The 1st Cavalry Division had fought against the 39th Army before, and it could be said that it was beaten by the 39th Army, losing nearly 2,000 people.
However, the First Cavalry Division is known as the heroic division of the beautiful country, and is naturally unconvinced by its previous failures.
At this time, the First Cavalry Division had about 14,000 troops. Although the First Army on the opposite side had about 10,000 more troops than them, the First Cavalry Division did not take the First Army seriously.
After Erhu reported that the troops encountered the First Cavalry Division, Li Qiufan immediately issued the order to attack.
As Li Qiufan's order was issued, the 1st Heavy Artillery Brigade and the 3rd Heavy Artillery Brigade launched an artillery bombardment against the 1st Cavalry Division, and countless artillery shells instantly appeared above the enemy's heads.
The commander of the 1st Cavalry Division did not show any weakness. When he ordered his four howitzer battalions to counterattack, the two sides directly began an artillery battle.
While the artillery from both sides was bombarding each other, the commander of the 1st Cavalry Division called for air support and bombed the 1st Army.
Li Qiufan had already anticipated this situation. After all, calling for air assistance was an old trick of the American army. He had already deployed the air defense battalion and was waiting for the enemy's planes to arrive.
And the anti-aircraft battalion this time is not using the old guys before, but eight twin-mounted 40mm anti-aircraft guns, and sixteen M16 quadruple-mounted 12.7mm half-track anti-aircraft armored vehicles.
It didn't take long for the enemy's planes to arrive, and more than twenty planes flew directly towards the First Army's position.
But before they could fly over the position, the anti-aircraft battalion opened fire.
Twenty-four anti-aircraft armored vehicles fired wildly into the air, destroying five enemy aircraft in one encounter, scaring other enemy pilots into hurriedly climbing to altitude and retreating.
Seeing the results of the air defense battalion, Li Qiufan couldn't help but sigh that the beautiful country's equipment was really useful.
If this were replaced by the previous anti-aircraft guns, it would probably take an entire anti-aircraft artillery regiment to achieve this effect.
At this time, the commander of the 1st Cavalry Division also saw the scene of the plane being shot down, which shocked him.
He never expected that the volunteers opposite would have anti-aircraft weapons, and they were no worse than theirs.
Just when the commander of the 1st Cavalry Division asked the pilot whether he could continue the bombing, suddenly an order from the commander of the Ninth Army of the United States came to him, ordering his 1st Cavalry Division to retreat immediately.
At this time, the commander of the Ninth Army had already learned the news of the destruction of the 2nd Infantry Division, so the support of the 1st Cavalry Division was meaningless, so he ordered its withdrawal.
After receiving the order, the commander of the 1st Cavalry Division roughly guessed what happened, and then ordered the troops to retreat immediately.
Seeing that the 1st Cavalry Division was about to run, Li Qiufan did not let the troops pursue it because they could not catch up.
Although they are not inferior to any of the US troops in frontal combat, if the opponent wants to escape Li Qiufan, there is no way, because there are too many cars of the US troops, unless they are surrounded.
During the period when Li Qiufan commanded the First Army and the First Cavalry Division, the battle in the Third Army was completely over.
The entire Second Infantry Division was completely destroyed, and the 38th Army and the 4th Army were already cleaning the battlefield.
At the same time, the battle in Anzhou also started. After the arrival of the 40th Army and the 50th Army, the Mountain Division withdrew from the blocking position.
Because in the previous blocking battle, although the Mountain Division successfully blocked the 25th Infantry Division of the Beautiful Country, it also suffered heavy casualties.
Because there were no heavy weapons, the Mountain Division suffered a great loss, but fortunately it persisted until the 40th Army and the 50th Army arrived.
After the Mountain Division's mission was completed, Li Qiufan gave it an order to rush to Sansuoli to join the Fourth Army. At the same time, he ordered the First Army to rush to Sansuoli immediately.
After arriving at Sansuoli, the 38th Army and the 4th Army were still cleaning the battlefield. There were too many enemy weapons, equipment and supplies.
"I am the first deputy commander of the Volunteer Army and commander of the first corps. Let your commander come and see me!"
Li Qiufan looked around for a week but did not see the commander of the 38th Army. He could only find a nearby cadre of the 38th Army of unknown rank and asked him to inform him.
"Hello, deputy commander!"
The soldiers of the 38th Army who were stopped were stunned for a moment, then stood at attention and saluted Li Qiufan.
"Don't be stunned, I have something to do with your commander!"
Li Qiufan smiled helplessly after hearing this, then returned a military salute and said to him.
"yes!"
After hearing Li Qiufan's words, the soldier hurriedly ran in one direction.
Not long after the soldier left, the commander of the 38th Army ran over with Li Xiping.
"Deputy Commander!"
"commander!"
The two of them ran all the way to Li Qiufan, and then saluted and said hello.
"Where did you two go? I looked around and didn't see either of you!"
When Li Qiufan saw the two of them, he raised his hand and bowed in return, and then asked them.
"Deputy Commander, Lao Li and I are studying the captured tanks and howitzers!"
"These foreign devils are really rich, and the caliber of that howitzer is so fucking big!"
After hearing Li Qiufan's inquiry, the commander of the 38th Army immediately explained to him.
"What's there to study? I thought you two were doing it!"
"How was this battle? Did the troops suffer heavy casualties?"
After hearing the explanation from the commander of the 38th Army, Li Qiufan almost couldn't help rolling his eyes, and then asked about the casualties of the troops.
"Report to Commander, thanks to the timely destruction of the enemy's artillery positions by the 38th Army, our Fourth Army suffered few casualties!"
After hearing Li Qiufan's inquiry, Li Xiping was the first to speak.
"Where are you, the 38th Army?"
After hearing Li Xiping's words, Li Qiufan nodded, and then looked at the commander of the 38th Army.
"Our Thirty-eighth Army was okay. Thanks to the timely arrival of the Fourth Army, it contained the main force of the enemy in the later period, so we did not suffer too many casualties."
Seeing Li Qiufan asking him, the commander of the 38th Army quickly responded.
After hearing the words of the commander of the 38th Army, Li Qiufan nodded with satisfaction. His arrival resulted in no bloody battles such as the Songgu Peak, and the 38th Army did not suffer major casualties.
"You have defeated an entire division of Beautiful Country. This is a great event. Take me to see what you captured!"
After knowing that there were not many casualties between the two armies, Li Qiufan felt relieved, and then asked the two men to take him to see the captures of the battle.
At the same time, the boss at the Volunteer Army Headquarters also received the battle report and learned that the 38th Army successfully intercepted the 2nd Infantry Division of the Beautiful Country, the Turkish National Brigade and the 3rd Army of the Southern Dynasty at the Sansuoli and Longyuanli lines. Three Regiments, and joined forces with the Fourth Army to annihilate them all.
The boss was overjoyed after receiving the news. The Third Institute successfully defeated an entire division of Meiliguo. If the 25th Infantry Division on the Anzhou side was also left behind, the results of this battle would be huge.
