Under such fierce artillery fire, and with the Eighth Route Army surrounding it from all directions, the Thirteenth Army was annihilated within a few hours.
This time, whether it was mental calculation or not, it was so easy to defeat an army. Even Li Qiufan found it a bit incredible.
"Commander, the First Division sent a telegram. The 93rd Army, which was surrounded by them, broke out and is now moving towards Jinzhou!"
Li Qiufan was commanding the troops to clean up the battlefield, when suddenly the telegraph operator came to him with a telegram.
"What? The 93rd Army broke out?"
Li Qiufan was a little surprised when he heard the news of the 93rd Army's breakout. He didn't understand how the other party was allowed to escape, so he immediately took the telegram and read it.
When the Thirteenth Army discovered that it was surrounded, it sent a telegram to the Ninety-third Army.
The commander of the 93rd Army immediately realized that he had trapped his brother's troops. If not for his telegram asking for help, the 13th Army would not have been ambushed.
Then he sent several telegrams to the Thirteenth Army, but after receiving no reply, the commander of the Ninety-third Army panicked. He knew that the Thirteenth Army was finished.
After that, the 93rd Army began to break out with all its strength, and did not stand still waiting for reinforcements.
At this time, the garrison division had not yet tied its pockets, and was torn open by the 93rd Army's charge. They watched helplessly as the 93rd Army broke out.
After Li Qiufan understood the whole story, he shook his head helplessly. It was true that God would not stop his 93rd Army. He did not expect that the commander of the Army could see their intentions.
"Send a report to the First Division, Second Division and the Garrison Division and ask them to pursue the 93rd Army. If the enemy hides in Jinzhou City, I will surround it!"
Li Qiufan gave the order to the First Division to pursue, and then went to find Li Yunlong.
"Old Li, pick up your things, pick them up, pick them up, we have to leave for Jinzhou City right away!"
Li Qiufan was worried that the 93rd Army would not even want Jinzhou City and would just run back. Then there would be no way to fish without bait.
"What? Going to Jinzhou? What about these weapons and prisoners?"
Li Yunlong was a little surprised when he heard the news about going to Jinzhou, and looked at the mountains of weapons and equipment with some reluctance.
"All prisoners will be released, and those who can carry weapons will be brought with them. Those who cannot be carried will be destroyed. We can never return the guns to the national army!"
Li Qiufan waved his hand towards Li Yunlong, not paying attention to these weapons and equipment at all, but this made Li Yunlong feel bad.
But Li Yunlong had no choice. Who made Li Qiufan his boss? And after Li Qiufan got angry at him last time, he was now a little afraid of Li Qiufan from the bottom of his heart.
Then, under Li Qiufan's order, the weapons piled up like a hill were burned with a fire, and all the prisoners were let go.
After handling this, Li Yunlong's fifth division took the lead, followed by the heavy artillery division and the third and fourth divisions, and set off in the direction of Jinzhou in a mighty manner.
The First Division immediately launched a pursuit of the 93rd Army after receiving Li Qiufan's order. The three divisions chased one Army for several days.
Seeing that they could not get rid of the Eighth Route Army behind them, the 93rd Army had no choice but to rush into Jinzhou City.
At this time, there was a division of national troops stationed in Jinzhou City. The commander of this division was still confused when he saw the 93rd Army approaching because he had not received an order to mobilize the troops.
When he saw the pursuers behind the 93rd Army, he immediately understood what was going on and immediately sent a telegram to the superiors asking for help.
The 93rd Army shrank back after entering Jinzhou City. Erhu and others could only follow Li Qiufan's order to surround the entire Jinzhou City.
After seeing clearly the overall strength of the Eighth Route Army, the division commander responsible for garrisoning Jinzhou City was a little puzzled. He didn't understand why the 93rd Army was being chased and beaten even though the strength of the troops was almost the same.
Later, in the explanation given by the commander of the 93rd Army, I learned that this group of Eighth Route Army actually had other units and had probably defeated the 13th Army.
After learning the news, the division commander quickly sent several more emergency telegrams to his superiors asking for help.
They were able to chase down the 93rd Army and eat the 13th Army on the other side. Who knows how many people there are in this gang of Eighth Route Army.
After the two sides were in a stalemate for a day and a night, Li Qiufan finally arrived here with his troops.
After seeing so many people from the Eighth Route Army coming, the commander of the 93rd Army and the garrison division commander were completely panicked. They all wondered if the main force of the Eighth Route Army from Siping Street had come to them.
"How is the situation now?"
After Li Qiufan arrived, he immediately called Erhu and the others over and learned about the current situation with them.
"There has been no movement since the 93rd Army entered the city. There is still a division originally stationed in the city, and now there are about 30,000 troops inside."
Erhu reluctantly explained the situation. There was really nothing they could do as the other party was huddled in the city. After all, the heavy artillery division was taken away by Li Qiufan.
"It seems that the telegram asking for help has been sent out a long time ago. Next, we have to make a louder noise, otherwise the fish won't take the bait!"
Li Qiufan looked at Jinzhou City and smiled, and then asked someone to call Lao Ma over.
"Old Ma, drag up all the mountain artillery and field artillery and make a pot of soup for the national army in the city!"
Li Qiufan pointed to Jinzhou City in the distance and said to Lao Ma, which made everyone laugh.
After receiving the order, Lao Ma immediately sent two brigades up, and various mountain artillery and field artillery continued to bombard Jinzhou City.
As for cannons and howitzers, Li Qiufan was reluctant to use them because the shells were too valuable.
When he was at the headquarters before, there was a boss who could supply him with artillery shells.
After arriving in the Northeast, no one would support him anymore. The shells of the heavy artillery were one shot less than one shot.
After being blown up by a shell like this, the national army in Jinzhou City thought that the other side was about to launch an attack, and hurriedly sent another telegram for help.
Unexpectedly, Li Qiufan just wanted to put more pressure on them and had no intention of attacking the city at all.
After all, his purpose this time was just to relieve the pressure on Siping Street, not to specifically attack the city.
In addition, although his side has about three times the strength of the national army, it is not easy to fight a tough battle, and the casualties will be very high if he wants to win.
Li Qiufan just ordered the artillery to explode every once in a while, which immediately put the pressure on the national army in Jinzhou City. In one day, more than 20 telegrams asking for help were sent out.
On Siping Street, the commander-in-chief of the National Army's operation couldn't help but frowned after seeing the telegram. He couldn't figure out where this group of Eighth Route Army troops came from.
According to his intelligence, the Eighth Route Army in the Northeast has revealed all its trump cards, and all its forces are on the surface. He never thought that another hundred thousand people would appear.
