PFC Chapter 203: Yanping Attack and Defense
Chapter 203: Yanping Attack and Defense
With the arrival of three reinforcements, the three positions temporarily stabilized their defenses.
The Nanshan Army in three positions, relying on a large amount of automatic firepower and fully automatic rifles, barely blocked the attack of the Northern Army, while causing heavy casualties to the Northern Army.
After a whole day of fighting, Feng Huamin received the battle report from the front line in the evening and was so angry that he slammed the table.
Seeing Feng Huamin's grim face, the adjutant advised: "Commander, victory and defeat are common in the military, and we just failed to take the front line for the time being."
After hearing his adjutant's consolation, Feng Huamin showed no sign of calming down.
"We attacked all day today, and four to five thousand people were killed in three positions. If we continue to fight like this, how many soldiers will we lose even if we take down Yanping, let alone Nanshan?"
The adjutant couldn't help but curl his lips. There is always death in war. Besides, it's just some soldiers who died.
"Commander, the Nanshan Army has limited manpower. We have suffered heavy losses, and the enemy should have suffered a lot as well."
"They have deployed heavy troops along the Yanping front. Once we break through this front, there will not be many defenders behind them."
Feng Huamin came to the map and fell into deep thought. What he was worried about was not the loss of troops, but that too much loss would affect the speed of attacking Nanshan.
"Send a message to the 13th Army, asking them to assist the front line tomorrow and to capture the Yanqiu position."
After receiving the order, the staff officer beside him immediately went to convey Feng Huamin's order.
On the other side, at the First Division Headquarters, Fang Guoxuan was looking at the Yanping sand table.
In today's battle, the Northern Army fought extremely fiercely, and all three battlefields rushed forward without regard for their lives. If the Northern Army increased the intensity of its attack again tomorrow, it might be difficult to hold the three fronts.
When Fang Guoxuan was lost in thought, an officer came to report: "Commander, the 11th Division has arrived in Yanping."
"Good." Fang Guoxuan was overjoyed when he heard the news. With the addition of 20,000 reinforcements, Fang Guoxuan was more confident in defending Yanqiu.
"Someone, go and invite Commander Li and Commander Xie to the First Division headquarters for a talk."
"Yes, commander." After the staff officer responded, he took a car to Yanping County.
At seven o'clock in the evening, Li Zhongwu and Xie Yuan arrived at the headquarters of the First Division.
"Lao Fang, do you have any arrangements?" Li Zhongwu's face was tired. The offensive and defensive battles during this period had put a lot of pressure on him.
Xie Yuan saluted Fang Guoxuan: "Division Commander."
Xie Yuan was very polite to Fang Guoxuan. He was previously the chief of staff of the 1st Division and worked under him. Although he was promoted to division commander, he did not dare to be overbearing towards Fang Guoxuan.
"You're welcome, Mr. Li, Mr. Xie, come and sit together." Fang Guoxuan nodded slightly.
The three of them sat down in the conference room. After a few pleasantries, Fang Guoxuan got down to business: "The 11th Division is coming to support us. I plan to make some adjustments to the three battlefields."
Upon hearing that some adjustments would be made to the front line, Li Zhongwu did not speak, preparing to listen to Fang Guoxuan's ideas first.
Xie Yuan had just arrived at the battlefield and had no idea about the situation, so naturally he did not express his opinion.
Fang Guoxuan pointed at the map and said, "At present, there are two regiments in each of the three battlefields, which can only barely hold off the enemy in front of them. Naturally, we need to send in reinforcements again."
"If the 11th Division joins the battlefield in batches, the chaotic organization on the battlefield will be detrimental to management."
"So I propose to divide the defense area, and each of our three divisions will be responsible for one side of the defense line."
"Okay, I agree with this arrangement." After a little thought, Li Zhongwu agreed to the idea.
Although we are all from the Nanshan Army, if comrades from the same division cooperate with each other, there will definitely be fewer problems and it will be easier to solve them.
Xie Yuan also nodded gently: "I have no objection either."
"How do you arrange the three defense zones?" Li Zhongwu asked.
Fang Guoxuan said: "The first division is responsible for the front Yanqiu, the second division is responsible for the right wing, and the eleventh division is responsible for the left wing."
Li Zhongwu and Xie Yuan nodded slightly and had no objection to this arrangement.
After discussing the details of the deployment, Li Zhongwu and Xie Yuan drove back to the city to arrange their respective troops.
After the 11th Division sent three regiments to take over the left wing position, the two regiments of the 1st Division on the left and right wings entered the front Yanqiu position, and the two regiments of the 2nd Division on the front and left wing went to the right wing.
After the adjustment, there were three regiments on each of the three positions. Although they were still not as numerous as the Northern Army, they were enough to stop the current enemy.
Early the next morning, the Northern Army continued to launch attacks on three battlefields.
The attacking troops could clearly feel that the Nanshan Army’s positions were more tightly defended and had more firepower today, so the Northern Army’s first wave of attacks was easily defeated.
Feng Huamin, who was watching the battle with a telescope in the back, had an extremely grim expression on his face: "Where is the 13th Army? Why hasn't it arrived at the Yanqiu battlefield yet? Send them a telegram and ask them to enter the battlefield as soon as possible."
The 13th Army arrived at the front battlefield half an hour after the staff conveyed the order.
Liu Tianhai, who was riding on a horse, cursed: "Bah, what a bullshit, they were so arrogant when they came here, but they still couldn't capture the position and asked my Thirteenth Army to take action."
"Commander, we're almost at the battlefield." The chief of staff beside him shook his head and reminded him.
He was also speechless. Although you are the army commander, it is not okay to directly scold the commander-in-chief like this.
The chief of staff said this to remind Liu Tianhai that there are many people around and he should be careful with his words and actions.
Unfortunately, Liu Tianhai didn't have this comprehension ability. He still looked unhappy: "Don't I know we are at the battlefield?"
Then Liu Tianhai scolded the chief of staff, leaving him with nothing but shaking his head and smiling bitterly.
Despite the addition of nearly 30,000 fresh troops to the 13th Army, there was not much change on the front battlefield of Yanqiu.
Yanqiu is a very small place, and 20,000 attacking troops are already the limit. Even if 30,000 more are added, they can only be deployed behind.
Although the Northern Army showed fearlessness and launched continuous attacks on the positions, the Nanshan Army still held its positions firmly.
The fighting continued throughout the morning, but no progress was made on any of the three battlefields.
Feng Huamin had lost his patience with this, and he ordered his staff officer: "Send a message to the 13th and 15th Army artillery regiments to launch an artillery attack on the Yanqiu position."
"Commander, if we use artillery, what should we do if the enemy locks on the artillery position?" the adjutant beside him reminded in a low voice.
The adjutant has not forgotten that the artillery position was bombarded by the Nanshan Army yesterday.
The Northern Army currently has artillery battalions at the division level, equipped with mortars and mountain artillery, while the army level has artillery regiments, equipped with both mountain artillery and field artillery.
The field artillery has a caliber of only 105mm, and although it has great destructive power, its range is only about meters.
南山军155、203口径榴弹炮，射程能达到20多千米。加农炮射程更远，能达到3、40千米。
Not only are the two incomparable in range, but there is also a huge gap in power, so the Northern Army was at a great disadvantage in artillery.
Of course, although the division-level artillery battalion, equipped with mortars and 75-caliber mountain cannons, posed a lot of threats, the mortars equipped by the various regiments of the Nanshan Army on the battlefield could easily deal with them.
Feng Huamin sneered and said, "Deploy two artillery regiments in two different directions and launch artillery attacks on the Yanqiu position at the same time."
"After ten minutes of shelling, the artillery regiment immediately moved its position."