readsfreenovel Chapter 272: Second War Zone Planning
Chapter 272: Second War Zone Planning
Zhang Wei couldn't help but sigh: "These little dwarf locusts are too crazy. We must be more careful when fighting them in the future."
"Yes, the loss of annihilating 30,000 dwarf locust troops is almost as great as the total loss of annihilating the North-South coalition forces." Li Zhongwu also said.
In the last battle with the North-South Allied Forces, except for the Second Division, which suffered heavy losses, the other troops suffered little loss. Especially the attacking troops, which were unstoppable with the support of tanks and did not suffer much loss.
Fang Guoxuan smiled and said, "It's okay. It's just a small country with three islands. No matter how crazy it is, it will still be defeated by my Nanshan Army."
Facing the army of the dwarf locust country, Fang Guoxuan was also very cautious, but he had to appear so relaxed, just to give them confidence.
Don’t feel too much pressure next time when you face the Dwarf Locust Kingdom, otherwise it would be bad if you become cowardly or timid before the battle.
"Commander, I heard that those little dwarf locusts we captured last time behaved very obediently?" Li Zhongwu asked in surprise.
He really couldn't understand why these little locusts were so crazy and those who surrendered were so honest. Li Zhongwu put himself in their shoes and thought that if he was captured, he might cause trouble and would definitely not behave well.
Fang Guoxuan explained with a smile: "The commander said that these dwarfs are like this, bullying the weak and fearing the strong. As long as they bow their heads, they will be very honest."
"Don't look at those people as arrogant. As long as it hurts, they are more humble than anyone else."
Hearing this, Li Zhongwu and Zhang Wei couldn't help but smack their lips in amazement.
Time passed little by little, and soon it was past five o'clock in the afternoon. The remaining enemy resistance had been eliminated inside and outside the city, and the battlefield had been cleaned up.
After Li Zhongwu finished counting the results of the battle, he entered the command center and said with a smile, "Commander, Deputy Commander, the results of the battle are counted."
After saying this, Li Zhongwu paused and looked at the two of them.
"Okay, Old Li, stop keeping us in suspense and just tell us what the outcome of this battle was." Zhang Wei scolded with a smile.
Li Zhongwu laughed and said without further ado, "In this battle, we wiped out more than 3245 dwarf locust soldiers, seized 30 Type 300 rifles, 105 heavy machine guns, 104 light machine guns, 155 74-caliber cannons, and -caliber cannons."
When talking about the captured Locust artillery, Li Zhongwu felt a little sad. More than half of the artillery was destroyed, otherwise more could have been captured.
After calming down, Li Zhongwu continued to introduce: "In this battle, more than 30,000 Northern troops were killed and 10,000 were captured."
"We seized 900 Taishin XI-type guns, 57 heavy machine guns, and 210 light machine guns. We also seized 75 60-caliber guns, 105 30-caliber guns, and -caliber guns."
"More than 2,000 of our soldiers died in this battle, including more than 1,000 who died when attacking the Dwarf Locust's headquarters, and more than 500 who died when the Dwarf Locust detonated its shells."
Hearing the casualty figures, Fang Guoxuan and Zhang Wei looked at each other in bewilderment. It turned out that most of the casualties were caused by the dwarf locust army.
"It seems that the Northern Army has suffered psychological trauma from our army, otherwise they would not be so vulnerable." Fang Guoxuan couldn't help but sigh.
180,000 people actually caused hundreds of casualties to the Nanshan Army. It’s incredible to think about it.
Zhang Wei nodded and said, "Yes, even with the help of powerful weapons like tanks, the Northern Army should not be so vulnerable."
Of course, they all knew that the Northern Army had not had much fighting spirit since this expedition and their morale was low, which led to this result.
The three chatted for a while before Fang Guoxuan said seriously, "Okay, let's have each unit rest on the spot and head to Shanyang City early tomorrow morning."
"At the same time, have the 16th Division take over the defense of Imjin and receive prisoners and seized supplies."
"Yes." Zhang Wei and Li Zhongwu immediately stood up and answered.
Shanyang City is located in the north of Sanjiang, which is the only way for Ma Yunshan’s army to march.
On the same day that victory was achieved in the north, Cai Yanwu also achieved a great victory on the southern front, annihilating nearly 200,000 southern troops in one fell swoop.
Cai Yanwu led the troops of the Second War Zone and also approached Hejiang City on the evening of the 26th.
Hejiang City is a place adjacent to Sanjiang in Jiyang Province. Chang Yunxian and Xu Weigong have been stationing their troops here for some time.
Cai Yanwu was a little nervous when facing an army of 26. But when the Intelligence Department reported the situation of the Southern Army's stationing to Cai Yanwu on the evening of the th, he no longer looked worried.
It turned out that Xu Weigong and Chang Yunxian did not get along, which led to their respective troops being stationed far apart.
Xu Weigong's troops were stationed in Feng County, while Chang Yunxian chose Rong County as his base. The two counties were adjacent to each other and both bordered Sanjiang Province.
When Cai Yanwu received the information, he smiled to Zhao Linyu and said, "God is really helping me."
"That's right." Zhao Linyu also agreed with this point of view.
The two men made a plan that night, and also on the early morning of the 27th, they launched a surprise attack on Xu Weigong's troops. Under the attack of more than army troops and an armored division, Xu Weigong was defeated and fled with less than people.
Cai Yanwu left a division to clean up the battlefield and surrounded Chang Yunxian in Rong County on the afternoon of the 27th.
After the troops were in place, Cai Yanwu immediately ordered an attack. Although Chang Yunxian successfully broke through with more than 30,000 people in a hurry, his main force was completely wiped out.
In this battle, the 812 Southern Army troops were killed, more than 8786 were captured, and 57 heavy machine guns and 210 light machine guns were seized. 75 60-caliber artillery pieces, 105 30-caliber artillery pieces, and -caliber artillery pieces were captured.
Leaving behind a troop to collect the prisoners, Cai Yanwu agreed to prepare to inflict a heavy blow on Lu Rongqing's troops that had entered Jiyang.
Inside the command center, Zhao Linyu was in a good mood. After defeating the Southern Army, he just had to concentrate on dealing with Lu Rongqing.
Zhao Linyu was in a good mood and said with a smile: "Even if Lu Rongqing turns back now, we can catch up with him and destroy him."
"Don't be careless." Cai Yanwu frowned.
Seeing Cai Yanwu's serious expression, Zhao Linyu also put away his contempt and asked, "What's wrong, Commander?"
"Old Zhao, we have to hurry up. We must eliminate Lu Rongqing's troops as soon as possible, otherwise Yang Shude and Xue Chengguang will catch up with us and we will be in a very passive position." Cai Yanwu sighed, pointing at the map.
Zhao Linyu came to the map and looked at it carefully, his expression suddenly changed.
Not to mention Lu Yuanjia who was following behind, Yang Shude and Xue Chengguang had already met at the junction of Zhuyang and Jiyang today.
If Lu Rongqing stopped for two days, he would most likely meet up with Yang Shude and Xue Chengguang. Moreover, Lu Yuanjia, who was behind Lu Rongqing, was only two days away from Lu Rongqing.
Zhao Linyu said solemnly: "In that case, we have to speed up and eliminate Lu Rongqing before they gather together."
At this time, Zhao Linyu could not help but feel a sense of urgency. After the four parties joined together, their military strength would reach 500,000. Regardless of whether they were elite or a mob, it was always unwise to use 200,000 to fight against an army of 500,000.
"Don't be nervous." Seeing Zhao Linyu like this, Cai Yanwu couldn't help but laugh. He could only step forward, pat him on the shoulder and comfort him.
"This is just the worst-case scenario. Besides, as long as we speed up our march, we will be able to surround Lu Rongqing's troops before the enemy troops join us."