The general offensive operation of the Southern Purple City went more smoothly than expected, and it only took six hours for the Southern Navy to take initial control of the fortress city, and by the time it got dark, it was basically possible to declare complete control.

It's just that the Southern Purple City, which is now controlled by the Southern Navy, is no longer a city, but a complete ruin.

The city was not very big in the first place, and after being shelled by hundreds of artillery pieces for several days, there was nothing left but ruins.

As a result, the Yugoslav Navy's anticipated plan to enter the city on a large scale was abandoned, and only troops were sent to the railway station and engineering troops were mobilized to quickly repair the railway in order to connect with the temporary transit railway network outside the city.

After several days of hard work, tens of thousands of engineer divisions and temporary conscripts of the temporary military railway construction army, under the leadership of the technical team of the Luohai Railway Company, has completed the emergency construction task of the railway transfer station in Dafeng Town, and is now laying a temporary railway that meets the standards of Zishengzhou, so as to connect the railway system of Dongdingzhou and Zishengzhou.

Although because of the different gauge standards, it is necessary to transfer at the Dafeng Railway Transfer Station, which has brought about a reduction in the efficiency of railway transportation, but no matter what, it is much stronger than the Mara people.

According to the estimation of the technical team of Luohai Railway Company, it only takes three days to complete the preliminary construction of this section of about five kilometers of connecting railway, and it will be fully opened to traffic within five days.

The temporary military railway was originally temporary, and many sections were simply leveled and directly erected with sleepers and railroad tracks, and tens of thousands of sappers and civilians went into battle together, and the construction speed was quite fast.

However, there is still a lot of work to be done in the follow-up logistics system of the South Navy, and it is extremely difficult to fully utilize the railway network in Shangzisheng Prefecture in a short period of time.

For example, at present, the South China Navy has also dispatched a large number of engineers and technicians in the rear to work overtime to modify the existing trains so that these trains can run on the railway network in Zisheng Prefecture, but this work cannot be done in a day or two.

At the same time, the South China Navy is also preparing to change the railway network of the entire Zisheng Prefecture in the future, and completely replace their tracks with the standard gauge unified with Dongdingzhou and Nanhai Prefecture.

But again, it takes time!

Although the railway has not yet been connected, the military operations of the South Korean Navy cannot be stopped!

After conquering the Southern Purple City, the Southern Navy did not stop, and a large number of main forces had already begun to march on foot along the railway line!

At the same time, fifteen kilometers ahead, the cavalry troops were already taking the lead in attacking forward.

The cavalry units had been ordered to advance rapidly as the vanguard of the whole army.

Lin Ziran instructed them to be fast and act quickly, not only to defeat the railways along the way, but also to ensure that the railways were not damaged, especially some important bridges along the way.

When the army began to move, Lin Ziran did not follow the army as before, but still stayed in the small town of Dafeng Town.

Now the threat faced by the South Navy is not only Zishengzhou, but also the Jingzhou side in the east, especially after the news of the South Navy's raid on Zishengzhou has gradually spread in the past few days, it is estimated that the Jingzhou side will not release the South Navy to go north to Zishengzhou.

At the same time, inside Nanhai Prefecture, news was also transmitted that the troops of Quyang Prefecture and Zhongluo Prefecture on the northern front had moved.

Although the First Army, the main force of the Southern Navy, was stationed on the northern front, and the first division, the core main force, was stationed on the northern front, the strength was still a little less.

Sure enough, it was only a day after taking South Purple City, and Lin Ziran received the news that the Quyang Prefecture troops had launched a large-scale attack on the Luohe Gorge three days ago.

If you calculate the time, at that time, the Southern Navy was still launching a fierce attack on the southern front troops of the Zisheng Army, and it is estimated that Quyang Prefecture immediately launched an attack after getting the news.

Messaging has been relatively fast these days, and by rail or ship, it's much faster than ever.

Although the First Army was also confident in holding the Luohe Gorge, Lin Ziran was still a little uneasy, and sent a message to the First Army in the rear, asking them to take strict precautions and defend the Luohe Gorge no matter what.

The last time I couldn't hold the Luohe Gorge, it was because I didn't have a foothold and it was too late to improve the defense line, but now the Luohe Gorge has been occupied by the First Army for a long time, and perfect fortifications have been built.

If this is still broken, then Lin Ziran will have to consider whether the First Army is deliberately passive and sluggish.

In order to prevent accidents, Lin Ziran also sent a letter to the rear asking the Fourth Army to appropriately transfer a division to the north to prevent the situation from deteriorating.

But in the last two days, the luck of the South China Navy seems to have begun to go bad.

This just replied to the Nanhai Prefecture in the rear, and the next day Lin Ziran got an urgent report that one of his cargo fleets had been attacked in the waters east of Dongdingzhou, even though there were two warships in the cargo fleet itself to escort them, but the two sides discovered each other at dawn, but they were unprepared, which directly led to a cargo ship being sunk.

Later, the escort battleship also fired back and sank an enemy attack battleship, but after learning about this, Lin Ziran's face was still not good-looking.

On the spot, several admirals from the Admiralty were called over and asked what was going on.

The generals of the navy also knew that this matter was a bit serious, just the loss of a cargo ship was nothing, and even the sinking of an enemy army was nothing, the key point was the loss of more than 2,000 tons of various military supplies.

Many of them were guns, ammunition and other materials needed by the garrison in Dongdingzhou.

"What are you eating, at your own doorstep, and when there are escort warships, you were attacked and sunk by enemy warships, I feel ashamed for you!"

"And I remember, many warships in the Navy have already begun to replace their breech-loading naval guns, how can this be useless at all!"

"The navy must take a more proactive and flexible strategy to ensure the safety of maritime transport!"

Lin Ziran's black face, coupled with the slightest unkindness, has fully indicated his attitude.

After teaching a few admirals a lesson, Lin Ziran turned around and went to deal with other things.

After being scolded, several admirals of the navy also hid in a small conference room and began to discuss countermeasures.

"It's not okay to go on like this, although we have a lot of warships, but it is just impossible to escort all ships one-on-one, the enemy can always find an opportunity to attack our fleet, we must take the initiative to attack and directly block their fleet!"

"Yes, they are deceiving people too much, even if the fleet of the Jingzhou side is counted, the navy of several feudal towns in the north has also come down!"

"They didn't take our Nanhai State fleet seriously!"