Warlords: Conquer the world from the county magistrate

Chapter 240: Xinyuan Encirclement and Annihilation Battle Begins

Although the position outside the east city of Xinyuan had a depth of 500 meters, it could not accommodate nearly 70,000 troops. Fang Jian had no choice but to deploy some troops outside the east city and some on standby inside the city.

After Tao Yunong conveyed the order, all units immediately took action.

At 10:30 in the morning, the third line of defense was dismantled and the front line of the coalition forces arrived three kilometers away from Xinyuan City, preparing to build a new base there.

On the east wall of Xinyuan City, Fang Jian put down the telescope and a smile appeared on his face.

After many days of preparation, it is finally time to reap the rewards.

The troops under Xinyuan City have been deployed, but it is not known whether Fang Guoxuan and the other man have arrived at the designated location.

So Fang Jian asked, "Yu Nong, contact Fang Guoxuan and Cai Tingwu and ask them whether they have arrived at the designated location."

"Commander, Commander Fang and Commander Cai have arrived at the designated location." Ten minutes later, Tao Yunong came to report.

After receiving the news, Fang Jianan said excitedly: "Okay, send them a message and ask them to launch a surprise attack on the rear of the North-South Allied Forces immediately."

"Let the 2nd and 7th Divisions, the Garrison Division, and the 2nd Armored Division move out immediately and launch an attack on the enemy in front of them."

"Yes, Commander." Tao Yunong responded and excitedly went to the city to convey the order in person.

After receiving the order, the commander of the Second Division immediately ordered: "Detonate the explosives."

The messenger beside Li Zhongwu immediately went to convey the order, and the battalion commander of the Second Division's Special Service Battalion came out with several soldiers, each of whom was holding a detonator.

"Detonate." After putting down the detonator, the soldiers pressed the detonators one after another at the battalion commander's command.

The moment the detonator was pressed, explosions continued to sound on the fourth position opposite. Li Zhongwu smiled with satisfaction.

Li Weiling on the side joked: "Good job, Li Zhongwu, you were well prepared and buried explosives on the battlefield."

"No, I just made a casual move when I knew the commander's plan." Li Zhongwu said modestly.

Knowing that the fourth front would be abandoned, Li Zhongwu buried a large amount of explosives on the position early on. However, as he was uncertain about the development of the war, he was not sure whether these explosives would be effective.

Unexpectedly, the enemy sent more than 10,000 troops into the position and built bunkers inside the position, which gave Li Zhongwu the opportunity to detonate explosives.

Jiang Xuanqi looked at the tragic situation on the opposite side and couldn't help but sigh: "Old Li, you must have placed a lot of explosives on the position. The whole position is almost blown up."

Although the three were sighing, the order had already been passed down. The artillery deployed in the rear had calibrated all parameters and launched an artillery attack on the front lines of the Northern and Southern armies.

When a huge explosion occurred on the fourth position, Chang Yunxian and Wu Peisheng were a little confused at first, and then their faces became very angry.

"Okay, okay, okay, these Nanshan soldiers have taught us a good lesson." Chang Yunxian said angrily.

Wu Peisheng also said angrily with a sullen face: "Since the Nanshan Army has no moral principles, we must let them know the consequences of doing so after we capture the city."

Wu Peisheng had made up his mind that after taking the city, he would let his troops plunder in Nanshan to vent the dissatisfaction of the soldiers.

Who could have imagined that the Nanshan Army was so unethical as to bury explosives on their retreating positions.

Looking at the situation on the battlefield, the three divisions sent out might not have many people left. How could this not make the two of them angry?

Just as the two were getting angry, countless artillery shells fell into the front army's positions, and the busy front army was blown away in large numbers, with countless limbs and flesh falling from the sky.

The sudden bombardment caused the two men's faces to change drastically.

"Oh no, I'm afraid this is a conspiracy of the Nanshan Army." Chang Yunxian suddenly felt weak all over, a stream of cold air hit his body, and he fell into panic.

Wu Peisheng forced himself to stay calm, and after swallowing several mouthfuls of saliva, he said: "Quick, notify the rear troops and ask them to defend immediately."

Since Xinyuan's Nanshan Army has been dispatched, it doesn't make sense to only attack their front army. You have to know that there are two Nanshan armies in the rear.

At this time, the two were on a high ground, and they had been observing the battle between the two armies here for some time.

This place is far away from the base, so the shelling has no impact on them.

Chang Yunxian couldn't help but smile bitterly. They came here to observe the situation. There were only a few hundred guards accompanying them and they didn't bring any radios. How could they notify the rear troops?

"Commander Wu, let's retreat to the rear army's base first. Leave a few people behind to wait until the Nanshan Army's shelling stops, and then let them notify the front army officers to send a telegram to the rear army." Chang Yunxian made a prompt decision.

Wu Peisheng was also quickly thinking about the pros and cons in his mind, and at this time the front army was no longer able to wait.

Not to mention that more than half of the 100,000 front-line troops had been lost, and the main force of the front-line troops was also attacked by explosives on the fourth position.

The dense explosives buried on the position are more effective than artillery bombardment. Even if there are still some people left on the position, they probably won't have much combat effectiveness.

Thinking of this, Wu Peisheng also said coldly: "Okay, let's do as Commander Chang said."

The two men reached a consensus and left behind two officers and seven or eight guards, and then took the rest of the people to rush towards the rear army.

After the explosion on the fourth position, the commander of the Second Division immediately ordered: "201st, 202nd, 203rd Regiment, attack the fourth position immediately."

"Yes, division commander." The three regiment commanders immediately took the order and led their subordinates to rush towards the fourth line.

After the Second Division took action, the Seventh Division, the Garrison Division, and the Second Armored Division also prepared for the attack.

The head of the 204th Regiment said with some dissatisfaction: "Division Commander, where is our 204th Regiment? Why don't you let us go as well?"

"Captain Li, the 204th Regiment suffered heavy losses. Let the brothers rest first." Li Zhongwu sighed.

Among the four fronts, the fighting between the 204th and 203rd Regiments was the most intense, and the 204th Regiment suffered the greatest losses.

Although there are still more than a thousand soldiers left in the 204th Regiment, everyone is injured, and there are many seriously injured. Li Zhongwu naturally will not send the 204th Regiment out.

Li Yunhu knew that this was the division commander taking care of their regiment. Although he was unwilling, he did not say anything and just quietly stepped aside.

On the other side, after receiving Fang Jian's order, Fang Guoxuan and Cai Tingwu immediately ordered the artillery to launch an artillery attack on the positions of the two armies.

A total of eight divisions' artillery regiments launched a barrage of bombardment on the garrisons of the Northern and Southern armies. The Northern and Southern armies, which were in the process of moving camp, were caught off guard and suffered heavy losses.

While the bombardment was going on, eight divisions moved forward another kilometer and were ready to attack.

The 1st Armored Division could not wait any longer. In the past three years, it had done nothing but training and had not experienced any actual combat.

Since learning about this mission, the soldiers of the 1st Armored Division have been eager to try, and they can't wait to get the attack order and show the strength of the tank unit.

Seeing that the 1st Armored Division had already formed up and was ready to advance, Fang Guoxuan came to the commander of the 1st Armored Division, Shen Guohui, and said:

"Captain Shen, after the shelling stops, the 1st Armored Division needs to advance from the center, then split into two and attack the flanks of the Southern Army and the Northern Army respectively."

Shen Guohui smiled and said, "Don't worry, Commander Fang, the 1st Armored Division has been properly deployed."