Liu Hai was very happy to see Liu Zhi being so confident.
"Okay, in that case, I will leave the heavy responsibility of attacking Taiyuan to you."
After Liu Hai finished speaking, he solemnly said to Zheng Zheng below: "This battle in Taiyuan is no small matter. I have decided to appoint Liu Zhi as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy. He will be specifically responsible for commanding this battle."
After listening to Liu Hai's order, the people below all stood at attention and said, "I will obey the commander's order."
Liu Hai nodded with satisfaction, and then said to Liu Zhi who was standing aside: "The next step is up to you, go down and get ready."
"yes."
This meeting ended just like that.
After this, Liu Zhi took over the power of the army and began to unify the army.
The generals of the Hunan Army were not dissatisfied with Liu Zhi's takeover of the army.
This is because Liu Zhi has often replaced Liu Hai in guarding the rear and commanding power over the years, and everyone still recognizes his prestige.
After Liu Zhi took over the army, the first thing he did was to send the air force to Taiyuan to investigate the Qing army's defense situation.
Regarding this battle, Liu Zhi did not dare to take anything lightly, because if the battle was on the plains, with superior weapons and troops, he could completely push the enemy.
But Taiyuan is different from other cities Liu Hai captured.
Compared with the risks, Taiyuan is considered the number one place in the whole of China.
Taiyuan City, known as Jin in ancient times, is located at the northern end of the Taiyuan Basin in the middle of the Yellow River Basin, at the intersection of the Puhe-Shitai Railway Line in the north and south. Its topography is surrounded by mountains on three sides in the west, north and east, with valley plains in the middle and south, and the entire terrain is high in the north and low in the south.
It is shaped like a dustpan. The highest point is 2,670 meters above sea level, and the lowest point is 760 meters. The average altitude is about 800 meters. The urban area is located on the Fenhe River Valley plain at an altitude of 800 meters. Taihang Mountain stands on the left, Luliang Mountain towers on the right, and the clouds
In the middle, the two mountains of Xiezhou are embraced at the back, the Taiyuan Plain is spread out in the front, and the Fen River runs through the entire territory from north to south.
Taiyuan is also known as "Dragon City". Historically, so many emperors came from Taiyuan or were related to Taiyuan, so Taiyuan is called "Dragon City", which is worthy of its name.
Some Feng Shui masters believe that the environment where Taiyuan is located coincides with the shape of a dragon. Xiezhou Mountain in the north of Taiyuan is like a dragon's horn, Long Mountain in the southwest, and Tianlong Mountain are like a dragon's tail. Taiyuan is the center. It is a treasure of Feng Shui that gathers dragon energy, so there will be many
emperor.
In fact, this is true. Emperors Yao and Yu in ancient times had their capitals in Jinyang (now Taiyuan); during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, after the three families of Zhao, Wei and Han were divided into Jin, the first capital of Zhao was in Jinyang; during the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty
Emperor Wen Liu Heng was once named King of Dai and lived in Jinyang. Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty Liu Qi was also born in Jinyang; during the Sixteenth Kingdom of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the former Qin Fu Pi (son of Fu Jian) proclaimed himself emperor in Jinyang; during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there were also
Gao Huan and Gao Yang established the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi based on Jinyang. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Li Yuan and Li Shimin were stationed in Taiyuan, thus creating the Tang Empire. Li Zhi, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, was also initially named King of Jin. As Li Shimin's third son,
Later, he was able to inherit the throne, and his luck was extraordinary.
During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, the Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, and Northern Han Dynasties either prospered in Jinyang or made Jinyang their capital. Li Keyong and Li Cunxu raised troops from Taiyuan to establish the Later Tang; Shi Jingtang also ceded the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to Khitan.
The Later Jin Dynasty was established from Taiyuan; Liu Zhiyuan also raised troops from Taiyuan to establish the Later Han Dynasty; after the fall of the Later Han Dynasty, Liu Chong proclaimed himself emperor in Taiyuan, which was known as the Northern Han Dynasty in history. During the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, there were emperors related to Taiyuan one after another.
Limelight.
In fact, the reason why Taiyuan can become a "Dragon City" has a lot to do with its geographical location. Taiyuan is located in the center of Shanxi and is surrounded by mountains on three sides. It is also an easy-to-defend but difficult-to-attack place.
From the descriptions of the ancients that it "controls the mountains and rivers, sits on the back of the world", "is the strategic point of the four fortresses, and controls the capital of the five plains", we can see the importance of Taiyuan to the entire Shanxi. During the Anshi Rebellion, Li Guangbi was stunned.
Shi Siming, who had an absolute numerical advantage, was blocked outside Taiyuan City. During the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Guangyi both attacked Taiyuan, the capital of the Northern Han Dynasty, and suffered a lot.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, when Li Zicheng entered the Central Plains, the most important stop was the Battle of Taiyuan. It was not until Li Zicheng captured Taiyuan that he was able to advance to the capital.
Later, Li Zicheng was defeated by the Eight Banners of Manchuria and made a major strategic mistake when he fled.
That is to hand over Taiyuan City, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, to the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and concentrate heavy troops in Tongguan.
He thought that he could easily withstand the Manchurian attack by relying on the natural security of Tongguan. But it turned out to be the opposite, and Tongguan was soon breached, forcing him to flee again, and ended up with his body and head missing.
If Li Zicheng had relied on the strategic location behind the high walls of Taiyuan City to fight the Manchus, he might have been able to delay his demise for a few years.
Furthermore, the status of Taiyuan City declined in the Qing Dynasty, but that was a time of peace. Now during the war, Taiyuan's achievements have once again shown its importance.
Because now as long as we control Taiyuan City, we can isolate things.
There is another important problem facing General Liu Hai, that is, near Taiyuan City, there are many ravines and hills, so it is not suitable for his large troops to deploy, and it is impossible to form an artillery advantage.
This is why Zhang Zhidong deployed his troops in Taiyuan.
Although Taiyuan City is a tough nut in front of us, we still can't back down.
Therefore, Liu Zhi led an army of more than 300,000 people to leave Pingxingguan and headed straight for Taiyuan.
Although Liu Zhi already knew the history of Taiyuan City, he did not know why Taiyuan City was difficult to conquer until he entered the border of Shanxi and started marching.
Because the road was all mountainous, his army of hundreds of thousands could not march smoothly and could only divide into several groups and move forward slowly.
Fortunately, there were combat aircraft and drones above them for cover and reconnaissance.
Otherwise, as long as ambushes are laid on two sides, the Hunan Army will suffer heavy losses.
Don't tell me, Zhang Zhidong did have this idea. He had already sent tens of thousands of troops to set up an ambush on both sides of a valley in the Taihang Mountains.
As a result, he did not expect that hundreds of drones were flying above Liu Zhi's army. These drones were equipped with infrared detection equipment.
Soon Zhang Zhidong's ambushes of tens of thousands of men were discovered by drones, followed by a barrage of artillery shells. These people were beaten into a state of confusion. It was obvious that the enemy had discovered their ambush, and the leader had no choice but to retreat.
After discovering this incident, Liu Zhi did not dare to be careless. Drones were deployed day and night all around the army to conduct reconnaissance and surveillance.
Fortunately, Zhang Zhidong seemed to know how to continue. The ambush no longer worked, so Liu Zhi and his hundreds of thousands of troops were allowed to reach the gates of Taiyuan City smoothly.
The army said they had arrived at Taiyuan City, but in fact they were still dozens of miles away from Taiyuan City Wall.
Why couldn't the army advance further after reaching this point? Because Zhang Zhidong had already deployed many small fortresses outside Taiyuan City. These permanent fortifications blocked the westward march of hundreds of thousands of troops.
To say that Zhang Zhidong is indeed powerful, after knowing the importance of the Battle of Taiyuan, he arranged a group of support point fortresses in the four directions of east, west, north and south around Taiyuan. The various permanent fortifications outside Taiyuan City totaled more than 6,000 thousand
With the ancient city wall as the center, nearly a thousand various fortresses are arranged in the city. Every tall building in the city and the streets and alleys are carefully decorated with large and small fortresses. In addition, Taiyuan City is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with Han Mountain in the east and Han Mountain in the west.
The Fenhe natural moat and the undulating hilly terrain in the north and south are naturally easy to defend but difficult to attack.
After Liu Zhi's army arrived at the outskirts of Taiyuan Station for reconnaissance, he frowned, knowing that this battle might not be easy to fight, and he would be beaten to a bloody head here.
Therefore, Liu Zhi immediately summoned his subordinates to discuss the strategy for the next battle in Taiyuan.
The lieutenant generals present here all have many years of military career. After receiving the intelligence report, all of them frowned.
Whether Taiyuan can be conquered now, yes, it can be conquered. Whether it can be captured, yes, it can be captured. But this will cost a lot of casualties.
However, Liu Zhi, as the commander-in-chief this time, after discussing with the generals, felt that they still had an advantage that the previous attackers did not have.
That's a strike from the air.
As long as you make good use of this advantage, you can use aircraft in the air to destroy the outer fortresses.
In this way, casualties can be reduced as much as possible and the time to conquer Taiyuan City can be accelerated.
However, the air force alone cannot completely eliminate the enemies on the ground. In the end, the army must rely on the army to resolve the battle.
Therefore, Liu Zhi issued another order, and the army divided into several groups and began to surround Taiyuan City in a fan shape.
Naturally, the first to open fire before the Army engages in battle is the Air Force.
The most powerful weapons of the Air Force are naturally the H-6 bombers and J-H-7 attack aircraft.
The current main airport of these two types of aircraft is in Beijing, and they take off directly from there to Taiyuan, which is exactly within the combat radius of the JH-7.
On February 25, 1899, the Jingshi Airport was busy. Dozens of planes were parked on both sides of the runway. Countless ground staff in front and behind the planes were busy refueling or replenishing ammunition for these planes.
After about an hour of preparation, the ground crew evacuated both sides of the aircraft in sequence, and then the aircraft began to slowly leave the parking space and taxi towards the end of the runway.
Then the J-H-7 took off first, and 32 J-H-7s left the runway one after another, formed a formation in the sky, and then flew westward.
Next, 24 H-6 bombers also slowly left the runway and flew westward.
The 32 JH-7s at the front, as the vanguard, quickly arrived over Taiyuan, and then according to the predetermined plan, they each found their own targets and began to drop bombs.
At this time, the Qing troops on the ground were still somewhat prepared to face attacks from the air.
They immediately set up their anti-aircraft machine guns and started shooting into the sky, hoping to use the suction power of the machine guns to drive away or even shoot down the J-H-7s in the air.
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