readsfreenovel Chapter 243 Retaking Changhuan
Chapter 243 Retaking Changhuan
"Good, good, good." Fang Jian was also very excited when he heard about the great victory on the front line.
During the entire Xinyuan Campaign, both sides deployed 700,000 troops, with nearly 300,000 from the Nanshan Army, 200,000 from the Southern Army, and 210,000 from the Northern Army.
It was also the first time that the Nanshan Army fought such a large-scale battle. The great victory further strengthened Fang Jian's confidence in unifying the country.
Tao Yunong on the side also smiled. Although he knew that the Nanshan Army would win, he was still very happy when they actually won.
The elimination of the remaining resistance enemies and the cleaning of the battlefield lasted until after two o'clock in the afternoon.
"commander."
In the afternoon, Fang Jian met with Fang Guoxuan and Cai Tingwu in the conference room in Xinyuan County.
"Sit down." Fang Jian sat in the main seat and pointed to the seat next to him.
After the two men sat down, Fang Jian said, "Guoxuan, the Changhuan War Zone will still be under your charge. You will lead the 1st, 3rd, 10th, and 11th Divisions to garrison Changhuan."
"Tingwu, you will lead the 4th, 5th, 8th, and 9th divisions to recapture Dehua County and other areas."
"The task of collecting the prisoners and cleaning up the battlefield will be left to the Second, Seventh, and Garrison Divisions."
"Yes, Commander." The two responded at the same time.
Fang Jian also felt it was a pity that Xu Weigong, Chang Yunxian and Wu Peisheng were not caught. He wondered whether they were among the captives or had escaped.
Fang Guoxuan gathered four divisions and immediately marched towards Yanqiu, while Cai Tingwu led four divisions and marched towards Changhuan and Dehua counties.
At nightfall, Li Zhongwu, Li Weiling and Jiang Xuanqi came to the command center to report the results of the battle.
Li Zhongwu said: "Commander, in this battle, more than 100,000 enemies were killed and 10,000 captured."
"We have seized 7542 Taishin XI-type guns, 1640 heavy machine guns and light machine guns."
“57口径火炮280门，75口径火炮80门，105口径火炮40门，60口径迫击炮560门。”
Francis Xavier was very happy with this outcome.
"Okay, after this battle, both the Southern Army and the Northern Army will be quiet for a while, which will give us a chance to develop Nanshan and Nanchuan."
Li Weiling agreed with Fang Ji'an's idea, but there was a look of hesitation on his face.
Seeing this, Fang Jian smiled and asked, "Wei Ling, what's wrong? Is there any problem?"
"Commander, because the battlefield is large this time, many people from the North-South Allied Forces fled to the north and south and into the mountains and forests." Li Weiling looked at Fang Jian and said in a low voice.
"If our main force leaves here, these people may cause unrest in Changhuan."
Because the mountains and forests are rugged, even if there are people who escape into the forests, there won't be many.
After a moment's silence, Fang Jian said, "I will send the special forces into the mountains to search for these people."
There may be 10,000 or 20,000 people entering the forest, but they have no logistical supplies and are not familiar with the roads. Although the special forces only have a thousand people, they are familiar with the jungle, and Fang Jian believes that they can complete the mission.
Fang Jian looked at Li Zhongwu and said, "Zhongwu, the First Division suffered the heaviest losses in this battle. Once you go down, immediately count the casualties. I will select personnel from the reserve to supplement you."
"Yes, Commander." Li Zhongwu replied.
In this battle, the First Division suffered heavy losses when defending the four fronts. Even when Fang Guoxuan and Cai Tingwu attacked, there were not many soldiers killed because of the tanks leading the way.
This time, a large number of weapons were seized. Together with the weapons seized from the previous sneak attack on Sanjiang Province and the defeat of Lin Zongde, Fang Jian once again exchanged more than 18 million points from the system.
On the second day, Fang Guoxuan's troops encountered Wu Peisheng's remnants while marching towards Yanping County.
When Wu Peisheng fled, he led two armies with him, but they were blocked by the Nanshan Army when they tried to break out, and in the end only more than 30,000 people escaped.
When the Northern Army encountered the Nanshan Army again, they were already frightened out of their wits, and the troops that had been maintaining their formation instantly collapsed.
When Wu Peisheng saw this, his eyes were bloodshot and his face looked extremely ugly.
Chief of the General Staff You Guangwei stepped forward and warned: "Commander, the Nanshan Army is fierce, flee quickly."
Even You Guangwei, who was conceited and intelligent, was frightened by the fighting power of the Nanshan Army and did not have the courage to fight against them.
"Escape? Where can we escape to? The Nanshan Army has trucks for transportation, which are much faster than us." Wu Peisheng shook his head and said pessimistically.
You Guangwei pointed to a small path beside the road and said, "Commander, escape through the small path. The Nanshan Army's trucks can't enter the small path."
After escaping from the battlefield, in order to facilitate their journey, the Northern Army naturally took to the cement roads in Nanshan Province. The Northern government roads could not compare with the cement roads in Nanshan Province.
After stepping onto the cement road, the Northern Army naturally marched along the cement road. Even when the Southern Mountain Army appeared behind them, most of them still fled along the cement road.
After thinking for a moment, Wu Peisheng, along with dozens of guards, You Guangwei and others, took advantage of everyone's inattention and sneaked into the alley and disappeared.
It took two hours for the Nanshan Army to capture more than 20,000 prisoners. Many Northern Army soldiers threw their weapons on the roadside when they fled, and Fang Guoxuan and his team seized a lot of weapons.
In the afternoon, Fang Guoxuan said to Fang Weian, the head of the 101st Regiment: "Weian, you lead the 101st Regiment to escort these prisoners and equipment back to Xinyuan."
"Yes, Commander." Although Fang Weian was quite reluctant, he still responded.
Fang Guoxuan then led the remaining troops to reach Yanping County before dark, deployed defenses in Yanping, and at the same time sent troops to retake Lingshan and Jingshui.
Cai Tingwu led the troops on the southern front and recaptured Changhuan, Dehua and other places without any obstruction.
The next day, after receiving reports from various departments, Francis Xavier couldn't help but feel in high spirits.
After breakfast, Fang Jian called Tao Yunong and told him, "Yunong, I am going to set up the 12th, 13th, and 14th divisions."
"Fang Weian is the commander of the 12th Division, Fang Weiguo is the commander of the 13th Division, and Fang Weijia is the commander of the 14th Division."
Although Fang Weian, Fang Weiguo and Fang Weijia are slightly less capable, they have been with him the longest and have made great achievements in battle.
This time, not only can the three divisions be expanded, but three people can also be promoted.
"Commander, if we expand three divisions, there may be some gaps in the low-level officers." Tao Yunong hesitated.
Speaking of officers, Fang Jian also had a headache. More than a thousand people graduated from the first term of the military academy, and more than 800 stayed in Nanshan, but it was not enough to fill the vacancies of officers.
After thinking for a moment, Fang Jian said, "Let each unit report the soldiers and officers who have made contributions in this battle."
"Transfer some officers to serve in these three divisions. Only full-time positions will be set up, no deputy positions will be set up."
In the Nanshan Army today, except for the division level, all other regiment, battalion, company, and platoon levels have a commander and a deputy commander. Only at the division level, except for a few divisions with deputy commanders, most have only one commander.
There is no way. There are not enough senior military officers and not enough talents to fill the vacancies.
Even if Francis Xavier could summon some new talents, they would not be able to be directly appointed as division commanders without any achievements.
Otherwise, the current military rank system will collapse immediately. Those who have made great contributions and have been promoted to higher ranks with great difficulty will have sufficient qualifications even if they lack the ability.
It doesn't make sense to select those who have not made any contributions as deputy division commanders instead of those who have made outstanding achievements.