Although the first phase of the combat plan did not achieve the planned goals, the South Korean Navy will not give up easily.
After discussing with many senior combat officers in the staff department and senior generals under his command, Lin Ziran ordered the troops to launch a pursuit operation that day. At the same time, he sent messengers to urgently notify the cavalry regiment that was making strategic detours. It was necessary to stop the enemy's deserters and delay the enemy's advance.
Escape speed so that your pursuers can catch up.
After giving many orders, Lin Ziran looked at the western wilderness and murmured: Now that we are here, don't even think about going back!
Lin Ziran mobilized many main forces to carry out large-scale counterattacks on the Western Front, not only to resist the enemy's attack, but not just to simply defeat them, in order to completely annihilate the 100,000 Ning Yuzhou Army.
Completely cut off their thoughts of heading eastward, and at the same time put Ningyuzhou into a self-protection crisis.
Only in this way can we buy enough time to give our troops valuable breathing time while preparing for the next round of expansion.
He didn't want the next time he was about to go north to Quyang Prefecture or east to Dongding Prefecture, those bastards from Ningyu Prefecture would come from behind again.
Now, the main force of Ning Yuzhou's army must be completely eliminated.
Even if Ningyuzhou can continue to urgently expand its troops in the future, it will take time.
And what I lack most is time!
The troops came in pursuit, but Lin Ziran did not follow the army to the west to pursue them, but returned to Luohai City with many people.
He is not only the commander-in-chief of the Nanhai Navy, but also the governor of Nanhai Prefecture. The matters he has to deal with are not only limited to military affairs, but also many government affairs.
Previously, he went north to command the northern front counterattack, and recently he went to the outskirts of the city to command the troops to launch the western front counterattack. This has squeezed a lot of government affairs, and he has to go back to deal with one or two.
After returning to Luohai City, Lin Ziran burned the midnight oil and worked hard for three days in a row before finishing the backlog of more important government affairs. Although there were still a lot of ordinary government affairs left, he could just deal with them slowly later, so there was no need to rush.
in a moment.
In the past three days, battle reports have continued to come back from the Western Front.
The escape speed of the Ning Yuzhou Army was faster than the Southern Navy expected.
When those Ning Yuzhou troops fled, they simply abandoned a large number of baggage artillery and fled lightly. The South Korean navy that was pursuing behind them initially pursued with artillery, but later changed their pursuit strategy.
The division's cavalry units and some infantry units were lightly armed in pursuit. They only carried rifles and other light weapons, and their heavy weapons were only rapid-fire mortars. The division's artillery regiments followed behind, but only the division's artillery.
The regiment's 75mm artillery.
As for the several heavy artillery regiments, they can't even talk about pursuit. The 150mm howitzers and 100mm cannons are too heavy and very troublesome to maneuver.
There are no large-scale rivers in this area for river transportation, let alone railways.
It was difficult for frontline troops to pursue and heavy weapons were difficult to maneuver quickly, which gave Lin Ziran the idea of building a railway.
Although Nanhai Prefecture has developed river transportation, railways still play an irreplaceable role in some areas.
What's more, the reason why Nanhai Prefecture did not build a railway before was purely because of the melee between feudal vassal towns and the lack of a unified state headquarters.
Looking at other states, many states that have not fallen into civil strife and have large feudal towns have built railways. In the future, Nanhai Prefecture can also build railways in some areas depending on the situation.
For example, in the western region, it is still very necessary to build a railway from Luohai City to the west all the way to Qingyuan County.
Of course, Lin Ziran only has the idea of building a railway now, but he has not said that he plans to build a railway now.
Now all the forces in Nanhai State need to serve the war in order to face threats from many sides. Things like building railways will have to be slowed down until the situation calms down.
Since the infantry could not catch up, the Southern Navy placed its hope on intercepting the enemy's cavalry regiments.
The cavalry corps also lived up to the expectations of many people. Three days after Lin Ziran returned to Luohai City, on May 18, a battle report came from the front line, saying that the cavalry corps had come into contact with some of the enemy's peripheral troops.
In the next step, the cavalry troops will conduct frequent and intensive attacks on the enemy's fleeing troops to delay the enemy's progress.
When necessary, the cavalry troops will also choose specific locations to conduct forcible interception operations against the enemy.
In short, now that the cavalry unit has bitten the enemy, it will not be so easy for the enemy to escape again.
On May 20, battle reports came again from the front line. The cavalry regiment engaged in a fierce battle with some enemy cavalry units. During the battle, the cavalry regiment adopted dismounted infantry fighting, giving full play to the firepower of the breech-loaded rifled rifle and the rifles carried by the army.
The firepower advantage of the rapid-fire mortar and the 75mm light howitzer dedicated to some light cavalry.
Killed and wounded a large number of enemy cavalry.
After the enemy's cavalry was defeated, without the cover of the cavalry, the speed of their infantry's escape was completely slowed down.
The divisional cavalry and light infantry of the rear pursuit force, about 10,000 strong, have already bitten the enemy's tail.
In the follow-up, it is very likely that the two sides will once again break out into a large-scale battle.
It's just that this large-scale battle was just a stubborn resistance on the part of Ning Yuzhou. They had been unable to stop the Southern Navy's attack when they were fully equipped with more than 120,000 troops in total.
Now there are only 50,000 to 60,000 defeated soldiers, and they have no heavy weapons, and they don't even have much military rations.
Later, the South Korean Navy did not even need to fight, but directly surrounded them. They would all starve to death in a few days!
On May 21, Lin Ziran received a battle report from the front line. The enemy was unwilling to be surrounded and tried to break through. The three cavalry divisions of the cavalry corps, three divisional cavalry regiments and two infantry brigades formed a solid defense line to confront the enemy.
The army's breakout troops conducted interception operations and successfully blocked the enemy's breakout.
On May 24th, Lin Ziran had already received the good news that the enemy's deserters had been completely wiped out.
After about 50,000 enemy troops failed to break through, although they wanted to continue resisting, some of the infantry and artillery units of the South China Sea also caught up.
On May 23, the South Korean Navy launched its first encirclement and annihilation war against the enemy with more than 60,000 troops. The enemy surrendered after resisting for several hours.
This declared that the 100,000 Ning Yuzhou Army and 20,000 Qingyuan Army that entered Luohai County were completely wiped out!
After receiving the good news, Lin Ziran was in a great mood!
So far, the war on the Western Front has achieved a complete victory. In the follow-up, we only need to continue to enter Qingyuan County for the final battle. Without the threats from the Northern and Western Fronts, the threats from the Eastern Front will no longer exist.
It can also be stable on the other side of the line.
Without these four major external threats, the South China Navy has truly established a firm foothold in Nanhai State and gained extremely valuable breathing time and preparation time for the next phase of operations.
At this time, an old friend came to visit, who?
A few years ago, Cheng Hongbin, the nephew of Cheng Lingfeng, a young figure of the young generation in Luo'an County, the former Luoguang garrison commander and the governor of Luo'an County.
What is he here for?
Lin Ziran was a little confused.
But after he explained his intention, Lin Ziran began to think deeply!
This Cheng Hongbin was entrusted by others to find Lin Ziran as a matchmaker.
Well, that's not the point. What's important is that the woman for whom Cheng Hongbin was a matchmaker was not simple. She was the former commander of the Ninth Army of the Daheng Empire who once made a name for himself in the world, and the granddaughter of the former Duke Lingmeng of Nanhai Prefecture.
Just from the identity of this woman, Lin Ziran smelled a strong political atmosphere!