"Report to the Commander-in-Chief, the First Army of the First Corps called to ask how long it will take for the armored division to be able to provide artillery support!"
At this time, the battle in Hengcheng became more and more intense, because the commander of the 7th Infantry Division of the Beautiful Country and the commander of the Southern Dynasty troops knew what would happen if they could not break out.
Therefore, the 7th Infantry Division of the Beautiful Country opened its firepower, using powerful artillery fire to suppress the First Army, and then the Southern Capital Division and the Southern Third Division launched a fierce attack.
The entire position of the First Army was instantly covered by artillery fire, and the suppressed soldiers could not even raise their heads.
Faced with such a difficult situation, Erhu could only send a telegram to Li Qiufan to ask how long it would take for the armored division to arrive in Hengcheng for reinforcements.
"Reply to the First Army, the armored division will arrive at its scheduled position in eight minutes, let them hold on a little longer!"
"In addition, an order was given to the Armored Division to have the three heavy artillery brigades belonging to the Armored Division build artillery positions and then fire directly to suppress the enemy troops attacking the First Army's positions."
After hearing the correspondent's report, Li Qiufan glanced at his watch and said to him.
He has been holding back the time for the armored division to arrive in Hengcheng, because he knows that the First Army without heavy firepower must be in a very difficult situation.
After receiving the reply, Erhu immediately informed the entire army that they must block the enemy's attack for another eight minutes, and they must not let the opponent rush into the position under any circumstances.
Because once the enemy forces rush onto the position and the two armies fight together, the upcoming artillery reinforcements will be useless.
After receiving the order, the soldiers of the First Army fought back, but the enemy's artillery fire was too fierce, so they could not withstand the enemy's charge.
At this critical moment, Erhu went directly in the opposite direction and directly sent a regiment to launch a counterattack and engage in a fierce battle with the enemy outside the position.
Although the casualties would be much greater, it also successfully delayed the enemy's charge.
As time passed, eight minutes finally arrived. Artillery support from three heavy artillery brigades arrived on time, directly covering the enemy's position with artillery fire.
In an instant, the entire enemy position turned into a sea of fire, and two of the four howitzer battalions belonging to the 7th Infantry Division of the United States were knocked out in an instant.
After seeing that the rear position was fully covered by artillery fire, the charging enemy troops also had the intention to retreat. Coupled with the counterattack of the First Army, they were beaten back directly.
At the same time, the tank regiment and the third anti-aircraft battalion were galloping towards the battlefield and would reach the front line in another ten minutes.
The artillery fire from the heavy artillery brigade was non-stop, and the enemy troops could not even lift their heads. Erhu also seized the opportunity to launch an attack, and directly completed the exchange of offense and defense with the enemy troops.
Seeing this situation, the commander of the 7th Infantry Division of the Beautiful Country quickly contacted the commander of the Beautiful Country and reported the current situation and requested support.
But the commander of the beautiful country now has no troops at all, because other troops have reported being blocked by the volunteers not long ago, and now all the troops on the eastern front are fighting.
It will take some time for the six infantry divisions and the second cavalry division that landed from Haizhou to rush over. At present, the troops on the eastern front can only rely on themselves.
However, the armored division's artillery fire was too fierce, and the First Army was constantly charging, and the Third Army in the rear was about to encircle them.
The commander of the beautiful country had no choice but to give it a retreat order, asking the beautiful country's 7th Infantry Division, the Southern Capital Division and the Southern 3rd Division to retreat eastward and join up with the 5th Division of the Southern Dynasty, the 7th Division of the Southern Dynasty, and the 8th Division of the Southern Dynasty. .
And this was exactly what Li Qiufan wanted. His original plan was to bring the enemy troops on the eastern front closer together so that they could be wiped out in one fell swoop.
Now that the enemy was so cooperative, Li Qiufan and the old brigade commander almost laughed out loud in the command club.
Just as the 7th Infantry Division of the Beautiful Country, the Capital Division of the Southern Dynasty and the 3rd Division of the Southern Dynasty were about to retreat, the tank regiment and the third anti-aircraft battalion of the armored division arrived.
After the two units arrived, they became the pioneers, chasing rabbits directly in front of the First Army.
Not long after they chased out, the First Army encountered the encircling Third Corps and the Fifteenth Army. After the encounter, the two armies directly merged into one and continued the pursuit in a mighty manner.
At the same time, just as the enemy and our troops in the Hengcheng area were moving closer to the east, a fierce battle was going on at Brother Peak.
Li Xiping's Fourth Army was stationed at Brother's Peak, and the enemy troops opposite it were the Fifth Division of the Southern Dynasties, the Seventh Division of the Southern Dynasties, and the Eighth Division of the Southern Dynasties.
Since the Fourth Army entered the peninsula, it has experienced countless battles, large and small.
Before the garrison division entered the peninsula, due to the serious attrition of the First Army, the Fourth Army was not replenished. Currently, it only has about 21,000 troops.
Although the Fourth Army was smaller in strength than the opposing Southern Dynasty troops and did not have heavy firepower, the enemy did not take any advantage.
Because both the 7th Division of the Southern Dynasty and the 8th Division of the Southern Dynasty had been annihilated, these two units were now rebuilt, and their soldiers were basically new recruits without much battlefield experience.
The only original division, the Fifth Division of the Southern Dynasty, was praised to the sky by the Southern Dynasty. In essence, it was a scumbag, and it also had a friendly nickname, the Volunteer Army Logistics Team.
The three divisions of the Southern Dynasty were so configured that the Fourth Army did not have much pressure. Although the two sides fought extremely fiercely, the thunder was loud and the rain was light.
Until the commanders of the Southern Fifth Division, the Southern Seventh Division and the Southern Eighth Division received news from the Southern Commander and learned that the Beautiful Country's Seventh Infantry Division, the Southern Capital Division and the Southern Third Division were frustrated in Hengcheng, this Only then did he make up his mind to go all out to break through.
Because at this time, the 7th Infantry Division of the Beautiful Country, the Capital Division of the Southern Dynasty and the 3rd Division of the Southern Dynasty were approaching them, and behind them there were a large number of volunteer troops chasing them.
If they cannot break through in time, they will face a situation of being attacked from both sides by the volunteers.
As the saying goes, the three Southern Dynasty divisions at Brother Peak do not want to join forces with the 7th Infantry Division of the Beautiful Country.
Although their team will be larger by then, there will also be more volunteer troops.
Moreover, all the troops in the Southern Dynasties have long been overshadowed by the volunteers. Their current role on the battlefield is to harass and contain them. A head-on confrontation is absolutely impossible.
But the ideal is very full, but the reality is very skinny. No matter how they attack the Fourth Army position, the defense line is like an iron wall and cannot be broken through at all.
And the repeated charges caused the three divisions to lose a lot of troops. In the end, they had no choice but to wait for the arrival of the Beautiful Country's 7th Infantry Division and other troops.
