Warlords: Conquer the world from the county magistrate

The second position was no longer a large open area in front of it because it was blocked by the first position, so it was much friendlier for the Second Regiment.

Even if Zhang Guilin's troops dispersed to attack, they could not disperse many people in such a small area, and could only be killed one by one by the soldiers of the Second Regiment.

It would be even better if Zhang Guilin's troops launched a large-scale attack, and the general-purpose machine gun would come in handy.

Zhang Guilin was in the rear, and saw his own soldiers falling down in large numbers through the telescope. He was so angry that he cursed: "Assholes, who made the formation so dense? Quick, let the troops retreat."

After the troops retreated and counted the casualties, they found that in just a few minutes, more than 500 bodies were left in front of the second position.

Zhang Guilin was so angry that he started cursing in the command center again. When he saw Zhu Yaoxiang next to him, he became even angrier.

"Concentrate the sharpshooters in the troops at the back, and the troops will disperse to attack, with the sharpshooters at the back killing the enemy's machine gunners."

Although Zhang Guilin made adjustments, the attacking troops were still on the attack and were targeted one by one by the rifles of the Second Regiment. With continuous and powerful firepower, Zhang Guilin's troops were beaten and could not raise their heads.

At noon, the Second Division arrived at Jie County. After receiving Fang Jian's telegram, Zhang Wei said, "Tell them to take an hour's rest at noon and set out for Pingshan Temple in Xiping County in the afternoon."

At the same time, the First Regiment of the First Division moved behind Cao Bingshen and launched a surprise attack on him.

Cao Bingshen's troops who were attacking the 3rd Regiment of the Guard Division had just withdrawn. After hearing the sound of gunfire, Cao Bingshen asked in confusion, "Where is the gunfire coming from?"

"Commander, a large number of enemy forces have appeared behind us." At this moment, an officer ran over in panic and said.

Hearing this, Cao Bingshen panicked and said immediately, "Quick, tell all the troops to organize resistance and send a telegram to the governor for help, saying that our troops were surrounded and annihilated by the enemy's main force."

"Quick, order the front-line positions to launch an immediate attack on Cao Bingshen's troops." At the headquarters of the Third Guard Regiment, Fang Weijia gave the order immediately after seeing the chaos behind Cao Bingshen.

The staff officer hesitated and asked, "Captain, could this be a trick of the enemy?"

"A trick? As long as the enemy's troops are really in a panic, it will be fine. Even if it's a trick, as long as the enemy is in chaos, it will not pose a threat to us." Fang Weijia sneered.

Cao Bingshen's troops were not very elite to begin with, and coupled with the chaos in the army, Fang Weijia had nothing to fear.

As the 3rd Guard Regiment attacked, Cao Bingshen's troops were attacked from both sides and suffered heavy losses.

Seeing the enemy getting closer and closer to his headquarters, Cao Bingshen said unwillingly: "Retreat."

Cao Bingshen led less than 4,000 men and evacuated towards Huaichong. Shortly after Cao Bingshen's retreat, the remaining troops collapsed and most of them chose to surrender.

"Thank you, Captain Zhao, for the rescue." After cleaning up the battlefield and collecting the prisoners, the two forces reunited and Fang Weijia and Zhao Zhang shook hands warmly.

Zhao Zhang smiled slightly: "Captain Fang, you are too polite. Even if I don't come, it will be easy for you to defend the position."

After the two forces joined together, the number of people in the main position in the middle reached 6,000, and Fang Weijia became more confident in defending the position.

He detained the more than 3,000 captured prisoners in the rear, tied them all up, and sent a company of troops to guard them.

In the afternoon, Liu Minggong's troops arrived at the front line. Liu Minggong wanted to curse. They agreed to let me come to support, but when I came, Cao Bingshen ran away. Who could he complain to?

Liu Minggong had no choice but to build defensive fortifications on the spot. He dared not retreat without orders, and of course he did not dare to attack rashly.

In the rear, at Ma Jincen's command post, after receiving Liu Minggong's telegram, Ma Jincen scolded Cao Bingshen again.

Ma Jincen was already very angry when he received Cao Bingshen's telegram at noon, and now he was even angrier. It was only a few hours away. If Cao Bingshen could hold on a little longer, Liu Minggong's reinforcements would arrive.

In the evening, more than 6,000 people from the Guard Division arrived at Fang Weijia's position. Together with the 3rd Regiment of the Guard Division and the 1st Regiment of the 1st Division, Fang Guoxuan's troops temporarily had 12,000 people.

This made Fang Weijia more confident in the general attack on the middle road.

"Let the troops withdraw." Zhang Guilin's troops stopped attacking the Second Guard Regiment. Throughout the afternoon, Zhang Guilin's troops launched a crazy attack.

Zhu Yaoxiang said at the right time: "Captain Zhang, why don't you launch a night attack? The enemy's firepower advantage will be gone at night."

Zhang Guilin shook his head. His troops were not good at fighting at night, and after the daytime attack, they were already very tired and suffered heavy losses.

Throughout the day, Zhang Guilin's troops lost more than 3,000 people. Of course, he didn't know that Fang Weiguo's troops also lost more than 400 people.

Zhang Guilin was very sad about the loss of soldiers. Moreover, he felt that his troops had already contributed and there was no need to fight for Ma Jincen.

The next day, Zhang Guilin's troops slowed down their attacks on the Second Regiment and were not as desperate as yesterday, which made Fang Weiguo breathe a sigh of relief.

Zhang Wei's troops had also arrived near the 1st Division and had contacted it.

In Pingrong County, Fang Jian looked at the map and said to Tao Yunong, "All the troops are in place, we just have to wait for the results."

"After this battle, Nanshan Province will belong to the commander." Tao Yunong took the opportunity to flatter.

Fang Jian shook his head slightly. Even if they won this victory, they would still be a long way from unifying Nanshan Province. There were still two divisions in Nanling, and Zhang Guilin's troops also needed to be dealt with.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Wei's Second Division and Li Zhongwu's First Division launched artillery attacks on Wang Rong's troops from two directions.

Wang Rong hid in the command center and wondered about the sudden bombardment: "Why did the enemy troops suddenly attack? Are reinforcements coming?"

Speaking of reinforcements, Wang Rong's eyes widened and he thought to himself that it was not good. There was constant shelling outside and Wang Rong did not dare to go out. He could only worry secretly in his heart.

The two armies had been confronting each other since yesterday. He thought he was the one holding the other side back, but he didn't expect that it was the other side that held him back.

If one's own troops were annihilated, the joining of this army would pose a fatal threat to the entire battlefield.

He could only pray that the enemy would stop the shelling so that he could send a message to headquarters.

On the other side, Fang Guoxuan's troops also launched artillery attacks on Liu Minggong's troops. Since Liu Minggong's troops were the attacking side, they had only set up simple fortifications yesterday, resulting in heavy losses under the artillery fire.

When the artillery fire stopped, the 1st and 3rd Guard Regiments and the 1st Regiment of the 1st Division launched attacks on Liu Minggong's troops from three directions.

Liu Minggong came out of the command center and shouted, "All units, organize defense. Quick, organize defense."

The left wing battlefield was broken through by the 47st Guard Regiment before it was arranged. Liu Minggong's right wing troops still wanted to resist, but they were quickly defeated by submachine guns and AK rifles.

Fang Weijia led the charge from the front, and the troops were unstoppable. Although the opposite side quickly organized a counterattack, they only resisted for a few minutes before the Third Guard Regiment broke through their position.

The left-wing troops hid in time when they were bombarded, so they suffered little loss. Under the leadership of the regiment commander, they put up a tenacious resistance against the 1st Regiment of the 1st Division.

Seeing that the enemy was resisting fiercely and had many heavy machine guns, Zhao Zhang ordered, "Mortars, quick, fire."