Steady!

This was Lin Ziran's first reaction after receiving the battle report from Xu Zhongshu.

Originally, he just thought that Xu Zhongshu could lead his troops to assault the enemy's northern flank defense line, and then quickly detour back to the enemy's depth, and then strike at the enemy's flank, forming a semi-encircled situation.

But I didn't expect Xu Teng's response to be so fast, the roundabout corps led by Xu Zhongshu had just set off, and before they arrived at the intended battle location, Xu Teng had already sent 30,000 reinforcements to reinforce the northern flank.

But he didn't expect Xu Zhongshu to be so violent, and he actually defeated the opponent's defense line in the attack of the day after returning to his position, not to mention that he surrounded the other party and came to annihilate.

In this way, it also directly led to a huge change in the entire battlefield.

Xu Zhongshu's roundabout corps not only succeeded in the roundabout, but also annihilated 50,000 enemy troops by the way, which directly reduced the strength of Xu Teng's command from 150,000 to about 100,000.

What does this mean?

It means that Xu Teng will no longer have the advantage of troops!

Before the war, Xu Teng transferred a total of more than 150,000 troops to the west, and the previous two exploratory attacks seemed to be ugly, but in fact there were not many casualties, and there were only thousands of casualties if they died, and the follow-up retreat was relatively smooth, and all kinds of heavy weapons were successfully taken away by Xu Teng, which can be said to be undamaged.

On the side of the Southern Navy, the original Seventh Division, the Eighth Division, and the Sixth Heavy Artillery Regiment, followed by Lin Ziran with the First Division, the Second Division, the Fourth Division, and the Fifth Division, a total of four infantry divisions, four cavalry divisions, and three heavy artillery regiments to reinforce them, and the two added up to six infantry divisions, four cavalry divisions, and four heavy artillery regiments, with a total strength of about 115,000 people.

In the past, the South China Navy still had a disadvantage purely in terms of strength, but it can be said that it has an absolute advantage in firepower, especially in artillery.

But now, the 50,000 men in Hetai County have been finished, which directly led to a reversal of the forces of both sides.

The South China Navy now has not only an advantage in firepower, but also an advantage in troops.

Even in terms of logistics, the South China Navy itself has two large, one medium and one small, a full five arsenals, these arsenals produce a large number of weapons and ammunition every day, and through the Luo River, the South Luo River continues to transport to the front line, and at the same time, the South China Sea Fleet is strong enough to firmly control the Luo River and the South Luo River, escorting material transport ships to the front line in a steady stream.

In contrast, there is only one small and low-tech arsenal in Hetai County, which can only use Fuyuan muskets to modify breech-loading rifles, and produce front-loading rifled guns in small quantities, and the output of ammunition is not large, and the ammunition materials of both sides are not at the same level.

With so many advantages, if the Southern Navy can still defeat the battle in this way, Lin Ziran may have to kill the senior generals under his command one by one, so what is the use of leaving such waste.

But Xu Zhongshu and they are obviously not waste, otherwise they would not have won such a big battle in the northern flank.

After receiving the battle report, the first thing Lin Ziran did was to find the people from the Quanxu Department, "The northern wing is a great victory, and the follow-up merits must be done well, and no meritorious soldiers must be left behind!" ”

"The vast number of soldiers are on the front line for the reunification of Nanhai Prefecture and the reunification of Daheng, we must not chill their hearts, and the promotion and reward of meritorious soldiers must be completed as soon as possible!"

Later, Lin Ziran brought Wu Guanlin and other senior generals of the headquarters over, and simply held a meeting to arrange the follow-up battle for the victory on the northern flank.

"After the great victory on the northern flank, the enemy forces are at a disadvantage, and at the same time our roundabout corps is also advancing rapidly in the southeast direction, and it is impossible for the enemy to be unaware of these conditions." Wu Guanlin pointed to the map and said, "In this case, there is a high probability that the enemy army will flee in a hurry, because if they continue to stay in Huaijiang, sooner or later it will be a dead end!" ”

"Therefore, it is recommended to immediately launch an attack on the frontal front, contain the opponent, prevent them from easily withdrawing from the battlefield, and buy time for the roundabout corps to return to its position!"

"According to the speed of the roundabout corps, it doesn't take much, we only need to drag the enemy for a day, and it is enough for the roundabout corps to return to its position!"

Later, Zhang Hanqiu, the commander of the second division, also said, "This time, we must completely leave the other party behind, and we must immediately launch an attack to contain the other party!" ”

"Once the other party successfully retreats, then although the follow-up can continue to march into Anlong and Hetai, there are too many variables!"

The other generals also saw the precious opportunity now, and they all said that they would immediately send troops and launch an attack on the frontal front, and they could not let the other side retreat easily.

If the opponent forces a retreat while attacking on his own, then what awaits the opponent will be a great rout.

They didn't think that the Hetai Army was capable of retreating smoothly in the face of fierce fighting.

At this time, Lin Ziran stretched out his hand slightly to stop everyone's discussion, and immediately everyone shut up, turned their heads to look at Lin Ziran, and sat upright with their bodies.

Lin Ziran looked around and said, "Now the unification of Nanhai Prefecture, the unification of Daheng has reached a critical moment, even if there is still a little trouble, but no one can stop us from unifying Nanhai Prefecture, and we will be able to use Nanhai Prefecture as the base for unifying Daheng in the future, and then unify Daheng!" ”

"Gentlemen, what we are looking for, what the people of Daheng have been waiting for a long time, the unification of the Daheng nation that has been looking forward to for many years, its closed door has cracked a crack, revealing a glimmer of victory, and what we have to do is to pry open this unified door completely to welcome the great rebirth of Daheng!"

"This official has officially ordered to launch a line attack immediately!"

At this time, Lin Ziran stood up, leaned over and propped his hands on the table, "Now, go!" ”

"Use cannonballs, bullets, and bayonets to tell a handful of national sinners who are trying to block our reunification of Daheng that anyone who tries to stop our reunification of Daheng, no matter who they are, will be ruthlessly trampled on by history!"

As soon as the meeting ended, one after another orders were issued, and the first to receive orders was the artillery positions near the headquarters, and many artillery pieces no longer saved ammunition and barrel life, and began to fire rapid fire.

Later, the order reached the infantry units at the front!

In an instant, the dense gunfire began to sound, and the grassroots officers on some fronts even blew the copper whistle, brandished their sabers, and led the soldiers to charge forward!

On more directional fronts, frequent small-scale roundabout attacks have begun.

For a time, the guns and cannons rang out on the entire front!

The tens of thousands of people on the frontal front line of the South China Navy actually launched a large-scale frontal attack on the front line against the 100,000 enemy troops on the opposite side, and looking at this momentum, it was as if they were the side with more troops.

Xu Teng on the opposite side had just completed the retreat deployment at this time, and was preparing to retreat when it was darker, but he didn't expect that this tactical deployment had just been completed, and before he had time to implement it, the southern navy on the opposite side would come over.

It's over!

This was his first reaction when he heard the gunfire on the front line!

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