As the shelling began, Erhu also issued counterattack orders to the troops in the front line.
Just when the national army was about to organize another attack, the offense and defense suddenly changed, and they passively became the defender.
With the help of mortar shelling, the counterattack soldiers quickly rushed to the national army's position and then started fighting with them.
"The artillery pieces begin to extend, so I can start firing at the enemy's second-line position!"
Seeing the soldiers rushing into the position through the telescope, Li Qiufan immediately ordered the gunners to readjust their angles and move the bombardment target to the enemy's second-line position.
"Erhu, let the troops continue to press up and help me take down the first line of position!"
Seeing that the situation was improving, Li Qiufan once again gave the order to Erhu, asking him to continue sending troops to the enemy's position in an effort to capture the position in one go.
"Commander, there is news from the Second Column. The reorganized 13th Division has fled towards Yan'an. The Second Column asked if they want to pursue it."
Just as Li Qiufan was watching the situation on the front line with a telescope, a communications soldier suddenly came to him and reported to him the news about the second column.
"No pursuit! Let the Second Column send one division back, and the other troops set up a defense line on the spot to prevent the enemy from counterattack!"
After thinking for a moment, Li Qiufan decided not to pursue the pursuit because he did not know the situation in Yan'an at the moment.
If there are still enemy defenses in Yan'an, it will be easy for the second column to catch up and suffer losses.
Simply build a defense line directly on the spot, and first assist the first column to eliminate the enemy troops in the rear.
After receiving Li Qiufan's order, Lu Ming arranged his troops and rushed to Qizong with a division.
It happened that at this time, Yizong had captured the enemy's first-line position and was launching an attack on the enemy's second-line position.
"Lu Ming, lead your troops to attack the enemy from the left!"
"Erhu, move the troops on your left wing to the frontal battlefield and continue to put pressure on the enemy!"
After seeing Lu Ming arrive with his troops, Li Qiufan immediately made arrangements for him.
Originally, the enemy troops in the first column were somewhat unable to withstand it. After the division of Lu Ming's second column arrived, it became the straw that broke the camel's back.
Under the fierce attack of the first and second column divisions, the enemy's defense line collapsed, and the surviving national soldiers chose to surrender or flee in all directions.
Fortunately, not many escaped in the end. Most of them were surrounded and then chose to surrender.
"Send a telegram to the boss and tell him that Li Qu has been captured and our troops are going to attack Yan'an!"
Seeing the victory in the battle, Li Qiufan immediately asked his correspondent to send a telegram to the boss. After arranging the troops to take custody of the prisoners, he set off towards Yan'an.
At this time, the boss had already reached Yanhewan. After receiving Li Qiufan's telegram, he immediately issued the order for a general attack and directly drove the Yanhewan defenders back to Yan'an.
After repelling the enemy's garrison along the river bend, the boss immediately ordered the troops to march towards Yan'an in an attempt to keep the old fox before he could escape.
But the old fox did not give them this chance. After reorganizing the 13th Division and retreating to Yan'an, the old fox immediately chose to escape.
The enemy troops who retreated along the river bend also received orders from the old fox, but they were told to stay in Yan'an and wait for support.
The enemy commander who retreated along the river bend immediately understood what was going on. He was asking him to hold back the People's Liberation Army so that the old fox could escape smoothly.
But at this point, he had no other choice but to lead his troops to defend Yan'an.
On Li Qiufan's side, after arriving in Yan'an with his troops, he began to wait for his boss to issue the order for a general offensive.
The boss didn't let him wait too long, and quickly rushed to Yan'an with his troops, and then agreed with Li Qiufan on the time for the general attack.
When the time came, Li Qiufan immediately ordered an attack, and mortars began to shell the enemy's positions one after another.
The boss also started bombing, and countless artillery aimed at the enemy's position and continued to pour out shells.
"Order the troops to charge! Try to capture Yan'an directly!"
Seeing that the time was almost up, Li Qiufan gave the troops the order to charge.
This time, the first and second columns were not divided into priorities. Both columns were responsible for the main offensive tasks.
After Li Qiufan's order was issued, Erhu and Lu Ming immediately asked the bugler to blow the charge horn, and the troops that had been arranged immediately launched a charge after hearing the horn sound.
The boss seemed to have agreed upon it, and not long after Li Qiufan's horn sounded, he also launched a general attack, and the horn of the Charge resounded throughout the battlefield.
After both sides launched a general attack, the battle situation was just like what Li Qiufan said. A single confrontation directly tore through the enemy's defense line, and then continued to rush into the hinterland.
After the troops from both sides rushed into the hinterland, Li Qiufan finally met the boss, and the two hugged each other when they met.
"Aren't you slow in your actions? You really gave me a surprise!"
Originally, the boss thought that Li Qiufan's side was severely blocked by the enemy, and thought that he would not be able to reach Yan'an.
Unexpectedly, Li Qiufan actually divided his troops and led two columns directly through, successfully completing the attack on Yan'an.
"I have to join in the excitement. I can't just let the boss take advantage of it, right?"
Li Qiufan smiled when he heard the boss's words, and then started teasing him.
"Now that Yan'an has been captured, the whole of northern Shaanxi has been completely liberated. This journey has been really not easy!"
After hearing Li Qiufan's words, the boss did not fight back, but instead became emotional.
"Yes, we finally have some results!"
Regarding the boss's sentiments, Li Qiufan nodded in agreement and said.
"It seems that I made the right decision when I transferred you back!"
The boss nodded happily towards Li Qiufan and said. This sudden compliment made Li Qiufan a little uncomfortable.
"Um, boss, do you want to take prisoners?"
Feeling a little embarrassed, Li Qiufan immediately changed the topic and asked the boss if he wanted to take prisoners.
"Prisoners? Of course, how many prisoners do you have?"
He was a little surprised to hear Li Qiufan ask him if he wanted to capture the boss, and then he asked.
"There are more than 10,000 people. If you want it, boss, I will have them all brought over!"
Li Qiufan told the boss the number of prisoners, and then called the correspondent to notify the troops guarding the prisoners and ask him to bring them all over.
"Bring it here? When did you come all the way here? Let's talk about this later!"
Hearing that Li Qiufan was about to ask the troops to send the prisoners over, the boss immediately refused.
The boss didn't know what Li Qiufan had experienced in Li Qu, and thought he was talking about the enemy soldiers who had been captured along the way.
