"Report to the commander, there is news from Changxing Town that the enemy has sent two divisions to prepare for a detour!"
Li Qiufan was observing the situation on the battlefield when suddenly the correspondent came to him and said.
"Tell the troops in Changxing Town to block the enemy no matter what and not let them pass!"
After hearing this, Li Qiufan immediately asked him to reply to the order, asking the two regiments in Changxing Town to block the division.
"Er Hu, hurry to the south slope for reinforcements. After the enemy discovers our troops in Changxing Town, they will definitely find a way to divide the battlefield. The south slope is the best location!"
After Li Qiufan finished speaking to the correspondent, he turned to Erhu and said to him.
The south slope is located on the south side of Wujing Town, between Wujing Town and Changxing Town.
Once the enemy forces invade here, they can divide the two places, and then capture Changxing Town first and then make a detour to Wujing Town.
Erhu also understood the importance of the southern slope and immediately sent reinforcements to his guard battalion.
Just as Li Qiufan guessed, after the troops heading for Changxing Town were blocked, the enemy immediately discovered the southern slope and began to focus on attacking this location.
The fierce fighting continued until nightfall. After the sky darkened, the national army stopped attacking. Li Qiufan and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The Chinese army fought very fiercely in this battle, because the old fox gave death orders to the 57th Army and the 90th Army, telling them to destroy the People's Liberation Army in Fufeng County.
Fortunately, Wujing Town and Changxing Town were not lost, and they were all under control.
"Erhu, count the casualties and ask how things are going in Changxing Town."
While the enemy troops stopped attacking, Li Qiufan found Erhu and said to him.
After hearing this, Erhu immediately notified each unit to report the number of casualties, and then asked the correspondent to contact Changxing Town.
After some statistics, a total of more than 2,000 people were killed in the daytime attack, mainly on the south slope of Wujing Town.
The two regiments in Changxing Town accounted for one-half and sacrificed about a thousand people, but they successfully blocked the attack of the two enemy divisions.
"Send a telegram to Li Yunlong and ask him to rush over immediately with the Three Columns and steal their butts for me!"
After learning about the casualties in Yi Zong, Li Qiufan thought for a moment and asked his correspondent to send a telegram to Li Yunlong, asking him to come from Qishan County.
"Let Li Yunlong come over? He has prisoners with him."
Hearing that Li Qiufan wanted the Third Column to come over, Erhu reminded him.
"You're so desperate to capture a prisoner. You don't care what the prisoner is doing. Let him keep some people to guard him, and the rest will support this side!"
Li Qiufan originally wanted Li Yunlong's three verticals to act as a backup to create a bigger situation.
But he didn't expect the national army from Baoji to come out so quickly. As soon as he set up a defense line in Wujing Town, the enemy troops ran into him.
Moreover, more than 2,000 people died on the first day, and Li Qiufan felt really distressed.
After hearing this, Erhu could only nod his head, and then asked the correspondent to send a telegram to Li Yunlong.
Li Yunlong was a little confused after receiving the telegram. He didn't understand how Yizong could go to Fufeng County.
However, after seeing that the person on the telegram was signed by Li Qiufan, Li Yunlong immediately gathered the troops, then transferred one regiment to stay, and the rest rushed to Wujing Town.
About an hour after the telegram was sent, Li Qiufan and Erhu were sitting on the ground chewing dried sweet potatoes when suddenly fighting broke out again on the south slope.
The intensive gunshots, shelling and explosions could be heard clearly in the main position of Wujing Town, and Li Qiufan stood up suddenly.
"Heavy artillery!"
The sound of the cannon was different from that of the day. Li Qiufan instantly recognized that it was a large-caliber heavy artillery.
"What?"
After hearing Li Qiufan's words, Erhu's eyes widened.
"Damn it, hurry up and send reinforcements to the south slope!"
Li Qiufan cursed with an ugly expression, and then yelled at Erhu.
After hearing the sound of heavy artillery, Li Qiufan thought that the 36th Army was also coming.
After all, in the previous battles, the enemy's heavy artillery in Baoji was held by the 36th Army.
Erhu also reacted after hearing Li Qiufan's scolding, and immediately dispatched two regiments to the south slope position.
This is the maximum amount of troops they can mobilize. If there are any more, the main position will be in danger.
But what Li Qiufan didn't know was that although the artillery was a large-caliber heavy artillery, the 36th Army did not come.
This was just sent by the old fox to the 36th Army. The 57th Army and the 90th Army were responsible for the attack.
After the heavy artillery was in place, the 57th Army and the 90th Army also had the confidence to decide to continue fighting at night without giving the People's Liberation Army a chance to rest.
As heavy artillery shelled one after another, the entire south slope position was instantly covered by artillery fire.
Fortunately, Li Qiufan's army has a tradition, which is that regardless of whether there are artillery on the opposite side, anti-gun holes must be dug.
And not only do you have to dig, you also have to dig deep enough. All the standards are to withstand the bombardment of large-caliber heavy artillery.
The soldiers in the southern slope position carried out this tradition very well and dug a lot of anti-gun holes.
Although they were caught off guard by the enemy's heavy artillery, they only caused heavy casualties in the first wave, and things got much better after entering the artillery cave.
After the bombardment ended, the soldiers on the south slope position hurriedly came out of the anti-gun holes, and then set up guns to fight back.
At this time, the soldiers of the national army were not far from the front line positions, and the shelling was stopped to prevent accidental injuries.
Fortunately, this is not the 36th Army. If it were the 36th Army, they would definitely not use this old trick of bombarding the infantry with artillery.
Although the shelling stopped and the soldiers launched a timely counterattack, they were still rushed into position by the enemy.
Because there were too many charging enemies, and the sight was blocked at night, we were unable to stop them in the end.
After being rushed to the position by the enemy, everyone immediately started hand-to-hand combat, mounted bayonets or picked up blades and slashed at the enemy.
For a moment, the shouts of killing on the south slope position were loud, and everyone was red-eyed.
In addition, it was night and the line of sight was not very clear, so there were many accidental injuries.
Fortunately, they withstood it and persisted until reinforcements arrived, without losing their southern slope position.
After the two regiments transferred by Erhu joined the battle, they pushed back the enemy troops and captured many people at the same time.
Seeing that the raid was repelled, the 57th Army and the 90th Army were not discouraged and organized a new round of attack again, attacking the south slope position.
"Send a telegram to Li Yunlong and ask him to speed up. He must arrive at Wujing Town before five o'clock tomorrow morning!"
Listening to the gunfire and artillery fire from the Nanpo position, Li Qiufan asked his correspondent to send another telegram to Li Yunlong, urging him to leave.
