"We only have a brigade of 5,000 soldiers in Da Tong.”
This was what Deputy Yan Baichuan said.
"Five thousand people? How many troops can we mobilize from other places?”
Yan Baichuan asked after walking around the room.
"If it's a regular army, we can still transfer 12,000 from other places.
If we add the security team, we can transfer more than 20,000 people!”
"Twelve thousand, twenty thousand, five thousand! In other words, we can still transfer nearly 40,000 people! Very good! Immediately go down and relay my orders. Gather these troops. We must stop them at Da Tong!"
Yan Baichuan looked at his adjutant and said in an exhausted voice.
"Yes, sir!"
On May 26th, 1930, Han Ling led 40,000 troops to Da Tong City.
Currently, Datong City only had the original 5,000-strong garrison troops and the 12,000 regular soldiers that Yan Baichuan had transferred over.
As for the remaining 20,000 security forces, they were still gathering or on the way.
After all, the quality of the security team was not as good as the regular army. Their speed was naturally much slower.
"Commander! Right now, we've already gathered information about Datong City. There are only seventeen thousand people inside for the time being, but there are still security forces rushing over from behind.”
The one who spoke was Han Ling's major advisor, Huang Kelin.
Needless to say, Huang Kelin was also a clone soldier.
"Seventeen thousand people? How many people did they have in their security team?”
Han Ling put down his binoculars and asked.
"About twenty-four thousand people. They were all security guards that Yan Baichuan had transferred from various places.”
"Security groups from various places? Yan Baichuan had transferred more than 20,000 people at once. This meant that their place had been emptied by him! It seemed that Yan Baichuan was at his wit's end. The front was held back by Old Jiang, and the rear was empty!”
Han Ling's lips curled up. The emptiness behind Yan Baichuan was beyond his imagination.
It seemed that his plan could be changed. However, there was no rush. Unless he had an army of more than 100,000, it was very likely that others would take advantage of him.
"Order the troops to rest for the night. Tomorrow morning, the Heavy Artillery Regiment will be the first to fire.”
"Yes, sir!"
The morning sun in May was very beautiful.
The environment of this era was not as bad as the future.
The morning sun was very beautiful.
After Han Ling ate a bowl of porridge and a few steamed buns, he picked up the binoculars and looked at Datong.
Da Tong was not a strong city. On the contrary, Da Tong's city walls were not good.
Over the years, Gui Sui and Shanxi were almost all under Old Yan's rule.
Da Tong had also changed from a border town to a city in the mainland.
The city walls were naturally not repaired like other cities.
He raised his wrist to look at the time. It was 6:20 p. m.
"There are still ten minutes left!"
Han Ling muttered to himself.
According to the original plan, the Heavy Artillery Regiment would fire at 6:30 in the morning.
He turned around and looked behind him.
The scouting balloon was released.
When the cannons were fired, they would record the landing point of the shells.
If the data was wrong, or the landing point was wrong, they would immediately provide the artillery unit with the parameters to modify it.
At 6:30, the commander fired.
More than 30 105 caliber howitzers and cannons, plus five or six 120mm howitzers, immediately began firing.
Dozens of artillery shells began to fly towards the city's outpost.
"Bang ~"
"Bang ~"
"Bang ~"
The sound of artillery shells exploding began to ring out in the Jinsui Army's camp.
"Howitzer data correction, angle 16, bearing 027, ready to fire!”
"Bang ~"
The first shot was considered a test shot, and from the second shot onwards, whether it was the howitzer or the cannon, it could be said to be a real artillery attack.
In the following period of time, countless artillery shells began to fall on the Jinsui Army's position.
The Jinsui soldiers hiding in the trenches could only watch helplessly as they were bombed.
As for the anti-cannon hole. Oh! Presumably, this was not something that the army could know.
Whether it was Yan Baichuan or the chairman, they did not have many artillery.
The caliber of the cannon was not big. It was already very good to have a 75mm mountain cannon.
As for the 105 caliber!
Haha! At that time, the western countries would not sell it to China. Perhaps in a few years, Germany would sell it.
But now, he would not.
Therefore, they were not clear about the cannon hole.
When the soldiers dug the trenches, they didn't even consider this.
Now, facing a cannon with a caliber of 105 and above, they were terrified.
In terms of lethality to soldiers, howitzers were stronger than cannons.
However, in terms of destructive power against the defensive fortifications, the two of them were extremely powerful.
The cannon was even stronger.
"Haha! Not bad! He ordered the Heavy Artillery Regiment to extend their firepower, and Liu Kelong's Infantry Regiment One began to charge, striving to take down the position outside Da Tong City in the first round!”
In order to save ammunition, but also because of the inconvenience of logistics supplies.
Therefore, Han Ling gave the order to charge after firing for half an hour.
"This, this, this is a heavy cannon with a caliber of 105 and above! Where did the Pingyuan Army get their heavy artillery? Even we can't get these things!”
Qin Shaoguan, the new garrison commander of Datong, stood on the city gate and watched the bombardment outside the city with binoculars.
He couldn't help but be stunned. The power of this cannon was definitely not something that a 75mm field cannon could have.
This was much more powerful than a 75mm cannon.
It was obvious that only cannons with a caliber of 105 and above could have such power.
"Commander, what should we do now? They actually have heavy artillery. It's probably a big blow to our morale!”
Deputy Commander Liu Zhuoqing asked worriedly.
"Send the troops up. We only have a regiment of two thousand people outside the city. I originally thought that this group could last them for two days.
Now, it seemed that it would not work. After this bombardment, we will have a lot of casualties and morale problems. They would probably collapse soon and send Fan Gengcan's 2nd regiment up.”
"Good! I'll immediately pass on the order!"
After Liu Zhuoqing left, Qin Shaoguan continued to look ahead with his binoculars.
With one look, he realized that the Pingyuan Army's artillery fire had already extended to the rear, and their troops had already begun to attack their own camp outside the city!
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