Chapter 364 Double Happiness
Deng Keng put down the phone and ran to the command hall with anxiety. After looking for Wu Shaoting, he said to him: "Captain Sun just called. The situation on the Sixth Regiment was very bad. He was attacked on both sides and the flanking positions were about to be lost."
Wu Shaoting was near the lookout, carefully observing the situation of the Jiangxi Second Mixed Brigade on the front battlefield. He pondered for a while, and then asked: "Teaching the Second Regiment is still capable of mobilizing troops."
Deng Keng was a little surprised and hurriedly said, "Governor, we have sent two reinforcements from companies. Even if there are troops that can be called, they must be kept as a reserve. Who knows how long the Beiyang Army will take to fight this battle? If there is no replacement troops, we will be exhausted to death."
Wu Shaoting smiled indifferently and said, "Don't worry, this battle will not last long. Look at the charge of the Jiangxi Army, all of which are false airs. At the beginning, they sent two lonely teams to take the lead. These two teams are a portrayal of the true situation of the Jiangxi Army. The queues are scattered, the morale is low, and the charge is slow."
Deng Keng couldn't understand Wu Shaoting's words and asked strangely: "Governor, what do you mean?"
Wu Shaoting said happily: "I mean, the second mixed brigade of Jiangxi is now sending their reserve team. At four o'clock, our shelling has blown up all the troops they are preparing to charge. As long as we eliminate the enemy in front of us, the second mixed brigade of Jiangxi will no longer have any subsequent troops to replenish, and the battle on our northern line will soon turn the situation around!"
After he finished speaking, an irrepressible look of excitement gradually appeared on his face, because he completed the heavy blow to the Jiangxi army by a coincidence. It has to be said that even God is favoring the revolutionary Guangdong army.
Deng Keng immediately understood what Wu Shaoting meant. Although he was still a little worried, after all, there was still fierce firefighting and the war was not over. However, the fact that it severely damaged the Jiangxi army laid a sense of confidence in his chest.
"Governor, do you really want to send reinforcements?" he asked confirmation.
"Send another company to tell Sun Jizhi that we must stick with me. Now we are not competing for strength with the enemy, but competing for perseverance. Whoever can persist to the end under such pressure will be able to laugh to the end." Wu Shaoting said decisively.
"I understand, I'll make arrangements now." Deng Keng immediately turned around and went out.
When Deng Keng left the bunker, Wu Shaoting turned around and asked Liu Yonghao on the map station, "Old Liu, can Liu Yaohan hold on?"
Liu Yonghao said: "Li Yaohan called twenty minutes ago, and he said he could still defend it. Because the Third Regiment of Jiangxi on his flank has already revealed signs of retreat."
Wu Shaoting said happily: "Okay, once the Third Regiment of the Jiangxi Army retreats, the battle will be over."
He knew that the Third Regiment of the Jiangxi Army would continue to persist because after they retreated, the blame for this siege was definitely taken. But this was only a matter of time. Since the Third Regiment of the Jiangxi Army was determined to retreat, as the war stalemate continued, the losses became more and more serious, he would eventually choose to retreat. After all, for the two troops on the East and West wings, they all had reasons to retreat. This reason was that the Second Mixed Brigade of Jiangxi failed to launch a general attack on time.
The war on the northern front was getting worse, but the battle situation was still in a stalemate. Except for the Seventh Regiment of the Guangdong Army, the Second Regiment and the Eighth Regiment could still stabilize the situation. The large number of Jiangxi Army troops charged in the front battlefield were contained halfway, and they could only hide behind the pile of corpses and slowly move forward.
Although the gunfire on the northern line became increasingly dense, the originally quiet Shaoguan City woke up again. Other wars also fought one after another, with sporadic small fights and strong attacks at dawn.
The first day of the year Xinmao is destined to be uneasy, and the smoke of gunfire and gunfire are the first gifts to the New Year.
The sky gradually turned white, and the day of the Lunar New Year finally ushered in daylight. The dew in the morning wets everything. If the smell of gunpowder floating in the air is removed, this morning will make people feel very comfortable. The gunfire in Shaoguan City still has not stopped, and the firefighting situation in several places is still so fierce. However, the battle in the north has completely ended. In addition to the smoke and dust left by the guns and cannons in the early morning, there are also the faint screams of the wounded. The entire battlefield seems to have fallen into solidification.
Wu Shaoting had already walked out of the command post and stood on the hill outside the cover, which was the place where he had spent the New Year's Eve dinner with Zhang Xiaoya yesterday. Behind him, Liu Yonghao and Deng Keng, and several guards. He picked up the Qianli Mile Mile Mile and took a look at the battlefield. Although it was only eight days since the 11th to today, it made people feel like they had spent eight months.
During the continuous battles in the past few days, countless corpses were left on the battlefield, most of which were soldiers of the Jiangxi Army. As for the remains of the soldiers who fell in the Guangdong Army, they were all placed behind the trenches. If the bodies of the two armies were piled up together, it would be a very amazing scene.
"Shi Yuan, we finally stay here. The second mixed brigade in Jiangxi has been severely damaged. I bet that there will be no offensive power in the next ten days. And in these ten days, we can do a lot of things." Wu Shaoting said calmly with a rare smug smile on his face.
"But I think the Beiyang Army will definitely not give up. Even if one brigade is left, there are other combat troops to replace it." It was not Deng Keng who replied, but Liu Yonghao. His expression was very calm and he could not see the joy after winning the battle.
After six o'clock, the Third Regiment of the Jiangxi Army finally couldn't hold on and chose to retreat. This news affected the fighting pace of the entire army on three sides. Not long after, the Hunan Southern Expedition Army also retreated. The Second Mixed Brigade of Jiangxi had no follow-up troops, and continued to consume would only lose a lot of money. So Tang Wenjing decisively gave up this attack. By seven o'clock, the war was basically over, and the Beiyang Army's second three sides of encirclement was declared defeat again.
For Liu Yonghao, this was a victory on the local battlefield, but the entire Shaoguan battle was not over, and the Beiyang Army still had available chips.
Wu Shaoting laughed again, this time he laughed out loud and said, "Old Liu, we have made a lot of money in this battle. Now we are just waiting for He Jingzhi's special operation team. If they can complete the task, we can defeat the morale of the entire Beiyang army in one fell swoop, and even the confidence to defeat the ***. Even if He Jingzhi unfortunately failed, today's battle will be enough to make Yun Gong fight for some face at the northern negotiating table. This war will end sooner or later!"
Liu Yonghao glanced at Deng Keng and wanted to understand what Deng Keng meant, but Deng Keng remained calm and his calm expression was hard to see through. It was not that he did not believe Wu Shaoting's words, but that it was more or less unreliable to end the war by simply relying on peace talks with the north. On the front battlefield, the Guangdong army could not defeat the large number of Beiyang troops. After all, it was a dilemma in front of Guangdong.
Wu Shaoting calmed down and turned his face to Deng Keng and said, "Shi Yuan, please arrange someone to take Zhang Xiaoya to Baisha Town later. In addition, ask about the situation of Commander Mo. It has been two days since then, so there must be some news."
Deng Keng nodded and immediately said, "I'll do it now." After that, he turned around and returned to the command post.
Liu Yonghao no longer thinks about the current war. Anyway, he won a victory before him, and finally he can ease the tight situation in the northern line. What's more, he is also very worried about Mo Qingyu's injury. He really hopes that Deng Keng can bring good news.
In the next two days, the entire Beiyang Army's offensive seemed to soften the warmth of spring in the southern region. In the past two days, there were almost no gunshots, and other war zones in Shaoguan were only sporadic blasts, or some small-scale scouts encountered battles. After a major trauma from the Second Mixed Brigade of Jiangxi on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the morale of the entire Jiangxi Army was affected.
Especially in the five days from the 16th to the 20th, whether it was the Southern Expedition Army or the Jiangxi Army, most of the front-line commanders who lost more than 50 people were platoon leaders and company commanders, and some unlucky battalion commanders or staff officers. Not only that, the communication systems of several *** troops were also hit, seriously affecting the command system from the senior to the grassroots level.
After summarizing the Beiyang Army, it was known that the Guangdong Army had sniper troops that specifically assassinate officers and attack important facilities. This is no longer a secret. From the Guangdong-Guangxi War to the early stage of the Northern Guangdong War, the Beiyang Army had long known the existence of this special army through intelligence and personal experience.
However, the problems facing them have not improved. The Beiyang Army has no anti-sniper training at all. Even if this set of training is available, it cannot be achieved in a short period of time. The enemy's sharpshooter is still in this familiar land in Guangdong, which makes people unable to defend against.
Today, the Guangdong Army snipers even had a case of sniper killing half of a company in three days. There were countless cases of using snipers to delay the speed of the marching.
Although the Beiyang Army had more troops than the Guangdong Army, it lost most of the experienced non-commissioned officers and low-level officers in more than ten days, which put many combat troops in trouble. They had to stop attacking and spend time adjusting the state and morale of the entire army.
The second and third day of the junior high school should be a good time for the Guangdong army to counterattack, but after these days of high-intensity combat, the Guangdong army suffered extremely serious losses. Instead of killing one thousand enemies and losing one hundred to oneself, it would be better to take this opportunity to have a good rest.
On the morning of the fourth day of the lunar month, Wu Shaoting was sleeping in the newly built command post behind the Second Regiment. Deng Keng received a call from the First Division headquarters in the command post of the regiment headquarters. He immediately ran to the new command post with ecstasy and woke Wu Shaoting up.
"Governor, Governor, good news, good news." Deng Keng shouted hurriedly.
Wu Shaoting was sleeping too deeply and woke up by the scream. He stared at Deng Keng with his blood-covered eyes. After more than ten seconds, he asked lukewarmly: "What good news?"
Chapter completed!