The four hundred and fortieth chapter of the west line without danger
Although Nanhai Prefecture has not yet been completely unified, the Liangluo area, Guang'an Hexi, and Anlong Hetai areas are already under the control of the South China Sea. Among them, the Liangluo area is the essence of Nanhai Prefecture's industry and commerce.
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Lin Ziran, who controls these areas, has enough population, financial resources and industrial base to maintain an army of more than 200,000 or even more than 300,000 in extreme cases. It is also an army equipped with advanced weapons, capable of receiving regular training and maintaining combat capabilities.
With such a large Southern Navy and the industrial strength behind it, Lin Ziran is confident to face threats from any direction, whether it is Quyang Prefecture in the north, Zhongluo Prefecture in the northwest, Dongding Prefecture in the east, or Dongding Prefecture in the west
Ningyuzhou.
If fighting on a single line, Lin Ziran is confident enough to rely on the powerful South Korean Navy to defeat any surrounding state.
Just like when Duke Mont had enough confidence to launch the Eastern Expedition.
But the problem now is that the South China Sea Navy is not fighting on a single line, or even on a two-front line, but on the western front.
Even for the northwest front, because the strategic value of Hexi County is not too great, plus the terrain and other factors, we can take a strategic retreat and combine the northwest front with the northern front.
However, what the South China Sea Navy is now facing is a four-front battle!
Under a four-front battle, even if others do not launch a large-scale siege, just a few attacks every three days can still kill the South China Sea Navy.
In order to change this embarrassing situation, Lin Ziran ordered to defend the eastern and western fronts, strategically abandon the northwest front, and mobilized more than 100,000 troops to launch a large-scale counterattack on the northern front, trying to defeat the Quyang Prefecture army first, and then
End the crisis of the four-front war.
The Southern Navy also lived up to his expectations. The Eighth Division and other troops on the eastern front relied on the Hetai Highland defense line to firmly block Yuan Yonghan's attack.
The Sixth Division also put up tenacious resistance, and even voluntarily abandoned some areas, retreated gradually, and gradually killed and wounded the enemy troops. Taking advantage of the fact that there was no developed inland water transportation system in the western front area, the enemy troops could only advance on foot, using space.
In exchange for time.
With the situation on the eastern and western fronts initially stabilized, the South Korean Navy assembled 100,000 troops and launched a very large-scale counterattack against Quyang Prefecture on the northern front. Judging from today's battle situation, the progress was quite smooth.
Regardless of the specific final outcome, Quyang Prefecture's southern invasion army is definitely doomed.
In this way, Lin Ziran began to turn his attention to the eastern and western fronts, and did not say that he would take the opportunity to continue to send his troops northward in large numbers, or even cross the Luo River Gorge and enter Quyang Prefecture.
His request to the troops was to eliminate the enemy's effective forces as much as possible, then capture the Luo River Gorge, and finally re-deploy defenses in the Luo River Gorge to stabilize the northern front.
Later, some troops can be appropriately transferred to the west to reinforce Hexi County. There, there is currently only a meager defense division, a cavalry division and a regiment with weak resistance. In order to avoid large-scale losses, a large-scale active retreat was even carried out.
, has now retreated to Hexi County.
However, the enemy forces on the northwest front are actually just like that, with not many troops and even less heavy weapons. As long as the Southern Navy attacks Hexi County, they dare not launch a counterattack, but there is still no problem in holding it.
The eastern front is similar. Relying on the Hetai Highlands, it will not be easy for Yuan Yonghan to kill him.
The biggest problem now is the Western Front.
Going east from Qingyuan County to Luohai City, this area is a plain terrain, but there are no mountains to block it, not even large rivers.
It is an area where there is no danger to defend.
Today, the Sixth Division's defense on the western front is more about continuous resistance and mobile defense by launching small-scale counterattacks when the opportunity arises. It does not mean relying on a certain solid defense line to defend to the end.
This also caused the Sixth Division to actually fight very hard.
Even though our own side had an absolute superiority in firepower, the number of troops was too small. The enemy relied on its absolute superiority in strength to continuously carry out strategic detours, but there was no plan to collide head-on with the powerful firepower of the Sixth Division.
Subsequently, even if a part of the troops of the Second Garrison Division were deployed to the west for reinforcements, it still did not help.
Previously, the Sixth Division had sent multiple reports requesting reinforcements to Lin Ziran.
But at that time, the counterattack on the northern front was imminent, and Lin Ziran could not mobilize other troops at all. He could only encourage the soldiers of the Sixth Division to show their spirit of not being afraid of hardship or sacrifice, and carry out resistance step by step.
This constant resistance actually allowed them to make a limited retreat.
The bottom line Lin Ziran set for the Sixth Division was actually very loose. If they couldn't defeat it, they could retreat all the way to the outskirts of Luohai City.
As long as the Sixth Division can ensure the safety of Luo Hai City and some areas in the suburbs, ensure the safety of Luo Hai City and surrounding industrial and commercial areas, and prevent the enemy from destroying many factories in Luo Hai City, then the mission has been completed.
However, this is the bottom line, and it is the last choice made out of desperation.
If possible, the Sixth Division still needs to keep the enemy as far away from Luo Hai City as possible.
But now, the Sixth Division is obviously fighting very reluctantly.
It's not that the casualties were so heavy. In fact, there was no large-scale decisive battle between the two sides, and there were not many casualties on either side.
The fighting pattern between the two sides was very special. The men and horses of Ning Yuzhou seemed to know that the Sixth Division had strong firepower, so they chose a large-scale strategic detour and at the same time dispatched a large number of cavalry to attack the Sixth Division's logistics line and small-scale troops.
The opponent's strategic detours caused the Sixth Division to continuously lose strategic initiative, and the logistics line encountered frequent crises.
At the same time, a large number of small-scale mobile battles made it difficult for the South Korean Navy's proud artillery firepower to be used, and most of the time it could only rely on rifle firepower.
During this fight, the Sixth Division was very frustrated.
After weighing the situation, Lin Ziran decided to go south immediately and then reinforce the northern front.
That night, although the war on the northern front was not completely over, Lin Ziran had already begun to ask the staff to formulate a detailed follow-up battle plan.
The plan is to have the First Army stay on the northern and northwest fronts and continue the follow-up war to ensure the safety of Guang'an and Hexi counties.
The Second Army began to gradually withdraw from the battlefield and headed south by ship, and finally went to the eastern front to support the Sixth Division.
The next morning, the forward troops of the Second Army had successfully reached Luohe in a roundabout way, and the entire Second Army had built a complete line of defense on the northward retreat of the Quyang Prefecture army.
It was further announced that Yang Jun's troops of the Second Army of Quyang Prefecture were completely surrounded by the South Korean Navy!