircle and annihilate Liu Fuxun's large-scale troops, gaps are bound to appear.
There was no other way. They only had more than 40,000 people, and Liu Fuxun's troops had a relatively long front line, so this was the only arrangement.
Li Weiling was looking at the map in deep thought at the headquarters when an officer came to report: "Division Commander, the Nanchuan Army's vanguard has about 2,000 people and is less than three kilometers away from Xinlong Mountain."
"Let the 701st Regiment take advantage of the terrain to ambush this enemy force. The 702nd Regiment will send a force to go around the enemy's rear and encircle and annihilate this Nanchuan army." After hearing the report, Li Weiling woke up instantly and gave instructions to the chief of staff.
After receiving the order, the chief of staff immediately went to convey Li Weiling's order.
At the front of Liu Fuxun's troops, an infantry regiment was leading the way. As they were walking on the road, a captain officer couldn't help but complain: "When can the official road of Nanchuan Province be repaired?"
"If we continue like this, we will collapse on the ground exhausted before we even reach the battlefield."
Hearing the captain's complaint, the soldiers around him couldn't help but laugh. Another officer said unhappily, "Oh, the young master of the Zhang family lives a life of luxury, which is different from us."
"You are a well-dressed person, but you collapse on the road after walking a few steps. We are just ordinary people."
Hearing this man's jokes and sarcasm, the surrounding soldiers laughed even more happily.
"You..." The captain was so angry when he heard the mocking words that his face turned red and he pointed at the officer, unable to speak.
I swear to God, the captain was just complaining about the difficult roads in Nanchuan Province, but how could it be turned into a personal attack on him? He was very unhappy.
At this moment, the battalion commander approached and scolded, "What are you doing? We are all speeding up our march to Changde for support. You still have the energy to joke around here. Do you have energy that you don't know where to use it?"
After being scolded by the battalion commander, the soldiers around him stopped laughing and focused on their journey. In response, the two officers did not dare to say anything else.
During this episode, they entered the Xinlongshan ambush circle without any preparation.
The commander of the 701st Regiment saw that the enemy had almost entered the ambush circle, so he immediately fired his gun and ordered, "Shoot."
After the gunshots rang out, the Nanchuan Army's vanguard fell in large numbers.
During these three years, the troops of each division had already been trained into elite soldiers. Due to the growth potential of the local characters, they were much stronger than the clones given by the system. The overall level had reached above two stars, and many soldiers had reached two and a half stars.
Not only does he have great physical endurance, but he is also an accurate shooter and has a deep understanding of various military skills.
After three years of training, the soldiers of the 701st Regiment could kill a Nanchuan soldier with an average of three or four bullets. This is when automatic firepower is taken into account. You must know that automatic firepower is the most wasteful of bullets.
"Enemy attack, hide, and find cover." When suddenly attacked, the regiment commander immediately found a cover and shouted to the soldiers behind him.
In the first wave of attacks, the Nanchuan vanguard force lost no less than 500 people.
The regiment commander was thinking about organizing his troops to counterattack and then retreat after stabilizing the formation, but he heard gunshots from behind and a battalion of the 702nd Regiment surrounded him from the rear.
Seeing the surrounding soldiers falling one by one, the vanguard commander's eyes turned red. He stood up and wanted to command the troops to counterattack, but was shot in the head by a sniper from the 701st Regiment in the distance.
During the past three years, each division has trained and found many soldiers with good marksmanship. Each platoon is equipped with a sniper rifle, and the best marksman serves as a sniper. Snipers can carry out long-range single-target strikes, and their role is unquestionable.
As the regiment commander was killed, many of the surrounded vanguard troops wanted to surrender, so someone raised a white flag and shouted: "Brothers, don't shoot, we surrender, surrender."
"Those who are willing to surrender should drop their weapons and squat on the side of the road." An officer of the 702nd Regiment in the rear shouted.
After hearing this shout, many people threw down their weapons and squatted on the roadside. The remaining resistance was killed one by one. Afterwards, the 701st and 702nd Regiments each sent a team of soldiers to collect the prisoners and clean up the battlefield.
After cleaning up the battlefield, an officer came to report: "Divisional Commander, in this battle, we killed 976 enemy soldiers, captured 1031, and seized 1945 old sleeves and 25 box guns."
"There are only a few wounded soldiers in our army, but no brothers have been killed."
Li Weiling was very satisfied with the battle report. He ordered: "Order the 701st Regiment to leave one battalion behind, and the rest of the troops to attack Baisha County."
"Send a message to the 8th and 9th divisions at the same time, and take immediate action to divide and encircle Liu Fuxun."
The reason why they didn't stay where they were was because such a large battlefield, even after a simple cleanup, would still be covered with bloodstains and bullet holes.
It would be easy for the enemy to judge that a battle had taken place here, so even if they wanted to continue setting up an ambush, it would not make much sense and would only be a waste of time.
As the order was sent out, the 7th, 8th and 9th divisions all took action, from Laoyao Mountain to Xinlong Mountain, along the Xiaomen River line to divide and encircle and annihilate Liu Fuxun's troops.
The Seventh Division was marching from Xinlong Mountain to Baisha County. Just after marching more than ten miles, a scout came to report: "Division Commander, enemy troops were spotted five kilometers ahead, with about several thousand people."
"The division's guard battalion, special service battalion, and firepower battalion will organize a frontal defense line." Li Weiling immediately stopped the troops, observed the situation, and gave the order.
"The 701st Regiment will outflank from the right wing, and the 702nd Regiment will go around to the rear and launch an attack, quickly annihilating the enemy forces in front here."