Accompanying the infantry was the super firepower of the Third Battalion of the Air Defense Regiment. M19 and M16 armored vehicles poured out ammunition crazily to cover the infantry's charge.
The 1st Cavalry Division was immediately stunned, especially the nearly two hundred tanks that rushed out of Jinliangchang. The commander of the 1st Cavalry Division thought that Mao Xiong's troops had come to the peninsula.
He couldn't think too much about the situation at this time. The commander of the 1st Cavalry Division immediately ordered the troops to retreat, then ordered the mobile troops to step forward to intercept and intercept, and finally requested support from the commander of the beautiful country.
The commander of the beautiful country frowned immediately after receiving the news. He couldn't figure out what kind of trouble the volunteers were going to make.
After pondering for a moment, the commander of the beautiful country still couldn't figure it out, so he could only order other troops to go to support the 1st Cavalry Division.
The first to receive the order was the 24th Infantry Division, but the 24th Infantry Division could not rush over in time because their large forces were on the north side of Lizhou and on the flanks of the Dinggaishan position.
The commander of the 24th Infantry Division had no choice but to first send his tank battalion and two infantry battalions pulled by cars to support.
After learning that the 24th Infantry Division could not provide timely support, the commander of the beautiful country could only issue orders to the 3rd Infantry Division on the western front and the 27th Eagle Army Brigade.
Let the tank battalion and reconnaissance battalion of the 3rd Infantry Division, as well as the entire 27th Eagle Army Brigade, rush to the 1st Cavalry Division to provide support.
"Order the First Army of the People's Army of the Northern Dynasty to take the initiative to attack the Southern Dynasty troops on the enemy's flank!"
After the departure of two battalions of the 3rd Infantry Division and the 27th Eagle Brigade, the pressure to repair the main position on the hill dropped sharply.
And after Li Qiufan got the news, he immediately ordered the Northern Dynasty troops to take the initiative and attack the enemy's flanks to once again reduce the pressure on the main position of Xiu Shan.
As a result, the enemy's troops on the western front could no longer organize an effective attack, and the soldiers of the 38th Army were able to rest.
On the other side, the fighting on the two mountain positions was particularly fierce. The mobile troops of the 1st Cavalry Division were restrained by the tank regiment and could not move.
In addition, several howitzer battalions belonging to the 1st Cavalry Division were suppressed and could not compete with the two heavy artillery brigades on Li Qiufan's side.
The infantry's battle was even more unbearable, and they were beaten back by units such as the Second Division and the Eleventh Division.
This is the third time that the 1st Cavalry Division has fought against the Volunteer Army. The first time it was beaten by the 39th Army, losing thousands of troops.
The second time they were blocked by Li Qiufan's First Army. Although they did not collide head-on, the air support they called was shot down by several aircraft by the First Army.
This was the third time, but unexpectedly, he was defeated immediately after a meeting, which made the commander of the First Cavalry Division doubtful about life.
Li Qiufan was a little surprised by the fragility of the First Cavalry Division. His original intention was just to contain the enemy forces on the western front and help repair the mountain master's position to reduce pressure.
But I never thought that a cavalry division that faced me would be defeated directly, and there was no ability to fight back at all.
"Order the third division to press forward too. Damn it, I'll risk it all!"
Seeing the opportunity to expand the results, Li Qiufan directly sent out the main third division of the two mountain positions, intending to consume as much as possible before enemy reinforcements arrived.
The first cavalry division was beaten back and forth, but after the third cavalry division also joined, it was even more unable to withstand it.
When the commander of the 1st Cavalry Division saw this, he could only act like a strong man and cut off his wrists. He abandoned all the heavy equipment and ordered the mobile troops to get rid of the volunteers' tanks and cover the evacuation of the large troops.
After receiving the order from the commander of the 1st Cavalry Division, the two tank battalions and an air defense battalion belonging to the 1st Cavalry Division no longer struggled with Li Qiufan's tank regiment, and went at full power to help the large army break up the rear.
Upon seeing this, the tank regiment hurriedly chased after them, but in the end it was a step too late.
With the destruction of tanks and armored vehicles, the First Cavalry Division successfully escaped the pursuit of the volunteers.
"Tell the tank regiment to stop being entangled and help me find the enemy's artillery positions. If we don't supply supplies, I will almost run out of artillery shells!"
Seeing the large troops of the 1st Cavalry Division running away, Li Qiufan immediately gave the order to the tank regiment to give up the pursuit and find the enemy's artillery positions.
Since the enemy had an absolute advantage in strength and firepower, the artillery positions of the 1st Cavalry Division were built very far forward.
After covering the large forces from the pursuit, the four howitzer battalions belonging to the 1st Cavalry Division also began to evacuate, but they arrived after less than half of the tank regiment had just been evacuated.
In addition to the howitzers that were too late to be evacuated, there were also a large number of artillery shells on the artillery position, which just solved Li Qiufan's urgent need.
When he was encircling and annihilating the 25th Infantry Division of the beautiful country, Li Qiufan still thought of relying on the 25th Infantry Division for supplies.
Unexpectedly, the howitzers of the 25th Infantry Division and the 3rd Infantry Division were mobilized in a unified manner. After annihilating the 25th Infantry Division, not even a shell hair was seen.
No artillery shells were captured, which made Li Qiufan very melancholy, because they didn't have many artillery shells left.
In this battle, Li Qiufan wanted to exchange ammunition for human lives, so the consumption of artillery shells was so alarming that it almost emptied his accumulated wealth.
Now after hearing the report from the tank regiment that a large number of artillery shells had been captured, Li Qiufan grinned almost to the back of his head.
"Correspondent, inform the armored division to send a car to the tank regiment to tow the howitzer and artillery shells, and order other units to retreat quickly. The enemy's reinforcements are coming soon!"
Li Qiufan did not order the troops to continue pursuing the 1st Cavalry Division, because judging from the time, the enemy's reinforcements would arrive soon.
The most important thing during this period is to pull back the howitzers and artillery shells to avoid being intercepted by enemy reinforcements.
In fact, the enemy's reinforcements arrived faster than Li Qiufan expected, because the enemy's reinforcements were all tanks and armored vehicles, and even the infantry was transported by car.
Just as the cars sent by the Armored Division were returning from loading artillery shells, enemy reinforcements arrived.
Fortunately, the tank regiment did not withdraw, and the vehicles that had been escorting the armored division retreated.
After seeing the enemy's reinforcements, the commander of the tank regiment immediately sent the second and third battalions to intercept them and buy time for the cars transporting the artillery shells.
Li Qiufan also received the news and immediately sent the Second Division and the Fourth Brigade of the Mountain Division to respond.
The first enemy troops to arrive were reinforcements from the west, the tank and reconnaissance battalions of the 3rd Infantry Division, and the entire 27th Eagle Corps Brigade.
But not long after the Second Division and the Fourth Brigade set off, Li Qiufan received a report from the forward position of Taihua Mountain and discovered that the enemy's mobile troops were coming from east to west.
This is the support of the 24th Infantry Division of the beautiful country, with one tank battalion and two infantry battalions.
Li Qiufan once again sent the 11th Division to block the attack, and also sent the 2nd Battalion of the Air Defense Regiment.
