"What do you two think?" Bai Chongxi saw that Zhang Lingfu's analysis was very reasonable, and turned to ask Guan Linzheng and Du Yuming for their opinions. Although he was here to supervise the battle, he held Shangfang's sword.

However, it is still very important to have a good relationship with the two powerful generals. After all, in the current war, a disagreement between the generals will be detrimental to the progress of the war.

Guan Linzheng and Du Yuming also felt that Zhang Lingfu was right. As for the problem of minefields, they had to be cleared even at the cost of human lives. Otherwise, what would they do as soldiers?

Eating food and fighting a war is a matter of course.

Bloodshed and sacrifice were even more common. As long as we could invade Jincheng, completely annihilate Zhang Xinghan's defenders, and capture or kill Zhang Xinghan alive, no matter how much sacrifice we had to make, it would be worth it.

At that moment, the division commander Guan Linzheng expressed his position: "Brother Lingfu, this method is good. We completely agree to do it this way. Mr. Bai, do you think there is anything else that needs to be added?"

It can be seen from this that Guan Linzheng also knows how to deal with people.

Bai Chongxi's eyes flashed with approval, and he nodded happily: "I have nothing to add, Master Guan, please give me the order."

"Well, Guangting, you will personally direct the attack at night. I'll leave you to arrange the specific matters," Guan Linzheng said to Du Yuming.

"Yes." Du Yuming stood up and responded, turned around and took the order.

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Both attacks by the Central Army in the south of the city ended in failure and suffered heavy losses.

The performance of the Jinsui Army in the north of the city was even worse. They encountered a minefield in their first attack. They were bombed to pieces and suffered heavy casualties.

After the second attack, they were attacked by intensive machine gun and artillery fire from a tank unit of the Northeast Border Guard and the defenders outside the west gate.

Hundreds of corpses were found, and it ended dismally, ending the first day of the official attack.

Towards evening, in the former enemy headquarters of the Jinsui Army.

When Yang Aiyuan and Sun Chu, who had just arrived, learned that their troops had performed so poorly, they were furious and summoned the Jinsui Army brigade commander in charge of the attack.

He was scolding him angrily.

"A bunch of idiots spent a thousand days raising troops and using them for a short period of time. They didn't even touch a hair of anyone, and they lost nearly a thousand men and horses in vain. Are all the guys in your hands just burning fire sticks?

This is completely stupid pig-like command!" Yang Aiyuan scolded loudly with a dark face.

The Jinsui Army brigade commander who was being trained remained silent, said nothing, lowered his head, and looked ashamed.

Sun Chu on the side saw this and came out to smooth things over and said: "Brother Xingru, just calm down the fire. It's not all Brigadier Wu's fault. I heard that the Central Army in the south also suffered heavy losses in their attack today. Who is to blame?"

It’s my fault that the Northeastern Army is too powerful.”

"Commander Wu, don't take it too seriously. Jincheng is about the life and death of hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the Third Jin Dynasty. Commander Yang, who shoulders the great trust of Mr. Yan, is anxious and speaks harshly. You should be more considerate."

"I don't dare to be humble. The failure during the day is indeed due to improper command of humble officers. I ask Commander Sun and Commander Yang to punish me." Seeing Sun Chu trying to smooth things over for him and going down the steps, the brigade commander surnamed Wu didn't dare to blame him, so he quickly and respectfully admitted his mistake.

Yang Aiyuan was also deliberately strict, so as to prevent the frontline soldiers from fearing death and injury in battle and not doing their best, which was also intended to scare the monkeys.

But seeing that Brigadier Wu's attitude was still respectful and honest, he pondered for a while and said: "I hope you realize that you have made a mistake. I will give you a chance to redeem yourself and make meritorious service. Your position will be reduced to regimental commander and acting brigade commander. If there is no substantial progress tomorrow,

, ask for guilt together!”

"Yes, thank you Commander Yang for not killing me." Brigadier Wu stood up and saluted respectfully, then turned around and left.

After witnessing the departure of the brigade commander surnamed Wu, Sun Chu saw Yang Aiyuan's intentions. He was afraid that Yang Aiyuan would have murderous intentions again, so he advised: "Brother Xingru, killing generals in battle is a taboo for military officers. To scare the generals, we can take other methods."

"I don't know. It's just that if Jincheng doesn't fall for a day, we won't be able to return north to support Yanmen Pass and Jingxing Pass. Time is really precious to us.

The Central Army can afford to wait, but we cannot afford to delay. Otherwise, if time passes and the Northeastern Army breaks through and invades Taiyuan, everything will be too late!" Yang Aiyuan said bitterly and helplessly.

"I understand your feelings, but haste makes waste, so be patient." Sun Chu said: "But then again, the Northeast Army's combat strength is indeed too strong. It is only less than 20,000 people.

A partial division, I can’t believe how astonishing the fighting power of the hundreds of thousands of troops outside Yanmen Pass is.”

Suddenly, a communications adjutant came over with a telegram in his hand, stood up and saluted the two men and said, "Sir, General Fu Zuoyi is calling from the south."

Although Fu Zuoyi's sneak attack on Jingxing Pass was successful, his troops suffered heavy losses. In addition, Jincheng was blockaded by the Northeast Army. Considering that the less than a thousand of his men returned to the north, it would not have much effect on the war situation.

After Yang Aiyuan discussed with Sun Chu, he asked Fu Zuoyi to lead his troops to continue stationed at Tianjingguan to make plans for the future.

However, the Central Army obviously had a longer-term view and seized the southern wall of Tianjing Pass and most of the barracks in the pass. Fu Zuoyi's remnants had no choice but to rely on the city wall as a foothold in the battle.

At the moment, both sides' targets are Jincheng and Zhang Xinghan, and they have no intention of conflict.

But one thing can be foreseen. Once Jincheng is captured, there will be a battle between the Jinsui Army and the Central Army at Tianjing Pass.

Because for the Jinsui Army, Tianjing Pass was too important.

However, this is only if the Jinsui Army and the Central Army want to break through Jincheng, the difficulty is no less difficult than climbing to the sky. As for capturing Zhang Xinghan alive, it is even more impossible.

Ten thousand steps back, even if Jincheng could not be defended due to heavy casualties among the defenders, Zhang Xinghan could break out of the encirclement and escape into the Taihang Mountains under the cover of the guard camp and airborne brigade.

These two elite elite special forces units under his command, which are ranked among the best in the world, are not just trumped up.

"What did Fu Zuoyi say in the message?" Yang Aiyuan asked without thinking much.

"General Fu Zuoyi called and said that there was news from the Central Army that attacking during the day would be vulnerable to the air force and artillery firepower of the Northeast Frontier Army.

Therefore, each attacking force should choose to attack at night, so as to offset the opponent's air force and artillery advantages to the greatest extent.

We can take advantage of our large number of troops." The communications soldier answered truthfully.

Yang Aiyuan and Sun Chu couldn't help but look at each other after hearing this, and both saw a hint of surprise in each other's eyes.

"You are absolutely right. The reason for the daytime attack was not that our officers and men of the Jinsui Army were not brave enough, but that the firepower of the Northeastern Army under Zhang Xinghan was too strong.

This kind of strength is enough to make up for the imbalance in numbers between the two sides." Sun Chu couldn't help but pat the table and praised.

Yang Aiyuan immediately gave an order: "Immediately mobilize elite troops and prepare for a night attack. This time we will make the Northeast Army look good and regain its position during the day!"

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After repelling two attacks by the Central Army, Zhang Xinghan returned to the city. When he learned that the Jinsui Army's attack had also been defeated, he returned directly to his headquarters in the city.

Guard Battalion Commander Guo Zhong and Airborne Brigade Captain Wang Longxiang also returned.

Standing next to Zhang Xinghan, one on the left and the other on the right. Seeing Zhang Xinghan's frown, Wang Longxiang couldn't help but ask: "Chief, it seems that you are very anxious? Didn't we fight very well this afternoon? What if the battle between the Jinsui Army and the Central Army

Our strength has always been above this level, and we can definitely hold on to Jincheng for more than a month."

After hearing this, Zhang Xinghan came back from his thoughts and turned around and said: "The brothers fought very well this afternoon and gave full play to our firepower advantage, but we cannot be careless for a moment.

The strength of the Central Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army was ten times that of mine. The losses they suffered in the afternoon were nothing at all, and they were far from damaging their muscles and bones.

What I'm worried about is that they suffered a loss during the day and will definitely not give up at night.

After night falls, our air force cannot take off to join the battle, and our artillery is blinded. This is the moment when the enemy and we truly compete."

After hearing what Zhang Xinghan said, Guo Zhong and Wang Longxiang couldn't help but nod in agreement.

They were obviously confused by the easy victory in the afternoon and were not aware of the current crisis.

Guo Zhong frowned and said, "Chief Officer, do we have any good measures to take just in case?"

Zhang Xinghan pondered for a while, and finally shook his head and said: "If we fight at night, we can only ask the troops to be more vigilant and guard against death. Other than that, I don't have any other good ideas."

In fact, Zhang Xinghan already had a brilliant plan in mind. If this plan is adopted, the Central Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army that will attack tonight will definitely suffer heavy losses.

In the next few days, you can also feel fear and be unable to attack again.

However, Zhang Xinghan was unwilling or could not bear to use it.

Because this plan is nothing but the use of poison gas bombs, which the Central Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army could not have expected. If all the defenders were to wear gas masks before they attacked, and the poison gas bombs were suddenly released, they would be able to catch them off guard.

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The various departments of the Central Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army are definitely not equipped with poison gas bombs now, because they are not the anti-war veteran troops that have fought against the Japanese in history.

He still lacks sufficient awareness of precautions against poison gas bombs, so as long as Zhang Xinghan uses poison gas bombs, he will not only be able to severely damage the Central Army and Shanxi-Sui Army that may attack tonight.

It will also make them afraid to launch attacks in a short period of time because they are afraid of poison gas bombs.

However, as a Chinese Communist, the ultimate goal of Zhang Xinghan's Southern Expedition was to unite the forces of the entire nation as quickly as possible, unanimously declare war on the outside world, and achieve a strategic blockade of Japan to prevent its resurgence.

Unless he had to, Zhang Xinghan did not want to confront the Jinsui Army and the Central Army, who were both sons and daughters of the Chinese nation.

Not to mention the use of inhumane weapons of mass destruction such as poison gas bombs.

Against the Japanese and other foreign invaders, Zhang Xinghan could use these poison gas bombs in violation of international conventions on a large scale without blinking an eye or scruple.
Chapter completed!