Liu Xiang had gathered troops from all over Ya 'an. Before the left army arrived near Ya' an, there were already more than 20,000 troops gathered here.
Ya 'an was the transition point between the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Sichuan Basin. The Qingyi River ran through the entire Ya' an city, and the Dadu River also flowed into the Qingyi River. Liu Xiang had already built a defense line on the north bank of the Qingyi River, intending to rely on this river to resist the powerful army of the Red Guards.
When the firepower was at a disadvantage, he could only rely on the terrain to have a chance of victory. If he could use this line of defense along the river to deplete the effective strength of the Red Police Corps, then he could gather his forces and wait for an opportunity to counterattack.
Even if he couldn't inflict heavy damage on the Red Guards, he could use the defense line along the river to hold off the Red Guards and give them some time to recover.
Crossing the river was also a very difficult battle method. Often, there would be heavy casualties, so Liu Xiang had this confidence.
More and more troops gathered in Ya 'an, and there was a trend of a big battle. Liu Xiang had gathered almost all his strength here, and Chu Zian also wanted to open the southern gate to Chengdu. The Ya' an Battle was also recorded in the textbooks of later generations. This battle decided the victory or defeat of the entire Sichuan Battle.
The troops led by Deng Ziye encountered the first line of defense of the Ya 'an defense line in Yingjing County. There were about four regiments of the Sichuan Army here. They needed to resist the attack of the independent tank regiment and the first regiment here to buy time for the construction of the defense line along the river in Ya' an area.
Deng Ziye understood that speed was the most important thing in war. The faster he attacked, the less time he would give the enemy to prepare. The morale of the soldiers of the 1st Red Alert Division was very high. Chu Zian had already announced that during the battle, the daily allowance of all soldiers would be doubled. Coupled with the continuous victories, the morale of the soldiers was greatly boosted. The faces of the soldiers were filled with joy of victory.
He wanted to take advantage of this momentum to continue attacking until he took down Chengdu.
The 155mm Howitzer Battalion of the Artillery Regiment could no longer keep up with the troops. Deng Ziye decisively left the 155mm Heavy Artillery Battalion behind and led the 105mm Howitzer Battalion forward. With the full support of the Air Force, they also possessed powerful firepower.
The Army Air Force had concentrated half of their fighters in this direction. A total of three Stuka dive bomber battalions, one BF109 fighter battalion, and one B-17 bomber battalion were also preparing for the Ya 'an Battle.
At the same time, a regiment of the Third Division of the Red Alert was also rapidly moving north. They would also participate in the Ya 'an Battle. Chu Zian had invested more than 25000 troops in the Ya' an area, and the Sichuan army he faced was only 50,000 at most.
However, with the efficiency of the Sichuan army, it would be good if they could have 45,000 people.
On the other hand, the 2nd Division of the Red Alert was fighting steadily. After all, the 2nd Division of the Red Alert was a new troop that had just completed its initial training. Moreover, there were not many veterans in this division, only one-fifteenth of the entire division.
Back then, the 1st Red Alert Division had more than 2000 veterans, which was one-eighth of the total. This was a completely different concept. It could be said that the more veterans there were in a unit, the stronger the combat effectiveness of the unit. Of course, the veterans were an exception, as they would only reduce the combat effectiveness of the unit.
This point could be seen from the Japanese army in later generations. In the later stages of World War II, it could be found that the combat strength of the Japanese army was not on the same level as that of the Japanese army in the early stages of World War II. Even more and more Japanese soldiers surrendered on the battlefield.
This was because most of the veterans of the Japanese army in the Pacific battlefield had died. The new troops were mostly recruits who had not been trained for long. They were not as strong as the veterans in terms of combat effectiveness and willpower.
A veteran could play a very big role in the army, so Chu Zian would rather use bullets to smash the army than to cause heavy casualties.
The Sichuan army had begun to shrink its defense line. The resistance of the Sichuan army in Yingjing County was very weak and was easily taken down. The first goal of the Third Division of the Red Alert was to take Yibin City. As long as they took it down, they would have a choice whether to attack Chengdu in the north or attack Chongqing along the Yangtze River.
The Sichuan army in Yibin City was not strong. Their military strength was not even as large as the Second Red Alert Division. At present, the performance of the Second Red Alert Division was average, which made Chu Zian heave a sigh of relief. After all, he had spent so much effort to equip them with the best weapons and equipment.
If they still couldn't beat a group of Sichuan soldiers who even needed a few rifles each, then Chu Zian made them stay obediently and defend their territory. It seemed that it was still rewarding.
A large number of troops began to gather in Ya 'an, which immediately attracted the attention of many people. They could also see that the Sichuan Army and the newly risen Chu Zian were about to fight a decisive battle in Ya' an.
In order to make both the Sichuan Army and Chu Zian suffer, the Central Army in Hunan also received orders from Old Jiang and began to retreat a certain distance. It was obvious that this was telling Liu Xiang that she could fight without worry and that she would not do anything to her during this time.
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