eighth day of April
The two sides, who had been fighting for a few days, began to make new moves.
The first was the cost of the Beiyang army not being able to withstand the confrontation. After all, with an army of 800,000, the cost of doing nothing for a day was also very high. As a result, an all-out offensive began in Chahar and Henan. Due to the complex terrain of the Taihang Mountains, it was only a probing attack.
Xi'an
When Nie Wenzhou learned that Beiyang had finally made their move, he heaved a sigh of relief. Although it was not a problem to strike first, his two tank regiments had just received all the equipment and had only been training for a week.
It could only be said that the pilot could easily drive in flat terrain, but he would have diarrhea in more complicated places. Since the gunner had to aim manually, he could barely achieve a third of the accuracy when he stopped. If he were to shoot while moving, he could forget about it! As for the commanders and officers, they could only ensure that the vehicles would not collide with each other and could charge together.
Therefore, Nie Wenzhou actually wanted to delay for a while, but God's will was better than man's!
"Since you've already erupted, let's fight! Pass down the order. All the troops must defend their positions first and exhaust their spirit!”
Take the initiative to attack? It was not impossible, but the people's army had a large number of mortars and machine guns. These things were the most suitable for defense. Anyway, the other side did not have many artillery to attack the people's army's firing points. Using ammunition to destroy their morale was very cost-effective!
Jining frontline
Xu Shuzheng, the commander of Beiyang's North Road, was furious."How is it? Did they attack? What was that? It's been half a day, and you're telling me that your division can't take down their camp? Did you all f * cking shoot at the sky, huh? I don't care how much firepower you have. If you can't take down the enemy's position in the afternoon, then you can quit as a commander and go home to babysit!”
"How's the situation with your cavalry division? They're blocking the way again. Can't you fight them? What? You've already lost one-third of your men?”
"Your terrain is so good and you're looking down from above. Why can't you take down your position now? They have cannons, don't you? Did I give you a toy? What did they mean by being suppressed and suffering heavy losses?”
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In the morning, Beiyang's attack was completely ineffective. The frontal attack suffered heavy losses, and the cavalry's surprise attack was caught by a small group of mobile mechanized troops. They wanted to use the cannons to open up a gap, but they were suppressed by the larger caliber and longer range cannons of the People's Army. It seemed that there was no way to use normal methods now.
After Xu Shuzheng lost his temper, he slowly calmed down. Now that the war was not going well, no matter how angry he was, it was useless. He was a general of the Wan faction. If he did not calm down, he would easily act on impulse. He knew this very well.
After calming down, the side of a veteran general on the battlefield was revealed. In the next few days, many vicious moves were made in succession, making the People's Army no longer as calm as before.
For example, they imitated the Wolf Cry mode and successfully raided the People's Army's positions at night, successfully occupying a few frontline positions.
Seeing that the people's army did not fire large-scale artillery at them, they knew that the other party was using them to train their soldiers. They were very angry, but it was useless!
Therefore, he concentrated the machine guns and artillery that were in reserve at the rear, forming a partial firepower advantage over several positions of the People's Army. At one point, the People's Army was forced to fight with them.
In addition to the cavalry following the attack, the people's army suffered heavy losses and several positions were occupied.
Although there had been progress, the losses they had suffered in the past few days were too great. He could not help but sigh when he saw the casualty report. It was too disastrous!
In just a few days, four divisions of his army had been crippled, with more than 20,000 dead and 30,000 injured. According to the results of the battle, the casualties of the people's army were about 10,000. However, how much was the exaggeration?
They had lost almost a quarter of their forces, but they had only managed to occupy a portion of their positions. The enemy still had at least two defensive lines behind them. If this situation continued, they would not have the ability to continue attacking. Instead, they might have to prepare to defend.
Taihang Mountain Line
The main camp of the direct line was now under the direct line's leader, Feng Guozhang, with Cao Kun, Wu Peifu, and a few other generals. Because there were too many mountainous areas here, it was not suitable for an attack. Therefore, 100,000 of the original 500,000 people were sent to Henan and attacked from there.
Although they only had 400,000 soldiers, their attacks were still sharp. Especially at the Yangquan frontline, Beiyang had gathered 150,000 troops and launched a stormy attack on the People's Army's defense line. They wanted to break through the People's Army's defense line without caring about casualties. Unfortunately, they encountered the fortifications of the people's army. These fortifications were comparable to the trenches of the European war. Without the destructive attacks of large-scale artillery, it was a joke to break through the fortifications of the people's army in the mountains.
After several days of not being able to break through the defense line of the People's Army, Beiyang began to rest. The battle was too tragic. Everyone desperately attacked but still could not take down those few positions. The losses were not light.
Henan frontline
The battle situation here was relatively mild. There were both the Wan and the Direct Lineages here, so everyone was attacking while defending against each other, causing the suspicion that they were not putting in any effort.
Northwest
As there were many cavalrymen here, the people's army focused on guarding. However, the advantage of having more cavalrymen was that as long as they could not trap him, he could still use his mobility to escape. Therefore, both sides were fighting and walking, walking and fighting. There had never been a clash between the main forces.
Southern Shaanxi
The direct troops did not know much about the people's army in the mountainous area. In two days, they were ambushed by the former brigade commander of the 2nd division and the current 10th division commander. They wiped out more than 20,000 people in one fell swoop. Thus, the 80,000-strong army began to cower and wait for the situation in other areas to develop.
Xi'an
Nie Wenzhou looked at the information that kept coming back and had a basic understanding of the current situation of the People's Army. The People's Army seemed to be besieged, but other than the Jining area, which was in a slightly sorry state, the other places were facing them.
This was Nie Wenzhou's intention. The people's army had never experienced a large-scale war. They had never seen a situation where the battlefield was in a stalemate. They had always used firepower that far exceeded the other party's to attack others and then easily win. Such an experience was not enough to become a steel army that could not be defeated. The people's army had to temper their iron-blooded spirit and invincible combat strength in the war of blood and fire. Otherwise, how could they deal with the wolves and tigers outside in the future?
Therefore, Nie Wenzhou requested in the pre-war meeting that before the counterattack, as long as the other party did not launch a large-scale artillery attack, the People's Army was not allowed to use a large number of artillery. Now that the recruits of the five divisions had been well trained in the flames of war, they would definitely become iron-blooded soldiers in the future.
He walked over and put on his hat. He tidied his clothes in front of the dressing mirror and muttered,"It's time for me to appear!"
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