"Okay, stop arguing!"
"The national army blocking us this time totals more than 80,000 troops. One column is not enough!"
"Since you two are fighting over each other, let's let your two columns take charge of the main attack, and the second and fourth columns will be responsible for the flanks!"
Seeing that the two were about to start a scolding war again, Li Qiufan interrupted the conversation between the two, and then designated the first and third columns as the main attack.
After hearing Li Qiufan's words, Erhu and Li Yunlong sat down again. Since both columns were the main attackers, there was nothing to argue about.
This time, there were two armies and one reorganized division sent by the national army to block the attack. They were the 17th Army and the 57th Army, as well as the reorganized 36th Division, which they had briefly met with Yizong.
The three troops stood directly at the gate of Qingjian, waiting for Li Qiufan's arrival.
After the meeting, Li Qiufan directly ordered the troops to set off and head towards the enemy's defense line.
It didn't take long for them to see the national army's position. It was a flat plain, and neither side had any advantages in terms of terrain.
"Order the troops to build positions, and ask the heavy artillery division to put everything in place, and prepare artillery support at any time!"
After Li Qiufan arrived with his troops, he immediately set up his formation and made preparations for the attack.
"This battle is not easy to fight!"
Through the telescope, Li Qiufan looked at the national army's position opposite, and then frowned and said.
"Well, the national army opposite doesn't look like a ragtag group. The old fox is raking in the money this time!"
After hearing Li Qiufan's words, Heizi also picked up the telescope and took a look.
Then I discovered that the national army positions on the opposite side were well arranged, whether they were heavy firepower points or foxholes.
"Let Erhu prepare to launch an attack. In the first battle, let his column go first. Also ask the heavy artillery division if they are ready. The rest will depend on them!"
Li Qiufan put down the telescope and said to Heizi beside him, now that the arrow has been stringed, it has to be fired.
Soon the Erhu and the heavy artillery divisions responded. Both sides were ready to launch attacks and artillery support at any time.
"beat!"
After receiving the news twice, Li Qiufan directly typed, and then the horn of attack was sounded on the battlefield.
After receiving Li Qiufan's order, Erhu immediately ordered the troops that had been arranged to attack and moved forward behind the heavy artillery division's artillery fire.
Seeing the People's Liberation Army launching an attack, the artillery from the National Army also began to suppress it, and the soldiers in the trenches began to block it.
"Inform Lao Ma and ask the heavy artillery division to extend their artillery fire to cover the enemy's second-line position and see if they can sweep away the artillery on the opposite side!"
Li Qiufan had been observing the situation on the battlefield with a telescope. After seeing the charging soldiers being suppressed by the enemy's artillery fire, he immediately asked the heavy artillery division to start extending the artillery fire, hoping to knock out the enemy's artillery positions.
After receiving Li Qiufan's order, the heavy artillery division's artillery fire began to extend, directly sweeping the national army's second-line positions.
After the heavy artillery division covered the enemy's second-line position, the bombardment suffered by the charging soldiers was indeed weakened a lot. It seemed that many enemy artillery pieces were destroyed.
"Tell Li Yunlong to press forward with his three verticals! Don't give the enemy a chance to breathe!"
Seeing that the enemy's firepower had been suppressed, Li Qiufan immediately put pressure on him again, letting Li Yunlong's three columns also press forward.
As the soldiers from the three verticals entered the battlefield, the pressure on the national army's front-line positions instantly reached its peak, and at one point the People's Liberation Army almost reached the front-line positions.
Just when the situation was great, suddenly there was a buzzing sound in the sky.
Li Qiufan and others looked up following the sound and saw that it was the national army plane that had arrived.
Without waiting for anyone to react, the planes in the sky began to drop bombs on the charging 1st and 3rd column warriors, and continuous explosions resounded throughout the battlefield.
"Damn it! Are you bullying me for not having an anti-aircraft gun?"
"Get all the machine gunners ready. If these stupid planes dare to dive and shoot, I will shoot them down!"
Seeing the soldiers on the front line being bombed, Li Qiufan was heartbroken.
But there was nothing he could do against enemy aircraft because they had no anti-aircraft guns.
Li Qiufan knew that the national army's planes would definitely consume all their ammunition before returning, so he ordered all the machine gunners to be ready and wait for the enemy planes to dive to shoot.
Although the probability of bringing down a plane this way is very slim, there are at least successful cases. After all, this is their only means of resistance.
As Li Qiufan expected, the enemy aircraft came towards their position after dropping bombs, preparing to straf the position with machine guns.
Watching the planes start to dive, Li Qiufan clenched his fists and stared at them closely.
When the plane was about to fire, Li Qiufan immediately gave the order to fire.
As Li Qiufan's order was issued, both sides started shooting at the same time, but one side was against the air and the other was against the ground.
The pilots of the national army never expected that Li Qiufan was already prepared. Just after they dived to the lowest altitude, thousands of light machine guns on the position opened fire in an instant.
All the soldiers held machine guns and fired at the dive aircraft without fear of death, directly weaving a huge firepower net. In an instant, the fuselages of several aircraft were hit.
The scene frightened the Chinese pilots and quickly increased their flying altitude, but it was too late.
I saw one of the planes emitting thick black smoke in an instant. After raising the flight altitude, it began to shake left and right. It didn't last long before crashing in one direction.
The other planes that were hit were not seriously injured, and they hurriedly returned after losing one plane.
"Okay! What a damn relief!"
Seeing that he had shot down a plane, Li Qiufan shouted excitedly, and the others also clenched their fists and cheered loudly.
Li Qiufan didn't expect that they would actually kill him. Originally, he was just trying to vent his anger, and then he was using machine guns to block low altitudes, forcing the enemy planes not to dare to dive and shoot at them. Unexpectedly, he got an unexpected surprise.
"Order the first and third columns to continue attacking the enemy, and help me capture the opponent's first line of position as quickly as possible!"
After the excitement, Li Qiufan issued the order to attack again. At this time, the morale of the soldiers was high, and it was the best time to launch an attack on the enemy!
After receiving Li Qiufan's order, Erhu and Li Yunlong arranged their troops to launch another charge, aiming directly at the enemy's front-line positions.
"Tell Lao Ma to aim at the enemy's front-line positions and bomb them. Don't worry about the cost!"
Seeing that the first and third columns began to attack again, Li Qiufan asked the correspondent to pass the order to Lao Ma. This time, he must capture the enemy's first-line positions no matter what.
