Warlords: Conquer the world from the county magistrate

Deep down, he was unwilling to confront him. The reason was that he was unsure about Francis Xavier's troops, and he did not want to send more troops to fight him meaninglessly.

Zhu Yaoxiang subconsciously asked: "Why did he attack Qingshan?"

"Logically speaking, we are openly hostile to Ma Jincen, so we should be his allies."

Zhu Yaoxiang didn't know, so how could the adjutant know why? He said directly: "Commander, the other party has already started to act, you still need to be prepared to respond."

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As soon as the adjutant finished speaking, the sound of artillery was heard outside the city.

"Guards, go and see if the enemy is attacking the city." Zhu Yaoxiang was startled and he ordered.

"Quick, send a telegram to the garrison outside the city, asking them to guard the barracks and send a troop into the city."

Outside the city, the artillery of the 1st Guard Division and the 1st and 2nd New Army Divisions concentrated their artillery fire on Zhu Yaoxiang's military camp north of the city and launched an artillery bombardment.

22 75-caliber mountain guns, 16 105-caliber mountain guns, 18 75-caliber field guns, and 13 105-caliber howitzers fired at the same time, a total of 69 artillery pieces fired at the same time, the power of which is beyond words.

At exactly seven o'clock in the morning, Fang Jian's troops launched an artillery attack. Most of the soldiers in Zhu Yaoxiang's military camp had just gotten up. A large number of soldiers were blown away by the artillery attack. The surviving soldiers in the camp ran around in panic, and the scene was chaotic with the howling of ghosts and wolves.

"Commander, we can't contact the troops outside the city." Zhu Yaoxiang's adjutant hurried to the hall and said to Zhu Yaoxiang anxiously.

"I kept calling on the radio for ten minutes, but there was no response."

After hearing what the adjutant said, Zhu Yaoxiang slumped in his chair and muttered, "It's over."

From the continuous roar of artillery outside the city and the inability to contact the radio station of the garrison outside the city, it was not difficult for him to guess that the troops outside the city were being bombarded.

"Quick, pass the order, gather the troops in the city, and break out from the west city in forty minutes." After thinking for a moment, Zhu Yaoxiang stood up and said through gritted teeth.

"Send a telegram to the Overseer, saying that we were attacked by Franciscan troops and requesting reinforcements."

At present, the enemy's large force is attacking the military camp outside the city, so naturally they don't have much energy to deal with themselves.

Once the enemy destroys the troops outside the city, they will send more troops to surround Qingshan City. At that time, it will be impossible to break out.

He would not be so lucky as to think that the troops outside the city could withstand Fang Jian's attack.

Not to mention the horrific artillery bombardment outside the city, just looking at the enemy's record of annihilating Ma Jincen's three divisions, he didn't dare to bet that the troops outside the city could hold on.

The reason for sending a telegram to Ma Jincen was naturally to bring Ma Jincen into the war as soon as possible. If the reinforcements arrived quickly, maybe they could rescue the troops outside the city.

"Yes." The adjutant responded and went to make arrangements.

Zhu Yaoxiang also went to the back house and began to pack up his gold and silver jewelry. He couldn't take too many things with him if he wanted to escape, so he only packed up small and valuable things.

The shelling outside the city lasted for thirty minutes. After the shelling stopped at 7:30, the troops surrounding the military camp began to move forward.

Because of their own artillery bombardment, the five regiments surrounding Zhu Yaoxiang's military camp were scattered in four directions more than two kilometers away from Zhu Yaoxiang's military camp.

After the shelling stopped, five regiments in four directions slowly surrounded the military camp.

After a long time without hearing the sound of artillery fire, Zhu Yaoxiang's deputy division commander Zhao Zhengxun crawled out of a cellar in the military camp.

Seeing the chaotic crowd around him, Zhao Zhengxun shouted, "Gather the wounded, organize all units, and order the officers of each regiment and battalion to come to the headquarters for a meeting."

When the soldiers around saw that it was the deputy division commander who gave the order, they immediately went to pass on the message.

"Commander Zhao, there are troops approaching our camp." As soon as he returned to the command center, a soldier came in to report.

Zhao Zhengxun was startled, but quickly recovered. Since the other side launched an artillery attack, there would definitely be an infantry charge to annihilate this unit.

Zhao Zhengxun ordered the messenger who followed him: "Send the message to the officers of each battalion and regiment to organize the troops to defend on the spot and report the current situation of the troops immediately."

As the order was passed down, the commanders of various battalions and regiments began to organize their troops, and the troops became orderly from the panic.

Before the troops arrived at the military camp, Zhu Yaoxiang's troops had already made defensive preparations.

Soon the offensive and defensive battle began. Zhu Yaoxiang's military camp could accommodate 20,000 people. It was very large and had several exits. In addition, many walls were blown down in the artillery bombardment, so the area that needed to be defended increased accordingly.

Zhao Zhengxun quickly received casualty statistics reported by various units. The four regiments outside the city lost three battalion commanders and one regimental commander in the recent artillery attack.

The number of soldiers killed and seriously injured exceeded five thousand, and no less than three thousand were directly killed in the explosion.

"Damn it." Zhao Zhengxun said angrily.

If the troops had not been ambushed when they were at their most relaxed in the morning, there wouldn't have been such heavy casualties.

Zhao Zhengxun had to slowly adjust his troops, moving the first regiment to the north gate, the second regiment to guard the south, the third regiment to the west, and the fourth regiment to the east.

Because each regiment suffered different casualties, the first regiment in the north and the three regiments in the west each had only a thousand soldiers able to fight.

The two regiments of the Guard Division attacked from the north. Under the powerful firepower of AK47 rifles, the position of the first regiment in the north was quickly broken through by the First Guard Division.

The 3rd Regiment in the west was facing the 1st Regiment of the 1st Division, which had more than 3,000 soldiers. Although they were new recruits, they had undergone more than three months of training and had good military qualities.

Under the powerful firepower and with less than a thousand people on the opposite side, the position of Zhu Yaoxiang's Third Regiment was quickly broken through by the First Regiment of the First Division.

The positions in the north and west were breached, and the troops of the 1st Division and the Guards Division did not continue to advance, but instead divided and surrounded, clearing out the remaining defenders on the battlefield.

The two regiments of the 2nd Division that attacked from the east and south had more than 6,000 people, but they were all new recruits after all.

The enemy on the opposite side, including the wounded, numbered 5,000. Although the troops of the Second Division were also very well-equipped, they only killed and wounded a large number of Zhu Yaoxiang's men due to the enemy's tenacious resistance, but failed to break through the position.

Zhang Wei, the commander of the Second Division, held up a telescope and looked at the situation on the battlefield. He could not help but say angrily: "What are Zhang Sheng and Liu Changyi doing for a living?"

"They are usually so arrogant, but why are they so cowardly on the battlefield? Messenger, tell the communications office to send a message to the first and second regiments immediately."

"Just say I'm watching from behind, the troops of the First Guard Division and the First Division have already attacked, and you guys are just sitting there doing nothing."

"Yes." The messenger suppressed his smile and went to deliver the message.

The Telecommunications Department held back their laughter and sent the telegram to the First and Second Regiments on the front line.

The two men who received the telegram did not dare to neglect it. Zhang Sheng was a three-star figure, and his command level was only two and a half stars, but he was quite intelligent. His favorite thing to do in battle was to lead the charge.

Zhang Sheng arrived at the front of the position, holding a submachine gun and shouting: "Brothers, the friendly troops have already attacked."

"Everyone else is eating meat, do you want to drink soup or eat meat?"

"Eat meat." A soldier beside him shouted.

"If you want to eat meat, that's fine. If you want to eat meat, follow me." After he finished speaking, Zhang Sheng led his soldiers and rushed out.

The guard behind immediately caught up and said worriedly: "Captain, please be careful."