HCB Chapter 321: Bombardment of Asada Division Reinforcements
Chapter 321: Bombardment of Asada Division Reinforcements
After receiving the battle report from the front line, Fang Guoxuan immediately adjusted the remaining troops.
Now the three divisions of the Dwarf Locust were all dispersed, which gave him the opportunity to defeat them one by one.
Directly annihilate the Asada Division and the Andong Division reinforcements, although there are nearly 40,000 people, but he obviously wants more.
"Send a telegram to the 3rd and 11th Divisions, asking them to support the Qingzhou battlefield and surround the Asada Division reinforcements from behind. Let the 12th Division go north and intercept the Andong Division reinforcements in Yi County."
"Yes, Commander." A staff officer immediately went forward to convey the order.
Fang Guoxuan did not want to wipe out the Anton Division immediately. He wanted to try whether he could use the Anton Division's reinforcements to lure out a part of the Qiyuan defenders and annihilate them outside.
Now, among the three divisions of the Little Locust, only Qi Yuan has a complete division, and the remaining two divisions have been divided into two, and pose no threat to the Nanshan Army at all.
The number of reinforcements from the 12th Division and the Anton Division was equal. Fang Guoxuan wanted to see how the Anton Division would perform when encountering an ambush before mobilizing the remaining three divisions.
On the other side, Zhang Wei also received news that the 3rd and 11th divisions were coming to reinforce, so they now had four divisions and more than 80,000 people.
Even a fully-strength division was more than enough to deal with the dwarf locusts, which greatly boosted Zhang Wei's confidence.
That night, Zhang Wei asked someone to call Han Shaorong and Mu Junwen.
"Commander." Upon entering the meeting room, the two men immediately saluted and greeted each other.
Zhang Wei nodded gently and pointed to the round table in the conference room: "Sit down."
After the two men sat down, Zhang Wei ordered: "Early tomorrow morning, the entire army will move to Anmi County. I plan to encircle the reinforcements of the Asada Division here."
"Commander, the Asada Division has nearly 20,000 reinforcements, and the Andong Division is not far away. Qingzhou also has 8,000 dwarf locust troops. It may be difficult to quickly win by encircling and annihilating the enemy."
Han Shaorong came to the map, pointed to Xia County, which was not far from Anmi County, and said, "Why don't we set up an ambush in the area from Xia County to Anmi County?"
"There is no difficult terrain in the wild, which is more conducive to the use of our army's automatic firepower and artillery."
Zhang Wei smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. I don't want to defeat the dwarf locust army quickly, but I hope to lure the dwarf locust army from Qingzhou or Qichang to come to the rescue."
"Of course, Fang Tianming, the division commander, has already led the 10th Division to Weining. Once Weining is lost, it will be unrealistic to lure out the dwarf from Qichang. As long as the dwarf from Qingzhou can be fooled, it will be fine."
Even if they can only eliminate 4,000 Qingzhou dwarf locust soldiers, it will greatly relieve the pressure on the Nanshan Army.
After some discussion, Zhang Wei assigned specific combat tasks and then allowed the two division commanders to return to their own bases.
Early the next morning, Zhang Wei led the first and second divisions to Anmi County.
The 3rd, 11th and 12th Divisions also took action and set out towards their respective objectives.
"Nani, are there a large number of new country troops coming?"
On May 5, just as the Asada Division entered Anmi County, it received a report from the vanguard troops that the New Country Army was heading towards Anmi, which surprised Asada Motoji.
"The New Country Army will not try to attack the main force of our division."
Asada Danji laughed, but it was obvious that he was not well versed in the culture of the new country. He did not know that besieging Wei to save Zhao and besieging a point to attack the reinforcements were essentially different, and he confused the two.
Chief of Staff Nishi Yoshitana also laughed and agreed: "Yes, the Asada Division is not the Tamura Division, and as long as we hold on to Anmi, even if the New Country Army has strong firepower, they can't do anything to us."
"Haha, that's good. Arrange the defense of Anmi County immediately and let the warriors build positions." Asada Motoji was very pleased with the chief of staff's flattery.
"Since the New Country Army has many artillery pieces, we also need to set up more anti-gun holes and the artillery positions need to be properly arranged."
Although Asada Motoji did not think that the new country's army was very strong, after all, the other side had destroyed many dwarf locust armies. He would not underestimate the other side and would still make the necessary arrangements.
In just half a day, before the Nanshan army arrived, the dwarf locusts had built a simple defensive position relying on the city.
"Yes, these elite dwarves are indeed different after being prepared."
When the soldiers were setting up the camp, Zhang Wei observed the dwarf locust positions with a telescope and couldn't help but sigh.
The positions of the dwarf locust army were arranged quite cleverly. Not only did they set up two lines of defense in front of the city, they also made full use of the terrain and occupied the commanding heights.
Han Shaorong put down the telescope and sighed: "The arrangement of the dwarf locust can only be attacked by force. If we attack by force, the casualties of the soldiers will be unpredictable."
"It doesn't matter. Concentrate the artillery of the two divisions and use the artillery to plow the Little Locust position. I don't believe this position can withstand the artillery fire." Zhang Wei looked indifferent.
Although he wanted to surround the city and attack the reinforcements, there were nearly 20,000 dwarf locusts after all. Without increasing their strength, how could he put pressure on the dwarf locust army in the city and force them to ask for help?
He would not be like Xue He and Wang Ming last time, who were frustrated by the feint attack. Although the strategic goal was finally achieved, Zhang Wei also knew that the dwarf locust did not ask for help at first.
If we don't hurt the dwarfs, given their arrogant personalities, who knows what will happen.
Besides, besieging the point and attacking the reinforcements is just a supplement. In the end, we still have to destroy this army of dwarf locusts.
"Concentrate all the artillery regiments of your two divisions and launch an artillery attack on the Dwarf Locust's position at 5:00 p.m."
"Yes, Commander." Han Shaorong and Mu Junwen responded and went down to make arrangements.
"Boom boom boom."
At five o'clock in the afternoon, the Nanshan Army launched a fierce artillery attack on the dwarf locust position.
"Damn it! Are these new people going to attack now? Quick, hide in the anti-artillery cave."
The officer of the Short Locust underestimated the situation and thought that it was almost dark and the New Country Army would not attack. However, he was caught off guard by the Nanshan Army.
"How can the new country's artillery be so powerful?"
"God bless me, please don't let the shells fall near me."
Even though they were hiding in the anti-artillery caves, the soldiers still couldn't help but tremble with fear when they felt the powerful vibration caused by the shells hitting the ground.
Zhang Weike did not hide anything. All the cannons of the two artillery regiments were taken out. The shells of 40 203-caliber cannons fell on the position, causing an extremely terrifying shock wave.
Even though they hid in the bomb-proof caves, many people were still killed or injured by the shock.
The people on the ground were able to retreat, but heavy machine guns, grenades, grenade launchers, artillery shells and other weapons suffered. Under the artillery bombardment, countless weapons were destroyed.
Hearing the shelling outside the city, Motoji Asada at the command center in the city also looked unhappy.
"Damn it! These new people actually directly bombarded our positions. How abominable! Let the artillery regiment immediately counterattack and attack the new country's artillery positions."
"Hi, Your Excellency the Division Commander." A staff officer responded and immediately went to convey the order.
After the Nanshan Army bombarded for more than 20 minutes, the Locust Artillery also began firing shells. However, its range was not as good as the Nanshan Army's artillery, and only a small number of sparse shells fell on the Nanshan Army's artillery positions.
"Has the artillery suffered heavy losses? Let them move their positions quickly and counterattack the dwarf artillery positions." Upon seeing this, Zhang Wei immediately gave orders.