"Everyone is here this time. Our next goal is to capture Gaojia Town."
"Currently it is known that three enemy armies are in Gaojia Town, namely the 36th Army, the 57th Army and the 90th Army."
"In addition, there are some miscellaneous security groups and so on. The total strength is about 90,000."
Li Qiufan first told everyone about the current strength of the enemy's army, mainly to let Lu Ming know about it.
"Due to the heavy casualties suffered by the three columns in the previous battle, the security brigade will be temporarily assigned to the third column to supplement its strength."
"Then tell us any opinions you have, and we'll discuss how to capture Gaojia Town!"
Then Li Qiufan temporarily organized the security brigade into the third column, and then the discussion began.
After everyone heard Li Qiufan's words, they all looked at the map and studied it.
"Judging from the terrain near Gaojia Town, the opponent's main position must be Gaojia Village in the center."
"In addition, the enemy will definitely carry out key defenses in Duanjiawan in the south and the west side of Jujiazhuang in the north."
"I don't think we can fight head-on with the other side, as this will cause huge casualties to our troops!"
Everyone was looking at the map in silence, and Heizi on the side was the first to speak.
"Do you have any idea?"
After hearing Heizi's words, Li Qiufan nodded in agreement, and then asked him.
"Currently, all our troops have arrived, but they only have about 120,000 troops."
"And there are also many wounded among them, as well as non-combatants belonging to the heavy artillery division, so we don't have much advantage in terms of strength."
"I personally prefer to advance in two ways. Confront the enemy forces here in Gaojia Town, and divide the troops across the river to capture Xiashi Town, and carry out breakthrough development from the north bank of the Weihe River."
Upon hearing Li Qiufan's question, Heizi immediately expressed his opinion.
"Is it difficult to fight the national army on the opposite side?"
Li Qiufan frowned after hearing Heizi's words, but before he could speak, Lu Ming on the side asked everyone in confusion.
"Of the three armies on the opposite side, the 36th Army is the most difficult to fight. It is not only equipped with American equipment, but also has a lot of heavy artillery. It did not lose at all in the previous artillery battle with the heavy artillery division."
"The other 57th Army is our old opponent, and you should have some knowledge of its situation."
"The 90th Army is probably a little stronger than the No. 1 Army, but its strength is limited."
Li Qiufan nodded to Lu Ming, and then told him about the situation of the enemy's units.
"Have you got heavy artillery? And you still won't lose in an artillery battle with the heavy artillery division?"
Lu Mingdang's eyes widened when he heard what Li Qiufan said about the situation of the 36th Army.
In his impression, he has never encountered an artillery unit that can compete with heavy artillery divisions.
You must know that Li Qiufan gathered all the large-caliber heavy artillery. The artillery regiments assigned to each column at first were only some mountain artillery, field artillery and infantry artillery.
The heavy artillery division has twelve Type 96 150mm howitzers, twelve American 105mm howitzers, and five 105mm howitzers captured from the previous attack on the Ma Jiajun.
In addition, there are six Type 89 150 mm field cannons, as well as 105 mm caliber heavy mortars and other artillery pieces. The smallest caliber is 60 mm.
With this luxurious firepower configuration, even the quality of artillery owned by a national army cannot compare.
Now that he heard Li Qiufan say that the other side's army was actually fighting with the heavy artillery division, it was no wonder that Lu Ming reacted too much.
"Speaking of which, I'm also quite puzzled. Where did the 36th Army get so many heavy artillery? Could it be that the old fox sent everything he had to Baoji."
Li Qiufan was also puzzled that the 36th Army had so much heavy firepower. This was obviously too much for an army.
"Maybe this is really the case. If it weren't for the many heavy artillery on the opposite side, we would have liberated Baoji long ago!"
Heizi agreed very much with Li Qiufan's guess, and he felt that this was probably the case.
In fact, it was similar to what Li Qiufan had guessed. In order to deal with them, the old fox could be said to have emptied his entire family fortune.
Because the boss in the north did not have any heavy weapons, the old fox directly transferred the heavy artillery battalions belonging to several armies on the northern front to Baoji, and equipped them all to the 36th Army.
The purpose was to suppress Li Qiufan's heavy artillery division and make it lose this big advantage.
Although this move made the commanders of those armies unhappy, it proved that the old fox had indeed made the right move, which brought great trouble to Li Qiufan.
"Let's not talk about this for now. Let's discuss the attack on Gaojia Town first."
"I don't agree with what Heizi just said. We don't have much advantage in terms of strength in the first place. If we divide our forces further, we will undoubtedly reduce our chances of winning."
"If there is any problem with any part at that time, we will probably be counterattacked by the enemy."
Li Qiufan waved his hands towards everyone, and then brought the topic back.
"The enemy forces in Gaojia Town have a large number of troops and heavy firepower. I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to defeat them."
Heizi said helplessly when he heard that Li Qiufan disagreed with his idea.
"Why do we have to fight them? Why can't we let them chase us and then defeat them one by one!"
Just when everyone was frowning, Li Yunlong suddenly spoke.
"Chasing us?"
Li Qiufan's eyes lit up after hearing Li Yunlong's words, and then he came to the map and looked at it.
"Hahaha, Lao Li, you really have a bit of a brain!"
Li Qiufan looked at the map in front of him and suddenly had an idea. He turned around and pointed at Li Yunlong and praised him.
"Ahem, keep a low profile!"
Li Yunlong was a little overwhelmed by the praise. He originally had a little inspiration, but after he said it, there was no follow-up. Unexpectedly, Li Qiufan actually came up with a way.
"Brother, don't just patronize me, tell me what you can do!"
Li Qiufan was happy for himself, but Heizi and the others beside him were so anxious that they hurriedly asked him.
"Haha, what Lao Li said makes sense, why do we have to go to Gaojia Town!"
"Since we know they are waiting for us in Gaojia Town, we won't go yet. I will let them chase us!"
Li Qiufan smiled at everyone, then pointed to the location of Gaojia Town on the map and said.
"I have a bold idea now, I wonder if you guys dare to do it!"
Li Qiufan suddenly looked up at everyone, and then asked them with a serious face.
"Brother, just say what you say, brothers from mountains of swords and seas of fire will accompany you!"
Heizi immediately patted his chest after hearing Li Qiufan's words. No matter what Li Qiufan wanted to do, he would definitely support it.
