As a result, the commanders of the five armies once again jointly sent a telegram to the commander of the 18th Corps and reported the casualties of the troops.
After receiving the news, the commander of the 18th Corps frowned instantly. He couldn't believe that 50,000 people fought against 30,000 people, and they didn't even reach the position after losing nearly 10,000 troops.
But the commanders of these five armies would not lie to him. This casualty situation must be true.
After careful consideration, the commander of the 18th Corps stopped the troops' attack. He decided to return to Taoshuba for a look first.
Then the enemy troops on the south bank of the Renhe River stopped attacking and began to withdraw towards Taoshuba.
"Correspondent, order the Second Army to cross the river. It's time to make dumplings!"
"Brother, the army of your second army should be together with my second army. I'm afraid it will be a bit difficult for my army to hold 80,000 or 90,000 people!"
Seeing that the enemy troops had retreated from the south bank of Renhe River, Li Qiufan immediately ordered the Second Army to cross the river.
And turned to Wang Huzi and said, let his army and the second army move together.
"I'm just waiting for your words, brother. I'll give the order right now!"
After hearing Li Qiufan's words, Wang Huzi responded to him excitedly.
Then Wang Huzi immediately gave an order to his army to cross the river with Li Qiufan's Second Army and wrap it up in the direction of Taoshuba.
Li Qiufan's Second Army plus an army under Wang Huzi's command, with a total of about 50,000 troops, pursued the enemy's 18th Corps directly after crossing the river.
Although the 18th Corps retreated, some people remained to pay attention to the situation of the People's Liberation Army on the other side of the river.
The commander of the 18th Corps did not panic when he learned that the People's Liberation Army on the north bank was crossing the river and chasing them.
Because he had the experience of fighting the People's Liberation Army across the river before, he did not pay attention to the Second Army on the north bank of Renhe River. At most, he could join the five armies in Taoshuba and fight across.
In this way, the 18th Corps retreated all the way to Taoshuba and joined the five armies in Taoshuba.
At this time, the Second Army also caught up and began to build a position a few miles away from the 18th Army.
The commander of the 18th Corps did not pay attention to the pursuers behind him. He just arranged for the two armies to pay attention to their movements, and then turned his attention to the position of the First Army.
After that, the commander of the 18th Corps personally took command of the battle and ordered the troops to start attacking the positions of the First Army.
But after a round of charge, he discovered something was wrong. The People's Liberation Army on the Taoshuba position was too difficult to fight.
Only then did he know why the five armies did not take up positions. It was because the opponent's firepower was too strong and their marksmanship was extremely accurate.
"Contact the commander and tell them that we are ready!"
While the 18th Corps attacked the First Army's position, the Second Army's position had been built, and Lu Mingdang asked the correspondent to notify Li Qiufan.
"Order the Second Army to launch an attack! Also notify the First Army to counterattack!"
After receiving the news from the Second Army, Li Qiufan immediately asked the correspondent to reply, and at the same time issued a counterattack order to the First Army, completely opening the curtain of the decisive battle.
On Lu Ming's side, after receiving Li Qiufan's reply, he immediately launched an attack on the rear of the 18th Corps together with the corps of the Second Corps.
At the same time, the First Army at the Taoshuba position also began a counterattack, and the horn of the Charge resounded throughout the battlefield in an instant.
Just as the Second Army behind them walked out of their positions, the commander of the 18th Corps received the news.
At first, he didn't pay attention, thinking that the other party was relieving the People's Liberation Army at the Taoshuba position.
But when the horn of the Charge sounded from the First Army's position opposite, he realized that something was wrong. This was entirely directed at their 18th Army.
The commander of the 18th Corps reacted and quickly mobilized troops to build fortifications to prepare to resist the People's Liberation Army's attack.
But it was too late to do this now. Not to mention the distance of a few miles, the Second Army would be able to rush in front of them soon, while the First Army was even closer to them.
And as the First Army and the Second Army launched the attack, Li Qiufan also issued orders to the artillery, and all mortars began to bombard the 18th Corps indiscriminately.
This sudden change of situation prevented everyone in the 18th Corps from reacting. The situation that was supposed to be their attack turned into a beating in the blink of an eye.
The First Army rushed to the enemy's formation first than the Second Army, and those commando soldiers who were not afraid of death gave the enemy a great shock.
The counterattack had just begun, and the 18th Corps was beaten to the point of shrinking its defense line, leaving it without any ability to resist.
Upon seeing this, the commander of the 18th Corps quickly sent a telegram to Old Fox, reporting the current situation and requesting troops to be sent for support.
The old fox was dumbfounded after receiving the telegram, wondering why the good situation suddenly turned into this.
But at this time, he couldn't allow him to think too much, because the 18th Corps was very urgent for help, and the old fox could only arrange troops to go for support.
At this time, the National Army troops in Chengkou County, the 18th Corps, were surrounded, and the 5th Corps was attacking Qishupo, and it was too late to rush over.
Now, only the two remaining armies of the newly formed Seventh Corps were able to move. The old fox immediately gave him an order to rush to Taoshuba as soon as possible for support.
After receiving the news, the two armies stationed in the newly formed Seventh Corps in Gaoyan Town rushed towards Taoshuba.
As soon as the two armies of the newly formed Seventh Corps set off, Li Qiufan received news.
The source of the news was Li Yunlong's Third Army in Maoer Liangshan. After Li Yunlong led his troops to Maoer Liangshan, he arranged for people to keep an eye on the movements of the newly formed Seventh Corps.
This was one of the tasks assigned to Li Yunlong by Li Qiufan, to target the newly formed Seventh Corps.
"Send a telegram to the Third Army and ask them to send a division to follow them. Once the newly formed Seventh Army reaches Taoshuba, they will launch an attack on it. The First Army will then cooperate with them to eliminate the two enemy armies!"
"There is also an order for the other two divisions of the Third Army to rush to Qishupo quickly to cut off the retreat of the Fifth Corps!"
"It won't take long for the enemy to understand our intentions, so the Third Army must rush to Qishu Slope before the Fifth Army can react!"
After learning that the last two armies of the newly formed Seventh Corps had also moved, Li Qiufan made the final move.
That was Li Yunlong's Third Army, and Li Qiufan pressed this last straw on the enemy.
Li Yunlong's Third Army, like the other armies, has a strength of about 30,000, so one division has nearly 10,000 people.
Furthermore, with the assistance of the First Army, it was not difficult to eat the two armies of the newly formed Seventh Corps, so Li Yunlong carried out the order without hesitation.
