readsfreenovel Chapter 200: Defeat of Yongxi Army
Chapter 200: Defeat of Yongxi Army
After the victory on the northern front, Li Weiling found Du Feiyun and said, "Captain Du, the troops deployed in the north have already exchanged fire with the reinforcements of the Yongxi Army. We must also act as soon as possible."
"Okay, everything will be arranged by Commander Li." Du Feiyun nodded slightly.
Li Weiling was not polite and said directly: "The troops directly under the Eighth Division will guard the prisoners. Let the 701st and 702nd Regiments support the western front, and the 801st and 802nd Regiments support the eastern front."
"I led the troops directly under the Seventh Division to attack the enemy's headquarters."
"Okay." Although Du Feiyun was somewhat reluctant when he was asked to guard the prisoners, he agreed after thinking about it.
The 550th and 551st divisions were stationed at their bases, holding Feng Zhangshan's telegram. The commander of the 551st division was also helpless. Feng Zhangshan asked them to continue attacking the outer Nanshan Army. This telegram was sent by Feng Zhangshan when he was retreating.
"Commander Liu, you will not disobey the Marshal's order, will you?" The commander of the 550th Division looked at the commander of the 551st Division vigilantly.
The commander of the 551st Division laughed dryly: "How could that be? Commander Wu, don't worry, I will organize the troops to attack right away."
Feng Zhangshan ordered these two divisions to attack the Nanshan Army on the periphery, naturally because he wanted to put pressure on the Nanshan Army so that he could seize the opportunity to break out.
Now that the northern front has collapsed, the Yongxi Army is powerless to turn the tide. Even with more than 10,000 people, it cannot change the situation.
As the 7th and 8th Divisions took action, Li Weiling took the lead in leading the troops directly under the 7th Division and rushed into the Yongxi Army Command Headquarters. When they arrived here, they found that there was no one there.
Li Weiling was not surprised. After all, Feng Zhangshan would not stay and wait to die.
"Let's go and support the southern battlefield."
Li Weiling was not upset when he failed to find any trace of Feng Zhangshan. He thought that destroying this Yongxi army would also cause serious damage to Feng Zhangshan.
Feng Zhangshan led his troops to the headquarters of the 50th Army. Just as the commander of the 50th Army, Shi Wenjian, welcomed Feng Zhangshan and others into the headquarters, an officer ran in.
"Commander, it's bad. The Nanshan Army has appeared from the rear."
"What?" Upon hearing the news, not only Feng Zhangshan, but even Shi Wenjian's face changed drastically.
The enemy attacked from the rear and the front line was no longer tenable, but now there were enemies on all sides and they didn't know where to retreat even if they wanted to.
Shi Wenjian looked at Feng Zhangshan and said, "Marshal, I wonder what we should do now?"
"Lide, what do you think we should do now?" Feng Zhangshan looked at Han Lide, hoping that he could come up with an idea.
Shi Wenjian was very unhappy when he saw this. He had always looked down on Han Lide, and now, as the commander here, he asked Feng Zhangshan for his opinion, but Feng Zhangshan consulted Han Lide instead.
What do you mean? Do you look down on me or do you think I am not worthy of discussing with you?
Although he was angry, Shi Wenjian did not show it.
Knowing the urgency of the situation, Han Lide was not polite. He said, "Our main force has been surrounded, and the battlefield in the east has been attacked from both sides and is no longer defensible. What we can do now is to break through."
"Where are we going to break out?" Feng Zhangshan asked immediately after hearing the word break out.
He no longer thought about defeating the Nanshan Army and taking Nanchuan, he just wanted to escape safely. In Yongxi and Guanxi, he still had three armies and four divisions, with a total of 130,000 people.
These troops may not be more elite than the current army, but they are his direct troops and are much stronger than the warlord troops.
If he returns to Yongxi, he will still be a local emperor. If he fails here, he will not be able to accept it.
Han Lide pointed to both sides of Shilong Mountain and said, "The enemy's main force is in the front. The connecting points on both sides are where the enemy's military strength is weak. If we concentrate our troops and attack fiercely, we should be able to break out."
"Then let's retreat from the northeast." Feng Zhangshan was overjoyed and said quickly.
Han Lide shook his head slightly: "No, we will break out from the southeast."
Seeing everyone's puzzled look, Han Lide explained: "The enemy will definitely be on guard in the northeast area, and it should be much easier to attack from the southeast."
If you want to break out from the southeast and return to Yongxi, you have to go along the Dongjiang River and pass through Qiaoting County before you can reach Yongxi.
Feng Zhangshan trusted Han Lide, but Shi Wenjian did not believe him: "Chief Staff Officer Han, the lives of our brothers cannot be decided based on your guesses."
"Commander Shi, why don't you lead the troops to break out from the northeast, and the Marshal and I will break out from the southeast." Time was urgent, and Han Lide didn't want to get entangled with it, so he said.
"The Marshal only has a guard regiment around him, and there are not enough soldiers. Commander Shi, please dispatch a regiment of 2,000 people to escort the Marshal to break through the encirclement."
Hearing Han Lide say this, Shi Wenjian felt like he was punching cotton, which made him very unhappy, but he still responded: "Okay."
The plan was well planned and everyone did not delay. Shi Wenjian led the guard regiment, gendarmerie regiment, reconnaissance battalion, special service battalion and other troops directly under the military headquarters to break out to the northeast.
Han Lide and Feng Zhangshan led more than 4,000 people to break out to the southeast.
Han Lide was right. In the northeast, the 10th Division had a lot more troops, but in the southeast there was only one battalion.
Although Shi Wenjian led the military's direct troops bravely, they were still blocked and failed to break out.
Although Feng Zhangshan led his men to break out, only a few hundred soldiers succeeded. After escaping, Feng Zhangshan did not dare to delay and immediately led hundreds of remaining soldiers along the Dongjiang River to Yongxi.
As Shi Wenjian retreated, the eastern front positions were quickly penetrated by two reinforcement regiments from the 10th and 8th Divisions.
After the eastern front position was breached, Shi Wenjian was also surrounded by the Nanshan Army and had no hope of breaking out.
Seeing his own troops being beaten back by the Nanshan Army once again, Shi Wenjian sighed and felt a little regretful. He should not have been angry with Han Lide. It would have been better if he had followed Feng Zhangshan at that time.
Two regiments of the 7th Division supported the western front, and the 7th Division's direct-affiliated troops supported the southern front. The western and southern fronts were soon broken through by the Nanshan Army.
By dawn the next day, the battle was basically over. Most of the Yongxi army was captured, and those who resisted stubbornly were killed.
The 550th and 551st Divisions on the northern front also left most of their troops on the battlefield after the 550th and 551th Divisions sent reinforcements after breaking through the eastern and western fronts. The two commanders of the th and st Divisions led the remaining troops to retreat to the southern Qinghai line.
At the Sixth Division Headquarters, Wang Zhixian dragged his tired body and said: "This battle lasted for a day and a night, and the soldiers are very tired."
"Have the commanders of each division arrange for some soldiers to rest, while others will clean up the battlefield, and then they will rotate."
Wang Zhixian hadn't had much rest since the night before, and last night's fierce fighting had left him no time to rest. Not only him, but the commanders of the 7th and 8th divisions were even worse.
Although the commanders of the 9th and 10th divisions were better, they were not much better.
After receiving Wang Zhixian's order, the commanders of each division immediately arranged for some soldiers to rest and left some to continue cleaning the battlefield.
Most of the soldiers who received the order to rest fell asleep directly on the spot on the position. They were really too tired after a day and a night of high-intensity fighting, and they persisted entirely by relying on their perseverance.
The situation was even worse for the soldiers of the 29th and th Divisions. They had been marching rapidly since the afternoon of the day before to cut off the retreat of the Yongxi Army, and by the morning of the th, they had not rested for two whole days.