After receiving the telegram from the garrison of Jiming Township, the old fox laughed excitedly.
The People's Liberation Army in the northwest once made him suffer a lot, but now it has entered the southwest and started playing hide-and-seek with him.
Now that he has finally discovered the whereabouts of the other party, he can finally avenge his shame!
Then Old Fox sent someone to reply a telegram to the garrison in Jiming Township, asking them to do their best to hold back the People's Liberation Army. He immediately dispatched troops to support them.
The military commander stationed in Jiming Township immediately cursed after seeing the telegram replied by the old fox.
Their army only had about 20,000 troops in total, but the old fox actually asked him to hold back 150,000 to 60,000 people. Wasn't this forcing the old man to hang himself?
But there was no way. If he ran away, he would die, so he had to listen to the old fox's military orders. After all, even if he sacrificed his life, his death would be considered worthwhile.
In this way, the military commander hurriedly arranged for the troops to build fortifications, and then waited for the arrival of the People's Liberation Army.
Li Qiufan did not take the army in Jiming Mountain seriously, but planned the next step after destroying the army.
"Qiu Fan, where should we go after the battle in Jiming Township? Are we going to meet up with the Second Corps?"
It happened that Zhao Gang also asked him, while Li Qiufan looked at the map and fell into deep thought.
"We can't join up with the Second Corps, then the old fox can concentrate his forces against us!"
"Although the opponent's troops are not very powerful, after all, this is their home battle. In terms of heavy weapons and support, we can't even catch up!"
After thinking for a moment, Li Qiufan raised his head and said to Zhao Gang.
This time they entered the southwest region without carrying heavy weapons, so Li Qiufan never went into head-on combat with large enemy forces.
Although the overall combat capabilities of his troops are stronger than those of the enemy, they cannot bear to have large-caliber artillery and air support.
Battles are never won by numbers, just as bullets cannot be compared with cannonballs.
"Then what should we do next? There is also the Second Corps. Aren't you afraid that the old fox will concentrate his forces to deal with the Second Corps?"
Hearing Li Qiufan say that he would not join the Second Corps, Zhao Gang frowned and asked him.
"This is up to us. Let's see if we pose a greater threat to the old fox than the Second Corps!"
"I decided to head northwest after conquering Jiming Township. Old Fox's Fifth Corps is stationed on the Micang Mountain line over there."
"And there are two armies of the 15th Corps at the junction of Micang Mountain and Daba Mountain. What do you think the old fox will do if we surround them?"
Li Qiufan immediately explained Zhao Gang's doubts and explained his next goal.
"You want to attack the Fifth Corps of Micangshan and the two armies of the Fifteenth Corps?"
Zhao Gang's eyes widened after hearing Li Qiufan's words. He did not expect that Li Qiufan's target was not the enemy troops in Daba Mountain, but to penetrate directly to Micang Mountain to fight against the enemy's Fifth Corps.
"To be precise, they are the two armies of the 15th Corps. What we want to do this time is to encircle the point and provide reinforcements!"
"The Fifth Corps of Micangshan has fought against us. This Corps has more than 40,000 people. It is difficult to eliminate them in a short time."
"So I took it as that point, surrounded the 5th Corps and feigned an attack, waited for the support of the two corps of the 15th Corps, then turned around to eliminate them, and then transferred as quickly as possible!"
Li Qiufan smiled at Zhao Gang. The Fifth Corps was not his target. His real target was the two armies of the Fifteenth Corps.
"I'm convinced. You're such a thief. I should give you the title of old fox. You are a real fox!"
After listening to Li Qiufan's explanation, Zhao Gang was completely convinced, and then he became emotional.
"Heizi, prepare the troops for battle. All the first, second and third armies will be pulled up and attack the enemy forces in Jiming Township from three directions!"
Li Qiufan ignored Zhao Gang's words and turned to Heizi.
"Uh, three armies attacking together? Who will be the main attacker?"
Heizi was stunned for a moment when he heard Li Qiufan's words, and then asked him.
"The three armies are the main attackers. Let them end the battle for me as soon as possible. After collecting the supplies, we must rush to Micang Mountain as soon as possible. If we delay for a long time, the Second Corps will be in danger!"
After Li Qiufan heard Heizi's inquiry, he waved his hand and said to him.
After hearing this, Heizi understood what Li Qiufan meant and immediately sent someone to notify Erhu and others.
After receiving the order, Erhu and the others immediately assigned the direction of attack, and then launched an attack on the enemy troops in Jiming Township.
The defenders of Jiming Township thought that the People's Liberation Army would proceed step by step and follow the previous tactics of conducting tests before launching a general attack.
The military commander was already prepared to fight against the People's Liberation Army and set up multiple lines of defense to block it.
However, Li Qiufan had already learned about the deployment of all the old fox's troops, and knew the approximate strength and firepower of the troops stationed in each place.
Therefore, Li Qiufan did not want to get too entangled with the defenders of Jiming Township, so he directly sent three armies to attack Jiming Township.
The commander of the Jiming Township garrison was completely dumbfounded when he saw this scene. He never expected that the other party would not follow the routine and directly sent nearly 100,000 people to attack, not caring whether there would be an ambush here.
In this way, the defense line he established was just like paper. Even before the defenders of the second line of defense were ready, the three armies had torn the first line of defense into pieces.
The three armies passed through the border from three directions and directly penetrated all the enemy's defense lines. The troops of more than 20,000 people were completely wiped out in less than two hours.
After wiping out the defenders of Jiming Township, Li Qiufan ordered the troops to clean the battlefield as soon as possible, collect all the materials that could be used and bring them with them, and destroy those that could not be brought.
"Heizi, gather your troops immediately and set off in the direction of Micang Mountain. The Second Corps is probably going to attack Chengkou County and Zhenping County now!"
Seeing that the battlefield was almost cleaned, Li Qiufan immediately asked Heizi to gather the troops and set off, because the Second Corps was about to take action, and they had to get to Micang Mountain as soon as possible.
Li Qiufan's guess was very accurate. At this time, the Second Corps had entered Ankang and was ready to launch an attack on Chengkou County and Zhenping County.
After some investigation, Wang Huzhi sent people to find that there were not many troops stationed in these two counties. They were not even regular troops, but only security regiments and other troops.
Because after receiving the telegram from Jiming Township, the old fox directly transferred the 18th Corps stationed in these two places, and at the same time mobilized the newly formed 7th Corps on the Wanyuan front line to go south.
In addition, there were the 14th Corps of Wuxi County and the remaining two armies of the 16th Corps of Xiabao Town, all of which surrounded Jiming Township.
