"Send a telegram to Li Yunlong and tell him to hold on, we will be there soon!"
After receiving the news that Li Yunlong had retreated to Taining Fort, Li Qiufan quickly asked the communications troops to send him a telegram.
Li Yunlong was in a very bad situation at this time. He was originally lacking in military strength, but now he was attacked from two sides.
Moreover, the 36th Army also had heavy artillery, which made Li Yunlong miserable.
The 36th Army plus the Nanping garrison numbered almost 40,000, while Li Yunlong's side only had about 20,000.
And the incident was suddenly caught off guard, and now the troops have suffered a lot of casualties.
"Damn it, order the troops to throw away the baggage and continue to retreat. Let's go into the mountains!"
Being attacked from two places by the 36th Army and the Nanping defenders, the three columns were unable to resist in a hurry.
Seeing that the defense line was about to collapse, Li Yunlong hurriedly ordered the troops to discard all heavy objects, then alternated cover and continued to retreat, all the way to Miaopo Mountain on the south side of Fort Taining.
Seeing that the People's Liberation Army troops had entered the mountains, the commander of the 36th Army knew that he could not catch up. He immediately ordered the troops to retreat and withdrew to Gaojia Town with the Nanping garrison.
Because he knew that the opponent's reinforcements were coming, and the advantage of the 36th Army lay in its heavy firepower, so it would not be able to take advantage of it once it entered the mountains.
And if it cannot be solved in a short period of time, the entire 36th Army will probably be stolen, and the gains will outweigh the losses.
Facts proved that what the commander of the 36th Army had expected was true. Not long after they left, Li Qiufan arrived here with a column.
Looking at the discarded baggage all over the ground, Li Qiufan thought that the entire army of the three columns had been wiped out.
"Brother, there are traces heading south into the mountains. Lao Li should be fine!"
Fortunately, after some investigation, traces of the three verticals' southward retreat were discovered, and Heizi quickly reported to Li Qiufan.
"Er Hu, immediately send a division into the mountains to conduct reconnaissance, looking for traces of the Third Column!"
"Correspondent, send a telegram to the third column immediately and ask for the other party's location!"
Li Qiufan finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Sanzong and Li Yunlong were probably fine.
Then he asked the correspondent to send a telegram to the third column to inquire. In addition, he was worried that there would be no signal in the mountains, so he asked the second tiger to send a division into the mountains to search.
Fortunately, the signal could be received in Miaopo Mountain, and Li Yunlong immediately responded after receiving the telegram.
However, because he did not know the traces of the 36th Army and the Nanping garrison, Li Yunlong did not act rashly after reporting his location.
After receiving the telegram from Li Yunlong, Li Qiufan immediately sent a telegram to the division whose first column entered the mountain, asking it to rush to the location of the third column.
At the same time, the heavy artillery division was ordered to be ready for artillery support at any time.
After the troops of the first column obtained the position of the third column, they immediately rushed there.
It didn't take long for him to reunite with the three verticals. Seeing the arrival of his brother troops, Li Yunlong finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The three columns suffered heavy casualties in this encounter. They lost nearly 5,000 people on the way south, which made Li Yunlong's heart bleed.
"I am responsible for this matter. If I hadn't asked the Third Column to withdraw from Nanping and rush to Zhaojiaya, this matter would not have happened!"
After meeting Li Yunlong, Li Qiufan patted Li Yunlong on the shoulder and said to him apologetically.
"I don't blame you brother, no one would have thought that the target of these idiots would be our Third Column."
"I was also unprepared. If I had been more vigilant, maybe I wouldn't have suffered such a big loss."
Li Yunlong shook his head at Li Qiufan. He knew that Li Qiufan could not be blamed for this matter.
If he had such a good opportunity, he would definitely do it. This can only be blamed on the enemy being too cunning.
"Brothers who died in the third column, I have asked people to collect their bodies. You can take a look!"
Li Qiufan sighed helplessly, then patted Li Yunlong on the shoulder and said.
Li Yunlong nodded after hearing Li Qiufan's words, then turned and left.
"Send a telegram to the Second Column and hand over Ningxia to Wang Huzi and ask them to come over as quickly as possible!"
"Also, ask the political commissar how his work is going. He will almost release the garrison brigade and ask him to mobilize the Qinghai division in terms of troops!"
After watching Li Yunlong leave, Li Qiufan immediately asked the communications troops to send two telegrams, one to the Second Column and Zhao Gang.
After successive battles, each unit has experienced varying degrees of attrition.
Now that the third column suffered heavy casualties, he had no choice but to transfer the second column and the security brigade to supplement the strength.
"Send a telegram to the boss to report our situation, and then notify all troops to gather at Goujialing."
After sending the telegram to the Second Column and Zhao Gang, Li Qiufan asked the correspondent to send a telegram to the boss, and then led the troops to Goujialing.
After arriving at Goujialing, Li Qiufan directly ordered the first and fourth columns to set up defense lines and prepare to wait here for the arrival of the second column and the security brigade.
While Li Qiufan was waiting, the 36th Army, which had retreated to Gaojia Town, was also waiting.
The 57th Army and the 90th Army are not far from Baoji and will arrive in a few days.
Li Qiufan stopped advancing, but the boss was fighting very smoothly. At this time, he had captured everything north of Luochuan, and he was leading his troops to attack Huangling and Huanglong counties.
As the old fox continued to mobilize troops to Baoji, the pressure on the boss was greatly reduced, and the advancement speed suddenly increased.
After receiving Li Qiufan's telegram, the boss also learned about the situation in Baoji and then responded.
He told Li Qiufan that all he had to do next was to contain the enemy forces. As long as he could ensure that the enemy forces in Baoji would not go north for reinforcements, Xi'an would be taken over soon.
After receiving the reply from his boss, Li Qiufan immediately formulated a series of plans, which was to harass and contain the defenders of Gaojia Town.
In the next few days, Li Qiufan ordered his troops to work in regiments to continuously harass the enemy troops stationed in Gaojia Town.
Adhering to the concept of fighting if you can, and running if you can't, the enemy troops on the outskirts of Gaojia Town were miserable.
But these days ended with the arrival of the 57th Army and the 90th Army. After these two armies arrived, the old fox immediately gave them the order to counterattack.
Naturally, Li Qiufan also received intelligence and knew that two more troops had arrived in Gaojia Town, and then immediately began to gather the troops to prevent the enemy troops in Gaojia Town from attacking them.
After the two armies arrived at Gaojia Town, they rested for a day and then set off towards Goujialing. At the same time, the 36th Army was also dispatched, leaving only some miscellaneous troops stationed in Gaojia Town.
Three armies of about 80,000 troops marched toward them in a mighty manner, and Li Qiufan and others frowned.
