"Don't worry, the defenders in the Suide area will probably have almost withdrawn by now. What's left behind are just cannon fodder, just to slow down our attack speed."
"Even if the old fox really wants to fight, he won't choose to fight in Suide, but here!"
Li Qiufan explained his arrangements to Zhao Gang, and then pointed to a place name on the map.
"Qingjian?"
Zhao Gang couldn't help but read out the place names that Li Qiufan pointed out, and then looked at Li Qiufan in confusion.
"Yes, Suide is far away from Yan'an and too close to Yulin. The old fox just suffered a loss in Yulin and will not fight with us here."
"If I had to choose one place, it would definitely be Qingjian, because after passing Qingjian, there are two extensions!"
Li Qiufan nodded towards Zhao Gang, then drew a line on the map with his finger and said to him.
"Liangyan? Yanchuan and Yanchang? What's so special about these two places?"
Zhao Gang became even more confused after listening to Li Qiufan's explanation. He didn't understand the difference between the two places.
"Haha, there is an oil mine here!"
"The old fox will definitely not give up this oil mine easily. I guess he will definitely use Qingjian as a buffer and Yanchuan as a battlefield, just to keep Yanchuan!"
Li Qiufan first smiled at Zhao Gang, then pointed his fingertips on the map again, and explained to him why the Liangyan area was special.
"So this is ah!"
After listening to Li Qiufan's explanation, Zhao Gang understood what was going on.
"Okay, hurry up and send a telegram to the side. If Li Yunlong is slow, it will make the battle in the near future more difficult!"
Seeing that Zhao Gang understood, Li Qiufan once again issued the order for Li Yunlong's three columns to intersect. After hearing this, the telegraph operator immediately sent a telegram to the level.
On the military side, after receiving Li Qiufan's order, Li Yunlong's three columns were directly dispatched to penetrate Zhang Jiapian.
At this time, most of the national troops in the Suide area had withdrawn, and only some remaining forces were still resisting.
Li Yunlong led the three columns to bypass the defense areas of the national army and quickly penetrated to Zhangjiapian.
Then the entire column was laid out into a large net, occupying the main roads leading to the south, and blocking the entire enemy army in northern Suide in the encirclement.
After receiving the news that Li Yunlong was in place, Li Qiufan immediately gave orders to the other three columns and began to shrink the encirclement in the direction of Zhang Jiapian.
The remnants of the national army in northern Suide did not know that their retreat had been cut off. At this time, they were being beaten back by three columns, and soon retreated to a place not far from Zhangjiapian.
"Tell Li Yunlong that we are going to start closing the net, and ask him to hold on to the bottom line. Not even a single national soldier can let me go!"
After several days of cleaning up, all the remaining national army troops were driven to the Liujiazhuang area not far northwest of Zhangjiapian.
Li Qiufan immediately sent a telegram to Li Yunlong, and he was ready to end this battle.
At this time, more than 7,000 national soldiers from various units gathered in Liujiazhuang, and a defensive position was built under the command of one of the division commanders.
Now they have roughly guessed that their group of people has been abandoned, but they don't know that there is no way out.
Under such circumstances, they planned to conduct another blockade to delay the People's Liberation Army's progress southward, and then retreat.
On Li Qiufan's side, the three columns quickly moved to the vicinity of Liujiazhuang after receiving the order, and surrounded the more than 7,000 national troops like making dumplings.
"Commander, let my column take the main attack. I promise to take down the national army in Liujiazhuang as quickly as possible!"
At this time, Li Qiufan brought Zhao Gang and others to Yi Zong's side. After seeing the position not far away, the two tigers immediately approached Li Qiufan to ask for a battle.
"How are you going to fight?"
Li Qiufan looked at Er Hu after hearing what he said, and then asked Er Hu what his plan was.
"Let the second and fourth columns contain it, and my first column will charge its position. When the enemy is deep in the quagmire, let the third column launch a surprise attack!"
Erhu had already thought about how to fight, and immediately said it when he heard Li Qiufan's question.
"Not bad, your stupid tiger's brain has finally come to its senses!"
Li Qiufan was a little surprised when he heard Er Hu's plan. He didn't expect Er Hu to grow up so fast and be able to come up with such a good plan in a short period of time.
You must know that although the national army only has more than 7,000 people, Li Qiufan's corps has more than 100,000 people.
But if the other side defends, it will cost a lot to win the battle.
Erhu's plan was to first have two columns conduct containment, and one column conduct the main attack, attracting all the enemy's attention, and then let Li Yunlong's three columns conduct a surprise attack. This was undoubtedly the fastest and most efficient method.
But Li Qiufan had other plans. He wanted to engage in psychological warfare with the opponent to minimize casualties.
"Tell Lao Ma to bring up the heavy artillery division. I have brought him so many artillery shells. It's time to help!"
Li Qiufan directly asked the telegraph operator to send a telegram to the heavy artillery division, asking them to rush to the Liujiazhuang area to build artillery positions.
After receiving the order, Lao Ma set off quickly. Ever since the shells brought back by Li Qiufan were delivered to him, there were more and more wrinkles on Lao Ma's face.
It didn't take long for Lao Ma to arrive at Liujiazhuang, and quickly built an artillery position, just waiting for Li Qiufan's order to carry out the artillery bombardment.
"The heavy artillery division is already in place. Find someone with a loud voice to shout to the national army on the opposite side to surrender. If they resist, we will shell them!"
After receiving the news that the heavy artillery division was in place, Li Qiufan immediately asked Erhu to find a few soldiers to persuade them to surrender, but everyone else was stunned.
"Qiu Fan, can this person surrender? Besides, if you told them about the bombardment, wouldn't they be prepared?"
Zhao Gang was very puzzled by Li Qiufan's operation and asked him with confusion on his face.
"I don't expect them to surrender immediately, and I just want them to know that they are going to be bombarded. Just wait and see!"
Li Qiufan glanced at the confused expressions of the others, and then said with a smile.
When Zhao Gang and others saw that Li Qiufan was so confident, they stopped talking and waited to see the result.
Soon the soldiers sent to shout were in place, holding a simple loudspeaker and shouting towards the national army's position.
The national army is all confused. Although you have more troops, you can't just come up and persuade them to surrender. At least a few shots will make sense.
Moreover, it was said in advance that a bombardment would be carried out next. How could anyone come to report the news before the bombardment started?
Li Qiufan raised the corners of his mouth slightly when he heard the shouting. After the shouting soldiers withdrew, he immediately gave the order to the heavy artillery division to fire.
