This time the attack was much smoother. Covered by heavy artillery fire, the enemy's crossfire was shattered, and the soldiers of the first column quickly rushed to the high ground.
In close combat with the soldiers of the First Column, the enemy army had no ability to resist at all and was directly occupied.
After receiving the news that he had successfully captured the high ground, Li Qiufan suddenly had an idea.
He asked several soldiers on the high ground to point their guns at the enemy's main position, and then opened fire on the main position under Li Qiufan's order.
In an instant, several highlands formed a cross-fire network against the enemy's main position. The suppressed enemy soldiers squatted in the trenches unable to raise their heads.
"Damn it, it's really like this, it's really hurting others and yourself!"
After seeing the situation on the enemy's main position through the telescope, Li Qiufan couldn't help but cursed.
These highlands were simply cheating. Li Qiufan really admired the enemy commander.
If he didn't have so many heavy artillery, this would be a dead end. Even if he had twice as many troops as the opponent, it would be difficult to capture Beiping.
Once this cross fire network is formed, it will be a massacre for the infantry.
The light machine guns form a frontline fire network, and the infantry is responsible for covering the machine gun positions to form an anti-infantry system.
The concealed firepower point is responsible for dealing with the enemy's advanced soldiers who rush into the depth of the position, while the heavy machine guns are placed behind the defense line and can be used as preliminary firepower to attack the enemies charging near the position.
Such a layout is a complete nightmare for infantry, except that it also lacks the configuration of light and heavy mortars and infantry guns.
"Inform the troops on several highlands and let them use crossfire to suppress the enemy's front-line positions."
"Tell Lao Ma to bombard the enemy's main position. He doesn't need to take care of the first-line position. It will extend directly from the second-line position."
"Two Tigers, it's time to launch a general attack. Let the bugler blow the charge horn!"
After capturing several highland firepower points, there was no suspense in this battle. Li Qiufan immediately ordered the first column to launch a general attack.
Under the crossfire and heavy artillery fire, the soldiers of the national army suffered heavy casualties.
Those who were lucky enough to survive didn't even dare to show their heads, let alone organize a counterattack.
The soldiers of Yi Zong quickly rushed to the front line this time, and then began to harvest the defenders.
After half a day, Yi Zong successfully captured the main position of Beiping, captured nearly 6,000 national soldiers, and seized a large amount of weapons and equipment.
Just as Li Qiufan was about to let the first column march toward Goujialing from the flank, he suddenly received a telegram from the fourth column.
After reading the telegram, Li Qiufan was shocked. The enemy troops in Goujialing turned from defense to attack and launched an attack on the four column positions.
Moreover, the telegram also stated that the opponent had heavy artillery. The fourth column was caught off guard by the opponent and had withdrawn from its original position to Zhaojiaya.
Zhaojiaya was not far away from them, and the urgent march was only about half an hour away.
Li Qiufan immediately ordered the first column to march urgently in the direction of Zhaojiaya to support the fourth column.
Not long after the troops set off, Li Qiufan sent a telegram to Li Yunlong after thinking for a while, asking him to abandon the attack on Nanping and also provide support in the direction of Zhaojiaya.
The 36th Army was defending Goujialing, and its commander was a person that Li Qiufan was very afraid of.
Now the opponent turned from defense to attack, and also caused a lot of casualties to the fourth column, forcing them to retreat to the Zhaojiaya area.
Based on the opponent's position, Li Qiufan decided to surround and annihilate him.
The fourth column will contain it at Zhaojiaya, and then the first and third columns will go from two directions and cooperate with the fourth column to block it at Zhaojiaya.
As long as the 36th Army is eliminated, they can enter Gaojia Town unimpeded. As for the Nanping garrison, there is nothing to worry about.
But when the First and Third Columns were halfway there, Li Qiufan received another telegram from the Fourth Column, and the 36th Army actually withdrew.
Although the fourth column entangled it, the opponent divided into several parts to cover alternately, and finally successfully withdrew.
Seeing this, Li Qiufan couldn't help but frown. He was a little confused about the real intention of the 36th Army and what the other party wanted to do.
"No! Send a telegram to Li Yunlong immediately and tell him to be careful of the 36th Army. The enemy is probably heading towards him!"
"Order the troops to change their route and march towards the location of the third column!"
After pondering for a moment, Li Qiufan finally guessed a possibility, and then immediately asked the correspondent to send a telegram to Li Yunlong, and ordered the first column to change its route towards the third column.
Li Qiufan guessed that the opponent's target was not the fourth column at all, but Li Yunlong's third column.
After learning about the situation in Beiping, the commander of the 36th Army guessed that Li Qiufan would launch an attack on Goujialing from the flank.
Later, in order to avoid being attacked from two sides, the commander of the 36th Army chose to launch a fierce attack on the fourth column and directly used all his strength to drive the four columns out of their position.
Then they launched a pursuit of the Fourth Column and drove them to the Zhaojiaya area, where they spent time with the Fourth Column and waited for the other side to return reinforcements.
No one would miss such a good opportunity. The commander of the 36th Army seized this opportunity and lured Li Qiufan to encircle him.
After receiving news from Nanping and learning that Li Yunlong's three columns had withdrawn from Nanping and headed towards Zhaojiaya, they broke away from the battle and withdrew from Zhaojiaya towards Li Yunlong's three columns.
At the same time, the commander of the 36th Army also sent a telegram to the Nanping garrison, asking them to attack and cooperate with him in a pincer attack on the three columns.
From the beginning to the end, the purpose of the 36th Army was not to defend. After learning about the strength of the three columns through the Nanping defenders, they immediately prepared to eliminate the three columns.
However, the initial plan was to send a force to launch a surprise attack on the third column and cooperate with the Nanping defenders to attack it.
But they didn't expect that Li Qiufan would capture Beiping so quickly, forcing the 36th Army to change its plan.
Then he confuses Li Qiufan by attacking the four columns and gives him the opportunity to surround himself.
Then when the opponent came to support Zhaojiaya, he immediately pulled away and headed towards the third column.
At the same time, Nanping's defenders also left their positions and pursued them in the direction of the third column.
Although Li Qiufan figured it all out, it was already too late.
Li Yunlong led the third column and directly collided with the 36th Army. He was caught off guard and was beaten back again and again.
After retreating not far, he encountered the Nanping garrison who were pursuing from behind. Li Yunlong was instantly in a situation where he was attacked from two sides.
Li Qiufan's heart skipped a beat after receiving Li Yunlong's telegram, and then urged the troops to speed up again.
Li Yunlong was attacked from two sides by the enemy forces, so he could only find an opportunity to break through to the north, trying to run in both directions with the approaching Yi Zong.
However, the 36th Army directly blocked the road, and Li Yunlong had no choice but to retreat to the south, and finally retreated directly to Fort Taining.
