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After noon, Yang Hucheng, who was in a somewhat anxious mood, asked again: "How is the progress of each department now?"

Chief of Staff Wang Yishan looked at the enemy-to-me situation marked by Chief of Staff Zhang Shaoting with several staff members on several maps. After thinking for a while, he said: "From the news just came in the afternoon, the original deadlock has begun to be broken, and the departments are continuing to move forward according to the original plan."

Seeing a few staff members hanging maps on the wall, Wang Yishan pointed at Yang Hucheng with a wooden stick and introduced to Yang Hucheng: "The troops of Gao Shuangcheng of the Jingshi have advanced to the Yanchi City and are now adjusting their firepower to attack the city. The troops facing Gao's troops are about 5,000 enemy troops, and the enemy troops of this unit are defending with the fortifications they have already built, and they are eager to capture them."

It sounds like Gao Shuangcheng's troops are making good progress, but Yang Hucheng knows that Yanchi County is near the border between Shaanxi and Ningxia. Gao Shuangcheng's troops launched an attack from the early morning and entered the flat land of Hedong, Ningxia for most of the day, but still failed to take Yanchi County. The progress can be imagined. Wang Yishan said this, but it was just a nice sound.

"After our army crossed the Shaanxi-Gansu border, it has already been launched on the Jingchuan, Lingtai, Chongxin and Huating lines." Wang Yishan hesitated for a while and said truthfully: "But the position of Sun's army is not good for our army. The Yangqu Tong Brigade, which attacked Jingchuan, was in Yaodian Town, and the area of ​​Wayunyi was fiercely resisted by the enemy, and there has been no progress so far; Duan Xiangwu Brigade has now crossed Shaozhai Town and is advancing towards Lingtai; Zhao Shoushan Brigade is fighting fiercely with the enemy in Huating Shangguan, Huating Xiaguan, and Shenyuhe. Judging from the situation reported by Sun's division, there are about 8,000 enemies in front of the division."

"Oh... I miscalculated it!" Yang Hucheng sighed with some annoyance: "It would be better if Sun Weiru master went west from Zhilu Pass and along the road leading to Qingyang, crossing Ziwu Ridge to attack westward. At least it would be better than being stuck between these rivers."

Previously, when formulating a combat plan, Yang Hucheng advanced towards Lanzhou in order to conquer Pingliang in one fell swoop, and decided to push Sun Weiru's troops westward from Changwu to Longxian. But now, seeing Sun Weiru's troops slow progress between several rivers, Yang Hucheng really regretted it.

From the map, from Changwu's attack on Longdong, there were Jinghe River, Malian Water and Luo Water in the north, Pankou River and Daxichuan River in the south, and Yangqu Tongwei could only advance along the road between Jinghe River and Pankou River leading to Jinghe. On this road, Xu Chaoyuan and Dong Bicheng had already arranged various means to wait for Yangwei.

After paying a lot of money, Duan Xiang's Martial Brigade occupied Shaozhai Town, which the People's Army abandoned, it was also in a zone where several rivers intersected. To the north is the Daxichuan Water and to the west is the Puchuan Water, and Lingtai County is located on the north bank where the two waters meet. If Duan Xiang's Martial Department wants to conquer Lingtai, it must wading under the firepower of the People's Army.

The situation of Zhao Shoushan brigade was not much better. Although there was no need to consider the issue of water attack when crossing the mountain to attack Huating, Duan Shoushan's troops were fiercely resisted by the People's Army in Huating Shangguan and Huating Xiaguan areas. If these two dangerous passes were not taken down, Duan Shoushan brigade would not have made any progress.

It is precisely these unfavorable situations facing Sun Weiru that make Yang Hucheng feel a little suspicious of his previous arrangements.

"Commander, please be honest. Although there is no trouble in the Ziwuling line on Zhiluo Pass, our army will also face the enemy's condescending killing and injury with the fortifications. The result may not be better than it is now." Wang Yishan pointed to the map and analyzed, "What's more, even if our army's Sun Army crossed the enemy's Ziwuling defense line and entered Longdong, it will be too far away from the other troops of our side and cannot work together to attack the important city of Pingliang. This will allow the enemy to calmly arrange a counterattack."

Looking at Yang Hucheng's face, Wang Yishan pointed to the map and said, "After all, we underestimated the enemy a little before, but we didn't expect that the People's Army could fight so much. The opponent was at the Shangguan, Xiaguan, Chicheng Town, Xinji, Daxichuanshui, Lingtai, and Jingchuan. With the benefits of mountains and rivers, we built solid fortifications. With the advantages of the opponent's firepower, it is not surprising that our troops are making slow progress."

"Yes. We have underestimated the enemy before. We are not idle after the People's Army took Longdong." Yang Hucheng nodded in a complicated mood. Previously, after obtaining Nanjing equipment and radio supplements, Yang Hucheng still had a high chance of winning, but now it seems that it is hard to say what the final result will be.

After calming down the chaotic thoughts in his heart, Yang Hucheng said to Wang Yishan again: "You continue to talk about the situation of the other routes."

Wang Yishan nodded and continued to point out the map and said, "Our Ma Qingyuan division divided into two groups, one along the passage from Baoji to Tianshui; one route attacked from Liangdang to north. Now it is blocked in the areas of Sancha and Maijiya respectively. Because the enemy was prepared and our side did not have a advantage in the area of ​​land, we have not made much progress yet. It is reported that the division faced about 6,000 enemies."

According to the initial plan, the Ma Qingyuan Division should be attacked from Liangdang to Tianshui and Qingshui. However, because the terrain between Liangdang and Tianshui was really complicated, the Ma Qingyuan Division's troops were difficult to expand. After reporting Yang Hucheng's approval, Ma Qingyuan personally led the division's direct troops and Chen Shouxu's brigade to attack along the road leading to Tianshui on the banks of the Wei River, and attacked from Liangdang to the north with Han Yinsheng Brigade.

However, on the south side of Ma Qingyuan, the Wei River is the Wei River, the north side and behind is Wushan, and in front is Liu Jifeng's unit of the People's Army, which is guarding Sancha, and Ma Qingyuan is really unable to chew. However, Han Yinsheng's brigade was blocked by the People's Army in Maijiya, and he was also unable to advance.

Yang Hucheng sighed and asked again: "How is the progress of Lu Dachang, Longnan and Sanma in Qinghai?"

"Lu Dachang reported that he was leading his subordinates to attack Li County, and said that there were 56,000 enemy troops in front of him, and the battle was fierce." Wang Yishan's expression was a little strange, "As far as we know, Lu Dachang's troops now have only 6,000 people. If he met a 56,000 People's Army, he would have fled back long ago."

"Hmph, this guy is so bold!" Yang Hucheng said with dissatisfaction, "It seems that he has decided to preserve his strength."

It’s no wonder that Yang Hucheng is angry. The two divisions of Yang’s army have nearly 40,000 troops. Facing the People’s Army, 10,000 taels, 3,000 people were at a loss. Lu Dachang has 6,000 people and lacks artillery support. How dare you say that the battle with the 5,600 people in the People’s Army is fierce? If Lu Dachang really has such ability, it wouldn’t mean that the tens of thousands of troops in Yang Hucheng’s army are all worth the money?

Wang Yishan did not respond and continued: "Ma Lin's troops have more than 4,000 people. It is reported that the vanguard troops have advanced to the Xigu Castle area and were fiercely resisted by the People's Army there, saying that there were about 5,000 enemies in front of them."

"Hehe, another person who spoke nonsense." Yang Hucheng was so happy, "Ma Lin's more than 4,000 mobs actually fought fiercely with more than 5,000 People's Army? If there were 5,000 people on the other side, Ma Xunchen would have run away!"

It’s not that Yang Hucheng underestimated Ma Lin. It’s really because this old man lost the courage to fight the People’s Army after being hunted by the People’s Army last time. If Nanjing had not had the fate and benefits to make it, he wouldn’t want to wade into this muddy water. Even though Ma Bufang had added two thousand men to him, Ma Lin did not go forward in this battle. Instead, he handed over the troops to Su Yanlong for command, and he was in Ledu. But in this way, Ma Lin praised him as more than Lu Dachang, and dared to say that he was fighting with the People’s Army with less than more.

Wang Yishan shook his head and continued to introduce: "The progress of the brothers Ma Buqing and Ma Bufang seems pretty good now. These two brothers have advanced along the Shuimo River and the Dongda River to a place not far from Yongchang. Yongchang is really possible to be taken back by these two brothers. In addition, according to their reports, there are about 5,000 enemy troops in the Yongchang area."

"These brothers used more than 11,000 troops to attack about 5,000 troops in Yongchang in two groups, which is quite reliable." Yang Hucheng thought for a while, and said: "Even if Lu Dachang and Ma Lin had only 6,000 enemy troops in front of each other, the People's Army had more than 30,000 troops on the battlefield. Considering the troop use in the stable areas and the possible reserves, the total strength of the People's Army is only more than 40,000. And our six-way encirclement and suppression troops have a total strength of nearly 70,000 troops. If we fight well, we still have a chance of winning."

Yang Hucheng's words were not so much analyzing the comparison of troops between the two sides, but rather cheering himself up.

Wang Yishan nodded in agreement, and then said, "Commander, the Japanese in the Northeast are not calm yet, and the season is winter, and this battle must end as soon as possible. Otherwise, whether it is public opinion, logistics supply, or morale, it will be detrimental to us."

After hearing Wang Yishan's advice, Yang Hucheng couldn't help but think of Feng Qinzai's disobedience before. He knew in his heart that the longer the battle would be, the more unfavorable it would be for him. Judging from the current combat situation, the People's Army must have used its elite forces to confront his troops, otherwise, Sun Weiru and Ma Qingyuan Divisions would not have made much progress so far. At this moment, Yang Hucheng asked again: "Each division reported that the People's Army had an advantage in firepower, what is the firepower situation of the other party?"

"From the report, the opponent's light and heavy machine guns are much higher than us, and there are more mortars than us. However, we have not seen the opponent use mountain cannons or field cannons yet." Wang Yishan was very clear about the situation reported by each department, and continued, "But, although we have the advantage of artillery, the fortifications that the enemy had long built greatly reduced the effectiveness of our artillery."

"Although the other party did not use field cannons or mountain cannons, they should not be careless." Yang Hucheng's concerns were a little more. "This People's Army successively took down Chen Guizhang, Yang Wanqing, Ma Hongbin, Lei Zhongtian and other troops. I want to come with mountain cannons, and the field cannons can be more or less collected. Remind each unit to pay attention to prevent enemy artillery bombardment. In addition, we ordered each unit to open the way with artillery fire and speed up the advancement! Remind them not to be stingy with shells! Be sure to achieve certain results before nightfall!"

The winter in the northwest is long and the climate is cold. The encirclement and suppression troops are fighting in the enemy territory. After a long delay, there may be any variables. Therefore, Yang Hucheng was also ruthless and prepared to open the way with artillery fire and push forward forcibly. In his opinion, as long as Gao Shuangcheng troops solve the enemy in Yanchi, Sun Weiru and Ma Qingyuan troops open the passage to Pingliang and Tianshui respectively, the entire combat situation will change and will be beneficial to our side, at least there is no need to worry about the problems that cannot be explained to Nanjing. And if Ma Buqing and Ma Bufang brothers take Yongchang again and force Wuwei, it would be even better.

Yang Hucheng thought very well, but unfortunately, the People's Army did not give him this opportunity. After only one night, the situation faced by various encirclement and suppression armies changed completely...

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