Warlords: Conquer the world from the county magistrate

At the Zhang Guilin Command Center in Nanyun City, looking at the map, Zhang Guilin, with an unpleasant expression, asked Zhu Yaoxiang beside him: "Third brother, what do you think we should do now?"

At this critical moment, Zhang Guilin did not care about anything else and called Zhu Yaoxiang back to the name he had used many years ago.

"Commander Zhang, this battle is not easy to fight." Zhu Yaoxiang looked at the map, but had no intention of continuing to call him his second brother.

Many years ago, Ma Jincen, Zhang Guilin and Zhu Yaoxiang were sworn brothers. Zhu Yaoxiang was ranked third. Ever since he became the division commander, the three of them no longer called each other brothers.

Zhang Guilin knew that Zhu Yaoxiang was better than himself in the ability to come up with ideas, so he looked at him silently, hoping that he could come up with some useful ideas.

Zhu Yaoxiang shook his head and said, "It's not feasible to defend it stubbornly. The only solution now is to contact the northern government in the hope of mediation."

"Well, let alone whether we can contact the northern government, even if the other party is willing to mediate, it cannot be resolved in a short time." Zhang Guilin did not hold out hope for the northern government to mediate.

They have little following in the North, and no one cares about them unless they can bring gifts that will impress the big shots.

Zhu Yaoxiang spread his hands. He had no other choice. "It's definitely not possible to hold on. We can only hold on for a few days at most."

It’s not that Zhu Yaoxiang was pessimistic, but he had lost Qingshan City not long ago, and had attacked Fang Jian’s troops together with Zhang Guilin, so he naturally knew how powerful his troops were.

Zhang Guilin's troops now only have 12,000 people left, but the troops outside the city are more than that. Moreover, the enemy not only has artillery, but also more advanced weapons, which are not comparable to Zhang Guilin's troops.

While Zhu Yaoxiang and Zhang Guilin were discussing how to resist Fang Ji'an's troops, Zhang Wei and Li Zhongwu also gathered at the 1st Division Command Headquarters.

"Our two divisions will attack the East Gate and the North Gate respectively, and leave the West Gate and the South Gate alone for now." Li Zhongwu said as he spread out the map.

There are mountains to the west and south of Nanyun City. Even if they flee to the west and south, the main force will still be caught up.

Zhang Wei nodded: "Okay, our Second Division will attack the East Gate."

"Okay, my first division will attack the north gate and start artillery bombardment on time at 11 o'clock in the morning." Li Zhongwu had no objection to choosing the east gate or the north gate.

After the plan was well-planned, the two divisions stationed their troops outside the east gate and the north gate respectively, selected their positions, and set up their cannons.

"boom."

"boom."

At 11 o'clock in the morning, under the respective orders of Zhang Wei and Li Zhongwu, the 1st and 2nd Divisions launched artillery attacks on Nanyun City.

The cannons bombarded the city wall, causing the defenders on the wall to panic, with limbs and shrapnel flying everywhere.

Many shells fell behind the city wall, and the houses near the city wall were also affected by the artillery fire. The entire Nanyun City was filled with smoke, and the public security in the city was in chaos.

After hearing the bombardment at the headquarters in the city, Zhang Guilin slammed his right hand on the table: "Asshole."

Zhu Yaoxiang was also very surprised. The enemy troops had just arrived outside Nanyun City and they started to attack? They were too impatient.

"Commander Zhang, there are not many soldiers on the city wall, and even if there is artillery fire, the losses will not be great." Zhu Yaoxiang immediately advised.

"But we must be prepared. Once the bombardment stops, let the reinforcements quickly rush up to the city wall to block the enemy's attack."

Zhang Guilin did not dare to delay and shouted to the outside of the door: "Guards, tell all units to immediately climb up the city wall to defend after the bombardment stops."

"Yes." The messenger responded and quickly went to deliver the message.

The bombardment lasted for half an hour. Under the bombardment of more than a thousand shells, a section of the city wall at the east gate collapsed. Although the city wall on the north did not collapse, it was hit and a large hole appeared in the city gate.

After the shelling stopped, the 1st and 2nd Divisions launched attacks on the North City and the East City.

The First Division attacked the Second Regiment. Under the command of its commander Wang Ming, some of the soldiers of the Second Regiment looked for cover 200 meters away from the city wall and fired at the wall.

Another group of people rushed straight to the destroyed gate, trying to break into the city wall through the gap.

Wang Tieniu, the company commander of the first battalion of the second regiment of the first division, led his troops to the city gate. Before he could give orders, two soldiers sneaked into the city through the gap in the gate.

"Go back quickly." Wang Tieniu shouted anxiously.

It would be too rash to go in like this since we haven't passed the reconnaissance yet and don't know the situation clearly. Unfortunately, most of the people in the company are new recruits who haven't received much training and are still lacking in military discipline and obedience.

Seeing that the two people who had entered did not retreat, Wang Tieniu arranged: "Machine gunners, guard the entrance to the city, and the rest of the people dispersed to the two sides to prepare positions."

As soon as the general-purpose machine gun was set up and the muzzle was pointed at the city, the machine gunner discovered that the two soldiers who rushed in had been killed.

The machine gunner opened fire on the enemy troops that emerged from the city without any hesitation.

Soon after the 1st Division launched the attack, more than a thousand reinforcements surged onto the city wall. The guards extended their rifles over the parapet and fired at the soldiers of the 2nd Division below the city.

Wang Tieniu led his troops to hide at the city gate, just in the blind spot of the soldiers on the city wall.

The soldiers of the Second Division in the distance also shot at the guards on the city wall, and both sides suffered casualties.

"Mortar, fire at the city walls." Li Zhongwu said hatefully upon seeing this.

Jiang Xuanqi frowned: "Commander, there are still troops at the city gate."

"Adjust the direction and attack the city walls on both sides." The enemy had a huge advantage in being high above, so Li Zhongwu could only use mortars to suppress the guards on the city walls and reduce his own casualties.

The machine gunner at the gate stopped firing, turned to Wang Tieniu and said, "Captain, the enemy has been repelled."

"Carry the sandbags and follow me." Wang Tieniu glanced outside the city gate and directly picked up the sandbags outside the city gate.

The remaining soldiers also carried sandbags and followed Wang Tieniu into the city. They placed the sandbags at the inner exit of the city gate to build a shelter.

While building the bunker, the guards not far away immediately opened fire on Wang Tieniu's troops. One person was killed and one was injured. Fortunately, the people behind acted quickly and completed the bunker.

The remaining soldiers hid behind bunkers to withstand enemy attacks.

On the inside of the city gate, a 1.2-meter-high bunker was built on each side. Two machine gunners mounted their machine guns on the sandbag bunkers and fired at the guards not far away.

While directing the soldiers to shoot, Wang Tieniu ordered the soldiers behind him: "Go open the city gate."

"Yes." Several soldiers immediately turned around and opened the city gate with a big hole in it.

As soon as the city gate was opened, the mortars of the Second Division opened fire, firing rapidly at the city wall, killing and injuring countless guards.

Hearing the sound of artillery behind him, Wang Tieniu slapped his head and shouted loudly: "Set up the grenade launcher, quickly, fire at the street ahead."

The grenade team acted quickly. Three people in a group quickly set up the grenade launcher, adjusted the position and distance, then put in the shells and bombed the positions on the street behind the city gate.

"Good." The grenade launcher unexpectedly blew up the guards on several enemy positions, making them scream in pain. Wang Tieniu was overjoyed when he saw this.