During the deadly battle between the two sides, the headquarters kept sending telegrams to Li Qiufan, asking how long it would take for him to arrive.
Although he was anxious, his legs could only run so fast, and Li Qiufan had no choice.
After several hours of rapid marching, Li Qiufan finally led his troops to the outskirts of the battlefield.
After arriving, Li Qiufan did not rush to join the battle, but observed the distribution of the national army's strength.
"Old Ma, if you see that, the national army's artillery position, immediately bring the heavy artillery brigade to me to destroy it!"
After observing for a while, Li Qiufan suddenly pointed to a very hidden place and said to Lao Ma behind him.
"Commander, are you sure that's an artillery position? Why didn't I see anything?"
Lao Ma looked in the direction of Li Qiufan's finger, but saw nothing.
"Just feel free to fight. That must be the artillery position of the national army!"
Li Qiufan was extremely confident. Relying on the knowledge he learned from later generations, he could see the clues at a glance.
Although Lao Ma didn't see anything, he still believed in Li Qiufan's judgment and took the artillery directly to build the artillery position.
"Heizi, you lead the third division and the garrison brigade to the rear, and I will lead the first and second divisions to attack from the front."
"When the fight starts on my side, you will give me a kick and attract all the attention of the national army to our side!"
Listening to the sparse gunfire on the battlefield, Li Qiufan guessed that there were not many divisions left in charge of blocking the attack.
Now he can only attract the attention of the national army so that they have no intention of continuing to attack there.
"Old Li, you lead the second division to build a position from the left, and I will lead the first division to the right. Take action as soon as possible!"
After everything was arranged, Li Qiufan and Li Yunlong divided their troops into two groups and began to build defensive positions.
It didn't take long for the artillery position of the heavy artillery brigade to be constructed. At this time, Li Qiufan and the others were not finished yet.
But now he couldn't afford to delay, so Li Qiufan directly ordered the bombardment to start. The most important thing now was to take over the pressure.
"Boom boom boom..."
As the order was issued, countless artillery shells landed on the place pointed out by Li Qiufan, and the land was plowed all over in an instant.
Not long after the sound of artillery sounded, the attacking troops of the national army suddenly received an order to withdraw, which relieved the soldiers who were blocking the attack.
There were originally two divisions of troops, but now there is less than one regiment left, which can be said to have suffered heavy losses.
Fortunately, Li Qiufan arrived at the last moment, otherwise these two divisions would have been completely wiped out.
And not only will the blocking troops be lost, the arsenal will also be taken over by the opponent, which may affect more troops by then.
On Li Qiufan's side, after the heavy artillery brigade conducted the artillery bombardment, he directly ordered the troops to open fire and launched an attack on the national army in front.
When the Second Division on his left saw this, Li Yunlong gave the order to follow without hesitation.
The sudden attack here caught the national army by surprise, and they quickly began to mobilize troops to defend.
But they had just transferred people over when suddenly another gunfire rang out from behind.
At this time, Li Qiufan's troops formed a semicircle, like a big bag wrapping around the national army's troops.
On the other side is the Eighth Route Army position responsible for blocking. If there are sufficient troops here, a complete encirclement can be formed.
After being violently attacked by Li Qiufan, the first thing the two commanders of the national army thought of was to continue attacking towards the arsenal.
After breaking through the defense line there, Li Qiufan's troops had no need to use much force.
But Li Qiufan obviously thought of this, so the heavy artillery brigade poured in the direction of the national army position as if the shells were free of charge.
The infantry troops also launched a fierce attack on the national army, which caused the national army to continuously increase their troops.
Under such a fierce attack, the two armies could only concentrate on dealing with Li Qiufan, while the other side could only defend, let alone continue to attack.
In this way, Li Qiufan's goal was achieved, and he successfully shouldered all the pressure on himself.
At this time, as long as he can carry other troops to come for reinforcements, then everything will be settled.
But the commander of the national army was not a mediocre person, and he instantly saw through Li Qiufan's intention.
At present, they cannot destroy the arsenal, and if they continue to delay it here, they may have to keep these two armies.
After discussion, the two national army commanders directly issued the order to break out of the encirclement, and the direction of the breakout was towards Heizi.
After receiving a fierce counterattack from the enemy, Heizi immediately understood the opponent's plan and sent a telegram directly to Li Qiufan.
After receiving the telegram, Li Qiufan thought for a moment and then made the decision to ask the sunspots to withdraw and let the national troops go out.
Because the most important task at this time is to protect the arsenal, and there are two armies. If they really identify a point to break through, Li Qiufan's small force will not be able to stop them.
Therefore, Li Qiufan immediately asked Heizi to retreat. Anyway, there will be plenty of opportunities to deal with him in the future, so there is no need to rush this moment.
After receiving Li Qiufan's order, Heizi directly asked someone to open the door and let the national army break out.
When the national army saw Heizi moving out of the way, they also saw through what Li Qiufan was thinking, but they couldn't afford it right now, so they immediately started running away.
After the national army left, Li Qiufan and his men hurriedly came to the blocking position, wanting to see the situation of the two divisions.
"I am Li Qiufan from the Independent First Column. Where is your division commander?"
After arriving at the position, Li Qiufan found two soldiers and asked them.
The two soldiers were covered in blood at this time. They looked at Li Qiufan with confused eyes but did not speak.
At this moment, several people walked over from not far away, came to Li Qiufan and saluted him directly with a military salute.
"Commander of the 1st Brigade of the 134th Division Gao Liang!"
The visitor was the brigade commander of the two divisions responsible for blocking the attack, and he directly identified himself to Li Qiufan.
"Li Qiufan of the Independent First Column, where is your division commander?"
Li Qiufan responded with a military salute, and then continued to ask about the other party's division commander.
"Reporting to the commander, our division commander died, and now I am the supreme commander here."
The brigade commander heard Li Qiufan ask about their division commander and said with sad eyes.
"Sacrificed? How many of you are left?"
Hearing that all the other teachers' commanders had died, Li Qiufan's heart instantly became heavy.
"There are still more than a thousand people, and that's all the two divisions can fight."
As he said this, the brigade commander shed tears. After a battle, the two divisions fought only more than a thousand people.
After hearing this number, Li Qiufan's nose felt a little sore, but more importantly, he was filled with anger.
"Heizi, bring the garrison brigade over to help them collect the bodies of the brothers, and hurry up and help move the arsenal!"
