"Great, the south gate has been captured. It won't take long for the Fourth Column to arrive!"
After seeing the telegram replied by Four Columns, Li Qiufan excitedly said to his boss.
"This is very fast. It's twenty minutes ahead of schedule!"
The boss was also very happy to hear the news that the south gate had been captured. He looked at his watch and said to Li Qiufan.
"Boss, the predecessor of this force is the one I want to form a quick reaction force. Can it be faster?"
After receiving praise from the boss, Li Qiufan smiled and said to him.
"So that's what happened! It's a pity that we couldn't get so many cars, so the plan was shelved."
After hearing what Li Qiufan said, the boss was stunned at first, and then felt regretful.
At the beginning, the boss was very supportive of Li Qiufan's idea because the boss was very optimistic about the prospects of this unit. However, the plan was shattered due to hardware problems.
"It doesn't matter. If it doesn't work now, it doesn't mean it won't work in the future. By then, it will not only be cars, but also aircraft and tanks!"
Although Li Qiufan was a little regretful, he still spoke to comfort his boss, and what he said was true.
"You're right, we all have these!"
The boss nodded in agreement, and then said to Li Qiufan.
"Tell Er Hu and Li Yunlong to hold on for about half an hour. The Fourth Column is already on its way!"
Li Qiufan said to the correspondent beside him, asking him to tell Erhu and Li Yunlong about the news about the fourth column.
After hearing that the Fourth Column was already on the way, Er Hu and Li Yunlong's eyes lit up instantly. It was finally their turn to attack.
Several subsequent enemy attacks were without exception repelled by the first and third columns. At this time, the enemy soldiers had begun to get emotional.
Because no matter how they attacked, they were still unable to break through the first and third vertical lines of defense, and were stuck there.
Failure to recapture Ximen means that there is always a knife hanging over their heads, and they don't know when it will be chopped off.
Just as the enemy organized soldiers to launch another attack, suddenly their sides and rear were shelled, and then the charge horn of the People's Liberation Army sounded.
Hearing the sound of the Charge coming from behind the enemy's rear, Li Qiufan knew that the fourth column had arrived and had already launched an attack on the enemy.
"Let the heavy artillery division extend its artillery fire and attack the enemy's second and third line positions for me!"
"Order one and three columns to blow the charge horn and launch an attack on the enemy!"
Li Qiufan immediately issued the order to counterattack, asking the first and third columns to cooperate with the fourth column to encircle and suppress the enemy.
The enemy's flank and rear were caught off guard by the four columns, causing the rear line of defense to be completely torn apart.
Coupled with the attacks of the first and third columns, the enemy troops that were flanked were retreating in an instant.
Then the three columns seemed to form a big net and moved towards the enemy.
Seeing that the enemy was almost surrounded, Li Qiufan immediately gave an order to Yizong to insert horizontally to divide the battlefield.
After receiving the order, Yi Zong acted like a zipper and directly sealed the encirclement, dividing the entire battlefield into two pieces.
At this time, the enemies outside the encirclement had no idea of rescue and fled towards the inner city.
Li Qiufan ignored them and ordered Yizong to set up a defense line outside and at the same time contain the enemies in the encirclement.
Then he ordered the fourth and third columns to gradually shrink the encirclement and annihilate the enemy forces in the encirclement.
The boss nodded frequently after watching this operation, very satisfied with Li Qiufan's command.
The enemy army was surrounded by nearly 40,000 troops, and more than 30,000 people fled.
Facing the encirclement of about 80,000 people on Li Qiufan's side, it was impossible to escape.
At the same time, there were heavy artillery divisions and the artillery brigades belonging to each column, which were constantly consuming them. It didn't take long before they lost nearly 10,000 people.
Seeing the desire to escape, most of the remaining 30,000 people began to think of surrender.
Li Qiufan, on the other hand, directly increased the pressure and pressed on the surrounded enemy troops step by step, forcing the opponent to continuously shrink their position.
In the end, the remaining enemy troops could not withstand the pressure and all chose to surrender.
After receiving the news of the surrender of the enemy troops in the encirclement, Li Qiufan ordered the third column to stay and deal with it, while the first and fourth columns continued to advance towards the inner city.
In the ensuing street battle, the enemy was even less of a match. They were beaten back by the two columns until they retreated to the North Gate and East Gate areas.
Then the boss directly transferred the troops who were blocking outside Xi'an City and blocked the east gate and north gate outside, completely cutting off the enemy's retreat.
Next, Li Qiufan did not let the troops attack, but sent someone to shout to persuade them to surrender.
After all, the enemy's force was already defeated at this time, and there was no way to retreat.
There are nearly 50,000 enemy troops at the two city gates in total. A strong attack will definitely cause heavy casualties. Li Qiufan does not want his soldiers to make unnecessary sacrifices.
As the soldiers on Li Qiufan's side continued to shout, the enemy soldiers' psychological defenses were worn away bit by bit, until they finally collapsed completely.
In the end, the nearly 50,000 troops chose to surrender, avoiding a major war.
After a thorough inventory of the entire Xi'an city, no trace of the old fox was found, which made Li Qiufan very confused.
It wasn't until Lu Ming rushed to Xi'an with the Second Column that Li Qiufan learned that a plane had flown away from the airport, and the person sitting on it must be the old fox.
Both of them were very sorry that they did not capture the old fox. The once arrogant King of the Northwest actually ran away from under their noses.
"Oh, what a pity, we didn't catch that old fox!"
A few days after the battle to liberate Xi'an, the boss sighed again and said to Li Qiufan.
"Boss, please don't feel sorry for me. Otherwise, I will lead my troops to Nanjing and capture the old man for you?"
Li Qiufan was also a little helpless, turned around and joked with the boss.
"Okay! Since you have this idea, I can't stop you. I'll submit the application for you now!"
After hearing Li Qiufan's words, the boss immediately changed his face and said that he would make arrangements for him.
"Boss, I was just joking, what are you doing!"
Seeing that the boss really wanted to take action, Li Qiufan became anxious and quickly reached out to stop him.
"Hmph! I just wanted to try you, but I didn't expect you to be so impatient!"
After seeing Li Qiufan's reaction, the boss was very dissatisfied.
"Boss, please stop tormenting me. When do you think I will leave for Xinjiang?"
Li Qiufan spread his hands helplessly, and then asked the boss when he would let him go to Xinjiang.
"If I don't torment you, others will torment you. Just wait a few more days and news will come soon!"
The boss waved his hand towards Li Qiufan and said, without giving him an answer, he also said something that Li Qiufan couldn't understand.
