The First Division was actually equipped with only a few dozen 80mm light mortars, each assigned to four infantry regiments. However, the battery of these light mortars and the frontline logistics reserves carried a total of nearly 5,000 light mortars.
The artillery shells, in just a moment, all those bastards in the first division were shot out!
Although the shells of these light mortars are slightly cheaper than the shells of howitzers, they are not much cheaper. According to this consumption of shells, the finance of the Nanhai Prefecture will go bankrupt before taking Guang'an County!
Despite the criticism, we still had to send these light mortar shells to the First Division.
Lin Ziran also sent a message to Xu Zhongshu, saying that there were only a few thousand mortar shells left in reserve at the back, and you had to take your time with them, otherwise these light mortars would be useless if they ran out of shells.
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As the commander-in-chief of the state, Lin Ziran's speech was relatively reserved.
However, the relevant officials of the Logistics Department were not polite. After arriving at the position of the First Division with these supplies, a logistics officer said in front of the officers of the First Division who were receiving the shells: "These shells are not bullets, don't use them."
Mom used the cannonballs as bullets!”
The officers of the first division in question were so angry that they almost started a fight on the spot.
But after such a fuss, the soldiers of the First Division knew that the light mortars had to be used sparingly, and they could not just use one mortar and then shoot out all the shells they carried with a few whizzes, as in the past.
After replenishing ammunition, the First Division was stabilizing its position to prepare for the enemy's counterattack. However, their preparations were somewhat redundant, because the Guang'an Army on the opposite side had no intention of counterattack at all.
He doesn’t have the strength to fight back!
The shelling that started in the morning had already caused a lot of casualties to the Guang'an defenders, and they also fled, losing at least tens of thousands of people.
After the eastern defense line was attacked, thousands of people were killed and injured, and a large number of light and heavy weapons were lost.
Now there are only 20,000 to 30,000 Guang'an defenders left to defend the Chongguang City Fortress. Even if they want to counterattack, they do not have enough troops.
With the First Division stabilizing the defense line, the heavy artillery reinforcements from behind began to arrive at multiple highlands on the east side of the position. After setting up the artillery, they began to bombard the Chongguang City Fortress area in the afternoon.
The artillery fire from the front and the east side completely enveloped the Chongguang City Fortress in the explosion. Not only the fortress itself, but also the urban military camps, warehouses and other places behind the fortress were intensively bombarded, causing considerable casualties.
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This is not the point that makes the defenders despair, the point is that they never have the means to counterattack.
So far, the South Korean Navy has only had fierce battles with the Guang'an garrison on the eastern front. However, in the fortress itself, the soldiers of the South Korean Navy are still more than a thousand meters away, and they have dug trenches.
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The infantry did not attack, but simply bombarded them with artillery.
The smoothbore artillery of Guang'an defenders was unable to counterattack due to insufficient range.
This resulted in the Guang'an Army being beaten unilaterally.
This situation can not only cause continuous casualties, but more importantly, it can cause a sharp decline in military morale.
Before the South Korean Navy officially launched its offensive, the morale of the Guang'an garrison was actually quite good. Even ordinary soldiers believed that they relied on their solid defense lines and fortresses to conduct defensive operations, so it would be easy to fight.
However, after the South Korean Navy launched its attack this morning, most of the Guang'an defenders did not expect the manner of the battle and the course of the battle.
Not only did the eastern defense line fall quickly, but during the process, the defenders had almost no ability to resist. They retreated steadily and suffered heavy casualties.
More importantly, the Guang'an garrison has still not been able to come up with an effective countermeasure until now.
They didn't even know how to resist the South Korean Navy's attack.
Under this situation, not only the morale of ordinary soldiers is low, but also middle- and senior-level generals are worried.
They thought over and over again, but could not think of a way to resist the South Korean Navy's attack.
If you want to resist the attack of the South Korean Navy, you need to counter the opponent's heavy artillery force. If the opponent's heavy artillery force is allowed to continue bombarding like this, the Chongguang City Fortress will not be able to hold on for a few days.
However, their smoothbore guns did not have such a long range at all, and they could not hit the breech-mounted artillery positions of the South Korean Navy.
Even many of our own forts have suffered almost devastating blows.
Since the afternoon, the city has been filled with a pessimistic atmosphere.
And in the evening, when the enemy's artillery fire became more and more accurate, the casualties in the city became more and more serious. Even two arms warehouses were hit, which then caused explosions. The atmosphere in the city was not only
It is as simple as pessimism, but it already has a feeling of despair.
That night, many Guang'an soldiers had quietly escaped from the defense line under the cover of darkness and fled towards the north.
Although there are no accurate statistics, at least thousands of soldiers quietly fled the front line that night.
However, because it was night and most of these soldiers ran away secretly, it did not cause a large-scale collapse.
But by the next day, even in broad daylight, there were already a large number of soldiers fleeing, and there were even cases where company-level troops, led by officers, formed an organized form and left the battlefield.
Because the Chongguang City Fortress during the day has completely turned into a hell on earth.
Taking advantage of last night, the South Korean Navy moved some of its heavy artillery units to the high ground on the east side, and moved some of its 75mm field guns and howitzers forward.
By daylight, a total of about three hundred light and heavy artillery pieces were able to completely cover the entire city.
The intensive bombardment brought more heavy casualties, and our own side could only hide and be unable to fight back. This made many middle- and lower-level officers think of fleeing the battlefield.
This fight can be fought by whoever wants it. Anyway, I'm leaving first.
In the evening, the 1st Cavalry Brigade monitoring the north direction reported that during the day, at least more than 3,000 defenders retreated northward, and many of them retreated in an organized manner.
According to the order, the 1st Cavalry Brigade did not attack these retreating enemy troops.
This was to give the defenders in the city hope of a successful retreat and thus shake their determination to hold on.
If all the defenders in the city couldn't help but run away, then the Southern Navy would definitely make a move for them.
Once there are no defenders, no matter how strong the Chongguang City Fortress is, it is just a dead city. Considering the large number of casualties caused by using a large number of infantry to launch a strong attack, the Southern Navy would rather let them run away than surround them.