July 15, Western Henan
Zhang Liang, as the commander-in-chief, held a military conference. Actually, there was nothing much to talk about. The main thing was to allocate the attacking forces.
The first and fourth divisions were the elite old troops, and they were the main offensive force heading east to Luoyang. The seventh division was the new division, and they were attacking Nanyang, where the enemy's defenses were weak.
To be honest, although the Beiyang Army seemed to have a lot of people at this time, they were distributed throughout the country. Moreover, the Beiyang Army was a small army. At most, a division would have about 10,000 people, and most of them would have about 7,000 to 10,000 people. Moreover, their weapons and equipment were completely different from the People's Army. Most of them were only equipped with rifles and cannons were rare.
Although the three divisions were all elite divisions with more than ten thousand men, they only had twenty cannons in total. Including Zhao Ti's troops, they only had thirty cannons.
Ever since the Gengzi Incident, the foreign powers were afraid of China's resistance. They began to ban China's weapons internationally. Although it was not a comprehensive ban, strategic weapons were banned. For example, the technology and equipment to manufacture heavy artillery and warships were things that money might not be able to buy.
Last year, under the instigation of the United States, they joined forces with Britain, France, Italy, and other countries to ban China. If it were not for the secret support of the Japanese, it would probably be even worse.
As the People's Army had expanded the scale of the arsenal, the cannons of these divisions were all equipped according to plan. Each division had two 6th regiments and over 200 75mm cannons.
Yes, two hundred.
When Nie Wenzhou's plan came out, the brigade commanders and the others went crazy. Even the European and American armies probably wouldn't have so much equipment like this, let alone China.
However, for these cannons, Nie Wenzhou had no choice but to buy a lot of trucks. Moreover, these trucks were not suitable to be used as artillery tractors. He had to develop the oil fields in Yanchang in advance and build a car factory to develop military vehicles. In short, it was a waste of his old nose.
Now that both sides were gathering in the Luoyang area, a great battle was inevitable.
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7th month, 18th day, both sides met at the Eight Mile Slope within Luoyang. Both sides began to probe each other. Although the people's army only had two divisions, they had more than 40,000 people. The enemy had only gathered 50,000 men. In the end, the battlefield was chosen on a gentle slope, and Beiyang occupied the top of the slope.
"How f * cking unlucky. They actually seized the favorable terrain. The commander below still has a lot to grow!”Zhang Liang looked at the gentle slope in the distance through the binoculars, his voice filled with helplessness.
"Hehe, Old Zhang, don't have too high of an expectation. Didn't we also walk this path back then? The commander was right. Famous generals were all made through battle. Without experience on the battlefield, how could they grow? Last time, we fought too smoothly and didn't get good training. This time, we'll treat it as training for them!”Political commissar Tao Jiadu said very optimistically.
"Hehe, Old Tao, you're quite optimistic about the war!”
"Hmph, with such weapons and elite soldiers in your hands, if you can't win cleanly, then you can go home and be a baby!”
"Haha, old partner, you really understand me! That's right, it's just taking up a piece of land. At most, it's just a little strenuous. What's the big deal? Let them occupy and set up the battlefield so that they won't say that we're bullying them!”Zhang Liang went back to rest in disdain.
An hour later, both sides were ready.
Zhang Liang immediately ordered half of the cannons to start firing. Immediately, 200 75mm cannons began to roar, and the opposing camp was instantly filled with smoke.
At this moment, the commander of Beiyang was Qu Tongfeng, who was known as one of the Four Great Vajras. This old battlefield veteran had discovered the power of the people's army the moment he came into contact with them. He thought to himself that they really lived up to their reputation!
However, he still managed to seize the favorable terrain on the gentle slope. Now, they were in a favorable position. Although he was relieved, his intuition as a general made him feel that this battle was not going to be easy.
As expected, when the cannons of the People's Army fired, he knew that he was doomed. With so many cannons, he had no means of countering them.
After a round of bombardment, the various regiments began to charge. Mortars and machine guns were still used to suppress the enemy. Infantry charged into the enemy's position in twos and threes.
Such a basic move was synonymous with terror in the eyes of the Northern Army. The People's Army was equipped with semi-automatic rifles and general-purpose machine guns. Their firing rate was much higher than theirs. In their eyes, it was as if they were all machine guns without rifles.
Thus, the people's army took down the frontline of Beiyang with a charge. It was very smooth, so smooth that the people's army could not believe it.
Qu Tongfeng saw that the front line had lost so quickly, so he had no choice but to send people to rush up and take back the position. He even let his precious cannons bombard the occupied position to cover the attack.
Many of the people's soldiers were instantly killed or injured. Zhang Liang was not someone who was willing to suffer losses. He immediately ordered all the artillery to fire back. Speaking of which, the range of the cannons at this time was not as long as the ones that were more than ten kilometers or dozens of kilometers. The range of the 75mm mountain cannon was only about four to five kilometers. Therefore, although the people's army had not studied ballistatics and could not calculate the specific location of the other party, they still knew the approximate location.
Soon, the people's army began their counterattack. Hundreds of cannons from the two divisions bombarded the general location and then began to fire. Not long after, the enemy's cannons were all silenced!
At this time, the cannons of the People's Army continued to bombard the remaining positions of the Beiyang Army, while the infantry continued to charge because the enemy had begun to collapse. What a joke. This level of bombardment was simply insane. Who could withstand it?
As there were not many cannons in the country, everyone was not very serious about the construction of fortifications. Therefore, although the recruits were afraid of cannons and the veterans were afraid of machine guns, under the carpet bombardment, such veterans were just waiting for death in the sloppy fortifications.
The people's army gradually stopped firing, and the infantrymen rushed over to capture the captives. Tens of thousands of people were defeated all over the mountains and plains. Therefore, although the people's army also had tens of thousands of people, it still took a lot of effort to capture prisoners.
As for those who shouted " we won't kill those who surrender " and made the enemy surrender on a large scale, the People's Army was not so lucky. In short, after more than two hours of pursuit, the battle was finally over.
When the battle results were tabulated, the commander Zhang Liang and the 4th division commander Li Lin were very happy. At the cost of over 200 casualties and over 2,000 injuries, the People's Army wiped out the enemy's main force, killing over 10,000 enemies, capturing close to 30,000 prisoners, and seizing countless other resources. Qu Tongfeng had already planned to escape, but he only managed to capture two brigade commanders of the Henan garrison, causing Zhang Liang to sigh with regret.
With this great victory, the people's army successfully took Luoyang and chased after the Beiyang Army until they reached Gongxian and Dengfeng. The 7th division in the south was also progressing smoothly. They had no difficulty taking down Nanyang.
At this point, the war caused by Beiyang had come to an end. However, the entire country was in an uproar because of this war. All the major newspapers and forces had their eyes on this place!
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