Chapter 315: The Crisis in Dongpingzhou
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After receiving the order, the town sent by the Duanfang can be said to have immediately left the battlefield, and the soldiers and horses of this town should have immediately sent troops to Dongpingzhou according to Duanfang's intentions.
This commander also thought so, and after coming down from the line of fire, he just let these soldiers have a full meal, and after a little rest, they drove in the direction of Dongpingzhou.
Although the commander has a heart to obey orders, but the soldiers under his command do not have such a consciousness, these soldiers have just withdrawn from the siege of Yizhou City, and they are physically and mentally a little tired, and they have to go to the battlefield again after resting for such a little time, how can they not have a little emotion.
Even if you are an ordinary person, you only take a five- or six-minute break after working for half a day, and the boss above asks you to do such and such things, you will have some emotions, let alone these soldiers.
Under the mood of these soldiers, they walked to Fei County, which was thirty miles away from Yizhou City, at night, and the commander originally wanted to take advantage of the fact that he would not encounter the enemy at night to step up the march.
But these soldiers were not as dedicated as the commander, and they all asked to march after a night's rest, not only the soldiers asked for this, but some of the officers below also proposed to attack Yizhou City continuously for the past two days, and the brothers were really a little tired.
The time to rest for one night can't delay anything, you must know how in Dongping Prefecture there are also two towns of troops, and they can't hold it for a day or two?
After his subordinates said this, this commander thought that the troops of the two towns could indeed hold on for several days, and even if he delayed this night, it would not be a big deal, as long as the two towns in Dongping Prefecture were picked up on time at that time.
Immediately agreed with the statement of his subordinates, stationed in Fei County for a night to rest and rest, this two-day siege war This system is also a little tired, and the reason why I want these soldiers to march overnight is because of Duanfang's order to let him rush to Dongping Prefecture as soon as possible.
Otherwise, he would not have let these soldiers march overnight, and now he has an excuse to rest, and his soldiers have proposed to rest for the night, and he can't force the order.
As the saying goes, the law does not blame the public, even if the end party knows about this matter, it is not easy to punish himself, and it is a pity that such a fair excuse is not used.
So this town was also encamped in Fei County, and the army sent by Duanfang was one of the new armies later trained by the Manchu court.
This time, this army also participated in the siege of Yizhou City, and these soldiers also had a little adaptation to the battlefield, and they had a little grasp of what to do and what to do when fighting.
It is much more mature than the appearance of not fighting before, and the combat power has improved, but after all, I don't know how important time is in a war.
You must know that the time of one night adds up to seven or eight hours, and according to the ever-changing nature of the situation on the battlefield, unpredictable changes have already taken place.
At this moment, the Qing army in these two towns in Dongping Prefecture was in the midst of such unpredictable factors, and this morning Chen Dongsheng's army smoothly converged with Yu Zhu, who had penetrated from Henan.
At this moment, the Qing army in Dongpingzhou was faced with twice the size of the northern army, and the Qing army in Dongpingzhou had been covered by heavy artillery fire from morning to night, and then the northern army of four divisions attacked in turn.
The casualties of the army had already reached 20%, and if they held out for a day at most, the army would collapse, and the sudden move of the town that had gone to support it for a night of rest was simply putting the Qing troops in these two towns of Dongpingzhou in danger.
At this moment, the Qing army's position in Dongpingzhou has experienced a day's artillery attack and infantry attack, and the Qing army's position has long been incomplete, and it can only be barely identified that there is still a shadow of a trench here.
These Qing troops suffered heavy casualties, but they still had the strength of the First World War, and the Qing troops in the trenches were constantly taking advantage of this short ceasefire time to strengthen their positions, dig deep trenches, and according to the knowledge imparted to them by the Japanese instructors when they were trained, they began to build anti-run positions after realizing it.
On the other side, the army led by Chen Dongsheng fought for a full day, and the soldiers still needed time to rest, so they stopped the day's offensive to give these Qing troops a rest.
For a whole night, the Qing army was dedicating a large number of people here to rebuild the position, and it was not until late at night that these Qing troops reluctantly rebuilt the position.
And Chen Dongsheng's side only sent a certain number of alert troops to prevent the Qing army from breaking through at night.
In the early morning of the next day, while both sides were having breakfast, Chen Dongsheng held a telescope in his hand and looked at the position of the Qing army.
Unlike yesterday, the Qing army's position was built again after a night of reinforcement, and Chen Dongsheng took a closer look and found the difference in this position.
The trenches were widened by these Qing troops, and fortresses similar to fire support points appeared on the battle line, and the trenches began to become intricate, if not for the fact that there were many craters.
Chen Dongsheng also thought that the Qing army in front of him had changed to a different unit, and here Chen Dongsheng had to sigh in his heart, although this Qing army was useless in terms of combat effectiveness, it was still possible to carry out this civil engineering operation.
It can be clearly seen that it is a reconstructed trench in response to his attack method yesterday.
With the rumbling of artillery, the battle between the Qing army and the northern army in Dongpingzhou once again unfolded in the artillery preparation of the northern army, and this time these Qing troops finally learned to rely on the trenches to dodge the shells.
Although the casualties were only slightly reduced, they were much more orderly than yesterday's unguarded appearance.
At this moment, the Qing army sent out by Duanfang was also resting enough, and stepped up the march from Fei County to the direction of Dongpingzhou.
It is a 150-kilometer journey from Fei County to Dongping Prefecture, and it will take two days for the army of this town sent by Duanfang to march to Dongping Prefecture.
I don't know if the defenders of Dongpingzhou can hold on for two days, even if they hold it desperately, they break through with the support of the Qing army who come to help, it is estimated that the Qing army in these two towns is already a fee, and they have no combat ability.
In Dongpingzhou, the battle between Chen Dongsheng and the Qing army continued, and the Qing army's defense was much more proficient than before.
And the reinforcements sent by the end side also rushed to Dongpingzhou day and night. (To be continued.) )