Regarding Ding Quankun's worries, Lin Ziran is very clear that in fact, as the controller of the overall situation, he is more aware of the pressure faced by the Luo'an garrison.

This is not talking about external military pressure, but internal financial pressure!

In the past few months, behind every victory of the Luoan garrison under his command is a huge military expenditure, and in order to raise military expenses, the officials of the finance department under him have tried their best.

But in order to maintain the foundation of his rule and occupy the political high point, Lin Ziran made a tax restriction order.

The people have the heart, but the tax revenue is less!

That is, in the recent period, he has taken over a large amount of territory, seized a large number of weapons and ammunition, and taken over a large number of enemy assets, and at the same time, the oil industry has a steady stream of supply and cash flow every month, which has made Lin Ziran barely maintain.

But even so, Lin Ziran's military spending is still very tight!

It is very expensive to maintain an army of nearly 100,000!

And to maintain an army of nearly 100,000 to fight, it will cost money like water!

But now that the military budget is tight, there is no way, Lin Ziran knows very well that he is now sailing against the current, and if he does not advance, he will retreat.

Even if the pocket is empty, you can only grit your teeth and continue to hold on, as long as you win, occupy new territory, grab more loot and seize, etc., you can maintain.

In particular, Luohai County, an area with very developed agriculture, mining, industry and commerce, must be won.

Once this area is taken, the financial dilemma that plagued Lin Ziran will be easily solved, and then the foundation for the unification of the whole state will be laid.

If he can't take it, then Lin Ziran will have to rely on Luo'an County to struggle slowly in the future......

When Ding Quankun hurriedly returned to Luo'an County, Lin Ziran once again set his sights on the south!

In the southward operation, it is necessary to make a breakthrough quickly, quickly defeat Shao Bing's main force, and then lay the foundation of the battle, otherwise, the time will drag on for too long, not to mention the problem of equipment superiority, and the finances on Luo'an's side will have to completely collapse first.

With this thought, in the afternoon, Lin Ziran had once again ordered the troops to move south quickly, breaking through the enemy's defense line and seizing the strategic opportunity before the enemy re-established a solid defensive line.

When the troops led by Lin Ziran broke through the defense line of the Luo Navy and quickly moved south, Shao Bing on the side of Luo Haicheng was panicked.

"What? The line of defense was breached? ”

In fact, yesterday afternoon, he had already received feedback from the Luohai fleet, saying that Lin Ziran's unit in the north was a little abnormal, and that he blocked Dingjiang under the pretext of some exercise yesterday, and that a large number of ships docked on the top of the Dingjiang fortress.

By noon today, he had already learned from the steamship that had urgently returned from the front line that Lin Ziran's troops had launched a fierce attack on the defenders of the Luo Navy at dawn today.

After learning the news, Shao Bing was actually very calm at that time, although he convened a meeting of a large number of generals at that time to discuss the mobilization of troops to reinforce the northern front.

But at that time, Shao Bing was actually very calm.

The northern defense line has 25,000 troops, not to mention a large number of smoothbore guns, but also more than 10 100 mm caliber front-loading rifled steel guns, which is the latest product of the Nanzhou Machinery Bureau, and the effective firing range can reach two or three thousand meters.

The rifles that the infantry are equipped with are all South China Sea rifles.

There are also well-established fortifications built over the years.

Therefore, even if the other party fights, it is estimated that there will be no problems for a while.

So Shao Bing held a meeting very calmly, arranged reinforcements and a lot of other messy issues.

Several meetings went on for hours, and when the arrangements were made, it was late in the evening.

But at this time, someone urgently reported that the northern defense line had been breached!

"It's only been a long time, it's only been a few hours before it has been breached, are you kidding me?" Shao Bing exploded in foul language directly in front of the subordinates who reported the news.

It's unbelievable!

The northern defense line can't bear it, even if Lin Ziran on the opposite side can fight again, even if he only resists for a few days and then collapses, he won't be like this.

However, this man said that the northern defense line, which of more than 20,000 people, only resisted for three or four hours before the whole line collapsed.

It's just a joke!

It's to insult his Shao Bing's IQ!

But after the rage, he once again looked at the battle report!

Although this battle report is not very detailed, it only talks about the general transfer of the two sides, but it makes Shao Bing look extremely weird.

Why?

Because the battle report seems to be normal, the deployment of your troops, the reaction to a surprise attack, and the corresponding movement are quite standard.

The senior commanding generals at the front, after being attacked by Lin Ziran's shameless sneak attack, did not panic, but steadily mobilized troops to rely on the defense line to hold on, and did not even recklessly launch a counteroffensive or anything like that.

Even the infantry did not meet in a dense line on the field, as in the past, but opened fire with South Sea rifles on the breastwork, behind the trenches.

All the responses of his own troops were normal in Shao Bing's opinion.

But the result is not normal!

The commander of the Sixth Division, in order to avoid the encirclement of the troops, on the one hand, transferred troops to try to plug the gap, and on the other hand, he also ordered the other troops to retreat, so as not to be dragged into the encirclement.

However, the gap could not be blocked, and the other retreating troops could not be withdrawn, and as soon as they withdrew slightly, they were immediately hit by a large amount of firepower.

Immediately afterward, when the 1st Corps of the 1st Division of the enemy completed the flank detour, the 6th Division was finished......

A whole division of more than 10,000 people, not a single one could be withdrawn, except for more than 2,000 dead and wounded, the rest were forced to surrender after being surrounded.

The main force of the Sixth Division was finished, and the Seventh Division on the side naturally couldn't bear it, and soon it was continuously broken through the defensive line and outflanked in a roundabout way, and finally the commander of the Seventh Division had no choice but to order surrender.

The northern defense line composed of two divisions and more than 25,000 people failed to hold up for four hours, and was quickly defeated by the Luo'an garrison under Lin Ziran and Lin Ziran.

Why is it so easy to open a gap in your own defense, and why can't your troops plug it?

Shao Bing looked at this battle report repeatedly, and finally set his eyes on the words rear-loading artillery.

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