Chapter 87 Guizhou Offensive (III)

Chapter 87 Guizhou Offensive (III)

"Fire the cannon..." More than 200 artillery pieces hit the open space in Sansui County. The largest caliber here is a 60-mm caliber mountain cannon, and even bronze cannons can be seen. This is simply a concentrated area of ​​antiques. What is unimaginable is that such solid iron lumps can be used in modern warfare.

"Bump..." But no matter how old such artillery is, it is all artillery. Whether it is solid or modern artillery shells, he has great power. Anyway, if someone is hit, he will definitely not have a chance to survive.

"Architecture...hidden..." After hearing the sound of cannons, the defensive iron-blooded army outside the south city immediately ordered to hide in the trenches.

"Boom..." The explosion that covered the sky and the sun was still unsightly. The Iron-blooded soldiers hiding in the trenches clearly felt the crazy shaking of the ground, and bursts of smoke and dust rose from the trenches, which looked quite spectacular.

"Why does the Beiyang Army have such strong firepower?" Wang Chenghuai could hardly believe his eyes. The Beiyang Army actually had such strong projection firepower.

At this time, a staff officer next to Wang Chenghuai suddenly pointed to the battlefield and said, "Standard, look at the shell, it turns out to be a solid shell!"

"What?" Wang Chenghuai was shocked again after hearing this. It turned out to be... it was actually solid. This surprised Wang Chenghuai so much.

Not only was Wang Chenghuai surprised the appearance, but the soldiers on the battlefield even more surprised, because such a violent shelling did not take away many casualties, and what surprised him even more was that the shell was actually a solid iron ball.

"This ***! I was shocked! This thing really scares people!" The commander pointed to the crater behind him and said to the people around him with a smile.

"Haha..." The commander's words caused the soldiers to burst into laughter, but then they began to prepare for defense again.

"Kill..." After the shelling, the Beiyang Army launched another charge, but they suffered a violent blow as usual, and the shelling caused almost no casualties to the other party.

"***... This cannon is too useless..." Qin Yuyang said angrily as he patted the city. He had tried his best to buy these cannons, but they did not result in any results.

The officers looked at their commander in a tangled manner. When these artillery were just transported, their commander told everyone how powerful these artillery were and how great the benefits they would bring to their side on the battlefield. But now they have a long face and these artillery have no effect at all.

"Haha... these Beiyang troops had no courage at all, and they were defeated after just a little fight!" The Iron-blooded army officers and soldiers in the trenches smiled and laughed. They thought that they would be at the southern exit of the Beiyang troops would be attacked fiercely once they broke through, but they did not expect that the enemy would be defeated so simply after attacking twice.

In Sansui County, the brigade commander of the Fourth Brigade ran to Qin Yuyang like a bereavement dog, and said with a decadent look: "Master! I can't rush over at all. After rushing twice, I lost a whole regiment."

Faced with the complaints of the Fourth Brigade Commander, Qin Yuyang remained silent, and all the officers did not have any sarcasm. They also saw the form of the battlefield. No matter what their troops were, they would definitely be defeated in such a decadent manner as long as they went up.

"Okay! It seems that the Iron Blood Army is preparing to surround us and then siege us. All the troops stick to their posts and immediately send power to Guiyang to ask the governor to send troops to rescue!" Qin Yuyang was not completely awake and casually said to the adjutant beside him. Qin Yuyang was a very smart officer. If he hadn't drunk today, he would definitely not make such a decision.

In Guiyang, Tang Jixiao was still preparing to launch an attack on Yunnan. He was not afraid of the Iron Blood Army attacking from other places. It was just because the other aspects were all steep and ridges. He thought the Iron Blood Army could not defeat it at all. He was worried about Cai E from Yunnan. Because the road from Guiyang to Dali was much better, he was planning to defeat Cai E first to stabilize Yunnan, and then use the two provinces as bargaining chips to negotiate with Deng Sen.

However, just as he was discussing with his staff how to attack Yunnan, a telegrapher ran in and said in a panic: "Grandmaster, a telegram from Sansui County was sent. They were surrounded by nearly 100,000 iron-blooded troops. They broke through twice without any effect. They asked for our rescue."

After hearing this, the entire staff of the General Staff stood up one after another and asked in disbelief: "Is it a telegram sent by Qin Yuyang's troops?"

"Yes, Grand Governor, please see, this is a telegram!" The telegrapher handed the translated telegram to Tang Jixiao.

"Grandmaster Jun Jian: Now our 40,000 people are besieged by nearly 100,000 Iron Blood Army in Sansui County. Due to terrain restrictions, the two previous tentative attacks were all defeated by the Iron Blood Army, losing three or four thousand people. These two attacks were only less than half an hour. The Greatmaster Jun was in urgent need of military information. Now the Iron Blood Army is about to break into the city, so please send a rescue army as soon as possible! Qin Yuyang, the commander of the Sixth Division."

"Where did these Iron Blood Army come from? Did they fall from the sky?" With the telegram, Tang Jixiao had the urge to vomit blood. The Iron Blood Army actually came, and it had tens of thousands of troops. This was simply incredible. Of course, Deng Sen and Jiang Baili did not expect that a division's strength would be lost by walking alone, which was more than the number of people lost in a war.

"Grandmaster, what should we do now?" several aides looked at Tang Jixiao and asked.

Tang Jixiao left the conference table and walked to the large combat map behind to watch it, but he always shook his head and said to the staff behind him: "If our army continues to attack Yunnan, not to mention whether Cai E will fight back based on the advantages of the terrain. The iron-blooded army is now close to us. If we destroy our 6th Division and then march towards Guiyang again, we may be in danger by then!"

"Yes! But if the Grand Governor is allowed to be in Yunnan, then we will have worries! If you are not careful, you may be swallowed by the Iron Blood Army." Some aides said worriedly.

"Yes! Now we are in a dilemma!" Tang Jixiao felt that the world was changing too fast. They were thinking about how to attack Yunnan before, but now they were worried that Yunnan would take the opportunity to attack itself. If the Sixth Division was not rescued, then they would not have much strength after the Sixth Division was eliminated, because the Sixth Division was one of their strongest divisions in Guizhou. However, if they went to rescue the Sixth Division, they would have to send at least 50,000 troops. The key problem is that the total strength of Guizhou is only 130,000. If more than 50,000 troops were mobilized, Guiyang's guarding power would be even weaker. Moreover, the Iron Blood Army is famous for its reputation. With the same force, it must not be an opponent, which means that they no longer have any chance of winning now.

"It's not weak, so we send 70,000 troops to rescue and leave other troops to station in Guiyang?" Another staff officer found a so-called best of both worlds. Although this method can solve the most urgent problem, it has a big loophole, that is, they are relatively weak on both sides and are very likely to be defeated by the Iron Blood Army.

"Okay! Just do it! As long as we can defeat this arrival of iron-blooded army, we will be worry-free. If we lose, we will not be able to turn over." Tang Jixiao finally chose the method of this staff member and sent 70,000 troops to Sansui County for rescue. He stayed in the provincial capital to take charge.

After the military operation in Guiyang, the Third Army of Sansui County also received this information and transferred the Second Division to Lingdangpo, 20 kilometers south of Sansui County, to organize defense.

At the same time, an attack on Sansui County was also launched.

Lingdangpo is a mountain road. It is the only road leading to Guiyang from Sansui County. It is also a turning point to the west. From Guiyang to Sansui County, you need to go east from Guiyang to Lingdangpo and then turn north to reach Sansui County. If you don’t have the bend here, you will not know the situation opposite. There are towering mountains on both sides, and there are various crooked trees growing in the mountains.

"Quick! For fortification construction, the position construction must be completed within two days." The officers of the Second Division were directing soldiers to build fortifications here, digging trenches, and creating commanding heights at high points for defense and shooting.

At this time, Sansui County was already boiling, and shells shot on the city walls like rain, causing dust and fire. On the ground, a group of soldiers attacked him from the back.

"Blasting team... hurry up..." The Guizhou army did not have many heavy machine guns. Some of them were just slightly taller rifles. Of course, they were just slightly better than bandits and some local armed forces. In front of most of the Iron Blood Army with automatic rifles, they were all abused.

"Papapapapa..." The soldiers of the Iron Blood Army who were attacking under the city braved the constant tilting firepower on the city. Although the Iron Blood Army's artillery fire was powerful, it could not last long due to shells. Therefore, after only half an hour, there was no artillery fire cover. At this time, all the troops could only be exposed to the opponent's muzzle and advanced.

"Bang..."

"Ah..." Countless gunshots and screams, the Iron Blood Army's attack was wrong and was shot dead by the Beiyang Army's rifles, but they did not approach the city tower during the nearly hour of attack.

"Damn it! Mobilize all the heavy machine guns from other troops to hit the North Gate hard! You must blow it up for me!" Although keeping Sansui County as bait, Wang Chenghuai cannot make the other party relaxed and still needs to constantly erode the other party. Because the Iron Blood Army's supply of materials was insufficient, their supplies could only maintain their battle for half a month. This was just bullets and food. The artillery could only maintain less than ten rounds of artillery bombardment, so Wang Chenghuai was very cautious in the artillery bombardment.

"Boom boom boom..." Just after Wang Chenghuai transferred the machine gun, unexpectedly, the other party actually covered the artillery fire.

"Bang...bang..."

"Ah...ah..." This time the Beiyang Army's artillery had some effect, because the heavy machine gun position could not be buried underground, and even if it was hit by solid shells, it still suffered heavy casualties.

"***! The gunners of the Beiyang Army are fighting well? Order the artillery regiment to cut off the opponent's artillery position for me! When the next attack, I don't want to see the opponent's artillery kill our war again..."
Chapter completed!