"The other four divisions are staying behind. Currently, the training plan of the fourth division has not been completed, and the equipped vehicles are not enough. There will be no operational missions for the time being."
After thinking about it, Li Qiufan kept the Fourth Division because the Fourth Division had just started new training at this time, so he decided not to let the Fourth Division go on missions yet.
When he heard that he was not allowed to go on the mission, Li Xiping immediately wanted to say something to Li Qiufan, but was defeated by Li Qiufan's eyes before he could speak.
After the meeting, even though Zhao Gang and Heizidang set off with the second and third divisions, Li Qiufan did not delay too much. After explaining the training of Li Xiping's fourth division, he also set off with the troops.
The trilateral area is in the northern part of Yan'an. At this time, Yan'an is still in the hands of the old fox. The main thing Li Qiufan and the others need to face is Yan'an's enemies.
From this, Li Qiufan led his troops directly between Yan'an and Jingbian, and began to build positions on the only way for the enemy to go north to support.
This time Li Qiufan only led the First Division, the Fifth Division and the Heavy Artillery Division. Although there were only more than 50,000 people, it was enough to block the enemies in Yan'an.
At his peak, the old fox had more than 500,000 troops, but with the start of the Liberation War, his troops were gradually transferred to other battlefields, leaving only more than 300,000 troops in the northwest.
In addition, after the last battle at Qinghua Bian, Old Fox's troops suffered heavy casualties, and their overall strength was directly reduced by one-third.
This resulted in the old fox having insufficient troops. While controlling a large amount of territory, he also had to fight against our army, which made him somewhat stretched.
Therefore, Li Qiufan expected that even if the enemy came to support Jingbian, they would not send too many troops. After all, the old fox is no longer the same as before.
After building a position, Li Qiufan waited for the enemy to arrive. At the same time, Zhao Gang and Heizi also launched operations.
After joining up with other troops, they directly began to clean up the enemies in the Jingbian area, and the recovery operation went extremely smoothly.
After receiving the news, Lao Hu immediately sent troops to reinforce Jingbian.
Just as Li Qiufan guessed, Old Fox mobilized an army from the Yan'an area and two reorganized divisions from other places. After converging together, they set off towards Jingbian.
After receiving the news, Li Qiufan immediately ordered the troops to prepare for battle.
Li Qiufan's location is called Yangping. The complex terrain here is very suitable for blocking.
The first division was the main force in this blocking battle, while Li Yunlong's fifth division was divided into two parts, responsible for the security of the flanks.
The heavy artillery division was arranged by Li Qiufan in a mountain col in the rear to prevent the enemy from discovering and attacking.
After waiting for several days, the enemies who went to Jingbian for reinforcements finally arrived. Li Qiufan immediately ordered all troops to prepare.
After the enemy's marching team entered their position, Li Qiufan immediately fired the first shot, followed by everyone who pulled the trigger.
The national army was a little stunned by this sudden ambush, but they quickly stabilized their position and relied on the terrain to counterattack.
The terrain here is one after another, and it doesn't even require too much construction. It is just a series of natural trenches. Li Qiufan is also a little helpless about this.
The national army consisted of one corps and two reorganized divisions. Although it had fewer troops than Li Qiufan, the two sides were able to fight back and forth with the help of the terrain.
Li Qiufan didn't care about this situation. After all, their attack this time was a blockade, not an ambush.
However, the national army is a little anxious. Judging from the current situation, if both sides have sufficient ammunition, they will not be able to break through even if they fight for half a month.
There was no other way, so the commander of the national army immediately sent a telegram to Old Fox, reporting the current situation and requesting reinforcements.
The old fox was furious after getting the news, and once again mobilized an army to Yangping, and also dispatched planes to bomb Li Qiufan's troops.
Li Qiufan didn't know the news yet. He never expected that the old fox would go crazy and even send out bombers.
The two sides were fighting fiercely in Yangping, and suddenly Li Qiufan heard some sounds, but he did not hear them clearly due to the interference of gunfire.
Just when he was still wondering, suddenly shells fell like raindrops on their position, and the entire position was instantly blown into a sea of flames.
"Hurry into the bombhole!"
Li Qiufan immediately understood what was going on, and immediately shouted for everyone to enter the bomb shelter.
Fortunately, Li Qiufan attaches great importance to anti-gun holes. Every time he fights, he will tell the soldiers to dig more anti-gun holes. This is a life-saving thing.
The bombing this time was relatively sudden, and Li Qiufan did not notice it in advance, which resulted in more soldiers falling under the first wave of bombs.
In the subsequent bombing, relying on the cover of the anti-gun holes did not cause too many casualties.
But this also made Li Qiufan a little angry. Looking at the bombers flying away, Li Qiufan secretly hated that he didn't have an anti-aircraft gun in his hand, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to defeat two of them.
"Tell Lao Ma to plow the enemy's position to vent my anger!"
Li Qiufan turned around and asked the communications soldier to give the order to Lao Ma. After receiving the order, Lao Ma immediately launched a covering artillery bombardment on the enemy's position. The Chinese soldiers who were bombarded could not raise their heads.
"It looks like the old fox has sent reinforcements. We have to find a way to relieve some of the pressure."
Li Qiufan looked at the opposite position and said to Erhu beside him.
"How to reduce stress?"
Erhu was a little confused when he heard this. In the current situation, neither side could do anything about the other and could not open up the situation at all.
"Night attack!"
Li Qiufan had an idea in an instant. Since the situation couldn't be opened up during the day, they would attack at night. It was their old tradition to attack at night.
The time soon came to night, but it was still early at this time, and Li Qiufan's plan was to take action later in the night.
During the day, Li Qiufan had asked Lao Ma to set up shooting at Zhu Yuan, so as to ensure that the heavy artillery division could provide artillery support during the night operation.
In addition, the protagonist this time is not the first division, but Li Yunlong's fifth division. Li Qiufan's plan is to break through from the flanks and then launch a counterattack.
Erhu's first division carried out a feint attack to attract the enemy's attention and create conditions for a flanking attack.
Near midnight, Li Qiufan gathered two brigades of the Fifth Division on the left flank, totaling about 15,000 troops.
After seeing that the time was almost up, Li Qiufan immediately ordered the two tigers to start fighting, and ordered the heavy artillery division to suppress the enemy with fire.
At the same time, Li Qiufan asked the First Division to send part of its troops to conduct a feint attack, giving the enemy the appearance of counterattack.
Due to such pressure, the opposing national army could only concentrate its forces on the frontal battlefield, which left the flank forces somewhat empty.
