92 The improvement of the Ming army
Another thing also made Wang Jue a little helpless, the 1st Division of the Praetorian Guard Army within the establishment of the 1st Army of the New Army suffered heavy losses in the battle of crossing the river. Although this unit fought to the death in the process of crossing the river because of loyalty and fanaticism, due to its limited training and experience, its own casualties increased exponentially.
When the tanks on the flanks rushed over to cover them, these reckless Ming soldiers rushed onto the riverbank, and as a result, a division of more than 10,000 troops was exhausted in the river. Their losses also directly raised the losses of the new army on the Liuhe defense line, so that the casualties of the Ming army in this first tank battle reached more than 6,500 people.
This is still the result of the Ming army's surprise, with a weak attack on the strong, and the introduction of new weapons, if it is placed before, more than 6,500 casualties may not even be able to force the Liuhe River to cross. Comparing the losses of the rebels, perhaps these casualties of the Ming army are quite good, because the defeated rebels were captured by more than 50,000 and more than 6,000 were killed.
As can be seen from the casualty figures, if it were not for the tanks that opened the way in the ensuing battle, the rebels' Liuhe defense line would have been almost impossible to break through. The rebel soldiers killed on the Liuhe defense line did not even lose one-third of the Ming army's losses, and if it were not for the loss of the defense line that caused them to be forced to retreat, the Ming army might not have been able to achieve the current results even if it cost 20,000 people.
In the early morning of the next day, the Ming troops near Daliutun continued to advance towards the area of Xinmin County, and there was nothing left to stop them in front of them. At this time, the general headquarters of the Liaohe defense line of the rebel Jin State finally got the news of the collapse of the entire Liuhe defense line.
It took only one morning for the Ming soldiers to break through the relatively strong Liuhe defensive line, which shocked the rebel commander Todeltai, who could not even believe the authenticity of the news, until he heard the Jin defenders near the county seat of Xinmin send a telegram from the Ming army to the city, and finally confirmed the astonishing news.
"Send a plane to check! Check it out for me! Let's see how many troops the Ming army has crossed the Willow River! After giving such an order to his subordinates, Todeltay roared and wandered around his headquarters anxiously, when suddenly he stopped, stared viciously at the Liuhe defense line, and shouted, "Ye Hehao Zhan! You sin fool! ”
Although the Liuhe defense line is not as important as the Liaohe defense line, it is also an important barrier for the Jin army on the flank. Losing Xinmin and Zhangwu, the battle of Liaodong that the rebels riskily planned this time only had a small area near Fengtian, and this little profit could not be compared with the losses of hundreds of thousands of troops.
If Xinmin is lost, then the occupied area of Fengtian is almost equivalent to losing the west of the Liao River to the Ming army. This is definitely not good news for the Jin country, which has sacrificed its life, if the Ming army can tear up the Liuhe defense line, then the Liaohe defense line will not be as solid as before, no one dares to jump to conclusions.
"On the Japanese ally's side, troops have already been dispatched to the northern section of the Liaohe defense line, and if possible, more than 20,000 people of the 3rd Division of the Japanese army will cross the Liaohe River to reinforce our army in Xinmin." An officer saw Todeltey keeping his eyes on the map and hastened to give an update on troop movements.
He also knew that because the news came too late, it was too late to get up and mobilize troops to support the Liuhe defense line, and the only thing he could do was to see if he could stabilize Xinmin, and then form a new defense line in Xinmin to stop the Ming army from continuing to advance.
"General! Since the Ming army was able to cross the Liuhe River, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not have the ability to directly take the new people! An officer stood behind Todeltay and reminded: "When we were in Dawa, the Ming army broke through the defense line of Yehehao's battle, and this time it broke through again, this is not accidental, right?" ”
"What a shitty accident! Ye He Hao Zhan that rice bucket! Idiot! I don't know military strategy at all, I only know how to play with women's pigs! Todel Tay used all the words he could think of to curse Ye Hehao Zhan, but as he cursed, he also realized a serious problem: although Ye Hehao Zhan was not a powerful general, he had also participated in the battle against the Ming army before, and although the attack was insufficient, the defense should be more than enough.
But in the two battles of Dawa and Liuhe, Ye Hehao Zhan was defeated by the Ming army, this should not be Ye Hehao Zhan's indifference - he has already been defeated once, if he is defeated again, Ye Hehao Lian will not spare him, and the result of defeat can only show one thing: the Ming army should have improved in the offensive battle, at least it can make Ye Hehao Zhan unprepared!
Thinking of this, Todeltay suddenly realized that if this speculation was true, then the entire Liaohe defense line would no longer be safe. So instinctively, he quickly turned back and commanded a group of officers under him: "Quick! You guys go to the front at once! Reinforcement of all the defensive lines that can be reinforced! Behind all the defensive lines, build one more defensive line! ”
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The news that Ye Hehao had lost the Liuhe defense line was also transmitted back to the front headquarters of the Fengtian Jin State Army early the next morning, and Ye Hehaolian, who was just about to eat breakfast, heard the news and almost didn't lift the table. After he ordered the execution of several of the maids who served him, he ordered Yehhoran to be summoned to discuss the aftermath of the war.
Now this war to weaken the Ming Empire, which was promoted by the Jin State, Japan, Ceylon, and even Britain behind the scenes, is already destined to not achieve any decent results. After successfully operating the Japanese rebellion, Ceylon, a country composed of Chinese, finally saw that the Ming Empire was not a decadent country that collapsed with a breath in the war that disrupted the northeast region of the Ming Empire.
The Jin state's attempt to reap the benefits of a war and stabilize the area it occupied was a complete failure. On the contrary, he now has to face a Ming Empire that seems to have regained the sense of war of the past. No one felt the pressure more than Yehehaolian, as if there was a giant dragon coiled in front of him, staring at him with eyes that made it impossible for him to move.
Ye Hehao Lian needed to vent, vent the fear in his heart that he had never had, everyone had seen that the Ming Empire had lost more and won less in the past hundred years, but they had forgotten how powerful a country it had been.
"Hasn't the envoy sent to the Ming Empire arrived yet? How long will I have to wait? The army of the Ming Dynasty is about to fight in my dormitory! Do they still have the heart to rub on the road? After seeing Yeheholan, the emperor, who was originally quite calm, roared hoarsely.