The soldiers with high morale roared and charged, as if nothing could stop them.
Compared with Li Qiufan, the morale of the national army was low. Unexpectedly, all his own planes were shot down.
The charge was extremely fast. The soldiers in the first and third columns pushed forward without fear of death, and soon reached a position about a hundred meters away from the position.
"Notify the heavy artillery division, two hundred meters away from the infantry, Xu Jin barrage fire!"
Seeing that the soldiers were about to rush to the enemy's position, Li Qiufan once again gave the order to the heavy artillery division, asking him to advance slowly into the barrage to extend the artillery fire.
"Let Erhu and Li Yunlong continue to send people to press up, and help me take down the enemy's first line of position!"
After giving the order to the heavy artillery division, Li Qiufan once again asked the correspondent to notify Erhu and Li Yunlong to continue transporting troops.
Under the cover of the heavy artillery division, the soldiers at the forefront finally stepped onto the enemy's position, and then started fighting with the soldiers of the national army.
The heavy artillery division's artillery fire kept controlling the distance, extending the artillery fire according to the advance of the infantry, and soon fully occupied the enemy's first-line positions.
"Let the heavy artillery division's artillery fire continue to extend and suppress the counterattacking enemy!"
"In addition, inform Erhu and Li Yunlong to send people to take over the position immediately and fully control the position before the enemy counterattacks!"
Seeing that the enemy's first-line position was captured, Li Qiufan hurriedly gave orders to the heavy artillery division, Erhu and Li Yunlong to hold the captured position.
After receiving Li Qiufan's order, the first and third columns immediately began to advance. Countless soldiers entered the occupied positions one after another and formed a line of defense before the enemy counterattacked.
"Tell Er Hu and Li Yunlong to secure the position. If the position is lost, I will knock them both off!"
"Order the second and fourth columns to attack, launch a fierce attack on both wings of the enemy, and draw the enemy's attention back to me!"
At this time, in order to regain the position, the national army organized heavy troops to rob it, and some of the defensive forces on both wings were transferred.
Seeing this scene, Li Qiufan did not send troops to the first and third columns, but asked them to withstand the enemy's counterattack, and then ordered the second and fourth columns on both wings to launch a fierce attack on the enemy.
"Tell Lao Ma to leave the two wings alone and send all artillery fire to support the first and third columns. We must help them withstand the pressure!"
The national army gave up the defense on both wings and chose to fight for the position desperately, which put huge pressure on the first and third columns.
Upon seeing this, Li Qiufan immediately asked the heavy artillery division to concentrate all artillery fire to support the first and third columns.
The second and third columns on both wings were charging towards the enemy positions on both sides at this time, directly switching from auxiliary to main attack.
Although there was no artillery support from the heavy artillery division, the opponent also had no artillery fire suppression and fought against the three columns.
At this time, the national army's attention was entirely on fighting for the front-line position, and all artillery was used to suppress the first and third columns.
The idea of the national army is to concentrate its superior forces to recapture the front line positions as quickly as possible, and then support the flanks.
Of course, the premise is that the flanks must withstand the People's Liberation Army's attack. If the defense line is breached before the position is regained, it will be in vain.
Obviously, the national army overestimated its own defense capabilities, or underestimated Li Qiufan's combat effectiveness.
The second and fourth columns quickly tore apart the defense lines on both wings, beating back the defending national soldiers.
After taking the positions on both wings, Li Qiufan immediately ordered the second and fourth columns to surround the main force of the national army in an attempt to annihilate the enemy in one go.
When the national army saw that the defense lines on both wings had been breached and that the other side was surrounding the main force, they immediately gave the order and began to retreat.
But they had no choice but to run a little slower, and the main force of the 17th Army, which was responsible for the rear, was left behind by the second and fourth columns.
The 57th Army and the Reorganized 36th Division still wanted to turn back and rescue them, but the battlefield had been divided. They might be entangled by the second and fourth columns when they turned around, and they had no choice but to continue retreating.
After the second and fourth columns divided the battlefield, Li Qiufan did not let them pursue the 57th Army and the reorganized 36th Division.
Instead, let them turn around and cooperate with the first and third columns to launch an attack on the 17th Army in the encirclement.
The isolated Seventeenth Army was quickly eaten up by four columns, and the commander of the Seventeenth Army had no choice but to surrender.
The second battle that entered Qingjian ended here. Li Qiufan killed and captured more than 30,000 enemy troops, and the remaining 50,000 or so people retreated to the Kuanzhou area.
The Seventeenth Army suffered the greatest losses from the national army this time. It was the first echelon when it counterattacked, and was then surrounded by four columns until it surrendered.
The 57th Army and the reorganized 36th Division suffered minor casualties and no fundamental damage was done.
After statistics, a total of more than 18,000 Chinese soldiers were captured this time, including many senior officers such as the commander and deputy commander.
A large amount of weapons and equipment was also seized. Li Qiufan immediately sent a telegram to Zhao Gang, asking him to send someone to receive it and escort the seized weapons and equipment and prisoners back.
"Assemble the troops immediately and set off towards Kuanzhou. Lu Ming, you leave a division to wait for the people sent by the political commissar. After the handover is completed, you will join the main force!"
Li Qiufan looked at the large number of weapons and equipment and prisoners and pondered for a moment, and then decided to leave a division to guard the prisoners and weapons and equipment, while the main force continued to move south.
After all, they are competing for time with the national army to capture Yan'an before the opponent's 200,000 troops are transferred to the northwest. This is related to the liberation of the entire northern Shaanxi.
Under Li Qiufan's order, Lu Ming's second column left a division to guard the prisoners and weapons and equipment, while the main force set off towards Kuanzhou.
As for the national army, the 57th Army and the reorganized 36th Division, which retreated to Kuanzhou, once again built a defense line. At the same time, they sent a telegram to Lao Fox requesting support.
After receiving the telegram and thinking about it for a while, Old Fox sent out the only mobilizable force besides the city defenders to provide support.
Now the old fox is stretched thin. In addition to resisting Li Qiufan, he also has to stop the boss, which makes his troops somewhat insufficient.
In the Yan'an area, he still had a total of two reorganized divisions and a new army, and the two reorganized divisions were his main force left to defend Yan'an.
For the other new army, he put together several integrated brigades and created a new army with more than 20,000 people.
He originally used this as a reserve force, but unexpectedly, Li Qiufan directly defeated the 17th Army in a single encounter. He had no choice but to send this new army to Qingjian for support.
