Bang! A gunshot rang out. Li Ruhai also ordered all the troops to begin the general attack.
More than 300 cannons of the People's Army were the first to unleash their might. One by one, shells were sent to the Beiyang Army's position, and the Beiyang Army quickly began to fall into chaos.
In fact, when the signal flare sounded, Cai Chengxun and the Beiyang generals who came to help thought to themselves," Oh no, there was an ambush!
As expected, the cannons of the 9th Division landed on their heads. Cannons rumbled one after another, and the performance of the artillery in the style of the People's Army began. Ten minutes later, the tens of thousands of troops were in chaos. The people's army began to extend their firepower, and the infantry began to charge.
Speaking of which, the People's Army didn't have many tactics. They just relied on their fierce firepower to beat the other party until they didn't have the strength to retaliate. It seemed that the normal tactics were effective against the people's army. Even the German military instructor was thinking that if they could have such a firepower ratio during the European war, they could also kill the allied countries. It's a pity that the Americans are selling weapons and ammunition to the allies. If it weren't for this shameless villain, we would have won long ago!
The battlefield quieted down after more than three hours. The terrain here was peaceful, and the enemy had quite a number of cavalrymen. Many of them had actually escaped. Li Ruhai and Wen Xueming also blamed themselves.
However, their battle results were remarkable. They had wiped out nearly 20,000 people in one battle, captured more than 40,000 people, and about 10,000 escaped. Their losses weren't too great. Only four or five hundred people died in battle, and more than three thousand were injured. It was a great victory.
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Yanchang Yellow River Ferry
A day ago, the 6th division crossed the Yellow River. This was Yang Hucheng's first time going out to battle since the reorganization of the army. He had been training all this time, and everyone was bored out of their wits.
This time, due to the changes in Beiyang, the People's Army also changed. The new order they received was to attack Linfeng, and they would attack Taiyuan from the south to the north with the 4th division from Yuncheng.
There was a division of soldiers guarding the southwestern part of the city, but it was still not enough to face the 6th division.
When the battle of Gui Sui in the north started, the 6th division had already marched near Linfeng. As soon as the battle in the north ended, they had already begun to attack Linfeng. A division with less than ten thousand men was unable to withstand a single blow from the sixth division with more than twenty thousand well-equipped soldiers. The battle ended in just over an hour.
On the third day, the 4th division from Yuncheng also arrived at Linfeng.
On the fourth day, they had already reached Pingyao and met up with the guards from Luliang. The three divisions had nearly 70,000 people and were approaching Taiyuan.
In the north, the second division was left to guard Guisui and attack Jining (now Wulanchabu). The third division and the ninth division rested for a day before they began to fight south.
They bypassed Datong and directly marched into Shuozhou. Then, he would leave a brigade to defend the enemy in the direction of Datong and attack Xinzhou from the north to the south to threaten Taiyuan.
When the 70,000 troops from the south reached Taiyuan, the 9th division from the north had already bypassed Xin Zhou and arrived near Taiyuan.
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Taiyuan
Yan Laoxi had been suffering from insomnia for the past few days.
He had been feeling regretful for the past few days. He had miscalculated this time! He had thought that by sending out two divisions, he would be able to destroy the two divisions of the People's Army with the main force of the Beiyang Army. At that time, the People's Army would not have the energy to cause trouble.
He did not expect that he was indeed a tiger. He solved the problem in a few moves. These few days, the northern and southern armies had joined forces to attack, and the Jin army had almost collapsed. They could not compete with the people's army at all.
Now that the armies from the north and south were approaching Taiyuan, they could not hold on no matter what. However, where could he run to?
After this attack, the Beiyang Empire would only be able to contend with the People's Army if the Wan Faction and the Direct Faction joined forces. Otherwise, the Wan Faction would be defeated by the People's Army very quickly. If he left the country, he would really be finished. His old nest was about to be gone, so how could he make a comeback?
No matter what Yan Laoxi thought, the people's army had successfully joined forces at Taiyuan.
Nie Wenzhou hadn't been on the battlefield for a long time. It was quite easy for him to go out this time, so he brought the guards out to gain experience. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to become elite soldiers if they kept training like this and hadn't been on the battlefield.
Nie Wenzhou had specially observed the situation in Thai Nguyen before the battle. Li Lin, commander of the 4th division, and Qin Fenglin, commander of the security division, accompanied him.
Looking at Taiyuan, Nie Wenzhou said,""Yan Laoxi's governance is quite good. Jin Province is well governed, and Taiyuan is also well-built. Looking at the situation around here, if our army hadn't come, this place would definitely be a lively place!”
" Yeah," Li Lin praised." I've been by the Yellow River for the past two years. I've heard many people in Jin Province say that Yan Laoxi's rule is slightly worse than ours."”
Qin Fenglin did not agree with this statement."Although this place isn't bad, it's still far from Xi'an. Regiment Commander Li, you are not familiar with Xi'an. This is just how it looked like at the beginning of the year!”
Nie Wenzhou also laughed and scolded," You're trying to flatter me. Although it sounds nice, you're not telling the truth." Xi'an only began to prosper in the second half of the year. Without the confidence of the People's Army to win against Beiyang, many merchants might not dare to go to our place!”
Li Lin said,"No, no, the young marshal is too modest." I think it was because of the young marshal's hard work that Xi'an changed. The Young Marshal had been developing his industry and commerce vigorously, and his salary and benefits were good. Now that he had won a great victory, everyone's trust in him had increased to a higher level. Therefore, everyone was willing to take out their money to buy things. More and more merchants gathered. It was not surprising that the scene was bustling!”
" Alright," Nie Wenzhou said helplessly." Don't flatter me. I won't take credit for this." You should think about how to break this city!”
"Major, it's not that I'm conceited, but if we fire hundreds of cannons together, I don't believe that it's really a turtle shell. Moreover, the power of our 105 cannon shots is still acceptable.”
Nie Wenzhou gave him a critical hit.""You're just too uneducated. How many times have I told you? It's best to use cannons to attack. Now, your place has howitzers. If you make such a fool of yourself again in the future, I'll f * ck you up and let you go to military school for three to five years before coming out.”
Qin Fenglin instantly wilted. If he hadn't been loyal to Nie Wenzhou, he wouldn't have had the chance to be the ace guard division. However, he studied too little and was not serious in his studies. Nie Wenzhou had taught him a lesson many times, but he still did not make much progress.
Nie Wenzhou was also very helpless at this time. The arsenal in Xi'an reported that the development of the cannon was not fast. After the 105 cannon was developed, the speed dropped. It was not that there was no information, nor was it that the research direction was wrong, but the power of the cannon after it was developed was obviously insufficient. At that time, no one knew the reason.
It wasn't until this time that the European side brought back the first piece of information about the artillery. After obtaining the research information from others, they discovered many loopholes in the development process. For example, the forging requirements of steel were very strict. The forging method, temperature, strength, and so on were all very strict. The rigorous people of the country could almost guarantee that every employee would do the same. " Our people feel that the stronger the forging, the better the steel. Therefore, when we used Nie Wenzhou's advanced machines to forge, we increased the strength, causing the quality of the steel to change and it's not suitable for casting cannons.
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