Warlords: Conquer the world from the county magistrate

Chapter 162: Conquer the Main Position Outside the City Again

After cursing for a while, Yuan Yuhao immediately gave an order: "Send an order to have the military police regiment, reconnaissance battalion, special forces battalion and other East City troops withdraw immediately."

"Is there any news from the Guard Regiment?" Yuan Yuhao asked again as the officer was about to go out.

The officer whispered back, "There has been no news since the Guards left the city."

Upon hearing this news, Yuan Yuhao knew that something must have happened to the Guards Regiment. He could not help but angrily asked, "Where is the 92nd Division? Weren't we supposed to let the 92nd Division resist the reinforcements from the south bank?"

"The 92nd Division has been holding on to the main position. According to the report just now, there are only a thousand people left in the 92nd Division." The officers were also shocked by the news.

You know, the 92nd Division had people. Even if it was bombarded and then attacked by the enemy, it would be impossible for only a thousand people to be left.

Thinking of this, the officer couldn't help but become pessimistic.

After hearing this report, Yuan Yuhao was speechless. He felt aggrieved but didn't know who to vent to, so he just waved his hand and asked the officer to leave.

Yuan Yuhao wanted to calm down and think about his next strategy, whether to give up Qingyang City or to defend Qingyang to the death.

To be fair, there was no big problem with Yuan Yuhao's strategy, but they were facing the Nanshan Army. If the opponent was an equal number of new southern troops, there was still a good chance of success.

The biggest failure of the Northern Army in this battle was that they underestimated the power of the Nanshan Army's artillery. Of course, when the two sides exchanged fire, the Nanshan Army's weapons and equipment also had a great advantage.

Outside the East City, the head of the military police received the telegram and immediately ordered: "Quick, tell all units to withdraw to the city immediately."

Upon hearing that they could retreat, several battalion commanders were very happy and immediately conveyed the retreat order.

Seeing the enemy retreat, Fang Weian stood up and said, "Brothers, the enemy has retreated, chase them."

He was well prepared and knew that reinforcements were coming, so he had no intention of letting this group of enemy troops go so easily.

The gendarmerie commander was already very annoyed because the siege had lasted for a long time and the troops had suffered heavy losses. How could he tolerate the enemy daring to catch up with him even after he had retreated?

"The enemy has rushed out of their position. This is a good opportunity to destroy them. Stop and fight back with me."

However, except for the remaining three battalions of the Military Police Regiment, they all retreated quickly with their troops without hesitation, and had no intention of staying. They were not stupid, the enemy's firepower was strong, and staying would not bring them any benefits.

"Bastard." The gendarmerie commander couldn't help but curse when he saw this.

Soon, more than a thousand men of the gendarmerie were overwhelmed by the offensive wave of the 101st Regiment.

Outside the South City, the leaders of the 102nd, 103rd, and 104th regiments gathered together, and Fang Tianming said, "The enemy has a large number of troops. Do you have the confidence to defeat them?"

"Of course we have confidence. Our three regiments together have nearly 10,000 people, and the enemy has even fewer people than us." Fang Weiguo chuckled.

Fang Weijia also said: "This kind of offensive battle is not difficult for us. Think about how many offensive battles our First Division has fought."

Seeing that both of them were full of confidence, Fang Tianming nodded slightly, feeling that the army's morale was good: "Let's adjust our strategy. The 103rd Regiment will occupy the enemy's right wing, the 104th Regiment will attack the center, and the 102nd Regiment will attack from the left wing."

"Concentrate the mortars of your two regiments in the middle. Use the mortars to bombard for a while, and then let the soldiers charge."

Because Fang Tianming was the deputy division commander and commander of the 104th Regiment, Fang Weiguo and Fang Weijia had no objection to Fang Tianming commanding the battle.

As the three regiments adjusted their positions, the three artillery companies were concentrated in the middle of the 104th Regiment. Each regiment was equipped with 82 10-caliber mortars, a total of 30 mortars for the three regiments.

Under the bombardment of thirty mortars, the central position occupied by the 91st and 92nd Divisions was filled with smoke and dust.

Many soldiers who were unable to dodge were blown away by the shells and fell heavily to the ground.

When the commander of the 92nd Division at the command center heard the sound of artillery fire, he was so scared that he immediately hid in an anti-artillery cave nearby. This action made the commander of the 91st Division laugh secretly, thinking that he was too cowardly.

"Commander, be careful." Before the commander of the 91st Division could be happy, a shell landed at the command post. The guard beside him immediately flew forward and threw the commander of the 91st Division to the ground, saving his life.

The shelling lasted for ten minutes. Due to the limited killing range of mortars, although this shelling caused many casualties, it was far less than that in the morning.

After the shelling ended, the three regiments launched an attack on the central position from three directions.

At the Central Route Command Post, after the shelling ended, the commander of the 92nd Division and two guards crawled out of the anti-artillery hole.

The commander of the 92nd Division was still frightened by the shelling in the morning, so after rebuilding the command post, he had people dig anti-shell holes. Having gained experience with the guards during the shelling, he hid in the anti-shell holes without hesitation.

Seeing the headquarters in a mess and collapsed, he immediately shouted, "Captain Li, Lao Li, are you okay?"

"Puh, puh, puh." Suddenly a head popped up from the ground, spitting out dust from its mouth. It was Commander Li of the 91st Division.

The commander of the 92nd Division immediately stepped forward to help him up and asked with concern: "Commander Li, how are you?"

"It's okay." The commander of the 91st Division looked helpless as he looked at the body of the guard on the ground. He just laughed at the commander of the 92nd Division, thinking that he was a coward. If the guard hadn't thrown him to the ground, he would have been the one who died.

Thinking of this, the commander of the 91st Division couldn't help but show a trace of fear on his face.

At this moment, a messenger from the 91st Division came in and reported: "Division Commander, the enemy is attacking our army from three sides."

Upon hearing this news, the two division commanders' faces changed, and they immediately took out their binoculars to look at the situation in three directions. This look made both of them look pale.

The frontal position was fine and firmly blocked the attack of the 104th Regiment, but the positions on both wings were losing ground.

After being bombarded by the enemy, the two divisions together had only more than 7,000 people. Once the two wings were breached, the only fate waiting for the two divisions would be annihilation.

After the two looked at each other, the commander of the 91st Division said, "Commander Qi, this is a matter of life and death. We cannot hesitate."

"Old Li, as long as you can lead the troops out, I will listen to you." The commander of the 92nd Division also nodded slightly.

It was an emergency, and the commander of the 91st Division did not care about anything else: "Old Qi, I will give you the guard battalion and the reconnaissance battalion. You resist the enemy on the right wing, and I will lead the 913th Regiment to block the left wing to buy enough time for the front-line troops to retreat."

"Okay." The commander of the 92nd Division did not dare to hesitate and immediately led his troops to the right wing.

At this time, if we don't stop the enemies on both wings, once they are broken through, even if they can retreat, the troops on the front line will not be able to retreat.

The commander of the 91st Division also led the 913th Regiment to meet the 102nd Regiment on the left wing, and at the same time notified the front-line troops to retreat.

The two division commanders held out on both wings for more than twenty minutes before they could no longer hold on and had to retreat into the city. These twenty minutes also bought the three front-line regiments plenty of time to retreat.

All the troops came together, and they all suffered heavy losses. At this time, the commander of the 913th Regiment said, "Division Commander, the enemy is catching up with us. You should retreat quickly. I will stay behind to cover your retreat."

After saying that, the commander of the 913th Regiment led his troops to meet the pursuers behind without looking back. The two division commanders looked at his back and couldn't help but tear up.

They did not stay any longer, but quickly withdrew their troops back to the city. The pursuers were close at hand, and every minute of delay would increase the danger.

In the end, the two divisions withdrew a total of more than 4,000 people into the city.