The general attack on Nanzi City went more smoothly than expected. In just six hours, the Southern Navy had initially taken control of the fortress city. By the time it got dark, it could basically declare complete control.
It's just that the Nanzi City now controlled by the Southern Navy is no longer a city, but a complete ruin.
This city was not that big to begin with, but after being bombarded by hundreds of artillery pieces for several days, nothing was left but ruins.
This caused the South Korean Navy to give up its planned large-scale garrison in the city. It only dispatched troops to the railway station and mobilized engineering troops to quickly repair the railway in order to connect with the temporarily built transit railway network outside the city.
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After several days of fighting, a temporary military railway construction army composed of tens of thousands of engineering divisions and temporarily recruited civilian workers, under the leadership of the technical team of Luohai Railway Company, has completed the emergency construction of the railway transfer station in Dafeng Town.
According to the task, temporary railways that meet the standards of Zisheng Prefecture are currently being laid to connect the railway systems of Dongding Prefecture and Zisheng Prefecture.
Although the rail gauge standards are different, it needs to be transferred at the Dafeng Railway Transfer Station, which reduces the efficiency of railway transportation, but no matter what, it is much better than the Mara people.
According to estimates by the technical team of Luohai Railway Company, this section of approximately five kilometers of connecting railway will only take three days to complete the preliminary construction and be fully open to traffic within five days.
Temporary military railways are temporary in nature. Many areas are simply leveled and then directly put up sleepers and laid rails. With tens of thousands of engineers and civilians working together, the construction speed is quite fast.
However, a lot of work still needs to be done on the follow-up logistics system of the Southern Navy. It is extremely difficult to fully utilize the railway network in Shangzisheng Prefecture in a short period of time.
For example, the Southern Navy has deployed a large number of engineering and technical personnel to the rear and is working overtime to modify existing trains so that they can run on the railway network in Zisheng Prefecture. However, this work cannot be done in a day or two.
Arrived.
At the same time, the Nanhai Navy is also preparing for the subsequent track change of the entire Zisheng Prefecture railway network, completely replacing their tracks with the standard gauge unified with Dongding Prefecture and Nanhai Prefecture.
But again, it takes time!
Although the railways are not connected yet, the military operations of the South China Sea Navy cannot be stopped!
After conquering Nanzi City, the Southern Navy did not stop. A large number of the main force had already started marching on foot along the railway line!
At the same time, fifteen kilometers ahead, the cavalry troops were already charging forward.
The cavalry troops have been ordered to advance rapidly as the vanguard of the entire army.
Lin Ziran instructed them to be fast and move quickly, not only to defeat the railways along the way, but also to ensure that the railways were not destroyed, especially some important bridges along the way.
When the army began to move, Lin Ziran did not move forward with the army as before, but still stayed in the small town of Dafeng Town.
Nowadays, the threat faced by the South Navy is not only from Zishengzhou, but also from Jingzhou in the east. Especially after the news of the South Navy's raid on Zishengzhou has gradually spread in the past few days, Jingzhou is probably not going to
There had been news before that the South Korean navy had successfully marched north to Zishengzhou. Many Jingzhou troops had already begun to move forward, and the two sides had even fought several small-scale battles.
At the same time, within Nanhai Prefecture, news also came that there were changes in the troops in Quyang Prefecture and Zhongluo Prefecture on the northern front.
Although the First Army, the main force of the Southern Navy, is stationed on the northern front, including the First Division, the core main force, the number of troops is still a little small.
Sure enough, just one day after taking over Nanzi City, Lin Ziran received the news that three days ago Quyangzhou troops had launched a large-scale attack on Luohe Gorge.
Calculating the time, the Southern Navy was still launching a fierce attack on the Southern Front troops of the Purple Victory Army at that time. It is estimated that after Quyang Prefecture got the news, they immediately launched the attack.
The transmission of messages these days is relatively fast. By railway or ship, messages are transmitted much faster than in the past.
Although the First Army was also confident of defending the Luohe Gorge, Lin Ziran was still a little worried and sent a message to the First Army in the rear, telling them to take strict precautions and to defend the Luohe Gorge no matter what.
The last time we were unable to defend the Luohe Gorge, it was because we were new to the area and had no time to improve our defense line. However, now the Luohe Gorge has been occupied by the First Army for a long time and has built complete defenses.
If it is still broken through, then Lin Ziran will have to consider whether the First Army is deliberately passive and lazy.
As a precaution, Lin Ziran also sent a letter to the rear asking the Fourth Army to appropriately deploy a division to move north to prevent the situation from deteriorating.
But in the past two days, the South Korean Navy's luck seems to have begun to deteriorate.
Just after replying to Nanhai Prefecture in the rear, Lin Ziran received an urgent report the next day. One of his own cargo fleets was attacked in the eastern waters of Dongding Prefecture. Even though the cargo fleet itself was escorted by two warships,
However, the two sides discovered each other at dawn, but they were unprepared, which directly led to the sinking of a cargo ship.
Then the escorting warships also fought back and sank an enemy attack warship. However, after learning about this, Lin Ziran's face still looked ugly.
Several admirals from the Navy Department were called over on the spot and asked what was going on.
The navy generals also knew that this matter was a bit serious. Just losing a cargo ship was nothing, or even sinking an enemy ship was nothing. The key point was the loss of more than two thousand tons of various military supplies.
Many of them are guns, ammunition and other materials needed by the Dongdingzhou garrison.
"What are you doing to eat? You were attacked and sunk by an enemy warship right in front of your home, even with an escort warship. I feel ashamed for you!"
"And I remember that many battleships in the Navy have begun to install rear-mounted naval guns. How come this is of no use at all!"
"The navy must adopt a more proactive and flexible strategy to ensure the safety of maritime transportation!"
The dark look on Lin Ziran's face, coupled with the slightest hint of rudeness, fully demonstrated his attitude.
After teaching several naval generals a lesson, Lin Ziran turned around and went to deal with other matters.
After being scolded, several navy generals hid in a small conference room and began to discuss countermeasures.
"This cannot continue like this. Although we have many warships, it is impossible to escort all ships one-on-one. The enemy will always find opportunities to attack our fleet. We must take the initiative and directly attack them.
Their fleet is blocking the way!"
"Yes, they are going too far. Forget about the Jingzhou fleet, the navies of several northern vassal towns have also come down!"