Warlords: Conquer the world from the county magistrate

Chapter 217 Lin Zongde's Reckless Advance

Although this guess was hard to accept, Yuan Yueting remained calm. Feng Huamin was the only one who knew the specific situation of Sanjiang Province.

Yuan Yueting shouted to the guards outside the door: "Come here, bring Feng Huamin here."

A team of guards immediately took action and brought Feng Huamin over.

"Feng Huamin, tell me honestly, how many troops are left in Sanjiang Province?" Looking at Feng Huamin, Yuan Yueting asked with a complicated expression.

When Feng Huamin heard this question, a look of embarrassment flashed across his face, and then he sighed.

"I divided the troops into three routes, attacking Lingshan, Yanping and Jingshui counties respectively. The progress in all three places was very slow. After several days of fierce attack, the Nanshan Army suddenly counterattacked our attacking forces."

"Except for the 15th Army, no other troops were able to withdraw at that time."

After hearing this news from Feng Huamin, Yuan Yueting finally gave up. He waved his hand and said to the guards, "Take him back."

"Mr. President, this time we are joining forces with the New Southern Army, the situation is very unfavorable to us." Wu Peisheng frowned after Feng Huamin was taken away.

"Now the 12th and 15th armies of Sanjiang Province have probably been wiped out by the Nanshan Army. Even if we send out another 210,000 troops, our military strength will still be the weakest."

"Whether we are wasting our time with the Nanshan Army or dividing the fruits of victory with the Southern New Army after defeating the Nanshan Army, we will be at a disadvantage."

There was a hint of worry in Yuan Yueting's eyes. The Nanshan army was too powerful. In just one or two days, they entered Sanjiang from Nanshan and destroyed two armies.

It even took only half a day to destroy an army, especially when the Northern Army was defending the city.

With such combat power, how could Yuan Yueting not be worried.

Yuan Yueting's eyes flickered, and he looked at Wu Peisheng and said, "Peisheng, I appoint you as the commander-in-chief of this southern expedition."

"Your mission is not to achieve great results, but to bring these four armies and nine divisions back safely."

Wu Peisheng said excitedly: "Don't worry, President, I will definitely complete the task."

Although the Nanshan Army is powerful, it is not invincible. There is also the Southern New Army to provide firepower. Wu Peisheng is confident that he can get a share of the pie.

Sanjiang Province, Linjiang City, the First Division’s temporary command post.

"Commander, the results of the battle have been counted." The staff officer came to report at the First Division headquarters.

After Fang Guoxuan nodded slightly, the chief of staff introduced: "In this battle, more than 1 enemies were killed and 351 Daxin -type guns and box guns were seized."

“重机枪320挺，轻机枪1750挺。57口径火炮36门，75口径火炮12门，105口径火炮5门。”

"Has the battle report of Linjiang City been compiled?" Fang Guoxuan asked after listening to the battle report of Linjin.

The chief of staff immediately replied: "It has been counted."

"In the battle of Linjiang, we killed more than 322 enemies and captured 320 Daxin XI-type guns, 1750 heavy machine guns, and 57 light machine guns. We also captured 36 75-caliber guns, 12 105-caliber guns, and 5 -caliber guns."

"In the battles of Linjiang and Linjin, we lost more than 2,000 soldiers in total,"

Fang Guoxuan could still accept the destruction of two armies and the death of more than 2,000 people. The reason why the Nanshan Army suffered less loss was because it had the advantage of more people.

More than 80,000 well-equipped elite troops besieging 30,000 people are of course at a huge advantage.

After introducing the results of the battle, the chief of staff hesitated and said, "Division Commander, the prisoners captured in Linjiang are fine. They can be escorted directly back to Nanshan, but what about the prisoners in Linjin City?"

Even if a truck were to travel from Imjin to Yeonpyeong, it would take a day, and transporting the prisoners back would certainly waste the retreat time of several main divisions.

"The First Division will send two regiments to transport the prisoners and supplies in Imjin City back to Nanshan." Fang Guoxuan said after thinking for a moment.

In the warehouse of Imjin City, a large number of silver dollars, gold bars, grain and other supplies were piled up.

These are all the food, military pay and other supplies prepared by the Northern Army during its last southern expedition, as well as supplies prepared for the next battle.

Fang Guoxuan was unwilling to give up these. There happened to be prisoners who needed to be transported, so most of them could be transported away at one time.

The chief of staff hesitated and asked, "Commander, isn't this too risky?"

Fang Guoxuan shook his head slightly without explaining anything. He just waved his hand to signal the chief of staff to go down and make arrangements.

In the afternoon, the 102nd and 103rd Regiments of the st Division, along with a convoy escorting more than prisoners, headed towards Changhuan.

Source: Fang Jian received Fang Guoxuan's telegram and couldn't help but smile.

Tao Yunong had already found out the numbers of the troops dispatched by the Northern Army, a total of 210,000. Without the 60,000 troops from Sanjiang Province, more than one-fifth of the troops were lost, and the pressure on the northern front was greatly reduced.

While Fang Jian was lost in thought, Tao Yunong entered the office and reported: "Commander, Lin Zongde's troops have entered Dehua County."

Fang Ji'an's expression froze. "Where are Chang Yunxian and Xu Weigong's four armies?"

"Chang Yunxian's troops are marching from Jinchang to Nanshan, and Xu Weigong's 40th Army has just entered Jiyang."

Although the armies of the three people had been assembled and stockpiled a lot of supplies, they needed to readjust their troops after changing their offensive targets, so the armies of Chang Yunxian and Xu Weigong were naturally much slower.

Fang Jian narrowed his eyes slightly, with a hint of mockery on his lips: "Is Lin Zongde crazy? How dare he enter Nanshan alone with only 70,000 men?"

"Since the other party is determined to come here to die, then we don't need to be polite."

"Send a telegram to Cai Tingwu, inform him of the situation of Lin Zongde's troops, and have them formulate combat missions to quickly wipe out Lin Zongde's troops."

There are only four divisions with 80,000 men on the southern front, which is not much of an advantage compared to Lin Zongde's 70,000 men. After thinking for a while, Fang Jian said:

"Send a telegram to the Second Division on the northern front and have them move south immediately to support the northern battlefield."

"Yes, Commander." After receiving Fang Jian'an's order, Tao Yunong immediately went to convey the order.

Looking at Tao Yunong's departing back, Fang Ji'an looked much more relaxed. After eliminating Lin Zongde's 70,000 men, the Southern New Army's Western Expedition Force would only have four armies with 160,000 men left, and the threat would be greatly reduced.

Then Francis Xavier would have hope of not exposing his armored and air force units.

The best effect will be achieved if these two trump cards are not exposed and are used when competing with the great powers.

If it is used in advance, the great powers will be prepared. Not only will they support the rest of the new country with greater force, but they will also be on guard against these two forces.

Through continuous economic invasion over the years, Singapore's huge market has long been regarded as its own private territory by the great powers.

Because the new country was divided and lacked strong military power, they felt at ease and carried out economic plunder with peace of mind.

If the Northern and Southern armies are defeated this time, the Nanshan Army will certainly come into the sight of many great powers. If it fails to satisfy the great powers, it will inevitably be targeted by them.

The Small Locust Kingdom had noticed Nanshan Province before, but was rejected by Fang Jian. Because Nanshan was inland, the Small Locust Kingdom could not take military action, so peace was maintained.

It has caught the eyes of many powerful countries, and if their interests cannot be satisfied, there will be inevitable conflicts.