"Let's not attack first. We'll build fortifications and store up ammunition. We don't have much ammunition left. Let's hoard it for a few days before we fight!”
Han Ling said after thinking for a while.
"Marshal! If we don't fight, what if they attack us first? Didn't you say that the best defense was offense?”
Zheng Daxing asked in confusion.
"Haha! Yes, I did say that. But if you want to attack, you need to have ammunition, right? I can't possibly let my brothers fight with broadswords and spears, right? Moreover, Wang Jingguo's troops had rushed back to Shanxi from Shandong in just a few days.
They definitely didn't carry much ammunition. What they were thinking now was definitely to defend first before attacking!”
It wasn't that he hadn't thought about this problem earlier.
Wang Jingguo had rushed back to Shanxi in just a few days, so he definitely did not bring much ammunition with him.
At this time, he should be sending a telegram to Yan Baichuan, hoping that Yan Baichuan would mobilize military supplies from Taiyuan!
Ever since Wang Jingguo and Han Ling's troops met, they did not start fighting the next day as others had imagined.
From the second day onwards, both sides began to build trenches and dig fortifications.
Wang Jingguo seemed to have forgotten to destroy the Pingyuan Army.
As for Han Ling?
It wasn't that he didn't want to attack. He had been attacking all this time, so he didn't have enough ammunition for the cannons, so he was prepared to wait a few days.
Once they had amassed a large amount of ammunition, they would fight a battle to clear their names.
In this battle, their 40,000 men were up against Wang Jingguo's 37,000 men.
The difference in strength between the two sides wasn't too great.
Under such circumstances, Han Ling was prepared to make the name of the Pingyuan Army known.
At the same time, he wanted to tell all the warlords in the country that from today onwards, the Pingyuan Army would officially step onto the stage of China.
June 16th, 1930!
After a week of stockpiling ammunition, Han Ling felt that it was enough. Finally, a military meeting was held before the war.
"Everyone! After such a long time of ammo storage, our ammo has finally reached the standard.
Now, I've decided to officially launch a war against Wang Jingguo!”
As soon as Han Ling entered, he glanced around and said.
"Now I've decided."
"Crash!"
As soon as Han Ling said that, everyone below stood up. He stood up straight.
"Tomorrow morning, the Field Artillery Regiment and the Heavy Artillery Regiment will fire at the enemy at the same time.
All the artillery battalions of the various infantry regiments will be gathered together and will be under my direct command. After an hour of bombardment by the Field Artillery Regiment and the Heavy Artillery Regiment, the Field Artillery Battalion of the Infantry Regiment started firing under my orders.
The bombardment tomorrow morning would last for two hours.
After two hours of bombardment, the 7th, 8th, and 9th regiments launched a full-scale attack on the enemy's floorboard stronghold and Wang Jia Village.
The first group followed behind the right wing of the seventh group, the second group followed behind the left wing of the seventh group, the third group followed behind the right wing of the ninth group, and the fourth group followed behind the left wing of the ninth group.
The rest of the troops should be ready to attack at any time. Once they receive the order, they must immediately provide support!
Do you all understand?"
Han Ling stood up and looked at the regiment commanders with a stern and fierce expression.
From Han Ling's plan, they could tell that he had already made up his mind.
He had to treat this battle as a decisive battle.
In other words, they had to defeat Wang Jingguo's Third Army in one fell swoop!
On the morning of June 17th, 1930.
It caused 6:30! The sky was already bright.
Wang Jingguo's Third Corps was preparing breakfast at this time.
On the other hand, the Pingyuan Army had already eaten breakfast and was currently making the final preparations before the attack!
6:40!
Two large reconnaissance balloons began to rise above the Pingyuan Army's position.
In the basket under the scouting balloon, there were two soldiers holding some tools and observing.
Yanzhuang Town, Wang Jingguo's lower command post!
"General! Look outside, the Pingyuan Army has raised an artillery reconnaissance balloon. I think they are going to attack us today!”
Li Jue walked into the command post and pulled Wang Jingguo's sleeve.
"I saw it long ago! I saw it during breakfast just now.
I just gave the order to have the troops prepare to avoid the bombardment of the Pingyuan Army.
Our artillery is already prepared! Prepare to counterattack at any time!"
Wang Jingguo struggled to get away from Li Jue and said speechlessly.
"You already knew and gave the order? Why didn't you say so earlier! I didn't even have a good breakfast!”
Li Jue grumbled after hearing Wang Jingguo's order.
It was only because Li Jue and Wang Jingguo had a good relationship that Wang Jingguo would have reprimanded anyone who dared to do such a thing.
"Alright! He's such a big balloon. If I can't see it, I'll be blind!”
Wang Jingguo said unhappily.
After breakfast, he saw a black dot in the distance.
At that time, he was puzzled. Why did the black dot look like a balloon?
Later, he took out his binoculars and saw that it was an artillery reconnaissance balloon.
He immediately realized that the Pingyuan Army was about to attack.
Then, he ordered them to prepare for the defense.
As soon as he gave the order, Li Jue rushed into the command center.
" Wuuu
At this moment, a sound of air breaking came from the sky, just like the sound of a train.
"Not good! The Pingyuan Army has started firing. Let's hurry to the command post!”
When Wang Jingguo heard this voice, his expression immediately changed.
He had originally thought that the Pingyuan Army's artillery bombardment would only begin at seven o'clock.
His orders were to be ready before seven o'clock.
Who knew that it was only 6:45 am, and they had already started firing?
The cannon was fired 15 minutes earlier than him.
Don't underestimate these fifteen minutes.
If he had these fifteen minutes, Wang Jingguo's Jinsui Army would have been ready.
However, without these fifteen minutes, many soldiers were still preparing.
There were still quite a number of people at the camp.
Hence, the artillery fire that was fired fifteen minutes earlier caught the soldiers of the Suijin Army off guard.
Following that, countless artillery shells began to land on the Jinsui Army's position.
The observation soldiers on the reconnaissance balloons provided them with data based on the landing point of the shells, allowing the artillery to modify the parameters.
"Haha! I reckon that Wang Jingguo must have seen our artillery reconnaissance balloons and knew that we were going to bombard them, and he predicted that the time of the bombardment would definitely be at seven o'clock!
I'm afraid he would never have thought that I had already expected him to discover and prepare.
Therefore, they started firing at 6:45 a. m., 15 minutes earlier. Let's see how fast you can react!"
Han Ling stood on the city wall and listened to the explosions in the distance. He could not help but smile.
Lu Yinglin, who was behind Han Ling, wanted to say something but hesitated, even though he had thought it through.
However, Wang Jingguo could be said to be his sworn brother. This…He felt bad seeing his sworn brother suffer like this.
"Sharp Edge! Do you feel bad?”
Han Ling looked at Lu Yinglin for a while before turning around to look at the expression on Lu Yinglin's face. He could not help but ask.
"Marshal…I…"
"Alright! Needless to say. I will spare his life in the future. Of course, the premise is that he knows his place!"
Han Ling said calmly.
"Thank you, Marshal!"
Lu Yinglin's face revealed a hint of gratitude.
"There's no need to say this! Listen to the sound of the cannon fire with me again!”
At this moment, at the artillery position.
The artillery was constantly changing the parameters of the cannons, and the Jinsui Army's position was also constantly being bombarded.
To be honest, from Loubanzhai Village to Wangjia Village, there were only two teams on this 11-kilometer long battle line.
A Heavy Artillery Regiment and a Field Artillery Regiment had less than a hundred cannons. It was indeed a pitiful number.
Fortunately, the artillery was mainly aimed at the Jinsui Army's main position.
As time passed, the Jinsui Army's position seemed to have been plowed.
The former trenches and the former positions were almost blown up.
Han Ling and Lu Yinglin watched from behind for a while before returning to the command center.
"Huang Kelin, how long has our army been bombarding?”
After Han Ling returned to the command center, he looked at Chief of Staff Huang Kelin and asked.
"It's been 45 minutes since the bombardment.”
Huang Kelin raised his wrist and looked at the time.
"An hour? Command the troops to press forward! They pressed down to 200 meters in front of the camp. Fifteen minutes later, the artillery battalions of the various infantry regiments began to provide artillery support. At the same time, the Heavy Artillery Regiment was ready to engage the enemy in artillery fire!”
Wang Jingguo's artillery unit had not fired at all.
Han Ling knew that Wang Jingguo was definitely waiting for an opportunity.
Now that their heavy artillery regiment was firing, if their field artillery regiment fired, they would definitely be suppressed or even destroyed.
Therefore, they wanted to wait until their heavy artillery regiment could no longer fire before firing.
Therefore, Han Ling had to make some preparations.
Fifteen minutes passed by very quickly! It passed in a flash.
At this time, the various infantry regiments had already pressed to 200 meters in front of the Jinsui Army, ready to charge at any time.
Their rifles were also equipped with bayonet.
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