novelaction Chapter 29: King Beire achieved his goal, shocking the nation
Chapter 29: King Beire achieved his goal, shocking the nation
The reason why the Beire Army hid in the county town and dared not attack was not an excuse, but they really did not dare.
Because the 2nd Infantry Division and the 4th Infantry Division have really arrived.
第二步兵师第4团、5团、炮3团、坦克7营、8营及部分附属部队组成右路大军，从建平向凌河县发起进攻。
The 6th Regiment, the 4th Artillery Regiment, and the 9th Tank Battalion set out from Yingzhou County and headed towards Lingnan County, where they will be stationed to prevent the Northern Frontier Army from harassing Beire Province from the various city gates of the ancient city.
The ancient city is similar to the Great Wall. It is a product of this different time and space. It was also a defensive facility used in ancient times to prevent invasions by nomadic peoples and has been passed down to this day.
The 10th Infantry Division organized the 4th Infantry Regiment, the th Tank Regiment and part of the artillery to form a large army marching from Xilin County to Weichang County.
The 11th Infantry Regiment and part of the artillery are heading towards Jingpeng County, which is adjacent to Weichang County, and will be stationed there to guard against harassment from Yanbei Province.
Although there is no ancient city wall as a barrier here, there is the natural defense line of Daxingling, so deploying a regiment here is enough to withstand the attack of 1-2 enemy divisions.
What's more, Fu Changqing can't send so many troops to attack Beire Province now.
His 73rd Division was destroyed in Beire Province, and the loss was devastating.
Apart from the 73rd Division, the only combat-ready units he had were the 72nd and 101st Divisions. The rest were second-line garrison troops that were incompletely equipped and had low combat effectiveness.
So Jiang Hua was sure that Fu Changqing no longer had the courage to take the initiative to attack.
Regarding the battle in Beire, the Provisional 2nd Division and the Provisional 5th Division were attacked one after another, and the 73rd Division was also surrounded. As the front-line commander, Chi Haifeng did not dare to report this matter to Fu Changqing.
He planned to report after breaking out, so that he could save face.
But he didn't expect that when the encirclement was formed, he could no longer escape.
So after his breakout attempt failed, he sent a farewell telegram to Fu Changqing.
[Jiang Hua's troops are more powerful than one could imagine. They have tens of thousands of soldiers and are equipped with airplanes, tanks, and over a hundred heavy artillery pieces.
However, our army took the initiative to attack and fell into a trap, resulting in the loss of the temporary 2nd and 5th divisions, and our 73rd division was also surrounded.
But the Beire Army is as timid as a mouse and dares not attack. Our 73rd Division has no hope of breaking out, resulting in defeat. I can only repay the governor's kindness by dying.
Jiang Hua is so powerful that he is invincible. I hope the governor will treat him with caution.
Chi Haifeng's last work. 】
The telegram slipped quietly from Fu Changqing's hands, his eyes still filled with shock, disbelief and confusion.
What shocked him was Jiang Hua's strength.
In just three or four months, how did Jiang Hua create so many troops, as well as planes, tanks and cannons?
He couldn't believe that the 73rd Division and the Provisional 2/5th Division were destroyed so quickly.
It was only two or three days, and nearly 50,000 people from three divisions were gone just like that?
You know, the 73rd Division is one of his three main divisions.
The result was that it was destroyed, which was hard for him to accept.
What confused him was that he seemed to be unable to pose a threat to Jiang Hua anymore.
This can be seen from the rapid destruction of the 73rd Division.
Just as Chi Haifeng said, Jiang Hua is invincible and needs to be treated with caution.
But what if Jiang Hua took the initiative and attacked him? What should he do then?
At this time, Fu Changqing fell into confusion and panic.
The Battle of Beire has not yet ended, and the impact has not yet spread to the surrounding areas.
Although Fu Changqing knew about the battle situation, as the losing party, he naturally could not publicize it, so there are still only a few people who know about the battle situation in Beire.
There was actually no suspense in the following battle for the 2nd and 4th Divisions.
Although the Beire Army retreated to the county town, it could not withstand the large number of heavy artillery from both divisions.
Not to mention the 152mm howitzer, even the M-30 howitzer is enough to blow up the city wall.
When the city was broken, the Beire army in the city surrendered faster than anyone else.
They had no intention of working for Tang Mingshun at all.
What's more, they were already scared out of their wits.
Come to think of it, if the Beire Army had strong combat effectiveness, or even not strong at all, just average, they would have already recovered the central and northern regions.
From this we can also see that the Beire Army is actually rotten to the core.
Five counties including Jingpeng, Weichang, Linghe, Lingnan and even Ningcheng fell into Jiang Hua's hands one after another.
Now the only city left that has not been recovered is Chengbei, an important city in the southern part of Beire Province.
As for the remaining three counties of Liucheng, Longhua and Pingluan, it goes without saying.
Chengbei City is the last obstacle.
"Dad, something terrible has happened. Jiang Hua's troops have already taken Ningcheng, Weicheng, and Liucheng, and are now rapidly approaching our Chengbei City. What should we do now?"
Tang Mingshun's face was filled with panic and helplessness. At this moment, he no longer had his former arrogance, nor did he have any opinions of his own.
Looking at this good-for-nothing son, Tang Yuanhai sighed deeply.
He originally thought that his son was not good at exploring new things but was more than capable of maintaining the status quo, so he handed over the Beire Army to him.
But I didn’t expect Jiang Hua to suddenly appear. What a twist of fate.
Tang Yuanhai's face didn't show any expression, and he said with full energy: "Pack up your things and go to the Northern Frontier, while we still have a little value.
From now on, you should stay in Zhili honestly. Our current property is enough for our family to live a prosperous life."
"Just give up Chengbei City like this? Dad, I won't accept that."
I would rather have a chicken head than a phoenix tail.
In the past, he was the young master of the Beire Army, and he had the final say in the entire southern part of Beire Province.
But after going to Zhili, he could only be a rich young man and had no say at all.
The gap is too big, how can he be willing to accept it?
At this moment, Tang Yuanhai felt deeply helpless.
Now others are about to attack the city, and you are still here telling me that you are unwilling to give up? What were you doing before?
"Well, I'll leave the Special Agents Regiment to you. You'll live and die here with Chengbei City. I'll take your concubines and your property to Zhili. That's it."
The Special Forces Regiment was a guard force that he had built at great expense, and it was a reinforced infantry regiment.
However, Tang Mingshun's face froze when he heard this, and he could only say awkwardly, "Forget it, I'd better stay with Dad. I still want to take care of you in your old age and see you to the end."
A trace of loneliness flashed in Tang Yuanhai's eyes.
I think Tang Yuanhai was also a very powerful man in his time. He started out as a horse bandit and built up such a huge fortune.
In the entire ancient country, there are not many people who can compare with him, but there are definitely no more than 20 people.
Unfortunately, the son he gave birth to was useless, and he had to run for his life when he was old.
Tang Yuanhai and Tang Mingshun ran very fast, and retreated from Chengbei City with the remaining 20,000 people, and retreated to Shangjing through a pass in the ancient city.
Before leaving, Tang Mingshun arranged for personnel to carry out large-scale destruction in Chengbei City.
Not only did they encourage the ruffians in the city to engage in looting, smashing and burning, they also gave them guns and ammunition to embolden them.
At the same time, prisoners were released from prison and asked to join the group of looting, smashing, and burning.
As for the property, all of it was taken away without a single cent missing.
When the First Division recaptured Chengbei City, the city had already suffered severe damage.
The soldiers of the First Division shot and killed all the hooligans who were smashing, looting and burning on the spot without mercy.
After hearing this, Jiang Hua also wanted to kill Tang Mingshun.
For this purpose, he directly called Zheng Yaoxian, the director of the Military Intelligence Bureau.
"Yaoxian, if you have the chance, get rid of this Tang Mingshun."
Zheng Yaoxian's eyes narrowed when he heard this. What did he mean by "have an opportunity"? As long as the commander ordered, even if there was no opportunity, he would create one.
"Yes, I guarantee he won't live more than a month."
Anyone who is targeted by Zheng Yaoxian will definitely not escape his assassination.
Three days later, the entire province of Beire was declared recovered.
Since this battle, Jiang Hua has become famous all over the world.
The former young master of Guiyuan Army once again appeared in the eyes of the world as the King of Beire.
Jiang Hua, who has returned as a king, will definitely take revenge on Changqing and even the Northern Frontier government.
Therefore, the grievances between Jiang Hua, Fu Changqing and Yuan Shicheng also became a topic of conversation among the people.
The huge changes in Beire Province caught Yuan Shicheng off guard.
He originally thought that Fu Changqing and the Beire Army would have no problem dealing with Jiang Hua together, unless both of them were useless.
But he didn't expect that these two people were really useless.
The two sides had a total of more than 100,000 troops.
He couldn't even deal with Jiang Hua.
However, this also proves from the side that Jiang Hua's strength is extraordinary.
Yuan Shicheng had to take Jiang Hua seriously and had a stronger desire to kill him.
But now he can't do anything.
Because of some changes in the south, his main focus is still on dealing with the Southern Alliance. As for Jiang Hua, he will deal with it after he has dealt with the affairs in the south.
The change in Yuan Shicheng's situation was actually a civil war within the Southern Alliance.
The Governor-General of the Two Ridges, Lu Mingcheng, that is, the Governor of Lingxi Province and Lingdong Province, was dissatisfied with the Southern Alliance and declared independence, establishing the Two Ridges Autonomous Government.
A civil war is about to break out.
The Southern Alliance will definitely send troops to encircle and suppress them.
So this also gave Yuan Shicheng an opportunity to take advantage of the situation, and he had no energy to care about Jiang Hua.
However, Jiang Hua's existence did pose a threat to the Zhili region.
As long as the enemy can cross the defense line of the ancient city, they will be able to hit his lair, which forces him to be on guard.
He could only dispatch an army to be stationed at the various passes of the ancient city to guard against threats from Jiang Hua, while the main force was assembled in the southern provinces, looking for opportunities to attack the Southern Alliance.
Therefore, Jiang Hua's popularity did not last long. Compared with Beire Province, a place in the northern part of the Great Wall, the changes in the Liangling Mountains were obviously more worthy of attention.
But this is not the case for King Jiang Yulin of Saibei.
As the young commander, Jiang Jingrui watched the entire battle, which gave him a deeper understanding of the Red Alert Corps.
The information Jiang Jingrui sent back also made Jiang Yulin feel that Jiang Hua could not be taken lightly and should be treated as an equal partner.
But Jiang Hua didn't pay attention to these things.
His main concern now is the base that is about to be upgraded.
The seven days of waiting were extremely tormenting for him, especially since he had to deal with so many government affairs.
He secretly vowed that after the base was upgraded, he would find someone he could trust to take charge of the government.
In this way, he only needs to control the macro and strategic direction, and he won't have to work so hard.
In addition, he needs to hire a few more secretaries to help him share the burden.